A heavy lockdown and spains catalonia region if the latest surgeon brought a virus infections is not brought under control. And mourning the conscience of Congress Civil rights leader john lewis lies in state in the u. S. Capital. We begin this hour with breaking news out of malaysia a court has found former Prime Minister najib razak guilty of one count of abuse of power in this trial is accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from a solvent wealth fund is facing 6 other charges including some that carry a possible 20 Year Prison Sentence he denies any wrongdoing flaws lloyd joins us now live from kuala lumpur fons whats the latest was happening of course. Well the judge is still reading out a verdict the 7 charges all together in this case hes been found guilty of one charge thats abuse of power the prosecutions case has was that used his position of power to lead the government to issue guarantees and in exchange for that he had received 48. 00 he had received 10000000.
Effort to develop a vaccine but numbers of infections from the virus continue to run its. Losing their homes and their livelihoods hundreds of thousands in bangladesh wait for much needed assistance amid rising flood gates. And mourning the conscience of Congress Civil rights leader john lewis lies in state of the west and. We begin in malaysia where in just the last hour a court has found former Prime Minister najib razak guilty on all 7 charges and this 1st trial links to the one m. T. B. Scandal on top was facing charges of criminal breach of trust Money Laundering abuse of power hes denied any wrongdoing and to faces several other trials its alleged hundreds of millions of dollars from the state fund made their way into hits accounts fonts louis joins us now live from Kuala Lumpur Florence are guilty across the board was this expected. Well i think the world the judge is basically in reading out his judgment and hes saying that the nut jobs defense lawyers were not able to show rea
Waters end. And logging on to learn if you can afford it but most nigerian children are missing out as schools stay closed. His former Prime Minister najib razak has been sentenced to 12 use in jail after he was convicted of corruption the verdict was delivered in the 1st child linked to the one m. T. B. State Investment Fund scandal joining his time in power he was found guilty of all 7 charges and fined close to 50000000. 00 u. S. Dollars he continues to deny any wrongdoing and says he will appeal this is the 1st case centered on the transfer of nearly 10000000. 00 from a unit of one and d. B. Internet jeeves personal accounts is being convicted of abuse of power 3 counts of criminal breach of trust. And 3 counts of Money Laundering jihad launched one d. B. As a state Investment Fund when he was Prime Minister in 2009 ok lets go across to florence louie whos joining us live from kuala lumpur and just bring us up to date with whats been happening right so we know that the judge has se
The 1st time and in other news we will meet some artists from east africa are attracting global attention for their work. In the United States the trumpet ministration is stepping up measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic President Donald Trump says the military is being deployed as many states complained they are ill equipped to handle the outbreak at this stage more than 300000 people are known to be infected with the virus in the United States over 8000 have died and trump is warning of a tough week ahead he says quote there will be a lot of death. Were going to be adding a tremendous amount of military to help supplement the states thousands of soldiers souses thousands of medical workers professionals nurses doctors. And itll be a large number itll be will be telling them over the next version a period where theyre going and theyre going into war theyre going into a battle. Over in the u. K. The number of people dying continues to increase 708 in the last 24 hours which is th
Possible easing its social distancing restrictions to reduce the economic strain of the corona virus outbreak. A 2 week quarantine for prisoners across the u. S. As federal jails try to limit the spread of the corona virus amongst in mix. And sport further talks are taking place to discuss English Premier League footballers taking a pay cut a deal is being negotiated that will see players salaries reduced by 30 percent. Spain says more than 800. 00 people have died due to the crown of our assault break and just the last 24 hours but there are hopes infections could be slowing as they try to tell us the numbers have declined for a 2nd day more than 11700 people have now died in spain since the outbreak began the number of new infections in spain continues to rise and nearly 125000 confirmed cases. Meanwhile the u. S. Centers for Disease Control is urging people to wear face masks to reduce the chances of infection or reversal of previous official advice u. S. Government is also promisin