to india now where the ruling looks set to retain prime minister narendra modi's home state of cruiser on overcoming a challenge from the main opposition party after early poor showings that the j.p. surged ahead in the election which was seen as a test for the prime minister narendra modi he has been the chief minister of iraq for three terms and the party has ruled the state for twenty two years. and the last latin american country to shift to the political right by electing conservative billionaire sebastian pinera as president and easily overcame a center left opponent in the runoff vote it's the second time he's been elected a lot america or lasy a new man of course from santiago. chile is billionaire president elect to got what he wanted another crack at the presidency for the second time in twenty seven years chile has swung from the center left to the center right both times the civil stamping it out the markets favorite the former president a successful businessman promises better times ahead as he extends an olive branch to the uk if he does what are you committed to old chil

that is ruling to retain a prime minister narendra modi's home state of gujarat overcoming a challenge from the main opposition party early hiccups that he surged ahead in the election which was seen as a staged battle for prime minister narendra modi he's been the chief minister of iraq for three terms and the party has ruled state for twenty two years paul in this live in largest city. so what are the expectations ahead of the results. well the expectation seems to be that the ruling party will retain its seat in government. not the atmosphere has changed quite a bit over the past couple of hours just last couple of hours ago the two parties seem neck and neck now this it stage is clearly divided along political lines there t.j. people are your team congress and the long ago it's. how to chance to overtake the b j p and form a new government now that is falling by the wayside and as you can see behind me a lot of b j p supporters have gathered outside of this vote counting station to receive the ministers they say have one in their constituency so it's very much a possibility of the

chamber, swapan dasgupta, does this conservative ally of india's prime minister see any dangers in narendra modi'sopulism? swa pa n swa pan dasgupta, welcome swapan dasgupta, welcome to hardtalk. more than three years ago, when he came to power, mr modi was described widely around the world, and in india, ithink, as a conservative, hindu nationalists, and their populist politician, do you think he has lived up to those labels? imrmodi you think he has lived up to those labels? i mr modi think the most important thing about when he came to power is that it was interpreted very differently by very different sections of the electorate. there we re sections of the electorate. there were certainly some who saw him as a conservative, there were some who saw him as a free marketeer. others saw him as a free marketeer. others saw him as a free marketeer. others saw him as a nationalist. some saw him asa saw him as a nationalist. some saw him as a poor boy made good. and some people saw him as a member of the backward castes. so it really depends, swapan the backward castes. so it really depends, swa pan d

too close for comfort, this election victory, but a tense moment for the narendra modi government. we will be live in mumbai next. this is bloomberg. ♪

chamber, swa pan dasgupta, does this conservative ally of india's prime minister see any dangers in narendra modi'sulism? swa pan dasgupta, welcome to hardtalk. more than three years ago, when he came to power, mr modi was described widely around the world, and in india, ithink, as a conservative, hindu nationalist, and a populist politician, do you think he has lived up to those labels? i think the most important thing about when he came to power is that it was interpreted very differently by very different sections of the electorate. there were certainly some who saw him as a conservative, there were some who saw him as a free marketeer. others saw him as a nationalist. some saw him as a poor boy made good. and some people saw him as a member of the backward castes. so it really depends, swapan dasgupta conveyed multiple images to people. —— mr modi conveyed. which one is the real mr modi? i think he is all of them in some ways. i'm very taken in your writing, and you are an ally of mr modi, and the bjp has put you the upper house of the indian parliament, but you're also a writer. i am struck by

he was prime ministerfor 14 gujarat, narendra modi's home state.er for 14 years and credited with building a lot of projects like this one. the boat has been keenly contested and mr modi has been here to conduct more than two d oze n has been here to conduct more than two dozen speeches. it will be significant looking ahead to the 2019 general election. for the opposition, which has been losing election ever since mr modi came to power, this election will be significant. the party has a new president, head of the gundy family. gujarat has been a highly industrialised states of india and has had a high rate of growth but in the run—up to this election, use have raised the issue of unemploymentjobs have raised the issue of unemployment jobs and poverty. have raised the issue of unemploymentjobs and poverty. —— youth. conservative billionaire sebastian pinera is to become president of chile. in breaking news, he has won the election. he has promised to visit the economy. he has been congratulated on the phone by the incumbent. michelle bachelet, his c

