he is fighting competition from the gandhi dynasty. chinese and eastern european countries get underway in croatia. there isis a new branch on the human family tree. this news out of london. british police have arrested julian assange. he was seized inside the ecuadorian embassy where he has been holed up for the past seven years. the embassy invited police in after ecuador withdrew his right to asylulum. >> it has created a situatitionn which the asasylum is unsustainable and no longer vile. the chaharges about that led him to hole up in the embassy. >> he was the cofounder of wikileleaks. 75750,000 pages were sent out ad able to be looked at by anyone in the internet. sweden for aent to conference. during the time he was there, he reportedly had sex with two swedish women who said they had , which wasm basically rape. britainreceded by forced to send julie assigned to sweden. he has since been given ecuadoran nationality. genie: now he is out. what is going too happen? >> according to the authorities in ecuador, he violated his condi

to a hindu family gandhi respected all religions. this is where the boy who would later be known as the father of the nation went to school. these days gandhi's childhood home is a museum one that aims to promote his message of religious tolerance and nonviolence. gandhi launched the struggle for independence against british imperial rule in and about the capital of garage and the fifth largest city in india. the gandhi yosh from is one of the city's main attractions. gandhi lived here in a sort of commune with his followers for twelve years putting his principles into practice. these included not only nonviolence truth celibacy had non possession but also domestic production and self-sufficiency gandhi himself spent many hours a day at a spinning wheel which consequently became a symbol of the indian independence movement. in and about and across. gerard almost ninety percent of the population is hindu but there is also a sizeable muslim minority who live mainly in the old town. became india's first unesco world heritage city in two

their young gandhi and media entrepreneur who's determined to prove to his peers that building a future in your own home country is best. i'm eddie michael jr thanks for joining us we begin with the story of a bag larry and a zombie on a copper mining town of kits with nothing unusual about that this was a chinese owned store and the looting of the grew in chinese sentimental crosses china's financial influence is growing on the african continent china is biggest foreign investor and chinese companies are buying up significant chunks of key government assets now while beijing is rapidly increasing there's been some level of economic growth in zambia but china's presence is also triggering resentment. against them did abuse joggle on the one found out this report. memories of a recent book larry still haunts. the chinese business woman based in the. capital . shortly after yan had set up this store riots broke out in key to i guess the chinese. they told me to run you see this door. this kind of door is hard to knock. the more nervous i got the harder it became to lock the door and then

party is seeking a second term is main challenger is leader of the opposition congress party raul gandhi the election is the world's biggest with nine hundred million people eligible to vote they will let five hundred forty three m.p.'s to the lower house of parliament called the lok sabha polling has been spread out across the country in seven phases to. they voters went to the polls across nine states this includes parts of the state of west bengal where one political party is fielding a significant number of female candidates at forty one percent that's the highest number from any party this election correspondent sonja sally car travels to west bengal to meet. of the trinamool congress. in. its early morning in west bengal it's not their district politics here is a festive affair. it's dominated by the ruling t.m.c. orthonormal congress party. and the start of the show here is the party's. she quit a prestigious job as president of j.p. morgan in london in two thousand and eight. return to india and plunged into politics fulfilling a long held dream. when i was a kid if you asked me

the daughter of sonia gandhi. it is amazing he showed today but i do not saying it's going to have a very deep impact in the gospel today than it was in seeking that even age and it looks like as if that messes is going very slowly and since the party doesn't have any solid guys from the structure that mess is that they are producing a dissenter not to an accounting from the people of any foster whereas of egypt he has their good line days what they were doing at the center that take a decision and we didn't know what time it travels through the country so i do not know if their participation in it make much difference that moment but in the long ago i think that it was i mean back towards the end of the election probably this would have more impact than the beginning of when in trying not to talk or they're speaking to us from new delhi thank you feel inside. well still ahead on al jazeera voting ends in israel but the coalition ago she asians are just getting started. and a former president's party stages a come

