let's explore this further with our guests today from new delhi we're joined by. an advocate at the supreme court of india for the human rights lawyer from paris with actually ganguli who is south asia director of human rights watch and from london we're joined by shruti capella who's an indian his story. and lecturer in history at the university of cambridge welcome to you or colonel randy let's start with you just how dangerous is the current situation given the current state of the economy and unemployment running relatively high in the northern suburbs of new delhi does this have the potential to explode i think the time for gentian is all photo has exploded. when you have a lot of the lead by legislators of the ruling actually mouthing slogans like. goalie martin was i don't know that means you know translated that's sure you know sure and an exclusive right and that's echoing something that was said by union minister a central government minister. and that was 2 weeks ago and nor criminal complaint has been registered by the police which means that there's n

in new delhi the muslims were running against a new citizenship law they say discriminates against them other demonstrations against the bill have been going on now for months because of a koran i'm has more details from new delhi. at the moment there is a massive paramilitary presence on the street from the suburbs of the northeastern suburbs to try and control the situation after what's been happening since sunday the delhi high court passed an order they were sitting after midnight and passed an order saying that the injured have to be given passage to make it to hospitals and that is because an ambulance was attacked a fire engine was set on fire the world health organization has warned that the coronavirus epidemic is rapidly escalating and action must be taken quickly to prevent it from becoming a pandemic it follows the confirmation of new cases in europe and the middle east in south korea the health ministry there has announced 169 more infections mostly in and around the center of the break the city of daegu almost 1200 people have been infected egypt 1003 days of national mour

we are live on the ground in new delhi as the world watches the president's every move.

let's explore this further with our guests today from new delhi we are joined by. an advocate of the supreme court of india the human rights lawyer from paris with actually ganguli who is south asia director of human rights watch and from london we're joined by shruti capella who's an indian his story. and lecturer in history at the university of cambridge welcome to you or colonel randy let's start with you just how dangerous is the current situation given the current state of the economy and unemployment running relatively high in the northern suburbs of new delhi does this have the potential to explode i think the time for gentian is all photo has exploded. when you have a lot of the lead by legislators of the ruling actually mouthing slogans like. goalie martin was i don't know that means you know translated that's sure you know sure and an exclusive right and that's echoing something that was said by union minister a central government minister. and that was 2 weeks ago and nor criminal complaint has been registered by the police which means that there's no ac

conference there we are seeing new delhi right now we are waiting for donald trump and the renderer modi as tony was saying there mr trump i guess in effect paid mr modi something of a compliment he was referring to mr modi as being a tough negotiator mr modi of course facing criticism over that new law on citizenship as tony was mentioning as and when that news conference kicks off we'll bring it to you live here on al-jazeera. in the news ahead here on this program going on the ground syrian civilians find shelter wherever they can to escape the fighting in it live. from where the furnace is a likely to go cold to europe's elite new cool process. had a very unsettled weather picture across much of europe plaintive crowds streaming in and not just out of course we have got rain and also a fair amount of snow but the winds have been pretty strong that continue to stream in from the west and really impacting many countries this is the netherlands and just look at this this is what damage the wind has done is not just that of course many other areas across mainland europe again there

let's begin with neha dixit in new delhi. tell us what has happened there in the wake e of presidentnt t's trip. what took place in new delhi? >> thank you, amy. in the last three days, we've seen violence in various parts of new delelhi, especially in te northeastern district. as of now, the death toll has gone up to 34. pepeople are stitill iththe pros of finding dead bodies .verywhere aat happened on sunday was lot. since december 2019, several people across the national capital have been protesting --inst this is a decision citizenship amendment. there is participation of various communities against this law that excludes muslims. per citizenship amendment act group, which was led by a member of the agenda party, the bjp, which is also party, a beach member incited violence as evidence saying the protesters should go back. from sunday night until yesterday evening, the violence continues. [indiscernible] most of these are working-class muslim areas. large mobs have been reported. using tear bombs. all of this happening in

delhi the protests against a contentious citizenship will elizabeth run as more details from new delhi. at the moment there is a massive paramilitary presence on the streets of the suburbs of the northeastern suburbs to try and control the situation after what's been happening since sunday the delhi high court passed an order they were after midnight and passed an order saying that the injured have to be given passage to make it to hospitals and that is because an ambulance was attacked a fire engine was itself set on fire the world health organization has warned the coronavirus break is rapidly escalating and action must be taken quickly to prevent it from becoming a pandemic in south korea the health ministry has announced a $169.00 more infections mostly in and around the center of the break that's the city of daegu nearly 1200 people infected hong kong's government has unveiled its biggest relief fund in over a decade to meet the demands of antigovernment protesters permanent residents over 18 years will be given cash and salary and property rebates and low taxes for companies spen

