also in the programme: former malaysian prime minister najib razak is due to be charged in the next fewrs under anti—corruption laws. fears of a crackdown on press freedom in pakistan with just weeks to go until the election. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 7am in chiang rai, thailand, where rescuers are trying to work out how to free 12 boys and their football coach from the flooded caves where they've been trapped for more than ten days. divers have been searching the complex cave network in northern thailand, working in difficult conditions. but there's no easy way to get them out. they will either have to learn to swim out using diving equipment or stay there for weeks, maybe months, until the floodwaters recede. our correspondent jonathan head reports. there's a renewed sense of mission here now. for the first time in ten days, they know where the boys are, and they know they are alive. a constant flow of divers moves in and out of the caves. they are stocking food and equipment underground, preparing for what could be a long and difficult rescue. the boys we

najib has apologized to the nation.leased a video on his twitter account saying he is sorry, but not all allegations against him are true. he invoked the afterlife, saying everyone will be judged eventually, even the current government. basically saying, don't spread too many lies about me, just give me my day in court. this will be the first step in the process. yvonne: this will be a pretty big test for dr. mahathir mohamad. it's not just that he has to prove he is guilty, he has to prove this is not politically charged, these accusations. >> it has been two months after najib lost power. mahathir -- it could look like political retribution if it is not done right. he wants to make sure this process is credible, and the allegations against him are legit. se,saw raids on najib's hou where they took designer handbags and sunglasses and all this cash. in the eye of the public, they were outraged by this all and got mahathir in any way. there is enough smoke there. has pledged to weed out corruption. what does this mean f

as i'm speaking this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is arrested over the disappearance of billions of dollars from a state fund. on a mission to save the nuclear deal iran's president tells europe he'll respect the agreement as long as they do. also germany's leader dodges a political bullet with the controversial migration deal but our problems aren't behind her yet. her rescuers had dubbed it mission impossible but they've defied the odds to find twelve boys and their football coach stuck inside a waterlogged cave in northern thailand but the hardest part may still a lie ahead how to get them out there trapped here sheltering on a rock deep within the pitch black belly of the mountain the passageways leading to them are extremely narrow flooding here is blocking them from returning this way towards where the team's shoes and banks were found. and down here is the entrance to the cave complex about four kilometers from where the boys are it was caught of course now from chiang rai just outside the caves. that have. at first glan

malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is arrested over billions of dollars that went missing from a state fund. has i'm sick of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up elation in thailand as a group of missing teens are found alive deep underground but rescuing them will take time. a compromise saves german chancellor angela merkel's government but the agreement remains fragile. the united nations appeals to jordan to open its borders to the thousands of people fleeing violence in southern syria. alone we begin with breaking news out of malaysia where former prime minister najib razak has been arrested by anti corruption investigators he was being investigated over allegations he stole billions of dollars worth of state funds have a live update in just a moment but first david go paula reports from kuala lumpur. it's the culmination of weeks of investigation into malaysia's former prime minister and the malaysians watched in fascination as police conducted raids on properties linked in the. falling out with they said with millions of dollars in cash boxes of luxury handba

come here to the agency today to express their support for mr najib. financial scandal. never before has it arrested a former prime minister. bbcbusiness tweet. "mining giant glencore faces money laundering probe". it's an investigation by the us authorities. there's been a big reaction in its share price here in london. at one point it was down about 12% but later recovered some of those losses. glencore says it's reviewing the subpoena and will provide further information in due course as appropriate. paul blake is in new york when that what is being asked? let me explain. having documented a particular case, the company received a subpoena from the us department ofjustice, received a subpoena from the us department of justice, wouldn't received a subpoena from the us department ofjustice, wouldn't not know a tonne of details, we know it is connected to the foreign corrupt practises act, which bars companies from essentially bribing officials in countries where they want to do business. we also know is connected to various blunder in laundering laws,

former malaysian prime minister najib razak has been charged with breach of trust.pur courthouse a few hours ago, after spending the night in a detention centre following his arrest on tuesday on corruption charges. let's go to our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani, who is following the story for us. a massive fall from grace. indeed, andi a massive fall from grace. indeed, and i think this is really underlines the current administration's focus on clamping down on corruption in malaysia. now, it has to be said that at this point, what we do understand is that the former prime minister najib razak has been charged with three cou nts razak has been charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust and one count, we understand, of abuse of power. all of this relating to the subsidiarity, a unit of the state—run investment fund, imdb, which he remembered it set up, ostensibly to develop the malaysian economy in particular, to develop kuala lumpur, the malysian capital, into a financial hub. of course, that never happened, what happened instead was that t

