today, india and pakistan are the largest economies in south asia. 't create very much. bilaterals trade stood atjust $2.2 billion last year. this is less than what india creates with smaller neighbours like sri lanka, bangladesh, and nepal. this is largely due to the negative list, banning goods from india. this ranges from toothbrushes and diapers to ca rs ranges from toothbrushes and diapers to cars and cricket bats. india levies taxes on goods from pakistan. that said, informaltrade levies taxes on goods from pakistan. that said, informal trade between the two countries is thriving, and is estimated to be close to $5 billion. that involves shipping goods through a third country. traders both in india and pakistan news dubai to get goods to each other. experts say that if history was formalised, then the total bilateral trade between the two countries could touch $10 billion every year. the new york times is reporting that facebook has discreetly launched a photo—sharing app for chinese users. the social media platform is banned in mainland china,

india also levies taxes on goods imported from pakistan. tween the two countries is thriving, and it is estimated to be close to $5 billion. that involves shipping goods to a third country. traders both in india and pakistan used to buy two get goods to each other —— use to buy. —— duabai. the total trade between the two countries could touch $10 billion every year. checking the markets, despite the fairly solid gdp figures, the japanese nikkei is down because of the strong yen, which is seen as a safe haven currency as tensions grow between the united states and north korea. australia is also down by almost 1%. that is it for this edition of asia business report. thank you for watching. the top stories this hour: america's top military chief arrives in south korea, as the north says it has a right to have nuclear weapons to defend itself against the us. torrential rain has caused landslides in india, while rescue operations continue in nepal, where flash—flooding has turned streets into rivers. learner drivers are to be allowed on to motorw

pakistan are celebrating the end of colonial rule and splitting from india to form the new nation of at partition in 1947 brought with it mass migration and terrible bloodshed, as our correspondent now reports. 70 years ago, britain pulled out of india, seen as the jewel in its imperial crown. british rule, the british raj, had been unravelling in the 1940s amid increasing sectarian clashes. lord louis mountbatten, india's last viceroy, worked to transfer power as quickly as possible. the british even brought forward the deadline for withdrawal by almost a year. india then was home to almost 400 million people. hindus were in the majority, muslims made up about a quarter of the population. but no way could be agreed to keep them in a single, undivided nation. so independence also meant partition. creating not one but two self—governing countries. at the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, india will awake to life and freedom. the new borders were drawn up in just five weeks. 0n the 14th of august 1947, british india was heading to its end. over the course of two days,

mohammad ali jinnah, pakistan's first governor general. as the british left colonial indiaon. the answer was a separate state, pakistan. our objective should be, peace within and peace without. but peace seems often to have eluded this nation, both within and without. poverty and security remain major issues and the debate over the role of islam rages on. a powerful message of inclusion... for this leading politician, jinnah‘s vision was for a secular pakistan, one that hasn't been fulfilled. i think mrjinnah would still be looking at moving us forward if he were here today. he made it very clear, it tolerated all religions, but we haven't been exactly the epitome of total inclusion that he sought. that's because others see islam as central to jinnah‘s vision. the constitution, they say, is islamic in nature and successive governments have failed to implement it. what otherwise was the point they ask of creating pakistan? translation: jinnah rebelled and struggled against secularism. there was secularism already in india with the hindus and the british and muslim identity w

eventually, junagadh acceded to india and the nawab fled to pakistan. lays claim tojunagadh and the episode lingers as a reminder of the last days of the raj in india. and 65 kilometres down the road, in the gir sanctuary, the nawab‘s legacy as an animal lover extraordinaire continues, with the most regal of creatures. now, lions may have iconic status here. they're a royal symbol, they're in hindu mythology but, at the beginning of the last century, they were threatened with extinction. i'm going somewhere now which is the only natural abode of the asiatic lion. the nawab preserved vast tracks of this forest to provide lions with a stable habitat, and banned hunting. the asiatic lions are smaller and paler than their african relatives. and these are their modern day protectors, india's first female forest rangers — the so—called lions queens of gia. forest rangers — the so—called lion queens of gir. now they're part of a team that performs more animal rescues than any other wildlife park in the world. on average, the unarmed rangers cover 25 kilometres

