as a global power in the 21st century. you have helped to reinvigorate the quad, your leadership of the 620 is making new strides on climate finance, and you ve been a proponent of international institutions and global solutions to global challenges. prime minister narendra modi expressed happiness over the strengthening of ties between india and the us in recent years. translation: friends. during my visit in 2014, my dear friend, president biden, was also here with me at the state department. at that time, he had referred to india america partnership as a partnership over the horizon. in this period of nine years since then, we have been on a very long and beautiful journey. we have added and expanded the scope of mutual cooperation in defence and strategic areas. we are working with renewed trust in areas of new and emerging technologies. we are resolving long pending and difficult issues in trade. live now to our correspondent in washington samira hussain. hello to you. v
hello and thanks forjoining us. security forces in myanmar have killed at least 21 people in yangon in one of the deadliest days since huge demonstrations began against the military coup last month. a police officer is also reported to have died as clashes between the military and anti coup protesters continue for a sixth week. martial law has been declared in two areas of yangon, and after two china owned factories were attacked, beijing has asked the authorities to protect its businesses. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale reports. they have built themselves barricades, they have fashioned makeshift shields. but when the security forces opened fire, there was nothing to do but run. this was the scene in myanmar s biggest city, yangon, where more than 20 people are reported to have died. some here see china as supporting myanmar s military rulers, and several chinese owned factories were set on fire. so, troops were sent in and martial law for two districts was decl
if confirmed will make much difference to the war in ukraine because it all changed after that march forjustice, in other words the mutinous march on moscow onjune the mutinous march on moscow onjune the 24th. from that moment on, wagner will no longer going to be a force in ukraine. they have largely withdrawn from ukraine, they moved initially to inside russia and to belarus, some have redeployed to africa. the bigger question i think now is what will happen to wagner s thousands of troops that are in west africa who have these alliances, these rather shady deals with governments in mali, central african republic, burkina faso and elsewhere, libya, and it is quite an effective business model that they have got there and the kremlin i think will be looking to replace wagner either at the top or with other forces to capitalise on the geostrategic position they have managed to acquire for themselves, pushing out the french, the un, and the eu and putting the kremlin s interest first the