nothing but politics decision? absolutely. there is nothing but politics in - decision? absolutely. there is nothing but politics in this - nothing but politics in this decision, just as about three weeks ago when the bjp lost by elections, mid term elections in several constituencies which were electing new members, the bjp suffered a big loss and the day the official result came out, within hours they reduced the prices of petrol and diesel, which they stubbornly refused to do for nearly six months. just like that, today after one year of agitation by farmers, they have suddenly announced the withdrawal of the farm laws, even three weeks ago the farm laws, even three weeks ago the prime minister in a speech said those who opposed the farm laws were antinational, anti agricultural development. why this change? the only reason, and i underline the word only, is the feedback he has got that his party will do very, very badly in the next round of
and they would lose money and effectively would lose theirjobs. there was a very powerful economic argument from the government that farmers didn t buy and in the end it is quite astonishing that you ve got the government saying, we are planning to repeal them. with; the government saying, we are planning to repeal them. why have they decided planning to repeal them. why have they decided to planning to repeal them. why have they decided to repeal planning to repeal them. why have they decided to repeal them - planning to repeal them. why have they decided to repeal them now? | they decided to repeal them now? that s a good question. i was surprised, i ve covered narendra modi for the last few years. he is not a politician that makes policy reversals, he s not somebody who backs down with his opponents. but i think we talked about the economics, a lot of politics comes into this decision. we ve got key elections coming up in neighbouring states to delhi of uttar pradesh and punjab
this is a really tough one for a women s organisation that does business in china up until now, and it puts the wta at a crossroads with this important in the past business partner. but obviously, unless there is absolute certainty that all of the players that play the tour are safe, especially ones in a country like china, who are about to host a winter olympic games, athletes want to feel like they are safe and we need to hear 100% certainty that peng is ok. the headlines on bbc news. new accusations of racism in english cricket as batsman alex hales apologises for painting his face black at a party after a photo emerges from 2009. meanwhile, australia s mens cricket captain resigns after admiting he sent sexually explicit text messages to a female co worker.
offensive way at a fancy dress party in 2009. he said his appearance was a trip to the late rapper tupac shakur but now realises it was in could be this respectful and issued a video statement a tribute. i a video statement a tribute. i deplore all forms of racism and disc of a nation, i have been incredibly lucky to play around the world in different backgrounds, players of different backgrounds, players of different races and cultures anti discrimination. different races and cultures anti-discrimination. different races and cultures anti-discrimination. earlier this week there anti-discrimination. earlier this week there was anti-discrimination. earlier this week there was widespread - anti-discrimination. earlier this i week there was widespread praise anti-discrimination. earlier this - week there was widespread praise for azeem rafiq as he gave harrowing testimony to mps about his experiences of racism in cricket but he has been forced to front up to his own mist
he had to apologise himself yesterday for anti jewish comments he wrote on social media ten years ago. and another player, alex hales, has apologised after a photo was published showing him wearing black make up at a fancy dress party in 2009. laura scott reports. after another turbulent week, cricket s latest response to its rate is in crisis, crisis talks, at the 0val today as the game comes together to tackle its discrimination problem, evidence of which continues to emerge. what you hope to get out of the meeting? just clari and hope to get out of the meeting? list clarity and togetherness i suppose. does cricket have eight racism issue? ~ . ., ., ., ., ~ does cricket have eight racism issue? . ., ., ., ., ~ ., issue? we have a lot of work to do, no doubt about issue? we have a lot of work to do, no doubt about it. issue? we have a lot of work to do, no doubt about it. i issue? we have a lot of work to do, no doubt about it. i think issue? we have a lot of work to do, no d