the populous states remain an enduring stronghold for the bjp. geoff: france reporting is a partnership with the under told stories project at the university of st. thomas in minnesota. elon musk spacex today launched the first test flight of starship, it's 400 foot rocket meant to one day send people to the moon and eventually mars. the most powerful rocket ever built blasted off from its launch base in texas. >> we should have had separation by now. this does not appear to be a nominal situation. >> only to explode roughly four minutes into its flight. the rocket was unmanned. musk says the next launch attempt will be in a few months. we should say spacex calls this a rapid unscheduled disassembly, what we would call an explosion. help us understand what happened during this test flight? >> are used to get mad at nassau forcing off nominal. this is a good turnout of phrase for sure. it appears several of the engines were not working almost on the outset. a few weren't even fired up when it left the pad and as it ascended, several more failed, a

he says the bjp wants to change the historical narrative. >> i think overall, the belief is that indiaprincipally but not exclusively a hindu country. >> but critics charge the bjp has run on a divisive platform, especially hostile to the country's 40% muslim minority. a temple built on the side of a mosque that was demolished by a mob of protesters in 1992. there are frequent reports of lynchings for allegedly consuming beef. the cow is revered in hinduism. in 2019, the government passed a citizenship law, which critics say places a burden on many muslims to prove their loyalty to india. detractors say the bjp has used courts and tax authorities to silence political opponents and journalists. >> it is really about a kind of division and a kind of spreading, you know, the bigotry. >> the finance minister of a southern state will buy a regional party says indian wealth is highly uneven, aggravated by governments in the populist northern states where the bjp is in power. >> every measure shows that at best, we are underperforming the potential by a few percentage points, at worst, actual

atiq ahmed, he has been a strong critic for the ruling bjp party during his election campaigns.der has created a situation of lawlessness in the state. the former chief minister and current leader of the opposition, akhilesh yadav, has said that when a person who has been under police protections has been killed like this, then what would happen to a normal person who is travelling or commuting in the state? the incident has so far attracted reactions from various political leaders also. along with the criticism of lawlessness, it has been said that this is the murder of democracy, because the chief minister of uttar pradesh, yogi adityanath, has told in the legislative assembly that he will ensure that all the gangsters in the state are wiped out from the state. atiq ahmed was one of the gangsters, and that is how he has attracted the criticism after his death. in a month from now we will know the winner of this year's eurovision song contest, which will be taking place in the uk. and ahead of this year's competition, contestants are taking part in live shows around europe, inc

questions about their shoot—out in the state of uttar pradesh, which is ruled by the hindu nationalist bjpf the state has been taking a tough stance on what he calls law and order problems, he wants to take it under control. he says anyone taking law and order into their own hands are criminals will have to face the wrath of the state. but rights groups say more than 180 people have been killed in police encounters or shoot—outs, what the rights activists describe as extrajudicial killings in the state in the past six years, but the government has strongly refuted these allegations and say that some of these occasions happened when those accused of crimes were firing at police. so this is also coming under the spotlight now, and that is why opposition leaders say what is happening in uttar pradesh state needs to be examined, and now they are calling for a supreme court monitored investigation, because mr atiq ahmed himself went to the supreme court himself last month, saying he was receiving threats to his life, even from the police, but the court refused to entertain the petition, saying

atiq ahmed, he has been a strong critic for the ruling bjp party during his election campaigns. that his murder has created a situation of lawlessness in the state. the former chief minister and current leader of the opposition, akhilesh yadav, has said that when a person who has been under police protections has been killed like this, then what would happen to a normal person who is travelling or commuting in the state? that's about one of our top stories, the shooting of four people dead in dadeville, alabama. but at least 20 others have been injured. we can join raymond porter, the superintendent for education, of the schools for the county. you have been at the crime scene command. i am aware that your knowledge of what is going on is dependent on what you have been hearing from the press conferences, as a service. your focus is more the children who go to school in that area. how are you able to support them through such a tragic event?— able to support them through such a trauic event? ., ., ., ,. ., ., tragic event? tomorrow, when school is in session. — tragic event? tom

atiq ahmed, he has been a strong critic for the ruling bjp party during his election campaigns. the state. the former chief minister and current leader of the opposition, akhilesh yadav, has said that when a person who has been under police protections has been killed like this, then what would happen to a normal person who is travelling or commuting in the state? let's get some of the day's other news now. syrian activists say that there's been another deadly attack by so—called islamic state militants on people searching for truffles in the desert. the uk—based syrian observatory for human rights says that 26 people — both civilians and military personnel — were killed in the raid of hama. yemen's houthi rebels and the saudi—backed yemeni government have exchanged additional prisoners on the final day of a process which has seen nearly 900 detainees exchanged in all. local media says that two planes carrying 90 detainees in total left from the houthi—run sanaa international airport and the government—held northern city of marib. at the same time, another plane took off from sa

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