leadership. -- 2014. it did under mr modi's leadership. —— 2014.t the numbers, what is true is that compare to many countries around the world, and in particular, developed nations, it india it is growing faster. but it does face some unique challenges. first, jobs. the second largest population in the world, india needs to create employment for millions each year. that means it has to grow at a rapid pace. then there is oil. india imports more than 80% of the oil it needs. and as global prices remain volatile, the impact —— they impact several things in the country. if it rises sharply, it means the price of virtually every thing goes up. fuel, of course, but even food and other consumer goods, because they are transported in vehicles which run on diesel. another problem is india's bad loan crisis. public sector banks have lent out billions of dollars which are unlikely to be repaid. the government has been bailing them out bit by bit. this means there is less money to invest in infrastructure and other sectors that could actually drive the econom

vision for the world's largest democracy seventy one years after the country's independence modi has his sights set on space and a bold healthcare scheme. in a key speech ahead of next year's elections he outlined the largest state funded health program the world has ever seen. a hundred million families that is nearly five hundred million citizens will each receive five hundred thousand rupees and usually this is the health insurance scheme that we would give to this country. the program dubbed modi care is set to begin this september it ain't is to bring quality health care to millions of impoverished people some ninety percent of the population rely on public hospitals which are severely under-resourced but there are doubts about how the large scale program will be implemented and financed. modi used his speech to announce a second ambitious project the launch of india's first manned space mission by twenty twenty two a feat only three other countries have achieved. but not everyone is buying it some critics see modi's plans as populist measures aimed at securing his reelection. f

and india's prime minister makes some big promises to rock independence day modi tells the country he'll deliver a new health system to india's first manned space mission. i'm phil gale welcome to the program. as people ask how the jet of a motorway bridge came to collapse at least thirty nine people on known to have died rescuers are still searching for survivors it's a deputy prime minister says the company that manages the bridge should be held accountable. sheer devastation in genoa northern italy. firefighters and doctors have been working around the clock pulling survivors out of the rubble they're hopeful they'll find more. but the families of those killed are facing a grim reality. said jim i started to call him forty times fifty times and then i started also to call his friend who was together with his wife and then i came to the hospital there and they said that he was no more. some relatives are waiting at the hospital for news of loved ones. on the bridge his name is not among the missing not among the hospitals patients we don't know anything i hope he's in this ambulance ar

would be back, this is mody on modi currency moves making moves this week sarah and wilf are much bettert currencies than i am. they're massively important. we're seeing some huge moves lately >> not to sound overly dramatic. they are huge. look at the argentine peso it's in a free fall down over 20 just this week you can see the turkish lira down 10% this week the indian rupee at a record low. the big moves in the currency market underscore highway dolow dependent these emerging markets are. all of these countries are dealing with runaway inflation argentina's inflation rate is above 30%. despite everything the central bank has tried to do, raise rates, implement soft capital controls, they can't defend their currency and investors are losing confidence. so it's no longer just an economic story at play this has become a confidence crisis for a number of these countries, specifically argentina and turkey not so much india. we're seeing some depreciation in the currency, but the stock market has held on for the most part this will become slowly a political story for a lot of those countri

also coming up indian prime minister narendra modi outlines his government's achievements and sometimes pushes goals for the future in his annual independence day speech. and relief for these migrants as are told they can dock in malta after being stranded at sea for days but they won't be allowed to stay in the country so what will happen to them now. and after turkey's president called for a boycott on american i phones he's now doubling tariffs on a whole raft of u.s. imports will go to istanbul to check the mood on the streets. i'm serious almost comical to have you with us at least thirty five people are now known to have been killed after a highway bridge collapsed in the italian city of genoa many more are injured at some seriously rescuers have been working around the clock to find survivors and bodies in the rubble the country's president. has called the collapse a catastrophe for the country. it was a race against the clock in the italian city of genoa as rescue efforts continued into the night reinforcements were sent to the site in the hopes of finding survivors trapped in k

