from kuala lumpur malaysia thank you very much for this as mine. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today because in hong kong has convicted 7 leading activists and politicians for taking part in anti-government protests they include veteran pro-democracy politician martin lee and media tycoon jimmy lai they face up to 5 years in prison the verdict is another blow to the flagging democracy movement or. pope francis has begun celebrating the christian holy week of easter b.'s a letter mass and sent peter's cathedral in rome the traditional foot washing ceremony has been councils and other events of the weekend will be restricted. japan has cancelled a leg of the europe olympic torch relay in osaka this city is seeing a surge in infections the relays making its way across japan observers have been told not to share the tokyo olympics begin in july. the european union is coming under fire over its treatment of migrants for years now thousands of asylum seekers have been living in human conditions in gr

the military and armed opposition science friday there across all those developments for us from kuala lumpur thanks so much flown. well as flo referred to a humanitarian crisis is emerging in areas bordering myanmar and thailand thousands of people have recently fed ex strikes in corrent state there are reports of schools and homes being destroyed on wednesday clashes were reported between the army and fighters from the qur'an national liberation army the kenya has been a vocal opponent of the janitor well we can speak to soar to be the spokesperson of the qur'an peace support network we're joined from chloe or lay in myanmar's korean state thanks so much for joining us at this time i want to start you by asking what the situation is like on the ground at the moment i know there have been airstrikes there over the last week is the fighting still continuing. yes. but all this market that's not been and the jet fighters fly over the kinda territory but we have seen a lot of drones continue to surveillance the areas and right now we have more than 30000 internally displaced people hiding in the

bloodshed so far well let's speak to florence who is she is monitoring developments in myanmar from kuala lumpur in malaysia for us france i see these wanted list they include actors musicians even social media influencers and the arrests of not really clearly begun. absolutely the latest high profile person to be detained is pinter khan he's a well known actor and a model he's famous not only in the country but also in neighboring myanmar his family said security officers came to the house in the early hours of thursday morning and took him away and just a few days ago security officers also arrested a very famous comedian zarganar he's famous the outspoken he's been critical of military leaders even when they were ruling the country before the democratic transition in 2010 and he has been arrested now and the military officials also seem to be conducting a purge of other officials abroad as well the ambassador to london to the u.k. has been locked out of his office now in the country the protests are still happening there well into their 3rd month and people are finding ways to come out in the

or foreign things that are from through the kuala lumpur. exit polls in boulder area are suggesting the prime minister's center right party has won the election for a group or 2 so if you seek your 4th term but with a drop in support to without a clear majority he's likely to struggle to form a coalition or so if it's calling on his opponents to join forces for the state for the sake of stability but as with his more now from the current sophia. ballot boxes were taken to self isolating voters in bulgaria's general election but even with this unprecedented effort has been typically low and just over 40 percent. i cast my vote hoping for change we can live better than this up to now nothing good has happened gary's prime minister didn't invite cameras when he cast his vote this video is from his public relations team for kobar soft as avoided the press since widespread corruption protests last summer relying instead on social media this is the most corrupt country in the e.u. according to transparency international both jerk party and the mai

even as families gather to mark ramadan the pandemic is not yet over florence italy al-jazeera kuala lumpur. there are reports that some is really owns commercial ship has been attacks near food gyro ports in the united arab emirates israeli media calls it unnamed israeli officials blaming the attack on iran the incident comes a day after iran accused israel of sabotaging the not tons nuclear sites. after 3 years for almost no rainfall suffering from chronic water shortages the crisis has now become a central campaign in the country's parliamentary elections as nicholas hunt reports from santa cruz. years without rain has turned the island of santiago into this there is little green in this part of an island nation known by its portuguese name of couple verdi or green cape lifeless sparse only with a casio trees is the village of santa cruz where. carvajal is campaigning to become a local m.p. on a promise to bring water to a region ravaged by drought and abandoned by farmers. he says a new parliament and a change of direction will solve the country's of water problems. in villages also hel

once again continue for indochina rate through into sumatra next 3 days shows it is unsettled for kuala lumpur the risk of thunderstorms is certainly there temperatures pretty well where they should be temperatures have dropped off a lot toward western australia with the passage of this front perth your temperature down by about 10 degrees a look for this cooler air to try and infiltrate other areas of australia it's going to become increasingly unsettled for coastal areas of queensland also coastal areas of new south wales so sydney your next 3 days on settled better chance of some rain or showers on sunday with a high of 25 degrees we'll look for showers to lift across the south island of new zealand christchurch at 21 degrees this is several degrees above average lots of sunshine on tab auckland also looking good on friday with a high of 1000 degrees and sunshine. but. a tale of 2 presidents. venezuelan military defectors. american muslim race. and a bizarre yet or dangerous attempt. at regime change in the bolivarian republic of venezuela. people in power the bay of piglets on al-jazeera.

