ladies, delhi chai!y to use this tech would be to tell her own story. but they also need something that could appeal to the next generation. and to find out more about the challenges facing younger women, we've arranged for them to meet priyanka. she moved to delhi recently from west bengal where she lived with her aunt and father after her parents split up. but she is behind in her studies, as when she was younger her family could not see the point of sending her to school. eventually, priyanka moved to live with her mum in delhi. and she made sure that priyanka got an education. we have got priyanka and her friends from school so we can hear more about girls‘ education. right? so everybody will tell their stories, when they raise their hand, i throw the ball. who raises their hand? these kids go to the same school in delhi slums. and they really wanted us to know about friends and family who lost out on education when they got married. the kids' stories are typical. but the students also have ideas for

in the indian city of delhi, air pollution levels are sky-high again. the causes may be many and varied, but humans are behind all of them. in uganda, a new hydro-electric plant promises clean energy. but will locals also benefit? first, though, we talk to scientists about the connection between climate change and natural disasters. reporter: extreme weather events are growing ever more frequent. natural disasters -- more destructive and deadly. each one reignites the debate -- was it a freak of nature, or a result of climate change and human activity? recent hurricanes harvey, irma and maria killed over 200 people in the u.s. and the caribbean, and they caused nearly $1 trillion worth of damage. donald trump, an outspoken climate change skeptic, visited the disaster area, and he continues to rule out that human activity could have caused the catastrophe. but now there's a field of science which, for the first time, is able to estimate whether a natural disaster was a young german physicist at britain's oxford university is studying hurricane harvey. si

the indian capital delhi has been shocked recently by reports of how more than ten sanitation workers have died it's thrown the spotlight on something called manual scavenging that's the practice of cleaning human waste by local communities it's banned by law in india but it's still rampant our india correspondent sunny fall census this report from delhi. every morning shows up for the few anyway i would want to do. as a manual scavenging he cleans block drains and got in didn't. see me has been doing this to six he owns anywhere between four hundred to eight hundred rupees a day that's about five to ten euros. and. i almost threw up the first day here until then i have never cleaned the toilet in my own home the stench was disgusting i nearly quit. but i had to feed my two children since i'd lost another job so i carried on in the middle of. the work is extremely dangerous there's no machinery or safety. sometimes has to undress and squeeze into the sewers and cocked up. he says he's developed skin attitudes his eyes burn from the toxic gases. the laborers belong to the balmiki commu

in india for decades yet it continues to blocks of the country's lower castes bringing report from delhi where ted workers have died this year alone. i will look ahead to a round of matches tonight and tomorrow new boss kick off with a victory and the club's when lists streak. you can always get the news on the gun just download from google play it for me awful still give you access to all the latest news from around the world is post push notifications for any breaking news you can also use it to send to some photos and videos. so we'll have those stories i'll have more of the world news and crystal i will have your day's business updates as well admiral although. a small neighborhood in east jerusalem. palestinians and israelis fight tooth and nail over every inch of land real estate speculation evictions and house demolitions are common we accompany palestinian residents and meet jewish settlers . a new perspective on the holy city on the other jerusalem in forty five minutes on t w. i mean. he's a doctor what kind of diseases can be healed sperms reporter so what are these inside wha

sun you found a car there in delhi. and we've got some builders leaders soccer action rb leipzig can both sport are kicking off the bonus league is midweek action tonight full of sport the hosts are only three points clear of relegation while our be safe with a victory could close their gap with table leaders by in munich recent form could give the slight edge to home side both sport lives they haven't won on the road since october while the walls are running a two game winning streak at arena. the wolves have only last month since martin smith took over in mid september their last outing at home was a convincing three mill victory over gladbach stopping their momentum in its tracks but a league high of nine draws had the main table purgatory currently eleventh in closer to relegation than they'd like to be the head coach addressed the drawing issues in the press conference ahead of the match clumped us with obviously the nets and in the last five or six games i think we're closer to getting away from that statistic tha

