india's prime minister, narendra modi, has gone to myanmar to boost trade ties.is an important relationship for myanmar because india is the third largest destination for the exports of the country. but myanmar is coming under pressure to end the violence it is reportedly inflicting on the rohingya muslim minority. i askedif on the rohingya muslim minority. i asked if we can expect any deals from this visit. they are looking to increase access between the two countries in terms of ease of travel between the two nations which is important for trade and the risen. —— tourism. india is a destination for medical tourism from myanmar. india has been a key market for myanmar. it is no doubt on the agenda. is india likely at all to use china's dominance? we know china is well ahead in terms of investing into myanmar and potentially reaping the benefits. could they exert power there? myanmar is interested in diversified in its engagements with various countries and not limiting itself to a few. are they likely to achieve anything? the headlines have been dominated this w

narendra modi will discuss the rising violence when he meets aung san suu kyi.poppy mcpherson. she has been looking at this and other stories. tell us a bit about the significance of indian prime minister narendra modi addressing the rohingya issue while he's there. the rohingya issue will be top of the agenda but also this visit is about trade. myanmar and india are looking to boost economic relations, india specifically is trying to compete with chinese influence here, so compete with chinese influence here, so while the rohingya issue will be on the agenda, modi also has to walk a delicate line because he doesn't wa nt to a delicate line because he doesn't want to annoy aung san suu kyi and risk any economic projects. as you say, he's walking a delicate line here but of course the rohingya issueis here but of course the rohingya issue is paramount, it's been called a humanitarian crisis. how much influence could he or any one else possibly yield on the issue? it's ha rd to possibly yield on the issue? it's hard to say. aung san suu kyi obviously as we know do

respected academic institutions and it's located in the constituency of indians prime minister narendra modi so it's a pretty high profile place. after a few days of protests clashes erupted between the students and the police one video filmed on a mobile phone showed police beating a young woman lying on the ground with sticks. cos that's dreadful it's the why when the police attack a protester women or any protests for that matter well police said that some of the students were throwing stones and damaging university property hundreds of students were booked for crimes such as arson and vandalism when a news anchor asked the vice chancellor of the university about the alleged sexual harassment that kicked off the protests he dismissed it as a simple case of boys will be boys now support for the protests is pouring in from the whole country there's also a heated conversation going on online about accountability this woman here reacts to the vice-chancellor statement she says i hope he doesn't have a daughter what a shame he is to his post and another user he's a man says that he's so he sug

authorities must improve basic commute needs of india's financial capital the indian prime minister narendra modi has sent his deepest condolences to all those who have lost their lives due to the stampede in mumbai prayers with those who are injured. and the indian minister of railways and cole has written that he's ordered a high level inquiry headed by the chief safety officer of the western railways for the very latest on the story we're joined now live by the india correspondent sonia fall in the car a sauna what are the details can you give us right now. well brian what we know is that the stampede took place at about ten thirty a.m. local time rush hour like you said this happened on a bridge connecting two major suburban korean stations in mumbai that's correll an f. instant and these two stations are used by much of mumbai as local commuters because there are many offices concentrated in that area now a spokesman for the railways a said that that foot bridge that bridge which was really narrow was unusually overcrowded because a large number of people are taking shelter from a sudden dow

newspaper really decided to quit his job or was pushed out by the government of prime minister narendra modi bobby go she resigned from the hindustan times september eleventh citing personal reasons this past week though it emerged that goshes resignation came shortly after prime minister modi had held a meeting with the paper's ownership hung up the h.t. insists that meeting had nothing to do with goshes resignation and that quote no external party and that includes the pm or any member of the government has had any say or influence in the matter gauche was appointed the h t's editor in chief in two thousand and fifteen a year after modi was elected on a largely hindu nationalist platform undergo the h.t. focused on the rise of nationalism in the country three months ago the paper launched a hate tracker an online reporting tool documenting hate crimes in india that tracker appears to have stopped updating about a week after the departure of the editor of the authorities in the central african country of cameroon seem to be taking a two pronged approach to leaning on journalists there they'

indian prime minister narendra modi has pledged to invest billions of dollars in modernizing the country's infrastructure. in particular its rail network which experiences frequent delays breakdowns and accidents. train derailments have already killed more than two hundred people in india this year. artists are said that japanese built train line would mark the beginning of a new era. i've made good on a threat. not fifty out by this high speed corridor will not only make commuting faster. but it will also increase trade. states will be better into link. op what seized from what it what it did for transfer of manpower or movement of goods. it will become very easy and straight forward. this will help india develop and it will give our countr. unused being anti sodomy. ryanair has lost a court battle in a case that could have wider implications for the low cost airline sector. european court of justice has ruled in favor of a group of employees based in belgium. but took the carriers record for forcing them to sign contracts under irish rather than belgian law you career explains. the decis

