how soon will anwar ibrahim take power? according to mahathir, 1—2 years. anwar ibrahim take power?thir himself is determined to institute one, the charges against najib's administration which was involved in the scandal, and i think that is his first commitment, to see through that, at least some people get to be charged on the scandal. the other thing is, institutional reform. that will least take two years if not more. we are very determined —— they are determined to put in place the institutions to see those reforms. right now, anwar ibrahim's white is the deputy premier. when anwar ibrahim is pardoned, would he like to ta ke ibrahim is pardoned, would he like to take the position as deputy premier? not quite sure how it will go but i think he has to recover first healthwise. some analysts are saying he would not want to be deputy premier because he has had a bad experience in the past. he would bea bad experience in the past. he would be a political adviser. he has to contest be a political adviser. he has to co ntest a n be a political adviser. he has to contest an election fi

he will hand over power to anwar ibrahim within two years.king quite tired, actually, and more tired than when i saw him going into prison, says less him govern. he says he is in no great rush to get into politics and would be happy to travel and spend time with his family. he also stressed, as far as things are going, he is very co mforta ble things are going, he is very comfortable with the processes that have been undertaken, even in these last few days while he has still technically been incarcerated. importantly, cabinet technically been incarcerated. importa ntly, cabinet positions technically been incarcerated. importantly, cabinet positions are starting to be confirmed. he raised no objection to the secretary general of the democratic action party, the mainly chinese party, taking the finance ministry. ajob formerly controlled by najib razak. that go into a big chinese party. they are one third of the coalition in terms of seats, it is an important symbol that cabinet positions will be apportioned fairly among the coalition partners a

anwar ibrahim, of course, has to fightan anwar ibrahim, of course, has to fight an election.free to get into politics. doctor mahathir mohamad has said that within two years he will step aside and allow anwar ibrahim to become prime minister. but there is a lot of work to do not just in carrying out the transition, but also in managing this quite difficult relationship between these two very strong—willed man. jonathan, thank you very much indeed for now. meghan markle's father is reported to have said he won't attend his daughter's wedding to prince harry on saturday because he needs to undergo a heart procedure. there have been concerns over his health since allegations surfaced he'd staged press photographs of himself preparing for the wedding. from buckingham palace, our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has this update. the picture really is absolutely unclear tonight. a few hours ago, the celebrity gossip website tmz, which was the first last night to report that thomas markle would not be attending the wedding, weel tonight, it was reporting that he changed his min

anwar ibrahim, who symbolised opposition from his jail cell, now a free man.t he began 20 years ago had eaten the odds and broken a 60 year long monopoly on power in malaysia. it all happened thanks to his reconciliation with this man, 92—year—old mahathir mohamad, wants his rival, then his jailer, and now once again ally. so was it difficult for him to make a deal with mahathir doctor mahathir mohamad, which ensure the success? frankly, initially i had my misgivings. but i had seen his speeches, and had seen reports of meetings, and finally, his commitment during the campaign. some were a bit cynical in the past, thinking this is anwar 2.0. but i realise you are dealing with a different man. even as he was enjoying his first two hours of freedom, police were rating the home of the man he defeated. former prime minister najib razak was implicated ina minister najib razak was implicated in a massive corruption scandal. how quickly the tables have turned. that night, a large crowd came out to celebrate anwar‘s release, and the renewed partnership with the man wh

as far as the message we got from anwar ibrahim, he is co mforta ble from anwar ibrahim, he is comfortablenot in a great rush. venezuela will hold presidential elections this weekend, amid an economic backdrop that is getting worse by the day. amid mass shortages of food and medicine, many pregnant women are fleeing the country to seek proper medical care. but that's hitting venezuela's neighbours hard, as katy watson reports from boa vista in brazil, near the border with venezuela. meet baby max, a brand—new life and, for his mum, a brand—new start. back home in venezuela she rarely ate more than one meal a day. and with a packet of nappies costing four months' wages, she had little choice but to leave. awards keep filling up with little venice whalers. there are only 64 beds in this hospital. —— little venezuelans. it beds in this hospital. —— little venezuela ns. it is beds in this hospital. —— little venezuelans. it is the only maternity hospital in the state. translation: we are running out of supplies, basic medicine, and beds. we sing cases of anaemia in pregnant women and urinary i

