in this edition, how to make the most of a visit to mumbai. >> welcome to mumbai.ice to meet you. >> how to choose the sports car that suits you perfectly. >> this car has a lot to offer. it has that amazing v-8 engine. it has the horsepower. it has the torque. >> how to order the best steak you have ever had. >> it has got a funk. it has got a flavor. >> and how to go anywhere, or nowhere, in vintage style. >> they are not an rv. these are symbols of simplicity. they are a retreat that goes with you. >> it is all coming up on "bloomberg pursuits." ♪ >> we begin with a visit to mumbai, india's largest city and the ninth most populous in the world. as a cultural and financial hub in one of the world's fastest growing large economies, it is exploding with change and emging aa destation for businessravel and luxury tourism. nicky eckstein has a guide to exploring and experiencing the city. >> mumbai can overwhelm you. ♪ >> for indians, it's both new york and l.a., hollywood and wall street. it offers the sensory overload of the world's second-largest country and intri

building collapsed in mumbai. authorities believe extreme monsoon conditions contributed to the disaster. it is the second building to collapse in mumbai in the last month. >> after hours of searching, rescue workers in mumbai pulled a survivor from the rubble. he is one of the lucky few. dozens more are still trapped under the debris. it flattened in a matter of seconds. >> ourur priority is to o pull t all of those insidide. rescue operations are underway. >> rescuers used digrs to sift through the remains in a desperate hunt for m more survivors. the residentialal building was home to several families. volunteers joined in the search, digging through the rubble with their their hands. -- bare hands.s. the property came down in the early morning. >> we got here in two minutes. the building had just collapsed. there was no chance. it just came down. to the side, there were about 150 people, mostly laborers in the restaurant. >> this is my grandson. he used to go to school in that building. it was at 10:00 a.m. he

a series of plays staged in mumbai tackle the thorny subject of modern dating. 0ne mumbai tackle thef the writers reckons religious influence is here to stay. and for some pretty basic reasons. most of the guys in the city live with their parents. if i'm going to get somebody to come and live with my mother and father, our tastes should matched about of my mother and father. they might not be the same. so, if she cooks meat every day, my parents would not like it because they don't eat meat. they would be fighting about whom is in the kitchen the whole time. but becomes a headache for me. —— that becomes. religion, technology and romance. three forces that aren't going away any time soon. question is, can they alljust learn to get along? living in the developing world means living with the possibility of developing particular health problems. but there are many diseases that can affect everyone, rich and poor. this is your hospital? i'm the head of this breast cancer awareness with our breast scanning. this is our outpatient department. wow. this is the ecg cardiography room. this is

i've come to the centre of mumbai, to dharavi — asia's second largest slum.eyways, "jugaad" is all around, as a desperately poor population reuses as much as is physically possible. built by workers who flocked to the city over hundreds of years, some of the houses here date back to the 1840s. it is an intense experience in the middle of an intense city. you really do get a sense of the scale of the place from up here, and it's a weird scale as well, because it's actually quite small. it's only two square kilometres, but around 1 million people live here. it's phenomenally densely packed, and it's notjust people living here and doing nothing, either, this place has a working infrastructure and a working economy. this place really does work. 10,000 dharavi businesses generate 30 billion rupees for mumbai every year. they make things and they recycle things. like all those plastic bottles drying on the roof, which are shredded into reusable plastic pellets. the whole production line is itself a work of "jugaad". this is where they make the machines that recycle

pouring in mumbai.he north of india, the whole sub—himalayan region, it looks like the heavy rains are to continue on friday, saturday and sunday. so the areas stricken by the flooding rains areas stricken by the flooding rains are to receive yet more rainfall. in some instances in excess of 100 millimetres of rain. so getting very serious flooding. in some instances as serious as what we are seeing in texas for example. over asia pacific. there is a tropical depression to the south of china. that could be affecting southern china. but a typhoon to the east of japan is swerving out to sea and should not be impacting japan at all. the weather for the uk all. the weatherfor the uk is all. the weather for the uk is coming all. the weatherfor the uk is coming up before 10.00pm. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. there are warnings of a major explosion at a chemical plant in texas — caused by floods brought by tropical storm harvey. officials have been forced to evacuate the area plant after it l

