>> hinojosa: in 1977, his parents left india to give him a better life. 30 years later, he moved back and found himself witnessing the greatest transformation in the country's 2,000-year history. new york times columnist and author of indiacalling, anand giridharadas. i'm maria hinojosa. this is one-on-one. >> hinojosa: anand giridharadas, it's great to have you here. >> great to be here. >> hinojosa: so how'd i do with the name, all right? >> yeah, very well. >> hinojosa: because it's an... >> that was like top two percent. >> hinojosa: now, when you were growing up in ohio... okay, so this is a couple of years ago, you're growing up in ohio. you're born there, from indian parents, and they looked at your name and what did they do? >> they often asked if there was anything else they could call us, and my... one of the ways that my family, my parents, thought of coming back against this was when these telemarketers called and asked us, you know, to spell our name. someone gave us the idea of spelling each letter using a disease, so we'd say, "g for gastroenteritis," "i for intest

large market opportunity inside of china and markets in places like india where they have publicly said that they are committing significant resources. it is not just the u.s.. emily: jack mock was recently in the united states and he spoke at the economic club in new york and he clarified of it how he sees the alibaba u.s. strategy progressing. take a listen to what he had to say. jack: we show great respect for ebay and amazon, but the strategy for us is to help small businesses in america sell their products to china. emily: what does he mean by that? everyone seems to be waiting for alibaba to have its u.s. answer to amazon, but is that ever going to happen? brian: the short answer is no. what they have been successful at doing is training the chinese consumer to buy through the platforms products that are procured either from china or from the west. if i had to that where they actually build an operating business it would the direct opposition off of a scaled business. will small retailers find success selling into china? perhaps, but at the end of the day is the sesame for direct

have brazil and india and other countries. in your unresolved cases number on india, amazingly, even though there is a national center for missing and exploited children, it is zero there too. i'm working with several cases myself, including one of indy phillips, which she has testified twice before my committee and been to the state department, she's doing everything humanly possible and that is an unresolved case now for multiple years and that is listed as zero as well. so we do need -- and maybe you can amend this to get that right. because i do believe it is an egregious flaw. yes, you want to respond, mr. hand. >> and i want to say we worked with the definitions as our experts determined in putting together the report. because the case is not in the report does not mean that we are not working with that parent or that case is not a concern. but this is -- again, this is something that we are very concerned with in our office, again, we want the report to reflect the work our office is doing and an effective tool and also to comply with the terms of legislation. >> again, as i s

like india where they have said they are committing significant resources and also places like latin america and southeast asia. it is not just the u.s. emily: jack ma was in the u.s. and he spoke at the economic club of new york. he clarified a bit how he sees alibaba's u.s. strategy progressing. take a listen to what we had to say. jack ma: we show great respect for ebay and amazon but the opportunity and the strategy for us is helping small business in america go to china sell their products to china. emily: what does he mean by that? everyone seems to be waiting for alibaba to have the answer to amazon but is that it are going to happen? brian: yeah, the short answer is no. what alibaba has been successful at doing is training the chinese consumer to buy through the alibaba platform alipay etc. products they have procured from china or the west. if i have to bet where they build in operating business in the u.s. it will be in a position off the scale business. will small to -- retailers find success selling into china? perhaps. they necessitate direct marketing whether direct or

instance, the report indicates that india, which has consistently been in the top five destinations for abducted american children, had 19 new cases in 2014. 22 resolved cases and no unresolved cases. however, we know from the national center for missing and exploited children that india has 53 open abduction cases and 51 have been pending for more than one year. the report also shows zero new cases in tunisia for the last year. three resolves cases and zero unresolved cases. and yet miss bar barrow will testify to her more than three year battle to bring her children home from tunisia. again the national center for missing and exploited children show six abductions, all of which have been for more than a year. and none of which than the handling of japan, a country that has never issued oren forced a return order for the single of the hundreds of american children abducted there and not listed as a country showing failing to cooperate in returns. in march, nearly two months before the annual report was released, i chaired a hearing of this sub-committee featuring ambassador susan jacob

