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avoided prosecution over a financial scandal in which he received almost $700 million from the saudi royaland attorney general said the money was a donation and most of it was returned but the new lawsuit says there is strong evidence of wrongdoing by the prime minister. and we have more on the man leading this new lawsuit against the decision to clear the prime minister. >> he is a respected lawyer having founded one of the largest legal firms in this country and was part of the government in 2008 and fell out with the government then when he criticized them for arrested three high profile individuals and a blogger and a journalist urn der the security act a way that many human rights activists believe is a way of stifling or criticism of the government and he joined opposition and watching events from the sidelines during the past 18 months, the corruption scandal embroiling the prime minister and government and apparently he is going to file this lawsuit against the attorney general who cleared the prime minister last week of any wrongdoing saying that the 600 plus million dollars that

avoided prosecution over a financial scandal in which he received almost $700 million from the saudi royal family. the attorney general said the money was a donation and most of it returned. a new lawsuit said there is strong evidence of wrongdoing by the prime minister. >>> the world health organization warns that the zika virus outbreak could spread to africa and asia. the mosquito borne virus blamed for thousands of birth defects in brazil has been declared an international emergency. the w.h.o. set up a global response unit and is drawing guidelines for pregnant women. >>> the problem is that the complications of this relatively mild illness do have potentially devastating effects for families, so have a child with mick crow--micro enreceive lee spreading into asia which have the highest birth rates in the world we believe is a matter of public health concern and constitutes an international emergency. >> part of the solution to the zika epidemic may have been found in a small village of el salvador. they have been breeding a fish that eats the larvae of the mosquito which carries the

a living subjects like the saudi royal family or vatican bank, i throw out to everybody, i read everything available on the subject, markdown names, not knowing whether they are alive or dead for an interview and narrow down my wish list of people i would like to interview. a lot of people say no or get what i call on the record formal interviews, and occasionally what happens in my profession is you meet somebody who after a couple meetings says take a liking to your have a beer one night or weekend talk, that opens the door and eventually they will say i know someone who worked for is a former auditor. i know somebody over here and you never know where that is. this book i am able to show for the first time on the record the vatican did business with insurance companies that word chairman, there might be somebody else who said they did business with arms manufacturers a pharmaceutical company. i did not have that door opening lead you end up pursuing the information you have. is this the absolute final word on the finances of the vatican? no but it is a thorough word on what i wanted to

avoided prosecution over a financial scandal in which he received almost 700 million dollars from the saudi royal family. the attorney-general said the money was a donation and most of it was returned, but the new lawsuit says there is strong evidence of wrongdoing by the prime minister. to myanmar now where a new power in parliament, the n.l.d. is facing huge challenges, including ethnic division and poverty. the party led by aung san suu kyi was sworn in on monday. >> reporter: this historic transition of power is taking place in the parliament at the far end of this main thoroughfare in the purpose-built but still largely deserted capital. it is seen by many as an folly to the years of military control. the changes taking place here, nevertheless, promise to roll back the military years, fixing the whole of myanmar. a few kilometers from that world is the reality of a country mired in poverty, ribboned by ethnic divisions. aung san suu kyi and her national lead for democracy, or n.l.d., may not have created those problem, but they do now own them and there's an expectation that they're going t

saying that the 600 million dollars that had been alleged to be in his account had come from the saudi royal family. there was still a large amount of money counting into the millions that was missing. opposition parties and members are saying where is this money, where has it gone. of course, over the last few days we've heard from the swiss attorney-general saying that at least 4 billion dollars has gone missing from malaysian companies all under the board which is a financial institution which invests malaysian money abroad. it comes under the finance ministry but is not part of the finance ministry and that portfolio is held by the prime minister and that is why he is under so much pressure, that he has too up control over the finances of this country and how and where has all this money gone and in retrospect come into his account potentially >>> this is very embarrassing for the government. how is the malaysian public reacting to this scandal? >> reporter: monday is a public holiday here as we lead into the chinese new year, so perhaps we will get more reaction to how the public and op

