in india rahul gandhi has taken over as the leader of the main opposition congress the forty seven year old becomes the sixth member of the country's narrow dandy political family to head the party dandy faces the tough task of resurrecting a party that's struggling to make a comeback from its worst ever election showing in twenty fourteen when the hindu nationalist b j p a prime minister modi swept to power with a landslide victory. well joining me live from delhi is the editor of the court's india website debi york to go show what's the main challenge would you say that rahul gandhi now faces. the main challenge will be reviving the electoral fortunes of the congress party after the jobbing in the twenty fourteen general election which was the party's was devil performance where they want only forty four seats the party's also lost a string of provincial elections so the hold on the you know has to overhaul the organization that's something he claims he's been doing for some time now that specifically he needs to reject the leadership team he needs to infuse new life into the rank and

of the courts india website debbie york to go show what's the main challenge would you say that rahul gandhi now faces. the main challenge will be reviving the electoral fortunes of the congress party after the jobbing in the twenty fourteen general election which was the party's was devil performance where they want only forty four seats the party's also lost a string of provincial elections so the hold on the now has to overhaul the organization that's something he claims he's been doing for some time now that specifically he needs to reject the leadership team he needs to infuse new life into the rank and file he needs to sort of re-examine the craft the party's electoral strategy and essentially rebuild the communist party. into a force to be reckoned with can he do that can he take on prime minister narendra modi in the general elections plants that twenty nineteen so you know at this point given no what we've seen so far of this performance of handling credential elections no not really prime minister more the and his lieutenant ahmed shah have built a formidable electoral machine and

minister narendra modi and has been under b j p rule for two decades it was the first real test for rahul gandhi the new president of the opposition congress party . at least ten people have been killed and more than forty injured and a stampede in bangladesh a stamp. it 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 she had gone after his death. the israeli military confirms it's carried out air strikes 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 to roussillon 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 very decision by the trump administration all the security council is set to vote on a resolution that would require the u.s. to rescind the president's declarations about saying a foreign minister says they will seek support of the general ass

regularly show that most austrians agree with that rosy waits indiana thank you very much in india rahul gandhi has taken over as the leader of the main opposition congress party the forty seven year old becomes the sixth member of the country's never gandy political family to head the party gandee faces the tough task of resurrecting a party that struggling to make a comeback from its worst ever election show you twenty forty that's when the hindu nationalist b.j. pay off prime minister nuri andhra modi swept to power with a landslide victory. now to south africa where delegates from the country's ruling a.n.c. party a gathering to elect a successor to president jacob zuma whose term as leader of the posse has come to an end and shaping up to be a tight race one of the print run as is seen his ex-wife and form up foreign minister and pose as an atlanta knees or not and she's a leftist who's vowed to improve the prospects for the country's black majority he's up against deputy president ramaphosa he's a business friendly trade unionist and one of the wealthiest people on the continent. for more

person here said lotus versus luda but of course much has changed in modi's opponents say that rahul gandhi is trying to weaken him in his home in home states neeraj here is watching the race for mumbai he's hoping that the congress party will basically crush what the lotus of arrogance and his words with its mighty hand he's combining the symbols of the two parties here now the journalist in a kilt woggle says that whatever the outcome of this election in one thing is very clear crystal clear now rahul gandhi and the congress party certainly know how to fight back in the lead up to the second round of this election things have been pretty heated this week and particular and kind of sound similar to what's happening in the united states prime minister modi accused congress leaders and the former prime minister manmohan singh of colluding with pakistan to sway the election and keep b j p from winning singh fired back accusing modi of spreading falsehoods to score political points in what he calls a lost cause now exit polls that we're seeing in the past few minutes show the b j p ahead but w