malaysia's former prime minister najib arrested over the disappearance of billions of dollars from a state fund. can crunch talks in moscow help alleviate a mounting humanitarian crisis in southern syria. also germany's leda dodges a political bullet with a controversial migration deal with problems and yes behind. i'm joined again go with the sports belgian pull off a stunning comeback win over japan to reach the walls of finals of the world how having the best the action coming up in the news hour. now rescuers had a mission and possible but they have defied the odds to find twelve boys and football coach stuck inside a waterlogged cave in northern thailand however the hardest part may still lie ahead how to get them out now take a look that trapped him. now sheltering on a rock deep within the pitch black belly of the mountain and the passage ways leading to them are extremely narrow now flooding here is blocking them from returning this way towards where the team shoes and bags were found and down here is the entrance to the cave complex that's about four kilometers from where th

two months after his shock election defeat prime minister najib razak is arrested in the missing state money. and she struck a new deal to save the german government but will angela merkel center left coalition partners except to. say that the united nations is to open its border to some of the tens of thousands of syrians who have amassed around two hundred seventy thousand people have been forced from their homes by the russian backed government offensive to recapture southwest and there are a province jordan is sending food and aid supplies across but says its border will remain closed so honda has more from beirut in neighboring lebanon jordan israel. and their towns are battlegrounds these people are trapped in the syrian government offensive and province now into its third week has displaced more than a quarter of a million people according to the united nations some are living in makeshift tents many others out in the open they have little food water or medicine or protection from the heat. there is a humanitarian crisis and the united nations is calling on jordan and neighborin

now according to statements made by former prime minister najib. because and here's a quote he said he had such strong links with marotta crown prince mohammed bin zayed how do you see malaysia's relationship with the united arab emirates especially if a lot of this money and we know according to a lot of independent reports that the body has been a hub for money laundering and so forth we want to be friendly with all that and in the world we do want to be involved here they are complete yes they may be scandals or whatever but that's not going to affect a world relationship country to country but out of that country's involved in funneling money that is public resources essentially helping somebody steal your money and we had to find evidence of that. and if you do find evidence wasn't there a fairly event the rebels will listen the no seeing that this is the proper thing to do in all that i mean we don't go to war nobody was thinking about war but i mean in terms of mother normal number. in diplomatic relation is that these protests and things li

state fund that was started by najib soon after he became prime minister in two thousand and nine. and twenty fifteen the public learned that four billion dollars had gone missing from the fund and nearly seven hundred million dollars allegedly transferred into the bank account they were outraged fearing that taxpayer money was being used to fund the lavish lifestyle of politicians businessmen around the world and even a hollywood movie. eventually the anger was taken out of the ballot boxes in early may denying the third term in office and handing a story of defeat to his ruling on no party in some south political career why did was gone. even though in the rule of law and the speed of justice one is innocent until proven guilty but in terms of the me that night it was carrying it's already gone people he will always being seen as the image of corruption the new government is made up of a coalition of opposition parties headed by the former prime minister mahathir mohamad the government says it's priority to find out what's happened to the millions of dollars that went missing it'

two months after his shock election defeat prime minister najib razak is arrested in the missing state money. and she struck a new deal to save the german government but will angela merkel center left coalition partners except to. say that the united nations is to open its border to some of the tens of thousands of syrians who have amassed around two hundred seventy thousand people have been

najib razak has denied embezzling funds.mer prime minister was arrested at his home on tuesday. the president—elect of mexico is to invite the pope to help bring peace to the country. at least 200,000 people have died in drug—related crime over the past decade. andres manuel lopez obrador was speaking just after his first meeting with the outgoing president, enrique pena nieto, since sunday's election. ajudge in brazil has sentenced the tycoon eike batista to 30 years in jail. thejudge said batista had paid $16 million in bribes to a former governor of rio state to secure lucrative contracts. he rejects the allegations. the uk business lobby group the insitute of directors has released a survey of nearly 800 business leaders, claiming the majority want post—brexit customs arrangements that avoid the need for new customs processes with the eu. geraint anderson is a financial columnist. hejoins me now in the studio. the former bank in the city. we won't hold that against you. so just to say, is the institute of directors today