florence thanks so much for the update from the city there force in kuala lumpur. a gunman in haiti have kidnapped a pastor and 3 worshipers during a ceremony that was streamed live on facebook in the video while he shared on social media choir members are interrupted when a man wielding a knife walks towards the podium and takes them away it happened on thursday on the outskirts of the capital port au prince. well still ahead here on al-jazeera the u.s. and iran daughter open in direct talks as part of broader negotiations to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal. and helping autistic children lead a happy life the campaign to change attitudes in one of europe's largest somali communities those stories after the break. how i once again we're still got some wintry weather to get out of the way for parts of the middle east northern parts of the middle east of course it's a little bit of cloud just spilling out to turkey easing across northern syria northern parts of iraq just pushing across towards the caspian iran will see that a bit of which weather over the mountains but

died in the bloodshed so far well let's speak to florence lui she's marching or this for us from kuala lumpur in malaysia florence the ambassador i believe has still not been let into the embassy this morning what's going on there. that's right now it appears that the military giunta seems to have taken the position that you are either with them or against them 100 percent and because he's said that because he called for the release of aung sun suu kyi that he's now and been reportedly now he's been locked out of the embassy building reportedly by his own deputy we've also heard from his spokesman urging the u.k. the british government not to recognize the military attache as the envoy to the u.k. so. clearly you know people are taking sides officials are seeing as the protests go on into their 3rd month with many people with hundreds of people being killed that they can no longer not be seen to be taking sides and the military clearly coming down against people who have spoken out in favor of the democratically elected government now as for aung san suu kyi she is due for a court hearing on

be fund which founded to promote economic development let's bring in our correspondent in kuala lumpur florence luis so florence what is. appeal arguments likely to be well the basis of his appeal one of the bases one of the grounds of his appeal is that he didn't get a fair trial just trial during the case now we heard during the trial at 1st instance at the high court defense lawyers arguing that not jip was tricked and he had been misled by those around him including a fugitive financier take joe better known as joe and several other officials now. the defense lawyer had argued that not chip was a victim of scam and a series of misrepresentations by these people the prosecution at accountant that not chip who was at that time a finance minister as well as the prime minister should have known what was going on so we know we can expect that at the appeal it's going to be based more or less on the arguments that have been presented the trial the 1st instance and the appeal lawyers are going to argue that the trial judge had made an error in dismissing the evidence that not been misled

and more we're now joined by journalist dave from kuala lumpur malaysia dave us on sochi 3 of her deposed cabinet members as well as an australian advisor all charged with violating the official secrets law what do you make of that. yes so them as well as long as i'm 62 well this is the colonial era law and the way these chloe era laws and miasma are 30 written away that are so broad and it's so vague that you can twist and turn them to make just about anything a file ation and that's you know we don't know the specifics of what she allegedly didn't hear that would lead to these charges or same goes for all of them but they can these clinton era laws are in to make it easy to make almost anything a violation and look she was charged a week ago according to her chief lawyer and her chief lawyer just found out about it 2 days ago so it just shows you how ridiculous the system isn't am on the m.r. does not have an independent judiciary so the military in the end can bend and twist things to get the result that they want. a u.n. envoy has warned that may be on the brink of a civil war is that

from kuala lumpur malaysia thank you very much for this as mine. a court in hong kong has convicted 7 prominent pro-democracy activists and politicians for their role in anti-government protests in 2019 sentencing of the group will take place at a later date but they could face up to 5 years in prison 2 other defendants had previously pleaded guilty. well those convicted on thursday include the man known as hong kong's father of democracy martin lee he is the 82 year old co-founder of the democratic party also 73 year old media tycoon jimmy lie he's one of the most outspoken critics of the current administration and margaret a 73 year old's barrister and former lawmaker w.c. kong takes a look now at the decades long democracy struggle which for some activists started in beijing. a small flat in downtown hong kong weather woes only with young dedicated to the 18 i tell them in krakow is located demetri repression in beijing 32 years ago changed the course of many people in china and hong kong including leach again i was there during the group for th

