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US President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Tehran, stating, 'If Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters... the United States of America will come to their rescue.'
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00:00Hello and welcome. I'm Pranayupad Hai and you're watching India Today Global.
00:06We are starting with this bulletin with a big news from Iran.
00:09Protestants in Iran have entered fifth day after the real hit a record low against U.S. dollar,
00:15spreading from Tehran to several provinces amid rising economic anger.
00:19U.S. President Donald Trump warned of a possible U.S. intervention if protesters are violently suppressed.
00:25While Iran's President Masoud Pazashkian admitted government failure and said
00:31authorities would seek dialogue with protest leaders but also caution against any foreign intervention.
00:38Mahashwet Alala has more in this report.
00:40As protests in Iran entered the fifth day following the country's currency, Riyal, hitting record low,
01:01U.S. President Donald Trump warned that the U.S. would intervene if Iranian authorities violently kills peaceful protesters.
01:09Trump in his Truth Social posted, and I quote,
01:13If Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom,
01:18the United States of America will come to their rescue.
01:21We are locked and loaded and ready to go.
01:24Thank you for your attention to this matter.
01:26Unquote.
01:29Responding to Trump, Ali Lardijani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council,
01:35accused Trump of initiating adventure.
01:37The protests have now spread to other provinces of the country.
01:42Iranian city of Faza, some 750 kilometers south of the capital, Tehran,
01:48showed protesters trying to breach the governor's office and shots being fired on the street.
01:54In the western city of Hamadan, clashes broke out.
02:03Another video showed an overturned car and several fires, as protesters chanted outside a police station.
02:10Iranian president, Massoud Pazeshkia, acknowledged that failings by the authorities were behind the crisis in Iran
02:23that has sparked protests across the country.
02:27People are dissatisfied. We are at fault. You are at fault.
02:32Do not go after America as the one to blame.
02:34Do not go after, I don't know, some other person to blame.
02:38It is we who must survive and they must be satisfied with us.
02:42It is we who must properly manage our resources.
02:45It is we who must find a way and solve the problem.
02:47Earlier, the Iranian government said it would seek dialogue with protesting leaders.
02:57The protest started by shopkeepers in Tehran over economic hardships has also spread to universities.
03:05Iran's royal currency has lost nearly half its value against the dollar in 2025,
03:11with inflation reaching 42.5 percent in December.
03:14This is the biggest protest since the 2023 protest following the death of Iranian woman,
03:23Massa Amini, in the Custidio Morality Police.
03:27Mahashwetalala, Bureau Report, India Today.
03:33And moving on, let's focus on another volatile front, the front of Bangladesh.
03:38Because the situation in Bangladesh is worrisome.
03:40There was an attempt to lynch another Hindu individual, Khokan Chandra Das, a pharmacy owner, yesterday.
03:47He was assaulted, stabbed and set on fire.
03:50He managed to jump into a nearby pond and currently battling for his life at a Dhaka hospital.
03:55But this is not an isolated incident.
03:58But multiple targeting of Hindus from Deepu Chandra Das to Bijendra Biswas and Amrit Mandal
04:03have left Hindus and other minorities in panic.
04:05According to Credible Reports, there have been over 2,900 cases of targeting of minorities
04:11since the Yunus regime came to power in August 2024.
04:15These three faces tell a chilling story of fear, violence and repeated targeting.
04:36In Bangladesh, Hindus are once again under attack.
04:40In the latest, 40-year-old Khokan Chandra Das was stabbed, doused in petrol and set on fire
04:51in an attempt to burn him alive.
04:54He jumped into a pond to save his life and is currently battling for his life in a hospital.
05:00Khokan is just the latest name added to a growing list of victims.
05:21Weeks ago, it was Deepu Chandra Das who was beaten to death and burnt, hung from a tree.
05:30And days later, Amrit Mandal was also lynched.
05:35Since the political upheaval in Bangladesh, minorities say their safety has steadily eroded.
05:43And with elections approaching, the cycle of intimidation and violence appears to be intensifying.
05:56The issue is also resonating beyond Bangladesh borders.
06:02In India, several Hindu organizations are staging protests, demanding international attention
06:09and accountability as Bangladesh heads towards elections, fear stalks its minorities.
06:19The question remains, who will protect those caught in the crossfire of power and religious politics?
06:28With Ashutosh Mishra, Bureau Report, India Today.
06:32And now, Acting General Secretary of Bangladeshi Hindu-Buddhist Christian Unity Council,
06:41Mr. Manindranath Kumar Nath is joining me from Dhaka.
06:45Sir, welcome to India Today Global.
06:51I also, I am from Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist Christian Unity Council.
06:58You know, Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist Christian Unity Council is a human rights activist organization.
07:02Mr. Manindranath, my first question to you,
07:06that could you provide an overview of the recent wave of targeted attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh
07:11and how many cases so far in the last one month?
