a parliamentary seat in malaysia, head of eventually being installed it is nemesis.the funds siphoned off and help malaysia redevelop its appeal. i caught up with anwar ibrahim on the sidelines of an investment summit and asked him what worries him most. it is not too reassuring, there is a spat between the us and china, mainly due to provocation by the united states. but then the region generally suffers. i believe the economic issues should remain in focus, but we should ensure that malaysia continues to have excellent bilateral relations with our neighbours, including china, and continue our good trade and investment policies with the united states, europe, india, et cetera. with this new governmentjust finding its feet, there is a sense that a lot of the problems need to be cleaned up and foreign investors are watching and waiting, wondering when would be a good time to invest in malaysia. what you have to say to them? we position our business is a lot within the region, this means businesses in singapore and on kong. we view this positively. we want to strengthe

haslinda: you talked about malaysia's debt. onere looking at about trillion zyngdebt for malaysia.t does the government need to do apart from implementing? nazir: let's be careful. number trillion is a that was already in the government's finances. it was clear what the new government has done is identified items on the balance sheet. it thinks it should be included in the overall definition of debt. this is not new stuff coming onto the balance sheet. what the government needs is to come out with a clear plan on how to bring down the on balance sheet and off-balance-sheet over the long-term. the responses will be in terms as alltion as well revenues, as well as some divestments and reductions in opec. haslinda: there are expectations of another two fed hikes this year. what implications are there for the ringgit? that is what the market is looking at. nazir: the ringgit today has built in these new pictures with the government's balance sheet. inhink the ringgit has built these expectations. the danger is if the situation with a rate hike and the revenues for emerging markets will

before malaysia truly becomes a modern society, usa?y becomes a modern society, usa? i would not say. that is an isolated case. —— you would say. 0n the east coast. you optimistic about the future?” am very optimistic. i think a lot of good signs. we will leave it there. thank you for coming in and speaking to us today, marina mahathir, the first daughter of malaysia. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we'll take you to vostock, where russia is holding its biggest military exercise since the cold war. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. there is people alive and there is people not alive. we just can help and give whatever we've got. it looked as though they had come to fight a war, but their mission is to bring peace to east timor and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. the government's case is being forcefully presented by the justice minister. he has campaigned

now it‘s going to go to malaysia. some plastics are recycled injapan.ade into a new product. what we‘ve seen here is that industrial plastic has value. it can be recycled and turned into new products, but the same cannot be said of household plastic waste. it is dirty, it is difficult and it has virtually no value. that‘s why it being shipped wholesale to china and that‘s why now it ends up either being landfilled or burned. that‘s course why so much of it ends up in the ocean. rupert wingfield—hayes will there. —— rupert wingfield—hayes there. a british company has unveiled a new robotic surgery system which expected to operate on patients next year. the robotic arms are controlled by a surgeon using a console. it‘s one of a new generation of surgical robots on the horizon as our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. imagine this operating on you. it‘s the latest in surgical robot technology. all controlled by human hand at a console with the aid of a 3d monitor. the aim is to make laparoscopic, or keyhole, surgery technically easier for surgeons

here‘s the views of some activists from the lgbt community in malaysia.cing the country. like, you know, tremendous corruption. an economy that‘s being, kind of, need as a result of previous actions. 0h, let‘s pick on these people. now they're not allowing you to have consensual sex. who knows in future, they'll probably not allow you to, you know, same—sex partner, to hold hands in public. anything that anyone does now, it's like they've set a precedent to have a free hand to punish as and when they feel. i honestly think that's really not good for the lgbt society, orjust all of us in general. to discuss this further, i was joined a little earlier by rachel chhoa—howa rd, a researcher on malaysia for amnesty international. she began by giving me her reaction to these public canings. it‘s deeply shocking and appalling that this punishment took place in the face of international and national outcry. really, caning is a punishment which is inhuman. it may amount to torture and it is prohibited under international law in all circumstances. the fact that it

