because in south korea has jailed former president lee myung bak for fifteen years for corruption he was found guilty of embezzling around twenty one million dollars and accepting bribes from samsung and other companies he's also been fined eleven million dollars seventy six year old leeds united in a wrongdoing saying the investigation was politically motivated it's been a week since the indonesian island of cilla ways he was rocked by a magnitude seven point five earthquake that triggered a deadly tsunami the official death toll now stands at almost sixteen hundred but bodies are still being pulled from the mud with masks completely destroyed by the six metre high tsunami waves friday prayers were held outside after initially refusing foreign aid is now being allowed and military planes from around twenty countries are flying in much needed supplies the u.n. itself has pledged fifteen million dollars to the relief efforts top republicans in the united states say there is no hint of misconduct in the f.b.i. report into supreme court nominee bret cover now but senate democrats say th

right from a south korean president lee myung bak has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison a court found the seventy six year old guilty on several charges including bribery and embezzlement. imprisoned ukrainian filmmaker on legs says so says he has ended his hunger strike sense of was jailed on terror charges which rights groups call politically motivated he refused food for more than one hundred fourteen days demanding the release of all ukrainian political prisoners. a week after a devastating earthquake tsunami hit indonesia so low as the island supplies have begun trickling into the region authorities have now put the death toll at more than sixteen hundred the search for survivors is continuing but hopes of finding any more people alive are fading. as shake of the head says it will be to a disappointment for this french and indonesian rescue team only hours earlier they detected signs of life under the wreckage of this hotel impala on the indonesian island this in a way you see now they go on. we strongly believe there was hope now we have nothing at all we tried everything

in this office or in a will a court in south korea has jailed the former president lee myung bak for fifteen years for corruption it was on the guilty of embezzling around twenty one million dollars and accepting bribes from samsung and other companies rob mcbride reports from seoul. the charges date back to lean young backs time in office ten years ago and highlight once again the graft prone links between big business and south korean politics it was alleged in court he accepted millions of dollars in illegal payments from institutions including some song and embezzled millions more from a private company that he had control over actions the court condemned as a betrayal of public trust these people in the accused amassed mistrust and disappointment in our society as well as in the people who have supported him believed in him lee boycotted the proceedings apparently in protest of them being broadcast live to south korea and the conservative claims the case is politically motivated by the current liberal administration. e-mail. prosecutors investigation against the lieberman buck a

according to out korea has jailed former president lee myung bak for corruption making him the country's fourth former leader to be sent to prison he was found guilty of embezzling around twenty one million dollars and accepting bribes from some some as well as south korea's intelligence services he's been sentenced to fifteen years behind bars and fined eleven million dollars the seventy six year old has denied any wrongdoing saying the investigation was politically motivated the philippine president has revealed he might have cancer or go to terra taste says he's waiting for a repeat of test results for abnormalities in his digestive tract and code on there were concerns for the territory's health off to he missed two official events on wednesday is promised to inform the public if he has a serious illness greek police could have prevented the killing of a rapper at the hands of a hitman from the far right party golden dawn but they failed to do so at the conclusion of the new forensic reports the murder of. us in september two thousand and thirteen ignited weeks of anti fascist protes

and former south korean president lee myung bok has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison a court found the seventy six year old guilty on several charges including bribery and embezzlement he is the second former south korean president to be jailed in the past six months the u.s. senate is a step closer to confirming president trump's nominee for the supreme court brett kavanaugh this after the f.b.i. submitted its report on allegations of sexual misconduct against judge kavanaugh republicans say it contains the report here nothing to substantiate claims but democrats and protesters say the probe was incomplete comedian amy schumer was among three hundred people arrested at a rally inside a senate office building they were detained after refusing to leave the site. senators could hold the first vote on judge kevin l's nomination later today and the f.b.i. report has done little to ease tensions over the controversial cabinet had how i mean i was. outside to see priem course in washington d.c. protesters called on senators to vote against bretz cavanagh's consummation the rally co

