mr anwar was sacked and then arrested.ests against the mahathir government, the start of a reform movement which now, against the odds, finds itself in government. mr anwar was released from prison after five years and started his campaign to defeat the ruling party, despite an electoral system weighted heavily against him. dr mahathir continued to condemn him, as in this bbc interview five years ago, after mr anwar had beenjailed again. it was a spectacular corruption scandal surrounding prime minister najib razak, says dr mahathir, that forced him to switch sides and join his old rivals. the sight of this elder statesman campaigning in the rain at the side of the opposition has ignited a wave of hopeful nostalgia in malaysians for the days when these two men presided over one of asia's economic success stories. but two decades later, can they repeat that success and put their past battles behind them 7 brazil has the dubious distinction of being one of the world's most unequal countries, and nowhere is this more evident

mr anwar was sacked and then arrested.ed a black eye that suggested a beating, sparking angry protests against the mahathir government, the start ofa reform movement which now, against the odds, finds itself in government. mr anwar was released from prison after five years and started his campaign to defeat the ruling party, despite an electoral system weighted heavily against him. dr mahathir continued to condemn him, as in this bbc interview five years ago, after mr anwar had beenjailed again. it was a spectacular corruption scandal surrounding prime minister najib razak, says dr mahathir, that forced him to switch sides and join his old rivals. the sight of this elder statesman campaigning in the rain at the side of the opposition has ignited a wave of hopeful nostalgia in malaysians for the days when these two men presided over one of asia's economic success stories. but two decades later, can they repeat that success and put their past battles behind them ? jonathan head, bbc news, kuala lumpur. there's a growing rift

dr mahathir is the man who first jailed mr anwar 20 years ago.his release this time. and it's now has been agreed that mr anwar will replace him as prime minister in two years time. shortly after being freed mr anwar spoke to the bbc‘sjonathon head about their history. iam i am elated by this change. throughout the world people have been seeing, particularly the muslim world, it is not gloom and despair. and the last few years. now, there's a glimmer of hope, that can actually transform and defend that argument. how difficult has it been to make deals with your rival, there's a lot of bad blood between them to pass a stop to most of been quite tricky. it was, clearly was quite difficult because i have no intention of, the necessity working together. but to his credit, he he came and said look, the country is facing immediate challenges. we need to find an understanding and work together. seeking to you? yes, he came to the court. because they didn't allow him to visit the prison. so he came to the court. it was difficult of course, very difficult

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country's newly elected prime minister mahathir mohamad said the said that he will hand power to mr anwar in a few years it's the latest move in a week of surprising political developments in malaysia which had been governed by the same party for decades. historic moment for malaysia's opposition the swearing in of a new government but leader anwar ibrahim had to watch it from his hospital room he's serving a sentence for sodomy charges that his supporters say are politically motivated. a crowd of his supporters outside with signs reading let's all save malaysia and anwar has returned and his wife as easily one is mailed discussed a pardon with the king and then actually it's prince that he's placed no wish. to to be unlike the soonest possible that the pardons also be frontin for him to be able to participate i think while it's. it comes after former prime minister mahathir mohamad triumphed as head of the opposition. of the berri son national coalition the alliance has ruled malaysia for decades and mahathir himself was prime minister for twenty years at the party's head. now in a remar

mr anwar was jailed three years ago for sodomy — charges that were widely seen as politically motivated pardon for his former rival and said he'll make way for mr anwar in two years. british mps have blamed the directors of carillion for the costly collapse of the uk's second—largest construction company. two parliamentary committees said the directors oversaw a "rotten corporate culture" at the company and called for regulators to bar board members from director positions at other businesses. mps also attacked the big four audit firms for approving carillion's accounts. japan hopes to attract more women into politics with a change in the law. the country's parliament has passed legislation urging political parties to field equal numbers of male and female candidates — but there are no penalties or incentives to do so. 90% of elected politicians injapan's lower house are men. the japanese parliament has passed legislation aimed at encouraging more women to stand for election. —— women. i have been there and it is so difficult because there is a many late—night drinking sessions, and the