we kick off the programme with india, where elections in prime minister narendra modi's home state ofarat have seen a modi's home state of gujarat have seena dip modi's home state of gujarat have seen a dip in his majority. the optimism which brought him to power is beginning to fade. the indian economy is beginning to slow due to de monetisation and the imposition of taxes. we spoke to our top guru and author who thinks the country will regain its glow in 2018.” think india will go back to 80%. india needs to grow between eight or 996 if it india needs to grow between eight or 9% if it wants to enjoy the demographic dividend —— go back to 8%. demographic dividend —— go back to 896. it doesn't help when you see headlines that they are going to try and recapitalise state banks that have been failing for years. 0verlent, and now having to deal with non—performing loans. why are they still propping up unproductive industries? this is where i have fought with their finance minister. personally i think that no country should have 70% of its assets controlled by the public sector. nonethele

the indian prime minister, narendra modi, is in the southern state of kerala to meet the families of which struck there two weeks ago. nearly seventy people died when cyclone 0khi hit the south—west indian coast, and some 500 fishermen are still missing at sea. from kerala, here's our india correspondent sanjoy majumder. they are mourning the dead, and others may never come back. special services are being held in churches across kerala for hundreds of fishermen, missing since the cyclone hit the coast more than two weeks ago. a tragedy that has devastated communities all along this coast. at this fishing village, a vigil right by the beach. translation: they left early in the morning, 16 of them, ends three votes. —— in three boats. this woman's husband and brother we re this woman's husband and brother were among them but with every passing day she is losing hope of finding them alive. now, i know they will not come back. they must be dead. ijust will not come back. they must be dead. i just want their bodies. will not come back. they must be dead. ijust want their bodies. i just w

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well the counting of votes is on the way in the home state of the indian prime minister narendra modi the ruling party the b j p has controlled the western region of iraq for twenty two years but it's facing a tough challenge from the opposition congress party with allegations of corruption against local b j p leaders the congress also campaigned on economic issues such as the new goods and services tax but exit polls just to win the modem's party let's get more from difficult pollen she joins us live from good droughts largest city amid about the divot what's the mood like ahead of the results and what people are expecting. there in the atmosphere here is charged people watching this so closely primarily for the main reason that people are either on team congress or team b. j.p. the one thing about this state is that it's very clearly divided along these political lines and so people now see congress as having a chance for the first time in decades to either win a large number of seats if not win a majority which would mean that they could govern the state next and so everyone is mor

get more now on our top story on the election results in the home state of indian prime minister narendra modi and ellen john. has authored a biography of modi and he joins us now from new delhi very good to have you with us now the challenge from rahul gandhi and his congress party seems to be for real they've done a good job do you think the result reflects people's rejection of some of these policies. you know this is a very interesting election where the victor cannot really go out in the streets and celebrate and then they're celebrating because while they could be g.t.o. mr narendra modi is going to the good dr for the sixth consecutive time the congress has very happy because it is going to be back on the revival track after being out of power for three and a half years it also comes very close on the heels of the whole gandhi the six generation nehru gandhi dentist who's taking charge of the party presidency so i think it's a fairly transitional moment in indian politics where politics is going to be far more keenly contested than it has been since two thousand and fourteen when one na

the issues on the minds of voters vote is seen as a test of popularity for the prime minister narendra modi who spent weeks campaigning in the home state good geralt has been controlled by modi's party the b.g. he for twenty two years is facing a surprisingly strong challenge from the opposition congress party led by raul gandhi difficult parliament has more from adamant about. the b j p has been in charge of this state for over two decades uninterrupted so many thought a win for them would be a foregone conclusion but analysts say they got a wake up call in the first face of these elections on december ninth when turnout among the b j p's committed voters was less than expected over the past year there have been rumblings of discontent particularly amongst the rural areas which make up half of the voting bloc many here say that the congress party has managed to launch a campaign that's resonated among those who feel like they've been marginalized by the government and its economic policies this phase of voting today will be for hoth of the hundred eighty two seats in the legislative assemb

