a good life it's a promise that many are falling for an impoverished christian communities in punjab activists say that marriage brokers cruise around churches to look for potential brides and recruit local priest for help in targeting the poorest families both mark and mark's marriages are said to have been arranged with the help of a pastor from this church. who. is a christian activist and journalist he says grooms pay up to $5000.00 for the service and the biggest share ends up in the chinese dealers pockets or the pakistani deal. that's around 200000 rupees in the family about 300000. it's big business and in china openly at a time this great feat he promotes matchmaking services namak screams the latest. in my opinion this is human trafficking and the chinese government is responsible for this if their citizens are doing these things. pakistan recently arrested at least 8 chinese nationals suspected of trafficking women and more arrests are expected china says it has 0 tolerance for the practice but human rights minister says beijing is enabling marriage broke has by issuing vi

china says it has 0 tolerance for the practice but punjab human rights minister says beijing is enabling marriage broca's by issuing visas and documents to pakistani brides without asking questions. and we can speak to a correspondent how do enjoy enjoy he's standing by in islamabad in pakistan how do and thank you for joining us now we're safe the surge of pakistani brides and being married to men in china in our report we saw the cases of 2 women but in general what do these brides face when they arrive in china. right and you each are. going to be spent if you don't you are wrong as you can be stunned at traffic and company for prostitution and the price refused are often threatened beaten and tortured those who refuse for the sexual acts are already been treated involvement they were beaten by their spouses in china and it is tracking these marriages says that 100 women mostly christians head back to chinese men even one here human rights watch says these cracks the security and police or the situation inside them means it's very difficult in china so this is extremely troubling how

other landholders provided they refrain from planting the seeds used to produce lays well meat of punjab he is managing director activated agri solutions and wrote a whole research paper on this right and who's wrong in this case. so. yes as you mention all hazard just their id that they have. for chip making back at the scene and then they have they just read that id and there's the. act which is also part of the family's veins act so. actually i'm allowed to get all that particular seat back there not to allow the senate as a seat so frankly speaking yes there is and on. and it but it goes but that's the scene that. is not the day so we cannot see that the families are wrong. what about this deal or settlement the pepsi is offering the farmers is it any good. so pepsi is essentially saying what is there what they have but it goes back to the farmers stop growing their oil that they work with them so they just essentially these things that you get are the more the potatoes and less you don't sell it to us. you know and the farmers have actually not excepted that and they have asked for

punjab congress chief, sunithakhar. security has been deployed here because this is a very highly sensitive area. this is the place where two major attacks took place over the past five years, one a police station, and one on an air base. that is why extra security has been deployed here. this is also very close to the pakistan border, just about 3—4 kilometres. i spoke to youngsters here, they said jobs are their concern, they wantjobs. and then i was talking to sunny deol and sunithakhar, they said that they are promising industry so that youngsters get jobs here. the polling has ended, now it's over to the results on may 23rd. in egypt, an explosion targeting a tourist bus has injured at least 17 people. many of those injured are believed to be foreign nationals. the blast occured in giza, outside the capital cairo. the bus was near to the new grand egyptian museum, close to the pyramids, when the explosion happened. ranyah sabry from bbc arabic is in cairo with the latest. 17 people were injured this morning in egyp

the fa ct including the punjab governor.umbers turning out to honour him since he was executed, sends a chilling message to pakistan's minorities that many of their countrymen and women are against them. hundreds of uber drivers have switched off their apps — refusing to work — in protest against their employer. drivers, pictured here in new york, joined others in california, boston, and in london to demand better pay. they're especially outraged ahead of friday's blockbuster stock market debut for the company and the pay disparity between their take—home incomes and what investors are set to make. the expected value of uber technologies is $90 billion. this season european champions league final is going to be an all—english affair after a second dramatic semifinal saw tottenham beat the dutch side ajax in another pulsating match. 3—0 down on aggregate with just 35 minutes left the brazlian lucas moura scored a hat—trick — the last goal deep into injury time to draw the two sides level, but crucially sending spurs through o

