hello. you're watching "gmt" on "bbc world news." russia's fury and the threat of serious consequences. the leaders of ukraine, gorgia and moldova sign a landmark deal bringing them closer to europe, moscow lashes out. >> the largest region of ukraine. who gets what and when and will congress back it? the latest on president obama's plan to directly train and arm

syria's rebels. defeat for the usa, but who cares? they're through to the last 16. the latest from the world cup in brazil. also in the program, jamie is here looking at the agreement with the eu. >> the piece of paper there, signing the deal. what do a few names on a bit of paper mean? we'll look at what businesses hope to gain in the west and what they fear they may lose in the east. hello. it is noon in london. 7:00 a.m. in washington. 3:00 in the afternoon in moscow where the kremlin reacted with fury to three of its neighbors signing sweeping trade and political agreements with europe. there would be grave consequences for ukraine, moldova and georgia, it said, as

their political leaders signs the association agreement with the european union in brussels. it is the biggest trade in political deal european union has ever agreed when adding another country. it is also a deal which indirectly tore ukraine apart. why is it so important? the agreement gives ukraine access to the eu trade zone, the biggest single trade economic zone in the world. in turn, it commits the country to an ambitious program of political and economic reforms. it doesn't guarantee full eu membership, but it is a major step towards european integration. but, it could spark more trouble as the cease-fire range between ukrainian forces and pro russian separatists expires, mr. poroshenko has been branded a nazi by senior adviser to president putin. mike waldrich has this. >> reporter: it was first business at the eu summit today, the signing of the trade and

economic deals association agreement as it is called with nonmember countries ukraine, moldova and georgia. ukraine's president poroshenko was unrestrained when he spoke about what he feels this deal means for his country. >> what a great day. maybe most important day for my country after the independence day. a moment that is both historical and future -- it shows how dramatically things can change in a short time if the people are strong enough. >> reporter: moscow's warning supported today by a decidedly personal attack on mr. poroshenko in a bbc interview. >> this is bonded. the largest region of ukraine. >> are you saying president

poroshenko is a nazi? >> -- so-called rights sector and so forth. >> reporter: the deal signed today was a trigger for those deadly protests last winter focusing on kiev. the decision by the pro russian leader at the time viktor yanukovych not to go ahead with the deal led to the demonstrations that eventually resulted in his downfall. and to the conflicts between ukraine's government and pro russian separatists in the east. in early hours of this morning, four members of an osc special monitoring mission freed by a pro russian separatist group after months in captivity. but it was a rare positive development and tentative cease-fire in the east is set to expire today with thousands of ukrainians lining up at the border to cross no russia as it

does so. president putin called today for a long-term cease-fire, but he also declared that ukrainian society will stand split after being forced to choose between europe and russia. bbc news. let's talk to david stern, our correspondent in kiev and daniel sandford in moscow. starting with you, daniel, russia making it pretty clear how angry it is about this deal. what do we think the grave consequences will be for these three countries? >> well, i think it is very clear, it always has been a warning from russia back to last autumn. one of the reasons why president yanukovych called out the idea of an agreement with the eu and that is that russia can start to raise trade barriers between ukraine and russia. today, president putin's spokesman said everything would be done that needed to be done to protect the russian economy. the russians fear apart from of course the great loss of influence in ukraine, which is

still perhaps the most important thing, their great fear is that cheap eu goods will go into ukraine and under the trade deal between ukraine and russia will then creep into russia. that's their worry. and i think ukrainian industry is like through suffer in the short-term if the russians do increase their trade barriers. of course, the question is whether in the long-term an association agreement with the european union may still be better than an association with russia and it is very much resource driven economy. >> and, david in kiev, ukraine is split on this as it is on everything else geographically. >> that's exactly right. there are divisions within ukrainian society over a number of issues, one of them being which way the country should turn. it should be said that it is not exactly a 50/50 split. apparently about 50% according to the most recent opinion polls, there were two that came

