new razor wire and steel barricades have been placed on key roads of the main city, srinagar.in other parts of the region. officials said the curfew starting today had been imposed following reports of protests in the muslim—majority region. with me is the bbc‘s ishleen kaur. good to have you here. help us with a background ? good to have you here. help us with a background? it was on the fifth of august 2019 that the fifth of august 2019 that the indian government advocated article 370, it took away the special status of the state of jammu and kashmir. jammu and kashmir had certain privileges like a separate flag, a separate constitution, exclusive rights to property, to permanent residency, foreign affairs, defence, they remained under the preserve of the central government. 0nce under the preserve of the central government. once the announcement was made there we re announcement was made there were a violent protest in indian administered kashmir, communication blackouts, and the state has been under curfew light conditions for seven months. why have the government on this,

police fired tear gas and shotgun pellets on the crowd in srinagar and you know authorities had banned gatherings to mark a shura for sheer will storms that it's the day of one of mourning to commemorate the death of a grandson of the prophet muhammad in battle according to local media several people have suffered serious injuries. and india has also recorded $78000.00 cases of corona virus in the last 24 hours the largest number of infections in the world anywhere the health ministry also reported $948.00 deaths taking the total number of people who have died from corona virus in india 263500 the government is further easing pandemic restrictions nationwide subway networks are being reopened and some sporting religious events will now take place. countries in latin america are still struggling to bring the credit virus pandemic under control the number of cases and deaths continue to rise the region accounts for about a 3rd of the more than 25000000 global infections. desirous. 'd

injured and in pain dozens of people to help the hospital in srinagar the largest city in. administered kashmir some suffering from serious injuries to their eyes and face. others need treatment for wounds to their bodies after indian police shotgun pellets and tear gas and shia muslims taking part in a religious procession it was a peaceful protest. as will be as well to be followed properly by what happened all of a sudden you're getting started and some. of the more notice off. hours earlier hundreds had defied a ban by indian or thirty's on perceptions to mark assure which commemorates the death of the prophet mohammed's grandson but government forces were out in large numbers. and offices were determined to enforce the ban and break up the

now did of a correspondence allow the then joins me now from vanderbilt just on the outskirts of srinagar in indian controlled kashmir slovene what is the situation on the ground in indian controlled kashmir today. british situations where you are calm and very peaceful i would sit because the government has taken you know the steps. have announced or been dad you know i was kind of fuel which has been lifted last night but it is highly deprived of security forces and you can see a premier you call it a block it's so in that sense government has control or dorky you know the entire cash meet but not reports of the smaller protest or how do you know people have come out and you know it's slogan not in state governments to seize an awful issued article 70 i don't know why is it so though there was a meeting of some you know me you look at leaders bring in leaders and they wanted to have a meeting today a joint meeting of different local parties political parties but the security forces have not allowed give i have spoken throughout this direction they said that they have announced it is ok

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solidarity with the people of indian kashmir across the border militants attacked a team of police in srinagar killing 2 officers. now israel and the united arab emirates have agreed to the full normalization of relations under the u.s. brokered deal israel will suspend plans to annex large parts of the occupied west bank iran and turkey have lashed out at the united arab emirates accusing it of betraying the palestinian cause the palestinians to say the deal amounts to treason . i historic agreement the united arab emirates and israel 2 countries that never had any diplomatic relations until thursday's deal and the idea was very clear that israel would commit a. phone call with the united states to stopping and exceed suspending. him at the same time we will be able to also announce that we will begin what will what i would call a normal relationship with israel in the various various areas israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu greeted the deal as a huge step towards peace in the region well today we are sure in a new era of peace between israel and the our road this is the greatest advan

new razor wire and steel barricades have been placed on key roads of the main city srinagar.er parts of the region. local leaders have called for the anniversary to be marked as a black day. joining us now from kashmir to tell us more is independentjournalist, aa kash hassan. good to talk to you and thank you for your time. after one year, what would you say is the situation on the ground? right 110w situation on the ground? right now as i am speaking with you there is a curfew on the road, roads are completely deserted. there are paramilitary forces and razor wire has been laid to block any movement. as of now people are not allowed to move out. this has been the situation for the last year. commune elation lines remain snapped for six months which include connections to internet and landline connections. right 110w and landline connections. right now people are not allowed to move out of their homes because the authorities believe that there may be protests. how are local people coping with all of this? it has been really difficult for the local people, especially if you lo

people of indian kashmir and across the border militant separatist attacked a team of police in srinagar killing 2 officers. and firefighters in california are racing to contain raging wildfires the middle blistering heat wave on the west coast of the u.s. a rapidly growing blaze north of los angeles has forced hundreds of residents to evacuate the soaring temperatures are expected to continue through the weekend. israel and the united arab emirates have agreed to the full normalization of relations under the u.s. brokered deal israel will suspend plans to annex large parts of the occupied west bank iran and turkey have lashed out at the united arab emirates accusing it of betraying the palestinian cause the palestinians to say the deal amounts to treason . a historic agreement the united arab emirates and israel 2 countries that never had any diplomatic relations until thursday's deal and i do you would be clear is that a. 'd lot. it's the phone call with the united. do stopping and exceed suspending. him at the same time we will be able to also announce that we will begin what will wha

injured and in pain dozens of people to help the hospital in srinagar the largest city in indian administrate kashmir sama suffering from serious injuries to their eyes and face. others need treatment for wounds to their bodies after indian police shotgun pellets and tear gas and shia muslims taking part in a religious procession it was a peaceful protest. as will be as well to be followed. by what happened. all of a sudden you got to get started and some. of them would notice off the moms on the flop. house earlier hundreds had defied a ban by indian authorities on perceptions to mark assure which commemorates the death of the prophet mohammed's grandson but government forces were out in large numbers. and offices were determined to enforce the ban and break up the perceptions that the morning people of everything used to be fine i know how but this year has been the worst not a single position was allowed in any area and there's been a lot of tear gas. tension is high in kashmir last year the indian government revoked the region's autonomy and imposed a security lockdown india's government

new razor wire and steel barricades have been placed on key roads of the main city srinagar. of the region. ishleen kaur takes a look at the situation in the valley that has seen a tumultuous year. thousands of tourists have enjoyed a ride with abdul karim but in the past year, he has spent most evenings alone. tourism has been absent. translation: i am tourism has been absent. translation: iam barely tourism has been absent. translation: i am barely making money. it costs 100 and 2000 rupees and i spend that much in its repair. this is the announcement which change the course of cashmere's future. exactly course of cashmere's future. exa ctly o ne course of cashmere's future. exactly one year ago, prime minister narendra modi's government abrogated article 370 of india's constitution taking away the region's autonomy. it argued it would bring development to the region. but the move prompted outrage. critics said it would allow indians to buy property there which could change the demographic of the muslim majority state. indian administered kashmir was put in administered kas