this is accelerating the return to power of anwar ibrahim, that promise, people will be scrutinising has agreed to hand over power to anwar ibrahim, who has to be elected as an mp, but that could be brought forward very quickly. of course, everyone is making a big deal of the fact that doctor muhammad hadi is in fact 52. —— doctor harty muhamed. he tried to unseat him in 1998, he tried to bring it reformed the malaysia after that, he lost power. these two men are former rivals, they appear to have kissed and made up in order to unseat najib razak, who had jailed anwar ibrahim on suddenly charges, but it is awkward and we have already seen some of this emerged that the announcement of some members of the cabinet, clearly anwar ibrahim's party, which is now led by his wife, is unhappy with some of the initial appointments as i think this is going to be an awkward coalition at their. and before they even get down the government, let's face it, they are going to have to deal with the ousted prime minister, najib razak. the prime minister braided a block on the weekend to secure sensitive

he will hand over power, to anwar ibrahim within two yea rs of. power, to anwar ibrahim within two yearsd and certainly older before he went into prison. he was saying, let him govern, i have no desire to get into politics, i want to travel. he also stressed that as far as things are going, he is comfortable with the processes that have been undertaken even in these last few days while he has still been technically incarcerated. importantly, cabinet technically incarcerated. importa ntly, cabinet positions technically incarcerated. importantly, cabinet positions are starting to be confirmed. he raised no objection to the secretary general of the democratic action party, the mainly chinese party, taking the finance minister, a powerfuljob taking the finance minister, a powerful job that was taking the finance minister, a powerfuljob that was cruise controlled by najib razek, that go into a big chinese parties. they at one third of the coalition in terms of seats, an important symbol that cabinet positions will be given fairly. as far as the message we got from anwar ibrahim was that he wa

anwar ibrahim is looking quite tired, and older than when i saw him before he went into prison.govern, i am in no great rush to get into politics, would be happy to travel a little bit and see my family. he also stressed that as far as things are going, he is very coupled with the processes that have been undertaken in these last few days while he has still been incarcerated. importantly, cabinet positions are starting to be confirmed will stop he raised no objection, for example, to the secretary general of the democratic action party, the mainly chinese party, taking the finance ministry. it was formerly controlled by prime minister najib razak. the help of violence that may close. it is an important symbol that they will be apportioned fairly between the coalition partners and according to merit. as far as the message we got from anwar ibrahim, he is comfortable with the way things are and is not in a great rush. venezuela will hold presidential elections this weekend, amid an economic backdrop that is getting worse by the day. amid mass shortages of food and medicine, many p

as anwar ibrahim is released from prison. the former opposition leader proclaims a "new dawn" for malaysia. at the same time, police raid the home of the defeated prime minister as they investigate his multi—billion dollar investment fund. uncertainty surrounds the summit between the us president and the north korean leader as pyongyang threatens to cancel the talks. but donald trump says he remains hopeful. and this story is trending on bbc.com. so, what are you hearing? is it laurel or yanny? the internet is divided. apparently, it's all a matter of which frequency you hear. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: the east coast mainline is to be taken back into public control temporarily, after the government decided to end the franchise five years early. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. chinese tech heavyweight delivers a record quarterly roberts because of its legion of mobile gamers. then the chinese manufacturing city will be one of the big los

