Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire for a second day on Friday as border fighting intensified and spread, while Cambodia's leader said Thailand had agreed to a Malaysian ceasefire proposal but then backed down.

Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire for a second day on Friday as their worst fighting in over a decade intensified and spread to new areas.

Thai acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai yesterday warned that cross-border clashes with Cambodia that have uprooted more than 130,000 people “could develop into war,” as the countries traded deadly strikes for a second day.

Thailand favours bilateral negotiation rather than third-party mediation to resolve its military conflict with Cambodia, two Thai officials said, as fighting along their disputed border continued unabated.

Cambodia's State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) on Saturday (July 26) prohibited all flights from flying across fighting zones with Thailand, a spokesperson said.

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Prior to a dramatic escalation of a long-running border row between Bangkok and Phnom Penh, footage showing the construction of a flood barrier in northern Thailand was shared in posts falsely claiming it depicted the kingdom's soldiers building a wall along its frontier with Cambodia.