climate change, trade, and the war in ukraine. india s prime minister narendra modi would like the summit to promote his country as a major global power. but russia s war in ukraine may be standing in his way. india is looking to put aside those disagreements over ukraine, hoping it won t detrail concerns of the global south and developing countries. india s capital has also been gearing up for it s moment in the spotlight as the summit kicks off. here s the bbc s christian fraser speaking with our south asia correspondent yogita limaye they have the view from delhi. so, yogita, new delhi is a city transformed. i drove in from the airport today. there were people sleeping, potlucks were being put out. they ve really gone to town on it. why is it so important? well, a couple of things, but it is a part of indian culture when you have guests visiting your home, even in your home, you clean it up, spruce it up, do something. you might draw a pattern outside. so it is very much
but one thing you can do at shows like this is take the temperature and spot the trends. what is everyone talking about this year? the new boss of the show was in no doubt about the big talking points for 2023. there s two themes that have completely blown everything else out of the water. they ve almost kind of zoomed out of nowhere, if you like. ai. if we re being honest, nobody was talking about al a year ago. now everybody s grandmother is an expert. we re in the sustainability village, which is the physical embodiment, if you like, of the fact that everybody is talking about eco sustainability, energy uses on your washing machine, power. of course it s easy to say your green, but harder to live up to. of course it s easy to say your green, but harder to live up to that branding. we ll visit one of ifa s more sustainable stands later in the programme. but that other theme ai is also something that seems to creep in to lots of product slogans. ai has been in a lot of stu
with more news, right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports president biden calls for cease fighting on hamas terrorists as people around the world and here at home hear about the casualties in gaza. not a primitive cease-fire, even though protesteres like this rabbi are calling for them. i am a rabbi. i would call for a cease-fire right now. stand down. we ll get reaction today from a top adviser, to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and a new strike on a palestinian refugee camp today. donald trump jr. on the witness stand and his brother, eric, in the on-deck circle for the civil fraud trial against the trump organization. and the frustration. a senate from alabama is coming out of the senate, with a growing number of his months-long hold on approximately 300 military promotions. this is doing great damage to our military. i don t say that lightly. i ve been trying to work with you for nine months. if this keeps going, people are going to leave. that w