refused to pardon her and rejected financial compensation delta malaysian opposition leader anwar ibrahim is to be granted a full royal pardon following allowing him rather to leave prison in the coming days and paving the way for a potential political comeback the new malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad says that he will hand power to anwar ibrahim in the few years time is the latest move in a stunning week of political developments in malaysia which had been ruled by the same party for decades historic moment for malaysia's opposition the swearing in of a new government leader anwar ibrahim had to watch it from his hospital room he's serving a sentence for sodomy charges that his supporters say are politically motivated a crowd of his supporters outside with signs reading let's all save malaysia and anwar has returned and his wife as easily one is mailed discussed a pardon with the king and then he actually expressed these personal wish. to be unlike the soonest possible but the pardons also it's also important for him to be able to participate in fact it was a take. it comes afte

when anwar ibrahim is released from prison, it was supposed to be today but it was removed.tration? he will be the head of his party, the pkr, the largest part of the coalition that mahathir is heading. but he will most likely wait until there was a transition with mahathir stepping down, perhaps one or two yea rs stepping down, perhaps one or two years from now. senior advisor, major role in the government of mahathir, why not deputy prime minister, a role he had many years ago and then prime minister mahathir? of course, if he were to ta ke mahathir? of course, if he were to take that role, that would put him ina take that role, that would put him in a subordinate position to mahathir and also could allow the transition to be lengthy. it's in his interests to remain outside pressure. there is pressure at some point in the next year or two or mahathir to yield and give way. so he wants to take a different leadership succession model than the one in the previous decade? exactly. is this the best way for him to assume the top role in malaysia?” think so. if he takes that posi

my next guest is malaysia's long-time opposition hero anwar ibrahim. he has an incredible story.is an intrigue-filled story of political rivalry and redemption that might even make the bar blush. a crusade of reform and democracy in this vital corner of the world has spent more than a decade in prison since his mentor turned tormenter threw him to the wolves on charges of corruption and homosexuality which is still illegal there. last week the very same man, 92-year-old muhammad won another election by promising to spring anwar from jail. he is now free proclaiming a new era for pau malaysia, suggesting he has forgiven him for the trumped up charges, and warning his zeal for cleaning up after what america calls the largest cleptography case, we found him to be about as happy as a school boy when he joined me earlier from koala aluminum par. >>> anwar ibrahim, welcome to the program. a freeman at last. >> thank you, a privilege. >> how do you feel? this is the second time you've been in and out of the long spell in what you call trumped up charges. how does it feel to be out this

you groomed anwar ibrahim succeed you in the 1990s.se acma better way to succeed you in 2003. your approval was crucial in the prime minister succeeding. you have turned against all of them, what is that is a against you? when they were given power they changed. they are not the same. he did not steal money when i was prime minister, he stole money after i stepped down. at least i got to know after a step down. the system he is now using to hold onto power is the very system that in 22 yea rs of power power is the very system that in 22 years of power that you created is. he is not using the system, he is abusing the system. during my time the system was the same. but i did not abuse. they did not sell money from the government. i gave money to the government. and i didn't have scandals like he has. when you reflect back, you look at the state of malaysia today, do you feel any personal responsibility for the problems your country has now? no, i don't think i had much to worry about during my period of time. i was able to grow the coun

for many years, anwar ibrahim was cast as the villain of malaysian politics.rial and jailed — although he always maintained his innocence. but in a remarkable reversal of political fortune, malaysia's newly elected prime minister, mahathir mohamad, has promised him a full pardon and dangled the prospect that he could take over as prime minister in a couple of years. from kuala lumpur, jonathan head reports. this was the moment mahathir mohamad completed the most unlikely of political comebacks — sworn in as prime minister at the age of 92, 15 years after he last held the post. watching from his hospital room, anwar ibrahim, his one—time protege, then rival and now political ally. this morning, dr mahathir let everyone know on his twitter account that he was getting straight down to work but there was one order of business more important than the rest — something he said he had discussed with the king at his inauguration, getting mr anwar released from prison. it is going to be a full pardon which first means that he will not only be pardoned, he should be rele

the inquiry today also remembered two other little girls, fathia and hania, and their mother, rania ibrahim# amazing grace. # how sweet the sound...

