Im melissa chan youre watching news asia thank you for joining us india officially changes the status of kashmir today thursday it is now no longer in autonomous state and instead has been split into 2 federally controlled territories one is called jadwin kashmir and the other is a dock. Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi made the decision back in august since that announcement the regions been under lockdown with no internet local politicians arrested and limited information filtering out some of what we know is coming unexpectedly from european visitors. Indian administered kashmir news of the european lawmakers imminent arrival sparked angry protests across the region 3 months into delhi security lock down tensions remain at boiling point. More than 80 days of protests but no ones paying attention people are getting killed slaughtered everythings closed theres a communications lockdown. In delhi the any peace will welcome personally by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi sponsored by an obscure think tank the group was dominated by far right deputies the e. U. s stressed this is not an official visit still support for his tough line. Even though of the biggest is the end he. Will fight them. Critics have slammed the visit to kashmir as a p. R. Stunt meant to blunt the global outrage. From the airport to your m. P. s risk or through to a High End Hotel for talks. Later while the delegates enjoyed allegedly boat ride on da like. Kashmir saw one of its deadliest attacks in months in cool ga militants killed 5 men all construction workers from eastern india. Fi e. U. Delegation said they supported delis efforts to restore peace to the region. I do see that the security situation is still. Stressful and not as a test in other parts of this country or in germany or in europe but i am afraid that this is going to be solved. The european lawmakers have rejected criticism of their visit saying they simply wanted to assess the situation in kashmir indian opposition parties are asking why theyre not being given the same access we have to double used in asia gys while in delhi to guide us through this messy affair and misha that european delegation consisted mostly of far right members and i cant help but wonder whether in some ways they were used as props by modi here are the europeans to justify his you know lateral actions. Well thats definitely true of our lists of a this meeting this visit has raised a lot of questions that was all denies by everyone who identifies herself as an International Business broker and n. G. O. S and the e. U. Itself has distanced itself from the wizard saying that it is not an official visit many indian embassies over hugh were not aware of this visit even happening and one british and the who is one of the few liberals who was invited has said that when he also for unfettered access to his invitation was rescinded and of course this is widely been criticized as a very controlled for top people who met the enemy these were handpicked by the government the more the government put out a statement saying that they hope that the european and see the regime for governance and development that india has and it seems that of the press Conference Following that was that the m. P. s mostly said that they said that these support invest fight against terror and nothing more. Now the region is federally controlled what does that actually mean what happens next. But most of the states autonomy basically has not only been brought down because of the removal of the special status of questioning the state actually now is sleet is has even less to me than are the Indian States because it is no longer a state it is what is called an india a union ted a treaty this means that legislative control he will primarily be of be carried out from new delhi itself the president will choose a Lieutenant Governor as opposed to how are the states function there very be a legislature in place in the un into a tree of them would leave not wanting to dock but basically a lot of Decision Making power lies in the hands of when it comes to doing into trees of john winter street and the dock and what can pakistan do in this. Well not very much melissa ever since the opera geisha in all sections the 70 the reading down all the special status of push me pakistan has been very has insisted very strongly to internationalize the issue it has asked for the un the us other people to weigh in but not much has been has been made possible that has been criticism coming in from some International Fronts but otherwise pakistan is not able to do much apart from walls and hold bilateral nations and break ties as far as it can with india i want to go back to the video report and something that the kashmiri said he said people are dying whats actually going on with violence in that region right now. Fabulous let me talk about the communication blackout and there is difficulty in getting information out it is important to state that the indian army insists that that has been or loss of life in the last 3 months since the special status was removed however there are reports of the contrary of the media reports saying that pellet gun firings that have happened at the hands of the indian home you have caused deaths the army denies the clear that is a concern though that what is seen as a stronger crackdown would increase homegrown militarization homegrown terrorism in the region and we should just well thank you pakistans Prime Minister in run concious is the 1st major challenge to his leadership as tens of thousands of demonstrators converge in the countrys capital to protest the lead instigator is. A powerful religious leader who questions the results of the election that handed con his victory islamic bodies nervous about the size of crowds and violence it has deployed extra security around government buildings joining us is d. W. Is shanel shams shammal how serious is this threat against khans government. Well you see when hundreds of thousands of right wing protesters descend on the capital islamabad the threat is bound