mumbai paralyzed by all the water.nd the un security council is due to meet shortly discussing the most provocative move from north korea yet. a missile designed to carry a nuclear weapon flew over northern japan today. and how deep is your love? a business that is worth billions. we will take a look at how far some o chinese couples are willing to go these days to show their commitment. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it is good to have you with us. we begin in the u.s. state of texas where president donald trump has arrived to assess the damage caused by hurricane, now tropical storm harvey. he has been meeting with local and state emergency officials. he promised federal assistance to parts of the state. large parts of the state now underwater. it is the biggest natural disaster of president trump's tenure. and more rain is in the forecast. officials believe that harvey has set a new rainfall record for the continental united states. over 125 centimeters have fallen on the region so far. the city of houston has borne the b

in india's financial capital of mumbai, a city of 20 —— and india's financial capital of mumbai, a citylion, was brought to stand still, after heavy rain on wednesday. transport services ground to a halt, forcing many to simply wade out. that may transport services ground a halt. —— transport services ground to a halt, forcing many to simply wade out. it is raining intensely across india, nepal, and bangladesh. it has done so for weeks. it has caused the worst flooding in decades, and it has led to a massive humanitarian crisis across the entire region. south asia is not unused to floods, but the scale of the disaster, this time round, has meant that the authorities have struggled to cope. sanjoy majumder, bbc news, delhi. of course, those floods aren't the only ones making the headlines. rescue operations are happening across texas, in the wake of tropical storm harvey. 100,000 homes have been affected by the disastrous flooding. a hospital had to be evacuated because of a water shortage and a fire is still burning at a flooded chemical plant. the bbc‘s laura trevelyan reports from ric

i've come to the centre of mumbai, to dharavi — asia's second largest slum.s tiny alleyways, "jugaad" is all around, as a desperately poor population reuses as much as is physically possible. built by workers who flocked to the city over hundreds of years, some of the houses here date back to the 1840s. up ahead, there is a pile of shredded denim which they use for fuel. they burn it to fuel the kilns, just like they burn a lot of stuff forfuel here. and there is smoke everywhere here. you can really tell the air quality is very poor. you just have to take a few lungfuls and it starts to burn the back of your throat, it makes your eyes sting. the smoke is a necessary evil for the people of dharavi. like most of the developing world, pollution has been the price india is paying for a booming economy. the smog that gives mumbai its spectacular sunsets has also made it the fifth most polluted mega city in the world. and when the sun disappears before it hits the horizon, you can well believe it. in november, 2016, the indian government declared the air pollution

staying in south asia, at least 2a people have died after a building collapse in mumbai.ve weakened the structure of the building. 37 people have been rescued. it is the third building collapsed in the indian city in less than a month. this residential building in bhendi bazaar is more than an 100 years old. here, the dup leader, arlene foster, has warned northern ireland could face direct rule from westminster if a new agreement on a powersharing administration cannot be reached. speaking to party members tonight, she appealed to sinn fein to go back into powersharing at stormont immediately, while trying to sort out their differences in parallel negotiations. in june, talks between parties failed to restore a power—sharing executive. now on bbc news, it is time for newsnight with emily maitlis. 7,000 gambling addicts tried to ban themselves from betting. so why did a major firm think they were still fair game? tonight, we ask why the government is failing to protect society's most vulnerable. has britain got a gambling problem? formally they tell us nothing's been agree

a think we will see some flooding problems including in mumbai.e flooding in mumbai. let's take a look at the weather... not in asia but closer to home with had somehow whether it was the south—east of the united kingdom. during monday. this bug will bring cooler and fresh out of the north—west of the uk as we go on through tuesday. the beverages will drop away and a band of cloud will see bids way in. privileges are tumbling towards the north—west of the uk. of all uk focus coming up in half an hour. hello. to outside source. donald trump has taken about catastrophic flooding in texas. it is an historic amount of water, there has never been anything like it. the people are handling it amazingly well. we will be live in washington in a minute to get more on how the president is handling the first natural disaster of his term. and indian guru has been given 20 yea rs and indian guru has been given 20 years for a double rape, although there was no repeat of the deadly riots that followed his conviction, the situation remains tense. the french presid

in this edition, how to make the most of a visit to mumbai. >> welcome to mumbai. >> how to choose the sports car that suits you perfectly. >>

in this edition, how to make the most of a visit to mumbai. >> welcome to mumbai.eet you. >> how to choose the sports car that suits you perfectly. >> this car has a lot to offer

