we begin with news out of malaysia where the former prime minister rosa has arrived at a kuala lumpur he spent the night ina lumpur courthouse, he spent the night in a detention centre after being arrested tuesday on corruption charges. all of this comes after an investigation into the former leaders alleged role in the scandal hit government investment fund imdb. the fund was set up to develop kuala lumpurorasa the fund was set up to develop kuala lumpur or as a financial hub but racked up billions of dollars in debt which it couldn't pay back. he has been accused of pocketing $700 million from the fund, charges which he has consistently denied. the more on the story, i am joined by karishma. a stunning fall from grace for the former prime minister. ruefully, what has led it to all of this? —— briefly. ruefully, what has led it to all of this? -- briefly. in the last few minutes we have seen the former prime minister razak entering a courthouse in kuala lumpur. from what we understand, from what we understand, there were hundreds of onlookers there, a scene of chaos, police on the sc

kuala lumpur. alive now to kuala lumpur where another our correspondents florence louis has been following the story for us so far as this is had been expecting this had been expected for some time. trying to build this case against the former prime minister where things stand right now i am still here. that's right now they had called nigel benn for questioning for this case in may this is to do this has to do with them as mentioned in her report there with s.r.c. international a former subsidiary company of one and then placed under the finance ministry of which not total control being the finance minister as well as prime minister of the country until the general election in two thousand in may just a couple of months ago so he's going to be charged we're not sure yet what the charges are going to be laid against him but i can think we can guess that it's going to be misappropriation of state funds it's alleged that the money from s.r.c. international as much as ten million dollars was deposited

throughout the past couple of weeks and months all right jamal a child in kuala lumpur jamal thank you and you can watch the entire interview with martin mohamad on saturday at zero four thirty g.m.t. right here on talk to our jazeera. now kenya's top prosecutor has charged nine people with manslaughter of a dam collapse in may at least forty seven people died when the dam in a crude county failed to managers of the commercial farm where the dam was located had been charged as well as county leaders and officials from the water and environment management agencies police in saudi arabia arrested two men for ason after a woman's car was set on fire the owner says a car was deliberately set alight by men opposed to women drivers she says she faced abuse from the men in the neighborhood soon after receiving her license last week the kingdom overturned the decades long ban on female drivers the chairman of korean air whose family has been at the center of a series of scandals in court in the capital so a ruling is expected on an arrest warrant for sixty nine year old cho young though he sus

kuala lumpur. correspondent florence louis is on the line now from our kuala lumpur with more on this florence this is something that had been expected for some time but still a major development. it is a major development in the but it is something as you said has been something that . even said question by the malaysian anticorruption agency officials a couple of weeks ago they questioned them to two days in a of an investigation has been under investigation and the timing instead the current prime minister months behind much has said that the authorities have been able to build a strong case against him he did say that they would be able to bring the case to court before the end of it you have to watch and it seems like the anticorruption officials are moving as quickly as they can this case in particular the believe has to do with a corruption case involving a subsidiary of the financial of the finance ministry of which not chip was in charge when he was not only the prime minister of the count

fund fraud ok let's bring in our guests joining us today from kuala lumpur is bridget welsh an associate professor of political sciences at the john cabot university and the author of regime resilience in malaysia and singapore from london lee jones he's a reader of international politics at queen mary university of london and also from kuala lumpur on skype is ibrahim sophie an executive director of the deca center for opinion research welcome to you all bridget wells coming to you first is this about transparency or is it a witch hunt. i think it's definitely about transparency but it's more than that it's about moving malaysia in a different direction and reckoning with the past whatever the scandal the wanting to be scandal has been so significant in terms of the financial situation for the country its reputation this this new government wants to move beyond that and in order to do that it has to reckon with the former prime minister and what he is perceived to have done and his management of the finances of the country and lee jones in london what does this say about the track that

you're watching al-jazeera this is live pictures coming from the court at kuala lumpur where the former prime minister najib razak is appearing to face charges of allegations of corruption in relation to the investigation into the one d b account which was set up by him after he became prime minister obviously a great deal of chaos outside the court you can just possibly see making his way in with his silver here in the middle of that crowd very being swiftly rushed in by his minders followed by a very intense press pack there he's going to be facing the charges that he has ten to ten billion forgive me dollars was placed into his ten million i forgive me ten million dollars was placed into his personal account he says that that money was used as donations it is allegedly has come from one of the companies that was set up under the one d. b. organization we're going to come back to florence louie later on to find out more about what happened in court mexico's president elect has met the man whose job he's taking in the u.k. pinioned yetto to discuss his transition to office in december