mr abe and his indian counterpart narendra modi condemned north korea for its nuclear and ballistic missileorts to maximise pressure on pyongyang. the south china morning post is featuring a new school lunch initiative in hong kong. the voluntary programme wants to reduce salt levels in hong kong pupils' lunches by half in a decade. officials say they've already seen reductions in the first month of this academic year. and the china daily has a tribute to basi on the front page. the oldest panda in captivity has died at the age of 37, almost 100 in people years, according to experts. basi was the inspiration for panpan, the mascot for the beijing asian games in 1990. mainland japan is bracing itself for typhoon talim. the strong storm system packing gusts of up to 250 kilometres per hour has already lashed japan's southern islands. some areas have recorded level of rains not seen in the last 50 years and many thousands of homes are without power. ben rich from bbc weather has more. rico, we've been watching this storm for several days now, and it has been developing quite rapidly. you can s

percent of band notes indians have deposited nearly all the currency bills voided by prime minister narendra modi denting the central bank's profits and delia blow to his drive to unearth unaccounted wealth banks have received fifteen point two eight trillion rupees which is about two hundred thirty nine billion dollars or ninety nine percent of the currency invalidated the reserve bank of india said in its annual report last wednesday the government had initially estimated about five trillion rupees would it be declared following the sudden move on nov ninth indicating that this was cash stashed away illegally to avoid tax the cash ban prompted the central bank to print new currency reducing its profit and cutting annual dividend payout to the government i half expected to make a huge profit on it because i thought these thirty percent of the currency outstanding was being hidden or laundered or used for terrifying us and so nobody would turn it in these bad guys wouldn't turn to them but they did you know he gets advice from the male liberals economists like robert shiller who's a goofball. sur

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india's prime minister narendra modi has met with to punch out of talks in the city of amount about launched india's first bullet train which will run between the western city of mumbai is one of the projects that japan and india are working on together to deepen economic ties zimbabwe is bringing in a new system of votes of registration ahead of next year's presidential and parliamentary elections biometric technology will be used for the first time but some people worry it will increase the chance of vote rigging from harare. peter first voted in one thousand nine hundred eighty when zimbabwe won independence from britain he's participated in every election since then now the electoral commission is compiling a new voters using registration technology peta has concerns he worries ditching the manual process in favor of technology may not be a good thing for. the using new technology but. the problems of electricity it's the first time by mid to technology is being used to register voters in zimbabwe officials conducted a practice run in april to test the system for years opposition parties

the indian prime minister, narendra modi, is shortly to meet the de—facto leader of myanmar, aung sanmatic pressure to end the violence its security forces are reportedly inflicting on the rohingya minority. tens of thousands of rohingya muslims have fled myanmar in recent weeks. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, called on the state to end to what he called the vicious cycle of violence. a 14—year—old boy has died after a double shooting in east london. coreyjunior davis and another boy, who's 17, were found with gunshot injuries in forest gate on monday afternoon. the second victim is said to have life—changing injuries. police have launched a murder investigation. the archbishop of canterbury has warned that the uk's economic model is broken as wages stagnate. justin welby is a member of the commission behind a report published today by the institute for public policy research. it says the country faces the longest period of stagnating earnings for 150 years. north korea has warned it will take counter—measures against what it called the heinous sanctions called for by the

factors including building regulations and the response of local government india's prime minister narendra modi has met with japan's bad of talks in the city of ahmedabad. last india's first bullet train programme which will run between the western city of ahmedabad and bomb by more news right after witness next. done to him but he got us to here. let's got to like it i don't dispute. you must not be back up on. the bus up into the alley or in a sort of stuff i mean. help me ok let me walk let me. go i want to go away. and nothing done. the bickering if they hear the thought that if i were there for ever the place that they're going to come in and go back. that they have a lot of the bus oh but if you see lindsay. the circus is going to. want to must i think of that was the public went. on there must be going to process from the moment when they. get bus will continue to persist on the island. by the east coast and you. see the sign yes it's a typical meter but i mean. you know let's tell this properly that the word hello she lives is out of anybody seem to realize that she was like yeah it was

protest came as india's up in court hears a challenge to the plan, which is backed by prime minister narendra modi. at the united nations general assembly, bangladesh's leader laid out a plan thursday to begin repatriating 800,000 rohingya, more than half of whom have fled to bangladesh since august 25. prime minister sheikh hasina said the u.n. should set up safe zones in burma for returning refugees. thee are horrified to see myanmar authorities are laying landmines along their stretch of the border to prevent the rohingyas from returning to million mark. these people must be able to return in safety and dignity. amy: in recent days, bangladeshi authorities have sharply restricted the movements of rohingya refugees, telling them they can't leave their makeshift camps, ordering drivers not to transport rohingya, and landlords not to rent to them. in india, reporter covering political strife in the northeast state of tripura was stabbed and beaten to death wednesday as he reported on a road blockade by a political party representing indigenous tribal people. shantanu bhowmick is at least the secon

