Depends we started to see a few cracks in the system a couple of prominent republicans have come out and said this is potentially serious we need to not circle the wagons we need to see how this plays out but that is by far the minority especially when you look at theres been some dissent about the president and this issue on the conservative news channel thats very powerful with his base fox news but there has been some dissent but its going to be interesting because the house is technically in recess theyve all left town except for these members of this committee their state sticking around and now theyve ordered the depositions of 5 really key people now this is probably going to be done behind closed doors over the next 2 weeks its not going to be one of those show trials where members of congress all try to get on t. V. This is usually done by Committee Attorneys who are usually pretty good prosecutors they sit these people down or talking about the former ambassador from the u. S. To the ukraine the u. S. Ambassador to the European Union kurt volker ambassador curve vocal who is the special envoy on ukraine the lawyer for the state department whos apparently on the phone call so theyre going to bring them into these closed door meetings theyre going to sit down under oath and be deposed by likely congressional attorneys and all of thats probably going to leak out so theyre moving quickly on this and they want to see if they can get damaging information keep the momentum and try and force the republicans to abandon the president who to be fair is still very very popular with his core base of supporters those core republicans which make up about 20 percent of the voting public but still hes hugely popular with them and senators and representatives and their aides will tell you theyre quite frankly afraid of the president s power with his base so lots more going to come up of the next 2 weeks but again everything in washington is just kind of different now. I agree with you thank you very much patty calling in washington in so many ways. Ok so is much more still to come fully owned. Graham iran releases the british tanker it detained 2 months ago in the strait of hormuz. And thousands rally in hong kong accusing the police of per tallahassee the citys latest protest. Had a cloud working its way into the southeast of australia really impacting most of tasmania and also victoria know much here in the way of rain showers that are also around but theyre not really going to produce much in the way of that much needed rain weve got 900. 30 celsius in brisbane but the real heat is on into Western Australia 26 celsius in perth on saturday and in fact by sunday up to 31 degrees this is about 10 degrees above the average for this time of year elsewhere. But so warming up in sydney with a high of 22 then we had a. Bit of a warming trend over the next couple of days 17 degrees in christchurch it should stay mostly dry we could just see want to shout into all of the next couple of days but look at the temperature in christchurch 22 celsius on sunday but that does likely come with some rain showers up into japan and southern portions of the Korean Peninsula this is where a very heavy rain over the next couple of days it is fairly fast moving however it could be very heavy at times through central honshu in particular it will sweep its way eastwards as we head through the weekend so by sunday still very unsettled but generally quite cloudy and of the very warm 28. On counting the cost bodies economics radio job losses rising consumers tighten their belts stripped of its autonomy crushed. Reus true 1000000000. 00 harvest is left to rot and olens brags that housing crisis is double most approval out of the car turns in the cost 0. 00 really still liberated as a journalist was. Going to the truth as i worked. With his job to. To have welcome back a quick look at the top stories now now they have been some protests taking place in egypt calling for president abdel fatah a c. C. To step down please dispersed a protest in cairo and mounted a big show of force that but also in all the cities in the country democrats in the u. S. House opposite uing an impeachment inquiry against President Trump and theyve issued a subpoena now to the u. S. Secretary of state might pompei over the move is aimed at compelling paul peo to hand over documents relating to contact with the ukrainian government. Well now pakistans Prime Minister has used his speech at the United Nations General Assembly to deliver an extraordinary attack on indias crackdown in indian administered kashmir but in his speech indias Prime Minister made no mention of the region despite the rising tensions over that john hall reports from the United Nations. As a nod to the many many other blue guy by the un General Assembly was drawing to a close in new york when suddenly it burst grimly back into life pakistans Prime Minister imran khan decried indias decision to revoke self rule in majority muslim populated indian administered kashmir it was part of a policy he said of hindu nationalism and ethnic cleansing what is going to happen when the curfew is lifted will be a bloodbath. The people will come out then 100000 troops there they havent come do as near in the more days says hes done this to prosperity of this is supposed to be for the development of these 900000 troops one of theyre going to do when the when they come out there will be a bloodbath in his speech accused indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi of fascism of pursuing an ideology of hate and racial purity drawn from hitler and mussolini in the 1930 s. He said the un must intervene to avoid conflict between 2 Nuclear Armed neighbors this is a test for the United Nations you