a stable nuclear balance, like the cold war or the india, pakistan situation is underpinned by large conventional forces. that's the anti—imperialist case for proliferation, if you like, that buttressed by other forces and rational leadership, it can stabilise regions. in the case of india and pakistan, what has happened, and it is disturbing and uncomfortable to acknowledge this, they went to war. they had a real wars three or four times before they both got nuclear weapons. and since then that has acted as a discipline, as a constraint. that's perhaps the biggest military unknown in this present crisis. the us could mount strikes no doubt, but kim jong—un has a wide variety of retaliatory options, from massive conventional attacks to chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. no wonder key allies from south korea to australia are worried. joining me now is gary samore. he was the white house coordinator for arms control under president obama and he's now at harvard's kennedy school of government. we will look at some of those big issues on the on thinkable in moment, but let's start

i suppose, like so many people in india and pakistan, we are still caught up in the repercussions of n forced to live in the past. and with apologies to yates, ifeel as if i'm drowning in their beauty that has long since faded from this earth. that report was produced byjustin rowlatt. now, as i said earlier next tuesday marks 70 years since partition of british india and kirsty will be presenting a special newsnight that evening, to mark the anniversary. it'll come from the bbc radio theatre, and feature some who lived through the division, as well as leading political and cultural voices. we'll look at the history and the effects of partition in the present, on india, pakistan and the uk. that's at 10.30 a week today. that's nearly it for tonight. but before we go, in the last hour the death has been announced of the country singing legend — glen campbell — he was 81 and had been suffering from alzheimer's disease. campbell was a self—taught prodigy and pulled himself out of poverty to sell 45 million records. we leave you with one of his greatest songs... wichita lineman. until tom

nowadays it is quite common to hear in pakistan the point of view that india is trying to sabotage pakistansabotage pakistan is a kind of punishment for breaking away. the legacy of bitterness that was created by partition is something that still continues to have modern repercussions. and india celebrates independence day tomorrow, how big occasion will that be? injust a tomorrow, how big occasion will that be? in just a few hours from now you can already see the building behind me being lit up, that is the parliament building where the first minister made historic speech that we had in the fort from james robbins. there's a sense of excitement and anticipation but also subdued celebration at the same time. it is not seen such a big occasion apart from the fact that it isa occasion apart from the fact that it is a public holiday. india today is very different from the india of 1947. it is now a booming economy and in1947 1947. it is now a booming economy and in 1947 the per capita income was about £20 and now it is £5,500. 0ne was about £20 and now it is £5,500. one of the fastest—growing

mohammad ali jinnah, pakistan's first governor general. as the british left colonial indiate to secure the rights of the muslim population. the answer was a separate state, pakistan. our objective should be, peace within and peace without. but peace seems often to have eluded this nation, both within and without. poverty and security remain major issues and the debate over the role of islam rages on. a powerful message of inclusion... for this leading politician, jinnah‘s vision was for a secular pakistan, one that hasn't been fulfilled. i think mrjinnah would still be looking at moving us forward if he were here today. he made it very clear, it tolerated all religions, but we haven't been exactly the epitome of total inclusion that he sought. that's because others see islam as central to jinnah‘s vision. the constitution, they say, is islamic in nature and successive governments have failed to implement it. what otherwise was the point they ask of creating pakistan? jinnah rebelled and struggled against secularism. there was secularism already in india with the hindus and

eventually, junagadh acceded to india and the nawab fled to pakistan. ays claim to junagadh. and the episode lingers as a reminder of the last days of the raj in india. and 65 kilometres down the road in the gir sanctuary, the nawab‘s legacy as an animal lover extraordinaire continues with the most regal of creatures. now, lions may have iconic status here. they're a royal symbol and they're in hindu mythology, but at the beginning of the last century, they were threatened with extinction. i'm going somewhere now which is the only natural abode of the asiatic lion. the nawab preserved vast tracts of this forest to provide lions with a stable habitat, and banned hunting. the asiatic lions are smaller and paler than their african relatives. and these are their modern—day protectors, india's first female forest rangers, the so—called lion queens of gir. now they're part of a team that performs more animal rescues than any other wildlife park in the world. on average, the unarmed rangers cover 25 kilometres a day and have to tackle venomous snakes, leopards

