hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. it's great to have you with us. hamas says it will send a team to egypt on saturday in the latest negotiations on a ceasefire and hostage release deal with israel. the group said it's determined to secure an agreement in a way that fulfils palestinians�* demands. the wall streetjournal is reporting that israel is giving hamas one week to accept the current deal orface a ground invasion of the city of rafah. egypt, qatar, and the us are once again facilitating the talks. israel wants dozens of hostages returned home and a temporary ceasefire before it resumes its mission to destroy hamas. as our security correspondent frank gardner explains, hamas wants guarantees of a permanent withdrawal of israeli forces and an end to the war — something israel has not shown willingness to accept. everyone�*s waiting for the hamas team.

to give its first formal response after they arrive in cairo. the cia director william burns is reportedly in cairo and that's very important because us support for this deal has been crucial. now, the sticking point in all of this is that hamas wants a commitment by israel that the fighting stops. israel won't give that commitment, partly for political reasons and partly for political military reasons. it believes the remaining four group battalions of hamas are hiding out in buffer, probably below ground entitles and yahya sinwar, the leader of us, the military leader of us, the military leader and the architect the october seven massacre, is amongst them. hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. so the israeli military want to go in and finish thejob. now, a ceasefire deal would certainly postpone, if not shelved that rafah military operation altogether. but hamas are

taking their time over responding and i think they will want some reassurance that they don't give up hostages and then immediately find themselves coming under massive attack because that isn't much of an incentive to them.- of an incentive to them. frank gardner reporting _ of an incentive to them. frank gardner reporting for - of an incentive to them. frank gardner reporting for us. - us university campuses have seen intense protests over the past few days — in some cases, leading to confrontation. police have arrested more than 2,000 students nationwide since demonstrations escalated on monday at columbia university in new york. 137 colleges and universities saw students hold a protest orjoin an encampment in the last month and 30 are holding their commencement, or graduation, ceremonies this weekend. some student demonstrators have criticised police tactics as aggressive. for more on the situation at columbia university in new york, our north america correspondent nomia iqbal sent this update. as you can see, as you can see, more as you can see, more than 1000 people have come out here to protest. the space behind me

was actually an encampment, one of the last encampments here in new york. this is the new york university. but the tents were all cleared out earlier this morning by police. i spoke to a professor who said she saw armed police go in and arrest students while they were sleeping. she described it as terrifying. but in order make other students and others offer, you can see many have returned here to carry on with their message, demanding the university divests from israeli institutions and many of the staff and students here are angry. they believe that the university is far more motivated in protecting its jewish students than allowing them the right to free speech and they point out that many of the protesters here are also jewish. nomia iqbal. the uk's foreign secretary, lord cameron, has promised to support ukraine's war effort for as long as necessary. on a visit to kyiv friday, he pledged £3 billion, or $3.75 billion, per year. he also said ukraine has the right to use british weapons to strike targets inside russian territory. take a listen.

in terms of what the ukrainians do, in our view it is their decision about how to use these weapons, they are defending their country, they were illegally invaded by putin and they must take their steps. we don't discuss any caveats that we put on those things but to be absolutely clear, russia has launched an attack into ukraine and ukraine absolutely has the right to strike back at russia. those comments — and others by western leaders — have caught the attention of russia. president putin's spokesman, dmitry peskov, condemned the remarks as a "direct escalation". he also spoke out against france's president emmanuel macron, who once again refused to rule out potentially deploying french troops to ukraine. in an interview published on thursday, he said: mr peskov said such statements could jeopardise the whole

security architecture of europe. for more on the role western allies are playing in ukraine, i was joined by two former us ambassadors to nato, kay bailey hutchison, and douglas lute. i want to start with the uk foreign minister lord cameron, saying it's up to ukraine on how it uses british weapons and that it how it uses british weapons and thatitis how it uses british weapons and that it is understandable why ukraine would hit target inside russia. we know the russians have hit back at this and ambassador hutchinson, i want to start with you to get your take because the us has been careful when talking to how ukraine uses us weapons. i absolutely agree with the uk. i think that we should not put parameters around the weapons that we are sending. we want ukraine to win and they need to be able to take out an air base where they are launching drones. they should be able to take them out. so that they are

