delhi as to how they would proceed in the future and the message coming out of new delhi was that we can't do anything yet until a new government has been formed do we know what the policy will be only then can we talk to the us and only then can we talk to you so this is the big problem when i spoke to the economy spokes person for the b j p he yesterday when those of course election vote counts and the election results were being announced that was gopal krishna he said you know india imports 70 percent of its fuel from iran and it's used in the automobile industry it's used for production and then. fracturing and it's used for power generation iran is a huge customer for india india needs them. in so many aspects of its economy if it is restricted the growth that we've seen in india could also be restricted in impact all of the policies that the indian government want to implement which is your job creation manufacture attracting foreign investment you can't do that if you don't have the power and you don't have the fuel is the big issue for the prime minister and it's one of most

joining me now from new delhi is really a cheer sharma he is the author of the book democracy on the road a 25 year journey through india richard thanks very much for being with us now this is a fascinating book and you you've been on the road for the last month following all of the campaigning there and you make mention of how outsiders can call this election wrongly so what are your thoughts on this are we on for a modi win. well i think that's the conventional wisdom but after having traveled over the fires to week in some critical states in india such as to put the which is the most populous state and also west wing all of the critical back critical battleground state either this is a very competitive election it's very hard to call as to which way this election is going to swing and that's the problem with calling elections in india that the polity here is so fragmented the country is so diverse that all it beaks is a one percent swing for the against of egypt before the election results to look very different so that's why it is so difficult to call what is one of the most comp

yes on the stars here well to a very blustery and windy new delhi. the force 9 gale as it felt like it started on thursday night and that wave was often described as the modi wave in 2014 continues in 2019 here in the capital of course where we stand as the vote count continues 295 seats not confirmed by the election commission 400 modi's b j p party less than a dozen still to be counted in constituencies across india and of course once the celebrations and the hard work of making sure that this party can continue to govern and implement its policies are very important professor surety capello is from the university of cambridge enjoys being now it's been good to have you with us on our mouths there looking at what's being going on let's talk about the economy it's been a huge issue in the election campaign certainly driven by the opposition parties what does the new modi government really have to focus on in 2019 i think the economy's a huge challenge given the rate of unemployment as well as what has been termed sharp this growth in india but i wou

this sprawling upmarket estate tucked away in new delhi is home for rubble and this family a startup investor who's also runs his own digital consulting and marketing firm he says the government's policies in the past few years have been good for business just in terms of how we deal with the government with the governance it brings just simplicity information's lot easier for us to. understand our clients and other businesses have grown they have they've needed more services from us so with all the services and growing our business is growing and that's been a. positive effect. and coastal is not the only one who seems business thrive official figures show exports are up 11 percent hitting a new high and you construction projects are underway in all the major cities this is one of new delhi's poshest neighborhoods with houses here as expensive as in new york or paris many here are benefiting from growing g.d.p. that world bank figures estimate will grow at 7.2 percent that's 282900 year but the benefits of that growth may not be reaching everyone even amongst the wealthy. many const

for us from new delhi thank you very much though. while u.s. president donald trump says he's meeting pentagon officials to discuss tensions with iran the u.s. has already sent extra warships and fighter jets to the region over the past few weeks saying it's facing unspecified threats from tehran the acting defense secretary downplayed the possibility of war with iran but strongly defended the military buildup in the gulf. war 2 risk of destruction which so. i think those are just they're common so our job is to trance is about we have a mission that is freedom of navigation. counterterrorism. security . guard. and there are reports the trumpet ministration is planning to bypass a congressional ban on weapon sales to saudi arabia there is concern that u.s. secretary of state mike pompei and other senior aides want the president to be able to act without the approval of congress the proposal emerged publicly when democrat senator chris murphy criticized it on twitter i'm hearing that trump may use an obscure loophole in the arms control act and

from new delhi. to win a second term as prime minister of india he arrived at his governing headquarters late evening by what his party had achieved. today we witnessed from every nook and corner of the country filling this beggars and i banged my head for india's one point three billion. headquarters began the day and vote counting. the votes of hundreds of millions of indians were tallied and candidates and their agents of focusing on the district each constituency. the election commission says the turnout was the largest in india election history more than six hundred million people voted out of the nine hundred million who are eligible to take part in the six week election the issues. for the good of the country and for development work. this election has been one of the most divisive in recent years i think the security issue has been protected in a way that people's imagination was fixed on that and then you start feeding them constantly. so it seems that in the post independence india the firs

akash has a brain tumor he's travelled with his family from state to get specialized care in new delhi. but he and his family don't have the money for this 2nd round of treatment like millions of others they are not poor enough to qualify for the universal health care program launched last year known as mody care. they only have benefits from india's national health care system and that does not cover all expenses the president about the other but at the time the doctor said that please deposit the money 1st i told him said i don't have any money then to get us a slip and told us to go to another account but then it was $1.00 gone after another they were then told the cost would not get free care because he is not from new delhi and were told to leave the hospital. care is supposed to help the 60000000 people who currently slip into poverty every year because of health care costs but something that makes the situation more difficult for people living in states not participating in modi care like west bengal and kerala among others of those states have their own health plans so people f

