A record murder rate. Indias main opposition has called on its supporters to take to the streets against the contentious new citizenship lore thats evoked widespread anger the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has defended the legislation and is blaming the opposition for stoking tensions huge rallies were held again in the capital new delhi and several other states on sunday a protest against the law which many say to scream and its against muslims and into their 2nd week Rights Groups are accusing the police of using disproportionate force against the protestors subpoena stressed was at a rally in the capital 7. Its the greatest challenge indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi has faced since he came to power 5 years ago dozens of people have been killed during protests against to citizenship. Which many say discriminates against muslims addressing thousands of his supporters at an election rally in new delhi modi blamed the opposition for stoking the protests began by your. Brothers sense t
Hello im Richard Gaisford and youre at the listening post on this program we track the global news media examine dominant narratives and spend more time critiquing journalism and celebrating it were not an award show but to mark the end of 2019 we wanted to examine a few cases where quality reporting the kind of it speaks truth to power exposes wrongdoing and helps rectify it has made an impact taking just 4 examples was not easy we wanted to get across geographies different kinds of stories various forms of media we settled on west africa and a documentary exposing Sexual Harassment on University Campuses hong kong 1st person videos capturing Police Brutality on the front lines of the protests there brazil a tale of corruption at the heart of the both are not on government as well as the United States Investigative Journalism on the sex trafficking of children that has had International Ramifications journalists take a lot of heat some of them deserve it will be back on their case nex
A halt. And sport chinas National Football team looks abroad for how we look at how the country plans to naturalize more foreign players as theyve been qualified for and even house to the world cup. Lets get going at least 4 people have been killed and at least 20 were injured in israeli airstrikes on gaza funerals have been held for a Palestinian Islamic jihad commander and his wife who died in a targeted israeli airstrike on their home in gaza overnight israeli airstrikes have also hit apartment buildings at a hamas facility in gaza and israeli warplanes to fire missiles towards the syrian capital damascus targeting another commander of Islamic Jihad its unclear what happened to him but his son and granddaughter work killed faces in gaza retaliated today firing more than 50 rockets into israel one exploded on. Busy highway narrowly missing cars and buses were right across all the developments in this evolving story in a moment well talk live to rob matheson in west jerusalem and harr
Bodies wont start until theyve been examined to determine what caused the death of the 31. 00 men and 8 women the whole process is forensic the Recovery Process was forensic and the fact actually we have to gain so much information as we go through to make sure that we dont miss anything all of that takes time and it will continue unfortunately to take time initially local police said the victims were all chinese nationals now its thought at least some were from vietnam the u. K. Based Community Group b. At home says its received photos of nearly 20 people reported missing from vietnam since the lorry was discovered east of london early on wednesday. This priest in vietnam says hes liaising with family members of suspected victims. Get them in now and now. When i learned the news of the people who died on their way to the u. K. In search of a new life not only the district again 10 but perhaps the whole country is in sorrow this is a tragedy for the whole country has to bear. British p
Blocking efforts to locate the iranian plane that crashed in mountains killing all sixty five on board. The grains opposition demands answers over the deportation of Mikhail Saakashvili plus. The claim that the movie stars were black on the red carpet to send a message on Sexual Harassment and violence against women. Kurdish Officials Say they have reached a deal for Syrian Government troops to enter a frayne a development which raises new complexities for russia and turkey in the war a kurdish folks men told aljazeera they want Syrian Forces to help them fight turkish attacks on a frame and that they could arrive in two days so this could see Syrian Forces directly confronting turkish troops who are currently engaged in an operation against the kurds in the area the kurdish why p. G. Has been a key ally of the u. S. In the battle against eisel in syria but turkey is a heavily opposed to the group which is fighting for more kurdish autonomy of some of the edge of it is following the st