and the affinity between him and modi they all aspire i'm sure they all aspire to be modi's being embraced by donald trump the quote from bob woodward's new book with c.c. . egypt was actually so worried about everything that's going on here in terms of the investigation the modern investigation that he asked donald trump are you going to last because a lot of these leaders they base their policies on what donald trump does or says he is the president of the most important and powerful country in earth in everything in the us it is important i got it but now just going back a little bit so what i was talk about both so now to be for something and forgot to mention he is being advised by bolton you know so there is a picture of his son and daughter in law that is a fair comparison right ari i want to get everybody take on this i'm going to ask you to be very brief namrata you can start the most challenging part of covering president trump and the u.s. administration right now is it's almost like you going to finish my sentence for me now i'm writing you start. a transactional aspect to that

in fact, before he became the prime minister, modi was banned from coming to the u.s..echnically, the reason was that the attack on muslims, but the attack on christians, which goes unabated. maybe they would like to talk about that, too, while they are here. nermeen: i want to point out the scale of the increase of u.s. arms sales to india in the last years. arms imports from the u.s. to 557% rose no less t than between 2008-2012, and 2013-2017, the u.s. now the number two weapons supplier to india after russia. i want to turn to the concerns you raised about these weapons imports. targeting not just pakistan and others outside india, but what are perceived increasingly the large numbers of people within india who are perceived as a threat to the modi government, among them these activists who were arrested last week. now you have said the situation in india today following these arrests constitutes more or less a coup against the constitution and also that it could potentially be more dangerous than the emergency in 1975.t was declared so could you talk about some of

ties in the modi trump era here's what he told the story. when one one of them refer to themselves in person in fact my first report on modi in the year two thousand and seven was about how he named himself in third person twenty seven dimes in a thirty minute campaign speech bullet at trying to redefine their respective countries based on to kristi's who r.v. and who is our enemy by mr modi succeeded the first two non hindu prime minister of india and president succeeded the first nonwhite president of the united states what writing of a will prettiest naturalism. so. there are some people saw that as a budding bromance we've seen that speculation with other leaders as well and often there's talk of how is trump going to get along with this leader insert leader's name here how how do you cover that how did you cover the prime minister modi is visit to the u.s. how do you cover his his visit with other leaders i mean we covered it in from so many different angles one particular angle is that you know now there are around the world there's a

and the affinity between him and modi they all aspire i'm sure they all aspire to be modi's being embraced by donald trump the quote from bob woodward's new book with c. c. in. egypt was actually so worried about everything that's going on here in terms of the investigation the modern investigation that he asked donald trump are you going to last because a lot of these leaders they base their policies on what donald trump does or says he is the president of the most important and powerful country in earth in everything in the us it is important i got it but now i'm just going back a little bit so what i was talk about both or now to be for something and forgot to mention he is being advised by bolton you know so there is a picture of his son involved in so that is a fair comparison right ari i want to get everything on this i'm going to ask you to be very brief namrata you can start the most challenging part of covering president trump and the u.s. administration right now is it's almost like you going to finish my sentence for me now right or you start. a transactional aspect to that you

in late two thousand and sixteen mr modi's monetization plan or demo as it came to be called abolish large rupee notes in an attempt to stem the problem of so-called black money that is neither deposited in banks or subject to taxation the decree set off a near panic in some areas as indians stood in long lines across the country to beat the fifty day deadline to exchange bills which in theory would become worthless for new currency but now the reserve bank of india says that after the demo ninety nine percent of those cancelled large bills ultimately went back into financial circulation mr modi's opponents quickly proclaimed the demo a frustrating failure however the indian central bank also found that in the make of the demo indians opened millions of new bank accounts the number of indian tax returns filed also increased by roughly twenty five percent and dancing another stated policy goal and for more on the north american free trade agreement and the particular impact related to canada i spoke a short time ago to scott de barge an expert analyst at i.h.s. market who joined us fr

well dubious shonen from the university of westminster says modi care is nothing more than a p.r. stunt for the prime minister. the reality of the government for the last four years has not invest in public sector in terms of hold before more the to come up with a theme that looks ambitious and out of your in a people said it's an ambitious plan this is a strategy he all would want to want to portray himself as a strong leader with ambitious plans if they feel somehow that he's not that for someone else is at fault for the whole idea behind this campaign is to give the impression that he is again about caring for the poor people but the reality than lost for you have the government have invested really little in public sector in terms of health. now developments in the u.s. lawyers for christine blazin for the woman who's accused us you preen court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault says that an agreement has been reached to testify in an open hearing on thursday a lawyer say for want senators to hear directly from her about the attack which she alleges took place at a high