production despite calls from the city to push prices higher. a food fight in india regulators say maggie noodles of unsafe for human consumption. the company says they're fine. >> the biggest theft of u.s. data ever, china says it's not to blame. >> now blatter he's not going down quietly. >> some say the offensive that scandal could help football take off in the united states. >> the oil cartel opec decided to keep pumping on him at 30 million-barrels a day. the 12 12 members have been meeting in vienna. an oversupply cut prices. despite pressure from oil companies and members delegates decided not to boost revenue but reducing output. crude peeked at $111 a barrel, but by january dropped to a five year low dipping below $46. the price has now recovered slightly to around $62 but oil extraction is an expensive business not enough to cover many producers' costs. let's go to vienna. muhammed as predicted opec deciding to stick with its policy of its current output levels. >> that's right there was absolutely no suspense today here in vienna as rewarding the outcome of this meeting. it wen

central bank left the cash at a record low while india cut interest rates. some joins us in hong kong. first, the market reaction. put it together for me. >> let's take a look at what has been happening. the equity market has generally been a down day. take a look at he australian dollar. this is what we saw in the wake of the decision. all economists we surveyed expected no change. they kept it at a record low. check out the currency move. it continues to take higher. the reserve bank saying leaving rates unchanged. they say the key drag on demand in australia is weak investment in mining. they will be watching closely the economic conditions including the macro situation. they say the economy is continuing to grow. we continue to see the aussie dollar extending gains. let's take a look at what we are seeing. the equity market. this had a negative impact. you see shares down. that is the case across the nation. of course the moves by the rba or the lack thereof and the move we saw in india a short while ago. jonathan: just to follow up last week, everyone gets excited. what is the se

have been covering this one. claims emerging that some flying schools in india -- 35 minute flying experiences. in new delhi, how widespread is this problem? >> if looks widespread, it is not near that. it is been happening since the 1960's. fours been at least decades. they have flying hours so it becomes easier for commercial flights. it is been happening for quite some time. dozens of pilots in india have a certificate with flying hours. rishaad: it is pretty obvious why these flying schools are doing this because they want people to come to them, right? anurag: that is one part of it. the second part of that -- you can have assumptions if they are showing that in their books. they are not spending the money. that is one part of it. have the aircraft to actually do the training. india has connected all the flying schools in 2011. they actually found out people who log hours on an aircraft have not at all. these other kinds of things that have happened. it is still ongoing. we talked to a regulator about this and she told us they will conduct a new warning for all the flying scho

week. finally, the latest in this food scare, the brand crisis concerning maggi noodles in india. they say the noodles are safe to eat. nestle says there are unfounded concerns in india. a test on noodles from a small town supermarket found levels of the legal times above limit. independent testing has been ordered. criminal complaints have been filed against the company. even celebrity endorsements now considering class-action lawsuits. shares of nestle in india have fallen by 12% of the last two days. rishaad: another story we are following, japan's robot revolution creating a new breed of venture capitalists. a look at that story on bloomberg.com. later on the program, one of the worlds biggest water disputes could have an end inside. mumbaiheading to kno after this break. keep -- when is can we expect from the meeting today? that is all next. ♪ rishaad: opec members in vienna for a meeting expected to maintain their output target despite falling prices. in a moment, we look at analysis. first, what is on their agenda? >> the organization of the petroleum exporting countries, bett

energy product that project in india. -- project in india. a $20 billion solar adventure. the project aims to add 20 gigawatts of power, about a fifth of india's goal. but prime minister is pushing to advance a clean energy output by fivefold in the next seven years but the challenge is finding the $94 billion needed to pay for the clean energy overhaul. he says he will aim to invest $20 billion over the next decade with the pace depending on the cooperation he receives from india. chinese coke investor has resumed trading after being suspended earlier this month. this comes after the company says it seized talks with investors over new equity. last month, it became the second chinese company this year to default on u.s. dollar debt. a finding that the hong kong exchange of says it some parties are still assessing whether or not to invest but there is no guarantee a deal will be reached. insway has extended its packed with creditors until july 20. -- $13ed a $30 million million deadline. another story we are following is how virtual reality may change the travel industry. check it out

plans calling them absurd. but says a debt-repayment deal is closer than ever. >>> and india bans the sale of the hugely popular maggie noodles after dangerous levels of lead are detected in some samples. ♪ >>> hello he was the international face of saddam hussein's iraq for more than 20 years. he has died at the age of 79 after suffering a heart attack in prison. he became foreign minister in 1973 and developed a prominent international profile. when saadam invaded kuwait in 1990 he was a stanch defender in the media of baghdad's position. he surrendered in 2003 and was sentenced to death in 2009, although the penalty was never carried out. >> reporter: for many he was the best-known face of saddam hussein's regime. traveling the globe, meeting world leaders, he defended his boss's policies at every turn. he deflected blame. >> translator: according to the information i have it was the iranians who bombed the area with the chemical weapons, it wasn't iraq. >> reporter: he came to the party in the 1950s. by the time they came to power in iraq the former english teacher was alrea

