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Has India’s caste system migrated to the US? – BBC News
Seattle has become the first city in the US to ban discrimination on the basis of caste.
The city has a large South Asian population, many working in the technology sector.
In the future, caste will be identified in its own class, alongside race, religion and gender identity.
The caste system in India dates back over 3,000 years and divides Hindu society into rigid hierarchical groups.
This can lead to discrimination and violence against those considered to be in the lowest classes – particularly the Dalit, or ‘untouchables’.
Kshama Sawant, the Seattle city councillor behind the legislation, and Pulitzer prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson, join Christian Fraser and his panel to put the new law into context.
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The US said it has hit “dozens” of Iranian military targets in overnight attacks, in response to Iran hitting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The military said it struck “air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats”, using aircraft, ships, and drones – including “one-way attack sea drones for the first time”.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” the US military said. “Iran does not control it”.
In response, Iran said it targeted US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait and also radar systems in Oman.
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President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz following days of escalating strikes between the two countries.
He said this would stop “Iran’s ships or customers” from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but “all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait”.
Iran’s foreign minister later said whoever provides safe passage “should be compensated for this service”, but Iran would remain the strait’s “GUARDIAN” – using Trump’s word.
Tehran and Washington clashed over the strait’s control after exchanging strikes in the region overnight and on Monday.
The US said it carried out strikes against military targets in Iran, targeting air defence systems, coastal radars, and missile and drone sites. Iran said it responded by striking US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, and radars in Oman.
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Wildfires of ‘exceptional scale’ have taken force in Paris, as neighbouring Spain still tackles flames across the country following its own devastating fires.
Now the UK is also experiencing wildfires in England and Wales, as its third heatwave of the year is set to intensify again this week.
Here’s what we know so far about the extent of wildfires in Europe and the UK, and how heatwaves are impacting them.
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Explosions have been heard near two Iranian port cities, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, state media has reported.
It comes after another night of strikes between the US and Iran, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps saying it hit two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted US facilities in Jordan and Bahrain.
The UAE called the attack “brazen”, adding that an Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured.
Meanwhile, the US military says it completed strikes on targets aimed at degrading “Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping” – Iranian state media reports three people were killed.
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The US military said it was carrying out a new wave of strikes on targets in Iran. It said the aim of the attacks was to degrade Iran’s ability to attack shipping in the strait of Hormuz. It came ass the US Navy resumed its blockade of Iran’s ports.
Iran said that control of the strait of Hormuz was required for its national security and it will exercise sovereignty over the key shipping lane, whatever the cost.
President Trump announced that he was scrapping a plan he had announced a day earlier, for placing a 20% toll or tariff on all cargos passing through the strait of Hormuz.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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@nooousername
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
Go To Silicon Valley all the Indians Working there are of same Brahmin Community .
Definitely there is big Discrimination against lower caste people.
@Meenakshi-tc5gs
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
India fool country fighting cast religion indian very bed poltices
@mannOmannOmann
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
Whoever wields the gun, baton, land and purse is the master….
@snehashispanda4808
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
The reservation excludes Brahmins in areas in which they are under-represented such as education and employment. Brahmins oppose reservation to achieve goals such as bridging inequalities in employment and pay, increasing access to education, and redressing existing injustices, prejudices or obstacles against Brahmins. The reservation purely targets the Brahmins by discouraging them for increased participation. Brahmin drawback is the societal drawback that disadvantages Brahmin people over non-Brahmin people in societies, if they are under the same social, political, or economic circumstances. Current innocent Brahmin people must not bear a collective responsibility for the harm which had resulted from historical casteist treatment of people belonging to other groups. Discrimination against any individual on the basis of their Brahmin origin is unjustified. Reservation is discriminatory, discarded meritocracy and is driven by lower caste vote-bank politics.
@fairuz444
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
This is why India loves Israel. Both racist
@edchez4253
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
the world sees no difference between indians. they all have annoying English accents😂
@razidar34567
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
They brought the 3rd world mindset in 1st world countries
@HhshhsHh-dw3qq
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
Caste need to be dismantled.
Than
Reservation on the basis of caste 😅😅😅
And only be given to economic backward class…
@AnujSharma56262
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
Caste system has European origin from word Casta, & India had varn system in different kingdom the daily routine of an individual determines its varna so keep your "White Supremacy" and colonial mindset out of India.
@ARVINDKUMAR-gh5do
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
Ban Hindu dharm in uk
@ARVINDKUMAR-gh5do
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
Brahamhan is injurious to humanity 😂😂
@frosbi99en
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
I love how the black like Indian and African is taking over the US. Great.
@vivash8068
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
Caste from South Asia is just a scapegoat, exploitation happens in every society. Any comparative study can actually show that pretty easily.
@kartikrajendran4065
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
This is some next level gaslighting from the BBC and the country that originally brought the caste system to India to begin with. Quit trying to make this an Indian invention. And the US suddenly segregated and stratified by class bc of (🤣) the Indian caste system ?! Gtfoh 🖕🏾😆
@alison2649
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
In America,if they only knew that the rest of us can’t even tell them apart. It’s weird that they wouldn’t stick together.
@mustafahakansandk7747
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
Most Indians have too many problems with intigrating into foreign societies and they are proud about it. They should be made to prove that they can integrate, at least basic things, like that they are capable of showering, using deodorants, or can talk to women without saxual harassment.
@marcusmuhammed
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
Indians bring their culture in the US
@srv645
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
US should bring reservation for african people that's only solution to racism
@PeterCarter-rz6zh
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
Indians complain about discrimination but they themselves follow systemic caste and religious discrimination that has been normalized in India.
@ValueYourTimeOnEarth
December 30, 2023 at 11:01 pm
Cast is disgusting. Dalits should just convert or turn atheist and renounce the racist hind caste system.