and yes this is driven by national philosophy of malaysia islamic monarchy. that has existed here for hundreds of years. when the system this system preserves and guarantees the rights of all people regardless of their race and. the temple among europe was done for gun murder. as you can imagine there's been global shock and outrage actor and activist george clooney leveraged his fame and called for a boycott of luxury hotels from the dorchester in london to the beverly hills hotel all. royal family itself is one of the richest men on earth the multi-billionaire gets his money from the country's gas and oil sales and on social media tweets expressed outrage along with the new hash tag boycott i columnist for gay times mag tom knight tweeted people all over the world have condemned these barbaric laws but most world leaders appear to value gas oil luxury hotels and investment portfolios more than a value l g q lives and rights there is this from a local labor party councillor in the u.k. who did organize a protest over the weekend it's two thousand and ninetee

malaysia's disgraced former prime minister is in court over the multibillion dollar one n.d.p. corruption scandal where did the money go and can really get it back and. the chinese government kept them separated for years we look at how do you shock captured her sadness over the political imprisonment of her husband. i'm melissa chan welcome to the program it's good to have you with us we begin in brunei where new laws based on a strict interpretation of islam go into effect today the tiny country on the island of borneo has captured a lot of global attention not the good kind for the punishments it intends to carry out cvs will have their limbs amputated the new code would commit gay people caught having sex to death by stoning and it would send lesbians caught having sex to one hundred whips of the lash the united nations has called these laws draconian but the sultan defended them. right there in the grass. as a small nation we always devote prayers to all our. young and yes this is driven by an international philosophy of millennia islamic monarchy. that has existed here fo

after months of delay, malaysia's trial of the century is set to begin shortly. of all the allegations. 42 charges in total ranging from criminal breach of trust, money laundering to abusive power. the former prime minister has pleaded not guilty to all of them but the disappearance from malaysia's state fund is one of the biggest financial scandals. malaysia is not the only country which has been investigating imdb, the fund set up by najib razak to help the people of malaysia in 2009, has been probed in at least six countries including the united states and here in singapore. you might remember all the headlines it made when the stolen money went to buy a private jet, made when the stolen money went to buy a privatejet, luxury made when the stolen money went to buy a private jet, luxury real estate, a rt buy a private jet, luxury real estate, art works by picasso and monet. as part of the investigation, goldman sacks, the us investment bank, has also come under scrutiny and has been charged by malaysia and authorities. the trials will take months if not years b

joining me now to discuss cronyism and corruption and malaysia is the head of malaysia centre to combatle c so prevalent not just in us. why are these double c so prevalent notjust in malaysia but many countries in the region? yes, it malaysia is now in the spotlight a whole lot because of the former prime minister and his many scandals. yesterday was a very important day because it was the start of his trials after almost 11 months of the new government coming into power and najib razak lost power on the 9th of may 2008. being head of this ngo, what are the main obstacles and fighting corruption and but can be done to eradicate it? it is very important to say first of all that it is very pervasive and entrenched problem and malaysia and probably many other countries but in malaysia we have had 61 years of unbridled rule where one coalition has been in power since independence in 1957 from the british. and has been a very long time. a whole lot of political power has actually come back to the coalition and powers so for example, the prime minister of malaysia at that time, also being th

and probably many other countries but in malaysia we have had 61 yea rs countries but in malaysia we coalition has been in power since independence in 1957 from the british. and has been a very long time and a whole lot of political power has actually come back to the coalition and powers so you had for example the prime minister of malaysia at that time also being the finance minister and so notjust wheeling political power but also had financial power and theyjust compromise and trampled upon many of the institutions of government that might as checks and balances. so it was probably very much real and all levels of government, and local governments so it was something that... do you think this trial, the investigation and the unraveling of the scandal will change malaysia ? for change is going to be really multi fold and in many stages but we believe this is a very important turning point for the country and it is the first time that a prime minister is ever charged for anything and in this case 45 counts of money laundering and corruption and criminal breach of trust so it isa an

