Are the allegations tru deau? Canada and India’s diplomatic row
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The Economist
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🗓️ 20 September 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Najjar has deepened a long-running spat between the two countries. Will Canada’s allies be willing to get involved? It’s been 100 years since Japan’s Great Kanto earthquake. Here’s how the country is preparing in case there is another (XX:XX). And young people’s newfound love for country music is fuelling a boom in the genre (XX:XX).
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| 0:34.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. I'm Jason Palmer. |
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| 0:49.2 | The centenary of an enormous earthquake in Japan is a good time to consider how ready the country is for the next big one. |
| 0:56.6 | We look at all of the preparations that are in place and consider the social factors that may work against them. |
| 1:04.0 | And, country music has been part of America's identity for decades. |
| 1:09.4 | Now, thanks to young people and a crock of new stars, it's having a modern moment. |
| 1:14.6 | Music |
| 1:34.6 | In June, our deep-sing Niger, a Canadian citizen and Sikh separatist leader, |
| 1:40.6 | was shot dead outside a temple in Vancouver. |
| 1:43.4 | Yesterday, exactly three months after the killing, just in Tudor, Canada's Prime Minister made a stunning claim. |
| 1:51.4 | Any involvement of a foreign government in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty. |
| 2:03.4 | Mr. Tudor has said that credible intelligence linked India to the murder. |
| 2:09.4 | Shortly after his parliamentary statement, an Indian diplomat was expelled from the country. |
| 2:15.4 | India's foreign ministry categorically denied the allegation before dismissing a Canadian diplomat in New Delhi. |
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