rania ibrahim died with her two girls, fethia and hania. four—year—old fethia's sweet voice filled the inquiry room. i want to hug you... and do something with yourselves. thank you, goodbye! everyone struggled with their emotions, including the inquiry chairman. rania's niece read her mother's tribute. i watched her grow into a young woman. i prepared herfor her wedding and watched her children grow with mine. never in my life have i thought that i would be in herfuneral. also lost in the fire, zainab deen and her two—year—old sun jeremiah.

rania ibrahim died with her two girls, fethia and hania. four—year—old fethia's sweet voice filled the inquiry room. i want to hug you... and do something with yourselves. thank you, goodbye! everyone struggled with their emotions, including the inquiry chairman. rania's niece read her mother's tribute. i watched her grow into a young woman. i prepared herfor her wedding and watched her children grow with mine. never in my life have i thought that i would be in herfuneral. also lost in the fire, zainab deen

inside this hospital in malaysia, anwar ibrahim, a man who has been in jailfor corruption anwar ibrahiminister in a years time possibly. we've gotten to this extraordinary situation. mahathir mohamad, 92 years old, became prime minister in the recent elections, ousting najib razak and promised if he won power, he would hand it over to anwar ibrahim, getting a kings pardon to be released. we expect him to be released from hospital any moment now. hello again, good morning. nearly all of us still look like being dry through the rest of this week and into the weekend as well. the temperatures are going to change a bit and we've got some chilly nights on the way, but here in hampshire, we had the highest temperature on tuesday, 23.7 celsius, but the next few days will be cooler by day as well as by night, but a lot of dry weather and some sunshine around as well. now, the cooler air comes around this area of high pressure following that weather front there. ahead of that weather front, we've got some stronger winds, making it feel chillier across many parts of england and wales, together wi

malaysia's jailed opposition leader anwar ibrahim is to be granted a full royal pardon allowing him to leave prison in the next few days and paving the way for a political comeback the country's newly elected prime minister mahathir mohamad said the said that he will hand power to mr anwar in a few years it's the latest move in a week of surprising political developments in malaysia which had been governed by the same party for decades. historic moment for malaysia's opposition the swearing in of a new government but leader anwar ibrahim had to watch it from his hospital room he's serving a sentence for sodomy charges that his supporters say are politically motivated. a crowd of his supporters outside with signs reading let's all save malaysia and anwar has returned and his wife as easily one is mailed discussed a pardon with the king and then actually it's prince that he's placed no wish. to to be unlike the soonest possible that the pardons also be frontin for him to be able to participate i think while it's. it comes after former prime minister mahathir mohamad triumphed as head of

he told me what role he thinks that mr ibrahim will play on his release. also be the head of his party, pique are, which is the largest component party of the coalition that mahathir mohamad is heading. but he will most likely wait until there was a transition with mahathir stepping down, perhaps one or two years from now. senior advisor, a major role in the government of mahathir, why not deputy prime minister, a role he had many years ago under then prime minister mahathir? of course. if he were to take that role, that would put him in a subordinate position to mahathir mohammed and also could allow the transition to be lengthier. it's in his interest to remain outside and pressure. as long as he's outside but he's not presuming a position as dpm, there's pressure at some point over the next yearfor mahathir pressure at some point over the next year for mahathir mohamad to yield and give way. so he wants to take a different leadership succession model than the one in the previous decade? exactly. do you think this is the best way for him to assume the to

let's bring in our guests joining us in beirut there retired general in the lebanese army in doha ibrahim from the huts he's an associate professor in international conflict resolution at the doha institute for graduate studies and also in bader would come out was named founder of the center of american strategic studies a warm welcome to you all now kemet i want to ask you first how big a loss was this for south how did he and his future block and why was his showing so poor and his stronghold areas. of course he lost one third of his collision at a major loss for his coalition but in the hand levanon is built on consensus and i'm sure maybe the political process that gone forward will find a place for him and maybe he return as a prime minister of lebanon with accommodation for certain points that the highlights maybe the importance of the resistance again and importance of a real. plan for the economic condition and lebanon and light of the major deficit that we have in lebanon and the corruption that we have and lebanon so i'll end in total yes he lost influence and probably gives. a