and stuck in a debt trap malaysia tries to renegotiating a better deal for a pricey rail project with china. let's do business diesel gate has finally reached the man at the top martin. is on his way to court his company manipulated diesel emissions tests on millions of vehicles around the world it got around environmental regulations while cheating motorists into thinking they were buying greener cars now the public prosecutor's office in the german city of his charged into court and for other executives with fraud the scandal blew up in september twenty fifth scene a few days later into corn resigned has always denied any personal involvement in the affair which has cost the comic a billions of euros in fines. straight over to frankfurt for a financial correspondent. is this the moment that the critics have been waiting for. oh yes been absolutely it is this is a great day for many people here who were part of this whole deal gate scandal in one way or another if you think about it for many it was really personal for customers for example who felt betrayed by folks who are going to

malaysia is only, not the only country investigating 1mdb.through strategic investments. it is now being probed in at least six countries including the united states, switzerland and singapore. you might remember, all the headlines it made when us prosecutors said the stolen money went to buy a private jet, prosecutors said the stolen money went to buy a privatejet, luxury real estate, artworks by picasso and monet as well as jewellery, for ms ——mr najib's y. also implicated is goldman sachs which used to issue bonds to 1mdb. they have also come under scrutiny. this trial will take months, if not years, but this is the first time for anyone to face trial over the scandal. thank you, rico hizon. our team will be busy covering that story. other business news, theresa may is to ask the eu to give her more time to reach an agreement in parliament. she has also said she will try again to reach a compromise with the leader of the opposition labour partyjeremy corbyn which has incensed many senior figures partyjeremy corbyn which has incensed many s

the edge was shut down its sister sighed the malaysia insider was blocked along with two others asia sentinel and medium and journalists at the news site malaysiakini were arrested all for trying to cover one m. d. . their coverage highlighted something many malaysians already knew that the country's media landscape had a split running right through it while online publishers were leading the journey.

north korean agents thought to have recruited them left malaysia shortly after mr kim's death.as been sentenced on a much lesser charge, the entire trial is over. in effect we have lost two opportunities in this trial. we have not heard testimony from either of the defendants which could have given very interesting details of how they were recruited, but also potentially embarrassing details from malaysia about how freely north korean agents were operating there. it also means no—one has been held to account for a really shocking assassination. the lesser charge suggest the court believes that ms doan was a less involved participant. does this mean that this extraordinary story might eventually go away, or what are the implications in terms of the relationship between malaysia, north korea, indonesia, et cetera? well, i'm sure the malaysian authorities wish it would go away, because u nfortu nately wish it would go away, because unfortunately being unable to put any north korean agents on trial, and they had to release people held in the embassy here just after mr kim's death b

this is c w news live from berlin and malaysia's once powerful prime minister faces trial on corruption charges. that stands accused of illegally pocketing billions of dollars and treating himself to some luxury toys funded by taxpayers. also coming up british prime minister to receive may have said that she can work with a donor rival to deliver resit with only nine days left to avoid a chaotic break particular opinion yet and to marking the nato military alliance is seventieth anniversary president trapes warm words for the alliances leader and another rebuke for germany clubs how about being swept off your feet and feeling lighter than air it will take you to a party in the dear old gravity. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the former prime minister of malaysia has gone on trial for his alleged role in a massive corruption scandal not because accused of misappropriating four and a half billion dollars from a state development fund if convicted of the charges the sixty five year old could face life in prison he was malaysia's prime minister for a decade and told losing last year

offenses he was not only the prime minister of this country he was also the finance minister of malaysia and therefore he had not only rocks in a political power but he has will have control of the nation's purse not this particular trial involves only seven charges out of the forty two that not just faces in toto and in this trial he's alleged to have received more than ten million dollars from a former subsidiary of one mt the investigators allege more than four and a half billion dollars was stolen from that fund now not just pleaded not guilty to this to these charges as well as the other four the other thirty five that make up the forty two charges when he was first charge last year now he's maintained that he's innocent and he thinks that the money received in his personal bank account was a gift from the saudi royal family most of which he's returned. criminal breach of trust money laundering and abuse of power just three of dozens of john. just facing the former prime minister of malaysia not to present the last few years of his administration had been overshadowed by allegations