out, around 50% of the population is for european integration, a much smaller number is for integration with russia. but the division is there, and it is obvious in the east of the country where you have this fighting, this ongoing combat there, many of the people who support the separatist movement are, in fact, people who oppose european integration. and the question is how can mr. poroshenko, the ukrainian president, bring these people back. he says this will ultimately benefit ukraine, it will become a much more european country, it will -- as you have said, there will be economic and political reforms, but at the moment, the people in the east don't seem to be heari in ing and as we also been hearing, there are a large number of refugees leaving the eastern part of the country now. >> how is that -- what is the reaction been in moscow. 100, 110,000 people have left eastern ukraine and traveled into russia. >> interestingly, russia was declaring a refugee crisis long before there was one. i think now there genuinely is a

large number of people, 100,000 under the united nations estimate, not the half a million that some members of the russian political elites are claiming. certainly significant numbers of people fleeing in case this cease-fire, now comes to a close. and the very serious fighting that we saw over the last few weeks resumes. don't forget we have had a situation where the ukrainian military have been shelling some of the military strongholds that the rebels and those are towns where many, many people live. the key question really now is what president putin's longer term vision is. i think he knew really all the way back in february that he lost the argument over the eu agreement, ukraine was the bulk of ukraine was going to go towards the eu. he had in turn got crimea and then the issue is whether he decides that to have a permanently bubbling bit of unrest in eastern ukraine is useful or whether he tries to put a stop to it.

the next question is, he wants to put a stop to that, whether he actually can. >> and how much trepidation is there in kiev about the ending of this cease-fire? and what might develop over the next few days, particularly in the light of what has just been signed in brussels in the last hour or so? >> exactly, tim. a great deal. there are mixed feelings. there is a sense of accomplishment, even euphoria among some people because of the signing of the agreement, capping seven months of turbulence leading up to this signing in brussels today. but at the same time, we have the ending of the unilateral cease-fire that the government declared seven days ago, not clear exactly what is going to happen with that. there are calls to extend the cease-fire, but obviously the cease-fire didn't see an end to hostilities. there was a great deal of fighting, they shot down the russian -- pro russian rebels shot down a ukrainian military

helicopter. the question is, if the cease-fire is not extended, will this mean an even sharper escalation than what we have been seeing up to this point. >> david stern in moscow, thank you, both, very much, indeed. as we were hearing, one of the countries, one of the three countries to sign the agreement today was moldova. we'll be be speaking to moldova's foreign minister, but, first, let's have a closer look at the country. because moldova is a small poor nation in eastern europe, sandwiched between ukraine and romania. it gained independence after the breakup of the soviet union in 1991. but an area to the east known as trans-dniester feels closer to russia. thousands of russian soldiers are stationed there. but it is unrecognized by the international community. and has since been in limbo.

let's go to brussel and speak to the foreign minister who joins us now. thank you for joining us on "gmt" today. is your heart in your mouth? how concerned are you about these grave consequences as a result of signing this deal, the grave consequences threatened by russia? >> hello. well, first of all, the european integration is a sovereign choice of the people of the republic of moldova. and it is supported by the majority of our people. so we truly believe that everybody would respect this sovereign choice. and as far as concerns go, i would like to tell you that we have foreseen an evolution since developments, we feel well prepared and committed. >> are you prepared for your crop exports to be be be stopped by russia, are you prepared for them to turn off your gas, are you prepared for the threatened

expulsion of moldova back into moldova proper? >> let us start with wine experts. since last year, we are not selling any wines to the russian market. on the other hand, the european union responded by completely liberalizing its market for the moldovan wine experts. so everything that russia rejects, we are now selling quite successfully on to the european union and other destinations. we are paying for the consumption of the natural gas. we are receiving from the russian federation and they are convincing us even if the gas with ukraine would go badly, moldova would not be affected. moldova is a transit country for some of the russian gas deliveries to southeast european countries. >> so is ukraine and the prices