his position for games he was arrested by anti corruption investigators on tuesday a course in kuala lumpur has granted him bail but says the legal action against him is politically motivated as it was florence louis reports now from kuala lumpur. former prime minister najib razak has been charged with corruption and three counts of criminal breach of trust involving in total ten million dollars alleged to have been deposited into his personal bank account between december two thousand and fourteen and february two thousand and fifteen and these moneys allegedly came from a company known as s r c international a former subsidiary of one m d b a state investment fund that with. set up by not yet after he became prime minister in two thousand and nine and the sum of about ten million dollars is a small amount compared to the four and a half billion dollars that knowledge of and his associates alleged to have and from one end this is an investigation that has been several years in the making not just with first questioned by anti corruption officials several years ago when he was still prime m

he arrived at a kuala lumpur courthouse a few hours ago, after spending the night in a detention centreuesday on corruption charges. let's go to our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani, who is following the story for us. a massive fall from grace. indeed, andi a massive fall from grace. indeed, and i think this is really underlines the current administration's focus on clamping down on corruption in malaysia. now, it has to be said that at this point, what we do understand is that the former prime minister najib razak has been charged with three cou nts razak has been charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust and one count, we understand, of abuse of power. all of this relating to the subsidiarity, a unit of the state—run investment fund, imdb, which he remembered it set up, ostensibly to develop the malaysian economy in particular, to develop kuala lumpur, the malysian capital, into a financial hub. of course, that never happened, what happened instead was that the fund racked up the windsor dollars worth of debts, there were allegations that some of that money fou

a new look malaysian government is getting ready to officially begin work in kuala lumpur after the sixty one year over would have the same political goal was brought to an end and may elections prime minister mahathir mohamad and nineteen new members of parliament have been sworn in they've switched parties to lead the campaign against najib but also because now facing corruption charges over the disappearance of billions of dollars from a national development fund florence louis has been following the developments in kuala lumpur. the first session of parliament more than two months optimal asians voted in and new government has seen quite a dramatic opening all but a handful of opposition m.p.'s staged a walkout before they were even sworn in they want to. protest against the government's nomination of speaker of the lower house they said procedure had not been followed and have asked for a fourteen day postponement of this parliament session since walks back in but have indicated that this may be the subject of a legal action now the government's choice or candidate for speaker is sig

to malaysia now where a new government is ready to officially begin work in kuala lumpur after the sixty one year rule of the same political party came to an end and elections it may promise to mahathir mohamad and nineteen new members of parliament have been sworn in. to lead a campaign against. rajiv is now facing corruption charges over the disappearance of billions of dollars from the state fund. we have to show that to practice a constructive democracy previously when we were in government we got blamed a lot so now to muhammad's past he has to show us the avenue for the opposition to raise concerns for example in today's parliament speaker issue florence louis has more from kuala lumpur. the first session of parliament more than two months optimal asians voted in a new government has seen quite a dramatic opening all but a handful of opposition m.p.'s staged a walkout before they were even sworn in they wanted to protest against the government's nomination of speaker of the lower house they said procedure had not been followed and have asked for a fourteen day postponement of this

ever himself and also in kuala lumpur might see a mohammad wants to completely and utterly eradicate corruption from both the financial sector in malaysia and also the political sector and the space that those two entities occupy if you will can it be done well i think today's events ensuring that that you'd rather be in charge for corruption things that than the going to be used as a stepping stone towards pushing for for the reforms indeed i think what has happened is immediately budget for the public to see a former prime minister be charged for corruption but i think what we shall see in the days to come is whether or not the integrity of the institutions that will be used in this process such as the courts anti-corruption agency and little on the police has really. sure and the changes that mahathir intends to embark on his country that i think what we have seen today is beginnings of a first step but it is a large organization the rot that has happened in malaysia has happened for many decades it is going to treat their mendis effort to try and up through these things but i thi

