the students studying in your new delhi are worried they've been scrambling to find a way to contact their families and friends in indeed administered kashmir without much success i mean guns on that my parents even ok like they have been i don't know are they even alive for me. not knowing what they are going to. so i know what the problems but this is the highest this is the worst kind of situation that is happening now. as many worry about their families and kashmir being cut off others are dreaming of a new beginning their fares jamil al jazeera new delhi. good to correspondents following the latest developments on this story we have. for a fact in some administered kashmir 1st so there's going to priyanka gupta our correspondent who is live for us in new delhi give us an idea then about the political fallout the being in india to this decision. when it's no surprise that the ruling b.g.p. could get the bills passed in the upper house of the parliament under lower house of the indian parliament because it enjoys unprecedented an absolute majority particularly in the lower house o

against china's territory itself india says it's india's internal matter new delhi has complete right to take decisions on what it chooses to do and it does and since it since it is thought meddle in other people's or other countries internal affairs it expects china i pakistan to back off or write a prank or go to the in new delhi print thanking us cross not to come on he joins us for the reaction from pakistan he's live in must suffer about in pakistan administered kashmir so the pakistan prime minister come on house call for international intervention following indecision and he's also saying this could lead to a regional war these are strong words. absolutely strong words strong demand on the part just on the side who believe that oh we're created 1000000. and no one no larger is happening now dad said one thing the other thing that india obviously has made its move you thought the reaction from china. august on richard been mulling over to respond. in a record by a surprise they would no plan or not a good deal with this issue if it was going to happen showed august on the day ag

al-jazeera new delhi. pakistan's government asked people to tone down celebrations and solidarity with kashmiris and india kemal hai there has more. although it did in august on it is are not nor most of the television networks that would normally be throwing entertainment programs a concentrated on the issue of the pakistani foreign minister also expanding. in the focus on the administration me of course they send their strong message id international community my state nor. crises. in pakistan right now nor just a political battle and a war of war that is going on between new delhi and it. by the humanitarian crises the people in indian administered kashmir have been in a state of lockdown for 7 days now they're running out of food and medicine as i reports indicate from. their situation indeed grave and the apprehension that once these people come out and their district attorneys are lifted that people are they going to win. on the streets which would lead to more bloodshed that is something the pakista

the students studying in your new delhi are worried they've been scrambling to find a way to contact their families and friends in indeed administered kashmir without much success my main guns on that my parents even ok like they haven't i don't know they've been alive for me. not knowing what they're going to do. so i know what are the problems but this is the highest this is the worst kind of situation that is happening now. as many worry about their families in kashmir being cut off others are dreaming of a new beginning their fares jamil al jazeera new delhi india has rejected china's criticism of its move on cash may have priyanka look to has more now from new delhi . it was completely predictable about china would react so strongly against india's decision to do market dock as a separate administrative region to be directly controlled by new delhi are the 2 countries have fought a bitter but a brief war in $96.00 you to have a could be a both countries claim each other parts of each other 3500 kilometer long border i did have been several skirmishes in the past when the soldier

protests prayers and didn't minister mean against new delhi's decision to revoke the disputed regions autonomy. balance back after a shocking defeat and presidential primaries leads to a market meltdown plus. the threat is coming from the united states and its western allies who are pouring weapons in. iran's foreign minister blames the us for rising tension in the gulf in an exclusive interview with al-jazeera. hong kong's leader kerry land says weeks of antigovernment protests a damaging the vote of law speaking to the media on tuesday the chief executive said hong kong is seriously wounded and warmth of the territory will take a long time to recover from the violent demonstrations. more than a 100 siple of violence no matter if it's using violence or condoning violence will push hong kong down a path of no return will plunge hong kong society into a very worrying and dangerous situation i believe that those who heard my words previously might have only half believed me but the situation in hong kong in the past week has made me very worried that we have reached this dangerous situa

