political issues in the region and so the big question more has india in india of course is meant more neutral stance and whether that's changing not think the main scene but from a historic perspective can pass interpret this as the last desperate effort by the us to stop china if indeed this is the purpose of the quad but does this mean we're going to china i don't mean china as a state owned media has dismissed the group it's call that an empty talk club and describe the framework as flimsy and some balik that would ultimately come to nothing and also we know that when it was 1st put together in 2007 the quad that is that was disbanded of course after months because of pressure from china. sure and again i think to go back to when we go on this is that we can see this is more marketing packaging in old wine and bottles and there's really not why i knew your belief in ship between australia and here. you know as is well known the question is you know is india. changing its answer i think that means the scene changes reaction i think who's been very clear as you said. i think in terms

a notch or 2 did it means to dziedzic partners india every time pakistan has quarrelled with india in the un in the security council china has come to the rescue so that relationship between china and pakistan is strong but at the same time johnno doesn't really want constant bickering involved between india and pakistan so it has tried to encourage bhagat stand to to dissolve its border dispute the dispute with india. i think that the india china border dispute which went on for a couple of months you have focused minds in india about not trying to open too many fronts. but i think for the most part and pakistan partnership is very much intact now you talked a little bit about this earlier but can you say a little more about the domestic pressures driving both prime minister narendra modi and prime minister imran hung in this. so you know there's a belief in board the countries. if peace is ever achieved between them it will be through the hawks on both sides so at the moment we have a prime minister narendra modi who is a hardline hindu nationalist. in india and pakistan we have the

same truth to the idea of india that the leadership will not be represented was that india would be a country with dark matter which god you worship or if you worship your god what language you would be in if you be an equal citizen that was elected the same true cornerstone of all 14 stood for many of us believe that the issue was resolved for ever but it was not the beauty of it have succeeded in uniting. all communities into believing that there is a common enemy which is the muslim more the also has the backing of the largest civil society organization in the world. which is which is the this is which is deeply committed to the ideology of indiscipline this is. the campaign to get back the sides of the barbary mosque for the hindus had been running for years. but the act that made it possible came from a completely unexpected event. one that played into a negative narrative about muslims and secularism promoted by the r.s.s. . in 96 and otherwise obscure family dispute involving a muslim couple that became known as the shah bano case reached the supreme court in delhi. the has bee

of role but india was not in a position to take them back to india because of this complex issue of. globally or try to reach some point by blocks and secondly that all india is itself in the regional context so it's unfortunate but the show has got ready dangled in the bilateral issues as they are now up game between me and maya and bangladesh on one hand and between men mana and the rest of us on the other and there are other elements that are will become active we've made some good points then use some interesting language which i think opens the door for us to discuss a lot of things when you said tangled and you said the regional context let's bring in chad how mad the under international law who is responsible for sheltering a group of refugees when they're found at the sea it's a very important question that you're phrased and like you've asked about the international human rights law or the international law that you talk about we've seen as recently as last year that the task force of all you did the ration where the countries have emphasized about saving lives at sea irresp

same to the idea of india that the leadership of the represented was that india would be a country where people don't matter which god you worship or if you were shipped. like a bitch you would be if you being equal citizen that was elected the same true cornerstone of. the stood for many of us believe that the issue was resolved for ever but it was not the media be that have succeeded in uniting. all communities into believing that there is a common enemy which is the muslim or the also has the backing of the largest civil society organization in the world. which is which is the this is which is deeply connected to the ideology of indiscipline this is. the campaign to get back the sides of the barbary mosque for the hindus had been running for years. but the act that made it possible came from a completely unexpected event one that played into a negative narrative about muslims and secularism promoted by the r.s.s. . in 96 and otherwise obscure family dispute involving a muslim couple that became known as the charbonneau case reached the supreme court in delhi. the has been claimed he d

be absolutely have a low countries like india. because it will make it more affordable in the bulletin countries currently that it's going to be that hoarding most of the vaccine supplies your goods cost and intellectual property control is removed those who cleared are truly people as axes. lot of what are the solutions what could be the solution because south africa and india proposed this wave this was in october and now here we are in march and nothing has been decided yet what else can we do. well it really saddens me to hear that we might have to incentivize these companies by paying them to share their knowledge in the midst of this once in a century. pandemic in fact. it's so important to know that they didn't really. put themselves at risk that because in this particular case it really was the u.s. government's tax and taxpayers' money that paid for this development manufacture and distribution that we own the vaccine this is the people's vaccine and it's not about somehow sweetening the deal but really the u.s. governmen

