let's turn to india. tensions between india and china have been growing recently.ose rhetoric, all making for a very uneasy state of affairs. ashis, bring us up to date. it has been growing and worsening for some time. explain what your assessment is where tensions are? there was a lot more tension between india and china these days than what was the case three years ago, lets say. there was a different government them. there is an element of bellicosity between the two belligerents, if you like. more on the behalf of china. the situation is like this. the former ruler of tibet, he went to india, he got sanctuary, and has been in exile in india for more than 60 years, he is a person that china is ultrasensitive about. there is a long—standing border dispute between india and pakistan, sorry, india and china, arunachal pradesh which is described by china as south tibet, which india claims as part of india. that was put on the back burner in 1993, in the form of a treaty which was called the peace and tranquillity treaty. discussions would continue, but in the meanwh

their stories are also the story of modern india.o the possibilities the country can hold for those who are diligent and lucky. how will the next few decades pan out for these young people, and for many others like them? ten years down the line, maybe five years down the line, i see myself being settled, having a family of my own. but at the same time, i wish to pursue my career. ten years down the line, i feel i'll be the top most paediatric dentist in mumbai. hopefully! in ten years' time, i hope to have my own company, doing something fun out of mumbai. i don't want a lavish lifestyle, i just want a simple lifestyle, where i earn a lot of money but yet lead a simple life. there should be peace in life, there should be a lot of love and care, support, and that's it. that's all i want, that's not much. speaking, the weekend has got off to a fairly quiet start. a lot of dry weather, but there have been variations from place to place. some have seen sunshine, others have been stuck under a cloud. you can see there was quite a lot of c

now life stories revisits the children in india's millennials. india's millennial generation.f this vast country's population are under 35. they are tech—savvy, mobile, and better educated than their parents and their grandparents. in 2004, the bbc met a group of children in mumbai who encapsulate generation y. they came from a variety of backgrounds, but they all had one thing in common. their hopes and dreams. together: namaste. we've returned to see how life has changed for them. have their expectations been met, or have their lives taken them in directions they could never have dreamed of? spruha, gaurav and madhavi are watching the original bbc programme for the first time in over ten years. they went to school together, and are still good friends. namaste. .. i'm madhavi, and these are my friends. we live in mumbai... i'm madhavi, i'm 25 years old. i was filmed for the bbc programme which was on the lives of kids in mumbai, about ten years back. i live in a flat in mumbai with my sister, mother and father. when do you have yoga class today? two o'clock. i like doing art.

now life stories revisits the children in "india's millennials". india's millennial generation.65% of this vast country's population are under 35. they are tech—savvy, mobile, and better educated than their parents and their grandparents. in 2004, the bbc met a group of children in mumbai who encapsulate generation y. they came from a variety of backgrounds, but they all had one thing in common. their hopes and dreams. together: namaste. we've returned to see how life has changed for them. have their expectations been met, or have their lives taken them in directions they could never have dreamed of? spruha, gaurav and madhavi are watching the original bbc programme for the first time in over ten years. they went to school together, and are still good friends. namaste. .. i'm madhavi, and these are my friends. we live in mumbai... i'm madhavi, i'm 25 years old. i was filmed for the bbc programme which was on the lives of kids in mumbai, about ten years back. i live in a flat in mumbai with my sister, mother and father. when do you have yoga class today? two o'clock. i like doing

and tackling class discrimination in india.eak to one of india's best—selling authors about his latest bollywood adaptation. it's 8am in singapore, one in the morning in london and eight in the evening in washington where a special prosecutor has been appointed to lead an investigation into alleged russian interference in last year's presidential election. he's robert mueller, a former prosecutor who served as fbi chief from 2001 to 2013. the news comes as donald trump has been accused of trying to get james comey — another former head of the fbi — to drop an inquiry into links between his former national security adviser and the russians. for his part, president trump said a thorough investigation would confirm there was no collusion between his presidential campaign and "any foreign entity". earlier, he complained about media coverage of his administration. no politician in history and i say this, has been treated worse or more unfairly. you can't let them get you down. i did not get elected to serve the washington media or s

