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flagship making india programme which seeks to boost local manufacturing and president macron said the countries would work together on maritime supervision in the pacific and indian oceansent macron‘s visit to india hasn't come without controversy. what has happened? that really happened after president macron made some comments about france being the gateway to europe for indian students. the uk's foreign secretary borisjohnson tweeted in reply, saying the uk also invites around 111,000 students to the uk every year so that kind of shows the battle over brexit and the uk's place after brexit but there is no doubt india and france have strong partnerships, shown by the kind of deals that were showing here over the weekend including a really big aviation dealfor over the weekend including a really big aviation deal for indian carrier spicejet, its big aviation deal for indian carrier spice jet, its biggest big aviation deal for indian carrier spicejet, its biggest expansion plans in recent history. thank you for that update on the visit of president macron do i. staying with india, some of the country's biggest airlines announced major expansion plans. despite the bright

micron is s set to announce plans to allow indian n navy ships to use french bases in the indian ocean. with india where the chinese expansionist backyard new delhi is seeking the strength and diplomatic ties with on sunday on this. michael's visit look set to provide the opportunity for many more demonstrations ans testimony may be disturbing fee. not a how to let me mama. my mother helped me free iraq as my family wanted me dead they don't stay in my room. that wants to cut my hair. brought shame on them. the reveal my sexuality to one militia so that kill me. so i mean. mobile nineteen years old. and gave. this iraqi man meets falls on gas at an lgbt rights group and a route. he left his homeland two years ago after being threatened by the slimmest. based on how much money the last obligation manual because she. but how does a hyundai mayonnaise. very few gaze into the middle of the street. and beat him to death with concrete blocks about them and many more. or i had one friend and he was kidnapped and tortured for three days. fun mama. we found him dead next to a trash can. they had treated hi

the big nuclear plant in india the two countries also vowed to work together to ensure the freedom of navigation in the indian ocean the two leaders met for ninety minutes on the first official visit to india. after twenty years of strategic partnership we are now opening up to a new era new chapter of strengthening our strategic partnership with unprecedented alliances the pacific or the indian ocean cannot be places for head to money powers we are building a strategic partnership in this respect this is also the purpose of our defense cooperation it was born a while ago and was also tested in difficult times but beyond political alternatives both in france and in india this cooperation in the defense field now has new significance. bodog on please believe that for world peace progress and prosperity in the future the indian ocean region is going to play a very important role. matter time security and least sources of freedom of navigation or flight we are committed to strengthen our partnership this is why today. joins to be degree. in the indian ocean region. is a research fellow at the institute of defense stud

india and china. it is very clear that the indians are concerned about china's presence in the indian ocean. china has established various forms of military facilities in bangladesh, sri lanka, pakistan, which is a key ally of china's, and a rival of india's, and djibouti in east africa on the far western edge of the indian ocean. just a few kilometers from the indian coast, that probably caused a few jitters in new delhi. macron remember that when he was on his visit to china and met xi jinping, he said nice things about china's influence, but he also issued a few words of caution about china's silk road idea, that france which worries is going to become a one-way street for chinese influence going out into other regions, and the fear that china will not be open to a quid pro quo exchange. clearly, india is a partner in that sense for france because it does share other points in common on climate change, clean energy, saving proposition 21 and so forth. india being aware of chinese influence is something france can share. >> thank you for that. bangladeshi passenger plane has crashed in nepa

counterterrorism and the construction of a nuclear power plant in india it was also a place to work together to ensure the freedom of navigation in the indian oceanthe two leaders met for ninety minutes on the cost first official visit to india. bodog countries believe that world peace progress and prosperity in the future the indian ocean region is going to play a very important role beat environment maritime security and do so says the freedom of navigation or flight we are committed to strengthen our partnership this is why today present a joins to be decreasing for cooperation in the indian ocean region. and. the pacific or the indian ocean cannot be places for head to morning hours we are therefore building a strategic partnership in this respect this is also the purpose of our defense cooperation that was born a while ago and was also tested in difficult times but beyond political alternatives in both france and in india this cooperation in the defense sector now has a new significance because it is essential to our strategic independence. happy man jacob is a professor of national security and international relations at neri university say

we can show you a satellite tracker that shows roughly where it is in orbit, over the indian ocean, south of india and sri lanka right now, moving at a rapid clip of oh, 7.8 kilometers per second. more importantly is the deteriorating orbit. it has descended from a height of about 207 kilometers on march 27 to about 189 kilometers on march 30th. that's been a steady decent. also worth noting, yes, it was launched in 2011, but in 2016, it appears the chinese lost contact with this vessel, which is about the size of a bus. it's about 12 meters long and weighs 8.5 tons, though the chinese then waited 14 months to inform the rest of the world with the rest of the communication of the united nations that this craft is inoperable. they never explained why they could no longer communicate with it. it is in, now, uncontrolled decent. what that means is, it's po possible, as it enters the earth's atmosphere, it will burn up and disintegrate. the solar panels, which are fragile will be first to go. some may see fire balls in the sky. there's a chance debris will hit the ground. it's not the first time we ha