of billions of dollars from the state fund when he was in power difficult holland reports from kuala lumpur. it's the culmination of weeks of investigation into malaysia's former prime minister and the malaysians watched in fascination as police conducted raids on properties linked to najib reza falling out with they said with millions of dollars in cash boxes of luxury handbags high end watches and jewelry it is all mounting evidence of what could be one of the country's biggest corruption scandals because when you look at the structure all the complicated and complex transactions across so many countries it would seem to be like. a way to actually siphon no money from from government fund funding. if you could put it in a one way is more like a scam. the case focuses on how ten point six million dollars from estate investment entity s.r.c ended up in the jeeves personal account it's part of a wider investigation into the abuse and misuse of the one m.d.c. state fund that was started by najib soon after he became prime minister in two thousand and nine. and twenty fifteen the public learne

i remember the families at the airport in kuala lumpur in malaysia after the government was not giving them answers. here we are four years later and the 495-page report which was released for full transparency. in all of this, there is no new information. no conclusion on the part of investigators as why the plane carrying 239 people disappeared and presumed to crash in the indian ocean. a search of more than 120,000 square kilometers conducted by australian government which turned up nothing. it was called off this year. malaysia hired a private company. they conducted 112,000 square kilometer search over 90 days using the advanced technology looking in areas by the best estimates of teams and scientists they thought would be and turned up nothing. we know 27 pieces of debris washed up in south africa and tanzania. three pieces have been confirmed to be from mh-370. still no fuselage and no answers as to where all of those people are resting and lying now. the anguish continues for the families more than 1,600 days later. >> will, thank you. >>> two americans among four cyclists kill

the jeep says the legal action against him is politically motivated florence louis reports from kuala lumpur. former prime minister najib razak has been charged with corruption and three counts criminal of.

and fine at the moment and those who move up through the night we've got showers to singapore kuala lumpur to i suspect and then once you get through towards thailand it's looking pretty wet droid i think for kuala lumpur and singapore come thursday heading down into a straight here we've got frontal system working its way across the southeast and there is another one coming in from the west the squire like to feature heading in towards perth that's going to be giving some quite heavy rain and blustery conditions during the course of wednesday as it moves on through sydney looking at highs of nineteen fact sydney just coming off the warmest july on record so temperatures there nineteen degrees on wednesday on thursday this front you can see pushing in through south australia and given some pretty stormy weather with it melbourne there stroking it is fourteen degrees celsius across in new zealand we've got sherri weather across both islands but i think the risk of showers will increase ahead on through into thursday crisis there you're looking at highs of thirteen. full of struggles the lit

four years of searching and an of aviation's biggest mysteries flight mh 370 disappeared from kuala lumpur to beijing in 2014. a malaysian investigative team hijack no longer suspect the pilots of wrong-doing. >> i'm very relieved and happy story. >> only three confirmed pieces no bodies and no answers for vanish >> we are no closer figuring out notice a second private under water the newly elected prime minister said a searchll resume nbc bay area news. has passed away in his he was 82. he spent his career as a powerf lawmaker on capitol hill. the flags flied half-staff as oaklan mourned the loss. he is remembered as a fiery after congress, he returned to oaklan to serve one term as mayor. >> he steered the city through the slaying of floor officers. >> although the federal building is named after him, she will him. former president clinton took to twitte learning of his philos and he championed behind >>> new at 11:00, kids in san famili in the school gym. >> william said his stepdaughte kelly struggled when they were >> knowing tha you have a pla >> principal of buena vista her students

them this case will now go to a full trial of a slew has been following this case for us from kuala lumpur and reported extensively from me and mark how surprised are we at this adjudication. well this is a case that really could have gone either way but i think the i mean the judge had at mit it had said that he would at mit the evidence given by a police captain in april when the police captain had testified that a senior officer had ordered his subordinates to plant documents on wallow in one of the reports is to trap him so it really comes as quite a surprise that this case hasn't been thrown out but i think also going by how the men have already been held for seven months that they were denied bail for an offense such as this despite the pressure really shouldn't be surprised that the judge has decided that this case ought to go to a full trial now there are certain things that are very troubling with this case not just because it seems that. as the defense lawyers have argued this was a case of and trotman that these men had been set up apart from the police captain's testimony we've

