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in a massive corruption case is upheld by the top corpse. ah, hello, i'm emily anglin. this is al jazeera live from dough house are coming up. a funeral is held to pro kremlin commentator. daria to gainer as ukraine denies in secret services, planted a carbone to kill her rocks top caught suspends work after supporters. if she i later will. ta ta elsa gather outside its premises, demanding parliament be dissolved and shanghai is waterfront goes. dog, southern china face is power cuts as a heat, waves scorches the region ah, up into the program, we became a malaysia where the top court is upheld a guilty verdict,

and to jail sentence against former prime minister nat geo. brazzel. now gibb repealed a 2020 conviction for money laundering and corruption, and a 12 year prison term, prosecutors have said 4 and a half $1000000000.00 was stolen from the one m. d. b fund that he co funded or founded, the court charged energy for illegally receiving $10000000.00 from that fund. he's been on bail since 2018 pending that appeal. now james legal team spoke to the maid here shortly after tuesday's verdict. your part, the position of the federal court? would it was read, bard, you leonard, chief justice of course we are. but he said because we lost the appeal. i only see that we seek comfort and solace in the words of a great indian jewish who sit that the almighty a loaner can dispense perfect justice florence louise inquired on poor

with more on how the ruling unfolded. his lawyer initially tried to delay proceedings. firstly, by arguing that they didn't have sufficient time to prepare because this was a new legal team that had only been replaced late last month. and then his legal team sought to have the chief justice removed on the basis that her husband had several years ago. posted comments, critical of not your browser on social media. now those 2 applications, or requests were denied, and the 5 member panel of judges ultimately decided that they agreed with the initial findings of the high court, which were then affirmed by an appeal court. last year they said that they agreed that the defense put up was so inherently inconsistent and incredible that it failed to raise a reasonable doubt on the prosecution case. and so they reaffirmed the conviction, and they also said that they found that the sentence that was imposed was not

excessive. now, not your browser will be the 1st format malaysian prime minister to go to prison. now there were concerns that because i'm know the party to which not your brother belong, which is also the dominant political party in malaysia. now, because it's back in power, after having been voted out for the 1st time in history, in 2018, there were concerns that corruption cases involving it's politicians or people connected to. it would somehow fade away because they have been instances in the last few years where the attorney general decided not to pursue some of these cases . now that this decision on tuesday will now lay some of those concerns. and that's the fund was set up back in 2009 with prime minister g, but resolute as its chairman. it was meant to encourage economic development through foreign investment. but trouble started in 2015 when it mr. learn payment to invest is of half a $1000000000.00 that unsettled markets and force the government to investigate. the us justice department intervened and said $4500000000.00 was embezzled through

criminal schemes involving international money laundering. it also found money from one m d. b had been spent on extravagant items, including luxury homes and properties in beverly hills in california. asap o is a former political advisor to ransack. he explains how the court ruling might be perceived politically. not only not you would have to sleep last night tonight, but the party to which we belong. namely, no, i'm no party would also have to ponder very carefully as to whether they would continue to align with in terms of claiming innocence, or they would draw a clear line of demarcation between the party and such that for example, the party would have a refresher in h more reform is mind and the more aggressive cohort of malaysian voters,

we indeed like to see a corruption been clean up in malaysia with a conviction be that firm. because for example, in the eyes, the say you need the bottom and not this cultural corruption. on the other hand, the all cars are very ardent, supporters are not your browser, who i think would continue to profess his innocence. but the speed of the judgment been delivered by malaysia's pop caught debt. it was quite astounding to essentially at the end of a hearing today. and perhaps we have out of sight giving testimony in court. the court has a firm conviction, very expeditiously to iraq. why support is if she, i politic politician will, tata al santa, a rallying outside the offices of the supreme judicial council in bagdad