for many years, anwar ibrahim was cast as the villain of malaysian politics.rime minister, he was twice put on trial and jailed, although he always maintained his innocence. but in a remarkable reversal of political fortune, malaysia's newly—elected prime minister mahathir mohamad has promised him a full pardon and dangled the prospect that he could take over as prime minister in a couple of years. from kuala lumpur, here's our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. this was the moment mahathir mohamad completed the most unlikely of political comebacks, sworn in as prime minister at the age of 92, 15 years after he last held the post. watching from his hospital room, anwar ibrahim, his one—time protege, then rival and now political ally. this morning, dr mahathir let everyone know on his twitter account that he was getting straight down to work but there was one order of business more important than the rest, something he said he had discussed with the king at his inauguration, getting mr anwar released from prison. it is going to be a full pardon which f

the form was sent to ibrahim, an asylum seeker from northern africa, four weeks ago.tity as he fears talking may damage his asylum claim. i got the letter before my exam, two weeks before my exams, so i couldn't study and i couldn't have my exams. you're not allowed to work. yes. you're also not allowed to study. what does that feel like? feel like angry and depression, sometimes i cry. sometimes i'm thinking about other things, thinking i would kill myself. i can't study, so what am i going to do? this is the one way i can make my life better but now even they closed one way. the day before ibrahim's exam, his study restriction was removed after judicial review. reading the letter was like, why? what is this? but newsnight has spoken to others like ibrahim with similar experiences of people who should never have been told they couldn't study. we asked the home office whether they kept figures on immigration bail. we were told that they weren't routinely published. and the study ban should only be applied to people who have exhausted their asylum appeal. so, we asked

jailed opposition icon anwar ibrahim is hours away from his royal reprieve.essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican. the man they call the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake, the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, garry kasparov. it's the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america! this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: north kor

kenya still ahead on al-jazeera malaysia's king agrees to pardon the jailed opposition leader anwar ibrahim paving the way for his eventual return to politics and how the braggs a vote is said to have sparked a growing culture of racism in the u.k. . by the springtime flowering of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on a winter's day. hello and welcome back signs of the monsoon across southeast asia with the system producing outbreaks of rain across china some heavy rains being reported here but see some rain extending up towards the river valley but the skies fuzhou hong kong and indeed for taiwan weather conditions are looking dry it's looking pretty wet across parts of vietnam protect the northern areas extending into indochina during the course of suff late on sunday but further north across china that frontal system does begin to weaken i said down into southeastern parts of asia we've got one and two showers for the philippines but generally weather conditions not looking too bad middle of that thirty five degrees heavy showers across borneo but for java and bali the weather is gen

let's bring in our guests joining us in beirut there retired general in the lebanese army in doha ibrahim from a hot he's an associate professor in international conflict resolution at the doha institute for graduate studies and also in beta would come out who was named founder of the center of american strategic studies a warm welcome to you all now kemet i want to ask you first how big a loss was this for south how did he and his future block and why was his showing so poor and his stronghold areas. of course he lost one third of his collision it's a major loss for his coalition but in the hand levanon is built on consensus and i'm sure maybe the political process going forward will find a place for him and maybe he return as a prime minister of lebanon with accommodation for certain points that the highlights maybe the importance of the resistance again and importance of a real. plan for the economic condition and lebanon and light of the major deficit that we have in lebanon and the corruption that we have and lebanon so i'll end in total yes he lost influence and probably gives. a wa