it was set up in 2009 to turn kuala lumpur into a financial hub.oney laundering allegations. a number of countries, including the us, are investigating. funds skimmed were allegedly used to buy luxury assets and propety. this was some of what police seized from properties linked to mr najib. jewellery worth millions. he still has support, though. this was taken outside of court today. that hashtag, #freenajib. more now from karishma vaswani. this really underlines the current administration's focus on clamping down on corruption in malaysia. all of this relating to a subsidiary unit of the state—run investment fund, one in db, which he remember set up. in particular to develop kuala lumpur, the malaysian capital into a financial hub. that never happened, what happened instead was that the fund racked up billions of dollars worth of debt, there were allegations that some of that money found its way to the former prime minister's personal bank account, something like $700 million, allegations that he has consistently denied and was able to shrug off

called to exclude the possibility of foul play or hijack the plane disappeared on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing in two thousand and fourteen with two hundred thirty nine people on board. a long awaited independent report says it was probably deliberately diverted and flown for more than six hours after communication was severed but investigators say they are still unable to determine the cause. not the fear that you could have been an event to buy into hundreds but had the same time we cannot deny the fact that there was an atom but we cannot deny the fact that as yet another life the systems men need to know with intent or otherwise so we feel that there is also one possibility that could account for all these young the ruling or any possible we're just saying don't know what we do we cannot exclude the possible the awful the person or party or unlawful interference. hundreds of hikers in indonesia are making their way down a mountain where they've been trapped since sunday's earthquake officials say some of them suffered light injuries and were traumatized but most were in good con

malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is formally charged with corruption we'll be live in kuala lumpur. a new video shows thai boys trapped in a flooded cave good health but there's no clarity on how they'll be rescued. warnings of a catastrophe has jordan and israel refused to open borders to refugees fleeing a government offensive in southern syria. and in sports the england make their own world cup history as they progressed to the quarterfinals where sweden lie in wait . while asia's former prime minister has been charged with corruption over the disappearance of billions of dollars from the state fund while he was in power now zebra zach is facing three counts of criminal breach of trust and using his position for gains it was arrested by anti corruption investigators on tuesday now says the legal action against him is politically motivated well phones lou is joining us now live from kuala lumpur florence just give us some more detail if you can on the charges he's facing. while he's been charged with three crown counts of criminal breach of trust each involving different amounts

a new malaysian government is getting ready to officially begin work in kuala lumpur after the sixty one year rule of the same political party came to an end in the elections in may prime minister martin mohammed and one thousand new members of parliament have been sworn in those were the headlines the is there a newsgroup with folly is next in half an hour we return now to. on counting the cost why china wants an expanded economic role in the middle east we'll look at which countries are leading the way in innovation plus safe cancer causing one of the world's most profitable and widely used to list goes on trial counting the cost and i just. ask. you in the room to. see. from president eating his time in the midst of a war getting dragged off a roof because saakashvili was once widely recognized as an advocate for reform and democracy. friend of the west and enemy of russia so crushed really became president of georgia in january two thousand and four his popularity got him reelected four years later despite accusations of electoral fraud but georgia's constitution prevented him fr

kuala lumpur. rescuers and divers had trying to work out how they'll bring a team of young footballers and their coats out of caves in northern thailand where they've been trapped for ten days crews found them huddled together in pitch black darkness down a maze of narrow passageways ascott either reports from outside the case that parents have been promised the boys will come home. i'm. at first glance the crowded in busy sector for the rescue effort looks like it has for more than a week the good news that the boys were found by two british divers on monday night means only half of the job here is done. that second half of the job will be very difficult getting them all out safely but family members are already thinking of what they'll do once they are out when he won't speak joan heard the good news all she wanted to do was hug her nephew. oh my i hope all of them come out safely no tenney my nephew everyone who's stuck in the cave divers and doctors are now going back and forth to the boys and

not ruling out foul play the boeing airliner disappeared in twenty fourteen while flying from kuala lumpur to beijing with two hundred thirty nine people on board the spy extensive sea searches the plane has never been found flown slower ports they were hoping for answers but walked away with nothing families of those on board m h three seventy the plane that disappeared on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing more than four years ago said they were frustrated that a newly released investigation report failed to shed any light on the incident. describing the status quo reno are leaning on. any of the first thing the malaysian government released the safety investigation report on monday but investigators have not been able to find out why the aircraft diverted from its flight path the report says the change in course was unlikely to have been caused by a system failure we cannot establish a craft for by any one. but we also cannot exclude the possibility that there is an unlawful interference by the party a search by the australian malaysian and chinese government has failed to locate the