plus malaysia's once powerful prime minister facing trial on corruption charges. stands accused of funneling billions of dollars of public money into his own coffers. plus marking the nato military alliances seventieth anniversary president trump has warm words for the alliances leader and another rebuke for germany. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the british prime minister teresa mayes is expected. to meet with the opposition labor leader jeremy corrigan in a new push for bracks a compromise now that's after announcing yesterday she would ask the e.u. for another extension beyond the april twelfth deadline after months of political deadlock is may signaling that she'll be seeking a closer relationship with europe after all and will brussels accept that request the coming days perhaps the coming hours could provide some answers patience in brussels is wearing thin the e.u. is looking to london for a clear indication of what it wants to do and if london concert agree and the consequences are clear and the proposal as it stands today a new deal brics

what is wrong with malaysia?as it been love from foreign investors -- on love from foreign investors? beend: the problem has that since the general election, there have been three elections in malaysia in which the new is the first new government in malaysia, 461 or 62 years. they lost those three elections. there has been a great deal of uncertainty as to what the government intends to do with its involvement in business. the finance minister has been saying he wants to make of the government's business to get out of business. the government linked companies have been the major casualties. that the big index heavyweights. sector, --he telecom particularly the telecom and construction sectors. until about an hour ago, when it changed. other that, we have technical this norwegian sovereign wealth funds deciding they're going to make an exit from emerging-market debt because they don't like the currency risk, i think. then there's this talk of russell removing malaysia fund they will government bond index. these th

last week malaysia's former prime minister najib razak went on trial over one of the biggest corruption scandals the world has ever seen the media shorthand for the case is one and b b it involves a sovereign wealth fund by the same name that najib set up it lost billions almost seven hundred million dollars of which is alleged to have ended up in his own back account the malaysian media are all over the story but it wasn't always that way under the jeeves government there were clear red lights that reporters and the news outlets they work for feared to cross and if not for a british journalist running a website out of london one business newspaper in kuala lumpur and a secret meeting that took place in singapore malaysians might not know about any of this listening posts flow phillips now with the media back story behind the one m.t.b. scandal. you will see this coming trial of the former prime minister. run top all seven charges this course of this trial and all the media attention around it was probably the nothing new that wanted. it three years ago when he was still in power to try

at some stage, the proceeds of those may come back to malaysia, but the likelihood is that malaysia willmay asks for further delay to brexit. but what does this mean? we will find out the view from brussels. eight years old and he has millions of fans online in china. we will explain all. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can at worst produce a meltdown. in this case the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. t

he's accused of stealing billions of dollars from malaysia's sovereign wealth fund 1mdb.stigations after he defeated mr najib in elections last may. let's speak to jonathan let's speak tojonathan head, our south ager correspondent. —— south asia. ina south ager correspondent. —— south asia. in a few hours. huge attention on this trial. it has sent shock waves, this corruption scandal, when it first appeared. yes and of course no progress was made in the investigation into the alleged siphoning of at least 11.5 billion dollars. while mr najib was in office, the site result last year opened the way for this trial. it has been delayed prior and we are now waiting for mr najib to arrive and for the first time he will be facing in answering charges. seven out of a total of 42 charges already filed against him. these relate to a subsidiary of 1mdb of which he is alleged to receive more than $10 million in his personal bank account and also to have influenced its decision to borrow $1 billion from a civil servant's retirement decision to borrow $1 billion from a civil serva nt‘s

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deadline delay from brussels and offering to work with the opposition to find a way forward plus malaysia's once powerful prime minister facing trial on corruption charges. stands accused of funneling billions of dollars in public money into his own pocket plus how about being swept off your feet and feeling lighter than air will take you to a party in syria gravity. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the west largest and oldest military alliance nato is marking a milestone birthday today it's seventieth nato was created to protect europe from the soviet union and the warsaw pact following their collapse nato has been redefining itself and its twenty nine members. states especially germany have been under mounting pressure from washington to spend more on their militaries now at a press conference with nato secretary general again our washington bureau chief asked president trump if he plans to keep lobbying the german chancellor over berlin's military spending. we talked about you have noticed of germany i mean germany obviously is not paying their fair share i have great respect for a