are the one who guaranteed the people of kashmir the right of selfdetermination. They are suffering because of that. And this is the time. This is the time not to appease like in 1939 appeasement took place this is the dime to take action and number one action must be that india must live in human curfew a short while Prime Minister modi had conspicuously avoided any mention of kashmir which india insists is an internal matter but there was a veiled reference to what he has previously called pakistan backed terrorism in the region almost there. We belong to a country that has given the world not war but buddhas message of peace and that is the reason why our voice against terrorism to alert the world about this evil rings with seriousness and outrage we believe that this is one of the Biggest Challenges not for any single country but for the entire world and humanity. The lack of unanimity among us on the issue of terrorism against those very principles that are the basis of the creation of the u. N. And that is why for the sake of humanity i firmly believe that its absolutely imperative that the world unites against terrorism oh. I as both leaders spoke a block away from the u. N. Building anti modi protesters demanded the world take action 55 days of course feel no food no house no madison and they cant go out its not here we here to protest we want to know the but let the word know whats happening there and nobodys doing anything. And on the ground in srinagar kashmiris under strict security controls and with indian troops keeping watch made their voices heard oh thank you both Prime Ministers modi and khan met separately with president on the trump on the sidelines of the un General Assembly this week but nothing has come of trumps offer to mediate between them and hence no sign of any Real Progress in avoiding further escalation over kashmir joe now aljazeera at the u. N. In new york. More than 300 people have been rescued from an unlicensed Islamic School in Northern Nigeria some of whom had been held in chains police raided the building and can do now on thursday morning and found the victims living in extreme conditions many of those rescued rony children showed signs of being tortured police say the school had been operating for 10 years and enrolled students to learn the koran and be we have bill a tape from drug abuse and other illnesses. Or an Islamic School because. Small children some of them are brought for in the neighboring countries but you know fossil miley ghana and the rest. For all of the cultural corps all over the country they were here some of them why even change their why use human ice. Thousands of people have been protesting in hong kongs Business District in support of activist attain near the border with Mainland China many in the Holding Center would later treated in hospital some with broken bones on thursday the embattled chief executive kerry lamb took part in a Community Dialogue session with members of the public it was the 1st time she sat down with her critics since the protests initially began 16 weeks ago sarah clarke has more from hong kong. Thousands of people have rallied in Central Hong Kong to show their support for those people whove been arrested and whats the anger over what they say is police abuse on those who are being detained in a Detention Center on the Hong Kong China thailand border and this is the 1st of a number of protests in the coming days on saturday will be an assembly at the Legislative Council building on sunday theyll be a march 1 phone call through expected to attract large numbers the police are preparing also for violent clashes in october 1 which marks the 7th anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china beijing groups will celebrate home the prodemocracy activists are also hold their eyes and china demonstration of us i will go out and voice my opinions i expect the m. T. R. Train stations to be closed but i am still joined the demonstration there be more than 1500 people arrested in these antigovernment demonstrations which are now entering this 17th week. Iran has released a british tanker it detained 2 months ago in the strait of hormuz a move which further escalated tensions in the gulf at the time the senate and parallel irans bandara passport it was where it was taken after initially being seized according to affinity of shipping date or it has now entered port rashid in the United Arab Emirates as a bag reports from to her on. More than 2 months after being captured by irans revolutionary guard the british that tanker standing in peril left the iranian port of blunderbuss iran accused the tankers crew of violating International Maritime regulations its seizure was seen as a retaliation for british marines attending an iranian super tanker off the coast of gibraltar to iran is accused of attempting to deliver or oil to syria in violation of its use sanctions against the regime the rename tank it was released last month and despite irans reassurances to a British Court delivered its cargo to syria the release of the stern imperio is being seen as an attempt to ease tensions in the gulf and some say may be intended to make european leaders more receptive to irans reposes for a new peace plan thats after iran deny devolvement in attacks on saudi Oil Processing plants earlier this month rebels claimed responsibility but germany britain and france have all joined the u. S. And saudi arabia in accusing the iranians something u. S. President donald trump was keen to point out to the u. N. General assembly in response to irans recent attack on Saudi Arabian Oil Facilities we just impose the highest level of sanctions on Iran Central Bank and sovereign wealth fund. All nations have a duty to. Know responsible