period for two decades it was the first real test for rahul gandhi the new president of the opposition congress party. an overnight fire has killed twelve people people in mumbai india they were employees at a snack shop and became trapped inside when the blaze broke out officials are investigating the cause of the fire which got it the entire store. the bells on trial of key suspect in the twenty fifteen attacks in france has been postponed the delay is to give his newly appointed lawyer time to prepare so obviously mom is currently in a french prison for his alleged involvement in multiple attacks that killed one hundred thirty people in the french capital. a new government has been sworn into power in austria making it the only western european country with a far right party in its ruling coalition well that's because the new chancellor sebastian cortes has teamed up with the populist freedom party they're pledging to tighten immigration policies while maintaining a strong commitment to the e.u. but the inclusion of the freedom party in the government sparked protests as thousands g

the party now has a new president in mr rahul gandhi, heir of the gandhi family, and these may well berecard. 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, ahmedabad, gujarat. the conservative billionaire sebastian pinera has won chile's presidential election, securing his return to power after campaigning on a promise to boost the economy. he secured nearly 55% of the votes, defeating the left—wing senator and journalist, alejandro guillier, by ten percentage points. mr pinera, who was president until 2014, has promised a better life for all chileans. a short time ago i got the latest from jane chambers in santiago. at the start of the day, no one could call it. the polls really didn't have any idea who was going to win. he had a disappointing first round back in november, where he only got 36% of the votes and did not get th

two years is facing a surprisingly strong challenge from the opposition congress party led by rahul gandhi difficult hollande has more now from ahmed about. it is a personal challenge for both narendra modi and for a whole gandhi from there under modi he was the chief minister of the state for thirteen years before he became prime minister and he did 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 pit gun the against modi on the world stage on a larger stage no one is more surprised than the b j p themselves that they have such a strong challenge against congress and thi

years it is facing the surprisingly strong challenge from the opposition congress party led by rahul gandhi and it's great not to deviate apart and he joins us live from metal but this is really very much a part really else a referendum on modi himself isn't it. indeed this is seen as a test of his policies and his popularity now one thing it's worth remembering is that this as you mention has been a b j b state for more than two decades that rules the state uninterrupted this was supposed to be an easy win for him for them and analysts now say 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 committed voters was less than expected they're hoping that today which is the final phase of voting in many in half the states and for hof the seats in the legislative assembly they hope that they would be able to make up those numbers today but many people say that there has been discontent over

india's main opposition congress party has elected rahul gandhi as its leader gandhi used his acceptance speech to knowledge an attack on the ruling bharatiya janata party which he accused of taking india back to the medieval ages gandhi who takes over from his mother sonia is now the sixth member of his family to head the party doors in power in india today are shaped by the very structures that keep india. the congress look india into the twenty first century while the prime minister is kicking us back bricks to medieval past with people of church because of who they are. for what they believe and for what the. austria's president says his country won't lurch to the right despite the announcement of a new government featuring the far right freedom party so if you want your old sebastian kurtz who leads the more moderate peoples party is set to be chancellor both parties campaigned against immigration. chancellor alexander vander balance says he's been assured austria will retain a pro european focus is by the freedom party take on taking over both the foreign and interior ministries. p

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 narendra modi. all right in and john. sadly we've lost you there so if that. does become the latest latin american country to shift to the political rig

rahul gandhi takes power at congress. the next general election is due in 2019.rate congress with the help of hindu nationalist forces. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. rishaad: investors have another new way of trading bitcoin futures as the world's biggest exchange is flipping the switch on derivatives a couple of hours ago. justina lee is here. big move here. >> we have already had a week of bitcoin futures trading on the cboe, but cme is the world's biggest exchange, said this is a milestone in terms of mainstream acceptance. you have to remember the fact that a lot of institutional investors might be too nervous to trade on these unregulated bitcoin exchanges. we are down a bit actually. down 3.2% on the contract. sorry. >> right, exactly. for a lot of mainstream investors hoping to get in on that price action, this will be an easier way to do so. rishaad: is there anything different about the way the cme does this? , it represents five bitcoins, whereas the cboe repr

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