naj hasrime minister has beengedib -- najib charged.s is part of the 1mdb investigations, breach of trust in the penal code. he has yet to enter his glee. we will bring you those details once we have them for you. i want to bring in our guest this hour. darsh sinha, merrill lynch asia pacific limited, co-head:asia fx & rates strategy. >> i think people are looking forward rather than backwards. the ring it has depreciated. with themore to do backdrop and what is happening domestically in terms of slippage and concerns around that going into 2019. haidi: is this investigation and they wanting for the new government to make good on its campaign promises for a fresh start. thehis a net positive for ringgit, even though you have the rest of what the emerging-market complex is suffering right now? >> the more important long-term factor for the ringgit is whether the government can deliver on structural reform that offsets concessions on the fiscal side. the political noise, yes, the government to living on what they promised, but from a fina

now according to statements made by former prime minister najib. because and here's a quote he said he had such strong links with marotta crown prince mohammed bin zayed how do you see malaysia's relationship with the united arab emirates especially if a lot of this money and we know according to a lot of independent reports that dubai has been a hub for money laundering and so forth we want to be friendly with all that and in the world we do want to be involved here they are complete yes they may be scandals or whatever but that's not going to affect a world relationship country to country but out of that country's involved in funneling money that is public resources essentially helping somebody steal your money and we had to find evidence of that. and if you do find evidence what's fair leave event the rebels will listen and seeing that this is the proper thing to do in all that i mean we don't go to war nobody was thinking about war but i mean in terms of mother normal number. in diplomatic relation is that these protests and things like that ma

the dramatic fall from grace and many former prime minister najib razak is arrested by anti corruption investigate. and america's unhappy teaches thousands protests across the united states over a school system they say is chronically underfunded. so jordan and israel are refusing to open their borders to thousands of refugees who fled a government offensive in southern syria the u.n. now says as many as three hundred thirty thousand people have been forced from their homes because of the assault on their a province jordan says it's worried about the presence of quote infiltrators with weapons among the displaced it's sending food and water across but insists the border will remain shut then holder is following developments from beirut. jordan israel. and their towns are battlegrounds these people are trapped in the syrian government's offensive and province now into its third week has displaced more than a quarter of a million people according to the united nations some are living in makeshift tents many others out in the open they have little food water or medicine or protection from

a dramatic fall from grace in malaysia former prime minister najib razak is arrested by anti corruption investigators. and protests in poland over a controversial law that could change the makeup of the country court. jordan and israel are refusing to open their borders to fountains of refugees who fled a government offensive in southern syria the u.n. says as many as three hundred thirty thousand people have been forced from their homes because of the assault on daraa province jordan already hosts more than half a million syrian refugees and says it can't cope with anymore sending food and water across the border will remain shot so i know how to report. jordan israel. and their towns are battlegrounds these people are trapped in the syrian government's offensive and province now into its third week has displaced more than a quarter of a million people according to the united nations some are living in makeshift tents many others out in the open they have little food water or medicine or protection from the heat. there is a humanitarian crisis and the united nations is calling on jorda

malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges that's over the disappearance of billions of dollars from the state fund while he was in office and the job is facing three counts of criminal breach of trust and one of using his position for personal gain he was arrested on tuesday and granted he denies the charges says the case against him is politically motivated flaunts louis has more from kuala lumpur. former prime minister najib razak has been charged with corruption and three counts of criminal breach of trust involving in total ten million dollars alleged to have been deposited into his personal bank account between december two thousand and fourteen and february two thousand and fifteen these moneys allegedly came from a company known as s r c international a former subsidiary of one m d b the state investment fund that was set up by not after he became prime minister in two thousand and nine and the sum of about ten million dollars is a small amount compared to the four and a half billion dollars that nudge him and his associates alleg

awaiting charges malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is doing in court to face corruption allegations . added spotlight for england as a lackluster side not only edges past colombia and into the world cup quarterfinals . concerns growing over the human cost of the syrian government's offensive against rebels in the southern province of the three hundred thirty thousand people have been forced from their homes since the assault began two weeks ago many are heading to syria's border with jordan but once they get there there's nowhere to go jordan is refusing to open its border despite a plea from the u.n. jordan argues that it's already hosting some six hundred seventy thousand refugees and its fragile economy can't support any more. supplying aid and trying to broker a cease fire and rob the u.s. secretary of state met michael peo has also discussed a ceasefire with the russians who are backing the government offensive. and now as we watch the situation there we have extreme concerns about the situation there are ongoing airstrikes some humanitarian aid had been stopped we understand t