a calling on judges to dissolve parliament and set a date for early elections to be held. last week, the judicial body told santa it has no authority over the legislature. the council says it's unconstitutional to try to force it to issue a decrease mackwood abdel while head has more from baghdad. this is another version, a new in fact version of a this sit in, this is an open sit in by supporters of sadly the doctor. so that this time in front of the supreme judicial council, they are blaming get the judicial council for what they consider taken the side of their rivals will not doing its job by dissolving the parliaments. on the other hand, the judicial council has taken a few measures including gifts, opening an investigation into what it calls, threats, made by other supporters against it's this tough and also it has issued an arrest

warrant against one of the top. a leaders, a prominent to a politician affiliated to look to the a sudden we have been given the reports about a condemnation from the cabinet, from the prime minister, from the several politicians, several of the state institutions, iraqi institutions condemning what they consider the aggression are by these protest as against a heist judicial institution in the country. but on the other hand, as you know that these supporters, they came from the area in front of the parliament. they have their colleagues still in the open sitting in front of the parliament for a month now. now this is an you'll open sit in by other supporters in front of the judicial a council. they say that they are requesting that the. 3 judicial council dissolves the pa, mint, and earth in fact, are obliged it, a concerted institutions. consider authorities to hold to hold early elections as

a way out of the current political impasse to china. now where the world's 2nd largest economy is feeling the effects of extreme weather patterns including record high temperatures and prolonged droughts. shanghai is famous waterfront will go dark for 2 nights to save electricity. many provinces have announced power cuts due to low water levels at hydro, electric dams, some parts of the world's 3rd largest river. the yankee have dried up more than 400000000 people depend on it for drinking water. high temperatures have also affected crops, smaller grain harvests in china would have a global impact. and wildfires have forced the evacuation of more than 1500 people in the south west. the region has been battered by drought and hot temperatures, making it susceptible to fires. patrick fox has more from badging report say around 1500 people had to be evacuated to safe places because of multiple bush fires

across the mountainous regions of chunk. ching, there's been lots of social media video circulating, showing huge flames ripping through large waves of lands and authority. save a thousands of rescuers and the helicopters were sentenced to fight the fires. they say the situation is now under control, but the risk is likely to remain so long as this drought continues. there's been no rain for whatsoever in chunking for weeks. and of course is also battling the scorching heat temperatures. there have hit above 40 degrees for nearly 2 straight weeks, and the other concern is that potential shortages of power and to address that authorities have reduced mall opening hours. and malls are only going to be open from $4.00 to 9 pm until the situation changes. or they refer to this as being an urgent situation. and we're seeing similar measures being implemented in different parts of the country that also battling extreme heat as well. notably in shanghai authorities and switched off lights along the iconic boons in an effort to preserve

energy. my joan is an environmentalist and the author of china's water crisis, as well as the founder of the institute of public and environmental affairs. he says china has faced a year of unusual weather as far as we have the details, mature logical records, we have never seen the young shit reverse. what a level dropped to this low level at this season. and a few days ago, i had a chance to take a bird deal of the largest fresh water lake in china. the lake, which is connected to the young to river. it has been diminished into inter meandering streams. so it's quite shocking, and of course it's caused by a very unusual weather pattern. this year, the so called west pacific sub tropical high moved into this region much earlier

and continue to dominate agents as it rings out for about 70 days. and much of the region, you know, haven't seen much one soon. and so throughout the basin, the water refill has been dropped by drop by 45 percent in some of the worst regions drop by 80 percent. and so that's the course the next big hit. and last, the extreme here, we're talking about not just about 40 degree celsius for dozens upon dozens of cities in china. in this region, we're talking about some of in some of the region move beyond 44 degrees celsius or even 45. and this at the air con, demand, huge pressure on the power rate, while in this region is very much feature by its high proportion of hydropower.

