in kuala lumpur a weather update thanks to an al jazeera then. we have worked with local leaders to counter local spikes with targeted restrictions the u.k. government defends its efforts to limit the pandemics rise in northern cities. however it rained heavily yesterday in the balkans as this frontal system with waves on the edges slowly eastwards it's a cold front this cold air behind it this is the highest figure of 525 millimeters now that's enough of this possible for flash flooding for landslides potentially and that's likely to happen a bit further east a bit further north today as this wave runs up this system now it's not abnormal for this to happen this time of the year but this is heavy slow moving right running out through the ukraine having gone through remain here and is sitting now in austria which means that backwash cold will be felt in vienna for the next 3 days it should be 50 degrees on average we're down tonight and it's a windy 9 on wednesday so you will feel the wind chill as well which is likely to affect germany the low c

number is going to be reach very quickly the vast areas of malaysia including its biggest city kuala lumpurand now back under tight restrictions after a spike in cases all schools are shot with religious and sporting events halted for the next 2 weeks it comes 4 months after a 3 month long national lockdown was lifted 660 more people were infected in the past 24 hours with 4 people dying. well asia's opposition leader has gone out on a limb in his bid to unseat the prime minister and why abraham met the country's king saying he'd handed over evidence that he has enough support at the palace disputed his account and this florence reports from kuala lumpur the prime minister may have little to worry about. 3 weeks after he 1st said he had the support of the majority in parliament malaysian opposition leader i know i brought him finally got to meet the king who was carrying what he says is proof he has a convincing majority to form a new government i would appeal to. listens to exercise. patience wisdom. the king to digest and decide based. the. question is i miss the response from the palace

has a convincing majority to replace prime minister mark india seen foreign slowey reports from kuala lumpur. a list containing 121 names of politicians who allegedly back opposition leader anwar ibrahim's bid to form a new government has reportedly gone viral on social media now police say they've received more than 100 reports on friday afternoon on police headquarters in kuala lumpur to be questioned police say they're investigating based on provisions that make it an offense to publish or circulate statements that could cause public my street or harassment is clearly. malicious it is clearly a political had a statement and clearly from my understanding they. political instruction to be here police because the many questions were. and. those 'd brought up. the members of. malaysia has had 2 prime ministers this year and a change in government all within 2 years of holding the last general election. prime minister and we didn't yes and was sworn in in march and critics have accused him of stealing power by switching allegiances analysts say anwar is attempting to do the same by creating ne

soldiers and heavy machinery of been deployed to help search for survivors let's go live now to kuala lumpur al-jazeera florence louis can tell us more florence about the situation in vietnam. that's right now this is to one of the strongest typhoons to hit the country in 20 years and before the typhoon hit the government had moved more about 40000 people to emergency shelters it also or told the factories offices and schools to shut to prevent casualties and even though the typhoon had weakened to a tropical depression after it made landfall on wednesday it still brought lots of heavy rain and that rain set of landslides in central vietnam that's buried dozens of people it's also many others are still missing now hundreds of soldiers have been deployed for search rescue and recovery work they're using bulldozers excavators to open up blocked roads they're trying to bring in more rescuers more heavy equipment to help in the search and rescue work but heavy rain is making their work more difficult now the 2 villages where the worst of the landslides took place is in a coastal province in cent

has been following the developments from kuala lumpur. opposition leader anwar ibrahim said he bet the king and presented him documents including statutory declarations and statements from party leaders to show that he's got the support of more than 120 members of parliament 112 is needed for a simple majority now one on one has been seeking an audience with the king since he announced last month that he's got the support of the majority in parliament and was seeking to be appointed prime minister but he hasn't been able to meet with the king until tuesday because the monarch has been on well but shortly after on one's press conference the state the palace issued a statement saying that while anwar informed the palace just how many members of parliament supports him he did not name them the pilot the statement also said the king has advised on want to abide by and respect the constitutional process now that's the 1st hurdle for convincing the king that he has the support of the majority in parliament the 2nd is the king could still on the