s collapse mr modi india in february and charges against the modi as were officially announced in may by the indian central bureau of investigation or c.b.i. after rumored sightings in a number of countries c.b.i. says mr modi's presence in the u.k. has been confirmed by sources that interpol and an official extradition request from c.b.i. is pending and more flush times mr modi was a regular on the list of the wealthiest indians and was known for decked for decorating and socializing with celebrity clients. and of to get to another story from india we know the horrendous flooding in the state of kerala which has taken the lives of more than four hundred people and displaced more than a million since august eighth we send our condolences and hope for the best in the search for survivors and the missing and their efforts to rebuild even as india attempts to rebuild however commerce goes on leading indian online shopping site flipkart has made an interesting and perhaps unexpected acquisition buying live in a i at the limit which is a start up in bangalore that develops speech recogniti

its to india now where prime minister narendra modi has addressed the nation on the anniversary of its independence from britain seventy one years ago modi announced the world's largest state funded health care program to begin in september he also said india would launch its first manned space mission by two thousand and twenty two this is likely to be modi's last key address before a general election in the first half of next year. ok let's get more on this now from abuse our she's mahato following the story for us from delhi good morning ah sheesh with millions of people in india struggling right now just to feed and house their families is there strong support for a manned space mission in india well i don't really think that there is i mean i don't think the type of people you're talking about really care or even comprehend what it what a mission like that really means. and this certainly has been. conversations around this before about you know whether india should be investing so much into space exploration with these kinds of societal issues and development issues that exist at

also coming up indian prime minister narendra modi outlines his novel and such events and some ambitious goals for the future and this annual independence day speech that we need a man who lost most of his family in a mudslide in sierra leone one year only look at the fallout from the tragedy in here one former president and the government are still blaming each other for what happened. plus turkey escalates its trade dispute with the u.s. the day after calling on people to boycott u.s. electronic goods including the i phone the government doubles tariffs on a whole raft of american imports we ask people in this town what this means for them. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us at least thirty five people are now known to have been killed after a highway bridge collapse in the italian city of genoa many more are injured some seriously rescuers have been working around the clock to find survivors and bodies in the rubble the country's president sergio mata has called the collapse a catastrophe for the country. it was a race against the clock in the tally in city of genoa as

party from the fringe of indian politics right into the mainstream and of course with the renderer modi an all powerful figure now in indian politics very much his successor. by was really his mentor his guru as an arranger mody called him here on friday and as a say he's about to be formally like tourist and how popular t.v. think he is at judging by the numbers of people have turned out because of course he was the first hindu nationalists b j p leader as you say and they're such mates in fairly contentious decision. he did say did not least the the decision to test nuclear weapons although the momentum had gone in that way under his predecessor so all he did early on was formally approved those tests and make india a nuclear power he was a popular leader while he was prime minister and his status has grown almost in the time since especially as indian politics has got that much more divisive the period when he was prime minister was one of strong economic growth clearly india he oversaw a large infrastructure development program here particularly the building of brooch was popular on

modi has taken advantage of this. it is a three-part strategy, which i call the authoritarian playbook. use facebook and whatsapp to distribute propaganda about themselveses, f flooding out alf the discussion about what is going on in politics and government. secondly, the use the same propaganda machines very accucurately targeted to underme their opponents and critics publicly. thirdly, they use them to generate harassment. because you are constantly being accused of pedophilia, you are being threatened with rape, kidnapping, murder, which makes it impossible to perform publicly in a democratic space. he masteredtly what in his campaign in 2014 and a bit before and that same playbook was picked up by rodrigo duterte and it is being used all over ththe world by authoritariaian and nationalist leaders, to greater or lesser degrees. usedtrump's campaign facebook on most as effectively to precisely target certain voters in certain s states, like michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, florida, and either turn them off from v

has revealed what is being called the world's largest government funded health scheme where andrew modi says it will cover around half a billion people he made the announcement during independence day celebrations in new delhi critics say the government can't afford it. the poor of the country will not have to struggle going to fall sick people not have to borrow from money lenders families will not be destroyed. andrew thomas has more from guwahati . at the moment health care in india is pretty terrible for all but the very richest the country overall spends about one point five percent of its annual g.d.p. on health that is way down on the global average of about six percent more that means in practice is that only the very richest have access to hospital but it's like the only people like these can afford the private insurance they need to get it well what the national health protection scheme all modi care as it's being called by everybody here will do is it'll roll out a public insurance scheme which in theory gives about five hundred million people that's almost half this country'

