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
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Livelihoods hundreds of thousands in bangladesh wait for help in rising flood waters. Also logging on to learn a few can afford it most nigerian children are missing out as schools stay closed. But asias former Prime Minister najib razak has been found guilty of 7 corruption charges the verdict comes from the 1st trial linked to the one m. T. B. State Investment Fund scandal when he was in power and as you pointed used to die any wrongdoing and says he will appeal this 1st case centered on the transfer of nearly 10000000. 00 from a unit of one and d b into now personal accounts hes been convicted of abuse of power 3 counts of criminal breach of trust us and 3 counts of Money Laundering that he launched one n. D. B. As a state Investment Fund when he was Prime Minister in 2009 farms louise joining us live from kuala lumpur finds us talk us through whats been happening in court 1st of all. Well the judge took a couple of hours to read out his verdict and he found not guilty on all 7 coun
To former King Juan Carlos left the country while under investigation for corruption. We begin with the surge of corona virus cases around the walls the u. S. Remains an epi center of the pandemic with at least one 155000 dead and over 4700000 people who are infected despite that President Donald Trump is insisting that schools reopen the call he made once again on twitter on tuesday that push has attracted a lot of criticism teaches marched through new york on monday they are angry at a plan from their bill de blasio to open schools with restrictions. Well democratic president ial hopeful joe biden has tweeted attacking trumps handling of the pandemic he said that at the beginning of july dont know trump predicted the virus was going to disappear but it hasnt spied and also pointed out that more than 25000. 00 americans died last month alone he finished by asking the president to step up and do his job. Correspondent kimberly hawker joins us now live from washington with more kimberly
Thousands in bangladesh wait for help in rising flood waters. And. And logging on to learn if you can afford it but most nigerian children are missing out to schools stay closed. Im joining us roscoe with a real Sport Major League Baseball games are cancelled after several players test positive for corona virus but the leagues commissioner is confident the season will not have to be cancelled. But start this news in malaysia where the former Prime Minister najib razak has been found guilty on 7 corruption charges the verdict comes from the 1st of 5 trials linked to the one n. D. P. Scandal launched the state fund when he was Prime Minister in 2009 the case centered on the transfer of new. 10000000. 00 into his personal accounts evidence in court showed a trail of money that paid for Home Renovations donations to Political Parties and a luxury watch for his wife hes been convicted of abuse of power criminal breach of trust and Money Laundering hes accused of stealing nearly 1000000000.