the singapore, kuala lumpur, taipei coming on. the nikkei up by .3%.ion on the currency markets, sterling taking a beating. the dollar index down a fraction. the u.s. 10 year creeping up at the moment to 2.85%. -- to go before we kick off the session. stocks. >> the yuan center stage. the offshore rate near the lows overnight, but steady after the pboc put out the message. central banks say the leverage ratio has stabilized and liquidity will be kept ample. in that piece in the financial easing,mestic demand is more emphasis for the authorities to move down. some more weakness for the yuan along with more volatility, which the pboc is willing to allow with the yuan breaking out of the trading range. mounting,h bets are saying seven is not of the realm of possibility. ubs abandoning its forecast this year, pointing to that decline in china's current account surplus. is politics of plate with a lack of intervention from authority serving as a sign that washington dc cannot have its cake and need it to when it comes to calling out china. thank you very mu

denies the charges says the case against him is politically motivated flaunts louis has more from kuala lumpur. former prime minister najib razak has been charged with corruption and three counts of criminal breach of trust involving in total ten million dollars alleged to have been deposited into his personal bank account between december two thousand and fourteen and february two thousand and fifteen these moneys allegedly came from a company known as s r c international a former subsidiary of one m d b the state investment fund that was set up by not after he became prime minister in two thousand and nine and the sum of about ten million dollars is a small amount compared to the four and a half billion dollars that nudge him and his associates alleged to have embezzled from one m. d. this is an investigation that spent several years in the making not just with first questioned by anti corruption officials several years ago when he was still prime minister and finance minister of this country but that investigation was blocked and corruption officials threatened and told to stop the investig

get really getting mixed reactions from the malaysian public oh my florence new life there in kuala lumpur. and new video has been released showing the junior thai football team in good health despite day eleven day old deal below ground through to medical supplies of reach the twelve boys and their coach phone lines are now being set up so they can talk to their parents it's not yet known know how the group will be brought out to the heavy rain is expected to hamper the cave rescue squad has more now from the rescue site. new video of the boys and their coach being released early on wednesday morning now they seem to be in good spirits there's even one little joke that goes around with the kids in there but obviously they're very very stressed and what they're trying to do now these navy seal doctors is treat any minor injuries so far we're hearing that the relatively healthy obviously very hungry there's been high protein high sugar content gels that they've been eating there's been a pipeline of supplies going into that distant part of the cave that has been ongoing but right now the fo

and for weeks on end we stood there at the airport in kuala lumpur and then we moved to australia where they were centering the search operations. and there was so much hope in the beginning that they would find the plane, that they would detect some sort of a signal from the plane. they were confident. and here we are now more than four years later and there is this report. 495 pages released with absolutely no clues as to what may have happened. what investigators have been able to rule out is any obvious signs of anxiety or mental issues on the part of the pilot and the first officer. they've ruled out any speculation that the pilot's flight simulator at home which showed he had plotted a course, a simulated course toward the southern indian ocean which is where mh-370 is believed to have crashed according to the best guess of investigators, looking at radar and satellite imagery and whatnot. they say that's not enough to prove that he intended to fly the plane deliberately. but of course his family has had to live for 4 1/2 years with this kind of cloud of suspicion over them. all o

he was arrested by anti corruption investigators on tuesday clones louis has this update from kuala lumpur where not also not sure what the charges that will be laid against him are going to be very likely that they could include criminal breach of trust well possibly corruption abuse of power perhaps even obstruction of justice now this is an investigation that started several years ago but it was blocked when. it was still in power it was only in may two thousand and nine off that the general election in two thousand and nine when not given his party on no were defeated that this investigation has been gathering pace there's new video of the football team trapped inside a flooded cave in northern thailand food and medical supplies have reached the twelve boys and their coach a plan is being worked on to get them out but heavy rain is expected to make the rescue more difficult. concerns growing over the human cost of the syrian government offensive against rebels in the southern province of dirt are three hundred thirty thousand people have fled their homes since this all started on june

