Taking on the champions empty asia we live with all the latest coming up. A very warm welcome to the program we begin in sudan where the countrys former ruler Omar Al Bashir has been found guilty in a corruption trial the 75 year old has been sentenced to 2 years which he will spend in a reformed since or rather the jail because of his age now the case centered around suitcases found in his home filled with notes of different currencies worth more than 130000000. 00 the courtroom erupted in chaos as the verdict was read out this year supporters started chanting that the trial was political and were ordered to leave but despite that they continued their protest site bashir was overthrown in april after months of demonstrations its the 1st of several trials hell face for actions during his. 30 year. Well have a morgan is in sudans capital khartoum hi there head we saw those chaotic scenes in court and now hes going to spend these 2 years in a rehab center and talk us through what weve be
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
A day after dozens of civilians were killed in the north. Also hit by Corruption Cases and to repeat elections alias israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a primary challenger from his own party. And im were hard in with sports it was a basketball battle in l. A. With le brons lakers falling short against the clippers we have that and more christmas in the action coming up this is our. Welcome to the news iraqs president says that he would rather quit the name a new Prime Minister rejected by protesters but is refusing to designate the nominee of an iranian backed Parliamentary Group now there have been protests across the country for the past 3 months demonstrators have been calling for an overhaul of iraqs political system well joining me is our correspondent dorsetshire bari from the iraqi capital also this opens a new that iraq has never really walked before potentially no Prime Minister and potentially no president. Certainly that could be a possibility but from what we
Watching the weekly here on International Im wears on a low thank you for joining us. Now the president of iran has a Foreign Forces to stay away from the persian gulf saying they only bring misery and disaster thats after the u. S. Announced extra troop deployments to the region accusing iran of bombing saudi refineries a week ago a claim that iran flatly denies the president has approved the deployment of u. S. Forces which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and Missile Defense we will also work to accelerate the delivery of military equipment to the kingdom of saudi arabia and the u. A. E. To enhance their ability to defend themselves it is clear that even the saudis themselves dont believe the fiction of the rain involvement. Well the route flared up on the 19th of september when drones set fire to saudi arabias biggest oil site the raid was claimed by the sheer rebels in yemen which have been the target of a Saudi Bombing Campaign for the past 4 and a half ye
From moscow headquarters youre watching the weekly here on r. T. International im whereas on a lockwood welcome to the program and we start was some breaking news this hour british Tour Operator thomas cook has collapsed leaving at least 150000 holidaymakers stranded the company employed around 1000 people in the u. K. And 22000 worldwide and it was thought to be the worlds oldest travel operator functioning since 841 thomas cook cease trading off the failed talks in the Financial Rescue package and the British Government has pledged to ensure that all citizens stranded abroad will be brought home in what is being described as the countrys largest ever peacetime repatriation effort we will keep across the state details and keep you updated. The president of iran has Foreign Forces to stay away from the persian gulf saying they only bring misery and disaster itself to the u. S. Announced extra troop deployments to the region accusing iran of bombing saudi refineries a week ago a claim t