hello and welcome to the programme i m lewis vaughan jones. starting with the latest developments from sudan. a couple of updates on international efforts to get citizens out. the latest from france, they have undergone and i quote a rapid evacuation operation to get rid of their citizens. and earlier we heard from america, they had done the same, this is a statement from presidentjoe biden, saying on my orders, the united states military conducted an operation to extract us government personnel from khartoum. let s look at some of the other rescue operations that may not have already taken place. this is saudi arabia in the port of cheddar and we understand around 150 people have been evacuated to safety, mostly citizens of gulf countries. he chipped and canada. the canadian government has urged remaining canadian city scenes in sedan to shelter in a safe place. in khartoum, air strikes and shelling have been going on for over a week. we can listen to someone there who can
Living in the uk. Three men and two women. Three of these defence were charged earlier in the year with possessing fake id document, passports and others, for up to nine different countries. At that point we reported, we revealed this last month, that they were suspected of spying for russia. Now actual formal confirmation that these three defendants and an additional two are to be charged with spying for russia. They are suspected of being an operational Spy Cell Operating out of the uk but also going into europe. It is alleged that they conducted surveillance on targets. One of the defendants, orlin roussev, is alleged to have been running the operations from the uk, that he was also alleged to have been responsible for creating some of the Fake Passports that the Police Allegedly found in a couple of properties they searched earlier in the year. This is an unusual case, we dont often get cases like this. These defendants are going to be here in court are going to appear in court at
Escalating tit for tat up north and india, the largest democracy in the world. Reporter a brutal murder with all the hallmarks of an assassination. Hardeep singh nijar was a controversial sihk gunned down in front of his place of worship. The canadian government has now said out loud what many are suspected, that there is credible evidence that the killing took place on the orders of the Indian Government. The Government Of India needs to take this matter with the utmost seriousness. We are doing that, we are not looking to provoke or escalate. We are simply laying out the facts as we understand them, and we want to work with the Government Of India. Trudeau says before going public, he confronted india Prime Minister, Narendra Modi with his accusations last week, as modi hosted trudeau and other leaders at the g20 summit. They were allegations the Indian Government refused to accept. The killing of a canadian citizen on canadian soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty. Da
In an interview with The Financial Times, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed concerns about extremists engaging in violence and intimidation overseas under the guise of freedom of expression. Responding to allegations of India s involvement in a plot to assassinate Khalistani extremist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in the US, Modi stated that India is committed to the rule of law and will examine any evidence related to the incident.
While speaking at the Rotary Institute 2023 event in Bengaluru, Jaishankar asserted that India is a responsible country and it is willing to look into the matter if any country has a concern and shares inputs, referring to the Canada allegations about the alleged link of "agents of the Indian government" in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.