there's no doubt about that one is done as a religion connecting the sub regions of south asia, recitation, central asia. there's no doubt about color with that said, i think i'm on my saying, but we did not see india playing in it, playing a positive role. there been use of forgotten intelligence to sponsor and be bugs on elements like that. he get to live on august on like blue, just on liberation, army and others to create in standard inbox. and we were constantly saying that the non government must not give up space to india, who is using the land soil to create a double squeeze against bux, i'm from east and west it from situation. been for, i don't know what mr. m. what he had in mind when he said that he did a some them, but probably it is important that we realize that we need this sunday to be more useful now because it is one of my son can ensure more stability knowledge. now thinking about stability as civil governments and the world for the most part has now assumed wait and see attitude towards the talent of each. i know that some in pakistan have criticized and dangerous. i w

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our south asia correspondent sent this report.reminder of the devastation it can leave in its path. the state's had more than double the usual rainfall it gets in october. thousands have been left homeless after floods and landslides. dozens have died — many of them children. a smart and friendly three—year—old was buried under the mud. his mother, sophia, is in hospital, covered in bruises. she was trapped by the landslide and said the mud came right up to her head. "my son woke up in the morning and went to brush his teeth," she told me. "he didn't even have his breakfast. then we heard a noise like thunder, and the house fell down." in a nearby bed, sophia's two other children, who were also injured and are facing the pain of life without their sibling. rescue teams are still searching the river for victims. in this one small village alone, more than 100 homes were completely destroyed, and just as many were left damaged. and we are just standing in what is left of one family home. as the river rose earlier in the week, people

she is south asia directorate, human rights watch, and joins us from london. hello them and act she at. first of all, how long have these tensions been simmering away for dentures have been simmering for some time. as the reporter i just said there been some 3000 such cases reported on by human rights groups. this has been of, you know, something that has been brewing for a while and bitches abandoned by the, by the sort of trigger that occurred here. which as it, as the person that has been arrested, was, was a man who deliberately went and put the koran into in a, in a, him the shrine. which of course, was the boy was what upset people up into this violence. but a be, you know, i mean, i am encouraged by the fact that reminder that she civil society has come forward in the way that they have to deploy this kind of violence against the in the minority. how else are they d escalating the situation there? well, you know, a lot of the problem is that we are seeing this kind of religious violence of across many parts of the world. and almost always religious mino

hello, i am rajini vaidyanathan, the bbc�*s south asia correspondent in north india.re watching countdown to the cop26 global climate summit, a series of programmes from around the world looking at the issues and challenges of climate change as nations prepare to gather in glasgow in november to discuss this global emergency. india is a nation on the front line of climate change, from cyclones to floods, heat waves to droughts, and nowhere is this more keenly felt than here in the state of uttarakhand. we are here on the banks of the river ganges in the foothills of the himalayas. this vast region provides drinking water, irrigation and hydropower to some 2 billion people across asia. but rising temperatures are eroding many of the 50,000 glaziers many of the 50,000 glaciers in this mountain range, threatening water supplies. increasingly deadly forest fires and rising pollution also remain a huge threat. and as climate concerns grow in india, there are an increasing number of young activists who are taking up the cause. i met one of these climate activists, 13—year—o

hello, iam rajini vaidyanathan, the bbc�*s south asia correspondent in north india.re watching countdown to the cop26 global climate summit, a series of programmes from around the world looking at the issues and challenges of climate change as nations prepare to gather in glasgow in november to discuss this global emergency. india is a nation on the front line of climate change, from cyclones to floods, heat waves to droughts, and nowhere is this more keenly felt than here in the state of uttarakhand. we are here on the banks of the river ganges in the foothills of the himalayas. this vast region provides drinking water, irrigation and hydropower to some 2 billion people across asia. but rising temperatures are eroding many of the 50,000 glaziers in this mountain range, threatening water supplies. increasingly deadly forest fires and rising pollution also remain a huge threat. and as climate concerns growin india, there are an increasing number of young activists who are taking up the cause. i met one of these climate activists, 13—year—old ridhima pandey, who is fro

after the pandemic show interest from countries in se, asia, africa, and central and south america, this was confirmed with follow up with inquiries for products and parts as well. and this rising interest in weaponry comes at a crucial time for the asia pacific region with young north korea just last week, put on a show of its latest weapon systems bowing to build what it called an invincible military neighbour and a dex hosts. south korea is the focus on new technology to counter its rival to the north and its continuing development of nuclear weapons. we are preparing additional funding for various cutting edge technologies, emerging under the umbrella of the 4th industrial revolution from unmanned vehicles and laser weaponry. for example, i can say these systems will grow in our arsenal. we will continue to acquire surveillance assets at a rapid pace. building tension is not limited to regional players and disputes superpowers. the united states and china have been testing each other in the territory around taiwan. china says the island is part of its territory. the u. s. says it's w