as he prepares for a historic comeback i'll speak to malaysia's prime minister in waiting and former president and why it bring him and also to legendary u.s. investigative journalist seymour hersh. he's been described as the last great american reporter and he's just written his memoir but why does seymour hersh think the media's attacks on donald trump are misguided and this is really now the defender of bashar al assad i'll ask him but first after years of imprisonment of what was seen as trumped up charges for malaysian deputy prime minister and why your brain is free while former prime minister najib result has been arrested again this week for abuse of power another former prime minister mahathir mohamad is back in charge but he says he'll hand over power to ottawa in a couple of years but will he really and can this new governing alliance hold this week's headlines from kuala lumpur and what your brain. brahim thank you for joining me on up front this year it's been a bit of a roller coaster for you has an inmate you were released from prison after three years behind bars on w

not only archaic it is a british colonial laws introduced in india and implicate that in malaysia it is completely. unjust because one can be does accuse and without any proper evidence or in my case clearly but then what is a botton is if we have a case against homosexuality then it must be done in a transparent manner the laws must be amended to secure to ensure there is justice in the process and is not a matter of sexual orientation is what you perform or you display it publicly which is against the norms of majority of millicent's not only muslims christians hindus with this alike in this country ok well on that note you set your rightly say that is a british colonial law and yet last month i mean there is a muslim angle as well so many would say last month the deputy prime minister one as easier who also happens to be your wife was quoted as saying it is how it is forbidden for muslims to support the l.g.b. di community or their fight for equality in malaysia that they must keep their practice behind closed doors just a couple of days earlier you were quoted as saying if people

as he prepares for a historic comeback i'll speak to malaysia's prime minister in waiting and former president and what it bring him and also to legendary u.s. investigative journalist seymour hersh. he's been described as the last great american reporter and he's just written his memoir but why does seymour hersh think the media's attacks on donald trump are misguided and this is really now a defender of bashar al assad i'll ask him but first after years of imprisonment of what was seen as trumped up charges for malaysian deputy prime minister is free while former prime minister najib result has been arrested again this week for abuse of power another former prime minister martin harvard is back in charge but he says he'll hand over power to ottawa in a couple of years but will he really and can this new governing alliance hold this week's headlines from kuala lumpur and why you brought him. brahimi thank you for joining me on up front this year it's been a bit of a roller coaster for you hasn't it in may you were released from prison after three years behind bars on what are widely

i have been to malaysia multiple times, of course.imilar route, came from china, we just happen to settle in different places. so the influences are all over the place, we go up and down, we share what we all know and each country developed their own different styles. i don't think one is superior over the other, it is pretty similar. tell us little bit about this unesco stamp of approval, we know that singaporean hawker culture is famous internationally, does it need this stamp of approval from unesco and what does this bring it in terms of benefits? to me as a citizen, i don't think it is necessary. singapore hawker food is famous around the world. you don't really need someone to say you guys have been included in the unesco cultural award. we don't really need that, but it doesn't hurt to have this stamp of approval, which is probably what the singapore heritage board is going after. they have applied for it. it is interesting because there is a whole load of rules, it includes things like it has got to be something with visibilit

matter to mohammed the seventh prime minister of malaysia was in the senate.nd his first in from one thousand and two one to two thousand and three he gained a reputation as an autocrat. that. this time around as he vowed in his campaign video things will be different in my view sure that he's not the old and i think he's constantly reminded of the fact that he had this twenty two years. he is the man of the moment he's very popular he is not someone who can do no wrong he's clean and predictable. what is important is that we would judge him by his action. not many people start a new job or change that politics at age ninety three. but he left his own party to lead the opposition partnering with a man that he'd put in prison on what. made freedom of expression a big part of his election campaign this is the same man that the committee to protect journalists branded and me of the press back in one thousand. the most notorious thing that he did was operation law which happened in one thousand eight hundred seventy so these hundred over people were taken in and d

