shimla the summer capital of british india. in the one nine hundred forty six the leaders of the muslim league and indian congress party met here to discuss ways to implement gandhi's vision of a united independent india. that . narrows netware diplomacy failed in the face of generous intransigence. after three weeks the talks broke down. in june our campaign centered on a single topic congress was a hindu party with a hindu leader and if hindus won the first elections after independence muslims would face assimilation and oppression to survive i needed their own state pakistan . so in one hundred forty six he decides to take the matter to the streets general had been a strictly constitutional competition for them and he'd been loyal to the british he hadn't ever been involved in civil disobedience campaigns he never adopted the sort of tart tactics that gandhi adopted but one hundred forty six august nine hundred sixty decides to take the issue to the streets he's going to show the power of muslims in india and he has a direct

schindler the summer capital of british india. in the one nine hundred forty six the leaders of the muslim league and indian congress party met here to discuss ways to implement gandhi's vision of a united independent india. that . nair is next for diplomacy failed in the face of generous intransigence. after three weeks the talks broke down. in june our campaign centered on a single topic congress was a hindu party with a hindu leader and if hindus won the first elections after independence muslims would face assimilation and oppression to survive they needed their own state pakistan. so in one hundred forty six he decides to take the matter to the streets general had been a strictly constitutional politician before that and he's been loyal to the british he hasn't ever been involved in civil disobedience campaigns he never adopted the sort of tart tactics that gandhi adopted the nine hundred forty six august nine hundred sixty decides to take the issue to the streets he's going to show the power of muslims in india and he has a d

india look at that. the new nation of pakistan is cool. meanwhile a deadly stage will set all british role to give place to the dual dominion of india. a day later across a newly drawn border leaders celebrate the birth of the republic of india. freed from colonial rule the creation of these two countries completes a long struggle for independence and here is the gore we believe that we did today. and now. i'm calm when been shown to be my baby. but even before the celebrations are over chaos ibrox. panic and fear sets in as neighbor turns on neighbor unleashing mass violence. millions leave their homes . the celebrations were or was marred by the blood they took place against the backdrop of perfect violence. and. people who a year before we tended to each other's wedding parties and each other raping each other's daughters roasting each others' babies on spit. with human passions are unleashed. none of us can can foresee what could happen. while historians recount the horrors of the past for those who lived through them it's like yesterday. we're going to lower the moon or have been

india and divide the country into. and no one was pleased with the line he drew inevitably. british in august one nine hundred forty seven as the flags of india and pakistan were raised ordinary citizens were left in the dark as to what this meant for them. on the actual day partition in august that show boundary hadn't been unsub able to know where they were in india or pakistan where they could stay where they lived for centuries where they'd have to move. and it's only after that people tune into their ideas to hear whether they will not be part of pakistan or india everyone. suddenly people found themselves on the wrong side of a new border muslims in india are hindus and sikhs in pakistan. there had been ethnic fighting between muslims hindus and sikhs before the partition set off an unimaginable massacre out of the horrors of fires like the blitz the the villages are all bunning hayricks or on the platforms a literally washed with blood because hello to hindus waiting on the platform to travel to india to be massacred on another platform was covered in blood because the traini

he led a peaceful resistance movement to free india from british rule yet independent india was born at an hour of crucial carnage. amid sectarian killings on an unprecedented scale gandhi risked his life to preach nonviolence until his dying day. on january thirtieth one thousand nine hundred forty eight he was killed by a hindu nationalist with three shots to the chest. in one thousand nine hundred eighty one gandhi was interviewed by an american journalist. if you compared. the late brother of gandhi's assassin was jailed for almost two decades at the time of our interview he was eighty five years old and recalled every detail of the plot. better are not. not so you will be one. gun. but mark. the hero was. more deviate. bread and. water but disappeared india we've already there to bed persons. were dispersed not. in the indian capital delhi there are several sites dedicated to the memory of the man to whom the poet to gore gave the name mahatma greats. this somebody this site where gandhi's body was cremated on a funeral pyre of sandal wood in accordance with hindu funeral custom