bbc news, mumbai. you have been watching newsday.om aliens? if you think you're up for the challenge, nasa is seeking a new "planetary protection officer," and willing to pay up to $180,000 for the successful applicant. of course, the position is more of a desk—job protecting the world from space contamination. nevertheless, the job title is capturing the hearts and minds of space—enthusiasts world—wide. i will be back with the headlines. stay with us. more to come. see you soon. hello. the area of low pressure that brought the rain on wednesday is still close enough during thursday to produce showers, making it windy. it is edging north—east gradually. not quickly enough for many of us before it gets to scandinavia and improves. plenty of showers from the word go across many parts of the uk. the north and west in particular. some will be heavy. the risk of thunder and hail. a picture. some will be heavy. the risk of thunderand hail. a picture. eight o'clock in the morning, showers scattered in south—west england. much of central and

but it is the second significant building which has collapsed in mumbai in as many months. >>> the u.spresident says talking to north korea won't resolve the standoff over its missile and nuclear programs that message came in a tweet and it's at odds with members of his own cabinet who are urging diplomacy. meanwhile, pongyang is in celebration after the latest missile test that flew over japan. will ripley, the only western tv journalist in the north korean capital. >> reporter: we're approaching the top of the hour here in pyongyang. right now crowds are gathering outside the central train station. all eyes are on this big screen for what we're told will be a major announcement about the missile launch. >> you may recognize the news reader making the announcement. she is essentially the face of north korean state tv. every major event in this country, she is the one on television. she reads the official government announcement. north korea launched an intermediate range ballistic missile. this is the first time that many of these people are hearing about this because the government w

and india's financial capital mumbai a city of more than twenty million. was brought to a standstill. the torrential rain hit the city on wednesday. transport services ground to a halt. forcing many. simply wait hold. they're in the middle of the annual monsoon season then been raining intensity. across india but also neighboring nepal and bangladesh for the past several weeks. it's because the worst flooding in decades. i have led to a massive humanitarian crisis. across the entire region. somethings you is not in use to floods. the scale of the disaster at this time round. has meant that the authorities have struggled to cool. thunder majumdar bbc news daily. nnova. now it's only been in office for months but france french president emmanuel not crohn's poll ratings are taking a beating. now he's young government faces a key test after it unveiled controversial plans to overhaul the country's labor laws. reforms include coping the power of the unions and giving companies more flexibility to hire and fire workers. you see williamson reports from paris. th

sameer hashmi is in mumbai. explain this for us. and now it seems they are all back in circulation anyway? in november last year, this was a surprise decision by the indian government, where they decided to ban 86% of the currency, all high—value currency notes to be banned overnight, and the reason for that was they wanted to crack down on black money, money for which a taxes not been paid. they wanted to crack down on tax evaders and corruption. internal estimates were that about $60 billion will not come back to the system, and this will be regarded as black money which was floating in the system. but now the central bank has come back and said, actually 99% of those notes of comeback, and that means that a nalysts a re comeback, and that means that analysts are saying the policy was a failure, because if 99% of the notes are back, only $3 billion were recouped, and that is not worth it for the problems it caused. that is an interesting story on why sometimes that just doesn't an interesting story on why sometimes thatjust doesn'

as we reported yesterday severe flooding has hit the indian city of mumbai, where monsoon rains have least five people, including two toddlers. it's the latest place to be hit by floods in south asia during the monsoon season, which has affected millions of people across india, nepal and bangladesh. over 1,200 people are estimated to have died. ben rich from bbc weather explains what's going on. rain does not fall continuously and uniformly across south asia all through the monsoon season. instead it comes and goes. there are drier periods and then there are wetter periods. get too many wet spells and that's when we get some significant flooding. notice there is another area of cloud moving into north—eastern india, bangladesh and nepal, that could exacerbate the flooding situation and we also have an area of wet weather now sliding into pakistan, there could be flash flooding for places like karachi but all the while mumbai will be drying out after an exceptionally wet last few days. conversely it has been a little bit drier over the last few days across bangladesh and nepal but the