he avoided prosecution over a financial scandal which he received almost $700 million from the saudi royaly and they said it was a donation and most of it was returned but the new lawsuit alleges strong evidence of wrongdoing by the prime minister. french president francois hollande called on united states to lift sanctions on cuba since the arrival of europe since taking over for his brother fidel and aims at boosting economic ties between the two countries. 8,000 refugees from the islands to the mainland port and refugees were reportedly trapped in the greek islands due to a ferry worker strike and move comes amid eu criticism of athens failure to control the flow of arrivals. greece threatened by the eu with expulsion from the free travel zone if it fails to stop refugees and migrants from passing through, the warning comes as aid groups say there has been a spike in people smuggling at the northern border with macedonia and we report from the greek-macedonia border. >> reporter: on this greek border you can see how dysfunctional management of the refugee crisis has become and macedonia

doug: -- >> we have a shipment of scopes that are going actually to the saudi royal guard. doug: their patented l.e.d. technology lets police illuminate the smallest of spaces with the brightest light possible so that tiny video cameras can detect hidden criminal activity. so far, optim scopes have help locate hundred of millions of dollars in cash, illegal drugs, and other contraband. and the emails are pouring in front lines. >> we just got one last week with a picture of a really cute dog sitting next to a whole pile of cocaine that was found in a car with our scope. doug: you can find an optim scope at every u.s. border crossing in the country. a fact and a responsibility, not lost on those who work here. todd: optim has taken its 40 years of experience and developed a third business element. they produce very precise components for other companies, mostly medical. good news for chocolate lovers. new research finds eating it can actually boost your brain power. scientists in south australia studied nearly people and found 1000 snacking on chocolate improved scores on a

. >> we have a shipment of scopes that are going actually to the saudi royal guard. doug: their patented l.e.d. technology lets police spaces with the brightest light possible so that tiny video cameras can detect hidden criminal activity. so far, optim scopes have help locate hundred of millions of dollars in cash illegal drugs , and other contraband. and the emails are pouring in from those on the front lines. >> we just got one last week with a picture of a really cute dog sitting next to a whole pile of cocaine that was found in a car with our scope. doug: you can find an optim scope at every u.s. border crossing in the country. a fact and a responsibility, not lost on those who work here. alyx: optim has taken its 40-years of experience and developed a third business element. they produce very precise components for other companies ,we have alyx: eight news to go at 5:57. the cdc says doctors are continuing to monitor pregnant women infected with the zika virus. nine pregnant women in the u.s. were confirmed to have the virus. two had healthy babies, two had mis

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they met in doha, the saudi arabia royal ministers made their announcements alongside counterparts from qatar and venezuela. bernard smith was at that meeting. >> cheap petrol may be welcomes by consumers but with a 70% drop, oil producing countries feeling the pain, so saudi arabia, russia, venezuela, and qatar say they want to freeze but not cut production. >> it is a beginning of a process which we will assess in the next few months and decide whether we need other steps to stabilize and improve the markets. this is very important. we don't want significant gyrations in prices. >> at either end of this table are the oil ministers of venezuela and rush, whose economies are struggling with the reduction of oil revenue. although the saudi oil minister dismissed concerns about the effects on his country's economy. >> i have read a lot in the press and it is rubbish. saudi arabia has access to many sources of income, and we are working at a very fast pace to diversify the economy and increase the sources of income. >> so your economy can survive at the current price of oil? >> with no pro

questions about political donations and from the saudi royal family made it to the ersonal account.b and there is the prime minister. doing denied any wrong d no criminal off ebbs and losed all cross-examination. >> it is pretty strong. s silenced critics and strengthened his position. he still has the support of the to powerd since coming seven years ago. increased it has and the access to education. so, yes, his position as party chief and prime minister looks pretty secure. angie: thanks. india's prime minister gets his spotlight. after the show break, we will discuss about what is in the year ahead. angie: and these are the stories making led lines. the moderate candidates have won all the seats in a sweeping victory. a high turnout in the capital seeing as a referendum. and they have a early lead in a separate vote in the assembly of peakers. ack and putting a satellite into orbit and on a floating barge. and surge landing feafment and expect is. and twice last week. and security is tight outside los angeles where the 88th acad any awars. joe biden who is introduce lady gaga. a

