we are not expecting any major announcements from his visit to mumbai today, but he is already met a lot of prominent indian business ceos like mahindra. he will be making a speech to a former business leader at later today and there are 150 canadian companies in mumbai today as well. they are hoping to expand their business dealings with india, possibly set up business and farm —— form joint partnerships with indian businesses. india is a big market for canada. they have had a long relationship, mainly because of the number of indians who had emigrated to canada. i have also got trade deals worth $8 billion last year. mainly in products like agricultural product like beans and lentils that come from canada to india. the prime minister has said that he wants to increase investment with india and also expand ca nada's increase investment with india and also expand canada's business deals with india during this trip. 0k. thank you very much indeed. thank you for all the latest onjustin trudeau's trip. now, let's brief you some other business stories. in your‘s government has sign

the funeral of an indian actress has taken place in mumbai. many bollywood a listers joined mourners and thousands of fans lined the streets. an autopsy found that 54-year-old drowned in a bath after losing consciousness in a hotel in dubai. an investigation into the deseh has been c evi's body flew into mumbai last night. the body was taken to a local sports club where fans were allowed inside to pay their final respects. i was outside, where they were thousands of fans who turned up to pay the last respects, and they were queuing up, letting up in the early morningch just to t ce to catch a glimpse of sridevi. she was such a huge star in india, and that is why you see the love and respect she commanded in the country, and i was on display in mumbai today. monday, when the police started to investigate the matter of her death there was wild speculation india,many networks in some speculating as tohaled to her death. some even goingt to eiint this they started to link to some sort of foul play without the facts being in place. that is why the

stands atjust $8 billion, justin trudeau met a wide range of indian business leaders on tuesday in mumbai and he managed to strikes and deals. there are huge compatibility is and compliments between india and canada, so much so that coming out of meetings this morning and a few other meetings that we have had, we are able to announce today over 5000 newjobs in canada and over $1 billion of investment in canada. we also talked an awful lot about canadian companies investing in india, in partnerships here, in our pension funds and investors being extremely active in all the amazing thing is going on here in india. justin trudeau will meet india's prime minister narendra modi on friday for formal talks. india is hoping to signa formal talks. india is hoping to sign a deal with canada's pension fund to invest in india's smart cities programme, which is working towards modernising the country's infrastructure. canada, on the other hand, will raise the issue of india raising hefty import duties on lentils and should these. these goods account for one third of canada's overall exports to india a

here in mumbai, affordable housing isa here in mumbai, affordable housing is a big challenge. you need is asio's largest slum. it is estimated that more than 40% of woombye's 21 million collation lives in slums. now, mumbai is surrounded by water on three sides making it difficult for the city to expand, adding to the pressure is the fact that growing employment opportunities in the city is attracting migrants from other parts of india. due to huge demand, real estate prices have been rising steadily over the last two decades, making housing unaffordable for most migrants in the city. jakarta, the mega city of indonesia is predicted to be sinking faster than any other city on the planet. in some places, predicted to be sinking up to two inches every year. that means when there is a heavy typical monsoon rainfall in the hills behind jakarta, many areas flood. less than half of the people living here injakarta have access to clean drinking water. most people rely on things like this, a pump thatis rely on things like this, a pump that is drawing up the groundwater to get access

yes, and it is down to business forjustin trudeau who will be meeting mumbai business leaders in the financial hub of the country. india and canada trade is at about $8 billion and justin could i was looking to expand it. india is crucial for canada agricultural produce. almost a third of canadian exports to india are agricultural produce for dental and other pulses but also its clean technology where canada would be hoping to see the deal with india. —— lentils. a very crucial deal of $280 million to supply uranium for india's nuclear power plants. going ahead, looking at green technology. there is a retinue of businessmen from canada. today will be a day—long crucial meeting. a lot of high-profile ceos and leaders visiting india. you have the son of the us president visiting delhi. there it a business trip or is ita delhi. there it a business trip or is it a political trip? delhi. there it a business trip or is it a politicaltrip? it is delhi. there it a business trip or is it a political trip? it is purely a commercial trip. look at these adverts which are out in almost ever

