welcome to hardtalk. thank you. the recent indian election, it was a result which nobody really expected. your party, the congress party, did better than the polls had suggested it would. many in your party expressed contentment, evenjoy. and yet you still lost. isn t that the key point? that is true. but i think the expectation from the ruling dispensation, a lot of the popular mainstream media was that the propaganda will suffice and people will give a bigger majority to the ruling party. what really happened was, this was a vote by the people to check what we thought were excesses by the government, and the congress party and our allies together have done remarkably well, compared to last time. if you look at the numbers, the ruling party has 290 odd mps and we have 240 odd. so it s not that much of a gap. but more than that, it shows the robustness of our democracy, and the way people have voted is that issues that are important to the people is what finally matters. sure
they re calling it the bad vibes economy. while the numbers are good on the economy, the vibes the feeling that people have according to polls, is much more dour. and india what does prime minister modi do now that he s failed to get the kind of majority he was hoping for? they re not only going to have to keep their allies together, they re also going to have to see if anyone from opposition will come on board. the negotiations on a ceasefire in gaza between israel, hamas and the united states have been long and complex. and while they ve been going on, the mutual anger between the americans and the israelis has been growing so much so that antony blinken, the us secretary of state, has let it be known that if necessary, he d negotiate direct with hamas and leave israel out of the loop altogether. at the same time, the united nations has now accused both israel. allahu akbar! ..and hamas of committing war crimes something which has enraged the israeli government.
the negotiations on a ceasefire in gaza between israel, hamas and the united states have been long and complex. and while they ve been going on, the mutual anger between the americans and the israelis has been growing. so much so that antony blinken, the us secretary of state, has let it be known that if necessary, he d negotiate direct with hamas and leave israel out of the loop altogether. at the same time, the united nations has now accused both israel and hamas of committing war crimes something which has enraged the israeli government. and the former israeli prime minister benny gantz has resigned from neta nyahu s war cabinet. jeremy bowen, the bbc s international editor, has specialised in reporting the middle east for decades. i asked him for an overview of the current situation. gantz has called for new elections his party wants new elections, there are loads of people in israel who want new elections, but unless they can get a vote of confidence that neta nyahu
the bbc news website or app. i ll have a full bulletin for you at the top of the hour. now it is time for john simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world. thank you forjoining me. in this programme: israel s war cabinet fragments but does that mean there s any chance for washington s efforts to get peace in gaza? biden said to the israelis, you have effectively won this now. hamas can t do again what they did on the seventh of october. it s time for this war to stop. the american economy is doing pretty well at the moment, so why doesn tjoe biden get more credit for it? they re calling it the bad vibes economy. while the numbers are good on the economy, the vibes the feeling that people have according to polls, is much more dour. and india what does prime minister modi do now that he s failed to get the kind of majority he was hoping for? they re not only going to have to keep their allies together, they re also going to have to see if anyone from opposition will
i m samira hussain. i m arunoday mukharji. well, india hasjust had a mammoth election. 6a2 million people voted over a month and a half. and these elections are important because whatever happens here has global ramifications. and the results, they were surprising. narendra modi will keep his job as prime minister. but the intractable leader, well, he now depends on other parties to back him up. actually, arunoday, you broke down the numbers. let s take a look. the world s largest democratic exercise. elections in a country of 1.4 billion, done and dusted. here s everything you need to know about the results. the bjp won the most number of seats, 240, but it s still not the victory narendra modi was hoping for. he has 63 less seats than what the bjp won in the last election, and less than 272 that is needed to have a majority, which means he is not the final word on politics or policy, and will have to rely on unpredictable alliance partners and establish a consensus. other t