i think in india they call— short notice. i think in india they call you _ short notice. i think in india they call you the _ short notice. i think in india they call you the prince - short notice. i think in india they call you the prince of. they call you the prince of vaccines, yourfather, the founder of the company, the king of vaccines. it is a strange position to be in, the more we fear pandemic and the more we fear pandemic and the more we fear pandemic and the more we focus on vaccines, the more we focus on vaccines, the more successful your company becomes. it is a question of public goods and profit. i suppose people around the world will want to know in the end, which drives you more? it is the balance, _ which drives you more? it is the balance, isn't— which drives you more? it is the balance, isn't it? - which drives you more? it is the balance, isn't it? you i which drives you more? it 3 the balance, isn't it? you do need to make a certain level of profit to be able to innovate at the capacity, produce new vaccines and scale up. but you know, i think defin

but, india is seeing. that are made. but, india is seeing a rise _ that are made. but, india is seeing a rise in— that are made. but, india is seeing a rise in their— that are made. but, india is seeing a rise in their infection— that are made. but, india is seeing a rise in their infection rates. - that are made. but, india is seeing a rise in their infection rates. joe . a rise in their infection rates. joe biden, _ a rise in their infection rates. joe biden, inherits— a rise in their infection rates. joe biden, inherits a _ a rise in their infection rates. joe biden, inherits a particularly- biden, inherits a particularly appalling _ biden, inherits a particularly appalling vaccine _ biden, inherits a particularly appalling vaccine roll—out i biden, inherits a particularly. appalling vaccine roll—out from biden, inherits a particularly- appalling vaccine roll—out from the trump _ appalling vaccine roll—out from the trump administration _ appalling vaccine roll—out from the trump administration and - appalling vaccine roll—out from the trump a

agriculture matters in india. not only does it feed this vast nation, it's a big source of employment. four in ten indians work as farmers and more than half of the country depends on agriculture as their main source of income. as the months have gone on, what i've found striking is how what began as a male dominated process has become more female. while women make up a large chunk of india's farm workers, only a small percentage own any land. seen, but rarely heard, they're becoming a powerful voice at these protests. its opposition to three new agricultural laws passed last year, which has fuelled this movement. the first is all about giving farmers freedom of choice by allowing them to sell anyone anywhere in india. by allowing them to sell to anyone anywhere in india. at the moment, farmers sell their produce through local government regulated markets where they're guaranteed a minimum price. under the new law, these wholesale markets would still exist. but farmers would also be able to sell directly to big bu

i decided i needed to explore the side of india if i didn't know. and i just found i often saw a nomadic communities who seem to be leading a totally separate life from the rest of india's developing society. not mixing with others awful. you see them traveling on that one of the cots looking like people from india from centuries ago as though they have been trapped in time. i discovered that they are called by guardiola hogs goddy is the hindu you work for a college on the hot meaning laughs. i really wanted to learn more about these interesting people and hopefully discover a side of india. i knew nothing about. my journey started in jake or the big city. i wanted to find out from the local people what they knew about because they are the highs. are no god he aloha they are not nice people why are you wasting your time with them they're not worth it if you take my advice leave them alone. why are you looking for those worthless people play tug tourists like you think. i. i go i don't like these people they're not good people they sit at home doing

of role but india was not in a position to take them back to india because of this complex issue of. globally or try to reach some point by books and secondly that all india is itself in the regional context so it's unfortunate but the show has got ready dangled in the bilateral issues as they are now up game between me and maya and bangladesh on one hand and between 9 months and the rest of us on the other and there are other elements. that will become active we've made some good points then use some interesting language which i think opens the door for us to discuss a lot of things when you said tangled and you said the regional context let's bring in chad how maddie under international law who is responsible for sheltering a group of refugees when they're found at the sea it's a very important question that you're phrased and like you've asked about the international human rights law or international law that you talk about we've seen as recently as last year that the task force of politics the ration where the countries have emphasized about saving lives at sea irrespective of wh

same truth to the idea of india that the leadership will not be represented was that india would be a country where people don't matter which god you worship or if you were shipped. what language you would be in if you being equal citizens that was elected the same to a cornerstone of all 14 stood for many of us believe that the issue was resolved for ever but it was not the beauty of it have succeeded in uniting. all communities into believing that there's a common enemy which is the more the also has the backing of the largest civil society organization in the world. which is which is the this is which is deeply connected to the ideology of indiscipline this is. the campaign to get back the sides of the barbary mosque for the hindus had been running for years. but the act that made it possible came from a completely unexpected event one that played into a negative narrative about muslims and secularism promoted by the r.s.s. . in 96 and otherwise obscure family dispute involving a muslim couple that became known as the shah bano case reached the supreme court in delhi. the has been