. >> they finished down over 10% in mumbai after this bank announced it had detected fraud worth more than 1.4 billion euros. the suspect transactions were made at one of its mumbai branches or what it called a select few account holders. the authorities are now investigating. >> uber has had some good financial results, despite big losses. showed you would have a multibillion dollar company that does not make a product. -- profit. but they are losing less money and their income is going up as well. throughout 2017, uber's revenue was writing around 10% every three months. in the last three months of beer, the company saw bookings .orth over $11 billion overall in 2017, cooper had an income of $17.4 billion -- uber had an income of $17.4 billion. >> thed fall during third and fourth quarter. we will now go live to south africa, where jacob zuma is now giving a live television interview as we speak. let's see what he has to say. >> the specific thing the president was doing, that is [inaudible] to take this kind of action. and precisely because there is one oflem about it, those are sa

first one from mumbai, india, people are already leaping into action. you see a group of people gathered around this door and then suddenly you see what they are rescuing, that woman there in the pink sari, as this train was pulling into the station, lost her footing, got trapped between the moving train and the platform, and was being dragged along by the train. >> oh, no! is she okay? >> yeah. fortunately everybody was able to get her out relatively unharmed. it was a dangerous situation when you bear in mind the railways in mumbai claim seven lives a day. >> yeah, because people pack into those trains. they're overstuffed. >>> to the uk for the next video, this is derek acton. he's not so much inebriated as completely plastered, and he's decided it would be a genius idea to make his way off the platform and onto the rails, because that sounds safe. you see he's now firmly in the middle of the rails and this is the moment you're hoping there's no train on the -- oh! >> where'd he go? >> the video is slightly misleading. if you watch it closely there's

s sameer hashmi spoke to the uk's minister of state for trade and exports baroness rona fairhead in mumbai and began by asking if britain was willing to accept more immigrants from india. when our prime minister came, her first visit as a prime minister was to india back in 2016. the question of visas were raised in terms of accessibility, speed of getting them, the government has listened and has responded. for example, ifi was to look at student visas, over 50,000 were issued last year. 97 of that, of the applicants were approved. work visas, more work visas to indian people for the uk than anywhere else. but if you look at the indian government's stands and they have been vocal about this issue. if there is to be a trade deal between britain and india, they wa nt deal between britain and india, they want it to be easier. i think that is an unfair categorisation. there have been many tweaks. were continuing to look at how we can have a productive relationship with india. how soon, given the situation around brexit and the exit, how soon do you think britain will be able to get free trade

though it was quite a bit i'm not mumbai i mean the suburban delhi and i actually just came from berlin to two days ago but there's a real sense of sadness of it to be the commission happened and saw i think we will look back and just talk in terms of the visit of film the doc about that but it was such a shock. but the news came specially and i also discovered really heart attack i mean how is that possible or what happened. it was still shaken up a lot of people. so i'll give the last word to send jana from twitter she says all of her wonderful performances true davy is irreplaceable had me she was a megastar we will remember everything about her she's a permanent place in our hearts and john is not the only one who is given lots of fan love on her twitter feed right now seem if you had to do an opiate for us life no pressure would be that ending sentence that you would she says she they will live forever she has not died you know films are there for us to watch she's left a huge legacy and same chapter a entertainment journalist thank you for joining us today thank you for all of our

people have started gathering outside her house in mumbai. she died in dubai, where she was attending a family wedding, but she understands her body is being flown back to india right now. the ceremonial customs will take place in bombay. people are gathering in mumbai outside of her house, the home of bollywood film, to pay the charges there. this is the sort of death the whole of india comes together for. across the television channels, they are talking about her death because bollywood had a huge impact and she was one of the brightest stars. the headlines on bbc news: syrian warplanes are reported to have attacked the besieged rebel area of eastern ghouta despite the un security council voting unanimously for a ceasefire. labour's brexit spokesman says the party would keep the uk in the customs union after brexit. russian athletes are told they won't be allowed to march under the country's flag during this morning's closing ceremony at the winter olympics. sport now...and for a full round up, from the bbc round up, from the bbc sport cent

