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our south asia correspondent, samira hussain, whistles blast. to form human chains. i see shoes., what witnesses have told us is that there were just hundreds and hundreds of people sleeping here wants to take a dip in the holy waters. this way, and as ever in this kind of a crowd, one person someone in the crush. that was the last time she saw her. "i fell in the crush of people," says this woman. a festival to celebrate faith has instead left many grieving. reporters have been talking to some of the people who were say distressing. there was a huge mm there was a huge crowd of --eole cathered _ there was a huge crowd of people gathered for- crowd of people gathered for paving, and they started climbing over paving, and they started climbin: over climbing over each other a climbing over each ether a massive climbing aver each ether a massive crowd, climbing over each other a massive crowd, those to the ritual going to the—ritualbathranet m going to the—ritual bath, and returning. in the midst those returning. in the midst of the — those returning. in the midst of the pushing and

our south asia correspondent samira hussain has more. singing.r is crisp. their faith keeping them warm. vinud singh and his wife sushila walking to the river bank of the ganges. the stars have finally aligned. twelve years of waiting for this sacred dip. translation: we come here because it gives us a sense i of peace and prosperity. the holy water of the ganges has the power to heal any kind of illness. this is where the ganges meets the yamuna and the mythical river saraswati, mentioned in religious texts. an auspicious time for hindus, who believe bathing in these waters now will wash away their sins. it is just the first day, in fact, the first few hours, and take a look at how many thousands of people have come to bathe. look, this isn'tjust about religion, it's about community too. people will come here and they'll stay for days, or even weeks, at a time. makeshift tents dot the expanse of fairgrounds. more than 15 square miles. that's about 4,000 football pitches. as ever in india, politics makes an appearance. so do worshippers, dressed

our south asia correspondent samira hussain is on the scene people want to go and take a bath, but the area that way, and it comes into a triangle shape and so you can and millions of people to come. very early this morning local time, we are told by witnesses when we got on scene is you had thousands and when they were there you also had a lot of people the water to take a dip or take that holy bath. of the water and came from another direction have been injured. at this point, officials are reluctant to give any kind of information in terms of the numbers, of people still here to bathe. coming to that same area to take a dip in the waters. what a horrific scene. i understand the festival will be continuing. can you give us a sense of what the organisers are saying? days, auspicious for people to take a dip. and they are the ones that this is for, that they are supposed to come and take a dip in the waters postponed for now. it would create such a chaotic scene. and you saw several army officials control in some areas that we witnessed. you can head over to our website, bbc.com, where

samira hussain reporting there, will bejoining some era a and will bejoining some era a little laterhe little later in the programme live from the scene. freeze on federal loans, grants and other assistance. the pause was due to come into effect on tuesday, to bring spending into line with president trump's for the green new scam that has cost american taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. across our federal bureaucracy and agencies. no more funding for green new deal social again, people who are receiving individual assistance, you will pause, because he is being a good steward of your and he has more details about what donald trump is hoping to achieve. are consistent with donald trump's agenda? that's the key part here. so in an attempt to discover the answer to that question, if you like, to, for example, environmental projects, president trump is expected to receive his first visit refugees — which takes effect in two days. including occupied east jerusalem. are flying aid into gaza for the first time since than a week ago. this process is fraught blocks, isn't it? stumbling bl

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our south asia correspondent samira hussain reports from prayagraj where three rivers meet, the gangesa kumbh mela, where the ganges meets the yamuna and the mythical river saraswati. hindus believe bathing in these waters now will wash away their sins. it is just the first day, in fact, the first few hours, and take a look at how many thousands of people have come to bathe. look, this isn�*t just about religion. it�*s about community too. people will come here and they�*ll stay for days or even weeks at a time. makeshift tents dot the expanse of fairgrounds. home for vinod singh and his wife sushila for the next month. they�*ve been waiting 12 years for this moment. so we went with them early in the morning to the river bank of the ganges. the air is frigid, no sun on the horizon, but their faith keeps them warm. the stars have finally aligned for this sacred dip. translation: we come here because it gives us a sense ofj peace and prosperity. the holy water of the ganges has the power to heal any kind of illness. salvation for believers is what this event means. a message that can som

our correspondent samira hussain is in delhi and following developments.ppened was there was a medical trainee, a junior doctor, she was about 31 years old, and she was resting after a 36—hour shift. she was on a night shift and she went to take a rest in the seminar room. the next day, her body, half naked and severely beaten, was found by a colleague. eventually, they found the person responsible. it was seen that she had actually been raped and murdered. the police had arrested sanjay roy, who was a volunteer police the police had arrested sanjay roy, who was a volunteer policeman working at the hospital. but this is a case that really sparked an immense amount of outrage. for weeks and weeks doctors were on strike, not only at the hospital in kolkata, but many hospitals across the country. and so it really highlighted just the issue of safety for health care workers and specifically safety for female workers. what has the reaction to the sentence been? the reaction to the sentence has been quite mixed because many people were advocating for the death p

our correspondent samira hussain sent us the latest from prayagraj.me that there are all these people that are coming over this way. just a little to my left is where the river bank is and that is where everyone is going to take a dip. hindus believe that taking a dip in where the ganges river meets the yamuna river and meets the mythical saraswati river, to take a dip at this particular time will rid one of their sins. that is the religious part of it and what has brought so many thousands of people here today on this first day. also i think there is a real sense of community here and it is like a festival. there are lots of people that are selling different items, there is lots of food available. there is someone even doing circus tricks and there is a real community kind of feel. people travel far and wide to come to this, don't they? they do. just to give you a sense of how large these fairgrounds are we are talking about 15 square miles, roughly about 40 square kilometres, that is how large this area is. if you think about a comparison, you can t

our south asia correspondent, samira hussain reports. whistle blows.many were whisked away, injured or worse. i see blankets. what witnesses have told us is that there were just hundreds where everyone wants to take a dip in the holy waters. one eyewitness said a surge of people came from behind. the police came, but it was too late. this woman says her mother fell as the crowds began pushing. that was the last time she saw her. a festival to celebrate faith has instead left many grieving. after 15 hours since the incident took place, we have finally heard took. place, we have finally heard government officials, who had from government officials, who had released the numbers of just released the numbers of people dead but that believe that 30 dead but that they believe that 30 people have died in the crash peoplehave died in the crash that- earlier morning happened earlier this morning here and that 90 people were 25 and that 90 people were injured. 25 ii: people finally been of those people have finally been identified. you know, have quite a few ques

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