party has overcome a challenge from the main opposition party to retain prime minister narendra modi's home state of gujarat but the main opposition party has made significant gains in the state under b j p control for twenty two years. the un security council will vote in the coming hours on a draft resolution regarding the status of jerusalem follows the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital there was anger across the palestinian territory of a night of protesters burning effigies of the u.s. president donald trump and israel's been human it's you know. i'm on our top story on the vote to elect the leader of south africa's ruling african national congress . is the political editor for power at nine hundred seven radio stations she says the n.c. will finally have a new leader by midnight. south africa gets to say goodbye to president jacob zuma today after ten years of rule when president jacob zuma walks into office about a bout in two thousand and nine we had a five percent economic growth rate when he leaves office we've had a zero point three percent economic gr

it is a personal challenge for both narendra modi and for raul gandhi from there under modi he was the chief minister of the state for thirteen years before he became prime minister and he tatted the governance of the state and what he's done economically in this state as a model for the rest of the country and this is the heart of his campaign to win over india and become prime minister so loss here would be a loss of face for him and also many say would show a lack of confidence in his current policies as for raul gandhi he was just recently in the past few days crowned the leader of the congress party a win here would validate his position here and make him a credit credible opponent for the twenty one thousand elections national elections which many say will pick gandhi against modi on the world stage or in a larger stage no one is more surprised than the b j p themselves that they have such a strong challenge against congress and this came and became particularly apparent last week in the first phase of these elections on december ninth when the turnout among the b.j. peace commit

watching these elections closely as the stakes are particularly high for the country's leader narendra modi he was chief minister of goods or out state for thirteen years before he became prime minister and used his governance here and the economic model he set up here at the heart of his campaign to win over the country in the elections now a loss here for him would be seen as a loss of face for him and a lack of confidence in his policies as for all gandhi he recently was crowned the leader of the congress party i went for him would validate his position also make him a credible opponent for narendra modi in the twenty nineteen national elections at least ten people have been killed in a bomb attack on the main police academy in somalia's capital a suicide bomber blew himself up during a police parade inside the training kind of in mogadishu officials say he was wearing police uniforms the all group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for the . britons brecht said negotiations are expected to be further complicated by a rebellion within the prime minister's party innovates in parliament

tough fight on home turf why indian prime minister narendra modi has been forced to take the lead in a regional election campaign. good have you with us muslim leaders have rejected u.s. president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital and called on countries around the world to do the same the fifty seven member organization of islamic cooperation denounce the american action as dangerous and a violation of international law mohammed reports. of the hastily convened meting of the organization of islamic cooperation is to move members at a compromise the palestinian state with occupied is jerusalem was its capital there was strong condemnation is two for both the u.s. and israel the palestinian president mahmoud abbas declared that palestinians called no longer accept the u.s. as a mediator in the middle east peace process in his strongest statement yet since donald trump's announcement abbas called the move a line and odds that you and to take over the peace process we didn't want the united states chose to lose its role in eligibility as a mediator and not to h

surged ahead of the election which was seen as a test for prime minister narendra modi he's been the chief minister for three terms and the party as well the state for twenty two years if you go on is live for us and it's largest city i'm out of my understand this bit noisy behind me but hopefully you can hear me and to tell us what the mood is like there at the head of these results. richelle forgive the traffic and the noise behind me this road has just opened up this very minute as luck would have it we're standing in front of one of the counting stations where seven seats up the legislative assembly will be announced what you have behind me is also a large number b j p supporters who say that their party is well on their way to ruling the states once again. tell us a little bit more about the perspective of this why the rest of the state of the country rather is paying such close attention to this. one of the main reasons is that the prime minister in the render mode the who was chief minister of the state for thirteen years as personally very good in the south into the campaign

a nail biting election in the indian state of gujarat as seen prime minister narendra modi hold on to power despite a stronger than usual challenge from the opposition congress party a loss would have been a major embarrassment for both modi and his ruling the heritage general to a party which has ruled the state for two decades j.v. ago pollen has more from the city comment about. people here say it was one of the most exciting elections the state of gujarat has seen in decades. there have been celebrations in the city center along with relief that the ruling party agenda third party managed to retain power. but it was a close race. for the first time in twenty two years the opposition indian national congress radek campaign that threatened the ruling party why didn't. the p.d.p. had campaigned on the issue of economic development. and people voted for them. no doubt the communities opposing the party have affected some seats against the people who voted for development and reelected the big pay. the rest of the country has been watching this political race closely prime minister nar