not losing people and equipment and infrastructure. so, ithink the uk is absolutely right. if we want ukraine to win, we need to give them the weapons and let them do what they need to do to win. let them do what they need to do to win-— let them do what they need to do to win. . , ., do to win. 0k, ambassador loot, ou do to win. 0k, ambassador loot, you agree _ do to win. 0k, ambassador loot, you agree with — do to win. 0k, ambassador loot, you agree with that _ do to win. 0k, ambassador loot, you agree with that because - you agree with that because that would of course be seen as a big escalation by russia —— lute. a big escalation by russia -- lute. .., , a big escalation by russia -- lute. _, , ~ ., , lute. of course ukraine is already using _ lute. of course ukraine is already using ukrainian i already using ukrainian produced weapons to strike on russian — produced weapons to strike on russian territory but i do agree _ russian territory but i do agree with kay bailey hutchison. there was no offensive —— effective campaign that i_ offensive —— effective campaign that i can — offensive —— effective campaign that i can think of that features the defence of only ukrainian target sites while denying ukrainians the ability to attack the launch sites from inside — to attack the launch sites from inside russia, so legitimate targets— inside russia, so legitimate targets on russian soil are absolutely a legitimate thing in terms of the international law of— in terms of the international law of land warfare and by way of self—defence so i think

absolutely, it's a valid step on behalf of the uk and i hope others — on behalf of the uk and i hope others will follow. ambassador hutchinson. — others will follow. ambassador hutchinson, let _ others will follow. ambassador hutchinson, let me _ others will follow. ambassador hutchinson, let me ask - others will follow. ambassador hutchinson, let me ask you - others will follow. ambassador| hutchinson, let me ask you this — you not concerned about what a possible reaction from russia could be? her president putin which read time and time again about nuclear weapons? yes. which read time and time again about nuclear weapons? yes, and i think about nuclear weapons? yes, and i think it's — about nuclear weapons? yes, and i think it's obviously, _ about nuclear weapons? yes, and i think it's obviously, we - about nuclear weapons? yes, and i think it's obviously, we want - i think it's obviously, we want to be careful but i can't see that they could do any more than they are doing now. the russians have invaded a sovereign nation. they have terrorised the populace. they have actually, i think, committed war crimes. what more could they do? if they decided to use nuclear weapons — which i don't think they will and, certainly, president xi of china has warned them not to do that as well, as has moti from india — i think those that would be world war iii all on russia —— modi. and i don't

think he's stupid so i think escalation, i think it's time for us not to try to weigh escalation but to help ukraine with weapons while they are fighting for themselves. we don't have troops on the ground but we are giving.. i don't have troops on the ground but we are giving. ._ but we are giving.. i want to ask ou but we are giving.. i want to ask you both _ but we are giving.. i want to ask you both about - but we are giving.. i want to ask you both about troops . but we are giving.. i want to | ask you both about troops on the ground, actually, coming to the ground, actually, coming to the french president emmanuel macron's wide—ranging interview that he gave to the economist. he talked about not ruling out sending fringe troops to ukraine because he said the ability to deter further aggression ability to deterfurther aggression rests ability to deter further aggression rests not ability to deterfurther aggression rests not defining red lines. ambassador lute, do you agree with that? you red lines. ambassador lute, do you agree with that?— you agree with that? you know, i do, i you agree with that? you know, i do. i think— you agree with that? you know, i do, i think president _ you agree with that? you know, i do, i think president macron i i do, i think president macron has been. _ i do, i think president macron has been, especially recently, very— has been, especially recently, very strong voice in this regard _ very strong voice in this regard and i think it point, has — regard and i think it point, he's right. i think that there is a — he's right. i think that there is a strategic value, with a bit is a strategic value, with a hit of— is a strategic value, with a bit of ambiguity, in terms of what — bit of ambiguity, in terms of what we _ bit of ambiguity, in terms of what we might or might not do in the — what we might or might not do in the future. here a case in point — in the future. here a case in point is _ in the future. here a case in point is the potential that franch— point is the potential that french troops may be deployed in ukraine. i think it's useful