are up there. what if they decide to triple the price of gas for mo doldova? >> both countries are members of important international arrangements. moldova would be, of course, raising the issue with the russian federation as the supplier. but if, of course, the rejection of some of our fruits and vegetables happen, then, of course, we would be continuing to sell more on to the european union markets. and recently eu has taken the decision to double their quotas for moldovan experts of parishable goods on to the european union market even before the free trade area we signed today as part of the association agreement. >> i'm terribly sorry to interrupt. we haven't much time left. have you modeled, have you

worked out what this streamlining, this modernizing of the moldovan economy is going to mean for your people? have you worked out how many job losses, how many factories are going to close, what sort of short-term pain is going to be involved by deciding to tack yourself closer to europe? >> we have taken a very responsible attitude toward the new deal with the european union while we were negotiating it for the last three and a half years. and so far all the impact assessment studies done independently by the foreign and moldovan experts showed that once started to be implemented, association agreements and free trade area with the european union would ensure the permanent loss of the moldovan economy up to 6% yearly. and would increase the capacity of moldovan exports up to 15% yearly. besides this is the best and

most efficient model for modernization of the republic of moldova for attracting foreign direct investments and obviously for creating jobs for moldovans at home. >> thank you very much indeed for joining us on "gmt." >> thank you. >> you can get much more analysis and in depth coverage from our correspondents on the website, bbc.com/europe. in other news, 14 people have died, dozens more have been injured in an explosion at a gas pipeline in the indian state of pradesh. the blast in the early hours destroyed several houses and forced the evacuation surrounding villages. emergency teams are still searching for more victims. scientists could soon create a simple blood test to detect a woman's risk of breast cancer. researchers discovered some women who developed the disease without a family history have a particular marker in their blood. they believe this would show up in tests several years before symptoms appear.

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president barack obama has asked congress to approve $500 million to train and equip what he described as moderate syrian opposition forces. according to the white house, the funds would help syrians defend against forces aligned with president bashar al assad, the aid would also counter militants including isis, islamic state of iraq, and

levant. isis advanced in neighboring iraq led some in congress to press mr. obama to take action. let's talk now to olivier greca, expert on security and counterterrorism issues. big question, will it get through congress and is it really too little too late? >> it is definitely too little too late. there was the momentum two years ago when the free syrian army had the upper hand against assad, and that's when the help from western nations started winding down. at the same time, syria got the help of iran through hezbollah and through a lot of money. and that's how you saw the whole turn of events and assad being on top. so it is very much little too late. it is -- >> and there has been a covert cia training program, hasn't there, taking place in neighboring jordan. how far does that go? is it not as much direct involvement as what president obama is now saying he wants to

embark on? >> it has been a very, very small scale. they are training north of 100 fighters. now what they're talking about is training much more fighters, but the issue is how you're going to find out if the ones you're training are not extremists that are going to get their hands on weapons. >> well, how can they do that? as they explain, what are you hearing about that? >> they have not explained. it is very vague. the problem is the intelligence is very sketchy. the free syrian army was much more -- two years ago, composed of secular people that we could work with. it has been very much depleted by isis fighting against them and by assad troops also getting through them. so it is going to be very complicated for them to find who they can deal with and also wants them to fight both isis

and assad. >> who is the main target here? is it isis or is it assad? of course, so many mixed messages coming from the white house about syria. >> it looks like now obama is recognizing that syria's situation is, you know, going into iraq, something that it should have realized a while back. but in light of the announcement, i think it wants isis to be -- to be depleted, which doesn't make much sense because had the line that assad is the one that it should go after. so it is a very mixed message for him at this point. >> and when it comes to that sort of money, does that come out of this new fund, which he announced recently, which he said would be targeting terrorism around the world? >> i think technically it is not going to come out of this fund. it is another 1.5 billion that they have specifically on syria

rather than the 5 billion he has announced. but even if everything goes well by congress, it is not going to start until next year. so plenty can happen in next six months. >> okay. olivier, thank you very much. >> you're watching "gmt." turning to the world cup, and the uruguayan player luis suarez banned from the tournament for biting fellow italian player george yeah ceiorgio chiellini one deal over the controversy. 888 dropped him as an ambassador. suarez was seen yesterday saying good-bye to his teammates as he left the uruguay camp. meanwhile, fans of the usa team are celebrating after they made it through to the last 16 last night. >> usa! usa! usa! >> well, u.s. lost to germany 1-0, but both teams are still through to the next round. the u.s. will travel to salvador to take on the belgians on tuesday.

