asia thailand as recording its highest number of cases since the outbreak cases are also rising in malaysia florence there are reports from penciling jaya. after managing to keep case numbers relatively low compared to other countries thailand is now seeing an increase this week alone it's reported 5 record tallies the outbreak has been traced to a number of bossa nightclubs in the capital bangkok. and in the philippines hospitals are struggling to cope the country has one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in asia over well let me say as a doctor we are overwhelmed by the surge in cases it's very difficult to transfer patients to other hospitals since many are for we also lack health workers in the philippines president bridgie go to terre de has suggested allowing the government to convert hotels into facilities where covert 9000 patients can be isolated in malaysia 2 cases have been rising prompting concerns of a 4th wave the basic reproduction number of covered 1000 infections in the country is 1.17 business represents the average number of people an infected person will pass the virus

conduct patrol operations and joint patrols with malaysia and vietnam.he three countries, malaysia, we have our own eez in the south china sea. and you cannot take that away from us. we will do that in the next administration after may, 2022. rishaad: what can you do with approaches to the new american administration to help your case? >> the biden administration has the same position as the trump position. it is a bipartisan position. they will oppose 9-9 because that is against the law of the sea. that is where our interests emerge. there is a convergence of interest because the u.s. is stopping china from using the nine - nine to control the south china sea. haslinda: what would you like to see from the u.s. what can the u.s. do more forcefully? >> i have always said it. the u.s. should be prompt about it. when the u.s. was a colonial power in the philippines, they came up with a map showing it is part of the philippine territory. they can say it now. therefore, it is covered by the mutual defense treaty. it is the same thing the u.s. did to the san c

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

even as calls to postpone or cancel the games grow louder florence li al-jazeera battalion jaya malaysia. australia's federal court has found that google missile to consumers the case had to do with settings in android smartphones the judge ruled that google misrepresented what options were necessary for people's data not to be collected take companies particularly those providing services for free are in the interest in the business is the business they are in is to collect as much data from you as possible therefore there's always that incentive to not perhaps be upfront with you in terms of walked out of they are collecting in case you object to it and they therefore have a list and they therefore might lose money. japanese prime minister yasha he is in washington to meet u.s. president joe biden as biden's 1st face to face with the foreign leaders since taking office china will be a dominant talking point but take a territorial disputes and alleged human rights abuses the global economy will also be on the agenda sickened by both worried about a well wide shortage of semiconductor ch

malaysia's former prime minister is back in court after a multi-billion dollar scandal. and deals against his conviction and sentence. certain jordan's government says it has thwarted what it calls a malicious plot to destabilize the country the half brother of king abdullah has been put under house arrest he says he's being punished for speaking out against corruption jordan's deputy prime minister says that prince hamza and other top officials have been under surveillance for some time or to him it at this. it was talk about the 0 hour to government said that prompted jordan's king abdullah to give the green light for the arrest of more didn't dozen people including bessemer . a former head of the royal court and finance minister he then became part of the inner circle of prince hamza bin has seen the house but have to king who was also crown prince until he was removed from the role in 2004 jordan's deputy prime minister a minister said for he said that beyond a doubt in the circle of prince hamza were coordinating with foreign parties and opposition abroad a plot to

the leaders of indonesia and malaysia are calling for an end to the violent crackdown on mt cooper test as a man long military jointer has been in jakarta for crisis talks with southeast asian leaders. there's renewed tension between russia and ukraine this time at sea russia is closing access to the curch straits to conduct military drills on saturday this would be in violation of the treaty with ukraine russia took control of the strait when it annexed crimea in 2014 it comes as relations that appear to be settling down russia has begun to withdraw troops from the ukrainian border after a major build up over recent weeks and western powers were concerned that russia planned to aid moscow separatists in ukraine's east a cease fire was signed last year but outbreaks of fighting it become more frequent in the past few months we have 2 reporters covering the latest developments on either side of the see it as also struck 3rd is in mary a poll that lies in eastern ukraine and is a vital port city and bordered smith is overlooking the cut straight on the crimean side let's go to him live bi

malaysia's former prime minister najib resigned because in court to appeal against last year's conviction on charges of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars the g was sentenced to 12 years in jail and find nearly $50000000.00 in july u.s. and malaysian authorities say $4500000000.00 is believed to have been stolen from one m. d. b. a fund that the jeep founded to promote economic development from a slew as the latest from the malaysian capital 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 knowledge of have 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 was a victim of scam in a series of misrepresentations by a financier who is now at large low take joe who also goes by the name of joe that had been tricked by joe and other company officials and as well as some rogue bankers prosecutors of course argue that knowledge of as the defense mini