as soon as he landed he was sent back to new delhi so as far as new delhi is concerned is trying to put a lid on any kind of political activity or protests in the indian as administered kashmir peter bergen thanks very much. ok let's just show you some latest live pictures coming to us out of hong kong specifically we're talking about the airport where activist has now started 3 days of rallies there hoping to win support from people flying into hong kong it's the 2nd time they've occupied the airport in less than a month hundreds been arrested since citywide demonstrations began more than 2 months ago testers want an independent inquiry into alleged police brutality the complete withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill and the resignation of the hong kong leader kerry lamb will stay with these pictures and talk to our correspondent rob mcbride rob how many people are there now. while we have the last couple of hours or so peter the numbers of the swelled 2 here. my arrival hall the how wrong international airport where thousands of protesters now i gather they are occupying thi

region into territories directly governed from new delhi a cease fire in syria's rebel controlled a province has collapsed the government israel so resumed its offensive with airstrikes reported in southern parts of the province syria's government is accused rebel forces of violating the terms of the truce and it's letting turkey phenomena forcing it this was the cease fire agreed in kazakhstan on thursday and china has one protesters in hong kong that they will be punished this was a rare news conference from beijing's top office on hong kong policy but they also said the mainland chinese government has quote immense strength comments come after a citywide general strike in hong kong to another day of violent confrontations between police and protesters on monday you are up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera inside story starts right now. we. are willing to give it to the people who will be attending the workshop we listen i'm supposed to explain apologize for someone who is also terrorizing we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter how does their own. indi

and one and the uk which will be directly governed by new delhi the government has put parts of indian and ministered to me under security lockdown and has deployed tens of thousands of additional troops internet is blocked and phone lines are down. 3 prominent kashmiri politicians 2 of them former chief ministers are under house arrest revoking indian administered kashmir special status is expected to garner strong reaction this is a straightforward pandering to the hindu majority electorate in india. b j p the hindu nationalist party came to power in elections in may this year with enhanced majority based on promises that it would remove these special provisions which they see banned or to the muslims of india so there is a clear political polarization here with the ruling party trying to pander to its hindu vote bank. they have already been protests as the spread on sunday about the government's plan to hurt article $35.00 in article $370.00 is our basic constitutional right we have made an agreement with in here the basis of these articles and now they are trying to derail only voc

about shortly that's pakistan administered kashmir we're standing in new delhi though with me affairs can you explain the process of what's happening in the indian parliament today. as you mentioned kemal that right now the bill to change the state of india administered kashmir into 2 federally administered territories is currently below the law currently in front of rather the lower house of parliament it's expected to pass fairly easily given the government's majority there but the important thing to notice says that it also passed the upper house on monday fairly easily that's because even though there is some opposition criticism and a protest against this a large part of the opposition is siding with the government on this as is the public this idea that all parts of india will be equal there won't be any special status or autonomy to anyone has gotten broad appeal and haul it to the political parties and the public as well and really this whole thing the way that this was accomplished though was really by legal maneuvering so it's widely expected that there's going to be legal c

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al-jazeera new delhi. argentina's present machree says he'll fight to win a 2nd term despite his defeat in sunday's primary vote financial markets reacted strongly after the results with the poso falling by more than 30 percent against the dollar daniel schorr has more from. the day after his shock overwhelming defeat in primary elections president mackey said he would listen more he appealed to argentina's for patience for his policies to show results his address to the nation came after a day of emergency meetings firstly with the head of the central bank then with his cabinet i mean to live in the oh you must to you. we've had a very bad day today we're poorer than we were before the primaries we've been hit hard the dollar has gone up again with all the consequences that will have. the markets reacted to sunday's result what the government was still reeling the auction time base so last one 3rd of its value against the u.s. dollar in the 1st few hours of trading stocks and shares in both wall street an

families in kashmir being cut off others are dreaming of a new beginning their fares jamil al jazeera new delhi says new sanctions against on its way they will cut off financing for president nicolas maduro america has frozen all venezuelan government assets blocking us companies and individuals from doing business with moderates government u.s. president donald trump has shrugged off fears of a protracted trade war with china washington refuse china of being a currency manipulator after the one fell to its lowest value in more than a decade. the f.b.i. will investigate a mass shooting in the u.s. state of ohio saying the gunman had an interest in violent ideology 24 year old con about's killed 9 people including his sister at a popular nightlife area in dayton on sunday we have uncovered evidence throughout the course of our investigation that the shooter was exploring violent ideologies and based upon this evidence were initially initiating an f.b.i. investigation side by side with the dayton police homicide investigation to make sure we get to the bottom and we explore everything and we are