embassy in delhi reported that the air quality index is around four hundred that is fifteen times the world health organization's safe limit let's cross over now to our correspondent in the indian capital katia kepner so katia tell us these levels why are sports events like this even taking place with them at such alarming heights where sara i would say because there is much too little or too low awareness about the toxic air here in delhi there is too much action being too little action being taken and there have been others big sports events that have taken place in the last couple of weeks alone the delhi half marathon for example where thirty thousand people were running through the city all you have the future on a seven thousand word cup happening in the city despite warnings of various different actors that the boards youngest sorcha stars are exposed to this toxic air so only now after the sri lankan cricket does have set a sign of clear discontent a certain discussion has been but i'm not too optimistic that this discussion would lead to any change now rising pollution levels

who just got married the day after they arrived in delhi. who just parents had arranged her marriage to someone else so are desperately trying to find her. and listen to this. a little bit just. tell. it like this is you don't want. to leave. her parents have discovered she is being protected by the love commandos and keep calling the hotline. here but if you got in from yonkers and you are. here give them their name when they get out of here but you're one hundred nineteen and i think you know. i don't hear from me i'm. very very very sorry. if you want. but i don't know. jayenge says the love commandos were the only people they could turn to for help to be put on a student bodies who knew you. didn't wish when it. was just wish you were good in your life we need to make a move to see you. it's a good season. sanjay fears pujas parents will now come to the shelter and try to force her to return home. with me and. i. think. india already has the largest number of young people in the world. as their numbers increase so do their voices and the

let's cross over to india now where in recent months in the capital delhi the people been shocked by reports of the deaths of more than ten sanitation workers while cleaning septic tanks and sewers is throwing the spotlight on something called manual scavenging that's the practice of keeping sewer system wide systems flowing by hand not using any machinery or protective equipment now that practice of manual scavenging is banned by law in india but it still widespread are india correspondent sunny phonic sent us this report from delhi. every morning sony shows up for a trial that few anywhere would want to do. as a manual scavenger he cleans block drains and gotten in dentist so he has been doing this the sexiest he owns anywhere between four hundred to eight hundred rupees a day that's about five to ten euros. and we had the man to go with i almost threw up the first day here until then i've never cleaned the toilet in my own home the stench was disgusting i nearly quit. but i had to feed my two children since i'd lost another job so i carried on in the middle of. the work is extreme

the indian capital delhi has been shocked in recent months by reports of the deaths of more than ten sanitation workers while cleaning septic tanks and sewers is through the spotlight on manual scavenging that's keeping the sewage systems flowing by without machinery or protective equipment it's banned by law in india but it's still widespread india correspondent sonja father has this report from delhi. every morning shows a patrol that few anywhere would want to do. as a manual scavenger he cleans blocked drains and gutters in dentist so he has been doing this the sexiest he earns anywhere between four hundred to eight hundred rupees a day that's about five to ten euros and we had the man to go with i almost threw up the first day here until then i've never cleaned the toilet in my own home the stench was disgusting i nearly quit. but i had to feed my two children since i'd lost another job so i carried on. the work is extremely dangerous there's no machinery or safety and. sometimes sony has to undress and squeeze into the sewers and cocked up he says he's developed skin attitudes

who just got married the day after they arrived in delhi. who just parents had arranged her marriage to someone else so are desperately trying to find her. but this is a little bit. of that he told us. on the. war . her parents have discovered she's being protected by the love commandos and keep calling the hotline. here but if you got in from yonkers and you know. i'm going to go there again you're going to. get one hundred million like you. i don't hear from me i'm just. very very very sorry. if you want. to know. j.n. says the love commandos were the only people they could turn to for help. but only if you know your school knew you didn't lose one it. is just wish you were good in your life we need to make a move to say no to me it's a good season. sanjay fears pujas parents will now come to the shelter and try to force or to return home. but. i. think. india already has the largest number of young people in the world. as their numbers increase so do their voices and they don't just want love. they're demanding freedom from oppression. li

reporter: : citizens' initiatis likeke help delhi breath are upping the pressure.hey want the e governme t to tackle the problem. after raratifying the paris climate accord last year, the indian government is taking some steps. it's drawn up plans to overhaul or shut down some of the country's coal-fired power plants. the agricultural sector islslso mingngnder pressssur ery year, farmerarououndhe capital rn o offhe stubbbb leftrorom harvtingng re to make spa f for t wintetecrop ofheat. the thick plumesf smsmoke ft into the cit at alone accountfor one quarteter of delhi's's air the thicpollllution.smoke ft susunder panjola has been farminhihis fiel in n the diststct of patiala for quarteter of delhi's's air the thicpolllars.on.smoke ft but t ese days, he does inings differertly. surind: wewesed to burn the ss bad for the enviroent. now the governme has restricted this acacticeso somef us areeeking a lutitionwewe wanto proct t the now enviroroent. has rertrter: his solutition is to e a mulcher r and a rotavavator, h he bought together with another farmer to cut down

