became a disaster and india's prime minister narendra modi is in the third visit in forty years but the first since a new government was elected by all neighbors but relations can be tricky explain why and look at whether modi is making inroads. of course in the philippines has dismissed an outspoken critic of president. had the online reaction to this story and much more. to show using the hash tag. l.n. echo with the news live on air and streaming. online through you tube facebook live in an al-jazeera dot com for the seventh straight friday palestinians have gathered along gaza's border with israel and again people have been killed the protesters demand is to end the occupation and to recognize their right of return there have been scenes of anger violence and death in fact these live pictures at the moment coming in from that border area very similar to all of the other fridays we've had the israeli army is there since the protests began in march they've killed at least forty one people palestinians according to their right of refugees to return to the land they were forced to leave

lessen: the book more or concludes with modi, in allusion to modi.ou said his real kaiser with the rss. could you explain what the -- ties are with the rss. could you explain what it stands for and why it is significant he is more aligned with the rss than the pjb? it is basically a natural self help society, but it is the most powerful organization in the country today. it was founded, as i said, in the 1920's, and it has always believed in rewriting the constitution. it has openly believed india should be declared a hindu nation. its ideologues have openly india -- they of are the jews of germany. it is a formidable organization. it works in education. it has slum wings, publishing wings. it really writes the story of what is going on today, and it is not just modi, but almost all of his ministers, including the former prime minister -- all of these people were members of the rss. -- winsher or not the elections or loses elections, the rss's work just goes on. political arm of rss. there is no way it can have an independent agenda. so, the danger t

at india's prime minister narendra modi has become a state visit to the poll it's but his first visit since twenty fifteen when india imposed an unofficial blockade along the indian nepalese border. rescuers in kenya are continuing their search for survivors after a dam collapsed killing at least forty nine people many more still missing the dam in the rift valley around one hundred fifty kilometers north of nairobi bust on wednesday washing away most of the nearby village of any of i village after simmons reports. it was fun and unforgiving the die. released a surge of water that took homes and lives with it there was no warning and it happened in darkness this is the scene hours afterwards they're searching for a man one of dozens of people many of them are children the sprawl of daybreak is where families once lived whole homes swept away from the air you get some idea of the scale of this tragedy the dam is almost fully drained downstream the waves of floodwater gained momentum and later spread out inflicting much more devastation over a wider area. thank you for a long stretch fr

all of that has to happen before he can become prime minister the end and prime minister narendra modi is on a two day visit to nepal it's his first trip since twenty fifteen when his government imposed an official unofficial blockade it caused a shortage of essential goods and opened a path for china to step in and subpoena stress so reports from genic poor but his visit has been seen as an attempt to tilt the balance on. the streets have been decorated swept and cleaned the city of jhana poor has been preparing for weeks for the visit of indian prime minister narendra modi people here hope this visit will cement friendship between the countries and most of the people here are very much like our neighbors across the border who want everyone to live together in a friendly environment the state visit is in keeping with mr moody's hand of that the politics he's visiting the hindu temple of john a key mythology has it that john extort or john the key to god a seat that was married to god john who was born in. india a place whose symbolism has been crucial to mr moody's hindu nationalism.

there will be pressure on the modi administration in the rural sector. growth could come under pressure if oil prices keep rising. all in all, a very limited space for modi to ease purse strings from here on. haidi: not a great deal of ability to move there. there is plenty more ahead on bloomberg markets asia. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: is that time, battle of the charts. pitching their charts against each other. charts access those using the bloomberg terminal at the bottom -- using the function at the bottom of your screen. i will take it away. we have been talking about those yields. i have to hammer at home. we are talking about the death of the bond bulls. this is what i want to present to you, our loyal audiences here. the total outstanding treasury notes. you can see that in blue. now more than 7%, especially as we have more options coming on the table. rateillion worth of fixed notes this week. we are expecting $150 billion more. 3% right here is where we are at. probably 3.2%. this is my chart. you cannot forget this. . of leastthe path resi