historic moment for malaysia's opposition the swearing in of a new government leader anwar ibrahim had to watch it from his hospital room he's serving a sentence for sodomy charges that his supporters say are politically motivated a crowd of his supporters outside with signs reading let's all save malaysia and anwar has returned. and his wife as he's a one is male discussed a pardon with the king and then he actually expressed that he splits no wish. to be enlightened soon it's possible that the padded cells looked in for him to be able to participate in fact it was it's. it comes after former prime minister mahathir mohamad triumphed as head of the opposition against. the berri sun national coalition the alliance has ruled malaysia for decades and mahathir himself was prime minister for twenty years at the party's head. now in a remarkable turnaround anwar is set to become prime minister as mahathir says he'll turn over power once anwar is pardoned that can't happen soon enough for and more supporters who described his joy at the events that he had been. this push me up a bit with the

anwar ibrahim has been put injailagain by to get here.portugal now. the president of portugal has blocked a move to make it easier for people to change their gender identity and name in official documents. it blocks a law that would allow people under the age of 18 the right self—determine their gender. currently only five european countries — malta, norway, denmark, ireland and belgium — use that model and, on april 18th, portuguese lawmakers voted to join that group. president marcelo rebelo de sousa told mps to consider the need of a test for those under the age of 18. his statement went on the presidential website calling for "the provision of prior medical evaluation for citizens under 18 years of age". earlier alison roberts in lisbon told me more. the president yesterday vetoed a law passed last month by parliament. not overwhelmingly but with the majority of the deputies who voted that would allow anyone over 16 to change gender in the official civil register and that would be without the need of any kind of medical report, as lon

meanwhile the opposition politician, anwar ibrahim, celebrated a "new dawn" for his country on his release from prison michigan state university has agreed to pay $500 million in compensation to female gymnasts sexually abused by the american sports doctor, larry nassar, who worked there. in january, nassar was jailed for up to 300 years on hundreds of counts of abuse. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. i'm outside the headquarters of turkey's ruling ak parti, in the capital, ankara. my guest is president recep tayyip erdogan. he's busy preparing for elections which he's called a year and a half early. is he trying to pre—empt a possible slide in his popularity, or simply trying to tighten his grip on power? and how worried is he about military escalation in the middle east, following that decision by donald trump to pull out of the iran nuclear deal? president recep tayyip erdogan, welcome to hardtalk. barack 0bama says donald trump's decision to pull out of the nuclear dealwas, iquote, "misguided and could trigger an arms race in the region." do you sh

have been making news around the world malaysian politician and former deputy prime minister anwar ibrahim is set to walk free after spending years in jail that's following the first ever transfer of power there the new prime minister marketeer mohamed says that the king has told him that will be pardoned martir also promised to hand anwar the prime minister's job when he retires. to indonesia now where a volcano has erupted near one of the country's major cities mt merapi located near yogyakarta is indonesia's most active peak now with his blowing off steam indonesian authorities have ordered nearby residents to evacuate and briefly shut down the local airport. seven people have been found dead on a remote farm in western australia in what appears to be the country's worst mass shooting in decades police are called to the property outside of perth where they found the bodies of four children and three adults they are treating the incident as a murder suicide. many syrian refugees dream of returning to their homes one day but according to a new syrian law just introduced by the assad regim

and two more of the 18 children who died were remembered, fathia and hania and their mother rania ibrahimnt said she needed to understand how they were lost. hesham was kind, generous and with a heart of gold. we are here because of failure. we are here because the system failed. the system was allowed to kill hesham rahman and 71 other ones. sadness today, but also pain that the shocking images of the fire shown to the enquiry left so many feeling distressed. lucy manning, bbc news. it's only three days since their wedding but today the duke and duchess of sussex — or harry and meghan as they're better known — had their first public engagement as a married couple. they were at a buckingham palace garden party hosted by the prince of wales. nicholas witchell was there. she's formally part of the family now. three days into married life, and meghan was at buckingham palace for a very early 70th birthday celebration for her father—in—law and his charity work, led by harry, but nearly ruined by a passing bumblebee. sorry... that bee really got me! laughter. and then it was time to practice t