electric invested in a sales and service center, and today, 1300 employees in the country from kuala lumpur. i want them and their leaders to know that america stands ready as we always do for partners around the region, to deepen government, people to people ties based on our shared democratic values, i'll travel there in the week ahead. chevron was the first company ever branded oil expiration rights in thailand and in 1973, they discovered the first hydrocarbons in thai waters. this gave birth to a major local industry. today chevron is thailand's top natural gas and crude oil producer and investments support 200,000 jobs. it trains local teachers in science, technology, engineering and math, to strengthen thailand's capital to make greater returns on investments. chevron's thailand unit provided equipment and technical device for the recent rescue for the courageous boys and coach trapped in a flooded cave. u.s. companies literally helped indo-pacific partner nations reach for the stars. space spacex launched one of bangladesh's satellites. the u.s. government doesn't tell american comp

dry and fine thirty two degrees in jakarta and it should be largely fine in both singapore and kuala lumpur. the story of a friendship between a filmmaker and a seven year old girl would mean. giving who are made into a refugee family being the syrian war. in the face of deep rooted tension between the lebanese and the refugees. my syrian friends last. an al-jazeera. and i again you're watching al-jazeera minder of our top stories this hour the russian and jordanian foreign ministers have been meeting in moscow to talk about the situation in their ass in southern syria say rather name and serfaty both say they this is a cause for serious concern area in their eyes part of a so-called deescalation zone which is supposed to prevent fighting in the three jordan and israel border meanwhile both countries are refusing to open their borders to help refugees fleeing southern syria the un now says as many as two hundred seventy thousand been forced from their homes by the fighting to recapture . malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges that's over th

investment fund is being granted bail following his arrest on tuesday for slowing reports from kuala lumpur. i not arrived at the fall of the poor high court to want to charges of corruption and criminal to trust which carry a maximum twenty year prison sentence. outside his supporters mostly from the political party he wants like trying to create not just. the month he's the former prime minister and party leader who's done a lot for malaysians now that he's facing such trying times i've come here to lend my support to him and his family malaysia's former prime minister pleaded not guilty and off to be released on bail set the case against him it's a political vendetta so you. know i expected this this is what the new government wants if this is a price i have to pay for my twenty four years of service to the nation and its people i'm willing to pay that price but i hope and pray that the court process will be fair and in accordance with the rule of law i believe in my innocence this is the best chance i have to clear my name. the court set bail at two hundred fifty thousand dollars and or

to turn the capital kuala lumpur into a financial hub now lation prosecutors allege that he funneled ten million dollars said to his own accounts in return for approving government loans the us singapore and switzerland are also investigating allege and money laundering in the case now let's get the very latest on this very important case from kuala lumpur we have correspondent florence louis who is standing by for us hi florence good to see you so for us that's been released on bail but he's facing up to twenty years in prison how confident are prosecutors in the case that they have or other cases relating to declare to the ten million dollars that led to the trial s.r.c international. unit off the stage on time when m.t.v. is not just going to back out now i thought that malaysian investigators chose to focus on s.r.c international initially because this is fish transactions went through malaysian entity so in a sense making it easier to trace to other one m.t.v. related terms actions which i thought you know crawling through foreign banks and foreign companies are rather more conv

he spoke to our chief asia correspondent, haslinda amin, in kuala lumpur. >> i would take a conservativeate around 10%. at the very least, 10% of what they have stolen. it works out to around $11 billion, $12 billion, so you can get 30%. 10%.e very least, as i said, still not sufficient. why only 10%? what are the indications? what are you hearing? >> we couldn't trace where the money went. what did they buy? you cannot trace that. there's also questions of ownership. [indiscernible] cost.s also a question of expenses, how much is left? >> might you want to clawback from other players, such as jpmorgan, which was involved in a dollar transaction? >> we have to assess that in terms of their fiduciary duty. goldman sachs is very clear. we need to look at that. i think there needs to be some. i do not want to make any projections. >> is it fair to say that you are not exploring other banks and their involvement in 1mdb? identify notave to -- you havengdoings to focus on the main factors. [indiscernible] down the main now players -- [indiscernible] anna: that was the malaysian finance minist

