the former indian prime minister, manmohan singh, has died at the age of 92. until 2014, and was the first prime minister in india from the sikh faith. a distinguished economist and politician, manmohan singh played a pivotal role in shaping modern india. he championed economic reforms, and oversaw a period of robust growth that lifted millions out of poverty. sophie long reports. almost bankrupt at the time manmohan singh entered party politics, the indian image was to change driven by a booming it sector. much of this is but down to the liberalisation, the loosening of infamous bureaucratic controls introduced by manmohan singh after he became finance minister in 1991. he put the country on the path to achieving some of the fastest growth rates in the world. it also paved the way for him to become in 2004, india's first sikh prime minister. he will be remembered for making the country talked about as an emergent economic giant. though much of india 1 billion plus population was in reality largely untouched by the economic reforms, and poverty remains deep an

sarah: manmohan singh has died at age 92.tions have been taking place in countries around the indian ocean to mark the 20 than the rest of the tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people. the vast wave caused by an earthquake devastated indonesia, thailand, and sri lanka, and displaced nearly 2 million people. now, what did people here in the u.k. watch on christmas day? for many, the answer seems to be "gavin and stacey." the show had a whopping overnight audience of 12.30 2 million, making it the biggest nonsports overnight of 2024. this was the final ever episode of the beloved british sitcom. it doesn't include those yet to watch the episode on catch up. "wallace & gromit" at the second-highest overnight viewing figures caroline frost is a tv and film critic and columnist for "radio times" and explained why the hype over the "gavin and stacey'finale was justified. >> the audience came, and not only are the figures massive, they superseded the audience figures for 2019 five years ago, but also it looks set to dwarf the 18

i, manmohan singh...h prime minister. he'll be remembered particularly for making the country talked about as an emerging economic giant. though much of india's1 billion—plus population was, in reality, largely untouched by the economic reforms, and poverty remained deep and pervasive and job creation a massive challenge. india now had its place at the world's high tables, and as the global economy faltered and then went into crisis, india's role and manmohan singh�*s experience as an economist and international civil servant was crucial. thank you. the signing of a civilian nuclear agreement between india and the united states was a landmark of mr singh�*s premiership, especially given the concern about south asia as a potential nuclear flashpoint after both india and pakistan carried out underground tests in 1998. but the gun and grenade attack on luxury hotels and other targets in mumbai, which killed around 170 people, not only demonstrated india's vulnerability, it also revived the historic mutual su

i, manmohan singh.. sikh prime minister. he'll be remembered particularly for making the country talked about as an emerging economic giant. though much of india's1 billion—plus population was, in reality, largely untouched by the economic reforms, and poverty remained deep and pervasive and job creation a massive challenge. india now had its place at the world's high tables, and as the global economy faltered and then went into crisis, india's role and manmohan singh's experience as an economist and international civil servant was crucial. thank you. the signing of a civilian nuclear agreement between india and the united states was a landmark of mr singh's premiership, especially given the concern about south asia as a potential nuclear flashpoint after both india and pakistan carried out underground tests in 1998. but the gun and grenade attack on luxury hotels and other targets in mumbai, which killed around 170 people, not only demonstrated india's vulnerability, it also revived the historic mutual

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister manmohan singh at his state funeral. over 1,300 critically endangered tiny snails have been released in the remote portuguese island of desertas, in the atlantic ocean. the world health organization says the last major functioning hospital in northern gaza has been put out of service after it was evacuated by the israeli military. the kamal adwan hospital has been under siege by the idf for weeks. staff say airstrikes there on friday killed 50 people. the head of the hospital's nursing department told the bbc the army gave them only a 15—minute warning to evacuate patients and staff before the israeli army entered the hospital and removed anyone that remained. israel says the hospital was being used by hamas as a command centre, but has not provided any evidence to support this. let's speak to our correspondent in jerusalem, emir nader. what is the picture now for the people in northern gaza, on health? ~ . ., , health? much worse after this hosital health? much worse after this hospital has _ health? much worse after th

manmohan singh was the prime minister.ed one of the fastest growth rates from 2004-2010. he also introduced some schemes with far-reaching consequences. introducing a unique identification number and an employment scheme that really played a key role during the covid crisis, when millions of workers went without jobs. manmohan singh will always be remembered for being the architect of modern india. a man who took india out of trouble when he was the finance minister. also during his prime minister ship when he was able to build consensus with political parties to take india forward. he is one of the few leaders in india who was not directly attached to any corruption allegations. >> building ties internally but also credited with improving or increasing his standing on the world stage with diplomatic relations with big world powers of the time. >> india's rise as an economic power also coincided with how india boosted relations with united states. in the previous 1990's, india was very much in the soviet bloc, supporting r

