and a malaysian financier jolo is wanted by authorities in malaysia singapore and the united states. i'm steve chair on this episode a one on one east we investigate the deals and alleged criminal cover ups there rob malaysians of billions of dollars and tracked down the accidental hero who blew the whistle on. them and. it's been a massive pool for malaysia's former prime minister najib resign like ousted from power in may last year he's banned from leaving the country and his family homes have been raided. police seizing two hundred and seventeen. million dollars worth of cash and luxury goods to be good at a lot of gifts it was a not fair you know to parade and to put a value on the steves as far as i'm concerned i was not doing anything wrong. but it's not the result faces mounting charges. from the past slips into the capital kuala lumpur. the swiss national informant bank it turned businessman is regarded as a hero in what's being dubbed the new malaysia today xavi just is a keynote speaker at an anti corruption summit he provided the crucial evidence exposing the lead scam tha

just like in one nine hundred eighty three the malaysian boeing crash was leveraged against the enemy. a new wave of sanctions hit russia mediately after the tragedy. the united states is imposing new sanctions in key sectors of the russian economy. year and three months later the dutch safety board published a report that is itself. m.h. seventy crashed because often. but i have three well for and or i have the today just outside of the arrow playing the best the left side of the cockpit the report didn't blame any specific group or person and estimated a very wide area of three hundred twenty kilometers as a zone from which the missiles fired at the same time the russian producer of boog missiles day conducted its own independent investigation. that they speeded me up the fullest. lou of the delegates i mean if you like yet the nist is up ask them during the experiment they blew up a retired airliner with a bouquet missile and came to the conclusion that the malaysian plane was brought down by the older type of missiles not used by russia anymore but still in the possession of ukrai

malaysian jury inza mainly grown in a half wild environment they maintain the most original flavor of jury and it's a real jury anita's can't resist their rich taste creamy texture and high sweetness once they've tried them. while. you're going to. but environmentalist's in malaysia are sounding alarm bells because of the fruits popularity to grow large areas of jungle clad hillside are being cleared to make more land to the fruit but you know it's coming becoming a demand especially where the chinese market is concerned so i would say that right now the evidence of all these deforestation for planting of us is in actual fact preparation to meet that demand. as well as destroying habitats for animals such as tigers deforestation also poses a flood risk as de vries dumped in the water. there must be a balance of how much we produce. and how much it's you know it's taken care of you know that that must be there for us to survive otherwise we won't have water we won't have any. this year in tree sapling has a long way to go before it bears fruit perhaps destined for china where it'll fet

office because they signed a deal with the malaysian. money and they needed directly the guy that you could trust. to run to run the company. xavi went to work with a record by eight and another director patrick mahoney but seven months into the job he says things started to sour it said that if you receive a lot of money you become crazy that's a fact i sold up direct started buying a flat after you bought. renting your in the south of france it's probably unfamiliar euro's weak everything becomes like extravaganza so i started to treat me like a star in west treating other people very bad xavier resigned in april twentieth levon he says he was all moved two point five million dollars and to ensure he paid he had more than two hundred thirty thousand confidential emails downloaded from the company server on to a hard drive. again there were a lot of money involved. access to the financial gutters also they were going to be what would be i would worry until. three years later he says he still hadn't been paid so he began looking for a po

recently xavier received two million dollars from the malaysian media conglomerate but one wonders if the pit crew saudi direct is had plenty to say via the money he says he was on whether the wools biggest heist would have ever been exposed i don't know that's that's a beautiful question if i want to be. with you of course i would have given that that. i thought you can go back in the story. and this is different whether someone is going for something that's very red it's just kind of we think it's how you approach an official and i think it is a certain way of doing it to qantas in a good story and fly out. again i stand as a chance geology of both resources and hydrocarbons why are they so who were the most of you guys when trying to form a government that we may have the toughest land a century now where the more we would close down the more they push back we knew it was coming to question was do we sit back and wait or do we surprise them with a preemptive strike. until. africa's largest democracy goes to the polls to elect a president parliament and governance corruption insecur