health scare in india food regulators ban the sale and production of nestle-maggie noodles for containing high levels of lead. ♪ hello, this is the world news from al jazeera, i'm jane and also on this program pinpointing the mers virus in south korea, a fourth person dies and infected doctors had contact with 1500 people. raising the rake of a chinese cruise ship and government says no more survivors expected to be found among the hundreds on board and opec members meet and the oil cartel is expected to keep them steady by iran wants to pump more. ♪ india's food safety regulator has ban the sale and production of maggi instant noodles after samples were found unsafe to eat. this manufacture nestle asked to recall nine types of the popular food and dangerous levels of lead were detected in some samples and accuse nestle of miss labeling information about its products. the global nestle insists that maggi noodles are safe to eat. >> translator: it was raided and we seized 12-13 cartons of maggi products and collecting samples from around the state and until we get a report o

different dishes. but their business has dropped by 50%. since india's food regulator found samples of maggie noodles were unsafe to eat. we have dropped the name maggie from our menu board. which other noodle brands we will not use maggie at our shop and the government says that the grant is adhering to food safety standards. >> to prevent any further fall out, nestle's global ceo has stepped in, they say the noodles are safe to eat. from small corner stores to super markets maggie noodles have disappeared, nestle india has stopped selling them nationwide, but consumer rights activists say the decision is too late. >> the effect of led on children and the fact that this is high levels of led in blood in children is already a problem in india i think they should have shown more concern, and acted far more quickly. >> for decades millions of indians have eaten products made locally by global food and beverage companies. in the past, brands have also faced scrutiny over the production processes. this case is once again raised questions about india's food processing and safety standards.

sanctions. >> what it means for india gaining from restrictions imposed on iran. >> the russian villagers in trouble for printing their own currency. >> in ports a piece of history for england at the women's world cup. we'll have the details of the quarter finals. >> diplomats in vienna are driving tougher bergens with iran to scale down its nuclear prom. negotiations will extend beyond tuesdays deadline to try to reach a history reich deal, according to reports. major differences remain on the details of a final deal. iran's foreign minister is returning to tehran for more consultations. let's find out why he is returning to tehran and what this means. we cross over to came base, our diplomatic editor. >> i think it is important to hear the news the foreign minister is returning to tehran, because this is not something that had been preannounced. i can tell you u.s. officials are briefing, their relaxed about this. they think it's important that he go back to cult in his capital, with the president and with the supreme leader. what's not clear is what's come up in these talks that means

production at the same rate despite calls from the industry to push prices higher. >>> india bans the sale of the hugely popular maggie noodles after dangerous levels of lead are detected in some samples. >>> and china calls the u.s. irresponsible after it claims beijing is behind its biggest-ever hack of government data. ♪ >>> hello. he was the international face of saddam hussein's iraq for more than 20 years. he has died at the age of 79 after suffering a heart attack in prison. he became the foreign minister in 1983 during the iraq iran war. when saadam invaded kuwait in 1990 he was supported by his deputy. al jazeera's kim vinnell looks back at his life. >> reporter: for many he was the best-known face of saddam hussein's regime. traveling the globe, meeting world leaders, he defended his boss's policies at every turn even after the gassing which killed some 5,000 kurds, he deflected the blame. >> reporter: according to the information i have it was the iranians, it wasn't iraq. >> reporter: he is a christian and came to the party in the 1950s. by the time they came to powe

most intractable abduction cases. for instance, the report indicates that india, which has consistently been in the top five destinations for abducted american children, had 19 new cases in 2014. 22 resolved cases and no unresolved cases. however, we know from the national center for missing and exploited children that india has 53 open abduction cases and 51 have been pending for more than one year. the report also shows zero new cases in tunisia for the last year. three resolves cases and zero unresolved cases. and yet miss bar barrow will testify to her more than three year battle to bring her children home from tunisia. again the national center for missing and exploited children show six abductions, all of which have been for more than a year. and none of which than the handling of japan, a country that has never issued oren forced a return order for the single of the hundreds of american children abducted there and not listed as a country showing failing to cooperate in returns. in march nearly two months before the annual report was released, i chaired a hearing of t

