from bitter enemies to political allies, malaysia's anwar ibrahim tells newsday he's building bridges of the country. the scottish tory leader ruth davidson has said she never wants to be prime minister because she values her "mental health too much". in an interview with the sunday times, she's revealed struggling with self—harm, suicidal thoughts and depression in the past. steven godden has more. ruth davidson doesn't fit the traditional conservative mould. never one to avoid a camera, her upbeat, energetic persona helped restore what some thought was lost forever, success with scottish voters. today, she took an unusual step for a politician, revealing her private struggles with her mental health. in a sunday times interview, she describes going into a tailspin as a teenager. diagnosed with clinical depression, she was given medication which led to "desperate, dark, terrible dreams". i think it's very brave for any politician, leader, to come out and speak about their own struggles with a mental health problem, because the reality is that, especially in politics, mental health is

malaysia's anwar ibrahim tells me why he is building bridges with prime minister mahathir mohamad. yeah, but then we decided, look, the conditions have changed, and we have to work together. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: in britain, salisbury is in lockdown after two people were taken ill in the area recently hit by novichok poisonings. my body is a canvas. we will hear from a south korean artist who uses her own face to express her talent. good morning. it is 1:00am in london and 8:00am here in singapore, where the chaos wreaked by typhoon manghut becomes apparent as it tracks across the region. the powerful storm has left dozens of people dead in the philippines, and is now lashing china's most populous province. typhoon mangkhut made landfall near the city ofjiangmen in the south—western region of guangdong, bringing winds of more than 160 km/h. the storm also passed through hong kong, injuring around 200 people. it has already caused widespread damage in the philippines, and killed at least 59 people there. jonathan head reports on the devastation typhoon

anwar ibrahim has to be elected again into a parliamentary seat, which is due to happen. down. and he will take over that, all will stand in a constituency, port dickson, and then we will see how it goes. of course, the main reason why it your father has been re—elected, the shock victory in may, was because of, to a great extent, the scandal involving the former prime minister being accused of stealing millions. he has denied that and said that it was a donation. najib razak‘s lawyers have been arrested this week, so there are been arrested this week, so there a re lots of been arrested this week, so there are lots of concerns about whether the former prime minister will get a fair trial the former prime minister will get a fairtrial in an the former prime minister will get a fair trial in an atmosphere that has been described as something of a witch—hunt. so will he?” been described as something of a witch-hunt. so will he? i don't know if witch—hunt is if fair word to use. if witch—hunt is if fair word to use. the police has been investigating. there is a lot of eviden

malaysia's anwar ibrahim tells me why he is building bridges with prime minister mahathir mohamad.ondon. also in the programme: in britain, salisbury is in lockdown after two people were taken ill in the area recently hit by novichok poisonings. my body is a canvas. we will hear from a south korean artist who uses her own face to express her talent.

anwar ibrahim. rishaad: coming up, it is not all gloom in emerging markets as we have been hearing.hey contribute to global growth. we will go back live to the world economic forum in hanoi. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: this is bloomberg markets. wtod: china will ask the this month for permission to retaliate against the u.s. over its doping violation. rishaad: we have seen this play out and emerging markets. the implication of donald trump's ongoing trade war on these economies. haslinda amin is an hanoi for the world economic forum. no sign of relief as the emerging markets take another hit today. well, people are the outcome of the trade war between the u.s. and china. growth pretty much intact this year, but next year is questionable. kevin joins me this morning. lots of expectations in the trade war. what impact does this have for next year? kevin: first and foremost, lots of things to go looking for in terms of tough there's and the trade issue is dominating the conversation. builtnomy that has success and manufacturing for the rest of the world. will that hit? i have heard m

malaysia's anwar ibrahim tells me why he is building bridges with prime minister mahathir mohamad. decided, look, the conditions have changed, and we have to work together. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: in britain, salisbury is in lockdown after two people were taken ill in the area recently hit by novichok poisonings. my body is a canvas. we will hear from a south korean artist who uses her own face to express her talent.

malaysia's former jailed politician anwar ibrahim has begun campaigning in a local reelection to reenter parliament as an m.p. anwar is expected to easily win the poll but faces a surprise challenge from an ex aide who is sodomy allegations landed him in prison prime minister mahathir mohamad pardoned earlier this year and pledged over the reins to him within two years teachers in morocco are asking which dialect of arabic should be taught in schools some say it's classical arabic others prefer the more local version the mix of languages is also being blamed in part for high dropout rates now educators want the government to make an official decision have a morgan has more. the academy here has begun in morrocco and students in the capital have returned to school to find words from the moroccan dialect added to their courses the language update is reviving the debate on the status of the main spoken language arabic specifically classic arabic known as and the locally spoken arabic known as that each on the lip. to the application of moroccan dialects and teaching a public institutions is