A 5 day lockdown just ahead of the ied holiday as corona virus infections that. Targeting a replica of a u. S. Aircraft carrier iran simulates wargames as tensions with washington rise. It is the trial thats put one nations resolve to stamp out corruption to the ultimate test now a court in malaysia has convicted former Prime Minister najib razak on china on a string of charges and sentenced him to 12 years in prison but he wont go straight to jail and says that hell appeal the trial was one of 5 that not he was facing linked to a scandal surrounding a state Investment Fund and 0 Florence Louis reports from kuala lumpur. Was guilty on all 7 counts and sentenced to prison for a maximum of 12 years and a fine of 50000000. 00 but the judge has allowed a delay in carrying out the sentence. Former Prime Minister of malaysia has been convicted of Money Laundering criminal breach of trust and abuse of power thats for illegally receiving nearly 10000000. 00 from s. R. C international a form a subsidiary of state Investment Fund one empty beach yet that sums only a fraction of the 4 and a half 1000000000. 00 that u. S. And malaysian Authorities Say have been stolen from one and. The judge rejected not just defense that he had been tricked by finances and he described the argument that not just was led to believe the money was part of a donation from saudi arabia as an elaborate but weak application. And his lawyers say they will appeal against the verdict a process that could take years this is. Definitely not the end of the world. Because theres a process of appeal. We hope that we would be successful that. There are outside Court Supporters greeted the verdict with anger and disbelief but there was also optimism elsewhere Civil Society groups and opposition politicians have fought for years to bring the Corruption Scandal to light here is. Among the majority of. The mind of the majority of malaysians. Change and no one in the. Reputation and they were. The verdict could strengthen the credibility of Prime Minister ghassan who took power in february but it may also weaken his coalition that relies on object party. The biggest block in the alliance but slim parliamentary majority are not still has Strong Political influence despite no longer leading the United Malays National organization or some analysts say tuesdays conviction could strengthen the prosecutions case in other trials not replaces dozens of additional charges including charges over the alleged laundering of 550000000. 00 from one and. One analyst cautioned its too early to predict not political to meits. Says but for now a leader who once seemed untouchable has been held to account for his actions lawrence louis aljazeera kuala lumpur the United Nations Security Council is in session to discuss the conflict in yemen its the 2nd time theyve met in person at the u. N. Headquarters since covert 19 restrictions came into effect the council is concerned over a lack of diplomatic progress and an alarmingly the teary orating Health Situation our diplomatic editor james bays joins us now live from u. N. Headquarters in new york hes been following that meeting james whats been happening. Well as you say adrian this is the 2nd time in 2 months that Martin Griffiths the u. N. Special envoy has addressed the Security Council and last time he spoke to them in the he said there was significant progress and peace was within close reach an optimistic assessment in may compare that to what he told the Security Council a short time ago. Mr president i continued to her i do the joint declaration the goetia asians will turn the tide away from these morgan. Toward peace i dont want today to sugarcoat things there is a real risk that these negotiations will slip away yemen were injure a new phase or prolonged escalation of the uncontrolled spread of covert 19 and a severe and threatening economic decline. While the humanitarian assessment is equally grim we heard from the undersecretary general in charge of the un c monetary in coordination and he said the situation in yemen in humanitarian terms was the worst right now its been any point in the war youve got lots of people who do not have enough food full scale famine is a possibility and youve got covert 19 and colora spreading in the country so a very grim assessment of the situation i can tell you diplomats in the past have said that Martin Griffiths is someone they praise for his tireless work on this very difficult file and for the fact hes so optimistic and the fact that someone in the past despite the difficult situation in yemen has always been optimistic and that that person is now telling the u. N. Security council the window of opportunity for peace is closing fast i think is making them have a very hard think about situation our diplomatic editor james space live at the u. N. In new york james many thanks indeed. Lebanon is reimposing locked on measures after a surge in corona virus infections and deaths it will begin on thursday and last for 5 days into the. Holiday at least 132. 00 new cases and 8 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours doctors say that hospitals will be quickly overwhelmed if the rising infections run his rise away to 0 in a horror reports from beirut the number of daily infections in lebanon is now into 3 digits official say the corona virus has spread across the country there reimposing restrictions less than a months after the country and its only public airport reopened the numbers may be low when compared to other countries but this is a nation of only 6000000 people including a 1000000 refugees where the Health Care System is already in crisis private hospitals have started to turn away patients they make up 85 percent of the Health Sector and they are owed 1300000000. 