pakistan and india should live together peacefully. stan have fought three wars since independence. primarily over the sovereignty of kashmir, a disputed region in the himalayas. the nations of celebrate their joint 70th birthday. >> in other news, jamaican sprinter usain bolt has retired. this came from last night in london. 19 athletes from russia took part that they did not compete officially. for their home country since it is still suspended because of a doping scandal. as he retired, usain bolt took a swipe at doping athletes. he said if you go out of your way to cheat you should be banned for life. >> i've always been open. i have said it. i feel like they should get a if you go out of your way to cheat, you should get that. that's a fact. because the sport has been going through a lot. rock-bottom, last year or the your before and now we are on our way back up. now we have to be strict on this. to help the sport to stay in a good light. i proven to the world that you can do it, you can be great without doping. news, i'm nowre a

millions of hin dues living in pakistan head today india. f muslims headed to pakistan in trains, on foot. in a matter of months at least 10 million people moved across the borders. at least a million hin dues and muslims died in attacks as they moved across the border, women and children were raped, children were divided. the east side split away to form bangladesh india and pakistan has v fought four wars since the 1940s. both countries claim an area but only control parts of it. both sides have attempted to restore peace, they still remain nuclear-armed neighbors. >>> growing outrage after the death of dozens of children at a hospital. reports say more than 60 children, including 34 infants died in india at the hospital partly because of lack of oxygen. reports say the oxygen shortage after the supplier's bills were not paid. they insist the deaths were caused by medical issues. the head of the hospital has been suspended and an investigation is under way. >> you're watching cnn "newsroom." we'll be right back. speak now. (coughs) so sorry

india and pakistan are marking 70 yea rs of india and pakistan are marking 70 years of independence from pictures coming in from the usual today. these from pakistan vassell ablutions began at the stroke of midnight, sunday night. —— from pakistan where celebrations began at the stroke of midnight. we have got a fly—past by the pakistan air force. it is now independence day, it is tuesday in india, we will be showing more of that in our next edition of outside source. let us remind you of what happened seventh decade ago. this is what the region that bike at the time. after months of political deadlock but agreed to divide the country in two, the state of pakistan was created off to the west and east of india, triggering perhaps the biggest movement of people outside of war and famine that the world has ever seen. we think it was about 12 million people who became refugees, who fled the violence, communities targeting each other. 1 million people are thought to have died. we can no speak to somebody who was watching these events, a film director whose family went to partition. she has be

, to form the new state of pakistan. india17 brought mass migration and widespread bloodshed, as correspondent james robbins now reports. 70 years ago, britain pulled out of india, seen as the jewel in its imperial crown. british rule, the british raj, had been unravelling in the 1940s amid increasing sectarian clashes. lord louis mountbatten, india's last viceroy, worked to transfer power as quickly as possible. the british even brought forward the deadline for withdrawal by almost a year. india then was home to almost 400 million people. hindus were in the majority, muslims made up about a quarter of the population. but no way could be agreed to keep them in a single, undivided nation. so independence also meant partition. creating not one but two self—governing countries. at the stroke of the midnight hour when the world sleeps, india will awake to life and freedom. the new borders were drawn up in just five weeks. 0n the 14th of august 1947, british india was heading to its end. over the course of two days, partition was a

pakistan celebrates its independence day today, with india marking the occasion tomorrow. after months of political deadlock, britain agreed to divide the country in two. a separate and mainly muslim nation, pakistan, was created to meet concerns that the large muslim minority would be at a disadvantage in hindu—majority india. partition triggered one of the great calamities of the modern era, perhaps the biggest movement of people, outside war and famine, that the world has ever seen. no one knows the precise numbers, but an estimated 12 million people found themselves on the wrong side of the border: hindus and sikhs moved to india and muslims travelled in the opposite direction to pakistan. sectarian violence erupted and hundreds of thousands of people on all sides were killed. reeta chakrabarti is in the pakistani city of karachi for the celebrations and sent this report. it's pakistans birthday and at every street corner, there are flags and celebrations. but it's 70 years have been very mixed. it was founded as a democracy, but has had military rule. people argue whet