now life stories revisits the children in "india's millennials". india's millennial generation.opulation are under 35. they are tech—savvy, mobile, and better educated than their parents and their grandparents. in 2004, the bbc met a group of children in mumbai who encapsulate generation y. they came from a variety of backgrounds, but they all had one thing in common. their hopes and dreams. together: namaste. we've returned to see how life has changed for them. have their expectations been met, or have their lives taken them in directions they could never have dreamed of? spruha, gaurav and madhavi are watching the original bbc programme for the first time in over ten years. they went to school together, and are still good friends. namaste. .. i'm madhavi, and these are my friends. we live in mumbai... i'm madhavi, i'm 25 years old. i was filmed for the bbc programme which was on the lives of kids in mumbai, about ten years back. i live in a flat in mumbai with my sister, mother and father. when do you have yoga class today? two o'clock. i like doing art. when i grow up i will

now the german chancellor is talking trade with india and china. also, coming up, police in germany are detaining a teenage asylum seeker after he tells his mother he is planning an attack in berlin. this soccer coach is out just days after leaving his team to victory in the german cup final. ♪ >> i am sarah kelly. welcome to the program. thank you for joining us. the white house has painted a rosy picture of u.s. relations with germany. that is despite donald trump taking to put it to rail against the country's trade surplus. it was in response to remarks made by angela merkel about no longer being able to live on allies like the u.s.. sean spicer claims that relations are as great as ever. >> i think the relationship that the president has had with merkel, it is unbelievable, he has a lot of respect for her, they continue to grow the bond they had at their talks at g7. germany is an important american ally. sarah: merkel stood by her warning that the european union can no longer rely on key allies. she was at pains to stress that they would be di

is about 10 times india at the moment.s very little threat potential with free trade agreement with india in terms of donald trump. helena: our fun our -- passengers are facing a third day of disruption as british airways continue to struggle with the follow of the global computer crashed. since of thousands of passengers have been stranded since the weekend. they will have to dish out compensation. parent company shares have been dropping. then there is their reputation. this is a full on disaster. how many customers are set to walk away? the bill looks set to be steep. reporter: it was a weekend british airways would likely forget. and one stranded passengers are likely to remember for a long time. >> we arrived here late saturday morning. and all the flights were canceled, which we expected when they told us. but we have been here for three days. it was supposed to be four hours. we missed our cruise ship in rome. we already were booked for two different flights. we are flying today and we have no luggage. reporter: som

it shows india's trade surplus with the e.u. deficitsee e.u.'s trade with india. europeans have complained privately that india is very slow on these kind of negotiations which are obvious going to be complicated by brexit or opportunistic as well. you can see it could be struck between india and the u.k. separately and europe can have their own negotiations. that being said, let us change the page. she #btv 8931. despite the surplus, outbound of europe to trade, they have seen an upsurge this year in foreign direct investment in 2017 under the policies of narendra modi. anchor: and they were looking at china of course, meeting with angela merkel tomorrow. this is a special relationship. what is expected to be discussed? anchor: talk about a special relationship between germany and china. stephen: well, we have the people daily saying they will enhance political trust. these are the common words that they talk about. they are going to expand cooperation for a fresh impetus, according to the mouthpiece of the communist party. this is coming on the heels of the trum

presence of mexico and india and india and mexico. we think that from the mexican perspective, we would like nothing more than for the u.s. to be successful and thrive. we clearly believe in the north american integration process. we clearly think that process has resulted in competitiveness, and that has benefited the north american region and the latin american and caribbean region, as well. and we will continue to work and to strive for that integration process to continue, so that we remain as competitive and dynamic, as we would want to be even more competitive and dynamic to be globally successful as a region and important influence within our other neighbors. >> i think we have time for one more question right here. >> thank you very much, minister. so with regard to nafta, do you still believe that the renegotiation could be completed by the first or second quarter of 2018? and then will it, in fact, in your view be an update rather than a renegotiation in terms of rules of origin? there's like 16,000 products that have differ

it does retired the d for india's plans to make a strong proposition about india.arkets, but india positioning itself as a manufacturing hub. that also fits in to its potential growth being achieved come manufacturing as 25% of gdp rather than 16% right now. talk to us about what's happening in the u.s.. we have been talking about james bullard's comments on the balance sheet. now we also have commentary from the fed resident williams of san francisco talking about making the downsizing very boring. we have some sound to play on that, guys, take a listen to -- listen. is not where we reduce the balance sheet significantly, but will it have $2 trillion or $2.5 trillion or something like that. i am not trying to communicate a decision, but that is the thinking, the right way to think about the endpoint of this. tell us what the u.s. is doing in terms of its balance sheets and rate hikes in terms of emerging markets including india and the rest of the emerging markets in asia. be ofuably it will significant importance. the u.s.n which chooses to reduce its balance she