and a malaysian financier jolo is wanted by authorities in malaysia singapore and the united states. i'm steve cho on this episode a one on one east we investigate the deals and alleged criminal cover ups there rob malaysians of billions of dollars and track down the accidental hero who blew the whistle and. it's been a massive fool for malaysia's former prime minister najib resign like ousted from power in may last year he's banned from leaving the country and his family homes have been raided. police seizing two hundred and seventy million dollars worth of cash and luxury goods to be good at a lot of gifts it was a not fair you know to parade and to put a value on the steam's as far as i'm concerned i was not doing anything wrong. but is not to resign faces mounting charges a name a says from the past slip seems like a. kuala lumpur. and emmys just. two years. the swiss national informant bank it turned businessman is regarded as a hero in what's being dubbed the new malaysia today xavi just is a keynote speaker at an anti corruption summit he provided the crucial evidence exposing

the much—anticipated trial of the former malaysian prime minister najib razak for alleged money laundering been postponed. it was due to begin on tuesday. mr najib‘s lawyers have succeeded in getting the trial delayed on a technicality. and this video is trending on bbc.com. russia is considering whether to disconnect temporarily from the global internet as part of a test of its cyber—defences. that's all. stay with bbc news. and the top story in the uk: horse racing will resume in britain on wednesday, after a six—day shutdown due to an outbreak of equine flu. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. nissan without ghosn. its first set of quarterly earnings since its once all—powerful german was imprisoned. beijing's impact on the bullion. how will this week's trade tension talks impact the price of gold? good morning, asia, hello, world. it is a tuesday. glad you could join us for exciting addition of a shirt business report. nissan unveils its earnings later this tuesday, the first since former chairman ghosn was arrested over financial misconduct allegations. the bi

yet your to be the next prime minister what is it that you are offering to malaysians where we came in with a clear agenda for the fall a country must mature as a democracy vibrant in the sense that we promote. such as judicial independence for the media a country can get which is effectively the it itself of corruption and demi come upson and that in the economic policy that is there proposed growth by the same time would not tolerate poverty in the midst of plenty and gross inequality well this agenda of reform is centered on the problematic issue within demick issue of corruption and when you were sacked from government by matter mohamed in the late one thousand nine thousand you accuse the government back then of corruption it's now two thousand and nineteen and malaysia's economy has been crippled arguably by one of the biggest corruption scandals in the world that's of one of the b. which is the state's investment fund and the embezzlement of hundreds of millions of dollars. what's the latest on this case and how much of the money have your governments been able to recover we bel

surrounded by heavily armed guards he was in handcuffs he was being he was being paraded for the malaysian media so therefore you could see that there was conspiracy here at the highest levels. back in malaysia then prime minister najib resign was facing a leadership crisis as he tried to explain one in degrees mind boggling fifteen billion dollar debt. xavi is a wrist was the start of a relentless campaign to discredit the former insider petro sell the announced it was a victim of a crime by an unscrupulous ex employee and hired a dart a security expert who then discredited castle brown tees stated to the world media that i had forged the data and that i had doctored it and that there was you know that i was lying and it was. that these things were being said so i knew something incredibly was going on at a very high level and clearly hugely funded. and things would become even more just design a video was about to go into court to apply for bail. while . but they're open and there's a english guy. from scotland yard he's an international investigation it's between you with my leisure tim

a malaysian court postpones the trial of former prime minister najib razak — who's facing multiples chargesuption. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: president trump heads to texas to rally support for his border wall as the threat of another government shutdown looms. small creatures, big problem, why the threat of insect extinction could have catastrophic results for us all. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and ham in melbourne where in the next hour the footballer who fled bahrain to seek asylum in australia is expected to arrive. this is hakeem al—araibi getting on board a flight in bangkok. he's the man on the left in the black shirt. he had been detained in thailand, where he'd flown for his honeymoon, after the bahraini authorities requested his extradition, on charges related to the arab spring protests. but that request was then dropped, and he was freed to return to australia, where he has refugee status. mr al—araibi's plane is expected to touch down in melbourne in a few hours‘ time. our correspondent hywel griffith is there. we wa nt we wa

