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Three people were killed and five injured when a knife-wielding attacker went on a rampage in central Taipei on Friday.
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00:00Hello and welcome I'm Geeta Mohan and you're watching India Today Global.
00:30Breaking news coming in at the top of this bulletin. There is an incident that's taken place in Taiwan.
00:36A knife-wielding attacker has killed three in Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan.
00:44The accused threw smoke grenades at a train station. Three people have been killed, several injured in the knife attack.
00:52You can see the visuals over there of a very, very scared lot running out of that train station.
01:00He prepared himself right in the middle of the road when people started recording on mobiles.
01:08And then he slowly, with his knife, walked toward people.
01:13Then people ran scurrying out and in of the train station.
01:18The attacker reportedly has died during the police chase.
01:22That's the news that's just coming in.
01:29A massive incident in a place like Taiwan where rarely do we see or witness or have heard of incident of knife attacks out in the open.
01:39We do not know what the identity of the person is or whether if there was a mental condition involved over here.
01:46These are just initial reports that are coming in.
01:49You can see very, very scared people running out of that station.
01:53He threw smoke grenades at the station, prepared himself right in the middle of the road and then carried his knife towards people and passers-by.
02:04Absolutely scary incident.
02:07Three people have been killed, several have been injured.
02:10This is a knife attack incident that took place in the heart of Taipei City, capital.
02:16This is a knife attack incident that took place in the middle of Taiwan.
02:24Bangladesh has descended into chaos.
02:27Bloodshed, brutality and barbarism now define the state of India's neighboring country.
02:33The death of an anti-Hasina and anti-India face, Sharif Osman Hadi,
02:38has become the perfect excuse for Islamic radicals to unleash violence across Bangladesh, especially against minorities.
02:45Historic landmarks have been destroyed, including properties that are linked to India or the Indian mission that have been vandalized.
02:54Streets are burning with riots.
02:56The press has been silenced.
02:57And what is the unelected interim government doing right now is the big question.
03:03Looking the other way, giving a free hand to the vandals with an eye firmly on the impending elections.
03:09Here is a special report that exposes how Bangladesh is rapidly turning into an anti-India, radical Islamist playground.
03:17violence, vandalism,
03:39arson,
03:44and lynching.
03:52Bangladesh is on the edge of anarchy.
03:59Total chaos and unrest in India's neighborhood after death of a prominent leader, Sharif Osman Hadi,
04:06Sharif Osman Hadi was shot by masked attackers while leaving a mosque in Dhaka last week and succumbed to his injuries in Singapore.
04:22He is on the right to the
04:52After this news became public, anger spilled on the streets.
05:03Radicals went on a rampage and it turned into an anti-India, an anti-Haseena stir.
05:22Angry mobs stormed Assistant High Commission of India in Chittagong and pelted stones on the building.
05:36Protesters vandalized the office of the country's largest newspaper, Daily Prathamalo, and completely
05:45destroyed offices of other media outlets.
06:15The mob also vandalized and set ablaze Chayanoth, a prominent and historic cultural organization
06:32in Bangladesh founded in 1961.
06:35Tensions on the ground continue to rise as protesters are accusing Haseena of assassinating
06:56Osman Hadi and demanded her extradition.
07:05Angry mob targeted officers of Awami League and attacked homes of Haseena's aides.
07:15Radicals even lynched a Hindu man over charges of allegations of blasphemy in Bangladesh's
07:21Meeman Singh.
07:27Bangladesh Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has condemned the incident and promised to bring
07:32the culprits to justice.
07:35And at the same time, Yunus called Sharif Osman Hadi a martyr and called his murder a bid
07:42to threaten revolutionaries, an act many see as a dog whistle to the anarchists.
07:48irradiates the line, fussy, prophets Julius Chayanoth and on a
08:12As situation continues to simmer in Bangladesh, Indian agencies continue to keep a close watch
08:25on what is happening in India's backyard.
08:42Things are indeed taking a very serious turn. To discuss this and more, I'm being joined by Salahuddin Shoaib Chaudhary, editor of The Blitz from Dhaka.
08:50Shoaib, thank you so much for joining me here on the network. A very serious situation.
08:55This, even as the country is preparing for elections, we do see the country has already descended into chaos.
09:03Thank you very much.
09:04You see, last night, we have witnessed massive vandalism and terrorist activities in this country.