this sprawling upmarket estate tucked away in new delhi is home for rubble and this family a startup investor who's also runs his own digital consulting and marketing firm he says the government's policies in the past few years have been good for business just in terms of how we deal with the government with the governance it brings just simplicity information's lot easier for us to. understand our clients and other businesses have grown they have they've needed more services from us so with all the services are growing our business is growing and that's been a. positive effect. and not the only one who seen his business thrive official figures show exports are up 11 percent hitting a new high and you construction projects are underway in all the major cities this is one of new delhi's poshest neighborhoods with houses here as expensive as in new york or paris many here are benefiting from growing g.d.p. that world bank figures estimate will grow at 7.2 percent this 2829000 year but the benefits of that growth may not be reaching everyone even amongst the wealthy. many construction c

>> i am haslinda amin in new delhi where we are counting down to vote counting and what has been the largest democratic exercise in the world. cast a vote.eople results are due later today. and bjp party to come back? let's get the market shares with david ingles in beijing. how is it looking? david: lots more to talk about with india. have a look at nifty futures. speaking of coming back, we are giving back gains. have a look at futures down 0.2%. pointed out at the start of the show, a lot of selling pressure not coming across. cash of these futures and is the, csi 300, 3519 current level. 1.6% is your downside. mark current filed of our blog pointing out 3574. 13 points north of that is your three month low. below that you are 100 day moving average. flip the board, look at the fx markets. bloomberg dollar index highest since the start of the year. aussie dollar, 6864. that is a 2016 low. crisis,global financial two and a half year low with these levels. pboc, coming out of the 6.90. a sign of official support. let's flip the boards one last check. closer to theand core of the ear

for more we can go to our correspondent who is standing by in new delhi. the last time narendra modi was sworn in he made a bold gesture and invited the pakistani prime minister. why is iran con being kept offff of the g guest list now? >> well, n no real reasoson giv, but one can make it can gesture. there was a lot of talk of national security on t the campaign t trail. rhapaps this is aa s signal that the prime minister is s nding to his base, saying that he's not giving up on the hard-line stance on national securitity jt yet. pakistan is plplaying thisis do, saying that the foreign minister has said that given a all the pakistan back it -- bashing that took place on the campaign trail,l, it was not to be expecd that the prime minister w was going g to change the narrativie this soon.n. countriesetween the cououries have been at a high after a terrorist attack took place in february in kashmir. since then, india construct -- conducted airstrikes in pakistan. they almost went to the [no audio] lost thems we have connection. we will try to get her back l

we will talk to our correspondence in new delhi. european parliament elections get underway in britain as the consulate goes to the polls for the next four days. populist parties are hoping to cause an upset. we will hear from our reporter in london. meeting between donald trump and top democrats in congress saw the u.s. president walk out. he attackeked comments made earlier in thehe day by nancy pelosi, she accused the up in theof a cover interference in his election. china launches a protest with the united states over its treatment of huawei as international firms disistance themselves f from the tech gian. more on that in our business segment. thank you for watching. primert in india, where minister narendra modi is set for a huge victory. partial results show his .haratiya janata party ahead the party has claimed victory. final results are due thursday evening. we can cross to new delhi and our reporter, who is at the bjp headquarters. i can imagine the atmosphere is jubilant where you are. >> they have been claiming victory s

well let's cross to new delhi now where somehow rahman is standing by and see how that sounded an awful lot like a concession speech from rahul gandhi but can still very much underway. yes it is didn't it hello and i think that for the moment that's the best that he can do until the election commission declare the final results which haven't quite come out yet what we do know is that the moment the b j p according to the election commission have won as many as 185 seats they're leading in another 110 constituencies as we head into the very late evening here in india but of course they see things in the prime minister was in the capital he went to be j.p. headquarters quite jubilant certainly at the news that was emanating from the count centers across the country and this is what he had to say to the good of the faithful people that are back to him for the last 5 years. during my campaign i appealed to the people to vote for the beattie for a new india they have responded to my appeal and i am humbled i bow my head and thank them all. of course there's still a lot of issues that need to

delhi that he's got a mandate to build a new india. u.s. president donald trump says he's meeting pentagon officials to discuss plans that could see more american troops deployed to the middle east against the backdrop of tensions with iran washington says it's facing unspecified threats from tehran. the top administration is being accused of trying to bypass a congressional ban on weapons sales to saudi arabia there's concern that u.s. secretary of states might pompei or other senior aides may use a new poll allowing the president to approve a sale without the approval of congress. eritrea has blocked social media platforms ahead of its independence day the reason is unclear but this speculation the government might be trying to prevent people from organizing protests. it's communication in eritrea is strictly controlled by the government well if you're in eritrea we'd like you to help us tell the story especially if you're attending independence day celebrations on friday get in touch with us on telegram and share your thoughts or le

