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Evening Edition
by BFM Media
The Evening Edition team restores sanity to your day even as you’re stuck in traffic trying to get home. And let's face it, who isn’t? We tackle the biggest headlines with analysis, updates and opinions, and get your take on all the issues that matter most. And as a bonus: the stories are soundtracked to BFM's distinctive music and tunes!The Evening Edition runs the gamut, bringing you current affairs stories, in-depth interviews, and a slice of pop culture as you wind down for the day.
Episodes
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Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah Dunia: The Ghost Army of World War II
The art of deception has been part of warfare since the very beginning of warfare. The Trojan Horse. The feigned retreat. The smoke screen. This month, on Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah Dunia, author and filmmaker Rick Beyer tells the remarkable story of US Army's 23rd Headquarters Special Troops - 1,100...
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The Saddle Saga - Cycling from London to Sydney
Have you ever imagined or wondered what it would be like to travel over 13,000 miles on a bicycle? Can you imagine what that would do for your calves? Well, two gentleman have done just that - the plan is to cycle from London to Sydney, and they are currently on a break right here in KL. They are...
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Global Politics in 2026 - What Lies Ahead?
From Washington to Beijing, Moscow to Gaza, the world enters 2026 amid shifting power balances and unresolved conflicts. Political analyst Benjamin Barton joins us to explore the year ahead, taking a look at the US mid-term elections and evolving security doctrine, China–Taiwan tensions and the...
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What Will Domestic Politics Look Like in 2026?
As Malaysia steps into 2026, the political landscape remains as complex as ever. What lessons can we draw from 2025, and what challenges lie ahead? Political scientist Wong Chin Huat joins us to unpack the state of domestic politics: from stalled reforms and coalition compromises to voter...
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Najib Found Guilty In Latest 1MDB Trial
Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was on trial for four counts of abuse of power tied to RM2.27 billion in gratification, and 21 counts of money laundering involving over RM4.3 billion. The court found him guilty on all 25 charges, which includes four for abuse of power, nine for...
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Perlis Government in Shambles
The PAS-led Perlis government collapsed over Christmas as MB Mohd Shukri Ramli resigned, citing health issues, after eight assemblymen withdrew support. Three PAS ADUNs were also expelled, and Bersatu rebels face pressure to follow. Meanwhile, PAS has proposed a new MB candidate to the Raja of...
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The Key To Living Longer and Better
As Malaysians live longer, the question isn’t just how much wealth we can accumulate, but how well we can protect both our finances and our health. With life expectancy rising to 75.3 years, we explore what it means to preserve quality of life in a changing landscape. We get into it with Linda…
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Budget 2026: The Devil is in the Details
At RM419.2 billion, Budget 2026 is smaller than last year’s, marking the first contraction since Budget 2020. The government says the leaner budget reflects a focus on fiscal discipline and targeted spending. But beyond the headline figures, do the measures go far enough to strengthen Malaysia’s...
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Pursuing Your Education Abroad
If you're planning on pursuing a postgraduate studies abroad, the sheer volume of options and information out there can feel overwhelming. Considerations like when to apply, the benefits of studying abroad, and available scholarships come to mind. Devina Sivagurunathan, joins us to shed some…
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Budget 2025: Is The Pie Fairly Divided?
Budget 2025 has just been tabled, so we’re going to take a look at whether it’s been evenly distributed across the nation. Brought to you by Mah Sing. Reinvent Spaces. Enhance Life. Image Credit: Anwar Ibrahim, Facebook See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Budget 2025: Bigger, Braver and... Sexier?
Budget 2025 has been revealed as the largest in Malaysia's history, totalling RM421 billion. This includes RM335 billion for operating expenses and RM86 billion for development. We’ll explore key highlights, from the expansion of the Sales and Service Tax (SST) to the planned rationalization of...
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Top 5 At 5: Remembering the Late Syed Husin Ali
5. Mini Popek Popek Parlimen, where we bring you the biggest highlights from the Dewan Rakyat. Today, we get into updates on exporting fresh durians to China, eradicating hardcore poverty and opening new Drive-Thru Recycling Centres. 4. Fans are putting Bruno Mars' upcoming concert under…
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Top 5 At 5: Retiring Teachers and Resilient Rangers
5. The first US presidential debate between incumbent President Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump has wrapped, with Trump coming out the winner. 4. Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Johor-Singapore Causeway, which was built to ease pressure on train and ferry services due to...