government should subsidize irans blood lust. Iranian leaders have said they want to counter a new u. S. Led Naval Coalition in the gulf that the pentagon says will help protect shipping from further attacks. They ring is also want to find a way to avoid u. S. Sanctions on irans economic lifeline or that sports france has been working to save the 2015 nuclear deal that trump group through from 16 months ago the joint comprehensive plan of action allowed to iran to trade oil in exchange for curbing its Nuclear Activities iran has been reducing its commitments to the deal saying European Countries need to find a way around u. S. Sanctions but european leaders appear to be growing increasingly frustrated with irans failure to comply with parts of the deal u. S. Sanctions against irans oil and Banking Sector taking be told president rouhani may be calculating that the release of the state in peril will lead to some relief for iran struggling economy and show european leaders that engaging with iran can have positive outcomes. Aljazeera that iran. The british Prime Minister has been referred to the independent Police Force Dog of the claims of potential misconduct while he was mayor of London Boris Johnson is facing accusations he allowed a u. S. Business woman to join trade missions and receive sponsorship jennifer are kiri who is a Technology Entrepreneur i was given more than 150000. 00 of public money and Privileged Access to 3. 00 overseas trade missions led by mr johnson. Now the political unrest in haiti over food and fuel shortages shows no sign of abating with protesters putting up barricades and setting fire to police cars in the capital Port Au Prince at least 4 protesters have been killed in recent days and haitians are demanding the resignation of president of the now worries the protesters accuse him of failing to deal with deep rooted corruption he is appealing for calm manyara has more from the capital Port Au Prince. Public services are closed shops are closed businesses Public Transportation is at a standstill demonstrators here have blocked roadways using practically anything at their disposal from debris to boulders burning tires since early on friday now this frustration really began several weeks ago beginning with fuel shortages and people here in Port Au Prince blaming the president should always saying that that its his fault blaming corruption saying that the president is incapable of effectively ruling the country now to give you a sense of how tense things are here in the city since early on friday thousands of people have been out on the streets or being confrontational with Police Officers who have used here to tear gas and other tactics to disperse crowds there have been reports of injuries or been gunshots heard theres also been reports of looting several stores have been broken into this includes a Police Station in cite soleil which is a which is known as one of the poorest slums here in the city of Port Au Prince now in this case people actually did break into the Police Station and looted it there are reports that the Police Officers actually fled now opposition supporters opposition to the president are saying that this is a last margy final fight against the president calling for his resignation and there was one senator for the opposition that was quoted his name as youre reluctant to who was quoted as saying that if as you head down referring once more to the haitian president if you will noise does not resign today whatever happens to him is not our responsibility so again tensions remain high thousands of people still out on the streets of being dispersed by by police and theres theres a sense that these protests as theyve continued for for 3 weeks now will will continue in the days to come. Under is welcome the 1st group of african refugees from libya earlier this month rwandas president paul kagame a signed an agreement with the United Nations to take in fells of Asylum Seekers as part of a new effort to help african migrants who failed to reach europe and end up trapped in libya where they face torture and forced labor. The 1st group of 66 people from somalia eritrea and sudan will be housed in a center outside kigali. Without god we cannot explain the life that back in libya there is fighting and we can even stay in peaceably at night and now we feel safe. Even if we are a small country what we have enough capacity to come out says the country has more to come of the mortar for just 149000. 00 we are getting more and more no problem. A quick look at the headlines Stories Police in egypt are out in force in the capital cairo and several other major cities to disperse protests calling for the resignation of president abdel fatah sisi cafes and shops were closed football matches perspire and all as police put on a show of force across the country the protests initially began a week ago in response to corruption allegations arcus downs Prime Minister has used his speech at the un General Assembly to deliver an extraordinary attack on indias crackdown on indian administered kashmir imran khan told the examiner andrew modis actions would end in a bloodbath and he urged the un to intervene to prevent war between the Nuclear Powered neighbors what is going to happen when the gov use lifted will be a bloodbath the people will come out then 100000. 00 troops. Hes done this do for the prosperity of this is supposed to be for the development of these 900000 groups one of the going to do well in the tamad theyll be a bloodbath. Through what happens then in nigeria more than 300 people have been rescued from an unlicensed Islamic School in the northern part of the country some of whom had been held in chains police raided the building and could do no on thursday morning and found the victims living in extreme conditions many of those rescued with children and showed signs of being tortured. Nearly 300. 