and we report from malaysia as muslims around the world begin observing the holy month of ramadan and the coronavirus restrictions. nato has called on russia to withdraw all forces that the alliance says the kremlin has been deploying their ukraine kids former minister is in belgium meeting with nato officials over russia's increased military activity along ukraine's borders there's growing concern that the kremlin is moving towards wrote war ukraine says moscow has sent thousands of chips for its northern and eastern borders on the annex crimea peninsula. russia must end this military buildup in and around ukraine stop its provocations on the escalate immediately we do not and will not recognize russia's illegal and illegitimate and 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 well the kremlin denies moving toward conflict here says russia has amassed thousands of military personnel and equipment on its northern and eastern borders near the separatist held areas in donbass

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

indonesia has deployed several navy ships in a patrol plane malaysia singapore and australia have joined the operation and other countries offering help and oil spill and a submerged magnetic object in the area of the submarines last dive has rescuers hoping they're on the right track but if the submarine has sunk to tape it may be impossible for the rescuers to operate and time is running out. the submarines oxygen reserve capacity in a power outage. it's 72 hours or about 3 days starting from when it lost contact on wednesday around 3 am it could last until saturday at 3 am let's hope we can find them before then. leave. it with you know. officials say the german made submarine was in good condition before it set out to say that after 40 years of service in indonesia it may have fallen prey to the same water has it's been defending. life on mars and nasa scientists are small step closer to making that possible the perseverance rover has converted carbon dioxide into oxygen for the very 1st time around that's the hopes to be able to do this on a large scale in the future and that could

malaysia's former prime minister and his in court to appeal his conviction on corruption charges and she was sentenced to 12 years in jail last year after he was found guilty of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the one m. d. b. sovereign wealth fund. the corruption trial of it's really a prime minister benjamin netanyahu is about to resume with the 1st witness is due to give evidence prosecutors allege she did political favors for a telecoms mogul in exchange for favorable media coverage you know who denies the charges exit polls in bug area suggesting the prime minister's center right party has won the election. us off is seeking a 4th term but with a drop in support and without a clear majority he's likely to struggle to form a coalition. i offer you peace let's appoint the best experts and put the maximum if it into getting both carry out of the pandemic by december that is my offer to all of you just choose the best people to do the job united with a strong. crowd of us cases have surged to a new high in india with 100000 infections recorded in a single day for the 1

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

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

malaysia singapore and the philippines have also voiced similar concerns others such as cambodia a more reserved leader huntsman has refused to comment on the situation in myanmar saying it's an internal affair. and then there is thailand despite feeling what it called gravely troubled by the casualties of the crisis the country has been criticized for turning refugees away. we have spoken to those who entered thailand and asked them if they had any problems in their area if they say they had no problem we just asked them to return we ask we did not use any force. similar criticism has also hit india a nonmember of ours in but a close neighbor of myanmar. it field is north eastern border after a steady stream of people who try to flee into the state of missouri. according to you and at least 250000 people have already been displaced by the junta's crackdown this year. evonne luxman are is a political scientist and senior researcher of the center for strategic and international studies in jakarta and joins me from their welcome mr luxmore indonesia has been pushing for this special leade

and heavy downpours of rain for thailand malaysia and indonesia and this starlight mean map so we can see where some of those strikes of lightning are and really centered around thailand malaysia and indonesia in fact about 500 kilometers northwest of bangkok we had about a month's worth of rain in just 24 hours and you guessed it the rain will continue for wednesday for much of sumatra and borneo as well but those heavier pockets of rain where we start to see the yellows pop up that's where the heavier bands of precipitation will be and at this point it's looking like northern areas of thailand into laos for australia still hanging onto that well weather for the northern territory in through queensland but that will begin to push away and an area where it's been particularly dry over the last few weeks western australia going to watch a band of precipitation move in as we get toward the tail end of the week in time for new zealand both the south and north island are looking settled both christ church and auckland dry conditions are in store plenty of sunshine and your temperatures pr

