lee jae—yong, the de facto head of the $300 billion business empire and grandson of the founder, haseen sentenced to five years in jail. his lawyers say he will appeal. so what exactly did he do? it started with this, donations worth 36 million us dollars, that's £29 million, by samsung to organisations linked to the former president. she was removed from office and is also facing corruption charges. back in 2015 samsung was trying to merge two of its businesses. prosecutors say the aim was to boost mr lee's personal power over the company, which he's been running since his father became ill in 2014. prosecutors argued that the donations were bribes to win support from the government for the compa ny‘s restructuring. the affair has once again raised concerns about south korea's business culture and the huge family—owned conglomerates known as "chaebols". they've long been seen as too cosily

so, ifjoanne mjadzelics's appeal is not granted by the higher court —— lee jae—yong. significant amount of time in the present, it would be a significant departure from what we have seen in south korea. so far what's samsung has put forward is the statement from lee jae—yong's lawyers and they cannot access the sentence and they will appeal in the higher courts. i have been speaking to many people who track the company, they say it is a big conglomerate and lee jae—yong wasn't involved in the running of the day—to—day business. an indicator of thatis day—to—day business. an indicator of that is the company profits haven't suffered since he has been detained, it has seen record profits. but this isafamily it has seen record profits. but this is a family run enterprise, it has been founded by lee jae—yong's grandfather and then run by his father until he suffered a heart attack in 2014. if he goes to jail for a long time, who will be the boss of this company? that is the question shareholders and people employed by samsung and here in south korea, they are asking the qu

hearing in lee jae—yong's trial, the prosecution said he was the ultimate beneficiary of the crimes.ruption scandal brought down the country's former president. all sorts of details have emerged as pa rt all sorts of details have emerged as part of the trial. he denies wrongdoing. but of course the trial continues. sarah toms is in singapore with the latest. good to see you. the prosecutors deliberated most of today and came up deliberated most of today and came up with this 12 year prison sentence. tell us more. south korean prosecutors have been wrapping up closing arguments in a lengthy trial. this is in the trial of samsun electronics and prosecutors seek a 12 yearjail term for the acting head, jay y lee. he and other samsung officials have been charged with offering more than $38 million to the president and her friend with offering more than $38 million to the president and herfriend in exchange for support of a merger between two samsung subsidiaries. the president was removed from office this year and is herself on trial. mrjay y lee denied bribery and embezzlement charges. t

during a six—month trial, lee jae—yong was accused of giving inappropriate donations to a friend of the office. mr lee has pleaded not guilty. yogita limaye reports from seoul. to the korean people it was bigger than watergate. any other kind of national scandal that happened in any other part of the world. the trial involving lee jae—yong is perhaps one of the most closely watched here in south korea and around the world. use the de facto boss of one of the world's biggest companies, samsung, and he's involved in a massive corruption scandal that saw mass protests involving hundreds of thousands of people on the streets. the former president, park was impeached. and mist li is facing trial because he is accused of paying bribes, of making donations to non—government organisations that were run by miss park's trend but in return the government support for a merger that would eventually allow him to become the head of samsung after this father's death. samsung is huge in south korea, the company accounts for 15% of all sales that take place in this country. you have samsung apartments, s

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in a scandal that has already toppled a south korean president, jae—y lee.ations worth around $6 million in exchange for government favours. there is flash photography in our report from yogita limaye. jae—yong lee is one of the most powerful businessmen in the world. now he's facing a jail sentence that is among the longest ever given to a top executive in south korea. mr lee, has been found guilty of paying bribes to the previous government here. his lawyers say they will go to a higher court. translation: as a lawyer, i cannot accept any of the legaljudgment, or the fact—finding in the ruling. we will make an appeal immediately and we are confident the ruling will be overturned. the case is part of a major corruption scandal which erupted in south korea late last year and evoked public anger. tens of thousands came out on the streets. and that triggered the removal of the country's president park geun—hye. she was accused of allowing her close friend to accept donations from south korea's large conglomerates in return for government favours. 0utside court