south korea we have another story that links to samsung earlier today former south korean president lee myung bok was sentenced to fifteen years in prison following his conviction on embezzle minton bribery charges both south korean presidents immediately preceding the incumbent president in have now been convicted and sentenced for crimes relating to abuses of power mr leask served as president from two thousand and eight to two thousand and thirteen while his successor president moon. was removed from office last year mr li was accused of accepting a bribe worth roughly five point five million dollars from samsung prosecutors allege that quid pro quo for the payoff in exchange for president lee's pardon for samsung's disgraced former chairman. one of the great things about boom bust as we broadcast all over the world as we always say but doing a market wrap on numbers as a time crunch here it's really tough to get it but the. end of the week is a good time to look at all markets and we do that right now we start with the dow jones industrial average a new york we didn't reach that twenty se

that aid will still continue up until needed because in south korea has jailed former president lee myung bak for fifteen years for corruption he was found guilty of investing around twenty one million dollars and it sets bribes from samsung and on other companies he's also been fined live million dollars the seventy six year old has denied any wrongdoing saying the investigation was politically motivated. the president trump is urging what he calls rich countries around the world to cough up finances for american military support at a republican rally in minnesota president pointed the finger at saudi arabia saying the kingdom security is indebted to washington we defend countries that are very rich they don't buy us or they pay us a small percentage like saudi arabia would you say they have some money so we defend them and they pay a small percentage i said excuse me king solomon is my friend. do you mind paying for the military. their parents or thirty percent i said you my bank. the washington post has printed a blank column in the paper in solidarity with a saudi contributor who went

former south korean president lee myung bak has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison a court found the seventy six year old guilty on several charges including bribery and embezzlement he is the second former south korean president to be jailed in the past six months. leading figures in germany's jewish community are sounding the alarm after the far right alternative for germany party the f.t. said it was setting up an internal jewish group the party has faced criticism after failing to sanction members for downplaying the holocaust and harboring links to neo nazis seventeen jewish organizations have issued a statement saying that no citizen of germany who cared about democracy could identify with the f.t. . that he knew in a town this is jewish and he supports the f.t. when he was nineteen you left ukraine and the discrimination he felt there is a jew and came to germany now he fears anti-semitism here and the problem with there are lots of problems in germany which weren't there before and they're only being addressed by the us being on the we were talking about the clear out to

on our course in south korea has jailed former president lee myung bak for corruption making him the country's fourth former leader to be sent to prison he was found guilty of embezzling around twenty one million dollars and accepting bribes from samsung as well as south korea's intelligence services bribe reports from seoul. the charges date back to lean young backs time in office ten years ago and highlight once again the graft prone links between big business and south korean politics it was alleged in court he accepted millions of dollars in illegal payments from institutions including samsung and embezzled millions more from a private company that he had control over actions the court condemned as a betrayal of public trust this. mistrust and disappointment in our society as well as in the people who have supported him believed in him leave boycotted the proceedings apparently in protest of them being broadcast live to south korea the conservative claims the case is politically motivated by the current liberal administration. the prosecutors investigation against the administrat

because in south korea has jailed former president lee myung bak for fifteen years for corruption he was found guilty of embezzling around twenty one million dollars and accepting bribes from samson and other companies leaves also been fined eleven million dollars in washington more than three hundred people have been arrested during a protest inside a u.s. senate building against the supreme court nominee bret cover now demonstrators were making a plea to senators to reject the president's pick for the highest bench before a vote on friday the f.b.i. has concluded its report into sexual assault allegations candidus in brazil's presidential race have gone head to head in the last televised debate before sunday's vote they say far right nationalist nardo is a threat to democracy he was absent from the debate citing doctor's orders as he recovers from a stabbing attack last month by a judge today those are the very latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up next is the stream. responding to criticism one hundred foreign minister defends his government's tough policy on refug

a course in south korea has jailed former president lee myung bak for fifteen years for corruption and is found guilty of embezzling around twenty one million dollars and accepting bribes from samsung and other companies reports. the charges date back to lean young backs time in office ten years ago and highlight once again the graft prone links between big business and south korean politics it was alleged in court he accepted millions of dollars in illegal payments from institutions including some song and embezzled millions more from a private company that he had control over actions the court condemned as a betrayal of public trust these people in the accused arouse mistrust and disappointment in our society as well as in the people who have supported him believed in him leave boycotted the proceedings apparently in protest of them being broadcast live to south korea the conservative claims the case is politically motivated by the current liberal administration. the prosecutors investigation against the lead back administration is clearly a personal attack targeting me the u.s. the