, albert and alfred's mother, and dozens of parents whose children have been abducted to india, are hoping that i have the courage to give an honest and accurate assessment of how their lives have been devastated, not only by the abducting parents, but by civilized nation states who have shown a blind eye to the immense human suffering that we have experienced for years. parental child abduction is about our children. these are precious human lives, and they matter to me, to rudeina, toris, jeffrey, bindu. mehead, george, eric, marla, kevin, david, nora, melissa and the list goes on. our governments have failed to rise above their economic, security and other geopolitical interests to solve what is a solvable problem. if one of the objectives of this hearing is to scrutinize the records of japan, india, tunisia and other countries with longstanding abductions, then i humbly request, chairman smith, that we add one more name. and that is the united states. why the u.s., you ask? simply put, cases like mine have been lingering for years without any sign of progress. and you don't need

indians, for example, in tech. i'm from india, originally, but what i see is that the asian-american population, in general, has made inroads in every regard, from college education to jobs in the tech industry to jobs in the creation of tech -- tech-industry jobs. and in venture capital, also, we see a lot of people of asian origin in positions of founding roles. so i think -- that has happened for sure, kristen. i think there might be a gap, though, between, i think, pacific islanders and some of the other groups of -- and i don't know how those numbers are, but i think i would like to see more of an inclusion of the pacific islanders, for example, into stem studies and stem education and in tech in general. >> but even within the asian-american community, there is a lot of economic diversity. there are still a lot of legal problems that the community faces. even with the recession, we've seen san francisco and the bay area really transform and rejuvenate, but many low-income asian-americans really haven't been able to experience the same vitalization. so, during that period of the

thanks very much indeed. >>> the chief executive of nestle' has flown to india to try to reassure customers. india's food safety regulators have banned the sale of maggie instant noodles. they say dangerous levels of lead were detected in some samples. >> reporter: for more than 20 years this man and his family have been selling maggie noodles to university students in new delhi. they have created 50 different dishes, but their business has dropped by 50% since the regulators found samples of maggie noodles were unsafe to eat. >> translator: we have dropped the name maggie from our menu board and we have substituted with other noodle brands. we will not use maggie at our shop until the government says the brand is adhering to food safety standards. >> reporter: to prevent further fallout, nestle''s global ceo has stepped in. he says the noodles are safe to eat. consumer rights activists say the decision to stop selling noodles is too late. >> considering the effects of lead on children and the fact that high levels of lead in blood in children is already a problem in india, i thin

in terms of exposure by geography. what are your thoughts on george soto briefly, china, india, brazil, sort of the big markets out there? >> so, if you had been an investor in india and brazil, your proposal would be worth less than it is today. >> on average? >> on average. if you simply look at performance of stock market in india and brazil, the last couple years, and then china has been a sizzling market over the last 12 months, but i think if you look dependent which timeframe is been disappointing. but we advise our clients on markets, we will look at both of gdp growth that also stock market liquidity and performance. private equity in the markets you mentioned is really a pre-ipo approach to the business for the most part. if you do not have a performance are market, performance tends to be sue suffer. >> what about top quartile say india and brazil? one thing he was talking out is either is a private equity portfolio has done so well is of course a lot of top without funds. if you are in the top quartile funds in brazil and india is their big dispersion of returns tha

higher. >>> hello there, i'm shiulie ghosh in doha. also coming up a food fight in india, maggie noodles aren't safe to eat regulators say, but nestle' says they are fine. >>> and a cultural come back ten years after the taliban destroys these priceless statutes. ♪ >>> india's food safety regulators have banned the sale and production of maggie noodles a hugely popular food often served to children. they say dangerous levels of lead were detected in some samples. nestle' have been holding a press conference to try to i guess, reassure the public what have they been saying about maggie noodles. >> yeah absolutely. talking about why nestle' is still a deing -- dependable company. and they are getting these maggie noodles back on the shelves as quickly as possible. the nestle' company has been very clear that their products will be back on the shelves as soon as possible. but many are asking how can the independent tests that nestle' have conducted and the tests that the regulators have conducted have such different results? >> what are people saying to you? because this is a huge