a notch or 2 did a means to dziedzic partners india every time pakistan has scored with india in the un in the security council china has come to the rescue so that relationship between china and pakistan is strong but at the same time johnno doesn't really want constant bickering involved between india and pakistan so it has tried to encourage bargain stand to dissolve its border dispute the dispute with india. i think that the india china border dispute which went on for a couple of months could have focused minds in india about not trying to open too many fronts. but i think for the most part china and pakistan partnership is very much intact now you talked a little bit about this earlier but can you say a little more about the domestic pressures driving both prime minister narendra modi and prime minister imran hung in this. so you know there's a belief in both the countries that. if peace is ever achieved between them it will be trued the hawks on both sides so at the moment we have a prime minister narendra modi who is a hardline hindu nationalist. in india and pakistan we have

of role but india was not in a position to take them back to india because of this complex issue of. globally or try to reach some point by books and secondly that all india is itself in the regional context so it's unfortunate but the show has got ready dangled in the bilateral issues as they are now up game between me and maya and bangladesh on one hand and between 9 mana and the rest of us on the other and there are other elements that are. active we've made some good points then use some interesting language which i think opens the door for us to discuss a lot of things when you said tangled and you said the regional context let's bring in chad how maddie under international law who is responsible for sheltering a group of refugees when they're found at the sea it's a very important question that you're phrased and like you've asked about the international human rights law or the international law or to talk about we've seen as recently as last year that the task force of political ration where the countries have emphasized about saving lives at sea irrespective of what kind of m

park you know in india in the u.s. there's been a lot of money put in which is basically our own fact money which has gone into helping explode i do not conduct these vaccines and if that is true then why is it that we should not expect bamma companies to people cooperative and dumbs announcing next i said let me put this to you guess i mean let me show let me show this to you here on my laptop there's a country's positions on waiving monopolies for coverage 19 medical tours have a look a this comes from doctors without borders and it would just help you out here with a legend full supporter of waving. going general support to clean and we take it to the show opponents of sharing poveda fact seeing it can be generic you can see where the wealthy are a lot of western developed countries australia here a little bit in south korea as well a lot of e.u.'s shaking your head we can see very clearly who wants to show. and who doesn't and a global pandemic yeah i would just say as my teenage daughter would say it's not a good

political issues in the region and so the big question more has india in india of course is meant more neutral stance and whether that's changing not think the main scene but from a historic perspective can pass interpret this as the last desperate effort by the us to stop china if indeed this is the purpose of the quad but does this mean we're going to china i don't mean china as a state owned media has dismissed the group it's call that an empty talk club and describe the framework as flimsy and some balik that would ultimately come to nothing and also we know that when it was 1st put together in 2007 the quad that is that was disbanded of course after months because of pressure from china. sure and again i think to go back to what went on this is that we can see this is more marketing packaging old wine in bottles and there's really not juat new your relationship between australia and here. you know as is well known the question is you know is india. changing its answer i think that remains to be seen china's reaction i think who's been very clear as you said. i think in terms of he

from india s. perspective terrorism emanating out of afghanistan and pakistan and across the border terrorism has been a major security challenge if you remember about 2 or 3 decades back when after the afghan war sort of ended the element be heirloom and from the from from the afghan border afghan territory they moved to the schmidt so that has been a major security challenge for india so india has has wanted that it should be involved in securing of gunnies stance peace and prosperity so that it is able to. you know have a seat and not be undecided like you said in there want to come to pakistan's influence but then endeavor to find itself sitting at the talks table with partners and with dry mouth 2 countries with whom relations haven't always been the best let's just put it that way are you also have russia or just been a traditional indian ally who is expected to be at the talk table but most of the patterns is too happy with india being part of this process so i'm just wondering how do these

for the government of india has always been the side of good and bad times this time india has handed over 109 ambulances to the people of bangladesh i extend my heartiest thanks to prime minister narendra modi his government and the people of india. but violence flared among opponents of modi is visit some clashes turned deadly as police fired on protesters. still narendra modi was keen to honor his country's role in bangladesh's emergence as a new nation 50 years ago following a brutal fight for independence from pakistan are learning. today in bangladesh the blood of those who fought for their liberation in the blood of injured soldiers are flown together this abroad for such a relationship that will not break down under any type of pressure and will not fall prey to any kind of diplomacy. or these hated figures for some groups in bangladesh their point to what they see as his anti muslim policies in india and the influence he holds over bangladeshi politics penalty all agression against the current ruling party is still able to hang on to power because of the aggressive policy and

so if you look at the proportion of doses we are giving to india and other countries, you know, india is getting 50% of our capacity, which is huge. now, as an indian, a lot of citizens have reached out to say, "why are you doing this, why are you exporting doses?" for the very simple reason, forget the ethical point, that we are all one human race trying to get out of this pandemic, you know, humanity has no colour, class or race, we need to protect everybody so that everyone is safe. but to understand this, you know, the economies in other countries, businesses in other countries, they cannot open up and the dependence of import, export and trade that indian businesses — where jobs are at stake and all of that — for it it to open up as a global economy, even for india to benefit in its own self interest, if other countries don't open up their economies and reach a certain rate of vaccinations, then even india cannot fully open up its economy. so, actually, we are all interconnected, and to explain this to an ordinary citizen in india is, of course, challenging, but slowly they a