hello indian security forces have arrested around 500 people in indian administered kashmir new delhi is warning its neighbor pakistan to stay out of its business india's crackdown in the disputed territory is now into its 4th day and while many people in kashmir are confined to their homes living without telecommunications or the internets pakistan's foreign minister says his country isn't considering any military action india announced on monday it was taking away the region's autonomy we have correspondents on both sides of the story come out haidar is standing by for us in islamabad 1st we cross over to priyanka gupta in new delhi for any. reaction from ns in our forty's to what's coming out of islam about priyanka. well they read india has issued a strong rebuttal to what probably save a said yesterday to the list of actions that islam about said that he intends to take against india like us not being all trade ties with india as well as scaling back diplomatic relations in ministry of external affairs has issued a strongly worded statement retreating india's longstanding positio

the students studying in your new delhi are worried they've been scrambling to find a way to contact their families and friends in indeed administered kashmir without much success my main guns on that are my parents even ok like they have been i don't know are they even alive. not knowing what they are going to do. so i know what the problems but this is the highest this is the worst kind of situation that is happening now. as many worry about their families and kashmir being cut off others are dreaming of a new beginning their fares jamil al jazeera new delhi one who will and his deputy director and senior associate seoul south asia at the wilson center he says new delhi's decision is undemocratic. there is a very strong sentiment in favor of independence so many of these people have suffered for so long thanks to the very heavy handed and brutal tactics of indian security forces the last thing that these people want is to be formally integrated with an indian state that they so despise so clearly and india knew that this is going to be a very risky move that would not have locked d

calls for calm along the india pakistan border after new delhi revokes the special status for the disputed kashmir region. welcome to the program there's been a new escalation in the us a china trade war washington is accusing beijing of manipulating its currency after it lowered the value of the one stocks have dropped nearly 3 percent on wall street beijing says it'll stop chinese companies from buying u.s. farm products alan fischer has more from washington d.c. . well donald trump said he was going to call china come see manipulator on his 1st stay in office it's taken until now you certainly were expecting from the treasury said just evolution some sort of ruling on whether or not he thought china was a currency manipulator in october it's been brought forward just in the last few hours donald trump said on twitter that he believed china was manipulating its currency to try and gain an unfair advantage against the united states now when they made their surely they could have years one of 2 laws they could have gone with the 2015 law or the one that was drawn up in 1988 they decided to

gupta has the latest now from new delhi. boss of the india the mr kashmir to have been under security lockdown for almost 36 hours people in kashmir valley don't have access to internet don't have access to landlines and also failing to get information is coming in and out of the kashmir valley situation in parts of jammu is relatively normal there is no curfew in place in large parts of job and also in the dark what we are hearing of course from the indian media is that more troops are being deployed in the valley there are more checkpoints and more valley kids in fact at every 50 square metres there are checkpoints barricades that have been put in place we are also getting conformed information about some protesters being insured and who have been admitted to the main hospital in other meanwhile in delhi the 1st legal challenge has been filed in the supreme court against the government's decision the public interest occasion has been filed and they are expecting more legal challenges to come their applications from the ind

al-jazeera new delhi. is a senior lecturer at king's college london in international relations and he says the dispute has drawn the attention of the international community. if there was an extent what if $947.00 as it as it happens roundabout partition india did actually annex quite a few of the princely states including the. princely states a jew general and and hyderabad kashmir itself was joined india through an instrument of atic station by the hindu maharajah at the time and that of course led to a conflict which eventually led to so of un intervention and call for a pub is that never occurred so pakistan is using the term. is i think using it to draw attention to the issue which absolutely needs to needs to have more attention to it i believe that the international community and the un as a sort of embodiment of that would see this is an ongoing. international dispute but also a major. question of concern for the human rights of a particular people their people the question about annexation the que

