and mutharika's brother, foreign minister peter mutharika, has stepped in also. a lot of speculation in malawi. the president was admitted to hospital where he suffered a massive heart attack thrfment were attempts to revive him that were unsuccessful. his body, as you say, flown to south africa, although we have no further details. this was largely to buy time and also to make preparations for a funeral. we are expecting an announcement in the next hour or so from the malawian authorities. >> thank you very much. >> the man once to referred to as the most wanted fugitive has gone on trial. lee -- lai changxing is facing trial. >> lai changxing is accused of bribing officials and smuggling goods, and today he is accused of smuggling in billions of dollars of goods, cars, oil, chemicals, cigarettes, all kinds of different products, and therefore evading duty which should have been paid to the chinese government. this was in order to carry out his massive operation. he is accused of bribing government officials, even holding an entertainment complex where he would

russian bingu wa mutharika was convicted by a new york -- russian viktor bout was arrested for sellings to militants. >> it puts an end to the dramatic story of the men involved in trafficking arms to conflicts in africa, south america, and the middle east. >> weapons dealer viktor bout, dubbed by some the merchant of death, faces spending the next 25 years behind bars. according to u.s. prosecutors, viktor bout bought old planes and weapons after the eastern bloc's collapse and sold them to dictators and terrorists around the globe. the former soviet military officer has always denied the accusations. prosecutors had sought to put viktor bout away for life. instead, he got a minimum sentence. his lawyers say they will appeal the conviction. >> he was prejudice in the eyes of an american jury who heard terrible language about killing americans. he was trapped into saying those awful things about americans, because he intended to sell airplanes. >> viktor bout was arrested four years ago in thailand after planning to sell 15 million euros worth of weapons to colombian rebels. in reality

malawi is preparing a state funeral for president mutharika a day after he died from a massive heart attack. there's still no official word on who his successor will be. karen allen reports from johannesburg, where his body is being held. >> malawians woke up to a state of confusion. hours after their leader suffered a massive heart attack, word started filtering out that 78-year-old mutharika was dead. translator: although i am walking in town here, i am mourning. i know some are not concerned but this is a serious and sad development. >> the president's body has been taken to south africa while crisis talks continue about who will resume power. the president secured a second term in office back in 2009, did he so with a thumping 66% of the vote. as the years went by and economy nose-dived, so did his popularity. many accusing the elderly president of heavy-handedness and mismanagement of the economy. now with his death comes a success battle. joyce bander, the vice president , should take over in line with the constitution. she was expelled from the party. president's brother, hims

malawi is preparing a state funeral for president bingu wa mutharika a day after he died from a massive heart attack. there is still no word on who his successor will be. we go to johannesburg. >> malawians woke up to a state of confusion. hours after the president was admitted to the hospital, they got word that he was dead. >> i am morning. this is a sad moment. i know that some are not concerned but this is a serious development. >> the president's body has been taken to south africa while crisis talks continue over who will assume power. when the president secured a second term in office back in 2009, he did so with 66% of the vote. as years went by and the economy nosedived, so did his popularity. many were accusing him of heavy handedness and mismanagement of the economy. now, with his death comes the succession battle. the vice president should take over in line with the constitution, but she was expelled from the ruling party. the president's brother himself a minister, has been groomed for the job. while the body remains here in south africa, the future of malawi is clouded in

the malawi president bingu wa mutharika has died. he suffered a heart attack. sources confirmed his death following conflicting reports about his can. his body has now been taken to south africa. the man once referred to as china's most wanted has again on trial. he is accused of bribing officials and smuggling goods in one of china's biggest political scandals. he was repapuated last year after 12 years on the run in canada. doctors say they are in a race against time to stop the spread of potentially untreatable malaria. a new strain of the disease has emerged on the border of thigh land and burma which is resistant to the most effective treatments. experts fear the drug run it malaria could spread to india and africa. >> malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people every year. it's caused by a parasite that is spread by mosquitos and those in the world's poorest countries are most at risk. those who contact malaria are treated with a drug but a few years ago, scientists in cambodia noticed a worrying change. malaria victims were taking longer to recover. th