00 by the government. Lists the Health Sector is passing through a critical crisis that has been going on for 2 years we are crying for help the Health Sector is taking its last breath 10 days ago our hospital stopped receiving noncritical cases. Staff are also being fired the countrys leading medical facility the American University hospital laid off nearly 900. 00 to use and administrators citing what it called the disastrous state of the economy since november up to 40 percent of lebanon 9000 nurses have lost their jobs what is happening is very serious and if then i fact that they can they had care system in lebanon if we dont have enough nurses there that the number of patients who are currently at the hospital will be much higher burden or us hospitals funded by the public and left underfunded and ill equipped by successive governments for 3 decades are not just at the forefront of the battle against coronavirus what we have seen is with the economic crisis more and more patients cannot afford the private sector anymore and they are heading towards the Public Sector importing equipment and medicine is becoming harder and more expensive because of the sharp devaluation of the local currency and a lack of u. S. Dollars in circulation. The surge in corona virus cases couldnt have come at a more difficult time levanon is close to bankruptcy because of years of corruption and the Health Sector has long been neglected by successive governments and was collapsing before the pandemic. More than 200 medical staff have now been infected the number of patients hospitalized and admitted to intensive care more than doubled in the last 2 weeks if that rate continues lebanons hospitals once among the best in the middle east will run out of the intensive care beds it needs by mid august. Beirut. Spains Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is pushing the u. K. To reconsider its decision to impose a 2 we quarantine on anyone travelling from his country infections are rising fast in some places like barcelona but resorts like bene dorm on the eastern coast of reported far fewer cases sanchez says that this means there can be exceptions exemptions out of some of the if you dont think we are at this moment talking to the british authorities to try to make them reconsider a measure that in our view is unsuitable particularly if we keep to epidemiological data of the spanish territory and in particular certain tourist destinations like for example the canary in the Balearic Islands the violence here and dilutes in regions which i insist have a total accumulated level of virus that is lower than whats being registered in the u. K. In epidemiological terms it is safer to be in these regions than in the u. K. You know the spanish Tourism Association says the u. K. Quarantine could cost the sector 11700000000. 00 in lost revenue and was a serious matter at 0 report from barcelona. These decision has a huge impact in the Tourism Sector that represents a 12 percent of the spanish economy the situation is quite critical we see here in barcelona where we are right now the beaches are we empty bars there are no queues to to to visit the cathedral in the middle of the of the city no cute at all the words we were talking to the people at the cathedral saying that an ordinary day you would reduce 660 people to 60 visitors a year the same dates we are they will have 1000 so the situation is quite critical we know that the government is negotiation and pushing very hard especially to brand the idea that spain is a save the estimation that weve got the corner of ours under control that these are only isolated branches or are clusters that are completely under control as we heard last night from Prime Minister presented in this Television Interview he insisted that spain is a safe destination and this comes up. To u. K. Join this 150. 00 countries that have imposed limitations under strict travelers coming to our country although government is aligned in this in this in this sense and saying that this being here is safer than being for example in the queue in the u. K. And france. German citizens are being warned by their government not to travel to parts of spain whether a high numbers of corona virus infections germany which is itself dealing with a steady rise in cases well so wants to make covert 19 tests mandatory for travelers returning from high risk areas you know its negative message trying to school one of you with the latest results so that people consider the coronavirus to be a low risk then before also the acceptance of measures such as social distancing has decreased at this point i would once again like to be very clear we ourselves are largely responsible for determining how the disease will develop in germany please help yourselves all of you continue to respect the rules after months of lockdown chile has begun to lift restrictions for parts of its capital santiago but the region remains the most affected by the pandemic authorities in neighboring peru have released a study that says that one in 4 people in the capital the about may have been infected or latin america as a lucy and even reports. One thing is what the Authorities Say and another thing is what the statistics are showing and and it is quite concerning i spoke to an m. P. Demi ologist just a short while ago was this that this is actually a potential disaster waiting to happen but let me tell you show you 1st what it is that authorities are doing to try and on this 1st day of the lifting of the easing of the of the quarantine. But only in