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more inside from under a hang our age a correspondent in singapore and so has malaysia now got itself a good deal it'll still need to take a loan from a chinese state bank i believe to fund this line. exactly it's hard to believe but ben this is actually the best way off from elisa to mohammad actually tried to end the entire project but with the five billion dollar terminations fee threatened by china this is actually the lesser of two evils how did malaysia let itself fall into the so-called death trap in the first place do you know that. what to begin with a lot of these deals including one with singapore were actually forced to during the former prime minister. term so now what is left with is a mess to clean up especially in the wake of the one m.t.v. scandal and a lot of that mess cleaning has to do with renegotiating such deals and this is really interesting news the timing of this news is very interesting because it's built road initiative has come under so much international criticism but we see other countries taking a closer look at the small print of their deals with beiji

as of today, there are no issues in malaysia. >> malaysia is one of a handful of countries that havensive progressive agreement, but yet to ratify it. when do you expect to do it? are you leaning more towards a china-led rcep. >> it was signed sometime in 2018 by the previous regime. our prime minister has made it clear he would like to ensure that whatever terms there are will benefit us, as well as fair to us. we have policies that are different from the previous government. time.ill come in we are not in a hurry to do it at the moment. , it is not chinese-led. -led. asean there are 16 of us that go through this together to ensure we will be able to have a strong economic cooperation within the , china and india as well. as far as we are concerned, it is not chinese-led. i would like to make that clear. i was asked the same recently. an asean-led agreement. >> thank you very much. thank you for joining us today. you can find this interview on tv . you can watch us live and die into the securities or bloomberg functions we talk about. you can send us questions if you have questi

this trial marks the first time a former prime minister of malaysia has been put in the dock to answer allegations of wrongdoing and the lead prosecutor in this case the attorney general open to submissions by so reminding the court that when the alleged offenses took place was not only prime minister of this country he was also the finance minister and he therefore had maximum political power as well as full control of the nation's purse this particular case involves seven charges totaling about ten million dollars that much of his alleged pocketed so it's really just a fraction of the forty two charges he faces and the allegations that he received nearly seven hundred million dollars in his bank account and this case is significant not only because there's huge international interest in it it's been described as a talker see at its worst but also because it will be an opportunity to put on public record details of the alleged fraud that took place at one n.d.p. and the highest levels of government in malaysia including how the transactions were made the connections between nine and o

these are very flamboyant malaysia finance year, he was considered the jinping flamboyant malaysia finances negotiation of funds. —— kingpin. the former prime minister, najib rajak, set up the fund, he supervised it in his role as finance minister and is alleged to have received significant sums of money himself. this trial today is the first of, we think, at least three that have already been scheduled, maybe many more. these are seven charges, money—laundering, criminal breach of trust, corruption, out of 42. this relates to only one of the businesses involved in this government investment fund where najib rajak is alleged to have received sums of about $10 million, transferred it to his bank account in 2014 and 2015. he has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges against him, his trial has been repeatedly delayed by petitions from his own lawyers. once it starts today, we assume now it is going ahead, it will be the beginning of a marathon, in which the current government hopes to show transparent legal proceedings to convince najib rajak‘s supporters, he still has many, they are deali

last week malaysia's former prime minister najib razak went on trial over one of the biggest corruption scandals the world has ever seen the media shorthand for the case is one m.t.b. it involves a sovereign wealth fund by the same name that najib set up it lost billions almost seven hundred million dollars of which is alleged to have ended up in his own bank account the malaysian media are all over the story but it wasn't always that way under the james government there were clear red lights that reporters and the news outlets they work for feared to cross and if not for a british journalist running a website out of london one business newspaper in kuala lumpur and a secret meeting that took. yes in singapore malaysians might not know about any of this listening post flow phillips now with the media back story behind the one and d.b. scandal. the big news coming trial of former prime. right rusty talk also chargers this course of this trial and all the media attention around it was probably the last thing najib razak wanted. three years ago when he was still in power he tried to throw

zine he has son was deputy editor of malaysia a government affiliated newspaper the close relationship between his paper and power meant certain red lines could not be crossed one m.t.p. rez one of the. most surprised that there were not much coverage. clearly quantrill through the quality of the. many laws. to control all the fired me use the work to shackle the freedoms of the media and that was part of pondered by what we saw as a rice in the number of cases of individuals whether your journal is your blog or your activists who came under the communications and multi-media act so they were investigated you know they were arrested and also charged under the law communications and media equis very actively use not only did he fall back on the existing very oppressive legislation in terms of the multimedia racks that existed he sought out one of the world's first great news the news act was a direct attempt at intimidating the population at large and it was a direct attempt a bring in the same controls over individual social media that this regime had exercised for decades over the mai