lee jae—yong was found found guilty of giving donations worth 29 million pounds to nonprofit foundationsh supermarkets have fallen on the prospect of a price war with amazon. it has announced that it is going to slash prices at its whole foods grocery chain in everything from bananas to salmon. it will complete its take—over of whole foods on monday next which it has bought for almost £11bn british airways has called on the uk's border force to tackle ‘serious inefficiencies‘ at uk airports. the airline says routinely at terminal five only one third of the 29 state of the art egates are open and are usually shut prematurely at 11pm causing massive queues and frustrating delays. it said that with brexit just round the corner the uk needs to show that it‘s an easy place to travel to. 0fcom is due to present its advice to culture secretary karen bradley over the proposed merger between 21st century fox and sky. the department for culture, media and sport are expected put out a statement this afternoon. roy kaitcher from stockbrokers redmaybe bentley has been following the deal — and hejoins

billionaire samsung boss lee jae—yong's corruption trial reaches a conclusion as he awaits a court verdictthe biggest single win in american lottery history, a hospital worker from massachusetts scoops $750 million on the powerball. in the next hour, thailand's supreme court is expected to rule on a case that's lasted 18 months and could put one of the country's most popular politicians in jail and knock her out of politics for life. former premier yingluck shinawatra is accused of criminal negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy. her opponents say it was in effect a bribe to her supporters. she could face a decade behind bars. she insists she's innocent and has asked the court for kindness. from bangkok, the bbc‘s karishma vaswani reports. this was yingluck shinawatra six years ago, a political novice bringing her brother's party to victory in thailand's general elections. she's no longer in power and is now standing trial on a charge of negligence for a controversial rice subsidy scheme. if found guilty, she could face ten years in prison and a lifetime ban from politics. seen here

lee jae-yong was found guilty of bribery , embezzlement and other charges earlier this year. he tried to bribe south korea's president and that led to that president being removed from office. lee's lawyer will appeal the sentence. >>> sal, we see many people on the roads which is why we go on the air so early in the morning. how does it look out there now? >>> it looks okay. on fridays we usually have lighter conditions. this morning we are seeing that in the gilroy commute. it looks good from gilroy out to morgan hill and san jose. i do not see anything slow on the road sensors. not even on 101. it looks nice as you drive into the west valley. you can see there is a nice picture of san jose from our camera. in the east bay, traffic is moving along nicely. north- and southbound 880. hopefully we have a nice, easy day on a friday. we've had a couple of challenging commutes this week. today we are off to a good start. >>> you have had a busy week. speaking of busy, i can guarantee that down on the texas coast, everybody is on. they are not on vacation. they are back 24-7. brown

overnight, samsung's defacto ceo, lea lee jae young was just sentenced to prison for bribery. immediately sentenced. can you take us through what went down there? >> yeah, so the sentence is for five years in prison for his role in the bribery allegations that actually rocked all of south korea over the past year. the five years is a lot less than the 12 years that the prosecution was asking for, but it does bring to an end a six-month trial, which has led to the impeachment of the former president, pack geun-hye and lee is accused of bribery in anticipation of favors from the former president. lee's lawyer is expected to appeal this. >>> and in other news, amazon shocking the grocery world once again yesterday, saying that upon the completion of the takeover of whole foods, it is going to be slashing prices. and that sent shares in its competitors like walmart, kroger's, costco into a tailspin once again. collectively, they lost some $12 billion in market value. obviously, investors are very concerned that this will be the latest in the price war happening in grocery space in