the former malaysia prime minister najib razak is expected to be formally charged in the next few hoursollowing the disappearance of billions of dollars from the public investment fund imdb. more high drama in moscow: england are through to the world cup quarterfinals for the first time since 2006. they beat colombia 4—3 on penalties. they'll face sweden on saturday at the samara arena. that's all. stay with bbc world news. a top story in the uk: a woman who worked at the countess of chester hospital has been arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to murder another six. first, here is asia business report. former milos and the minister result is under arrest and will be officially charged on wednesday morning after he arrives in court. and in india, entrepreneurs are encouraging each other to achieve success encouraging each other to achieve success by publicly celebrating their failures. success by publicly celebrating theirfailures. —— success by publicly celebrating their failures. —— former malaysia and prime minister. hello and welcome to asia business repor

scandal has engulfed najib since his shock election loss in may. in poland there have been angry protests against controversial changes to the judicial system the chief justice mogul shut that guest off today came to work at the supreme court in defiance of a new early retirement law requiring her to a step down immediately several thousand supporters also turned out to demand judicial independence poland's right wing government says it is modernizing a justice system that's a holdover from the communist era prime minister my tears one of the s.k. has defended the reforms today in the european parliament in strasburg let's go to our correspondent who's been following the debate for us hi max good to see you what did one of the s.k. say to defend the polish government's reforms he has a two full line of defense first of all he says there really is no problem he and i quote he has said that the judiciary system was never as independent as it is now after those reforms of course you have many european parliamentarians that disagree with that assessmen

genuine attempt to rectify mistakes and maybe unify malaysia once again or is it as prime minister najib or former prime minister to play games and act to reinvent yourself and maybe lead you back to power where unknown was eight of one of the major parties tyndall position and if we are going to overthrow ninety all the parties and in no position must form a coalition going on their own by themselves they will never be able to defeat him so he was just headed that we form a coalition and whatever may be may have happened in the past that piece not as important as the attempt to with through an end because when the jeep is than the east that it will for the country so i'm. myself and many other this in the bus accused me of all kinds of. wrongdoing. and we decided that the boss he's a box now we have to come together because the overthrowing of nine hundred eighty s. far more important than our previous quarter what was the thought or so. far as you're concerned what are the main threats to manager. number one cause he was evolved in a lot of scandals including. accusation of he's steali

in this is a former prime minister najib razak now he appeared in court on wednesday and is now being charged what evidence is there that he stole money i mean why should people believe that he's guilty and it's not just an attempt by you or your allies to get rid of your political opponents. should that the prosecutor the attorney general has good enough evidence to decide to go to the cause i am not involved in the investigation by generally. and one of the reasons why the people did in one night to go on and he was defeated in the last election because of the scandals involving huge sums of money. which he was involved in and of course the law must see its costs and e.g. fines the navy does. exit. and the takes the decision so this is there's a complete separation here between your role in terms of politics and the in the way in which the legal process is taking place well when they came back one of or promises was that we will on the separation of powers be thinned aig. execs and the judiciary so i cannot interfere. with what he wants to do for promising to chip claim that the mon

these forces in yemen so it is time to end their brothers and yemen malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges over the disappearance of billions of dollars from a state fund while he was in office nigeria's facing three counts of criminal breach of trust and one of using his position for gains he was arrested on tuesday and was earlier granted bail he denies the charges saying the legal action against him is politically motivated. joins us live now from. florence we've heard from nigel brezec for the first time now since that arrest and he is. again been saying what he said before that he he is in the he is not guilty of any of this way where do things stand now where does it go from here. on at the moment as you mentioned he's pleaded not guilty so what's going to happen next is that will be a tall. dates have been thoughtful potentially some time some time next year there will be a date before that in august where the both sides both parties defense counsel and the prosecutor. will come forward for a mention that to see where the case stand