live from kuala lumpur. russia's foreign minister says that turkey that supports azerbaijan will not be involved in peace talks over the disputed region of the going to come about the foreign ministers of armenia and russia have been meeting in moscow mania and azerbaijan accuse each other of violating a cease fire with casualties on both sides bernard smith reports from chorus in armenia. when an armenian missile hit the apartment block where an urchin ali had lived there was supposed to be a ceasefire. this was another brick 9 people died in this attack on ganja on sunday azerbaijan's 2nd largest city here they have no interest in a ceasefire. if you let me go to war mom i'm going i'm going that chanting turkey is giving azerbaijan its full support and its fight to reassert sovereignty over the ethnic armenian enclave of nagorno-karabakh an adjacent land occupied by armenia now is area president wants turkey to be involved in talks to find a solution to the conflict but russia isn't interested. so i miss t

s to take over florence the reports from kuala lumpur. 3 weeks after he 1st said he had the support of the majority in parliament malaysian opposition leader i know i brought him finally got to meet the king who was carrying what he says is proof he has a convincing majority to form a new government i would appeal to. listens to exercise. patience wisdom. and. the king to death and decide based on. the. question is i guess the response from the palace came quickly shortly after our noise news conference the palace issued a statement that seemed to contradict on was assertion that he provided evidence of majority support in parliament the statement said and i want told the king how many members of parliament support him but did not provide their names it went on to say the king also known as the agong has advised on want to abide by and respect the constitutional process for the risk is that his credibility is under threat in order for it to reach the numbers that he's claiming of over 120 this is the perceptions are that this involves some members of i know we used to lead malaysia bef

resign let's get more now from from florence louis who joins us live from kuala lumpur florence it'sa bit confusing this power struggle that we're seeing a malaysia usually if you have a majority in parliament you get to be in charge so what's different here why is is there this tussle between those 2 men at the top. well i brought him the opposition leader says he has the support of the majority in parliament now he says he's got the support of more than 120 members of parliament and 112 is needed for a simple majority but he hasn't been able to prove he has the support now when he 1st made his announcement last month the prime minister said well prove it now anwar today met with the king and he said he furnished documents including statutory declarations as well as statements from party leaders to show that he's got the support of the majority in parliament well shortly after his press conference the palace issued a statement saying that while anwar still inform the palace that he's got the support of the majority in parliament he did not name the members of parliament who backed h

words a convincing majority to replace prime minister more he seen florence louise reports from kuala lumpur. a list containing 121 names of politicians who allegedly back opposition leader anwar ibrahim's bid to form a new government has reportedly gone viral on social media now police say they've received more than 100 reports on friday afternoon on more arrive here at police headquarters in kuala lumpur to be questioned police say they're investigating based on provisions that make it an offense to publish or circulate statements that could cause public mistreat or harassment is. just. a political ad a statement and clearly from my understanding. political is thought. police because the men. and the issues. those brought up purely on the issue of. their members or their malaysia has had 2 prime ministers this year and a change in government all within 2 years of holding the last general election. prime minister and we don't yes and was sworn in in march and critics have accused him of stealing power by switching allegiances analysts say anwar is attempting to do the same by creating new p

that he has enough support but the palace disputed his account and as florence louis reports from kuala lumpurthe prime minister may have little to worry about. 3 weeks after he 1st said he had the support of the majority in parliament malaysian opposition leader i know i brought him finally got to meet the king who was carrying what he says is proof he has a convincing majority to form a new government i would appeal to. listens to exercise. patience wisdom. and. the king to digest. decide. the. question i have is the response from the palace came quickly shortly after our noise news conference the palace issued a statement that seemed to contradict analysts assertion that he provided evidence of majority support in parliament the statement said and i want told the king how many members of parliament support him but did not provide their names it went on to say the king also known as the agong has advised on want to abide by and respect the constitutional process for the risk is that his credibility is under threat in order for it to reach the numbers that he's claiming of over 120 this is th