zine he has done was deputy editor of malaysia a government affiliated newspaper the close relationship between his paper and power meant certain red lines could not be crossed one mt be one of a small surprise that there were not much coverage. clearly quantrill through the quality of the. many laws. to control all the fired me use the work to shackle the freedoms of the media and that was part of pondered by what we saw as a rights in the number of cases of individuals whether you're a journalist your blogger your activist who came under the communications and multimedia act so they were investigated you know they were arrested and also charged under the law communications and media equis very actively use not only did he fall back on the existing very oppressive legislation in terms of the multimedia racks that existed he sought out one of the world's first great new. news act was a direct attempt at intimidating the population at large and it was a direct attempt a bring in the same controls over individual social media that this regime had exercised for decades over the mainstream

but at the highest levels of government in malaysia and for not chip this will afford him the opportunity to present his case in court not chip has portrayed himself as the victim of a political vendetta he's cheated not guilty to all charges and he's maintained he's innocent all right florence louie there from colin powell thanks so much. venezuela's opposition leader is remaining defiance half the politicians loyal to president nicolas maduro stripped him of his immunity from prosecution well that means one could now be charged with violating the constitution after the cleric himself interim president our latin america and it's a listen newman has more from caracas. venezuela one country with two rival assemblies delegates to the controversial constituent assembly which is loyal to president nicolas maduro needed no convincing voted overwhelmingly to strip opposition leader of his legislative immunity. that the next step is for the supreme court to begin a trial that can be accompanied by an arrest warrant or other precautionary measures why do is accused of public office betrayal of th

the edge was shut down its sister site the malaysia insider was blocked along with two others asia sentinel and medium and journalists at the new site malaysiakini were arrested. for trying to cover one m.t.b. . the coverage highlighted something many malaysians already knew that the country's media landscape had a split running right through it while online publishers were leading the journalistic charge mainstream news outlets particularly those with close ties to the government were either unwilling or unable to touch the story. zein e has son was deputy editor of the sun malaysia a government affiliated newspaper the close relationship between his paper and power meant certain red lines could not be crossed one m.t.p. rez one of the. most surprised that there were not much coverage there were clearly quantrill through the quality of the on top of the many laws also use to control all the five me use the work to shackle the freedoms of the media and that was part of pondered by what we saw as a rise. in the number of cases of individuals whether your journal is your blog or your activist

this trial marks the first time a former prime minister of malaysia has been put in the dock to answer allegations of wrongdoing and the lead prosecutor in this case the attorney general opened his submissions by reminding the court that when the alleged offenses took place was not only prime minister of this country he was also the finance minister and he therefore had maximum political power as well as full control of the nation's purse and this particular case involves seven charges totaling about ten million dollars that much of his alleged pocketed so it's really just a fraction of the forty two charges he faces and the allegations that he received nearly seven hundred million dollars in his bank account and this case is significant not only because there's huge international interest in it it's been described as to talk at its worst but also because it will be an opportunity to put on public record details of the alleged fraud that took place at one n.d.p. and the highest levels of government in malaysia including how the transactions were made the connections between now and oth

and will be freed next month in malaysia because of time already said she admitted a lesser charge of course in. algeria as president has announced a caretaker government to be headed by prime minister nouri din the dolly the decision comes after weeks of protests against eighty two year old abdul aziz perfect. israel has eased fishing restrictions and gaza which includes expanding the fishing zone to fifteen or so miles.

leader's hopped brother wins an early release we will have all the details on a bizarre case in malaysia and no laughing matter comedian volodin here is a lengthy wins the first round of voting in ukraine's presidential election he's come in well ahead of incumbent president petro poroshenko plops that's never been a. disaster for ferrari's shallows leclaire he loses engine power in the closing laps allowing lewis hamilton to win his first race of the season at the bahrain grand prix. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program it's being called a stunning setback for turkey's president wretch of thai of air to water for the first time in eighty years has a party has lost control of the capital. in local elections in need of greater blow and one's main rivals the secularist c h p party are also on course to win the country's economic hub is stumble the elections are being seen as a test of aaron was leadership many voters say that they are unhappy with the way that he is handling the country's economic downturn. and we will cross to our correspondent in istanbul in just a moment but first her