we have been hearing about this next story for a while and finally india's prime minister narendra modi has launched his ambitious new health care plan a scheme that will bring free health insurance to india's poor as they call it modi care it's dubbed that anyway it means half a billion people will get access to health care we're talking just on the heart of india's more than one point three billion people india actually spends only one percent of g.d.p. on public health it is among the world's lowest so now federal and state governments need to step up to fund this scheme critics though say the plan was launched in a hurry for political gain national elections early next year in india and they are warning it could even collapse within a year if it is poorly implemented leader how is it being implemented online you've got to reach those awful billion people you know or seems all of half million people plus are tweeting about this as prime minister narendra modi it's normally trending and yeah but today it's all about this new health care program and as we were saying it is the largest

modi cap to get free health insurance the country's poorest. champions are off to their worst start in the league to twenty years we'll have the details in sport. russia's defense ministry is again blamed israel for the downing of a russian jet off the coast of syria on monday saying israeli air traffic controllers deliberately misled its pilots fifteen crew were killed when the reconnaissance plane was shot down by syrian air defenses russia says israel gave incorrect information about as strikes it was conducting in the area that meant syria's anti aircraft fire was directed at the russian plane and not israel's jets to. give information we have presented. to pilots led to the deaths of fifteen russian military personnel. lack of professionalism or at least a criminal negligence therefore we consider that the responsibility for the disaster of the russian aircraft is entirely only a force and those who have decided to carry out these activities. to developments in yemen now where a resurgence of fighting around the port city of data is was si

indian prime minister neuralgia modi is facing allegations of corruption over a deal for french fighter jets modi is accused of awarding part of the contract to a prominent businessman and intervention from former french president francois hollande has fuelled accusations in india signing of the contract lack transparency reports. two years ago a handshake between the french and indian defense ministers sealed a billion dollar fighter jet deal endure agreed to buy thirty six raffle jets from french playmaker down south the partnership with indian company reliance the choice of reliance a private business with no aviation experience prompted india's opposition to accuse prime minister narendra modi of favoring the company in both an alum barney over the state run alternative one must now comments by former french president francois hollande that france had no say in the last hours indian partner have reignited the debate along told french news website media part we did not have a say in it it was the indian government to propose this company and that so who negotiated with ambani we did

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to offer free health insurance to the country's poorest citizens it's been dubbed mody care and it will see half a billion people get access to health services they currently cannot afford the critics say the scheme has been rushed out too quickly for political gain and it lacks adequate funds to support it. if we combine the population of america canada and mexico even more than that number of people benefit from a scheme. d.b.s. and it is from the university of westminster he says modi care is a publisher to stand by the government the reality of the government for the last four years has not invest in public sector in terms of held for modi to come up with a scheme that looks ambitious and i have your ring of the people said it's an ambitious plan this is a strategy he all would want to want to portray himself as a strong leader with ambitious plans and if they feel somehow that he's not at fault someone else is at fault for the whole idea behind this campaign is to give the impression that he is again back caring for the poor people but the reality than lost for you have the governm

shonen from the university of westminster says modi care is nothing more than a p.r. stunt for the prime minister the reality of the government for the last four years has not invest in public sector in terms of hold before you come up with a scheme that looks ambitious and out of your in a people said it's an ambitious plan this is a strategy he all would want to want to portray himself as a strong leader with ambitious plans if they feel somehow that he's not that for someone else is at fault for the whole idea behind this campaign is to give the impression that he is again back caring for the poor people but the reality than lost for you have the government have invested very little in public sector in terms of health. hundreds of people have packed a square in central barcelona to watch teams of competitors forming human casals the annual competition is part of a traditional street festival held in honor of the city's patron saint the teams attempt different types of towers requiring coordination balance and lots and lots of practice the objective is to successful

says there's a high risk of landslides and water borne disease and india's prime minister narendra modi has launched his ambitious new health care plan it's a scheme designed to offer free health insurance to the country's poorest citizens dubbed mo d. k. it will see half a billion people get access to health services they're currently can't afford the critics say the scheme has been rushed out too quickly for political gain and lacks adequate funds to support it. and many god given a very. if we combine the population of america canada and mexico even more than that number of people benefit from a man barrett scheme. for dubious anomalies in the university of westminster he says modi care is a public stand by the government. the reality of the government for the last four years has not invest in public sector in terms of held for modi to come up with a scheme that looks ambitious and out of your in a people said it's an ambitious plan this is a strategy he all would want to want to portray himself as a strong leader with ambitious plans and if they feel somehow that he's not at fault s

