and machinery are amongst the big sellers. but back in 2013 when he was vice president, joe biden said there was no reason trade between the two couldn t reach $500bn. for american companies the prize is obvious. access to the more than 1.4bn people that make up the world s biggest population. apple isjust one major us company that is expanding in india. its boss tim cook, along with those of microsoft and google, were amongst the guests as president biden rolled out the red carpet with a state dinner at the white house on thursday. here s a little of what the two leaders had to say. together india and the united states are working closely on everything from ending poverty to expanding access to health care to addressing climate change to tackling food and energy insecurity, stoked by russia s unprovoked war in the ukraine. , ., ., ukraine. any postcode era, the world is takin: a ukraine. any postcode era, the world is taking a new ukraine. any postcode era, the world is
today, a senior commander with the islamist hezbollah movement was reportedly killed in an apparent israeli drone strike in southern lebanon. and israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu was on the northern border today, where he signalled that he is prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon, with 80,000 israeli s now displaced from their homes. to the south, the death toll in gaza, stands at 23,000, according to the hamas run health ministry. and so intense is the fighting that several aid agencies have now begun withdrawing medics from the only functioning hospital in central gaza. on his visit to qatar, secretary blinken said washington has an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading and a warning to some members of the israeli government. palestinian civilians must be able to return home as soon as conditions allow. they cannot, they must not, be pressed to leave gaza. we reject the statements by some israeli ministers and lawmak
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it goes from then. kevin told me that the pressure is on the biden administrative to committed to influencing benjamin netanyahu into changing the way this conflict is unfolding. 0ne changing the way this conflict is unfolding. one key difference that we are seeing on this visit is a change in tone and emphasis. we know because of tone and emphasis. we know because of pressure - because of pressure internationally that particularly in the united states, the suppressor to really address the humanitarian crisis, that happening to the palestinians so we see an secretary blinken statement, not only is it 0rgan about israel s defence but he is putting the same level elise in words how could taking the palestinians and paving the way for a future settlement so that they can live peacefully in gaza. the thing that s going to be is what is going to put with these words to show the
grouping of the indo pacific economic forum which is getting a lot of attention these days. you have 45 seconds, lot of attention these days. you have 45 seconds, how much is china determining this relationship between the us and india? this is really about between the us and india? this is really about the between the us and india? this is really about the strategic - really about the strategic relationship and i think with this state visit, the administration, the biden administrative and is demonstrating how eager it is have india on our side. we have a strong shared strategic interest in this regard and consequently there has been a readiness to accept india s position on trading with russia during the ukraine conflict. the big ticket deliverables were in the defence and strategic side with the state visit. including co production ofjet engines, drones and this all involves india winning india off its historical dependency on russia for