climate change, trade, and the war in ukraine. india s prime minister narendra modi would like the summit to promote his country as a major global power. but russia s war in ukraine may be standing in his way. india is looking to put aside those disagreements over ukraine, hoping it won t detrail concerns of the global south and developing countries. india s capital has also been gearing up for it s moment in the spotlight as the summit kicks off. here s the bbc s christian fraser speaking with our south asia correspondent yogita limaye they have the view from delhi. so, yogita, new delhi is a city transformed. i drove in from the airport today. there were people sleeping, potlucks were being put out. they ve really gone to town on it. why is it so important? well, a couple of things, but it is a part of indian culture when you have guests visiting your home, even in your home, you clean it up, spruce it up, do something. you might draw a pattern outside. so it is very much
of 19 of the world s wealthiest economies and the european union. it accounts for 85 % of global economic output and two thirds of its population. it s a key forum for international issues but there are deep divisions on some subjects, such as the war in ukraine. mr sunak s indian heritage will attract extra attention he says he feels like the country s son in law . the bbc s south asia correspondent samira hussain reports. when he arrived he was greeted with dancers, of course the british high commissioner was there to greet him along with other indian dignitaries including the minister of state. now, before mr sunak got on the plane, he did tweet he was heading to the 620 summit and made it very clear what his three priorities are stabilising the global economy, building international relationships and supporting the most vulnerable, but what he also mentioned was the fact that russia s leader is not going to be here and he reiterated the fact that they are going t
as you mentioned, the president of bolivia, luis arce seems to have successfully contained at this apparent military interaction by the end of the army, generalzuniga, interaction by the end of the army, general zuniga, who was arrested and people are speculating about the words he said when he was arrested, suggesting that somehow according to him he was acting on the orders of luis arce and people suggesting, a self coup, which is of course speculation and there will be a lot of speculation in the next hours about that but at this moment, luis arce seems to be in control and has removed the former military high command and installed people he feels are loyal to him and at this moment the situation is apparently under control. what do we know about the military general who tried to take over central la paz, and what his aims were? extremely controversial and extremely ambiguous. general zuniga was a military intelligence specialist and known to have very close contacts in th
Then the news review. Brexodus fears grow in the City Of London, as leading firms warn thousands of staff may now be relocated. Plus, breathing space. No Arrest Warrant for samsung boss jay y lee. But prosecutors vow to continue the Corruption Investigation without wavering. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Well be live in seoul injust a moment. Well get the latest on samsung. But first, this. We start here in london, where fears of a costly brexit exodus of banking jobs are growing. Leading firms are now weighing up moving thousands of staff out of the uk, after Prime Minister theresa may confirmed plans to leave the european Single Market as well as the eu, the so called hard brexit option. So, what have we heard already . On wednesday, the boss of hsbc said hes preparing to move around 1000 of his 5000 london staff to paris. That would mean around 20 of its european revenue leaving the uk, worth several billion dollars. Swiss rival, ubs, also told the bbc that 100
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