says camille al jazeera new delhi. british prime minister theresa may has fired her defense secretary after details of the national security council meeting were leaked to the press in a letter the prime minister said an investigation found compelling evidence that gavin williamson was responsible he denies he was involved in the leak which revealed the u.k. spun to grant chinese company while way a role in building britain's five g. networks china has more from london. in a pretty blunt letter she said she had lost confidence in his ability to serve however mr williamson has responded saying he strenuously denies any involvement and you might ask why a chinese telecoms company could be such a sensitive subject so just to give you some background while we dominate the market when it comes to providing infrastructure for these new five g. networks which most countries are hoping to roll out by twenty twenty but the u.s. has been warning that the company could be building back doors into its infrastructure that could all

joins us live from new delhi. victory for the big j.p. defying all expectations when do we expect an official formal announcement. yes we were expecting an announcement hopefully but that didn't happen they were still counting the votes of course the extra level of security. all of the polling stations in terms of the way the votes were cast and recorded with the electronic voting machines and the paper trail and a paper trail was collated with the electronic voting machines to make sure the right number of people cast the right number of votes on the machines that's when the election commission notarize those results on various candidates were confirmed as of the winners 302 seats that the j.p. is comparator confirmed to have now folly that means they have an absolute majority and with their other allies across the country we expect that figure to reach around 350 you mentioned in your introduction of course that. to talk about the economy and its new vision for india joining me now is professor shruti from the university of cambridge we

this sprawling upmarket estate tucked away in new delhi is home for rubble and this family a startup investor who's also runs his own digital consulting and marketing firm he says the government's policies in the past few years have been good for business just in terms of how we deal with the government with the governance it brings just simplicity information's lot easier for us to. understand our clients and other businesses have grown they have they've needed more services from us so with a service as a growing our business is growing and that's been a. positive effect. and is not the only one who seems business thrive official figures show exports are up 11 percent hitting a new high and you construction projects are underway in all the major cities this is one of new delhi's poshest neighborhoods with houses here as expensive as in new york or paris many here are benefiting from growing g.d.p. that world bank figures estimate will grow at 7.2 percent this 2829000 year but the benefits of that growth may not be reaching everyone even amongst the wealthy. many construction company

high and you construction projects are underway and all the major cities this is one of new delhi's pasha's neighborhoods with houses here as expensive as in new york or paris many here are benefiting from growing g.d.p. that world bank figures estimate will grow at seven point two percent that's twenty eight hundred twenty nine hundred year but the benefits of that growth may not be reaching everyone even amongst the wealthy. many construction company owners say while they are still operating orders are actually down for recent years and while the stock market is up it's not stable market is innovation and there are a lot of investors of getting scared to enter into the market because it has rapidly gone up in very short time media people had made enough money in this market. the gap between rich and poor it's easy to see. india's home to some of the world's wealthiest people. a billionaire many times over is asia's richest person economists say it's people like him in india that are benefiting most from the country's current economic climate one percent used to own fifty six perce

delhi. coming up next in sports a red card for the referee peter will explain this strange moment in the chinese super league top stories coming up. a policy imposed decades ago britain woman part that she could selectively goods and have only boards changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences for creating poor socially disadvantaged young men so you have the system where people at every level will be get being given money money to agree to starvation our money to get other people to be disturbed socially al-jazeera examines the politics of population control after decades of being programmed with instructions data hungry computers and now on their own identifying patterns and predicting human behavior. artificial intelligence can monitor ombudsman. and decide on a future big picture to coach the world according to ai and exposes the bias inside the machine coming soon on al-jazeera. top of the sports news with peter thank you very much lewis hamilton dedicated his win a

high and you construction projects are underway and all the major cities this is one of new delhi's pasha's neighborhoods with houses here as expensive as in new york or paris many here are benefiting from growing g.d.p. that world bank figures estimate will grow at seven point two percent this twenty eight hundred twenty nine hundred year but the benefits of that growth may not be reaching everyone even amongst the wealthy. many construction company owners say while they are still operating orders are actually down for recent years and while the stock market is up it's not stable market is in a very shaky there are lot of investors of getting scared to enter into the market because it has rapidly gone up and very short media people had made enough money in this month that. the gap between rich and poor is easy to see. india is home to some of the world's wealthiest people. bonnie a billionaire many times over is asia's richest person economists say it's people like him in india that are benefiting most of the country's current economic climate one percent used to own fifty six perc