she invites us to an online chat between students in karate pakistan and mumbai india. i think we have some questions for you what if. this is the first time some of these teenagers have ever spoken to someone across the border mongolian gang is there anybody in this flooded street food so you've done this you can find whatever you want any of it so what i'm trying to do now to our work is get them to talk to each other and get them to access these alternative history is that where the exchange is over those two through talking to me. you know and working through this you want to have some challenges. but we haven't heard good things about just on. the everybody is going on since first of all it to be honest it's the same on the same oh we're not. good things about india. these casual chats may not seem like much but they have a big effect meeting people and you live in that people just like us has been. really important in it shaping my view of what india is they're just as into our culture and they're just as into our musicians our movie that we are into this. now i k

suranjana tewari is in our business hub in mumbai. good to see you. tell us a bit more about his day, who he is meeting with and how significant this is? we are not expecting any major announcements from today, but prime ministerjustin trudeau has been meeting ceos of prominent indian companies like tata, mahindra etc. he will be meeting indian business leaders later. representatives from around 150 canadian companies are here to try to expand their business all—star joint ventures with here to try to expand their business all—starjoint ventures with indian firms. reminisced trudeau is expected to make some announcements on what he wants canada to do in india, business and investment wise. india, business and investment wise. india and canada already have a strong trade relationship, around $8 billion worth of bilateral trade, particularly in the agriculture sector. canada imports are lots of beans and lentils into india. canada isa beans and lentils into india. canada is a little worried about import duties that india has put onto canada recently

let's pull up off the board to check in on some movers in mumbai. tpc falling after net income missed estimates. a construction business on the rise after a third quarter net rise of almost seven. toubro rising. juliette: looking more mixed for the broader picture. a bit of a downturn from some of the chinese markets. glaringyou can see that red, the outlier down over 1%. that is certainly what we are seeing when it comes to the ndx as well. gains enough to help the region snap a three-day selloff. i reckon the picture a growth in earnings is strong enough to offset concerns about rising bond yields, so we have treasury falling once again. most regional bonds tracking the move. jgb yields rising again after being subdued by the boj's bond buying earlier this week. that is rising ahead of inflation data. chinese stocks have hit a roadblock and i want to show you closely what is happening, checking in on the shopaholic opposite. share -- on the shanghai composite. financials, the one bright spot on the benchmark. 26 stocks falling by the daily limit.

crowds have gathered outside her home in mumbai to pay their last respects. let's get the latest from mumbai and the bbc‘s sameer hashmi who is outside the family home. the funeral now just the funeral nowjust hours away, we think. that's right. her body was transferred from the residence to this sports complex behind us because it's a much bigger space here and the body was brought here about an hour ago. now there are fa ns about an hour ago. now there are fans entering the sports complex to pay their last respects. there is a huge queue which goes down the road and the fans are gathering in the morning and the gates were opening about 15 minutes back, and now there isa about 15 minutes back, and now there is a huge line and the cops are trying to maintain security and make sure the crowd is under control. the body will be kept here for the next two hours, after which it will be taken to the cremation centre which is about four or five kilometres away from here and it will be taken ona away from here and it will be taken on a truck were her body will be l

there was a huge outpouring of grief in mumbai as treat every arrived home her death in dubai of just fifty four had been a shock to everyone the hearse bearing her coffin made only slow progress through the streets of the celebration sports club the biggest stars of mumbai's movie galaxy gathered to pay their last respects in the streets people remembered her with affection is if you get what i was a big fan of sridevi i danced to every song of hers i'm feeling really said today really said. you know what she is one of the greatest actors bollywood as. she's mean how contribution to indian cinema is it's really you can't fathom it is that much it's hard to overestimate the sheer glamour of sridevi in the movie worlds dominated by leading men she was one of the few female superstars she began her career as a child performer at the age of four going on to appear in almost three hundred films over five decades she married producer boney kapoor and spent fifteen years away from the public eye raising a family her return to the big screen in the lead role of a shy and middle aged woman tr

