Effort to develop a vaccine but numbers of infections from the virus continue to run its. Losing their homes and their livelihoods hundreds of thousands in bangladesh wait for much needed assistance amid rising flood gates. And mourning the conscience of Congress Civil rights leader john lewis lies in state of the west and. We begin in malaysia where in just the last hour a court has found former Prime Minister najib razak guilty on all 7 charges and this 1st trial links to the one m. T. B. Scandal on top was facing charges of criminal breach of trust Money Laundering abuse of power hes denied any wrongdoing and to faces several other trials its alleged hundreds of millions of dollars from the state fund made their way into hits accounts fonts louis joins us now live from Kuala Lumpur Florence are guilty across the board was this expected. Well i think the world the judge is basically in reading out his judgment and hes saying that the nut jobs defense lawyers were not able to show rea
Without a deal is a very real and brussels will not pretend to negotiate. And germany is for us here dortmund draw with mighty barcelona as the Champions League group stages kick off byron munich begin their quest. Im brian thomas thanks so much for being with us the future of israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hanging in the balance this morning partial results from the countrys election show the race still close too close to call with a Blue White Party of centrist pentagons tied with netanyahu so far neither side has declared victory. Speaking to his supporters in tel aviv Opposition Leader benny gantz stopped short of the tearing election when. But his address had the tone of a victory speech for his blue and white party. Courting the initial results netanyahu did not succeed in his mission. Was enough and we on the other hand proved that our idea called blue and white a project we established just over 6 months ago is a huge success and here to stay. God said that he wou
Israel has confirmed that two american hostages have been released by hamas. Judith and Natalie Raanan, who are mother and daughter, were taken after the hamas attack on israel earlier this month. The groups Telegram Channel says qatar had helped mediate their release, which was done for which was done for humanitarian reasons. President biden says he is overjoyed. Just a few lines to bring you from president macron, whos been speaking in the last few minutes about this. He says he hopes the release of fridays hostages leads to similar operations in the coming days, including for french citizens. He also says the French Military Intelligence Directorate has concluded that the gaza hospital blast, which we report on tuesday, was not due to an israeli strike but probably a misfiring palestinian rocket. That would tend to echo what Us Intelligence is saying. Hes also saying they are going to be supplying more humanitarian aid to the Rafah Crossing to support the aid coming across. Some li
Hello and welcome to this aljazeera new life and. That is coming up in the next sixty minutes u. S. President donald trump is set to recognize jerusalem as israels capital and move the u. S. Embassy to the city from tel of eve a plan greeted by diplomacy and risk violent protests. Fueled by strong winds California Wildfires forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. Closure for families of argentine soldiers killed in the falklands war as a remains are finally identified. Over the way to a sporting clearing russian athletes face a decision on whether to compete as neutrals after the team is banned from the Winter Olympics. The repercussions of u. S. President donald trump expected decision to recognize the resulin as israels capital and move the American Embassy there are already being felt even though hes not even made the announcement yet palestinian leaders in both the occupied west bank and ingles are calling for three days of rage president Mahmoud Abbas says trumps move
Hello and welcome im peter w. Watching al jazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up catalonia remains defiance against madrids insistence that sundays independence referendum will go ahead despite spain declaring the vote illegal. For lankas government to hunt down Buddhist Monks suspected of attacking a u. N. Shelter for revenge or refugees in the capital colombo. Dozens dead and missing in germany as Hurrican Maria devastates the caribbean island. We begin with the latest on the fallout from mondays secession referendum in the kurdish region of Northern Iraq initial results a ninety two percent. Voted yes to secede but pressure on kurdish leaders is increasing iraq is demanding the vote be an old the countrys parliament has called on the Prime Minister to deploy troops to disputed areas including the oil rich city of kirkuk that area is controlled by Kurdish Military units but officially its governed by baghdad the iraqi Prime Minister also says the kurdish leader