former prime minister najib razak has been charged with corruption and three counts of criminal breach of trust involving in total ten million dollars alleged to have been deposited into his personal bank account between december two thousand and fourteen and february two thousand and fifteen and these monies allegedly came from a company known as s r c international a former subsidiary of one m d b a state investment fund that was set up by not after he became prime minister in two thousand and nine and the sum of about ten million dollars is a small amount compared to the four and a half billion dollars that knowledge of and his associates are alleged to have and from one end and this is an investigation that has been several years in the making not just with first questioned by anti corruption officials several years ago when he was still prime minister and. finance minister of this country but that investigation was blocked and corruption officials threatened and told to stop the investigation and the then attorney general had said he had found no evidence of wrongdoing but since a

former prime minister najib razak has been charged with corruption and three counts of criminal breach of trust involving in total ten million dollars alleged to have been deposited into his personal bank account between december two thousand and fourteen and february two thousand and fifteen and these monies allegedly came from a company known as s r c international a form a subsidiary of one m d b the state investment fund that was set up by notch it off that he became prime minister in two thousand and nine and the sum of about ten million dollars is a small amount compared to the four and a half billion dollars that knowledge of and his associates alleged to have embezzled from one m. d. this is an investigation that spent several years in the making not just with first questioned by anti corruption officials several years ago when he was still prime minister and finance minister of this country but that investigation was blocked and corruption officials allege they were threatened and told to stop the investigation and the then attorney general had said he had found no evidence of

malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges that's over the disappearance of billions of dollars from the state fund while he was in office legit was facing three counts of criminal breach of trust and one of using his position for personal gain. the un is looking for access to yemeni prisons run by the united arab emirates where it says a number of prisoners have been tortured and sexually abused by soldiers witnesses gave the associated press news agency drawings smuggled out of the prisons last month they show threats and beatings poland's prime minister has defended the judicial reforms in his country saying the government has the right to make the changes earlier the top supreme court judge turned up for work despite being forced out of her post by the new retirement little chief justice and dozens of other senior judges were told to step down on tuesday the european union has launched legal action accusing the polish government of undermining judicial independence and speaking out to david chaytor whose life was in warsaw so things r

malaysia's prime minister najib razak is arrested over billions of dollars that went missing from a state fund. and nation turns to anxiety as its rebuilding young time football team found deep inside a mountain maybe trapped there for months. and i'm tatiana with all of the sports including belgium pull off a stunning comeback win over japan to reach the quarterfinals at the world cup that and a lot more later the. united nations has called on jordan to open its border to an estimated forty thousand syrians two hundred seventy thousand been forced from their homes by the russian backed government offensive to recapture the south western province from the rebels jordan's foreign minister is heading to moscow in an effort to reach a cease fire. is in beirut with more. united nations is appealing to jordan and neighboring countries to give. access to safety in other words telling insured and israel to open their borders to two hundred seventy thousand people that according to the united nations have been uprooted from their homes in the past two weeks during the syrian government's the mili

mr najib here in kuala lumpur on tuesday and spent the night in detention.o on twitter before his arrest. this is being watched hundreds of thousands of times. not all the accusations are true, he says. he says not to believe the reports and asks the public for a chance to defend himself. nearly half a million people have watched this video. it's a stunning fall from grace. just two months ago, he lost elections to mahathir bin mohamad. he came to power on a promise to reopen an investigation into a massive corruption scandal of state—fund known as imdb. it was set up in 2009 to turn kuala lumpur into a financial hub. it's now at the centre of money laundering allegations. a number of countries, including the us, are investigating. funds skimmed were allegedly used to buy luxury assets and propety. this was some of what police seized from properties linked to mr najib. jewellery worth millions. he still has support, though. this was taken outside of court today. that hashtag, #freenajib. more now from karishma vaswani. this really underlines the current admi

a dramatic fall from grace in malaysia for prime minister najib razak is arrested by anti corruption investigators. and. all of the day's sport. and anger into thirds of the world cup quarter final defeat in colombia in a penalty shootout and more from russia twenty eighteen and later this news hour. jordan and israel are refusing to open their borders to thousands of refugees who fled a government offensive in southern syria the u.n. says as many as three hundred thirty thousand people have been forced from their homes because of the assault on our province jordan already hosts more than half a million syrian refugees and says it can't cope with any more it sending food and water across but insists the border will remain shot so i know how to report. jordan israel won't let them in and their towns are battlegrounds these people are trapped. the syrian government offensive and that our province now into its third week has displaced more than a quarter of a million people according to the united nations some are living in makeshift tents many others out in the open they have little fo