but what's really remarkable, mr. anwar>> yes. >> -- is this turn around from your mentor, mahatia muhammad who was elected again who ran on a platform to get you freed, who was the one to put you in jail. what's going on? >> right. well, he came, met me in court and said, look, let's move on. we have a problem in this country, blatantly corrupt najib, the system is crumbling. can we work together? i was very apprehensive, but i was polite, thanking him for the visit and said that i would think it over. and send my friends to talk to him. i'll only work on the reform agenda. if he's committed in writing to work together to reform the institution in this country so the transformation towards democracy is done. >> you say that you want to reform the system and keep politics out of the jtice system. you yourself say youe been victim of a politicized justice system and the politics of political revenge. so, let me read to you what mohammed said in the late '90s when you were fired. he said, i cannot accept a man who is a sodom

suddenly, a conviction widely seen as politically motivated. 0ur correspondent, jonathan head spoke to mr anwarof the things that he was very keen to stress, once he was out and talking to supporters, was that he was very confident the job that dr mahathir is doing, that he is very happy to let him do thatjob. they have an agreement, it is not written is down, but it is one dr mahathir himself as repeated, that he will hand over power, the position of prime ministry to anwar ibrahim within two years. anwar ibrahim is looking quite tired, and older than when i saw him before he went into prison. he was saying that let him govern, i am in no great rush to get into politics, would be happy to travel a little bit and see my family. he also stressed that as far as things are going, he is very coupled with the processes that have been undertaken in these last few days while he has still been incarcerated. importantly, cabinet positions are starting to be confirmed will stop he raised no objection, for example, to the secretary general of the democratic action party, the mainly chinese party, taking t

mr anwar, who was jailed for a second time three years ago, on what he said were trumped up sodomy chargestion movement, which has just defeated the former ruling party in malaysia for the first time in the country's history. let's go over to our correspondent in kuala lumpur, jonathan head. another big moment in the political scene in malaysia ? another big moment in the political scene in malaysia? arguably the most pivotal mode of all. it is the one that ever and has been waiting for. the political party were started by anwar ibrahim, and then he was sacked by mahathir mohamad. he spent two periods in prison as a result of the party. he has been in prison, although he has been in hospital recently, watching his party come together with mahathir mohamad. malaysia's constitutional monarch hasissued malaysia's constitutional monarch has issued a part about i—and—a—half hours ago. anwar ibrahim is out and about. he is in the palace by me now having a meeting with the king. so it is quite excellent for many malaysians to see this, this man who has symbolised opposition to a party that never

is there a possibility when mr mahathir steps down that we have anwar ibrahim as prime minister and wancause for anwar ibrahim to contest, wan aziza might have to step down for him to contest so if he steps down, there is no way she could be in the cabinet while he is in the cabinet. thank you very much bea in the cabinet. thank you very much be a time. meghan markle's father is reported to have said he won't attend his daughter's wedding to prince harry on saturday because he needs to undergo a heart procedure. there have been concerns over his health since allegations surfaced that he'd staged press photographs of himself preparing for the wedding. from buckingham palace our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has this update. the picture really is absolutely unclear tonight. a few hours ago, the celebrity gossip entertainment website tmz wjhich was the first to report that thomas markle to report that thomas markle would not be attending the wedding has reported he has changed his mind and announced that he wanted to come to the wedding to hearing from his daughter. there is one ma

mr wong, could it be sooner than that? i think it is in everyone's interests for the transition from mahathir to anwar to be smooth.o years. it would be exactly 2020 the year that mahathir envisaged malaysia to be a developed country, so it would be closure for mahathir and country, so it would be closure for mahathirand in country, so it would be closure for mahathir and in this two—year period i think mahathir and in this two—year period ithink and mahathir and in this two—year period i think and while will be given a lot of power to prepare for this own prime ministership. but anything can happen between now and over the next two years, so there's still a possibility anwar will never become prime minister? it is possible. none of the four parties in the coalition is large enough to ignore the others, so they need each other. i think this is a guarantee for power—sharing. think this is a guarantee for power-sharing. if he becomes prime minister, are we going to see more younger leaders move up the chain and eventually succeed mahathir and anwar? yes, i think so. this is already happening, as many young talented l