to have _ in ukraine. i think it's useful to have some ambiguity and not leave — to have some ambiguity and not leave |f— to have some ambiguity and not leave.. _, , ., leave.. ifi could “ump in and askyou. h leave.. if i couldjump in and ask you, president _ leave.. if i couldjump in and ask you, president biden - leave.. if i couldjump in and ask you, president biden ofl leave.. if i couldjump in and i ask you, president biden of the blood administration has been clear there will not be us troops on the ground. —— biden administration. you think that's a mistake? i administration. you think that's a mistake?- administration. you think that's a mistake? i think in principle. _ that's a mistake? i think in principle. in _ that's a mistake? i think in principle, in general- that's a mistake? i think in| principle, in general terms, the notion of specifying exactly what you will not do in the face — exactly what you will not do in the face of a conflict. it's not — the face of a conflict. it's not usually strategically helpful. and that's because your— helpful. and that's because your opponent then can walk right— your opponent then can walk right up— your opponent then can walk right up to that redlined while avoiding — right up to that redlined while avoiding it. and the initiative is granted to your opponent. so. — is granted to your opponent. 50. i'm — is granted to your opponent. so, i'm with president macron on this — so, i'm with president macron on this. �* . ., on this. asa hutchinson, i want to come back — on this. asa hutchinson, i want to come back to _ on this. asa hutchinson, i want to come back to you _ on this. asa hutchinson, i want to come back to you and - on this. asa hutchinson, i want to come back to you and ask. on this. asa hutchinson, i want. to come back to you and ask you about what we heard from emmanuel macron in that interview where he talks about the need for europe to change how it works and the need for european security and a framework and there are some concerns about type of framework could undermine nato. is that something that concerns you? well, certainly, america

should be the leader of nato and i think the vast majority of our allies believe that as well. because america is different from all of the european countries. different from all of the euro ean countries. �* , ., european countries. ambassador hutchinson. _ european countries. ambassador hutchinson, if— european countries. ambassador hutchinson, if i _ european countries. ambassador hutchinson, ifi could _ european countries. ambassador hutchinson, ifi couldjump- european countries. ambassador hutchinson, if i couldjump in - hutchinson, if i could jump in there really quickly and ask you, because one of the points that macron makes is it's not certain that america will always have europe's back and thatis always have europe's back and that is why europe is looking to bolster its own security. what do you think of that? we want france _ what do you think of that? - want france to bolster its own security but we also know that we have a commitment, and article five commitment with europe, canada, and the united states, and that is if one of us is attacked, we are all attacked. that's a security pact. and it is the right thing to do with america in the lead because we have the most capability to lead. we want france to do more, we want germany to do more, we want all of our allies to do more because that makes us a stronger alliance. mi

because that makes us a stronger alliance. all right, so much — stronger alliance. all right, so much more _ stronger alliance. all right, so much more to _ stronger alliance. all right, so much more to discuss i stronger alliance. all right, l so much more to discuss but we've run out of time. ambassadors, thank you so much forjoining us tonight.— forjoining us tonight. thank ou. forjoining us tonight. thank you- rinky. _ forjoining us tonight. thank you. rinky, douglas, - forjoining us tonight. thank you. rinky, douglas, also. i you. rinky, douglas, also. thank you. you. rinky, douglas, also. thank you-— it was an emotional day in court at donald trump's hush money trial on friday. hope hicks, mr trump's former communications director, became emotional on stand when detailing the campaign's panic over a lewd recording of the former president that was made publicjust days before the 2016 presidential election. ms hicks was questioned about messages she exchanged with trump's attorney and long—time fixer michael cohen regarding the wall streetjournal story about trump paying off playboy model karen mcdougal in 2006. it's alleged that he and ms mcdougal had an affair. ms hicks says trump told her to say that claims of an affair were untrue. prosecutors allege mr trump falsified business records to conceal a hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels in order to prevent further damage to his 2016 campaign. the former president denies the allegations.

meanwhile, thejudge overseeing donald trump's hush money trial has corrected the former president's assertion that a gag order prevented him from testifying on his own behalf. justice marchan said trump had an absolute right to testify. the court will be back in session on monday. for more on hope hicks' testimony, our north america correspondent nada tawfik sent this report. this was the first time that we had someone who work directly with donald trump take the stand. hope hicks is one of his closest aides in, she followed him from his company to the campaign trail, where they spoke nearly every day as she was his press secretary, and then onto the white house where she was his communications director. now, we didn't have to guess how she felt about being up there in front of her former boss. she said once she adjusted herself understand that she was really nervous and at one point, she got emotional with tears. she did walk the jewry through some of the key moments that are relevant to the case, first that access hollywood tape and when it was