he had been staying in malaysia, we are not entirely sure what for.e was about to fly back macau to check in when two women put their hands over his face and appeared to smear some liquid on it. he was able to tell the security guard, take into account in it, but died within about 20 minutes. and tests showed that the agent had killed him was vx, one of the world's most deadly nerve agents, but the two women were the only two able to be caught. there were north koreans allegedly involved, but they all fled on the same day or a little bit afterwards. and both these women have said they believe they were taking part in televised pranks, that they had no idea that what they we re that they had no idea that what they were doing would cause kim jong—nam's death. were doing would cause kim jong-nam's death. thank you very much. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we meet the indonesian rickshaw driver who turned his vehicle into a mobile library for children. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can at worst produce a meltdown. in this

korean leader's half brother winds of early release we'll have all the details on a bizarre case in malaysia and no laughing matter comedian volodin here's a lengthy wins the first round of voting and ukraine's presidential election is coming well ahead of the incumbent president petro poroshenko plus. a look at the. disaster for artist charlotte clare he loses engine power in the closing laps a lot of talent to win his first race of the season at the bahrain grand prix. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program it's being called a stunning setback for turkey's president right to want for the first time in eighteen years has a party has lost control of the capital ankara in local elections in an even greater blow air to one's main rivals the secularist c h. the party are also claiming victory in the country's economic hub istanbul elections are being seen as a test of air to one's leadership many voters say that they are unhappy with the way that he is handling the country's economic downturn. so and this is what people on the streets feel about the outcome of the poll. deserve this result i me

be a leader of staff rather wins and early release will have all the details on a bizarre case in malaysia clubs no laughing matter comedian of a lot of years a lengthy when the first round of voting in ukraine's presidential election he's coming well ahead of incumbent president petro poroshenko at. the top of the. disaster for ferrari's chart look left he loses engine power in the closing laps allowing lewis hamilton to win his first race of the season at the bahrain grand prix. play. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program it's being called a stunning setback for turkey's president breccia tie a pair to won for the first time in eighty years has a k. party has. lost control of the capital ankara in local elections and an even greater blow air to one's main rivals the secularist c.h.p. party are also claiming victory in the country's economic hub is stumble elections are being seen as a test of everyone's leadership many voters say that they are unhappy with the way that he is handling the country's economic downturn. and now the main opposition candidate for istanbul akram a mole who has

malaysia's attorney—general rejected vietnam's request to free her after her indonesian co—defendenty released. hyoong is charged with killing kim jong nam by smearing his face with a nerve agent at kuala lumpur airport in february 2017. what has been happening in court?m is quite dramatic. they asked if they could letter —— lesson the charge. doan thi huong said she didn't know what she was doing. she has now pleaded guilty to the lesser charge. you can get at sentence for up charge. you can get at sentence for up to ten years in prison for that charge, less serious than the deaf penalty she had faced for the murder charge at her own lawyers believe that having now taking responsibility and admitting to her role in the killing of kimjong—nam, one “— role in the killing of kimjong—nam, one —— kimjong—nam, then thejudge would offer leniency. it is possible that the sole remaining defendant in this remaining case may well be released today once the judge has considered this lesser charge and this lesser plea by herself. it would be an extraordinary development. this trial has been goin

malaysia's disgraced former prime minister is in court over the multibillion.

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dialogue is no contradiction between dialogue and turns on the fence still to come around is there malaysia's former prime minister pleads not guilty to corruption charges relating to a scandal of the brought down his government. are to heavy flooding kills more sixty people in iran its government. u.s. sanctions and i'm praying really fast that's. how the weather's slighty fire to dry across much of australia we had some other murky skies into sydney for wednesday going on into thursday but things will clear up here another weather system just making its way into the far south is easing towards victoria that will to slide through as we go on into stay twenty two celsius for melbourne we're getting up to around twenty seven there in adelaide twenty three for a sydney into the low twenty's two for perth as we go through day friday similar conditions there largely foreign try across much of western australia hot one there into south australia adelaide gets up to thirty degrees celsius on the pleasant twenty sixth for melbourne which pushed further north just notice this circulation spinning awa

