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[00:00:08]Good evening live from New Delhi. You're watching DD India Live, India's voice to the world. I'm Shubhindu Gosh. Coming up in the next 30 minutes, hope fades for Iran peace deal [music] as Trump says ceasefire on life support.

[00:00:22]Thran says ready to respond [music] to any aggression.

[00:00:30]US President Trump heads [music] to China to hold talks with Xiinping.

[00:00:35]Leaders will seek to extend fragile trade truce.

[00:00:42]Energy security innovation partnership and aspa connect high on agenda during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's five nation tour of West Asia and Europe.

[00:01:00]>> [music] >> Hopes for a peace deal on Iran faded on Tuesday after Donald Trump said a ceasefire with Iran was on life report as Therron rejected American proposal to end the conflict and stuck to a list of demands the American president described as garbage. Iran has called for an end to the war on all fronts including Lebanon where US ally Israel is fighting Iranbacked Hezbollah militants. Thran also emphasized its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormos, demanding compensation for war damage and an end to the US naval blockade among other conditions.

[00:01:54]Trump said Iran's response threatened the status of the ceasefire announced on April 7th. Trump said that he is considering restarting naval escorts previously dubbed Project Freedom through the Strait of Hormuz as he seeks to complete victory in the war.

[00:02:14]have a complete victory. We've already in theory had a complete victory from the military standpoint. The military, look, their navy is dead. They have they had 159 ships right now. They have zero other than the little speedboats that go around that got taken out eight a day by us. Uh they have no air force. They have no anti-aircraft. It it's unbelievably weak. I would say I would call it the weakest right now after reading the piece of garbage they sent us. I didn't even finish reading it. They said I'm not going to waste my time reading it. I would say it's one of the weakest right now. It's on life support.

[00:02:55]>> Meanwhile, Turkey supported efforts to reopen the strait. Its foreign minister Akan Fedan said on Tuesday that waterway should not be used as a weapon. Speaking at her press conference in Qatar, Minister Fedan said that Anara was contributing to efforts led by Pakistan to find a negotiated end to Iran war.

[00:03:19]>> The street of Hormuz not being used as a weapon is extremely important for regional security, regional stability as much as the global economy. In this respect, we support all efforts to ensure safety of passage and to prevent a return to this situation.

[00:03:39]>> Meanwhile, responding to Donald Trump's warning that West Asia truce is on a brink of collapse, Iran's chief negotiator said Washington must accept Iran's latest peace plan or face failure. Iran's parliament speaker Muhammad Bagghar Galipath said in a postonX that there is no alternative but to accept the rights of Iranian people as laid out in the 14point proposal.

[00:04:03]Both sides have refused to make concessions and repeatedly threatened to resume fighting but neither appears willing to return to allout war. The war which erupted more than two months ago has spread throughout the Middle East and royal the global economy despite ceasefire impacting hundreds of millions worldwide.

[00:04:25]US President Donald Trump departs for China for a highly anticipated summit with Chinese President Xiinping. The White House said Trump will bring along top US executives including his former nemesis Elon Musk and Apple's Tim Cook for the trip expected to focus heavily on US president's hopes to ramp up trade. The two leaders are also expected to discuss the self-ruuled island of Taiwan which Beijing claims as its territory. A year ago, US President Trump predicted that taring trade tariffs would bring America's main economic rival to heal. The modest expectation for Trump's May 1415 meeting with Xi Jinping, the first since the post bruising trade war in October.

[00:05:13]US President Trump who is due to visit China has said that he would discuss arm sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xiinping. In December, President Trump had announced the largest ever American weapons package for the island, more than 11 billion. In recent days, President Trump's aids have urged Taiwan to commit even more money to its defense. A US official said that Trumpi summit signaled no change in policy towards Taiwan. President Trump told journalists that he doubted that tension over Taiwan would erupt during his presidency.

[00:05:51]a lot of good things can happen. Now, we'll be talking about I mean, he'll bring up Taiwan, I think, more than I will, but I I think that um a discussion will be a little bit about a little bit about energy and about the very beautiful country of Iran.