india gave time to scale up, they needed _ india gave time to scale up, they needed the — india gave time to scale up, they needed the maximum _ india gave time to scale up, they needed the maximum volumes. india gave time to scale up, they. needed the maximum volumes they could _ needed the maximum volumes they could get— needed the maximum volumes they could get from — needed the maximum volumes they could get from us. _ needed the maximum volumes they could get from us. that— needed the maximum volumes they could get from us. that is— needed the maximum volumes they could get from us. that is why- needed the maximum volumes they could get from us. that is why i - needed the maximum volumes they could get from us. that is why i hadi could get from us. that is why i had to send _ could get from us. that is why i had to send out— could get from us. that is why i had to send out a — could get from us. that is why i had to send out a message _ could get from us. that is why i had to send out a message to _ could get from us. that is why i had to send out a message to all- c

so if you look at the proportion of doses we are giving to india and other countries, you know, india is getting 50% of our capacity, which is huge. now, as an indian, a lot of citizens have reached out to say, "why are you doing this, why are you exporting doses?" for the very simple reason, forget the ethical point, that we are all one human race trying to get out of this pandemic, you know, humanity has no colour, class or race, we need to protect everybody so that everyone is safe. but to understand this, you know, the economies in other countries, businesses in other countries, they cannot open up and the dependence of import, export and trade that indian businesses — where jobs are at stake and all of that — for it to open up as a global economy, even for india to benefit in its own self—interest, if other countries don't open up their economies and reach a certain rate of vaccinations, then even india cannot fully open up its economy. so, actually, we are all interconnected, and to explain this to an ordinary citizen in india is, of course, challenging, but slowly they ar

in india. the foreign ministry expects domestic demand to pick up in the coming weeks, and says the doses will be needed for india's own rollout. you can reach me on twitter — @embleymike. hello there. the weather's looking pretty unsettled over the next few days and it's going to be turning a bit colder as well. before we get there, though, today on the satellite picture, we can see some thick cloud developing to the west of the british isles. and this is going move its way across northern ireland, with a little rain developing over the next few hours. more general rain and cloud heading into western scotland, so wet weather into the highlands, the western isles and perhaps pushing into 0rkney as well, as we head into the first part of thursday morning. so for these northwestern areas of the uk, cloudy with rain at times. now, there will be a few showers elsewhere developing through the day across england, also some spells of sunshine, but towards eastern england, we're going to have a zone

political issues in the region and so the big question more has india in india of course is meant more neutral stance and whether that's changing not think the names . but from a historic perspective can pass interpret this as the last desperate effort by the us to stop china if indeed this is the purpose of the quad but this is going to china i don't mean china as the state owned media has dismissed the group it's call that an empty talk and describe the framework as flimsy and some balik that would ultimately come to nothing and also we know that when it was 1st put together in 2007 the quad that is that was disbanded of course after months because of pressure from china. sure and again i think to go back and wait on this is that we can see this is more marketing packaging old wine in bottles and there's really not why i knew your belief in ship between australia places you. can. you know is well known the question is you know is india. changing its answer i think that means that he's seen his reaction i think who's been very clear as you said. i think in terms of heat ability as the

india makes contracts with some of these companies and, - as a result, stocks are leaving india because of commerce i and those deals that are made. but india is seeing a rise in its infection rates. - so as soasa so as a result, but kicks in. —— so as a result, that kicks in. - joe biden inherits- a particularly appalling vaccine rollout from - the trump administration. he says. — i am going to invoke the defense protection act, l which means that he can take control of certain supplies of products in the supplyl chain. that forces moderna| and pfizer to say ok, we win — increase the numbers to you to 300 million each by the end of the year, - so that they can - vaccinate everybody. so you are seeing commerce essentially undercut - borisjohnson's claim that it is all about. capitalism and greed. you are seeing commerce being wiped away - by national priorities. and the fact is, - variants can spread, we are in a globalised l world and, as a result, we have to work together. nationalism will not solve - this, but that is where we are. yeah, no, it is where we are at the moment.

