ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. a powerful earth quick hit, a mountainous part of eastern afghanistan, early wednesday, flattening homes and killing at least 1000 people is the deadliest quake the countries experienced in 2 decades. and is a new test for taliban leaders online and asked her conny, a senior taliban official, tweeted that quote to the government is working within its capabilities. we hope that the international community and agencies will also help our people in this dire situation. they survived the deadly earthquake and were taken to safety hospitals and practica province near the pakistani border are filling up with the injured many of them, recount stories of horror and terrible loss. with when the roof came down on me, i thought i had been shot with my body was in pain. it took me awhile to get up, but i lost feeling in my body when i saw the rest of my family under the debris, with people digging with their bare hands through the rubble of joseph, in the hopes of finding someone still alive or t

ah, i melissa chan. thanks for joining us. we have covered a lot of summit, slightly the meeting of different countries. last month it was the quad with australia, india, japan, and the u. s. this week, china hosted the annual brick summit and starting this weekend and a german alpine resort of al mout leaders of the g 7 will meet. they've invited extra guests to participate, including indian prime minister modi, underscoring the country's growing g. a strategic role in the world here at dw, we've been working on a series looking at india's rise. it's called india's dilemma and you'll find it on our d. w. news you to page. here's a quick look. india find itself in a dramatic geopolitical squeeze. russia, it's old friend and um, supplier is deepening ties with china. we can buy the war and becoming subservient to a power that is no friend to india. there are serious concerns in your daily about whether russia will continue to be a reliable supplier. at the same time, china's threat to india becomes ever more apparent, compellin

ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. tens of thousands of mostly young men across india are protesting. a new military recruitment plan called agnes path. it establishes a 4 year employment term after which just 25 percent of soldiers would be retained . that effectively reduces the chances for many people of a multi decade military career with a nice pension. protests have turned violent with many gathering at transit points and sitting rail coaches on fire. the government has said the reforms are necessary in order to modernize the military. more than half the defense budget currently goes to salaries and benefits with $1400000.00 members. the military is one of the country's largest employers. joining us is a jazz shook like he's a journalist and a retired colonel of the indian army. welcome to the program. thank you. so good idea or bad idea. what do you think about this new hiring and retention plan where lou, it's like this. of the indian army which ever bloated way beyond what would be or rationally possible to sustain or have to be controlled somehow. and this is a scheme that

ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. south asia has been suffering unseasonably hot weather in recent months. in april, some places in india recorded their highest temperatures ever for the time of year . international researchers say such heat waves are 30 times more likely to happen because of climate change. greenpeace india says global heating is not only causing more illness and death. it is also leading to crops failures and food insecurity heat. these mini or charter has been speaking to farmers in my russia state in western india. they told her they have never experienced weather patterns as extreme as they are now. more stretches of land in with arbor, a region in the western state of my russia looked like this during the summer months. several districts here are categorized as climate change, hotspots, soaring temperatures, and the shortage of water makes life difficult for the millions of families who live here bonded unc garvey says this, the us heat wave is terrible and it's almost impossible to work in thes

ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. we'll go deeper into those stories in just a moment, but 1st here's a quick round up of top stories out of asia. floods triggered by monsoon storms continued to overwhelm bangladesh with rescuers trying to deliver food and fresh drinking water to shelters across the northern part of the country. officials say it's the worst of flooding. in 2 decades, thousands of university students took to the streets in sri lanka to demand the resignation of the president and prime minister over the countries worst economic crisis in 70 years. authorities have shut school to reduce community and conserve fuel. the country is bankrupt and most people have started skipping meals because they can't afford to buy food. in south korea, it's off to infinity and beyond. with the 2nd test to launch of the countries near each space rocket part of the country's bed to grow it's space program, which with satellites will be useful for establishing 6 g networks. but also for national security purposes. in afghan

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