india. from bloomberg i'm on board boken please believe that we will be progress and prosperity in the future the indian ocean region is going to play a very important role beat environment maritime security and blue sources of freedom of navigation or flight you're committed to strengthen our partnership this is why today be a person doing a joint strategic reason for corporation in the indian ocean region and british police have identified two hundred witnesses in their investigation into the poisoning of a former russian spy ag home secretary said more than two hundred forty pieces of evidence are also being considered ex agency is crippled and his daughter yulia remain in a critical condition in hospital after being poisoned with a nerve agent you're upset with headlines on al-jazeera the news continues right after inside story. traded in what's the u.s. president on north korea live to say. tomcats kim jong il and to give up his due. and young one from the talks this is inside story.

china and you go and then you go around southeast asia and then you go to the indian ocean, then you go around the tip of india and ultimately go through the middle east and to europe. that also is something which historically the chinese used as a trading route. they believe that these places, many of these places on the route where they were trading with hundreds of years ago need to be lifted out of poverty. - last year, there were 20,000 containers that went from china to europe by rail. you can put 20,000 containers on one ship. so basically, sea movement of goods is just so much cheaper, more efficient. (muffled announcement) (clapping) - [narrator] to help finance obor, china launched the asian infrastructure investment bank, the aiib, to attract more investors. - it exists because the chinese believe that the world bank and the asian development bank, which is run by a japanese, the world bank generally run by an american, were not doing the job in these areas of the belt and road. - in a lot of way, aiib is going back to the original mandate of the world bank. emphasizing financing infrastructure to s

to europe has begun a four day visit to india and at strengthening trading climate and security ties the two nations plan to boost cooperation in the indian ocean where china has been extending its military reach. the winter paralympics are underway in south korea more than five hundred sixty athletes for nearly fifty countries will compete in the biggest winter paralympic and in history but before the sporting action got underway athletes and fans were treated to an inspirational opening ceremony on friday night. there was something for everyone at the paralympics opening ceremony tradition in. cape cod. and displays of visual perfection. that stealing the spotlight was the highly anticipated torch lighting if that wasn't enough to get the athletes pumped the president of the international paralympic committee also had a motivational message. there any chance you are here in record numbers keep fighting play fair have fun and keep pushing your limits but above though keep dreaming. unlike at the olympics south and north korea did not march at the opening ceremony under a unified flag the reason a disagreement over which version of the unified

europe he's begun a four day visit to india but strengthening trading climate and security ties the two nations plan to boost their military cooperation in the indian ocean where china has been flexing its muscles. mass protests have taken place across the as the country reels from last month's murder of investigative reporter yan could see ike and his fiance tens of thousands of people packed brought us all of a central square demanding a full investigation and a change of government. it's been decades since slovakia has seen such large protests people nationwide are outraged by the double murder of the young journalist and his fiance twenty seven year old yuan coote siac had published research about connections between italy's mafia and slovakian politicians there's now a tremendous mistrust of the government. we need new elections were people can freely waltz be their own new government which they can trust again. and e.u. delegation visited slovakia for two days met with prime minister robert feet so opposition politicians and journalists they wanted to learn more about the investigation into the murder of this london spot as the country is deeply di

he's begun a four day visit to india aimed at strengthening trading climate and security ties the two nations plan to boost their military cooperation in the indian ocean where china has been flexing its muscles. british forensic teams have widened their investigation into the poisoning of former russian spy a circus cripple and his daughter julia authorities cordon off the cemetery of which surrogates wife and son are buried this comes after british soldiers were deployed to support the counterterrorism investigation. florida governor rick scott has signed a new gun control bill in response to the valentine's day school shooting it raises the legal age for buying rifles and imposes a three day waiting period on gun sales the national rifle association has sued florida to block the new law mass protests have taken place across a block as the country reels from last month's murder of investigative reporter yan could siac and his fiance tens of thousands of people packed brought a slab a central square demanding a full investigation and a change of government. it's been decades since slovakia has seen such large protests people nationwide are outraged by

