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but only a few can enjoy the benefits. of the regime of. kim jong un has introduced an insidious reward system to coerce allegiance to the regime. those who don't make it into the fun metropolis often feel tom green. have fun. starts feb 28th on w. . this is good news a shot coming up bear hug diplomacy in the. u.s. president donald trump arrives to a grand thing but beyond the optics what's really driving ties between the 2 nations where debbie. plus. apollo all forgiveness we need to lift a window by the 2002 body type of attacks reconciling with the man temporist how to
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build the bomb which killed her husband. it's good to have you with us when the leaders of the world's 2 largest democracies meet everything about that meeting becomes a big. u.s. president on from his on his 1st official visit to india and has both come from from minister narendra modi has been huge colorful and noisy thousands lined the streets to welcome both me does does and lead to don's part of that welcome was also a sober visit to the summit of the off from in india's goods about state indian independence the demat mug on the lived for more than a decade. the trumps tried their hand at a traditional. all spinning read that got the popular rise it symbolized
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self-sufficiency during india's independence movement next it was a raucous welcome of the world's biggest cricket stadium where from and more the address the thousands of charity attendees and the potential for india is absolutely incredible india is rising as a prosperous and independent nation is an example to every nation all over the world and one of the most outstanding achievements of our century it is all the more inspiring because you have done it as a democratic country you have done it as a peaceful country you have done it as a tolerant country and you have done it as a great free country are and there is all the difference in the world between
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a nation that seeks power through coercion intimidation and aggression and a nation that rises by setting its people free and unleashing them to chase their dreams and that is india india. or are i. added. jeff. i'm not part of the. it needs. to. get out of the lives but it's a relationship that seen its share of stress but typically last year let's begin with trade the u.s. is india 2nd biggest trading partner but retaliate for titles between both countries have overshadowed this mission should president trump has announced progress on a big trade deal but so far that hasn't been a breakthrough then there's the issue of security the 2 countries have increased
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their military cooperation in recent years and at monday's event and would rather trump announced a $3000000000.00 grammont with india to send it military helicopters something that had been in the works for some time for more on the relations between both countries i'm joined now by ambassador rockish suid a distinguished fellow of the observer mission in delhi ambassadors who has served as india's ambassador to france they bought in afghanistan and is an expert on india u.s. relations and best to suit thank you so much for making the time would you say that a military relationship between india and us is becoming the cornerstone of ties between both countries. no i think i would make it much more broad based what is becoming the cornerstone is actually 3 factors one is the opening up of the indian economy which began in the 19 ninety's the 2nd is the fact
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that it is a post poured water world in which the geopolitical center of gravity is moving towards a chef a civic with the indo-pacific and deterred is the coming into being of the indian diaspora which is now playing an increasingly important political role in u.s. domestic politics so actually the have seen the relationship in this new of a dot in this new incarnation begin that president clinton is visit in march 2000 followed by president george bush who introduced oh omitted to removing the nuclear heard from that relationship and he saw the civil nuclear deal right and then this of president obama coming in you were indorsed in does go up woman and seat on the un security council and he followed it up with a joint vision on the indo-pacific which was a very clear recognition that rising india a strong india was
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a source of stability in the region now we will have to wait and see and trawled this that has also been the growth in the defense relationship after all we only started buying defense equipment from the u.s. in 2007 right and since 2007 i think we have accumulated purchases of something like $20000000000.00 which is not an insignificant amount let's just look at the 3 factors that you mentioned mishandle them individually let's look at the 4th quarter was it sure pacific as has been referred to in the past now in this in the pacific how short is the united states that india would really play an important role and is there somewhere to hope that india will actually be the counterweight it promises to be to china. well i think that 1st of all is a growing realisation that india is a potential partner i think for both india and us we have to develop an
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understanding of how to deal with each other u.s. says been used to dealing with countries as junior allies you know whether it is european countries where that it is japan south korea these are all alliance junior allies or they're not equals the only other relationship that the u.s. had for any was its rivalry with the soviet union during the cold war india is obviously not going to be an ally or a junior partner so it has to be more coming to terms with each other as to how we deal with these issues in a different geopolitical setting which is not your approach because europe into the cold water and the east west of light we are looking at a more crowded geopolitical space and that is why india is also strengthening its partnerships with countries like japan with countries like australia with countries
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like france which has an independent presence in the indian ocean region and so on so this is a different kind of a ball game in the church there are new rules of engagement so we can't look after the orderly in the context of alliances because even the u.s. does not have the same by the u.s. considers china to be a strategic rival but it is not as if u.s. is not engaged with china this is very different from the u.s. was not engaged economically with this overt union during the cold war but today. china is us is the biggest trading partner. imagine for a moment losing a loved one now imagine your loss was the work of. your emotions rage so just for vengeance but there are also part of
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a vicious cycle one group is trying to break that cycle alliance for a peaceful indonesia brings together form a extremists and victims of attacks many of them from the 2002 bali bombings and other terrorist attacks indonesia has endured in the case of one widow who once wanted to pull the trigger herself on her husband's killers the results have been startling 2 decades on and. still glows with affection as she shows her son pictures of the father he never knew on october 12th 2002. was walking the bar when jihadists detonated a car bomb outside. recalls the mayhem of that dark night watching emergency services remove the dead and the crushing realisation that followed. in that moment all my belief that my husband was
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still alive was gone for a long time she was consumed with hatred for her husband's careless failing i said that if i could i would like to shoot them myself. visits a memorial to the victims she would never forget but she may yet forgive. max boon to lives with the scars of terrorism in 2009 he suffered life changing injuries when islamists bombed the jakarta marriott hotel the dutchman has spent the intervening years trying to connect former extremists or their loved ones with the victims of their crimes. will the reason bellbird. family over. was that i wanted. to connect with him and tell them stronghold that i didn't blame. and who all but we're all human beings
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who. don't wish each other harm. no matter what people very close to us. do to others. for years ali follows he did wish to do harm a one time chief bomb maker for the al qaeda affiliate jemaah islamiya he told the man who killed neil lose husband somewhere along the way instead of making bombs he started making amends agreeing to rican silo with his victims like me little. education which have. each bringing something the other desires an apology and redemption and. i wish i could erase everything i've ever known about bottoms. i sakit i was literally sick. by
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forgiving me i feel better. 2 people brought together by a violent ideology but united by a shared humanity. that's a from our door to our website. after the show online and saw the story of. the best of. images of donald trump the visit to.
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in europe worried about the economic impact. and massive crowds welcome the u.s. president's with the popping up donald trump one shortening credible trade deal. i've been physical and let's do business hundreds of further cases over the weekend have seen south korea open up as a key front in the battle against corona virus more than 800 people there have now caught the disease the most in any country outside of china with a booming case is the impact for south koreans and for south korean businesses is just getting started. the cube is as far as the eye can see the south koreans have been waiting patiently in their hundreds outside is supermarkets like this one to get their hands on protective masks it's particularly important here in the city of de q where the vast majority of south korea's instances of coronavirus have been detected. elsewhere public places like this market in seoul are being.

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