whether it is a heroine—oriented or hero—oriented film. late on saturday night. her house in mumbai. across india, fans paid tribute. it is a loss to our country, to the film industry. she was such a role model to all women across the country. now we've got a lot of famous leading ladies in bollywood. back then, in the 805 and early 905, there weren't too many of them. she was one of the first. india is mourning the loss of one of its brightest stars. female film stars. sridevi will be remembered for the way she lit up the screen. she left the world of bollywood way too soon but her legacy is enduring. sridevi kapoor, who's died at the age of 5a. struck out for the summit alone, without permission. had shocked the team. climber nevertheless. to be climbed in winter. end of february and into the start of march. airflow pushing across the uk. where we would expect them to be. there will be scattered snow showers. minus five celsius. scotland and eastern england. easterly winds. easterly wind. persistent snow showers. northern ireland and western scotland will only see that. of the coun

in india bearing the trump name other developments are currently under construction in kolkata and mumbai the latest projects come despite accusations that trans presidency could present a conflict of interest with critics accusing him of not sufficiently distancing himself from his family's business interests. so is this trip only about business our correspondent in delhi where ports. well donald trump jr is here he says not on a political trip he's here strictly for business reasons he's here representing the trump organization which he and his brother are now at the helm of since his father became president last year were young last year and yes so he's here doing that he's meeting business leaders while he's here is going on a whirlwind trip around various cities across the country but he is also making a speech on friday which is further complicating the picture of whether there's conflict of interest here is giving a speech on friday at an event a business summit that prime minister narendra modi will also be attending and he'll be giving a speech today discussing the future indo-pa

in mumbai thousands of grieving fans have gathered outside the home of iconic bollywood actress treat every couple or. an estimated safe drowned accidentally in a hotel bathtub the dubai over the weekend she's due to be cremated at a private ceremony later today christian leaders have reopened the church of the holy several ter in jerusalem one of christianity's holiest sites the church leaders close the sacred site for three days to protest proposed israeli tax legislation they say amounts to a land grab israeli officials suspended the planned measures on tuesday. well afghan refugees in pakistan are facing the prospect of deportation after islam a bad place a new cut off on the amount of time they're permitted to remain in the country the move comes amid speculation that pakistani officials are preparing the forced return of millions of afghans many of them fear what lies back across the border in their home country now she brings us this exclusive report. shavar pakistan more than a million of hundred few days have crowded into the city close to the afghan border many of them have

for now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in mumbai the funeral has been held for iconic molly wood actress sridevi who are thousands of fans gathered to say farewell investigators say sridevi lost consciousness and drowned in a hotel bathtub in dubai over the weekend. and u.s. president donald trump's son in law has reportedly been stripped of his top level security clearance pushed ahead got interim permission to receive top secret information in his role as a white house senior adviser but now krishna said to be one of several aides whose clearance was downgraded. three astronauts have touched down safely in kazakhstan after almost six months aboard the international space station two americans and one russian were among the crew whose mission included research and equipment maintenance work a crew to replace the three men is due to lift off on march twenty first. for afghan president has offered peace talks to the taliban during a conference aimed at bringing stability to the region as part of his attempts to end an insurgency the

levels of malnutrition rai's we had seen no medical supplies getting into the area and so now this mumbai i mean is really compounding the separate of the people there one of our primary said everyone in eastern goods has an underground now and that means they're seeking shelter in basements in tunnels we even heard that people are digging holes with shovels in order to have somewhere to hide from the body. and that was the syria director of save the children speaking to us from amman jordan all right we're going to shift gears now a top german court is hearing an appeal that could lead to a landmark ban on diesel cars in major cities the case was started by an environmental group which says the southern german city of stuttgart has not done enough to limit the harm caused by diesel emissions dozens of german cities are vocoded annual levels of nitrogen dioxide emissions above thresholds in the past twelve months toxic air pollution is linked to thousands of premature deaths every year the courts are ruling due next week were dramatically hit the value of diesel cars on germany's roads. a