india's prime minister narendra modi's launched his ambitious new health care plan a scheme designed to offer free health insurance to the country's poorest citizens mody cadel see half a billion people get access to health services they can't currently afford. but critics say the scheme has been rushed out too quickly for political gain and lacks adequate funds to support it the thoughts now of the man who is the head of politics and international relations at the university of westminster he's actually calling modi care a publicist stand. it is i don't think it's simply about who will pay for it or how will they pay for it the reality is the government for the last four years has not invest in public sector in terms of held so for the to come up with a scheme that looks ambitious and out of your in a people said it's an ambitious plan this is a strategy he all would want to want to portray himself as a strong leader with ambitious plans and if they fail somehow it's he's not at fault someone else is at fault so the whole idea behind this campaign is to give the impression that he i

welcome the government of indian prime minister narendra modi is having trouble procuring three dozen new fighter jets opening a rift with france and a window for a u.s. plane maker boeing that is to push for changes in indian procurement policies french president manuma crone angered indian officials when he suggested that official pressure had been used to coerce french just made jet maker just saw into doing business with troubled tycoon bonnie the charge set off a predictable political storm in india given the important role of corruption as a political cultural used by president modi is party the b j p against the congress party and through the president of boeing in india who has called for india to weaken its procurement policies that require inclusion of in country companies as partners the so-called offset program critics have suggested the offset program can create corrupt arrangements such as the one alleged by president mccrone. and sticking with india jet airways of india is writing currents of increasing financial turbulence this week that. harry are owned and founded in

but i d suggest just lay side-by-side secretary mattis is speech at shangri-la and prime minister modi speech at shangri-la, who of course gave the keynote. this is not a situation where we are really searching for common ground and convergence. this is where a situation where as far leadership articulates the patient we see a lot of conversions and police that these are principles we both share and want to promote. so our goal is really to operationalize that with india as a partner, and the specifics i think will take form. some of that will be in the defense area, some of that may be the development assistance area, but that's what we working on. again i think at the foundation we can see our leadership roughly has the same vision as articulated by prime minister modi and secretary mattis and now it's our job to really operationalize that. >> i actually found prime minister modi's speech at shangri-la quite remarkable because he emphasized the same teams that we have. though he seemed to draw the distinction between the vision and a strategy, and i'm not quite sure what was intended

alleging saying that there's been no meaningful improvements no open or serious discussions with the modi government that following this report which was discussed. actually produced by the human rights human rights commissioner and the not only just criticized india but there is some criticism in pakistan side of us i'd question it as well but there are a lot of abuses of human rights systematic sort of torturing of people and also using pellet guns rape as an instrument to silence people disappearance thinking counters it was a bit of history and these are two commonwealth nuclear armed country is mr modi clearly says there are terrorists in kashmir there are allied to islam is forces and there are terrorists like is the mists that are in syria don't forget more the was banned from united states and united kingdom before he got elected as prime minister because he has blood on his hands of what he did it in good heart so let's put that on side because hindu hume do extremists are assess and shift and all those organizations that actually want to kill all the minorities and they want to

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and nationally is the hindu nationalist but a two year janata party b j p prime minister narendra modi has been accused of stirring up ethnic and religious divisions to shore up his political base next year he and his party face an election some c.d.'s sound system shit list as a way of reminding him to use right across india but the government is on their side a little longer ease minorities this country has seen a very peculiar politics of appeasement and anything which garners the road from the minority community needs to appease them at the cost of national interest. and certainty in a sound is causing tension security forces are on high alert although those missing from the n.r.c. list can appeal many fear they don't have the documents to prove they are indian and well end up stateless the future is one they fear tell me what you think about the list talk to al-jazeera travel to assam to hear from some of those missing from the list and challenge those behind the exercise on why it is so necessary. in the remote village of wang yeah why the heart of the people are muslim and many