[00:06:10]>> Meanwhile, Taiwan's foreign ministry spokesperson said the island will deepen its ties with the US.

[00:06:20]We will continue to monitor developments in United States China interactions very closely. At the same time, we will maintain close and constructive communications with the US. In fact, as you can see, since the Trump administration took office, they have consistently retarated its support for Taiwan. Moreover, they have taken concrete actions to implement the United States long-standing and consistent policy, including the previously announced 11 billion arm sales to Taiwan.

[00:06:46]>> Moving on, British Prime Minister came out fighting for his job on Tuesday amid a brewing rebellion in his ranks with chunk of ministers calling for him to step out of the timetable for a leadership change. Prime Minister Stama remained defiant during a crunch cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, telling his team that he intends to get on with governing as he tries to move on from the Labor Party's disastrous local election under his watch. He was adamant that the required threshold of 20% lawmakers to challenge the Labour leader had not been met. His statement could be seen as a dare by some Labour lawmakers who have been pressurizing him to set out a timetable for his departure. It follows former IndoPacific Minister Katherine West giving notice that she was collecting names to push Prime Minister Stama into setting a timetable for election of a new leader in September. At least 81 Labor lawmakers are required to mount a public challenge to pave the way for leadership elections. As per media reports, more than 70 lawmakers have called Prime Minister Stama to step down after Labor Party's local election losses.

[00:08:01]Meanwhile, Britain's safe uh guarding minister Jess Phillips resigned from government on Tuesday in protest at Prime Minister Kama's leadership, adding pressure on Stammer after a poor performance in last week's local elections.

[00:08:18]The Kremlin announced on Tuesday that Russian forces have resumed offensive operations in Ukraine following the expiry of 3-day US brokered ceasefire.

[00:08:27]The truce initiated by US President Trump from 9th to 11th May for victory day collapsed amid mutual accusations of violations. The Russian presidential spokesperson said that Moscow respected the pause but is now advancing its military objectives.

[00:08:46]Russia reported shooting down 27 Ukrainian drones overnight over Belgarod, Panza and Rossov regions. In response, Russian strikes hit Nepro Petrosovsk, killing one civilian and injuring at least four others in Snyilov.

[00:09:06]The World Health Organization director general Tedros adnong gesus has allayed fears of broader hanta virus outbreak saying that there is no sign of an outbreak at the moment though further cases could emerge as officials continue to monitor passengers from the affected Honda cruise ship. WHO chief in a joint press conference with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Madrid on Tuesday said the UN organization could not force quarantine protocols on individual countries and it is up to them to decide measures to prevent further spread of potential infections.

[00:09:47]>> There is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak.

[00:09:53]But of course the situation could change and given the long incubation period of the virus it's possible we might see more cases in the coming weeks. They have the sovereignity so we can't force them to take our our protocols. We can only uh advise and and and recommend but I hope they will follow the advice and the recommendations we're we're making >> in Pakistan. A massive blast at a crowded market in the northwestern part, killing 10 people and wounding dozens more on Tuesday as the latest attack in the region threatens to reignite fighting with neighboring Afghanistan.

[00:10:33]The bomb blast at the crowded market caused panic on the streets as people rushed to help the wounded and emergency vehicles raced to the site.

[00:10:42]The attack follows a car bombing followed by an ambush at a police post in the nearby Banu district on Saturday that killed 15 police officers. Pakistan blamed Afghanistan-based militants for the weekend attack and delivered a strong protest to Kabul. The Afghan government said on Monday it had no comment to offer immediately in response to Pakistan's allegations. The two countries engaged in their verse fighting in years in February after Islamabad launched air strikes on Kabul, saying it was targeting militant strongholds used to orchestrate attacks on Pakistan.

[00:11:21]The European Commission on Monday said it plans to invite Afghan government officials to Brussels in near future for talks on returning migrants to Afghanistan. The visit coordinated with Sweden would follow two trips by European officials to Afghanistan on the same issue. A spokesperson for the European Union executive said officials are now working on a potential follow-up meeting at technical level in Brussels and with de facto authorities in Afghanistan.

