Sun hung kai suspended on friday as the corruption trial came to an end involving two billionaire brothers, i hong kongs former number two official. Walk me through what happened. There is a sentencing hearing scheduled for today so we would hear how long these men will be facing depending on what the judge decides. We are talking about hong kongs former number 2 rafael hui. The secondhighest position in hong kongs government. Also, the billionaire businessman raymond kwok and thomas kwok. Sacrede looks at whether payments and rentfree whether secret payments and rentfree properties were given. Thomas kwok was found guilty of conspiring to can commit publicing in office. It was that one charge related to a series of payments amounting to 1. 1 million. It is a drop in the ocean compared to what they are paying their lawyers. This money was actually basically to keep hui this post to sun hung kai. It is the most valuable Property Company. It is quite a big and powerful company. Rafael hu
90 of the votes have been counted. An overall majority. They are saying austerity is over with and that may have deepseated implications beyond greeces borders. Coming out of athens, our reporter. Ahead of this syriza party will meet with the independent party ipl. It will give the combined total of 162 votes. They have 149 as mentioned. That would be the joint coalition. That has led to 100 count. As you can see, it is extremely business. People have the power. They are chanting this. Of course also the president promised Alexis Tsipras is 40, younger than us. They will negotiate the 250 billion euro bailout. [indiscernible] they do not want to take any pain. That creates cracks. It is unpopular in greece and is seeking as a protest. Europe is popular. Correct. Grace greece wants to stay in the european union. If they do not take some pain the question is to borrow the money and face the vote. And clearly very important election this year in spain, italy, and portugal. That you as wel
At one point, the highest since april 2010. In japan, oil refiners rising because a possible tie up between the two biggest companies. Stay with us. I will bring you more on that later. Sony is getting pressure from hollywood and the white house due to a movie and a hack attack. Whichseen as a trigger washington blames on north korea. But looks on how the movie can still be released what are their options . Streaming or videoondemand. That is after four of the largest cinema chains decided to cancel the release of the film on christmas day. The Company Still needs a reader redistribution partner. Mazon havegle and a declined to offer now. The company is not given in. The sony ceo says he has no regrets and making this movie. He says it is a funny comedy about an assassinating plot against kim jongun and it served as a political satire. North korea was not laughing at that at all. They say these allegations are groundless and propose a joint investigation and threatening harsh action if
Clearly, when you look at what is happening, you have got to wonder whether we need to go further. Nightingale hospital is back on full alert with more than 4,000 new infections in the past 24 hours. And when he left spurs for spain, he became the worlds most expensive footballer now gareth bale flies back to london to reunite with his old club. And coming up on bbc news details of another big signing in the premier league. Fresh from winning europes biggest with bayern munich, thiago alca ntara makes the move to liverpool. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. More than three Million People in england have been told theyre facing tighter restrictions from next tuesday after a significant rise in coronavirus cases. Merseyside, lancashire and parts of the midlands and West Yorkshire will be under the same restrictions that came into force in the north east of england today. Tonight, the Prime Minister said he didnt want another full Scale National lockdown and that he is dete
Lockdown to combat a surge in coronavirus cases. Nearly a Million People will face partial lockdown restrictions in madrid, the epicentre of a huge rise of infections in spain. New rules aimed at banning tiktok and wechat from the us could come into force by sunday. And when he left spurs for spain, he became the worlds most expensive footballer. Now, gareth bale flies back to london to reunite with his old club. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. And stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. More than 3 Million People in england have been told theyre facing tighter restrictions from next tuesday after a significant rise in coronavirus cases, as the uk Prime Minister, borisjohnson, says a second wave is now hitting the country. His warning comes as merseyside, lancashire and parts of the midlands and West Yorkshire will be under the same restrictions that came into force in the north east of england today. The Prime M