after he became embroiled in the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of former president park geun hye found guilty of bribing part with millions of dollars in exchange for government help with the merger he received a 5 year sentence but after a year in prison an appeal court freed him and dismissed most of the corruption charges against him and even while he was behind bars some song posted record profits leak and he's legacy is a global corporate giant and also one of the most powerful and impenetrable institutions in the country some call the republic of sandstone. charles karakas an author and journalists he says there has been a mixed reactions in these deaths in south korea. well he's a much admired much respected figure i'm not sure we can say he's much loved he's very controversial from 2 points of view for one thing he was twice convicted of major crimes and twice exonerated once he was the 1st time he was forced out as chairman of the entire something empire and the 2nd time he had to retire he had to resign again but he came back as chairman of the essential company in

years in 2017 after being found guilty of bribery and other offences linked to the former president park geunleared of the most serious charges on appeal and release later. in a statement, the company said: "chairman lee was a true visionary who transformed samsung into the world—leading innovator and industrial powerhouse from a local business." adding: "his legacy will be everlasting." we will have more of that later here on bbc news. let us turn to the coronavirus 110w. more countries in europe are tightening anti—coronavirus measures, with france extending a curfew and the italian government expected to announce more national measures. ten of spain's 17 regions are calling on the government to call a state of emergency. europe is now the epicentre of the outbreak with the polish president, andrzej duda, the latest world leader to be infected. his country's among a number across europe to register a record daily high in coronavirus cases on friday or saturday. david campanale has the latest. alarm bells are ringing right across europe. the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen in the cz

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after he became embroiled in the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of former president park geun hye found guilty of bribing part with millions of dollars in exchange for government help with the merger he received a 5 year sentence but after a year in prison an appeal court freed him and dismissed most of the corruption charges against him. and even while he was behind bars some song posted record profits leak on his legacy as a global corporate giant and also one of the most powerful and impenetrable institutions in the country some call the republic of sam so. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines and government protests are resuming across iraq after a long suspension gitta the coronavirus restrictions the demonstrations against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago some wonderful teen is with the protesters in baghdad. it's really a test today to see whether this movement can once again mobilize let it can once again.

after he became embroiled in the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of former president park geun hye. found guilty of bribing part with millions of dollars in exchange for government help with the merger he received a 5 year sentence but after a year in prison an appeal court freed him and dismissed most of the corruption charges against him. and even while he was behind bars some song posted record profits leak and he's legacy is a global corporate giant and also one of the most powerful and impenetrable institutions in the country some call the republic of samsung. and the u.s. both president trump and his rival joe biden are rallying supporters in battleground states more than $50000000.00 people have already cast their ballots the pandemic continues to be the big issue on the campaign trail cases hit an all time high on friday a struggle continues to insist the nation is turning a corner and you got to get reports. the president trump and his democratic rival joe biden these final days are all about the battleground states i voted for a guy named trouble because. thank after

after he became embroiled in the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of former president park geun hye found guilty of bribing part with millions of dollars in exchange for government help with the merger he received a 5 year sentence but after a year in prison an appeal court freed him and dismissed most of the corruption charges against him and even while he was behind bars sampson posted record profits leak on his legacy as a global corporate giant and also one of the most powerful and impenetrable institutions in the country some call the republic of samsung. firefighters in colorado are struggling to contain the 2nd largest wildfire in the u.s. state's history large plumes of smoke can be seen rising over grand county as the fire continues to grow its force residents to flee their homes but an elderly couple were killed after refusing to leave the house they had lived in for decades . the 1st asian giant hornet nest found in the u.s. has been vacuumed out of the tree the nest was discovered a day earlier near the border with canada the invasive species is known as murder horne

after he became embroiled in the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of former president park geun hye. found guilty of bribing part with millions of dollars in exchange for government help with the merger he received a 5 year sentence but after a year in prison an appeal court freed him and dismissed most of the corruption charges against him. and even while he was behind bars some song posted record profits leak and he's legacy is a global corporate giant and also one of the most powerful and impenetrable institutions in the country some call the republic of sense on. the u.k. is under pressure to secure a trade deal with the u.s. by the end of the year when it fully leaves the e.u. trading block but talks in washington haven't made much progress the us is the u.k.'s biggest single market outside the e.u. accounting for more than 13 percent of exports so far the u.k.'s biggest post briggs it trade deal has been with japan but that's only 2 percent of its total trade the us election will be a major factor democratic presidential nominee joe biden says a trade deal won't happen if

after he became embroiled in the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of former president park geun hye. found guilty of bribing part with millions of dollars in exchange for government to help with the merger he received a 5 year sentence but after a year in prison an appeal court freed him and dismissed most of the corruption charges against him. and even while he was behind bars some song posted record profits leak on his legacy as a global corporate giant and also one of the most powerful and impenetrable institutions in the country some call the republic of sensel. it is now time for sports history now thank you very much we'll let so one of the biggest names in combat sports have babe the mughal model of the year seen lightweight champion has announced his retirement immediately after his latest victory the russian fighter stopped just in with a chokehold to defend his lightweight title and maintain his 29 fight unbeaten record but then overcome with emotion he called time on his career it was a babe's 1st fight since the death of his father and lifelong coach he passed away f

after he became embroiled in the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of former president park geun hye. found guilty of bribing part with millions of dollars in exchange for government help with the merger he received a 5 year sentence but after a year in prison an appeal court freed him and dismissed most of the corruption charges against him and even while he was behind bars some soul posted record profits leak on his legacy is a global corporate giant and also one of the most powerful and impenetrable institutions in the country some call the republic of sensel an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons has been given the final ratification it needs on saturday honduras became the 50th country to ratify the u.n. treaty it sets off a 90 day countdown to take effect the move has been praised by activists but the u.s. and other nuclear powers remain strongly opposed to it rebecca johnson is a founding president of the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons which was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2017 she explains how the treaty will affect countries with nuclear w