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A dumping ground for the global trash industry its an unwelcome import in a country thats already got its own Plastic Waste problem. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start in india where parliament has outlawed socalled instant divorce practiced by some muslims it will now become a criminal offense punishable by up to 3 years in prison the controversial practice allows a muslim man to end his marriage simply by saying the arabic word talaq which means divorce 3 times to his wife its been a lightning rod issue in india for some time the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional in 2017 and asked lawmakers. To act against it however the bill was blocked by the opposition in the upper house of parliament for more than a year this time a split in opposition ranks helped Prime Minister Narendra Modis government push through the bill heres more from correspondent in delhi in the. Primaries some of the ins more of these b. G. P. And somewhat slim womens groups
A country thats already got its own of Plastic Waste problem. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start in india where parliament has outlawed socalled instant divorce practiced by some muslims it will now become a criminal offense punishable by up to 3 years in prison the controversial practice allows a muslim man to end his marriage simply by saying the arabic word talaq which means divorce 3 times to his wife its been a lightning rod issue in india for some time the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional in 2017 and asked lawmakers to act against it however the bill was blocked by the opposition in the upper house of parliament for more than a year this time a split in opposition ranks helped Prime Minister Narendra Modis government push through the bill heres more from correspondent in delhi and. Primus some of the ins more of these b. G. P. And some Muslim Womens groups have applauded the criminalized reaction of instant divorce or the lochaber tha
A South African delegations in zimbabwe to mediate a way out of the crisis is speaking to members of the army mr mugabes family and the zanu p. F. Party the military took power on wednesday and placed mcgarvie under house arrest those are your headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after the stream i will see you very soon. Were living through a technological revolution but all the machines taking over a piece of machinery goes wrong is there a train of litigation to which we can bring an ecosystem to bear Oxford University professor of Machine Learning steven weber talks to all disease this time. For me ok youre in the stream why would al jazeera and you to you today indias capital new delhi is one of the lead most polluted cities in the world in fact the small base so bad that doctors say braving it is the equivalent of smoking up to fifty cigarettes a day as Marina Holmes explains. Heres what makes the smog so dangerous air quality is assessed by counting measure with a diam
Cook, with more on todays talks between president obama and german chancellor Angela Merkel. Good afternoon. Peter good afternoon, mark. Striking a united front today at the white house and criticizing russia for destabilizing the ukraine, even as they may disagree on the next moves to come to get Vladimir Putin to change his policy, most notably providing more military for the ukrainian government. Highstakes meetings behind closed doors for both leaders. Ukraine dominated the conversation, but there were other topics as well. Angela merkel thing she cannot guarantee her push for a ceasefire will be successful. But she feels like she has to try. They both said a military solution to the crisis in ukraine is not possible, and even the merkel objects, the president said he had not yet decided whether or not to provide legal defensive weapons to ukraine, as members of both parties of congress have been asking to do. Take a listen. President obama it is true that if what we are doing righ