What a difference a couple of weeks have made to international politics. For those who stood up to the State, Malaysia used to be a frightening and repressive place. This week, it feels entirely different.

On this week's edition of Correspondents Report: For Malaysians fear and repression is replaced with hope with Anwar Ibrahim's release; Spies, espionage and a porn star: one year on since Mueller's investigation began; Why is Valley of the Fallen Spain's most controversial visitor site?; And tea, turquoise and top hats, attending the Queen's garden party.

On this week's edition of Correspondents Report: The rise and fall and rise again of Mahathir Mohamad, soon to be the world's oldest leader; Japan's media has gone crazy for its latest baseball sensation Shohei Ohtani, who is making a splash for the Los Angeles Angels; And why does the effective demise of Cambodia's last free media outlet matter so much?

Japan is going crazy over one of its young baseball sensations, Shohei Ohtani or 'Shotime,' who has just propelled his new US team to its best start to a season ever.

The sale of the Phnom Penh Post newspaper in Cambodia last weekend triggered a dramatic walkout of foreign staff, over editorial interference by the publication's new owners, but why does its effective demise matter so much?

The only thing back-fill correspondents need is news to cover - and for his latest stint in Jerusalem, Norman Hermant has had that in spades.

Political comebacks aren't rare but the rise and fall and rise again in Malaysia of not one, but two politicians is a strikingly unusual story indeed. Political veteran Mahathir Mohamad will become the world's oldest leader - but not for long, as he intends to step aside for former rival Anwar Ibrahim when he is released from prison.

If you thought the days of missionaries venturing into the jungle to spread the gospel were over, then you haven't been to Papua New Guinea. Missionaries are everywhere, from the cities and towns to the most remote villages.

For many women in India, their basic right to move around freely is severely limited. But a company in the tourist city of Jaipur is changing that mindset, by recruiting women from disadvantaged communities to work as rickshaw drivers.

In a fortnight the American divorcee and tv star Meghan Markle will score her biggest audience yet, when up to two billion people tune in to watch her get married.