recently xavier received two million dollars from the malaysian media conglomerate but one wonders if the petro saudi direct is had paid say via the money he says he was on whether the walls biggest heist would have ever been exposed i don't know that's that's a beautiful question and if i want to. i will tell you of course i would have given that that. i don't you can go back in the story. al jazeera. where every. take the woods possible material eurabia grounded into dust comparable to flour and make a pillow and put it into place where people live the physical a loss and. as well and so many people are thinking this is the silent heat. but doesn't make you feel nice you feel like a movie we have created an enormous and little mental disaster. and investigation south africa toxic city on al-jazeera. the united states and russia offer viable resolutions on how to solve venezuela's pundits or christs. this is al jazeera live from the headquarters in doha i'm fully back t. ball also coming up. the final push to force i saw out of syria u.s. spots forces prepare for a ground battle. isr

goldman-sachs may claw back executive pay over the malaysian corruption scandal. the bank's board has approved a provision that could see former ceo lloyd and other senior executives lose out on mlions dollars in compensation depending on the outcome of the investigation. last year, the justice department launched a probe into the malaysian fund whereon $4.5 bil was allegedly diverted to the personal accounts of various govnment officials. that investigation is still ongoing and goldman-sachs arranged and underwrote bonds for that fund a the malaysian government has accused goldman of enriching itself at the ngpense of the malaysian public. >>> the ban industry is watching what's happening in washington, especially with the new make-upth o powerful house financial services committee. the panel is led byma congress maxine waters who is known for her fiery rhetoric towards wallt street. in a recent interview with john harwood, she took on a more moderate tone. >> reporter: at one point during the campaign, you said about bankers -- >> what i'm going to do to you is

yet your to be the next prime minister what is it that you are offering to malaysians where we came in with a clear agenda for the fall a country must mature as a democracy. vibrant in the sense that we promote. such as judicial independence for the media a country can get. effectively itself of corruption and demi come up sion and that in the economic policy that is there proposed growth but the same time would not tolerate poverty in the midst of plenty and gross inequality well this agenda of reform is centered on the problematic issue within demick issue of corruption and when you were sacked from government by matter mohamed in the late one thousand nine thousand you accuse the government back then of corruption it's now two thousand and nineteen and malaysia's economy has been crippled arguably by one of the biggest corruption scandals in the world that's of one of the b. which is the state's investment fund and the embezzlement of hundreds of millions of dollars. what's the latest on this case and how much of the money have your governments been able to recover we believe a slow

yet your to be the next prime minister what is it that you are offering to malaysians where we came in with a clear agenda for the fall a country must mature as a democracy. vibrant in the sense that we promote. such as judicial independence for the media a country can get. effectively itself of corruption and demi come up sion and that in the economic policy that is there proposed growth by the same time would not tolerate poverty in the midst of plenty and gross inequality well this agenda of reform is centered on the problematic issue within demick issue of corruption and when you were sacked from government by matter mohamed in the late one thousand nine thousand you accuse the government back then of corruption it's now two thousand and nineteen and malaysia's economy has been crippled arguably by one of the biggest corruption scandals in the world that's of one of the b. which is the state's investment fund and the embezzlement of hundreds of millions of dollars. what's the latest on this case and how much of the money have your governments been able to recover we believe a slow

talking about transparency, you are referred to as malaysians prime minister in waiting.for you to become prime minister? >> there was an agreement between party leaders, not just mahavir, that i would assume office in time. mahavi irion with want him, to be effective and to be given the latitude to govern effectively, so we cannot give an immediate date. scarlet: would you be having to wait -- would you be happy to wait five years? >> now, we have given him five years. caroline: meanwhile, goldman sachs has responded in writing that the 1mdb bond offerings were designed to benefit asia, wasthat 100% of the revenue deposited into 1mdb accounts. none of the funds were moved or redirected under our authority. instead, a huge portion of those funds were stolen to benefit members of the malaysian government and their associates. it is clear that members of the government light to goldman about the proceeds of these transactions. joe: now to asia. bibg, china's highest grade movie star disappeared in a july. when she reappeared in october, she agreed to pay back taxes, but the