a court in seoul convicted lee jae-yong of offering millions of dollars in bribes to then- presidentk geun-hye and a close friend of hers. park was removed from office in march. trans gender recruits. it also authorized the defense secretary to decide how to deal with those already serving. and he ordered the military to stop paying for surgery toobd gender reassign -- to do gender reassignments. the chair of the u.s. federal reserve is defending regulations imposed after the crash of 2008. in a speech today, janet yellen disputed claims that the "dodd- frank" law has hindered bank lending. president trump and other republicans have pushed to scrap the law. and on wall street, the dow jones industrial average gained 30 points to close at 21,813. the nasdaq fell five points, and the s&p 500 added four. still to come on the newshour: the growing controversy over what to do with confederate monuments. as war rages around them, yrians in one city attempt to rebuild. mark shields and david brooks on the week's news. and, a novelist explains why fictional characters don't always have to be

and jae—yong lee's trial could be just the start. yogita limaye, bbc news, seoul.as announced that convoys of partially driverless lorries will be tried out on major british roads by the end of next year. the lead lorry would have a driver at the wheel and those behind would be connected by wireless technology. the aa says it's concerned the trials present a risk to other motorists, as our correspondent andy gill reports. they call it platooning, trucks travelling in wi—fi connected convoy, with much less space between them than normal. this dutch project is with two vehicles. the trial just announced here will be with three. they'll be more efficient, take up less space on the network, improve fuel efficiency and hopefully pass on those cost savings to the consumer. each lorry has a driver, but the lead cab has control. to think about how three trucks can travel down the road in a platoon, imagine that the lead truck is a giant wi—fi hub, sending out signals on the precise distances and speed the other two need to travel at. and the wi—fi on the trailing two truck

lee jae-yong was found guilty of bribery and embezzlement, earlier this year he tried to bribe the southean president. 's lawyer will appeal the sentence. >>> the san francisco chronicle reports an inmate has been charged with killing his cellmate minutes before he was due to be released from the santa rita jail. on july 6 james hunter was due to be released from jail. a gel technician opened the doors of the cell telling him to leave so he could be processed for release the chronicle says a deputy on patrol found his cellmate dead on the floor. hunter had not left the jail he was kept in custody and now is being held on murder charges. >>> a voter approved initiative to speed up the process of carrying out the death penalty has been approved. california voters approved proposition 66 in november a five-year limit for appeals of the death penalty while opponents argue the limit israel -- unrealistic because it can take decades to find evidence of innocence. supporters say the ruling sends the message. >> it is still a message to every attorney and every judge in the state that the will o

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the trial involving jae—yong lee is perhaps one of the most closely watched here in south korea and around's biggest companies, samsung, and he's involved in a massive corruption scandal that saw mass protests involving hundreds of thousands of people on the streets. the former president, park geun—hye was impeached... and mr lee is facing trial because he's accused of paying bribes, of making donations to non—government organisations which were run by miss park's friend in return for government support for a merger that would eventually allow him to become the head of samsung after this father's death. samsung is huge in south korea. the company accounts for 15% of all sales that take place in this country. you have samsung apartments, samsung hospitals, samsung universities and even a samsung amusement park. as far as the business is concerned, samsung is too big an enterprise to be run by one person and mr lee was not involved with day—to—day operations, so the company's fortunes don't seem to have been dented since his trial began. it is my pleasure to introduce the galaxy note 8. ther

day for decision jae-yong lee.row's decision will returnne whether lee can to his role as vice chairman fter being held in detention since february. all of this sounds extraordinary. theactually watched some of trial. how did the prosecution do? >> hopeless the day i was there. they got taken apart by lawyers.s it was like the witnesses they brought were witnesses for the defense when they were wednesday witnesses for the protection. what i've been told was that it was fairly representative of how going.ial is >> is that a matter of the actual case, of the evidence, or it a matter of the deftness of the team? any case, is there a conspiracy, using inference and circumstances to patch together some kind of collusion. you need somebody who will come what d say, yes, this is is happening. i was responsible for it. i saw it happen. witnesses that were called, particularly people from be in group, that would the best position to know what went on, refuted that it was extraordinary. >> walk us through what we should expe