on sunday after a 6 week process so how raman joins us now from the capital new delhi so what are the trends that are emerging so far compared to 2014. yes well as you said 600000000 ballots being counted that's the largest number in terms of turnout 67 percent the election commission is saying huge turnout especially with female voters samples across the country have suggested that again in certain constituencies there's been around about 6870 percent turnout not just the women which is a great thing but in terms of the trends what we are seeing since the counting started early of day was that slowly the b.g.p. seem to be gaining traction certainly in the locations and the states the constituencies that they managed to win in 2014 and on the whole they have managed to retain those states certainly into a majority they've lost a few seats in pradesh which is the largest state in terms of sending as many as 80 m.p.'s to the lok sabha they've also lost a few seats and production raja's that but managed to hold on to or be the largest party at the moment as far as the trends seem to tell

moti care only covers serious illnesses and hospital stays new delhi's health minister thinks more funding should go into essential primary care doesn't mean we think that primary health care is the best for all treatment big of so much importance on our secondary kit that we have neglected the primary kit. in some states insurance companies administer the funds for marie care and he accuses some of using their role to profit unfairly he has the man who runs motor care refutes this this is a game which is not only good for people who vote it's also good for politics and so if it's serving. the country something the board people i don't see why or how any party will come to the power game changer or stop the scheme. only 6 percent of the 500000000 people eligible for medicare have signed up. election results are due to be announced later this month and whoever runs motor care afterwards will face the challenge of ensuring millions of people like a caution are not left out scott either al-jazeera new delhi. that china has voted to defend its companies after a us government decision to place

moti care only covers serious illnesses and hospital stays new delhi's health minister thinks more funding should go into essential primary care doesn't mean we think that primary health care is the best for all treatment big of so much importance on our secondary kit that we have neglected the primary kit. in some states insurance companies administer the funds for moti care and he accuses them of using their role to profit unfairly we have the man who runs motor care refutes this this is of it is not only good for people but it's also good for politics so if it's serving. the country starving the people i don't see why or how any. of the power. to stop this. only 6 percent of the $500000000.00 people eligible for medicare have signed up election results are due to be announced later this month and whoever runs motive here afterwards will face the challenge of ensuring millions of people like a cash are not left out scot either al-jazeera new delhi and the head of the roman catholic church has taken a refugee children on a joyride in his popemobile through the vatican city the children we

moti care only covers serious illnesses and hospital stays new delhi's health minister thinks more funding should go into essential primary care doesn't. think that primary health care is the best for all treatment big of so much importance on our secondary kit that we have neglected the primary kit. in some states insurance companies administer the funds from ot care and he accuses some of using their role to profit unfairly and that we have the man who runs motor care refutes this like this is of it is not only good for people but it's also good for politics. if it's solving. the country's starving the poor people i don't see why or how any a part of the power. of the scheme. only 6 percent of the $500000000.00 people eligible for medicare have signed up election results are due to be announced later this month and whoever runs moti care afterwards will face the challenge of ensuring millions of people like a caution are not left out scott either al-jazeera new delhi australia's native woman but is one of the country's most loved animals but while not for her she say they're under threat

delhi. india woke up on friday to news that the bharatiya janata party led by the renter modi had secured an absolute majority in the 6 week long general election. b j p celebrations began on thursday when early indications suggested another wind was imminent. the election commission has been counting more than 600000000 votes cast since early on thursday and everyone is waiting for the initial announcement note he still has to be formally elected by his own party parliamentarians he's expected to meet them in a special session on saturday we need to listen to the well he is celebrating the mood is very different from any opposition groups whose influence in parliament is now severely reduced given our experience the last 5 years we kept his government on board and we showed them that we mean business we will let them have their own way we will stand up as far as people's concerns will be i mean picture of opposition. analysts suggest job creation in rural and urban areas is a topic the gove

delhi. india woke up on friday to news that the bharatiya janata party led by the rent remotely had secured an absolute majority in the 6 week long general election. b j p celebrations began on thursday when early indications suggested another wind was imminent. the election commission has been counting more than 600000000 votes cast since early on thursday and everyone is waiting for the initial announcement modi still has to be formally elected by his own party parliamentarians he's expected to meet them in a special session on saturday we need to listen to the well b.g.p. is celebrating the mood is very different from any opposition groups whose influence in parliament is now severely reduced given our experience. the last 5 years we kept his government on board and we showed them that we mean business we would let them have the only way we will stand up as far as people's issues are concerned will be i mean picture of operation 1st time voter has analysts suggest job creation in rural an

