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♪ >> visitors to hong kong are greeted by protesters at the airport. daniel is on the ground later in the program. is eased.n kashmir high alert remain on
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after india it revoked the region's special status. matteo savini calls for new elections. the ruling league party is set no-confidence votote to bring down the government. thank k you for joining us. kashmir, a curfew has been eased for friday prayers. region has been on a security lockdown and communications block out to prevent unrest. the move has caused a rift.
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-- compared to only 19% for his closest rival. that was the congress party. that gives him a green light to do what he wants. one thing the bjp wants to do is revoke the special status of kashmir. indianne which separates and pakistani kashmir has been described as the most dangerous place on the planet. - decision by mahendra modi has caused complaints from pakistan from people within kashmir. he is saying what he is doing is giving the people a chance to get better jobs, he will be opening up the economy, giving
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molly would film producers -- producerslywood film opportunity to go and film. that is everything the people who are supporting him want to hear. that is not what the people of kashmir r want to hear. >> what are the chances the remarks will convince anyone? is a kashmir there question raised as to who heard what modi said yesterday. internet connection, television and radio are no longer available. people are cut off. there is no communication. heardunclear who has that. outside of kashmir, pakistan has
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said it will call on the united nations to intervene. it is difficult to know what the united nations can do because this is part of indian territory and the united nations won't intervene in a domestic issue. -- whether or to not it is a row over domesticc amongstis a controversy the people in india who are not in agreement with what narendra modi is doing. forhina is getting ready the strongegest typhoon i it has seen in years. landfallected to make saturday morning on the east coast. and have canceled flights closed schools in anticipation of the typhoon. some 16,000 residents in shanghai are being evacuated.
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the airport in hong kong is packed with protesters. they explained a protest movement in its second month. anotherst protest that protest will be followed by street demonstrations. >> the economy is important for everyone one of us in hong kong, unless a small minority of not mindhey did destroying the economy. they have no stake i in t the society so many have helped to build.
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>> we can cross to daniel. b been successful? regararded ass is successful. they use it as an opportunity to explain to people what they arae doing, w t they are proteststin. they apopologize for a any inconvenience and they are popolite. they h hand out dififferent leaflets. one talks abobout their dememan. practical..s s a bit safe?g kong it reassures them m they have nt
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remove themselves from the protesters. this is my favorite. pass for boarding freedom.m. they sayay they study art at thihis is the first day of the protest. i am going t to talalk a littlet abouout their rereaction to the s's' losingt official theieir m minds. i spoke to a numumber of
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protesesters. theyey feel like they have no oe to negotiate with, no one who will listen to them. theyey are making statements and saying those who play with fire e will perish by it. for that t update. moving on, italy's primee minister dememands an explanatin for a crisis created by matteo sal vini. why he called for s snap elections this week. >> it is a scenario italians are accustomed to. ofre government on the verge collapse. matteo sal vini wished to break
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up the coalition. interior minister came to see me and told me he intended to break up the government coalition. head to the polls. >> despite being in a coalition, sal vini has thought to grain the upper hand on his counterparts. he says his coalition is dead after ththey fell out ovever a high-speed railing to france. >> both parties are calling for a government reshuffle. be calledions could
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for october. the president could put in place a caretaker government until the in 2023.duled election 300,000 civilians have been exposed to human rights abuses. venezuelans are fleeing their country and have been vulnerable to the violence. armed groups have forced 40,000 to flee their homes on the border with venezuela. these groups are fighting for drug trafficking routes. disbanded, armed groups moved in to fill the gaps. the situation has descended into war in the region.
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>> in and outside, it is likely there is an impression that with the peace deal, the situation has been resolved and the country is at peace. the country is at war. >> thehe report says armed grous are murdering community leaders and employing children as soldiers. >> children and minors are making cocaine. we know cases between eight and 14 who wake up at 4:00 in the morning to make cocaine. >> the alternative is they are captured and recruruited by the armed groups. >> 25,000 have crossed the border into columbia to escape a
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humanitarian catastrophe, onlnly to be caught in the crossfire. >> more than 50 people have registered for presidential elections in tunisia. the prime minister announced he is running. the election is to decide who will replace the man who passed away in july. face tol-known tunisians. he is a front runner and this presidential electction. a responsibility and i know what responsibility is. i have had three years of it in terrorism.ighting
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has positioned himself as a dynamic figure. in recent months, his popularity is flagged in the wake of unemployment and inflation. party, the second largest party in the tunisian parliament behind the moderate islamist group. the interim head of parliament will pose a significant threat to him in this election. he is the party path first ever candidate for the presidency. if tunisians reject mainstream parties, there are a number of outside figures who could do well. a 56-year-old is k known as the tunisian -- by his critics. some pollsing in back in june.