pakistan says it will downgrade diplomatic relations with india after new delhi stripped the disputed region of kashmir of its special status. hello again i'm martin there with their life and also coming up the u.s. and turkey agree to coordinate a manage a safe zone in northeastern syria. but i have a pension of 40000 bolivar's that i can buy 2 kilos of cheese. the cost of further u.s. sanctions on venezuela and already cash strapped nation. and british activists say victims of human trafficking are being jailed instead of helped to hear one man's story. that pakistan has just announced within the last 10 minutes or so that it's going to take the kashmir issue to the un security council and that it is to downgrade its diplomatic relations with new delhi as well as suspending bilateral trade meanwhile thousands of indians security forces are in forcing a clamp down in indian administered kashmir for a 3rd day after new delhi took away the region's autonomy that have been small protests in india and ministers of kashmir but the streets pretty much had dominated by the security forces t

has more from new delhi. for the 1st time in decades here allow the arena speeling optimistic kashmir hindu fled with his family from indeed administered kashmir in 1990 because of religious violence he's pleased with the indian government's decision to revoke the region's autonomy under article 370 but has his concerns if we are supposed to back. the what shall we do what is a home. what shall we. and all shall do in the city of the. who would look after us and who wouldn't be a god part of. india's home minister let tuesday start for change in the lower house of parliament with a bill passed easily thanks to the government's majority and support from the opposition members but many members of parliament say support for india in the kashmir valley has dried up following the government's revoking of the region's autonomy and splitting it into 2 federal territories even those who politically supported the indian government in the region are now lashing out this is not india that i believe. there is a democrati

the students studying in your new delhi are worried they've been scrambling to find a way to contact their families and friends in indeed administered kashmir without much success my main guns on that are my parents even ok like they have been i don't know are they even alive for me. not knowing what they are going to do. so i know what the problems but this is the highest this is the worst kind of situation that is happening now. as many worry about their families and kashmir being cut off others are dreaming of a new beginning their fares jamil al jazeera new delhi india has rejected china's criticism of its move on kashmir priyanka gupta has more now from new delhi. it was completely predictable about china would react so strongly against india's decision to do market led dark as a separate administrative region to be directly controlled by new delhi are the 2 countries have fought a bitter but a brief war in $162.00 you have a could be a both countries claim each other parts of each other 3500 kilometer long border they have been several skirmishes in the past when the soldiers f

delhi --oad and new islamabad and new delhi have gone to war twice over the disputed land.imesna, too, has at claimed the region. the crackdown has killed more than 70,000 people in the past 30 years. however, it's partial economy has been granted in article 370 of the country's constitution, an artrticle being the hindidi nationalist govevernment in powr has revoked. now india-controlled kashmir will lose its s special status, its flag, and its criminal code. claire: two algeria, where aa panel to oversee a national dialogue and holy presidential election has met protest leaders for the first time. get thers managed to ruler to step down in apapril, t that is not enough for them. they want to get rid of the whole ruling elite. yuka royer reports. yuka: a a small step. hasria'a's dialogue committee held a first meeting with the prototest movevement as s they o end a political d deadlock. it was canceled in july due to a lack of candidates. >> i think it got off to a successful start, especiallyly since thee talksks began with harassmentnt errors. the protest member -- m mov

maximum pressure on india after new delhi his decision to strip the ended administered kashmir of its autonomy province to amman can has warned the situation could lead to a regional war. the us says new sanctions against venezuela will cut off financing for president nicolas maduro and there has frozen all the venezuelan government assets blocking the u.s. companies and individuals from doing business with my daughters that ministration. and a text police chief has apologized after 2 white police officers on horseback led a black handcuffed man down a street by a broad galveston's police chief said his officers showed poor judgment. u.s. president trump has shrugged off areas of a protracted trade war with china he says investment as a flooding into america and that the economy's strong he made the comments and they are that u.s. treasury accused china of currency manipulation a white house correspondent company how could reports. a strong economic position that's the claim the trump white house made amid an intensifying trade war turned currency dispute between the united states and