>> i think we understand the culture of the internet and it doesn't go back to the british colonizing indias hadd to do to introduce them to yoga and show them their culture was intelligent, that was part of the yoga movement and that is how it came to the united states in the 19 the 20th century. the internet would not. >> tucker: what about democracy? that was invented by the greeks in the west, the basis of western civilization lynn. >> then again, no. yoga was away for the indians to show their colonizers that they were intelligent and they had this wonderful -- >> tucker: where do you read your history? yoga predates the british by quite a bit. i just want -- i'm interested, how many people who are into yoga in the united states, do you think, voted for donald trump? >> oh, article didn't touch upon that. >> tucker: s as someone who is very familiar with nontrump voters, would you say may be 1% of people who practice yoga voted trump? is that you high? >> according to the author, many middle and upper class white women practice yoga. soos those people who fit intory that category and a

island is crucial to china, which has a free trade agreement with maldives, and india because india shares of britishial past. they also have cultural similarities. there's a feeling this crisis will be the opportunity for india to reimpose itself on the political situation. rochelle: we found a lot of opinion pieces in the indian and chinese press. >> let's start with indian papers. the indian express -- a former maldives president and key figure of the opposition now -- he penned a piece urging india to act soon and firmly he says "unless india intervenes to uphold the supreme court ruling" he fears the maldives will be island by islanders sold to the chinese. in the pro-government chinese paper, the global times, they argue india is -- has always manipulated the maldives as it tried to manipulate other countries in southeast asia to keep control. says new delhi has no right to intervene because this is a question of national sovereignty. rochelle: as the winter games begin in pyeongchang, there's a lot of anticipation over what benefit is likely to bring to the >> >> local situation. political ben

its relationship with the palestinians from sort of a colonial perspective perspective india colonized by the british they were sympathetic to the palestinians and saw that this territory was being colonized by zionists and that is how the relationship evolved all those decades ago but things have changed india is a rapidly developing country and israel is a very important strategic partner for the indians forty one percent of israel's defense exports go to india there are building strong ties on technology as well as defense so for the indians the relationship with israel is extremely important coming to the palestinian territories separately from israel the indian prime minister was in israel last year he didn't come over to the occupied west bank as is the tradition when leaders visit israel he left it he's coming separately now on the as part of this tour of the middle eastern gulf countries in the indian say the purpose of this visit is to build up palestinian capacity in the health technology and education areas and in that vein the indians a building with the palestinians a technology park her

i think they would have cut a deal, hitler was willing to offer them india and the british empire in the sanctified the occupation of europe and the holocaust was the product of some people argued it would have happened eventually and churchill precluded that and there was no way he was going to cut a deal and he had a great gt compliments that we would eventually come in and fulfill the tenants and go east so i think we were very lucky. he said there were certain things we criticized. most people different from the north. but that said, he had an idea the soviet union was necessary and would cost two or three years ahead of americans and he was adamant he did it because he was trying to tell us you are losing 80,000 airmen, you are fighting in italy now, fighting the japanese. and then if you look at the speeches and 43 and 44, nobody could articulate the allies were fighting for. roosevelt was a much better domestic politician but he didn't have the historical perspective or the rhetorical skills that churchill did say he was invaluable. fdr and someone asked how harshly we should

relationships with their relationship with the palestinian through the prism of colonialism india had been colonized by the british and they believe that the palestinian territories were being colonized by zionists but indians priorities have changed it's a modernizing economy and forty one percent now of israelis defends exports go to india india the biggest arms importer in the world so india and israel have a very important relationship there just on trade and defense pretty. strong technology tie so for india the improving relationship the relationship with israel is very important modi netanyahu are also these are also very close friends from a similar allies from a similar. side of the spectrum so the policy all right i was having some small problems there with bernard smith in ramallah let's move on shall we the leader of north korea kim jong un has extended a rare invitation to the south korean president moon julian to visit pyongyang happened at a historic high level meeting between the two sides of the presidential palace in seoul the north korean delegation which includes kim sr as in south korea for th