importance of maintaining freedom of navigation in the east china and south china seas and south china sea. in se, asia has become quite a strategic battle ground between the us and china. china especially has claimed large parts of the south china sea and the competing claims between the members and china. now this meeting also takes place off just shortly after a new security deal with in between the u. s. u k and australia, which will give a straight access to nuclear public power submarines. so we heard at the meeting a strategy in prime minister reassure ozzie and leaders that this security deal will not be a threat to security in the region. sorry, interesting. currently there with all the nations from that meeting for us from calling on for. thank you. or the lives of thousands of pregnant women in afghanistan are increasingly at risk. the world health organizations as the country, as health system is on the brink of collapse, infant mortality rates had actually been dropping for decades. but now, an economic crisis is putting both mothers and their babies at further risk. charlotte balance repo

k or iss to operate out of afghanistan and be a threat to central asia, the middle east, or south asiathe national community wants to hold them responsible and accountable. at the same time, i don't think that russia, having had a history under the soviet union of military adventurism in afghanistan that lasted 10 years and cost 15,000 soldiers lives. -- i don't think they have any a lesion about wanting to go back to afghanistan at this stage. they are concerned about the vulnerability of what used to be the soviet union, central asia. central asia remains stable. >>aren't you worried the taliban will see this worry about researching terrorism as a potential leverage for their power? they can use that with countries like russia, even with the united states to get what they want. that is the only real power that have about half. -- the taliban have. >>the taliban have an archenemy in the group isis-k. i.s. k in afghanistan, as you saw in the fast -- past few days there were several attacks that took a lot of lives in northern afghanistan and southern afghanistan. the taliban since 2015

let's start in south asia in the south, west one soon as continuing its retreat south taking the wet weather with it, but it is gonna turn rather wet up in the north has been dry for now. but we've got this low pressure in the bay have been gone. that's going to fuel wet weather by the time we get to sunday, but saturday we've got amber alerts out for heavy rain, for carola and the surrounding areas. it changes on sunday and you can see that heavy rain rolling in into the northern areas as well as central parts of india. we are expecting some snow on the mountains, northern areas of pakistan, seeing that wet weather as well. and if we look at the 3 day for new delhi, we've got the rain coming in on sunday and monday it will remain rather hot and humid here. now when we moved to east asia, it's west, once again for the southern areas of china, thanks to the remnants of a tropical system, pulling into the vietnam. but we've also got this weather front. now it's moving farther south, fueled by a strong and a cold northerly wind. we're expecting the temperatures to get down in this area.

importance of maintaining freedom of navigation in the east china and south of china, seas and south china sea, in se asia has become quite a strategic battle ground between the u. s. and china. china especially has claimed large parts of the south china sea and the competing claims between all the members and china schools in uganda have been closed for more than a year and a half because of the pandemic that's longer than anywhere else in the world, according to the u. n. in the absence of education, some children say their only option now is to dig for gold in mines, which are again, b explains. at the morrow, mine and eastern uganda, 17 year old mateus is digging for gold. he says, if he doesn't find any, he doesn't get paid. if you come by give it run at that jazz. who are not good again, you go back home. now sometimes you get a little money like you or do and then those are 10000. you can't in shillings is the equivalent of around $2.80. schools and uganda had been closed since march 2020 . shortly after the 1st case of cove 19 was confirmed on the african continent. some classes reopened in februa

earlier, i asked our south asia editor for the latest on the blast. ., ., . , editor for the latest on_ blast. no-one has admitted responsibility so _ blast. no-one has admitted responsibility so far - blast. no-one has admitted responsibility so far for - blast. no-one has admitted responsibility so far for this | responsibility so far for this blast outside the mosque in kabul, one of the biggest in the eastern part of the city. a day earlier the taliban had announced that there would be a memorial service for the late mother of the taliban's spokesperson and the debiting ministerfor spokesperson and the debiting minister for information. spokesperson and the debiting ministerfor information. and what is striking is that it came only yesterday, that announcement, and today there was a bomb attack on this gathering in which many taliban members would have been there. and several people have been injured in the casualties are likely to rise according to taliban officials. this is happening almost six weeks after the taliban seized power in one of the biggest points they were arguing is