be solely a military strategy. >> i think the big piece of this is that afghanistan and pakistan -- i'm sorry, india and pakistan look at afghanistan as their playground. they poke each other, it gives them strategic depth. unless you find a diplomatic solution that is far more robust than we have right now, and there are rumors that will be part of the speech. what i find interesting is afghanistan is basically an opium economy. we're spending probably about $15 billion a year right now if you add about 4,000 troop, about $6 billion a year, about $21 billion a year, that's larger than entire gdp of afghanistan. to just throw money and troops without a bigger reconciliation piece between india and pakistan and anyone that knows that part of the world knows that is not an easy thing. just pushing them on a short-term basis, trying to sew their interest together so they continue to destabilize afghanistan is something that will take more resolve, more diplomatic finesse than anything we of seen from the trump administration. it reminds kind of of what's needed in the north korea front too. this admini

as the new dominions of pakistan and india take over their own affairs...a was divided along religious lines, people who'd lived side by side for centuries soon found themselves as a minority in a new country. they fled in their millions across the new borders. throughout this vast land, hindus and muslims seek safety in new surroundings. raj daswani lives in london. 70 years ago, his family fled pakistan for india. he left his home and his first love, yasmine. raj was a hindu. yasmine a muslim. we used to meet at the terrace. i used to tell her like, putting my hands like this against the moon, "one day i'll give you this moon." that parting of each other was most, i would say, unbearable. she was crying, i was crying, and we hold the hand again with each other. and slowly, slowly, slowly, we left each other. i could see that she is looking at me, til that end. one day we were quite happy, and in the evening, we were made to just leave the house and walk. harchet bains was 11 years old and living in a seikh village in punjab. there had been riots nearby. h

india. similarly, millions of hindus and sikhs headed the other way to flee pakistan. a huge population. it is in a spike in religious violence, directed at muslims. this report contains some distressing footage. this is a day of celebration for india. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, talked of the country's successes — its growing economy, its efforts to tackle corruption and his vision for a secure, developed nation with equal opportunities for all. he knows that there are challenges. he made a point of speaking out against hate crimes. translation: in the name of religions, some people in this country commit crimes. this is the land of gandhi and buddha and violence in the name of faith will not be tolerated. he is talking about india's tiny minority of hindu extremists, people like this man. modi is a hindu nationalist and tensions have been growing between the country's hindu majority and its large muslim minority. at the centre of the controversy is the slaughter of cows for meat. muslims eat beef. but the cow is a sacred animal in hinduism, regarded as a

mohammad ali jinnah, pakistan's first governor general. as the british left colonial indiauslim population. the answer was a separate state, pakistan. our objective should be peace within and peace without. but peace seems often to have eluded this nation, both within and without. poverty and security remain major issues and the debate over the role of islam rages on. a powerful message of inclusion... for this leading politician, jinnah's vision was for a secular pakistan, one that hasn't been fulfilled. i think mrjinnah would still be looking at moving us forward if he were here today. he made it very clear, it tolerated all religions, but we haven't been exactly the epitome of total inclusion that he sought. that's because others see islam as central to jinnah's vision. the constitution, they say, is islamic in nature and successive governments have failed to implement it. what otherwise was the point they ask of creating pakistan? translation: jinnah rebelled and struggled against secularism. there was secularism already in india with the hindus and the british and musl

they say india, pakistan, bangladesh will be affected. of the world's population. and 30% of them will be at risk. i spoke to envrionment correspondent matt mcgrath about the science behind these temperatures. most of the time when we talk about climate change and rising temperature, we talk about air temperatures. these scientists have looked at humidity be, it that's the real killer. when you get above 35 degrees, human bodies can't survive. we all die degrees, human bodies can't survive. we alldie in degrees, human bodies can't survive. we all die in six hours, the fittest person alive. scientists have projected forward the climate models to the end of the century and they find large areas of india, pakistan and bangladesh will be exposed to that kind of temperature. nobody is exposed to this 35 degrees threshold at the moment, but about a third of that part of the world will be at the end of the century if nothing is done. why are we focused on southern asia? there are other parts of the world like iran and the gulf countries where te