this is a situation in mumbai, india.eports at least 14 people have died from major flooding in that city. that's been ongoing since tuesday. let's bring in karen maginnis live in the international weather center with more details on both of these storm systems. >> yes. and we start with what is now left of harvey. a tropical depression. but it still has legs. as remarkable as this is, it still could produce flooding right across the tennessee river valley. it's still raining in beaumont port arthur, although not to the degree we saw just 24 hours ago. in one 24-hour period, beaumont port arthur saw 26 inches of rainfall, about 650 millimeters. now it's going to be transitioning more towards the north and northeast. it is situated just about over alexandria, louisiana. but through the tennessee river valley and in towards the ohio river valley, as we look at this radar forecast, essentially going through thursday, this is wh when we're going to pick up the heaviest rainfall, in the vicinity of memphis, maybe nashville, to

buildingsof mumbai are more than 100 years old.are reportedly at risk of collapse following the heaviest rainfall the city has witnessed in more than 15 years. local disaster management officials say heavy flooding in the indian state has killed over 500 people. beeneds of thousands have housed in relief camps across various states in northeastern india following the seasonal monsoon rains. the u.s. state department is telling russia to close three buildings including its consulate in san francisco. a retaliation for russia's decision last month ordering washington to cut staff at its embassy and consulates. said thesperson closures need to be completed by saturday. the u.s. has not planned to expel any russian officials. president trump will not be in the room when nafta talks resume tomorrow. his threats to blow up the trade deal could play a big role. first round talks ended august 20. the president has threatened to withdraw from nafta four times. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in

mumbai central station is a massive heaving hub connecting the city to the north and east of india., if you look closer you'll see something else connecting the commuters to the rest of the world. 116 wireless access points provide free wi—fi to anyone with an indian phone number. it has been provided by google which at the moment says about 2.5 terabytes are being downloaded here every day. and here's the interesting part — this is notjust about this station, along india's railway tracks lie 115,000 kilometres of optic fibre and google is piping internet access down those cables to feed wi—fi access to 114 other train stations as well. i caught up with the man overseeing the project while he was waiting for his train. if you had to take one place in the country where you want tremendous fibre and you had to have reliable power, relatively speaking power is a challenge across the country and you had to have an entire country walking there at that one place, there is only one place that is the railway stations. can you guarantee that all services on google's wi—fi will be treated equ

it was hard work in mumbai. we could not import our customers from karachi.ui’ customers from this is the house where we came and stayed. it was almost like a dormitory. all our employees came and stayed with us for a number of yea rs before we and stayed with us for a number of years before we could establish our business again. the memory cannot be wiped out entirely. the pain is still there. the mockery of the whole thing is that it was not a question of religion or politics or state. then what was the cause of partition? plenty more on partition on our website, and you can get in touch with me on twitter. we will be back for the papers shortly. new scientific research has cast doubt on the notion of fat but fit, the idea that overweight people can still be healthy. researchers from two top uk universities found that carrying extra weight can increase the risk of heart disease by more than a quarter — even in people who are otherwise healthy. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson has more. british sumo wrestlers in training for their next competition.

mumbai central station is a massive heaving harp, connecting the city to the north and east of india.you look closely, you'll see something else connecting the commuters to the rest of the world. 116 wireless access points provide free wi—fi to anyone with an indian phone number. it has been provided by google, which at the moment says about 2.5 tb are being downloaded here every day. here is the interesting part, this is not just about their station. along india's railway tracks live 115,000 column appears optic fibre, and google is piping internet access down those cables to feed wi—fi access to 114 other train too. this is the man overseeing the project, who i caught up with whilst he was waiting for his train. if you had to ta ke waiting for his train. if you had to take one place in the country where you wanted tremendous fighter, and you wanted tremendous fighter, and you had to have reliable power, relatively speaking power is a problem across the country, that one place, that is only one place, that the railway stations. can you guarantee that all services on google's wi—fi wi

and blue dogs roaming the streets of mumbai. what's behind the change in color. >> a new the public-school reopens, and officials bring the good news of test scores. i'm sam ford. that stories next. continues tobc7 follow terror in barcelona. at least 12 people are getting today, 2 suspects in custody. we will have an update on the situation in just moments. >> following breaking news from the life desk, terror in barcelona. i am larry smith. at least 12 are dead and 50 more injured when a van plowed down las ramblas. this is one the most popular spots in barcelona, a big tourist area, and it happened around dinnertime. markets in the middle, restaurants and shops on the outside. police say that 2 people are in custody so far. the area has been evacuated, and they continue to investigate. stay with abc7 for updates. you can get alerts sent it to you from our newsroom to your phone by going to wjla.com/text, and you can subscribe right there. alison: ok, larry, thank you very much. moving on to other news in the in thejor progres