search for a missing indonesian submarine which will one out of oxygen on saturday vessels from malaysia india at australia also on the way the u.s. is sending aircraft the suburbs its crew of 53 lost contact during a military exercise 2 days ago concern is growing that it may have sunk in waters too deep to reach. we got a weather update baxi on the 0 then members ruling military issues arrest warrants for members of a duty for opposing government. rebates of careers multi-purpose root ball that's helping to fight code that going to be. the perfect johnny. sponsored play qatar airways hello let's look to east asia and as typhoon surrogate pushes out further east we could see some rough seas and some strong winds in east in taiwan and affecting the southern islands of japan but hunches seeing plenty of fine dry weather as well as the kind of temperatures edging up into the early twenty's there lots of sunshine coming through though as we go further into the weekend we will see wetter weather affecting bringing with it some of those heavy a showers but there's plenty of dry and fine weath

ready for another perspective listen to the take al-jazeera its flagship news podcast with malaysia bailout or discover hindsight and original docu drama podcast a new writing by charles starts the famous and infamous of politics and culture go undercover to hear allegations of corruption by those in power and if you're in a hurry get your news in turin it's from al-jazeera nice updates on home already. we move. on we're going to top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. attorney general merrick garland says the justice department is opening an investigation into policing practices in minneapolis this comes one day after former police officer derek jovan was found guilty on all 3 charges including 2nd degree murder for the killing of george floyd at least 22 patients have died at a public hospital in india's western maharastra us they too on their oxygen supply routes following a leak in the tank the hospital has been treating coronavirus patients the russian president vladimir putin is warning moscow will respond in a harsh way to any foreign provocations but wants to have good relations with oth

pressure added to each centimeter of the body of the submarine indonesia's neighbors singapore and malaysia our system with the search and australian navy vessel is also on side. in tunisia barzee say the submarine was in good condition despite being built in the late 1970 s. it completed a true year repeating process in south korea in 22 and recently completed its scheduled maintenance in indonesia on thursday indonesian military personnel spotted an oil slick in the sea that officials say could indicate a fuel leak for many of the family and friends of those on board the carolina 4 o 2 the ordeal is too much to bear. his wife said i want to be with him i miss him but i can't because he has to work i said. but now we have heard this information. got married 2 months ago before going on the submarine mission before he left he was hoping that when he got back he was hoping it would have a baby instead her family like dozens around indonesia now faces a painful wait for answers just a washington al-jazeera jakarta. man. has issued arrest warrants for 26 members of the national unity governmen

and indonesia shows malaysia they now say way up towards the nicobar islands the ottoman islands want to showers to it to the south of india just around kerala but for much of india it's all about the hate temperatures again into the forty's. sponsored paul qatar airways. the launch of what do i overdosed. but my sister saved me. a lot my last year with more family good work about the reality of addiction in the arab wild and the struggle for cover in another it was just me and it's a drug. out to syria wells goes inside a rehab clinic in the nile delta. rehab egypt edge of it action on al-jazeera. welcome back a program out of our top stories here this hour a u.s. court has been shown some of the last moments of george floyd's life from the perspective of the police officers arrested him floyd could be heard begging them not to shoot him in the office as body count footage it was during day 3 of the trial of the former officer accused of murdering. the u.n. special envoy for me on mars want a bloodbath is imminent unless significant moves are made to stop the violence briefing the u.

operates been in imports $25000.00 cars a month while the vehicles are meant for countries like malaysia chardin booking a fossil 80 percent of them end up in nigeria but despite the impact of covered 19 and an 18 months long border closure by nigeria been in recorded a 2.3 percent growth. the slowdown is in commerce transport agriculture and hospitality industry. is an important maritime help for many west african countries like booking a fossil chad and the general public a substantial part of its revenue comes from car goes of cars like this but in the last year revenues on exports have snow covered 19 and nigeria shutting its borders these cars have been sitting here for months waiting for buyers. important supplies medical equipment to clients and binny me and beyond is as prospects for recovery are bright. with so many vaccines now in play there is hope that the covert 1000 pandemic can be contained quickly this will help revive business activity. but it's the poor who are mostly affected incomes and jobs have disappeared for many inflation has also doubled from 0.9 percent in 2019

for indonesia other rainy seasons fairly much stopped at the moment the rain is gone all through malaysia and beyond that through thailand cambodia and vietnam with his heavy downpours recently and certainly true in sumatra not to be the case of course the next few days if not weeks having seen significant snow recently in the finals of india it's now in the poland fading away temperatures are rising and those in india they're a bit above the average that is that time of the year we get the pre monsoon heat and certainly there was showers confined to the south mostly carol. support qatar airways. a 3 year investigation into the pro-gun lobby have been going to those meeting to got a really. reveal secrets. messaging out there i mean people are outraged getting mad and connections some don't want to expose many in like a simiar. mass shooting. documents like my al-jazeera investigations how to sell a massacre on al-jazeera. you were found was the release of the top stories india has reported the world's highest daily tally of covert infections for a 2nd straight day with more 3 132000 case

