right now though we are looking at here where a month long election process involving up to nine hundred million voters has begun now prime minister narendra modi is widely expected to win another term in coalition with other parties even though his pledge to create ten million jobs and to increase manufacturing with his make in india campaign has been a failure so how rahman's been speaking to people about their hopes from the next indian government. to millions of indians the wheels of life don't stop turning and that includes those like migrant worker from the state of west bengal in the east of the country he's been a rickshaw rider in new delhi for twenty years with few job opportunities moving to the big city was the only way to support his family. it would be wonderful if my son and daughter get an education that's my only wish and nothing else as a responsible rule water i go to great lengths to cast my vote but the politicians

take my vote and then disappear where is the promised help millions of workers have converged on india's major cities to find ways to survive economic pressures back home they're relying on politicians to keep their election promises to the. millions of indians voters for the bharatiya janata party b j p led by a right wing populist leader in the red remote in twenty fourteen he promised a lot to the electorate especially the young and. if we want the country to progress then we need to develop their skills that's my mission this is my promise to develop skill india where the promises were made that where there were training something. so hope was really rising but in forty years nothing happened you know ninety five percent of startups have failed i don't see any indian is making up for years. in the capital new delhi aspiring fashion designer. so close to graduating

and maybe in this class like books. a first time voters because i wasn't will give my promise that i would want a government who gives them promises just not for the sakes sake of getting what in the next election is but to be there for the people as me out of court is the first thing which we will look at. and that's what we want these are just some of the estimated fifteen million graduates that will join the job market each year the government forecasts that manufacturing will increase by eight percent and that's good news for these students. is not the first to look for work in the big city and he will be the last but he'll be heading back to his village to vote to pay his choice of candidates will keep his election promises. well you know the buy word for taxi apps all over the world but of course each region has its own variations on the theme and here in the middle east and asia it is karim only karim

just got bought out by her for three billion dollars which sounds like your classic situation of the little stop being swallowed up by the industry leader well this one's a little different though karim will actually operate under its own banner and then will continue to be led by its own founders as a wholly owned subsidiary and our next guest actually believes the sale of korean two is a good thing for the middle east's startup scene but what about those behind the likes of a soft bank of japan saudi arabia's public investment fund what's their game are they now reinforcing the old world order of investments which has been blowing up the water more recently by the likes of amazon google and facebook well we've got i guess joining us from london it's dominic perks who is the co-founder of. capital so nice to have you with us dominic just what we're talking this specific case of how is it a good thing for middle aged startups when the little guy as i said get swallowed up by the big guy. well there are a number of investors that have invested into into the business and they're going

to yield fantastic returns which will encourage them to invest in startups i think it will encourage entrepreneurship in the region hugely and i also think that the people that are involved in that business will have learnt so much and will be so confident that they may well then go and build their own companies so i am very purpose you know we have been keeping a close eye on the tech ecosystem in the middle east and we're often working out in the middle east bringing some of our companies from london to trade in the region and we think this is just excellent news for the region so is it a good thing as i suggested to see the light solve in this case soft bank and saudi arabia which are backing to be making these sorts of moves because these are moves which have been dominated by the big tech players recently tech players which i mean are owning you know seventy five percent plus of the advertising market and i

just wonder if you think this is a good thing that we're seeing. well i definitely think it's a good thing that kareem has been set up by entrepreneurs backed by angels and by institutional capital and has now scaled successfully and. and been accepted to move i think this is a it's a it's a great move and i don't think that. anyone would argue against that more widely is that a concern when you've got the the googles and the amazons and the facebook's the usual suspects which we name but when we see them making all the investments they're making on the consolidations and with this huge growth is it a concern that that has happened for so many years now so what we're trying to do is is find and back and build the next town isn't the next facebook the next google and you know the migration of talent from industry into early stage businesses now stimulated and kind of capsulized by transactions

like carrie can only be a good thing i mean in the end to build great businesses you need fantastic innovation you need brilliant teams and you need you know willing capital and careen transaction is is is definitely going to stimulate the market we think so without giving the game away for what you guys are investing in but tell me what are you looking for because you say you want to you want to find the next big thing but there are so many little things out there right now which could be the next big thing. absolutely i mean you know we see sixty seventy business plans a week that we review in and consider for investment ultimately what we're looking to do is about businesses that have real purpose and that are solving real problems and that have incredibly driven capable management teams that that's that's what we're looking to do in addressing large markets. ideally international markets as well. so one example of a business that is