after a disastrous general election result five years ago gandhi's congress party was jubilant recently after winning back three key states from n.t.s.b. j p n regional elections. and they have promised to prioritise the single biggest issue for voters the lack of jobs there schmidt in this country in every state young people are searching for jobs wherever you go and ask a young person what they're doing they reply i'm not doing anything that they look at the question he got there. it's a giant challenge while the indian economy has gathered strength under modi and has struggled to generate enough jobs especially for the country's young people. more than half of indians are aged twenty five or under and some twelve million enter the workforce each year. the recent spike in tensions between india and pakistan in kashmir however has put another issue on the agenda national security and that may well play into the hands of naren dramatic and his hindu nationalists. the prime minister has started himself as the watchman protecting his country by being strong on defense tough on terror in t

mythili: well, initially we were, you know, we were talking-- we were doing mahatma gandhi.s legacy, we have martin luther king jr. and cesar chavez, both of them following mahatma gandhi's principles of nonviolence and civil resistance. and so, in the past, we have done a short piece on both, cesar chavez, just five, six minutes, and another short piece on martin luther king. so this time, you know, last year we had wanted to do it as a full production going deeper into his life and, you know, into the struggles that he had. and rosa parks was done by rasika in her production called, "courage" that she showed, you know, courage that rosa parks exhibited in her life. and so, martin luther king started his resistance only after rosa parks did her, you know, act of not getting up from the-- from the seat. so, it was that which inspired him to start his resistance movement. so, it was a perfect beginning for us to start our show with rosa parks. rasika does it as a solo. and then we did do the martin luther king, where we touch upon the episodes, you know, the main episodes, li

after a disastrous general election result five years ago gandhi's congress party was jubilant recently after winning back three key states from b j p in regional elections. and they have promised to prioritise the single biggest issue for voters the lack of jobs there schmidt in this country in every state young people are searching for jobs wherever you go and ask a young person what they're doing they reply i'm not doing anything that they look at the question he got there. it's a giant challenge while the indian economy has gathered strength under modi and has struggled to generate enough jobs especially for the country's young people. more than half of indians are aged twenty five or under and some twelve million enter the workforce each year. the recent spike in tensions between india and pakistan in kashmir however has put another issue on the agenda national security and that may well play into the hands of naren drug and his hindu nationalists. the prime minister has started himself as the watchman protecting his country by being strong on defense tough on tara in the army no l

so it gives rahul gandhi and the opposition a chance. so what will decide this election? urban voters? will it be rural voters? will it be the under 25s? half this countries population? will it be female voters? it is expected that more women will vote this time than men. and every state is different, the issues are different, the languages are different, the alliances are different, which means small shifts can have huge consequences, which perhaps explains why india has a habit of kicking out the incumbent, even when the economy is doing well. but most people expect him to win this election, perhaps without an outright majority. one final thought though, india has a history of getting the predictions wrong. and matthew will be in delhi's red fort throughout the day as bbc world news continues coverage ahead of the indian election. earlier, we are talking about london's attempt to stop the most polluting cars, but of course there is an alternative. 0n polluting cars, but of course there is an alternative. on sunday, the worlds longest electric car trip came to an end. he

promise in the render modi seeking a second term in office but faces strong opposition from raul gandhi of the congress. and has our report from new delhi. for decades india had only been a coalition government. but in twenty fourteen the populace leader of the party or the b j p so up to victory with an absolute majority his government promised to ease poverty improve the economy and rid india of corruption. but he's been seen by many as favoring the hindu majority population and that's led to political tensions and violence although it is the second largest exporter of be for the world council venerated by hindus vigilantly attacks against people who eat beef have left many dead are the source of conflict is our youth it's a religious site played by both hindus and muslims but has been fought over for decades india's supreme court has intervened at the un human rights chief is war you delhi its actions are big bolted in a sob the b j p is demanding that minorities many muslims prove the indian or face deportation to bangladesh the government has a strategy one of course was a governme

so it gives rahul gandhi and the opposition a chance.it be rural voters? will it be the under—25s — half this country's population? will it be female voters? it is expected more women will vote this time than men. and every state is different. the issues are different. the languages are different. the alliances are different. which means small shifts can have huge consequences, which perhaps explains why india has a habit of kicking out the incumbent, even when the economy is doing well. but most people expect modi to win this election, perhaps without an outright majority. one final thought though, india has a history of getting the predictions wrong. matthew, so an election that's very hard to predict? it is difficult to predict. principally because this country is so principally because this country is so complex. see it less as a national election, more a federation ofa national election, more a federation of a load of state elections building up. and there is an element of caution, but remember, last time, the opposition congress wa