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Top 5 At 5: Madani To Put Social Media On a Leash
5. On Mini Popek Popek, we highlight the biggest stories from the Dewan Rakyat. Today, we cover updates on Malaysia-Russia ties, as well as the issue of pornographic content on platforms like Facebook and Telegram. 4. Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun's appointment as the new chairperson of the Election...
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Top 5 At 5: Assange Walks Free After 14 Years
5. Mini Popek Popek Parlimen, where we cover highlights from the Dewan Rakyat. Today, the Higher Education Ministry's efforts to create alternative pathways for cardiothoracic specialisation, and the Education Ministry's efforts to address student absenteeism. 4. Free commemorative tote bags that...
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Top 5 At 5: Saving the Shah Alam Community Forest
5. For Mini Popek Popek Parlimen, we covered Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim addressing several pressing issues. These included Blackrock’s presence in Malaysia, the rationale for MAHB partnering with GIP, and Malaysia’s decline in the World Competitiveness Ranking. 4. Malaysian netizens...
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Top 5 At 5: What Can Malaysia Do About Myanmar's Civil War?
5. Mini Popek Popek Parlimen is back to cover highlights from the Dewan Rakyat! Today we cover: Langkawi possibly becoming a Muslim-friendly tourist destination, frustrations over the ongoing legal battle involving Sulu claims to Sabah, and accusations against Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul for...
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Top 5 At 5: A New Precedent for Malaysia-China Relations
5. The Freedom Film Network has responded to the Home Ministry's updated film censorship guidelines which aim to crack down on content deemed inappropriate. Deborah Augustin, Campaign and Strategy Lead at the Freedom Film Network, shares her thoughts on the new guidelines. 4. The Iberian lynx was...
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Top 5 At 5: Sabahan Students Remanded
Today's countdown covers: 5. The recent campaign from environmental activist group Just Stop Oil, where they left a part of Stonehenge covered in orange powder paint. We reached out to Shaq Koyok, an indigenous artist and environmental activist, for his thoughts on guerilla activism. 4. A baby...
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Top 5 At 5: What's Brewing with Boeing?
Today's countdown covers: 5. Two Malaysians have been shortlisted for the Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize, which celebrates youth leaders for their commitment to the advancement of democracy. We hear from Tharma Pillai, co-founder of Undi18, who was one of the two shortlisted candates. 4....
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Top 5 At 5: Eyeing a Seat in BRICS
Today's countdown covers: 5. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved his war cabinet, following the departure of centrist former general Benny Gantz from the Israeli government. Saul Takahashi, Professor of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Osaka Jogakuin University weighs in on what this...
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Top 5 At 5: Do We Need A PJ Smart Tunnel?
Today's countdown covers: 5. World Blood Donor Day, which falls on June 14th annually. We discuss the continued need for blood donations, and the importance of raising awareness and getting new regular donors. Datuk Dr Alzamani Mohammad Idrose, President of the College of Emergency Physicians…
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Top 5 At 5: TMJ Wants Better Deal For Johor
Today's countdown includes: 5. Popular spicy noodles hailing from South Korea, Samyang, recalled from shelves in Denmark, after their food and safety agency said the capsaicin can cause acute poisoning. 4. A proposal for Singapore to send their teachers to Malaysia. We hear thoughts from Shahnaz…
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Top 5 At 5: Selling Nature To Malaysia
Today's countdown includes: 5. Singapore's plan to appeal to tourists from Malaysia, with nature-based experiences and attractions. We hear thoughts from Andrew Sebastian, Founder & CEO of Ecotourism and Conservation Society of Malaysia. 4. Malaysia's exit in the World Cup 2024, despite winning...
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Top 5 At 5: Balcony For Maids, Not!
Today's countdown includes: 5. The surge of far-right parties in the European Parliament elections. For this, we hear from Patrick Diamond, associate professor of public policy, Queen Mary University of London, to help us make sense of headlines coming out of this and what's driving Europeans to...
