Evening Edition

More than 80 percent of the adult population in Klang has been fully vaccinated, and the PM has said that there’s a possibility that we will be moving on to Phase Two of the National Recovery Plan. We speak about whether or not this transition is coming at the right time.

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The government of Ethiopia wants to develop its own social media platforms, as it thinks that existing giants like Facebook and Twitter are filtering content posted on them. Dhanya Nair tells us more.

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Prime Minister Ismail Sabri announced the new cabinet, scheduled to be sworn in next Monday. We look at what we can glean about political alliances.

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Yesterday, there were attacks at Kabul Airport, which saw two suicide bombers and gunmen attacking crowds of people attempting to leave the country. We look into the impact of this on the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan, and the efforts to evacuate people.

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In a Malaysiakini article, commentators said that Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's remark that he refused to work with "kleptocrats waiting to be freed by the courts" casts doubt on the integrity of the judicial system. We unpack this further and look at how the Attorney-General's role comes into play.

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It's been reported that ice cream parlous in the UK saw a loss of about 300 million pounds as a result of the Covid-19 restrictions. However, several of these shops have taken creative steps in order to survive. Dhanya gives us the scoop.

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Yesterday, Opposition leaders Anwar Ibrahim, Lim Guang Eng and Mat Sabu met with Prime Minister Tan Sri Ismail Sabri, emerging out of the meeting with handshakes and a press statement. We find out what this means for our country to gear up for a more cooperative government.

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The government has set new entry requirements for the Malaysia My Second Home Programme, including a bump in monthly income requirement to RM40,000, and an increase in minimum fixed deposit to RM1m. Several groups have called these changes excessive - Dhanya Nair tells us more.

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The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games kicked off yesterday, with 22 of our Paralympians scheduled to compete after a year's delay. We check in with our contingent on the journey of our national team in getting there, and how they are doing.

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Josil and Harry had planned meticulously to fly back to Malaysia from Bangkok for their daughter’s birth, so that she could get Malaysian citizenship. However, travel restrictions during the pandemic meant that Harry, as a foreign spouse, couldn’t enter the country. The couple look back at how they had to choose between letting Josil return to Malaysia alone to deliver their first child, and staying together as a family.

This is part of a series highlighting the impact of our gender-biased laws for citizenship. Listen also to Myra and Kangwa’s story, where the couple share how their family is coping with their daughter’s non-citizenship status.

This podcast was produced in collaboration with Freedom Film Network, and with support from Family Frontiers.

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