question now do the engine still want five more years of the b j p modi's main challenger is raul gandhi of the indian national congress or congress party how to listen to voters talk about what they want from this year's election. obviously confident. i'm obviously confident the winner is b. j.p. i also voted for b.j. i don't think other parties have a chance everyone will vote for b.j. pete obviously b.j. pierce the winner their work you can see it may both. want the new government to function well to be peaceful and for the situation in kashmir to get resolved as someone living in kashmir this is my desire so i think i can support on gandhi i mean i see him and i i mean you know if you do i need to see a prime minister who talks about education. and peace and love. so can you remind our international audience what was the campaign slogan of modi during his first campaign remind us what he said he was promising for india. fred so back in twenty four team the big promise we were coming right off an economic crash of a government that was seen as standard with a lot of corruption and so

the young gandhi in medio in tripping there who's determined to.

see today the country has come together to pay tribute to the lives lost right behind me in that gandhi convention center the main come aeration event has taken place in a solemn setting on to perform songs in the honor of the victims was to buy of us had twenty testimonies take a look. i can't right. now have a star. meet my firstborn. two months old now. i'm all grown up now. i think you will come back. here in montana been made by representatives of the african union as well as all clergy who spoke on behalf of the european union. you just walked away from one of. what you were in congress creep and you just. become didn't have. to go to. president paul kagame he also addressed fellow rundowns emphasizing the necessity to forgive but also never to forget all borders undermines. traditions goes but none of us is our own together we have. been chartered for its overall uniter into a new truck this. is not only a day of remembering the victims of run the biggest tragedy it's also a sad reminder of the international community abandoning the country at its darkest time and warning that hi

militias the killing stopped when the tutsi rebels led by paul kagame is seize the capital kigali gandhi went on to become president in two thousand and remains in power to this day. ahead of the anniversary east africa correspondent met a genocide survivor. you know you want to. this is where house used to be before the genocide nothing is left of it now. bent it all down after looting it and i mean gas prices. everything was he was just three months old when his parents and four siblings were killed by hutu militias he's a survivor of the one thousand nine hundred four genocide in rwanda the fastest of the twentieth century during which close to a million randoms mostly to see well wiped out in just one hundred days. eric was too young to remember his family dying but he says he will never forget the day his aunt told him what happened. there was talk of his unusual rejoinder she carried me on her back during the genocide right up until the killing stopped she told me how horrific it was she witnessed it all the rain was pouring down on us those were hard times for me lisa would flee f

back to the gandhi never. going to be facing but again for the last twenty years right now. a vision of i'm going to describe these cottons attacks as having been conducted by religious extremists do you think of the religious divide as you describe them and i think this. would be exploited to create further division. seems like that to me because our particular thing there isn't a first section to blame the muslim community for what has happened and infact there has been one of the two. days being attacks on muslims even from. people who are perceived to be muslims who are refugees from pakistan because it is the general perception that they are responsible for these events and i think that's a very dangerous thing that any particular coming to responsible careen sri lanka recent history is that the muslim community has been targeted by the i mean reversed but also from. these groups and they have suffered immensely at the hands of the family thing with. these groups and they have been very patient and there's been no violent uprising from the movement fighting is very unfa

hundredth anniversary of a massacre of civilians by british troops at a ceremony opposition leader raul gandhi paid homage to the hundreds of victims of the massacre in the british high commissioner to india called it a shameful event in british indian history. has announced it will allow more than sixty migrants to disembark a german charity rescue ship in the mediterranean sea the government says they will then be transferred to germany france portugal and luxembourg the migrants were rescued near the libyan shore ten days ago. some football news now and there was late drummer in the friday night game between nuremberg and. put nuremberg ahead in the eighty second minute the home side looked to be on course of pick up just the force to win of the season to hit back two minutes later. to search diverse of the ball into the net one one was the final score. and goals tiger woods has put himself in with a chance of winning his first major tournament since two thousand and eight woods rolled back the years to go six under par a halfway point of the u.s. masters at augusta is just one shot behind