in the months after the election malaysia.nothing to experience honeymoon period they came together to oppose his trial date has been set with phone media access despite request for a gag order however his campaign promise to review all repressive media regulation remains unfulfilled and in august military announced that the official secrets act is here to stay there are the things that he needs to do in order to. redeem himself. he needs to bring back the independence of the judiciary so that we have a real democracy the judiciary has been emasculated and it was done by him. it will be a real test of his sincerity to. give it back its independence i think. he is redeeming himself he has allowed people to debate on so many issues and you can see columns and articles written questioning him insulting criticizing him and we haven't seen anyone you know complaining that he's been told to snip it out so far not here. that this isn't what. i portray him as. we destroy every institution in this to listen to people they have a very g

malaysia. very briefly in that report stephanie play who is the dean of the faculty of languages and linguistics at the university of the land she joins us now by from london stephanie good to have you with us why is it so important to preserve this minority language. like any other language. and language is so much tied into our identity and who we are and in the case of malacca. being it being such a minority community and we consider it as you know in the racial categories of malaysia so the language is very much an important part of the identity of the people as we were hearing and that carries going down. even before it before i go and i'd just like to correct you i'm no longer the dean of the faculty of languages and sticks ok don't worry the world will correct that it just about me but make it look like it's not written down this language there are no books it's not taught in schools so how do you go about preserving a language like this ok it's actually written down i mean people used t

malaysia. the ruins of a fourteen malacca stand as a reminder of the portuguese presence in malaysia in fifteen eleven they captured the coastal city and ruled for over a century before the dutch defeated them when the portuguese left they left behind more than just buildings filomena singh who is descended from the portuguese she still speaks the language of her ancestors malaccan creole portuguese derived from the portuguese with words borat from other languages and a grammatical structure similar to the mill a language all here to do was in year or two of the second it's also known by its colloquial name poppier christan but it's in decline spoken mainly by the older generation so seeing host art and using social media to pass on her knowledge when i was a model for work. for the same yonder. was then war crime. so it is good morning how are you so giving. you the courage to carry your new window to learn the thing both your words it is something. her brother michael wrote a book together wi

al-jazeera as he prepares for a historic comeback i'll speak to malaysia's prime minister in waiting and former president and what it bring him and also to legendary u.s. investigative journalist seymour hersh. he's been described as the last great american reporter and he's just written his memoir but why does seymour hersh think the media's attacks on donald trump are misguided and this is a really dour defender of bashar al assad i'll ask him but first after years of imprisonment of what was seen as trumped up charges for malaysian deputy prime minister under way brain is free while former prime minister najib result has been arrested again this week for abuse of power another former prime minister mahathir mohamad is back in charge but he says he'll hand over power to other war in a couple of years but will he really and can this new governing alliance hold this week's headlines from kuala lumpur and. brahimi thank you for joining me on up front this year it's been a bit of a roller coaster for you has an inmate you were released from prison after three years behind bars on what

where the markets -- we should be open to agreements with malaysia and malaysia -- and others. a series of high quality, high standard evolution into a broader framework. multilateral efforts. i will talk briefly about infrastructure. secretary pompeo announced new initiatives. beyond that we want to work closely with the allies and partners and encourage them to coordinate amongst themselves. we are seeing the beginning but more needs to be done. basically we want to make sure that china is not the only game in town and southeast asia when it comes to infrastructure investment. they can go to the asian development banks and go to the world bank's and the other partners who have an interest in supporting the investments. we will not match china dollar for dollar but we can provide options. finally on the question of governance, the challenge in advancing toward a for your future and southeast asia is diverse of. it is not one-sided to the region and it points to the ambitious -- we want to see human rights perspective but we might have more short-term goals. this depends on the

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

marina mahathir, the first daughter of malaysia. you're watching newsday on the bbc.ll take you to vostok — where russia is holding its biggest military exercise since the cold war. also on the programme, volkwagen lose the love bug for their beetle. production of this iconic car is to end next year. there are people live on people not alone. it isjust help in whatever we've got. it looked as though they had come to fight a war, but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and/or a nurse needs more badly. the government's case is being pursued by the justice minister. he is campaign to grisly for abolition, having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. elizabeth spends a lot of time at the grotto. every year, hundreds of pilgrimages media. now that she is a saint, is expected that there will be hundreds of tourists. the boom will be another blessing. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: tens of thousands of people in the philippines have begun evacuating from coastal areas as super t

