A crop. And criminal networks. Welcome to news asia its good to have you with us we start in india and the iconic bridge in kolkata that became the scene of tragedy a dangerous underwater escape that went horribly wrong indians. Who called himself the wizard mandrake said he wanted to revive interest in magic by replicating by a trick under the bridge. He was tied up with a heavy rope and steel chains secured by 6 locks he was then know what by krien into the Hooghly River. After 10 minutes. He still had. To the horror of onlookers which included members of his family rescue teams are mobilized and yesterday they found his body still in chains washed up a kilometer from where he entered the water this was of life is fast underwater stunt and he knew the risks. Even i mean its a brilliant river it will be very hard to open the not some locks but i will open them and if i do that its magic if not then its tragic and hes going to live a. Prophetic almost did a local respondents song i fou
bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. china s population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low. and in the tennis, andy murray beats italian matteo berrettini in a thrilling five set match at the australian open. scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, says a decision by the uk government to block a bill passed in scotland is outrageous and has vowed to fight it in court. the legislation had aimed to make it quicker and easierfor trans people to change gender but uk ministers say it would have a significant impact on equality laws. our lgbt and identity correspondent lauren moss explains. it split the political spectrum, and now it s causing divisions in the united kingdom. scotland s gender recognition reform bill, to simplify the process for people to change their legal sex, was voted through just before christmas, but not without controversy. thank you. the next. shame on you! an
as inflation continues to leave us worse off, we speak with the businesses struggling with rising costs and recruitment. how andy s conjured some of that old murray magic in his opening match of the australian open. good morning. once again it is a cold and frosty start. the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. but for many it will be dry with winter sunshine. however, there is snow in the forecast. i will tell you where later. people say, television in the morning? that s disgusting. a disgusting idea! what is happening in this country? people even used the word immoral. but we re still here a0 years later! we re celebrating a special birthday on the programme this morning, good morning. it s tuesday, the 17th january. the metropolitan police force is investigating a thousand allegations of abuse involving around 800 of its officers. it comes after pc david carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including dozens of rapes the worst ever case of a serving police officer. met
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All too often gender based violence. We focus this hour on young women in india, who have suffered unspeakable attacks but will not be silenced. The story of these sheros. He. It takes courage to do this, to talk to all these people. Happy birthday, happy birthday to you the strength of sheroes. Flex we meet a woman on the long road to making a difference. Its a challenge facing many of americas biggest cities and it turns out some communities far off the beaten path. Homelessness. So often it is seen as an almost unfixable problem, but america tonights producer ryan lockland traveled route 66 to find a woman whose strength was in creating home. One night it was march 12th, 2014, i woke up with a strong voice in my head, that said, you need to take over older motels and make them into transitional housing. Whoa, whats that . I wasnt looking to doing that. That morning i woke up started to make phone calls. I wrote the business plan, found motel and a year later we opened up. My name is