07:14And if you can tell us more about the affected regions, which are the most affected regions?
07:18I am not hearing you.
07:21I just, I see you, but I am not hearing you.
07:23Okay, we will try and fix, we will try and fix this, but…
07:29It is not clear.
07:33Please go ahead.
07:36Please go ahead.
07:37You know, I also saw the videos.
07:40Recently, in this month, month of December,
07:45several killings, several incidents happened in Bangladesh.
07:52You know, Deepu Chandra Dash, he brutally killed,
07:58then he hanged from the tree and fire on, you also saw the fixer.
08:05Recently, Kokon Chandra Dash also, now he is,
08:09now in life support in Barron unit, Barron unit, transferred to Dhaka Medical College.
08:18I think he also, serious condition, I meet with his family,
08:24and now it is unbelievable incident happening in Bangladesh.
08:32Now I say, this type of happening of incident, it is related with the blasphemy allegation
08:40and other communal thinking and to the communal and some fundamentalist,
08:50they occurred such type of incident in Bangladesh.
08:55You know, we are trying, you know, one year and a half in the, under the interim government…
09:05Anath, if you can hear me, yeah, if you are able to hear me,
09:10how would you assess the Bangladeshi government's response regarding these attacks
09:14whenever you have taken up this issue with them,
09:16and any specific action do you believe that government should take on priority basis
09:20to protect minority community?
09:21No, no, no specific action taken by the government.
09:28They, incident happened, filed the case, but two or, one or two persons arrested,
09:37but no punishment, no answer, any legal action.
09:42This is the situation is going on from the very beginning.
09:45It is not the current situation, not only December, from the very beginning,
09:52that means in the period of interim government.
09:57Not only interim government, have future political parties period also,
10:03such type of incident also has been happening, we observe.
10:10This is very troublesome, Mr. Manitranath,
10:11and that brings me to the question that how the Hindu community is, you know,
10:17ensuring their own safety and security,
10:19and how are you taking forward your struggle for the equal rights in your own country?
10:27Not clear.
10:29The question is not, I hear, not clearly hear you.
10:32Okay, so, I wanted to ask you that how are you ensuring the safety and security
10:37of the Hindu community in Bangladesh?
10:39In fact, your struggle is for the equal rights in your own country.
10:44Pardon, I'm not clear.
10:47Okay, I think we have some issue with the link,
10:49but this was Manitran Kumar Nath clearly highlighting the case
10:52that, you know, how Hindus have been targeted in Bangladesh
10:56and how they are facing it.
10:57Yeah.
10:59We want justice.
11:01We want proper legal action from the government.
11:06We are citizens in Bangladesh.
11:09We are citizens of Bangladesh.
11:10We were born here.
11:12There is two crore, near two crore minority present in Bangladesh.
11:18You know, we are 19% during the time of independence.
11:24Now we are only 9%.
11:25Due to atrocities, due to that type of attack,
11:32minority people day by day decreasing.
11:36However, we are living here, we continue here,
11:43and to protect our minority people,
11:46our organizational voice raise,
11:50we are raising our voice to the government.
11:52Definitely this reducing population of Bangladeshi Hindus
11:57is a matter of concern.
11:58Thank you very much, Mr. Manitran Kumar Nath,
12:00for joining with us in the show
12:02and sharing your thoughts and perspective
12:04about the safety and security of Bangladeshi Hindus
12:07and the other minority communities.
12:09From Bangladesh's post-Haseena volatility
12:11and Nepal's political collapse
12:13to Pakistan's terror-triggered escalation,
12:15India's neighborhood is simmering
12:17with escalations and elections around.
12:21China's shadow and unrest converging in 2026.
12:24Is India truly prepared for what is coming next?
12:27Watch Geetha Mohan unpack all in Statecraft.
12:30Over the last two years,
12:43India's neighborhood has not just simmered,
12:45it has boiled over.
12:47From Dhaka to Kathmandu
12:48to Pakistan's volatile frontier,
12:512024 and 2025 have turned South Asia
12:54into a belt of unrest
12:56where protests erupt without warning.
12:58Governments fall overnight
13:00and anti-India rhetoric
13:02becomes political currency.
13:04Sheikh Hasina's dramatic ouster in Bangladesh
13:06shattered a one-stable flank.
13:09Nepal's streets exploded with Gen Z fury
13:11that toppled a sitting prime minister.
13:14And Pakistan lurched yet again
13:16into a terror-triggered military crisis
13:19that flirted with escalation
13:21before pulling back from the edge.
13:23Add Chinese footprints deepening across borders,
13:27radical narratives bleeding into the streets
13:29and treaties hanging by threads.
13:32And India now finds itself ringed by uncertainty.