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a new high tech metro line was launched in the indian capital delhi if we just drive technology although for now it'll be driven manually the magenta line was inaugurated by prime minister narendra modi it connects the southern part of delhi with the satellite city of noida an i.t. hub the rail cars feature wife on a u.s.b. charging point and state of the art safety features. britain's railways are mostly closed for repairs over christmas but one of the country's busiest terminal stations euston has been opened to people who normally hug the shadows there two hundred homeless people were given christmas dinner along with warm clothing socks clubs and lucky banks the charity event was funded by a total of forty five companies. for staying with christmas in scandinavian folklore santa claus doesn't live at the north pole but in the north of finland in lapland a small village there styles itself as the home of father christmas to attract tourists and with its grottos reindeer and plenty of snow it's a dream come true for the young and the young at heart. it's a winter wonderland at santa cl

a new high tech metro line is launched in the indian capital delhi it features driverless technology although for now it will be manually driven the magenta line was inaugurated by prime minister narendra modi that connects the southern part of delhi with the satellite city of noida which is an i.t.v. hub the railcars reach of wife by u.s.b. charging ports and state of the art safety features. in scandinavian folklore santa claus doesn't live at the north pole but in the north of finland in lapland a small village there styles itself as the home of father christmas to attract tourists and with its grottos reindeer and plenty of snow with a warm heart of even the hardiest scrooge. it's a winter wonderland at santa claus village just outside the city of rovaniemi more than three hundred thousand tourists come here each year with high seas and in december here in northern finland they can enjoy a reindeer ride and join in the festive holiday spirit people from warmer climates are particularly fond of the snow. people here are very friendly and whiskey is quite different and they're very

in february contribution in fine for the thank you very much just a day of breathing in the air in delhi is equivalent to smoking forty two cigarettes those who can afford it pay a few hundred euros for an air filter in their apartment but most residents of india's capital are left to choke on the pollution. cricket fans hope they'll still get a chance to watch a match that if they can see through the daily small the sri lankan team temporarily stopped play in the test series against india earlier this week because of the pollution india's capital has had a toxic air quality level for weeks with doctors urging people not to go to school or work and residents haven't seen clear skies for a long time believe that they are actively will come here every day for a walk near the presidential palace there's a lot more small can we can breathe properly when we're walking around here that i thought they looked like or if they were to be here very well governor probably. data from the meteorological institute confirms that the situation is continuing to worsen. dilution index is five times higher

this is an issue that has a serious attention in new delhi among it because. the fact that we have it with the other countries and the world and yet that used to war against india in the oil is the on the question of kashmir but i don't think this is going to really change and guess what what lawyers it does in public is something that many of them go by quote in private so i think india had not given up on it but importance to this kind of thing against india at the u.i.c. so i don't think this is going to be leading to a policy to get a diary and future will be very interesting as we know that the israeli prime minister is arriving in delhi very soon we'll keep an eye on that until then had been jacob there in new delhi thanks for joining us. plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including a taxing issue for china the removal of steel export duties threatened further trade disputes with both the united states and the e.u. . this viral video in south korea has prompted a national debate about women in the workplace. and england's victory hopes tu

ashish malhotra is in delhi for us ashish can you first tell us more about the idea of instant of war and how it works in india well instant divorce or instant triple the law is a practice whereby a man can divorce his wife just by uttering the word lock which means divorce three times in one moment this is different from another form of the lock which is spread out over a longer period of time usually about ninety days which allows for some reconciliation between the couple instant triple to lock obviously leaves no room for reconciliation and it's a practice that already been outlawed in many muslim majority countries but in india it's continued to happen in in the muslim community and the reason that is because it was it's really because of concerns about potentially disrupting the secular makeup of india about infringing upon religious rights because the situation in india when it comes to personal law when it comes to matters of divorce and marriage is that different religious groups are allowed to have their own personal laws to govern that and so things like this can often be s