. -- punjab. they recruit local priests for help in targeting the poorest families. both of those women's marriages were said to be arranged with the help of a pastor from this church. >> salim is a christian activist and journalist. they said it every $5,000 for a marriage, and the biggest amount goes into the dealer's pocket. >> the family gets about 300,000 rupees. nina: it is big business and in china, openly advertised. this graffititi promotes matchmaking services. >> in my opinion, this is human trafficking and the chinese government is responsible for this if their citizens are doing these things. nina: pakistan recently arrested at least eight chinese nationals suspected of trafficking women. more arrests are expected. china says it has zero tolerance for the practice. but who job' -- punjab's human rights activists say they are violating human rights without asking questions. brent: tonight in sudan, the struggle for democracy has been marred by violence. the ruling military council is refusing to hand over power. last month, the army overthrew president om

the governor of punjab province some on to z are seen here on the right was assassinated by his bodyguard in two thousand and eleven after speaking in peace defense later the same year federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed after calling for her release. and this was the reaction in january of this year after the supreme court upheld its verdict that's crowds demanding death. the crowd though didn't get their wish and b.b. it appears has been able to move pakistan from all we have correspondent. joining us from islamabad salon good to see you bibi was acquitted last year but she only got to leave the country today what took so long when right after the supreme court took rid of that lost in the charges and she was released from the mood. she was not actually released but you're still going into protective custody by the officers and she demanded protective custody throughout the seven months until she traveled from here to canada last night the reason was the sentiment often some of the extremists people living in pakistan her security was the first priority that's mean

really the bad guy here you wrote in your paper on this very subject that the company's been active in punjab since the eighty's and has invested a lot. yes so as not all new technologies not a g.'s have the budget to fall out great it didn't give you this productivity so in this basic go has. has worked with farmers well thanks to the company so this stuff like the credit goes to that company and in that sense the founders benefit they're going to have productivity they got to make the places they want to say sing a lot of risk but then if you're lucky in that hands. and the others who are not plugging the company have excluded so and anyway that their voice then it comes to a situation in the family as an. m.n.c. you know who will always be the bad guy so there is a scene of being with us as well yet so the company is adding don't acknowledge easy and adding to productively be it all is that the downside is technology are also leads to a monopoly so the benefits then would be limited to a few farmers where says these benefits of going to a large group of farmers so mita it doesn't sound lik

the governor of punjab province. seen here on the right was assassinated by his bodyguard in two thousand and eleven after speaking in peace defiant leader the same year federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed after calling for her release. and this was the reaction in january of this year after the supreme court upheld its verdict that's crowds demanding death. or earlier i spoke to wilson childfree he chairs the british pakistani christian association he has been in close contact with family i asked him how she's doing well as it made me elated our family had the final and you know just opportunity now to leave pakistan but i've been terrified. of being under threat of that ninety five percent of the country probably want them to and this is for them it's been a real pisser place and it's been a real cathartic moment for them. she is in poor health she's been nice in isolation for ten years we know that mental state is affected by that she's been exhibiting symptoms. that will be similar to. demen

acquittal but this case is already linked to the killings of at least two people the governor of punjab province salman taseer seen here on the right was assassinated by his bodyguard in two thousand and eleven after speaking in b.b.c. defense later the same year federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed after calling for her release. and this was the reaction in january of this year after the supreme court upheld its verdict that's crowds demanding death. i've been speaking with wilson choudhry which has a british pakistani christian association he's been in close contact with asio babies that family throughout her dale i asked him how she was. well as it is related to her family at the final at this. natalie's pakistan where they've been terrified of the the they have been under threat of that ninety five percent of the country probably want them dead and this for them has been a real pisser recently it's been a real cathartic moment for them. she is in poor health she's been ice in isolation for ten years we know the mental state is affected by that and she's been exh