afford the private insurance they need to get it all what the national health protection scheme all modi care as it's being called by everybody here will do is it'll roll out a public insurance scheme which in theory gives about five hundred million people that's almost half this country's population access to a health insurance policy that gives them up to seven thousand u.s. dollars equivalent to spend on health care each year if they get seriously ill now it sounds ambitious it sounds progressive it is but it comes with caveats this country does not have the infrastructure to support the extra demand that all those people wanting health care will want it simply doesn't have the beds and then there's the cost at least one point five billion dollars a year will be needed from public coffers to pay for this on their own for modi is facing reelection early next year he made modi care its absolute signature policy in his speech will independence day on wednesday he wants this message this health care message to reach right around the country and be the centerpiece of his re-election campai

trying this in the range of modi unveiled his plan recently to coincide with india's independence day he hopes that after some testing it will be open for business on the twenty fifth of september. i hope to bring medical insurance to more than five hundred million people across india this critics it's a scheme that's too big to succeed mainly because of its scale its supporters it's a step in the right direction mr modi would hope that many more indians think the latter is up for reelection in just a few months from now. with mounting medical bills that create cannot end soon enough for gulping up put down well if we spend much more in the treatment than i thought when we get some assistance from the government well that would really help us. as the other carries wait for more news big hope that. would provide a window of opportunity to them. the u.s. and europe are quarrelling over tariffs again chris oh that's right terry u.s. president donald trump has slammed the brakes on an evo offer to eliminate tariffs on cars one of the main issues dogging relations between the united states

try and lessen the range of modi unveiled his plan recently to coincide with india's independence day he holds that after some testing it will be open for business on the twenty fifth of september. i hope to bring medical insurance for more than five hundred million people across india bruce critics it's a scheme that's too big to succeed mainly because of its scale supporters it's a step in the right direction mr modi would hope that many more indians think the latter is up for reelection in just a few months from now. with mounting medical bills that create cannot end soon enough for gulping up i don't know if we spend much more on the treatment than i thought when we get some assistance from the government but that would really help us. as the other carries wait for more news big hope that. would provide a window of opportunity to them. the former leader of germany's social democrats martin scholz has paid a surprise visit to the jailed ex president of brazil nazi allude to solve the silva has been in prison since april on corruption charges but his party hopes to galvanize interna

left homeless as southern india faces its worst floods in a century indian prime minister narendra modi is visiting parts of the affected area. forecasters say more heavy rain is on the way. diabetes on the rise — the number of young people being treated for type two of the disease has soared in the past four years. new plastic tax planned for items such as drinking straws and coffee cups after the british public backs tough action in record numbers. we wa nt we want to see if there are smart, intelligent incentives that we can create to encourage the producers of plastic to take responsibility when they are designing the materials that end up on supermarket shelves and ultimately in our own homes. also coming up this hour. a state funeral takes place in genoa for some of the 38 people killed in the motorway bridge collapse. and later this hour... the travel show visits hokkaido injapan, looking at how indigenous culture onjapan‘s northernmost island has fused with the mainland traditions. a massive relief operation is under way in southern india to help hundreds of thousands left homel

india's prime minister narendra modi doesn't call it modi care but everybody else does his ambitious national health protection scheme will be the centerpiece of his reelection campaign. to make the poor of the country able lot up to struggle when they think they will not have to borrow from money family destroying. the scheme is due to start in late september and will become the largest publicly funded health service in the world in effect the government will pay the premiums for health insurance for one hundred million families each will get a policy that covers their medical costs up to the equivalent of about seven thousand dollars a year. at the moment only the wealthy have access to insurance to pay for treatment in a private hospital like this. i'm lucky i don't have insurance but i can afford it my husband has a good job we own our own house. the new program will cover the poor a half of india's population for private hospitals the scheme should see a big boost in business but there is concern they'll be overwhelmed by demand india spends just one point five percent of its g.

