Loud to end an important caveat though as it seems that normal one residence if you dont have a specific reason for having to leave the city youre not going to be allowed to leave still so its not like were going to see a massive exodus but this is a significant significant change and it does signal some positive movements meanwhile south korea is still on high alert over the outbreak its announced another big jump in new coronavirus cases the number of deaths from the virus in south korea stands at 7 after 2 more were announced on monday the Israeli Military has carried out strikes on gaza and the syrian capital damascus after the Palestinian Group Islamic Jihad fired 21. 00 rockets into southern israel to the groups members were killed in the strikes the group said it launched its attack after Israeli Soldiers fired on a group of palestinians killing one of its members forces in west jerusalem he says the israeli airstrikes came as no surprise. Well certainly the strikes inside gaza
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
And merican vote its. We begin with breaking news out of new york hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of Sexual Assault and 3rd degree rape but hes been acquitted on the most serious charges christensen he is live for us in new york kristen just tell us a little bit more about these charges and about the verdicts. Right well as you mentioned the 2 most serious charges predatory Sexual Assault he was found not guilty but he was found guilty. Rape in the 3rd degree and a Sexual Assault a criminal Sexual Assault those 2 charges relate to allegations of 2 women one an actress one a Production Assistant who said that they were forced into this relationship with Harvey Weinstein the defense had argued that this was a consensual relationship and they pointed to emails and other evidence that showed that both women maintained a relationship with Harvey Weinstein after the alleged attacks occurred even at times of flirtatious relationship and a sexual relationship wi
Being translated stop trump also claimed, india is a country that proudly embraces freedom, liberty, individual rights despite the brutal government crackdown on muslim indians as it enacts its controversial new citizenship law and the ongoing repression in kashmir. In afghanistan, the u. S. Military and the taliban have begun a weeklong partial truce, ahead of the expected announcement of a longanticipated peace deal. The u. N. Said in a report released saturday that over 10,000 civilians were killed or injured from the ongoing conflict in 2019 and over 100,000 civivilians have been killed or ininjured over the pat decade. In iran, conservative candidates affiliated with the revolutionary guguards picked up the majority of parliamentary seatats in an election that saw the lowest voterer turnout since the 1979 revolution. Over 7000 possible candidates were disqualified ahead of the elections the first since e u. S. Resumed harsh sanctions against iran. In gaza, palestinian man was kill