one of the most important music managers of the punk era, malcolm mclaren, has died. he was the former manager of the sex pistols. he was diagnosed with cancer sometime ago. a lot of people as a certain age will feel a certain warmth inside at the mention of malcolm mclaren. can you separate the image from the man? >> not really. all we ever knew of him was his image that he put across and successfully translated into parts of his life. british impact has had -- british culture has had a massive impact across the globe. hplonk was a big part of that. without malcolm mclaren, that might have never happened. -- punk was a big part of that. with the sex pistols, he made the music popular. he knew that the image was just as important if not more important than the music. in the week the queen was celebrating her silver jubilee, he organized a boat trip where the group performed "god save the queen." that got him headlines all over the world. >> some of us live for those memories. thank you. it took 20 hospital staff working in shifts 14 hours. today the courcode joined tw

without him, it would not have been the same. >> malcolm mclaren died at the age of 64.ood to have you with us on a "bbc world news." still to come, a special report from khartoum. another opposition party have pulled out of the elections in to down before the historic vote. -- sudan before the historic vote. first though, it took 14 hours working in shifts. conjoined twins have been separated in central london. the parents say the boys have won the battle of their lives, as jane hughes reports. >> for four months, these two little boys have lived face-to- face with each other. but today, they are part for the first time after the successful operation to sit -- separate them. conjoined twins are incredibly rare, developing in the early days of pregnancy from a single egg. initially, growth is normal, but around 11 days, a clump of cells tries to split in form twins. if it does not fully separate, distinct embryos growing in the balloon was still connected. the operation to operate took place at the hospital and lasted 14 hours. >> it is an incredibly delicate procedure.