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his promise, a rising, united india. but in india's northeast, a state is at war with itself. hundreds are dead, tens of thousands displaced, and the central government is accused of looking the other way. producer zeba warsi got rare access to the deeply divided state of manipur. and a warning, some details in her report are disturbing. >> it feels like a militarized border between two warring countries. but it's a road between two districts in an indian state. across 40 miles, we crossed a dozen check-points controlled by indian security forces and civilian militias. to reach the christian minority stronghold, churachandpur. >> our fathers and forefathers lived together in manipur. but the ethnic conflict in manipur, has been so sudden. >> 31 year old ichan lunginlal is a hindu from the majority meitei tribe, who was married to lalneo lunginlal, a christian of the minority kuki tribe. they fell in love as teenagers. their youngest daughter is 6-year-old lamkholhing. >> we could not spend even one day apart. it felt like a love straight out of a movie. it was difficult for us
his promise, a rising, united india. but in india's northeast, a state is at war with itself. hundreds are dead, tens of thousands displaced, and the central government is accused of looking the other way. producer zeba warsi got rare access to the deeply divided state of manipur. and a warning, some details in her report are disturbing. >> it feels like a militarized border between two warring countries. but it's a road between two districts in an indian state. across 40 miles, we...
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melinda: at large-scale i say look at india. india really has gotten their mobile phone penetration, they have gotten people i.d. on their phone, people have bank accounts. they have looked at the gender gap, and they are trying to get more women with their own bank account. they are now scaling and getting resources out to women. and they are on the economic rise in a huge way. so i point to them as a large-scale example of how and where this can work. william: melinda french gates, thank you so much for being here. great to see you. melinda: thanks for having me. ♪ william: ethiopia continues to face one of the worst droughts in recent history, and millions of its people are suffering from acute hunger. back in december, the united states resumed aid shipments after previously suspending them due to suspicions of theft. but starvation is still prevalent. special correspondent jack hewson reports from tigray region in northern ethiopia. jack: these might be the last days of gebremichael's life. after months of little or no fo
melinda: at large-scale i say look at india. india really has gotten their mobile phone penetration, they have gotten people i.d. on their phone, people have bank accounts. they have looked at the gender gap, and they are trying to get more women with their own bank account. they are now scaling and getting resources out to women. and they are on the economic rise in a huge way. so i point to them as a large-scale example of how and where this can work. william: melinda french gates, thank you...
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hundreds of millions of voters across india will head to the polls over the next six weeks. they'll choose 543 members for the lower house of parliament and decide whether to give prime minister narendra modi a third term. in chennai, lines formed hours before polling stations opened. some voters are hoping for a change from modi's hindu nationalist government. >> the first thing i came to vote for is to have a country without any religious disharmony. we've all come to vote. in tamil nadu, we're all together. hindus, muslims, christians, we're all together. william: -- >> if modi wins -- as most polls predict -- he would be only the second leader in india's history to win a third term. the white house also announced today new restrictions on oil and gas drilling in the alaskan wilderness. the rule limits development across more than 13 million acres -- or roughly half -- of the national petroleum reserve. it also blocks plans for a road that would have cut through a national park to reach a copper mine. white house official spoke about the measure today. >> this administrat
hundreds of millions of voters across india will head to the polls over the next six weeks. they'll choose 543 members for the lower house of parliament and decide whether to give prime minister narendra modi a third term. in chennai, lines formed hours before polling stations opened. some voters are hoping for a change from modi's hindu nationalist government. >> the first thing i came to vote for is to have a country without any religious disharmony. we've all come to vote. in tamil...
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modi and if so he would be only the second leader in india's history to win a third term. on wall street stocks ended the week mixed. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 200 points. the nasdaq fell for a sixth straight session dropping 300 19 points. the s&p 500 slipped a 43. still to come, on the newshour, the biden administration releases updated title ix predictions against harassment, discrimination and sexual assault on college campuses. and david brooks and jonathan capehart reagan on the week's political headlines. ♪ announcer: this is the pbs newshour from wep a studios and washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism from arizona state university. william: on capitol hill today one of the most significant votes of the year, in the house, the leaders of both parties worked to oppose the most fiery voices in their own caucuses pushing aid for ukraine and other allies over a key hurdle. he said de chardin joins me now. reporter: this was a massive win for ukraine and a massive loss are those that fear more involvement but i
modi and if so he would be only the second leader in india's history to win a third term. on wall street stocks ended the week mixed. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 200 points. the nasdaq fell for a sixth straight session dropping 300 19 points. the s&p 500 slipped a 43. still to come, on the newshour, the biden administration releases updated title ix predictions against harassment, discrimination and sexual assault on college campuses. and david brooks and jonathan...
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. >> when i was younger, my parents told me the story of them leaving india. they had to come to america to seek better opportunities but as climate migrants. generations of my family are farmers. in india, with extreme droughts and extreme weather, it was not tenable for farmers. ♪ living in a community like south-central, you get to experience and see a lot of the injustice. one potent example is a lack of access to fresh fruit, non-gmo and organic, healthy produce. what we have an abundance of his fast food. i want to do something about it. my father taught me the ways in which to grow food. that sparked me teaching fellow peers about where their food comes from, speaking out against food injustice. when i was 12, i was diagnosed with irregular heartbeat tied to the air pollution that ravaged l.a. understanding air pollution and smog impacted myself but also my entire community, i was one of thousands and millions who were affected because they live in a certain area. 2019, i didn't see people who look like me. it was founded in the light of putting margi
. >> when i was younger, my parents told me the story of them leaving india. they had to come to america to seek better opportunities but as climate migrants. generations of my family are farmers. in india, with extreme droughts and extreme weather, it was not tenable for farmers. ♪ living in a community like south-central, you get to experience and see a lot of the injustice. one potent example is a lack of access to fresh fruit, non-gmo and organic, healthy produce. what we have an...
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in india with the extreme weather. it was not livable for farmers. living in a community like south-central los angeles, you get to experience and see a lot of the injustices that occur in my community. one potent example is the lack of access to fresh food non-gmo organic or vegan. but we have an abundance of his fast food restaurants. i really wanted to do something about it because my father taught me the ways in which to grow our food and that really kind of sparked me teaching fellow peers about where food comes from and then speaking out against the issue of food injustice. when i was 12 years old, i was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat. that ravaged south-central los angeles, understanding that air pollution and smoke pollution not only impacted myself but impacted my entire community. one up action started in 2019. one up action was founded in the light of putting marginalized voices at the forefront of tables. i always tell them that is not true. they can still do something about this crisis. i am optimistic, everything makes a differen
in india with the extreme weather. it was not livable for farmers. living in a community like south-central los angeles, you get to experience and see a lot of the injustices that occur in my community. one potent example is the lack of access to fresh food non-gmo organic or vegan. but we have an abundance of his fast food restaurants. i really wanted to do something about it because my father taught me the ways in which to grow our food and that really kind of sparked me teaching fellow peers...