After being sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption. Announces a 5 day long down just ahead of the ied holiday as corona virus infections theres. A battle over beachgoers spain germany and the u. K. Face off because of coronavirus restrictions. And losing homes and livelihoods hundreds of thousands of people in bangladesh wait for help in rising flood waters im johnny cash a scope of the sport as more crime the virus cases placing Major League Baseball season in further doubts and 500. 00 an hour england cricket says to ward joins an elite club as a matter of victory in the test series against the west indies. It is the trial thats put one nations resolve to stamp out corruption to the ultimate tests now a court. Malaysia has convicted former Prime Minister najib razak 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 he was facing linked to a scandal surrounding a state Investment
Prevent antigovernment protests and on nearing a civil rights leader john lewis lies in state in the u. S. Capital. And in sport cats are has officially expressed an interest in staging a future Olympic Games the 2022 world cup hosts hope to bring the olympics to the middle east for the 1st time. We begin the news hour in israel where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned it is quote playing with fire hes accuse the Lebanese Armed group of launching an infiltration attempt in the border region of shane bauer farms has denies its fighters tried to penetrate the border or engaged in any confrontation the United Nations is urging both sides to show restraint harry full set has more. Smoke plumes over southern lebanon after what the Israeli Military referred to as a security incident it said a cell of hezbollah fighters trying to infiltrate israeli controlled territory Israeli Soldiers tracked them and repelled them with machine gun tank and artillery fire in tel aviv where theyd ru
Hold talks about 2020 and footballs european championships could be called off as you wait for me to discuss the impact of coronavirus on the continent. Well the restrictions in many countries around the world are about to get a whole lot more extreme in the coming hours in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus lets take you around the world malaysia 1st of all which is rolling out some of the most drastic rules at midnight tuesday no one allowed to leave for 2 weeks its borders are being sealed thats led to panic buying in malaysia and over in singapore as well in the middle east irans government has temporarily released 85000. 00 prisoners its also closed off access to religious shrines much to the anger of many worshippers and much of europe going into lockdown there is the french president. Emmanuel micron in less than 60 minutes france seals borders the president saying that france is at war with corona virus so heres the team for this hour. In teheran Natasha Butler in the
Up france becomes the 3rd european country to go into lockdown the president in front of mccall is ordering citizens to say those who dont meet face heavy topics researchers in the u. S. Have started testing a potential Coronavirus Vaccine on volunteers 4 of them received their 1st injection monday as part of the studys 1st stage of human trials look at the latest from the World Health Organization expert. Plus the 2020 european football championship will be postponed for a year due to the outbreak thats the word from the host country norway the european football body u. A. E. Fund has yet to confirm the news. Im serious so much going to good to have you with us germanys Disease Control agency has raised its coronavirus risk assessment. And to high at the agencys Daily Press Briefing the president of the robert cock institute said stricter measures are necessary to contain the spread of the virus because of increasing warning signs from german clinics that the number of serious cases i
1st protections on monday find out what this actually means for getting a grip on the outbreak. To the program. France has joined the neighboring actually in spain in ordering a complete lockdown to try to halt the spread of corona virus present to describe the situation as a Public Health war the virus has killed nearly a 150 people in france and infected more than 6600. As the clock struck noon in france the lock down took Effect People must now carry a document justifying their reasons for going outdoors only essential trips and exercise alone are permitted those who break the rules will be fined. The president has called the outbreak a war 100000 Police Officers have been deployed across the country officials stress that every day life must be appended to contain the virus. But we do nick his example concrete to give you some examples a family lunch dinner with friends a Football Game with friends a game of cards all of that which might not seem important normally is now for that h