appears to be considering all right still to come on counting the cost i'm florence lee in state malaysia where the demand for land development and biofuels is threatening not just forests but a way of life. but first argentina's currency continues to fall despite central bank raising the key interest rate to sixty percent the highest in the world labor unions are planning walk ounce and students have been on the streets over university cuts all charter general for. the downpour from turbulent economic storms over argentina couldn't stop these university students on thursday night. the students along with their professors braved the rain to march through one of so i researched and expressed our outrage over budget cuts in education but i found that i'm here to defend free and high quality public education a slowdown of time salaries don't masturbate of inflation at the market to go big go to that level that on top of the lower university budget the country is in a crisis because of the international monetary fund. the international monetary fund has extended the fifty billion dollar bailo

haidi: malaysia closed as well. we have our excuse live -- exclusive interview coming up at 10:00 a.m., 8:00 in hong kong. let's show you to first word news with ramy inocencio. ramy: senate democrats are calling for this week's vote on brett kavanaugh's confirmation to be delayed after a woman accused him of sexual assault when they were teenagers. the 51-year-old is a research psychologist and professor in california. the washington post reports a therapy session in which she called the alleged assault attempted rape. theresa may will defend her brexit plans this monday as speculation grows about a potential leadership challenge. in an interview, she will say the checkers plan is the only strategy that delivers brexit without a hard border with ireland. boris johnson told the daily telegraph her plan is a car crash. bossa jamie dimon says he is done with all attacks and blames much ismo for his -- machismo for the claims he is smarter than trump. he has no claims to run for the white house, saying -- he boasted he

apologize we don't have that from kenneth mcclintock so let's move on the former prime minister of malaysia has been arrested again and is facing twenty one money laundering charges already facing a string of allegations led to billions of dollars that went missing from the state investment fund when he was in office millions were transferred to najib personal bank accounts. fifteen liberians including the some of former president ellen johnson sirleaf have been banned from the country the order comes as the government is investigating the disappearance of one hundred four million dollars liberia central bank or the shipment of newly printed bills from overseas but they disappeared last year shortly after passing through the country's main port the missing amount is nearly five percent off the west african countries g.d.p. . canada's government says that these more flexibility from the united states if they are to reach a deal after all was pushing back against pressure from the trumpet ministration to make concessions as part of a new trade agreement saying its own needs must be met washin

for malaysia need energy result faces new charges of money laundering and corruption. plus a display of affection or aggression al-jazeera uncovers the dark truth about the treatment of animals in china's marine parks. after historic three days with north korea's kim jong un the president of south korea is back on home soil. address the nation about the trip to the north he said north korea had asked the south to mediate talks with washington and that camp wants a second summit with the u.s. president donald trump as soon as possible. i shall get your nose since the into korean relationship is in line with the development of the relationship between the u.s. and north korea pyongyang asked us to be the mediator they propose to work closely with south korea as well i think the u.s. should understand the position of north korea and resume the talks as soon as possible i believe the accomplishments made at the summit this time will lead to the progress option of the talks. now to robert wright is live for us in seoul resisting that move went straight to the media center t

life and also coming up for malaysia is in court facing new charges of money laundering. pakistan's opposition. home to a hero's welcome after a court suspends his corruption sentence. and another homecoming but uganda's government has banned rallies marking the return of opposition leader. and a symbolic end to their three day summits the leaders of north and south korea have together to the top of the putin says most sacred mountain to. the moon j. and took a tour around the iconic volcanic crater called heaven lake it rounds out a trip that saw the two leaders agree to make in the peninsula nuclear free and gives hope for stalled talks with the u.s. to resume bride reports from seoul. this summit ended as it began rich in symbolism president moon j end of south korea and his north korean host kim jong un top of mt peck to the highest peak of the korean peninsula that spiritually significant to all koreans into korean relations have seen many false starts with attempts at reconciliation often returning to threats of war but there's a strong sense moon and kim want to fo