released, she said it did send the campaign into crisis mode —— jury. the campaign into crisis mode ——jury. donald the campaign into crisis mode —— jury. donald trump was concerned about how it would affect him with voters and that donald trump was the kind of boss that was deeply involved in setting his own media agenda, being involved in every statement that was released. when it came to the stormy daniels breaking news, she said donald trump told her to deny the affair and that he was concerned about how it would affect his wife melania, whose opinion he respected. she did also say that she first learned about the payment when michael cohen made a statement to the new york times, leaning he did it on his own. she said donald trump told her that michael cohen did it out of the kindness of his heart to prevent a false allegation against donald trump. hope hicks said they did seem out of character for someone like michael cohen, who wasn't exactly charitable. it's now up to the jury to weigh the evidence of her testimony

against the others who will speak in this trial. for more, i spoke to national political reporter at time magazine, eric cortellessa. he's a staff writer at time magazine and interviewed trump about his run for a second term in the white house amid mounting legal woes. xw described a possible second trump term as an imperial presidency that will reshape america's world. what surprised me most about donald trump's approach to a second term. i think what really stood out to me in my interviews with donald trump is that he is planning a second term agenda based around executive power and executive authority more than any kind of legislative agenda necessarily. it's an attempt to expand presidential power in his second term and donald trump spoke to me about a number of things he plans to do on immigration, on overseeing the justice department prosecutions, on how he is going to treat the abortion issue and i think it shows someone who is planning to come

into office and remove many of the guard rails that stood in his way in the first term. that would be _ his way in the first term. that would be a — his way in the first term. that would be a question - his way in the first term. that would be a question of- his way in the first term. that would be a question of mind— what is your sense of what is biggest regrets are from his first term? did he feel he was limited by some of those guardrails?— limited by some of those uuardrails? . ,, , ., guardrails? yeah, i think you felt burned _ guardrails? yeah, i think you felt burned by _ guardrails? yeah, i think you felt burned by a _ guardrails? yeah, i think you felt burned by a number- guardrails? yeah, i think you felt burned by a number of. guardrails? yeah, i think you | felt burned by a number of his cabinet appointees and he doesn't want to make a mistake again and i specifically raise this point with him about the dozens of members of his cabinet have refused to endorse him for election 2024 and his answer was that they were disgruntled employees and i said why should voters trust you when so many of the people who observed you most closely in the first term don't think you should serve a second? his answer was basically that he didn't like them and that he wasn't going to bring them back and so, they were not going to endorse him for election but he later said something else. he said i let those people resign. i said hand me a letter. it was a gentlemanly thing to do, he said. is that i won't do that from now on, from now on i will fire. he wants to make sure he stuffed his administration with

loyalists who are committed to helping him carry out his vision. ., ~ helping him carry out his vision. . ,, ., ., vision. talk about some of those policy _ vision. talk about some of those policy -- _ vision. talk about some of those policy -- the - vision. talk about some of those policy -- the policyl those policy —— the policy agenda you spoke about, immigration, deportation of more than 11 million people, solidifying the executive power over the department ofjustice. there are checks and balances in the us political systems are how much of the agenda would actually be able to see through?— actually be able to see throuuh? . �*, . , , ., through? that's a big question that we ask — through? that's a big question that we ask in _ through? that's a big question that we ask in the _ through? that's a big question that we ask in the piece - that we ask in the piece because many of the things that he wants to do our shorter engineer legal battles. it will be challenged in court. washington has a lot of checks. there is the courts, the constitution, we don't know what the make—up of congress will become a public opinion will become a public opinion will have a role and we will have a free press but donald trump is definitely looking to capitalise on an expanded sense of presidential power. immigration would be a great example. he tells me he wants to not only restore many of the policies he had in place in the first term but he wants to embark on what he calls a

massive deportation operation to remove as many as 11 million undocumented migrants from the country. he told me he would be willing to use the us military inland to remove these people and i told him us law forbids the use of military on civilians and he said they are not civilians, they are people in our country illegally. he said he would mostly rely on the national guard to remove these migrants from the country but would also try to induce local and state police departments to participate by tying federal funding to their involvement so this is something where donald trump is going to go full throttle and try to do it without congress. we also talk about his foreign policy agenda has been described as something that you call transactional isolationism, something we saw in his first term as well. what would that mean in practical terms for the war in ukraine, the war in gaza?— the war in gaza? let's start with ukraine. _ the war in gaza? let's start with ukraine. i— the war in gaza? let's start with ukraine. i asked - the war in gaza? let's start - with ukraine. i asked president trump specifically whether he would commit to approving weight for ukraine and he told me that it would depend upon europe. he says we're only going to pay if europe starts equalising and i asked him about his comment when he said