and by the middle of 1979, nearly 100,000 vietnamese boat people were in malaysia and hong kong. so far i've only talked about refugees from vietnam and cambodia, but i should also mention what are known as mong and loa refugees. a lot of stories about the war have been told through this traditional art form. looking at this image, what do you see? what do you notice? what story of war does it tell? do you see any depictions of war here? anyone notice the -- >> i think it's really interesting that the spanning of technology is really depicted in this depiction of war because i see sword fighting but then i also see planes which is a very funny thing to see embroidered on a quilt and i'm interested to the deer on the left slurping at the river. it's a nice juxtaposition as how war comes into a landscape but the landscape still functions as it is. it would be cool to see an aftermath quilt. >> absolutely. you see a river, this river borders laos and thailand. and you see the airplanes, the helicopters, you see this fascinating juxtaposition of rural life and war. you see the little

came after southeast asian leaders met general min yelling during emergency talks in jakarta with malaysia's prime minister describing it as a success that went beyond expectations the meeting held by the association of southeast asian nations or asio and was the 1st coordinated international effort to ease the crisis in me and the hundreds of unarmed protesters have been killed by the security forces since the army seized power from the democratically elected government singapore's prime minister says the gentle leader did not oppose having an assay on delegation visit me among all members on the block agreed on a proposal to defuse the conflict it includes starting a dialogue allowing aid into the country releasing political prisoners and appointing a special envoy to me in law. outside the summit venue protesters denounced the presence of the general they said inviting him to the summit legitimize the coup and they condemn the months of violence security forces of carried out in myanmar against unarmed demonstrators at least $700.00 people have been killed since february those human right

all this and the rainy season looks like it's coming to a close the raw showers in indonesia and malaysia but not many to be honest the forecast chop shows precious few dark blue towards the rather more obvious in sumatra peninsular malaysia maybe bits of thailand and arguably the rains trying to get into the bay of bengal but it's taking a step back off over the last 4 days and apart from a few showers and karen scattered elsewhere india is fairly dry quite hot in the north and still has quite a few showers still to affect danny. frank assessments there are a lot of poison but the government needs to watch exactly how and what measure now taking for a situation like a man not to believe he could ever get informed opinions is the u.s. with thinking the military positioning of the middle east wasn't just a simple act of reorganizing ministry assets this is a message to the region the united states years are rethinking its military posture in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al-jazeera. on the top stories on al-jazeera this hour the army and child has announced p

well it's now speak to france russia's marching developments in myanmar for us from kuala lumpur in malaysia france i see the ambassador has still not been let into the embassy this morning. that's right he hasn't been allowed back into the building he hasn't been in since wednesday according to a spokesman he had been recalled on march the 9th now in the june to the military seemingly taking the stand that you are either with them or against them 100 percent and the ambassador had previously called for the release of aung san suu kyi the democratically elected leader of myanmar should won the elections last year now the spokesman for the ambassador said in a press conference just hours ago outside the embassy in london has urged the british government not to recognize the military representatives who are now claiming that they are the u.k. that they are now the envoys to the u.k. now of course while all this is still being played out there could be implications for the other myanmar diplomats around the world now as for aung san suu kyi she hasn't been seen in public since she was detained

that's right now this is the 1st case in malaysia related to one m.t.b. to go on trial but it really involves a relatively small amount of money about $10000000.00 is alleged to have gone into the rather the trial judge found that $10000000.00 that went into nigel's bank account had come from a subsidiary company of one im d.b.'s r.c. international that prosecutors also believe in that more than a $1000000000.00 have made its way into not just the personal bank accounts and that he faces more than 40 criminal charges related to that money laundering breach of trust tampering with an audit report this financial scandal was so big that at its height at least 6 countries when vesta gating it and investigations found that high ranking officials and major financial institutions were implicated now in the last couple of months in the recent months malaysia recovered more than $3000000000.00 from u.s. bank goldman sachs ordered firm deloitte and malaysian financial group bank in relation to settlement deals related to one n.d.p. or foreign things that are from t