pakistan. the partition of hindu majority india and muslim majority pakistan sparked a mass migration. as over ten million muslims hindus and sikhs rush to get on the right side of the dividing line. among them was a twelve year old boy named so hinder nas chopra. now eighty one chopra still thinks of the pakistani village is hindu family left behind laveen and average was very good. and you start to miss holiday. you start to think about. but does it like over there. that and we started dream about it. i still dream unload at and then i'm gonna give you pick your own religious you're mowing in my head. chopra's family was one of the lucky ones. around one million people died in the sectarian violence triggered by ththe partition. as violence rape and murder became commonplace between the two communities. sean sony so was ten when she saw her muslim father grandfather and uncles killed by hindu mobs. i might have made it again eight to nine of my family members were killed looking at many families who brings everybody. does name placed live punk any longer yeah yeah. fellow muslim atar

since partition, india and pakistan have taken different economic paths. tion and because of the fact it inherited financial and government institutions. today, india's economy is almost eight times bigger than its neighbours. but what's interesting is that during the first 50 yea rs, interesting is that during the first 50 years, both nations saw similar economic growth. the average income per person in pakistan was higher than in india during this period. but, since the start of the 21st—century, india's economy started to grow faster, widening the 93p- started to grow faster, widening the gap. this is largely down to economic reforms in india in the 19905 economic reforms in india in the 1990s when it opened its markets for foreign and private investments. today, india and pakistan are the largest economies in south asia. trade between the two countries is thriving and estimated to be close to $5 billion. experts say that if this trade was formalised, the total bilateral trade between the two countries could touch $10 billion every year. we picked up thi

if you say to pakistan, "well, we're going to give india a bigger role in afghanistan if you also threatenn," as i say, it's not always achieved the goal is america wanted. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the iraqi army says it is advancing on the town of tal afar, the latest stage of a major offensive against the islamic state group. it says it has taken a number of villages on the outskirts of the town. the military are being urged to rescue people from the minority yazidi community who the militants may be holding as slaves. an earthquake with magnitude of a5 has hit the italian island of ischia off the coast of naples. at least one person has been killed and more than 20 injured. residents and tourists on the island ran out onto the streets from homes and hotels. several buildings have collapsed. the university of texas has removed three statues commemorating the us civil war era, saying they had become symbols of modern white supremacy. the operation to take down the confederate monuments, including one of general robert e lee, began overnight to avoid

with the scourge. >> it was designed to put the squeeze on pakistan for harboring terrorists, helping the taliban and getting closer to india. that's pressuring pakistan one of their enemies historically, puts pressure on pakistan. the speech had parts where he demanded other countries pay more saying the days of constructing democracies in faraway lands are over and saying our commitment is not unlimited. our support is not a blank check. >> in many ways a trump version of the war in afghanistan. he said we will not write a blank check forever. in fact we won't tell you how long we'll be there for or how many troops will be on the ground but we're there to kilter ri -- kill terrorists. he said we're no longer going to nation build. we know henry mcmaster made the argument to him it can be a westernized country once again but that doesn't seem to be where the president comes down on this. it's a very presidential trump version of the input he has received. ? >> as the >> as the speech was happening i was getting texts from service members saying this is the message they wanted to hear the pride and courage and commitment to

according to new research, most of india, pakistan and bangladesh will face warming close to the limitssurvived by 2010 without reductions. lawmakers in brazil have begun voting on whether president michel temer should face trialfor corruption. the opposition failed to get enough votes to send it to the supreme court. mr temer has been accused of receiving $12 million in bribes from one of the country's top companies. he strongly denies the allegations. germany has ordered the press attache at the vietnamese embassy to leave the country within 48 hours in response to the suspected kidnapping of a former vietnamese communist party member. the german foreign ministry called the kidnapping of trinh xuan thanh an unprecedented and scandalous violation. mr thanh, who's the subject of an international arrest warrant, disappeared in berlin nine days ago. two people have been killed when a light aircraft made an emergency landing on a beach crowded with sunbathers in portugal. a 50—year—old man and an eight—year—old girl died on saojoao beach near lisbon. the two people on board the plane were