europe has begun a four day visit to india aimed at strengthening trading climate and security ties to two nations plan to boost their military cooperation in the indian ocean where china has been a flexing its muscles british forensic teams have widened their investigation into the poisoning of former russian spy circuits cripple and his daughter julia authorities cordoned off the cemetery which surrogates wife and son are buried this comes after british soldiers were deployed to support the counterterrorism investigation. mass protests have taken place across a baka as the country reels from last month's murder of investigative reporter yan could see again his fiance tens of thousands of people packed bratislava central square demanding a phone desiccation and a change of government. it's been decades since slovakia has seen such large protests people nationwide are outraged by the double murder of the young journalist and his fiance twenty seven year old yuan could siac had published research about connections between italy's mafia and slovakian politicians there's now a tremendous mistrust of the government. we need new elections were people can freely

counter-terrorism and the construction of a nuclear power plant in india it was also a pledge to work together to ensure the freedom of navigation in the indian ocean. and. the pacific or the indian ocean cannot be places for head to morning hours we are therefore building a strategic partnership in this respect this is also the purpose of our defense cooperation was born a while ago and was also tested in difficult times but beyond political alternatives in both fronts and in india this cooperation in the defense sector now has a new significance because it is essential to our strategic independence. that for world peace progress and prosperity in the future the indian ocean region is going to play a very important role. merrit time security and freedom of navigation or flight the economy to strengthen our partnership this is why today. joins to be degree. in the indian ocean region to turkish journalists have been allowed to leave jail by a judge after more than a year behind bars the pair remain charged with terror related offenses linked to their work for an opposition newspaper a total of seventeen staff from the paper due to be tried but this

counterterrorism and the construction of a nuclear power plant in india it was also pledged to work together to ensure the freedom of navigation in the indian ocean the european union and other steel producing countries aligning up to be ex excluded from u.s. steel at any billion tariffs the e.u. is warning that it will retaliate if washington doesn't relent president trump has already waived canada mexico from the twenty five percent levy on steel and ten percent on ali many in japan brazil argentina australia and south korea all say that they will also seek exemptions there's the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story next. saudi crown prince muhammad installment has been given a welcome few world leaders could expect in london the british government has been accused of ignoring rights abuses in saudi arabia and yemen so what is behind this controversial trip this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm richelle carey the red carpet has been rolled out at buckingham palace and number ten downing street in london for saudi arabia's crown prince bahamas and solomon the thirty two year old became heir to the t

iran, dinner i think will be roughly over the north—western corner of the indian ocean, the new fly right along west coast of indiagh, let's stop here and have a break. but no, you then have to do a 3500 stretch right across the indian 0cean, the equivalent of its own london— new york flight. finally, you arrive at six o'clock british morning at lunchtime in western australia, so you have a very long night and australia, so you have a very long nightand a australia, so you have a very long night and a very long day. australia, so you have a very long night and a very long daylj understand why people would want to be on this maiden journey but i understand why people would want to be on this maidenjourney but i do wonder, you touched upon it briefly, people do like stopping, perhaps, if you have a long journey, it does break it up having a couple of hours to stretch legs. certainly, and better for the planet but i do think social media, people wanted to go non—stop outnumber those who wanted to stop by a ratio of four to three and the whole idea is that qantas hoped that business travellers will like the idea becau

construction of a nuclear power plant in india from bloomberg i'm on board boken please believe that we will peace progress and prosperity in the future the indian ocean region is going to play a very important role beat environment maritime security and blue sources of freedom of navigation or flight you're committed to strengthen our partnership this is why today it be a pleasant thing adjoins to be decreasing for corporation in the indian ocean region and british police have identified two hundred witnesses in their investigation into the poisoning of a former russian spy ag home secretary said more than two hundred forty pieces of evidence are also being considered ex agency is crippled and his daughter yulia remain in a critical condition in hospital after being poisoned with a nerve agent you're upset with headlines on al-jazeera the news continues right after inside story. they have traded insults and threats now the u.s. president and north korea leaders say valid meat can donald trump gets kim jong un to give up his nuclear ambitions and what does young want from the talks this is inside story. allow and welcome to the program. they have take

plant in india there was also a pledge to work together to ensure the freedom of navigation in the indian nation . please believe that world peace progress and prosperity in the future the indian ocean region is going to play a very important role. matter time security and resources a freedom of navigation or flight be a committed to strengthen our partnership this is why today the press and doing a joint. in the indian ocean region. and. the pacific or the indian ocean cannot be places for head to morning hours we are therefore building a strategic partnership in this respect this is also the purpose of our defense cooperation that was born a while ago and was also tested in difficult times but beyond political alternatives in both france and in india this cooperation in the defense sector now has a new significance because it is essential to our strategic independence. happy man jacob is a professor of national security and international relations. university he says political instability in the u.s. and britain as post india to form new strategic partnerships. i think that is not of consequences for what is happening in the voucher system today especially with richard reeling und