going to look at you know that i'm at for listeners and it's been pointed out of course that mr modi is making a stand now spent in the fifth year of his government six months before an election what do you read into that. i think that is misleading that but this is the point i think that europe is that well. that. it has been any. insurance policy and did this war lead to battle issues that mean you know it's that that that the insurance system does not work and no mr bailey actions even if it is ordered over september by the band the elections of this benefit does not lend to you that when you should know that you didn't get any benefit major headaches at least why don't we just stop you see things and get the prime minister just immediately dictions you that i don't think. i think he's just north of us about it just right. you know what already. is what could speak to the percentage of voters joining us there from calcutta. ruling party is trying to get the opposition's challenge to last month's election results thrown out president emerson and goggles zanu p.f. party submitted th

india's prime minister narendra modi doesn't call it modi care but everybody else does his ambitious national health protection scheme will be the centerpiece of his reelection campaign. the poor of the country will not have to struggle when they fall sick they will not have to borrow from money lenders families will not be destroyed. this scheme is due to start in late september and will become the largest publicly funded health service in the world in effect the government will pay the premiums for health insurance for one hundred million indian families each will get a policy that covers their medical costs up to the equivalent of about seven thousand dollars a year. at the moment only the well off have access to insurance to pay for treatment in a private hospital like this. i'm lucky i don't have insurance but i can afford it my husband has a good job we own our own house. the new program will cover the poor half of india's population for private hospitals the scheme should see a big boost in business but there is concern they'll be overwhelmed by demand india spends just one po

prime minister narendra modi has ordered the defense ministry to step up its relief operations. they've never seen flooding like this in carolina ten days of heavy rain combined with overflowing dams has and this state in water. in some cases homes have barely visible above the water line pretty steadily as all this looks most faiths hannity's have been caused by deborah for months lights. for those who survived the realisation they've lost everything. the last year has gotten to both floors of our high we went to her neighbor's place and stayed in the second floor of their house all those things have been destroyed by the water they are destroyed. more heavy rain is forecast in the coming days the priority is to get those in low lying areas to safety before it becomes too difficult to reach them. with the will of this whole road was submerged under water and more than eighty families are stuck the people here came together early in the morning and helping to move these people to camps. being moved to shelters like this one tens of thousands of people have already been evacuated

the way wherever it may be and prime minister and modi is there today doing an aerial survey of the state via helicopter even that was interrupted at one point because of the inclement weather so the situation is still is still very dire for many people. so it's still really dire situation there the moment how is the corolla government responding to the crisis well given the scale of the crisis where it's basically hit over ninety percent of the state the state government has needed a lot of outside support so you've seen the armed forces coming in there's been about fifty one navy boats that have come in the army is also involved the coast guard the air force helicopters and doing rescue efforts that way releasing food packets and then you've seen prime minister modi today actually announce a huge aid package from the central government. of around seventy million dollars. to assist with this and you've seen actually quite a lot of activity as well on social media about raising funds a lot of private companies of have gotten involved making it easy for for people to donate companies like

trying this in the range of modi unveiled his plan recently to coincide with india's independence day he hopes that after some testing it will be open for business on the twenty fifth to september. you can hope to bring medical insurance for more than five hundred million people across india this critics it's a scheme that's too big to succeed mainly because if it scales with supporters it's a step in the right direction mr modi would hope that many more indians think the latter is up for reelection in just a few months from now with mounting medical bills that create cannot end soon enough for gulping up i don't know if we spend much more on the treatment than i thought when we get some assistance from the government but that won't really help us. as the other carries weight for more news big hope that. would provide a window of opportunity to them. the funeral of solo icon aretha franklin will be taking place in the american city later today among those expected to attend the former president bill clinton and musical celebrities like stevie wonder and smokey robinson the seventy six

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the indian prime minister, narendra modi, described the situation as devastating.oped in france a few years ago, england is prepapring to host the world cup in 2021 and mike bushell has been finding out what it's all about at a training session with the leeds rhinos.