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Top 5 At 5: Two Koreas Brawl Over Balloons
Today's countdown includes: 5. Last week, North Korea sent over 3,500 balloons – or “gifts of sincerity” – containing rubbish and manure across the border to their southern neighbour. In defiance of the warning, an NGO, the Fighters for Free North Korea, went ahead and sent 10 balloons containing...
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Top 5 At 5: Laws to Fight Plastic Panic
Today's countdown includes: 5. PichaEats, a social enterprise that sells meals cooked by refugees, was supposed to cater an event at a local university for 500 people, only to find out the order had been a scam. We hear from Luqman Hakim, co-owner of Cakies, a bakery in TTDI, for how caterers…
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Top 5 At 5: A Bajau Laut Community Loses Their Livelihoods
Today's countdown includes: 5. The Tokyo Metropolitan government is set to launch its own dating app this summer as part of the government’s efforts to promote marriage and counter plunging birth rates. 4. Following X's new policies allowing X-rated content, Malaysia is looking for a way to...
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The Emerging Role Of AI In Accountancy
We talk about artificial intelligence a lot these days, due to its emerging role as a helper of sorts, in doing the more mundane tasks for us. Their prevalence has been a core topic of conversation within the accountancy industry, so we thought we'd explore the ways how much AI has, and will,...
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Top 5 At 5: A Turning Point for Modi's India?
Today's countdown includes: 5. We're celebrating World Environment Day by putting a spotlight on the impact of our mangrove conservation efforts. For this, we hear thoughts from Dr Ahmad Aldrie Amir, a senior lecturer at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and coordinator of the Malaysian Mangrove...
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Top 5 At 5: Najib's Prosecution Finally Rests, Now What?
Today's countdown includes: 5. Has hardcore poverty really been eradicated in Sabah? Some reports are definitely saying so, but more specifically, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said it was a done deal, and hardocre poverty in Sabah had been eradicated in 2 months. at a Kaamatan event.…
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Top 5 At 5: Teacher's Punishment Leaves Student Disabled
Today's countdown includes: 5. Donald Trump has been found guily of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to a porn star ahead of the 2016 election, making him the first former US president to be convicted of a crime. The conviction comes months after the US elections. We hear a clip from an...
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Top 5 At 5: Microplastics Plague the Nation
Today's countdown includes: 5. This year's theme for Sabah's harvest festival, better known as Pesta Ka'amatan is "Kaamatan Beyond Food Security". We hear about the celebrations from Ariff Adi Putra, a research associate at the Institute for Development Studies - and from Kapayan Assemblyperson...
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Top 5 At 5: Reforming the Electoral Agenda
Today's countdown includes: 1. We discuss a shopping trolley being hurled from a high-rise in Bangsar and the dangers that come from it. 2. Local scarf brand Lima Segi is under fire for accusations of plagiarising the keffiyeh-inspired designs of New York-based Palestinian designer, Sarah Musa.…
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Top 5 At 5: Asia Mobiliti Makes Its Case
Today's countdown includes: 1. With the official closure of ICQ after 28 years, we reminisce on the instant messaging apps of the early internet era. 2. TNB and MACC team up to pull the plug on illegal bitcoin mining and corruption. Harpreet Singh Mann, CEO of Blocklime, a company that deals in...
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Top 5 At 5: The Best SPM Results in Years
Today's countdown includes: 1. Google's AI-powered blunder has been telling people to eat rocks, mix glue into pizza sauce, and smoke during pregnancy. With Google scrambling to fix the situation, we reached out to Dr Zhi Yuan Chen, Associate Professor and Head of the School for Computer Science…
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Top 5 At 5: The Fight to Bring a Mother Home
Today's countdown includes: 1. Make-a-Wish grants their thousandth wish to nine-year old Ayra Medina, who wished to be a mermaid princess. Irene Tan, CEO of Make-a-Wish Malaysia talks to us about what makes Ayra's wish special. 2. Phileo Damansara MRT is finally getting a proper pedestrian…
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Top 5 At 5: An Unconvincing Bid for MAHB?
Today's countdown includes: 1. We talk about a Michelin-star eatery in New York run by a someone who has never even stepped foot in Southeast Asia! 2. An incident of severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight caused the tragic death of one passenger, and injured several others. Shantanu...
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Top 5 At 5: Will Durian Runtuh this Year?