to cricket now and severe pollution in india's mega city delhi has caused a sri lankan player to vomit during a test match between the two countries well players have been battling terrible small over the past four days with the sri lankans wearing face masks to stave off the toxic haze fast bowlers throwing the lacma was overcome after bowling just three overs vomiting and returning to the dressing room the u.s. embassy in new delhi reported the air quality index of three hundred ninety eight that's a fifteen times the world health organization's safe limit. a minor now of our top story at this hour who the rebels in yemen have killed the country's next president ali abdullah saleh in a rocket attack following the breakdown of an alliance between folly and the movies to fight saudi backed forces in the country's civil war. kelly will be heard the news desk at the top of the out there with a. rationalist are on the rise with. the contract greater is their slogan their focus put your nation first i am taking you on a global trip to highlights different shades of nationalism and to find

that hasn't stopped the schoolchildren at india's delhi zoo from celebrating for her. i mean i was born in amsterdam in one thousand nine hundred sixty and was brought to india at the age of four days a very special. to the oldest member of and i can say that you know listen bones in our country chimpanzees survive longer in captivity than in the wild where they live for an average of forty five years it's a thrilling day outside the classroom for the school children seen here celebrating the start of the day's fifty eight year. cardboard cut out gets cake rita has received lots of treats and visitors hopefully their enthusiasm managed to reach her behind bars. this is data i will use i from that still to come the u.s. government rolls back and next neutrality rules it says to cut that type others say and that uses access to information will suffer more coming up in just a moment. and i thought both you at the top of the hour call twice bots as always the websites of course that stayed up you don't come out of the day. time.

takes part in a support group in delhi she tells young hiv patients they need not fear for the future with treatment they can even have healthy children. i lost my. because i was not aware that i hope. during my pregnancy or after my delivery so it was like. the battle against the reverse is certainly not been won in india but there has been significant progress thanks to people like mona bologna. let's bring in d.w. sonia found the current delhi for more on the story high sonia we saw in that report india seems to have made some strides in combating aids hiv and what is behind that. you're right i think india in many ways is a success story when it comes to combating each i.v. now more than two decades ago india launched a free hiv aids drug program that was centered on community based prevention to reach high risk people such as sex workers or drug users. the government has also set up hundreds of antiretroviral treatment centers across the country they provide free drugs for people who require medication so patients get access to doctors they get access to pharmacists they get acce

a short distance from new delhi india's capital this luxury its residents is preparing to host one of the most anticipated weddings of the year a glamorous saint celebration the alliance of two wealthy families of the textile industry before one thousand guests. don't look at that like you did not. bridegroom with the licensed fashion accessory among the indian nouveau riche and necklace of banknotes to assert power and prosperity. the bride's cousin and guess de bono. nutra is a young millionaire who defines himself as an internet entrepreneur he's given a large donation to the company. and i don't really need a lot of nagano obviously i needed a lot of things i love him and. i are definitely on the. at twenty two years old i even says he earns nearly a million dollars a month and spends two thirds of the year travelling after the country but he wouldn't have missed this wedding but anything i don't lose touch with i was brought up in what i grew up to your that's what they say doesn't matter how successful you get don't forget where you came from indian writing is mostly gone for a

now, here is a new way of finding a solution to delhi's smog problems.cannon has been designed to fire tiny droplets into the sky, which then attach themselves to pollution particles, and remove them from the atmosphere as they fall to the ground. the group behind the scheme admit it is only a temporary solution, but they say that if trials go well, they hope to have machines all over delhi in the coming weeks. let's return now to our main news this hour, the resignation of the british deputy prime minister, damian green, after he was found to have misled people over pornographic material on a house of commons computer. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth gave me this update. his resignation followed a long—running enquiry into two different elements, the first that damian green had made inappropriate advances towards a conservative activist, the second concerning allegations that pornography was found on his computer. now, he has consistently denied any wrongdoing when it comes to the substance of those allegations, and the enquiry has reached a co