is not shared by people across the country trending on twitter is hash tag blockade was a crime mr modi referring to the crippling border blockade imposed by india in twenty fifteen the blockade was a response to the polls new constitution which angered people in jhana poor and elsewhere in southern nepal leading to protests in which over forty people died the indian government responded to the under arrest by blocking the transfer of products across the border for five months. creating severe shortages of essential goods across nepal impact of the blockade has opened the path for neighboring china to step in reducing india's influence in the pali politics china is offering major infrastructure investments as a part of its one belt one growth initiative and that makes india feel strategically threatened but some commentators say that the geopolitical change is a good opportunity for an apollo. we need connectivity with both china and india india has agreed to build roads and rail links and the fuel pipeline china is also trying to get india on board with the china. and they can help and

another guard man -- both were close to modi, convicted of rape.y had have a security lockdown in three states because the people who are going to support the rapists are going to create trouble. so this is something that we've got to wrap our heads around. it has gone beyond just the little girl that was raped and the maniacs who raped her. but politicization of this, you know? what is it? what is going on? after all, we are in a society where it has been allowed for upperclassman to rape women. it is seen as their right. where armies,ces officers, soldiers who are being accused of rape are protected by the armed forces special powers act. is a big knife to say, let's not politicize it. but it is political. it is political. it has to be looked at in that way. sexual violence against women in gross has increased since modi came to power. can you elaborate? yet given some indication now, but do you think under his administration there somehow more permissive attitude toward -- >> there is a more permissive attitude to all forms of violence. people k

of refrigerators potentially being thrown kilometers into the air india brahmanist and the render modi is on a two day visit to nepal had his first trip since twenty fifteen when his government imposed an unofficial blockade along the indian nepalese border it's caused a shortage of essential goods and opened a path for china to step in and as a suburban assure the reports on jenna pro visit is being seen as an attempt to tilt the balance. the streets have been decorated swept and cleaned the city of john and poor has been preparing for weeks for the visit of indian prime minister narendra modi people here hope this visit will cement friendship between the countries and most of the people here are very much like our neighbors across the border who want everyone to live together in a friendly environment the state visit is in keeping with mr moody's hand about the politics he's visiting the hindu temple of john icke mythology has it that john knox daughter john the key the god a seed was married to god john who was born in india a place whose symbolism has been crucial to mr moody's hin

india's prime minister narendra modi has begun his state visit to the pole here arrived in john paul where he attended the procession at the temple it's modi's first visit since twenty fifteen when india imposed an unofficial blockade along the indian nepalese border heavy rain is hampering the search for survivors of wednesday's dam collapse in kenya at least forty nine people died many more remain missing the dam is in the rift valley about one hundred fifty kilometers north of the capital it burst and washed away most of the nearby village malaysia's new prime minister says the king has agreed to pardon the jailed opposition figure and whatever him immediately mahathir mohamad also promised to reveal to his cabinet on saturday the ninety two year old was sworn in on thursday after a shock when it swept the opposition to power for the first time and waving him is in custody on charges of sodomy and corruption and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after today's inside story next. once a strategy of war now the conflict is long over the good duck shouldn't

tradition goes back to the thirteenth century in his home of been in city in southern nigeria but modi is ancestors started producing plaques and sculptures for their king. recorded. so we use. you know to use the. camera. to these to do. to present what they have seen of the problems artists produced thousands of these valuable objects over the centuries but painting cities museum on the has a few of them in its collection most were looted in one thousand nine hundred seven when british soldiers invaded the royal palace. collectors and museums in europe then purchased them at art auctions. nigeria is now pushing for their return negotiations have been happening for the past eight years according to theone by the museum's director but there's been little headway europe says that more intensive research is needed to determine the origin and acquisition of the artworks. one thousand just. to say this is no. the representative government would have you looked at the so whatever afterwards through. the goats into. the fund got it last show. from. there was an uptick in total first they wer

reported here p n b claim that it had been defrauded by various companies including the jeweler near of mody authorities filed charges against twenty two descendents in the case on monday and two more sets of charges expected this week mr modi who is being sought by the authorities remains at large. and the.

