the, the, the, the we news line from berlin pakistan's, former prime minister in ron con, is sentenced to 10 years in jail accord. finds him guilty of revealing official secrets. the development comes ahead of february's parliamentary elections and the progress on it will bring. it will leave us on this breaking news story, also coming up crypto currency fraud and alleged abuse at the hands of chinese, of the chinese mafia dw, investigate the secret of myanmar scam factory. we'll have an expensive report for you. the

article for at least welcome to the show. we start with breaking news from pockets . don were former prime minister and run con has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for revealing state secrets. cons legal team says it will appeal against the judgment on was ousted from power through no confidence vote and parliament in april of 2022 is not allowed to run for election said for february 8th and but continues to have significant public support and is currently in prison serving a 3 year term as part of a separate graft case. ready is an ongoing finding, nobody is being his job. name is one more. can you tell us about this verdict? nickel, this gift involves indications that non hon, when he was prime minister of the country in 2022, he shared a secret diplomatic dba was sent by focused on the investor in washington, and they belong, hon. use that and shared that depos thing accusing the united states is conspiring

with august and the politicians to oust him from his office to a new confidence. what? and this a happened and gone on was i'll stick to a new confidence sports and we got hung skeptic using that was done because the us didn't want him gone home to have an independent foreign policy. the us denied or has officially, or we have denied these occasions, but in focused on it's it's, it's illegal to share state secrets and therefore this gift against him and to be hurt that he has not been sentenced to then. yes, he has, or his team has announced they will appeal. but if this goes through, what would this mean for his political career? i am not hon. and his political party accused that no, and they have dozens of the case of the not hon, has dozens of cases against him and postings of the political bulk of arctic names in g. b. a said that it has happened because john, hong had to fall off with bach defense,

military and the new confident support. and all of the cases that he sees thing and his body is facing it because the community wants him out from the political landscape of the country. and for now we do see that this is happening. but there's a lot of uncertainty and focused on. but for now, it seems things are pretty back for him in the military, of course, usually seriously, influential in progress on him as we are less than 2 weeks away from elections in the country. so what does this, you know, with in room con, being a hugely polarized in staggering too. but one that enjoys such tremendous following . what does that mean for the political situation and stability in fox, the fox and john hunt is a popular leader at the grassroots level. he has that sort of street power. he is able to bring posing from thousands of people in valleys. but of course now he's in jail and just before elections, his party, also lots last elect order symbol for the party. and in fact,

who happened to accord in focused on it's very important for the political party deposit select auto simply because politically it is really low. so in order we see that his body has been completely sideline and gingerly and focused on elections are out of our like festival. there's a lot of scam spinning, but what we see that many young people who do follow him. ron hahn are kind of disappointed at what's happening and it's leaving a lot of uncertainty. and this a recent um charge and looking down on would also mean we could see political chaos or some unrest on the streets that was being his challenge. thank you so much for your insights survivors of alleged views and me and laura have been speaking to dw you about their horrifying treatment inside the secretive so called scam factory, held against their will in an operation involving crime syndicates, these victims of human trafficking are forced to execute crypto currency fraud,

our report has joined the rescue mission to find and save them. the names of the interviewees and this exclusive report have been changed for their own protection. in this compound on me and most boda with thailand, thousands of people, a working to trick people in china, the us and europe out of the savings. but the people inside on doing so for personal profit. they've been traffic from across the globe and being forced to work in a scam factory and slaves like conditions. or if there is no plans with no, no lunch. if someone checks and you didn't reply to atlanta the be to or make you stand for hours. lucas, this part of the group that managed to escape a scam factory known as k k puck. it's one of the around 12 such compounds in this area as me and most current state. and it's one of the most notorious, secure to us taking our computers,

seeing if we are doing our job or plane. we work 17 hours a day. no complains, no holidays, no rest. and if we say we want to leave, they tell us they will sell us or kill us. so they did what they would told make contact with people on the internet when that trust and convince them to invest and fake crypto currency thoughts. once the victims have sent enough money, the website is shut down and the money gone. this sophisticated form of scanning is called a pic, butchering and the united nations office on drugs and crime estimate such scams generate more revenue than the drug trade in southeast asia. k, k pocket alone makes tens of millions of your as a month, apparently enabled by soldiers of me and most buddha, god, and on the backs of helpless victims of human trafficking. last message says we're in a bunker after the river. and what's down the end of that river on the ty side of the

boat to a team of 8 workers is on a mission to help them escape to. so timing is critical. victims are sometimes transferred and taxis to other compounds by a thailand because the rates there are foster one sofa. that's when do the initial act i um are looking for a tech to see with the license plate 95, the yellow and blue coming up on that side of the road. it's a dangerous mission. they don't know if the traffic is out in the car. they turned down a side street and that's about the best time they're lucky. they all know um traffic is inside. there's no position from the taxi driver and judah and michelle managed to actually degree into that. i con my name's to that