those days india viewed its relationship with palestine through this colonial prism india had been colonized by the british and it saw the palestinians being colonized their land being colonized by zionists but times have changed israel is now one of the biggest arms exporters to. it taking forty one percent of israel's arms exports india one of the biggest arms exporters in the world importers in the world so the relationship between those two countries is extremely important creasing lee important to the indians and the palestinians reckon the palestinians at least hope to maintain those warm ties and as i say perhaps persuade the indians to be involved in some sort of more multilateral forum to advance their cause with the israelis down thank you. donald trump block the release of a democratic party rebuttal to a republican memo on russian meddling in the election the black memo challenges the republican that released last week which accuse the f.b.i. and justice department of bias against trunk the president says the democrat memo shouldn't be made public because of national security concerns me as the

all it took was a pen a map and a collapsing empire when the british had to draw a line they pulled his servant who had never been to india before al-jazeera examines the violent birth of india and pakistan and asks what the future holds for these nuclear neighbors partition borders of blood at this time. the human cost of war almost two hundred syrians are killed in just three days as the government and its russian backers increase their attacks from the. world.

and british billionaire richard branson tells us hyperloop technology can be the giant step forward that indiaeeds to connect its cities. and on the markets: hsbc isjust hsbc is just about to reopen from its lunch break. sorry, hang seng in hong kong. we will see how hsbc shares trade fair. a fairly mixed day with japan down after a very strong monday. let's bring you the details on your‘s biggest bank. —— europe's biggest bank. europe's biggest bank, hsbc, has reported a big jump in profits for last year. but it's mainly because it's been able to shake off the huge costs the company has faced in restructuring after a string of problems. it means there will be a strong base to build on when the new chief executive, john flint, takes the reigns from stuart guillver on wednesday. the numbers show that hsbc made a pre—tax profit of $17.2 billion for the calendar year of 2017. that's up a massive 1a1% on the $7.1 billion in made the year before. however, it's still below expectations. the bank says adjusted pre—tax profit of $21 billion gives a better idea of how the business is performing. it exc

match fixing during the ashes has found no evidence of corruption in december a british newspaper claimed the bookmakers in india had offered to fix parts of the third test between australia and england in perth but after a two month investigation i.c.c. confirmed there was no sign any matches players or officials had been involved australia won the match on the way to regaining the ashes and. there was a long awaited return to the top of the podium for mark cavendish on thursday as he wants to age three of cycling's de bite all the precious right to be stage two when ellie have of yani in a sprint finish it's cavendish his first victory since taking a stage of the abu dhabi top twelve months ago off to which illness and injury hampered his season he moves up to second in the overall standings behind fifty on . the parties continuing for the philadelphia eagles following the super bowl success over the new england patriots last sunday fans flocked to the streets of philadelphia on thursday to be part of the eagles victory parade schools government offices and even the city zoo was shut down for the celebration t

india and now. been ridhima all it took was a pan a map and a collapsing empire when the british had to draw a line they pulled his servant who had never been to india before al-jazeera examines the violent birth of india and pakistan and asks what the future holds for these nuclear neighbors partition borders of blood at this time. you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now al-jazeera has obtained a un report which says the saturday coalition bears the greatest responsibility for the deaths of yemeni children he blames the coalition for killing sixty eight children between july and september says whoa three fighters also killed children the united states isn't ruling out the use of force to deter the syrian government from using chemical weapons washington says it's extremely concerned about the suspected chlorine gas attack on first day the attack in duma would be the third in the month if confirmed. five migrants are in hospital in northern france with gunshot wounds after a mass brawl in kalai police were called in as afghan and eritrean refugees fought for two hours on the outsk

was facing its own rebellion by supposed savages the peoples of libya syria india and iraq shortly after world war one a british officer named arthur harris served in iraq and was impressed at how air power could keep large stretches of territory under control. he noted in forty five minutes a village committee wiped out under third of its inhabitants killed. injured. in. this news excited military commanders bombers would revolutionize was thrilled strategists began calculating on the potential advantages of this new sort of warfare. they spoke of aerial domination of swift and decisive victories. even as ever more imposing prototypes crisscrossed the sky ordinary europeans continue to believe that the threat of bombing was distant and theoretical. up but the danger was drawing near. when he took power in one nine hundred thirty three adult hitler began the process of rearmament . his thirst for domination knew no limits. and he saw the last as a main instrument of his future conquests. with no want to stop him hitler was free to develop germany's air force into a powerful offensive weapon or. die miliband b.m

