You need to be hungrier. You need to be bolder. You need to be more imaginative. We talk disinformation. Theres a lot of propaganda and disinformation coming i from non ij handles also. And we ask, what matters . The most raw, yet nuanced political conversations in india often happen at these kind of tea stalls. Welcome to this is india. Today were talking elections. India is the Worlds Largest democracy, an economic Powerhouse Set to become the worlds Third Largest economy. Internationally, india is having its moment courted by the United States as a counterweight to china. A voice for the global south. Any day now, india will call elections. Voting will take place over several weeks, and the results dontjust matter to the People Living in it. It matters to the world. Now, in india, there are dozens of Political Parties in this country, but two really dominate the bjp and the congress. Before we get there, though, lets take a look at the election in numbers. 968 million eligible voter
One of the un team shared what he saw at the hospital. From jerusalem, our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports. How are so many people injured . With a shot or crushed in a desperate stampede . This hospitaljust reading some of the survivors, and now, for the First Time Since thursday, first hand testimony from the un. This hospital is treating more than 200 people that were injured. We have seen people with Gunshot Wounds we have seen amputees, and we have seen children as young as 12. These events cannot be allowed to go on. This man is haunted by what he saw on the convoy. Whether soldiers firing deliberately, he is asked. Yes,. Only the chaos was clear. How and why the shooting started is not properly understood. The crowds were huge, the panic palpable. Israel said troops felt threatened. Tanks were present. There is no evidence of aircraft being involved. The un finally reached gaza city yesterday, taking badly needed fuel and medicine to the hospital, demanding israel
Hello. Good evening. Wayne couzens, who abducted and murdered Sarah Everard while he was in the metropolitan police, should never have been given a job as a police officer. That is one of the stark findings of an independent inquiry. Its chair, lady elish angiolini, said red flags about couzens had repeatedly been ignored by three police forces, and that without significant overhaul, she believed theres nothing to stop another Couzens Operating in plain sight. The metropolitan police has responded that it must go further and faster to regain public trust. Heres our home Affairs Correspondent, june kelly. He was a predatory sex offender in a police uniform. A criminal with state sanctioned powers. Wayne couzens should never have been allowed to join the police, and constant flawed vetting meant he was able to continue in his role despite a series of red flags. These are the stark conclusions of todays inquiry report. The metropolitan Police Service told the inquiry in 2022 that it would
In ukraine began and two weeks before the elections . Well, Vladmir Putin spoke for two hours. We will look at what he said and didnt say. And its our weekly deep dive into the world of artificial intelligence, including how events organisers used al to generate images of a fantastical willy wonka world, but the reality was anything but sweet. We begin in texas, where both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are visiting the Us Mexico Border. The pair locked in a high stakes political duel on an issue which could ultimately decide this years president ial election. Joe biden is visiting a border city called brownsville. Its recently seen a drop in the number of people illegally crossing into the us. Donald trump meanwhile is in eagle pass, the Texas Border Town where republican Governor Greg Abbott has defied the Biden White House by using state National Guard soldiers to detain undocumented migrants and erect border barricades. Mr trump spoke there a short time ago.