in the jeep's office from two thousand and nine to two thousand and eleven he joins us now from kuala lumpur malaysia thanks very much for being with us so the job is being held in. and from where our correspondent gave us a live just a little earlier in the background we heard a small number of the jeep supporters chanting outside where he was being held how much support does the former prime minister still have. well i think over the past two months or so since the malaysian election where by now jim result was sort of forced out of office i think he's supporters his number of supporters is indeed dwindling i think they are likely to stay you cramer for him saying for example the presumption of innocence until proven guilty should still hold in malaysia namely former british colony which to practice the british common law system biting this sort of sort of call for him to be released and so on is very hard to come by nowadays when you were working for the g. during that time when you that doesn't one thousand and eleven was there any evidence of any of this sort of behavior but at home i k

the flight from kuala lumpur to beijing disappeared in 2014 with 239 people on board. reporter: the majority of those on board were chinese, and there ha been quite some hope that this report might provide some answers. the document, well detailed, is not going to giv people the closure they need. malaysiaund that the airlines flight did a 180-degree turn, diverted from its flight path, and disappear off the radar, that this was aataneuver inst manually from within the cockpit, not remotely. .> we can conclude it was not caused by the mechanical system. and we have carried out sessions toetermining anything ercod -- it was not autopilot, it was under manual control. reporter: investigators say they cannot rule out somebody on board the flight engaging inme sort of unlawful interference. etbut nor could theymine whether or not the pilot was in control the whole time. in terms of the pilot and his first offic, they could find nothing in their personal circumstances which would lead to behaving differently on this day than any other day at work. the pilot had a flight sim

he seems to have lost his standing as the kingpin of wildlife trafficking joining us now from kuala lumpur is steve child followed one for a year and steve you went undercover over the course of the year following wall why was it so important for you to make this film and take the risks that you took while elizabeth we were hearing from a lot of environmental groups around the world about how serious the wildlife trafficking situation was becoming many people were linking the wildlife trafficking trade to other major crimes like the trafficking of arms and the trafficking of drugs and saying that it was on the same level and that organized crime syndicates were getting involved that was sort of the impetus for us to start looking at this and then when we're trying to sort of target or pinpoint people who are involved in the trade and since we're and someone's name kept coming up so we decided to try to infiltrate his network and find out what was going on whether he is still involved in wildlife trafficking we simply do not know what we do know is that after we ran our film malaysian autho

the malaysia airlines plane vanished with 239 people on board as it was flying from kuala lumpur to beijingd in the southern indian ocean. malaysia has said it would consider resuming the search if new clues came to light. the polish jazz trumpeter and composer, tomasz stanko, has died at the age of 76. stanko was inspired early on by american trumpeters, miles davis and chet baker, but went on to experiment in free—form jazz. zimbabwe's former president, robert mugabe, has addressed the media, on the eve of the country's first elections since he was ousted from office. he said the people of zimbabwe hadn't been free since he was removed. mr mugabe also said he won't be voting for the man who succeeded him, emmerson mnangagwa. our africa editor fergal keane reports from the zimbabwean capital, harare. enter the ghost of elections past to make mischief and seek ditty. he is 94 and for the first time in the history of zimbabwe independent robert mugabe's name is not on the ballot. he is bitter. what we have seen, i was sacked from the party i founded. the days they have been rumours that grac

nothing families of those on board m h three seventy the plane that disappeared on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing more than four years ago said they were frustrated that a newly released investigation report failed to shed any light on the incident. on. any of the first thing. the malaysian government released the safety investigation report on monday but investigators have not been able to find out why the aircraft diverted from its flight path the report says the change in course was unlikely to have been caused by a system failure. we cannot establish that apra was floored by any one. but we also cannot exclude the possibility that there is a lawful interference by the party a search by the australian malaysian and chinese government has failed to locate the plane a second search carried out by a u.s. based exploration firm which ended this year has also been unable to pinpoint a location where the plane is thought to be somewhere in the southern indian ocean scattered pieces of debris from m h three seventy have washed ashore on african beaches and indian ocean islands but no bodie