00 former u. S. National Security Officials have signed a letter supporting the democrats impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump trump has been accused of pressuring ukrainian president saddam is a lenski to investigate the son of democratic president ial hopeful joe biden accuse democrats of orchestrating a witch hunt against him and political unrest in haiti over food and fuel shortages is continuing with protest as looting and setting fire to police cars in Port Au Prince at least 4 protesters have been killed in recent days as haitians demand the resignation of president jovan eloise those are the headlines that for myself and the team here in london counting the cost is coming up next. To really know someone you must walk a mile in their shoes. Personal journeys of people following their chosen path weakness on al jazeera. Hello im Adrian Finighan this is counting the cost on aljazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week can modi deliver on his ambitions to create a 5. 00 trillion dollars economy with job losses on the rise consumers tightening their belts india feels more like its in recession. Kashmirs 2000000000. 00 apple harvest left to rot after modi strips the region of autonomy. But briggs it housing prices dubliners are being driven out of the capital as big business drives up property prices. Prime minister Narendra Modi has an ambitious target for india he hopes that by 2015 the economy will double in size to 5 trillion dollars making it the 4th largest economy by the us china and japan right now modi could miss that target just like his promise to create 10000000. 00 jobs a year during his 1st term to become a 5 trillion dollars economy well india needs to sustain a growth rate of 8 percent more for a couple of years very few nations have managed to sustain that level of growth china south korea and japan are exceptions but g. D. P. Sank to just 5 percent in the april to june quarter the government maintains that the economy will expand by 7 percent this year independent economists though disagree some even believe that it is in recession already at the same time unemployment is at a 45 year high of 6 point one percent if. Doesnt improve hopes of creating jobs for the 1000000. 00 young people who join the workforce every month will be dashed and just to underscore the challenge that india is facing despite being the 7th biggest economy in its income per capita or per person is around 2000. 00 a year by comparison indonesias per capita income is 3900. 00 it became a trillion dollar economy in 2017 and is well on the way to quadrupling in size by 2030 south korea per capita income comes in at 31000. 00 now you could argue thats an unfair comparison because of the size of indias population well chinas per capita income is at 9800. 00 to reduce income inequality and reduce poverty india has a fair way to go right now creating jobs is a priority or most 300000. 00 people in indias auto sector alone of lost their jobs in recent months aljazeera as Priyanka Gupta reports. The engines of indias economy slowing down the Auto Industry says its in the middle of its worst crisis in nearly 2 decades. Thats taking a toll on workers like. But never. Ever have been out of work for a month the landlord is asking for the grocers were asking for money no money to give. Many who do have a job say theyre anxious factories are reducing workers to cut costs and that. We dont have enough farmland at home for us to survive so people like me opposed to find work in big cities and even here we dont find employment for days and sometimes months. The problems in the factories are reflected in cash rooms where business is slow these brand new cars are gathering dust as they remain unsold not enough people are bypassing the cars and commercial vehicles lack of democracy a serious downturn for the Auto Industry which employs more than 37000000 people so stop here reflects just how badly the Indian Economy is really doing. Now the Auto Industry is asking government leaders to cut taxes brought in the demand or cross sectors where theres a commercial break presented records. All the sectors start to be going so real requesting for some stimulus package the government says its working towards helping the struggling mortar industry there the fact that as president they. Are domo sector is facing the problem because of some Global Economy because of demand and business there are many is already would that the industry. Ministry under the guidance of the planners minister would find. Promise in the rains or more the was reelected early the cea promising to transform india from a near 3 trillion dollar economy into one brought 5 trillion dollars but indias g. D. P. Growth is at a 6 year low investments have dropped consumers dont have enough money to spend and the rule economy is struggling in their promising the more. Right now currently the way the economy is functioning and the way the government is indifferent to words it bears no where that fighting in the economy is happening by 2024 because you need a certain rate of growth. Meanwhile gittins are not this way to the crime proves hoping for work and the money they need to support their families. Well joining us now from new Castle Miguel china whos a senior asia combest the pantheon macroeconomics good to have you with us miguel this economy has been described as being in quezon recession what do you think is it i dont think were very it to be honest certainly some industries are feeling recession like conditions on pretty good Auto Industry which has suffered over the past 2 years or so in declining sales and production but if you look at other major parts of the economy for example the i. T. N. B. P. S. Service export industries theyre doing pretty well from what we can see so yes 5 percent growth is the slowest in 5 over 5 years for india but at the same time thats still pretty respectable given the current Global Economic environment miguel the government has finally begun to bring in policies that could stimulate the economy that the 1400000000. 