salman ravi, bbc news, india.eenage climate change activist greta thunberg and meena harris, the niece of the new us vice president, kamala harris. she has been tweeting as well. their tweets have angered the indian government, who described them as �*sensationalism'. it's also divided bollywood, some have criticised the tweets from the global high—profile figures and others have hailed them. earlier bollywood actor swara bhasker explained why she was supporting the farmers. i think that in india, as a democratic country, as a country that has been born in peaceful protest, a country though won her freedom by peaceful protest, we see peaceful protest as a right and it is a constitutional right. i think that the farmers have really been quite an example of peace and discipline in the manner in which they have protested. i think that a lot of the questions they are raising about the farm laws, about the manner in which the farm laws came into existence in the last few months, i think those are very legitimate questi

bbcjournalist salman ravi sent in this report from a protest site in haryana, india.eing suspended for three hours as farmers took to the streets in protest against the three farm laws enacted by the indian parliament. farmer organisations say that these laws will actually make way for corporate companies into the farm sector. you can see behind me this is the agra—delhi national highway where these farmers have assembled. they've stopped traffic, you can see the tractors and trolleys lined up here. for three hours, the farm leaders have been staging protests and addressing farmers from surrounding villages in this area of haryana state, where i'm standing here at the moment. there have been a series of talks between the government and the farming union leaders. but the stalemate continues as no breakthrough could be achieved. the prime minister, narendra modi, he reached out to the farmers saying that he was open for dialogue and was just a phone call away. but the farm leaders and the farm organisations say that they will accept nothing short of the repeal of these

salman ravi, bbc news, india.day. if i put the government point of view, and this is not my point of view, it is the government point of view, they say that mainly the farmers, and we have spoken to the farmers, the farmers are asking for the law to be repealed and that is one thing that the government says they do not want to do, because if they set a precedent of any law being repealed after it has been passed in parliament, then of course this sets a precedent and then there are so many laws that a various set of people would not be happy with and they could protest likewise. that is their point of view, they say they are ready foramendments, ready for suspension, but they cannot repeal the law and that is where i feel the deadlock really is. the government say they are still going to keep the minimum payments to the farmers, so why is that not enough to protect farmers in the future? why are they still worried? the farmers are worried that this msp, which really affects the three major regions which are protes

salman ravi, bbc news, india.ence briefings because of his "erratic behaviour." former us presidents traditionally receive some briefings after they leave office. but mr biden told cbs evening news he was worried about mr trump's access. this was mr biden's first broadcast interview since becoming president. he also spoke about the upcoming impeachment trial — and was asked if he was a senator, would he have voted to convict mr trump? look, i ran like hell to defeat him because i thought he was unfit to be president. i watched what everybody else watched. what happened when that crew invaded the united states congress. but i am not in the senate now. i will let the senate make that decision. let me ask you something you do have oversight of as president. should former president trump still receive intelligence briefings? i think not. why not? because of his erratic behaviour unrelated to the insurrection. you've called him an existential threat, you've called him dangerous, you've called him reckless. i have, and

salman ravi, bbc news, india. today. thank you so much forjoining us. farmers have got a lot of support within india and around the world, why is the government not backing down? because there is a clear worried for small farmers in particular that they will lose their jobs, land, everything.— particular that they will lose their jobs, land, everything. indeed and that is a huge _ jobs, land, everything. indeed and that is a huge worry _ jobs, land, everything. indeed and that is a huge worry for _ jobs, land, everything. indeed and that is a huge worry for the - jobs, land, everything. indeed and| that is a huge worry for the country and it should be for the prime minister as well who has a fight an election as well. if i put the government point of view, and this is not my point of view, they say that mainly the farmers, we have spoken to the farmers, and they are asking for the law to be repealed and that is one thing that the government says they do not want to do, because if they set a precedent of any law be

salman ravi, bbc news, delhi., scotland seeing some pretty heavy snowfall, largely across high ground but as we move towards a weekend, it will turn colder for all of us and the threat of snow will gradually shift further south. there is no way see scotland in the coldest air. friday, a battle going on between the cold and mild heir to the south. by sunday it works its way all the way so they may have a cutting easterly wind unlikely to see the snow moving south. more snow, at the lowest levels range this device could be a problem first thing on thursday. in the towns and cities, temperatures hovering just above freezing, great frosty the scotland and parts of northern england. milder to the south more rain in northern ireland, northern england and wales. thursday, the snow keeps coming into scotland and also perhaps we will see something a little wintry further south across the pennines for a time. notice the contrast in temperatures, north and south, just above freezing in the north, double figures in the south.

our reporter salman ravi is in delhi.u can see the members of the students and different other social organisations. they have come on the streets of delhi, to express support for farmers. streets of delhi, to express support forfarmers. heavy deployment streets of delhi, to express support for farmers. heavy deployment of police and paramilitary forces who stop the protesters from entering central delhi, which is beyond this barricade. there has been no breakthrough so far, despite scenes of the farm organisations, and still there is hope after prime minister narendra modi the government is ready to enter a fresh dialogue with the former organisations —— former organisations. the indian government argues the reforms give farmers more freedom to control their own trade and expand their own markets. the farmers argue, however, argue that the increased competition will give corporations all the power. it's a heavily political topic in india and so as you'd expect, rihanna's tweet caused a stir. india's external affairs mini