Former 'richest man in Asia' gets life in prison, and Russia strikes Kyiv | Global News Podcast

03:45 The founder of the Chinese property giant Evergrande, Hui Ka Yan, has been sentenced to life in prison, and had all of his personal property confiscated.

Mr Hui – once Asia’s richest man - pleaded guilty in April to several charges, including embezzlement of assets and corporate bribery.

Also in this this edition of the Global News Podcast:

00:40 Russia launches deadly strikes on Kyiv, as Ukraine asks its allies for more Patriot missile systems

07:49 Conservators remove thousands of coins from cracks in the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland

09:34 Armed men hijack a tanker off Yemen and divert it towards Somalia

12:33 Prince Harry and Meghan are moving back to the UK

17:51Erin Patterson, Australia’s “Mushroom murderer”, appeals her conviction

19:58 “Niu Lai”, the Chinese amateur film that’s “so bad yet so good”

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