two years and handover to anwar ibrahim, as has been reported? but i made a promise, iwill stick by my promise. two years and then you will step down at 95? yes. prime minister mahathir mohamad, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk, thank you. you're welcome. hello there. the weather for the next couple of days is looking fairly benign before something a bit more active appears during the course of the weekend, with some pretty heavy and persistent rain for some. the pressure chart, as we head into thursday, shows high pressure dominating the scene for most. this weather system will continue to encroach into the far north—west corner into the country to bring increasing breeze, cloud, and outbreaks of rain. further south, mainly dry bar the odd light shower around, bit of early mist and fog which should clear through the morning. much like wednesday we should see the clouds thin and break and some sunny spells. the wind lighter across the south, turning stronger across this north—west corner, where it will be cool. further south, giv

two years and handover to anwar ibrahim, as has been reported?ll stop, but i made a promise and i will stick by my promise. two years and then you will step down at 95? yes. prime minister mahathir mohamad, thank you very much for coming on hardtalk, thank you. hello. after a rather chilly start to october, it will feel a bit warmer for many of us in the day ahead. there's an area of milder, warmer air that's been moving into the uk between these two weather fronts. but the weather fronts close by mean that there's a good deal of cloud around to begin tuesday, and for some of us it'll be rather damp, particularly from northern ireland into parts of england and wales. this is how it looks for early risers. from north—east england into scotland, though, there'll be some sunshine around to start the day, but there'll be a few showers running through northern scotland on through the day. and even where you begin the cloud, northern ireland, across a large part of england and wales, for many of us it will turn brighter during the day. but we could sti

two years and handover to anwar ibrahim, as has been reported?ut i made a promise, iwill stick by my promise. two years and then you will step down at 95? yes. prime minister mahathir mohamad, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk, thank you. you're welcome. hello. the rather warm for the time of year and humid air which became established across wales and england during tuesday will extend into scotland and northern ireland during wednesday behind this weather front. behind this weather front, a warm front, the leading edge of milder air. but that's coming with plenty of cloud, and to start wednesday it's a damp, and drizzly, and cloudy, misty, murky start across many parts, western parts, especially coasts and hills. it will be clear overnight in scotland and eastern england. there will be a chill around first thing, but the cloud will thicken here as we go on through the morning, which leaves us during wednesday with a good deal of cloud around. a few bright and sunny spells here and there, but still, along western coasts and hills

the straits times leads on former deputy anwar ibrahim's return to malaysian politics and his commentsake up a cabinet post. an investigation by the bbc is shedding new light on the scale of use of chemical weapons in the war in syria. bbc arabic and the panorama programme have determined there is enough evidence to be confident that at least 106 chemical attacks have taken place in the country since september 2013. it appears these attacks have been crucial to president assad's victory in the conflict. a warning that this report contains distressing images. another airstrike. this attack told the world that not all of syria's chemical weapons had been destroyed. abdel witnessed it. translation: i heard the planes, i woke up, the first form was at 6:30 a.m. he left the house with his wife and twins, unaware of what was about to unfold. this is where i left them. i ran to help people over there. it was a chemical attack. sarin is 26 times more deadly than cyanide. abdel‘s neighbours were dying in the streets. more than 80 were killed and nearly 300 wounded. abdel was taken to hospital a

now to political developments in malaysia where the politician anwar ibrahim is on his way to taking over the role of prime minister ibrahim who is formally the prime minister will be returning to frontline politics after he convincingly want to parliamentary seats in a byelection on saturday or have struck a deal with the current prime minister martin mohammed to replace him in two years' time the two enemies for two decades but joint forces earlier this year to topple former leader not due process. nastasia thai has more on the story. and leader in waiting this ceiling on what uber hands return to frontline politics. i want every packet on how to has been chosen whatever of politics. on her up on or the alliance of hope the ruling coalition taking seventy one percent of ballots. this by election victory in a town just south of the capital represents much more than a local poll oh. he's. what was. it is it was the may general elections in which on was photo and. swept to power the two men had been enemies for two decades after mahatma imprisoned his former deputy on the sodomy charg

well now to political developments in malaysia where politician anwar ibrahim is on his way to taking over the role of prime minister will be returning to front line politics of t. convincingly want to parliamentary seat in a byelection on saturday ebrahim struck a deal with the current prime minister mohammed to replace him in two years' time two enemies for two decades but joined forces earlier this year to talk of the formerly did not you now is now facing multiple corruption charges elsewhere tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating in but when against racism and discrimination a wide range of groups including pro refugee gay rights and muslim organizations are backing the protest it's been organized as a counter-rally against right wing groups who've been holding demonstrations across germany over the past few months some of which have turned violent and of course immigration is a key issue for voters in the german state of bavaria as they head to the polls on sunday to elect a new regional parliament a survey suggests an increasing number of people are rejecting the r