ah, india is often called the world s largest democracy. a sleeping giant, a country seemingly in search of a leader who could strike a balance between tradition and modernity. with nearly 1400000000 inhabitants, india is poised to overtake china as the world s most populous country. and its economy is also in the midst of transformation. the country is modernizing at a breathtaking pace, hoping to reduce social and equality and compete on the international stage. india boasts the world s 2nd largest military. it s geopolitical status as a nuclear power position between china and the west has allowed the country to claim its place among the worlds superpowers. after a century, a british colonial rule, the hondas gandhi, and java harlow nehru, succeeded in securing independence in 1947 by non violent means. following 60 years under the leadership of the nehru, guntee dynasty in 2014 india, for the 1st time elected a member of the opposition party, a man from a modest backgroun
a 14 year old palestinian boy shot in the head with a rubber bullet by israeli defense forces israel says it was responding to violence in the area. a very warm welcome to the program on this monday morning it s 8 am here in the russian capital let s get started with your live news update. new revelations obtained by the new york times cast doubt on what led to the extreme tensions between the u.s. and iran last month baghdad military officials are questioning washington s version of events according to which it was all sparked by iran backed militia launching a rocket attack on the iraqi military base killing an american contractor but the iraqi side says there was a very different culprit are reports. so far this is b. the no food here a plague volcanoes and shootings and it all began with a very nearly willed war 3. 1 thing leads to another and we re on the brink of that war now imagine finding out that it was all based on a lie as you know asteroid the u.s. forces were at
you celebrate their success this concern celebrities a hijacking the event to make political statements that they made revelations about who exactly is behind their acceptance speech. good evening just gone 9 o clock here in moscow you re watching international a growing political scandal in germany has claimed another victim and this time it s a major scalp. was chancellor merkel s designated successor she s in and she no longer plans to run for the leadership should also step down as the head of the christian democrats over some precedent that aligns with a right wing alternative for germany party peter all of his more. and. has decided to step down as the head of the christian democratic union party here in germany and therefore won t be the party s candidate for the chancellorship at the business cycle lections for the set to be held next year she held a meeting on sunday night with party top brass and from that decided she didn t have the support she needed to continue i
on the deaths on the streets of me and mas protesters continue to fight the bunches crackdown on dissent at least 4 people have been shot dead by police and yes and now it s a day of violence. i m manic of has been ken and thanks for joining us today there is anger in the united kingdom over the police handling of the vigil and on a sarah ever of the 33 year old was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by a police officer while walking home in london on the 3rd of march on saturday a gathering to honor her and other victims of male violence was broken up by police citing coronavirus restrictions offices arrested 4 people. outraged one police officer becomes anger towards many arrests turned ugly as police attempted to enforce pandemic controls at a bear and. the offices respond. drew criticism from london s mayor who said they were not appropriate or proportionate britain is one secretary has demanded an explanation from scotland yard london s metropolitan police said the event h
deep the problems are institutional massaging me within the police force you can see it in the way policing is carried out you can see it in the way that we have a poorly no conviction rates and charge rates for rape and sexual violence in the police have a role to play in that and you can see it in how poorly the police form when they have to investigate their own officers those there was a super complaint produced by the center for women s justice which examined several cases showing time and time again in all sorts of different ways that the police just can t be relied on to be objective and honest about what s going on within the force i would also open up a conversation between women who feel betrayed by the police so that police get an understanding of what it s like and what to be a woman in the city hoping that the police will protect them and use that to inform the strategies and culture change there is desperately long overdue within that institution the british pri