the former indian prime minister, manmohan singh, has died at the age of 92. a decade, from 200a until 201a, and was the first prime minister in india from the sikh faith. anbarasan ethirajan, the bbc�*s south asia regional editor, took us through his legacy. well, mr singh, when he took over in 1991, india's foreign exchange reserves was hovering around $1.5 billion, enough for only three weeks of imports. the country was going through a severe economic crisis. and he realised what the challenge was at that time. in fact, today we are talking about india having $600 billion in reserve and one of the top economies in the world. it is mainly due to the policies taken by manmohan singh in the early 905. so what he did, what he called liberalisation process, where he allowed foreign investments, and then privatisation of public sector undertakings and big companies, and he boosted growth. and all this economic growth really helped india to come out of the woods in the 90s, early 905. and then he came back in 200a as the prime minister. in fact, he was a surprise

the state funeral of the former indian prime minister, manmohan singh has taken place in delhi. premier died on thursday at the age of 92. mourners turned out across the capital to pay their respects as mamohan singh�*s coffin was placed on a flower—decked carriage pulled by a ceremonial army truck. and the ceremony included a 21—gun salute and was attended by india prime minister narendra modi, members of mr singh�*s congress party as well as other politicians and foreign dignitaries. 0ur correspondent, arunoday mukharji, was at the funeral and says people of all political affiliations attended. behind me is the cremation ground where the former prime minister dr manmohan singh was cremated with full state honours a short while back. people are now slowly starting to disperse. it was a massive affair as you can see just by the crowd and also the heavy police presence here because there were leaders from various political parties to several politicians of opposition parties as well. that is testament to who the former prime minister was, serving as the leader of the country from

the congress party chose dr manmohan singh to succeed her in her place rather. who was prime minister but was essentially taking a lot of the decisions from the party leadership and not take acting on his own. these are charges he always denied, and said history will be kinder to me, he said, at one point of time. but having said that, he is also credited for notjust bringing india out of its economic isolation in a sense, he is also credited to bring india out of its nuclear isolation. he will also be remembered as many are writing forgetting a nuclear deal with the us, which ended india's nuclear isolation as well. so a man, an economist, a politician as well and the minister. dr manmohan singh is going to be cremated in about an hour's time with full state- cremated in about an hour's time with full stat airline passengers are being warned they could face further travel disruption today, as the thick fog, which led to dozens of cancellations and delays across uk airports yesterday, continues. drivers are also being urged to take extra care, amid reduced visib

india is holding a state funeral for its former prime minister manmohan singh — the first sikh to leadhe nation. and a nasa spacecraft makes history by surviving the closest—ever approach to the sun. hello. i'm carl naz man, welcome to the programme. the united states says a plane that crashed in kazakhstan on christmas day, killing 38 people, may have been brought down by russian air defence systems. azerbaijan airlines said there had been external interference, as it tried to land in russian territory. russia has refused to comment on speculation that it fired on the plane by mistake. the pilots were killed in the crash, but they are credited with saving 29 people on board, by managing to land part of the plane. azerbaijan is demanding an international investigation. ukraine says russia has to be held to account. jon donnison reports. this is the moment the plane went down. it's remarkable anyone survived. but emerging from the wreckage, some did. the flight had been diverted to kazakhstan after passengers heard bangs when it tried to land at its original destination, grozny, in chec

but india mourning the lost of doctor manmohan singh who is back at the age of 92. —— died at the age country. i say dry — that is away from scotland, where we�*re likely to see further outbreaks of rain for boxing day. and indeed the next few days looks mostly settled thanks to high pressure and for most it will stay on the mild side for the time of year. it�*s dominated by this area of high pressure sitting over the near continent. we�*ve got this weather front pretty much stationary across the north of the uk and that�*s what�*s bringing the rain to parts of scotland, maybe northern ireland. to the north of this weather front, the air is quite cold and that will affect the northern isles, where it will be blustery with a few showers. but generally speaking, for much of the country for boxing day it�*s going to be cloudy, grey, misty and murky in places. outbreaks of rain in scotland, northern ireland, and a few luckier spots see some breaks in the cloud to allow for some sunshine. and generally those temperatures remaining in double figures for most, between 9 and 12 celsius. as we