. >> these dogs are blue around india's largest city in mumbai. apparently they are changing color because of waste. factories dump dye in the river where the dogs wade to cool off. this may lead to stomach problems when the canines try to lick it off. depressing story, speaking of depressing, the rain is giving way tomorrow. >> on one day and then better. looking at the come dare dairy bridge, you can see we are getting rid of all of this in time for monday, the solar eclipse. it's 38 years since we had a total solar eclipse in the u.s. i want to bring part of the solar system into the "action news" studio to explain it. a solar eclipse is when the sun, moon and earth is in total alignment. the moon casts two shadows on earth. one of the shadows comes to a point as it heads to earth. that's the point of totality. it's narrow, 70-miles wide from the west coast to east coast on monday. the second shadow gets wider as it heads to earth. this is where we get the partial solar eclipse from canada to mexico. this is what we see, we have close to 80%. w

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meteorolologists are warning the rain will continue in mumbai for at least the next 24 hours.ownpours also inundated parts of istanbul, turkey, tuesday, turning major streets into raging rivers. the u.n. security council has condemned north korea's lastest missile tests, including the launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile that flew over the japanese island of hokkaido on tuesday morning. this is the e japanese ambassadr to the united nations, koro bessho. the firstelcomes adoption of the prejudicial statement strongly condemning the most recent ballistic missile launch line north korea, and alsow over japan demanding north korea immediately cease all such actions. this demonstrates the unity of the security council and sends a strong and clear message to north korea that the international community will not accept its reckless behavior. amy: the security coununcil did not to impose further sanctions against north korea. both russia and china urged negotiations and blamed the u.s. military activity on the korean peninsula for escalating tensions. in aghanistan, airs

residential building has collapsed ina a residential building has collapsed in a crowded part of mumbaiou very much. here's some sport now. it's the dreaded final day of the football transfer window but there are plenty of deals that could still be concluded. leicester city's riyad mahrez has been given permission by algeria to leave the international camp and formalise a transfer. arsenal won't be the destination though, its expected he'lljoin barcelona. manchester city are reportedly chasing a deal for alexis sanchez. they've had a bid of £50 million rejected but could go back in for him, with his contract at the emirates finishing at the end of the season. totte n ha m tottenham are expecting to complete the signing of serge aurier, that had been held up due to permit convocations. maria sharapova made it through to round 3 at the us open. she came from a set down to beat hungray‘s timea babos in what's her frist major tournament since returning from a 15—month doping suspension. i will be back with more after 11 o'clock. thank you very much. the number of serious incidents involving

weather officials are lllling it the worst flooding in mumbai in over a decade. inin recent weeks, more than 120 people have been killed across -- amidst torrential downpours. we will have moron climat chge and floing in sth ia lat in the oadcast. thguardianreports s. intelligence oicials a facing pressure from the trump administration to find any justification to declare iran in violation of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. officials compared it to the situation in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of iraq. former cia analyst ned price said intelligence officials "told me there was a sense of revulsion. there was a sense of deja vu. there was a sense of 'we've seen this movie before'." trump has repeatedly threatened to cancel the landmark nuclear deal, callllg it the worst deal ever. north korea fired a ballistic missile test over japan early tuesday morning. it was north korea's second ballisistic missile test in rect days. millions of japanese citizens were warnened to take cover as e missile flew overhead. this is the japanese c chief cabinet secretary yoshihi

heavy rains flooded the financial capital of mumbai, causing chaos and forcing's and offices to closebut things are far worse here, as luke reports. landscape,bove the the prime minister surveys the damage across the nation's monsoon struck state with some of the worst flooding in years. >> the number of affected districts is 29 and in them there are 180 seven blocks, 2371 village councils, and a population of 17.1 million have been affected. than 500 have died in the flooding so far, forcing people to leave. this year's flooding is the worst in years. the local agriculture had all but collapsed and they had released a relief package worth $78 million with disaster relief struggling to cope. u.n. -- >> the un security council has lashed out at the latest north korean missile launch. without imposing immediate new sanctions? to talk more about this, brett, tell us a bit more about that statement from the u.n. and why there are no sanctions attached. >> thank you for having me. i think the u.n. council is pleased with their ability to release this statement. within a day they were able