malaysia. far more than eight million tonnes of plastic is estimated to end up in our oceans each year but in kenya a unique boat has been launched trying to tackle the problem catherine sawyer reports from lamu on the kenyan coast. thank you after two years of trials era's and incredibly hard work flip floppy takes to the water of the indian ocean for the first time. it's built and highly of recycled plastic waste collected from the shores of the indian ocean by kenyans the project's leader says it's the world's plastic revolution books it is really simple we have to end single use plastic recycling is not enough we have to put an end to single use consumption. its first voyage was around islands in long beach are famous for building. flip flop is expected to sail in the coming months making stops in villages along the indian ocean coast those aboard will be allotting communities about the dangers of plastic waste and what they can do to protect the environment but building this boat is not th

malaysia. hello again it's good to have you back well typhoon man could has made landfall here just to the west of hong kong notice the size of the storm here on satellite how huge it is what we're still going to be dealing with this over the next several days because it is going to drop from a typhoon down to a tropical storm but the rain is going to extend well into parts of china and that means we are going to be seeing flooding across much of the area so do not be deceived by a typhoon going to a tropical storm it can still be very very deadly and still cause a lot of flooding across the region and that is really dealing with here on monday as we go towards tuesday a lot of that moisture pushes over here towards the west notice the rain continues along the coast so hong kong you are still going to be dealing with very very messy situation very windy conditions as well up torching high we do expect to see a temperature there of about thirty two degrees over here towards india well not too ba

as he prepares for a historic comeback i'll speak to malaysia's prime minister in waiting and former president and what it bring him and also to legendary u.s. investigative journalist seymour hersh. he's been described as the last great american reporter and he's just written his memoir but why does seymour hersh think the media's attacks on donald trump are misguided and this is really down the defender of bashar al assad. but first after years of imprisonment of what was seen as trumped up charges for malaysian deputy prime minister and what your brain is free what former prime minister najib result has been arrested again this week for abuse of power another former prime minister martin harvard is back in charge but he says he'll hand over power to ottawa in a couple of years but will he really and can this new governing alliance hold this week's headlines from kuala lumpur. brahim thank you for joining me on up front this year it's been a bit of a roller coaster for you hasn't it in may you were released from prison after three years behind bars on what are widely considered to

malaysia is former prime minister najib razak is arrested on new corruption charges. starvation on an unprecedented scale aid agencies say more than five million yemeni children are at risk. and on a mission the man who travels the world to help save lives in disaster. i'm joining us roscoe with the sport as messy works his magic on the opening night of the champions league group stage plus the olympics brings north and south korea even closer as the two countries plan a joint bid for the twenty thirty two summer games. there's been a remarkable day for the rebuilding of relations between north and south korea on his second day in pyongyang south korea's president and the north korean leader kim jong il and signed a raft of agreements that are aimed at changing the face of the peninsula they agreed to work together to prevent another war and crucially to make their region nuclear free mcbride reports from seoul they hailed it as a new era for the korean people. and the south of the peninsula they share. a commitment to a denuclearized future was on monday and he agree

been wiped out the trees replaced by a single crop oil palm sabah is the top palm oil producer in malaysia which in turn is the second largest exporter in the world after indonesia demand for the commodity is set to grow driven in part by the push for biofuels particularly in china and indonesia that could spell a disaster for forests as land is cleared to make way for plantations but the round table unsustainable palm oil. says alternatives to the commodity maybe even worse bottom oil has a year that is four to ten times or then all the royals so it requires ten times less land to make the same amount of oil out of that and it is utilized so their solution is not to say let's stop palm oil let's go to something else. but it's to make sure that whatever we produce is going to sustainably and that's what the out of your comes into play the are a spiel is a voluntary organization and one that sets standards on palm oil production it has not committed to zero deforestation for the people and said village what they lament is the loss of the forest they say the land belong to the and system and