the prime minister of malaysia has called for myanmar�*s military rulers to stop killing protesters andsoners. the request came at a meeting of south east asian leaders injakarta to discuss the crisis. jonathan head reports. there aren't many places where the burmese coup leader, accused of genocide and crimes against humanity gets a welcome. the invitation to meet other southeast asia leaders injakarta is controversial. they have argued they have to meet him to start a dialogue which might help end the crisis in myanmar. expectation of asean summits must always be pitched low. however, asean's failure to consult the parallel government formed by mps from last november's election in myanmar, is drawing plenty of criticism. they have sent their wrong message for asean. you give an impression that is meeting with people who hold power illegally or unlawfully. asean said it does not confer recognition of the military regime in myanmar. however, the extraordinary defiance shown by so much of the burmese population presents asean with a crisis it is ill—equipped to address. a member state lu

the samples that are having for the countries to apply in the vaccine but i believe that if the malaysia is able to provide that data to provide those documents and prove that the facts in a safe we can start for a lot of the vaccine even in brazil after another round of discussion in the i mean in cases where there's vaccine has it's an see that we do see do you think this will add to that are people going to be concerned about sputnik and its efficacy. yeah of course we are worried that that might send the idea that that vaccine is not safe so. i do think that we have to be very careful in reporting and that information what was lacking there was mostly documents old data and information about the safety of what the regulators found in one of the 'd edina viruses being able to breath again this is not necessarily a health risk per se but they have to prove that they tested for it and that they are sure that it doesn't present a health risk so of course we are worried that people might be hesitant to take the facts again but we are still here in brazil waiting for more data so we can ev

the prime minister of malaysia has called for myanmar�*s military rulers to stop killing protesters —asian leaders injakarta to discuss the crisis. jonathan head reports. there aren't many places where the burmese coup leader, accused of genocide and crimes against humanity gets a welcome. his invitation to meet other southeast asia leaders injakarta is controversial. they have argued they have to meet him to start a dialogue which might help end the crisis in myanmar. however, asean's failure to consult the parallel government formed by mps from last november's election in myanmar, is drawing plenty of criticism. they have sent the wrong message for asean. giving an impression that is approving of people who hold power illegally or unlawfully. the meeting concluded with five demands, all apparently accepted by the myanmar delegation. the leaders called for the violence to stop and negotiations to start between the military and the opposition. for political prisoners to be released and for more humanitarian aid channels into myanmar and a special asean envoy to be appointed. translati

and indonesia the shells for malaysia they now say way up towards the nicobar islands the out of an island want to showers to it to the south of india just around kerala but for much of india it's all about the hate temperatures again into the forty's. sponsored paul qatar airways. collegio country onto the pitch is a special moment for any footballer to do it as a palestinian woman is a remarkable achievement. footballing legend and a continental introduces honey saga who broke through social and political barriers to inspire a generation of female players across the middle east. could both rebels bets their way. on algis the. welcome back to the top stories here this hour a us court has been shown some of the last moments of george floyd's life from the perspective of the police officers who arrested him. could be heard begging them not to shoot him and the officers body comforting she was during day 3 of the trial of the former officer accused of murdering. the u.n. special envoy to. a bloodbath is imminent unless significant moves and made to stop the violence briefing the u.n.

still ahead here now to 0 malaysia's former prime minister is back in court over multibillion dollar scandal. the scar my face i was hit by like a belt and refugees who fled violence in west africa were cool their hiring journeys to a new life united states. it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored point qatar airways is the time the year when winds suddenly get up to show miles just blown through the gulf that's quite a strong nor the initial is dusty it's still blowing from kuwait down to bahrain qatar and down towards the usa where firms are not too brown there's the remains of the dust which will probably settle but the wind is going to take its time i think the slowdown is still quite strong tuesday but beyond that with the winds in particular subject as maybe as suddenly bringing dusty weather up towards jordan through northern saudi in turkey the well except fer quite finds not quite sure in the gene of the bosphorus there is a change in wind direction and cloud cover and rain but is in the night but the most part we're looking to find the king area and you'll

to malaysia now where former prime minister najib razak is in court to appeal last year's conviction on charges of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars and was sentenced to 12 years in jail and fines for nearly 50000000 dollars in july u.s. and malaysian authorities say $4500000000.00 is believed to have been stolen from the one m. d. 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 a