tragedy long after the storm passed robert oulds al-jazeera hollywood florida india's prime minister narendra modi has met with japan's prime minister shinzo head of talks in the city of ahmedabad. started india's first bullet train project which will run between the western city of about and one by its one of the the projects that japan and india are working on together as they deepen economic ties let's hear now from ritchie to barry who's a senior research associate at the institute for defense studies and analysis she joins us live from new delhi good to have you with us mr modi's promise to make vast improvements to india's rail network its antiquated network the bullet train one of his key promises in the twenty fourteen election is it going to be as he claims an economic transformation for india. it will definitely. so i think it is a positive. step. ok so it's just one line it's between mumbai and the moment is that going to address the country's main economic needs. but this is the first. step. what's in this for. what's in this for japan they've given india interest. to get this project

with families of the victims of hate crimes, which have risen sharply under indian prime minister narendra modi. data from the group india spend shows some anti-muslim hate crimes have risen 10-fold since modi came to power in 2014. in egypt, at least 18 police officers were killed in an isis attack on the sinai peninsula on monday. it wasas one of the dedeadliest attacks this year in egypt's sinai peninsula. back in the united states, the u.s. supreme court has temporarily lilifted restrictios on presidentnt trump's muslimim travel ban, meaning about 24,000 refugees may now be barred from entering the united states. last week, an appeals court in seattle ruled that tens of thousands of refugees who had received promises of assistance from refugee resettlement organizations should be allowed to enter. but on monday, the supreme court intervened to block this ruling. the supreme court is soon expected to issue a fuller ruling on the ban, which blocks refugees and all citizens of six majority muslim nations from entering the united states. a new hampshire, authorities are investigating an apparen

a welcome fit for royalty india's prime minister narendra modi blessing japanese prime minister shinzo and his wife for their friendship and the economic gifts they bring with them it's an important visit preparations in modi's home state of gujarat been going on for months. no trip to india would be complete without a visit to its famous tourist locations but eventually it was down to business tokyo is now india's third largest foreign direct investor helping it develop everything from its roads and buildings to its automotive industry and the scope has become even bigger with the launch of the new bullet train project. japan is a pioneer of high speed rail networks and the project at the center of this collaboration with india is a high speed link between i made a bet and mumbai india's first high speed train and one which will significantly reduce the travel time between the two cities. japan is providing eighty one percent of the money for the seventeen billion dollar project through a fifty year low interest loan. there have been no fatal accidents since the launch of japan's bull

seventeen billion dollars bullet train project ties between shinzo abe and india's prime minister narendra modi have grown as they both look to counter china's influence in the region japan is providing eighty one percent of the funding for the rail project the dominican republic has invited delegates from venezuela's government and opposition to the country to see if they can resume talks to end the political crisis at home at least one hundred thirty people have been killed in antigovernment protests in venezuela since april demonstrators blame president declares but dodo for high inflation at a shortage of basic goods. out of the aftermath of hurricane the caribbean islands took the brunt of the storm on the island of barbuda the government estimates that ninety five percent of buildings a damaged al-jazeera is john holden is that. roger has a right back home this move caribbean island of devastated by hurricane needham and he's heading to his house to find out if it's a boy there's nothing. there's nothing you know that i know. god. is like. with a population of one thousand six hundred eve

wrote an open letter to prime minister narendra modi asking him why he continues to follow these people online he said in the letter quote i can understand that you may be too busy to deal with this but at least your team can ensure that you do not follow such people on twitter i cannot even read out loud some of the language used against me and other journalists but i am raising for now the case of those who claim to be in your camp who threaten those lone journalists like me whenever i've tried to distance myself from the whatsapp group they strike again with language that quote like quote catch him he's getting away and beat him now del. the police said they the spokesman says that police have issued three complaints one with the force's cyber unit but that no one has been identified yet now this is something we'll continue to monitor on news great if you've been the subject of intimidation by trolls online especially in india do let me know you can write me or write me privately on my twitter handle at least. interesting i hope we get some feedback from that one thank you leah now i

minister shinzo been arriving back at the air force from his visit with the indian prime minister, narendra modias already made comments about this, his cabinet has made comments about this as well. we will likely hear more from the japanese president on this next -- on this new provocation from north korea. jodi schneider, over to you and your reaction. very standard, as chris outland low we are likely to hear. it is not a redline, maybe an orange line here among the --ies, on what they thought how they thought they would deal with north korea. they passed these sanctions, so now what to do? >> the u.s. has wanted tougher sanctions, they got through what they thought was possible in the you went because they needed china and the russia to go with it. china and russia were not going to do so, which was a ban on exporting oil, which u.s. wanted. but it is this back-and-forth, the u.s. passes more sanctions, north korea raises the provocation and threat level. the u.s. goes back with a war of words, trying to deliver more sanctions. it does not seem to be changing north korea's reaction. isu we wi