here's your full cost for south asia, and it's looking very well indeed for the north west of india and in the north east . we've got a system swirling of the b hall. we've got a red warning out for rain for the days to come. we could see some floods from those torrential downpours and they could effect neighboring nepal and bungler dish as well. now in the north west, we are watching the tropical cyclone as it moves its way of southern areas of pakistan. it's out to sea, but it is going to bring the wet and windy weather with it to southern areas of iran were talking wind gusts of up to 100 kilometers per hour and some flooding rains. as it moves towards the gulf of a month. we will keep an eye on that northern areas of india dry up as we go into sunday, but the rains do intensify down in the south and as we move to east asia, we are watching typhoon min delays. it moves its way to the north east, away from a condo, taking the wet and windy weather with it. it winds up from much of honshu, the heat coming back in for tokyo, the temperature, nearly touching 30 degrees for the korean pen

this is a reminder ofjust how south asia is impacted by these unseasonal weather patterns.gary�*s prime minister, viktor 0rban, backed poland, saying sanctions would be "ridiculous." 0ur correspondent in brussels, jessica parker, told me that things are heating up. i think you would expect to hear that from hungary�*s leader today, and i think it�*s worth pointing out right from the top there isn�*t necessarily going to be unanimity here over what to do. what many people agree, here at least in brussels, from the kind of brussels perspective, is that from poland�*s constitutional court poses something of an existential crisis to the legal bedrock of the european union, therefore something has to be done about it. that is certainly a view you hear it regularly here in brussels, although mateusz morawiecki very insistent when he spoke earlier in the week that the ruling had been misunderstood, even suggesting there were examples from powers from the european union via court rulings over reaching into a national boundaries. into national boundaries. as eu leaders meet you at t

the bbc south asia correspondent yogita limaye has obtained exclusive access to the former women's ——rtue ministry, and she has questioned the group's spokesman on the prospects for women. at 17, her life, with all its possibilities, has been shut down. before the taliban took over, she would have been preparing for school, along with her brother, each morning. now afghan girls face the biggest rollback in human rights in recent times. at the top of her class, she wanted to be a doctor. the family lives hand—to—mouth and education was their path to a better future. under an all—male taliban regime, women are disappearing from public life. they haven't been allowed to return to work yet. those who have marched to claim back their rights have been beaten. we met one of the protesters who was lashed with electric cables in kabul. till august, she supported herfamily of six. now, she's out of a job. sobs. the taliban are keen to show they're more moderate than their last time in power. their actions so far belie the claims. this used to be the women's affairs ministry, which no longer exi

here is more from our south asia correspondent. >> in a few days since those heavy rains hit this partaving to landslides and rivers overflowing and, to be floods. to get you an id of how bad things were earlier, the water levels went up to where that balcony is i am pointing to. as you can see, things have proceeded -- receded, but there is a concern that the death toll already in the dozens, could be higher. you can see you have rescue workers from ndrf looking for -- through the waters, going through the waters to see if there are any more dead bodies to be retrieved. ♪ >> our lead story on outside source is that a huge legal documents seen by bbc news shows how some countries are trying to weaken a crucial report on climate change. a number of important covid-19 developments to tell u about. first, the world health organization has told me to that the pandemic could drag deep into 2022 because poorer countries are not getting the vaccines they need. here is he who's dr. bruce ellwood. >> the g20 will meet at the end of october, we need them to say where are we against those commitm

there are some countries in africa, latin america, south asia, they produce very much emissions. -- not emissions. those 20 countries make a huge difference. we have about 55% of gdp committed to keep the 1.5 degrees alive. that leaves 45% still outside. >> do you see a risk of failure at cop26? >> i don't because most countries in the world are going to step up with major raising of ambition. i think the cop26 will achieve a significant increase of ambition at the beginning of a critical decade. we have to do more and do it faster, but i think that is going to be a marked jump up from where we were in the last few days post-paris. >> even with every countries efforts, greenhouse gas emissions are expected to increase 16% by 2030. are we feeling the next generation? -- failing the next generation? >> not yet and that is why glasgow is so important. we have an obligation to get the job done, but some countries are for various reasons not yet decided to push the limit with respect to some of the reductions we need to achieve. 55% of gdp i mentioned is committed to hold 1.5 degrees. that i

here's our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan.ure have shown no mercy to these people in kerala. every year, they brace themselves for monsoon season, but nothing can prepare you for this. heavy rainfall and landslides have left a devastating and deadly mark across this state in south india. one of india's most beautiful now submerged and struggling. in the town here, terrified passengers on this bus were saved as the waters rose. in this clothes store, now a swamp, is one of many businesses destroyed by the fierce weather. "it was my livelihood," this shopkeeper says. "everything is gone." rescuers have been retrieving the bodies of the dozens who died, many of the victims were young. officials say they found three children who had been buried under the mud as they were holding each other. translation: the hill broke off near us, there's been _ a lot of damage and loss, the house has gone children have gone. for many in kerala, the scenes evoke painful memories of 2018 when the state experienced the worst floods in a century. 400