a cow protection group that operates just outside new delhi a spokesman of the group. now that explained what whatsapp has meant for his organizations activities. that most of our members tend to be more active in water which makes it the ideal platform for us the best thing about using what's up is that it delivers our messages to our members instantly we have a system for relaying information to our group for example if the information is about a vehicle transporting before we send it via text message if the message is urgent we send voice messages however if we have an advanced warning about the vehicle then i will compose a long message with the full details and forward it to our members on whatsapp also message. i was talking to one of these guys who was who runs this. biggest whatsapp groups and network of forth a group in dougherty where the engine of a clock happened i asked him how do you get people to be of out of your group so it's very simple you just go to the immobile recharge shops in a village you go there you give you give him a hundred bucks he'll giv

hindus just over two years ago in september two thousand and fifteen in a village just outside of delhi the local cow protection group got an alert of a man mohammad o'clock who had supposedly killed a cow and stored its meat in his house that information has yet to be verified but it triggered a deadly domino effect people see this or they don't go to law enforcement agency agencies they don't call it the police saying that look is over there's a possibility that a plug could go to go to his relig drag him out and beat him to death and brutally assault his son when this lynching happened minor suggestions shows that the local what network in that you know clark's well it's what abnormally there has been a build up of of crema perceived agree upon which originated from those fake mules which originated from pig pictures and figure videos circulated widely on what's up it works there are tensions periodic lee between different groups in india this is not new and usually pursued a word of mouth and that was enough to get it going and now what's up i think amplifies it on a scale that didn

let's turn to some cricket news now and severe pollution in india's mega city delhi has caused a sri lankan player to vomit during a test match between the two countries players have been battling terrible smog over the past four days with the sri lankans donning face masks to stave off the toxic a as fast bowler. a searing on a long while was overcome after bowling just three overs followed a man returning to the dressing room the u.s. embassy in new delhi reported that the air quality index was around four hundred that is fifteen times the world health organization's safe limit. want to bring you now some breaking news that has just come in spain supreme court has withdrawn an international arrest warrant for catalonia former leader carlos pushed along and four of his cabinet members it says that it is because the politicians have shown a willingness to return to spain all five are in belgium following october's declaration of independence which was considered illegal by spanish courts will have more on this story as it comes and do stay with us here on day w. and before we go just

takes part in a support group in delhi she tells young hiv patients they need not fear for the future with treatment they can even have healthy children. i lost my. because i was not aware that best. during my pregnancy or off of my delivery so it was lack of knowledge of the way. the battle against the hiv virus is certainly not been won in india but there has been significant progress not least thanks to people like mono but loni. still with me in the studio holga vision from the german aid service organization aids health a miss of a such sort of pick up on one aspect of that report the price of patented medication effective medication india. has decided to ignore those patents and produce its own cheap and effective medication how important has that been that move from india for instance in the fight against hiv aids that has been very important because you know medication has always been very expensive the new drugs are still very expensive and in the beginning big pharma wasn't willing to cut the prices and that millions of people suffer from aids and die so people like this wom

takes part in a support group in delhi she tells young hiv patients they need not fear for the future with treatment they can even have healthy children. i lost my. because i was not aware that i hope best. during my pregnancy or after my delivery so it was like. the battle against the h.i.v. virus has certainly not been won in india but there has been significant progress thanks to people like money but money. now is a reminder of how top stories at this hour of a later germany's social democrats aside he is no longer rolling out coalition talks with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives but martin should stress that he has not given the green light for another grand coalition. and in the united states former national security adviser michael flame has been charged with lying to the f.b.i. says possibly a special counsel's investigation into russian meddling in america's twenty sixteen election he's the full for the white house advisor to be indicted in this investigation. that set you up to date i'll have more for you at the top of the hour in the meantime as always the web site

we try to find a way to end in literacy among women in delhi.ons are the most simple. and if you can just bring those to life, it can change the world. and we made a brave effort to stop sexual harassment on public transport in london. what was most powerful was hearing the accounts of women and then ellie doing her dance performance upstairs on the bus and the two together were really profoundly moving. we finish here in rio, trying to level the sports field for females. there was never going to be a quick fix for any of these challenges but just maybe with some of our solutions and the raising awareness of the issues, we have proved that anything is possible forfuture generations. hello. sunday morning starts on a bitterly cold note. temperatures down at around —12 or perhaps —14 degrees across the snow cover of scotland. further south, a band of rain, sleet and snow and increasingly, it is turning to snow as it pushes into the very cold air. ice also an added hazard during the course of sunday morning. the met office has issued an amber warni