hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the national zoo in washington bids farewell to its beloved trio of giant pandas who were loaned as goodwill ambassadors from china. welcome back, a russian battalion comprised of ukrainian prisoners welcome back, a russian battalion comprised of ukrainian prisoners of war will likely deploy to ukraine in the nearfuture. in an apparent violation of the geneva convention. they will be deployed to the east of the country where active combat is taking place under the control of the donetsk people s republic. the russians claim the soldiers will receive equal treatment, to the russian infantry, including salaries and benefits. george barros is a russian analyst at the institute for the study of war and geospatial intelligence team lead. what do you know about the men in this battalion and have been chorused and fighting their own side? ~ . ~ ., , ., ., chorused and fighting their own side? . ~ ., ., side? what
hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. you re watching the context on bbc news. london s free newspaper, the evening standard, is to scrap its daily print edition and move to a weekly publication instead. let s return to that breaking news from new york and donald trump s hush money trial. we heard earlier that thejury we heard earlier that the jury had returned to ask further questions. they wanted to hear some of the evidence again as they continue their deliberations. our north america correspondent nada tawfikjoins us now. just bring us up to date on what s been happening where you are. yeah. been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury been happening where you are. yeah, well. the jury has been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury has been been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury has been sent been happening where you are. ir u well, the jury has been sent home now. they have not reached a verdict yet. they are still about nearly five hours int
The trial of samsungs boss continues today, adding another chapter to the scandal that has gripped south korea. And well take a sneak peek at how airlines are attracting Business Travellers to splash their cash in the skies. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Im rico hizon for Asia Business report, glad you could join us, the era parent of samsung is going to court today in what is considered to be south careers trial of the century. Hes accused of bribing the countrys president and century. Hes accused of bribing the countrys president and in century. Hes accused of bribing the countrys president and in return for business favours. Earlier i asked Jake Saunders whether the scandal is impacting the bottom line. Close friend. If you look at the stock market, no, everything is fabulous there, it is an upward trend, looking at the revenue of samsung electronics, over the last three years it is quite flat, doing about 175 billion. Why is there a disconnect between the stock price, which has
Prices have been rocketing in china. Is that suddenly we should be concerned about . Rico hizon will make sense of that for you in a moment. But we start in seoul, where the trial of the century is getting started. The head of the biggest company, samsung, is on trialfor bribery. Samsung might be a household name, globally, but his bossis household name, globally, but his boss is not. So what we know about him . He is the boss of the company, jay y lee, but is known by south korean media as the crown prince of samsung. That is because he is the only son of the chairman, lee kun hee, who was convicted of bribery and tax evasion himself, but was pardoned. So jay y lee has been in charge since his father had a heart attack in 2014. He has been the de facto boss. So the lee family are phenomenally wealthy. You can see the figure behind me. Forbes magazine ranking them asias richest Family Last Yearfor Magazine ranking them asias richest family last year for the second year ina family last