been wiped out the trees replaced by a single crop oil palm sabah is the top palm oil producer in malaysia which in ten is the second largest exporter in the world after indonesia demand for the commodity is set to grow driven in part by the push for biofuels particularly in china and indonesia that could spell a disaster for forests as land is cleared to make way for plantations but the round table unsustainable palm oil or our s.p.o. says alternatives to the commodity maybe even worse bottom oil has a year that is four to ten times either then or the royals so it requires four to ten times less land to make the same amount of oil out of that and it is utilized so their solution is not to say let's stop palm oil let's go to something else but he's to make sure that whatever we produce is blue sustainably and that's where the out of fuel comes into play the r.s. p. o. is a voluntary organization and while it sets standards on palm oil production it has not committed to zero deforestation. for the people unsettled village what they lament is the loss of the forest they say the land belonged

about a year later and investigative website and a malaysia newspaper had this explosive story aboutd by a 27—year—old financier. we started to dig in and we had a few exclusives and a few months later we reported that the prime minister of malaysia had received $681 million into his account. there were a lot of intricacies in this whole scandal. very concentrated. was a difficult to put it into this book? —— was it. yesterday when we wrote for the wall streetjournal there were a lot of money trail scandals and a prime minister was still in power, it is very difficult to explain how it happened. this book is a true crime story, we are based it on scenes and we have based it onjolo, he used his money to build a hollywood empire, get to know leonardo dicaprio. a perfect script. could turn into a movie. watch this space. how could this all and? obviously, 1mdb -- how could this all and? obviously, imdb —— najib how could this all and? obviously, 1mdb —— najib razak, who lost power in may, he will face charges and jolo is on the run in china will charge him. he is a straight talking, sho

even in asia, the philippines, malaysia to thailand, projects worth hundreds of billions of dollars areve connectivity. ♪ >> we can have the physical, high-performance connectivity, then we can see that would help spur activities in terms of commerce and investment. >> this is one of the backbones of the economic outlook for indonesia. i am sure next year that the gain from the infrastructure developed will start to kick in and affect our economic growth. >> we are not building airports and hoping they will come. we are improving airports that are currently congested. we are improving our ports because they are congested. we are improving our roadways to help us achieve our build, build, build program. second because it promotes not only connectivity within our country, but also outside of our country. ♪ haslinda: like many of its neighbors, thailand is betting big on the belt and road, investing tens of billions of dollars with the help of china to turn its eastern provinces into an economic corridor. $10 billion, and billions more on projects like this. the mega station will serve as

malaysia. plus installed the maldives pull off a huge upset to win the biggest football tournament in south asia we come back. from dusky sunsets if you disproving savannah. to sunrise the top and asian metropolis. we have tossed could now gathering strength once again as a pushes out since to the south china sea you can see the huge swathes. cloud coming back in the eye of the storm the air that still clearly defined it will run very close to home calling it'll be somewhere to the west of hong kong when it does make landfall but the out so bad said bring some really heavy rain across that southeastern corner of china and gradually pushing across much of southern china as we go through monday and on into tuesday eventually punching its way through into vietnam showers continue behind for good parts of the philippines for the here and now those showers well they trade all the way across the good parts of india china back into central and northern parts of the philippines that's where the main we

formerjapan star keisuke honda suffered a loss on his managerial debut as visitors malaysia came fromnal friendly in phnom penh. the hype surrounding the match had been for the managerial debut of the formerjapanese international who retired after the world cup but still plays for. melbourne victory in australia's a—league, and his side went ahead in the 23rd minute. three second half goals for malaysia sealed a 3—1 win though and spoilt a dream debut for honda, who hopes to find a balance with his player—coach career. as their player, i really want to support them. and today we lost the game, but as you see in the first 30 minutes, they are amazing. for me, they followed what i've said for a week. they are following my philosophy top, gonna. —— they are following my philosophy. italian moto 2 rider romano fenati could face criminal charges after he grabbed the brake lever of italian compatriot stefano manzi when the two were racing at more than 200km per hour in san marino on sunday. fenati has since apologised saying it was a disgraceful gesture, although he explained that he was re

