i'm maura fogarty in singapore. the headlines: an extraordinary political comeback: malaysia's former prime minister, 92—year—old mahathir mohamad, wins the election and promises to get back to business. but there will be no holiday for the winners. that's the trouble with winning, we have to work. us secretary of state mike pompeo, flies home three citizens detained in north korea ahead of historic talks between donald trump and kim jong—un. i'm kasis madera in london. also in the programme: from yorkshire to yangon. leeds united play in myanmar, in a tour criticised by human rights groups. her royal likeness! madame tussauds reveals their meghan markle waxwork, which will be displayed next to prince harry before the royal wedding. good morning. it's 6am in singapore and kuala lumpur, where the new day brings a dramatic comeback for the former malaysian prime minister, mahathir mohamad. his alliance of opposition parties has won a majority in the general election, defeating the governing barisan national which has

i am maura fogarty.ill be the biggest foreign investment in indian history, the world ‘s largest retailer, walmart has announced it is purchasing a majority stake in flipkart. ‘s wall mart head—to—head against amazon in one of the fastest growing online retail markets in the world. i spoke to the chief analyst about this deal. it brings in a huge player in the retail area. it will bring a lot of new international brands and technology and scale to india but also india is a huge potential market for walmart, especially for international expansion. this is a significant dealfor both india and expansion. this is a significant deal for both india and walmart. thinking about walmart and what gets by acquiring flipkart. it has majority control of this ten, ii—year—old e—commerce company. what is walmart get by this foothold?m helps walmart to tap into the market in india and that has previously been quite difficult, particularly because of restrictions from the indian government. those restrictions have been e

following president trump's decision to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. 0ur singapore bureau editor maura fogartye black stuff is going up and up. this could have an inflationary effect. it certainly is. what is interesting about the numbers today is the fact that it just shows you how skittish the market is. but notjust on political concern, but on supply concerns in the market as well. in the asian trading session we are seeing us crude numbers, the brent futures as well, both very solidly above the $71 level. we have not seen prices trade above that level in three yea rs trade above that level in three years time. they think it was 2014 when we last saw crude prices above $71 per barrel. you mentioned the geopolitical issues coming from president ahmad is scrapping of the iran yately gilbert there are numbers coming out that says numbers fell —— coming from president trump's scrapping of the iran nuclear deal. it is flowing through to the stock markets. particularly in the energy sector. thank you very much indeed. another story in the uk. royal bank of scotland has reached an agreement in pri

i'm maura fogarty in singapore. the headlines: an extraordinary political comeback. malaysia's former prime minister, 92—year—old mahathir mohammad, wins the election and promises to get back to business. but there will be no holiday for the winners. that's the trouble with winning, we have to work. three americans released by north korea arrive in alaska on the first leg of theirjourney home. the white house hails the move a "positive gesture of goodwill". i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: from yorkshire to yangon. leeds united play in myanmar, in a tour criticised by human rights groups. and model members of the royal family. waxworks of meghan and harry are unveiled, ten days ahead of royal wedding. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore and kuala lumpur where the new day brings a dramatic comeback for the former malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad. his alliance of opposition parties has won a majority in the general election, defeating the governing barisan na

i'm maura fogarty in singapore. the headlines: an extraordinary political comeback.d promises to get back to business. but there will be no holiday for the winners. that's the trouble with winning, we have to work. three americans released by north korea arrive in alaska on the first leg of theirjourney home. the white house hails the move a "positive gesture of goodwill". i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: from yorkshire to yangon. leeds united play in myanmar, in a tour criticised

i'm maura fogarty in singapore.athir mohamad, wins the election and promises to get back to business. but there will be no holiday for the winners. that's the trouble with winning, we have to work. us secretary of state mike pompeo, flies home three citizens detained in north korea ahead of historic talks between donald trump and kim jong—un. i'm kasis madera in london. also in the programme: from yorkshire to yangon. leeds united play in myanmar, in a tour criticised by human rights groups.