the case, though, did acunt for the lives of two senior politicians who stood by her, including the punjabor. the fact that his assassin became revered by many pakistis, with huge numbers turning out to honor him since he was executed, sent a chilling message to pakistan's minorities, that many of theirco trymen and women are against them. laura: not every gets shown off to the world, but of course, it is very y differet wh are a royal baby. prince harry and the duchess of sussex introduced thmer son to the s today, saying they are delighted with their little bundle of joy. and by the way, they have given him a name. the bbc's sarah campbell has more. sarah: the fir of many royal photocalls. having had two days to get to know baby archie in private, this was the time for his proud parents to show him off. meghan: magic. it is pretty amazing i have the two best guys in the world, so i am very happy.in ce harry: it is great. parenting is amazing. it has only been what, two and f ays, three days. just so thrilled to have our own little bundle of joy. sarah: nestled in his father'i's arms, gea

order pradesh there are 13 parliamentary seats you got to pradesh here you've got punjab over in thewest they've got 13 seats you've got states of bihar pradesh that's in the center of the country where bhopal is you've also got west bengal it's been a contentious state in the past few days it's been violence that was adopted they actually stopped campaigning 24 hours earlier the election commission so a great deal of excitement certainly for this final say and i think people here generally as we've been speaking to them as they are coming in relieved it's their turn and a great deal of excitement where you've been. nothing as well.

the governor of punjab province some on to z. are seen here on the right was assassinated by his bodyguard in two thousand and eleven after speaking in b.b.c. defense leader the same year federal minister for minorities shahbaz bhatti was killed after calling for her release. and this was the reaction in january of this year after the supreme court upheld its verdict that's crowds demanding be stuffed . joining me now from lahore in pakistan is you know giuliani she's a human rights activists and an advocate of the supreme courts and we welcome to you here on our reports say bibi is in canada is any official confirmation of that . also i don't have any. doubt that. if you have. actually checked the comeback of prison because of the militants who are. being. i'm going to tackle. that i mean that this case had really poor as the country now as if he was acquitted last year and that they could it was upheld by the supreme court and get she had to live in hiding so what's the reaction been there to the news that she's there left the

casting their ballots across states from punjab to be hard to where we are environ i see her and i see obviously is a major city here spiritual center for the hindu say and of course appeals to the story you might say to the prime minister likes to project. to the public at large to of course with those polls closing india does have the exit polls and they have been vibrant should we say in the last half hour as the need to use papers now start to launch online what they think is going to be the next makeup of the indian government but we put a caveat in here the stars here that indian media has been wrong before classically wrong so we don't take too much from it at the moment to load vote count begins but in terms of the media they have been very pro mode. hearing criticized beyond the borders of india for being unobjective in some cases and what's been the highlights of the last 24 hours or for example all of the campaigning should have finished across india at the end of friday but the prime minister himself managed to get special permission from the election commission to go on th

one of phoebe's m most high p profile suppororters t the governor of punjab summomons hisis it was assassinateded by one of his own security guards in january. two thousand eleven of the public key appealed to the pakistani president suppose in her. two months later the federal minister for minority affairs shahbaz boxy was killed by self described toleman gunman after he called for the reform of blasphemy roles. as you bb spends nine yeyears ii solitary confinement. until the thirty fifirst of october two thousand eighteen on pakistan's supreme court overturns the earliest that dick cheney to a lack of evidence. the landmark ruling outraged religious hardliners with thousands taking to the streets the moms and babies execution. breasts that's when some for days on the far right is the best policy consists civil disobedience. public support for strict blasphemy laws a strong in pakistan the leaf out of those currently on that free for the crime all christie and south africa's rululing party is bracd for losses as millions of fights his head to the polls for presidential and parliamentary election