still ahead on al jazeera, we follow protests in thailand's capital, where many a gathering to demand the resignation of the prime minister and the migrants who died at sea trying to leave 11 on the military searches for their bodies off the coast of tripling. ah, he has begun the full world copies on its way to cut travel package to the hello there. let's look to east asian. it's still a story of exceptional record breaking and prolonged heat across the region. but mainly for china, where we've had a heat waves, it's lasted more than 2 months, and that's affected power supplies. shanghai skyline was plunged into near darkness as they tried to conserve energy. now there is a change on the way we'll see. temperatures start to come down,

but for now we've still got red alerts, affecting much of the country is the 12th day of that. and we've got red fire alerts in the south. west of china, as those fires continued to burn. temperatures here are still on the up sitting in the high thirty's, but there is going to be a change as a system. a tropical storm moves into coastal areas of china on wednesday, bringing a lot of that heavy rain knocking temperatures down for the likes of hong kong. a drop of about 5 degrees celsius there. we've also got a cold front. sweeping down is gonna be some recovery in beijing as it works. its way towards more central and eastern areas has some heavy rain to come here and more heavy rain on the way for south asia, in particular, for pakistan and afghanistan. as that monsoon, depression works its way to the northwest, but it's an improving picture for new delhi at 34 degrees celsius. i saw a issue ally of the journey this november the well companies coming to cattle of

the clock is ticking as the main event gets closer every step of the way. so i'm going to go through that with a new show of each month. things can expect some strong support hearing tests for you, the latest news from the teams and fans in different regions across the globe as they look to make them up on the patch of 2022. the welcome. come back with everyone else. oh, now julia ah ah, hello, are you watching out, sir? i'm emily anglin. he's a reminder of our top stories. this. our malaysia top court has upheld a guilty verdict and jail sentence against former prime minister and nat geo.

brazza. that job appealed against to 2020 conviction for money laundering and corruption and a 12 year prison term supporters of iraq's lading. she ain't politician. will tara al serra rallying outside the offices of the high judicial council in baghdad. the calling for the judiciary to dissolve iraq's parliament and coal early elections. and shanghai has switched off the lights of its famous waterfront as a heat wave and drought causes major power shortages. multiple provinces have announced to power constitution low water levels and the hydro electric at hydro, electric dams security has been tightened in thailand's capital, where protest is a gathering to demand the resignation of the prime minister for youth chan, archer and 10 of his ministers survived to know confidence vote. last month. opposition parties had alleged to ethics, violations for youth. took power in a crew in 2014 opponent say he should step down on wednesday when his 8 year term

is up. a court will make the final decision. tony chang is covering development for us in bangkok. hello there, tony. this is certainly an important day for democracy and the rule of law for the public. tell us what's happening with it is indeed good. there's been a good response here. we've got about a 1000 people in the square. there are a couple of other protest sites in this area as well, which have been relatively well attended. but we're, we're not sitting at this stage. the kind of response we saw in 2020, when thousands and later on, tens of thousands of young people hit the str, were the of really, very visceral sense of anger, of the prime minister and the ty establishment. this is more of a matter for the constitutional court. the opposition parties say that according to the constitution, which was passed by the military in 2017 or your chin, not just the term in office finishes at midnight tonight. he said he has said he'll

abide by the decision when the court meets to morrow. that said, it said constitutional co, which very rarely goes against the government. and 5 of its 9 judges were appointed by this government. so i think you would be something of a surprise if they did decide that he should step down. none the less i think what we're seeing is the start of jockeying ahead of a general election that next year. i think the opposition car is a trying to mobilize sentiment against the prime minister against the government. remind everybody that with increasing unhappiness about a cost of living crisis, rising inflation rates that this is a government which has missed performed. i think many people fail on a lot of france and they will be pushing very hard for a change of people. go to the polls next year. tiny, thank you very much for the update. tiny chang live for us in bangkok. nice drowning government will launch an inquiry into the former prime minister's