monsoon hitting india. >> yes, it's not behaving itself it came in slow and leapt up the west coast rapidly. this is where it should be. almost at the pakistani border. interesting covering india, bangladesh and myanmar. where it was two days ago was behind the pakistan boarder, halfway through including karachi, that's where we got to. where the consequences of that suddenly leaped forward. we have 124% of the average so far. we are well ahead of where we should be. interesting. consequences of that is it fell heavily. mumbai was flooded as well. a meter of rain in approximately two weeks, and there was some people hindu pilgrims stranded because they weren't expecting the rain so early, this in the north-west of india, this is what happened last week in the last 48 hours, it changed. look at the brightness of the white cloud east of the bay of bengal. what happened to the west. in the last 24 hours, no rain in carola, fair amount in myanmar, one or two in nepal. that's the case for the next week or so at least. thank you very much indeed for that >>> the tiny national palau is fig

india is the best investment in asia. we find out why when we return. ♪ angie: checking stories making headlines, france has summoned the u.s. ambassador to protest the bugging of current and previous leaders. president obama assured his french counterpart they have stopped surveillance. he says america values the relationship between the countries. francois hollande says the nsa actions were on acceptable. dzhokhar tsarnaev has apologized for his actions for the first time. he said he was sorry as the court confirms he will be put to death. three people died and hundreds were injured when he and his brother attacked the boston marathon in 2013. several victims spoke in court, urging tsarnaev to show remorse. he assured them he is sorry for what he has done. queen elizabeth may be forced to move because of much-needed renovations. buckingham palace needs a substantial upgrade. decorated whenst she took the throne in 1962. parts of the building date back to 1703. work is estimated at $230 million. more on our top story, deadlock on greece. what could the impact be on asia? and ho

the program, concerns over his food safety in india after high levels of lead or found in instant noodles. the latest from mumbai after the break. up, makingo coming stars out of stripes, talking to the ceo. ♪ rishaad: let's look at the technology stories we are following. china became apple's biggest market for downloads as more developers produce apps and mandarin. china still lags third behind the u.s. and japan as a source of cap revenue. -- cap revenue. -- apt revenue -- app revenue. they value it acquisition of $5 billion. they hope it will replicate the success they had with alibaba, he had a stake 15 years ago worth more than 70 billion now. deals, the ceoh of hsbc says it plans to split into two, hewlett-packard will focus on cloud security and software, while the other unit will focus on printers and pcs. moreere will be some restructuring costs as we continue to be effective and lead and competitive. this is a global economy and we have to be competitive. we are very thoughtful about this. what i know is if we don't get our structure right, this will not be the happy

in india, after allegations that samples contain high levels of led. the led levels are within acceptable limits but the government has banned itself sales and plans legal action, several states are testing the samples and big retail chains have pulled it from stores. question are waiting for the reports to come, and the issue, and accordingly the action will be taken. no and appropriate action will be taken accordingly. and taking a complete to the national consumer commission, now this is particularly significant and suggestions are that it has done so without getting any conclusive results from sample tests being carries out across the country. while this is going on, nestle india has launched a massive campaign. it is putting out information on social media like twitter and facebook, telling consumers what is in their products and while they are still -- it is unclear what this developing story h have on nestle india and the brand which is a huge part of it's sales and marketing in india however, this will contribute to a wider debate about food safety and regulation after

contact with 1500 people. >>> this ceo maintains maggie noodles are safe to eat in india. a high level of led content forces them off the shelves. >>> a decade after their destruction by the taliban the area is making somewhat of a cultural comeback. >>> it's been revealed that 4 million current and former u.s. federal employees were hit by a cyber attack last month. the u.s. suspects china but the chinese embassy in washington says such accusations are irresponsible. patty culhane reports from washington. >> reporter: there will likely be the largest theft of u.s. government data in the history of the united states. so here is what we know. the office of personnel management or o.p.m. as it's called was hacked and they discovered it in april of this year. basically, o.p.m. is like the human resources department for the entire federal government. they do the security back ground checked for people who want to get security clearances. so 4 million peel, they say former and current federal employees had their information compromised. there are just over 4 million federal employees

