Thai-Cambodia clashes spread

Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia spread to new parts of their contested border on Tuesday, forcing a mass exodus of civilians from the disputed frontier as a Trump-brokered truce was derailed by deadly new hostilities.

- Agencies

Residents in a temple after being evacuated following clashes along the Thai border, in Siem Reap, Cambodia on Tuesday.

(AFP)

At least 10 soldiers and civilians have been killed on both sides in the latest spate of fighting, officials say, while more than 140,000 civilians have fled the areas near where jets, tanks and drones are waging battle.

Thailand and Cambodia dispute the colonial-era demarcation of their 800-kilometre frontier, where competing claims by both sides to historic temples can spill over into armed conflict.