number of people killed in the violence that rocked new delhi this week has risen to 33 after several critically injured patients died in hospital india seen months or protests over a new citizenship law which excludes muslims in parts of the capital people have been returning to homes and businesses which were destroyed they say they came to build bridges tony betty reports from new delhi. after the 2nd day of calm people who escaped the violence are starting to return to their battered neighborhoods in northeast delhi in shining bag they've come back to widespread destruction and loss. and they get out that it was very stressful living here during the last few days we were all extremely scared so scared that we moved all our women to a safer place only the mains. people were killed and injured here homes and businesses were burned but mohammed's fruit and vegetable shop provided a livelihood for his family for 30 years he was burned during the riots and he's not insured he's part of the muslim community that suffered the worst of the violence but he's not vengeful. we have to live p

let's explore this further with our guests today from new delhi we are joined by. an absence of the supreme court of india a human rights lawyer from paris with archie ganguli who is south asia director of human rights watch and from london we're joined by shruti capella who's an indian his story. and lecturer in history at the university of cambridge welcome to you or colonel randy let's start with you just how dangerous is the current situation given the current state of the economy and unemployment running relatively high in the northern suburbs of new delhi does this have the potential to explode i think the time for gentian is all photo has exploded. when you have a lot of the lead by legislators of the ruling actually mouthing slogans like. goalie martin was i don't know that means you know translated that's sure you know sure and an exclusive right and that's echoing something that was said by union minister a central government minister. and that was 2 weeks ago and nor criminal complaint has been registered by the police which means that there's no account

delhi during violence between groups supporting and opposing india's new citizenship law hundreds of muslim activists have been protesting against the law which they say discriminates against their community they were targeted by hindu groups linked to prime minister narendra modi's party the b j p hundreds of police have been drafted in to restore calm in the area of just about. all in quite a contrast there were different scenes as u.s. president donald trump was welcomed by more than 100000 people at a rally in the indian city of ahmedabad his 1st visit to the country's design not only to boost ties and trade but also his reelection chances so appealing to 4 and a half 1000000 indian american voters elizabeth for an arm reports from the bad in the state of gujarat. on his 1st foreign trip since isn't pietschmann child donald trump could not have looked more pleased with the reception he received it wasn't the $10000000.00 people trump said would greet him and get you right before leaving for india but more than 100000 people packed into the south bothered by potential stadium to h

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delhi during violence between groups supporting and opposing india's new citizenship law hundreds of muslim activists have been protesting against it. as the headlines it's the stream now. where every. now mass stage from india has pulled out all the stops to give the visiting u.s. president the type of stay here event that he revels in but this charm's all stage appearance with indian prime minister narendra modi suggest a meeting of minds or perhaps. i'm femi oke a and you are in the stream send your thoughts for today show through twitter i need change. donald trump is making his 1st visit to india as u.s. president but statecraft is not as important as showcase perhaps hours after arriving in the city of armada bad on monday you know great a new cricket stadium joining the ranger modi in front of 100000 people here's a taste of what both leaders set. out of. and that is the. good that. religion. america loves. america respects. and america oweis be very loyal. to the indian people. but the visit has divided opinion on social media a platform that both leaders are expert at naviga

which excludes muslims turnabout he reports from new delhi. after the 2nd day of calm people who escaped the violence are starting to return to their battered neighborhoods in northeast delhi in showing bag they've come back to widespread destruction and loss. and it was very stressful living here during the last few days we were all extremely scared so scared that we moved all our women to a safer place only the mains. people were killed and injured here homes and businesses were burned. mohammed's fruit and vegetable shop provided a livelihood for his family for 30 years he was burnt during the riots and he's not ensured he's part of the muslim community that suffered the worst of the violence but he's not vengeful. we have to live peacefully together whatever has happened we have to treat it as a one off we have to figure. we can't just blame the hunters or muslims both groups where there are. 3 shops down is his neighbor ganesh who's a hindu his fruit and veg shop was also burned but even after losing his livelihood he still believes in co