russia can do whatever the hell they want to nato countries, that he doesn't think are paying enough of that offence and he told me he said that with rate meaning, if you don't pay then you are on your own and so, the worry and the fear among our european allies and others is that donald trump's mind, the bookkeeping will ultimately matter more than defending the west.- ultimately matter more than defending the west. right, and one more question _ defending the west. right, and one more question - _ defending the west. right, and one more question - matthewl one more question — matthew brady appears more assertive and confident and ifound that really interesting, given the host of legal troubles that he is facing, of course, so where do you think that confidence comes from? is it because the polling right now looks pretty good for the former president? polling definitely gives him a boost of confidence but i also think that donald trump is — there's no real comparison to another of political figure whose copper kind of resilience and political savvy to endure what would sink any other person. donald trump has been able to turn his legal woes in his political advantage, as you

say, his leading and most polls and he has been to completely reorient the republican party. he has intervened directly in primary elections for house and senate seats and if he gets into office again he will have a very compliant republican party were all going to be up to serve him and he notably did not have that the first term, but famously one of his landmark legislative priorities was to overturn obamacare and wasn't able to do that because it was republicans likejohn mccain who voted against him so donald trump feels like he has engineered a new reality in american politics where he would not have those same forces stymieing him in the second term.— second term. fascinating reporting. _ second term. fascinating reporting, eric. - second term. fascinating reporting, eric. thank. second term. fascinating | reporting, eric. thank you second term. fascinating - reporting, eric. thank you for sharing that story with us. thank you for having me. uk prime minister rishi sunak says he's disappointed after english local elections delivered some of the worst losses for his governing conservative party in england for decades. on the other side, the opposition labour party arejubilant at their gains

across the country, including in a parliamentary by—election where they overturned a conservative majority with a colossal 26% swing. there are still results to come, but the bbc�*s political editor chris mason has the story so far. cheering and applause. northallerton in north yorkshire this afternoon. the prime minister lives a few miles away, and look who's turned up to rub his nose in it. york and north yorkshire, the wider county so often rock—solid conservative, has elected a labour mayor. we've had really good results across the country all day long but this is a very, very special moment, david, to become the mayor here. and thank you to the team for all the fantastic work that they have done. cheering and applause. because through the villages and the towns of north yorkshire, people have voted for change. there have been smiles and red rosettes all over the place, taking the council in the military town of aldershot in hampshire.

taking nine police and crime commission rolls from the conservatives, including here in cumbria. and on the south coast in adur in west sussex, where they've never won before. but five independent candidate standing on a pro—gaza platform cost labour control in oldham in greater manchester as evidence labour's stance on gaza has had an impact, particularly in places with a significant muslim population. cheering and applause. earlier, keir starmer was in blackpool to celebrate winning a westminster seat there. cheering and applause. winning wasn't surprising. the scale of labour's victory was. the mood music for the prime minister pretty dire, then. rishi sunak was in catterick garrison in north yorkshire. obviously it's disappointing to lose good, hard—working conservative councillors and i'm grateful to them for all their service in local government, keeping council tax low and delivering services for local people,

but we've still got lots of results to come. one of their few islands of optimism in a sea of gloom, the tees valley. the conservative ben houchen wearing victory but not a tory rosette. he won by a million miles last time. it was much closer this time, and he had this message for the prime minister. the people that i'm hearing that may not be thinking about voting conservative or are currently thinking whether they want to vote conservative at the next general election, they want more progress. they want to give — we need to give them the excuse to vote for us, and we haven't quite given them that excuse yet. and in classic marginal harlow in essex, the conservatives managed to cling on — just. cheering and applause. the liberal democrats' delight in the less—than—subtle photo opportunity. here they are in winchester in hampshire. let's make this conservative government history! cheering and applause. they're suggesting here the conservatives are soon to be as dead as, yes,

the dinosaurs and point to gains they're making at the tories�* expense. in so many parts of the country, it'll be conservative mps worried about liberal democrats. across the south—east, the blue wall, the south—west, in many other parts of the country where we are the challengers to the conservatives, people know that if you want to get rid of this awful conservative government and make them history, they should vote liberal democrat. and tonight, they took control of cumbria 12s in kent. reform uk, the successor to the brexit party, gives some conservatives the collywobbles. they came within a whisker of beating the tories in the blackpool by—election. what's rapidly becoming clear is basically as more people hear about reform, we're becoming the real opposition to the labour party in the north, in the midlands, in wales. we're on the way up, and it's quite clear that the tories are on the way down. and the green party is volunteering a bow. this is hastings in east sussex. the trend of the greens' steady rise in local politics continues. a fantastic set of results

