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00:08hello and welcome you're watching statecraft with me gita mohan now in france donald trump
00:12arrives at the g7 summit but the real story is the widening rift between the united states and
00:18its closest allies over iran trade and global strategy at the same time in britain the killing
00:25of 18 year old henry novak in southampton has ignited a fierce national debate on immigration policing
00:32and identity a single street encounter is now shaping political fault lines across europe
00:39drawing in the indian diaspora and triggering unrest on the ground two crises two continents and one
00:47question when violence and diplomacy collide who holds the narrative all that and more but first up
00:53the headlines a day before prime minister narendra modhi and president donald trump meet for
00:59bilateral talks on the sidelines of g7 summit in france both leaders shook hands marking their first
01:05face-to-face interaction since february 2025. the meet comes amid tensions over the deaths of three
01:12indian sailors and ongoing trade negotiations u.s president donald trump met ukrainian president
01:19volodymyr zelensky on the sidelines of g7 and said russia should make a peace deal with ukraine
01:24and he will do what he can to end the war eight crew members killed when a b-52 bomber
01:29crashed after
01:30takeoff at edward's air force base the calamity is the deadliest crash involving a b-52 bomber since 1982
01:38in which nine crew members died ahead of prime minister narendra modi's much anticipated meet with
01:45u.s president donald trump modi visited an exhibition in slovakia featuring works by slovak
01:51artists influenced by benares or warnesi modi was enthralled by the works displayed at the exhibition
01:58at the presidential palace in bratoslava describing it as a benares connect in bratoslava modi said and i
02:05quote art and culture truly have a unique ability to bring people closer five slovak artists had visited
02:13benares from the 2nd to the 9th of june as part of an artist residency program earlier modi was
02:20conferred with slovakia's highest national award the order of the white double cross first class
02:25the highest civilian and military state decoration awarded exclusively to foreign citizens by slovakia
02:33french president emmanuel macraw and first lady bridget macraw formally inaugurated the 52nd g7 summit
02:39in the resort town of avion laubiance france is holding a three-day talk on global security economic
02:48stability and the recently announced u.s iran peace framework prime minister narendra modi who was on
02:54a two-day visit to attend the g7 summit will participate in a working session titled forging new
03:00partnerships and rebuilding international solidarity alongside leaders of g7 member states partner
03:07countries and representatives of the world bank and the african development bank he's also set to meet
03:13the u.s president president donald trump this will be the first face-to-face meeting since modi's last
03:19visit to washington dc in february 2025. he was formally welcomed by french president macron the meeting
03:27also happens ahead of united states trade representatives jameson greer's visit to india
03:33for furthering negotiations on the proposed india u.s trade agreement greer will meet commerce and
03:40industry minister piyush goyal joining me now from france avion is my colleague pranay upadhyay pranay
03:47thank you so much for joining us a big day uh lots of discussions lots of meetings and lots of
03:53bilaterals on the sidelines of the g7 take us through what's on the agenda for prime minister modi
04:01absolutely bit of both and many more things will be on agenda uh or on the table of uh prime
04:06minister
04:06narendra modi and president donald trump and they would be meeting but as you can see
04:11the the tone and tenor of this meeting has already been set both leaders met though there is a cautious
04:16optimism it is quite evident from that these visuals there's no there was no hug in this uh this meeting
04:22of president donald trump and prime minister narendra modi but yes absolutely there was a handshake and a
04:26longish handshake they they held that conversation uh which was cordial and this meeting is happening
04:32on a in a on a third country so therefore uh if you ask me that will there be any
04:37tangible outcome
04:38of this meeting will there be any big announcement uh you know i don't see any big announcement coming
04:42out of this meeting but absolutely six in last past 16 months lot has happened in india u.s ties
04:47many things have happened so as far as india's viewpoint is concerned when prime minister narendra modi
04:52will be meeting u.s president donald trump absolutely he will be talking about the bilateral
04:56relationship uh going for a start of that that relationship taking that relationship forward
05:00and realizing the potential of taking the bilateral trade up to 500 billion dollars as both leaders have
05:06said in february 2025 but that for that uh you know the the hiccups or the roadblocks of the
05:13tariff or the other trade issues need to be minimized need to be contained for that a bilateral
05:19trade agreement is required to be signed as soon as possible besides that be the issue of visas be
05:24the issue of h1b uh you know uh problems indians are or indian professionals are facing in the united
05:30states or even the recent issue issue of uh or recent recent incidents of indians targeted by the u.s
05:37navy uh in the state of orbus all these issues will be there but the predominant thing uh which
05:43are the thing which will uh be you know uh which will be dominating the conversation will absolutely be this
05:48uh this iran u.s deal uh because president donald trump is has reached uh france after you know uh
05:55giving uh his go ahead for the iran deal and not very far from this place avion uh across the