algerians are celebrating as their team made it through with a 1-1 draw against russia. the first time algeria made it into the knockout stages. well, as the football goes on, the huge focus on brazil has been shining a light on the underbelly of the south american country and the picture isn't always positive. drugs are a big problem in brazil. according to recent figures, the country surpassed the u.s. as the biggest crack cocaine consumer in the world. prince harry is touring south america and visited sao paulo where he learned about a government project to cut down on crack cocaine addiction. katie watson reports. >> reporter: his visit to a neighborhood known as crack land attracted a lot of attention and needed heavy security. it is not often a member of the royal family drops in on a no go part of sao paulo where drug addicts and dealers converge.

the prince was here to learn about a new government project, but instead of driving out the addicts, supports them, giving them food, paid work, health care and shelter, and controversially, they don't insist they give up their drugs either. harry was mobbed as he walked through the neighborhood and met crack addicts. the prince wanted to see how authorities are dealing with the problem of crack cocaine and his visit has shown a spotlight on an issue this some experts call an epidemic. people were dealing and using the drug in open air. one person threatened us when we tried to film openly, despite the heavy police presence. i met one of the people on the government's program. i asked him, he used to work in a circus, but he's been an addict for 20 years. when the world cup is over, he tells me, he wants to rebuild his relationship with his family and children. when i smoke, i feel relaxed, i feel good, he tells me.

but crack is like aids, he says. it has in cure. the problem is the drug is cheap. a drag can cost just 20 cents. a rock, a little over $4. and rising wealth has seen the problem soar in the past few decades. >> it used to be homeless people. but nowadays, the drug spread through all social classes. it is a problem for the whole society now. >> reporter: a scene that was clear as prince harry walked the streets, not an average day in crack land or for the prince. katie watson, bbc news, sao paulo. don't forget, keep up to date with all the news and all the football on the website, including the latest on what has happened with luis suarez, bbc.com/worldcup. also join in on the conversation on twitter using the hash

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one day you realize that what matters is not the size of your car. it's the size of your yacht. ♪ welcome to "gmt" on "bbc world news." i'm tim willcox. coming up in this half hour, the former prime minister of l luxembourg set to get one of the most important jobs, but not everyone is pleased. >> that's right, tim. i'm lucy hockings in brussels. david cameron is also completely isolated now in his opposition to jean-claude juncker. >> will it be a mohican or a mullet? we find out why having the haircut of your favorite footballer is important in the ivory coast. also, jamie looks at what is happening in business and making money in india.

>> off to india, to meet the billionaires of the future. some of them started their own businesses by the time they were just 15. they're macki ingmaking their fn everything from software to motorbikes. and the number of billionaires there is expected to double in the next decade. welcome back to "gmt." let's go back to our top story, the european union summit is brussels. as well as the signing of that landmark association trade agreement, eu leaders are set to choose the next president of the european commission. pretty certain they'll confirm jean-claude juncker in the post despite outspoken opposition from the british prime minister david cameron. mr. cameron said juncker is the wrong man for the job, saying he will block eu reforms which aims to take power away from the union and give it back to national parliaments.