from kerala, here's our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan.ntains some distressing images. kerala, india's coastal paradise, is testament to the beauty of nature. but it's also been a reminder of the devastation it can leave in its path. the state's had more than double the usual rainfall it gets in october. thousands have been left homeless after floods and landslides. dozens have died — many of them children. a smart and friendly three—year—old was buried under the mud. his mother, sophia, is in hospital, covered in bruises. she was trapped by the landslide and said the mud came right up to her head. "my son woke up in the morning "and went to brush his teeth," she told me. "he didn't even have his breakfast. "then we heard a noise like thunder, "and the house fell down." in a nearby bed, sophia's two other children, who were also injured and are facing the pain of life without their sibling. rescue teams are still searching the river for victims. in this one small village alone, more than 100 homes were completely destroyed, and just as man

here at the ft see ourselvesl as a global publication so we had reporters in the middle east - and south asiang at these documents to give some political- context as well and he obviously had people in the us and we had all of the other reporters - from other places as well. so kind of on the ground there has been joint calls and we have - all been trying to understand - what these documents are saying as a group and then trying to go in commit figure out _ what her own stories are _ and which bits we want to highlight. so a big, big global movement. but emily who was leading this, somebody had to be leading it surely? the ap actually took a lot of the sort of leadership from the journalists. and sort of corralling everyone into a group from slacks, and apparently we are a consortium now. a lot of stuff around the branding of the documents, the embargo time decided by the journalists but also obviously there has been a lot of coordination with her pr firm and working with her pr firm on, can we get that document, or her firm arranged a series of briefings with her. it has been really notably

they let start in south asia and we're watching a tropical cycling that's developed into a severe iconic storm as it moves to the south of pakistan. now it's got a bit of a history behind it. coming across more than parts of india were seen wind gusts of up to a 120 kilometers per hour flooding rains affecting those coastal areas. and it's going to move on to the gulf of oman in the coming days for northern areas of india, it dries up lots of heat coming through for new deli, $35.00 degrees. there is looking very wet. however, in the north east, we have got an amber warning out for heavy rain for our son, and that's going to bleed into their pile and parts of bangladesh. we could see flooding here for the south. the monsoon rains, pick up scenes and sharp showers come into play on monday for sri lanka. now as we move to east asia, it has cleared up nicely for japan. now that typhoon min delay has pushed off north we, i think lots of sunshine come through and the temperature in toko will touch 30 degrees . by the time you get to monday, but it is going to get wet of the korean peninsula u

here is a south asia correspondent.a. every year, they brace themselves for monsoon season, but nothing can prepare you for this. heavy rainfall and landslides have left a devastating and deadly mark across this state in south india. one of india's most beautiful now submerged and struggling. in the town here, terrified passengers on this bus were saved as the waters rose. in this clothes store, now a swamp, is one of many businesses destroyed by the fierce weather. "it was my livelihood," this shopkeeper says. "everything is gone." rescuers have been retrieving the bodies of the dozens who died, many of the victims were young. officials say they found three children who had been buried under the mud as they were holding each other. translation: the hill broke off near us, there's been _ a lot of damage and loss, the house has gone children have gone. for many in kerala, the scenes evoke painful memories of 2018 when the state experienced the worst floods in a century. 400 people died back then, and more than a million

from kabul, the bbc�*s south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports.fore the taliban took over, she would have been preparing for school, along with her brother, each morning. now afghan girls face the biggest rollback in human rights in recent times. at the top of her class, she wanted to be a doctor. the family lives hand—to—mouth and education was their path to a better future. under an all—male taliban regime, women are disappearing from public life. they haven't been allowed to return to work yet. those who march to claim back their rights have been beaten. have been beaten. we met one of the protesters who were slashed with electric cables in kabul. till august, she supported herfamily of six. now, she's out of a job. sobs. the taliban are keen to show they're more moderate than their last time in power. their actions so far belie the claims. this used to be the women's affairs ministry, which no longer exists under the taliban government. it's been replaced by the ministry of vice and virtue, which is to be the most feared section —— and virtue,

the southwest monsoon is continuing its retreat from northern areas in south asia, leaving behind lots of heat and humidity for northern parts of pakistan and india. the temperature in new delhi and the horse sitting in the mid thirties, so it's lots of fun and dry weather up here. but down in the south, we are seeing those showers pick up and the rain is going to intensify around mom by on monday. and it will be carol that sees the intense falls come tuesday. we have got an amber warning at fisma that heavy rain chop a showers and thunderstorms for the maldon, an sri lanka. but a lot of that wet and windy weather is blowing across the islands into parts of indo china. some more rain on the way for thailand. now, southern parts of china likely to see the wet and windy weather pick up thanks to another tropical system that's going to blow by. it's moving towards hein, an island and intensifying, we are expecting winds of up to a 120 kilometers per hour. and with that rough season, a bit of a storm surge, but further north it is looking a lot finer and dry a beijing coming in at 18 degre