joining me from mumbai is our reporter. the $1 billion, in which sector to be see the largest cooperation between the two countries? —— did we see. the largest cooperation between the two countries? -- did we see. justin trudeau signed these deals after one—on—one meetings with some of the big corporate leaders here in india. primarily technology companies that decided to invest. the $1 billion will be spread through canada and india, notjust in one or the other. the investment made by indian companies will create jobs in canada. but i think the real details will emerge after the trip, where they will give out a detailed plan as to be specific areas in which the canadian companies will invest. they are looking to invest in india in a way. and we will talk about big way. and we will talk about trade now. where do they agree and disagree, which industries and sectors? there is a huge amount of growth possible. india and canada have a deep cultural thai in terms of the population and influence. —— tie. bilateral tr

in mumbai the funeral has been held for iconic bollywood actress shred the couple or thousands of fans gathered to say farewell best skaters say betty it's true that he lost consciousness and drowned in a hotel in dubai over the weekend. and three astronauts have touched down safely in kazakhstan after almost six months aboard the international space station two americans and one russian were among the crew whose mission included research and equipment maintenance work a crew to replace the three men is due to lift off on march twenty first. well across europe temperatures have dropped to record lows over the last few days the extreme weather is causing problems here in germany for the thousands of homeless people forced to live outside humanitarian groups are doing their best to help. the cooled front hit fast and hard setting records thirty point five degrees below zero on germany's tallest mountain that soup. but low lying areas are also chilly in munich that coldest night of this winter with minus ten degrees. outreach organizations have been on the lookout for homeless people at r

today he's heading west to a city outside of mumbai to look at towers there. let's give a glimpse of what he's been doing for his first full day on the ground. he started here in the capital of new delhi meeting with developers and a select group, i should add here, of journalists. and then he went to host a dinner with investors. along the way he said, look, these words about conflict of interest are overblown. and in fact, he said we're not getting credit for pushing deals away. let's listen to his tone. >> there is the opportunity to close some deals that we're not able to do that don't get discussed. when people talk about it these days, it's profiteering from the presidency and all this nonsense. wait a minute, i can't do deals, i've spent over a decade creating relationships to now where we have five incredible deals all active and we could do so many more, and we're not doing those. no one wants to talk about those kind of deals. >> reporter: donald trump jr. referring to the fact in 2016 they made a promise not to build out any more international proje

david, take a look at how ex-pats are compensated in mumbai. david: yes, i guess if you could put a price on your lungs. tos a similar conversation what we had in beijing. case youl average, in were wondering is $100,000. also,anghai, jakarta, hong kong, but has, back to your point -- do we have a live shot of mumbai? just to underline the point has and i were making. if you live in conditions like this every morning -- and it actually does look like a better day this morning -- hopefully you are getting more money. up on theming program, you cannot afford this one here. swiss watchmakers are talking luxury. we will check in with the prospects. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: you are watching "bloomberg markets asia." i'm david ingles. haslinda: i'm haslinda amin. youtube has been forced to press pause on its own hollywood ambitions. they are holding the expenditures for the next seat of years, which questions causeses -- which companies to question their film strategy. right, let's continue our conversation in tech. strategyg to get its on track

sophie: let's check in on some stocks i am watching in mumbai. reliance industries has agreed to buy a 5% stake, a place for india's entertainment and media market. second of india's largest hospital chain up for brad -- up for grabs. let's check in on indian banks. a quick check as the industry grapples with fraud. a little change when it comes to the pessimism we saw earlier this week. gauge up about 0.2%. haslinda: we are going to stay with the indian banking sector, particularly indications of fraud at the punjab national bank. let's see how they have been doing, shares up 0.9%. it has gotten a snap over a viability rating on a negative. joining us of the of phone from phone -- joining us by from mumbai, our guest. is this a problem within the indian banking sector? >> good morning. i would, to an extent, say so. there is larger fraud underlying the risk. it has been a weakness for much of the sector. the lack of strong risk controls has contributed to the sector as a whole. something of this nature to be happening at the second largest secto

