shashi tharoor, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to see you again, stephen. you just heard me talk about india s current place in the world, the most populous nation, a growing economy, a stable government. would you agree that india right now is in a good place? it s not in a bad place in overall terms. that is that it s a country, it has always been, i think, a country to be reckoned with on the world stage, but now it s number one in global population, it s number three in purchasing power parity terms in the overall gdp, number five in dollar terms. it s a country of some substance. it does have free and fair elections. every once in a while we sort of overturn state governments, so we haven t yet been able to overturn the central government. so it counts for a great deal on the world stage. and i must say that when you look at things like technology, it s done rather well for a so called developing country. it s got some very fine talents. we seem to have exported an
Us a bit of support. A little bit of strength on the yen. The bank of japans yield curve control may not impact the markets which some are expecting, so do not expect any great strength. Crude oil, and opec meeting coming up. Yvonne you have the dollar sinking the most in two months so there was this fed commentary about how it looks like what the fund is leaning towards is a positive or a skip in june. That is helping lift overall the risk move. Even china, you take a look at the rally we are seeing in the hang seng. The extreme bearishness is coming off a little bit now. Rishaad yesterday if we wanted to go to the advice of the hang seng in 2018, you would need to have an 18 improvement. But ecb inflation. Christine lagarde has a bit more wiggle room, came in at 6. 1 inflation. Compared with pakistan yesterday, 37. 97 . Yvonne yikes. But the euro story will be interesting. If they are also close to a positive we heard from some of the ecb officials that may be the next few hikes are
and a family torn apart. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the hollywood actress, gwyneth paltrow, has been giving evidence in a trial where she s accused of causing a ski crash in 2016. terry sanderson is suing the star over the incident in utah alleging he was left with brain damage and seeking 300,000 dollars compensation. gwyneth paltrow is countersuing and has told the jury that mr sanderson crashed into her. sophie long sent this report. gwyneth paltrow has been present throughout this trial, listening to emotional counts from two of terry sanderson s daughters about the impact the accident had on their father. today was the oscar winning actress s turn to give their account of the collision that mr sanderson says left her with a permanent brain injury and four broken ribs. i was skiing and two skis came between my skis, forcing my legs apart and there was a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise so my brain was trying to
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and tears a family apart. a close call with a space rock capable of wiping out a city: the asteroid that s about to pass between the earth and the moon. the hollywood actress gwyneth paltrow has been giving evidence on the fourth day of a trial in which she s being sued over a skiing accident in utah seven years ago. ms paltrow is counter suing 76 year old terry sanderson, claiming it was he who skied into her, not the other way around. sophie long sent this report. gwyneth paltrow has been present throughout this trial, listening to emotional accounts from two of terry sanderson s daughters about the impact the accident had on theirfather. today was the oscar winning actress s turn to give her account of the collision that mr sanderson says left him with a permanent brain injury and four broken ribs. i was skiing and two skis came between my skis, forcing my legs apart and then there was a body pressing against me and there was a very strange grunting noise, so my brain was