to do for more on this i'm joined by journalist dave byrne about his following this story from kuala lumpur dave let me i'm not pro-democracy movement and human rights organizations have criticized the as countries for inviting later so why has it been given a state at the table. so you know he's going to spring up in an important point here that you don't want to give legitimacy to a military government that took over in a very legitimate manner but on the flip side you know a lot of you are saying look the military they're the ones behind the violence we've got such a violent situation in myanmar because of the army so you've got to get them to stop and the only way to make that happen is to gauge with them and so that's why you see them there now it was interesting today that the laser put out a press conference giving a press release that came out this morning that i saw were basically you know they talk about how you know this senior gentleman on along with the junta leader would be there but they didn't recognize him as a legitimate leader of the country they didn't say he was illegit

from kuala lumpur malaysia thank you very much for this assessment. time now to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world this hour in the u.s. president joe biden has set out plans for a 2 trillion dollar program of infrastructure spending is called it an investment that will create millions of jobs while giving roads utilities and industry an upgrade but position republicans say tax increases could slow the economy. of course in hong kong as convicted 7 leading activists and politicians for taking part in antigovernment protests veteran pro-democracy politician martin lee media tycoon jimmy lai they face up to 5 years in prison the verdict is another blow to the flagging democracy movement or. holy thursday service has been held not saddam cathedral in paris is the 1st time since it was badly damaged in a fire 2 years ago the scale down ceremony involved a foot washing ritual that symbolizes jesus' willingness to serve. india has expanded its vaccination drive to include everyone over the age of $45.00 health workers

florence louis there breyer's the very latest from kuala lumpur thank you very much indeed florence. because more so ahead on this news hour including pressure builds on a major sporting groups over voter rights in the u.s. state of georgia. we'll tell you why israel monk is using china sign a form vaccine on chinese ex-pats but not on its citizens. past so it's a way to be a 2nd his grand slam tennis event of the year viral will be here to explain that decision and more in sports. turning now to the all suffered a stroke zeneca vaccine which was hoped to be the answer to inoculate in the developing world is cheaper than the other options and relatively easy to store well the african union says it's no drops plans to buy shots from india says it will switch to the johnson and johnson vaccine instead well the head soul of the africa centers for disease control says it's not so because of potential concerns about its rare extremely rare blood clots serum institute of india will still supply the astra zeneca vaccine to the african nations through the core vax global vaccine sharing faci

floor as louise standing by for a spring as all the latest inside myanmar she'll be reporting from kuala lumpur in malaysia 1st though less so it's a joint a whole he's signed the myanmar embassy in london enjoin of there's been some astonishing developments where you are this morning what on earth is going on there fact here is the ambassador. well until just a few moments ago outside the embassy building there there was a very noisy protest going on 50 to 100 people shouting slogans calling for the release of political prisoners and the democratic leaders in myanmar there's no doubt on their behalf who the appropriate diplomatic representatives of that government choice i mean the man who was locked out of the building last night in what he described last night as a mini cooper in the streets of london of course that is disputed me and among the military authorities themselves he was here a short while ago the ambassador a former ambassador depending how you look at it he answered a few of my shouted questions to him very briefly take a listen. what is it just like the british government to d

from kuala lumpur in malaysia thank you very much for this as mine. a 2nd look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world a court in hong kong has convicted 7 leading activists and politicians for taking part in antigovernment protests they include veteran pro-democracy politician martin lee and media tycoon jimmy lai they face up to 5 years in prison is another blow to the flagging democracy movement or. in japan authorities in osaka have asked to cancel its leg of the olympic torch relay the city has recently seen a big surge in coronavirus cases the relay is due to come through the through in 12 days 12 days time. pope francis has begun celebrating the christian holy week of easter he's led a mass instant peter's cathedral in rome of the pontiff skipped the traditional service commemorating jesus' last stop and other events over the weekend will be restricted. holy thursday service has also been held at notre dame cathedral in paris it's the 1st since the gothic building was badly damaged in a fire 2 years ago this scale dow