was speaking at a joint news conference with his malaysian counterparart hishammuddin hussein in kuala lumpurn tuesday. >> translator: the strategy increases the confrontation among different groups. blocs and geopolitical competition maintains the predominance and hegemonic system of ththe u.s. >> he added the strategy will l eventually undermine prospects for pepeace and development of eastsisia. wang was reacting to the agreement bebetween the foreign affairs chieiefs of the four nationons last week in tokyo to work toward creating a free and open indo-pacific region. the e chinese foreigign ministr says that wang and hishammuddin agreed the south china sea should not be a ground for competition among major powers. wang is on a southeast asian tour, apparently carrying out a mission to try to curb u.s. influeuence in the regn. >>> the japanese government has lodged a protest over two chinese papatrol ships that t h been in japan's territorial waters off the senkaku islands for more than two days, the longest intrusion in eight years. coast guard officials say the chinese vessels entered th

malaysian some century has said violating american anti bribery or was florence new reports from kuala lumpur's been described as kleptocracy at its worst a fund set up by the malaysian government under former prime minister najib razak to promote economic development in the country used instead as a vehicle for. us in malaysian authorities say 4 and a half $1000000000.00 is believed to have been stolen from the fund now goldman sachs the investment bank that helped raise billions of dollars in bonds for one m. d. b. has agreed to pay back nearly $3000000000.00 for its role in the scandal today's resolution is significant it includes criminal charges against the bank and a guilty plea by its malaysian subsidiary it also requires goldman to dischord the entirety of its $600000000.00 profit pay a $2300000000.00 penalty and admit wrongdoing agreement malaysian and u.s. prosecutors allege the bond sales provided one of the ways for associates of not to steal from the fund investigators say the stolen money was used to bribe corrupt officials buy luxury assets and even finance a hollywood film ove

$6000.00 positions and close down its regional airline cathay dragon slayer of siri reports now from kuala lumpur it's the latest live in asia to be impacted by the pandemic. cathay pacific only recently began recovering from protests in hong kong that badly hit demand last year but the pandemics dealt a 2nd blow with international borders closed the hong kong based ally and saw its passengers drop by nearly 82 percent in the 1st 8 months of this year it's announced it will cut nearly a quarter of its stock and shut down its regional if you catch a dragon analysts say they're not surprised. well. first cathay pacific is not the only ally in the region to undergo a major restructuring last month singapore airlines announced the largest retrenchment in its history cutting more than 20 percent of its stock tie always fall for bankruptcy protection in may here in malaysia the national carrier is in talks to restructure its debts but the finance minister recently said the government will not provide any financial relief or debt guarantees raising questions about the fate and future of malaysia airline

let's bring in our guest there or in kuala lumpur or tricia is c.e.o. of the institute for democracy and economic affairs ibrahim sofia is executive director of medical center a public opinion research organization bridget welsh is senior research associate in the center for democratic studies of the national taiwan university welcome to the program tricia now that i know what it brought him met with the king from a constitutional perspective what would be the steps taken by them or knock to find out whether and what about him generally has enough number of of parliamentarians to become prime minister and then an interesting day manager on the. next steps for the constitution of the constitution actually does not recognize the role of political party for its day all the agong it to do is to be convents means no we are a certain person holding the majority within parliament and in recent times what the members of parliament have that is that they produced that issue declaration and present at the to the agony and this is what happens all the way back in

resign more from our series florence lowy and kuala lumpur. the opposition leader on my brain says that during his meeting with the king he presented the monarch with documents including statutory declarations and. statements by party leaders to show that he's got the support of more than 120 members of parliament 112 is needed for a simple majority now and it's not clear though that on or has been able to convince the king that he does indeed have support of the majority in parliament shortly after our last press conference the palace issued a statement to say that yes indeed the meeting took place and yes i'm well told the king that he has the support of the majority in parliament but on want to not give a king the king a list of the names of members of parliament who he says support him which would strengthen his claim now on the prime minister's party as osha has also issued a statement to say that on one has once again failed to prove his claim so this is the 1st hurdle for anwar it's not clear that he has been successful then there is a