india's prime minister narendra modi is visiting parts of the affected state, as forecasters say moreeavy rain is on the way. new plastic tax planned for items such as drinking straws and coffee cups after the british public backs tough action in record numbers. we wa nt we want to see if there are smart, intelligent incentives we can create to encourage the producers of plastic to take responsibility when they are designing the materials that end up on supermarket shelves and ultimately in our own homes. also coming up this hour...... a state funeral takes place in genoa for 18 of the people killed in the motorway bridge collapse. and in dateline london in half an hour, we'll be discussing kofi amman as well as discussing donald trump's trade wars with china, potential sanctions on turkey, and anti—semitism in the labour party. hello, good morning, welcome to bbc news. some breaking news. the former un secretary general kofi annan has died. he was from ghana by birth, held the post of secretary general, january 1997 to december 2006. he was the first black african to hold the positio

prime minister modi makes an emergency visit. funeral preparations for victims of the genoa bridge collapse. the search goes on for five people still missing. in just a few hours, pakistan's former cricket captain, imran khan, will be sworn in as the country's new prime minister. and we talk to a woman held as sex slave by the islamic state group who came face to face with her former captor in germany. hello and welcome to bbc news. the indian government says nearly 900 people have died since the start of the monsoon in june. the worst affected state is kerala, where more than 300 deaths have been recorded. it's the region's most damaging monsoon season in a century. with more rain forecast over the coming days, emergency workers are scrambling to reach thousands of people who remain cut off by landslides. india's national disaster rescue force has sent several teams from other regions to help. kerala's main airport remains closed and supplies are said to be running low in hospitals and petrol stations across the state. these tea

in southern kerala, india's prime minister, narendra modi, surveyed the devastation.er and equipment. troops have stepped up relief efforts. where it is not possible to rescue people, they are dropping food and other supplies. water flow is very fast, and it is difficult for them to go towards the open areas. so the alternative is to provide food and water to them, so that they can at least survive until the water recedes. with all of the rivers flooded in this small coastal state, that could take a while, even if the rain stops. yogita limaye, bbc news, kerala. devendra tak is head of communications for save the children india. hejoins me from calicut. welcome back to the programme. you have been travelling around the region in the last few days. what have you seen on your latestjourney across the region? kerala is one of the most prosperous states of the country, but there are still a lot of tribal people who are really in dire need of support and relief. there are a lot of relief efforts, being done by many organisations. there are a lot of local youth supporting t

called the worst flooding for a century sweeps across the state of carola prime minister narendra modi surveyed some of the worst affected areas from a helicopter of the three hundred twenty people have been killed heavy rains over the past few days triggered landslides and said water rushing through villages helicopters have been rescuing rescuing people stranded on their rooftops now almost all the districts in kerala are in the with the flooding potential affecting the entire thirty five million population of the state it's so bad the main airport cause she's been shut down for at least a week now and tourists have been told to stay away so far more than three hundred thousand people have been displaced by the flooding and most of them are now living in camps that have been set up and with more to read to rain forecast for the weekend the government's pledged a seventy one million dollars aid package well i've been speaking to al-jazeera is meteorologist kevin corriveau he says rainfall this year is already well above the average so we have seen some of the percentages with the rain

india's prime minister narendra modi has met senior officials to try to help co—ordinate the relief effortsters predict more heavy rain. here, ministers plan a new plastics tax for items such as takeaway boxes and coffee cups after the public back tough action in record numbers. we hope that with the right intelligent responses and tax incentives that we at the treasury can design, in the weeks ahead we can design, in the weeks ahead we can makea can design, in the weeks ahead we can make a real difference that will last for many years to come. also coming up this hour. a state funeral is taking place in genoa for some of the people killed in the motorway bridge collapse. and at 12.30 the click team reminisce about a summer of sport — that's in half an hour's time on bbc news. hello, good afternoon. the former un secretary general kofi and man has died today aged 80. he was secretary general of the united nations for ten yea rs general of the united nations for ten years until the end of december 2000 six. mr ant and dc was the first sub—saharan 2000 six. mr ant and dc was the first sub—sa

afford the private insurance they need to get it all what the national health protection scheme or mody care as it's being called by everybody here will do is it'll roll out a public insurance scheme which in theory gives about five hundred million people that's almost half this country's population access to health insurance policy that gives them up to seven thousand u.s. dollars equivalent to spend on health care each year if they get seriously ill now it sounds ambitious it sounds progressive it is but it comes with caveats this country does not have the infrastructure to support the extra demand that all those people wanting health care will want it simply doesn't have the bates and then there's the cost at least one point five billion dollars a year will be needed from public coffers to pay for this on their own for modi is facing reelection early next year he made modi care its absolute signature policy in his speech the independence day on wednesday he wants this message this health care message to reach right around the country and be the centerpiece of his reelection campaign.