across 7 states are eligible to vote in sunday's poll that's the scene live for an chandru girl in punjab province now many of the people voting today include those living in prime minister narendra modi's constituency he is seeking a 2nd 5 year term in that consider c. as our correspondent my colleague said hell rahman who is in better nazi which is in uttar pradesh which of course is india's most populous state and what happens there really has a big impact in terms of the election results. yes it does martine it has a huge impact otoh pradesh sends 80 members of parliament to the lok sabha the indian parliament and over this phased election obviously it's had to go through several stages over the 6 weeks and of course on sunday of the 80 seats that are eligible or available 13 of those constituencies are up for grabs and along with west bengal further to the east which has 42 seats available in general and today 9 of those constituencies are voting these 2 states together. a large proportion of m.p.'s the very very important are often described as sort of the florida of india in the se

decided for the lok sabha and most of the vote change is happening in northern india the states of punjab and kunda bihar. west bengal where the prime minister was speaking less than 24 hours ago to not see here british or to pradesh hands over about 80 seats to the lok sabha over this election the 7 phases to gradually allow those constituencies to vote over 900000000 people estimated to be eligible to vote in this general election the largest number ever and of course there's a lot at stake there's a lot at stake for the beach a p they want to retain power is a lot of stake for the indian national congress they want to improve on that shameful performance of the 2014 election they're hoping to do well under the guidance of the so in terms of the seats in the constituencies it's all up for grabs on sunday the 19th when voting begins in the last phase of this general election and. for the prime minister narendra modi you're in his strongholds how's it looking for him this time around so well. well just as you came to me we have the prime minister alongside his president speaking in new de

order pradesh there are 13 parliamentary seats you know you've got punjab over in the west they've got 13 seats you've got states of bihar pradesh that's in the center of the country where bhopal is you will see what west bengal it's been a contentious state in the past few days it's been violence that was adopted they actually stopped campaigning 24 hours earlier the election commission so a great deal of excitement certainly for this final say and i think people here generally as we've been speaking to them as they've coming in relieved it's their turn and a great deal of excitement where you've been. as well so. stronghold last days and seen and 10 campaigning the opposition focusing to make inroads there. indeed well in the 2014 elections you know render modi was fighting for this seat for the 1st time but does as a backup he wanted to also fight for a 2nd seat in dora and he won both of those seats he gave up by the door there was a by election there he concentrated his efforts during his parliamentary term here environ i see improving the road structures and also the banks of the

polls they mainly in areas of northern india such as bihar and jharkhand to the east we've got the punjab state in the west we've got west bengal as well to the east and then of course. which sends the largest number of m.p.'s to the lok sabha. 80 here in the pradesh 13 seats are up for grabs there are 59 constituencies going to vote and the election vote itself here will begin on sunday morning the 19th of may and that will then complete the 7th and final phase of this near 2 month election and so how you're standing right now in a modi stronghold what are his chances look like a stand. alone drum modi is the incumbent member of parliament for an hour see he's standing again here in bahrain r.c. and also in a city in the state to the west. of india if he wins both of those seats he will give one of them up another for the by election but for the moment people certainly here in the campaign is be very positive for the render modi but it comes with a cap the out in the opposition parties have said that big guns here in the past 48 hours as you saw in that report we've had priyanka gandhi a

prime minister was speaking less than 24 hours ago to where i am here in pradesh over to the western punjab and up to the north and they got him child. as well it is going to be a very tight race that's what many analysts are suggesting but of course those polls will open on sunday they will end on sunday evening at 5 o'clock local time and then the voting the vote count will happen on the 23rd of may in terms of the way the campaign has gone well it's been very vitriolic very aggressive and here environ r.c. of course a very tight race those opposition leaders that we had in that package want to try and dent the majority of the incumbent problem into. to who sits on the seat is only fighting one alexion seat on this particular occasion they want to show that his popularity has dwindled and remote he says i'm still as popular as i was in 2014 and in a press conference earlier in new delhi within about the last hour and a half he is suggesting that they will win with an absolute majority again he has public support people love what he has done in india it's all very up in the air at the mome