, but to which india and events in india were intimately connected. so the 19th century, for instance, the fate of the russians trying to catch up with the atlantic west. and similar experiences and some of those i've already written about in my previous book, which is from the ruins of empire about japan trying to do the same, trying to catch up, importing ideologies, ideas from the modern west. and then sparking a kind of rush to imitation amongst various other asian countries. but this involved really going deeper into european history and looking at people who it also come late to the modern world, countries like him anyways the indian elite, the indian intelligence who have produced all kinds of figures with this great desire to match the achievements of the modern west. that is what we had growing up in india, those ideas, and i felt i had to really go back and consider them all. >> the book is built on large and very solid historical parallel, essentially that the history of lets say the 12525 years before the outbreak of world war i, was roile

/india relationship. two of you mentioned in your opening testimony the importance of the relationship. senator mccain echoed that. one of you only talked about the endo pacific, not the asia pacific. dr. tellis, i thought that was interesting. the title of the hearing is about the asia pacific, but you used the phrase indopacific. about two years ago, virtually all of our dod witnesses switched over to using indopacific largely in their testimony. the indian military does more joint exercises with the united states than they do with any other nation. that's an important trend. that's a recent trend. i view probably prime minister modi being a bjp, the congress party has had that traditional non-alliance. this is a little bit of an evolution for them. talk about what we should be doing to deepen that relationship, not only militarily. but it seems that a similarity between china and russia is, they both would like the u.s. less involved in the region, and they both seem to have an interest in undermining

i think bitcoin has advantages in india.d we are seeing this penetration of mobile technology and systems like bitcoin make it cost—effective for people who come into the financial inclusion system, and there are real implications for that. the second pa rt implications for that. the second part of it is value transfer. there are billions of dollars which come in, and the costs are really high. if the governments and banks would hamas the power of technology and instruments like bitcoin, that could really bring down the costs —— would harness the power. the problem the us economy has with migrant workers is that it needs more of them. agriculture and tourism is feel it particularly badly. 0ur correspondent reports from a farm in newjersey. farmer kurt dawson get to spend as much time in the field as he used to, or as he would like. he isa as he used to, or as he would like. he is a first—generation farmer. for him, agriculture was a calling, to do god's work. as we to his 600 acre property, he admits his business would not b

, a small surplus, then you look at india at asia #8927. terms of imports and exports shows that india needs this visit to go well, more than anyone else. >> india has never been an export destination. it is an exporter of services for pharmaceuticals, healthcare services, and i.t. services, but when you look at real goods, it is china leading exporters in the region. about attracting foreign direct investment to strengthen this made in india campaign. the campaign is important for jobs and employment which india desperately needs. manufacturing in india for domestic consumption, so that is the difference when you look at these trade balances. so much for you joining us today. the investment director at fidelity international. we will be looking for to that open in india, and also japan. the yen holding steady at 111.37. ♪ angie: it is 11:29 a.m. in hong kong. embattled south african president jacob zuma is said to have survived a bid to force him from office. members of the anc decided not to call a vote of no-confidence despite the presid

india, with open arms i welcome german companies.he arm of bill and pharmaceutical industries could be beneficial to modernizing indian infrastructure. she is due to meet the prime wednesday to ensure they remain reliable partners. businesses and consumers in the eurozone lost confidence about their prospects during the month of may. the economic sentiment indicator dropped slightly from april, there was a slight boost in emmanuel macron selection. analysts that should serve as a warning that the european economy remains at risk and makes the ecb likely to continue its massive program. the drop in consumer sentiment did add to pressure on markets, seeing losses in the banking sector holding back investors in the tradingshing session in the red. wall street also trending down as markets reopen after the long weekend. consumer spending and personal income in the u.s. each rising .4%, and line with expectations. amazon shares have topped $1000 for the first time ever. trading just under the flatline at this hour. moving on to other busi