reported here p n b claim that it had been defrauded by various companies including the jeweler near of mody authorities filed charges against twenty two descendents in the case on monday and two more sets of charges expected this week mr modi who is being sought by the authorities remains at large. and the controversy over the admissions defeat devices has untangled another automakers we reported earlier this month about the fraud charges brought by the u.s. department of justice against the former c.e.o. of volkswagen related to the installation of technology in v.w. vehicles intended to generate false lower pollution readings in a mission test result now a set of lawyers represented representing fia chrysler shareholders have filed as evidence what they say are e-mails from twenty fifteen that show that chrysler c.e.o. trying to manage the fallout from v.w. scandal has done some e-mails that would raise some question the e-mails reportedly show the c.e.o. be rating fia chryslers top u.s. spokes person for issuing a flat denial that chrysler used the defeat devices the c.e.o. e-mailed to a

the first though to india or prime minister narendra modi.ruling b j p party is celebrating after coming out on top in a regional election the b j p has won the most seats in the state of karnataka were polling a challenge from the congress party now the result cements prime minister modise struck stature as a national leader ahead of general elections next year modi was seeking a second term in two thousand and nineteen was a star campaigner in the state he went up against his rival congress president raul gandhi who led the campaign for his party now the battleground state of karnataka is home to india's tech the loss here leaves the congress in power in only three of india's twenty nine states let's get more on the story now with india correspondent sagna found the car she joins us from delhi where she is following the story for us by phone or good to see you now where does this a leave the opposition congress ahead of national elections next year. well to me i think to these result is frankly nothing short of a disaster for india's grand

her case before congress at what was her pending impeachment case india's prime minister narendra modi has begun a state visit to the pole he arrived in genoa pool and attended the press session at a temple it's modi's first visit since twenty fifteen when india imposed an unofficial blockade along the india nepalese border. argentina has begun talks with the international monetary fund about getting financial support its economy minister has met with the i.m.f. said chief christine lagarde in washington argentina is dealing with soaring inflation on its currency the peso has lost value. kenya's public prosecutor is to launch an investigation into what caused the dam to bust killing at least fifty people rescuers are still searching for survivors after rushing water swept away most of the village in the county many others remain unaccounted for days of heavy rain preceded the bursting of the patel dam flash floods have killed at least one hundred people across the country and destroyed thousands of hectares of farmland more now from us here is andrew symonds who's in nearby dub. anothe

seema mody back here for the european close, they're actually on line to snap a winning streak combined billion in outflows just this week that's the most we have seen since july 2016. the main reason is the political uncertainly with not just italy, but spain as well. two-year yields set for the biggest weekly rise since the europo debt crisis as giuseppe conte is putting together his cabinet. the bond market further concerns about the promise to boost spending, now, let's switch as to spain, its prime minister saying he has no plans to call for a snap election and intends to serve out his term. this comes as the opposition is threatening to oust him in the wake of a graft trial involving members of his party banking under pressure today. >>> the europo is extending its weekly loss today to six typically a weaker yurt-to-helps stocks outperform, but politics keep a lid on european equities, plus the data hasn't been as of late or as strong as of late. >> seema mody, thank you. >>> coming up next wes edens since downs with you more when "squawk alley" returns. at fidelity, our online u.