to be done. We have seen in the past that these socalled normal marches and long sit ins can be very threatening but whether these protesters will be able to force being found to resign depends on the sustainability of these demonstrations and more importantly when the countrys powerful army support beam come if the opposition can sustain the protests the army probably could change its mind about the pm. Now other than being anti con of course dont just talk about the problems come with solutions is something we hear a lot of so what is the opposition proposing in terms of alternatives in terms of their platform to solve solve of the countrys problems well the main opposition parties of former Prime Minister nawaz sharif and former president also phonies are dari are not very active in these protests both sharif and their dari are facing corruption charges and not under detention the main reason is that the army must not interfere in politics all open opposition parties allege their congress is brought to power by the army so the all done in division in short is based on one principle the civilian supremacy in pakistan. Now khans been in power for just a year the country is facing double digit inflation and high unemployment has his administration done anything to fix those problems. Well last year on the promise to improve the countrys economy and provide jobs but he has so far north been able to deliver inflation has climbed to 8 person the rupee has lost a 3rd of its value over the past year and Foreign Exchange reserves are barely enough to go about 2 months of impulse in me comes the government was forced to turn to the i. M. F. For a bailout package the i. M. F. Says duff below conditions have been very unpopular and analysts say the opposition is now ready to use the public anger to move on from. I want to circle back to something you said about momentum weve seen protests around the world really gain traction recently do you expect this rally to be a one off or do you think well start seeing more opposition rallies in the next few weeks well pakistans a jew political and domestic dynamics are quite different lets say from that of them guns the country the protests we are facing there is no outburst of public anger against the government it is the political grooves their daughter involved in the baba game may be genuinely unhappy with the governments economic policies but there is no genuine Peoples Movement in pakistan at the moment so what is happening at the moment there is much of a brokering happening at the moment. Believe it could be it could transform and protests but we have to wait and see got it shall chance thank you japan is mourning the loss of a unesco World Heritage site Sherry Castle on the island of okinawa a fire started overnight and while firefighters managed to put out the flames they were unable to save large parts of the popular tourist attraction. A piece of okinawas Cultural Heritage devoured by flames firefighters battled the blaze for over 10 hours but they could not save the main hole though she recall so has stood on this site for over 500 years this is not the 1st time its been destroyed it was reduced to ashes during the battle of okinawa in 1945 its reconstruction was an important step in the islands struggle to recover from the ravages of world war 2 but now the castle has been lost again no one was injured in thursdays blaze but for the residents the toll is emotional. Stickler this was the Cherie Castle i saw growing up and the Sherry Castle that was always nearby its really sad i have no words yes yes were going to look at 900. 00 there its really okinawas Cultural Heritage and for that its painful to see you know. The site had reopened in 1992 it was a major tourist attraction in the area it was going to be a planned stop on the Olympic Torch Relay route during the Olympic Games in tokyo scheduled for 2020 the japanese government has already vowed to restore the call so to its former glory. Thats our show for today see you next time and goodbye. Take football personally. With wonderful people and stories that make the game so special. For all true fans. Because more than football online and small that some consumers are big changes. People making it possible eco africa fantastic right. As they set out to say fans. In a blur from one another. And Work Together for the future i. Think because of cook africa w. Official to compose hong kong is in recession just as the 2. Gas is released again on prodemocracy protests is it defying a ban on mosques this halloween. A new wave of consolidation in the car industry chrysler his job once you create the worlds 4th largest automaker. Kashmir cut off from the Global Tourism market for just a couple months now open again for business but the damage has been done to its most important industry. Ive been fizzling its new Business Done a mosque its halloween but theres a ban on them in hong kong official done it confirms hong kong is in recession just as the tear gas is released again on prodemocracy protests is it defying a ban on mosques this halloween. A new wave of consolidation in the car industry chrysler his job once you create the worlds 4th largest automaker. Kashmir cut off from the Global Tourism market for just a couple months now open again for business but the damage has been done to its most important industry. Ive been fizzling its new Business Done a mosque its halloween but theres a ban on them in hong kong still thats not stopping demonstrators from joining in celebrations at the same time is continuing their campaign to preserve the territories autonomy from china others are painting their faces Officials Say they wont force anyone to wipe off the makeup unless they look suspicious whatever the case the political turmoil is hurting tourism and trade hong kong is now in recession its worst showing since the Global Financial crisis course mystic products shrank by just over 3 percent in the 3rd quarter. 5 months of unrest and Political Uncertainty have piled immense pressure on the economy it was a way of reeling from the impasse