the state funeral of the former indian prime minister, manmohan singh has taken place in delhi. urned out across the capital to pay their respects as mamohan singh�*s coffin was placed on a flower—decked carriage pulled by a ceremonial army truck. guns fire. the ceremony included a 21—gun salute and was attended by india prime minister narendra modi, members of mr singh�*s congress party as well as other politicians and foreign dignitaries. mihir sharma is an economist in kolkata. he shared his thoughts on manmohan singh�*s legacy. he ensured, essentially, that we open to the economy in 1991, as finance minister. he, as prime minister in the period between 2004 and 2014, ensured that we revised our international orientation to become more westward leaning by pushing through a very controversial at the time nuclear deal with the us, and that sort of normalised india's nuclear programme, and repaired you relations with the us. in many ways, the india that we see now, which is quite outward looking, very integrated into the world economy and quite confident, is the one he began to b

tributes have been pouring in for the former indian prime minister manmohan singh, who has died at thee from 2004 until 2014 and was the first prime minister in india from the sikh faith. in a tribute post on social media, current prime minister narendra modi called his predecessor "one of india's most distinguished leaders". and us secretary of state antony blinken also offered condolences on behalf of the us, referring to mr singh as "one of the greatest champions "of the us—india strategic partnership". for more on his life, sophie long reports. i'm joined now by kishore mahbubani, a singaporean diplomat who served as singapore's permanent representative to the united nations. very good to see you. tell us, what do you know of working with singh and his legacy? t with singh and his legacy? i fortunately certain his global advisory council with several people, so i would see him at once a yearfor several people, so i would see him at once a year for several years in a row, and there is no doubt that singh will go down as one of the greatest prime ministers india had because he carrie

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister, manmohan singh.ntinues to cause delays and cancellations at some of the uk's busiest international airports. forecasters say the fog is likely to linger. now on bbc news, bbc 100 women in conversation: allyson felix. allyson felix is the most decorated track and field athlete of all time.

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister, manmohan singh. india's first sikh prime minister died on thursday at the age of 92. his last rites were held with full state honours. and thick fog is causing travel disruption around the uk, with flights cancelled and drivers warned to be careful on the roads. now on bbc news — where the polar bears wait. on the edge of the canadian arctic, a community lives alongside the largest land predator on earth. they call it the polar bear capital of the world. but it's so much more interesting than that. a place that's been defined by remoteness, beauty and danger. there's a bear there! it's crossing the road. we heard crackers going off, and now the polar bear alert team are moving around, so we're going to get back in the car. the bear was up on this deck here. it was testing the door. we don't want him going back to town. this place, its people and its polar bears now face an uncertain future. the longer they're on shore, the longer they're fasting and the longer they might need to start looking for alt

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister, manmohan singh. india's first sikh prime minister died on thursday at the age of 92. his last rites were held with full state honours. and thick fog is causing travel disruption around the uk, with flights cancelled and drivers warned to be careful on the roads. now on bbc news — time to look back at the year in sport. 2024 was an extraordinary 12 months of sport. a year dominated by some of the very biggest showpiece events. we had a men's euros in germany, where england came so close, and a paralympics and olympics in paris, where great britain once again excelled. achievements honoured here at the year—ending bbc sports personality of the year. more on that later. but 2024 was also a year where some of british sport's biggest stars took theirfinal bows. the likes ofjimmy anderson, andy murray, tom daley and laura kenny to name just a few. but the year was also for new, exciting sporting talent. luke "the nuke" littler... and that's where 2024 started. injanuary, the year was young and so too was t

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister manmohan singh at his state funeral. india's first sikh prime minister died on thursday at the age of 92. he's being cremated with full state honours. thick fog is causing travel disruption around the uk, with flights cancelled and drivers warned to be careful on the roads. now on bbc news...the travel show: antarctica: the frozen frontier — part 1. welcome to one of the most breathtaking and extraordinary places on earth. i'm in antarctica. on a journey across the coldest... woohoo! ..the windiest... whoa. ..and surely one of our most awe—inspiring continents. there it is, there. it's there. 0h! 0h, hello. look at that. just over 105,000 tourists visited antarctica in 2023. it was also the hottest year on record, with potentially disastrous global consequences. muffled bang. oh, it's a carving. that's a massive bit of ice falling off. we see ice sheets melting, ice shelves melting, we have more carving. that's why we also have more icebergs in the water. as more and more people embark on these adventures, what can we le

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister, manmohan singh. died on thursday at the age of 92. his last rites were held with full state honours. and — thick fog continues to cause delays and cancellations at some of the uk's busiest international airports. forecasters say the fog is likely to linger. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'mjane dougall.

india pays respects to former prime minister manmohan singh.nours. and these jeans were not made for chess, in fact it lead to the resignation of the world's top grandmaster. hello, i'm lucy hockings. president putin has apologised to azerbaijan's president for what he called a tragic incident in russian airspace involving the azerbaijan airlines plane that crashed in kazakhstan on christmas day, killing 38 people. there's no direct admission the plane was struck by a russian missile. a statement on the kremlin website says russian air defence was repelling a drone attack while the plane was attempting to land.