decision to secretly appoint himself to 5 ministries. during the pandemic, the solicitor general says it's got marston's appointments were legal, but the decision to keep them quiet and it and in mind the principles of responsible government. as sarah clark reports. one day after receiving advice from australia solicitor general prime minister anthony albanese, unveiled his report. it is found that his predecessors decision to appoint himself covertly to 5 ministerial rolls was legal. but filing to inform his cabinet, the parliament, the public and for ministers was inconsistent with how the country should be run. the advice show is, i think, a very clear, clear criticism and critique all the implications. sit there for ad, democratic system of government. during the pandemic, scott morrison swore himself in as joint minister for health have affairs financed

treasury and resources. the governor general ever saw the appointment, but he too, didn't to inform parliament that was cleared by the nation's top. lawyer. albanese says a water inquiry is needed. the inquiry will know to examine what happened and how it happened. it will also need to examine what the implications, ah, ah, for what occurred either whether there are any legal issues that are rise. constitutional law is agree and say the parliament needs to be informed of all ministerial appointments. if democracy is to be upheld. if we have secret seems we had a fund to those principles into those norms that frustrates are the ability and prevents palm and holding me accountable. you don't know who the minutes are on, which minister responsible. what alma, can't that process of ministerial accountability to parliament doesn't work. we're

time minister albanese has flagged the loophole that allows ministry appointments to be made without informing the public and has asked his department to make that a priority. as to scott, most of the former prime minister said it was in the national interest for him to take on the extra portfolios during the pandemic. and extraordinary, and unprecedented time sofa. he's refused to resign. sarah clock out 0 brisbin, australia. a funeral has been held in moscow for pro kremlin political commentator derrier to gain a. russia says ukrainian secret services plotted the death of the 29 year old. she was killed in a car bombing on saturday. her father, alexander doogan, a far right nationalist and ally of letting me put in was among the mon, is the russian president has described to killing as evil. the russian security service has related this video that it says shows the assess and the agency

maintains the ukranian woman who's in her fourties. i've been planning saturdays attack since july and russian media is linking the suspected killer to the ukranian armies. as of battalion, which russia has designated as a terrorist group, but so just say they're not involved. no, i don't know her personally, this woman. secondly, the documents they show don't belong to a person serving in the as a potassium. this is obvious because the uniform, she's wary, and a military id. this woman does not serve in the as a potassium name, while the us says russia is planning to escalate, strikes against civilian infrastructure in ukraine in the coming days. ukrainian president for me is the landscape issued a similar warning and laid up to independence day celebrations on wednesday. theresa bo has more from the ukrainian capital. i'm here in the center of care not far away from my don, where the government has put on display. all the tanks and armored vehicle russian

tanks and armored vehicles that have been destroyed during this almost 6 months war . this wednesday is ukraine's independence days. but it also marked some months since this war began. and suddenly, there's hyper tension president lensky said that russia is getting ready to carry out something very cool, something very vicious intelligence agencies from around the world. but also the united states have said that russia plans to carry out attacks in the next few days against infrastructure government building going on other things. and the occupation by russia accuse being ukraine for the killing of diarrhea. ngugi knives is suddenly raising lots of alarm here. even though the korean government denies it could certainly be used as an attack to launch, i'm bigger attack hearing. so the government has suspended major gatherings. they're asking people to stay in their homes in the next few days. government says

that they need to be ready for a bomb or missile attack, but as you can see behind me, there's some people on the street trying to watch this. this tanks that have been on display some others have left the city and others. i very, very concerned, but most certainly there's a big alarm here because anything could happen anytime i grain silos in lebanon that were damaged in the bay road port explosion have collapsed. it's the 3rd time storage facilities at the port had collapsed in the past month. official say the buildings absorbed too much of the impact from the explosion in 2020, they killed more than 200 people. the government had ordered, they be demolished by the operation was put on hold. as victim families wanted, the silos preserved as a memorial. a fire had been burning since july, as rotting grain fermented in the summer, hage. the lebanese military is on a mission to find the bodies of 30 people who went missing off the coast of tripoli . 4 months ago, they were attempting to take