06:01geneva
06:01lake in geneva in switzerland this deal will be signed on friday and definitely it releases tension
06:06not only uh on u.s president donald trump domestically but also is the tension of the energy supply so
06:12all these issues will be there uh on the bilateral uh agenda of prime minister modi and u.s president
06:17donald trump thank you so much for joining us keep tracking developments and we'll keep coming back
06:23to you a day after president trump announced in france's avion lebon where he is there to attend
06:30the g7 summit the deal between the u.s and iran has been electronically signed he reiterated that
06:37tehran can't possess a nuclear weapon speaking on the sidelines of g7 summit trump said iran can neither
06:44develop nor purchase a nuclear weapon he warned that if iran deviates from the deal and develops
06:50or buys nuclear weapons then and i quote him all hell will rain down trump made these remarks during
06:57his meeting with qatar's emir sheikh tamim bin hamaad althani in france meanwhile u.s vice president jd
07:04vance said he expects u.n nuclear inspectors to return to iran and there will be no tolls in the
07:10strait of hormones during the 60 day of talks with tehran iranian media said three iranian oil
07:18tankers and two cargo ships have passed through the strait of hormones after the u.s lifted its naval
07:24blockade one thing that's happening that's of note frankly the only thing that really matters to me
07:31is iran will never have a nuclear weapon and it says it loud and clear they're not going to develop
07:38it
07:38they're not going to buy it they're not going to do anything with it and if they do they suffer
07:43unbelievable consequences uh not just a little bit like uh i won't even tell you the consequences
07:53but the consequences are the ultimate consequences and with that being said i hope we have a very good
07:58relationship so we have they will not develop purchase buy or any other thing they're not going
08:05to acquire a nuclear weapon if they do all hell will rain down on them israel's fighting hezbollah
08:12too long and too many people are being killed and you don't have to knock down an apartment house every
08:19time you're looking for somebody because there are a lot of people in those apartment houses and they're
08:23not all hezbollah that i can tell you and i suggested to israel to let syria take care of hezbollah
08:31because to be honest sweetie i think they do a better job of doing it president donald trump
08:37arrived at the g7 summit in france but the real attraction may not be the agenda it may be the
08:42guest list because over the last few months trump has managed something remarkable he has picked fights
08:49with almost every major leader in the room france canada britain germany italy and even japan
08:57nobody seems completely safe the setting may look peaceful with lakes mountains and diplomatic smiles
09:04but beneath the photo ops sits a growing pile of grievances insults and bruised egos so how did
09:11america's closest allies become some of donald trump's biggest critics and has the g7 become a summit where
09:18leaders discuss global problems or a summit where leaders discuss donald trump the immediate trigger
09:25appears to be iran several g7 leaders refuse to join the u.s israeli war against iran trump did not
09:32take that lightly in classic trump fashion disagreement quickly became personal take france trump and french
09:41president emmanuel macron have known each other for years their relationship resembles a roller coaster
09:47designed by someone with anger issues one day trump praises macron the next day he mocks him
09:54trump rated macron 8 out of 10 then joked about macron's marriage later after macron commented on trump's
10:01departure from the g7 summit trump fired back publicly calling him publicity seeking and claiming
10:08macron always gets things wrong he's been on a scale of zero to ten i'd say he's been an eight
10:19not perfect but it's france then i call up france macron whose wife treats him extremely badly and
10:36still recovering from the right to the jaw
10:39then there is canada mark carney started off in a better position than justin trudeau ever enjoyed with
10:45trump that honeymoon did not last long trade disputes resurfaced carney delivered a speech
10:52in davos criticizing coercion by powerful countries trump took notice soon carney became governor carney
10:59part of trump's long-running joke about making canada the 51st state the message was clear disagree with
11:06trump publicly and expect a nickname canada gets a lot of freebies from us by the way they should be
11:14grateful also but they're not i watch your prime minister yesterday he wasn't so grateful but they
11:20should be grateful to us canada canada lives because of the united states remember that mark the next time
11:27you make your statements trump even declared that canada survives because of the united states of
11:34america and reminded carney to remember that before speaking out again then comes britain if any european
11:41leader invested time trying to build a relationship with trump it was keir starmer for a while it seemed to
11:48work then iran entered the picture starmer refused to fully support trump's military approach trump compared
11:55him unfavorably to winston churchill he mocked british aircraft carriers he accused britain of arriving late
12:02to conflicts you see that man right there you know who that is the late great winston churchill and
12:11you know unfortunately here is not winston churchill germany did not escape either german chancellor
12:18fédrik merz initially impressed trump he even arrived at the white house carrying the birth certificate
12:24of trump's german-born grandfather but goodwill evaporated after mars criticized the iran strategy
