he will be the head of his party, the pkr, the largest part of the coalition that mahathir is headingition with mahathir stepping down, perhaps one or two yea rs stepping down, perhaps one or two years from now. senior advisor, major role in the government of mahathir, why not deputy prime minister, a role he had many years ago and then prime minister mahathir? of course, if he were to ta ke mahathir? of course, if he were to take that role, that would put him ina take that role, that would put him in a subordinate position to mahathir and also could allow the transition to be lengthy. it's in his interests to remain outside pressure. there is pressure at some point in the next year or two or mahathir to yield and give way. so he wants to take a different leadership succession model than the one in the previous decade? exactly. is this the best way for him to assume the top role in malaysia?” think so. if he takes that position, he comes in under mahathir, he can a lwa ys he comes in under mahathir, he can always make the argument. this can provide a little bit more of a justification

rule could have been declared or some parliamentarians could have been enticed to cross the floor and pkr in the first three orfour days, he's done a lot of things like naming top cabinet members. within the last half an hour or so, major artwork by an italian artist has become the most expensive painting ever sold at sotheby‘s auction. $139 million. sold! thank you. did you catch that? the final price of the celebrated mood painting actually came in at around $157 million once auction commission was taken into account. there are just five days to go before actress meghan markle marries prince harry at windsor castle and the build up is not without controversy. it remains unclear whether meghan markle's father will walk her down the aisle on saturday as planned. thomas markle is reported to have told journalists at his home in mexico that he had decided not to attend his daughter's wedding. kensington palace issued a statement saying it was a deeply personal moment for ms markle in the days before her wedding. she and prince harry ask again for understanding and respect to be extended to

pkr party. the let's go what we know -- let's go through what we know is up ahead for the economy.ng an update on the situation in terms of the east java police concerning the blaster in the post office on monday. they killed police personnel in this explosion, according to the abc in australia. we're also getting details in terms of this happening on the news we had from the islamic state group claiming the attacks that took place in the syrup by where a mother and two daughters were blown up at a church, along with two others in surabaya. we will get plenty more to come. this is a breaking news story. stock market taking a slide on the news. plenty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ day, with a few exceptions. hong kong leaving the games at 1.4%. we have more analysis of what's going on, ahead on "bloomberg markets." david ingles is with me, what have you got? >> a fear guests. there's a conference taking place, in we will be speaking what theireisman, plans are with china. when you look across the bond markets, very few markets have seen their yields come down. in other words,