based care to the wounded soldiers there as florence louis is following the story for us from kuala lumpur and we just saw the president visiting the hospital she's also promised a thorough investigation so this really underscores just how serious the government is taking this accident florence. yes well this is a very serious accident and officials have warned that the death toll could rise there are still parts of the train severely mangled twisted wreckage that still rammed into the walls of the top of the tunnel and that hasn't been that those sections of the train haven't yet been removed and workers rescue officials have warned that more bodies could be found so they're saying the death toll could rise now and the this is not the worst train accident in on the island history but it is the worst in recent memory the worst was in 1948 when a train caught fire at an estimated $64.00 people were killed but the last derailment was only 3 years ago and it also happened on the same eastern line 18 people were killed and investigators later found that that accident happened because the drive

pretty impressive rainfall totals i'll show you that but 1st let's start with the rainfall in kuala lumpur or 24 hours 59 millimeters it's not in standing a mound but a lot of rain to be sure and a short period of time now for the southern philippines $172.00 millimeters of rain you guessed that that is a month's worth of rain in just 24 hours and the heavier bouts of rain do continue on thursday for the southern philippines also getting into some good rounds of rain for indochina on thursday while for australia it's a switch up of weather patterns here queensland has been dealing in parts of queensland has been dealing with about 9 days in a row of wet weather but that pattern has now beginning to change and look at this western australia which has been dry we watch this frontal system come in eclipse down the temperature in perth to 19 degrees and introduces some showers we've got settled conditions across both islands of new zealand the north island and the south island christ church getting up to a high of 19 on thursday with plenty of sun in the forecast 19 for auckland to. one of onl

development bank says new outbreaks could still put their recovery at risk from a slew explains from kuala lumpur when the pandemic hit and countries closed their borders businesses that rely mainly on terrorists were badly affected. hot air balloon pilot hired him and his sister who run a company that organizes ballooning events tend to there are the passion baking cookies to supplement their income we had to downsize. we've been serious and also real. domestic lockdowns closed international borders a global recession these factors drag down output in most economies but economic recovery has begun in many asian countries according to a forecast by the asian development bank growth which strengthened in the latter part of last year has been driven mostly by exports of electronics and personal protective equipment developing asia which groups 45 countries in asia pacific is forecast to grow 7.3 percent this year rapid economic recovery. stronger. economies. you want to. trade. and therefore likely provided. but the outlook for asia pacific countries will depend mainly on how the pandemic unfolds m

from one n.d.p. a fund founded to promote economic development florence clearly has more from kuala lumpur. one of the grounds in appeal petition is that he did not receive a fair and just trial and we had heard during his trial the 1st instance in the high court defense lawyers arguing that not gyp had been misled by those around him that he had essentially been tricked now in the closing arguments of the trial the defense lawyer had said that it was a victim of scam in a series of misrepresentations by a financier who's now at large low take joe who also goes by the name of joe those that have been tricked by joe and other company officials and as well as some rogue bankers prosecutors of course argue that knowledge it as the finance minister and the prime minister at that time should have known what was happening so the appeal argument is largely going to be based on those same grounds that knowledge it was a victim and that he had been lied to and that the trial judge had made an error in dismissing evidence that defense lawyers or appeal lawyers argue will show that not just had indee

from kuala lumpur malaysia she says the arrests of high profile individuals as not discourage protests is from continuing their rallies against the military genter. tacan is the latest public figure to be detained by security forces his family members said he was taken away in the early hours of thursday morning security forces had entered their family home and they don't know where he's being held he's a well known actor know not just in myanmar but also in neighboring thailand now and a couple of days ago security forces also a rested a well known comedian zangana who is famous for being politically outspoken he was critical of the military june term military authorities even when they were running the country up till the democratic transition in 2010 and he's been arrested several times before and he is now back in behind bars again now on the tactic i suppose is to strike fear in the hearts of protesters to show that no one is safe from rescue a public figure status is not going to protect you but that hasn't been enough to deter people from coming out on the streets to protest aga

