bye for now. lam mariko i am mariko oi in singapore.or president trump after congress takes the first step towards scrapping barack obama's flagship health plan. this isa obama's flagship health plan. this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare, make no mistake about it. make no mistake. three months after donald trump's badtempered phone call with australia's prime minister, the two meet to commemorate a major world war two battle. south koreans begin to choose their next president. could a surge in young voters signal changing attitudes towards the north? and an amazing

mariko oi is in singapore.ut this is just the latest episode, isn't it? indeed, we have been talking about 1mdb for several years now. it is basically malaysia's offer an world fund, set up in 2009 by the country's prime minister. it was meant to turn the capital kuala lumpur intoa was meant to turn the capital kuala lumpur into a financial hub, but instead it started to get negative attention when the wall street journal reported four years ago that some $700 million were transferred from the 1mdb to the personal bank account of the prime minister. he denies any wrongdoing, but that triggered investigations in at least half a dozen countries including singapore. it has so far shutdown two swiss—based private banks, imposed financial penalties over $20 million and this morning announced fines credit suisse. thanks for that. let's have a quick look at the markets. the ftse was closed yesterday because of the bank holiday here in the uk, but it has opened and is down two thirds, quite a sharp fall. we have had qu

lam mariko i am mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: applause for president trump after congress takes the first step towards scrapping barack obama's flagship health plan. this isa obama's flagship health plan. this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare, make no mistake about it. make no mistake. three months after donald trump's badtempered phone call with australia's prime minister, the two meet to commemorate a major world war two battle. south koreans begin to choose their next president. could a surge in young voters signal changing attitudes towards the north? and an amazing story of survival — a surfer lost at sea for more than 30 hours describes the moment a helicopter crew spotted him. they turned around... and then they saved my life. this is bbc world news, it's newsday. good morning. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the us house of representatives has narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack 0bama's affordable healthcare act. after suffering an embar