i'm melissa chana thank you for joining the program great to have you with us bootleg alcohol across asia millions drink it every year it's much cheaper than commercially produced equivalents so home brewed alcohol is especially popular among poor communities but it can kill people in india this weekend one of the deadliest mass poisoning has happened with more than one hundred fifty workers in azzam state dead after drinking toxic liquor with scores of people still being treated in the hospital some in critical condition did that death toll could still rise government data shows that each year around one thousand indians die from illegally produced alcohol suggesting the weekend's tragedy is far from an isolated incident but a public health problem. overwhelmed medical staff at this hospital and a some state forced to administer help on the floor hallways hardened into makeshift wards. the latest victims of india's illegal alcohol trade complaining of migraines severe vomiting and extreme chest pain. t. plant workers who drank a batch of toxic alcohol late last week now fighting for

i'm melissa chana thank you for joining the program great to have you with us tensions between india and pakistan over disputed kashmir are escalating quickly that's after indian fighter jets launched air strikes on pakistani territory for the first time in decades new delhi claims it reacted to a militant bomb attack on its troops earlier this month. now islam abad has responded as it said it would stand says it shot down two indian fighter jets which cost into its airspace another indian aircraft crashed in indian controlled kashmir as you can see the situation is developing fast pakistani combat jets have also been accused of entering indian airspace and ground forces have been exchanging fire across the so-called line of control both india and pakistan claim they do not want war but the situation is the most tense it has been in decades. the wreckage of an indian air force helicopter draws a crowd the circumstances surrounding the downing of this aircraft are unclear but all is not well between the juggernaut neighbors india and pakistan the kashmir region has been central to the

i'm melissa chana thank you for joining the program great to have you with us it is the biggest flare up between the two nuclear powers in almost fifty years over night indian fighter jets crossed into pakistani airspace believed to be the first time that's happened since the two sides fought a war in one thousand nine hundred one over the kashmir border region both countries co it minister parts of it disputed since the end of the british empire india claims the strikes killed hundreds of militants focused on says there were no casualties tensions have been rising since a militant bomb attack on a bus killed forty indian troops in kashmir earlier this month. india blamed pakistan for the bombing but the pakistani government said it had nothing to do with the attack and issued a warning against india on television the region or any that is even think about the fact they could the good they can harm my country we are the people. through character and by our armed forces and reconvene knew how to protect our nation we don't have any bad intention to any other country. but we knew how to

i'm melissa chana thank you for joining the program it's good to have you with us it was the deadliest ever terror attack in kashmir is history last week suicide bombing in pl wommack killed at least forty indian troops it stoked outrage and fear across india that attack took place in india controlled kashmir since independence from britain pakistan and india have both claimed the muslim majority region militant groups have been fighting against indian rule in kashmir since one thousand nine hundred eighty nine insurgency that india claims is supported by pakistan but which pakistan denies for those looking to place the blame kashmiris across the country has become targets. wall sends us this report. here you go into we called the doc and fish meat small protests like these have sprung up across india. most have been against marcus. but some have reportedly targeted young. students in the last two hundred sittings of their doing and. trips from right wing activists and behind one tree to us from bush me were attacked. on a ship by a young activist from kashmir says he has met dozens of

i'm melissa chana thank you for joining the program great to have you with us saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon has been on an asia trip all week it's seen as a diplomatic pivot away for the prince to prove that life goes on even after western countries started shunning him following the murder of writer jamal khashoggi last year his first stop had been to pakistan a country saudi arabia has a close relationship with and where he pledged she invest almost eighteen billion euros he visited india next where he announced his country is ready to share intelligence with new delhi in the fight. against terrorism he stopped short of making direct reference to last week's terror attack in kashmir he has had a fine line to walk between pakistan and india and now been solomons on the final stop of his trip to china where he signed a deal to build in oil refinery saudi arabia is one of china's top crude oil suppliers second only to russia now the house of saud has long presented itself as the defender of muslims around the world given that islam is to hold the sites medina and mecca are there

i'm melissa chana thank you for joining the program great to have you with us bangladesh is once again mourning the victims of a deadly fire the latest blaze in the capital dhaka has killed scores of people with many more suffering severe burns the inferno broke out in a busy shopping district in dhaka crammed with buildings and narrow alleys here in the chalk bazaar many people live above shops and warehouses packed with highly flammable goods bangladesh's lax fire safety laws are once again in focus despite official promises to tighten them up buildings by. has become a regular occurrence with hundreds of people killed in recent years. explosions and blazing fire lit up dock us old city as the fire raced through five buildings in the district. some of the buildings caught in the blaze stored chemicals one housed a plastics warehouse filled with flammable material those caught in the inferno described how the fire started. if that's what i saw a sudden massive explosion with fire and shockwave said holy destroyed the roadside wall i was in a rickshaw when the explosion took place i do