prime minister narendra modi visited the parts of the affected area.of children and young adults with type two diabetes has soared, rising by 40% in just four years. a state funeral will take place in genoa for some of those who died in the motorway bridge disaster. this morning, fire—fighters discovered the bodies of a couple and their nine—year—old daughter, taking the death toll to 41. ministers are considering introducing a new plastics tax planned for items such as drinking straws and coffee cups after the public responded to a government consultation on how to reduce plastic waste. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. this is japan's most northerly main island, hokkaido. for decades, travellers have been drawn here by its stark contrast to the rest of the country. it's anotherjapan, one that is wild, challenging and remote... it's an incredible experience! with distinctive communities. i've come to meet them and to find out more about the country's northern frontier. so, if you look out to where i'm heading, that is japan's most northe

prime minister modi makes an emergency visit.t captain imran khan will be sworn in as the country's new prime minister. and indonesia is about to host the asian games, the world's second—largest multi—sport event.

indian prime minister narendra modi has surveyed what's been described as some of the worst flooding in a century of the southern state of carola thousands of stranded people are waiting to be rescued as heavy rain continues to batter the region. well saying in south asia imran khan has been officially sworn in as prime minister of pakistan a day after being formally approved by the national assembly his three kids are party while the most seats in last month's elections to solve a binge of it looks back at iran khan's journey from cricketer to the new leader of pakistan. after a twenty two year struggle in manhunts taken pakistan's top job the charismatic cricket captain who got home the world cup is now the prime minister for years his vision has been to build what he calls a new pakistan. the state has become one viable no you can only get out of this by a complete u. turn and what we call a new box them you know we want but what they were is go back to the vision of the founding fathers. it all began with the launch of that they regained sar or p.t.i. in one nine hundred ninety s

being called the worst flooding in a century sweeps across the state of kara prime minister narendra modi surveyed some of the worst affected areas from a helicopter three hundred twenty people say far have been killed heavy rains over the past few days triggered landslides and sent water a crushing through villages and helicopters have been rescuing people stranded on their rooftops. now almost all the districts in kerala are on alert with the flooding potentially affecting the state's thirty five million people it's so bad the main airport kochie has been shut down for at least a week now and tourists have been told to stay away so far more than three hundred thousand people have been displaced by the flooding most of them are now living in relief camps that have been set up with more to ritual rain forecast for the weekend the government has pledged a seventy million dollars aid package. well we can get an update on the situation without outages there is meteorologist kevin corriveau who is with me said kevin i mean at the annual monsoon rains have hit particularly hard haven't they ta

is facing reelection early next year he made modi care its absolute signature policy in his speech on independence day on wednesday he wants this message this health care message to reach right around the country and be the centerpiece of his reelection campaign thousands of brazilians are planning a mass rally to demand their choice a presidential candidate be allowed to run the former leader if in early or in a field little silver is serving a twelve year prison sentence for corruption is daniel. it was here in the arid northeast of brazil. enjoyed strong supporters president with his social programs that helped alleviate poverty his imprisonment earlier this year for corruption as part of the huge khalwat scandal has left many voters disillusioned with their politicians and cynical about the political process now at school there is no confidence in the electoral process brazilians don't trust politicians especially with all these corruption probe so i don't see anyone talking about the elections. as properly knowing is still ahead in the opinion polls his supporters believe he is i

prime minister modi makes an emergency visit.dge collapse. the search goes on for five people still missing. in just a few hours, pakistan's former cricket captain, imran khan, will be sworn in as the country's new prime minister. and we talk to a woman held as sex slave by the islamic state group who came face to face with her former captor in germany.