for the green party. the fifth local election in a row where we scored a record number of green councillors being elected, winning seats in all corners of the country from labour and from the conservatives, in rural and urban areas alike. the democratic process comes with certain rituals — colour, stamina and sleep deprivation. and winners clutching babies. there are yet more results to come tomorrow. chris mason, bbc news. let's turn to some important news around the world. canadian police say they've arrested and charged three people with last year's killing of the prominent sikh separatist hardeep singh nijjar. authorities say they are investigating whether the men have connections to the government of india. mr nijjar�*s killing led to a diplomatic row between canada and india after ottawa accused delhi of involvement. india denies the allegations. kenya is on high alert after president william ruto warned the country could experience its first ever

cyclone. torrential rains have lashed east africa since march, claiming more than 350 lives and displacing tens of thousands. mr ruto has deployed the military to assist with evacuations and postponed the reopening of schools indefinitely as kenya braces for the cyclone. i'm sumi somaskanda in washington. thank you so much for watching bbc news and jonas again at the top of the next hour. ——join again at the top of the next hour. —— join us. hello there. the weather at this time of the year really can be very fickle, as we've seen over the past week, and during the bank holiday weekend, it's going to be a mixture, really, where there'll be some sunshine at times. there'll also be some heavy showers. it could be quite warm but we're not going to reach the high temperatures that we've seen in the past few days. take you back to thursday and all four home nations had their warmest day of the year and we maintain those

sort of temperatures in western scotland and northern ireland on friday. but for suffolk and north wales, it was much colder because of cloud and rain. that's moving its way a little bit further north but we've got some more rain to come on saturday across northern ireland. some heavy showers pushing across scotland may turn a bit drier in north wales and northern england but still a lot of cloud. to the south, though, we'll see some sunshine after a chilly start. a few showers developing in the south east of england, but in the sunshine across midlands, southern england, south wales, east anglia, it's going to be a warm day —16, 17 degrees. we could reach 19 in the northwest of scotland before those heavy showers arrive. there's a few more showers, though, to come in scotland and northern ireland, perhaps the far north of england. should be a bit brighter but a bit of sunshine will trigger some thunderstorms. the odd shower across england and wales and a bit of rain coming into the far southwest. that's keeping temperatures a little bit lower here. but otherwise, widely, temperatures are going to be a reasonable 16—18 degrees on sunday afternoon.

now, there is a bit of rain in the southwest — it's on that weather front there, an area of low pressure. not really much wind to move things on at all. there's a bit of uncertainty as to how far north that showery rain could get but it's pushing a little further north into england and wales. there'll be some sunshine but we're also going to trigger some more of these slow—moving, heavy, thundery showers, particularly in scotland. and temperature—wise on monday afternoon for the bank holiday, typically 16 or 17 degrees. now, after the bank holiday, the weather is going to change, wouldn't you know it? and it's going to get a lot drier because that area of low pressure moves away and this area of high pressure will build in. now, around the top of it next week, we could well see a bit of rain towards northwestern areas of the uk but on the whole, it is looking like it's going to get dry after monday. there'll be more in the way of sunshine around as well and if anything, those temperatures are going to be rising, getting into the low 20s in many places later in the week.

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welcome to kerala. nearly 970 million people will go to the polls over six weeks. now, this week we've been to two states. bihar and kerala to ask people what they want from the leaders that they will be electing. let's have a look at what we have on the programme. women make up almost half of the electorate. 471 million. only 15% stop will stand in the queue at 6am and on our way back, we will encourage. each boat is very — back, we will encourage. each boat is very important - back, we will encourage. each boat is very important for - back, we will encourage. each boat is very important for us. | boat is very important for us. if one person doesn't vote then their voice will not be represented. your responsibility as a citizen of india. pl. responsibility as a citizen of india. �* , ., 3 z: india. a staggering 18.3 million first-time - india. a staggering 18.3 | million first-time voters india. a staggering 18.3 - million first-time voters are million first—time voters are eligible to vote in these

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