i'm seema mody >> i'm dominic chu.et's see what's happening on cnbc.com china says it will cut tariffs on some vehicles to 15% down from 25% tariffs on auto parts will fall to 6%. big news just breaking this morning. >>> facebook ceo mark zuckerberg will testify before the european parliament in brussels this afternoon. data privacy will be on the agenda as zuckerberg is expected to tell lawmakers that the social networking giant did not do enough to prevent tools from causing harm. >>> and big changes are coming to the new york stock exchange for the first time in its 226-year history, the nyse will have a female leader stacey cunningham will be replacing tom farley come this friday farley is leaving the big board to head up a new special purpose acquisition company backed by third point hedge fund between today's news about tom farley leaving and stacey cunningham stepping in, gina haspel being confirmed, there's a long way to go, no doubt, but glass ceilings are being shattered in certain sectors >>> straight to the

i'm seema mody >> i'm dominic chu brian sullivan is on assignment today.ll hear from him in a moment. let's check out what's happening. tens of thousands of las vegas casino workers could walk off the job. they're union voting to authorize a strike that could happen as early as june 1st >> congress voting to roll back dodd-frank era banking regulations. the legislation eases restrictions on smaller and mid-sized banks. the bill heads to president trump's desk where he is expected to sign it into law. >>> barclays has been quietly exploring a possible merger with rival banks including standard chartered, as they face pressure from an activie ifist investor. >>> 5:30 a.m. on the east coast. here's your market setup futures pointing to a lower open, the dow down 175 points. nasdaq lower by 60 s&p 500 down 18 the stocks did close yesterday as well breaking a two-day winning streak on fresh concerns around trade. >> in political news, let's talk about president trump. he says next month's high stakes sitdown with north korean president or leader kim jong-un may

turning to india prime minister modi's government has seen millions of people actually register to pay taxes for the first time more than ten million people filed income tax returns from november two thousand and sixteen to a vendor of twenty seven thousand that's up from the six million filed income tax returns from proceeding six years the sudden increase in income tax filers has actually given the country a stable tax base which means they'll be able to fund india's public services india's chief economic adviser said that the new tax payers will boost india's tax to g.d.p. ratio by one point five percent at roughly seventeen percent india's tax to g.d.p. ratio currently is the lowest among the so-called brics nations that's brazil russia india china and south africa. if you're trying to count calories and live in the united states you'll have some help from now on the rule requiring that calorie counts be listed on menus took effect this week the rule announced by the food and drug administration administrator scott gobble it was eight years in the making and was mandated by the aff

>>> i'm seema mody it's 5:00 a.m. at cnbc global headquarters north korea threatening to call off talks between president trump and kim jong-un. >>> japan's economy sha ririnki for the first time in eight years. >>> oil is on the move after warnings that supply disruptions could cause prices to rocket. >>> starbucks opening 3,000 stores in china over the next few years. >>> and a red alert in hawaii as ash and smoke continues to be shot into the guy. it's wednesday, may 16, 2018, "worldwide exchange" begins now. sgl >>> good morning welcome to "worldwide exchange." i'm dominic chu. the futures picture now is looking a little bit more stable as we look at the s&p 500 slated to open up just about flat on the day. the dow jones same kind of situation, just small losses 16 points. the nasdaq up by two so stability right now across the equity markets as for the treasury side of things, that 3% mark on the ten-year u.s. treasury note has been breached. we got to 3.095 yesterday. the ten-year treasury note yield, 3.06% a lit

>>> i'm seema mody, it's 5:00 a.m., here's your five at 5:00 president trump expected to lay out a new plan to bring down drug prices today. >>> at&t reportedly paid $600,000 to michael cohen for help on its time warner merger. >>> shares of semantic are deep in the red the annual report could be delayed due to an internal investigation. >>> spacex scrubbing the launch of its falcon 9 rocket due to technical issues the company will try again. >>> and hawaii on high alert following new volcanic eruptions on the big island. it's friday, may 1 1, 2018 "worldwide exchange" begins right now. >>> good morning, welcome to "worldwide exchange. let's get you up to speed on the market action. futures are indicating what could be a slightly positive open the dow slate ed d to open up at 25 points. the s&p 500 by 1 the nasdaq just about flat on the premarket session. as for the bond side of things, a lot of attention being paid to the ten-year note yield. let's look at those trades ten-year treasury note yield, 2.95%. still five basis points below that 3% mark we saw that hit as the bond option --