malaysian opposition leader anwar ibrahim is set to walk free after spending years in jail now that's following the first ever transfer of power in that country the new prime minister marty our mohammed says the king has told him that on war will be pardoned r.t.r. has also promised to hand and war the prime minister's job when he retires. the former cut along leader has rejected being reappointed as leader of that spanish region he wants fellow independence backer kim toro to become the region's next president lawmakers must pick a leader by may the twenty second to avoid new elections almost a group. while it will be the first ever meeting of a sitting u.s. president in the north korean leader president donald trump announced in a tweet that he will be meeting north korea's leader kim jong un in singapore and june the twelfth now singapore is in the rare position of having diplomatic relations with both washington and pyongyang plus a track record of hosting sensitive encounters it is also within flying range of north korea's aircraft which would have to stop to refuel if the two le

correspondents on the ground now our political correspondent thomas sparrow monitoring the demonstration ibrahim she's been keeping an eye on the counter demonstrations for starting with you thomas the f.t. rally is over i believe what was its central message today. its central message christopher was that they want a different type of germany that they're not that they do not necessarily agree with the way things have developed they do not necessarily agree with angela merkel they do not necessarily agree with government's policies when it comes to immigration when it comes to the euro when it comes to integration you name it it was basically a call here in berlin for a different type of germany and that was also evident from the other protesters as well it was in a way actually of different visions and well let's go to those other counter-demonstrations i have been monitoring them for us some of what has their message been the counter-demonstrators. its import its exactly what you see these are country demonstrations these demonstrations never would have happened had the advantage have this sh

let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines today malaysian reformist leader anwar ibrahim has been released from prison courting to the palace the former deputy prime minister has been granted a royal pardon the release comes after his opposition alliance won the elections earlier this month and more abraham was imprisoned in two thousand and fifteen on sodomy charges. at least sixteen people have died after a bridge collapsed in india and authorities fear more may be trapped and it happened in the temple town of modern during a busy evening traffic rescuers were able to save several people. and renowned american writer tom wolfe has died at the age of eighty eight and he's regarded as one of the most influential authors of his era and his career spanned five decades will help create the style known as new journalism which used fiction techniques to tell nonfiction stories he died in a new york hospital of an impact. north korea has threatened cancel a planned summit with u.s. president donald trump it said it would not take part if washington insists that it give up its n

were violently he jailed his deputy prime minister ibrahim in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight after he called for reforms but in a twist of this election had to has said he will hand over power to him and two years but malaysians will have to wait and see if this i'm pushes political veteran who would really be ready to retire for good. stitcher modern out of our top stories this hour three americans free from the tension north korea have arrived back in the u.s. president's office on half the airport. present expressed optimism ahead of a planned u.s. north korea something. the state of your news live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for being with us. we speak different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all speak up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of the press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters w made for minds.

the imprisoned former opposition leader in malaysia, anwar ibrahim, has been released after a royal pardonn due course. me me that are making —— now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media. we begin with the gulf news, which features one of our main stories today — the violence in gaza, in which dozens of palestinian demonstrators were killed by the israeli army in protests against the opening of the us embassy injerusalem. the front page shows a picture of a palestinian mother mourning the death of her 8—month—old infant, who died after inhaling tear gas. it is quite tricky to see that, it is very squished, that graphic. the metro reports that with just days to go before the royal wedding, meghan markle's father, thomas won't be attending because he needs to undergo a heart procedure. let's now move onto the daily telegraph. its front page headline says "economy at a menopausal moment". the deputy governor of the bank of england has suggested britain's economy is entering this new phase after passing peak productivity. we will explain what the financial times

