part of any green initiative and also a public health need for many cities around the world take calcutta india a new scooter start up their hopes it can provide the model for cleaner highways. the bright yellow taxis and john byrne comes we'll tell you you are in called no no university as the city of joy. but the city also faces major difficulties like lack of public transport and traffic pollution and. electric scooters could help reduce the burden of pollution especially if the but. for the vast majority of indians didn't have a life and that was the market that we wanted to tap we did a little bit more research and found out that electric school does better speed this gap at 25 kilometers an hour doesn't require a license to write and that was the aha moment. did you not founded his rent police service in kolkata over 2 years ago with 60 scooters. he runs a fleet of 85. the rental service works while. clients can pick up and drop off the scooters x. 7 different points across cog on average a scooter is used by 3 to 4 right as a day. is perhaps one of the. lions big sur to different gone th

law the could determine her very existence and that of millions of others across india the hill robin al-jazeera calcutta well north korea says a strong personal relationship between his leader and the u.s. president is not enough for you to return to talks the north korean foreign ministry says donald trump sent greetings to keep joan for his birthday thought to be on january 8th but an advisor says more than warm words are needed and that washington must make substantial concessions for any more negotiations i hope china has announced the 1st death from an outbreak of pneumonia caused by an unidentified virus 41 people have been diagnosed 7 are critically ill the world health organization says it's a new type of coronavirus it's been linked to the sudden acute respiratory syndrome or sars epidemic which killed 775 people in china in 2003. a verdict is being delivered in guinea bissau the trial of 12 people charged with smuggling 2 tons of character in last year the biggest hole in the nation's history the case is highlighted how the tiny west african country has become an international hub for drug tra

unjust law could determine her very existence and that of millions of others across india the hill robin al-jazeera calcutta north korea says a strong personal relationship between its leader and the u.s. president not enough for it to return to talks the north korean foreign ministry says donald trump sent greetings to kim jong un for his birthday thought to be on january 8th but an advisor says more than warm words and needed in washington must make substantial concessions before any more negotiations i hope were china has announced the 1st death from an outbreak of new motier caused by an unidentified virus 41 people have been diagnosed several are critically ill the world health organization says it's a new type of coronavirus it's been linked to the sudden acute respiratory syndrome or stars epidemic which killed 775 people in china in 2003 a verdict is being delivered in guinea bissau in the trial of 12 people charged with smuggling 2 tons of cotai in last year the biggest haul in the nation's history the cases highlighted how the tiny west african country has become an international hub for drug traf

whether is next but still ahead we follow india's prime minister modi on his trip to calcutta the fast visit since passing a controversial citizenship known. broken homes and broken promises. of haiti's earthquake who say life hasn't improved a decade after being displaced. from . hell or the violent weather has been moving through texas oklahoma mississippi and the appalachians you just see it here and this source it's starting to ease now so for the daylight hours on sunday it will be a more case of rain disappearing off the east coast and snow is tucked in behind lying on the ground but look at the temps is you know i think when the day cold of it 21 degrees in washington is extreme it should be more like 2 cities in kansas city this is more like normal weather that's pretty cold so in minneapolis and when you pick on the pacific coast we've got more cloud building some snow for the cascades and northern rockies as well make the not much more progress than that and then try and move inland but that's normal winter stuff not extreme anyway but you still got the feed of warmth coming

now india's prime minister narendra modi has left the city of calcutta after a visit that saw tens of thousands protesting against a citizenship law which critics say is anti muslim from calcutta asahel raman reports. police in kolkata were taking no chances the prime minister was arriving a barricades were being put up. at the same time protesters were also getting ready with songs in charge and preparing their banners. they're angry over a new law to grant citizenship to persecuted religious minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims. though this protest consisted mainly of students people from all walks of life extended their support and voiced their concerns i'm here because i feel our country the way we understand our country is in crisis and we need to war raise our voices and demand our democratic rights the prime minister is coming to this city today and pretending like everything is fine so we need to show it to him demonstrate that it is not by. the numbers swelled their voices became louder to several hours of negotiation between the students and the place s

we follow india's prime minister modi and his trip to calcutta his 1st since passing a controversial citizenship. i want to show you how his latest tournament is proving a smash hit as a semi finals turn up the heat. now the u.k.'s ambassador to iran has been arrested and released after attending protests in tehran against the government's handling of the shooting down of the crimean passenger jet the country's leaders admitted earlier on saturday that the military accidentally fired a missile at it in a statement the british foreign secretary dominant rob said that ambassador robert reich has the rest was a flagrant violation of international law you're right and government is at a crossroads moment it can continue its march towards pariah status with all the political and economic isolation that entails or take steps to deescalate tensions and engage in a diplomatic path forwards with iran accusing ambassador of organizing and drumming up irani involving hundreds of people outside a university they chanted anti-government slogans and demanded the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamen

of the past few weeks to indian history that as india it's not necessarily this or that community or caste or religion. i just stick together. in calcutta opposition politicians have made their position clear. regardless of religion they say the reality of the national register of citizens the n.r.c. and the citizenship amendment bill the c.a.v. is becoming clearer thanks toward the end we had a dungeon games and in those did engine 60 percent of people in those would engine games were bengali hindus so it is in by a story about an odyssey and is not really been sent to get all it affects everybody it affects him in citizens. prime minister narendra modi is clear about what the citizenship law is marble are bigger than the muslims who were born on indian soil or whose ancestors are children of mother india they have nothing to do with the citizenship law or the national register of citizens neither are the muslims being sent to any detention centers nor are there any detention centers brothers and sisters this is a white lie. and it's here at india's supreme court that the final decision will be made the chief justice of india will hear

india. not necessarily this or that community aakash or religious. i just checked again. in calcutta opposition politicians have made their position clear. regardless of religion they say the reality of the national register of citizens the n.r.c. and the citizenship amendment bill the c.a.v. is becoming clearer thanks toward the end we had a dungeon games and in those detention camps 60 percent of people in those good engine games were bengali hindus so this entire story about an odyssey and c.b. is not religion tend to get all it affects everybody it affects in incidence and. prime minister didn't remotely is clear about what the citizenship law is marble are bigger than the muslims who are born on indian soil or whose ancestors are children of mother india they have nothing to do with the citizenship law or the national register of citizens neither are the muslims being sent to any detention centers nor are there any detention centers brothers and sisters this is a white lie. and it's here at india's supreme court that a final decision will be made the chief justice of india will