a great british innovation that has backed his is what three words what three words is solving a extraordinary global problem which is that seventy five percent of the world's population doesn't actually have a postal address. now the team in london what three words have come up with a system where they've taken a great across the whole world and divided it into fifty seven trillion squares each three meters by three meters and they've given each square a three word name it's kind of ingenious and allows you to find anything or anyone in the world with a memorable three words it's first client was mongolia it's received investment alongside amber alerts from the likes of sony ventures from am ex in the region from diner and you know it's set to become a truly fascinating and transformative business we think now i'm very

familiar with what three words are used it's good when you're trying to send a delivery driver your way or something like that do you do you feel this is a slightly strange question but do you feel lucky when you find something that i know it's your job to go out there and find these ideas and to decide ok this was the one we should ban but you must feel a bit lucky as well when you think well of all the millions out there we got a good one. for sure this is you know that he kind of make your own luck so. you know it's. we see a lot of opportunities in and actually you know what there are lots of great ideas it's so much about the execution so certainly our approach isn't just to provide capital into these businesses but to provide real support real mentorship and one of the things that we i think quite unique on is our focus on internationalisation we want to build global witness don't great talking to thank you for your time thank you in iraq rising unemployment is provoking demands for government action

particularly by young people you know the international monetary fund says youth unemployment is actually more than double the government's official rate of twenty percent but is there an alternative perhaps to government intervention to reports from baghdad this is hosain a seer. he's got a degree in political science but he's here in baghdad stay here square selling t. hussein is one of the millions of iraqis who are out of work. i have decided to wear the graduation at and sell t. on the streets to earn a living and to deliver a message of discontent to the authorities now days graduates suffer from lack of job opportunities and a weak government plan to address the issue. these protesters all have p.h.d.'s and are all out of work. yet they say they're angry with the government for not fulfilling its duty under iraqi law the government must provide government

jobs to those who gain a ph d. in any discipline but that's not happening. as bad mother the job much you know the reason behind our protest is that many of those holding who scratch it degrees are suffering from unemployment and no job opportunities available despite the fact that many of iraq's universities need such experts we've lame administrate of corruption nepotism and favorite has any. official say the country's recent problems have derailed government plans in the title as the reason behind rising unemployment rates in iraq is attributed to its economic crunch and security challenges and that has led to the delay of many projects which have affected the labor market this is one solution it's called the station established last year by young iraqis to help start up companies it is privately funded by local and international non-government organizations the station offers office space for rent and access to people with extensive experience to provide guidance it's helped

launch more than thirty businesses so far. and this is one of them this book store opened within the station last year and its owner says she got all the support she need at least she'll be watching that kyra until rates of cases all to obtain a real estate as start to business owners is difficult but here i was with an opportunity to start up with less costs so the station provided me with that corner to run my business called garage this is the only one of its kind in the country for now the founders are trying to launch a second one in europe built later this year while a place like this provides resources to many unemployed iraqis they argue that it's not enough to help tackle the growing unemployment rate across the country and for substantial change to take place they argue that the government must do more to help its people finally this week we do need to talk about briggs that's where the headline is that the european union leaders have given the u.k. six more months to find a measured way to leave the bloc in

a sense that solves the problem of the ticking brags that clock or at least puts a little more time on it but the level of division within the british parliament and the british people that still need a lot more work here is lawrence lee now on a trip to two english towns which share the same name but one entirely different outcomes to the crisis this elegant policy of london is the epicenter of hostility to brics its rich powerful people live here the entire notion of brics it is regarded as balmy unhinged would economically speaking cook the u.k.'s goose. the centrist liberal democrats who have only a handful of seats in parliament dominate politics here have defiantly nailed their colors to the council mast and they say get rid of bricks it once and forever kill it stone dead it will have to be revoked because there simply isn't the time to put the legislation in place for

a second reference or if if revoke is going to be cleaver let's just do it it wasn't possible still of a break that i think people will understand that we just have to be honest and say what you were solves the transfer trade sixteen was a false it was a lot to be honest it was just something which couldn't be delivered it is absolutely impossible to overstate the sheer sensible thing that people in places like this have towards brics it's their feeling of national betrayal towards those politicians who would take the u.k. out of the european union with no deal. becomes a vis richmond's and you're likely to get the opposite view here very many regard opposition to bracks it's as a form of treachery. this richmond is every bit as pretty as the other one it was voted the best place to live in britain yet the mood here can be venomous towards both the e.u. and the british governments they dismiss entirely the idea that bracks it is some

