In london with the top stories from europe including a gathering storm of u. N. Talks in madrid as the u. S. Brazil india and china are accused of storing progress on tackling the climate crisis. And in sport asian champions al hell out of 3 to the semifinals of the Club World Cup here in doha they meet african counterparts at spare and one nil and will face south american sides the mango. In very warm welcome to this hour of news we begin in sudan where the countrys former ruler Omar Al Bashir has been found guilty in a corruption trial the 75 year olds been sentenced to 2 years which hell spend in a reform sense or rather than jail because of his age now the case centers around suitcases found in his home filled with notes of different currencies worth more than 130000000. Dollars well the courtroom or opted in chaos as the verdict was read out the sheer supporters started chanting that the trial was political and were ordered to leave but despite that they continued their protests o
Deal brings it. The indian Prime Minister consoles his countrys top scientists after they lose contact with Ambition Mission to the moon. Im leah harding in doha with sports. Fans pay tribute to the pioneering former South African rugby player Chester Williams after he dies at the age of 49. For many, he will always be the hero will lead zimbabwe to freedom from white minority rule. Others regard him as a corrupt dictator who led the country to economic disaster. Robert mcdonald lays death at the age of 95 is seen across the world. Also harsh criticism, as people remember one of africa most divisive leaderss. He was a guerrilla fighter who won independence for zimbabwe. His critics say he became an auto credit when least death squads, rigged elections, and shattered the economy. He was overthrown two years ago. He was the only leader many zimbabweans have ever known. We look back at his life. The liberator who turned into a tyrant, the man who destroyed the promising country through hi
A pretext to expand its own jewish settlements in the area. And another big one for ukraines president exit polls giving a lot of members a lance his party a commanding lead after sundays parliamentary elections but will he get the absolute majority hes hoping for. Also coming up india is heading for the moon a countdown is on again for an ambitious launch that could see it become the 4th nation to land a probe on the lunar surface blast off isnt just over one out. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us. We begin the program in hong kong and a 7th straight weekend of antigovernment protests has descended into violence demonstrations began peacefully as tens of thousands rallied against a very unpopular extradition bill many fear will erode that citys autonomy as protesters headed for the office of Chinas Communist Party police fired on them with rubber bullets and tear gas and in a new development suspected triad gang members attacked the demonstrators. It was a vicious assault.
sky scrapers serve as the centerpiece. and this was the scene in taipei, taiwan where the celebration features fireworks shot from the tallest high-rise. and in new york crowds are already forming in times square, the celebration is returning to full capacity after two years of scaled back celebrations. gloria joins us now with the latest. how is it looking, gloria? reporter: the rain just let up for a minute and people here are excited. they re trying to get their hands on one of these free hats. we have this family here from erie, pennsylvania, who is in town to celebrate the new year. tell me how long you ve been standing here. we got here about 10:00 this morning. reporter: why do you want to do this? first in a lifetime experience. first and last time for sure. reporter: how is it going with the little guy? he s going to hold up? he s doing good. he s doing really good, huh, jeremy? yeah. you excited for the new year? yeah. reporter: cool. so list
To tap into chinas 40 million on Offline Stores. With its new platform. Betty yvonne, no action here in the u. S. , of course because we are closed for the commemoration of Martin Luther king. Marketsties, the bond are all shot and the currency markets of course, continue to remain open. Shut for the day. It depends whether we will see a government shut down and how that will be priced into the equity markets when they open tomorrow morning. We are definitely watching commodities closely, and currencies, which continued to slide in the u. S. Dollar as well as well with five weeks of losses. Pretty remarkable, given that we are in a rate tightening timeframe here in the u. S. Area commodities, and currencies. We are watching those today. Yvonne yes, the dollar could be optimism for some of the asia traders here, but again, we are missing some fresh catalyst with the u. S. Markets closed. If we take a look at futures, it looks like we will be taking upons with the best we are looking at