india, but are the pilots properly trained. why some pilots are retrieving less than one hour of training before taking to the sky. that the magazine cover everyone is talking about. we will hear from the publisher of "vanity fair" about caitlin jenner's debut. is seeking a multibillion dollar valuation. relations between russia and u.s. are thawing according to sergey lavrov who asked about the minister's meeting with john kerry. sergey: i believe this is the realistic approach, getting the upper hand. people paidsed that so much attention to the fact that john kerry spent several hours with the russian leader and his counterpart. if you take 2015, the year of , which wasin ukraine used by some people to try to derail the relations between russia and the u.s., last year john kerry and myself, we met 17 times. more than any of my counterparts. every time, it was several hours. it was a business-like discussion on syria, yemen, iraq, afghanistan, and of course, ukraine. the fact that another round of talks took place on russian soil , it is a welcome sign, but more symbolic than s

digital revolution. people are raving about the rise of the internet in india, a bona fide gold rush that could transform the lives of over a billion people. a recent report by the internet and mobile association of india and the boston consulting group shows just how astonishingly fast the web is growing on the subcontinent. in 2001, there were only 7 million users of the internet in india. by '09, there were 60 million. by 2014, that number had tripled to 190 million. but by 2018, there are projected to be around 580 million users, rivaling china's number of users and eclipsing the total population of the european union. every day 58,000 indians get connected to a social network for the first time, according to the report. facebook, linkedin, and other companies are scrambling for market share. as "the new york times" has pointed out, india's own start-ups are booming too, with big investments in e-commerce by heavyweights like softbank alibaba, and rupert murdoch. flip cart, which sells everything from tvs to pet supplies, went from being worth $3 billion to $11 billion in one yea

frommen india and nepal who travel to a war zone gist for a promise of a good job. or many of them that promise turned out to be a lie. they ended up deceived and indebted victims of human traffickers who thrive on military contracts . front line investigates the american military has come to rely on an indentured workforce. camp marmel is the largest base in northern afghanistan. nato's mission here centers on training the afghan national army. >> the complexity sometimes is when we first got here is i started thinking about it, it but -- >> this is the u.s. regional garrison commander responsible for daily operations in the north. >> there are a lot of great contractors who come up here local nationals third country nationals u.s. ex-pats and they all work together. >> what are they doing? >> everything you can think of. they work in the dining facilities. they help maintain the living facilities. what it does is it allows the soldiers to concentrate on their primary mission rather than having a lot of extra duties. we could not do our mission without them. they do a good job for

. mark: welcome to countdown. manus: also coming up on countdown, will the reserve bank of india lower its rates? the central bank decision comes at 630 -- 6:30 p.m. -- 6:30 a.m. london time. we also get a reading of eurozone inflation. they predict the first increase in months. will it provide really for the ecb ahead of its policy meeting this week. anna: australia central-bank let the cash rates go to a record low of 2% today. so far, so steady. let's get more now from our reporter in hong kong. zeb: we have seen the rvh keeping the rate unchanged and that was expected by all 29 economist. the record low rate of 2%. the aussie--- the aussie dollar -- depreciation seems expected. i wanted to show you as we talk about the aussie currency what is happening right now. it is trading around 76 u.s. cents. you can see this bike here just after that decision was announced. -- you can see this spike here. they are talking about inflation as well. it is consistent with their target in the next one to two years. they say it is appropriate that they kept rates unchanged. the key drag on t

fate after burning the midnight oil in a meeting in berlin. hans: india cuts rates for a surge time this year and attempt to preempt the u.s. interest rate rise. francine: we bring a live interview with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov just days after details of a travel blacklist of eu officials emerged. live from moscow this hour. francine: welcome to "the pulse" live from london. i am francine lacqua. hans: i'm huntsman nichols. breaking pmi numbers. you want to bring those up -- i'm hans nichols. francine: we had some german unemployment numbers of couple minutes ago. we are looking for greek manufacturing. the pmi number rising to 48. better than predicted. hans: which is good news. it seems like this morning we are on hunt for optimism. we had this late-night meeting last night in athens. not a whole lot came out of it and yet euro is reacting is that we have a deal. hans: i like that. hunting for optimism. that is what we are doing on "the pulse." european leaders and the head of the him and -- international monetary fund have in green -- have agreed -- let's cross