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister manmohan singh at his state funeral. india's first sikh leader died on thursday at the age of 92. he's being cremated with full state honours. thick fog is causing travel disruption around the uk, with flights cancelled and drivers warned to be careful on the roads. now on bbc news...the watermelons. daeva is a rebel leader. he's talking to a spy inside the enemy camp, a soldier in the myanmar military. like watermelons, they're green on the outside, appearing to be loyal to the army. but inside, they're red, working for the pro—democracy uprising. why are they prepared to risk everything? chanting. daeva leads a unit of unlikely fighters — city protesters turned jungle rebels. they call themselves the people's defence forces, or pdf. they're part of a pro—democracy armed uprising triggered by a military coup. shouting. watermelons — spies in the military — are helping him. to manage the growing network of spies, the resistance set up a watermelon unit two years ago. for security reasons, we're disguising his identity an

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister manmohan singh at his state funeral. the man key to the country's economic liberalisation, india's first sikh leader died on thursday at the age of 92. he's been cremated with full state honours. now on bbc news, path to the presidency: a year in review. this is not the 12 days of christmas. this is the 12 months of us politics. you are wearing a very christmassy outfit. i am, and i can make it more christmassy, look. belljingles i've got my little elf hat. i don't know — it's got a bell, though. maybe that's. .. it's a little distracting. is it too noisy for serious conversation? we were given the memo, "dress festive", and i look like the grinch because all i have in my closet is a green sweater and red earrings. so well done. you look very stylishly christmas, i've gone... let me stick this over here. oh, that's a shame. ok, it's fallen on the floor. that's fine. we'll leave it there. it's the thought that counts. they laugh exactly. well, festive indeed, here we are. we've made it to the end of the year. a couple of

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister, manmohan singh. india's first sikh prime minister died on thursday at the age of 92. his last rites were held with full state honours. and — thick fog continues to cause delays and cancellations at some of the uk's busiest international airports. forecasters say the fog is likely to linger. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'mjane dougall. top of the table for the new year after trouncing saracens, it's a great day for bath's premiership title hopes. ryanjoyce comes through a third round thriller to make it into the last 16 at the pdc world championship. and we hearfrom unsung hero award winner adam kenyon on the archery club that helps its members beyond the sport. welcome to the programme. it's been a busy day in rugby union, with a stunning performance from bath at the rec. they put 10 tries past saracens to open up a five point gap at the top of the table. the 68 points to 10 victory underlined their credentials as title contenders at the halfway point of the camp

and bidding farewell to india's former prime minister as manmohan singh�*s last rites were held withull state honours. hello, this is bbc news. breaking news. and russian president vladimir putin has apologised to azerbaijan's president for what he called a "tragic incident" in russian airspace involving the azerbaijan airlines plane that crashed in kazakhstan on christmas day, killing 38 people. there's no direct admission the plane was struck by a russian missile. a statement on the kremlin website says russian air defence was repelling a drone attack while the plane was attempting to land. let's go live to moscow and the bbc�*s russia editor, steve rosenberg. it is at times like this that we are so thankful that you speak such exceptional russian. what was said? the wording is very important here in these situations. you have to look at the wording in the kremlin website in the readout of the conversation. yes, vladimir putin did apologise, but not for downing the plane, he apologised for what he called a tragic incident which took place in russian airspace. he expressed condolenc

first, manmohan singh, one of india's longest serving prime ministers, has died.e world's largest democracy for a decade. singh is best known for reforming india's economy when he was its finance minister in the 1990's. he also oversaw a landmark deal with the united states over nuclear energy. but his second term as prime minister was clouded by corruption scandals, and singh kept a low profile after leaving office. he died at a hospital in new delhi. manmohan singh was 92-years-old and, business executive richard parsons has died of bone cancer, a close friend told the new york times. parsons gained a reputation for being the man brought in to "right the ship." among the companies he was enlisted to fix: citigroup, during the 2008 financial crisis and time warner, after its disastrous merger with aol. for a time, he was one of the most prominent african american media executives in the u.s. richard parsons was 76 years old. still to come on the "newshour." some international students are advised to return to the u.s. before president elect trump takes office and