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now as we move to south asia for india, it is looking fine. and why the north west, you deli, seeing lots of heat with a temperature sitting in the mid thirties. it is looking very wet though for the north east. we have got a weather warning out for some of that heavy rain, an amber alert for a salmon. we are going to see that rain push into their power and bangladesh. we could see more flooding here. but further south, we are seeing the monsoon rains. pick up with some sharper showers for sri lanka. the weather, sponsored by cattle airways, voted wills. best airline of 2021 hospitals and clinics across asia battle code 19 mountains of medical waste piling up one 0 one east investigate dangerous, pending before on al jazeera. ah, oh, wow. oh, algebra with blue ah morgan, back he watching al jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour into this year, thousands of people are holding a rally in support of the president. on wednesday, kaiser by aid named a new prime minister who's now working on the government. however, the opposition is accused

. — — south asia. great to have you on newsday. ijust asia. great to have you on newsday.gust as we understand, but we still don't know who's behind this. ihla understand, but we still don't know who's behind this.— who's behind this. no group has admitted responsibility - who's behind this. no group has admitted responsibility so - who's behind this. no group has admitted responsibility so far i who's behind this. no group has| admitted responsibility so far for this blast in kabul, one of the biggest in the eastern part of the city. earlier, the taliban announced there would be in a memorial service for the late mother of the taliban spokesperson. what is striking is it came only yesterday, the announcement, and today, there was a bomb attack on this gathering. many taliban members would have been dead and several people injured and the casualties are likely to go up, according to taliban officials. this is happening almost six weeks after the taliban sees powers, and one of the taliban sees powers, and one of the biggest point they were arguing is they would bring the l

of the key issues is the fact that we're dealing with big brother india very much the muscle in south asia. now obviously the indian government, the tamela government in the south of india, from where most of these boats originate, uh, have kept saying that these are territorial, historical waters. that the fishermen sort of don't work to boundaries that these are the territories of fishing grounds. but the fact remains is that there are certain legal boundaries and these cannot be cross. so what though, the local fishermen are basically calling for is implement the law as now so far before that amendment in 2017, there was basically action taken against the immigration act for the indian vessels crossing the international maritime boundary. essentially the fisheries act, but there is now a specific thing about bottom drawing. and indeed there were a lot of reactions once the law was brought into force. there was consultation with the indian government with the center who passed on the fact that any sort of violation of this law would be a sort of cracked down upon. we did see a reduction

this one is likely to follow, we'll keep an eye on this system now is move to south asia. the monsoons retreated from the north, its springs and very heavy rain to the south. however, we have got an amber warning out for heavy rain for carola and we could see localized flooding with that. the weather, sponsored by cattle airways, voted world's best air line of 2021, indonesia, the country with an abundance of results. trade, byron walk, indonesia whose turns forming. we moved full to grow and frock. we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy. with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs investment. let me pop linda. this is rose and progress. invest indonesia now, ah ah, you with al jazeera and these are our top stories. voting is underway in iraq to would like to new parliament in a poll brought forward in response to mass purchased. prime minister was the fro called to me, was among the 1st to council ballot and attempt to encourage turn out these 4 people been killed in a car bomb and

as we looked to south asia. you can see we had flooding in west bengal. we could see more as that rain continues to fall. we have got an amber alert out for the heavy rain for a summer as we go in some mondays and that's going to bleed internet, paul and bangladesh. we could see some flooding here become tuesday. it does ease and the rain has cleared for much of the north, west new delhi, sing a lot of heat come through the temperature sitting in the mid thirties and it is going to climb as we go further into the week for the south. the monsoon rains do pick up with some shop of thunderstorms coming into play for sri lanka. now as we move to east asia, it's looking very hot and dry for many eastern and southern areas of china. but it is looking rather wet in the north. once again, that slow moving weather system, bringing those pulses of rain all the way from sichuan province to shang, and onwards to north korea. we could see some flooding here. if we take a closer look, you can see it pushing across towards northern japan. it is going to get rather inten