It was hard to explain to those young men why i was so moved. Was it because they had saved a life? was it because the child had come so close to dying? or was i weeping for those other babies? girls, all of them, who had been thrown away or murdered, in the 30 years i have been following this story. The woman confessing to killing newborn baby girls, dharmi devi, is a midwife. And she was not the only one. I shot this footage nearly 30 years ago. I was a young reporter back then, hungry for stories. I had heard about a case of infanticide in katihar, close to my hometown, so i set off into the villages of bihar to see if it was true. Were baby girls still being killed at birth? at the time, almost all babies in rural bihar were born at home. So, i began by talking to the women who delivered them. The midwives. What i found then still shocks me. Hakiya was the first of the midwives to speak plainly on camera. Hakiya is talking about upper caste families. The midwives came almost entire
It was hard to explain to those young men why i was so moved. Was it because they had saved a life? was it because the child had come so close to dying? or was i weeping for those other babies? girls, all of them, who had been thrown away or murdered, in the 30 years i have been following this story. The woman confessing to killing newborn baby girls, dharmi devi, is a midwife. And she was not the only one. I shot this footage nearly 30 years ago. I was a young reporter back then, hungry forstories. I had heard about a case of infanticide in katihar, close to my hometown, so i set off into the villages of bihar to see if it was true. Hakiya is talking about upper caste families. The midwives came almost entirely from the lower castes. They often told me they did not want to kill baby girls. But refusing orders from these families was unthinkable. After hakiya spoke up, other midwives found the courage to tell their stories. Rani was the next to confess. Of all the midwives, she looked
It was hard to explain to those young men why i was so moved. Was it because they had saved a life? was it because the child had come so close to dying? or was i weeping for those other babies? girls, all of them, who had been thrown away or murdered, in the 30 years i have been following this story. The woman confessing to killing newborn baby girls, dharmi devi, is a midwife. And she was not the only one. I shot this footage nearly 30 years ago. I was a young reporter back then, hungry forstories. I had heard about a case of infanticide in katihar, close to my hometown, so i set off into the villages of bihar to see if it was true. Were baby girls still being killed at birth? at the time, almost all babies in rural bihar were born at home. So, i began by talking to the women who delivered them. The midwives. What i found then still shocks me. Hakiya was the first of the midwives to speak plainly on camera. Hakiya is talking about upper caste families. The midwives came almost entirel
[ a moment of silence ] [applause] [ silence ] all right. a beautiful picture of the palace of westminster where big ben was chiming the bells for a moment of silence to begin for the celebration of the late now queen elizabeth ii. tomorrow the funeral gets under way. back now to katelyn collins and kate williams. we saw the moment of silence recognized from downing street to hyde park where you could hear a little bit of the bell tolling. katelyn, the president of the united states is there. he paid tribute earlier today even remarking after signing that condolence book. people come to take in the moment of what this means and reflecting upon the queen s legacy and president biden himself did that earlier today. the first stop in london and went to see her lying in state as we you people waiting in line to do so. over a dozen hours in line. he signs the condolence book and talking about what it was like when he met her and described him as someone that reminded him of h
Winds. In between, some pretty decent weather across the eastern borders of scotland, coming down to the eastern side of england. Too far towards the west, you start to run into showers, pretty heavy across wales and the south west, urged along by a noticeable breeze, and it is cold and miserable underneath that band of Rain And Snow and strong winds and that eases further north, followed by showers, turning wintry across higher ground, and then a new set of Weather Fronts across the South West Quarter. This is the feature that evens out the weekend because having had the bulk of the sunshine through saturday, england and wales are not doing quite so well. It does bug up along the south coast. Further north, scotland, after a disappointing saturday, gets better sunday, for the most part, save for the far north east. See you later. Hello. This is bbc news with maxine mawhinney. The headlines. Sinn fein make big gains in Northern Irelands Assembly elections. The dup is still the Biggest