what is at stake with the e.u.- india relationship?e it is a giant chessboard and donald trump has taken the chessboard and gone like this. players are trying to reestablish their positioning. you have vietnam going to the prime states and modi, minister of india, in germany. he is going to four different countries, followed on the heels tomorrow by another leader going to germany and brussels. when donald trump went to europe last week, a lot of reverberations. and one merkel said the old world friendships built during world war ii are, to some extent, over. you see china and india capitalizing on this and seeing where the new world order, if there is one, where they can play a big role. berlin sees new delhi as playing a significant role in perhaps identifying global free trade and enforcing that, as well as efforts to protect climate. climate change initiatives, which donald trump -- yvonne: still not confirmed at the paris accord. >> trying to get common ground there. -- a bringing a high trade high-level trade delegation. the comm

india's business standard has a meeting between prime minister narendra modi and turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan. mr modi called for turkish investment in india, while mr erdogan suggested free—trade talks between the two countries. a high level report in the uk urges britain to fundamentally rethink its approach to the middle east — distancing itself from the united states. the guardian reports that the study looks at how britain must adapt, given that american foreign policy is shifting under donald trump. it describes his leadership as "unpredictable". the arab news has a poll about how americans view the arab world. it finds that eight out of ten of them can't identify the region on a map — and a fifth think that agra—bah, the fictional city from ‘aladdin‘, is part of the middle east. the daily telegraph looks at plans by the european commission to create a digital single market, and how it would affect content licensing. the paper says 400 industry organisations are attacking the move, saying it erodes the cornerstone of the tv and film businesses. with us is mark davies, ceo

india is forecast to be the largest car market within five years.al motors is planning to back away from its investment there. we bring in our gadfly columnist to talk about why, but were ata motors,ut to earnings due out later. what are we looking at in terms of its land rover unit. it has not been an easy period. >> thank you for that. motors will be reporting earnings, and 80% for tata is coming from gm, so investors will be keen to see the numbers. will also look at operating profit margins, critical for -- motors. last quarter they had a huge fx loss. that can strain the balance sheet of the parent company of tata motors. haidi: what are some of the other things you're looking for besides the currency impact given the company is under these losses. when do we expect the recovery? >> in the case of the parent company of tata, they had incurred in the last seven quarters out of 10, huge losses comes of the parent company has a huge dependence on its u.k. unit, and in this case, india has undergone a change in fuel in mission norms, so one will ha

there is a government in india which enjoys a majority as far as the bjp is concerned.ike to see happen? i thinkjustice what would you like to see happen? i think justice needs to what would you like to see happen? i thinkjustice needs to be done. but my point is, will this court take this matter seriously? because it has taken 25 years for the trial to occur in the first place and now you have what is called the central bureau of investigation court, the central bureau of investigation in india is covered by the central government which is the bjp government which is the bjp government and for them to try bjp leaders, i wonder if they will really ta ke leaders, i wonder if they will really take it seriously because as far as really take it seriously because as farasi really take it seriously because as faras i am really take it seriously because as far as i am concerned, there is enough evidence but will it be produced? have you ever wondered what it would be like to step inside a painting? now you canfind what it would be like to step inside a painting? now you can fi

largest fdi source to india. into india last year were at a record $60 billion usd. prime minister would want that trend to continue. he would also want the business investments to grow, so he wouldn't be looking at striking some business deals with germany, no doubt, about that. the other thing that will be on the agenda is kickstart the whichu free-trade deal, has been bogged down the past few years. would wanth leaders to see some traction gaining on that front. manus: a lovely line in the story, the deep freeze. talk to me about germany and india. they have one mutual, clear policy, that they have not joined to china's one belt, one road system. will this come up during the talks, do you think? >> i would assume so. thattold journalists germany and india both have this newons about global trade system that china is trying to put in place. were india and germany need to sit across the givenand talk more trade, all wha of what is taking place. basicallyconcerns are that connectivity is not an issue as far as th