. >> hello there, you are watching al jazeera. also in the programme. a food square in india, maggie instant noodles made by necessarily ordered off the shelves. the f.i.f.a. scandal grows, a top executive admits bribes were paid during the 1998 and 2010 world cup. yemen's former president - did he cooperate with al-qaeda. a fighter turned informant talks to al jazeera. >>> i.s.i.l. fighters have been given a boost in the war against the iraqi government. several sunni sheikhs and tribes in anbar province have pledged allegiance to the islamic state of iraq and levant. after meeting in fallujah, they pledged support to the head of i.s.i.l., abu bakr al-baghdadi. >> translation: we announce our support to the caliphate state and the commander sheikh abu bakr al-baghdadi. we tell him we'll adhere to and follow his path and stand by him to fight the enemies of religion >>> with the latest from imran khan in baghdad. what this a surprise? what are the factor that made this happen, what else do you know? . >> this was a surprise, anyone watching will tell you for the at last few years, th

higher india bans the sale of the hugely popular maggie news after dangerous levels of led are detected in some samples plus the fake whale being used to scare off hundreds of sea lions. >> the sports news, into the 40. and a swiss man still standing yes stand on green cup, to the french open finals. hello. he was the international face for saw saddam hussein's arrack. he is became foreign minister during the iran iraq war and developed a profile. when sudan evaded kuwait, he was a staunch defender in the media of baghdad's position. he surrendered to u.s. forces in 2003, and was sentenced the death in 2009, although the penalty was never carried out. al jazeera looks back at his life. >> traveling the globe meeting world leaders he defended his boss' policy set every turn, even after the gassing which kills some 5,000, he deflected the blame. but it wasn't iraq. >> he is a christian came to the party in the 1950's. by the time the baptist came to power the former english teacher was already a prominent figure. in 1970 he was named information minister and a number of the revol

more and kuala-lumpur cashes in on movie industries. ♪ india's food safety regulator has ban the sale and production of maggi instant noodles after samples were found unsafe to eat and swiss manufacturer nestle asked to recall nine types of the food saying dangerous levels of lead were in some samples and accuse them of miss labeling information about its products and the global head insists that maggi noodles are safe to eat. >> translator: the nestle was raided and seized 12-13,000 cartons of maggi products and collecting samples around the state and until we get a report of the test we stopped the sale of maggi products. >> reporter: we are live in new deli and give us the sense of the scale of this recall how big is it? >> yeah absolutely and leaders of nestle and india were asked about in this a press conference this morning and couldn't put a number at the moment of how many packets of maggi noodle are in the indian market but it would be a huge process and if you look at the scale they are available everywhere from urban centers and big stores and supermarkets and you can

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deadly ghast deadly gas leak in india. >> a helicopter above the andeman sea. they are facing the migrant cries he seriously. >> welcome to the program. large and complex. that's how the world health organization has described the mers outbreak in south korea. and it warns more people will be affected. earlier, healthy authorities reported 12 more cases bringing the total to 148. 14 have died so far. richard tonseth reports. >> in this hospital in seoul they brought out the big guns in the fight against plers. asmers. as the fear of contamination spreads, shopkeepers say customers are staying away. >> sales have dropped 40 to 50%. not many are walking around and kids are hiding at home these days. >> translator: the number of people have gone down significantly. i hope the mers situation solved soon so our market is restored again. >> visiting the heart of mers response operation including the team for the whro world health organization.o. >> the outbreak is large and complex, more case should be anticipated and because of this the government should remain vigilant and should continue its

is a nationwide crackdown in india, after allegations that these noodles contained high levels of led. several states are testing samples, and big retail chains have pulled it from stores. >> we're waiting for the reports to come and then we'll take a complete picture of the whole issue, and accordingly, action will be taken. no laxity will be there, and appropriate action will be taken accordingly. >> reporter: in a first of its kind the indian government has taken action against a private company, nestle india. sample tests are being carried out across the country of the product. while this is going on. nestle insee theia has launched a massive social media complain. it is putting out information on social media platforms like twitter and facebook telling consumers what is in their products and why they are unsafe to consume. the maggie brand is a huge part of its sales and marketing in india. however, this will contribute to a wider debate in india, which we can expect to go on for sometime yet. this is hugely significant as well given that you are talking about many millions o

news on the website. [ ♪♪ ] >>> in india more than 1,000 die from the unendurable heat. in drought stricken texas, houston is under water. in california, lakes and rivers are not underwater. we can argue about the cause, what extreme weather means, but it's hard to argue that we are ready for it. coping with extremes is the "inside story". [ ♪ music ♪ ] >>> welcome to nds rj, i'm ray suarez -- "inside story", i'm ray suarez. you can go around and around on the why, the cause, but recent weeks brought enough unusual weather event that endless arguments is beside the point. alaska broke 80 degrees, parched texas had too much water almost everywhere, and tornados for good measureful california ramped up water restrictions to new heights as may saw no snow pack. the mountain tops melting run-off. it was bear. no snow. more than 1,000 died from extreme heat. after months of extremes the old saying everyone talks about the weather, no one can do anything about it, may need a rethink. that's the raw power of mother capital. >> this is nuts >>> a powerful storm, uprooting trees in down