13:37With 2025 drawing to a close
13:39and with elections, water treaties,
13:41ceasefires and interim regimes converging in 2026,
13:46the question is no longer
13:47whether the neighborhood is unstable,
13:49but whether India is ready
13:51for what comes next in the year 2026.
13:55Hello and welcome.
13:56You're watching Statecraft with me, Gita Mohan.
14:06Across 2024 and 2025,
14:09India's immediate periphery
14:11has undergone regime changes,
14:13violent protests, border confrontations
14:15and ideological radicalization
14:18all unfolding at once.
14:21Bangladesh is navigating a post-Hasina vacuum
14:24under an interim set-up hostile to India.
14:27Nepal is grappling with political collapse
14:29and revived territorial assertiveness.
14:31And Pakistan remains trapped
14:33in a familiar cycle of terrorism,
14:36retaliation and fragile ceasefires.
14:40Each crisis is different,
14:42yet all feed the same reality.
14:44India's neighborhood-first policy
14:46is being stress-tested by instability,
14:49external interference
14:50and domestic upheavals beyond its borders.
14:54As 2026 approaches with elections,
14:56treaty deadlines
14:57and unresolved conflicts looming,
15:00how does India brace itself
15:02for a neighborhood
15:03that no longer pretends to be calm?
15:07Bangladesh is the epicenter
15:08of this regional churn
15:10and its aftershocks are being felt
15:12most acutely in New Delhi.
15:14The August 2024 ouster of Sheikh Hasina
15:17did not merely remove
15:18a long-standing partner of India,
15:20it dismantled an entire framework
15:23of predictability.
15:24In her place emerged
15:26an interim government
15:27under Mohammed Yunus,
15:30overseeing a political environment
15:31that has grown openly hostile to India.
15:34Banning of the Awami League
15:37from the February 2026 elections,
15:40the rise of the anti-minority sentiments
15:42and re-emergence
15:44of radical political outfit
15:46Jamaat-e-Islami
15:47have combined to turn Bangladesh
15:49into India's most complex
15:51strategic challenge since 1971.
15:55This is not just political instability,
15:57it is a realignment of narratives,
16:00alliances and street power
16:02that places India squarely
16:04in the crosshairs.
16:06Thousands of incidents
16:07were reported
16:08in the immediate aftermath
16:09of August 2024,
16:11including temple vandalism,
16:13home burnings
16:14and targeted killings.
16:16Through late 2024
16:17and into 2025,
16:19new waves of violence emerged
16:21with lynchings,
16:22mob attacks
16:23and intimidation
16:24becoming recurring headlines.
16:27December 2025
16:28saw renewed clashes
16:29after the killing
16:30of Hindu businessman
16:31Deepu Chandra Das,
16:33prompting minority protests
16:35accusing the interim government
16:37of failure
16:38and complicity.
16:40For India,
16:41this is not a distant
16:43humanitarian concern.
16:44It is a combustible mix
16:46of refugee risk,
16:47border instability
16:48and domestic political pressure
16:50that bleeds
16:51straight across
16:52a porous frontier.
16:54The strategic stakes
16:55are compounded
16:56by geopolitics.
16:57China's expanding
16:58infrastructure footprint
17:00in Bangladesh,
17:01including sensitive projects
17:02like the
17:03Lal-Monir Heart
17:05Airfield
17:05near the Siliguri Corridor
17:07adds a hard security
17:08dimension
17:09to the unrest.
17:11Pakistan's defence ties
17:12with Dhaka
17:13are quietly growing.
17:15Trade worth
17:15$14 billion
17:16in projects
17:18like the
17:18India-Bangladesh
17:19Friendship Pipeline
17:21hang in the balance,
17:22while the renewal
17:23of the Ganga Water Treaty
17:24looms in December
17:252026
17:26without formal talks
17:28underway.
17:29What was once
17:31a relationship
17:31anchored in history
17:33and cooperation
17:34is now hostage
17:35to street politics,
17:37external influence
17:38and an interim regime
17:39struggling
17:40to assert control.
17:42Bangladesh
17:42is no longer
17:43just unstable,
17:45it is
17:45unpredictable
17:46and unpredictability
17:48is the enemy
17:49of strategic planning.
17:50After a deadly fire
17:55in a Swiss bar
17:56that killed 47
17:57and injured 115 people
17:59at the eve of
17:59New Year celebrations
18:00in the resort town
18:01of Kranz, Montana,
18:03a video and a photo
18:04which, though not verified,
18:06has gone viral.
18:07The photograph
18:07and the video
18:08purportedly shows
18:09the moment
18:10when the fire began
18:11and the panic
18:12that followed.
18:13The cause of the blaze,
18:15which was initially reported
18:16as an explosion,
18:17remains unclear,
18:18but authorities said
18:19it appeared to be
18:20an accident
18:21rather than an attack.
