Hello. In a major speech, indias Prime Minister has described his governments much criticised decision to revoke the special status of indian administered kashmir, after seven decades, as a major achievement. Narendra modi is giving a nationwide broadcast to mark indias Independence Day, his first since he won a massive election mandate. The disputed region has been in lockdown for more than a week, with internet and phones cut off, hundreds of people detained. Heres hundreds of people detained. A little of what he ha say heres a little of what he had to say about kashmir. Translation heres a little of what he had to say about kashmir. Translatiosz is our duty to fulfil the wishes and aspirations of the people ofjammu and kashmirand aspirations of the people ofjammu and kashmir and ladak. Aspirations of the people ofjammu and kashmirand ladak. Its our responsibility that their dreams are fulfilled and the 1. 3 billion people of india after work towards that. In order to achieve that go
Council and an iranian journalist. He explains who Ebraham Raisi is and how he came to power. Raisi was a mid ranking cleric who is in the inner circle of the Supreme Leader and one of his close allies and, you know, he became president after all of the reformist and moderate candidates were pretty much disqualified in an election that was considered illegitimate and many voters stayed away from. In an election that was considered engineered and many voters stayed away from. For more on this, i spooke to our persian correspondent khashayarjoneidi. What is the latest we are hearing from authorities in tehran . One news that came out a few moments ago is that turkeys drone that was dispatched has identified a source of heat which they say may be related to the crash site. It has been a long day and night for Rescue Workers in iran. This is treacherous terrain, mountainous area with thick forest, it has been raining with heavy fog through the day. Sub zero temperatures tonight there and i
Top american leaders often have problems with israel, which depends heavily on american support. Gunfire. But doesnt necessarily do what the us wants. Usually, though, american officials keep quiet about it. Not so the us deputy secretary of state, kurt campbell. He said publicly the other day, israels leaders mostly talk about the idea of a sweeping victory on the battlefield, but the Biden Administration didnt believe such a thing was possible. Neither do many other observers. So why is israel pursuing the idea, and why is Benjamin Netanyahu so willing to ignore what the us wants . I put these questions to shaina oppenheimer, a journalist with bbc monitoring injerusalem. First and foremost, he has some very far right Coalition Partners who have been very hawkish and very clear with him that they want to see the government do certain things, for example, for it to press ahead with a full scale invasion of rafah. And they would also like to see what they would describe as a total Victo
Hello and welcome to unspun world. Why is israels government deliberately flouting the wishes of its leading ally, the United States . Perhaps it goes to show what netanyahu is willing to do for his own political survival. This is definitely kind of bringing israel towards a more isolationist stance. Whats the extent of chinas infiltration of western countries . Whether its in the uk or in other countries weve seen them in the us, weve seen them in australia, theres a Canadian Parliamentary inquiry theres something going on there. And why is a law on foreign agents in georgia causing mass demonstrations . They see it as a pivot in the countrys Foreign Policy. It is quite black and white. You know, its either eu or russia. Top american leaders often have problems with israel, which depends heavily on american support. Gunfire. But doesnt necessarily do what the us wants. Usually, though, american officials keep quiet about it. Not so the us deputy secretary of state, kurt campbell. He s
Top american leaders often have problems with israel, which depends heavily on american support. Gunfire. But doesnt necessarily do what the us wants. Usually, though, american officials keep quiet about it. Not so the us deputy secretary of state, kurt campbell. He said publicly the other day israels leaders mostly talk about the idea of a sweeping victory on the battlefield, but the Biden Administration didnt believe such a thing was possible. Neither do many other observers. So why is israel pursuing the idea, and why is Benjamin Netanyahu so willing to ignore what the us wants . I put these questions to shaina oppenheimer, a journalist with bbc monitoring injerusalem. First and foremost, he has some very far right Coalition Partners who have been very hawkish and very clear with him that they want to see the government do certain things, for example, for it to press ahead with a full scale invasion of rafah. And they would also like to see what they would describe as a total Victor