pakistan expels india's ambassador of a new delhi's decision to revoke kashmir special status as the region remains of the lockdown. hello i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from joe also coming up the u.s. president visits 2 cities scarred by mass shootings but protesters say he isn't welcome. puerto rico swears in its 3rd governor in 6 days after weeks of demonstrations and legal wrangling over the candidates. struggling to cope dengue fever spreading at a record rate in bangladesh. pakistan has stepped up political pressure on india over they do. territory of kashmir it's expelled in the embassador downgraded diplomatic relations and suspended trade the indian security forces are imposing a climbdown in indian administered kashmir 3 days after new delhi took away the region's autonomy well we have reporters covering both sides of the story in a moment we'll get the latest from kemal hideout in islamabad but 1st i speak to a prank a group in the indian capital new delhi so what are you hearing from the ground in kashmir priyanka is it still on the lockdown. while tyrants at

chinese for how successful given what you've just said will be the diplomatic offensive against new delhi well you know exists a sort of successful in a limited way to the extent that you know the chinese foreign minister agreed to see the back with the new foreign minister very short notice or sort of you know that signals of the chinese to sort of are willing to if these give the baucus only the certain amount of space but beyond that not much if you actually look at the statement that came out from the chinese foreign ministry is pretty added again you know they're urging both countries to be restrained and so on they're promising justice but the schmear i think it's also particularly awkward for the chinese given that they're all on record of beating their muslim minority population into india is frankly quite horrific and probably ready the greatest human rights abuse against any muslim population anywhere on the planet right now and the fact that they have a fairly large economic relationship with india so i think that they're going to try and keep up with on have on board but i don

and seeing the disputed territory a significant autonomy and putting it in direct rule by new delhi he so what's behind this move and does it abide by the longstanding consensus this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. this fear to territory of kashmir has been divided between india and pakistan since that independence from britain both countries claim it as their own and control parts of it indian administered kashmir was once a special autonomy that's allowed it to function largely without direct interference from the delhi but that has now changed prime minister narendra modi's hindu nationalist led government is now revoking the special status and send additional troops to the area and but the region a lock down it's a move that's good to have widespread consequences when bringing in our guests in a moment but 1st this report from priyanka got. a sudden and momentous decision. india's government says it's revoking special privileges granted to indian administered kashmir the opposition is furious. it's a change in the constitution which far reaching consequences are not

also is a reminder of our top stories pakistan says it will use maximum pressure on india after new delhiis decision to strip indian administered kashmir of its being told of the crime is a wrong call a price war and the situation could lead to every journal war. the us says new sanctions against venezuela will cut off financing for as of the close major america has frozen all venezuelan government assets blocking us companies and individuals from to business with the rights of ministration. and the f.b.i. will investigate a mass shooting in the u.s. state of ohio saying that the gunman had an interest in violent ideology 24 year olds call about skilled mind people including his sister as a popular nightlife area in dates of some. years president told trump on shrugged off a as a protected trade war with china he says investment is flooding into america and the economy is strong trump made the comments a day after the u.s. treasury accused china of currency manipulation a white house correspondent kimberly health kit. a strong economic position that's the claim the trump white house made

some of the journalists who've been trying to report on the situation there and reports now from new delhi. 10 days after a complete information blackout the indian government set up 4 computers with internet access for more than 200 journalists in a media center it controls in srinagar the reporters wait patiently until it's their turn. some are letty who writes for the indian daily the tribune says sometimes he queues for hours just to email his story and if he's lucky chat briefly with his editor. or stand in the queue for them and then. the response of. the new had to go back into the same computer and. the indian government has issued press passes to most journalists in the past few days but access to the internet is tightly controlled and freedom of movement largely restricted to within stina got itself. conditions however have improved a little since the 1st days of the lockdown imposed earlier this month after new delhi's decision to revoke indian administrators autonomy. is what we're doing is trying of setting of the trouble finding out what's happening on august 13th the editor

live in new delhi thank you so as parliaments both in india and in pakistan have been talking about the developments in indian administered kashmir that have a closer look at the actual law is now being revoked but it did grant significant autonomy to the disputed region. it allowed indian administered kashmir to make its own laws except in finance defense foreign affairs and communications means the residents of the state they lived under different laws from the rest of the country in masses including property ownership and crucially citizenship and the state as we've already mentioned is now being split into 2 india then the minister of kashmir which includes hindu majority jamel will be directly run from new delhi but will have a local assembly dock which is largely buddhist and has shia muslims will also be a union territory but it won't have its own assembly. right now to hong kong where china's government has condemned the protests as fog some promise to all those involved in violence and those behind the scenes saying they'll be punished choose a was relatively quiet in hong kong

