With new delhi. Sudan ethiopia and egypt are expected to restart talks on the controversial project for President Donald Trump warns could lead to military conflict. A lot of his appeals to white identity politics really i think really appeal to a lot of people. Mastering which again we look at the middle class counties and their concerns for next weeks u. S. Election. Over the sport as paralympic sprinter blake leeper loses his appeal to use prosthetic legs to try to qualify for the pics but he plans to fight what he says is a racist decision. So we begin to start where an explosion has killed at least 8 people the blast happened a Religious School in the city of bashar more than 100. 00 others were injured in the blast lets cross thread awaits is watching the situation for us from the capital islamabad what is the latest going to growing toll of wounded and no claim of responsibility as yet. Indeed no claim of responsibility and surprising move bedrail because its any good taliban pakistan now saying that day condemn their sit back and their separate days were dead believed of course there would be suspicions that they may have had something to do with did they of course condemning it but at the same time what we have found out so far if its to cage a device for you again the attack t. N. T. Explosive very high powered explosives adjured time when the large ones unfold station and that mosque somebody with a man planted a bag and raised it appears it was their time there was and had devastating consequences but were all sort of toward that day is it happening at that time when that national and you get it commander authority as a showed a nationwide warning of more attacks across the country at a time when the opposition is also protesting on the streets and on a day when pakistan is also commemorating what they call a black day dad a d. N. A. Cation of kashmir back in 147 so indeed another deadly attack staying at for have their way maybe a new fresh wave of attacks across the country are commodifying so that took a more highly than give us the very latest kind information so far lets try and unravel a little more we can speak to as well as a whos a former pakistani ambassador to cutter joins us now from islamabad. So the we have condemnation from the Pakistani Taliban it seems that its a sophisticated in a high powered device if its not the Pakistani Taliban who could be. And on no on to them anyone claim is being made or out of the government concerned. Reached a conclusion about the. Obvious people sir what it is they do. Say did sterilize the gun and. Then did it on the ground and you know the piece starts out on the going gone in. There. Want a country so then could be anyone. To come to be i think it could be any any any minute. One of can a lot of. Women can stop. That doesnt mean its a gesture and im going to suggestion and i said i was in that i still would have the motivation to do this what would the motivations be if it was them. Oh i understood different come to say because it is. d most certainly. The people out of some d of the pubs that are being made against me would be a wondrous and to sort of take of it in bottoms i think then you know tension on the block on would present the opposition not. To put pressure on the gunman to step down no one connection or it could be to do it in the process. Because you know im. Kind of tough on the file but i was and voted just on but i was part of the last couple of weeks and seen many of side. Meat on part of the next year or so the wind down on these or in other words lets say you tenet a Study Group Inc into sort of beach is not it looks like previously had the Pakistani Military launched a series of operations to displace the taliban in the northwest and it could well be that they would have to gear up in a similar way if these types continue. To grandad in news then obviously trying to stop coming up that its from across the bada and then out of fans some the body but then so long kind of stuff. Is that it does go up when its done and be completed and i think im looking for all of that down in place no deep thought of a year particularly if i can find is not something the control of the government can be used by anyone against by his time so bent gone im so doing wonders im fluent i mean the extra. In the bottle it can stop so tournaments from crossing but on other countries in the pockets time imbalance time and you know k. P. All right a complex situation absolute no doubt about that is that was it thanks very much indeed for your analysis on this thank you now a car bomb blast near a special forces unit in eastern afghanistan has killed 2 people fighting is ongoing in the city of cost afghanistans interior Ministry Says 25. 00 others were injured in the attack including 9 civilians no group has claimed responsibility at this point. Now the u. S. Secretaries of state and defense both in india seeking to boost military cooperation the my pumpin mark esper are expected to sign an agreement expanding information information sharing for military satellites and a stop in india as part of a 5 day asia trip aimed at strengthening strategic ties to counter u. S. Chinese him from. The challenge of defeating the pen demick that came from also fed into our robust discussions about the Chinese Communist party. Our leaders and our citizens see with increasing clarity that the c. C. P. Is no friend to democracy the rule of law transparency in order freedom of navigation the foundation of a free and open and prosperous indopacific im glad to say that the United States navy are taking steps to strengthen our cooperation against all manner of threats and not just those opposed by the Chinese Communist party. Well lets cross or curse one of this program whos in the indian camp of new delhi for some