and the trial of former malaysian prime minister -- has been delayed indefinitely.s, as he prepares an appeal against charges linked to the missing billions in the state investment fund imdb -- one mdb. he faces 42 counts including corruption and embezzlement and breach of trust. he denies any wrongdoing. the proceedings were already running well behind schedule. and the political ambitions of thailand's king sister are apparently over as the elector commission formally bans her from running for prime minister in selections. her brief nomination for a party brought her rare public admonition from her brother who is the king. he said her entry into politics was " improper and gravely inappropriate." global news 24 hours a day on air, at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over >> in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. yvonne: su, thank you. we have been talking about this rally in el paso where the president is speaking to a crowd there. on the back of this congressional deal that was reached. are going into more detail of

and we meet the malaysian villagers fed up with western pollution now taking the matter into their ownhello. the leader of one of the world's most powerful and violent drug cartels has been convicted of smuggling cocaine and heroin into the united states. joaquin guzman played a central role in the long—running clashes between rival gangs in his native mexico. the man better known by the nickname ‘el chapo‘ will be sentenced in june. he faces life in prison. nada tawfik reports from new york. gunshots. this raid by mexican marines finally put an end tojoaquin ‘el chapo‘ guzman‘s brutal reign as the world's most powerful drug lord. but it was the work of us authorities who secured his extradition to new york and, ultimately, his conviction that sealed his fate. his conviction, we expect, will bring a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. it is a sentence from which there is no escape and no return. in a major victory for us law enforcement, the anonymous jury found el chapo guilty on all ten of the criminal charges against him, including drug trafficking and murder conspir

greek and malaysian vessels collided in the strait.as a story about the release of a chinese sci—fi blockbuster. the wandering earth raked in more than $280 million during the spring festival. the paper says 2019 will go down as the year china learnt how to make sci—fi. doctors in australia who are treating sick asylum seekers on offshore detention centres, could be allowed to send their patients to the mainland for further medical assistance. that's if an opposition backed bill, which is currently being debated, is passed this week. at the moment, the decision on whether refugees on nauru and manus island can be brought to australia is solely up to the home affairs minister. hywel griffith in sydney, says the government is firecely opposing the bill, and is worried about the outcome. because if they lose this vote, it could be the first time a sitting government in australia has lost a vote since 1929 and last time around, that triggered an election. we already know an election is coming, immigration is a key issue. this is almost bec

the much anticipated trial of the former malaysian prime minister najib razak for alleged money launderingas been postponed. it was due to begin on tuesday. mr najib‘s lawyers have succeeded in getting the trial delayed on a technicality. and this video is trending on bbc.com. russia is considering whether to disconnect temporarily from the global internet as part of a test of its cyber—defences. the experiment is set to take place before the end of march. that's all. stay with bbc news. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm sarah montague. france's president macron gave my guest today the job of promoting french language and culture around the world. she is one of the most famous french authors, despite only having written two novels. one of them, lullaby, a story of infanticide, was a publishing sensation and has been translated into a0 languages. the other, adele, has shocked readers for breaking taboos about women and sex addiction. what draws her to such a dark vision of femininity? and what difference can she make to the way france and its language are viewed around the

and a malaysian financier jolo is wanted by authorities in malaysia singapore and the united states.i'm steve chair on this episode a one on one east we investigate the deals and alleged criminal cover ups there rob malaysians of billions of dollars.

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other malaysian me you know the board or the gravel on it that they're going to do with those i don't buy on the out on an a lot of want to. go to. the wrestle for control of the shuttle what i'm watching where was one of the causes of the long costly and bitter war between iraq and iran throughout most of the one nine hundred eighty s. . that's border disputes is still not settled. kuwait and iraq have also yet to agree on a sea border in negotiations which have been going on since the dam for sands invasion of kuwait in one thousand ninety eight that sparked the country. many fishermen at the docks iraqis are viewed with hostility by iranians and cretins who are still bitter over their conflicts with iraq in the one nine hundred eighty s. and ninety's. on the shuttle in basra province. yes this is not the size of fish or catch the days men meet to earn a living. it's a meager turn for a day on the watch. the shuttle hot up here suffers from increasing pollution with industrial waste domestic sewage and agricultural fertilizers after finding their way into its waters no surprise then

