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 voters. 1. 2 million Polling Booths across the country. 15 million election workers. That is almost the populations of both london and new york combined. Ok, so speaking of numbers, get this one. A poll that tracks the popularity of Global Leaders put Prime Minister Narendra Modis Approval Rating at 78 . By comparison, a domestic poll in the uk put Prime Minister rishi sunak s Approval Rating at 48 . 50 ten years on, how is it that mr modi remains so popular . A Triumphant Tourfor Prime Minister Narendra Modi, finally making good on a decades old promise. To bring the hindu god ram back to his birthplace here in ayodhya. Translation ram is the faith of india. Ram is the f
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
with two tests left to play. good morning. we have got some heavy rain in the south west of england. it is pushing north east through the day. it could miss the south east of england. northern scotland, a drier day. a few showers. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, 10thjuly. the bbc is meeting with the met police today, to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter who hasn t been named has been suspended, and the corporation has contacted the police about the accusations, which were first reported in the sun newspaper. we re joined now by our news correspondent lizo mzimba. tell us about the latest allegations? well, today s front page of the sun newspaper claims the unnamed presenter made two panicked phone calls to the young individual in question, saying, what have you done? and asking them to ring their mother, to get them to stop the investigation. the bbc has not b