to live with each other that the india versus pakistan or india vs china russia versus u.s. all the countries have to have the stakes have to have the skin in the game for the peace process to move forward in a in a pragmatic in a thieves' bill manner and that is the major challenge for this peace process which has been fragile as you know in the last year or so that has been very avid. you speak to the people to be around government as well i wonder how our government officials are viewed the involvement of so many missions in a peace process that is meant to benefit them. yes. you're absolutely right a ground government has always wanted it. the peace process to be led by dent but unfortunately as the realities down on the ground they are they are one. entity or one player in this in the in the mix. and as well as the americans. having cut a deal last year now. more country than most of callers are now in the game and this see some this see as not so benign influence and some feeling can contribute to sort of a positive repast fair for all the constitutional gains that the

still to come, india's road to immunity. we will look at how the world's biggest vaccination drive is going. plus the geopolitics of india's vaccine diplomacy. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ rishaad: india has given more than 24 million doses of the vaccine to people in three priority groups. health care staff, from one workers, and those above the age of 60. some experts believe the pace is still significant leash shy of what india needs. not only to cover his vast population, but to avert a second wave of infections. let's bring in ramanan laxminarayan, founder and director of the center for disease dynamics, economics, and policy. thank you so much for joining us. which side of that argument do you actually stand then? ramanan: india has done remarkably well given the infrastructure had to be set up to deliver vaccines to people other than children. today india has delivered more than 20 million vaccines. but the pace needs to get to more like 2 million vaccines delivered per day. even at that rate, only about one third of in

in the midst of a major crackdown in myanmar india has. reduced to send back to the country if yes is the average legal rights group the timing and the legality of the plan moves. the walls fast in fact seen. china digital past providing. information. to a crisis singapore was already growing it's now the president has given a fix to these efforts. i'm going to welcome to news asia that you could join us india is facing criticism for planning to deport refugees from its territory to myanmar some 170 rohingya have been detained by police in the northern city of jumble ahead of their planned deportation some 40000 lives. in india having fled to me and now over the years to escape persecution since tried to 14 after prime minister narendra modi's hindu nationalist government came to pa there have been increasing calls to expel the rohingya who india sees as a security threat and as illegals. once again their being forcibly moved scores of roe hanging who fled the violence the beat down by myanmar security forces being made ready to return to

a notch or 2 did a means to dziedzic partners india every time pakistan has scored with india in the un in the security council china has come to the rescue so that relationship between china and pakistan is strong but at the same time johnno doesn't really want constant bickering and broad between india and pakistan so it has tried to encourage by august on to to dissolve its border dispute the dispute with india. i think that the india china border dispute which went on for a couple of months could have focused minds in india about not trying to open too many fronts. but i think for the most part china and bogs down partnership is very much intact so you talk a little bit about this earlier but can you say a little more about the domestic pressures driving both prime minister narendra modi and prime minister imran khan in this. so you know there's a belief in both the countries. if peace is ever achieved between them it will be through the hawks on both sides so at the moment we have prime minister narendra modi who is a hardline hindu nationalist. in india and pakistan we have the

political issues in the region and so the big question more has india in india of course is meant more neutral stance and whether that's changing not think the main scene but from a historic perspective can pass interpret this as the last desperate effort by the us to stop china if indeed this is the purpose of the quad but this is going to china i don't mean china as a state owned media has dismissed the group it's call that an empty talk and describe the framework as flimsy and some balik that would ultimately come to nothing and also we know that when it was 1st put together in 2007 the quad that is that was disbanded of course after months because of pressure from china. sure and again i think to go back to what went on this is that we can see this is more marketing packaging old wine and bottles and there's really not why i knew your relationship between australia and here. you know is well known the question is you know is india. changing its answer i think that remains to be seen china's reaction i think who's been very clear as you said. i think in terms of heat abilities there

is trying to send to both china and india. well i think we're seeing that the heating up of what i would call the great game major countries around the world are starting to jockey they're starting to rub shoulders in a in a not so friendly way with the united states under the biden administrator coming out and said we're going to put together a strong united front of democracies russia and china pushing back and i think the meetings in yesterday and today between now general austin and his colleagues in india is about trying to forge a stronger united front in the end up pacific to stand up to china do you think that the increase links that we're seeing between the u.s. and india is in any way going to what is the u.s. would have stabilized the situation in the region or is it actually tilting the balance more towards the u.s. and india in a way say from china and pakistan. you know i think the challenge for president biden is to find the right balance between trying to stand up to china to say to the chinese on geopolitics o

the us wants india and its neighbors to discuss a road map for peace in the country but what does india bring to a table already be set with differences plus. on the eve of the fukushima disasters 10th anniversary we follow a survivor returning to his long abandoned home. and afghanistan was told of in should put a star truth destroyed by the top of. that's a. welcome to news asia glad you could join us the biden administration has begun an overhaul of america's of gonna sound strategy and it finally wants india at the table in a leaked letter to of can president bush of gunny u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken outlined a series of steps to jumpstart the stalled peace process one of them was a un backed conference of regional powers and stakeholders. we intend to austin united nations to convene foreign ministers and on boys from russia china pakistan iran india and the united states to discuss a unified approach to supporting peace in afghanistan. has a troubled history with its neighbors in a complex web of competing interests and proxy powers but increasingly india is a new focu