cnn's sam kylie is live in new delhi for us. sam, it's a little bit hard to figure out what was the thrust, the main point of this trip? they kind of dibbled and dabbled in different topics here and there, but it wasn't like there was some major trade announcement on the table, right? >> reporter: that's absolutely right, laura. it's all about the optics of course president trump in an election year and president modi somewhat on the back foot of violence and demonstrations against recently introduced legislation that critics say is anti-muslim. just yesterday seven people were killed here in new delhi including a policeman unusually. just as they were getting under way prime minister modi and president trump in front of a rally of 100,000 people. that was full of celebration not least of india's tradition of tolerance whereas the truth on the street was somewhat different. this is really about tying to own the optics, manage the optics for both of these populist politicians, play to their own bases as strongly as they can more

police in new delhi are accused of aiding attackers targeting muslims protesting against a controversial citizenship law. now the world health organization is warning the coronavirus epidemic is escalating rapidly and action must be taken quickly to prevent it from becoming a pandemic chinese authorities working in the epicenter of the outbreak of just released new figures the rate of new infections still remains in the climb and cured patients began returning home. this is a rapidly escalating epidemic in different places that we've got to tackle super fast to prevent a pandemic i mean it's actually what china demonstrates is where this goes is within the control of our decisions to apply this kind of rigor and approach to this disease now within the past hour south korea's health ministry has announced $169.00 more infections most of them are in and around daegu that brings the total number of people with field this to $1146.00 european health ministers have held emergency talks in italy where the virus is spread to south from quarter dollar to tuscany unsisterly there are also confirm

at least 18 people have been killed during protests in india as police in new delhi are accused of helping attackers target muslims. hello i'm sam he's a than this is al just live from doha also coming up warnings the worst is yet to come in the global corona virus outbreak the number factions in south korea crosses 1000. this is a rapidly escalating epidemic in different places that we've got to tackle super fast to prevent a pandemic. form of vice president joe biden faced with what is considered a do or die primary contest in south carolina lashes out of front runner bernie sanders democratic the. egypt announces 3 days of national mourning us hospital barak who ruled the country for 3 decades dies. 3 days of violence in india's capital has left at least 18 people dead more than $150.00 have been injured in one of the most violent riots in a decade of the fighting began in muslim majority areas in delhi it started after a local leader from prime minister narendra modi's party called for protesters to vacate the area tony bertie reports from new delhi. the suburbs of jeffrey bad in belgi

new delhi's other big protest site the day off for a man opened fire peaceful protest rally here on the 30th of. and you read too woman created this new role depicting the incident. the gunman praised police has he carried out the shooting the despised 3 shootings that she had bagged and johnny a one week the artist and the people keep coming elizabeth pradhan al-jazeera new delhi. a trial has begun in paris for 6 suspected fraudsters accused of impersonating a french politician to steal millions of euros they're accused of calling more than 150 targets by phone and skype forcing this french foreign minister should leave the detail where investigators say they requested money for a secret mission with a promise of repayments on the french states 3 people were successful egypt's including the spiritual leader the aga khan who reportedly sent 22 $1000000.00. you know. this is an attack on the state this is an attack that could have because it in the context of public affairs we must not forget that the events that interest us took place in 20152016 that at that time they were the child an

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police in new delhi are accused of aiding attackers target muslims protesting against a controversial citizenship more. the world health organization is warning the coronavirus epidemic is escalating rapidly and action must be taken quickly to prevent it from becoming a pandemic chinese authorities working in the epicenter of the outbreak have released updated figures rates of infection still remains in decline and cured patients have begun returning home. this is a rapidly escalating epidemic in different places that we've got to tackle super fast to prevent a pandemic i mean it's actually what china demonstrates is where this goes is within the control of our decisions to apply this kind of rigor and approach to to to this disease far within the past hour south korea's health ministry announced $169.00 more infections mostly in and around. that brings the total number of people with the illness to $1146.00 european health ministers have held emergency talks in italy where the virus has spread south from quarter dollar to tuscany and sicily there are also confirmed cases in croatia a