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defense minister enjoys the support of secular parties. with the candidates declared, the electorate battle begins. majority,idate wins a a runoff vote will be held by early novemberer. >> more than 2 million muslims are beginning the pilgrimage to circle i iam's mostst sacred si. for year, they are paying survivors of the mosque shooting to travel to mecca for the event. that is it from the newsroom. thanks for watching. there is much more coming up.
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♪ [speaking foreign languguage] [indiscernrnible] >> this woman knows little about her father. motherer birth, her married a dutch citizen. she would never discuss her first love.
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mohammed,as called a soldier in the free indian was part of a closely guarded region for years. >> many people don't know about it at all. surviving the war. otherwise, i would not be here to talk to you. >> the fight for freedom was at the heart of this legion. calcutta.begins in back then, india was under britton's thumb. one flying the flag for was a man staunchly opposed to the nononviolent stae taken by gandhi.
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when war broke out in 1939, he spotted the perfect opportunity to free his homeland. we could not have reached a better combination of settlements to help us receive our liberty. >> they managed to flee india before arriving in berlin. in his briefcase was a plan to recruit prisoners from the british army. he wanted to build a legion that would liberate india. is the had happened allies and access powers fouougt
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north africa. these soldiers were being held prisoner in italy and germany. saw the soldierers as wonderful material that he could recruit because it is free in the army. he saw them as mercecenaries, as serving a conquering power, that he could persuade them this is the moment you become indian. meetingngs wereof held witith the ss. had contempt for india and indians. persuaded to use them as
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a propaganda tool to show the helpns were trtrying to people who had been enslaved by the british. to meet withoff indian soldiers. little by little, they came on board. listening toall -- they did not want to defect. him and they said you are to fight for the freedom of india. >> he was due to be sent to the frontline in russia. he was hired as the hindu interpreter. they said you can start right away.
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nothing.ood noticed i was not good at interpretingng. 3000 men signed up to join the legion. they were under the ordrders of german generals. training lasted almost two yeyears. were promoted to the post of lieutenant or commmmander. unlike the british army, it was a melting pot of religion. >> it was all mixed, not like ones who had sought the battalions. and it worked
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very well. >> both created a new indian government in exile. he set u up a center whehere he broadcast his speeches. >> h he is trying to undercutt e loyalty the indian soldiers had to the british indian army. if he could stop them fighting for the british, that would be a huge blow against the british. >> pushing onto i india, hopes faded. both decided to go to japan. the free india legion was left in the hands of the germans and in 1943, it was -- to the
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netherlands. to memeers were ordered protect the atlantic wall. they f fortified the beach and built bunkers. >> we had bunkers that had to be manned. .hey came in here they were posted here because they were trying to -- there were not enough people from their own sources. his great uncle was a laborer. he was not hostile to the indians. they were viewed as people suffering under foreign occupation. girls would brave the barricades in the hopes of meeting them. >> word spread arounund that t e werere nice men to be seen and o dance with.
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girls wanted to -- because they were exotic. h his father shed was pregnant and t they decidedo get engaged. winter was fast approaching and many feared indian soldiers would not be strong enough to stand the freezing conditions. the commanding officer sent them to the south of france. parents promised to meet again at the end of the war.. arrived, they were posted on the beaches to bolster
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defenses. there had been no news from the leleader. they no longer wanted to keep up the fight. >> they did not know why they were there, what they were doing. many were drunk k in the street. there were mutinies, they cost a lot of problems. disorientedese were soldiers, there they were, parat of a small unit, working undeder retreatingns, who were and being in a place far from india. >> ally forces began the normandy landing. to munch -- two months later, they began their retreat.
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there was ar and i looked in, an side, -- on the other and we went very fast towards ----. those not shot dead were sitting back to india. highfaced chargrges of treason. >> i it led t to indians discovg what happened in the war. huge upsurge in should be celebrated and
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honored. inthe soldiers were freed 1946. indied in a plane crash taiwan. he remains a controversial figure. many blame him for collaborating with the nazi regime. returned. he waited 55 years before going in search for him. she trackedp of --, down herer family in pakistan. her father was already dead. to what is now and two of them are in this picture. one is the daughter, one is the son we hoped to see.
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>> he has s kept nothingng from .ndia, except this b buddha she says it suits her soul.
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