shashi tharoor, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to see you again, stephen. you just heard me talk about india s current place in the world, the most populous nation, a growing economy, a stable government. would you agree that india right now is in a good place? it s not in a bad place in overall terms. that is that it s a country, it has always been, i think, a country to be reckoned with on the world stage, but now it s number one in global population, it s number three in purchasing power parity terms in the overall gdp, number five in dollar terms. it s a country of some substance. it does have free and fair elections. every once in a while we sort of overturn state governments, so we haven t yet been able to overturn the central government. so it counts for a great deal on the world stage. and i must say that when you look at things like technology, it s done rather well for a so called developing country. it s got some very fine talents. we seem to have exported an
the former israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, could be returning to power according to exit polls after tuesday s general election. the polls, which estimate the outcome before official results, give mr netanyahu s right wing bloc a slim majority of seats. if they prove correct, it would be a dramatic comeback for mr netanyahu, who was ousted last year after 12 years in office. yolande knell reports from jerusalem. after a high turnout, exit poll suggests that israel s former prime minister, benjamin netanyu, is in position to take the reins of power again. but no matter what happens, his allies on the far right arejumping forjoy. known as racist and extremists, were on the fringes of israeli politics, but this election has seen them transformed into key players. with his eyes on a cabinet post, itamar ben gvir now tries to look like a conventional candidate. but this was him last month, inflaming tensions at a flashpoint in east jerusalem by pointing a gun at palest
by election since 2012 and in that sense that we ought not forget about it because it would be bad psychologically for the labour party. we would be bad psychologically for the labour party.- for the labour party. we are waitin: for the labour party. we are waiting for for the labour party. we are waiting for wakefield - for the labour party. we are waiting for wakefield to - waiting for wakefield to declare and it shall come any moment and we are keeping that on bbc news and world news. mo hussein, i d like to bring you in here because inevitably, the pressure will mount for boris johnson, who was not even in the country at the moment. how much will this damage his sense of control of what is going on around him? of control of what is going on around him? the timing of this is not great- around him? the timing of this is not great. he around him? the timing of this is not great. he is around him? the timing of this is not great. he is on - around him? the timing of t