09:13But today, in the afternoon, the Islamist sat fire on Udiji Silpigusti, another cultural organization's office, in Dhaka's center.
09:24At the same time, now, after the arrival of the dead body of Hadi, we are getting information of protests in various parts of the country.
09:35And when I'm talking to you, it's almost 11 p.m. in the evening.
09:43So in Dhaka city, most of the roads, you will see hundreds and thousands of people, particularly Hadi's dead body is being kept in the Institute of Cardiac Diseases, which is owned by the government and in the mortuary.
10:00And in the mortuary, there are at least a few hundred thousand people already waiting for the dead body.
10:07So as a journalist, I'm fearing that tomorrow, after the janaza of Hadi, there may be some sort of angry protest and vandalism, fresh vandalism, and also attacks on secular institutions and individuals, at the same time, Hindus.
10:26Minorities.
10:27Right.
10:28But Shoaib, the fact is that there is a massive anti-India tirade because of this death, almost blaming India.
10:37Which shouldn't be the case.
10:38And the government of the time, the interim administration, should have done something about it.
10:43The fact that there have been violation of conventions by our missions, by the Indian missions being attacked and diplomats coming under attack.
10:53Yes, UNUS is clearly, UNUS regime is clearly violating the Vienna Convention by letting mobs attack the diplomatic missions in Bangladesh.
11:01But please remember that everything, whatever is happening, UNUS is actually playing the role of arsonist and firefighter.
11:13And whatever happening, the prime objective of these things is to somehow sabotage the prospect of holding election on the 12th of February and for the UNUS to remain in power indefinitely.
11:27Meanwhile, many unconfirmed sources are giving us information that during the Janaza of Hadi, in presence of hundreds of thousands of people, the youths, the UNUS loyalists, youths may proclaim the current regime as the revolutionary government.
11:49And they may declare UNUS as a supreme leader.
11:52If something like that happens, then tomorrow will be the death of democracy in this country and UNUS will emerge into the Ayatollah and Bangladesh will go under Calipari.
12:02Similar as many other Calipari nations, particularly Iran.
12:07Right.
12:10Shoaib, that's a very important point you're making.
12:13We'll have to keep our eyes on what happens tomorrow when the Janaza or the funeral of Sharif Osman Hadi takes place.
12:22And there, whether if UNUS is going to use that to leverage himself as the leader and not hold the election that he's supposed to hold.
12:32Shoaib Chaudhuri, thank you so much for joining us.
12:35A new wave of images tied to Jeffrey Epstein is reigniting scrutiny around one of the most disturbing scandals of the past decade.
12:47The images, some deeply unsettling, show a range of documents and prominent figures raising renewed questions around the scandal.
12:54As the deadline for full disclosure approaches, pressure is mounting on the Justice Department to release everything that can legally be made public and it threatens to send shock waves beyond America's shores.
13:08The who's who being signed by the Epstein list gets bigger with every expose.
13:22The House of Democrats released another 68 photos tied to Epstein's estate, part of tens of thousands of files now turning up as Congress pushes for disclosure.
13:36The images, some disturbing by any standard, include redacted passports, partial text messages and stage scenes with quotes from Lolita inscribed on bodies.
13:48Among the snapshots are text messages suggesting arrangements for young women, fueling simmering debates over the scope of Epstein's trafficking network.
14:00The newly released photos also show Epstein in a range of social settings alongside high-profile individuals, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates,
14:08filmmaker Woody Allen, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, philosopher Noam Chomsky, former Trump advisor Steve Bannon and New York Times columnist David Brooks.
14:18These visuals are being released ahead of the December 19 deadline set by the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
14:26A law passed this year requiring the Justice Department to publicly release all the unclassified material tied to the case.
14:34Jeffrey Epstein died in federal custody in 2019, a controversial loss that ended the criminal case but sparked endless questions about the breadth of his notorious network
14:45and the influence of powerful people associated with him.
14:50The releases are not just another dump of material.
14:53They represent a possible turning point in public understanding of what was once hidden behind the sealed court orders.
15:01Bureau Report, India Today.
15:06The Trump administration announced $11.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan,
15:11the largest ever U.S. weapons package for the island, which is under increasing military pressure from China.
15:18The arms sales announcement is the second under U.S. President Donald Trump's current administration.