joseph ast, more with we look at the rate decision in malaysia.♪ haidi: this is bloomberg markets: asia. rishaad: i'm in hong kong. looking to keep the interest rates unchanged, keeping policy stability. worries about the finances and deepening emerging-market. it does mean the central bank is facing little pressure. increasing the cost of borrowing. all 17 economists predicting it %.ll be held at at 3.25 we are still with joseph. there's no pressure on them at the moment, is there? joseph: we don't think so. in particular what is happening with this situation and the investment and. rishaad: this is inflation 9/10 no real pressure on side, a on the fiscal lot going on. . keep going on joseph: i cannot agree more on fiscal policy. a lot of this disinflation, the celebration that we are seeing is because of supply-side. anduse of the repeal of gsp the services tax. what will be really important is what does the central bank does -- on the fiscal side, you're right but monetary on the short-term probably will not react. for the most part, for fiscal

malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has been detained again over a corruption scandal. ready facing a string of charges linked to billions of dollars that went missing from estate investment fund is expected to face new charges when he goes to court on thursday. that india's supreme court says people who believe they've been incorrectly left off a state citizenship register will be able to appeal it's ruled that people in northeastern state may prove their citizenship with any one of ten documents listed by the court in late july the state government was accused of discrimination when it failed to include four million names on a list of citizens assam has long face ethnic and linguistic tensions over undocumented immigration from bangladesh and the state government says the exercise is to identify eagle residents andrew thomas says this from longer gown in. now india supreme courts has. held people go about appealing not being on the list the idea is that people across the states will go regional offices to prove their citizenship but that is easy. said than done in som

which is not to pet stopped police in malaysia issued an arrest warrant last month for a man named low take joe investigators say the fugitive is an important suspect in the one and corruption scandal. the malaysian government recently seized a multi-million dollar yacht that they say was bought with money stolen from one end and anti corruption detectives have questioned not tips wife. and his stepson. the court has set bail at eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars has till the end of the month to make full payment florence lee. will. still to come here with al-jazeera how u.s. sanctions of reduce the number of very rainy visiting iraq on one of the holiest days fishing muslims. and exclusive al-jazeera investigation on veils how animals are paying the ultimate price in a booming multi-billion dollar industry. hello there across parts of china there's a lot of wet weather at the moment if we look at the satellite picture we can see the cloud here making its way across chengdu and then across from ching into who bay and where and that's really the region we're going to see more wet

malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has reacted to twenty five additional corruption charges by saying i am not a thief he denies illegally transferring around half a billion dollars from a state investment fund into his own personal bank accounts florence lawyer reports from kuala lumpur. arrived in court to face twenty five new charges including money laundering and abuse of power he's pleading not guilty to receiving hundreds of millions of dollars prosecutors say the money in his bank account came from the state investment fund one be set up by now gyp eight years ago. the issue of the two point six billion ringgit has been used to store lender a new song. today's charges will give me an opportunity to clear my name and prove that i am not a thief. the new charges are in addition to seven others for allegedly receiving ten million dollars from another state owned entity police in at least six countries are investigating transactions involving one m. d. b. the us department of justice alleges not just and his associates stole at least four and a half billion dollars from t

the lawyer for malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has been charged with corruption. or appeared in court and dated not guilty to four counts of money laundering and tax fraud is accused of receiving two point three million dollars of illegal funds from the deaves personal account chaffee is the main defense lawyer former d.p. is facing a string of corruption charges linked to a multi-billion dollar looting of state investment fund one and three. the former president of el salvador has been sentenced to ten years in prison for corruption and ten years saka lead the country from two thousand and four to two thousand and nine last month he confessed to money laundering and embezzlement charges relate to three hundred million dollars of public funds which were redirected to personal and company bank accounts. president leading presidential candidate paul sonora is in serious condition in hospital having undergone emergency surgery he was stabbed last week during a street rally once the attackers boosted his approval ratings a new. social media campaign could also hurt hi

malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has appeared in court after being arrested again he's now facing twenty one money laundering charges prosecutors accuse him of illegally transferring six hundred twenty eight million dollars from a state fund into his personal account has already been hit with seven other corruption charges last month. he joins us live from outside the court in kuala lumpur so for us what's happening there in court today. well not runs like appeared in court about half an hour ago the court then took a brief recess because his lawyers argued that they weren't present at the charges to the charges haven't yet been read out to. he hasn't been unable to. take his plea the court has been able to record a plea from. either but we understand from a police statement that was issued on thursday morning that he will face at least twenty one new charges and all relating to the deposits amounting to about two point six billion ringgit which at the time of the transactions come up to about six hundred eighty one million u.s. dollars into his personal bank accounts aroun