comedy in ignoring the plight of the leaders in tunisia as we go to has not said anything a prominent malaysian politician very very clean brought it up on marty bringing him but he didn't really say anything at the time sometimes religious minister has said something by in monaco the prime minister has certainly been silent about this turkey is really the only country that has said anything of significance the foreign ministry spokesperson decried the crimes being committed there but this is also a step down from what everyone said in two thousand and nine where he called it genocide and since then and since china has become more and more important political and economic there for countries around the world right everyone has decided to have them silent isaac stone fish thank you so much for your time. the u.s. military has had a big presence on the japanese island of okinawa since the end of world war two and it's been a constant source of resentment for the locals this past year has seen major protests over plans to relocate a u.s. air paced food for ten months situated right in the middle o

after world war ii, singapore clamored for independence, first becoming part of the malaysian federationn 1965. helmed by its first prime minister, lee kwan yeu, tiny singapore famously went from a third world outpost to a first world nation in a single generation. >> cab driver: in singapore, rules and regulations in singapore is very strict. we have to follow them. like, i am taxi, i can't break any laws. >> anthony: so if a camera catches you? >> cab driver: yeah, everything is in camera. so it is important everyone, we have to follow the rules and regulations, that's the reason singapore is very good. same time, singaporeans are very hard working. as human beings, what we need? food to eat, clothes to wear, a place to sleep, you can get in singapore. so in other words, we have to continue work, you see. if you're working, you'll get something, once lazy, you're out. >> anthony: by some measures, singapore is a welfare state, taking care of the less fortunate, but at its heart, it's a cold blooded meritocracy. you follow the rules -- and there are many, work hard, and you will have a

they say it was stolen for the benefit of members of the malaysian government.as light to about the use of proceeds from these transactions. let's stay with malaysia. we will speak with gdp seekers in the country in the next few hours. let's speak with michelle, joining us out of singapore. we have seen slower economic growth across the region. does malaysia fall into the same trap? michelle: yeah. unfortunately it is a similar story in malaysia. subdued is the word of the day for malaysia gdp. they are running at 4.4%. we are not seeing much difference in the bloomberg survey, carrying 4.5% in that report. that rate of growth all year. when you look at components you can see why it is subdued and staying where it is. 1mdb, a message they have been trying to preach on fiscal responsibility, consolidation. not much room for the government to get room that way. infrastructure projects, especially those canceled, the big-ticket ones with china and others. this is still a fairly new government from last year, working out the kinks in their new budget. the institute

we should point out they were the underwriters for some of these bond deals that infused in the malaysiand with cash. that cash was misused, the question is -- liz: stolen. charlie: or misused no one has been charged yet. but you're right, so the question is, did goldman, in selling those bonds, do the proper due diligence when they were selling it to investors? did they know there was something up with these bonds? remember, goldman were the exclusive banker on this and goldman charged more than just about anybody else higher fees than anybody so they understood something about risk so now the question is, if you put all of that together, what could be the liability that goldman faces, a broad, civil suits, the bond holders are going to want their money back, these bonds are tainted and again, what senior executives inside goldman sachs are telling people there could be a years worth of earnings so now what does that mean? that's essentially the reason why you saw recently goldman make an announcement that it may clawback the bonuses of any senior official that was in line with, you know

wherehink this is a case not only malaysians, but everyone around the globe wants to see a closure. is, of course, not just about bringing back assets and money and what have you, but also to ensure that some people who are responsible have to be -- to be well punished. haidi: the foreign minister told bloomberg that malaysia is in the last page of talks with china to scale down their $20 billion rail project. >> we understand that china wants it to carry on. we also understand that china understands our constraint and quite willing to scale down, if you would like, the size of the project and also the cost of the project. so, the discussion is now probably, for lack of better expression, in the last mile in trying to see to what extent can numbers.n terms of the haidi: trade talks resume in washington with the u.s. asking china for a stable yuan as part of any trade deal. the next guest says the two sides may not necessarily reach an agreement. joining us from hong kong is the head of asia economics at oxford economics. we keep thinking about these trade negotiations as being part