he s lost his seat. he s finally at that incredible age, it looks like his political career is over. some other big names went as well. malaysian politics is going to be very fluid from now on. people are not satisfied with any of the coalitions, and we re going to see constant jostling. they will have to get used to coalitions that might not last long, but remake themselves as different partners. also, clearly, the conservative ethnic malay vote stays conservative. it s not going over to the reformist wing. that has split malaysia between urban, ethnic chinese reformist malays and rural malays, who are conservative and very muslim. that split remains right down the middle. in essence, it is quite a polarised country. let s get some of the day s other news: long queues have formed outside peru s busiest airport, which remains closed more than a day after a crash between a plane and an emergency truck. the aircraft was about to take off when the vehicle hit its wing. no passengers die
most of all malaysian politics is going to be very fluid from now on. people are not satisfied with any of the coalitions, and we re going to see constant jostling. they will have to get used to coalitions that might not last long, that remake themselves with different partners. also, clearly, the conservative ethnic malay vote stays conservative. it s not going over to the reformist wing. that has split malaysia between urban, ethnic chinese reformist malays and rural malays, who are conservative and very muslim. that split remains right down the middle. in essence, it is quite a polarised country. donald trump is back on twitter. people got used to his fiery tweets in the oval office but he was banned by the social media network following the january six rights. elon musk said he could rejoin following a poll on the subject on twitter. earlier i spoke to our reporter about that decision. it s been a tumultuous first three weeks since he s been