is clearly very much a new tree beneficial. Absolutely nick said this was the 3rd time the u. S. Secretary of state of defense have come to india to take part in whats called this india u. S. 2 plus 2 dialogue and this time around they managed to sign the 4th and final of whats called these foundational Foundation Defense Agreements between the 2 countries this one which allows the sharing of high end military Technology Maps and satellite data is one thats eluded previous u. S. Governments because the previous government in power and india the congress and to sign such an agreement they for it would be giving up something of its strategic autonomy but the trumpet ministration is one thats very close to the b j p government here in india and they decided that to expedite the signing of this deal when President Trump wants india in february so this is very much a sin the defining of the defense relationship between the 2 countries of course its coming at a time when relations between india and its neighbor china have been at an almost all time low that something that secretary of state might pompei referred to in his address he referred to the killing of 20 indian soldiers in june the 1st death along that border in 45 years and he said that the u. S. Stands with the people of india really interesting both the u. S. Officials singled out china spoke about what they said but chinas increasing aggression destabilizing moves the Indian Officials didnt use such language they said things like that that asia had to be multipolar and that is not surprising given that talks between indian and chinese officials are ongoing to try to resolve that border standoff or lived with for a month thanks very much. Tension has been growing between india and china recent years they have a decades old border dispute thats flared up again recently 20 indians in an unknown number of chinese soldiers were killed in a skirmish in june india has restricted the actions of Many Chinese Companies dozens of popular chinese apps including we chatted to cooking banned over security concerns and Chinese Companies face restrictions when it comes to government contracts china also shares close ties with indias other major rival that is pakistan beijing is pakistans main arms supplier and the 2 have lowell had a Close Military and security relationship. L. S. P. Now its in it and got close whos the founder and editor of struct news joins us now from new delhi and 1st up how important is india to the United States in its ongoing faceoff with china and how does it all sort of fold into the to the region diplomatically. Well you know relations i dont i dont an all time low as you know and therefore a lot of the United States also is not. On very good goals with china therefore what india and the United States have something in common there. Were 2 works and of course that depends relationship is something that they have been working on for the last 50 years so it is a point of United States who have you know. On its side. And. Its white audience on this program. And specially. And of course now during the course of the so with the u. S. And india developing this defense relationship as we put it to what degree do these stronger diplomatic and military ties alter the balance of power in the region. Well it does all of that in fact thats something that china has been very very and has been no warning no on countries but dont need me in there sometimes that i need. Newspapers and student news because of course that make it really obvious where they want india not to go and join a aligns with the United States are not have the who are becoming the very at the borders of course the google for United States india japan australia so our china is randy and i is. Suspicious about what the form of japanese Prime Minister of be accorded if there are lines of democracy its going to go up against john her and her people are going to get into question i dont know. But i think its going down to florida where hes going to be back and not have well the law was going to whod be Northern Alliance on partnership with the United States and i would like my record right what this diplomatic offensive if you like by the u. S. In india. Comes just as you have elections just a week away one week away if by he gets in will he maintain the status quo. Well of course he will remember. India and the United States include all those even doing the or are working with russian so the support for a good deal in fact is and is within the hour sprinkling of the bipartisan issue in the United States and the next. Week this meeting is being headed so close with the elections so in order to know who comes into the white house was the elections on november the United States will continue to have quite india will be. On a sort of speak go against china and its not doing well in the pacific it and got play from struck in new delhi appreciate that thank you. Many more still ahead on news hour including. The protests calling for a boycott of french products spread sweeny report from bangladesh where the latest demonstrations are being held. In. Any county barrett is controversially sworn in as a new u. S. Court justice shifting the court further to the right. And premier league clubs are set to decide whether to scrap a controversial policy of charging fans up to 19. 