violence over a controversial citizenships war claims 5 lives in new delhi as the u.s. president makes his 1st trip to india plus. the both rest in peace sign in have been killed meet again one day. passionate words from kobe bryant's widow at a memorial for the basketball legend and her doctor. the world health organization says it's deeply concerned by the sudden increase in corona virus cases outside china 3 main clusters of infections are growing in the middle east europe and asia south korea the u.s. says it's considering scaling back joint military exercises with south korea due to concerns about the spread of the virus. $893.00 cases have now been confirmed there at least 8 people have died iran has confirmed 12 deaths and has denied reports the toll could be much higher quatre is also among several countries in the region reporting their 1st infections quote civil aviation authority has announced they're temporarily barring flights from dubai in charge or as a protective measure it's also canceled national day celebrations scheduled for tuesday in europe 7 peopl

new delhi's other big protest site the day off for a man opened fire at peaceful protest is it a valley here all the. 30th of january 2 women created this new role depicting the incident. the gunman praised police has he carried out the shooting but despite 3 shootings that shahid bike and job one week the artists and the people keep coming elizabeth proud of al-jazeera new delhi. and i want to bring you news of an important milestone american astronaut christina cox who let the 1st female space walk has returned to earth after a record breaking stay on the international space station. cox 328 day mission is a new record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman previously held by nasa as whitson carried out research on the effects of long duration spaceflight and study the behavior of fire in space. look at the headlines now u.s. president donald trump a celebrated his acquittal on impeachment charges with a speech at the white house trying lashed out at his political rivals calling democratic party efforts to undermine his presidency corrupt at one point he held up copies of 2 new

delhi during violence between groups supporting and opposing india's new citizenship nor hundreds of muslim activists have been protesting against the law which they say discriminates against their community they were targeted by hindu groups linked to prime minister narendra modi's party b j p. and you in an egyptian brokered ceasefire has gone into effect between the palestinian group islamic jihad and israel a ceasefire comes up the 2 days of cross border violence israeli air force says at least 80 islamic jihad rockets were fired from gaza on monday israel also carried out multiple attacks using aircraft and tanks killing 6 people including 2 islamic jihad members in syria on sunday night. governing party wants prime minister thomas to body to step down after he was charged with the murder of his 2nd wife bonnie appeared in court on monday where his lawyers argued that his office grants him immunity from prosecution so those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story stations that's watching. iran this general election deals a blow to the religious

delhi between hindu and muslim groups was sparked by over the government's new citizenship and all. balances broken out on the greek island of a 2nd day over the building of a new camp for migrants riot police fired tear gas at residents who've been throwing stones at them and trying to stop construction workers getting to the site a new camp is to replace an existing overcrowded migrant center house as well 19000 people despite being designed for fewer than 3000. a full minute she funeral has been held in cairo egypt's former leader hosni mubarak who died on tuesday aged 91 he was in power for 3 decades until being forced out of office 9 years ago as reports the funeral highlighted his military career rather than his controversial time in office. hosni mubarak's coffin draped in the egyptian flag and a horse drawn to the sound of cannon fire a funeral with full military honors for the man who led egypt for 30 years and whose legacy divines many nearly a decade after the arab spring and he was a military man and he achieved a lot for egypt we will not look at his shortcomings only n

but it's not just people who live in the delhi regions illegal slums who are affected new delhi's equality sees it consistently ranked as one of the most polluted cities in the world in this neighborhood people are not waiting for others to tackle the problem the traders association and this market have installed the 7 metre high tower it's ethyl to clean the air of pollutants as it passes through that but environmentalists say so. watchtowers only create a clean air zone around them and another solution for the whole city. the towel was put up after air pollution levels reached 40 times higher than the amount deemed healthy by the world health organization late last year air pollution in the ne is basically resulting in a public health crisis it's not just a pollution problem anymore it's also a public health problem. a problem politicians say they'll address by improving public transport and planting more trees but jane i had made doubts whoever wins the election will do anything to improve the lives of the people of ghana swath elizabeth piron of al-jazeera new delhi. runtime just take

when we come back, as trump leaves india, the death toll from anti-muslim violence in new delhi has risen to at least 34. we will go to delhi. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman. we go now to india, where the death toll from anti-muslim violence in delhi haharisen to

the number of people killed in days of violence in new delhi has now risen to 33 after some critically injured patients died in hospital relatives of some muslim victims of accuse the police of standing by as hindu crowds attacks allegations the government denies there been months of nationwide protests against a new citizenship law seen as anti muslim is tony berkeley. and the look after the street battle subsided wednesday was a day hindus and muslims mourn the loss of loved ones after some of the worst violence delhi has suffered in decades this is the funeral of mohammad for can a father of 2 who was killed when the violence began a few days ago he was on the way to shops to buy food for his kids at a bus stop i received a call saying that my brother has been shot i couldn't believe it i was with him an hour earlier i rushed to the hospital but i found that he was already dead he doesn't know who was responsible. then both sides of the community hindus and muslims have suffered outside the morgue of the state run hospital relatives await the completion of post-mortem examination is