it will use maximum pressure on india after new delhi's decision to strip indian administered kashmir of its ptolemy pakistani prime minister in one car has warned the situation could lead to a regional war. the u.s. says new sanctions against venezuela will cut off financing for president nicolas maduro america has frozen all venezuelan government assets blocking us companies and individuals from doing business with a ministration. president trump shrugged off fears of a protracted trade war with china washington accused china of being a currency manipulator after the one fell to its lowest value in more than a decade. while staying with the us a police chief in the u.s. state of texas has apologized after 2 white officers on horseback let a black man handcuffed down the street by rope photos of the arrests have sparked widespread outrage galveston's police chief says his officers showed. judgment and should have waited for a transport units well in a statement the chief called it an unnecessary and barrister into the detainee but he also called the offices actions a trained techniqu

from new delhi. the lockdown remain tight on wednesday in srinagar the largest city of indeed administered kashmir. security forces are keeping most people off the streets those who do venture out when they have to complain that continued restrictions make it hard to get around here but we got there the last of us and anywhere i go there's security forces they don't let me go through i didn't want to go to the store to buy something but they won't let me even go there it feels like we have another do this it says if you say that his fans will be in prison in new delhi social activists who have recently returned to the capital from indian administered kashmir told reporters what they saw. they say the park trail by several indeed media organizations of calm in the kashmir valley is untrue that is a fed amount of accurate reporting happening if this is the government would like us to make it seem like that the only p.r. agency down there the bulk of the out agents out there calling themselves the best

now indian administered kashmir is now at an indefinite security lockdown amid reports that new delhi is trying to tighten its on the disputed territory thousands of troops have been deployed in recent weeks citing security concerns prominent local politicians have been detained and public rallies banned priyanka gupta reports. parts of kashmir under lockdown thousands of indian troops monitored checkpoints neighborhoods and squares and more soldiers are arriving schools and colleges are shot overnight internet is blocked polluted sions are appealing for calm. well. i appeal to the people of the state to move. but they should maintain peace and happy since it is very necessary we should not take any step that will disturb the region. by sunday india put 3 prominent kashmiri politicise under house arrest 2 of them former chief ministers it's also banned public rallies this former leader says he doesn't know what's in store the uncertainty prevailed for much of the week students from across the country in kashmir were packed into trains to respond pilgrims were ordered to leave the indi

in new delhi this problem filmmaker is worried about his elderly parents and she dug or he questions the timing of the government's decision to revoke the state's autonomy and divide it into 2 federally administered territories the one thing about the timing of this decision is very seems awfully time. and so then one is forced to wonder as to why this would have happened and crudely yes the story has pushed the impending economic crisis off the front pages for this week and who knows you know until the next round of elections legal challenges are already being planned the 1st public interested again against the government's decision has been filed and they are expected some constitutional experts say that there are some legal loopholes that the judges may consider the process is a certain amount of scut constitutional scholar. which i expect. the supreme court or any other constitutional court to look at very closely constitutions do not work on the vim of a few people alone no matter how high the in the constitutional structure india's government led by the party the party of the h

al-jazeera new delhi. the italian prime minister has accused his far right interior minister of being obsessed with blocking refugees and migrants. a time. has intensified the open water in the city's ruling coalition meanwhile has stunned other e.u. countries for offering to take in some of the people stranded on a rescue ship you're going to get reports. for the last 2 weeks more than 140 migrants have been aboard the proactive open arms looking for a place to dock safely they were rescued by the spanish n.g.o.s all off the libyan coast. it was as weather conditions worsen that sea full on board including 2 infants were allowed off the vessel taken by the italian coast guard for medical attention. to conditions for example. a lot of people were seasick already on suffering. and their friends in both and also on one of. the problems they've heard coming from where they face arbitrary detention they face which are rape and murder is a common thing. in the middle of this a political storm swirling around th

