Before we get there, arunoday, lets talk numbers. There are 980 million eligible voters going to vote in 1. 2 million polling booths. Imagine everyone in both london and new york becoming election workers. Thats 15 million humans needed to pull it off. Speaking of numbers, listen to this one a Poll Tracking Global Leaders popularity put Prime Minister Narendra Modis Approval Rating at 78 . By comparison, a domestic poll in the uk recently put Prime Minister rishi sunak s Approval Rating at negative 48 . Ten years since coming into office, how, is mr modi still so popular . A Triumphant Tourfor Prime Minister Narendra Modi, finally making good on a decades old promise. Speaks hindi. To bring the hindu god ram back to his birthplace here in ayodhya. Translation ram is the faith of india. Ram is the foundation of india. Ram is the thought of india. Ram is the constitution of india. Those are the words by the Prime Minister of a Secular Country Made Building A Hindu Temple key to his re el
There have been International Calls for an investigation into the incident, in which more than a hundred palestinians were reported killed. Israel says its forces did open fire but said most of the deaths happened in a crush. From jerusalem, our Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams reports. How were so many people injured . Were they shot or crushed in a desperate stampede . Gazas Shifa Hospital treating just 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. Jehad is haunted by what he saw when the convoy arrived on thursday morning. Were the soldiers firing deliberately . Hes asked. Yes, with tanks, soldiers, aircraft. Gunfire in the pre dawn darkness, only the chaos was clear. How and why the shooting started is not yet proper
This hospital was treating more than 200 people that were injured yesterday. We have seen people with gunshot wounds. We have seen amputees and we have seen children as young as 12 that were injured yesterday. These events cannot be allowed to go on. We need to have safe, secure passage throughout gaza to reach the people that need humanitarian aid. President biden has promised that the us military will airdrop humanitarian aid into gaza in the coming days. The air drops will be coordinated with the jordanians, who have been at the forefront of efforts to send assistance to gaza by air. There has also been a lot of other International Reaction to life loss following a rush on aid convoy in gaza. French president Emmanuel Macron wrote, Deep Indignation at the images coming from gaza where civilians have been targeted by israeli soldiers. I express my strongest condemnation of these shootings and call for truth, justice, and respect for international law. African union has released a sta
We have seen amputees and we have seen children as young as 12 that were injured yesterday. These events cannot be allowed to go on. We need to have safe, secure passage throughout gaza to reach the people that need humanitarian aid. Our special correspondent fergal keane, working with bbc verify, has been piecing together more details of what happened. And just a warning his report contains some distressing images. Although death is everywhere now in gaza, they had come thinking they would find aid to keep their families alive. Then shots ripped through the night. People start to move. Then ran to escape. In this section of the crowd, panic. As casualties streamed into local hospitals, the testimony of witnesses. Translation the situation was unimaginably crazy. If aid is going to come to us in this way, we dont want it. The israelis say that at 4 40am, the convoy left from here under Israeli Tank Escort and began to move towards the crowds waiting for food. The army supplied Drone Fo
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