to two french tourists and their guide were reported missing on wednesday the disappeared in the punjab a national park in the north near the border with brooke in a fossil the french government has warned citizens against traveling to the area because of groups linked to iso and al qaida operating in the area meanwhile security forces are out in heavy numbers in billings economic capital cotonou after two days of election protests soldiers broke up demonstrations with gunfire after the opposition called for the an element of last sunday's parliamentary election all of the seats were won by the only two parties allowed to take part both allied to president. nicolas reports. the moment after shots were fired outside former president yeah you going to his home on the ground his mother of six prudence i'm assuming she died soon after with us were two of her daughters her eldest grace and her nine month old son the from grace saw a military commander take out a pistol and shoot her mother in the back said. what can i do it all happened so quickly he will never go to jail and will never have

what we're looking at an area of northern india really is going to the polls from the west we have punjab then we move east towards bigger which is sort of north central delhi and above that him child pradesh if you then move more east you have purchased pradesh and west bengal and right up into the northeast you have bihar as well there are 59 constituencies maybe over as many as 100100 1000000. available to vote in these particular today's particular vote and therefore the stakes are very high 59 seats is a lot 59 constituencies and it could just tip the balance in what has been a very close run election it's not the way that we've seen in the people that we've been talking to a jury in our election coverage that seemed very one sided 5 years ago when we saw the b.g.p. head to power the congress and the opposition parties are certainly making a real game of this whole election this time around right with an update from baron our c.n.n. jeff thank you. australia as ruling conservative coalition has clinched a surprise election victory mr scott morrison says it's a miracle although it's n

asia bibi was injail in the city of multan in the state of punjab.ow known she has arrived in canada, where two of her daughters already live. we will hear from our reported there ina we will hear from our reported there in a moment. but first let's hear from her lawyer speaking earlier. asia has suffered enough for many years and now she can have a decent life in a country where people are loving and law and order is available. yeah, it is a really great day. i was saying that he is in canada, let's hearfrom him now. we are told that asia bibi has arrived here in canada and if that is true, that would mark the end of a long intro trammell chapter in her life that began eight years ago. she was working with the muslim women picking berries when an argument ensued. she had not been allowed to use a cup that the other women were drinking from. the muslim women were drinking from. the muslim women were drinking from. the muslim women were drinking from. and in the and those women accuser of westmead, went to court and she was convicted of blasphemy and

2009, when you say asia bibi had an argument with two muslim women in her village in the province of punjabto drink from the same cup as her. she was taken to court after having committed blasphemy and was sentenced to death. she had that conviction overruled by pakistan's supreme court. since then, she has been living in a state of limbo. it has been believed she has been in the custody and the protective custody of the security forces, of the intelligence services, who have been worried about the possibility ofa been worried about the possibility of a violent reaction to news of her release. but we have had news from pakistani officials that she has left the country and her lawyer has told the bbc that she has arrived in canada. for her family told the bbc that she has arrived in canada. for herfamily and supporters, this is a day to rejoice. they said it wouldn't be possible or say for her to continue living in pakistan because of the strength of feeling amongst islamist groups who wanted to see her hung. there has been a lot of speculation over the months about where she would go, why c

it has as many as 42 parliamentary seats to offer the indian parliament so we've got elections in punjab over in the west of the country bordering pakistan and then working our way across we've got john to go to the union state we've got him a child pradesh in the north pradesh a big state just below her pradesh here where bhopal is water production it's the 13th season and further on to the east we've got to. bihar as well 7 states one union territory 59 constituency seats of course very noisy is the focal point certainly for many b j p supporters here it is a stronghold and the incumbent prime minister seat vendor modi he will want to increase the vote bank that he got in 2014 his party officials his cabinet members have all been here as well and they've been rallying the crowds over the last few days but the opposition to a brought in their heavy guns priyanka gandhi came into the indian national congress as well as akhilesh yadav for the s.p. party so it's a very very hot seat to be interesting to see what sort of majority the winning candidate actually gets and what story that tells

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