india's prime minister narendra modi has called for calm after 4 days of violence in new delhi at least 25 people have lost their lives more than 200 like injured in hospitals and there's now anger over the decision to transfer the capital's 3rd highest ranking judge after he criticised both essential and state governments as well as the local police force anybody reports from delhi. of the look after the street battle subsided wednesday was a day hindus and muslims mourn the loss of loved ones after some of the worst violence delhi has suffered in decades this is the funeral of muhammad 1st can a father of 2 who was killed when the violence began a few days ago he was on the way to shops to buy food for his kids. i received a call saying that my brother has been shot i couldn't believe it i was with him an hour earlier i rushed to the hospital but i found that he was already dead he doesn't know who was responsible. and they're both sides of the community hindus and muslims have suffered outside the morgue of the state run hospital relatives await the completion of post malta examinati

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and police in new delhi are accused of aiding attackers target and muslims protesting against a controversial new citizenship law. hello the world health organization has warned that the coronavirus epidemic is escalating rapidly and action must be taken quickly to prevent it from becoming a pandemic. this is a rapidly escalating epidemic in different places that we've got to tackle super fast to prevent a pandemic i mean it's actually what china demonstrates is where this goes is within the control of our decisions to apply this kind of rigor and approach to to to this disease well here a print health ministers of held emergency talks and it's really where the virus has spread south from core don't you know to tuscany and sicily there also confirmed cases in croatia austria from switzerland the germany with links to the italian outbreak well the number of cases continues to rise in iran as does concern over the government's handling of the epidemic that's off of the country's deputy health minister the man leading the fight against the illness seen here on the left confirmed he's been diagno

new delhi's other big protest site the day off for a man opened fire at peaceful protest rally here on the 30th of. and you read 2 women created this new role depicting the incident. the gunman praised police has he carried out the shooting but despite 3 shootings a chain bag and jamey and one week the artists and the people keep coming elizabeth al jazeera new delhi. one of the stars of hollywood's golden age has died kirk douglas who starred in more than 80 movies during his career was 103 years old so was was nominated 3 times for best actor and was the recipient of an honorary oscar in 1906 or a burton manly look back at his life. kirk douglas graced the silver screen for more than 7 decades he burst onto the scene in 1960 next a veteran movie star barbara stanwyck in the strange wild. for people douglas quickly established himself as a star and leading man in his own right earning his 1st oscar nomination in 1950 playing a boxer in the champions. 2 more. over the next decade that jack occupation won for playing a producer in 1950 to use the bad and the beautiful how do you know ho

the killing of thousands of seats the party which is in control in new delhi they are also laying the blame for the violence on the b j p because of its leaders rhetoric over the past few months of the citizenship nor the main opposition congress party is calling for the interior minister to resign and yet when we've heard from b j p leaders they refusing to condemn their colleagues and what they've been saying so this is a situation that we obviously watching very closely the streets are calm finale especially the one area that some to food no one's allowed to come out the party that's in power the common man. in delhi they're actually asking for the army to be deployed across the northeast and for curfew to be enforced across all the violence had to areas but as far as those demonstrates a suit protesting against this legislation the concerned is does it china for them with the preexisting broader b.g.p. agenda and what mr moody wants to do. yes peter well you know for the last 2 and a half months since the citizenship nor was passed there have been protests and for many people thes

india's prime minister in a remote he has called for calm after 4 days of violence in new delhi of these 31 people have lost their lives and more than 200 have been injured. turkish backed syrian rebels say they've regained control of the strategic town of after it was seized by the syrian army turkish president earlier said his forces were preparing to engage russian backed syrian forces an adlib province the killing of 2 turkish soldiers in an airstrike on wednesday could further inflame the conflict charlotte dallas reports. syrian troops on the move it live province is the holdout the one place president bashar al assad is yet to claim that village by village it's coming within reach. our kareen go on towards more villages of months are we are we are still in action stores are in spite of the took a support to our enemies using foreign arms and ammunition these russian backed syrian government soldiers are fighting turkish backed rebels now turkey is facing a challenge with its observation posts in the province around it and president richard type one has ordered his troops to push b