to sever ties is a prestige battle for indian prime minister narendra modi as voters in his home state of gujarat cast ballots in the second phase of polling the regional election is taking place in a state where modi's party the b.g.p. has been in power for twenty two years but the opposition congress and its leader raul gandhi have mounted a surprisingly strong challenge now the u.n. is warning more than four hundred thousand children under five in the democratic republic of congo could die within months without an emergency intervention eighteen months of violence under displacement of one point four million people of the cosign region is that this is the shortages. members of yemen's former president ali abdullah saleh is party of held talks with a senior who the leader in the capital sanaa it's sort of who these are trying to make a new alliance with sellers generals people's congress after their fighters killed him last week. they could all vice president george glass has been sentenced to six years in prison after being found guilty in the. corruption scandal prosecutors say gla

promenade on sabarmati river, in the heart of the city of ahmedabad, in gujarat, prime minister narendra modi'sinister of gujarat for 14 years and is credited with bringing a lot of development projects here, including this one. now, this is a state election but it has been very keenly contested and mr modi himself has been here to conduct more than two dozen rallies. many believe this is actually going to be a verdict on his popularity and it will be significant looking ahead to the 2019 general elections. for the opposition congress party, which has been losing elections ever since mr modi came to power, this election will be quite significant. the party now has a new president in mr rahul gandhi, heir of the gandhi family, and these may well be the first points he puts in his scorecard. gujarat has been a highly industrialised state of india and has historically had a high rate of growth, but in the run—up to this election, youth have raised the issues of unemployment, poverty and jobless growth, making it a true test for modi's brand of economics, called "modinomics". divya arya, bbc news,

congress has been losing ground over the last three years after being defeated by prime minister narendra modi's b j p in national polls but in the past few months gandhi stoke talk of a political revival with an aggressive campaign in regional elections in modi's home state his father grandmother and great grandfather have been prime ministers a six point five magnitude earthquake in indonesia as most populous island of java has killed at least two people and caused damage to several towns and cities staff at one hospital were forced to evacuate patients after part of the ceiling collapsed java is home to almost one hundred fifty million people and sits in the ring of fire where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur canadian billionaire barry sherman has been found dead along with his wife in their home in toronto police say the circumstances appear suspicious it's now back to when this stay with us. let. let. let let. let let let let. let let. let. let let let let let let mother. leave you to. do it was. plumbing. to bring the economy. in a little. in. a little. i'm a little hole. almo

it says: bjp wins, but the opposition congress party doesn't lose, after prime minister narendra modi'srrower margin than last time. to the philippines‘ daily inquirer has an update on the aftermath of tropical storm kai tak. it has this arresting photograph of the damage and says rescuers are still looking for 46 missing villagers. the japan times has news of a new celebrity who has taken up residence in tokyo. xiang xiang, the first baby panda in the city's ueno zoo in twenty nine years, was unveiled to the media before her first public appearance on tuesday. now babita, some extreme tourism. take a look at these pictures of a chinese passenger aircraft apparently landing in antarctica have been creating a bit of a stir online. the 22 people on board are reported to be the first chinese tourists to make a direct flight to the frozen continent. they started in south africa, before briefly touching down on an ice—runway, and then taking off again for another six hour trip to the south pole. and you can see more of that video at bbc.com/news it's christmas — a time for family, friends, a

last year on visiting his family now to india and it's say prestige battle for prime minister narendra modi as voters in his home state of gujarat cast ballots in the second phase of voting there the regional election is taking place in a state where modi's forty the b j p has been in power for the past twenty two years but the opposition congress then is state around gandhi have mounted a surprisingly strong challenge let's speak to al jazeera is the vehicle polland who joins us live from ahmedabad de vere good your right is the home state of the prime minister a b j p stronghold why is this election so contentious. absolutely foley say you hit the nail on the head everyone thought it was a foregone conclusion for the b j p but before we go into that let me set the scene here voting has just started and phase two of the elections were in front of one of the voting polling booths here people have started trickling in voting will take place over the day it's the second phase of voting where people are going to cast their ballots the first phase was in december ninth what we will see today is