and will give the best care to the wounded odds are as far as louis is following the story from kuala lumpur and florence given these comments by the president underscores just how serious the government is taking this action. absolutely this is a very serious accident it's shaping up to be the 2nd worst rail accident in taiwan's history the worst was in 1948 when a fire broke out on a train and an estimated 64 people were killed this train accident on friday while the officials officials have warned that the death toll could still go up the more mangled sections of the train are still inside a tunnel officials haven't been able to remove all parts of the train of trying to get to that today and they've warned that more body parts more bodies could be identified and the death toll could certainly go up so the so authorities in taiwan are keen to show that they are taking safety issues in taiwan very seriously now the last derailment was also on the same eastern line and that was only 3 years ago where 18 people were killed and the transport minister has said he's very sorry for what's happen

even a spam these gather to mark ramadan the pandemic is not yet over florence italy al-jazeera kuala lumpur. there with al jazeera these are all top stories nato has called on russia to withdraw forces that the alliance says the kremlin has been deploying their ukraine gives foreign minister is in belgium meeting nato officials over russia's increased military activity along ukraine's borders russia must end this military buildup in and around ukraine stop its provocations and the escalate immediately we do not and will not recognize russia's illegal illegitimate an accession of crimea we continue to call on our show to end its support for the militants in eastern ukraine and withdraw its forces from ukrainian territory. iran's foreign minister says an attack on the country's main nuclear facility will strengthen its position during talks to revive the nuclear deal. made the comments was missing the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is visiting tehran the day before negotiations resume in vienna between the parties of the 2015 agreement iran blames israel for what it's calling an act o

is following the story from kuala lumpur and she sent the subject officials have warned that the death toll could still go up the more mangled sections of the train are still inside a tunnel officials haven't been able to remove all parts of the train are trying to get to that today and they've warned that more body parts more bodies could be identified and the death toll could certainly go up so the so authorities in taiwan a keen to show that they are taking safety issues in taiwan very seriously now the last derailment was also on the same eastern line and that was only 3 years ago where 18 people were killed and the transport minister has said he's very sorry for what's happened and that he accepts full responsibility and we know that taiwan is already in mourning they expect 3 days of mourning and flags have been ordered to be flown at half mast for 3 days from friday. a police officer has been killed and another injured when a man rammed his car into a barricade outside the u.s. capitol building in washington d.c. it's like it was shot and died in hospital the area was immediatel

more lively compared to last is because of coronavirus restrictions for as louis reports from kuala lumpur. is preparing the meal for the family as muslims didn't observe the 1st day of ramadan the mother of 2 contracted cope at 19. but hospitals in jakarta will full and she ended up self isolating in a hotel for 2 weeks until she recovered how much i was very wary but i spoke to my children and my extended family every day in the encouraged me to fight on so despite the pain i was in i continue to be positive and hope for the best i'm very grateful that i'm healthy and able to observe ramadan with my family. indonesia has the highest number of covert $1000.00 cases in southeast asia but the country is conducting a major fractionation drive and has begun easing some restrictions including allowing special prayers in some mosques subject to physical distancing requirements in neighboring malaysia some restrictions have also been lifted last year's ramadan was much quieter occasion the government had cancelled because of the pandemic and vendors went online this year at the markets are back

and will give the best care to the wounded reporter florence larry is following the story from kuala lumpur and she sent this update. this is a very serious accident and officials have warned that the death toll could rise there are still parts of the train severely mangled twisted wreckage that still rammed into the walls of the of the top of the tunnel and that hasn't been that those sections of the train haven't yet been removed and workers rescue officials have warned that more bodies could be found so they're saying the death toll could rise now the this is not the worst train accident in on the island history but it is the worst in recent memory the worst was in 1948 when a train caught fire and an estimated $64.00 people were killed but the last derailment was only 3 years ago and it also happened on the same eastern line 18 people were killed and investigators later found that that accident happened because the driver had manually disable the speed alert system and had been going too fast and from what officials have been saying so far it sounds like friday's accident could also hav

guilty of a criminal breach of trust abuse of power and money laundering florence the reports from kuala lumpur. former malaysian prime minister nigel braszczok arrives in court for his appeal hearing last july he was found guilty of illegally receiving about $10000000.00 from s.r.c. international which was linked to the state owned investment fund one and d p. the amount in this appeal is small compared to the $1000000000.00 prosecutors say he's received from the funds. he's been convicted on 7 charges and still faces $35.00 more has denied all wrongdoings taking his lawyers will argue that number one he did not end up on that those money coming in and number $2.00 they were coming in. the amounts of money would be political contributions last year not just said just before he was sentence he wasn't aware the money in his accounts had come from s.r.c international his lawyer. he had been misled by a fugitive financier take joe into believing that money was part of a donation from the saudi royal family the trial judge had dismissed the defense document describing it as far fetched the one m.t.