and seema mody is here with the close. seema?resting story out of europe today stocks mostly in the red there's political uncertainty out of italy that is sparking a sell-off in europe that country could be headed for another snap election as early as july after the parties rejected cars by the president to rally behind a mutual government until the end of the year the elections in march resulted in no party or coalition gaining a majority to govern in parliament shares ending down 1.6%. take a look at the bond market parties are still pulling strongly, italian ten-year yield rising to a six-week high on the possibility of this new snap election in the media space, sky moving lower on our reports, a $60 billion for fox assets, fox currently owns 39% of sky. shire up sharply after acquired by takeda. they had rejected several prior offers looks like today we've got a deal morgan >> thanks, seema seema mody when you're looking at european stocks, totale is lower today ahead of this news from president trump. >>> professional gamer

gives remarks in the next few minutes we'll take that live as well >>> meantime, let's get to seema mody the european close on friday. hey, seema. >> hey, carl, despite today's. we'll see gains. the energy sector has been playing a critical role. so has the currency story, weaker euro now on track for a fifth consecutive weekly decline as the u.s. dollar rallies high political drama in rome is also a factor. two populous parties, five star and the league have finally agreed on a government contract. while it doesn't call for an exit from the eurozone, it does call for increased spending and a new tax regime also mentioned a request for sanctions on russia to be lifted all of which could lead to a complicated discussion with the eu that's why we're seeing the italian ten-year yield in the midst of its biggest weekly jump since 2015 italian stocks are down almost 3%, just this week, dragged down by the banks, including ubi, banco bpm, unicredit and monte paschi it still remains a top performer in europe of about 7% so far this year. that's the bigger story. let's also talk luxury very inte

seema mody live at new york stock exchange with the latest hi, seema. >> melissa, that's right markets in correction territory trading 11% off their recent high as mentioned that's primarily by the stronger dollar which makes emerging market debt more expensive. the size and speed of the dollar rebound has caught some emerging mark by surprise case in point argentina which had to hike its bench mark rate to defend plummeting currency. the country today requesting financial aid to curb future volatility as they hit another record low today other currencies under pressure including brazilian real, mexican peso and lira lower by 5% or more in the last month further weakness will push central bankers to take bold action to stem outflows. outside of currencies, rising oil prices increased cost for net oil importers like india, japan and south korea, which has caused inflation to accelerate putting some more economic stress on these emerging markets. melissa, back to you. >> thank you so much seema mody is there an emerging market specialist in the house? tim. >> seem, did a nice job reporti

let's get more from seema mody >> emerging markets have come under pressure as of late.on is the strength of the dollar which appreciated about 3% just in the past four weeks as we look to rising rates for more answers around tightening monetary policy a stronger dollar means emerging market debt becomes more expensive as emerging market debt is dollar denominated the sudden reversal in the dollar sent the argentinean peso to a record low pushing the central bank there to raise the rate to 40% there 27%. that's a dlramatic move experts say the pain may not be over it's not just the peso we've seen weakness in the brazilian real, the turkish lira and the indian rupe. the broader msci continues to underperform the u.s. market in 2018 after gaining over 30% last year but there are other headwinds. we look at political uncertainty, trade uncertainty around u.s. tariffs and the impact on exports out of emerging market nations, and key elections in turkey, mexico and india. another challenge we tend not to focus on is higher oil prices. good for nations like russia and saudi a