kind of mythical creature as their opponents claim britain they say is being led like a lamb to the slaughter democracy is dying i think the longer it goes on the more extensions the more of the power of the people by parliament who are reminded and we will not get brecht's it is simple as that i think it's delaying tactics so i can reverse the decision of the people we had the people we don't need in our people we should leave on our roads and that's it. it goes without saying that the reason may is now being pulled apart by both of these forces in parliament it will inevitably be her downfall that is our show for this week to get in touch with her so you can tweet me directly at kemal a.j. a.j. use the hash tag j c t c when you do our email address is there as well counting the cost of al-jazeera dot net and there is more a few online as well. c.t.c. that takes you straight to our page individual reports links entire episodes for

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watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha i'm daddy navigator also ahead fear and despair grips thousands of libyans this place by the fierce fighting for control of the capital tripoli former european politicians and diplomats urged the year to reject any u.s. peace plan for palestine and israel which ignores the two state solution. time went . away denise preparing to vote in an election that for many will be about the economy and trying to decide whether the current president has done enough to improve their lives. hello protest leaders in sudan are demanding the new ruling military council be dissolved they want a civilian government to be formed immediately which includes representatives of the army that's been backed up by the african union which urged the military to hand over power within fifteen days and the protesters are calling for the former

ruling party of deposed leader ahmed best year to be disbanded and its assets seized there also demanding the removal of the head of the judiciary his deputies and the attorney general. about the source of the of the revolution cannot be achieved completely in the face of the backstage manipulations of the remnants of the regime or key demand of a civil council to guarantee the revolution it safeguarded and its goals achieved with the technocratic provisional government with executive powers must be formed with a consensus of the people live to mohamed vall joining us from hard to him so they laid out their demands once again mohamed but they did stop sort of announcing any results as a result of the meetings taking place. that's right daryn the expectation the words that the association of so the news professionals will announce somebody that's because there have been two days of negotiations between them and the military council. the list is very long list of the months so instead

of at least telling us that you know a number of demands have been met they just said that there is a level of response from the military side but they are far from being satisfied by the number of points that have been agreed on now and the concessions that have been given they are asking as you have just mentioned for a civilian government with only a military the presentation and they are asking for a complete overhaul of the complete reform of the judiciary system including the new movement of the of the attorney general. the other figures that they think might be very close to the former regime they want nothing less than the complete uprooting of any remnants and vestiges of the regime of omar and bashir including the the former ruling national congress party and other branches including also the militias by the way they're all in the former ruling party had several militias including even militias inside the universities of sudan something that the most

traitors and the leaders of the protest are adamant should be completely disbanded we've seen some kind of arm twisting between the two sides now each side trying to impose what they think should be the road the road map for so that the military want to stay in power for at least some time they are assisting with the military council but the civilians the protesters insisting on and on and on and on a civilian government but also let me notify here that. the components of the opposition and the protesters those bodies behind the protest have not yet really agreed on how long should this transitional government stay in power before an election is organized and according to my information the military council has given its initial approval for a civilian government aside from like ruling at the same time aside from the military council they want to keep the military council but also they want to see them in government to be in power to deal with the. affairs of the state but until

now we don't see signs of the different components of the opposition and the protesters coming together and. submitting a list a clear list of of members of the government including the prime minister so i mean the other side could say that they could be betting on differences between the of between the opponents of the military council and they think that it's going to be a challenging task for those components of the opposition and the protests to really agree on a government because we have seen now we have seen that even the duration of the transitional government is not subject to agreement i mean it's a sticking point here on saying one year something three or four years and some saying two years and that's a test for the for the opposition and the protesters a test about how they can efficiently and smoothly around the country if it is handed to affairs of the country if it is handed to them soon as soon as they want