15:23It comes as Beijing ramps up its military and diplomatic pressure against Taiwan, though Taipei rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims.
15:30According to the Taiwanese Defense Minister, the proposed arms sales cover eight items, including HIMARS rocket systems,
15:39howitzers, javelin anti-tank missiles, all TOS loitering munitions, drones and parts for other equipments.
15:48Taiwan's president, Lai Ching-te, last month announced a $40 billion supplementary defense budget to run from 2026 to 2033,
15:59saying there was no room for compromise on national security.
16:04Taiwan has ramped up its military purchases as Chinese aircraft and ships conduct regular large-scale exercises in and over the surrounding waters.
16:13TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, has finally signed binding agreements with three major investors to sell just over 80% of the company's U.S. assets to American and global investors to avoid a U.S. government ban.
16:32TikTok CEO, Shao Tzichu, informed employees of the same.
16:38The deal is a major step toward resolving years of uncertainty about the short video app's future in the United States of America.
16:46The company told employees that ByteDance and TikTok signed binding agreements with three managing investors,
16:52Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX to form a new TikTok U.S. joint venture named TikTokUSDS Joint Venture LLC.
17:02The deal, set to close on the 22nd of January, would end years of efforts to force ByteDance to divest its U.S. business over national security concerns.
17:14Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi-based MGX will collectively own 45% of the new entity.
17:22The U.S. side has openly announced a large-scale program to procure advanced weapons, which constitutes a serious violation of the one-China principle and the three-Sino-U.S. joint communiques, severely undermining China's sovereignty, security and territory integrity.
17:40This significantly harms the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait.
17:43A growing crackdown in the Gulf has left Pakistan red-faced with Saudi Arabia and the UAE deporting thousands over organized begging rackets.
17:56As visa curbs tighten and remittances come under threat, can Islamabad dismantle these networks?
18:01Frijita Sen, Mozumdar, with this report.
18:03A significant diplomatic crisis is emerging between Pakistan and its Gulf allies, revealing an issue that threatens decades of bilateral relations.
18:17Saudi Arabia has deported 24,000 Pakistani nationals this year on charges of begging.
18:24The UAE has sent back 6,000 more and imposed strict visa restrictions.
18:29Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency confirms the problem is real.
18:35In 2025, authorities stopped over 66,000 passengers from leaving Pakistani airports, targeting what they call organized begging networks.
18:44And it's not just the Gulf.
18:46Similar cases have been found involving travel to Africa, Europe, Cambodia and Thailand, where people misuse tourist visas.
18:54The situation reached a breaking point in 2024 when Saudi Arabia formally warned Pakistan to stop beggars from exploiting Umrah pilgrimage visas.
19:05The message was clear.
19:06Prevent beggars from operating near Mecca and Medina or all Pakistani pilgrims could face travel restrictions.
19:13Pakistani attorney, Rafia Zakaria, writing in Dawn, describes this not as individual hardship, but as a well-organized business operation.
19:21These groups set up near holy sites and aggressively approach foreign pilgrims for money.
19:27The scale is massive.
19:29Government officials say about 90% of people caught begging Investation countries are Pakistani nationals.
19:37The real impact?
19:38Ordinary Pakistani citizens seeking legitimate travel for work, education or religious reasons now face tougher restrictions.
19:45This matters because Pakistan depends heavily on remittances from Gulf workers and values its relationship with Saudi Arabia as a crucial Islamic partnership.
19:56The question now is whether Pakistan can shut down these criminal networks and restore trust with its Gulf partners.
20:03Until that happens, millions of ordinary Pakistanis will continue facing the consequences of organized groups that have damaged their country's international standing.
20:13With Shijita Sheen Mojumdar, Euro Report, India Today Global.
20:20India's shipments to China have surged by 33% in April-November due to diversification and U.S. tariffs.
20:27India and China remain locked in mistrust after Galwan, yet trade is booming.
20:32As Trump's tariffs bite, India's exports surge East and West.
20:36Is this a crack in the tariff war or India mastering global trade chaos?
20:41Find the answer in our next report on Statecraft.
20:44India and China are not friends, far from it.
20:55Since the deadly Galwan clash in 2020, ties have been defined by mistrust, military standoffs, app bans, blocked investments and loud vows from New Delhi to cut dependence on Beijing through Atmanirbhar Bharat and strategic autonomy.
21:11Fresh border tensions in 2025 only hardened that stance.