so hold on with your challenges there are a lot of my headquarters here in doha also coming up india suspends the export of covert 19 vaccines are reports the highest number of cases in several months. also democrats and republicans visit the u.s. border with mexico the politicians painting starkly different pictures of the challenges there. and the latest attempts to free the mega ships blocking the sewers canal fails as maritime traffic builds up at both ends of the waterway. welcome to the program has seen its worst day of violence since its military seized power and only 2 months ago local media reporting as many as 50 people have been shot dead in the latest crackdown against protest. that's on top of the $320.00 deaths rights groups have confirmed since the start of the coup although the true number is likely to be much higher. now the violence coincides with a military parade in the capital where the leader of the military ruling jointer pledged to safeguard democracy the annual show is a force of forces a tribute to the army's resistance to japanese occupation during world wa

freedom house has downgraded india from free to partly free and soon after the v. dem institute in sweden reclassified india no longer as the world's biggest democracy but as an electoral autocracy and these institutions gotten it right is it time to recalibrate whether india is a democracy anymore well let me tell you that it is not only largest democracy but it's the mother of all. because we have. just been back to student. of history and you will find that democratic process is followed in this country but it. relations something we inherited. and it is an obgyn to follow. follow democratic process let's talk about some of those democratic processes you you're right i mean the thing that makes a nation a democracy is its democratic processes and practices but what we've seen in the last few months alone is a series of things that some have considered to be anti democratic. the cracking down on dissent in recent months in light of the agricultural reforms that have taken place in the form of protests that have ensued since the reforms your government ordered twi

it hiccup to supplies from places like india? . . ~ . india? it was the prime minister cominu india? it was the prime minister comin: to india? it was the prime minister coming to the — india? it was the prime minister coming to the podium, - india? it was the prime minister coming to the podium, so - india? it was the prime minister coming to the podium, so it - india? it was the prime ministerj coming to the podium, so it was india? it was the prime minister- coming to the podium, so it was what we were all waiting for. what they were doing was very clear. you heard several things. were doing was very clear. you heard severalthings. number were doing was very clear. you heard several things. number one was this repeated message about the safety of the astrazeneca vaccine. and they wanted to repeat that, repeat the mhra here, you heard from june rain in the briefing saying they are happy the vaccine is safe, the europeans are, the world health organization. that is dealing with one thing. dealing with the roll—out, again a very clear messa

you mentioned _ and india are a good team. you mentioned dan _ and india are a good team. you mentioned dan lars— and india are a good team. you mentioned dan lars there and he's been brought back income and fairness he did quite well today but with the extra batsman at the expense of the bowlers. and that could prove costly giving what they now have to do. figs could prove costly giving what they now have to do.— could prove costly giving what they now have to do. as could be a long old match for— now have to do. as could be a long old match for them. _ now have to do. as could be a long old match for them. they're - now have to do. as could be a long old match for them. they're going | now have to do. as could be a long i old match for them. they're going to have to really perform, and looking at the bowling scorecard with washington and patel, there's hope yet. we also know thatjoe root is a pretty handy spinner as well. with pretty handy spinner as well. with onl for pretty handy spinner as well. with only for front _ pretty handy spinner as well. with only for

park you know in india in the u.s. there's been a lot of money put in which is basically our own tax money which is gone into helping explain i do not conduct these vaccines and if that is true then why is it that we should not expect companies to people cooperate different dumps and nancy next i said let me put this to you guess i mean let me show let me show this to you here on my laptop this country's positions on waiving monopolies for coverage 19 medical tours have a look a this comes from doctors without borders and it would just help you out here with a legend full supporter of waving the paint and going general support a clean and we take it to the show opponents of sharing poveda fact seeing it can be generic you can see where the wealthy are a lot of western developed countries australia here a little bit in south korea as well a lot of e.u.'s shaking your head we can see very clearly who wants to show. and who doesn't and a global pandemic dad i would just say as my teenage daughter would say it's not a good

join us india is facing criticism for planning to deport refugees from its territory to me and some 170 rohingya have been detained by police in the northern city of jumble ahead of their planned deportation some 40000 live in india having fled to me and mo over the years to escape persecution since trying to force the prime minister narendra modi's hindu nationalist government came to power there have been increasing calls to expel the rohingya who india sees as a security threat and as a legal. once again they're being forcibly moved scores of roe hanging who fled the violence the beat down by myanmar security forces being made ready to return to the hands of that same military it's happening in the indian state of jammu and kashmir already some rohingya have gone missing we cannot get information on our neighbors you know where they are they said they were taken to jail. do you know what happened. i called some who were taken but now their phones are gone we can't speak with them and their children are left behind with nothing to eat. up to $170.00 rohingya have been rounded up so fa

