decades of conflict and thousands disappeared — one woman's search for truth in indian—administered kashmir. and women's wrestling conquers the world. we meet the new generation of wrestlers thrilling sell—out crowds. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 3am in moscow, where earlier, russia's president, vladimir putin, tried to boost his approval ratings by speaking straight to the people. his popularity took a rare dive when his government introduced controversial plans to raise the state pension age. steve rosenberg has this report from moscow. vladimir putin rarely does this. a half—hour television address to the nation. it was an attempt to convince the russian people to accept that pension reform is unavoidable. translation: it is really impossible to postpone any longer. it could lead to serious consequences for the economy and the social sphere and, most negatively, affect the destinies of millions of people. in recent weeks government proposals to raise the retirement age f

one women's search for truth in indian administered kashmir. and women's wrestling conquers the world. we meet the new generation of wrestlers thrilling sell—out crowds. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 2am in moscow, where earlier, russia's president, vladimir putin, tried to boost his approval ratings by speaking straight to the people. his popularity took a rare dive when his government introduced controversial plans to raise the state pension age. steve rosenberg has this report from moscow. vladimir putin rarely does this. a half—hour television address to the nation. it was an attempt to convince the russian people to accept that pension reform is unavoidable. translation: it is really impossible to postpone any longer. it could lead to serious consequences for the economy and the social sphere and most negatively, affect the destinies of millions of people. in recent weeks government proposals to raise the retirement ag

but a year later they were deadly clashes between vajpayee's india and pakistan in disputed kashmir. for the first time in a generation india launched airstrikes against militants — a time of tough talk from the prime minister. we are not waiting, we are fighting and the other determined to throw them out. despite the bloodshed of the war, prime minister vajpayee was determined to improve relations with pakistan, meeting successive cou nterpa rts pakistan, meeting successive counterparts in the hope of reaching a deal over kashmir but in the end it failed. the religious violence in gujarat state during which 300 people died, mostly muslims. as a teenager atal bihari vajpayee was briefly put in prison for opposing british colonial rule but rose to the highest office in the land. he will be remembered by many as a moderate face of hindu nationalism, a charismatic performer who wrote his own poetry and ultimately his own history. now to neighbouring pakistan, where one of imran khan's closest friends says mr khan is a man with a plan when it comes to sorting out the country's problems

but a year later there were deadly clashes between vajpayee's india and pakistan in disputed kashmir. for the first time in a generation india launched air strikes against militants. a time of tough talk from the prime minister. we are not waiting, we are fighting. and we are determined to throw them out. despite the bloodshed of the war, prime minister vajpayee was determined to improve relations with pakistan, meeting successive counterparts in the hope of reaching a deal over kashmir. but in the end it failed. the religious violence in gujarat state was also a low. in three days of bloodshed, more than 1,000 people died — most of them muslims. as a teenager, atal behari vajpayee was briefly put in prison for opposing british colonial rule, but rose to the highest office in the land. he will be remembered by many as a moderate face of hindu nationalism. a charismatic performer who wrote his own poetry and, ultimately, his own history. turning to neighbouring pakistan. one of imran khan's closest friends says mr khan is a man with a plan when it comes to sorting out pakistan's prob

one women's search for truth in indian administered kashmir. and women's wrestling conquers the world. we meet the new generation of wrestlers thrilling sell—out crowds.