hundredth anniversary of a massacre of civilians by british troops at a ceremony opposition leader babul gandhi paid homage to the hundreds of victims of the massacre and the british high commissioner to india called it a shameful event in british indian history. malta has announced it will allow more than sixty migrants to disembark a german charity rescue ship in the mediterranean sea the government says they will then be transferred to germany fran. portugal and luxembourg the migrants have been stuck on board since being rescued near the libyan shore ten days ago. to nollywood now that's the nigerian film industry it's the world's second largest in terms of the number of films that they produce in fact it's only just behind india's bollywood but for years nollywood has struggled to keep up with the cutting edge techniques that you often see in global cinema now one man is trying to change that. it may look like an operating theatre but it's actually a movie set and is working his magic on an actor. the special effects makeup artists create zombies for nollywood and he's built a reputation a

in the gandhi convention center right behind me the main commemoration event is taking place we just watched all across the country this is where artists are performing songs in honor of the victims and survivors of the haunting testimony here president paul kagame and talks about remembering uniting and renewing all borders under my arms. but none of us. together we. will run the threads over. into. new cockpits. thousands of rundowns have embarked on the somber walk to remember it's a month to mourn those who lost their lives during the genocide but it's also symbolic walk the perpetrators and survivors walk side by side from around the stock and violent past to have these people want to be as a country and it's not just those who witnessed the atrocities committed during the genocide but also the youth the future of this country which is here to highlight their role and responsibility in making sure history is never repeated. the mrs we have to love each other so the things the top and i mean. it's often that it should. be united to. are marching for my family plus my relatives du

seeking a second term his main challenger is the head of the opposition congress party rock hold gandhi the election is the world's biggest with nine hundred million voters in total eligible to vote they have to elect five hundred forty three representative to the lower house of parliament called the locus of. one of the issues that has been set the stage in these elections is the issue of unemployment the ruling b.g.p. is accused of suppressing a government report that claims unemployment is at a forty five year high this even as the economy expands it's a strange paradox that's affecting millions of india's youth. spawn of nimish adjust for travel to the state of chalk and in the country's east to find out more . bit in the party and scored the highest grades in his undergraduate degree in social logy he received a gold medal from the president of india for extending into graduate studies he went on to get a third degree which allows him to become a teacher. he's one of the most qualified young men in his small village of took tacl in the eastern state of charge kind you know yet they

still me end up getting the lead in this election his political opponent gandhi who by the way has a household name of course is also focusing on the economy what are his ideas like . right. right also one of the most important things that congress which is out on the spot he has brought up in his manifesto in this election is a sort of an ideal for you know was the basic income which is at targeted at the poorest of the people this is likely to affect probably about fifty crore people in india and they are likely to get about a thousand euros if the congress is elected to power which is one of the things that they have promised this is one of the most important things that they're looking at apart from this congress is also looking at focusing on the manufacturing sector to prop up the whole economic growth which has been fairly robust in the last two years but it's believed that india can still do better. combatively apart from that tweaking of the direct in the in direct taxes is also on the cards and relaxation also rules in certain economic sectors such as start ups is also some

gandhi genocide memorial in more than a quarter of the good victims of believed to be buried. for more now on it's speaks. villany corridor is in god for us many it is remarkable that peace has held in a country where this follows the genocide all still so fresh now you've been traveling the country and talking to people what's made that possible. necessity of strong will and a lot of really hard work we really are in a country where people have decided to live together peacefully side by side where communities shared by perpetrators as well as survivors and paul kagame has really made sure to get rid of the ethnic divisions in the country he for example you're not allowed to ask anyone for the hutu or tutsi he's also created a culture of remembering and there are memorials all across the country where you can see bones skulls the clothes of victims they're really a disturbing reminder but a necessary one for the crime of crimes that was committed here in the country. disability it seems as if i want to say a system has been established to sort of keep the peace but can one sa

hundredth anniversary of the massacre of civilians by british troops at a ceremony opposition leader raul gandhi paid homage to the hundreds of victims of the amritsar massacre and the british high commissioner to india called it a shameful event in british indian history. has announced it will allow more than sixty my friends to disembark a german charity rescue ship in the mediterranean sea the government says they will then be transferred to germany france portugal and luxembourg and migrants were rescued near the libyan shore ten days ago. it's to china next on a german man who's a viral hit each time he posts a video online so how does he do it here's a clue he draws inspiration from married life did i. found out more. when thomas darks also known as powerful strews through the streets of shanghai he rarely goes unnoticed. thomas is a celebrity on the chinese internet seven million people follow him on social media when he posts clips about his life as a foreigner in china in his videos and talks and soon chinese about a broad range of topics. traffic. helps. thomas and his wife julie write