moti care only covers serious illnesses and hospital stays new delhi's health minister thinks more funding should go into essential primary care. we think that primary health care is the basis for all treatment big of so much importance on our secondary kit that we have neglected the primary kit. in some states insurance companies administer the funds for moti care and he accuses them of using their role to profit unfairly we have the man who runs motor care refutes this this is of it is not only good for people but it's also good for politics so if it serving. the country serving the people i don't see why or how any part of the power. to stop this. only 6 percent of the $500000000.00 people eligible for medicare have signed up election results are due to be announced later this month and whoever runs motive here afterwards will face the challenge of ensuring millions of people like a cash are not left out scott either al-jazeera new delhi. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour the saudi emirate he led coalition has launched air strikes on residential areas and holds the milit

delhi that he's got a mandate to build a new india. saudi arabia's crown prince has met the 2nd in charge of sudan's transitional military council to discuss corp meanwhile sudanese professionals have rallied in khartoum to mounting a transition to a civilian government. eritrea is marking its 1st independence day since a peace deal was reached but neighboring ethiopia last year the government's has moved to block social media platforms ahead of the celebrations the reason is unclear but there is speculation the governments may be trying to prevent protests under cements reports. it's the biggest day in eritrea's calendar of celebrations with even more significance now there's a peace deal with its neighbor and want time enemy ethiopia. now u.n. sanctions are lifted but human rights organizations say repression is still part of daily life president israel's of lucky keeps a firm grip in this one party's state. i reports of a ban on social media may be surprising to some when you consider how few people are actually online eritrea has a

as jamil al jazeera new delhi. a new round of talks between the taliban and the us started in qatar on wednesday the u.s. state department says its peace envoy. is in meeting representatives of the afghan armed group now it's the sixth round of talks between the two sides who are trying to find a framework for peace in the country the afghan government has not been part of the tall. iran's leaders say they're prepared to find. oil in the face of tough sanctions iranian warships are patrolling the strait of hormuz a vital supply route for the global trade and oil. reports. coast. show. as the deadline approaches for oil waivers to expire there's been an increase in the frequency of defined statements from iranian leaders attacking u.s. sanctions in a speech on tuesday iranian president hassan rouhani made a promise on. america in the next few months will see that we will continue to exporter of oil they may close one path but there isn't just one door there are six other doors they're not even aware of we must expor

well so how raman joins us now live from the capital new delhi so how that sounded an awful lot like a concession speech there from rahul gandhi was the latest for you on. this it did sound like a concession speech but at the moment the opposition parties and he's just one of them not conceded defeat to new and remote i mean liberal gandhi went on to say that you know much of the matter was i have been asked and the insults that i have faced i've always treated everyone else with respect and as you say you congratulated the government or went on to say to congress workers that they should not be afraid of the future and of course while he sort of perhaps is looking as wins along with many other opposition leaders in various parts of the country bewildered by yet another landslide victory in the making for the b j p in reality the leader himself the prime minister narendra modi a short while ago within the last hour and a half arrived at the j.p. headquarters in new delhi jubilant at a potential victory of course it is a victory but quite humbled and this is what he had to say. during

high and you construction projects are underway and all the major cities this is one of new delhi's poshest neighborhoods with houses here as expensive as in new york or paris many here are benefiting from growing g.d.p. that world bank figures estimate will grow at seven point two percent this twenty eight hundred twenty nine hundred year but the benefits of that growth may not be reaching everyone even amongst the wealthy. many construction company owners say while they are still operating orders are actually down for recent years and while the stock market is up it's not stable market is in a very shaky mood where a lot of investors are getting scared to enter into the market because it has rapidly gone up in very short time media people hardly had made enough money in this market. the gap between rich and poor it's easy to see. india is home to some of the world's wealthiest people. a billionaire many times over is asia's richest person economists say it's people like him in india that are benefiting most from the country's current economic climate one percent used to own fifty

as al-jazeera new delhi. britain's prime minister's reason may has fired her defense secretary of the details of a national security council meeting were leaked to the media the prime minister says that investigation found compelling evidence that gavin williamson was responsible he denies that he was involved in the leak which revealed the u.k.'s plan to grant chinese company huawei a role in building britain's five g. network the governing conservative party in britain is bracing itself for a big losses in thursday's local elections there is anger among voters who feel betrayed over briggs's lawrence lee reports from north yorkshire. local politics is supposed to be about things like cleaning up what doctors leave behind tidying the streets really monday in stuff this picture postcard town in new york share looks like a perfect example of how to do it properly but while all these local conservatives fighting to be reelected want to talk about getting the buses to run on time their constituents have other co

was the point i walked with money and resources into its campaign here in new delhi the b j p holding a protest after what happened in kolkata west bengal is a critical battleground state for the party because they fared poorly there in the last election in 2014 b j p leaders say this silent protest is their effort to counter what they claim is a threat to democracy in west bengal lodged but if someone's or somebody just the fact that he's beaten the. odds the fall of media people who was attacked are not at that point then how can one call it. but no matter what political parties say about the state of democracy here the people of west bengal will decide this weekend which ones will speak for them scotland al-jazeera new delhi. police in bangladesh shot dead 2 suspected rohingya human traffickers outside a refugee camp in the southeast earlier this week with ortiz intercepted more than 100 refugees about to make the journey to malaysia by boat and there she officials say traffickers targeting the 740000 who fled a brutal military crackdown in myanmar. a taxi driver in south korea has