india to celebrate today but the prime minister knows keeping this country growing depends on keeping religious conflict in check. justin rowlatt, bbc news, delhi. this city amritsar is right on the border with pakistanwas effectively cut in two by partition. as i‘ve been finding out, it was a difficult start for india and for its first prime minister, jawaharlal nehru. one of a tiny number of transport links between neighbours. this train operates just twice a week, taking indians over the border and bringing pakistanis here to the outskirts of amritsar. but it‘s a journey very few make, because of decades of mistrust between the two countries, which started with the horrors of partition. amritsar is becoming a centre of remembrance. this week, india is launching the first ever partition museum here, recording the acts of violence and bravery of that time. people actually haven‘t spoken much about partition in the past, which is a real tragedy. the reason being that i think that generation when they came across, a, they were traumatised, and b, because they were so busy setting up their own lives, because they had lost everything. we made a tryst with destiny... as the newly independent state of ind

as i have been finding out, it was a difficult start for the founding fathers of india and pakistan. ghbours. this train operates just twice a week, taking indians over the border and bringing pakistanis here to the outskirts of amritsar. but it's a journey very few make, because of decades of mistrust between the two countries, which started with the horrors of partition. amritsar is becoming a centre of remembrance. this week, india is launching the first ever partition museum here, recording the acts of violence and bravery of that time. people actually haven't spoken much about partition in the past, which is a real tragedy. the reason being that i think that generation when they came across, a, they were traumatised, and b, because they were so busy setting up their own lives, because they had lost everything. we made a tryst with destiny... as the newly independent state of india was born, its first prime minister, jawaharlal nehru, was full of optimism and hope. at the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, india will awake to life and freedom. his vision was of a

>> if you look at india-pakistan, there has been no permanent risk premium built into those markets.s is markets might get flustered for a while, but eventually people get used to it. we have seen this before. north korea in negotiations is that if you are not negotiating with him to stop the program, then what are you going to negotiate with them about? >> north korea's economy is actually doing very well. >> it has done well. last year, they had famine and so on. >> they are doing well, better, but when you compare to myanmar and all of a sudden it wants to isage with the world, what the probability of that happening again this century with north korea? >> the probability is much higher than people realize. photographduced a from the washington post korean correspondent snapped early last year. she was at the beijing airport getting ready to get on a flight to pyongyang and somebody was trying to check in a 50-inch korea, to bring to north and i looked at the photograph and thought it is not famine days anymore, right? what we have heard is the traders that circulate between china

pakistan and vice versa. there are few transport links and few people make thatjourney. the continuing political hostility between the states of indiaiendly feelings towards each other, but as for the states themselves, 70 years after partition, they're still as farapart as after partition, they're still as far apart as ever. back to you. millions of rail passengers are facing the biggest rise in train fares for five years. tickets are going up by 3.6% injanuary, because of a rise in the rate of inflation. the increases will affect season tickets, so called "anytime" tickets and some off—peak fares. unions have called it a kick in the teeth for passengers. our transport correspondent, richard westcott, has the story. quick coffee. good boy. little treat for einstein the cat. and catch the train. rebecca's commute from taunton to bristol costs £3,500 a year, and it's due to go up by £130 next year, as most commuters face a 3.6% price rise. there's this gradual erosion of your actual real wealth that's happening to an awful lot of people, where you will find that your salary may have gone up, but everything else is going up so much fa

we used pakistan, india to also bring pressure to bear on the situation in afghanistan. an in particular can play an important role here, certainly in delivering the taliban to the negotiating table. pakistan suffered acts of terrorism, their citizens have suffered acts of terrorism i think as dramatic as any we have seen anywhere. we stand ready to help pakistan address terrorist organizations inside of their country, but they must, they must, adopt a different approach themselves. pakistan and the u.s. historically have very good relationships. but over the last few years there's been a real erosion in the confidence between our two governments. there's been an erosion in trust because we have witnessed terrorist organizations being given safe haven inside of pakistan to plan and carry out attacks against u.s. service men, u.s. officials, disrupting peace efforts inside of afghanistan. pakistan must adopt a different approach. we are ready to work with them to help them protect themselves against these terrorist organizations, but certainly to begin to end their attacks