we have such strong stories and characters in india.oes and we are taking superheroes and we are taking superheroes of batman and superman. what makes the success even more extraordinary is that despite dance sequences, this is not bollywood film. it was made in the south indian city in the tamil languages. it has been sensation all around the globe. back in india it has become as phenomena in but the audience around the world has really embraced this film. the indian film industry flexing its muscles saying look at what we can do on an fraction of the budget of fast and furious. the huge scale and ambition of this production is evident that the indian film industry now has the confidence to compete with hollywood on its own turf— high budget, special effects blockbusters. stand up comedy is a relatively new profession in zimbabwe, but a crop of funny men and women are using the art form to push boundaries in a way few can without getting arrested. and in the process they manage to make zimbabweans laugh at themselves even in the face o

now to a film that's breaking box office records in india and around the world.d as the most successful indian film of all time. 0ur south asia correspondent justin rowlatt has taken a look. bahubali 2 is a sensation of billowing hair and bulging muscles. this special effects extravaganza is reckoned to have taken 5 billion rupees in its first week in india — £60 million. and it's cleaning up over here, too, with both the hindi and tamil versions making the uk top ten. we have such strong stories, such strong characters in india, but we are not utilising them. we are looking to the us. nothing wrong in enjoying them, but we have such big superheroes with ourselves, and we are taking the superheroes ofjust batman, superman, spider—man. what makes bahubali's success even more extraordinary is that, despite the dance sequences, this isn't a bollywood film, but a tollywood production. it was made in the south indian city of hyderabad, in the telugu and tamil languages. it's been a sensation all around the globe. back in india it's become a phenomenon, but the audienc

on india.we are indeed positive on china and increasing the positive on india. it was a right decision to put a strong footprint in china by 15 years ago. now we are benefiting from that because you are seeing the largest growth rate in the chinese market. rishaad: what are you seeing in particular here? part of the movies screen energy, but beyond that. driven by they five-year plan of the chinese government, but beyond that because all the megatrends like urbanization, increase in mobility are driving demand for our products, predominantly lightweight, insulation, energy sufficiency that we are supporting. rishaad: you have manufacturing in china as well. you have a joint venture with other people. how does that work out for you doing business? >> first of all, it is important to be close to customers. therefore, we need production helps where our customers are, therefore the investment 15 years ago and the construction for the last decade or so to put a footprint, a production footprint, int

joined by sameer hasmi, india business correspondent.res show that it was slightly less than expected forjanuary to march. was that disappointing? well, it was disappointing, but not a surprise, not a huge surprise at least because last year the indian government in a sudden and surprise move band 86% of the in circulation. they did is to crack down on corruption, but what happened was that it had an impact on the economy. the businesses were hit, consumer demand was hit and the for that is because it took time to inject new cash or new banknotes into the system, some people really didn't have any money to go to supermarkets or make any kind of purchases and it took three to four months for the situation to normalise, so in that sense, the number is not that disappointing because many economists and analysts earlier had expected that the number would be much lower, but india has been able to recover much faster. but going ahead, economists expect that the number will improve and it should be on track to keep growing fast. 7.1%. that is a

india. the achievement of pushing for a less cash economy, pursuing a goods and services tax reform. how smoothly will this transition unfold? at the panel is the chief .inister of the state he joins us from stanford, california. becky for joining us today. one recommendation -- what recommendation will be panel put forward to ensure a smooth transition towards the cashless society in india? >> it is going on well. after demonetization, our cashlessare promoted a society. all transitions will be cashless. -- we are studying all of these things and we are doing an interim report. now we are studying further the best practices available all over the world. you know very well, india is very strong in information technology. indians, my state is dominating. mark: what constraints are you facing? there must be difficulties, given constraints and infrastructure and skills and financial literacy. >> it is very interesting. literacy, we are having variable advantage. but at the same time, physical a