and big down pulls into new delhi that clouds made its way just over towards himalayan plan little china of storms here right the way up the eastern side of india as well lasting producing some lively showers as well in between temps been getting up into the mid forty's for many has not been the case new delhi has been throwing it down some really heavy rainfall see people sheltering from the heavy downpours whether we'll gradually ease as we go on through the next couple of days and temperatures will start to pick up that rain that we had at the eastern side of india as getting out of the way that rain furthermore again that's getting out of the way to snow just around the foothills of the himalayas but to temperatures in new delhi at around 38 or 39 degrees plenty warm enough but the ruhi that stays into central parts of 43 from the pool or even higher as you go on through the next day or 2 going to see that wet weather as in making its way further research as we go on through the next day i. want to show is just pushing the way into kerala for a time clear skies coming up the eastern

delhi we do expect to see a shower or 2 in clouds with a temperature of about 38 degrees. the weather sponsored by countdown a. 0 world goals and an incredible journey to 1st hand accounts and extraordinary archive footage to the cities of palestine as they were before $948.00 and the impact the creation of israel had to. witness the vibrant commercial and cultural lines of now and paint a close and the heritage that many of today's palestinians have never. lost cities of palestine. welcome back i'm out of the top stories here this hour one of president from stop economic adviser says that u.s. businesses will suffer from tires on chinese goods could lose comments contradict trump's claim that it will only be china that pays us up to $200000000000.00 tariff on chinese imports on friday. the commander of iran's revolutionary guard says the u.s. doesn't have the ability to wage war against his country he described the deployment of extra u.s. warships and aircraft in the middle east as psychological warfare the pentagon says it's in response to a rainy and russian. and more

delhi that he's got a mandate to build a new india. u.s. president donald trump says he's meeting pentagon officials to discuss plans that could see more american troops deployed to the middle east against the backdrop of tension with iran washington says that it's facing unspecified threats from tehran and the trumpet ministration is being accused of trying to bypass congressional ban on weapons sales to saudi arabia is concerned that the u.s. secretary of state might pump a 0 and other senior aides may use a loophole allowing the presidents to approve the sale without the approval of congress. the dutch foreign minister is calling for an international tribunal to be established to investigate i saw it would investigate claims that the armed group committed genocide during its so-called caliphate across syria and iraq on diplomatic editor james bays reports from the un. the un called the crimes committed by both syria and iraq a genocide now there are calls for a new international tribunal to prosecute the individuals who ordered and

says camille al-jazeera new delhi. the former president of pakistan pervez musharraf has had his trial for treason adjourned the case is expected to continue in june after the muslim holy month of ramadan returned to pakistan since leaving for medical treatment three years ago it was indicted for high treason for suspending the constitution and imposing emergency rule when he was president in two thousand and seven. united states is tightening its squeeze on iranian oil exports by introducing sanctions on any country which does business with tacked on these restrictions starting on thursday and sanction waivers for eight major iranian oil customers including china and india it is attack against iranian exports a part of the u.s. campaign in cooperation with iran's regional rival saudi arabia why canada has the story from washington. it was a surprise to many when president trump chose riyadh this a destination of his first international trip in office. but two years on it's clear this was more of a signal as to the cen

says camille al-jazeera new delhi. and has been five hundred years since the death of the influential renaissance painter or not or to then she was crossed back to lauren taylor in london for more or thanks michel the painter sculptor and architect was born in the town of vinci in fourteen fifty two but spent most of his professional life in florence and milan the last supper and mona lisa are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the rene sauce they would change reports when i was in france where davinci spent the last years of his life. the another division she arrived in france carrying his most famous work the mona lisa on the donkey's back. this royal chateau de on was on the banks of the rwa is where he spent the final chapter of his extraordinary life. young french king francis the first was enthralled by his genius he called leonardo his father never will tell you what's fawcett to the french kings through the west to show you were seeking an intellectual refinement the tea had previously d

delhi so many thanks. in indonesia hundreds of protesters have been arrested after a 2nd bite of violent demonstrations they're angry the president djoko widodo was declared the winner of last month's elections 6 people were killed in rising on tuesday florence louis reports from jakarta. day 2 of protests in jakarta and a pattern emerges as night fell the situation 10 volatile protesters threw fireworks and other objects at police who after holding back initially fired tear gas and chased them down police say they've arrested more than $250.00 people that they got because after questioning of the suspects admitted that they were told to riot and that it was planed we are still looking for the person who gave the instruction in the money. it was a different picture earlier on wednesday morning where the crowd was small and peaceful these are supporters of problem. who ran against president joker we don't know in last month's presidential election and the previous one was but last i mean they cheated on us