impressed with india. for the first time in 15 years, it has a higher growth rate and china. i met the prime minister when he just took office early last year. i was very impressed with how focused he was. he was very generous to give us a meeting. it was going to be short. but what we did was we took all of the benefits of this new operating model and we put in place in the world bank group and we said we will focus on your top 10 problems. we will show you the most innovative solutions from around the world that have been applied in tackling your statement priority problems. because we did it so -- in such detail, we spent an hour and we talked about everything from his public and private partnership to rail raise to cleaning up the river. this guy is incredibly determined and has done something they wanted to do for decades, which is to reform their tax laws. we did a little study. we showed him. we sent trucks and india, they are stopped 60% of their day whereas in the u.s., it is about 20% of their day. that is because every time they stop at the border, they have to pay taxes

. >> those talks will be closely followed in india. if there's a deal, it could mean the easing of sanctions will allow more countries to resume trade in iran. for some, easing restrictions is the last thing they want. >> tons of rice are processed and packaged at this food factory outside new delhi. rice is just one of the many indian exports to iran, but trade has recently fallen as indian companies are priced out of the market because other countries are doing business with iran. >> iran was importing 1.4 million tons of rice. this year, it will not cross half million. >> many companies used to export to iran by intermediate countries to get around currency restrictions. a direct trade deala year ago was boosted with exports reaching almost $5 billion last year. now the worry here that a trade deal on iran's nuclear program negotiated with the u.s. and other appears will open up the iranian market at india's expense. >> india has bought oil from iran partially using india currency, giving a double benefit, a save i go on current account did he have sift, using that currency to buy food an

, actually, we're much more concentrating on a group like the bricks with brazil and india and chain and africa emerging economies. that's where russia publicly is saying that it has more interest in where it wants to target its foreign dope loments in the moment. >> thanks very much, rory. >> the united nations inquiry say eritrea may have committed crimes against humanity with sexual slavery and forced labor. it may have operated a shoot to kill policy at border areas to stop people from leaving. hundreds of thousands ofar tray i can'tens have left the country. >> the occupants of this house are refusing to move, so this motor way is being built around they will. they want more compensation. beneath the chinese flag banners warn local officials to act within the law. following months of threats and intimidation, the owner is taking no chances. >> to be honest, i'm scared. thugs came to my home many times. at least 30 of them, mostly at night. last time they smashed our windows. >> her story is not unusual and neither is this. documents containing what they say is more evidence of local

concerned that the first report contains errors and major gaps. for instance, a case in india that has consistently been it has consistently been in the top five countries for abducted americans had 19 new cases in 2014. twenty-two new cases and no resolve cases. we know that india has 53 open of ducted cases and 51 have been pending for more than one year. the report also shows zero new cases in tunisia. and yet they will testify today to her more than three year battle to bring her children home from tunisia. there are ongoing objections in tunisia all of which have been ongoing for more than one year. japan is a country that has never issued or enforced a return order for a single one of the hundreds of american children's abducted there and is not listed as a country failing to return. in march near the two months before the report, i shared information to this committee that congress expects japan will be evaluated not just on its handling of new abduction cases after it joined the convention last year but on its work to resolve all open abduction cases including the more than

outflow from india. ands more idiosyncratic discriminatory than in 2013. those times it outflow tend to be localized, but as we continue those countries such as indonesia and malaysia that have high foreign incentives of outstanding ownership, there will be pressure there. they willu will find, still be comfortable so long as the pressure on these currencies is slow and steady. shery: i wanted to ask you about that decision coming up from bank of indonesia. the weakness of the currency has constrained its ability to move -- what do you think will happen? laudio: we think by the end of the year we will get a rate cut again, because indonesia will drop to 4.6%, and because the slowness of the economy -- motorcycle sales are very weak today in terms of the reports on the domestic demand. so i do think a rate cut is warranted later in the year. the difficulty will be if we get more substantial with more outflow, whether that is in the works. for the time being, the main baseline scenario is that they can deliver a rate cut. shery: what about the chinese youan? claudio: we are out of cons