hello there was saved some rather heavy rain recently in malaysia and also into thailand the case of millimeters of rain hit a further north has been what is still just to the west of bangkok with 88 millimeters of rain to stay still go through work shoes day some pockets of very heavy rain could cause some localized flooding somewhat to weather too just coming down towards cambodia i want to show i was then to vietnam some showers to then to the philippines but more in the way of sunshine than showers and this is a repeat performance really as we go on through wet and stake a scattering of showers across malaysia still wanted to show is that into in the indonesian quite as wet as it has been recently but the show is that there nevertheless in the showers are made in place across the far north of australia just around the top pad was still seeing some very heavy rainfall and around the cape york peninsula i'm hopeful it's a little dry there in cannes high pressure is in charge for much of australia so that is going to keep it settled fine and dry the particularly warm into the southe

the intense downpours are going to be across cambodia and thailand we could see a few showers in malaysia too. sponsored poll qatar airways. ready for another perspective listen to the tape al-jazeera its flagship news podcast with malaysia bailout or discover hindsight and original docu drama podcast narrated by charles dance the framus and came from the us politics and culture go undercover to hear allegations of corruption by those in power and if you're in a hurry to get your news in 2 minutes from al-jazeera news updates on home already . these are the top stories this hour on al-jazeera india has recorded the world's highest number of new covert 9000 infections for the 4th consecutive day almost 350000 cases have been reported in hospitals are still struggling to cope and so the u.k. u.s. and e.u. are promising to deliver medical supplies to india president joe biden says the u.s. will help india just as india helped america through the worst moments of its outbreak and soldiers loyal to somalia's president of been fighting with troops opposed to him in the capital mogadishu. recent

for indonesia other rainy seasons fairly much stopped at the moment the rains gone north through malaysia and beyond that through thailand cambodia and vietnam with his heavy downpours recently and certainly true in sumatra not to be the case of course the next few days if not weeks having seen significant snow recently in the finals of india it's now in nepal and fading away temperatures are rising in northern india they're a bit above the average that is that time of the year we get the pre monsoon heat and certainly there was showers confined to the south mostly carola. qatar airways. in the south of india to find out how a tiny box in this cave brought an extensive mining operation to a standstill coronavirus health he wept across the world with devastating effect and it's widely believed to be connected to the legal wildlife trade here in vietnam we did a rescue center for some of the world's most threatened animal and joining the call for an end to the global wild wild cherry earthrise on al-jazeera. you're watching out is there a mind of our top stories this hour a funeral ceremony

we are seeing singapore, australia, india and malaysia coming to help the indonesian navy, and thereing by. meanwhile, the indonesian navy itself has deployed 20 warships, —— 21, one of them has the sonar technology to locate objects underwater, and it is usually used in the event of plane crash in indonesia. indonesia itself has granted entry to those countries i mentioned, singapore, malaysia, australia and india, who are coming to help, and seven other countries are standing by. they have signed a joint agreement to save each other in the event of emergency, because they are countries who own submarines. we are seeing a large rescue team here. indonesian president has instructed an all—out effort to locate and rescue and bring back the nanggala 402 to safety. it is important to know, because the nanggala 402 only has 72 hours of oxygen reserve, with 53 people on board. the rescue team is really racing with time, and the 72 hours oxygen will last until saturday at least, so it is tomorrow, local time, was missing on wednesday morning, in the northern part of bali water, approximate

muslims in southeast asia are observing the 1st day of ramadan in indonesia and malaysia is expected to be more lively than last year's somber affair because of the coronavirus both countries have eased some restrictions to avoid prayers in mosques as well as opening markets florence louis reports live from kuala lumpur. are you a mirror is preparing the predawn meal for her family as muslims in indonesia observe the 1st day of ramadan the mother of 2 contracted cope at 19 earlier this year but hospitals in jakarta will fall and she ended up self isolating in a hotel for 2 weeks until she recovered and how are they saying 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 continued 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 praye

all this and the rainy season looks like it's coming to a close the raw showers in indonesia and malaysia but not many to be honest the forecast chop shows precious few dark blue top the rather more obvious in sumatra peninsular malaysia and maybe bits of thailand and arguably the rains trying to get into the bay of bengal but it's taken it a step back off over the last 4 days and apart for a few showers in care and scattered elsewhere in the is fairly dry quite hot in the north and still is quite a few showers still to affect danny. sponsored poll qatar airways. finland has committed to cutting its carbon emissions with the world's most ambitious reduction goal carbon neutrality in just 15 years now it's very tired to actually get it and we can do it if we want to but 1st the nation must tackle the dirty legacy of a profitable fossil fuel industry and being an active emanations source people in power finland's plummets warriors on a. delicate you watch the others are a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. jury has found a police officer dirt shaven guilty on all 3 charges inclu