the rest of the country has been watching this political race closely prime minister narendra modi was chief minister of good drugs for thirteen years before taking over the top job . his support included visits to his home state to campaign on behalf of the b j p and to cost his vote mr moody would personally be greatly relieved by this victory but this is a victory which will not give great joy and happiness to the party worker this is going to be a victory which the cannot walton celebrate it's going to be very similar to the way that the congress is not been able to win the elections but their workers are going to walk out and celebrate at least the revival of the party the congress party has increased its influence now holds more constituencies than before. the congress party managed to unite several political groups disenfranchised with the state's economy and who feel left out of its development there may not have been a change in government but many say this election has put a spotlight. on this day that in all its unemployment inflation and the fact that the benefits of good d

party can wrestle power from the ruling by theo john to party in the home states of prime minister narendra modi few would doubt gandhi is worthy of wearing the crown of the congress party many say it's fitting that are all gandhi's first big test as congress leader isn't good its grandfather was from here and the truck was a congress governed state with his father rajiv gandhi and his grandmother and there are gandhi or prime ministers of india. al-jazeera. on top u.n. envoy investigating extreme poverty and the u.s. is warning the problem is set to escalate under president trump and threatening nations to mock or say help allston found one in eight americans are living in poverty nearly half of those are in what's considered deep poverty and a calendar reports you actually see them a war fly in rural alabama the un's expert on extreme poverty witnessed firsthand what residents have been dealing with the years in the states black belt region many can't afford basic sanitation open pools of rule sewage sit with children play it's often flushed back into people's homes and hookworm a parasite nor

a nail biting election in the indian state of gujarat has seen prime minister narendra modi hold on to power despite a stronger than usual challenge from the opposition congress party a loss would have been a major embarrassment for both modi and his ruling. party which has ruled the state for two decades period awful and has more from good europe's largest city amid the bad. people here say it was one of the most exciting elections the state of gujarat has seen in decades. there have been celebrations in the city center along with relief that the ruling party agenda third party managed to retain power but it was a close race for the first time in twenty two years the opposition indian national congress rather campaign that threatened the ruling party. the p.d.p. had campaigned on the issue of economic development and people voted for their. no doubt the communities opposing the party have affected some seats at the. people who voted for development and reelected the big pay. the rest of the country has been watching this political race closely prime minister narendra modi was chief mi

the rest of the country has been watching this political race closely prime minister narendra modi was chief minister of good drugs for thirteen years before taking over the top job. his support included visits to his home state to campaign on behalf of the b j p and to cast his vote mr moody would personally be greatly relieved by this victory but this is a victory which will not give great joy and happiness to the party workers this is going to be a victory which the cannot walton celebrate it's going to be very similar to the way that the congress is not been able to win the elections but their workers are going to walk out and celebrate at least the revival of the party the congress party has increased its influence and now holds more constituencies than before. the congress party managed to unite several political groups disenfranchised with the state's economy and who feel left out of its development there may not have been a change in government but many say this election has put a spotlight. on this day that in all its unemployment inflation and the fact that the benefits of go

this also has been watched closely by the rest of the country as the country's prime minister narendra modi had a personal stake in this is his home state he came here personally to campaign on behalf of the b j p a loss for him would have been a loss of face and a lack of confidence in his policies now what these elections have done is raise certain issues in the state particularly unemployment inflation and the fact that the states economic growth is not benefiting everyone particularly the rural population and those of low income. at least twelve people have died after a building collapsed due to a fire in the indian city of mumbai rescuers managed to save many of the trapped workers the fos went through a sweet store before dawn when workers were still asleep in the building the cause of the fire is being investigated. if you will have taken place for those killed in sunday's suicide attack on a church in pakistan at least nine people died when two suicide bombers attacked worship is curious service in quite a relative's now with the pakistani government to provide extra security to ens

