and now investigations are under way, we haven‘t heard from mr modi so way, we haven‘t heard from mr modi so far, we are hoping that there would be a statement soon, but already pressure is building, because the agencies are now conducting searches across his offices in india. many thanks for that. asian shares including japan‘s nikkei share average rose significantly on thursday, as investors bought back some recently—battered stocks after the us markets climbed overnight, shrugging off stronger—than—expected inflation data. a total of 28 out of 33 sectors were in positive territory, with financial stocks and exporters outperforming, ignoring the strong yen. the dollar stretched overnight losses against the japanese yen to touch a 15—month low of 106.112, having declined more than 2% so far this week. hong kong stocks — they posted their third consecutive day of gains on thursday, when trading ended at midday before a long holiday. the blue—chip index, which on wednesday had its biggest single—day percentage rise since may 2016, climbed 5.5% this week.the market is n

mr modi has not commented on the case and no charges have been filed. now some amazing pictures from the english seaside town of blackpool. you can see the resort‘s famous tower in the background and in the foreground, it looks like a black wave is sweeping up the beach. but it's actually a large number of starlings. the mass movement, is known as a murmur—ation with flocks every year, over 2.5 million babies around the world are not survive —— do not survive beyond their first month of life. many deaths are entirely preventable according to a report published by unicef. it says better at first to midwives and basics such as clean water and decent nutrition could dramatically alter the lives of hundreds of thousands of newborns. mortality rates differ hugely between countries. we have reports from india in malawi. first, why the prospects for babies born injapan are so good. this is a beautiful 4—day—old baby girl. in the lottery of birth she has just hit the jackpot. injapan, the chance of a baby dying in its first month of life is the lowe

it's been reported that mr modi, who's achieved notoriety in india, left the countryjust days before the start of the investigation into him. indian media reports he's been staying in an apartment in manhattan. the body of zimbabwe's opposition leader, morgan tsvangirai, has arrived back in the country following his death from cancer in south africa earlier this week. do stay with us on bbc news because we have more to come. we will be taking the temperature in pyeongchang on britain's most successful day at a winter games so far. hello and welcome back to world news today. president trump's national security adviser has called on world leaders to hold the syrian government to account for its continued use of chemical weapons. the russian foreign minister has dismissed as "blather" accusations that moscow interfered in the us presidential election. members of the uk independence party, ukip, which campaigned for brexit, have voted to sack their leader, henry bolton. he's been in office for less than six months. mr bolton has been under pressure to resign since his ex—girlfriend sen

mr trudeau arrived in the country six days ago but only met mr modi on friday on wednesday canadian diplomats withdrew an invitation to a former member of a band seek group to attend an official dinner. in india have accused members of trudeau's cabinet of supporting sikh separatism in india inside stories next. amnesty international slams what it calls trump lead politics of fate for eating away at human rights around the world as things deteriorate protest movements have been created to fight back but will activism turn the tide on certain policies this is inside story.

mr trudeau arrived in the country six days ago but only met mr modi on friday on wednesday canadian diplomats withdrew an invitation to a former member of a banned sikh group to attend an official dinner some in india have accused members of trudeau's cabinet of supporting sikh separatism in india inside stories next. amnesty international slams what it calls trump led politics of hate for eating away at human rights around the world as things deteriorate protest movements have been created to fight back but will activism turn the tide on certain policies this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. it's a report which frankly paints one of the bleakest pictures in living memory of the state of human rights around the world u.s. president donald trump has been singled out by amnesty international for in its words setting a dangerous precedent for other governments to follow the organization's annual report says trump and other leaders including russia's vladimir putin china xi jinping and egypt and the fact that his sisi are callously undermining the rights of millions of people am

days ago but he only met mr modi on friday on wednesday canadian diplomats withdrew an invitation to a former member of the band to seek group to attend an official dinner with mr truly some in india have accused members of trudeau's cabinet of supporting sikh separatism in india. a former russian diplomat and a police officer have been arrested after almost four hundred kilos of cocaine was discovered in the russian embassy in argentina four others have been detained as part of a joint investigation between the two countries it was launched in twenty sixteen after the russian ambassador to argentina reported an attempt to move drugs on a diplomatic flight. got a moment this shipment is of three hundred eighty nine kilos of cocaine that is worth around sixty million dollars just to give you an idea of the size of the criminal drug business for the sale of cocaine in russia there's a new exhibition in the lebanese capital beirut it highlights the plight of syrian children and it aims to raise awareness of the challenges and the trauma suffered by millions of displaced children seventy