separately fresh protests in new delhi have seen 7 killed and around 150 others injured. relative been taking place over a new citizenship law that split the population and led to widespread violence it's claimed more discriminates against muslims police used tear gas and smoke grenades to disperse the crowds. german police are looking into a 2nd potential terror attack in a week after a vehicle slammed into a carnival parade in a small western town injuring around $52.00 people including 18 children a 29 year old man has been detained. but i did see i had our hair no costumers on the wall street was taking part in the parade and for whatever reason this car managed to drive into the group of people who were in the trajectory of the cart but there were many injured saying god there were no doubt. for you the whole thing is unbelievable for the pain is very strong and dimensions are doing little. online join amazon is under fire from jewish groups over a new series on its video streaming platform the show's called hunters which the outfits memorial museum describes as dang

meanwhile the new delhi communist party workers protested against the visits what. i mean is. spending a little too soon coming to the motion yes i've been a session earlier in the day as he touched down inn movies home state trump was grereeted with a warm hug from the indian prime minister the president set to spend tuesday in the capital where he lets hands gala dinner meetings with mochi over stalled trade talks. trade tensions have escalated between the two countries since the us administration imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium from india. the analysis. i'm drew. is a senior l lecturer and expet on indian politics joining us from the university of lancaster. up there in northwest england to you- what is mody in your view hoping to get from this visit. what is it charm offensiveve from both sids trump is really as more the more the ones just so the indian electorate that up he's a wall leader on the camera called log with the register. well this year in that job for deposit gs in. donald trump so it goes both ways. just get something out of it more is popular has down

the real violence i mean there are parts of new delhi the northeast that are literally burning right now that i'm fired because of rioting. so. i'm looking at the bigger picture from this. what would you say i take away should be place for it because it is that the u.s. india strategic relationship remains on track driven mostly by china that's the piece that i wrote in the wall street journal on friday the 2nd takeaway is that this is a big domestic political victory for prime minister modi at a time that india has come under withering criticism both for its policies in kashmir and for the citizenship law to actually get the u.s. president to come and stand side you know stand with him is a huge coup i'm a little bit skeptical on how much donald trump gets out of this domestically but you know people we can agree to disagree on that. i think elizabeth really had an important point that we have to take into account that is the split screen reality as she talks about you know we're seeing what these 2 leaders want us to see our interest very quickly i experience this how do you modi w

john roberts is live in new delhi on that now. >> good morning to you from new delhi for the president left a little while ago. first of all he had a business roundtable in new delhi earlier today where he sought to quell economic fears about the coronavirus and saying that while the stock market is down right now it will likely go back up, also saying the united states has got things well in hand when it comes to the coronavirus. following that roundtable with business leaders the president held a news conference at which he talked about the two and half billion dollars he requested from congress to fight the coronavirus and develop a vaccine. he also let loose on the criticism that he has had from democrats about all this. listen here. >> president trump: two and a half million to make billion dollars we are putting in. chuck schumer criticized that it should be more and if i gave him or he would say it should be less. these characters, they are just not good for our country. if i gave more he would say, it should be less. that's what they do in the meantime that's all they can do, t

that video of what is happening in the capital new delhi as the editor in that video is exactly what the indian government didn't want to happen on the u.s. president's visit the worst violence since the protests against the citizenship law began more than 2 months ago. people dead including a police officer i don't think there have been they had been any deaths in these protests so far so. it's going to be a very different mood i think and day when the 2 leaders sit down tomorrow can you tell us a little bit about tomorrow's agenda because i'm looking at so well today for you really looking at what's happening is signing it 10 am local time ending up 10 pm local time so that's a full daves worth of what should we be looking out for what should we be looking behind the scenes or reading in between the lines elizabeth well you know what femi people are really wondering if there is going to be anything behind the curtains because so far there has been no indication and we are expecting. pomp the u.s. president is meeting the indian president and then he's holding these bilateral meetin

the real violence i mean there are parts of new delhi the northeast that are literally burning right now that i'm fired because of rioting. so. i'm looking at the bigger picture from this. what would you say i take away should be place for it because. the u.s. india strategic relationship remains on track driven mostly by china that's the piece that i wrote in the wall street journal on friday the 2nd takeaway is that this is a big domestic political victory for prime minister modi at a time when india has come under withering criticism both for its policies in kashmir and for the citizenship law to actually get a u.s. president to come and stand side you know stand with him is a huge coup i'm a little bit skeptical on how much donald trump gets out of this domestically but you know people we can agree to disagree on that. i think elizabeth really had an important point that we have to take into account that is the split screen reality as she talks about you know we're seeing what these 2 leaders want us to see our interest very quickly i experience this how do you modi we happen to