[00:11:52]Bangladesh's measles outbreak has intensified, claiming nine more lives in the past 24 hours. According to government officials, the latest fatalities include three confirmed measles cases from Dhaka division and six children with measles like symptoms, raising the total death toll to 424.

[00:12:11]Prime Minister's adviser on information and broadcasting, Dr. Zahed Rahman has called the situation a disaster and announced the formation of an investigation committee involving international organizations to probe possible negligence behind the outbreak.

[00:12:33]Nepal's metriculation examination results declared in a record 29 days.

[00:12:38]Pass percentage stood at nearly 66% this year. Nepal's national examination board has published the secondary education exam results for the academic year 202526 around 65.98% students cleared the matriculation examination this year more than five lakh students appeared for examinations conducted across the country let's now take a look at other stories making news around the world around 40,000 People took to streets in Brussels to protest against proposed pension reform by Prime Minister Bad Viva Centerite government. Demonstrators opposed plans to cap wage indexation and petrol prices.

[00:13:31]Residents of Italy seaside town of Punta Marina are witnessing an unusual peacock invasion. The colorful birds believed to have emerged from nearby woodlands now roam the streets, perch on cars, and wander into the gardens.

[00:13:49]Tesla's robo taxi service is facing operational challenges in Texas city, including long wait time, limited vehicle availability, navigation issues, test in Dallas, Houston, and Austin reported weights exceeding 30 minutes with some trips taking far longer than expected.

[00:14:11]Still to come on this edition of DD India Life, President Draade [music] Murmu confers Florence Nightingale awards 2026 and Assam Chief Minister Himantab Bisvasarma [music] takes oath for second consecutive term.

[00:14:40]>> [music] >> Geopolitics and trade deals, economic challenges amid development, hard work and the path to prosperity.

[00:14:52][music] It's the economy always between walkers. Money [music] is what money does and says supply creates its own demand. between the bulls pulls and airs tears.

[00:15:07]When supply chains [music] globalization and India rises to the podium, we'll get you centered with [music] the economic brief at 8:00 p.m. every Thursday on DD India.

[00:15:24][music] Welcome back. You're watching DD India live. I'm Shabbendu Kosh. President Roati Munmu presented the national Florence Nightingale awards 2026 to nursing personnel on the occasion of international nurses day at a function held at rashtihawan. President said that nursing personnel exemplify higher standards of service and play a crucial role in delivering quality health care often in the most challenging circumstances.

[00:15:57]>> [music] >> Honoring the contribution of nursing professionals, throat murmu, the president of India presented the national floren nightingle awards 2026 to 15 nursing professionals [music] at the rashropati bhavan on the 12th of May on the occasion of international nurses day. The award [music] recognizes the exemplary contributions of nursing professionals in the field of healthcare and public service.

[00:16:23]Speaking on the occasion, the awardees expressed their happiness on being conferred with the prestigious award.

[00:16:30]>> This award motivates me to do further hard work for the promotion of nursing community and nursing professions and on the whole for the welfare of the general public. I am very grateful to government of India as well as the honorable president for having given this award and approving and accepting our dedication and service towards the nation. I'm very much thankful to all of my people from Goa, my patient and India and especially I thank my president of India for honoring us this award today and I thank my Goa government, all my nurses and all my Indian people. I thanks the president of India for the award instituted in the year 1973 by the ministry of health and family welfare to honor outstanding nursing personnel serving in central [music] and state governments, union territories and voluntary organizations. These awards recognize meritorious contributions [music] in clinical care, public health, education and nursing administration.

[00:17:52]It is awarded across three categories which are registered nurses [music] and midwives, registered auxiliary nurses and midwives and registered lady visitors.

[00:18:02]The 2026 [music] edition of the awards ceremony not only acknowledged the tireless efforts of nursing professionals but also underlined the imminent role they play in keeping the country healthy with their roundthe-clock service to the nation with the theme our nurses our future empowered nurses save livesto report for DD India >> and Himantabis Fasarm Mat on Tuesday as a sam chief minister for a second consecutive term after the party stormed back to power with a record mandate paving the way for a third straight term for BJP led NDA government in the state.