park you know in india in the u.s. there's been a lot of money put in which is basically our own fact money which has gone into helping expect i'd never opened up these vaccines and if that is true then why is it that we should not expect pharma companies to people cooperative in terms of announcing next i said let me put this to you guess i mean let me show let me show this to you here on my laptop there's a country's positions on waiving monopolies for coverage 19 medical tours have a look a this comes from doctors without borders and let me just help you out here with a legend full supporter of waving. and going general support a clean and we take it to the show opponents of sharing poveda fact seeing it can be generic you can see where in the wealthy are a lot of western developed countries australia here a little bit in south korea as well a lot of the us shaking your head we can see very clearly who wants to show. and who doesn't and a global pandemic yeah i would just say as my teenage daughter would say it's no

india makes contracts with some of these companies and, - as a result, stocks are leaving india because of commerce i and those deals that are made. but, india is seeing a rise in their infection rates. i joe biden, inherits- a particularly appalling vaccine roll—out from the trump administration and he says, - i am going to invoke - the defence protection acts which means that he can take control of certain supplies - of products in the supply - chain, which leads to moderna and pfizer to say they will increase the supply, - so that they can - vaccinate everybody. so, you are seen commerce to essentially undercut - borisjohnson's claimed that it is all about - capitalism and greed. you are seeing has been completely wiped away. by national priorities. the fact is, variants. can spread stop we are in a globalised world - and as a result, we have to work together. nationalism will not solve this but that is where we are. - meanwhile, ashis has referred to covax. right now, we must work done at wonder why people are talking about boosters. —— we must wonder why people are talking ab

is there in india and it is also that in the best in your book but what distinguishes . how deeply entrenched it is in india because all for $5.00 or 5 subsystems or plus i richard dean forces ideas of what to means to be a man and these $45.00 subsystems include family as an institution then education as an institution religion as an important institution. and of course the next one is media. and you know if in hinduism for example is 5000 years old so that means or what suleman your then send should ease the ideas of what it means to be a man in bastar from one generation to the other so that was talking of what the key markers of what it means to be a man and forced plan they said. formants. we know an achievable the 2nd market is of this taking that will that he is of your old man and he takes the risk and challenges and caught a lot of good need to do while it's so why hasn't indicated at all possible it forced expectation the forced markel that you have to achieve all of you know if you're not able to have been walking a bridge to achieve and you have created in yo

watching i was there alive my headquarters here in doha are coming up in the next 30 minutes india suspends the export of covert 900 vaccines as it reports the highest number of cases in several months also democrats and republicans visit the u.s. border with mexico the politicians pitting starting different pictures of the challenges there. and trying to expand the boycott campaign targeting western fashion brands as tensions rise about allegations of rights abuses in shing jan. welcome to the program the military has opened fire on protesters in 3 cities and me in marketing at least 10 people. rights groups say they've confirmed the deaths of 320 protesters since the military seized power in a coup nearly 2 months ago but the true number may be much higher the violence coincides with a military parade in the capital where the leader of the ruling joint pledged to safeguard democracy the annual show of force is a tribute to the army's resistance to japanese occupation during world war 2 so he is following events for us across the border in bangkok in tyler joins us now live tony the crackd

country in the pacific region which matches india so what exactly is india's role in this in new emerging partnership and alliance network in now the in the pacific. there are one issue is of course what i said in your size because when you look at the other partners when you look at japan when you look at australia simply not up to it in the sense that japan has historical issues with china it just doesn't have the kind of effort that that india has a time past its constitution restricted in some ways not in clear security at all but in partnership with various countries if they work in coalitions you know they are able to compete with china in a range of areas and that's i think just concern. india the country that seeking investment. in the present kind of an indoor pacific policy what we're seeing is that the united states is docking about you know they're creating new new ones some play chain initiatives so there's an australia japan india initiative that is a u.s. reach going to merging technologies so india hoping to pick up there. that if that is the movement away of companies fro

country in the pacific region which matches india so what exactly is india's role in this in new emerging partnership and alliance network in now the in the pacific. there one issue is of course about i said in your size because when you look at the other partners when you look at japan when you look at australia simply not up to it in the sense that japan has historical issues with china it just doesn't have the kind of heft that that india has at times past its constitution restricted in some ways not to implement security at all but in partnership with various countries if they work in coalitions you know they are able to compete with china in a range of areas and that's i think just concern on india the country that seeking investment. in the present kind of an indoor pacific policy what we're seeing is that the united states is docking about you know they're creating new new play chain initiatives so there's an australia japan india initiative there is a u.s. rich going and emerging technologies so india hoping to pick up there. that if there is a movement away of companies from chin