india's child geniuses next i finished. and monday pointed on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to from dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country haven't truly been able to escape the lure. of the good. five million indian children have genius level i.q. but their talents too often go undiscovered. in one of the world's most populous nation the lack of education and opportunities holds them back. now hope has come to india slow. a team of academics is taking on the challenge of finding diamonds in the rough. i'm steve cho on this edition of one of one east we meet india's young geniuses dreaming of their chance to shine. no no no. it's amazing in kids in an urban slum up with caring for a new day. it looks and sounds like a construction site. but it's a scho

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gotten some notices in "the new york times," an interesting british statesman changed parties three times a and he was wrong about gandhi in india and the gold standard. but when the crisis came, he was right about world war ii and i think that to my mind it is an arguable that we could argue that could live in a better and brighter world because he rose to power when needed. walking with destiny and preparation for this hour and just try a i was sur was sure it fail. to keep the cabinets to work all week and from the point of view that was good or bad. it was to replace the chamberlain and he said i suppose when stan i is the best that england has even if he is drunk half the time. to which i quote our own greed wartime abraham lincoln. one of the reasons he looms so large for the site read william manchester's book the first volume when i was of age i was highly fashionable. i actually read i think i was in the early high school days and one summer i read the first volume of the last line in and my future friend evan thomas and walter isaacson's book and i loved them both so much i read both sequentially and ten years later or

india and the uk. i was very hopeful. every agent, the britishso they would read and say "i will get back to you", and i was very hopeful, overcome they are getting back! i was very excited. and they would say it was not suitable, they would wish me good luck. i got used to it. it must have been dispiriting? i never thought the book would see the light of day. you know, ithought, "oh, my god" and then i said, "ok, i have had one book out, at least let me go ask my publisher, will you publish this? he said, ok, but he said trim it down to 70,000 words because he was conscious of the cost! laughter is that what it was? laughter sadly that was the truth. 0k. i know it sounds strange. so i said, "whatever it takes." you know, if i have to cut down 30,000 words, i will cut them down. yes. so i cut it down and that was how that book was published. and ever since then you pretty well publish a book a year and one of the overriding themes that seems to me to sum up all your books is the message that life is short and you need to seize it by the scruff of

india and the uk. i was very hopeful. every agent, the britishsh are very polite, so they would read and say "i will get back to you", and i was very hopeful, overcome they are getting back! i was very excited. and they would say it was not suitable, they would say it was not suitable, they would wish me good luck.|j would say it was not suitable, they would wish me good luck. i got used to it. it must have been dispiriting? i never thought the book was in the light of day. isaid,i i said, i have one book, let me ask my publisher. he said to trim it down because he was conscious of the cost! laughter sadly that was the truth. i know it sounds strange but i will do whatever it takes. so i cut it down and that is how that will come was published. ever since then you pretty much published a book a year and one of the overriding themes to sum up all your books is the message that life is short and unique to seize it by the scruff of the neck. nonetheless, you do put your characters in some pretty challenging situations. i am thinking about your secon

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base only took was upin a map of the collapsing empire when the british had to draw a line they pulled its seven to the never been to india before al-jazeera examines the violent birth of india and pakistan and asks what the future holds for these nuclear neighbors partition borders of blood at this time. recent elections most notably that of trump is us president of highlighted the dangers to democracy posed by those using social media and the internet to spread malicious propaganda and fake news so how and why a platform such as facebook google and twitter so wide open to abuse in a two part special report we sent paul babe sounds to investigate. san francisco and silicon valley tech companies driving the digital revolution see themselves as positive agents of political and social change facebook's mission is all about giving people a voice and bring people closer together those are democratic values and we're proud of google's mission store going to growth information and make it universally accessible and useful the more you learn about technology the more you learn what's possible. at the winter park and. if we want

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