the issues on the minds of voters the vote is seen as a test of popularity for prime minister narendra modi who spent weeks campaigning in his home state has been controlled by modi is party the b j p for twenty two years is facing a surprisingly strong challenge from the opposition congress party led by the whole gandee parliament has more from ahmedabad. the b j p has been in charge of this state for over two decades on interrupted so many thought a win for them would be a foregone conclusion but analysts say they got a wake up call in the first phase of these elections on december ninth when turned out amongst the b j p's committed voters was less than expected over the past year there have been rumblings of discontent particularly amongst the rural areas which make up half of the voting bloc many here say that the congress party has managed to launch a campaign that's resonated amongst those who feel like they've been marginalized by the government and its economic policies this phase of voting today will be for hoth of the hundred eighty two seats in the legislative assembly we spoke t

having a big impact on national politics people are voting in the home state of prime minister narendra modi the result there will be closely watched by modi's government ahead of general elections that are due in twenty eight nineteen difficult hollande has more from the largest city in goods. the b j p has been in charge of this state for over two decades uninterrupted so many thought a win for them would be a foregone conclusion but analysts say they got a wake up call in the first face of these elections on december ninth when turnout among the b j p's committed voters was less than expected over the past year there have been rumblings of discontent particularly amongst the rural areas which make up half of the voting bloc many here say that the congress party has managed to launch a campaign that's resonated amongst those who feel like they've been marginalized by the government and its economic policies we spoke to some of the voters to find out what issues will be influencing the way they vote. as a businessman economic conditions are very important. looking for the market condition t

watching these elections closely as the stakes are particularly high for the country's leader narendra modi he was chief minister of goods or out state for thirteen years before he became prime minister and used his governance here and the economic model he set up here at the heart of his campaign to win over the country in the elections now a loss here for him would be seen as a loss of face for him and a lack of confidence in his policies as for all gandhi he recently was crowned the leader of the congress party i went for him would validate his position also make him a credible opponent for narendra modi in the twenty nineteen national elections. continues to demand the release of his journalist motor sign he's accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly deny saying has repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail was arrested on the twentieth of december last year while visiting family in egypt. now to the seemingly never ending debate and little political action under strict gun ownership in the us it's five years since the sandy hook school sho

can wrestle power from the ruling by thier jumped up party in the home states of prime minister narendra modi few would doubt gandhi is worthy of wearing the crown of the congress party many say it's fitting that are all gandhi's first big test as congress leader isn't good its grandfather was from here and the crowd was a congress governed state when his father rajiv gandhi and his grandmother in their gandhi were prime ministers have been the. al-jazeera. the un commission on human rights says some civilians in south sudan are being targeted for murder and rape based on their ethnicity thousands of people have been killed the millions forced from their homes since fighting began shortly after the country gained independence in two thousand and thirteen here morgan visited one un camp this report from juba. a few clocks and cooking pots are all violet only has other displaced people at the u.n. camp in juba donated them when she arrived in september after fleeing her hometown one of our i won't i why is that our house was burnt my husband was inside we came here with only the clothes on our

union further complicating efforts to sever ties is a prestige battle for indian prime minister narendra modi as voters in his home state of gujarat cast ballots in the second phase of polling the regional election is taking place in a state where modi's party the b.g.p. has been in power for twenty two years but the opposition congress and its leader raul gandhi have mounted a surprisingly strong challenge now the u.n. is warning more than four hundred thousand children under five in the democratic republic of congo could die within months without an emergency intervention eighteen months of violence under displacement of one point four million people of the cosign region has the disease shortages members of yemen's former president ali abdullah saleh his party of held talks with the senior who the leader in the capital sanaa it's sort of who these are trying to make a new alliance with sellers generals people's congress after their fighters killed him last week. they could all vice president george glass has been sentenced to six years in prison after being found guilty in the. corruption s

trump and israel's benjamin netanyahu and israel and party looks set to retain prime minister narendra modi's home state of gujarat overcoming a challenge from the main opposition party in the central philippines at least twenty six people have been killed in landslides caused by tropical storm kai tak more than eighty thousand people on the bill or an island have fled their homes organization of american states is calling for a new presidential election in honduras earlier president juan orlando hernandez was declared the winner three weeks after the vote defeated opposition candidate salvador nasrallah claims the bitterly contested election was fraudulent power at the world's busiest airport has been restored after a ten hour blackout forced the cancellation of more than a thousand flights thousands of passengers were stranded because of this power outage at atlanta's hartsfield jackson airport so the headlines news continues on al-jazeera after witness it are. facing new realities if a piece of machinery goes wrong it's their training over these two creation true which we can bring in lega