jillian: let's begin with a fox news alert, live look in new delhi, india, the president on his way to a business roundtable at ambassador's house. rob: he has had a packed two day trip, chief white house correspondent john roberts joins us live in new delhi with the highlight so far. >> reporter: good morning. an hour and a half from now the president will be here in his hotel for a will press conference, still has a state dinner, currently on his way to the ambassador's residents to meet with 30 indian business leaders to soleimani idea of investing more in the united states and over the past few decades it has been greatly increased investment from india into the united states, a lot of people moved to take advantage of high-tech jobs, just finished up with prime minister modhi. they forged a closer relationship and they had before. talked about increased military to military cooperation, cooperation in the fight against terrorism. authority issue was what to do about trade. donald trump would like india to change its ways in terms of protectionist policies, tariff the levels on us

mealy 2 months after the north was continuing here in the capital new delhi in fact one of the main protest sites. has become a key election issue the delhi state elections which take place tomorrow with the prime minister's party has campaigned on on that issue has demonized protest is and the supreme court has given the government it has 2 more weeks to respond to some 150 petitions challenging the law challenging the constitutionality but people say it discriminates against muslims and also by groups in the northeast and states many groups and which say that it breaks agreements that the government had with people in the northeastern states as well and the supreme court waits to hear back from the government there are many states around the country at least 10 that have said that they want to implement the law all of the exercises requiring people to prove their citizenship all right elizabeth thank you for that update from new delhi. leaders of indigenous people in brazil say they're outraged by what the president calls his dream plans to exploit the amazon forests president unveiled a

goods elizabeth has more now from the indian capital new delhi. we heard from president just a short while ago. his 1st visit to india. in another couple of hours and we heard from him and he actually did something that prime minister modi has never done which is take questions from journalists and while he emphasized the president in the stability of really came to emphasize this defense deal this india's 3000000000 dollar tree equipment america's so they talked about that day i guess they see that. you know tangible thing that that this trip we did have president trump for the 1st time about what's actually happening in india and what's been happening in india the biggest story here for the last 2 months with the ongoing protests against the citizenship and white house officials said before president trump traveled that he would raise concerns with the president and when i asked. about that and he had to be asked about that today because there have been violent scenes and deadly for the last few days like we haven't seen in the last 2 months and

delhi following violent clashes over a new citizenship law that excludes muslims when 200 people have been injured or buildings with such a light and mosques ransacked it's the worst rioting in the region for decades and comes of the months of protests over the new law when it is new law has been controversial from the beginning it was proposed by the government of prime minister narendra modi and passed by parliament in december last year there's a station makes it easier for religious minorities from neighboring countries to gain citizenship but specifically excludes muslims and that's why many say the north discriminates and marginalizes nearly 200000000 muslims who live in india have been protests across india since the bill was passed which is bombing become increasingly violent as their attorney berkeley is there he says civil rights protests have now become synonymous with sectarian violence. the major violent scenes are stopped at least for now and now they're assessing the damage as you can see quite extensive in this part but also the human cost the death casualty figures ar

but it's not just people who live in the delhi regions illegal slums who are affected new delhi's equality sees it consistently ranked as one of the most polluted cities in the world in this neighborhood people are not waiting for others to tackle the problem the traders association in this market have installed the 7 meter high tower it's ethyl to clean the air pollutants as it passes through them but environmentalists say such towers all. create a clean air zone around them and a lot of solution for the whole city. the towel was put up after air pollution levels reached 40 times higher than the amount deemed healthy by the world health organization late last year air pollution in delhi is basically resulting in a public health crisis it's not just a pollution problem any more it's also a public health problem. a problem politicians say they'll address by improving public transport and planting more trees but jane i had made doubts whoever wins the election will do anything to improve the lives of the people of by a swath elizabeth brannon al-jazeera new delhi. so again i'm fully back to