i would be curious as to how you view india's role in the future in the india pacific regional, and what we should be doing to strengthen that relationship, and if there's anything in particular that you would like to see expanded so we can work more closely with our friends in india. >> thanks, senator. i made india a formal line of effort at the pacific command, because i believe it presents a tremendous opportunity for the united states at large and for pacom in particular in the mil to mil space. we share democratic values with india. we're the world's two largest democracies. we share cultural values with indian-americans that live and work and lead in our country. and i think that in the mil to mil space, we are in a very good place and getting better. india is purchasing a lot of american equipment. the world's second largest c-17 fleet, for example, is indian. the indians have p-8 poseidon aircraft, u.s. helicopters, howitzers and on and on. i think there's a lot of opportunity there. and i think we should continue to work that. we are heavily involved, i say "we," the navy is he

taxes have ay -- cascading effect in india, which inflates the price.ust tease have the most -- gst's have the most radical reforms and it will bring down the prices of certain goods and commodities, and this is one of them. .t is not likely to be a blip it is going to be a good long-term and medium-term sub .sustained trend you talk about the sort of cascading effect, and there could be a cascading effect from protectionism, particularly coming from the u.s.. we are talking about an impact that is potentially going to be over the entire value chain. think theh, so, i u.s. and india and automotive industries are not strongly related to each other, so protectionist policies in the u.s. will have a very dramatic impact on the indian automotive companies. because of this protectionist mechanism, there might be some investment that is probably in might gett m diverted to india. that is a better thing to happen as far as the manufacturers are concerned. only i think in case of this, they have a significant business u.s., so apart from that, most of the india

the state bank of india at with results later on today.more diversions, this time in china. the widening gap between a-shares and h-shares. ♪ ♪ rishaad: this is "bloomberg markets: asia." i am rishaad salamat in hong kong. haidi: ikea aims to double its sourcing from india ahead of the opening of its first store in a nation pegged to become the world's third biggest consumer market. the company has a goal of 25 stores by 2025 despite having trouble acquiring land. the first store was originally slated to open by the end of this year. biggest right, india's digital payment startup has raised $1.4 billion from softbank, the largest funding round in indian tech history. ytm we use the money to grow its user base. softbank will join alibaba and take a seat on the paytm board. the nikkei news says bain may bid for toshiba chips. hynix would avoid a management role to prevent antitrust concerns. rishaad: unusual signs with a rally,shares leading leaving mainland peers behind. what should we make of all this? hong kong exchange chairman, good to

india has retained its crown as the fastest growing major economy in the world.conomists are predicting indian economy grew by 7.1%, that's in the first three months of this year. but would be faster than china which is currently at 6.9%. the resilience of the indian economy will be welcome news for prime minister narendra modi following the country's landmark demonetisation programme. that was when — at the end of last year — the government removed around 86% of all banknotes from circulation in a bid to crackdown on corruption. it led to widespread disruption and queues outside banks and cashpoints, but the shock announcement seems to have had limited impact on growth. and there could be more good news for the indian economy next month when consumers will see major tax reforms. from july, all purchases will fall under a single "goods and services tax" and that's lower the average rate charged now. sameer hashmi has been following the story is in mumbaifor us. you've been witness to those huge queueing and chaos that interviewed after the banknotes were withdraw

hong kong or bet on a rapidly rising real estate market like india? chief executive of the property firm jl l. talk to anyone who owns property or who wants to get on the property ladder, the value of homes preoccupies the minds of most. where to live and what to buy here in asia is a bit of an obsession and who better to make sense of it all than the chief executive ofjl? we have two minutes with you starting now so i will start by asking what the property market is like here in singapore and the region? singapore or at the bottom of the market at the end of last year but we saw a u—turn of 1% in the luxury sector. we feel with the easing of the measures in the residential sector, improving sentiment in the economy it is a good time to buy residential and hong kong. prices are already high so hong kong. prices are already high so there is an expectation they may ease away. japan is a surprise, they are worth chasing and australia has a lwa ys are worth chasing and australia has always been a favourite given the quality of life there. looking at china

over a third of women in india are illiterate.of these elderly ladies ever learned to read or write. but now they're being given the chance to make up for that at this "grandmothers' school. and the students are always here before their teacher arrives. they have two hours of classes every day except thursday. starting school was a big step for most of them. >> it makes me proud to be able to write my name instead of signing with my thumb-print. i used to get my granddaughter read books to me, but i want to do that myself. and reading the holy scriptures is very important to me. >> sheetal more teachehes heren a voluntary basis. the pink "school" saris and the teaching materials are funded by a charity orgnization. the aim is for the women to become more independent of their families. >> the women's standing in the village improves if they can read and write. in rural communities women are still supposed to stay in the kitchen. but education also means they enjoy respect. >> but the class comes with its challenges. housabai has po