00 to watch a match on t. V. About coming up with in sport. Now it turns it into a Main Opposition Party says 3 people have been shot dead by police during preelection protests they were reportedly killed on the island of pemba at least 5 tear gas and live ammunition at protesters who said that ballot papers had been marked head of the vote on wednesday its the last day of campaigning for the president ial and parliamentary elections so what is life for us in nairobi and catherine said this incident took place in an opposition stronghold on pemba tell us more about what happened. Yes it did happen in an opposition stronghold but before we go there let me just start by telling you whats been happening in zanzibar town itself in the last few hours theres been protests in some pads protesters have gone to the street theyre lighting tires and throwing stones police this pos to them are using tear gas and this protesters are mostly supporters of the opposite main president ial opposition candidate malim safe sharif was arrested this morning at a polling station 2 days advance polling. Special groups like special Security ForcesElection Officials people with disabilities and so on so police saying that this opposition candidate had no business being in a polling station that hes not designated as a special group so he was arrested and hes still in Police Custody so he supporters on the streets saying that they believe that the this advance voting today is going to be manipulated so theyre very very angry indeed its very tense in some parts of zanzibar tower and security has been beefed up the police have blocked the main routes to pauling stations and in the last few weeks weve also seen huge deployment of military passive. Chance weve been seeing tanks being driven across streets in that town youve also spoken to the Regional Police commissioner who have said that things on the control and at the polling stations voting is going along smoothly now going back to your question about pemba thats true it is an opposition stronghold we have seen violence play out in previous elections but still a lot of people all human rights organizations are condemning what is happening there also just seen a statement from the u. S. Ambassador in tanzania whos asking Security Forces. To exercise restraint is saying that they should be calm i mean zanzibar is known to have violent elections and people are concerned that this is just going to get worse and the tensions as just continue building up ahead of the big day the big election day tomorrow right a critical election of course for president musharraf really how close could it be. Present mughal fully is the favorites to win and i mean the opposition candidate his main opposition opponent. Has been saying that he doesnt believe that this election is going to be free and faces even the election is fair that hes going to win and he also told aljazeera in a previous interview that he is going to call for mass action leave his vote is stolen if the vote is rigged and today in the main and present mughal fully is expected to give a televised president ial address and hes expected to talk about peace hes been doing it in a Previous Campaign saying that this should be a peaceful election to do list so is expected to also hold his last rally in Dar Es Salaam hes accused mughal fully of being a dictator but a lot of people weve talked to in tanzania are ordinary times are saying that they won this election to be free fair transparent credible and to go on smoothly and to be peaceful catherine thanks for that sort of reporting from nairobi. Now. Expected to resume negotiations over a controversial dam project on the river nile after 3 months suspension you have communion mediated told full of u. S. President s warning that the project could spark military action from egypt ethiopia has accused of inciting war of the he said that egypts might blow up the. Well ethiopia built the grand relations dam on the blue nile which is the source of most of the novels waters egypt to sudan downstream depend heavily on it and fear their Water Supplies could be put at risk ethiopia says a hydropower the dam will produce is essential for its Economic Growth the 4600000000. 00 project has caused nearly a decade of tension between all 3 countries ethiopia denies egypt and sudans claim that its down will control the flow of africas largest river and aims to provide electricity for 70 percent of its population both cairo and khartoum fear this will restrict the only source of water they rely on for nearly 150000000 people the main disagreement is the time it will take to fill the towns reservoirs which will affect the flow of water downstream ethiopia says it will take 5 to 7 years to complete support egypt has proposed 12 years instead and while egypt and sudan want a final agreement to be legally binding and to refer future disputes to 3rd party arbitrated ethiopia prefers to settle through negotiations among the 3 countries but now tell him ahmed whos the president of the World Association for Sustainable Development joins us now from london with welcome to the program so lets look at it here pick calling this a National Triumph that will lift millions out of poverty in egypt saying that will have a devastating impact on their economy in sudan worried about the amounts of water discharged daily and the threat to smaller dams downstream all couched in this kind of colonial agreement with the british back in the day in another age that guaranteed egypt waters you do wonder looking in from the outside what it will take to break this deadlock. Thank you for inviting me we have spoken quite a lot about this is a boss and the basics of these problems and the fundamentals are still there number one the transparency about the technique and assessment their risk the security of this down is still and there are serious questions and even this is not of company fair trade this you be and many people have argued for this you begin to really observe fights and i think least i have said the 7 times in your journey here thats weve sort of part of the problem because then well be talking about scientific career because when you see these as a risk already theyve any huge problems going to happen in the box as quick and yo