ros: that is the perspective from india. yesterday the president of the european commission threatened to cut off vaccine exports to counies that were refusing to share their own supplies fairly. the u.s. is using export controls, too. that is done under a law called the defense production act, first introduced during the korean war in the 1950's. let's hear from supply chain expert dr. sarah. >> everybody is trying to protect their own people first, whether that is the e.u., the u.k., the u.s. the u.s. has done work with the defense or care meant act -- procurement act. in india, the same problem. everyone wants to vaccinate their own populations. we have to consider it is a global pandemic and we have to vaccinate the world. that is hard to communicate when you're faced with a second wave, third wave, a rising infection numbers and death. ros: a global health researcher from the university of michigan is live with us. thank you for your time. i wonder if this tension around a supplies was inevitable given the pressures the

also coming up, a report from india. it has announced a temporary hold on major export of the astrazeneca vaccine. . it wants to use those doses inside india. and we look at a renewed push in the united states for gun control another mass shooting this week. a warm welcome to our viewers on the bbc news channel in the u.k., bbc world news and also on pbs in america. we begin in europe, where in the past hour, the u.k. and the european union have issued a joint statement on cooperation in the pandemic. they say "we have been discussing all we can do to ensure a beneficial relationship between the u.k. and the european union uncovered 19. given our dependencies, we are working on the specific steps to create a win-win situation and expand vaccine supply for all of our citizens." this comes after the european commission put forward plans for tougher controls on the export of vaccines made in the european union here is european commission vice president. >> going forward, member states and commissions should consider two add

india has long been touted as the world's largest democracy but in recent years under prime minister narendra modi. india has been seeing its democratic credentials called into question just this month the democracy watchdog freedom house has downgraded india from free to partly free and soon after the v dem institute in sweden reclassified india no longer has the world's biggest democracy but as an electoral autocracy have these institutions gotten it right is it time to recalibrate whether india is a democracy anymore well let me tell you that it is not only largest democracy but it's the mother of all. because we have. just been back to history. of history and you will find that democratic process is followed in this country but it. relations something we inherited. and it is an obgyn there to follow. for the democratic process let's talk about some of those democratic process is your right i mean the thing that makes a nation a democracy is its democratic processes and practices but what we've seen in the last few months alone is a series of things that some have considered to be

in india. the foreign ministry expects domestic demand to pick up in the coming weeks, and says the doses will be needed for india's own rollout. in brazil, the number of deaths from covid—19 has now passed 300,000 — with oxygen running low in some of the busiest hospitals. brazil is the second—worst affected country in the world after the united states — it has recorded more than 12 million covid cases. virginia has become the first southern us state — the 23rd across the country overall — to abolish the death penalty. signing the bill into law, governor ralph northam — who's a democrat — said capital punishment had been applied disproportionately to black people, and that a flawed legal system had led, too often, to mistakes. now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur.

gotten it right is it time to recalibrate whether india is a democracy anymore. well let me tell you that it is not only largest democracy but it's the mother of all immigrants. because we have. just been back to stick of our history of history and you will find that democratic process is something which is followed in this country that it even invented the relations something we inherited in it and it is an odd d.n.a. to follow closely followed democratic process let's talk about some of those democratic processes you're right i mean the thing that makes a nation a democracy is its democratic processes and practices but what we've seen in the last few months alone is a series of things that some have considered to be anti democratic. the cracking down on dissent in recent months in light of the agricultural reforms that have taken place in the form of protests that have ensued since the reforms your government ordered twitter to block more than 1200 accounts including journalists and media organizations deemed to be sharing content or views on the protests that

you've played a few one—day years in india, and india should be the favourites on home soil. there's alwa s an the favourites on home soil. there's always an expectation, _ the favourites on home soil. there's always an expectation, if _ the favourites on home soil. there's always an expectation, if you - the favourites on home soil. there's always an expectation, if you are . always an expectation, if you are world cup holders, world champions, than people expect you to do well at all the time. i know morgan still has a very good grip on his side and still has a very good side. but india at home are always strong, they've proved that time and time again. that pitch today was a very good pitch, and england will rue the fact that they were cruising and let it slip. i won't blame the conditions at all for this particular loss. it was a good contest, lots of rum on the board — or there could have been a good contest with lots of ron on the board. but they lost by 60 odd runs. the challenge is always there in india to outplay them in their own home conditions, and their very we

country in the pacific region which matches india so what exactly is india's role in this in new emerging partnership and alliance network in now the in the pacific the one issue is of course about i said that in your size because when you look at other partners when you look at japan when you look at australia simply not up to it in the sense step japan has historical issues with china it just doesn't have the kind of heft that that india has at times past its constitution restricted in some ways not in play or security at all but in partnership with various countries if they work in coalitions you know they are able to compete with china in a range of areas and that's i think just concern. india the country that seeking investment. in the present kind of an indoor pacific policy what we're seeing is that the united states are talking about you know they're creating new new worlds some play chain initiatives so there's an australia japan india initiative that is a u.s. reach going to merging technologies so india is hoping to pick up there. that if there is a movement away of companies f