and then we are on our way to kuala lumpur, and something happen in kuala lumpur and we ended up in singapore but i had the best time in singapore. i learn to drink those little rainbow drinks, i want the rainbow drink is its seven different liquors, all different densities. once it's on top of the other. but you can't drink more than one or two of those. you are a bit too happy than if you did. but i remember singapore. and i love thailand. i love thailand. as i love the swati's, and i love the team temples, and i love the people of thailand. and i love the fact that they didn't meet with chopsticks. they had big food big spoons and forks. i thought that was great. some >> describe for me the best day you had during your vietnam tour? >> it probably sounds redundant, it was probably the last day. but my best day, some my best day was the day before i was leaving. my commander them, colonel thomas sorry no eternal chandler at the time. he said i'm we are one of the few triage areas that never lost anyone in triage the year where you are here. >> not even one? >> no. >> if they came in, i told

developments within me in march from kuala lumpur in neighboring malaysia she says the arrests of high profile individuals have been discourage people from continuing their protests against the military didn't. tacan is the latest public figure to be detained by security forces his family members said he was taken away in the early hours of thursday morning security forces it entered their family home and they don't know where he's being held he's a well known actor know not just in myanmar but also in neighboring thailand now and a couple of days ago security forces also arrested a well known comedians are gonna who's famous for being politically outspoken he was critical of the military june to a military authorities even when they were running the country up till the democratic transition in 2010 and he's been arrested several times before and he is now back at behind bars again now on the tactic i suppose is to strike fear in the hearts of protesters to show that no one is safe from a rescue a public figure state is not going to protect you but that hasn't been enough to deter peop

criminal breach of trust the abuse of power and money laundering front street reports now from kuala lumpur i'm sorry we will come back to that little bit later but right now let's take you back trust special coverage of derek chauvinism out a trial in the united states and we are hearing now from the minneapolis police chief he is testifying about what happened around the killing of george floyd as well as the the policies and procedures that exist in the police let's listen your attention to. exhibit 219 which is m.p.v. policy 5 dash 304. to take a look at the section here that's been wired deescalation tactics clues but are not limited to if you would please just summarize for the jury the different bullets that you see here. yes some of the bullets here for the escalation tactics of one moment. oh. all right. thank you. please resume. yes some of the. deescalation tactics that are noted here included are limited to placing barriers between and on cooperate of subject of an officer communication from a seated position intend to gain the subject's compliance using verbal persuasion it buy

says new outbreaks could still put their recovery at risk for as louis has this report now from kuala lumpur when the pandemic hit and countries close to their borders businesses that rely mainly on terrorists were badly affected. hot air balloon pilot hired him and his sister who run a company that organizes ballooning events tend to their other passion baking cookies to supplement their income we had to downsize. we've been serious and also real. domestic lockdowns closed international borders a global recession these factors drag down output in most economies but economic recovery has begun in many asian countries according to a forecast by the asian development bank growth which strengthened in the latter part of last year has been driven mostly by exports of electronics and personal protective equipment developing asia which groups 45 countries in asia pacific is forecast to grow 7.3 percent this year rapid economic recovery. stronger. economies. one of the top. traits. and therefore likely provided. but the outlook for asia pacific countries will depend mainly on how the pandemic unfol

of a criminal breach of trust abuse of power and money laundering florence louis reports from kuala lumpur. form a malaysian prime minister and not arrives in court for his appeal hearing last july he was found guilty of illegally receiving about $10000000.00 from s.r.c. international which was linked to the state owned investment fund one and d p. the amount in this appeal is small compared to the $1000000000.00 prosecutors say he's received from the funds. he's been convicted on 7 charges and still faces 35 more has denied all wrongdoings taking his lawyers will argue that number one he did not end up on that those money i mean and number 2 they were coming in. the amounts of money would be political contributions last year not just said under oath just before he was sentenced he wasn't aware the money in his accounts had come from s.r.c international his lawyer. he had been misled by a fugitive financier take it to believing that money was part of a donation from the saudi royal family the trial judge had dismissed the defense document describing it as far fetched the one m.t.b. financi