its partition into the two countries of india and pakistan. of india and pakistan led to one of the largestmany headed to the west midlands. 0ur correspondent tulip mazumdar is in birmingham for the bbc‘s asian network three generations have been discussing what impact it has had on their lives over the last 70 years and i am very pleased to say that i am joined by a couple of the guests. your story is slightly different, because your parents stayed in india, but they helped muslims, you're a sikh background, get back to pakistan over the line after the line was drawn in 1947. i am a sikh from the punjab area, and have lived in birmingham for 50 years, and my parents were not married at the time, but they had similar stories to tell — what went on when the partition happened. as i said earlier, from what my father told us, they still remained in the family home. but they had a muslim family next door to them. and that muslim family was actually terrorised, and when they had to move, when they were taken away, there was a big violence in the whole of the village. all they were wearing was th

to see as an outcome there not only is pakistan very much concerned about making sure it's not caught in a vise between a pro western afghanistan and a nuclear india remember pakistan is sandwiched between both of those countries but pakistan is old so deep in its ties to china commercially and militarily and so pakistan may be looking at an opportunity to achieve what we call strategic depth and achieve some level of independence from assistance from the united states now that's an interesting angle there china what role does china play in all of this china i believe has a very strong interest in making sure that you don't have radical islamist entities in afghanistan supporting western chinese what we call we gervase. who are muslims who live in western china largely in very impoverished underdeveloped areas and there's been many types of activities by some of these more radicalized elements but the chinese government has made sure to suppress media coverage of this type of activity we have certainly not heard much about it on air and western media as you said but you know going back to the president's comments yesterday capitol hill insiders we

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india and pakistan are growing their arsenals and continue to be in conflict along their common border. the north korean situation is worsening. it's not getting better. so we've got problems all around. man, over radio: 3, 2, 1, now. robert oppenheimer: we knew the world would not be the same. man: we saw this cloud of boiling dust and debris below us with its tremendous mushroom on top. beneath that was hidden the ruins of the city of hiroshima. kermit beahan: when the clouds opened up over the target of nagasaki, i let the bomb go. different man: if the announcement made by president truman that the soviet union now has the atomic bomb is true, then the impasse that now exists regarding the international control of atomic energy must be brokered for the sake of mankind and for the peace of the world. newsreel narrator: just-released film show the recent a-bomb tests in which britain joined america and russia as the third world power to possess atomic weapons. man: this first blast is on a level with bombs exploded over hiroshima and nagasaki in world war ii. now france presses forwa

so you can't get to china, india, pakistan, iran, russia, by talking to the troops on the ground. you there's russian weapon there, but what you do with russia, that's a white house responsibility. do you try to encourage peace between india and pakistan so pakistan won't be intervening the same way in afghanistan? well, that's a white house decision. president obama didn't want to really grasp hold of that. he didn't give richard holbrooke a chance to work it. but maybe president trump could. but it's certainly not general nicholson's responsibility. >>> what advice would you dpif president trump right now? >> i give him the advice of, a, it's your problem, you own it. number two, get tillerson in there. get mattis in there. get mcmaster, your national security adviser, and start talking about the big picture. it's not -- what's happening on the ground is a symptom of the larger struggle that's going on in the region. you have to address that struggle through diplomatic, economic means, through other tradeoffs, maybe even outside the area. so you have to think big on this. >> but

it can't be done without the existence of pakistan and india. why rex tillerson phoned pakistan, india, why they are getting very involved in what they call an integrated regional strategy. it is also interesting to point out, and gillian mentioned this, the president is making this condition based and not time-based. this could get you into a trap, as well, because of the conditions don't change, you have an open-ended commitment come voyages by administration officials told us that the president wants to see the afghan government be serious about her. he will continue his commitment if they are serious. if they are not, the president may decide to take another course. >> martha: john roberts, thank you very much. >> bret: national security correspondent jennifer griffin as of the pentagon. she joins us talk about the ramifications for the u.s. military. >> this is not designed to be a ntroop deployment speech. what is clear, this president realized that u.s. troops cannot leave afghanistan. those types of vacuum lead to terrorist safe havens. >