[00:18:42]Governor Lakshman Prasad Achara administered the oath of office and secrecy to Sarma at a high-profile event attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amitra, Defense Minister Rajnat Singh among other party bigwigs attending the ceremony in Gujhati. Alongside Sarma, four ministers, senior BJP leaders Romeshwari, Ajantanog, AGP president Atul Bora and BPF MLA Chan Boro also took oath. US ambassador to India Sergey Go was also present on the occasion.

[00:19:22]The spokesperson said that of MEA said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the UAE on the 15th of May.

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[00:20:15]India will host a meeting of bricks foreign ministers in New Delhi on 14th and 15th of May. The meeting is expected to focus on global and regional challenges, multilateral cooperation and preparations for this year's summit.

[00:20:27]Remember India as the 2026 chair will host the bricks summit later this year.

[00:20:35]host the BRICS foreign minister's meeting on 14th and 15th May 2026. The meeting will be chaired by external affairs minister Dr. RJ Jash Shankar.

[00:20:45]BRICS foreign ministers and heads of delegations from member and partner countries will participate in the meeting. They will also call on honorable prime minister of India Shindar Modi. During the meeting, the foreign ministers of BRICS member countries will exchange views on global and regional issues of mutual interest.

[00:21:03]On the second day, bricks member and partner countries will participate in a session themed bricks at 20 building for resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability. This will be followed by a session on the reforms of global governance and multilateral system.

[00:21:21]>> South Africa's minister of international relations and cooperation uh Ronald Ozi Lamola arrived in India for the bricks foreign minister's meeting to be held on 14th to 15th of May 2026. The meeting will be chaired by external affairs minister Dr. SJ Shankar. During the meeting, foreign ministers of BRICS member countries will exchange views on global and regional issues of mutual interest. On the second day, BRICS member and partner countries will participate in a session themed BRIX 20 building for resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability. This will be followed by a series and session on reforms of global governance and multilateral system.

[00:22:05]In sports cricket, South Africa have announced the 15 player squad for the upcoming ICC women's T20 World Cup 2026 set to take place in England and Wales from June 12th. The team eyeing their maiden world title will be captained by Laura Wvat and will see the return of veteran fast bowler Shabmile. She will be joined by Marisan Cap and Denan Niker who are back after recovering from illness and a cough injury respectively.

[00:22:35]Wicket keeper batter Kabo Messo also returns from injury while Kyla Reneke is set for her first World Cup after enjoying a breakout under 19 season. The remainder of the squad includes Daspin Britz, Sunlus, Aneri Daxon, Nadine declar.

[00:22:56]The bowling attack features Seamers a Banga Kaka and Tumi Sakuhune as well as Spinner Nulleiku Malaba.

[00:23:08]And in cricket, Delhi Capitals Axar Patel has been fined for maintaining a slow open rate during match 55 of the IPL against Punjab Kings at the HPCA stadium in Taramshala. Patel was fined 12 lakh rupees as this was his team's first offense of the season under article 2.22 of IPL's code of conduct which pertains to minimum over eight offenses. Patel's DC won the match by three wickets to keep their playoff hopes alive as they moved to seventh place in the points table with five wins in 12 matches.

[00:23:45]The Mexico City government opened the renovated light rail line, one of the key infrastructure projects for accessibility during the FIFA World Cup.

[00:23:53]The renovation includes 17 new electric trains with a total fleet of 35, nearly doubling the number of daily passengers from 130,000 to 250,000.

[00:24:04]The light rail will connect the south of the city, including the station at Bernata Stadium where the city will host matches during the FIFA tournament.

[00:24:14]Renovation works continue at Panara Stadium, also known as Aeka Stadium, as the championship starts on June 11th.

[00:24:27]Parasyclists from across Africa competed at the third edition of the African Parat Track Cycling Championships in Nigeria capital Abuja with the host nation topping the medal tally. The 3-day event brought together athletes from across the continent including South Africa, Kenya, Egypt and host Nigeria, Kenya and parasyclists and Nikisa competing for the first time at the event was part of the team that won three bronze medals across three events.

[00:24:54]The championships are part of efforts to develop parasycling across the continent giving an edge to those with reduced mobility.

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