A glimpse into someone elses mothers. Witness on aljazeera. Hello im Adrian Finnegan this is counting the cost on aljazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week an i. M. F. Loan tax cuts for big business and a sterile city for the poorest the perfect cocktail the street protests we speak to the Vice President of resource rich acquittal. A cash crunch in kenya east africas largest economy cant pay its bills will it need to ask the i. M. F. For help and the king of streaming is about to face a multibillion dollar onslaught from the likes of apple and disney well find out if netflix can hold on to its number one spot. Weeks of violent street process were brought to a halt in ecuador in mid october after the president walked back on a stare as he measures that in marino withdrew the International Monetary fund backed agreement to increase fuel costs that decision had paralyzed the economy as it hit the poorest and minority indigenoUs Population the most kito had t
In london with the top stories from europe including a gathering storm of u. N. Talks in madrid as the u. S. Brazil india and china are accused of storing progress on tackling the climate crisis. And in sport asian champions al hell out of 3 to the semifinals of the Club World Cup here in doha they meet african counterparts at spare and one nil and will face south american sides the mango. In very warm welcome to this hour of news we begin in sudan where the countrys former ruler Omar Al Bashir has been found guilty in a corruption trial the 75 year olds been sentenced to 2 years which hell spend in a reform sense or rather than jail because of his age now the case centers around suitcases found in his home filled with notes of different currencies worth more than 130000000. Dollars well the courtroom or opted in chaos as the verdict was read out the sheer supporters started chanting that the trial was political and were ordered to leave but despite that they continued their protests o
No matter where you call home Aljazeera International bringing the news and Current Affairs that matter to. Aljazeera. Is going to be seen. 29 teams been a challenging year for lebanon its seen nationwide protests for months. People are demanding an end to corruption a change in the political system and better management of the economy. As a result Prime Minister saad hariri handed in his resignation in late october. But protests to say thats not enough and have been calling for a complete overhaul of lebanons political system and its 6 base power sharing agreement. And as people chant in the streets against politicians the one name that seems to be singled out often. Feel lebanons foreign minister persil is president owns son in law and has previously held other ministerial positions without being an elected member of Parliament Many consider him to be one of the most divisive figures in the country we caught up with him this years doha forum and asked him about his role in government
Warm welcome to the program the corruption trial of sudans deposed president has ended in a guilty verdict all my album was sentenced to 2 years for illegally possessing and smuggling foreign currency the judge said the 75 year old will serve his sentence in a Reform Center because of his age the courtroom in the capital cotton descended into chaos when the verdict was read out aljazeera is head of morgan is in khartoum and she says the judge on the case went out of his way to make a particular point. Well the judge 1st of all outlined the charges against him and the actions that will be taken once those verdicts are issued if hes found guilty and he did indeed issue a guilty verdict against the former president im going to share but before issuing that verdict he mentioned. That that is the name of a young man who was charged for illegal possession off foreign currency. In 1989 by bushs government when he came to power no opponent mentioning the need to bushs defense team accused the
Agenda as 3 of asias most powerful leaders meet in china for a rare moment of unity. Is being called a mockery and anything but justice the end result of a trial in saudi arabia into the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi is being criticized by the u. N. Special investigator and condemned by human Rights Groups 5 people have been sentenced to death however their identities of not being revealed after a closed door trial in riyadh the former royal aide tahnee widely suspected of being a ringleader has been cleared and so has mohammad. Who was the saudi consul general in istanbul with the Washington Post columnist was murdered the former deputy intelligence chief. A cd was released on grounds of. Its insufficient evidence 3 other people receive jail terms totaling 24 year as the kingdom has denied any links to a hit squad killing but some of the Team Involved did work for the Saudi Crown Prince under schapelle. 14 months after Jamal Khashoggi was last seen walking into the saudi c