this area one of the 7 municipalities were in now you can see people are Walking Around for the 1st time in 4 months and here on the streets its a kind of a mixture between a weaving board and a chessboard everything is marked so the people walk on the right side of the street so that they wont get anywhere near each other thats the idea left and right well see just how disciplined people are eventually and just over here people are about to put. To work with this ask our cameraman to pan over there are about to close to cross the street and there are these little. Marks on the road so that people will not get too close to each other as they wait to for the traffic light to change this and many other measures that they are taking are supposed to enforce social distancing but weve already seen that in markets in many other parts of the of the city that is not going to happen in the worst part yet is that while this area where we work and we live has is opening all the shops the people that work here actually come from areas that are still under lockdown so obviously the virus is going to spread from one part of the city to the other. Well get a weather update next year i was there and then defending the Justice Department the u. S. Attorney general is facing questions in congress over the treatment of protesters. 29 am in need and were all part of the revolution and are here to serve its goals saddams government is sworn in civilian governess women are taking a central role would have reaction from the country. And the plenty more hot and dry weather throughout much of the middle east that youre quite a bit of cloud again further to the south and in fact to across the southwest of yemen the fall southwest assadi the whole range in the 4 causes that continue through wednesday now this rain could be heavy at times across into santa and weve had several days of right now as we could well see some flooding some localized flooding certainly in the streets it will continue to have 3 thursday by then that the temperatures once again on the rise across into iraq 50 to the 4 calls time baghdad the winds a fairly strong as well a coles halt to dry winds coming through the interior and they will tend to get the sand on the 43. 00 is the high end then down towards Southern Africa has seen some fairly persistent rain as well across much of madagascar is still in the clouds in the case of what we have got that rain has to continue through wednesday will southern eastern i was picking up some rather heavy downpours at times and all the while weve got these coastal shastri mozambique through towns there right there were up to coastal areas of somalia we could also see want to fall south coast of south africa on wednesday by thursday the winds a fairly brisk so itll feel fairly cool that fresh in Port Elizabeth of the hive 18 and again there is the coming of the havea along coastal areas of tanzania and up towards kenya. Frank assessments what are you seeing back in yemen the 6 percent of the new poll relations facing life is being sued this is an informed opinion which is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown in many parts of the omi a region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate of that is a proxy because not the present the enters the bill of your people indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. Hello again this is al jazeera lets remind you of the main news this hour the laziest former Prime Minister najib razak has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption linked to a state Investment Fund scandal but he wont go straight to jail plans to appeal his conviction. After months of lockdown in chile the government there has begun to lift restrictions in parts of the capital santiago but with more than 4400000. 00 cases last america remains the worst hit region in the world. And the United Nations Security Council is holding a closed session to discuss the conflict in yemen its concerned over a lack of diplomatic progress and a deteriorating Health Situation. U. S. Attorney general william buy has been defending his departments response to the black lives matter protests at a Congressional Committee hearing democrats said that federal agents were sent to violently cautious anti racism demonstrations in an effort to help Donald Trumps Reelection Campaign and they also accused barr of using the Justice Department to secure favors for President Trump has denied those accusations in the wake of George Floyds violent rioters states hijack legitimate protests to wreak senseless destruction on us the Current Situation in portland telling. Officers allen fisher is following the hearing he joins us now live from capitol hill so allan. What is it but lawmakers are looking to establish here with the attorney general and how are they treating him. Well there covering a lot of groaned and its fair to say that the democrats are slightly more aggressive in their questioning than the republicans theres just been a very Interesting Exchange between attorney general william and Cedric Richmond who is a congressman from louisiana he asked william barr specifically do you think the president ial election in november will be rigged william barr replied that theres no reason to think it will be youll know that donald trump has said on several occasions to twitter that he thinks the election will be rigged and hasnt given a gun t. That hell accept the result they attorney general is also us is mail in voting will it lead to massive fraud no the attorney general said that he himself had used mail in voting but the potential was still there and that sent me in the area that donald trump