rahul tandon is with us.he whole speech, but we will monitor it forces no significant lines. anything coming out to you so far? not really, mike. mr modi speaks off—the—cuff and he often has long speeches. he didn't start with indian administered kashmir and what's going on there, he started with the flood situation which has seen 200 people die, particularly in southern india and now he's moving on to his favourite subject of development. i'm sure he will touch on indian administered kashmir and i'm sure many in this country will be interested to see what he says there. in his independence day speech traditionally he outlines his vision notjust for speech traditionally he outlines his vision not just for particular regions but the whole country, and over the next 45 minutes or an hour with mrmodi, over the next 45 minutes or an hour with mr modi, he's going to be looking at many aspects of life in the world's largest democracy. we'll keep a close ear to that speech. talking of development, what do you say to

rahul tandon in on the brink of war over a disputed region.ople injapan have been commemorating the 74th anniversary of the us atomic bombing that killed at least 185,000 people. prime minister shinzo abe joined survivors and the families of victims at a ceremony in nagasaki. the first nuclear bomb hit hiroshima in august 1945 and a second bomb targeted nagasaki three days later. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: what the un is doing in kenya to try and break the link between teenage pregnancy and dropping out of school. the question was whether we want to save our people and japanese as well and win the war, or whether we want to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men. the invasion began at two o'clock this morning. mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise. we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all the iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigour, vitality and enjoyment of life. no other king or queen in british history has lived so long, and the queen

. >> nawaz: for more on what things are like on the ground in kashmir, we're joined by surabhi tandon, speciales condent for france 24 who just returned from a five-day trip there. welcome to the "newshour". let's start with what you saw and heard from kashmirys on the ground living through this lockdown. >> well, i was in the city abou five dayand i tried to visit as many neighborhoods asib po. of course, the security situation sort of< h day in thatthe extent of the situations were changing each day that i was there. but for the most part, people where i was was were under a fair amount of lockdown, movement was restricted. in fact, if you didn't have a pass or a reason to go tothe hospital or something that was llyent, you weren't rea allowed to move around between neighborhoods. this is forivilians. for journalists, as well, we were guarded. in most areas we went to, there were some no-go zones. of course, i was there during the time of eve which was monday. so on saturday which was the 11th of august, the gvernment eased up restrictions and old so markets in par the city, and th

the bbc‘s rahul tandon is in delhi.n to this decision on the part of the indian government. yes, there was, and it is no surprise that pakistan has moved very quickly to condemn that decision. in india this morning it is the only topic of conversation, the only story in the newspapers and on the television. there seems to be a groundswell of support across this country, people talking about it and debating it. the problem is that in indian administered kashmir, the area where the people live who are going to be affected by this decision to change the constitution, we have no idea what they are thinking. at the moment there is heavy security in place, the internet has been cut in that area, mobile phone lines, landlines, people can‘t make any calls outside the area, schools are shut. what little information we are getting is that most people are staying inside so we don‘t know how the people in the region who have been affected by this, many of whom do not want to be part of india anymore, i‘m making of the home secretar

let's cross live to delhi — and speak to the bbc‘s rahul tandon.shmir. it would seem they are keeping those stringent security measures in place. you are absolutely light -- right. day seven of a lockdown that was put in place a week ago when the indian minister stood up in parliament and announced there would bea parliament and announced there would be a revocation of a special status. we have seen protests over the last few days. there was a realistic —— relaxation. yesterday, the indian police took to the streets, telling people to go back into their homes. shutting down their stores. 0n people to go back into their homes. shutting down their stores. on what should be a day of hustle and bustle, people are chopping, we believe the streets of kashmir, in srinagar, is very quiet. we have to say it is very difficult to get information because of those communications restrictions. and also very difficult for us to speak to the people. the indian authorities say the majority of people in that region support the moves they put in place in terms of rem

the bbc‘s rahul tandon joins me now from delhi.is huge speech to mark independence day to a massive audience. how will this go down? it's a difficult narendra modi speech to the people of india. its long and it sets him up, as he a lwa ys long and it sets him up, as he always likes to do, as the strongman of the country and a man who can ta ke of the country and a man who can take decisions others feared to take and that's when he came onto the subject of indian administered kashmir. he said for 70 years nobody could do this and he's had the guts to stand up an something right for this country and write for the people of indian administered kashmir. he said the previous policies that gave them autonomy had only led to nepotism and corruption and now the laws of india could be put in place. he was speaking to the majority who back his moves by saying on the strongman, trust me, i'm going to get this right. but within indian—administered, millions of people in the kashmir valley remain without internet and their movements are restric

rahul tandon is in delhi for us. you know there's area exceptionally well.might wonder why this is so significant, pakistan and india are two nuclear power countries, they have fought two wars over kashmir and they almost fought another one. this matters. it does. what people are accepting, whatever your political viewpoint, we are entering a new era in kashmir and the prime minister has been speaking for more than an hour. he's a powerful orator in hindi, he is wearing a white pyjama with a colourful turban and he's enjoying the occasion. he's dedicated at least ten minutes to what's happened recently in indian administered kashmir, and that decision to remove article 370 which removes the autonomy that it has. he's taken great pride in that decision. he's basically said nobody else has been able to do it in 70 years and that we've done it. he's also continuously stressing this idea of one india. that before an indian administered kashmir, the laws of india didn't work there and many people were oppressed and there was nepotism and corruption and now with t