it's the global capital of cast—off clothing but is india's textile recycling trade now under threat?siness report. i'm ben bland. also coming up — canada's trade minister raises his concerns about washington's trade policy. we start in southern italy, in the sicilian resort of taormina — where as you've been hearing, the g7 group of top industrialised nations is starting a two day summit. it'll be the first one attended by president trump. he's not the only newcomer of course — france's president macron will be among those making a debut as well as british prime minister theresa may and the host, italian prime minister paolo gentiloni. let's just remind ourselves how important this group is — and what's on their agenda. the seven countries account for getting on for half of the world's wealth — over 46%. but many of them are struggling with comparatively stagnant economies. the international monetary fund is forecasting that world's economy will grow by 3.5% this year butjust 1.9% in the g7 and also high on the list of worries, the rise of trade protectionism after president trump ca

and then it is going to signal -- >> as you know it is going to -- you know that the china and indiaants a tland not into the climate change agenda at all. and for every time we shut down a coal plant in the united states, china and india 3wi8d ten coal plant, so it is not reducing the climate change when we shut down our coal and it is going to china and india, as you know. >> stephen, you need to updatet the sound bite, because it is not accurate anymore. >> it is. it is the "wall street journal" -- >> it is creating a cap and trade system, and lowering the investment in coal, and lowering the significant invest hmt in the industry -- >> t"the wall street journal" hs reported just the opposite. and so for china and india, if we didn't produce nicole, it would still be raised because of china and india -- >> and stephen, how does that benefit to us get out of the international agreement if when we were in that agreement we could watch what every country was doing, and doing as everybody is promised that has the flexibility to allow this president to rethink the goals, and why would

and i see this a lot, because when i go back to india, i find that there's almost no mentorship. so here, when i compare that, i feel like, "oh, my god. this is..." all of us have access to so many good mentors, and i think that's something we can leverage easily. i find that, even in east paolo alto, where we're doing a little bit of work, to find -- for young students to find mentors from stanford is easier than i ever imagined now. so it's something that -- it's crucial. it's sort of the dna of the valley. the reason the valley is so successful, i think, is part -- successful in innovation -- is because of this whole notion of giving back selflessly and unconditionally by the mentors. >> all right, margaret, asha, chris, we have a lot more to talk about, but right now, we do need to take another short break. we'll be back with more from our a.p.a. community leaders with interesting conversation. we'll be right back. >> welcome back to "beyond the headlines." i'm kristen zse with a special edition, talking with leaders in the bay area's asian-pacific american community. now, i

in cricket, india humiliated bangladesh in their final warm in cricket, india humiliated bangladesh in on thursday with a 240 run win at the oval. bangladesh won the task and india compiled a mammoth 324, with a top score of 94 before they retired for the day. in response, the tigers could only muster 84. the match between new zealand and sri lanka in birmingham was closer... the black caps got a six wicket win. just under four overs remaining. ben ainslie's land rover bar team secured a crucial win over swedish team artemis in the america's cup qualifiers in bermuda. the most successful 0lympic sailor ever had struggled for speed and stability in previous races losing their last four in a row but the british crew found both on tuesday winning by 30 seconds to leave them third behind emirates team new zealand and holders 0racle team usa. winner of the indy 500 takuma sato was basking in sunday's victory and even got to ring the bell nasdaq marketsite in new york's times square on tuesday. the first japanese driver to win the famous race, he came close to victory at indianapolis in 2012

one of the largest populations of working people in the world is india.are entering the workforce. today, one in five women in urban areas are in paid employment. the gap in the market will have serious ramifications for the economic growth of india according to new reports. what is stopping them from working? i did not want to do a nine to fivejob. working? i did not want to do a nine to five job. i wanted to pursue my dreams. i do not work any more because i want to look after my child, and that is more important to me. if you want something, you have to give up on something, right? my child is the first priority. like i said, iwant child is the first priority. like i said, i want him to understand my love. i don‘t want to miss out on the fun things he does at home. i don‘t want to miss out on any of the things he says. hats off to the women who manage to work. raising a child is a lot of work. it is draining, emotionally and physically. we are trying to build oui’ physically. we are trying to build our future and the future of our child on a road. ther