najib pleaded not get to the charges. the allegations against him played a major role when he was voted out of power in may after leading malaysia for nearly a decade. >>> in the philippines, the hunt is on after not one but two mayors have been shot dead in broad daylight in less than two days. the latest victim was mayor fernando bote. he was in a car when a shooter opened fire from a motorcycle on tuesday. just a day before that, a sniper shot dead mayor antonio halili who was a strong supporter of president rodrigo duterte. halili was known for prayeding drug suspects on the streets of his city. i spoke with him two years ago shortly after president duterte launched his controversial and very deadly war on drugs. a warning, what you're about to see has disturbing images right off the top. human rights groups are sounding the alarm about the growing body count and what that means for the rule of law. while some local government officials are worried about other new logistical problems. cells in the brand-new city jail

former prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges over the disappearance of millions of dollars from a state fund while he was in office is facing three counts of criminal breach of trust and one of using his position against he was arrested on cheese day and was earlier granted bail he denies the charges saying the legal action against him is politically motivated. he has more from kuala lumpur. former prime minister has been charged with corruption and three counts of criminal breach of trust involving in total ten million dollars alleged to have been deposited into his personal bank account between december two thousand and fourteen and february two thousand and fifteen these monies allegedly came from a company known as s r c international a form a subsidiary of one m d b the state investment fund that was set up by notch it off that he became prime minister in two thousand and nine and the sum of about ten million dollars is a small amount compared to the four and a half billion dollars that knowledge of and his associates alleged to have embezzled fr

scandal has engulfed najib since the show his shock election last in may. according ecuador has ordered that former president rafael correa be jailed he has violated a judge's request to regularly appear in court as part of an investigation into his role in the kidnapping of an opponent who governed ecuador for a decade and now lives in belgium denies his involvement. in poland there have been angry protests against controversial changes to the judicial system chief justice michael shot against off to take him to work at the supreme court in defiance of a new early retirement law requiring her to step down immediately several thousand supporters also turned out to demand judicial independence poland's right wing government says it is modernizing the justice system that's a holdover from the communist era and prime minister monti was one of yes he has defended the reforms in the european parliament let's bring in our correspondent max of mine who's been following the debate for us in strasburg max good to see you why what didn't one of us he say actually to

malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has been charged with a number of corruption offenses there in connection to billions of dollars missing from the state investment fund that he set up while in office but the sixty four year old remains the finance telling reporters the upcoming trial will be his chance to prove his innocence florence lewis reports for. i. arrived at the college of paul high court to answer charges of corruption at pivotal to trust which carry a maximum twenty year prison sentence i. cite his supporters mostly from the political party he wants light to read not just. the month he's the former prime minister and party leader who's done a lot for malaysians now that he's facing such trying times i've come here to lend my support to him and his family malaysia's former prime minister pleaded not guilty and off to be released on bail set the case against him is a political vendetta. and they are expected this this is what the new government wants if this is a price i have to pay for my twenty four years of service to the nation and its people i'm willing to pay th

let's get some of the day's other news: malaysia's former prime minister, najib razak, who lost powerto be charged with corruption offences. mr najib is expected to face more than ten counts of committing criminal breach of trust, linked to a former subsidiary of the state investment fund 1mdb. the president—elect of mexico is to invite the pope to help bring peace to the country. at least 200,000 people have died in drug—related crime over the past decade. andres manuel lopez obrador was speaking just after his first meeting with the outgoing president, enrique pena nieto, since sunday's election. ajudge in brazil has sentenced the tycoon, eike batista, to 30 years injail. thejudge said batista had paid $16 million in bribes to a former governor of rio state to secure lucrative contracts. he rejects the allegations. private e—mails sent and received by google mail users can sometimes be read by staff at third—party app developers. google managers insist only companies they've vetted can access messages, and only if users have "explicitly granted permission to access e—mail". it's a y

