and 70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, ever evolving assortment of cultures, creeds, religions and languages. heading off the well worn tourist path, we re on a journey which spans this vast subcontinent from east to west. travelling from one of the driest places on earth. it is quite incredible, the sand. it s just crystal, hard cystals. white salt. you can probably taste it. ..to one of the wettest. these are areas really for the adventurous traveller. this isn t india on tap. i m on a quest to find out how history, religion and politics have shaped india. and also, meet the people who call this intriguing and sometimes overwhelming country home. it s going to be an amazing journey. for thousands of years, india found its riches and influence through international trade. at the heart of this enterprise was the sea. and the state of gujarat, with a thousand miles of coastline, served as a shipping gateway to africa, arabia and beyond. this is as far west
this is how they flare. we are demanding that they stop the flaring. it must stop. these are my children. this is my family. hello. thanks for tuning in to our weather forecast for the next ten days. and i can tell you straight away that there s absolutely no let up to the kind of weather we ve been having for weeks now. so once again, early august is going to be changeable, on the cool side, with rain at times. and if we look at the recent satellite picture, you can see weather systems, a daisy chain of them, lining up in the atlantic and heading our way. and through the course of this week, crucially, quite a strong jet stream across the atlantic. also pointing in our direction, you can see even some dips in the jet stream, or troughs, as we call it in meteorology. and that means that cooler air at times will be streaming in from the north. i think thursday will be a particularly cool day across the north of the country whereas the warm weather is reserv
and returned to the stage last year in london, not in the flesh, but as digital avatars 2d recreations of themselves from 1979. in a worldwide exclusive interview to mark 12 months of the abba voyage show, i went to the studio of the band in stockholm to talk to bjorn ulvaeus and benny andersson two of the globe s most successful songwriters. it s the one year anniversary of the abba voyage show. it took years to create. you described it as a risk because you didn t know if people were going to come and see digital to come and see digital recreations of you. is it a gamble that has paid off? most certainly, yes. artistically, definitely. why do you say artistically definitely? because we achieved more than we could ever hope for. seeing this happening after four or five years of work in different areas, coming there, seeing the first preview and realising that the audience actually connected to what was on there, not like they were watching a movie, but is if we were actu
welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. i m sure you would agree that amnesty s international reputation depends upon impartiality, independence, the rigour of your research. mm hm. how do you think amnesty s reputation stands across the world right now? look, based on the various travels i am doing in africa, latin america, asia, our reputation stands very high and firm. people from very remote areas, all the way to political leaders know that they can count on us if it s needed. i was very recently in peru meeting with indigenous people who had confronted state violence, mothers and fathers who had lost their sons. who was there with them for months after the event, for weeks at a time? amnesty international. we went there and we kept being there for them. i was in taiwan two weeks ago. amnesty international has been in taiwan since the 1980s. we fought the white terror government. we are now in taiwan as an established ngo, but also an ally for the civil society more
are just getting new details in. but what is the very latest? are just getting new details in. but what is the very latest? yes, we are onl still what is the very latest? yes, we are only still understanding what is the very latest? yes, we are only still understanding the - what is the very latest? yes, we are only still understanding the full- only still understanding the full total number of people injured. the total number of people injured. the total number of people injured. the total number of people that have been killed by this blast. this was a political rally by a party. this is a major religious party here in pakistan. a key component of one of the coalition parties, as part of the coalition parties, as part of the government here. they were holding a political rally. we are starting to hear more information from some of the police force. they have said that they think that over 100 people have been injured in this blast. and of course we have heard the total n