india's prime minister narendra modi has launched his new health care plan it's designed to offer free insurance to the country's poorest people it's been dubbed modi care and will see half a billion people get access to health services they currently can't afford the critics say the scheme has been rushed out for political gain and the money isn't there to support it. america is going to very young if we combine the population of america canada and mexico even more than that number of people will benefit from a scheme. in tanzania mass burials have been held for some of those who died when a ferry capsized in like victoria two hundred twenty four people down drowned in sunday's acts and forty one survived the initial investigation show the ferry which was designed to carry a hundred people had triple that number of passengers a campaign is underway for cameroon's presidential election in two weeks' time president paul bia who's been in power since one thousand nine hundred eighty two is looking for re-election again despite protests mohamed vall has the story. supporters of the main o

president trump is headed to the state later today to tour the damage seema mody has the latest fromhe ground in newbe berme, nort carolina >> a lot of military equipment is being set up here many parts of north carolina are still experiencing flooding, high waters and power outages. other parts of north carolina is where you are seeing residents slowly return to homes and assess the damage. here in new bern over 3,000 business and 4,300 homes were damaged. >> right now the community right now is coming together to help everybody. but it's going to take a process to get it done there's so many families i know in our church that lost everything >> it's been rough for everybody, devastating for many people we're one of the lucky ones. our boat still floats. the boat next to us sank >> reporter: aiding in this recovery and rebuild efforts are a number of organizations including the u.s. army national guard. they brought in their high terrain suvs they need this much height to get through a lot of the roads that are flooded walk with me here, you can see one of the large-scale fuel tanke

india's prime minister, narendra modi, has launched what's iran's president, hassan rouhani has accusedde that left 25 dead. and iran's revolutionary guards are vowing to take "deadly and unforgettable" vengeance against the attackers. saturday's violence left 12 revolutionary guards dead. it was one of the worst attacks ever against the elite force. president rouhani spoke as he left tehran for new york to attend the un general assembly. he says he's ready to confront the united states and its gulf arab allies. translation: to the victims fell as innocent markers. undoubtedly the islamic republic of iran does not overlook this crime. it's weird as which group the attackers belonged to and to where they are linked. -- it's clear to us. the small countries in this region are backed by america and the us is provoking them and giving them the necessary capabilities to commit this crime is. a ban on wearing the burka is to be introduced in a region of switzerland after people there voted overwhelmingly to prohibit all face—covering garments in public spaces. sixty seven percent of voters in

mr modi handed out medical cards at the launch, calling it a historic day for india.ent the billion—pound programme. brits who sold up in the uk and moved to cyprus say they re facing financial ruin after the village they bought properties in started to crack up, destroying their homes. jeremy stern visited properties that are split apart in the middle, and spoke to home owners who were forced to move out. peter and his wife kate sold their home in berkshire in the 1990s and moved here, a village in cyprus. the quake started about three years ago and have got larger and larger and as you have seen, they have now split the housing two. with their home condemned, they are now renting. we have lost really everything. and we we re we have lost really everything. and we were not going to get any help at all. this is a very strange thing. i think your healthjust all. this is a very strange thing. i think your health just deteriorates. you're not aware of that happening to any large degree. as far as i was concerned, i always liked extremely well and i started waking up ever

india's prime minister narendra modi has launched his ambitious new health care plan a scheme designed to offer free health insurance to the country's poorest citizens dubbed modi cad the program will see half a billion people get access to health services but he's rejected criticism that the scheme has been rushed out too quickly for political gain. the order i marry god is going to vary. if we combine the population of america canada and mexico even more than the number of people who benefit from the scheme. here the u.k.'s opposition labor party is under pressure to back new vote on campaign as for what they're calling a people's vote have been much in liverpool where the party is holding its annual conference this week labor leader jeremy corbyn says he'll support a vote on the final deal that's what the party decides. yemenis in the government hellcity of aid and have been protesting against the saudi amorality presence in the country demonstrators say the coalition has become an occupying force saudi arabia in the u.a.e. intervened in two thousand and fifteen to support yemen's g

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ever since narendra modi's government came into power all decisions are being taken against the well being of workers in this country workers have become hopelessly quadratic non-unionized laborers are so frustrated that i can't even describe it i've become very difficult for them to even feed themselves or you know not like oh god what. the farmers want debt relief along with a raise in the state guaranteed minimum price for their produce the harvest is too small to earn a living during droughts and when it rains overproduction weighs on prices that's why they're now calling for a minimum price which is fifty percent higher than production costs but that would raise food prices when the government wants to keep them down. japan is a highly industrialized country facing big challenges probably greatest one how to deal with an ageing population but at the same time the workforce strength now the health care sector where the problem is particularly pressing is now increasingly relying on robotic help which can even come as a battery operated at least. the keynoter retirement and nursin

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