international federation of red cross and red crescent societies he joins us now live via skype from kuala lumpur good to have you with us dr is south asia about to become the new epicenter of the epidemic thank you for having me in the call. as we all know the speed at read the why this is reading insult is really alarming we are really concerned for the equally being in the south asia region with this sort of 98 is what we have seen in india and boss several days that they are all spend it according more than $200000.00 cases per day and now they have reached $100000.00 is countries like pakistan and what about these every quarter i get up at and hospital like nations since the beginning of the pandemic all of these factors cumulatively can surely mate. reason that next and all this 'd week 19 pandemic if this rate continues why is the virus spreading so rapidly throughout south asia. oh it can be multi factor or why the slightest is really spreading insult asian countries like this as we all know like we are now in the 2nd year of the cold 19 endemic and people are a bit sick and tired of foll

coronavirus restrictions to allow present mosques as well as opening markets from 3 reports now from kuala lumpur. i you appear to is preparing the predawn meal by family as muslims in indonesia observe the 1st day of ramadan. the mother of 2 contracted cope at 19. but hospitals in jakarta were full and she ended up self isolating in a hotel for 2 weeks until she recovered i asked how at this and i was wary wary but i spoke to my children and my extended family every day in the encouraged me to fight on so despite the pain i was in i continue to be positive and hope for the best i'm very grateful that i'm healthy and able to observe ramadan with my family . indonesia has the highest number of covert $1000.00 cases in southeast asia but the country is conducting a major vaccination drive and has begun easing some restrictions including allowing special prayers in some mosques subject to physical distancing requirements in neighboring malaysia some restrictions have also been lifted last year's ramadan was a much quieter occasion the government had cancelled bazaars because of the pandemic and vend

then we were on our way to kuala lumpur, and something happened, so we went to singapore.ad a ball in singapore. i had the best sign. i learned to drink those little rainbow drinks and what the rainbow drink is it is seven different liqueurs, so one sits on top of the other, but you can't drink one or two of those, otherwise you were a little too happy. i remember singapore, and i love to thailand. i love to thailand. -- loved thailand. i love seeing the temples. i love the people of thailand. and i love the fact that they did not eat with chopsticks, they ate with big spoons and a fork and i thought it was great. interviewer: describe for me the best day that you had during your vietnam tour. donna: it probably was the last day, but my best day -- my best day was the day before i was leaving. my commander, colonel thomas. no, colonel chandler at the time, he said you know, we are one of the few triage areas that never lost anyone in the triage in the year that you were here. interviewer: not even one. donna: not one. if they came in, i told my men -- a lot of people wante

switching out the board, we are watching the cash open for koala plumper -- kuala lumpur.ese companies' share prices diverge. they are working on a plan to merge malaysian operations. haidi: coming up, we will speak to a guest from bnp paribas, plus catherine young. the china open is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> happy friday. it is not :00 a.m. in beijing. i am tom mackenzie. >> good morning. happy friday. we are counting down to the open of trade on the chinese mainland. jay powell plays down the market. fears of rising prices.

violating a colonial era secret civil. 2 war when i was joined by journalist dave going to bob from kuala lumpur malaysia dave us on sochi 3 of the deposed cabinet members as well as an australian advisor old songs with violating the official secrets lol what do you make of that you know so them as well as long as i'm 62 well this is a colonial era law and the way these chloe era laws in myanmar 30 written a way that are so broad and it's so vague that you can twist and turn them to make just about anything a file ation and that's you know we don't know the specifics of what she allegedly did here that would lead to these charges or same goes for all of them but they can these clinton era laws are in to make it easy to make almost anything a violation and look she was charged a week ago according to her chief lawyer and her chief lawyer just found out about it 2 days ago so it just shows you how ridiculous the system is a miasma cameron does not have an independent judiciary so the military in the end can bend and twist things to get the result but they want. a u.n. envoy has warned that may be