EVENING 5: Five things you need to know today

Dirty dealings. Corporate battles. Consumer woes. Here are five things you need to know today.

1. Datuk Seri Najib Razaksought help from the UAEas he scrambled to shake off money laundering allegations, according to phone recordings released by the MACC.

2. Datuk Rizal Mansor isacquitted of graft chargeslinked to a Sarawak solar hybrid project – and could potentially turn prosecution witness against Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

3.The FBM KLCI takes a tumbleandMalaysia Airlines avoids Iranian airspaceamid escalating tensions between the US and Iran.

4. FGV Holdings chairman Datuk Wira Azhar Abdul Hamid saysthe worst is over, and that group is on the "right path towards a new and far better future".

5. Putrajaya is looking tocollect RM155bil in taxesin 2020, 5% more than the RM147bil it targeted last year.