hundredth anniversary of a massacre of civilians by british troops and ceremony opposition leader raul gandhi paid homage to the hundreds of victims of the massacre and the british high commissioner to india called it a shameful event in british indian history. on sunday people in finland head to the ballot box in parliamentary elections the nordic country will preside over the european union starting in july with what looks like a climate driven agenda but that's not something all finnish voters support. these students and one polar bear are on the move in helsinki like in other european capitals protest marches ford environment has become weekly here climate change is one of the hot issues for sunday's elections many fans say it will decide their vote you must know everything in. the warming doesn't wait for us. we need to stop it now. opposition supporters and young voters are expected to be out in force on sunday next to the greens the right wing populist triffids party is set to benefit paul showed they could emerge as the second largest political force in finland that's what strengthens

short of mentioning a summit date when any such agreement would be signed the announcement also with gandhi on details but it's also the question of when the united states will lift tariffs on china remains a major sticking point. months of wrangling hundreds of billions of dollars worth of tariffs and a u.s. pledge to radically change china does business now u.s. president donald trump is indicating that the trade conflict between the world's top two economies is nearing an end we've agreed to far more than we have left to agree to. the fact i would say i think i can say that some of the toughest things have to reach if we have some things that are actually easier ways you know that we're we're doing but it's a very very using a word that i don't like using too often but it's a very very comprehensive deal on the chinese side some flattery of little caution and even less detail. because you know i read. week. steal from. you because of course because of the trade conflict began early last year when the u.s. voted to crack down on what it called unfair chinese trade practices these include

his main opponent is rahul gandhi's congress party. gandhi's father, grandmother and great grandfather haveve all served as s prime minister. modi's government has been criticized for a crackdown on civil society, targeting political opponents, journalists, human rights activists, lawyers, and writers. human rights groups have also raised the alarm on attacks agaiainst vuvulnerable p popula, especially dalits and muslims. just two days before britain's second scheduled departure from the european uninion, eu leaders agreed wednesday to grant britain an additional extension to avoid a no-deal brexit, giving prime minister theresa may and british lawmakers until october 31 to come up with a deal that all parties could agree to. this means britain will most likely have to take part in european parliament elections in -- next month, which may has sought to avoid. m may was warned by european leadershihip -- europen union n leadership not to waste time. it's unclear which direction lawmakers will go next after months of dead-end debate and

gandhi is the strongest challenger to the current prime minister modi.was elected in 2014 with a left-hand slide majority running on a platform that embraced hindu nationalism. india is a nuclear power and key ally to the united states. the election could have a big impact. with so many people voting, for people who obsess how complicated american election conditions, this is many stages more complicated. >> reporter: an election like no other. 900 million eligible to vote makes india's national election is world's largest democratic exercise. allow prime minister modi to continue as a leader for the next five years or give the opposition candidate gandhi a shot. now the stakes are high. india is a crucial economic partner especially as u.s.-china trade dispute carries on. india has quickly become a bigger destination for big tech companies. it has 500 million indians connected to the internet. netflix and amazon has been pouring money into india. facebook and twitter also working around the clock to get more indians online while also trying combat fake

more than three thousand people the opening ceremony is underway and president gandhi has spoken and in terms of significance to quote president gandhi himself he said these three thousand two hundred people who decide how to speak with the taliban about a pay studio it's you deciding not my high ranking official so a lot of people in there from all over the country different ages from different religions from different tribes all represented in there and. with this huge responsibility of coming up with what they've kind of red lines and parties should they get the opportunity to negotiate with the taliban in the future this is no small mission or feat to put something like this all in to give you a sense of the security needed i'm just going to show you over here so this hell here these homes have been searched by afghan intelligence if you come down the hill and we move across this valley where the loya jirga is this is all under lockdown we keep going over to these apartment buildings that is with the coordinates to get into this area you need to have you need to be need to be sea