malaysia are migrants from indonesia india and bangladesh florence louie has more on this now from kuala lumpur. the world's most widely consumed vegetable oil palm oil is found in half of all consumer products from food to biofuel it's also been blamed for deforestation with companies accused of clearing huge tracts of forest for plantations and now one of the world's biggest palm oil producing company malaysia based energy holdings has been accused of mistreating its employees the u.s. has blocked imports of palm oil and palm oil products from the company after a year long investigation by its customs and border protection agency found cases of abuse deception and intimidation of workers. has issued a statement saying it's disappointed by the u.s. decision and that it's been taking steps over the past few years to uphold my best bandit's this is not the 1st time the company has been criticized for labor abuse 2 years ago it was sanctioned by the round table on sustainable palm oil a world certification group that promotes ethical production of palm oil for among other things forced labor and

they are working with advisors on the potential share sales and it's already traded in kuala lumpur andgapore. it would be the biggest ever listing by a malaysian company over in hong kong. the biggest banking takeover this year, saudi arabia's national commercial bank has .greed to buy a rival the new firm would have total assets of $220 billion, a cretin the gulf region's third-largest bank. its market cap would nearly match that of qatar's national bank, the middle east's biggest lender. that is your bloomberg business flash. francine: these are the events you should be looking at for this week. the imf and world bank will hold their meetings virtually. it starts today. at midday london time we will hear from christine lagarde. week, wall street banks also begin to report earnings. comment onutives to u.s. elections during earnings calls. tomorrow, apple is expected to unveil its 5g iphones. on thursday, we have another brexit deadline. european union leaders will meet in theory to approve a post-brexit trade deal. coming, food distribution retailing during the trent -- pandemic. up

landslides in some remote areas at least 12 fisherman have also been killed florence louis reports from kuala lumpur the 2 villages where the worst of the landslides took place is in a coastal province in central vietnam and this is a region that still recovering from floods earlier this month that killed about 130 people and destroyed hundreds of homes the government says this typhoon that hit has damaged 50000 homes and left millions of people without electricity and heavy rain is forecast to continue until at least saturday. u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe has described the chinese communist party is the biggest threat to religious freedom he was speaking during a visit to indonesia he said the party had tried to justify its brutalization of muslims as necessary for counter terrorism on pavers visiting the world's biggest muslim majority nation as part of a regional trip to bolster trade and security ties they have slashed all red cross is condemning growing violence in the local conflicts the latest ceasefire between us about seanad armenia appears to failed doctors tried to move patients

you go to the streets of shanghai and show a picture of david beckham or delhi or calcutta or kuala lumpurlightly wondering why you are the one who had to point this out when, if one gets a little personal about you, here you sit with me as the son of european nobility, educated at england's poshest private school and then oxford university, bastions of the english western anglo—centric establishment. how on earth did you come to the conclusion that there was something fundamentally wrong with the history you were reading? well, i'm a child of the cold war, and i grew up, every other friday, having to hide under my desk in a drill because we were convinced the soviet union was going to launch a missile attack that would destroy the world. we weren't worried about climate change in the ‘80s, we were worried about global destruction. and when i was, again, growing up as a teenager, seeing the revolution in iran, seeing the plo trying to hijack and demand statehood in the middle east, seeing what were called at the time vietnamese boat people, and the impact of what was happening in cambodia

most 6000 jobs and closing down its regional airline cathay dragon as far as new reports from kuala lumpur it's the latest in a series of blows to the airline industry. cathay pacific only recently began recovering from protests in hong kong that badly hit demand last year but the pandemics dealt a 2nd blow with international borders closed the hong kong based adeline saw its passengers drop by nearly 82 percent in the 1st 8 months of this year it's announced it will cut nearly a quarter of its stock and shut down its regional unit cathay dragon analysts say they're not surprised. when you. first cathay pacific is not the only ally in the region to undergo a major restructuring last month singapore airlines announced the largest retrenchment in its history cutting more than 20 percent of its stock tie and ways for bankruptcy protection in may here in malaysia the national carrier is in talks to restructure its debts but the finance minister recently said the government will not provide any financial relief or debt guarantees raising questions about the fate and future of malaysia airlines