mr. cameron initially thought he had the support of german chancellor angela merkel, but that hasn't come through. he's now pushing for a vote despite the fact britain is facing a 27-1 defeat. let's go to my colleague lucy hockings who joins us live from brussels. one against 27. what time do we think this announcement will happen, lucy? >> it is not quite as bad as that because at the moment we think david cameron might have the support of the hungarian prime minister, he's come out and said he might support david cameron. that is a 26-2 defeat. so pretty humiliating for the british prime minister if that is indeed what happens. but in unchartered territory here because never before has a big european country like britain blocked or opposed the appointment of a new head of the european commission. and frankly this is all happening behind closed doors. what we do know is that it is the last item on their agenda today, but it could take some time because it is expected that

every european leader is going to want to have their say, and then david cameron has called for a vote. but there are no written laws about how this should be. and it is behind closed doors. so we'll have to wait and see. one of the things that david cameron particularly objects to is how does jean-claude juncker pretty much the only nominee now for the position, and just to explain, the european leaders' logic behind all of this is that his passing of the european party won the largest block of votes in the last european elections and jean-claude juncker is their guy. the only nominee. so that is their logic. what david cameron would say, though, is when european voters went to the polls, they probably didn't have a former prime minister of luxembourg in mind when they cast their ballots. this is what david cameron to say when he arrives here this morning. >> the european elections showed there is huge disquiet about the way the european union works and the response, i believe, is

going to be wrong on two grounds. wrong on the grounds of principle, it is not right for the elected heads of government of the european countries to give up their right to nominate the heads of the european commission, the most important role in europe. that is a bad principle. and it is the wrong person. jean-claude juncker has been at heart of the project to increase the power of brussels and reduce the power of nation states for his entire working life. he's not the right person to take this organization forward. >> some diplomats here in brussels feel the british prime minister has been too confrontational on this one. his entire approach goes against the grain of consensus making and deals which is what is usually done here in brussels. he managed to catch up with the finnish prime minister this morning. >> i think david cameron is a very principled man and he's felt strongly that juncker is a little bit too federate for his

liking. i think we can all make mends. i think we can all solve the situation. and i think in the uk some people really seriously need wake up and smell the coffee. the european union is a good thing for the united kingdom. over 50% of the trade of the uk goes to the eu. if that were to be cut off, i think the continent would be cut off seriously. >> that seems to be the comment everyone is picking up on today, wake up and smell the coffee to david cameron. let's talk about the implications to britain now. with me is ben wright. how is this all playing out in britain? >> well, i think the irony is even though it is clearly a colossal defeat to david cameron, after the european elections he hoped he would be able to concoct a blocking minority that would stop jean-claude juncker. he failed to do that. the key person who abandoned him was angela merkel. she knew the diplomatically, politically at home it was too high a price to pay by not supporting jean-claude juncker. once her stand became clear,

other allies of david cameron he might have won over like the swedes, the dutch, the fins all flaked away. which is why he's in such a lonely place today. there is some indication that back home british voters quite like the fact that british prime ministers come here and make these lonely stands and fighting the british interests, that's how he'll frame it today, and in the interest as he would put it of britain. i think that would resonate quite a bit. but in reality, looking at how david cameron hopes it renegotiate britain, one of the key pictures -- how the course of events can go today. it makes it so much harder for him because he's losing friends here. he's stretching the patience. >> is this first step to britain leaving the european union? >> perhaps they have taken a millimeter of a step closer today.

we already know there is already a referendum in the -- they will have a referendum at the end of 2017 on a renegotiated relationship with europe. it is very unclear what that renegotiation will involve, exactly, how david cameron hopes to take back from brussels and return to westminster. that's what his party are hoping for. it does feel that today makes that a little bit harder. he'll have a commission president who has absolutely no affection to britain at the moment. >> how is he going to do deals with jean-claude juncker? >> we wait to see. there is some speculation that mr. juncker can choose be to be, if he wanted to, a fairly vindictive commission president and make life very difficult for david cameron. the european union is the complicated beast. the commission is where the laws are written, it enforces rules and regulations. i think even more importantly for david cameron is actually the council what we're talking about today, the group of heads of government. they're the people that can decide whether or not david