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it's been reported that mr modi, who's achieved notoriety in india, left the country just days before the start of the investigation into him. 14 people have been killed, including a six—month—old baby, when a mexican military helicopter, carrying top officials surveying the damage from an earthquake, crashed in a small town in the southern state of oaxaca in mexico. shuba krishnan has more. it was supposed to be a military mission to assess damage and provide support after a shocking 7.2 magnitude quake. but it all went terribly wrong. the helicopter carrying mexico's interior minister and the 0axaca state governor crashed on top of two minibuses in a small village not farfrom the epicentre. 14 people were killed including a six—month—old baby. remarkably, senior officials on board survived. the delegation had been touring 0axaca, the epicentre of friday's earthquake. while no deaths have been reported from the earthquake itself, it did leave nearlyi million homes and businesses without power. witnesses of the helicopter crash say it could have been a power cuts that played a

it's been reported that mr modi, who's achieved notoriety in india, left the country just days before the start of the investigation into him. a court in pakistan has handed down four death sentences to a man who raped and murdered a 6—year—old girl, zainab ansari, last month. the trial of imran ali inside a prison in lahore lasted just a few days. the girl's family has called for her killer to be publicly hanged. he's also been linked to the assault, or murder, of a number of other young girls. our correspondent secunder kermani has been following the case from islamabad. these are the last images of 6—year—old zainab alive, being led away by the hand by the man who would rape and kill her. her body was found on a rubbish dump five days later. zainab‘s attacker was 24—year—old imran ali, an acquaintance of her family. he was identified on the basis of dna evidence. after a trial lasting just four days, today, he was sentenced to death. he has been convicted on four different counts and has been sentenced to death. the discovery of zainab‘s body led to angry protests i

mr. modie was able to canvas the country four times in a month by live hologram on a dailey basis. he won by 60, 70%. >> we are talking about holograms changing the course of history. >> hopes to open 150 theaters across the united states and brian becker says that ticket sails for the tours are going well. ♪ >> maybe audiences will be convinced by the illusion, or maybe they will see right through it. but for the present, dead performers from the past are the future of live performance. ♪ the great emperor trekking a hundred miles inland to their breeding grounds. except for these two fellows. this time next year, we're gonna be sitting on an egg. i think we're getting close! make a u-turn... u-turn? recalculating... man, we are never gonna breed. just give it a second. you will arrive in 92 days. nah, nuh-uh. nope, nope, nope. you know who i'm gonna follow? my instincts. as long as gps can still get you lost, you can count on geico saving folks money. i'm breeding, man. fifteen minu

territories the palestinian president mahmoud abbas told mr modi that he needs new delhi support during future talks with israel his government is seeking new allies after the us president donald trump course an uproar by recognizing jerusalem as the israeli capital has been and smith. this first visit to the occupied west bank for an indian prime minister was also very short just three hours it ended with a media briefing no questions allowed when i had remotely offered the traditional indian support for the palestinians. i assured president abbas that india is committed to the palestinian national interest india hopes that palestine will become an independent and sovereign state in the future the building of the state comes through peaceful means and through dialogue and understanding. but there was no mention of the. jerusalem is the capital of a palestinian state something previous indian leaders always refer to from the palestinian president came the hope that india might help in mediating future talks with the israelis. we exchanged views about the current element of the peace pro

modi sits politically i guess on the political spectrum with the various players in the middle east with the palestinian authority with the the israelis with even hamas and other players where where they most aligned india. well first of all it is important to remind the viewers that the relationship of the official diplomatic relationship between israel and adel he. started in ninety two after the madrid conference the first time that israelis met face to face with palestinian syrian lebanese and started the peace process so india needed to have some kind of a pretext a good reason to convince the arabs that they are moving towards israel they're. willing to recognize israel and to negotiate was israel and to open the gates to israelis only after the israelis were willing to negotiate the future of the occupied territories but when more you stepped in. it is completely different now they don't need an excuse his party his philosophy is much closer to netanyahu was to the jewish state then to the palestinian his his party. there there were own record saying that palestine belongs to

tom: we saw mr. modi speak at davos. it was underplayed with the outdoor over mr. trump's visit. we now see india ascendant to compete with china. how should america assist in their development? robert: on the military side, u.s.-india lee terry interaction and cooperation is accelerating -- military interaction and cooperation is accelerating. it is the largest democracy in the world, shares american thees, and is part of effort to deal with the rise of chinese power. tom: ambassador, thank you so much. will.sador black right now, taylor riggs here --h our bloomberg is the bloomberg business flash. airrter: a grounding of buses. in minnesota, 3m pays $850 million to settle a lawsuit over pollution. after aany was sued former ingredient got into drinking water. it was linked to cancer and other ailments. 3m argued they were no health problems. spacex is set to launch another falcon nine rocket today from california, installing broadband satellites and radar imaging satellites into orbit. had an february 6, spacex successful falcon nine launch. that is your bloomberg business flas

international joins us by skype from mali good to have you with us first what was the situation that mr pretty tense with a state of emergency in place. and it's also. pretty rainy in the past couple of days. what's that tell us about what that that situation is like and in the country because we've got the parliament being guarded by the army the legal structure essentially dissolved so what is to to sions a left. the president gets to be controlling either directly or indirectly all. the president in the country in the. ministry by restricting the mentors all over. that there has been a motion to. get in because everybody in. motion does not. and we've got it. under the under the touch of the supreme court who are just not right and the the it's an institution in the country as it proceeds it is. the action of all can combine to various extent. that it's the sole power in terms of the it was on for the military edition. i mean the current president was he and then just being impeached. he was he was in the. court because. because of because of the supreme court order it came up on sep