21:15If you followed the rhetoric alone, you'd think India had practically sworn off China.
21:21But the trade numbers blow that story apart.
21:24Between April and November, India's shipments to China surged nearly 33% to $12.22 billion,
21:31even as Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs plus another 25% over Russian oil imports.
21:39India's exports jumped anyway, East and West.
21:43So is this diversification-driven surge bad news for Trump's tariff war or proof that India is gaming it?
21:51Hello and welcome. You're watching Statecraft with me, Gita Mohan.
21:54Between April and November 2025, India's merchandise exports to China didn't just grow.
22:09They exploded, up nearly 33%, climbing from $9.20 billion to $12.22 billion.
22:18November alone delivered a staggering 90% year-on-year jump to $2.20 billion.
22:25This is not a reset. This is not a thaw.
22:34This is pragmatic economic disconnect operating in parallel with the deep geopolitical mistrust.
22:40And it's happening at the exact moment Donald Trump is escalating his tariff war.
22:55Slapping 25% reciprocal duties on India, another 25% for buying Russian oil, pushing some categories to an eye-watering 50% total.
23:10The contradiction is jarring.
23:13India never formally banned exports to China. True.
23:17But the post-2020 posture was unmistakably hostile.
23:21Quality controls on Chinese steel and dairy.
23:24Production-linked incentive schemes designed explicitly to cut import dependence on Chinese electronics, pharmaceuticals and machinery.
23:33Bilateral summits frozen until tentative gestures emerged at the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization meetings.
23:41China still exports $113 to $114 billion worth of goods to India.
23:47Electronics, machinery, solar panels, EV batteries.
23:52While India exports just $14.25 billion in return.
23:56The April-November data reveal a pattern that is anything but accidental.
24:03India's exports to China opened the financial year at $1.39 billion in April 2025.
24:11They climbed to $1.62 billion in May, cooled during the mid-year months as global demand wavered, then surged again as autumn approached.
24:21September recorded $1.46 billion, October rose to $1.63 billion and November exploded to $2.2 billion.
24:32That November number wasn't just higher.
24:35It nearly doubled the $1.16 billion seen in November the previous year.
24:41This was not sentiment.
24:43This was not diplomacy.
24:45This was demand meeting capacity.
24:47China needed inputs.
24:49India had them ready.
24:51And the timing could not have been more politically inconvenient for Washington.
24:56Risks remain.
24:57An escalation in tariffs, prolonged WTO disputes or a sharper slowdown in China's domestic economy could hit demand.
25:06But buffers exist.
25:07Services exports continue to provide ballast.
25:10Diversified trade agreements reduce reliance on any single market.
25:15The April-November surge is not destiny, but it is direction.
25:20Thank you for watching Statecraft.
25:22That's all in this edition of India Today Global.
25:26But before I go, here are some other stories from across the world in World at a Glance.
25:31Goodbye and take care.
25:32The suspect in the Brown University mass shooting has been found dead from a self-infected gunshot wound.
25:53And he is now also the chief suspect in the killing of an MIT professor.
25:58Authorities have identified the shooter as 48-year-old Portuguese national Claudio Naves Valente, who attended the university more than two decades ago.
26:08His body was found on Thursday night in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire.
26:13Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has suspended the US green card lottery scheme.
26:18Valente entered the country through the diversity lottery immigrant visa program.
26:23Australia announces a national gun buy-back scheme following the Bondi mass shooting.
26:36The buy-back would be similar to gun reforms introduced soon after the massacre in 1996.
26:42Tasmania's port, Arthur, after a lone gunman killed 35 people, which promoted authorities to implement some of the world's toughest gun laws.
26:51Meanwhile, the man who is credited with saving lives during the mass shooting at Bondi beach received a cheque for more than 2.5 million Australian dollars
27:01after tens of thousands of people contributed to a donation website.
27:06President Vladimir Putin warned against any threat to blockade Russia's Kaliningrad exclave, saying such moves would be resisted by Moscow and risked large-scale conflict.
27:23Russian officials have accused the West of wanting to isolate Kaliningrad, which lies on the Baltic coast and is sandwiched between NATO and European Union members.
27:34Lithuania and Poland and is home to Russia's Baltic fleet.
27:39Putin also said that Russia will always retaliate Ukrainian strikes on Russian vessels and civilian targets.
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