malaysia activists are trying to get restaurants to be more sustainable lawrence has more from kuala lumpur. from a farm to a supermarket then on to a plate but up to a third of all food eaten never reaches the table in a world where one in nine people go hungry reducing the amount which is wasted is seen as a moral imperative it's also about sustainability food that's thrown away ends up in landfills contributing to greenhouse gas emissions now there's a movement to get chefs around the world to be at the forefront of reducing food waste those of us in white coats we cook a lot of food we use a lot of energy we use a lot of water and we make a lot of waste and so we have a particular responsibility to the larger society to the planet to make sure that we're doing well in each of those categories what's called the food waste challenge is being launched by the world chefs association and two of the partners the feet the planet initiative encourages chefs worldwide to start measuring the amount of wasted from their kitchens and make a commitment to cut the mountain of discarded food that's in

his position to gain he was arrested by anti corruption investigators on tuesday of course in kuala lumpur. but jeep says the legal action against him is politically motivated for a slew of reports from. former prime minister najib razak has been charged with corruption and three counts of criminal breach of trust involving in total ten million dollars alleged to have been deposited into his personal bank account between december two thousand and fourteen and february two thousand and fifteen and these moneys allegedly came from a company known as s r c international a former subsidiary of one m d b a state investment fund that was set up by not yet after he became prime minister in two thousand and nine and the sum of about ten million dollars is a small amount compared to the four and a half billion dollars that knowledge of and his associates are alleged to have embezzled from one m. d. this is an investigation that spent several years in the making not just with first questioned by anti corruption officials several years ago when he was still prime minister and finance minister of this

asia pacific now where a new malaysian government is getting ready to officially be sworn in in kuala lumpur after the sixty one year rule of the same political party came to an end in the elections in may prime minister mahathir mohamad than one thousand new members of parliament have been sworn in their switch parties to lead a campaign against the incumbent prime minister najib resign no job is now facing corruption charges over the disappearance of billions of dollars from the state fund. we have to show that to practice a constructive democracy previously when we were in government we got blamed a lot so now i had to mohammed's party has to show us the avenue for the opposition to raise concerns for example in today's parliament speaker issue. a community school in the occupied west bank is opening early for the new academic year as it faces the threat of israeli demolition the palestinian bedouin village of. jewel to be bulldozed to expand an illegal israeli settlement but earlier this month israel's supreme court issued a temporary injunction blocking the demolition the school's futur

still think in java and east woods it's looking dry fine and sunny but if in some office singapore kuala lumpur shall seem a little bit more like they.

the malaysia airlines plane disappeared with 239 people on board as it was flying from kuala lumpur toved it crashed in the southern indian ocean. malaysia has said it would consider resuming the search if new clues came to light. a number of landslides have been triggered by heavy rainfall in southwest china. in yunnan province cars were submerged and houses flooded after five centimetres of rain fell in three hours. hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes. and in sichuan province landslides swept away houses leaving thousands of tonnes of mud and rocks blocking off roads. the publisher of the new york times has warned donald trump in a white house meeting that the president's attacks on the news media are "dangerous and harmful to the country." president trump's meeting with arthur g sulzberger took place on the 20th ofjuly, following a request from the white house for what appeared to be a routine get—to—know—you session. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler has more details. well, if this meeting between the new york times and donald trump was intended to mend or b

he was arrested by anti corruption investigators on tuesday phones louis has this update from kuala lumpur we're not also not sure what the charges that will be laid against him again to be very likely that they could include criminal breach of trust well possibly corruption abuse of power perhaps even obstruction of justice.

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minister, najib razak, has been charged with criminal breach of trust and corruption at a court in a kuala lumpurconnected to billions of dollars that went missing from a government—controlled fund when he was in power. najib razak has denied embezzling funds. the 64—year—old former prime minister was arrested at his home on tuesday. the president—elect of mexico is to invite the pope to help bring peace to the country. at least 200,000 people have died in drug—related crime over the past decade. andres manuel lopez obrador was speaking just after his first meeting with the outgoing president, enrique pena nieto, since sunday's election. ajudge in brazil has sentenced the tycoon eike batista to 30 years in jail. thejudge said batista had paid $16 million in bribes to a former governor of rio state to secure lucrative contracts. he rejects the allegations. the uk business lobby group the insitute of directors has released a survey of nearly 800 business leaders, claiming the majority want post—brexit customs arrangements that avoid the need for new customs processes with the eu. geraint anderson i