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India election 2024: 18 million first-time voters in India | BBC News

As India’s general election is underway the BBC’s has been speaking with influential voting blocs, amongst them more than 18 million first time voters heading to the polls. The country’s general election, which is being held over six weeks between 19 April and 1 June, is the biggest the world has ever seen. With 1.4 billion people, India is the world’s most populous country and…

Pakistan orders 1.7 million Afghan asylum seekers out of country by November – BBC News

Pakistan has ordered all unauthorised Afghan asylum seekers – an estimated 1.7 million people – to leave the country by November. A spike in attacks along the two countries’ border, which Islamabad blames on Afghanistan-based operatives, has escalated tensions this year. It has also fuelled resentment in Islamabad, which on Tuesday announced a crackdown on “illegal” migrants. The Taliban government urged Pakistan to rethink its…

Brazil drought: Half a million could be affected

A severe drought in Brazil’s Amazon may affect 500,000 people in the next three months. They could be left without drinking water, food or basic goods. Al Jazeera’s Monica Yanakiew reports from Rio de janeiro, Brazil. Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from Baja Chiquito, on the edge of the Darien Gap. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook…

China typhoon: More than a million people evacuated from homes

The death toll from torrential rains in northern China has risen to 36. Since late July, Typhoon Doksuri has swept through the Philippines before tracking north to Taiwan and China, causing widespread destruction. Al Jazeera’s Victoria Gatenby reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #China…

Hong Kong national security law: HK$1 million bounties for arrests of political fugitives overseas

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more on this: https://sc.mp/n4rg Hong Kong police are offering HK$1 million (US$127,600) rewards for information leading to the arrests of each of eight wanted opposition figures overseas, including three former lawmakers, accused of violating the city’s national security law. The announcement marks the first time such bounties have been offered since the enactment of the…

Watch this: Timepiece once owned by the last emperor of China sells for US$6.2 million in Hong Kong

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube For the full story: https://sc.mp/qxx3 A luxury Patek Philippe watch once owned by the last emperor of China was sold in Hong Kong on May 23, 2023, for HK$48.9 million (US$6.2 million). The 86-year-old Reference 96 Quantieme Lune model had belonged to Aisin-Gioro Puyi, who became emperor of China in 1908. Puyi later gave the watch…

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