cameron can get the sort of renegotiation that he has now promised voters. but, i think david cameron will get quite a bit of criticism back in britain. if this is the opening skirmishes of his attempt to reform the european union, not going very well. >> ben, thank you very much for joining us. interesting times here in brussels. just to go back to your opening question, we don't have a time for you. as i mentioned, the session is behind closed doors. the last item on the agenda, but we are certainly keeping a cross on every single movement here on brussels. >> thank you, so much indeed, lucy. lucy hockings in brussels. breaking news that we're getting out of erbil in northern iraq. press conference held between the british foreign secretary william hague and the iraqi kurdish leader. he just said in that press conference that there was no going back on the autonomous kurdish rule in the city of kirkuk and other towns now defended against sunni

militants. you may remember that when isis fighters moved into that region, a lot of the iraqi army just disappeared and headed back to baghdad, leaving a power vacuum there. saying the peshmerga kurdish fighters who stepped in would now remain in kirkuk. it is an area of northern iraq that has been debated between baghdad and the autonomous region. but making it absolutely clear that it was now past the autonomous region. let's catch up with business. jamie, over to you. >> thank you very much. we're going to concentrate on ukraine. we have been hearing it signed a political trade accord with the european union this friday. it is called the association agreement and it is going to open up european and ukrainian markets to each other over the next decade. it will the eu says it will boost exports to europe by a billion

euros, about $1.35 billion every year. it will save ukrainian firms $685 million a year in customs duties as well. however, there is a price to be paid for this, because russia has threatened to punish ukraine economically, which it has done. president yanukovych he argued this deal would cost $500 billion in lost trade with russia. and then it would cost another billion dollars just to implement all these eu standards, to upgrade the equipment, kits making the things they hope to export to europe. either way, ukraine's economy needs a boost. tipped deep into recession by the political crisis. the imf predicts that gdp will slump 5% this year. ukraine's currency has been battered, yesterday trading at 11.88 to the u.s. dollar. that might not mean much to you, but that's a fall of about 45% in the last six months. it is the worst, in fact, of any

currency in the world. now on the hopes and the fears of local businesses. >> reporter: this underwear is multinational. produced by a local company, it is sold in ukraine, russia, and the eu. business will receive a boost when ukraine signs a long anticipated free trade deal with europe. the owner says european integration is ukraine's only choice. but he says, the road will be be rocky, competition with european companies will increase. >> it is like learning to swim. everybody dive in the water, but somebody will learn to swim, somebody no. >> they'll drown. >> they'll drown, yes. >> reporter: the trade deal comes amid political and

economic turmoil. ukraine's growth has plummeted, and the government owes billions of dollars to international investors. last year, ukraine's former president viktor yanukovych canceled the eu deal. hundreds of thousands protested this move and drove him from power. now, his successor is signing the deal. the revolution was not only pro european. it was also anti-moscow. last year, russia said it would punish ukraine economically if it signed the association agreement. question is, does this threat still stand? ukraine's relations with russia deteriorated drastically. pro kremlin separatists are fighting in ukraine's east. russia and its economic allies can influence ukraine in a number of ways. >> russia and other countries can -- a lot of pain in ukraine

especially since they account for one third of our trade and is a large company in the east of ukraine that export to russia. >> reporter: many are hoping once the deal is signed, its benefits will far outweigh the initial pain it will undoubtedly bring. david stern, bbc news, kiev. let's have a look at how hard the benefits will be to achieve. for more of that, i'm joined by a partner at cfc consulting, in koy kiev, in ukraine. the next phase is going to be difficult. dell t tell me about the transition that businesses in ukraine will be going through. >> the next couple of years will be tough, but ukraine paid a very high price for what we have achieved today.

and, of course, a signing of the agreement is a historic moment. but the fact is that we now have really an opportunity to change the country, get some reforms done, finally get rid of corruption, get independent judiciary and, of course, the agreement in itself is a very strong engine and very strong motivation for the other government to implement those reforms. >> give me an idea of these reforms, i want to know the kind of things that will change on the ground. does it mean new equipment you have to put in, does it mean the different way of doing business. give me an idea of what businesses are going to be doing. >> well, the most important -- the biggest challenge is corruption. and for -- we need to deal with corruption. we need to overhaul our system of law enforcement, of the judiciary, of the security services, of the tax and customs agencies. it has to change. we need to curb it. we need to curb corruption. secondly we need to secure independent judiciary.