we heard from our correspondent in mumbai earlier on. focus on corporate tax. that is what we are looking out for from here. earlier, itine from is about minimum government and maximum government. forecast a rise in exports of 15%. india is on course to achieve a growth rate of 8%. trying to give a fairly bullish message. facebook reported another record quarter of revenue, but users are joining at the slowest rate. we will discuss that. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." facebook may be changing, but the business is as safe as ever. the company delivered another record quarter of revenue, $12.97 billion. shares rose 1.4% in late trading. facebook reported 1.4 billion daily active users. that amounted to the slowest user growth on record. time spent on the social network declined by 50 million hours. joining us, peter elstrom in tokyo. what do we make of these facebook earnings? >> it was a very unusual earnings report for facebook. mark zuckerberg talked in the press release about how it was a good quarter for the company, but a

unusually intimate focus, in a place where tradition is colliding with 21st century global culture: mumbai, india.sh "the heart is ting sea" follows three indian couples over more than a decade, and i'm pleased to say its author is one of our own, my newshour colleague and arts producer, elizabeth flock. nice to talk to you in this way. >> thanks, jeff. >> brown: explaining first how this began. not just india, but love and marriage. >> well, i moved to india about a decade ago, and at the time, for a combination of being homesick and restless and broke, bernded up living with a num of indian families. and there's, perhaps, no better way to's understand wh happening in a marriage than being inside the home. and i got really interested in the indian marriage and in some of the canges -- there's tremendous change happening in inla-- social change, cultu change, political and economic-- and in the ways that that was placing pressure on these marriages. >> brown: u say early on, you have a quote early in the book, "in mumbai, people seem to practice a , imaginative kind of love with an eye tow

. >> noah: i have accepted a position at newman enterprises in the mumbai office. >> sharon: you're moving to india? when? >> noah: tomorrow. >> chelsea: is that a yes? will you marry me? i know a secret. nick isn't christian's father. adam is! and i swear to god, if you continue this crusade against me, he's gonna find out the truth, phyllis, and it's gonna be on you. >> phyllis: you're a damn liar. who makes up something so

thousand and fifty nor child or nor am i going to build a man illiterate that is the one moment going to mumbai that is the divine guard which the nature of the god has given to us and those ruled all of this legend of it that i had to love who i was trudging over that i had to freedom against nature dragons bog. living. thing and. getting. the cheek to cheek to eat. meat. this is news coming to you live from berlin the german chancellor describes the killings of civilians in syria as a massacre in an address to parliament accuses the syrian government of killing its own people and calls for an end to the bloodshed in the east an enclave close to damascus this as more people are killed in eastern kuta with no end in sight to the government's bombing campaign should ring amongst the highest casualties. and it's decision day for does it come.

crowds have gathered outside her home in mumbai to pay their last respects ahead of the ceremony. the german government says a court ruling allowing cities to ban older diesel vehicles would not entail any change overnight and could still be avoided. the decision, by the main administrative court, is expected to affect around 70 cities in germany where nitrogen dioxide levels exceed eu limits. myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi faces a new warning from three women, who like her, are nobel peace prize winners. shirin ebadi from iran, karmaan from yemen, and maraid maguire from the uk visited the camps housing the rohingya. the laureates implored mynamar‘s civilian leader to condemn the violence or face prosecution. we appeal to our sister that she wake up. 0therwise she will be one of the perpetrators of this crime. if she couldn't stop all this crime, she has to resign now! monica lewinsky, the former white house intern who had an affair with former president bill clinton, has said his relationship with her constituted a "gross abuse of power". ms lewinsky was 22 when she becam