12:31and suggested the u.s looked humiliated by iran trump immediately counter-attacked he accused
12:37mars of failing on ukraine immigration energy policy and germany's economy italy's georgia maloney provides
12:46perhaps the most revealing example among european leaders she may have been one of trump's closest
12:52political allies yet even she found herself in the firing line why because italy declined to
13:00participate in the iran war and because maloney criticized trump's attacks on pope leo the 14th
13:06trump's response was blunt he questioned her courage and said he had been wrong about her that
13:12is important because it shows something larger the issue is not ideology the issue is loyalty even leaders
13:19who broadly agree with trump praise criticism when they break from him on major issues japan offers a
13:27slightly different story prime minister sanita kaichi largely avoided direct attacks she worked hard to
13:34build a personal relationship with trump yet even here friction appeared while discussing the surprise
13:40u.s attack on iran trump casually referenced pearl harbor when we go in we went in very hard and
13:48we didn't
13:49tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise who knows better about surprise in japan okay why didn't
13:57you tell me about pearl harbor okay right but is iran really the whole story not quite iran may have
14:08lit the
14:08match but the fuel accumulated over many years trade disputes tariffs nato spending arguments personal
14:15grudges public insults awkward summit confrontations these tensions stretch back to trump's first presidency
14:23trump often approached alliances less like permanent friendships and more like business negotiations
14:29if partners disagreed they heard about it now during his second term many analysts argue that the
14:36confrontations look sharper and more frequent and that raises an alarming hypothesis are america's allies
14:44losing patience the evidence suggests some are for years many leaders brushed off trump's comments
14:50today more of them push back publicly that does not mean the alliance is collapsing it does mean
14:57frustration is becoming harder to hide and that leaves the g7 facing an uncomfortable reality
15:05the group was created as a gathering of major democratic partners yet every summit now carries another
15:11challenge managing disagreements with the president of the united states of america if these divisions
15:17continue the consequences could extend far beyond one summit because alliances run on more than military
15:23power and trade deals they run on trust and right now trust may be the scarcest item on the g7
15:30agenda
15:33after more than three months of hostility is shaking global energy markets the united states and iran have
15:38now agreed to a breakthrough peace framework with the formal signing expected in switzerland this friday
15:44for india heavily dependent on gulf energy routes the stakes are direct not distant from oil prices to
15:52inflation and currency stability but is this a genuine geopolitical reset or just a fragile pause with global
15:58consequences still unfolding ruth rushish kanjilal with this report
16:13after more than three months of intense hostilities that rattled global energy markets and raised fears of
16:20wider escalation the united states and iran have now agreed to a peace deal a formal signing is expected
16:27in switzerland on june 19th and if confirmed it could mark one of the most consequential geopolitical
16:34resets of the year the announcement came unexpectedly posting on social media on his 80th birthday
16:40u.s president donald trump declared the deal with the islamic republic of iran is now complete
16:46then he added ships of the world start your engines let the oil flow a statement that signaled more than
16:53diplomacy it signaled relief for global markets but what exactly has been agreed according to early
17:00reports this is not a full peace treaty it is a memorandum of understanding more than a ceasefire
17:06but still short of a final settlement pakistani prime minister shahbaz sharif who has reportedly
17:12played a mediating role through indirect channels first broke the news and the impact was immediate not in
17:19diplomacy first but in markets oil prices dropped sharply brand crude fell more than four dollars a
17:27barrel uswti also slid over five percent both hitting their lowest levels since march a signal that
17:36traders are betting on reduced supply risk and restored shipping routes gold moved in the opposite
17:42direction rising more than two percent a classic safe heaven reaction as markets rebalanced geopolitical
17:50uncertainty against inflation expectations and in india the response was swift the rupees strengthened by
17:5858 paise against the dollar equity markets searched moreover around 10 indian flagged vessels and five
18:05foreign flagged vessels including one today have safely crossed the strait of hormuz this includes the lng
18:12carrier desha managed by a consortium led by the shipping corporation of india safely transited the
18:18strait of hormuz carrying 62 370 tons of lng the sensex jumped over 1100 points the nifty rose sharply by
18:29more than 300 points for india the stakes are structured not symbolic before the conflict nearly 41
18:36percent of india's crude imports moved through the strait of hormuz along with more than half of its lng
18:43supplies and almost 90 percent of lpg imports any disruption in this corridor hits inflation fuel prices
18:51and currency stability almost instantly india which imports around 88 percent of its crude oil has been one
18:59of the most exposed major economies during the crisis higher oil prices a weaker rupee and rising
19:06domestic inflation pressure all driven by instability in west asia this is a reset of one of the
19:12world's most important energy corridors and for india it could mean breathing space after months of