his party can wrestle power from the ruling by the party in the home states of prime minister narendra modi few would doubt gandhi is worthy of wearing the crown of the congress party many say it's fitting that are all gandhi's first big test as congress leader isn't good its crap father was from here and good trot was a congress governed state when his father rajiv gandhi and his grandmother in their gandhi were prime ministers of india living gopal an al-jazeera. a six point five magnitude earthquake in indonesia most populous island of java has killed at least two people and damaged several towns and cities the quake struck on friday night local time staff at one hospital were forced to evacuate patients after part of the ceiling collapsed java's home to almost one hundred fifty million people and sits on the pacific ring of fire were a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur still ahead on al-jazeera ok. ok taking a stand the families of the missing argentine submarine crew pushed for the search to continue plus. they're saying they want to make america great again this

technology although for now it'll be driven manually the magenta line was inaugurated by prime minister narendra modi it connects the southern part of delhi with the satellite city of noida an i.t. hub the rail cars feature wife on a u.s.b. charging point and state of the art safety features. britain's railways are mostly closed for repairs over christmas but one of the country's busiest terminal stations euston has been opened to people who normally hug the shadows there two hundred homeless people were given christmas dinner along with warm clothing socks clubs and lucky banks the charity event was funded by a total of forty five companies. for staying with christmas in scandinavian folklore santa claus doesn't live at the north pole but in the north of finland in lapland a small village there styles itself as the home of father christmas to attract tourists and with its grottos reindeer and plenty of snow it's a dream come true for the young and the young at heart. it's a winter wonderland at santa claus village just outside the city of rovaniemi more than three hundred thousand tourists come here

well the counting of votes is underway in the home state of indian prime minister narendra modi the ruling party the b j p has controlled the western region of greece about for twenty two years but it's facing a tough challenge from the opposition congress party with allegations of corruption against local b j p leaders the congress will succumb paint on economic issues such as the new goods and services tax but exit polls suggest a win for moody's let's get more now from to become paul and she joins us live from good surats largest city amid about what's the mood like ahead of the polls davila people expecting. hi daryn well daryn that miss fear here i would say is charge social media has been abuzz with people saying they consummate for monday which is unusual from their sunday weekend holiday people are watching this race very closely because for the first time in decades congress is putting up enough of a challenge to gather more seats or capture enough seats possibly to govern this state now many people here are divided by geographical locations rural areas are said to be voting more

although for now it will be manually driven the magenta line was inaugurated by prime minister narendra modi that connects the southern part of delhi with the satellite city of noida which is an i.t.v. hub the railcars reach of wife by u.s.b. charging ports and state of the art safety features. in scandinavian folklore santa claus doesn't live at the north pole but in the north of finland in lapland a small village there styles itself as the home of father christmas to attract tourists and with its grottos reindeer and plenty of snow with a warm heart of even the hardiest scrooge. it's a winter wonderland at santa claus village just outside the city of rovaniemi more than three hundred thousand tourists come here each year with high seas and in december here in northern finland they can enjoy a reindeer ride and join in the festive holiday spirit people from warmer climates are particularly fond of the snow. people here are very friendly and whiskey is quite different and they're very easy and it's really i actually knew this is like holiday everywhere a few years ago many of the visitors ca

narendra modi?e elections viewed telecoms scandal as one of his most important weapons to say the ruling congress is corrupt. how tried to remind people this government is corrupt come and now the courts are saying it wasn't really a scam and no charges are proved against those accused, including the minister. it ruined the credibility of his anti-corruption crusade. about the court? what did they actually say about these allegations? they seemed to be fairly robust. doesn't that limit the chances of a government appeal? >> the court came out clearly , andg there was no scam also came down heavily on the prosecution come and sing the prosecution has miserably failed in proving any of the charges, corruption or conspiracy to chief the government -- to chief the government. -- cheat the government. it said none of those charges were proved. there is deathly a chance of an appeal. move toecutors will appeal. enforcement that prosecutes accuse for money laundering gave a statement yesterday saying they