malaysia, former prime minister najib razak is under investigation, whilst reformist politician anwar ibrahim has been released from jail. and we'll be listening to the sound experiment that's divided the internet into two camps, what are you hearing? that's all coming up. north korea has threatened to cancel next month's summit with donald trump, if the us insists it gives up its nuclear weapons. in an angry statement. the north warned: if the us is trying to drive us into a corner to force our unilateral nuclear abandonment, we will no longer be interested in such dialogue. well, mr trump was asked today if the meeting would go ahead. this is his response. we haven't seen anything, we haven't heard anything, we will see what happens. whatever it is... total denuclearisation has been a clear goal for mr trump. here he is after pyongyang released three american prisoners last week. my proudest achievement will be, this is a part of it but, will be when we denuclearize that entire peninsula. this is what people up and waiting for for a long time. another reason north korea says it is on the br

genie: in malaysia, reformist itser anwar ibrahim has layered what he called "a new dawn" for the countryter his -- after his release from accompanied his return to politics. david a part king into a widely criticized -- king gave a pardon to a widely charge againstmy him. marseille will face madrid in the europa league final. that matches taking place tonight at 9 p.m. i am sure you army -- at 9:00 p.m. simon, i'm sure you are making a lot of people jealous there. what is the atmosphere like their? reporter: it is absolutely brilliant. i am right in the center of the city. there is a fan zone going on. plenty of activity for the fans to dig into. it is really cranking up as the kickoff gets closer. if you have a look on my left, you can see all the fans actually standing here. --ot of them athletic oho madrid fans. plenty of spanish support in the city, all gunning for their third europa league win in 10 years. madrid, at the turn of the decade, were incredibly successful in the competition. the fans are certainly here to get behind the team. genie: we can also see behind you as you are

anwar ibrahim was twice put on trial and in jail. in ae remarka reversal of political fortune, malaysia's newly elected prime minister has promised him a full pardon and that he could take over as prime minister. reporter: this was the man who completed the mostnlikely of political comebacks. sworn in as prime minister at the age of 92, 15 years after he last held the post. watching from his hospital room, anwar i fro him and then rival, mr. mahathir. there was one order of business more important than the rest. something he said he discussed with the king at his inauguration a getting mar released from prison. >> it is going to be a full pardon. we discused that he should not only be pardoned but released immediately when he is pardoned. after that, he'll be free to participate fully in polits. >> this is the next essential stage in an extraordinary rsonal drama between these two men who began as partners in power, broke up into acrimonious rivalry and have been brought back aogether agains allies in thisl unexpectedly success bid t

he was also the man who first sent anwar ibrahim to prison in the early ninety's however they've been political allies with him serving as his deputy prime minister but their relationship soured in the latest twist it was the prime minister who was behind his old photos released from jail. they said it was i who put him in detention now i set him free but. the. prime minister mohammed has signalled anwar will replace him within two years but for now the hero of the moment is enjoying his liberty. we head to the philippines next where the government has been looking into how filipino workers in. it are treated by their employers this after the brutal murder off a woman joanna demo fellas by her employers now she worked in kuwait as a maid and her body was found in a freezer in an employer's home in february her killing prompted philippines president details to two brand filipinos from working in the gulf country an official estimates put the number of filipino workers in kuwait at more than two hundred and fifty thousand they are part of roughly ten million filipino filipinos who work

and malaysia's king agrees to pardon jailed opposition leader anwar ibrahim paving the way in him for him eventually to become prime minister. palestinians being killed and hundreds more have been injured on the israel gaza border joining demonstrations on the seventh friday in a row forty two people have now been killed in the protests which call for palestinian refugees to be able to return to their ancestral lands taken from them by israel stephanie decker reports from gaza the injuries started early this young man was shot in his lower leg as he tried to pull that israel's fence it's a seventh friday protest years here called the great march of return a passion well established by now tires brought right to the front and set on fire to obscure israeli sniper positions many palestinians have been coming here every friday for seven weeks now in the lemon leg. we're not going to stop our protests we will not move until we get our rights if the international community was on us but us and implemented a two state solution it was promised our lives would be so much better no one can acc