for the next part of myjourney, i'm heading to the south—east of gujarat, to the town ofjunagadh.ion. to me, nothing sums up this country better than the indian railway network. more than any political act, they say that this is what unifies this country. i remember as a small child being on an indian train and being totally overwhelmed by it, but i love it. ah, this feels imminent. who knows when this was made, this train? it looks pretty damn old to me. but wow, look at that. it's a network that ferries millions of passengers daily across tens of thousands of track to nearly 7,000 stations. it's one of the world's biggest employers. if there's one defining legacy of british rule, it's the vast, sprawling, creaking indian railway network. it's still the lifeblood of the country today. they sing. i'll tell you this: you wouldn't get this on a suburban train on a cold wednesday morning in london, or any other western city. this is unique. do you know everyone on this carriage? yeah. yeah, from the train journey? yeah, trainjourney, train friends. you're the train friends, excellent

for the next part of myjourney, i'm heading to the south—east of gujarat, to the town ofjunagadh.nothing sums up this country better than the indian railway network. more than any political act, they say that this is what unifies this country. i remember as a small child being on an indian train and being totally overwhelmed by it, but i love it. ah, this feels imminent. who knows when this was made, this train? it looks pretty damn old to me. but wow, look at that. it's a network that ferries millions of passengers daily across tens of thousands of track to nearly 7,000 stations. it's one of the world's biggest employers. if there's one defining legacy of british rule, it's the vast, sprawling, creaking indian railway network. it's still the lifeblood of the country today. they sing i'll tell you this: you wouldn't get this on a suburban train on a cold wednesday morning in london, or any other western city. this is unique. do you know everyone on this carriage? yeah. yeah, from the train journey? yeah, trainjourney, train friends. you're the train friends, excellent. you have a

a colossal amount of rain fell of gujarat. a colossal amount of rainfell in of gujarat.. the floodwaters continued to move away, the monsoon is a break at the moment meaning many western areas are dry but in the north—west of india and pakistan, very humid conditions with big thunderstorms on wednesday. looking at the satellite picture and yesterday we talked about the torrential rain in taiwan. sometimes when two tropical systems combine they come closer together and spiral into each other and this is known as the food you are effect. —— the fujiwara effect. this resulted in huge rainfall in south—east china. what does it look like on the ground? something like this. we had flooding problems making roads almost impossible and the floodwaters damaged homes and buildings. the rains will ease off a bit over the next few days but we can expect further heavy rain in the next 24 hours. out in the east and in the pacific we have a massive typhoon, very powerful, and there will be wins gusting up to 150 mph. some uncertainty about where it is going but generally it is tracking

i began in gujarat, in the far west. this is genuinely incredible, i'm in heaven. pretty crowded.s week, i've travelled 2,000 miles over to the north—east. i'm on the banks of the mighty river brahmaputra, and about to go to a very spiritual place. it's one of india's lesser—known regions. we're really high up, and just to my right, the border with bangladesh. a part of the country which prides itself on its traditions. he makes it look so easy. it's incredibly difficult. but it's also looking forward and embracing progress. so now, i'm on my way to go and see assam's very own eco—warrior. it is going to be an incredible adventure. india's north—east, a collection of eight states, almost cut off from the rest of this vast country but for a tiny strip of land. at partition, a large swathe of this region was sectioned off to become east pakistan, which later became bangladesh, leaving the indian area landlocked. it's geographically and culturally out on a limb. this is frontier country, little—known to tourists and other indians alike. they call it the land of cloud, that's because

in the state of gujarat we have organized the vibrant good investment summit. and the russian deputy prime minister was there the whole time he became involved in the economic development of the state. so our cooperation is really quite diverse it is not exactly limited to arms trade. me. prime minister i had a chance to talk to people here for. a couple of days and they view us this great reformer and some of the programs were introduced like make in india and start a country those are of course the programs to make india well the nation you also taught the concept of self-reliance that's what actually concepts can indian economy be self-reliant in times of irreversible globalization. busy days world in these very interconnected and interdependent this is the age of technology but new technology reflects what is changing in the world and. technology is changing man into the new man the network of man. so many great changes have taken place. today with globalization and prospects of a global scale we have only one path and that is development out of. and india

communal thinking, his association with extremists, his background where there was this massacre, in gujarat somehow we expected that when narendra modi would became the prime minister he would rise above this but i have to say we are all so disappointed because narendra modi has notjust disappointed pakistanis, he's disappointed muslims in india, he's disppointed all the liberal section in india which... enjoyed the fact that india had this multicultural society. he's taken india to a society where a lot of people, when i was growing up, used to say, they were worried that in india they would not be treated properly, they would not be treated as equal citizens. narendra modi has taken india right there. where my parents‘ generation used to fear that the reason there needs to be a partition is because muslims would not be treated fairly in india and that is what narendra modi has proved. and we'll have a special week of coverage to mark 70 years of partition and the independence of india and pakistan, that's here on bbc world news from the 14th of august. and you can get more information on

that has been pushing across parts of gujarat and other areas, and will push its way into southeast pakistani example in karachi. in the north—east of india, things set to deteriorate, the same in buttin, and nepal and bangladesh. to deteriorate, the same in buttin, and nepaland bangladesh. feeding the monsoon rain clouds even more. this is in areas where rivers are already at record flood levels. more rain certainly unwelcome. in europe, a line of storms from eastern spain, east france towards germany. to the south and east of that, sunshine and heat. to the north—west, things drying out but starting to feel much cooler. temperatures lower than what we've seen in the last few days. that is the case in the uk. more details on that coming up in half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. we start in the united states again. huston continues to face flooding, and the storm has made landfall in louisiana. never is more rain to come. north korea says the firing of this missile overjapan was only the first step. in venezuela, the new constituent assembly has unanimously voted to p

communal thinking, his association with hindu extremists, his background where this was this massacre in gujaratthe situation that is now then and we translate that now into british life. there's british indians and british pakistanis who are probably hearing stories from both sides, how do you think that affects people back then? the british indian pakistani society has power because they have resources, they are rich, they are influential. they are the ones that should force, especially someone like narendra modi, to move towards peace. but do you feel there's maybe a lack of education, a lack of understanding of exactly what the situation is like, even back to 1947, of how that developed? in the curriculum, there should be an attempt by the british authorities to make people understand what exactly happened in 1947. and if they understand that, they will understand the genesis of this animosity between the countries. 70 yea rs, animosity between the countries. 70 years, it is a celebration, and how much of a special occasion is this? very special occasion, and you will see that when you go ou