all this and the rainy season looks like it's coming to a close the raw showers in indonesia and malaysia but not that many to be honest the forecast chop shows precious few dark blue top the rather more obvious in sumatra peninsular malaysia and maybe bits of thailand and arguably the rains trying to get into the bay of bengal but it's taking a step back off over the last 4 days and apart from a few showers and karen scattered elsewhere india is fairly dry quite hot in the north and still has quite a few showers still to affect danny. qatar airways. out just a year ago this beneath the waves with a team of women determined to save the day old friends we all share the same responsibility they need it is i think clearly by that time a thing adding by using a variety of scientific techniques to bring to study their behavior we can monitor that and therefore they're both old photos and behavior we're able to how they're adapting to their new environment women make science dolphin sanctuary on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with me so robin reminder of our top stories the

search for a missing indonesian submarine which will run out of oxygen on saturday vessels from malaysia india and astray are also on the way the u.s. is sending aircraft the sub and its crew of 53 wells contacts during a military exercise 2 days ago concern is growing that it may have sunk in waters too deep to reach. space x. has just launched its 3rd crew to the international space station 321 there. for the 1st it's using a receipt called fall could rocket and dragon capsule for a crew launch the russian has blasted off from kennedy space center in florida astronauts on board the endeavor are from france the u.s. and japan when it a funeral has been held for don't say writes the 20 year old black american shot dead by police during a traffic stop emotions run high just days after a police officer was found guilty of murdering george floyd a few kilometers away john hendren has more from minneapolis and a warning there are some disturbing images in his reports to the. family. dante to meet you is right it's become an all too familiar american scene a family gathered to mourn another b

in the immediate aftermath of realizing that this vessel had gone missing a stray singapore and malaysia all of those countries have much more sophisticated maritime technology than into nisha which only has a fleet of 5 submarines a strangely as foreign minister earlier confirmed that the government has spoken with the indian asian defense minister and they have offered whatever assistance is necessary malaysia has also dispatched a rescue ship and singapore as well has sent a submarine rescue vessel indonesia doesn't have a vessel such as these so these particular offerings from the indonesia's neighbors are crucial at this stage however it's likely that the ship from singapore will only arrive in 2 days and the vessel from malaysia could take as long as 4 days now time is crucial in a rescue operation such as this as you mentioned oxygen supplies could run out by saturday we do know that further vessels from indonesian police search and rescue officials and the navy are on route to the location including vessels with sophisticated sonar equipment scanning technology some of these vess

malaysia says its chief of mere miles military joined to will attend an emergency meeting of southeast asian leaders to discuss the crisis in the country the r.c.n. talks will be held in jakarta this weekend at least 6 people were reportedly killed by the jointer security forces on tuesday protesters in the southern city of daraa way held a candlelight vigil for the more than 700 people killed 6 of them in a separate. india's prime minister has called off a planned trip to portugal next month as a result of his country's covert 19 crisis it comes as the country reported another new record number of daily deaths more than 1700 the western senate maharastra home to the financial capital of mumbai will also go into lockdown later this week. well bus and train station in india's capital have been overwhelmed as thousands of migrant workers flee the city it's under lockdown the latest restrictions to curb the spread of the corona virus have seen many daily wage earners losing their jobs india is struggling to stem the world's largest rise in cases just from them what's now from new delhi. j

even as calls to postpone or cancel the games grow louder florence li al-jazeera battalion jaya malaysia. a multinational team of scientists have created the world's 1st embryos that part human part monkey and kept them alive and in the burra tree for up to 20 days the controversial embryos are called canaries which contain cells from multiple species it's hoped the development will help scientists devise new treatments for disease find methods to grow organs for transplant on the animals and understand early human development they also allow scientists to undertake experiments where human embryos can't be used because of the ethical concerns on average only 3 to 4 percent of the cells in each embryo were human out of a $132.00 macaque monkey embryos injected with human cells only 3 survived to today 19 of the experiment well out in reagan bug is the director of research support at the john hopkins institute of bioethics based in maryland joins us now by skype tell us more about why they did this and where we want to make goals here and thanks for having me the ultimate goals are to move

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