dollars from the saudi royal family made it through his personal bank account.icized him. najib razak has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, and the attorney general appointed by the government found no criminal offense and close all investigations. recent: given these developments, how secure is najib razak? i guess it's also a matter of how secure he feels. >> that's right. he feels secure. his position is song. he has silenced critics, further strengthened his position within the ruling party. he still has the support of divisional chiefs, who are powerful and influential. since coming to power seven years ago, najib razak has moved to shore up the parties key base , increased handouts, back preferential access to things like education. yes, it looks pretty secure at this time. rishaad: how has najib razak responded to the criticism that malaysia looks like a dictatorship? >> #trendingbusiness -- 's malaysia is still a country that upholds democratic practices. also pointed to the credit ratings as proof that the country was well run. he noted that it was importan

. >> let me take a stab at thatperiod this is part of a sort of makeover image of the saudi royal family decision-making which has always been very quiet, as i mentioned earlier they are taking a higher profile through mohammed bin solomon and he was the one that proposes your cup i think it's to say that we want to be part of the commercial world more than we are today . it's the outside message to be inside message is, we want to distribute the income around from probably our major assets to the saudi people. i would be very interested to see what kind of restrictions they may put on who gets to own it , who will trade on the saudi exchange so getting onto the exchange first which seems to be a doable thing is not all of it. obviously, it doesn't go over 49 percent so in terms of , i would be surprised if it went over 10 or 15 percent the model with some of the downstream refining during joint venture arrangements so it's a sharing pickup it can bring in some money which is not a small thing for them. remember there was an 800 billion dollar pile of stuff which is now more like 600 bil

the royal saudi family has in operations overseas. changing the terms of its rewards program.rting in april the rewards program will deliver points based on the amount of dollars spent. forcedgen may be to clean up the air its cars polluted. one proposal forces them to clean up five times the amount of pollution produced by the dirty engines. ink: caroline hyde is barcelona today at the mobile world congress. theis standing by with deputy chief executive of orange, one of the world's leading telecommunications companies. caroline? >> thank you. say,e, however you want to you are an international company. give us a sense of the backdrop to this year's mobile congress. many concerns about the global slowdown. how is that playing into your industry? >> when i look at the -- good afternoon, i am very pleased to be here. i think first, when i look at the operators, we see some slowdown in the onset, but not in the usage. usage of the device is growing in the europe and u.s. markets. people, the transfer of data, video, gaming, work, digitization of many services, we see that growin

royal caribbean is reviewing how it provides guidance when it comes to whether corvette forecast. >>> gas prices could stop dropping, but they could stay this cheap for quite a while. saudi arabia, russia and other opec members have agreed to freeze oil production of january levels as long as other oil-producing countries do the same. experts at least one country, iran will probably not cooperate. an oversupply of oil unless global demand has sent oil prices plunging. >>> you are still talking about favorite moments of the grammys. looking around social media there were three parts of the show that had a big impact on you. first of there were a lot of tributes to artists who have passed away. a lot of you say the show organizers missed a few and that includes singer, natalie cole. end of the in memoriam segment. another controversial moment the politically charged performance that included depictions of slavery and being locked up, and the condemnation of american justice. >> remember the guitar sound when adele was singing? it turns out the technical glitch was a microphone of fell into the piano during the performance, making it sound out of tune. >>> tony dundee is no

saudi arabia. richard: exactly. the question is, you have to look at these two administrations. the actions and inactions and inconsistent actions having destroyed that previous status quo. to go back to the royals, knock them down. now we're dealing with all the termites, all the rot, all the mold. charlie: it has become what? richard: the arab spring has become chaos. charlie: possibility of rogue states. richard: it is a failed state right now. egypt, to continue this model of status quo destruction, chaos, out of the chaos emerges a new series of strongmen. egypt is leading the way. i think there will be more attempts in libya and syria and iraq. charlie: could be from a military man. who's been tougher on cracking down on dissent than mubarak was. richard: i'm not saying this is a good thing. i think the people in the regions, a lot of them will embrace the strongmen because if you live in aleppo or you live in a suburb of damascus, there's no food, there's a checkpoint from a militant wearing a ski mask in front of your house. you can't sustain that forever. your kids aren't going to school. there's no power. there's no gas. you will reach out to someone who offers an easy solution. and d