18:22According to
18:23a Swiss prosecutor,
18:24the most likely scenario
18:25is a generalized blaze
18:27that caused an explosion.
18:30Italy and France said
18:31that some of their
18:32nationals are missing,
18:33while Australia said
18:34some of its nationals
18:35were injured.
18:36Investigators have begun
18:37the upheaval task
18:38of identifying
18:39the burned bodies
18:40of which some
18:41cannot be identified
18:42because they are
18:44charred beyond recognition.
18:46Floral tributes
18:46were laid
18:47and candlelit
18:48during a vigil.
18:55And let's see
18:55what else is making news
18:57across the globe
18:57in World at a Glance.
19:10Venezuela is open
19:11to negotiating
19:12an agreement
19:12with the United States
19:13to combat
19:14drug trafficking,
19:15the South American
19:16President Nicholas Maduro
19:18said in a pre-taped
19:20interview aired.
19:22Maduro said
19:22Caracas was ready
19:23to discuss an agreement
19:24with Washington,
19:25D.C.
19:25to combat drug trafficking.
19:27He also said
19:28if the United States
19:29wanted oil,
19:30then Venezuela
19:31was ready to welcome
19:32U.S. investments
19:33like Chevron.
19:34Russia said to the United States.
19:36Russia said it had extracted
19:40and decoded a file
19:41from a Ukrainian drone
19:42downed earlier this week
19:44that it said shows
19:46it had been targeting
19:47a Russian presidential residence
19:49and that it would hand over
19:50the relevant information
19:51to the United States.
19:54Moscow had accused Kiev
19:55of trying to strike
19:56a residence
19:57of President Vladimir Putin.
19:59It said Russia
20:00would review
20:01its negotiating position
20:02in ongoing talks
20:03with the U.S.
20:04on ending the Ukraine war.
20:09The Chinese People's Liberation Army
20:11Navy
20:12has commissioned
20:13a new type
20:13052D
20:15guided missile destroyer
20:17in the beginning
20:18of 2026.
20:19Named Laudy,
20:21the newly commissioned
20:21destroyer features
20:23upgraded radar,
20:24weapon,
20:25and network systems
20:26leading to enhanced
20:27regional air defense,
20:28sea attack,
20:30and task force
20:31command capabilities.
20:37Japan's Prime Minister
20:39Sonai Takaichi
20:40is among 60 female
20:41lawmakers petitioning
20:42for more women toilets
20:43in the parliament building
20:45to match their growing
20:46representation
20:47in the legislature.
20:48There is one female toilet
20:50with two cubicles
20:51near the plenary chamber,
20:52though the entire building
20:54itself has nine female toilets
20:56with 22 cubicles.
20:58North Korea's
21:02state-run television
21:03released about an hour-long footage
21:04showing North Korean leader
21:06Kim Jong-un
21:06attending New Year celebrations
21:08in Pyongyang.
21:09Kim's daughter,
21:10Jo A,
21:11whom some analysts view
21:12as a frontrunner
21:13to succeed him,
21:14accompanied Kim
21:15during the celebrations.
21:17The two were seen
21:17hugging and kissing
21:18children on their cheeks,
21:20sitting next to each other
21:21and holding hands.
21:22In a speech,
21:23Kim lauded the effort
21:24of the North Korean people,
21:26saying he and the people
21:27can feel proud
21:28that they boasted
21:29strength and dignity
21:31of North Korea in 2025.
21:34He also called for unity
21:35ahead of the key party congress
21:36expected to be held
21:37in early 2026
21:39that will lay out
21:40the country's future direction.
21:42North Korea is expected
21:43to soon hold
21:44the ninth party congress
21:45of the Workers' Party
21:47of DPRK,
21:48which will set out plans
21:49for the next five years
21:51in key areas
21:52like nuclear
21:53and weapon development
21:54as well as
21:54the economic development.
21:56Kim and his daughter
21:57also met the families
21:58of commanding officers
21:59of North Korean troops
22:01fighting on Russia's side
22:02in the war in Ukraine.
22:09And that's all we have for you.
22:11But before we leave,
22:13leave you with the visuals
22:14of New Year Day Parade
22:16in Rome,
22:17that annual parade
22:17is Italy's largest showcase
22:19of marching bands
22:20and the year included
22:22multiple U.S. groups as well.
22:24The parade also included
22:25cheerleaders,
22:26dancers,
22:27historical re-enactors
22:28and folk musicians.
22:30So enjoy the visuals,
22:32good night
22:32and a very happy New Year
22:34to all of you.
22:49music
23:01and a very happy
23:01to celebrate
23:01and celebrate
23:02the казans
23:03and the father of America.
23:04The group
23:05represented
23:06the United States
23:06and abroad
23:07all'estero esibendo
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