work is in malaysia a migrant from indonesia india and bangladesh florence louis reports now from kuala lumpur. the world's most widely consumed vegetable oil palm oil is founded half of all consumer products from food to biofuel it's also been blamed for deforestation with companies accused of clearing huge tracts of forest for plantations and now one of the world's biggest palm oil producing company malaysia based energy holdings has been accused of mistreating its employees the u.s. has blocked imports of palm oil and palm oil products from the company after a year long investigation by its customs and border protection agency found cases of abuse deception and intimidation of workers. has issued a statement saying it's disappointed by the u.s. decision and that it's been taking steps over the past few years to uphold my best bandit's this is not the 1st time the company has been criticized for labor abuse 2 years ago it was sanctioned by the round table on sustainable palm oil a world certification group that promotes ethical production of palm oil for among other things forced labor and c

deployed to affected areas to help search for survivors sloan's louis is following developments from kuala lumpur. typhoon malaria is one of the worst typhoons to hit vietnam in 20 years it lashed the central region with heavy rain causing floods and setting off landslides hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to the worst hit areas to help and search for missing people in the kitty i'm sorry we must reach the landslide the fastest way 1st sending more soldiers before we can get the big machinery that we have to reach there by all means including using helicopters this village is blocked off and bulldozers and excavators are being used to open a road to fishing boats also sank off the coast of vietnam as the typhoon approached this region is still recovering from floods that killed more than $130.00 people and destroyed hundreds of houses earlier this month in a series of storms aid agencies say relieve resources will be pushed to the limit the government says more than $50000.00 homes have been damaged and millions of people left without electricity and more heavy rain is forecast to fall in c

hoping this will help encourage travel even if it's only by a small staff florence italy al-jazeera kuala lumpurcathay is not the only airline having to make some deep cuts american and united airlines made $32000.00 redundancies after u.s. government aid ended earlier this month that was on top of $50000.00 colleagues taking voluntary retirement since the pandemic began germany's love chance announced it was cutting $22000.00 full time jobs also europe's leading low cost carrier ryanair warned of more job losses after slashing its winter schedule $30.00 by 30 percent. and i also the international air transport association is forecasting losses of more than $80000000000.00 the worst year on brecourt for airlines. it's going to take probably $102024.00 and so the market fully recovers and the airlines you know they have a lot of support from the government especially in this initial 7 months which avoided a more bankruptcies so yeah i'm getting there they are relatively small manageable number vectors are but that's. not necessarily be renewed in every case there will be more bankruptcies in the

confidence against the prime minister when parliament reconvenes next month florence italy al-jazeera kuala lumpur nigeria's police have agreed to stop the use of force against protesters after more than a week of rallies calling for an end to police brutality according to a statement released by the president the police also agreed to the unconditional release of those detained during the protests the president also promised police reforms these 2 protesters and a police officer have died in these demonstrations the boats carrying more than a 1000 migrants have landed in the canary islands over the past week the red crosses the spanish islands haven't seen those sorts of numbers since 2006 most of the people making the journey come from west africa so nicholas hart has our report from senegal capital dhaka. my job is not ready to give up his dream playing football in europe he believes he can succeed where his uncles have failed 10 years after they went missing trying to make it to spain's canary islands by boat job is getting ready for the journey. to see if you leave field with worries and appr

things are still moving quite quickly in kuala lumpur and we will probably have a definite answer bytime this afternoon. tom: ok, james. there are elements of this we still don't know, as you alluded to. what you expect to be the order of play the next few days and weeks? james: today's meeting is very has to show to the king he majority support. the king could do several things. the first thing he would do is to see that there is really majority support. after that, the king would probably have to consult his consultants. ,he malaysian monarchy system they each take a five-year term to rule malaysia. he could not do anything without consulting his fellow sultans. yvonne: still a lot of fluidity with the situation, as you mentioned. what is the king likely to do? will he ask him to step down? there are calls for a fresh election as well. or bringing forward a confidence vote in parliament. which is most likely? malaysia used to be a british colony, so the westminster conventions. for example, the prime minister has the right to ask the king to dissolve parliament. under normal circum