We begin with breaking news out of malaysia where the Prime Minister monitor mohamed has offered his resignation to the king and his Political Party has quit the Ruling Alliance doubt this decision shocks malaysia and it comes in the midst of plans by a high chair supporters to team up with opposition parties to force the transition of power to his name successor Anwar Abraham lets go live to Florence Louis and kuala lumpur so im florence what have you been able to learn is this as i said news has come out. Well we learnt that Mahathir Mohamad submitted his letter of resignation to the king of malaysia as about 1 pm local time this afternoon now its not yet known whether the king has accepted the resignation but according to constitutional experts because the kings role is largely a ceremonial role he will have to then what happens next is also a little bit unclear the king has to appoint someone who commands the majority or confidence of parliament so then it becomes a numbers game bu
Mahathir had indeed tended allows letter of resignation to the king well there was no reason given for the resignation but weve since heard in the last couple of minutes the finance minister coming out and saying that mahathir attended his resignation because he did not want. You to not want the party to have to work with im not now im you know is the party that was in power in malaysia for decades it had ruled malaysia since the country gained independence from british in 1957 and it was only ousted in the last general election in 2018 its leader was its former leader was a former Prime Minister of this country not your brother whos been accused or whos been charged and is on trial for corruption hes been accused of stealing billions of dollars from a state Investment Fund now were not sure whether the king has accepted the Resignation Letter from my heart that mohamed but many constitutional experts say the king because his role is largely ceremonial he has no choice but to accept th
India to confirm a 3000000000. 00 weapons deal and boost his reelection chances with Indian American voters. And exchanges of rocket fire continue between the Israeli Military and Islamic Jihad in gaza plus the School Upheaval in malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his allies resigned from the Coalition Governments. The World Health Organization says its worried about the growing number of coronavirus cases outside of china in iran the Health Ministry says 12 people have died at the n n p in the city of course says the figure could be as high as 50 but the outbreak is spreading across the middle east coates iraq. And afghanistan of all confirmed cases in europe a 6th person has died in italys north there are almost 200 cases there the highest concentration id side of asia and in south korea infections there have surpassed 800 and authorities have raised the Infectious Diseases warning to the highest level at least 7 people have died that so far were especially concerned about
Suitors Prime Minister is back home to face charges relating to the murder of his former wife. And in love with India Donald Trump announces a 3000000000. 00 weapon steal as he aims to boost his reelection chances with Indian American voters. Uninstaller bron james leads the way as the l. A. Lakers are just their rivals to Boston Celtics on the same court kobe bryants memorial will be held later on monday. Welcome to the news out of the shop the increase in corona virus cases outside of china is causing alarm at the World Health Organization there are now confirmed cases across the middle east and east asia in iran the Health Ministry says 12 people have died its dismissed claims from an m. P. Who says that figure is close to 50. Kuwait bahrain iraq and afghanistan have all reported cases of infected travelers coming from iran and this spectacle thats the China National Peoples Congress one of the largest worlds political gathering has been postponed this year its been delayed for the
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