ok mohamed val with an update from khartoum mohamed thank you let's speak to him and adam he is a research associate at the school of oriental and african studies is joining us here in the studio thanks very much for speaking to us you are listening to what mohammad valve have to say and just to pick up on the initial point of we heard from the sudanese professionals association in that press conference they reiterated their demands once again but why. why do you think we're not hearing about any results is it too soon or is this a sign of what's going on behind the scenes in the defect difficulty of the discussions taking place queue of discussion there is no question about that and the other thing or so is appear that the civilian front you know there is some difference with industry but also there is deep differences within the army itself actually about the way forward especially the. i mean if you can't in the country because some of them they don't want to completely broke up with the or three and

one of the mincing that i drew is very important right now for sudan is how to deal with deep estate because with the presence of d.p. steer and the order to get there would be no meaning for actually or any kind of for meaningful political transition we know that there are still members of the old regime office years regime included in the current military council of course many of them are sure that included and we don't know what's going on behind the scenes you know just remember the current military you know the military council was appointed by the former but she writes her money generated not all of you know that the is retired right now but still we don't know the relation of shit between them or so many people there saying that is still some of the political do or you are sure that is connecting with the current military council and this is you know so it's very important actually that you know they should be. clear both might be you know to deal with the order to give you know in a very clear way because they see you know any any kind of you know present of that

order again there will be no military i mean what are you can understand that the protesters and the opposition political parties as well as the. opposition groups this is a nice professional association have a clear roadmap going forward is in papers yes but but of course in actual aboard the unity you want them to be united because their disputes are right now because right now there is some sort of you know slight you know difference to see and there about how to deal with. military council we see you know yesterday that is so many statements and even that delegation which met with the military council or some some other others actually said that you know that i'm not sure to speak of on our behalf or something like that sort of that it's a little different this is very dangerous because the military leaders right now with the military council actually they you know they are counting on the difference of the opposition itself so that it really can manage to achieve quite a bit since the protests began a couple of months ago and specifically in the past couple of weeks that led to the downfall of a president not

a pretty process developments you know to see that long standing dictator or being in power for about thirty years that's great to keep months so of course actually the hit of the north you know gone right now and so many others but these two people you know it's executions are pretty high you know people the young people actually they were going to people who are suffering from this region for over fifty years or so they want to see king they want to see you know improvement of their lives you know they want to see democracy and expression are very high but i think the people of sudan the desire of you know real democracy a meaningful kind of democracy so for the military to play a fact or to to buy time i think this is not going to help them because this could lead you know to some sort of confrontation or something or other but the thing actually the power of the protestors right through the protest of the should you nominate you know they are and they should use it you know and they cannot use it well with that would be united ok thank you for your analysis protesters in tripoli are demanding libya withdraw its ambassador is in egypt the u.a.e. saudi arabia and france they're angry at those countries for supporting forces

loyal to the warlords or have to who's leading an offensive to take the capital demonstrators say libya's representatives to the u.n. the arab league and the african union should take legal and diplomatic measures against her father and his forces meanwhile a number of fighters loyal to half that have reportedly handed in their weapons and army vehicles so forces supporting the u.n. backed government in tripoli the two sides have been fighting for control of the cap. earlier this month and the violence for thousands of people from their homes in the outskirts of the city where that they were had reports from tripoli on the worsening humanitarian situation. displeased in their own country this is one of the many offices in the libyan capital where people affected by the latest fighting have come to register their names they were promised food and shelter photos while hamad left his home in where the ruby area south of tripoli after random gunfire

hit their house he says he and his family narrowly escaped death. sort of got to our house was in the crossfire from three directions so i gathered my family and took shelter in one room five minutes later a rocket landed and exploded in the house it destroyed three rooms. fighting has intensified near civilians areas since the forces loyal to the thirty four have to launch an offensive to take control of the capital tripoli on the fourth of april you and back to police the government has launched a counter all friends of to defend the capital the fighting soon currently extends to around one hundred sixty kilometers south of tripoli it includes the areas of sheer the disused international airport also one e so. where they will be and ends are civil litigations in and around

tripoli have been also hit by a restrikes the united nations says more than one thousand people have left their homes to escape the fighting on the southern outskirts of tripoli government officials here say that number continues to rise and there and back the government is accusing the health of the forces of targeting civilian areas with heavy weapons mohammed says he saw dead bodies near his house and one of his neighbors was. by a random bullet he and his family hardly had any chance to collect their blooming. we don't know where we should go has been destroyed in our area it's caves there and we're left everything behind including our life stuck. there being provided with food and blankets by aid organizations but municipal council members say they don't have enough shelters to accommodate the groomed number of displaced people.