Guilty all the corruption from a malaysian Prime Minister a sentence simple than a decade in prison. For legs and involvement in the one and the scandal so could this be a step towards brought in malaysia and what if any of the political ramifications this is inside story. Hello there and welcome to the program im noriko for you is the one m. T. B. Scandal has shaken malaysia billions of dollars were allegedly looted from a state fund set up to promote development a former Prime Minister was implicated as well as a network of Foreign Companies relations rule of law was put to the test on tuesday of Energy Results involvement in the scandal he was found guilty of 7 corruption charges and sentenced to 12 years in prison also being fined close to 50000000. 00 so the 1st of 5 corruption trials and is centered on the transfer of nearly 10000000. 00 from the state fund into the jobs personal accounts he denies any wrongdoing and says he will appeal this is what najib had to say after the rul
A warning the disruption caused by the coded 19 pandemic could lead to double the number of malaria related deaths in africa this year. And the painstaking process of restoring the acropolis in athens says the greek government renews its call for britain to return to its ancient traditions. And sport the west indies are fighting to avoid defeat in the deciding task match against england stuart broad taking 8 wickets in the match so far and closing in on a series victory. A powerful politician who stood alongside Martin Luther king jr as a civil rights pioneer in the u. S. Has made a symbolic final judie 55 years ago john lewis was knocked down and beaten unconscious on a bridge in alabama for demanding that black people be given the right to vote his. Bodies been taken across that bridge in selma one last time its part of 6 days of ceremonies to remember the 80 year old who died after battling pancreatic cancer lewis was one of the socalled big 6 of the Civil Rights Movement led by Lut
A global race to find a vaccine for covert 19 and one country is accused of trying to cheat. The u. K. s National Cybersecurity center says Russian Hackers known as a p t 29 the jukes or cozy have tried to infiltrate coronavirus facilities to steal their work britain the u. S. And canada Whose Research into possible vaccines is quickly advancing have all been targeted to be targeting with Cyber Attacks the International Effort not just here in the u. K. But in kind of in the u. S. To try and find a vaccine which is for the greater good of the world as well as our people here at home and i think its actually right that we called out in this measured way with our International Partners the hackers are believed to operate as part of the Russian Intelligence Service allegations that russia strongly denies the u. K. Government says the hackers are using fishing and malware in their attacks and theyve supplied coding instructions that were going to his asians can protect themselves this late
And violence in west jerusalem as thousands of protesters call on the israeli Prime Minister to resign over corruption charges and his handling of the pandemic and ethiopia says heavy rains have begun filling his controversial dam on the blue nile as the government continues to negotiate with its neighbors egypt and saddam. With the sport b. N. F. L. Agrees to scrap the 2020 preseason games as another 95. 00 players taste positive for corona virus. Thank you very much for joining as we begin with the growing tension between the United States and china the u. S. Government has ordered beijing to close its consulate in the city of houston in texas saying its a way to. Protect American Intellectual property a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign ministry has denied media reports that stuff at the consulate had been burning documents inside the building and is accuse the u. S. Of violating International Law in response china is threatening to close the american consulate in war and has warned
A warning the disruption caused by the covert 19 pandemic could lead to double the number of malaria related deaths in africa this year. And in support the west indies are fighting to avoid defeat in the deciding task match against england stuart broad taking 6 wickets for england as his team took control of the contest. The British Government has reimposed 2 weeks of self quarantine on people returning from spain following new outbreaks of the corona virus that aljazeera is caught here Lopez Holloway on reports. An unexpected change of plans hours before boarding a flight from spain back to the u. K. These tourists have learned theyll have to quarantine for 14 days on arrival the country was taken off britain say travel list on saturday and the measure took effect at midnight we had a wedding to go to help plans to visit friends and family that we havent seen in about a long time and not looking have to cancel all those plans so its quite upsetting the sudden reversal follows a surge