Today's countdown includes: 1. Huge pushback from several quarters on the dance party that happened recently on KTM's rental service coach. KTM has said they would "improve" their guidelines. 2. Climate change and extreme weather conditions putting this year's durian crops behind schedule. 3. A...
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Top 5 At 5: Heli Crash Kills Iran President
Today's countdown includes: 5. Singaporean comedian Sharul Channa's show in Malaysia was cancelled, after police reports were made against her, over a video of her show back in 2018. In the video, she was seen to be making jokes that alluded to 3R issues. We hear from Phoon Chi Ho, the chief...
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Top 5 At 5: Decoding Media Literacy In the Digital Age
Today's countdown includes: 5. After a small town in England is finding apostrophes missing from street signs, a NYT article has brought up scepticism on the need of apostrophes in modern times. We hear a clip from Andrew van der Spuy, a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics from the University of the...
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Top 5 At 5: Sarawak's Schools Embrace English
Today's countdown includes: 5. Two ancient Malay manuscripts — The Genealogical History of Kedah State and the Royal Correspondence of Baginda Omar — has been listed in UNESCO's Memory of The World registry for Asia and the Pacific. Ros Mahwati Ahmad Zakaria, the Head of the Malay Manuscript...
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Top 5 At 5: Calling for Crocodile Hunters!
Today's countdown includes: 5. Lee Hsien-Loong's official resignation as Prime Minister of Singapore. 4. Sabah's crocodile-hunting licence, which was introduced back in 2017 to curb the increasing crocodile populations, has not been popular with locals. So, we get into why that is, and what it...
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Top 5 At 5: Planting the Seeds for Arborism
Today's countdown includes: 5. The number of Malaysians looking for jobs in Singapore from January to March this year has gone up from 28,000 to over 46,000. We look back at a conversation we had with Joelle Pang, General Manager of FastCo Malaysia, on whether Malaysians are set on staying in...
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Top 5 At 5: Hara-Pang for KKB
Today's countdown includes: 5. Following a severe geomagnetic solar storm, an Aurora Australis lights up the skies of the southern hemispheres in Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia and New Zealand. Dr Chong Hon Yew, an astronomer at the Penang Astronomical Society tells us how these lights…
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Top 5 At 5: Pouring Millions Into Villages
Today's countdown includes: 5. A debate on whether the posting of book excerpts on social media violates copyright laws. This is coming after an X user posted a criticism of Daiyan Trisha's new book, along with pictures taken from the pages of the book. This prompted the publisher to demand it to...
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Top 5 At 5: Families on the Edge
Today's countdown includes: 5. The Malaysian Bar points out that Malaysia has not fully incorporated prohibitions against discrimination against disabilities. We reached out to Meera Samanther, co-chairperson of the Bar Council's Ad-Hoc Committee on Persons with Disabilities to understand why...
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Top 5 At 5: Putting Integrity on the Agenda
Today's countdown includes: 5. Bersih rebukes government over broken promises, amidst the appointment of Datuk Sapdin Ibrahim as the newest member of the Election Commission without open and transparent process. Wong Yan Ke, Deputy Chairperson of Bersih for his thoughts. 4. An uprooted tree in KL...
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Top 5 At 5: The Kingmakers of Kuala Kubu Bharu?
Today's countdown includes: 5. A PPR in Bestari Jaya will finally be developed in hopes to resolve the longstanding housing crisis faced by 245 families across five estates since 1998, despite being approved back in 2018. Sr Dr Ainoriza Mohd Aini, a Senior Lecturer from the Faculty of Built...
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Top 5 At 5: Sorries & Sanctions Aplenty
Today's countdown includes: 5. Malaysian-born and Oscar-winning actress, Tan Seri Michelle Yeoh was awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President Joe Biden. Should we celebrate or scrutinise? 4. Kuala Lumpur's iconic Coliseum cinema is now up for sale. Cha-Ly Koh, CEO and Founder…
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The Evening Edition team restores sanity to your day even as you’re stuck in traffic trying to get home. And let's face it, who isn’t? We tackle the biggest headlines with analysis, updates and opinions, and get your take on all the issues that matter most. And as a bonus: the stories are soundtracked to BFM's distinctive music and tunes!The Evening Edition runs the gamut, bringing you current affairs stories, in-depth interviews, and a slice of pop culture as you wind down for the day.
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