some suggesting this could all be a ruse for political revenge by narendra modi, the prime minister, conspiring to hurt the opposition party. rochelle: a group of aviation exports have put together an alarming theory about the fate of the doomed malaysia airline flight. dheepthika: as much as an alarming theory, a sad one as well. post" reports a new chilling revelation by a team of aviation experts. the panel told us that it is possible the flight crashed due to a murder/suicide plot led by the chief pilot, and as evidence they say he did pressurize the plane, which essentially knocked out all the passengers. they say it would explain the total silence from the cockpit as the plane was plummeting. there was no mayday call. there was no final goodbye text. there was no attempted emergency call. for this panel, if it is true, they have called it an act of premeditated mass murder. on a lighter note, i will admit i am counting down the days that prince harry and meghan's wedding. i want to see the dress. many are in the throes of royal wedding fever, let's say. dheepthika: you are eith

strong criticism of a country that is known as the world's largest democracy prime minister narendra modi is an avowed hindu nationalist but talks about modernizing the country and women's empowerment all just lip service says roy and not just from him protests over rape cases only started after women from upper classes became the victims the problem is india's caste system which no one is interested in dismantling. rapists normalised thing within the class hierarchy is it so normal for upperclassmen to just believe they own the bodies of no women you know when that huge protest happened but if part of me was a little bit wary of. is there a hierarchy of rape victims and do some rape count as every other. royal has also criticised the man we're veered as the father of india mahatma gandhi her comments accusing him of discrimination because he accepted the caste system prompted outrage she was called hysterical loud and shrill terms often used to describe women who speak uncomfortable truths she sensed but she can live with that . whole doesn't mean. i mean you know what would really hurt

>> thank you very much, seema mody our next guest believes the crypto market has been manipulated in past. let's bring in ran nue ner, the host of cnbc africa's crypto trader ran, welcome back to the show. good see you again. >> nice to be here >> anybody who follows any of the crypto twitter people know that everybody thinks manipulation is going on you say it has happened. but before, not now. >> i think in the past it was easier to manipulate, but there were few exchanges, few on-ramps, offramps it was easy. we also had some tweets exposed the other day about a group who were manipulating small penny tokens and they got exposed for manipulating small tokens. i think today it's a bit more difficult. i think you have many exchanges. many on-ramps and offramps the volume is much higher. you've got asia. you've got the u.s i think today it would be a lot harder to manipulate in the past, probably did happen >> i get that there is so many more exchanges, more liquidity there has been market manipulations of lybor which is the one of the deepest markets in the world and banks have collu

for "nightly business report," mody, new york >>> cnbc is out with the annual list of the 50 most private companies. these startups, if you will, are exploiting niches in their respective markets and could one day be worth billions if they already. the three biggest disrupters this year,nb ai number two is the ride sharing company and in the top spot, spacex. according to cnbc's disrupter ist, spacex has taken the lead in the new space race. tonight morgan brennan gives us a rare look inside spacex's operations in hawthorne, california. >> he lon founded the company for us to do great things in space and plan a settlemennd put people on mars. that's the way we think ourselves. >> reporter: space explorationf technologies, has been racking up wins. they have successfull flown a dozen rocket boosters previously sent to space. in february it made history. when it became the most powerful rocket evero be launched by a private company. and they made history again when two of its boosters returned to earth. that ability to reuse hardware enabled spacex torive down costs, dramatically cutting do

prime minister modi has promised justice for the victim, and his cabinet has approved the death sentenceelieve the incident has set a dangerous precedent. the most scary part is the use of the body of that little girl for scaring away an entire community, because it has long—term repercussions, both for the safety of women as well as the safety of the minorities. yogita limaye, bbc news, in kathua. some of the biggest names in football have been sending messages of support to sir alex ferguson. the former manchester united manager is recovering in intensive care, after suffering a brain haemorrhage. he underwent emergency surgery on saturday. 0ur sports correspondent, david 0rnstein, has the latest. last seen in public looking fit and well a week ago, news of sir alex ferguson's illness has rocked the world of football and beyond. among the many messages of support, david beckham said "keep fighting, boss. sending prayers and love to cathy and the whole family." while another ex—manchester united star cristiano ronaldo wrote, "my thoughts and prayers are with you, my dear friend. be stro