delhi. plenty more still to come for you here on al-jazeera including going underground syrian civilians find shelter wherever they can to escape the fighting in italy also ahead. be both rest in peace and have fun and have been telling me to get one day. passionate words from kobe bryant's widow morial the basketball legend and her daughter gian. how i wake up the usual makes of sunshine in shallows across southeast asia some lively showers developing just around borneo over the next day also we have already seen flooding into parts of indonesia. has seen some very heavy rainfall recently as we go on through the next couple days i suspect that the main focus for the heaviest rainfall will be across central areas into indonesia the usual showers there just pushing up towards malaysia much he wanted to shells just around the malaysian peninsula southern parts of thailand but by the more the way of sunshine here but there's that widespread shabby rain there across malaysia down into indonesia

to begin a new delhi where donald trump and the indian prime minister narendra modi are speaking right now as the u.s. president wraps up his 2 day trip let's listen in and dies brings india and america financial and. openness and trade and. in last 3 years. of our. business there has been an double digit growth. and it is very balanced now on our energy. civil aircraft defense and higher education. in last 4 or 5 years. in these 4 sectors not just these 4 sectors india and america's financial relationship $70000000000.00 contribution. and quite a few things are possible because off from mr president. i have faith in in the coming years this number will go up. as far as by trades are concerned our commerce minister. and there has been positive talk. president trump and myself we have agreed today that our commerce ministers should be understanding. that our teams will give legal face. and there is a big negotiation for a big trade deal and we have agreed upon that we hope that for mutual benefit there will be a good result of this on the global level. and america our. of our intentions

cnn's kaitlan collins live for us in new delhi. he's tweeting overnight from supreme court justices to socialism, to the economy. what more do you expect to hear from him today? >> reporter: well, really the coronavirus is something top of the president's mind right now. you just heard him talking about it at that ceo round table he's having. one of the last events he has here in india before departing in just a few hours and essentially he's trying to project this sense of calm, something we've seen the president say publicly even though we know the president watches the dow closer than anyone. so when you saw the markets with those heavy losses yesterday, that is certainly something that weighs on the president. and we know behind the scenes he's actually quite frustrated with some of his officials over the response to this, the fact those americans who have tested positive for it were allowed back in the united states. so that's certainly something to keep an eye on, the president's fear this is going to affect the economy on a

>again, warily watching live pictures here from hyderabad house in new delhi where the bilateral talks have been occurring, and you are looking at what we imagine the leadership of india. and prime minister modi's members awaiting the prime minister and the president to make their way out and announce what they have talked about. if and perhaps what they have agreed on. of course, trade is going to be at the forefront of the talks. of course, prime minister modi and the president having the talks behind-the-scenes, no cameras allow it, so we are just watching and waiting now. we will return you to regular programming and bring you right back as soon as we see some action and as soon as we see the president come out. stay with us. >>> laura: what about linda, i know you talk about the alliance, she popped up recently with ilhan omar, their ideological sisters obviously, the movement and oh, i'm not anti-semitic. ♪ >> this is a fox news alert, and new york, condemning the coverage right now in the last coverage of his trip to india, president trump and prime minister modi have just wal

new delhi explains why there's concern that police officers are not doing enough to protect the people. there's a mixture of apprehension and anger apprehension about what's going to happen and anger about the attacks on the community we saw some of the worst violence in the capital since those protests about the amendment laura began in december and with the latest tally the death toll now is up to 7 with 160 people injured and in hospital so it was quite a day of violence and it shook many people because they never expected it to have been centered around a group of muslim women who staged a sit in just up the road behind me and their cars this blockage of a road and that's angered the hindu community and when we were here on monday we heard very very racist comments and nationalist music being played by the hindu side and there's lots of images appearing on social media which seem to show that the predominately hindu police office at least some of them are supporting some of those extreme demonstrations over the other side it's difficult to verify that but it adds to the narrative h

he secured 60 to 70 seats in the new delhi legislative assembly elizabeth purana reports from the capital. a celebration fit for a 3rd term in office incumbent chief minister ivan cage and supporters of odds may have the common man party jubilant as they hear their victorious you are going to help. the people of delhi have sent a message they have voted for people who. have given you 24 by 7 electricity it's a beginning of a new kind of politics and this is great for india you know. campaign focusing on development education and health care. this is a great win for mr because he really met all the promises he made to the people of delhi and be a very happy that kid has worked for us to our supporters said to the common man party's campaign had resonated with voters rather than that of the. that had focused on ending the protests against the citizenship law including in the new delhi neighborhood of. this is not always the hindu know for muslims know for sure he came back this is not always pakistan this is a good win this is a win for a party with good intentions as. 6 the election commis