from new delhi. for the 1st time in decades here allow the arena speeling optimistic because schmear hindu fled with his family from indeed administered kashmir in 1990 because of religious violence he's pleased with the indian government's decision to revoke the region's autonomy under article 370 but has its concerns if we are supposed to go back. why should we live. what shall we. and our shall who will be served. who will look after us and who is going to be. part of. india's home minister led tuesday's charge for change in the lower house of parliament where the bill passed easily thanks to the government's majority and support from the opposition members but many members of parliament say support for india in the kashmir valley has dried up following the government's revoking of the region's autonomy and splitting it into 2 federal territories even those who politically supported the indian government in the region are now lashing out this is not india that i believe ran with those. ideas of de

pakistan expelled india is a master of the new delhi's decision to revoke your special status as the region remains under lockdown. breakout of the yemeni city of aden between separatist fighters and pro-government forces. u.s. president donald trump visits. by recent mash shootings but protests to say he isn't welcome and puerto rico swears and it's a 3rd government and. after weeks of demonstrations a new legal wrangling over the candidate. the political crisis over the disputed territory of kashmir is escalating with pakistan expelling the indian ambassador downgrading diplomatic relations and suspending trade with india indian security forces are imposing a clamp down and did administered kashmir 3 days after new delhi took away the region's autonomy there and to that has been caught curfews over in force and local politicians remain detained they have been small. the tests for the streets are mostly filled with troops or people across the line of control in pakistan administered kashmir have been protesting against and his decision they've also been demonstrations and the indian

the united nations is urging india and pakistan to exercise restraint after new delhi revoked indian administered kashmir is autonomous status a bill is being debated in india as the house of parliament on splitting up the region into territories which will be directly governed by new daddy. china has warned protesters in hong kong that they will be punished the comments were made after a citywide general strike turned into another day of violent confrontation between the police and protesters on monday. though iran's president has shot has shown sunni support for the foreign minister john zarif after the u.s. phrases assets and imposed a travel ban speaking at the foreign ministry has some rouhani reiterated the need for the u.s. to lift sanctions if it hopes to negotiate zarif says the u.s. sanctioned him because he declined an invitation to go to the white house for talks i said babe has this update from the iranian capital tehran. well president rouhani as address was broadcast live over state media he said that he favors talks with the united states but the sanctions imposed agai

al-jazeera new delhi. is a senior lecturer in international relations at king's college london and he says the on going to speech is don't need attention if the international community. if kashmir is an exit would have fanatics in 1947 as it has that happened round about partition india did actually an excluded few of the princely states including the. princely states a jew general and and hyderabad kashmir itself was joined india through an instrument of atic station by the hindu maharajah at the time and that of course led to a conflict which eventually led to so of un intervention and call for a club that never occurred so pakistan is using the term. is i think using it to draw attention to the issue which slowly needs to needs to have more attention to it i believe that the international community and the un as a sort of embodiment of that would see this is an ongoing. international dispute but also a major. question of concern for the human rights of a particular people their people the question about

hello indian security forces have arrested around 500 people in indian administered kashmir new delhi is warning its neighbor pakistan to stay out of its business and we are getting some reports that suggest all 40 years are allowing schools and government offices to reopen on friday the crackdown in the disputed territory is now into its 4th day many people in kashmir have been confined to their homes living without telecommunications or the internet india announced on monday it was taking away the region's autonomy within the last few hours pakistan's foreign minister gave a statement in which he ruled out any military action. pakistan is looking at political. diplomatic and legal options. my. we are not looking at a military option we are not here is a state of play in kashmir or take a look at what india considers to be its sovereign territory but its more complicated on the ground india administers part of the disputed kashmir region pakistan the other china also administers part of the territory the indian and pakistan administered parts are separated by the internationally reco