she thanked the governments of malaysia and vietnam we understand that the vietnamese government has been making representation on her behalf and she was to thank her lawyers who have been appealing to the attorney general to either drop the charges or as we found out now to reduce the charge now what's going to happen now is the judge is going to decide on her sentence so she could very well be walking away free today now there's no minimum sentence for this crime and also if the judge passes a sentence of say two years while she's already been in custody in prison behind bars for two years the judge could very well decide that the time that she spent behind bars could be used to count for that sentence and she could very well be walking away free today florence this reduced charge do we know why the prosecutor's office. well the prosecutors told the court this morning that it was doing so because after the representation is made by the vietnamese government to the attorney general now this is very similar to what happened in the case of the other kohut choose the indonesian woman c

laundering and abuse of power just three of dozens of charges facing the former prime minister of malaysia not to present the last few years of his administration had been overshadowed by allegations money had been stolen from the state investment fund setup known as one and the. cabinet ministers who questioned him was sacked or made to resign but investigators cleared him of wrongdoing then last may he became the first leader of i'm not the party that ruled malaysia says it gained independence more than sixty years ago to lose an election and a new government led by mahathir mohamad reopened investigations into one and properties linked to niger were raided us he and his wife were banned from leaving the country while this new government of being came into power on the back of strong with a backlash for what they perceived to be corruption and abuse of power in the previous administration so i think this new government can be seen that it's acting on these issues that i think often corruption is i think tough on abuse of power i think that's why the reopen this case at least six countrie

still to come one hundred era malaysia's former prime minister pleads not guilty to corruption charges relating to a scandal that brought down his government. at breaking point u.s. government claims about the border with mexico. and in sport brazilian football star neymar is back in training with his club after being sidelined with an injury for two months forward that story coming up later. in iran have killed more than sixty people after some of the worst rains in a decade the iranian red president says ninety one hundred sixty thousand people have been affected iran's government has declared a state of emergency and all of evacuations dozens of villages really mohammed reports. the heaviest rainfall in a decade much of iran south west and central regions have been hit hard with tens of thousands of people affected in the rest and province in the west survivors trying to recover what they can from muddy streets so tell me i have lost my whole life house and everything and not only my family but the entire pollard doctor town many are without food and essential services and poison ar

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one of those cases was the malaysia east coast rail link, which was initially terminated.ince renegotiated a better deal. these are a bunch of issues that xi jinping and the chinese authorities are acknowledging and you could hear it from the central bank governor of china. they are talking about, he was saying that the government money should play a guiding role, but said that bri financing support should be mainly commercial. that has been one of the biggest hurdles for belt and road and that has been getting commercial banks, private money invested into these projects, and mitigating at least internally mitigating the huge risk they would take on. the criticism has been that this is a government-led project, influence peddling around central asia, and commercial banks are not getting involved. there is an image makeover in process right now in beijing right now --in beijing. yvonne: it is interesting if we smallerarner -- leaner, belt and road, does that was more or less of a threat to the west? steve: that is an interesting question because you are already seeing scali

this trial marks the first time a former prime minister of malaysia has been put in the dock to answer allegations of wrongdoing and the lead prosecutor in this case the attorney general open to submissions by so reminding the court that when the alleged offenses took place was not only prime minister of this country he was also the finance minister and he therefore had maximum political power as well as full control of the nation's purse and this particular case involves seven charges totaling about ten million dollars that much of his alleged pocketed so it's really just a fraction of the forty two charges he faces and the allegations that he received nearly seven hundred million dollars in his bank account and this case is significant not only because there's huge international interest in it it's been described as a talker see at its worst but also because it will be an opportunity to put on public record details of the alleged fraud that took place at one n.d.p. and the highest levels of government in malaysia including how the transactions were made the connections between one an

malaysia's capital city.cultural, modern metropolis of malay, chinese and indian. this is where you start out when fulfilling a decade-old promise to your ex-head hunter friends to return for gawai, the annual iban rice harvest festival. what was interesting last time i was there was the old guys with their tattoos and the rings on their fingers. >> eddie: yeah. the old people, a lot of them have passed on. >> anthony: i hear no more skulls. they made them put the skulls away. the iban once enjoyed a truly formidable reputation as trackers, warriors and ritualistic takers of heads. they were and continue to be wanderers. valuing the bejalai, a tradition where every tribesman will set out from the longhouse of his birth to travel, learn, to bring something back. each tattoo he gets over the course of his life represents a different experience, a different journey. >> eddie: basically, the tattoos are just to signify knowledge and the wealth that you brought back to the longhouse. what you would probably want t