has spoken about he says that neil and mail in voting could lead to widespread fraud even though he himself has done it and did it in the last president ial election as well william barr is also denied allegations that he has politicized the department of justice said instead hes trying to get the politics out of it to specific cases what reference there of course there is the Michael Flynn case National Security adviser who pled guilty on 2 occasions to lying to the f. B. I. But then turn round and said that he wasnt going to plead guilty when the department of justice said it would withdraw its charges against him a department of justice led by william barr and then there is a case of roger stone who was convicted at the conviction that the attorney general said was right yes but he recommended that the sentencing guidelines of a 71 year sentence be cut something that the judge in the case agreed with and of course as we know roger stone was convicted and sentenced to 36 months in prison but that sentence was commuted by the president so theres a lot of ground to cover here theyve been talking to about the protests in portland as youve hared but also the role the. Attorney general plays and whether or not he does what Donald Trump Tells him or whether or not he is independent the reason were covering so much ground is because this is the 1st time that william barr has appeared in front of any House Committee since he was nominated and confirmed in the position of attorney general out of there is out on fresh air reporting live from washington allan many thanks. Iran has carried out military exercises in the gulf using a mock u. S. Aircraft carrier as target practice to hans navy and air force taking part in the drills that are gaining a lot of attention particularly since a real American Carrier is in the region. Reports from tehran. From land air and sea its a show of military strength from iran in the gulf at a time when tensions remain high with the United States just days ago iran said one of its passenger planes was intercepted by u. S. Fighter jets as it flew over syria irans military leaders want to send a strong message. The strategic purpose of our exercises is defensive but at the level of operation and tactic we are widely of pensive. And theres nothing stronger than firing on and boarding a mock Aircraft Carrier the country that has the most carriers in the world the United States in recent days satellite images have shown the mock vessel being moved from the port city of under a bust it resembles the nimitz class carrier the us routinely sails into the gulf on this day the replica was used to train earing and forces gunships encircled the mock carrier and attempt to show the dominance of irans navy even with its smaller boats against a large target. Armed forces of the Islamic Republic of iran will use all their power elements and potential such as defensive and offensive capabilities to respond to any moves to create instability at the right and appropriate time and place. The u. S. Militarys bahrain based 5th fleet said we cannot speak to what iran hopes to gain by building this mock up or what tactical value they would hope to gain by using such a mockup in a training or exercise scenario we do not see conflict but remain ready to defend u. S. Forces an interest from maritime threats in the region then just 33 kilometers. That separates iran and oman and 20 percent of the worlds oil passes through that strait of hormuz the revolutionary guards here want to send a clear message to the United States iran is prepared for a possible conflict with the us i want to show that its forces will be no pushover i said big al jazeera the from. The opposition in mali has rejected a mediation plan by the regional bloc ecowas and is called for the president to step down the move comes the day after president abraham. Pointed a 6 person cabinet to form a unity government he was responding to an appeal from west African Leaders who also called for new elections following a disputed both Political Tension has been rising in mali in recent weeks the government is accused of corruption of mismanaging the economy and the failing to contain armed groups sudans water minister has voiced concern over ethiopias decision to fill the ground raisons dam on the river nile ethiopia says the project is vital to its development but sudan fears that it could put millions of lives downstream at risk. For the sudan we have conveyed our reserve ation accuse the unilateral move of filling the dams risible on july 12th and 13th we consider the move as a worrisome act we have also pointed out the negative impacts of this unilateral move which was taken without warning. Replace the. 18 states with civilians women hold posts for the 1st time they enter office in a difficult period with many people being killed in violence. Reports. Taking oath of Office Nearly a year after the signing of a power sharing agreement that stipulates that their appointment and after months of protests so dance Transitional Governments who are in 18 years to a 1000000000 governors they were plays governors appointed by former president obama before he was removed from office in april last year the appointees include 2 female governors the 1st woman to hold the post office in sudans history. And we are set on implementing the vision and the slogan of the revolution which is freedom peace and justice we are aware that there are challenges that together with the people of our states will tackle them we are all part of the revolution and are here to serve its goals the appointments come as the country faces several challenges the violence in the rest the