al jazeera, new delhi. ♪ host: acting u.s. sector to u.s. defense secretary patrick shanahan confirms the u.s. is sending more forces to the middle east as tensions with iran escalate. the u.s. says it is facing unspecified threats. iran says it won't surrender to u.s. pressure, even if it is bob. alan fisher has the latest from washington. allen: donald trump when asked, is the u.s. going to go to war with iran, said i hope not, we will see. he has more direct influence than -- influence on what happens next. he has been speaking about reports the u.s. is point to send more troops. remember they sent the abraham lincoln carrier group in the past few days. that is 7500 personnel and includes bombers and also a defense missile battery. but donald trump said he is not convinced there is a need for those troops in the area at this moment. >> i don't think we will need it but if we needed, we will be there in whatever number we need. reporter: there have been reports the u.s. is prepared to send 5000 to 10,000 troops to the middle east. the acti

so correspondent in the capital new delhi. yes thanks very much nic care they were the winds of change in 2014 and it's blowing a gale here in 2819 as the new wave of an election victory seems just within touching distance of 400 modi and the b j p and it wasn't just roll dandy he was congratulating the prime minister in what was more or less a concession speech they were not actually concede yet until the election commission had those final results. confirmed but the prime minister of pakistan also tweeting by congratulating the prime minister on his 2nd victory and hoping that both pakistan and india can move forward to try and talk to each other in peace and prosperity will see what happens there but joining me now is the dash no doubt then he is a political analyst and a member of the r.s.s. . affiliated body parent body of the b j p it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera thank you for joining us on this very blustery election counting day the prime minister yes can celebrate for a short period of time and then yet ag

right he could make came to paris from new delhi 10 years ago. she was working in an insurance company and she quit her job for this project. this is what i wanted my competence my know how to hope for a social purpose but. india gave me a lot when i was young and i wanted to give something back to india. she brought her artistic skills to the team but also her deep knowledge of indian society. you have to adjust to indian cultural sensitivities you can't just go to your boss and say look what you're saying doesn't suit me off slam the door and leave the indian mindset doesn't work like that there's a lot of consultation compromise it's a cultural thing. you will be included games have been played in about $25.00 companies in india thanks to a local ngo that reaches out to them and introduces the project. in france to discrimination that work is far from being solved as right he could make intel. in farm a woman who is confident will be told she is bossy but if it's a man who has the same kind of behavior we're going to say this is a leader. we w

that catch a former diplomat who was speaking to us there from new delhi thanks for being with us again on al-jazeera. well regional rivals iran and saudi arabia say they don't want a war as riyadh's ally the united states builds up its military presence in the gulf the leader of iran's revolutionary guard says his country is not pursuing a conflict his comments came after the saudi foreign ministry said the kingdom doesn't want to escalate tensions but will respond if iran chooses to engage in conflict has called for 2 emergency summits involving gulf and arab leaders later this month to discuss the situation in the region. saudi arabia does not want war in the region and is not seeking it and will do its best to have beat it but at the same time if the other party chooses war then we will respond with all strength and determination and will defend itself and its interests the kingdom hopes others to be wise and the iranian regime and its agents to stay away from recklessness and stupid acts and spear of the region instability in saudi arabia the international community to take respons

this sprawling upmarket estate tucked away in new delhi is home for rubble and this family a startup investor who's also runs his own digital consulting and marketing firm he says the government's policies in the past few years have been good for business just in terms of how we deal with the government with the governance it brings to simplicity information's lot easier for us to. understand our clients and other businesses have grown they have they've needed more services from us so with all the services are growing our business is growing and that's been a. positive effect. and is not the only one who's seen his business thrive official figures show exports are up 11 percent hitting a new high and you construction projects are underway in all the major cities this is one of new delhi's poshest neighborhoods with houses here as expensive as in new york or paris many here are benefiting from growing g.d.p. that world bank figures estimate will grow at 7.2 percent that's 282900 year but the benefits of that growth may not be reaching everyone even amongst the wealthy. many constructi

right he could make came to paris from new delhi 10 years ago. she was working in an insurance company. and she quit her job for this project is a woman who i wanted my competence my know how to help for a social purpose that. india gave me a lot when i was young and i wanted to give something back to india. she brought her artistic skills to the team but also her deep knowledge of indian society. you have to adjust to indian cultural sensitivities you can't just go to your boss and say look what you're saying doesn't suit me off slam the door and leave the indian mindset doesn't work like that there's a lot of consultation compromises it's a cultural thing so. you will be included games have been played in about $25.00 companies in india thanks to a local ngo that reaches out to them and introduces the project. in france to discrimination that work is far from being solved that's right he could boom a can tell. you from a woman who is confident will be told she is bossy but if it's a man who has the same kind of behavior we're going to say this