the rescue is expected to be slow going scott al-jazeera chiang rai malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has been arrested by anti corruption and best of it when it came to allegations he still billions of dollars of state funds. jordan's foreign minister is headed to moscow in an effort to solve a humanitarian crisis building on the border with syria and estimated two hundred seventy thousand people have been displaced by a russian backed government campaign to retake province. germany's chancellor has managed to save her governing coalition after reaching a compromise on migration and merkel held high stakes crisis talks overnight hoping to settle a dangerous standoff with longtime rival interior minister horses. he's the head of traditional political allies and the coalition fell apart to force merkel to find new partners or call another election here's our general is trying to shine some world attention on the refugee crisis in bangladesh and how to get terrorists has visited camps where more than a million range of muslims are sheltering out of thing from violence in neighbori

former malaysian prime minister najib razak has been charged with corruption, two months after he was of office. he faces three counts of criminal breach of trust and one count of abuse of power. he pleaded not guilty to all counts and has been released on bail. mr najib has been accused of pocketing millions from the state development fund 1mdb, which he set up. google has confirmed that private emails sent and received by gmail users can sometimes be read by third—party app developers but not machines. people who have connected third—party apps to their accounts may have unwittingly given staff permission to read their messages. gmail is the world's most popular email service with 1.4 billion users. the indian government has sent out a stern warning to whatsapp asking it to immediately stop the spread of "irresponsible and explosive messages filled with rumours and provocation. " according to reports, dozens of people have been killed over the last one year in ten different states by lynch mobs, mobilised by rumours of child kidnapping spread over the facebook—owned messaging platfo

denying corruption charges malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is in course of the money that went missing from a state farm. hello i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a new video shows type boys trapped in a flooded cave are in good health but there's no clarity on how they'll be rescued . the un's human rights office accuses the u.a.e. of the torture and sexual abuse of yemeni prisoners. at spotlight for england as a lackluster side narrowly edges passed colombia out into the world cup quarter finals. malaysia's former prime minister has denied corruption charges over the disappearance of billions of dollars from the state fund while he was in office and is facing three counts of criminal breach of trust and of using his position for gains he was arrested by anti corruption investigators on tuesday says the legal action against him is politically motivated to serious florence louis reports from quantum. former prime minister najib razak has been charged with corruption and three counts of criminal breach of trust involving in total ten mill

charged with corruption malaysia's former prime minister najib razak faces criminal proceedings over money that went missing from a state farm. in forgetting this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a new video shows thai boys trapped in a flooded cave are in good health but there's no clarity on how they'd be rescued. warnings of a catastrophe as jordan and israel refuse to open borders to refugees fleeing a government offensive in southern syria. and its spark plug for england as a lackluster side narrowly edges passed colombia out into the world cup quarter finals. former prime minister has been charged with corruption over the disappearance of billions of dollars from a state fund while he was in office now. facing three counts of criminal breach of trust but if using his position for gains he was arrested by anti corruption investigators on tuesday denies the charges saying the legal action against him is politically motivated not serious florence louis reports from kuala lumpur. former prime minister najib razak has been charged with corruption and three counts of crimi

now according to statements made by former prime minister najib. because and here's a quote he said he had such strong links with marotta crown prince mohammed bin zayed how do you see malaysia's relationship with the united arab emirates especially if a lot of this money and we know according to a lot of independent reports that dubai has been a hub for money laundering and so forth we want to be friendly with all that and in the world we do want to be involved here they're complete yes they may be scandals or whatever but that's not going to take a little relationship country to country but out of that country's involved in funneling money that is public resources essentially helping somebody steal your money we had to find evidence of that. and if you do find evidence wasn't there a fairly even when the rebels will listen the no seeing that this is the proper thing to do in all that i mean we don't go to war nobody was thinking about war but i mean in terms of mother normal number is in diplomatic relation is that. protests and things like that

to be voted out of office in may raids on properties a link to najib and his family's cash and luxury items worth more than two hundred seventy million dollars the people under investigation by the swiss authorities include two former officials from the fund two from the sovereign funds and two from the saudi and the ji group petra saudi. the southern japanese island of okinawa is being lashed by winds brought on by typhoon maria power outages have been reported across the region as the storm tracks west taiwan has closed schools and offices and cancelled flights in preparation for flash floods and landslides soldiers have been deployed to help while staying in the region japan is cleaning up after its worst flooding in decades at least one hundred sixty two people have died after heavy rains triggered landslides dozens of other people are still missing rob bride reports from could a shaky city. soldiers and emergency crews go from house to house to make sure no one has been missed in the flood scale. hello they call out is there anyone there with dozens of people still unaccounted fo

former prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges over the disappearance of billions of dollars from the state fund while he was in office and he was facing three counts of criminal breach of trust and one of using his position for personal gain he was arrested on tuesday and was earlier granted bail he denies the charges says the legal action against him is politically motivated. has more from kuala lumpur. former prime minister has been charged with corruption and three counts of criminal breach of trust involving in total ten million dollars alleged to have been deposited into his personal bank account between december two thousand and fourteen and february two thousand and fifteen these moneys allegedly came from a company known as s r c international a form a subsidiary of one m d b the state investment fund that was set up by not after he became prime minister in two thousand and nine and the sum of about ten million dollars is a small amount compared to the four and a half billion dollars that knowledge of and his associates alleged to have embezzle

razak has gripped the nation since he lost power in a general election two months ago he links najib to the disappearance of billions of dollars of taxpayers' money here insists the case is politically motivated to my show ya'll is in kuala lumpur where he's been speaking with the jeep successor mahathir mohamad. dr martineau hammered is the person who was credited for transforming malaysia's economy making it a powerhouse in the region essentially reinventing good to become one of the asian tigers in the one nine hundred ninety s. when he was first prime minister but since then so now the economy in the markets here have struggled to say the least a big part of that has been the endemic corruption which has plagued not only the political scene but also the economy here for several years and it was that level of corruption reached new heights with hundreds of millions of dollars or even billions of dollars going missing in terms of public funds that convinced him to reenter politics at the age of ninety two he turns ninety three in just a few days time when we asked him about whether

look now at some of the other stories making news around the world but lazio's former prime minister najib razak has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of billions of dollars from a sovereign wealth fund he founded a decade ago the investigation into malaysia's one and the corruption scandal set up by a jeep successor engulfed him since his spectacular defeat in may selections. australian sort of wilson has been sentenced to twelve months detention for covering up the sex abuse crimes of a priest in the one nine hundred seventy s. archbishop wilson is the most senior roman catholic cleric to be convicted of concealing child sex abuse a court will decide whether he can serve his sentence. all right. or germany's chancellor i'm going to america has a verse of the collapse of her government by resolving the dispute with her hot line interior minister horses a hole for over migration policy despite the conservative leaders haven the deal as a success it hasn't yet been signed off by the government coalition's junior partners the center left s p d. bangle americal wanted to look

denying corruption charges but his former prime minister najib razak is in course of the money that went missing from a state farm. hello i'm adrian for the again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a new video shows type boys trapped in a flooded cave are in good health but there's no clarity on how they'll be rescued . the un's human rights office accuses the u.a.e. of the torture and sexual abuse of yemeni prisoners. at spotlight for england as a lackluster side narrowly edges passed colombia out into the world cup quarter finals.

formal malaysian prime minister najib razak is going to be spending the night here at the headquarters of the anti corruption agency now he was arrested on tuesday afternoon and will be brought to court on wednesday morning where he will be charged is not yet known what the charges against him will be but they could include criminal breach of trust corruption abuse of power and even obstruction of justice now not just had been questioned for two days in may by anti corruption officials in relation to a company known as s r c international it's alleged that he had received ten million dollars deposited into his personal bank account from this company a form a subsidiary of the scandal ridden state investment fund one m d b now s.r.c. international was then put on to the finance ministry of which not chip was in charge because when he was prime minister of this country he was also its finance minister and the amount of ten million dollars it's a really is ready just the tip of the iceberg when compared to the four and a half billion dollars that not jim and his associates to have misappr

while malaysian prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges he was arrested on tuesday following an investigation into how billions of dollars one missing from a sovereign wealth fund he set up a decade ago the probe into being one m. d. b. scandal has involved not tip since his shock election loss in may. at the world cup on tuesday england beat colombia on penalties in their last sixteen clash in a nail biting game england who have one of the worst records in the sport when it comes to spot kicks finally turned the tables around and found a way to win. harry came penalty after fifty seven minutes put england in the lead against an ultra defensive colombia's side without the services of their injured star high miss rodriguez. in injury time england keeper jordan pickford had to produce his best save but was powerless on the ensuing corner when yet he mean up pounded the ball into the net for the last ditch colombia equaliser i mean is third goal at this world cup sent the match into extra time when england was only two minutes away from advancing to the quar