00 housing fund 20 1000000000. 00 in tax cuts for businesses is that going to help. Well starting with the 1st reform effort you mentioned there will i think the r. B. I. s rate cuts over the past 6 months or so totaling over 100. 00 basis points now is probably going to do more for the housing sector than at 1400000000. 00 and granted by a bit of government from our perspective though last friday said Corporate Tax cuts were are a game changer for india not only will they stimulate demand in the short term especially for those manufacturers who want to incorporate from tobar to to seek advantage of the much lower 15 percent rate on the table but over the long run it also puts in us tax environment up much more competitive level compared to its main competitor just i would say in southeast asia. Were the likes of vietnam and thailand have tax rates of for a 20 percent Singapore Singapore around 15 percent 1517 percent that 15 percent tax rate is really going to boost the Business Competitiveness with regards to other economies in terms of attracting investment to the country but the tax cuts actually benefit the wider economy is that trickle down effect or are the cuts really possible to shareholders well i mean if you look at where the main focus of those tax cuts are and its in terms of attracting manufacturing investment. The hope is that with if these Companies Start to invest. Generally manufacturing the Manufacturing Sector is much more labor intensive than any Services Industries can provide in terms of jobs so i think there will be some trickle down to eventually to the labor force once these investments come in its not going to be this move this process but i mean theres a lot of scope there for for the labor for in this labor market to shift from still primarily a heavily Agricultural Sector centric workforce if you look at the livest it just takes 44 percent of workforce is still. Agriculture thats well above the 20 percent global average well above chinas 27 percent so you still have a lot of scope to bring people working agriculture into my factory and i think that in the last last weeks tax cuts will definitely help in that transition but as modi got what it takes to to light a fire under the Indian Economy or is he a busted flush him in his 1st term so the 1st time in economic terms was was pretty much a failure of job losses on the rise you mentioned the economy at 5 percent growth demonetization the goods and services tax all the promises of the economic achievements that he presided over when he was the leader of states simply havent materialized on a National Level have they. I would agree with you that the money to dish in in 2016 was a very huge misstep i mean defects of that botched exercise are still being felt today so part of the recent slowdown is this structural because of that the quiddity hit from that exercise i think the goods and services tax in the short term has caused some russians an economy i think long term its mostly positive for especially interstate businesses within india so yes those 2. Say Reform Efforts were a mixed bag but i think over the long run the nationwide g. S. T. Implemented in 2017 will will benefit the countrys Growth Prospects over a much longer term again its been great to talk to you many thanks indeed for being with us on counting the cost thank you very much were staying in india its harvest time in general in kashmir where apple production contributes 10 percent to the states 20000000000. 00 income but apples have been left to rot as follows cant find people to pick the crop thats off the Prime Minister modi lockdown of the bullish the states autonomous status and was a serious 1st tamil has more. This should be a happy time his familys apple crop is looking good this season and will be ready for harvesting september but the regions lockdown has made it hard to get supplies and laborers from outside are being told to stay out there but you know when i go to the liberal side me the government told them to go home pesticides we cant get because the markets a shot rice vegetables we cant even get meat for ourselves because everything is shut. Thats affecting people with Small Businesses especially in farming who are worried the restrictions on communication and movement their hard work will be thrown away. Its a situation thats common throughout the Kashmir Valley that most business is staying shut in srinagar carpet sellers have already stocked up for both the tourist and wedding season this month but few have had any sales in weeks so Many Employers want hair. Brained him. Houseboat hotels and famous doll lake sit empty. And with only local people riding a few of the gondolas many boat men are fishing to pass the time and catch a meal just before the restrictions earlier this month the Government Order tourists to leave the area taking with them one vital piece of the regions economy but its not the 1st time kashmiris have suffered from work and businesses being shut down. We know by the. Abo and take on. What they know their. Season everything is at stake but they know that existence. Is at stake. But doesnt know if hell be allowed to transport his crop to market or find enough trucks to do so but hell continue
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