(speaking russian) - [narrator] india and pakistan have been engaged in an arms race of their own since india first tested a nuclear device in the 1970s. - the indians have been developing a range of ballistic missiles from short range missiles to missiles with ranges of more than 3,000 kilometers. they've also built a nuclear powered submarine that will carry nuclear armed missiles just like the missiles that the united states, britain, france, china and russia have. pakistan, for it's part, has nuclear weapons that can be dropped from an airplane, it has missiles that will carry a nuclear weapon 2,500 kilometers, and it also has developed a new system to be used on the battlefield. to use nuclear weapons against indian tanks and soldiers in case there is a land war between pakistan and india. this of course raises grave risks of the escalation of a conventional conflict into an all out nuclear war. - if the large indian force invades pakistan, they can potentially use a few tactical nuclear weapons to destroy some indian armored forces or ground forces, but at the same time, it's sign

if you are in india, let us know what you think.will observe a minute ‘s silence at 11 o'clock this morning. this morning, an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. the polling stations are all prepared for what will be the first truly free elections in romania's history. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it's been a peacefulfuneral demonstration so far, but suddenly these police are teargassing the crowd, we don't yet know why. the pre—launch ritual is well established here, helen was said to be in good spirits butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country, and the challenges ahead are daunting. but for now, at least, it is time to celebrate. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: more raids and arrests in the uk as police co

the whole of india has no sense of urgency. >> are you committing capital to india now?am: yes i am. we were always optimistic. this time waseved going to be better or different. it remains to be seen. china? about it is an easy thing to throw into the conversation. the big difference between mark and i is that he is much more involved in public stock and i am much more private the equity -- private equity investor. >> if they were more more could -- if there were more market activity in china, would you be there? sam: no. the point at which the chinese generated enough resources that they didn't need us anymore, they forgot how to speak english. i think that is still the case. >> mark? there has been a lot said about on theks, particularly chinese credit and financial system. are the chinese beginning to find a way to control those ,isks and to allow them to ease in an orderly fashion, or is risk still a possibility a of a disorderly unwind of excess leverage in the chinese financial system? at a company level, there is no question of the risk. when you look at the majo

she doesn't want issue a -- india rolling back similar to the u.s. threatening to.ense, chinae us a arriving in germany as well. countries keen to discuss threats to free trade. seen increased diplomacy between berlin and china and india, with latin america as well. and with canada. all discussing free trade, their commitment. that would have seemed remarkable, even just a year ago. but now, these countries have to illustrate that they are like-minded on promoting free trade against protectionism. again, it seems highly significant on the back of the g-7 and we are going to hear a lot more in the run-up at this trade againstg-20 in hamburg whe it could be potentially explosive. time, a: at the same french president met with the russian president for the first time yesterday. this goes back to the alliance that angela merkel has with france. is emerging very rapidly as a player. -- it wasit was very a remarkable moment during the nato summit on the blue carpet with all of the nato leaders and the u.s. president is in the center and macron went right over there along

see, it turns out that india is in the grip of a solar gold rush.uring into the country, to build solar power plants to try to cater for the skyrocketing demands from abouti billion potential consumers. we send david reid to the southern state of tamil nadu to visit the king of the solar crop, the record—breaking kamuthi power plant. follow the morning sun for two hours in tamil nadu and it will take you to a world first. the planet's largest solar power plant. it's huge. ten square kilometres of glimmering glass and electronics, stretching as far as a drunken sea. the power company adani threw $700 million into building the plant. and they didn't hang about, up and running injust nine months. but is big beautiful when it comes to solar power, or are the indians just showing off? well, there might be an answer in all those clouds. if you look over there, you can see there is a gathering storm, this is one of the problems with solar power, if the rain comes, if there is too much cloud, your output is drastically reduced. but the sheer size of kamuthi