nice to meet you. the group abroad to a safe house for a much needed rest. the next step will be dealing with immigration authorities. you know, not an easy experience. and i hope i can go back to my country and find a job that i was credited to for. to start a new life. aaron and lucas with eventually recognized as victims of human trafficking, and re, petrie. i took to the home country, the thousands of victims of still trapped at k k park and other scam factories, somewhere on the me and my thailand, buddha. and you can watch the full documentary here on dw and a few minutes right after our show or go to our youtube channel and search for dw documentary now to some other source making headlines around the world today. hong kong is the government has begun the process of passing new national security loss

and those bills upon sweeping legislation and post by raising in 2020 the fresh measures will target state secrets, espionage and foreign influence critics of the national security laws point to an erosion of democracy and civil liberties and hong kong in south africa as governing amc party has to spend at the membership of former president jacobs numa. the decision comes out for zoo. my said he would vote for arrival party in this year's general election for weeks. zima has been campaigning for spear of the nation. that's a new party named after the and sees former armed when human trials have begun in the united states for a long mosques near a link frame implant ship mosque said the 1st patient has already been implemented and is recovering well. the steps act as a brain computer interface and are intended to help people with lim, disability, or amputations control devices around he was secretary of state and, and blank,

and that's set a new proposal to release hostages in gaza is strong and compelling. officials from katara in egypt have been mediating between israel and her last or broker. a deal last militants are still holding more than a 100 hostages and calls after an abducting them. during the october 7 to her attack. the united states is promising what it calls a very consequential response to a drone attack that killed 3 of its troops in jordan and wounded more than 40 others. it was official saying the strength on sunday had a military outpost known as tower 22. when near the border of syria, according to media reports the enemy drone wasn't shot down because it may have been mistaken for us drones lying in the area. presidential biden has blamed ron back militants for the attack, though around denies being involved. national security council spokesman john

kirby's of the us. it's still considering its response. we are not looking for a war with iran or not. so you can in conflict with the regime in the military way . and as i said in the, in the opening, we're not, we're not looking to escalate here. this attack over the weekend was that school, the tory make no mistake about. and it requires a response. make no mistake about that. i will not get ahead of the president's decision making as president by laws. america's response to the attack in jordan pressure is growing in washington to strike a blow directly at iran. for decades. iran has funded militant groups targeting the us and its allies across the middle east with more than a 150 attacks on us forces stationed in the region since the start of the war and gaza alone. missiles slide towards the red sea targeting ships and from lebanon into israel, and from a rack into jordan. all fired by groups backed by

a rob on their own backs, more than a dozen proxies in lebanon, syria, erac, yemen and gaza. projecting its influence across the region and aiming to drive out american troops, there over $30000.00 us forces stationed across the middle east, from several 100 in syria to more than $10000.00 agent guitar and the united arab emirates. since october 7th, the us also brought warships that have moved closer to israel and guys of so many us soldiers near so many proxy armies and dozens of tit for tat attacks and counter attacks, but no direct confrontation with around so far. iran says it doesn't control the groups, it's funding the resistance groups across the region do not take all to somebody's lubbock republic could be wrong that these lemma group probably could be wrong. while it does not welcome the expansion of conflicts in the region. doesn't interfere in decision making by resistance groups that are testing the multi good

all the more of a match. but since the, as law mac revolution in 1979, iran has built up its support for those proxies, sending them hundreds of millions of dollars per year. it's 1st big success for the proxy force happened in 1983 in lebanon when it has below truck bombing at the us army barracks killed more than 200 soldiers. the us withdrew its forces from the country. meanwhile, has built built a huge arsenal of missiles since from us as terror attack on october 7th. hezbollah has nearly daily fired rockets into his re a hey ron also arms the who's the rebels in yemen. after israel invaded garza who these attack ships and the red sea, the u. s. has bombed who the positions, but the group continues its attacks. you have another front, isn't iraq, and syria, or iran appears to be encouraging it's militias to attack us military bases.

washington has responded with its own strikes. the drone attack on us forces in jordan was the 1st since october 7th to kill american soldiers. 3 people lost their lives. the attack was claimed by the islamic resistance in a rack or collection of militias backed by a rock. the us says it will mount a consequential response entail. now the us and iran have been locked in a war of words, careful not to attack each other as military's, but the fatal strike on us troops has created pressure from republicans on president biden, to hit iran itself. bringing the 2 countries even closer to direct confrontation. and before we go, here's a quick reminder of our top story. former pockets tony prime minister in rome con, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. august on the courts found him guilty of revealing official secrets. development comes ahead of february's parliamentary elections in the country, despite his popular support on has been barred. running st. you're up to date of

next are exclusive documentary and alleged abuse and slavery, and signed a myanmar scam factory. stay tuned for that, and i went back from warner's at the top of the our hope. see that the, the in charlotte the currently move people the on the world wide and such a hassle it as a committed to actually find out about robina story info. my grands i was hoping to go and where both of us.