large—scale intercommunal violence as the country was split into two, hindu majority india and muslim majority pakistan story of how her family were affected and her long arduous journey from india to the newly created country of pakistan. it was my home for 20 years. it was a friendly, peaceful place. i loved it. people from all backgrounds lived alongside each other. by the time of partition, i was 31 years old and my husband was away working in the army. as the country divided, suspicion grew between hindu, sikh and muslim neighbours. 0ne suspicion grew between hindu, sikh and muslim neighbours. one evening, i was home alone with my children when i heard an angry mob outside. i feared for my life. i work my children and we fled in the middle of the night —— woke. i left everything behind and i buried my wedding jewellery in the dirt, hoping one day i would return to find it. we walked alone through the dark knight, which was lit up only by the fires of people's homes being set in the distance —— night. —— satellite. when we finally reached the train station it was packed with people. lots of familie

at the same time, promising more cooperation with pakistan's archrival, india. do you think about the president calling out pakistan in this big speech last night? >> i think he made some excellent points, one of the three major positive takeaways i took from last night's presentation was this more regional approach to the chronic problems in afghanistan, the first being that he provided due deference and respect for thousands of americans who sacrificed and served in afghanistan including many of my former colleagues in the pentagon. this is a fact of the many american families in the president was clear and offering the respect that they deserve. if he showed capacity for self reflection and course correction and saying he is willing to revisit his position and third, this regional approach you spoke of in talking about south asia and in particular pakistan shows the president is thinking of this issue from a broader horizon. of course, you know the devil is in the details, especially talking about a country as complex as afghanistan and you are talking about

india, pakistan to do more to bring the taliban to the negotiating table and also holding pakistan accountablecountry and continue to support the taliban. as you take a look at this chart of u.s. troops in afghanistan from 2009, 51,000. 100,000 u.s. troops on the ground in 2011. the current level, 8400. that goes up to almost 13,001 it's all said and done. steve hayes, editor-in-chief of "the weekly standard." julie pace, washington bureau chief for the associated press and editor-in-chief of lifezette, laura ingraham. seems like there will be more substance to this speech from fort myer tonight. >> typically presidents tried to avoid focusing on the number even though that's what we tend to focus on. it's the number of americans were going to be going into a war zone but it sounds like the president, at the urging of generals and foreign policy, has been encouraged to look at at s more holistic, talk about pakistan and india, and the regional problem. it's not a wholly new idea. it's no secret pakistan is part of the solution here. the big thing tonight is what does he talk about in terms of

alone is not going to change this dynamic with pakistan. india and pakistan, they have their own issues they have to continue to work through. i think there are areas where perhaps even india can take some steps to improve the stability with pakistan and remove some of the reasons they zeal with unstable regions in their own country. china has strong interest in pakistan. having a stable secure future pakistan is in a lot of our interests. they are a nuclear power, we have concerns about their weapons, the security of their weapons, there are many areas in which we believe we should be having very productive dialogue that serves both of our interests and regional interest as well. so this is -- again, this is not a situation where the u.s. is saying, look, it's justus and you. what our approach to bring these reasonable approaches is to bring all the other interests into this effort. much as we've done with north korea i think too often we try to disstill these issues. we have to encourage the circle of interest and bring others into the effort a

pakistan but he kept looking for her. five years later, this person pumped intojidu in india.artition. we will have much coverage to mark 70 years of partition and the independence of india and pakistan. you can get more online. there is a dedicated partition page on our website. now, time for all the sports news. nope fairy tale —— fairy tale finish for mr mo farah. hello, mo farah's final race at the world athletics coming up... but we're starting with football and english premier league champions chelsea had a nightmare start to the new season as they lost 3—2 at home to burnley, and had two men sent off. it was a famous victory for the clarets, who took until late april to win an away game last season. sam vokes scored twice for them as they went three—nil up. gary cahill had earlier been sent off, and cesc fabregas was also dismissed for the blues who did come back into it thanks in part to a goal from new signing alvaro morata. it was the key moment because we started the game there be well with good intentions. we were dominating at game. then after this tuition, the ga