delhi that he has got a mandate to build a new india saudi arabia's crown prince has met the 2nd in charge of sudan's transitional military council to discuss corporation between the 2 countries meanwhile sudanese professionals have rallied in khartoum demanding a transition to civilian governments. now the u.s. government is considering an emergency declaration that would let it bypass a congressional ban on weapons sales to the arabia u.s. officials and politicians are concerned the secretary of state michael pale and other senior aides wants the president to be able to act without the approval of congress they say the president might use escalating tensions with iran as a reason to sell weapons to saddam arabia or the proposal emerge when democratic senator chris murphy criticize it on twitter he said i'm hearing that trump maybe use an obscure loophole in the arms control act and notice a major new sale of bombs to saudi arabia the ones they drop in yemen in a way that will prevent congress from objecting could happen this week alan fisher has more from washington. well normally

joins us now from the capital new delhi so what are the trends that we are seeing so far compared to 2014. according to the election commission these are still early stages they are trends at the moment that the election commission is keeping the indian public abreast of they are suggesting that the be on their own not in the lead in 292 constituencies that if they win all of those 292 constituencies they've won 10 more seats than they did in 2014 and they themselves can then form an absolute majority because 272 is the magic number that any one party needs to an absolute majority that's what b.g.p. one in certain areas certainly the north of india. have managed at the moment to retain their voter base whether they win the seats is another thing but they've managed to retain the voter base they have lost so they seem to be losing in a certain number of very few seats to pradesh or to british is that huge state in the north of the country which sends the most m.p.'s to parliament as many as 8170. one of those seats early indications suggest they may have lost 3 to 4 seats bringing the

got harder al-jazeera new delhi. not i. directed general for the national disaster response force he says they did everything they could to be ready. preparation started to very well in advance of what partially because. the indian metrological department gave us very good lead time and in the predictions we almost got a week by which we knew all of that the place of landing the wind speed at landing and exactly the time of landing so that gave us the scope to prepare weather and i think the preparations were well done in advance and the federal government also gave disaster relief funds to the concern states of what is under but this and was being all well in advance so that they can prepare for the relief right after the storm passes so all this preparation was of course in sync with the requirement of the extra forces which goes from the n.t. out of sight of which on the d.g. and we have placed nearly four thousand. armed with stock tical equipment and aborts etc to the states of what is and under petitioned and that's b

and say hell raman joins us now from the capital new delhi so here would suffice of election campaign but a decisive result. indeed yes that result is still being revealed later holmfirth stage just to give you an update of what we know so far the be of can been confirmed by the election commission to avoid 221 seats they are still in the lead in 82 constituencies and over 364 seats that have been declared so far by the election commission another 178 are still. to be declared so not really too long to go perhaps with before we get those results hala in the early parts of friday morning b.s. of a tale of 2 political stories really if you saw all those jubilant scenes at the b j p headquarters in new delhi you would have thought they'd just won the election the 1st time around their party workers absolutely delighted and you got a good sense of that so you know where we were near the parliament throughout the day where b.g.p. workers were you know walking past going to other. local media outlets to do their interviews very buoyant very positive because the 1st few results hadn't actual

gradually run over towards nepal south of that with temperatures struggling to get to 35 celsius in new delhi because there is a little more cloud around here but still very hot for many $42.00 soldiers from that pool or so far harder a bad one or 2 spots also than that says one would expect as we go on through the coming days in the mid forty's so the possibility for some it warms up you notice for sunday the in new delhi just want to showers into the far south of india 2nd half of the weekend to tell us a little bit of a shower right around the eastern side of the right on saturday and sunday. he had it all. the passion the success and the popularity. and when he gave it all up. for the love of his homeland. the rebels dove into the realm of footballing legend rashid a clue free. will could be algerian national liberation front with his feet rashid mclean free and b f l n t on al-jazeera. and watching al-jazeera a quick reminder all of the top stories this hour the u.s. humanitarian affairs chief has warned the security council of a growing catastrophe in syria's province. said govern

delhi. he is on course to win a 2nd term as prime minister of india he arrived at his governing b.g.p. headquarters late on thursday evening jubilant by what his party had achieved. today we have witnessed citizens from every nook and corner of the country filling this beggar's hand i banged my head for india's 1300000000 citizens. but celebrations at b j p headquarters began early in the day and vote counting wasn't even over yet the votes of hundreds of millions of indians were tallied and candidates and their agents are focusing on the district centers and each constituency. the election commission says the turnout was the largest in indian election history more than 600000000 people voted out of the 900000000 who are eligible to take part in the 6 week election the issues a clear for some. people have voted for nationalism for the good of the country and for development work. this is the reason only. as a prime minister. this election has been one of the most divisive in recent years i t