decision" and the tribune leads with " pakistan downgrades ties, india unfazed." 0ur correspondent rahul tandons speech in delhi. the reason he gave for removing article 370 which had given kashmir its special status and greater autonomy was simple. he said it had not worked at all. he said all he did brought was nepotism, separatism and terrorism and that it was time for indian administrators to enter a new era and his message really to the people of indian administered kashmir, how they're watching it we're still trying to work out because there is no connectivity in the area. they may have listened to it on the radio because cable television has been shut down. it was he was going to bring them jobs and he was going to bring back tourism to the area and make it a world hub for tourism making it make it the centre of shooting movies like it used to be. 0n the the pakistan—administered side of kashmir, the suspension of trade with india is already starting to bite. here's what one trader had to say. the crops have been ready for the past four months, we cannot move them because they have put a

for more on the situation in indian—administered kashmir here's the bbc‘s rahul tandon.d at these restrictions in the hindu part of kashmir but they say if the situation is calm and there are no problems, this restriction on movement in millions, why no internet, why are so many people in detention? we believe those numbers are in the hundreds. there are two distinct narratives and the reports we re distinct narratives and the reports were getting from inside indian administered kashmir, there is anger in the local population about the government's decision to revoke their autonomy and for the last ten days, the decision to stop them from communicating with each other and other parts of india as well. australia has come under fire over its coal policies at a major summit of small pacific island nations most vulnerable to climate change. the tiny nation too—var—loo is hosting the meeting — dominated by what they call the ‘climate emergency‘. talks got off to a bumpy start — with pacific leaders singling out australia and its energy policies. and now, new zealand's prime m

joining me now is rahul tandon in delhi. what is the picture as we speak? gather what the picture is in indian administered kashmir. it is an area that has been in lockdown and home to millions of people for the past five days since india revoked part of the constitution that gave that state special status. the police chief in the area has had some of those restrictions would be east today to allow muslims to go to the mosque for friday prayers. but what we are hearing from reporters on the ground as it doesn't seem to have happened so as it doesn't seem to have happened so farand if as it doesn't seem to have happened so far and if anything the restrictions could be even more severe. indian news channels reporting the gates to the mosque in the state capital remain locked. the situation doesn't seem to have changed very much. this comes hours after the indian prime minister address the nation saying there was going to be a new era in kashmir. he was going to bring the regionjobs, better infrastructure. that new era doesn't seem to be very different to the

first to rahul tandon in delhi.llions of people across this country and he spoke for 92 minutes, reiterating his position that the autonomy had not worked for indian administered kashmir and that the country needed one constitution and that previously it only led to nepotism, corruption and a lack of justice. interestingly within that 92 minute speech, not once was pakistan mention, and not once was the pakistan president imran khan mentioned on the pakistan independence day speech when he had used mostly to attack india and the indian prime minister, and that's a clear indication of what the policy is with its neighbour at the moment, which is to say it is an internal matter and basically none of your business. the other thing that didn't get mentioned in the speech was the lockdown, the communications blackout imposed in kashmir since the decision last week. very much so and there was more tight security across indian administered kashmir as the governor raise the flag a few hours ago. the question many kashmiris

for more analysis, our correspondent rahul tandon is in delhi.ine once again why this country's government has taken what they say is an historic step to change the dynamics of the kashmir dispute. the government here says it will integrate the people of indian administered kashmir into this country, but we cannot hear what they are saying. the internet is locked down. why are they doing it now? because they can. he hasjust won a huge electoral mandate. this isa won a huge electoral mandate. this is a policy that is extremely popular in this country. even his critics are saying if there was an election today nahendra modi would come back with the biggest majority the country has ever seen. they are ina the country has ever seen. they are in a position to do this. many a nalysts a re in a position to do this. many analysts are asking in the long term what are the consequences going to be? earlier this year india and pakistan were on the brink of war. kashmir is important to the psyche of both countries. will this help defuse those tensions, or whe

our correspondent rahul tandon sent this report from delhi.reet extremely busy, people greeting family, friends marking the eid occasion. the pictures that were beginning to see this morning are of deserted streets, huge blockades. there are some photos which are coming in from the indian government showing some muslims going to local mosques, but our understanding is that the main mosques in the area, the places where people would gather in large numbers, have been completely shut down. on sunday morning, the restrictions were lifted so people could go shopping but then around midday, we believe that the police officers in the area took to their vehicles and started telling people using loudspeakers to go back into their homes. and all the shops were shut down. that's because there were further protests in the area against the indian government's decision to remove the autonomous powers that the indian state of kashmir had. indian administered kashmir had. so the situation this morning very, very tense, even though the indian government conti

mr modi has been speaking at india‘s independence day celebrations the bbc‘s rahul tandon is in delhiolicies that gave them autonomy had only led to nepotism and corruption and now the laws of india could be put in place. he was speaking to the majority of people in this country who back his moves by saying, look, i‘m the strongman, trust me, i‘m going to get this right. the problem is that within indian—administered kashmir millions of people in the kashmir valley remain without internet, their movement here is restricted. the message is going down well in india, but how will it be received in indian—administered kashmir? dentists are asking schools in england to remove all sugar from their menus to help fight tooth decay. the faculty of dental surgery says that in the past three years, there were more than 100,000 hospital admissions for young children with tooth decay and it stressed that the consequences of poor dental health can be severe. joining me in the studio is dr sarovi drone, a dentist at smilecare dental clinic in west london. thank you for coming in. you presumably back