people have started gathering outside of her house in mumbai. she died there where she was attending a family wedding but we understand her bodyis family wedding but we understand her body is being flown back to india. there will be ceremonial customs in bombay. people are gathering in mum by outside of her house, the home of bollywood film to pay their tributes that. this is the sort of death the whole of india comes together, across tv channels people are talking about her death because bollywood has a huge impact and sridevi kapoor was one of the brightest stars. taking no chances, handcuffed and surrounded by heavily armed police and security guards, the man is said to bea and security guards, the man is said to be a top drugs lord and target for the united states was about to face justice there. over the for the united states was about to facejustice there. over the past decade, prosecutors say the ecuadorian national smuggled more than 250 tonnes of cocaine. the final humiliating downfall of an alleged drug smuggler said to have ordered th

as news of her death broke, crowds gathered outside her house in mumbai. across india, fans paid tribute. it is a loss to our country, to the film industry. she was such a role model to all women across the country. now we've got a lot of famous leading ladies in bollywood. back then, in the 805 and early 905, there weren't too many of them. she was one of the first. india is mourning the loss of one of its brightest stars. one film producer described the impact of sridevi's death, saying she was a pioneer, who put the early cracks of the glass ceiling of bollywood and paved the way for today's female film stars. sridevi will be remembered for the way she lit up the screen. she left the world of bollywood way too soon but her legacy is enduring. sridevi kapoor, who's died at the age of 5a. an expedition hoping to complete the first successful winter ascent of the world's second highest peak — k2 — has revealed that one of its climbers appears to have struck out for the summit alone, without permission. an expedition spokesman told the bbc that denis ur

extrajudicial killings happen but in the context of political unrest or you have the coastal area of mumbai where there is a large muslim population and in the fight against al shabaab counterterrorism strategies people get killed them but when it comes to fighting crime extrajudicial killings under the umbrella fighting crime he nairobi really is an outstanding awful place based on your reporting to be the message is being poor in nairobi kenya is tantamount to a death sentence it is for many people it really is you know crime is really rise in nairobi a lot of people even in coalition by robbery and the people at the police are expected to fight this crime to take good so they have these young men living in this time some of them in crime some x. criminals some on just innocent but they are certainly almost always prepped up in the stereotype of being a gang member being a criminal so they become these very easy targets for police who are under pressure to deliver to them promise of making the city a safe if they're doing this i mean it's a horrible thing that is happening even more distu

the body of the beloved bollywood actress sridevi is due back in mumbai in india today from dubai the fifty four year old who starred in more than one hundred films died suddenly of a heart attack at a family waiting on saturday large crowds of fans gathered outside her home the police were forced to put up barricades around neighboring roads as the crowds swelled throughout the day more news on the web site al jazeera dot com half an hour of news for you top of the hour see you then between now and then it's the listening post season. on counting the cost how corrupt is your country transparency international has the latest global rankings venezuela makes history by launching a crypto currency can south africa plug a hole in its finances as cape town faces a water shortage counting the cost at this time. elections are coming on president sisi just to. hold. on with the return of security. and that it. must. have. a lower richard gives birth in europe the listening post here are some of the media stories we've been tracking this week elections are coming up in egypt and hungary given

placing pressure on these marriages. >> brown: you say ear, you have a quote early in the book, "in mumbai, people seem to practice a showy, imaginative kind of love with ano eyewards spectacle." >> sure. >> brown: what's that mean? >> well, i think thee's this idea of over-the-top showy declarations of love. if you watch bollywood films you always see this hape pen. the people in the book, maya, she sends her lover 13-tier cakeand gift wherever he's going. and some of this comes up on the of people's inability to be together. there is, of course, the pracd ce of arranrriages is very prevalent, and i think the people who cannot be with the people they love show their love in over the-the-top ways. >> brown: there is this clash of tradition with modernity. the couples you're dealing with aropmiddle-class couplesn to the world, but still so bound by arranged marriages, parental inlvement, right? >> uh-huh, yeah. and i think that's creating a lot of tension for peple and for couples. one thing they consistently saw is one half of the couple might be, you know, consuming western culture, chang