19:18imported inflation pressure lower fuel costs a stronger currency and greater economic stability
19:25heading into the next quarter if the agreement is signed in switzerland on june 19 it may not just end
19:32a war it may recalibrate the global energy map and offer india something it has quietly been waiting
19:38for all year relief with rujushish kanjalal your report india today global a teenage boy walks home in southampton
19:49an encounter on a cold december night a phone is raised a blade is drawn and within minutes 18 year
19:56old henry nowak is bleeding on the pavement pleading i can't breathe and now britain is asking a far bigger
20:04question how did the street argument become a national flashpoint over immigration policing and identity
20:12it began with what should have been a routine encounter henry novak 18 years old was walking home
20:18he came across vikram digwa a british born man of indian sikh heritage carrying ceremonial blades linked to
20:25the nihang sikh tradition novak began filming the exchange escalated quickly within moments he was stabbed
20:32four times one wound proved fatal to the chest he collapsed on the pavement repeatedly telling officers
20:40he could not breathe but what happened next has shaken britain just as much as the killing itself
20:48body cam footage shows police arriving at the scene and in the confusion of those first moments
20:53handcuffing the dying teenager officers initially treated him as a suspect rather than a victim
21:00and as novak's condition deteriorated the response has triggered outrage across the country
21:08digwa was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment the court rejected claims that
21:14he acted in self-defense or faced racial abuse but the legal outcome has not contained public anger
21:22instead the case has expanded into a wider argument about policing judgment institutional trust and whether
21:29britain is losing control of its streets and then came the backlash not just political but physical
21:35a sikh priest from digwa's former gurudwara in southampton was attacked in the street elderly members of
21:42the sikh community were warned to stay indoors this has also hit uk's indian diaspora with a growing sense of
21:49unease as this tragedy is rapidly being pulled into a much larger political fight right-wing groups have
21:57seized on the case to push demands for tighter visa caps and an end to what they call uncontrolled migration
22:04even though the accused is british born at the same time political figures seized on the incident
22:12nigel farage's reform uk and other commentators pointed to what they call two-tier policing arguing that
22:19institutions apply different standards depending on race or religion critics reject that framing
22:26but the phrase has taken hold in the parts of a public debate becoming shorthand for a deeper distrust of
22:33authority the story then jumped borders elon musk and u.s vice president jd vance both weighed in online
22:42must drew comparisons with george floyd pointing to the image of a man pleading i can't breathe as a symbol
22:49of institutional failure vance went further linking the case to what he called europe's mass migration
22:56crisis framing the killing as part of a wider political breakdown but there is a crucial distinction
23:04often overlooked in the global reaction george floyd died at the hands of a police officer henry novak
23:11was killed by a private individual yet in both cases it is the final moments and the conduct of
23:17authorities around them that have become politically explosive for many on the right the symbolism now
23:24outweighs the legal difference prime minister kia starmer's government has pushed back hard downing
23:31street says outside voices are exploiting a family tragedy to inflame tensions ministers insist britain
23:38will not import america's culture war politics but on the ground tensions are already rising in belfast
23:45riots erupted following the stabbing of teenager stephen ogilvy by a sudanese immigrant vehicles were burned
23:52police were attacked communities were targeted in southampton itself protests over the digwa sentencing
23:59turned violent leaving officers injured and streets in chaos and this is the pattern that is now worrying
24:07authorities isolated crimes are no longer isolated they are becoming triggers amplified through social media
24:16accelerated by political figures and absorbed into a wider european argument about migration borders and belonging
24:25the novak case has now become part of a broader political battlefield stretching across europe and the atlantic
24:31from britain to germany france and sweden anti-immigration movements are gaining ground arguing that
24:39mainstream governments have lost control their opponents say the opposite that crime is being
24:45weaponized to stigmatize entire communities and in the middle of it all is a grieving family a teenager
24:53dead on a southampton street a community under suspicion and a country arguing not just about one crime
24:59but about what kind of society britain is becoming because this is no longer only about henry novak it is
25:06about trust in institutions it is about immigration and integration and it is about whether britain can
25:13contain its political divisions before they spill further into the streets what began as a single
25:19violent encounter is now a national fault line and one that shows no signs of closing that's all in this
25:28edition of statecraft before we go german chancellor frederick merz was ready with a belated birthday gift
25:34for president trump at the g7 summit in avion the american president politely accepted the shirt briefly
25:40held it up for photographers before holding it up and placing it on the table beside him take a look
25:47at these visuals enjoy goodbye and take care
26:07we were used to be sure
26:09This is yours.
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