a new life in europe. the military is now using a submarine to try to find their bonnie's sand reports. the shores of northern lebanon had become part of a route for refugees and migrants bound for europe. 4 months ago, a tragedy at sea highlighted the desperation among an increasingly impoverished population. now, survivors have returned to the site of the shipwreck about 6 kilometers off the coast. at least 30 members of their families. among them, children are still missing. with a submarine paid for by donations, an operation is under way to try to retrieve bodies that could still be inside the boat. 450 meters below sea level. don't it many off. but if we have them all door delivered, the government did not do is judy talk to people. it is because of them. these

people died. they wanted a better life salaam and anesha, and they were among those who drowned their mother. betty survived, along with her 2 sons and future son in law. she and her 2 daughters had hoped to reach italy to escape a life of poverty and unemployment. there are conflicting reports on what caused the boat to sink when it was intercepted by the lebanese army. but families want closure. hello my, you know, even if it's just one bone, i want it, a shoe, whatever it is, it belonged to my daughters and i want it. the tragedy hasn't stopped lebanese from trying to reach europe by sea. earlier this month, 75 people were rescued from a sinking boat off the coast of turkey. authority say illegal, migration has been increasing steadily. at least 3000 people are believed to have

tried or were able to reach europe in the past 6 months. and unlike in the past, most people risking the journey are lebanese, not syrian or palestinian refugees bomb low mother. i will make another attempt to live and another. i won't stop until i leave this country where you live without any dignity here. there's helplessness and concern for the future, but most of all, there is grief center for their data off the coast of northern lebanon. at least 2 people have been killed in the haitian capital, puerto prince during anti government protests. widespread poverty and political instability, a feeling of violent crime and lawlessness as victoria gayton. b reports. cale simple apron, ah, haiti is a country without a function in government. it's economies collapsed and protest as a demanding prime minister ariel only step down. here.

what we nation people will demonstrate with our plates and spoons, and blankets and pillows in front of our lawn resides to ask him to resign. because hunger and insecurity are killing us all. oh, during the demonstrations a man was shot and killed. witnesses say, the attacker fled in a co gang violence. his surge since the assassination of president juvenile morsey last year. his successor enjoys support from the international community, but has been criticized for saying he has no plans to step down until elections are held. if louisiana also said it was, it was about how much we live in a society with people can't afford to eat and drink if conditions for the most vulnerable people he had done to approve. we will stay on the streets welcom, do we have a different vision for the country? one way young people can thrive. haiti is still struggling to recover from a magnitude 7 point to earthquake that destroyed the southern tip of the peninsula a year ago. crippling economic conditions are likely to worse than is the political

crisis drags old. there's gas or shortages. there is severe commonality. we're kidnappings and gang violence. ah, ah massacres over the last a few weeks. ah, and therefore the government so far has been, ah, rather weak in its responses and hasn't been able to r to address these realities that are affecting daily lives for asia. ah, critics of the prime minister, her thou to continue to protest until they get the change. they say haiti, ne ah victoria gate and be al jazeera, the preserved heart of brazil's 1st emperor has arrived in the country's capital ahead of celebrations. mocking the $200.00 anniversary of independence on september 7th, and an carrying don pedro. the first's embalmed organ was welcomed with military honors. it's on line to the government of brazil and will go on public display. dumb. petro declared brazil's independence from portugal,

200 years ago. when he died, he asked his heart to be taken to the city of porto, where it since been kept at loop as such. marceau open, it is with great satisfaction that we gather this morning. as part of the celebrations tied to the bicentennial brazil's independence, to receive this important relic that represents beyond bravery and passion, the immeasurable strength of our 1st emperor with seem holding the return of the heart of your 1st emperor. don pedro is very important. symbolically for brazil, it's also very important for portugal because he was a crucial figure in the affirmation of freedom in portugal and for the city of porter, which i represent here. because it was he also who freed us from the yoke that we had. ah, hello you letting out 0. these are the head.