the state funeral of the former indian prime minister, manmohan singh has been taking place in the capitaler died on thursday at the age of 92. our correspondent, arunoday mukharji, was at the funeral. this is where he was cremated with full state honours a short while back, people are slowly starting to disperse. the heavy police presence because they were leaders from the political parties right from the prime minister to several politicians of opposition parties as well. that is testament to who the former prime minister was, serving as the leader of the country from 2040 2014. but prior to that, known primarily for being the finance minister 1991 and changing the economic policy opening it up to foreign investment. that was the time when the economic growth story began and that�*s what he is known for. that is why you see the kind of condolence messages that have been pouring in right from various political parties, including the prime minister said india today is morning one of the countries most distinguished leaders. they pour in, we have seen dignitaries, we have seen politicians w

pictures from delhi, where indians are gathering to pay their respects to former prime minister, manmohan singh. the united states says it's seen "early indications" that suggest a azerbaijani airlines plane, which crashed in kazakhstan this week, was possibly brought down by russian air defence systems. the kremlin has so far refused to comment on the allegations. the airline says that the preliminary results of the investigation into the incident found there was "external physical and technical interference". but the report stopped short of accusing any group or country of being responsible. the azerbaijan transport minister said all of the 29 survivors of the crash "without exception" said they heard three blast sounds when the plane was flying above grozny in southern russia.

former indian prime minister manmohan singh dies aged 92.gs battle here in the uk — with over 12 million people tuning in to see whether smithy accepted nessa's proposal. hello, i'm sarah campbell. israel has been carrying out air strikes across yemen, including on the international airport in the capital, sanaa. the head of the world health organization,

india is holding a state funeral for its former prime minister manmohan singh — the first sikh to lead history by surviving the closest—ever approach to the sun. hello. i'm carl naz man, welcome to the programme. the united states says a plane that crashed in kazakhstan on christmas day, killing 38 people, may have been brought down by russian air defence systems. azerbaijan airlines said there had been external interference, as it tried to land in russian territory. russia has refused to comment on speculation that it fired on the plane by mistake. the pilots were killed in the crash, but they are credited with saving 29 people on board, by managing to land part of the plane. azerbaijan is demanding an international investigation. ukraine says russia has to be held to account. jon donnison reports. this is the moment the plane went down.

former indian prime minister manmohan singh dies aged 92.acey win the christmas day tv ratings battle here in the uk, with over 12 million people tuning in to see whether smithy accepted nessa's proposal. hello, i'm sarah campbell. we start this hour in the middle east. israel has been carrying out air strikes across yemen, including on the international airport in the capital, sanaa. the head of the world health organization, tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, was at the airport about to board a flight when it came under israeli attack. he was not injured.

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former indian prime minister manmohan singh dies aged 92. economy. and gavin and stacey win the christmas day tv ratings battle here in the uk, with over 12 million people tuning in to see whether smithy accepted nessa's proposal. hello, i'm sarah campbell. our top story this hour — israel has been carrying out air strikes across yemen, including on the international

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indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister, manmohan singh. india's first sikh prime minister died on thursday at the age of 92. and thick fog continues to cause delays and cancellations at some of the uk's busiest international airports. forecasters say the fog is likely to linger. now on bbc news, bbc 100 women in conversation: allyson felix. allyson felix is the most decorated track and field athlete of all time. she is widely considered one of the greatest athletes of the 21st century. off the track, felix is a celebrated entrepreneur and a fierce advocate for maternal rights after her own experience of maternal care in the health system and bruising encounters with sponsors. bbc 100 women met allyson here at the sports campus named after her in the university of southern california, where she studied, to talk about how we can make women athletes' lives better, the challenges of combining motherhood and elite sport, and the changes she wants to bring about in her retirement years ahead. welcome to 100 women in conversation. thank you for b

people cross the english channel in small boats on christmas day former indian prime minister manmohan singhailers will remain closed, with online sales expected to rise. hello, i'm sarah campbell. israel has been carrying out air strikes across yemen, including on the international airport in the capital, sanaa. the head of the world health organization, tedros ad—hanom ghe—bre—yesus, was at the airport about to board a flight when it came under israeli attack. he was not injured. the israeli military says it has been targeting the houthis,