any business in ukraine, they have to go through courts. you have corrupt courts and there is no chance of attracting foreign direct investment. so ukraine has to do it. we have very strong motivation because we are integrating into the eu. a lot of people have died in ukraine for that agreement to be signed. of course, it is not a panacea in itself, but a strong motivation for us. of course, some relationship and companies which have been trading with russia may need to diversify, they need to find new markets for their exports. nevertheless, signing of agreement with russia does mean we are going to lose the russian market. we won't lose the russian market unless russia decides to close the market. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you, thank you. now if you're a regular viewer, you'll know every friday we try to spot the next generation of global billionaires, who they might be,

where they come from, and how they're going to make their money. today we're in india where the billionaire count is expected to double in the next ten years. we have met two entrepreneurs who think they're already on the road to success. >> reporter: young india is in the fast lane. arjan is 27. ever since he graduated five years ago, he started one company each year. among his ventures is this harley-davidson franchise, the only one in mumbai. he had the financial support of his family. but he's aiming to make his own mark. he's in a hurry to chief his goals, but is also realistic and sometimes not all goes to plan. >> the economy was better, i was aiming to be in the billionaire

club, but i wanted to be the youngest to live in india, because the other one was 31 h i think that's going to be postponed. you never know though. still a few years left. >> reporter: india has a large young population and its youngsters here in mumbai first are exposed to new technology and new ideas. it is also a city well known for its own entrepreneur spirit and that is made very early on. he started his first company when he was 16. >> i started my first company at 16. it was something awesome. i discovered a new way. a new way for the internet. first of all, play games and enjoy. but i was bored. so i decided to learn how to make money. >> reporter: at 19, he is still to graduate but has already

started six ventures, some with his classmates from university. he believes india is the place to be in right now. >> if you found a great idea, because of the amount of people in india, it will grow faster than anyone has seen. >> reporter: this confidence to take on the world has come with india's rapid rise over the past decade. and even though growth has slowed over the past couple of years, they believe india still has miles to go and they want to make sure that they're riding along as it tries to make its way towards economic success. bbc news, mumbai. back to another billionaire of the future, tim. >> if you knew the truth. jamie, thank you very much. stay with us here on "bbc world news." still to come, the bbc arabic

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she talked excusively to bbc arabic. merri merriam ibrahim held on to the baby girl born in jail, her husband on to their little boy. the 27-year-old gave this world exclusive interview to the bbc. >> translator: i wiould like to thank the sudanese people and the sudanese police. i'm really grateful to all of them. i would like to thank all those who stood beside me. >> do you consider yourself a christian? >> not only was it me, it was also the court that released me. >> what is your plan now? >> translator: i will leave it to god. i didn't even have the chance to see my family after i got out of prison.

>> reporter: the audio began when merriam married daniel wani. she was jailed because some muslim members of her family are were outraged accusing her of apostasy, for which the court sentenced her to hang after receiving 100 lashes for adultery. after widespread opposition, the sudanese supreme court in khartoum let meriam go free, but on tuesday, she was detained at the airport, refused permission to travel on papers issued by south sudan. she has gone to the embassy of the united states which is ready to welcome her, but she isn't yet allowed to leave. filippa thomas, bbc news. breaking news regarding the biting incident between luis suarez and giorgio chiellini. giorgio chiellini just said the suspension of luis suarez, which is a nine-international match

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which we have prepared for signing up on the 29th of november. this pen was not used, but president of lithuania keep it from me. and i'm very happy that today we finish up very important phase of ukrainian european integration. we have decisively going to make a reform, just to change the country, and with its short period of time, to have an opportunity to claim membership perspective. i'm very happy that today the final conclusion of european union council we see that ukraine as a european country under the 49 article will have an opportunity to ask for the

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