the indian prime minister narendra modi has arrived in singapore on a three—day visit at the invitation he met his newly—elected counterpart mahathir mohamad and before that indonesia where both countries signed a number of pacts to enhance ties. well, to find out what he hopes to achieve on his visit here, we are joining in the studio by subramanya jaishanker, the former foreign secretary of india. i believe you will be meeting him today shortly, tell us about the purpose of his visit to the region? well, i think the important thing is she has gone to that summit in delhi. mahathir mohamad was in malaysia to meet the new prime minister there. he had a very solid visit to indonesia. overall, i think the fact that you have an indian prime minister here indicates a priority and a degree of commitment which i think is welcomed. you say commitment, but how much of that is a counter to the rise of china in the region? am not sure i would necessarily see this as conquering china, there's a long history association. if you look at the economic and security stakes, the fa ct economic and securi

prime minister modi has promised justice for the victim, and his cabinet has approved the death sentencee incident has set a dangerous precedent. the most scary part is the use of the body of that little girl for scaring away an entire community, because it has long—term repercussions, both for the safety of women as well as the safety of the minorities. five years ago, these protests following the gang rape of a delhi student had also forced the government to pass tougher laws. but, in a deeply patriarchal society, little seems to be changing. yogita limaye, bbc news, in kathua. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. first to lesbos, where spanish firefighters — accused of human trafficking for reportedly rescuing migrants are to stand trial in stockholm. there is press showing at the abba museum — of a new exhibition about what the band members have been up to since they broke up in 1982. and finally, to new york, where the biggest event on the fashion fundraising calendar — the met gala — takes place at new york's metropolitan museum of art. some fantastic outf

karnataka where the ruling congress party is facing a strong challenge from prime minister to run john modi's hindu nationalist party the b j p but away from the political action there are major concerns about parties trying to buy voters with cash and commodities it's an all too common problem in indian elections and correspondent sonia found the car and she went to karnataka is capital bangalore to find out more. brady is campaigning hard for votes in southern bangle. very much money. the independent candidate is running in state elections on just one issue cleaning up politics. it's a message his supporters have been relentlessly pushing out in the streets for months and. completely connecting with voters during a campaign stop ready is a software engineer turned social activist about modern he's known for fighting against corruption in government offices element among the centerpiece of his bid is the one vote one knows. which urges average people to fund his campaign ready says it can raise accountability in elections often tainted by allegations of bribery and vote to manipulation india

prime minister modi has promised justice for the victim and his cabinet has approved the death sentencedren. but many believe the incident has set a dangerous precedent. the most scary part is the use of the body of that little girl for scaring away an entire community. because it has long—term repercussions, both for the safety of women, as well as the safety of the minorities. five years ago, these protests following the gang rape of a delhi student had also forced the government to pass tougher laws, but in a deeply patriarchal society, little seems to be changing. yogita limaye, bbc news, in kathua. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: some of football's biggest names show their support for manchester united's sir alex ferguson, who is recovering from a brain haemorrhage. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterrand. but the tunnel is still not ready for passengers and freight services to begin. fo

the election looks quite interesting and modi has done quite well there, and he still has very stronglic support. i think the issue with india for us is more short-term, one of valuations, as it is one of the more expensive markets we invest it hasl be at -- albeit some of the best countries within the asia region. rishaad: stick around, if you would. we will be talking about china's tech slump, and one particular chinese technology company, the largest internet company in asia, as it reports today. bloomberg users can interact with those charts we are using go -- gtv go.d catch a funky analysis and have them for future reference as well. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ tencent reports earnings after the bell on wednesday. investors will be watching closely. the stock has had a slump from a record high in january. rish, what are we watching? rishaad: if we have a look at , it shows on gtv the fed works than the hong kong index for the last seven weeks, the longest since 2012. they are not used to be overtaken by the broader indexes, and has outperform the broader market