Thailand has launched air strikes along the disputed border with Cambodia as both sides accused the other of breaking a ceasefire that halted fighting earlier this year.

Long-standing border disputes erupted into five days of combat in July that killed dozens of soldiers and civilians.

US president Donald Trump pushed the south-east Asian neighbours to sign a truce agreement in October, but tensions have continued to simmer.

The Thai ministry of defence said more than 35,000 people have left areas near the border for shelters and more are believed to have fled to stay with relatives elsewhere, while Cambodia’s information minister Neth Pheaktra said that residents of several villages near the border have been evacuated.

Thai prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul said in a televised speech

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