malaysia let's talk sport with the big points live up to expectations oh i'm going to tell you boxing fans have been left divided actually by the controversial result of saturday's highly anticipated fight in las vegas mexico's canelo alvarez inflicted a first a career defeat on the man known as boxing's best pound for pound fighter kennedy. glove can become middleweight champion of the world the to battle it out a draw one year ago and this fight was postponed since canelo failed to drug test saturday's bout also went for twelve rounds again only on this occasion canelo called the majority decision over his cover opponent had been unbeaten in thirty nine bout it. it was widely felt despite the judge's decision the gloves can was the rightful winner in the first match this time the cause like fight a definitely feels he got a raw deal let me tell you i don't think he really demonstrates some super great mexican boxing style yes he was not running away from me or running around this time so it doesn't mean that he won this fight he didn't do anything special but most importantly i woul

malaysia. andy is here. who drove the car fastest around the track today find our show wasn't expected to be lewis hamilton larrys are leading the world title but he's made a big move in his efforts away in a fifth former want world championship he won the singapore grand prix he's now forty points clear of his main rival sebastian vettel who could only manage third place david starts reports. after a stunning performance in qualifying lewis hamilton still needed to have his wits about him going into the first few corners and he did well to emerge unscathed with his lead intact for the back esteban are called was not so lucky his race ended early having been shoved into the wall by his force india teammate sergio perez. that accident needed some clearing up but crucially just before the safety car came out sebastian vettel was able to pass max for stop and to take second place. he was now perfectly positioned to attack hamilton. that was until ferrari decided to bring him in early for a tire change. it prove

malaysia. just recapping the top stories for you so far this half hour let's just show you some live pictures coming to us out of hong kong because that city is now being hit . by typhoon man courts the city is in complete shutdown with the highest alert level possible in place in the next few hours a storm surge bringing waves several meters above high tide is expected as well the storm has not cranes and shattered windows in high rise buildings across the city so a clock has more now from central hong kong. a t ten is currently in force in hong kong which is the most powerful on the right us to go i was told early this morning as expected to stay in place for at least another few hours we're experiencing terrain to wrangle force winds of up to one hundred ninety five kilometers an hour a storm surges there's also been a lot of flooding in low lying areas around other new territories roads being closed public transport is being shut down so you know my side of the city i ease in virtual shutdo

from malaysia and pleased to welcome. she is a young global leader designated by the world economic forum she's also the c.e.o. of create and that's a center for research advisory in technology and do council and fourteen you can see in founded an organization a grassroots movement to help flood victims in the east and then in a course of malaysia welcome to you from the engine development bank we have steve graf the vice president southeast asia and the pacific he's responsible for setting up strategic and operational priorities of variety and he's done extensive research and written reports of a number of nations including inequality it's a great pleasure to have unobligated understand she is one of the core chance of the world economic forum summit here in hanoi she was at the scene all of plan international twenty five years of experience in development and humanitarian affairs you've also been in the danish foreign ministry thank you very much for being with us from indonesia we have now the marketing he's the c.e.o.

malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has been detained again over a corruption scandal and he was already facing a string of charges later valiance of dollars that went missing from estate investment fund one n.d.b. millions were transferred to nadine's personal thank accounts prince louis has more from kuala lumpur. this is a significant development former prime minister najib razak is expected to be charged in court tomorrow in relation to having received seven hundred million dollars from state investment fund one m d b now he's the first person in malaysia to be charged in relation to one m.d.c. the corruption scandal surrounding the state investment fund that he it set up when he was prime minister and finance minister of that country it is also this very fund that the u.s. department of justice alleges not just and his associates have stolen at least four and a half billion dollars from now not just already faces several charges ranging from criminal breach of trust to money laundering but those charges are in relation to in total a sum of ten million dollars that he had