Western Region of darfur has led to the deaths of more than 100 people in the past 10 days including 60 people who were killed by an identified attackers in west bar 4 on saturday and sunday there are sit ins in various parts of the region demanding better security and issues that will pose a challenge to the governors of the 5 to 4 states that make up the region therefore also has more than 1500000 people displaced due to the war which started in 2003 and has yet to and. Weve been in camps for years and despite the new Transitional Government we have not seen change when i try to go out of the displacement camps back to my farm there are always armed men preventing we dont have access to our lands anymore because of the insecurity. In the east of the country there have been ethnic clashes resulting in loss of life so full truth back to have been fined over the past years but the people in there are marginalized and want a proper representation a slowing economy with an inflation rate of nearly 140 percent has hit some states harder than others while simply a fuel shortage is triggered protests in many areas appointed governor it is one of the main steps of the transition and one of the main demands of protest the appointment of a new government but in the 18th a protection to the governors appointed in their region often citing gender or ethnicity some analysts blame it on a lack of transparency in the selection process. That governors were picked based on their political affiliations which gives the impression that the positions are merit based so people who now see this wonder why its based on Political Parties and tribes or a certain clan because it appears as though its a cake and Everyone Wants a piece of it the other thing is that some have little experience in civil posts so getting their states to believe in them may be difficult many challenges lie ahead for sudans new governors but for now they represent the completion of one of the requirements of the transition and the hopes of many for a stable country morgan aljazeera hard to. A un report says that female prisoners in north korea face torture but secularly those who flee the country are forced to return it says the detainees are regularly abused and beaten by prison officials as punishment the information is based on 1st hand accounts of 100 women whove been detained in north korean prisons for years. Why dont we. Remember my own approach to. The prison. Greeting section of im right. Of sexual reproductive Rights Violations recounted to the office. And some places on the side. Afghanistans government and the taliban have agreed to observe a 3 day truce from friday during the ied a holiday the cease fire plan follows a surge in violence in recent weeks the taliban has indicated that its prepared to hold talks with the government after aid providing a provided that a prisoner swap is completed president ashraf ghani has hinted that the talks could begin as early as next week civil rights pioneer john lewis has been given one of the highest honors for public service. Hes the 1st black lawmakers the lion states of the Capitol Rotunda in washington members of the public and politicians are paying their respects to lewis who was the youngest member of the big 6 civil rights leaders led by Martin Luther king jr he was elected to congress in 1906 and reelected 14 times. It is good to have you with us hello adrian for they get to hear the headlines on aljazeera malaysias former Prime Minister najib razak has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption linked to a state Investment Fund scandal but he wont go straight to jail on plans to appeal his conviction we are always positive we believe. You know innocence we believe that. We have a strong case. But of course we have to convince the judges and we would do our best. He would continue to lead a team and he is very determined. To get the outcome that we believe is only right for us. The United Nations Security Council is holding a closed session to discuss the conflict in yemen its the 2nd time they met in person at the un headquarters since covert 19 restrictions came into effect with little progress special envoy Martin Griffiths says theres a real risk that these negotiations will slip away and that yemen will enter a new phase a prolonged escalation of uncontrolled spread of covert 19 spains Prime Minister Petro Sanchez is pushing the u. K. To reconsider its decision to impose a 2 week quarantine on anyone travelling from his country infections are rising fast in some places like boston learner but results like ben a dorm on the eastern coast have reported far fewer cases u. S. Attorney general william barr is defending his departments deployment of federal offices to black lives matter demonstrations he claims legitimate protests have been hijacked by anarchists who are causing violence and vandalism is testifying in front of a Congressional Committee a un report says that female prisoners in north korea face torture particularly those who flee the country are forced to return it says the detainees are regularly abused and beaten by prison officials as punishment the information is based on 1st hand accounts of 100 women detained in north korean prisons theres the headlines more news for you on aljazeera after todays inside story next. Guilty all the corruption will malaysian Prime Minister a sentence of more than a decade in prison was just going to result from leds and involvement in the one scandal so could this be a step towards losing out croft and malaysia and what if any of the political ramifications this is inside story. 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