new delhi saying the hindu nationalist ideology of the governing b j p means its policy is a sectarian and anti muslim mr cound dedicated the nation's dependence day to the kashmiri struggle as he addressed the assembly on the pakistani side of the disputed territory kashmir is majority muslim and there if it is india is seeking to change the democracy of the region. because a lot of career between india and pakistan there is no fight going on but we are standing up to an ideology which is worse this ideology is the r s s ideology the parent organisation of the b j p modi is a member of it since childhood this ideology got inspiration from hitler's nazi party which includes racial superiority. the indian governor of the indian side of the region says restrictions on freedom of movement will be eased after india's independence day that's tomorrow thursday but he insists that phone lines and the internet will remain cut off he also admitted that some people were injured in protests probably speaking to fez jamail in new delhi in just a couple of minutes from now 1st so let's go to kemal

families in kashmir being cut off others are dreaming of a new beginning their fares jamil al jazeera new delhi. the u.s. says tough new sanctions will choke off financing for venezuela's president the united states is frozen venezuelan government assets blocking all american companies and individuals from doing business with president nicolas maduro administration and its supporters the measure is the 1st of its kind against the government in the western hemisphere in more than 30 years u.s. national security adviser john bolton has warned the sanctions will be imposed on anyone who supports us. president trump has taken a very strong lose here imposing these sweeping sanctions putting a full block a full freeze on all assets of all parts of the government of venezuela in the us and also imposing sanctions or set of the. situation to impose sanctions on any person or business that goes significant business with the government of venezuela so this goes well beyond anything we've done before and it really is a very strong move by the pros. but. is following all developments a pretty wide ranging

in new delhi this problem filmmaker is worried about his elderly parents and she. he questions the timing of the government's decision to vote the states autonomy and divided into 2 federally administered territories the one thing about the timing of this decision is very seems awfully time. and then one is forced to wonder as to why this would have happened and crudely yes the story has pushed the impending economic crisis off the front pages for this week and who knows you know until the next round of elections legal challenges are already being planned * the 1st public interested again against the government's decision has been filed and they are more expected some constitutional experts say there are some legal loopholes that the judges may consider the process is a certain amount of scut constitutional skullduggery which i expect. in the supreme court but in the other constitution of course you look at very closely constitutions do not work on the limb off a few people alone no matter how high in the constitutional structure india's government led by the party

is pakistan able to counter india's move in kashmir islamabad has taken several actions since new delhi scrapped the autonomy of this contested area it says war is not an option but can an armed conflict be averted this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. kashmir has long been a flashpoint between india and pakistan and by revoking the indian administered regions autonomy india has just made things worse although islamabad says not to the point of it considering military action for now pakistan's government is looking to challenge kashmir is disputed status politically and legally it's downgraded diplomatic ties with new delhi suspended trade and shut down a major train service to its neighbor india has pakistan to review what it's doing in retaliation to what it says is an internal affair come on hyder reports from islamabad. award. for tag and. call the pakistani foreign minister now shooting down india division about pakistan's downgrading of diplomatic relations saying that this was a unilateral action by india when they do move. he feared another false flag will put

in new delhi this problem filmmaker is worried about his elderly parents and she dug or he questions the timing of the government's decision to revoke the state's autonomy and divide it into 2 federally administered territories the one thing about the timing of this decision is very seems awfully time. and so then one is forced to wonder as to why this would have happened and crudely yes the story has pushed the impending economic crisis off the front pages for this week and who knows you know until the next round of elections legal challenges are already being planned * the 1st public interested again against the government's position has been filed and they are expected some constitutional experts say that there are some legal loopholes that the judges may consider the process is a certain amount of scut constitutional. which i expect. the supreme court or any other constitutional court will look at very closely constitutions do not work on the verge of a few people alone no matter how. in the constitutional structure india's government led by the party the party of hindu nationali

new delhi and tell them. is that for us and the human rights situation with regard to the people of indian administered kashmir is one of the main issues in 10 . dealing with the subject there with the dispute at the moment we've heard that there's been no internet no telephones and many leaders have been detained under house arrest india did promise that there would be an easing of the restrictions after independence day what is the situation now. well restrictions have been eased in an area called civil lines in stream which is the capital of indian administered kashmir and this is an area where the who's who of me live however in downtown which is where traditionally historically we've seen many protests the restrictions have not to be nice to that extent what we have learnt is that in another area. hundreds collected and protested they came out with the sheets of paper. route things on its expressing their disappointment of the decision of the indian government now the chief secretary off. to be union ter