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BBC OS: 2023/01/25 16:06 GMT: BBC Modi documentary

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2023/01/25 16:06 GMT

2023/01/25 16:06 GMT: BBC Modi documentary

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Students in Dehli were detained over screenings of a BBC film on Prime Minister Modi

Students in Dehli were detained over screenings of a BBC film on Prime Minister Modi.

Tensions have flared at two of India's best-known universities over the screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his role in deadly religious riots in 2002. Reports say police detained students at Jamia Millia Islamia university in Delhi ahead of a planned screening. On Tuesday students at another Delhi university said power and internet had been cut to stop them showing the film. We explain what happened at the time of the Gujarat riots and hear from the BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan for current reaction to the documentary.

We hear a conversation between a group of South Africans as power cuts continue to worsen across the country. The regular blackouts have been blamed on the government’s poor management of the power utility, Eskom, and an aging fleet of coal-fired stations.

DR Congo has declared Rwanda's shooting of one of its fighter jets an "act of war", amid mounting tensions. Rwanda's government said it took "defensive measures" against a plane that had violated its airspace - a claim denied by DR Congo. We get updates from the BBC's Anne Soy.

German Leader Olaf Scholz has addressed German MPs after confirming his country will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The chancellor says Germany will send 14 Leopard tanks and give permission for other countries to send theirs too. We speak to our correspondent Damien McGuinness who is in the German parliament where Olaf Scholz has been speaking.

Our reporter Guy Lambert explains why Justin Bieber has sold his share of the rights to his music to Hipgnosis Songs Capital. The firm now owns the pop star's stake in some of the biggest hits of recent years, including Baby and Sorry.

(Photo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Credit:Getty Images)

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