as had been losing ground over the past three years after being defeated by prime minister narendra modi'sb j p in national polls but in the past few months gandhi's talk talk of a political revival with an aggressive campaign in regional elections in modi's home state did he go pal and reports. you could say politics isn't as blood his great grandfather jawaharlal nehru was india's first prime minister it's grandmother in their gandhi was india's first and only female prime minister and when she was assassinated in one thousand nine hundred forty his father rajiv gandhi became the country's youngest ever leader now raul gandhi is hoping to follow in their footsteps and first succeeding his mother sagna as president of the congress party i think the choice of the party is in essence coming out of his sort of composing because within the congress party itself. many leaders who we accepted by all sections within the party so the whole was the only person around the entire party as early but raul gandhi's dynastic journey into politics has been on the easy one and he was general secretary of

fended off a major challenge by holding on to power in good it's the home state of prime minister narendra modi and has been under b.g.p. rule for two decades it was the first real test for who gandhi the new president of the opposition congress party and for. the israeli military confirms it's carried out airstrikes in the gaza strip targeting a hamas training compound it's in response to new rocket attacks from the palestinian territory militants have stepped up rocket fire since u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. the belgian trial of a key suspect in the twenty fifteen attacks in france has been spawned the delay is meant to give his newly appointed lawyer time to prepare the slum is currently in a french prison for his alleged involvement in multiple attacks that killed one hundred thirty people in paris. a new government has been sworn into power in austria which includes a far right party for the first time since the early two thousand well that's because the new chancellor sebastian kurtz has teamed up with the populist freedom party togeth

major challenge by holding on to power in gujarat now that is the home state of prime minister narendra modi and has been under a b j p rule for two decades it was the first real test for who gandhi the new president of the opposition congress party. at least ten people have been killed and more than forty injured in a stampede in bangladesh a stampede occurred as hundreds of people rushed to get free food parcels they were being handed out to honor a popular former mayor of the town of chittagong after the mayor's death. the israeli military confirms it's carried out air strikes in the gaza strip targeting a hamas training compound is in response to new rocket attacks from the palestinian territory militants have stepped up rocket fire since u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. meanwhile the united states says it will use its veto power to reject a u.n. security council resolution against that decision by the trumpet ministration on jerusalem the security council is to vote on a resolution that would require the u.s. to rescind the president's d

showing in two thousand and fourteen that's when the hindu nationalist b j p of prime minister narendra modiswept to power with a landslide victory. you're watching u.w. news still to come the final bundesliga games before the winter break are on top this weekend and dortmund under new coach peter stone face a tough task against hoffenheim. now some of the other stories making news around the world a powerful earthquake has struck indonesia's main island of java killing at least two people and injuring many more the six point five magnitude quake destroyed dozens of homes and forced authorities to evacuate patients from damaged hospitals . lawmakers in peru have presented a motion to impeach president pedro pablo over undisclosed payments from brazilian construction company his consulting firm received nearly eight hundred thousand dollars from ota brushed more than a decade ago the president says he will not resign and has denied any wrongdoing rumania is holding a funeral for king michael who died earlier this month after a long struggle with leukemia and skin cancer the ninety six year ol

showing in two thousand and fourteen that's when the hindu nationalist b j p of prime minister narendra modi swept to power with a landslide victory. after some of the other stories making news around the world a powerful earthquake has struck indonesia's main island of java killing at least two people and injuring many more the six point five magnitude quake was centered just outside the town of super two job it destroyed dozens of homes and forced authorities to evacuate patients from damaged hospitals. lawmakers in peru have presented a motion to impeach president pedro pablo kaczynski over undisclosed payments from brazilian construction company his consulting firm received nearly eight hundred thousand dollars from ota bresh more than a decade ago the president said he would not resign and has denied any wrongdoing. clashes have erupted between protesters and security forces in honduras over a disputed election in november supporters of the center left opposition are demanding a full recount after official results indicated a lead for incumbent president juan orlando hernandez a final r