broadcast interview was in north america and around the globe. our top stories— russia's main opposition leader arrested along with hundreds of supporters as anticorruption with hundreds of supporters as anticorru ption protest sweep with hundreds of supporters as anticorruption protest sweep the country. we meet two young boys in hospital in mosul as the iraqi city continues to count the coast of the fight against is militants. he used what sap and then killed four people. after the terror attack in london, britain says intelligence services must have access to a encrypted messages. and down—to—earth dressing, two girls grounded by united airlines for wearing leggings. hello and good to have you with us. the united states has condemned the arrest of hundreds of protesters in

russia who have been taking part in anticorruption demonstrations. russia who have been taking part in anticorru ption demonstrations. they included the opposition leader who organised the main rally in moscow. thousands of people joined the demonstrations across the nation, calling for the resignation of the prime minister over corruption allegations. there were moments when moscow resembled a battlefield. russian riot police broke up an anti—government protest, on what was a day of demonstrations across russia. in moscow, they detained more than 500 people. earlier, police had poured into the city centre, warning that the protest was illegal. still, thousands of people packed into pushkin square, to accuse the russian government of corruption. the level of corruption is too high in russia right now, and every single citizen understands it. it's hard to live in corruption atmosphere. i have children, grandchildren,

and i can't breathe in this. these people have come out to protest against government corruption, but the message which this is sending to the crowd is that fighting corruption is not a priority of the russian authorities. among those arrested, russian opposition leader alexei navalny. he says he intends to run for president next year. whether he'll be allowed to isn't clear. it was alexei navalny who had called for nationwide protests. people took to the streets in more than 100 towns and cities across russia, in many cases defying bans by the local authorities. these were some of the largest protests russia has seen for several years. president putin still enjoys strong support, but he can't take that for granted. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.

the us state department said it was troubled by the detention of hundreds of protesters throughout russia. the acting state department spokesman said that pertaining peaceful protesters, humans rights observers and journalist is an affront to core democratic values. the russian people deserve a government that supports an open marketplace of ideas on the equal treatment under the law and the ability to exercise their rights without fear of retribution. iraqi forces are intensifying their assault against so called islamic state, as they try to drive the militants out of western mosul. thousands of people have left the city in recent weeks. and there are conflicting reports about who was responsible for scores of civilian deaths in a single incident last week. the us says it's investigating but has stopped short of taking

responsibility. with the city still divided between is and the iraqi army, our correspondent orla guerin has been to a field hospital in the south of mosul. 11 years old, shot in the leg. behind him, a boy of the same age, hit by a mortar. brought together in a field hospital by acts of war. uday and mohammad, children of mosul. not safe at home, not safe when they flee. the beds are filling up here. ambulances have been arriving every few minutes. most of those we've seen being brought in are children. they've been injured by air strikes and also by shelling, but the staff here tell us they've also received a lot of patients who've been shot by is snipers. it is shoot to kill. isis is not messing around. they don't want people to leave, and they don't care whether it's a child, a man or an old woman. everybody is being shot as they try to escape. people are saying it takes two isis

militants to really keep an area under control, and prevent civilians from going anywhere. they want the civilians to stay inside to remain as human shields. kusei tried to break free with his younger brother, but uday was targeted by an is sniper. this footage, filmed by hospital staff, shows the anguish of abdullah. his five—year—old granddaughter, sara, is in the body bag. is shot her through the heart. but those who escaped the battlefield are bringing accounts of other innocent civilians. allegedly killed by their liberators. victims of bombing raids, by iraqi and coalitionjets. akram mahmood insists that his brother was one of them.

he says hamad, on the right, was a truck driver, and not a militant, and his guide all his life. hamad died on his own doorstep, he tells me, when an air strike hit his car. "five men were killed with my brother," says akram. "i bury them with my own hands." "the slogan from the authorities was ‘we‘re coming to rescue you, to free you from is‘." "in reality, my brother has been killed, and lots of families have been destroyed." and in the camp nearby, the broken and the displaced reach out in desperation. after years of is tyranny, and months of warfare, one more hardship for the people of mosul. orla guerin, bbc news, northern iraq.

in other news, angela merkel‘s party the christian democrats have comfortably won a regional election in germany that's seen as a test of whether she can get a fourth term as chancellor in september. the cdu took 40% of the vote in the small state of saarland. attempts to end the political stalemate in northern ireland have reached a dead end. northern ireland has been without a functioning devolved government since january, when the power—sharing executive collapsed. if no government is formed by monday afternoon, either fresh elections will be called or britain can impose direct rule. britain's home secretary, amber rudd, has demanded access to encrypted messaging services in terrorism cases. she made the comments to the bbc, after it was reported that the man who killed four people in westminster last week was on whatsapp moments before he carried out the attack. our security correspondent gordon corera reports. are technology companies doing

enough to combat terrorism? that was the question raised today, especially when it comes to encrypted communications. khalid masood was active on the messaging system whatsapp just before the attack. the company, part of facebook, says it is helping the authorities. but they can't pass on content of the messages, since even they don't have access to the encrypted data. today, the home secretary said it was not good enough. we need to make sure that organisations like whatsapp, and there are plenty of others like that, do not provide a secret place for terrorists to communicate with each other. it used to be that people would steam open envelopes orjust listen in on phones when they wanted to find out what people were doing legally, through warra ntry, but we need to make sure that our intelligence services have the ability to get into situations like encrypted whatsapp. police say they are worried that technology companies are designing

systems that won't allow for traditional surveillance. at the heart of this is a stark inconsistency between the ability of police to lawfully intercept telephone calls, but not when those messages are exchanged via a social media messaging board for example. that's an inconsistency in society, it surely is, we need a solution through the appropriate legislation. but encryption is getting more popular since it protects ordinary people's data from hackers and criminals, helping preserve privacy. that makes some nervous about giving the state new powers to restrict it. they have huge powers of investigation already. there is a question of always balancing the right to know, the need to know, with the right to privacy. phones as well as messages can be encrypted. after a terrorist attack in san bernardino in america there was a row between apple and the fbi, who wanted a phone unlocked. we don't know for sure in this case if police have been able to access khalid masood's phone yet.

it may help to answer whether he really did act alone, as police think. encryption is an issue that law enforcement and government have long worried about. in the coming week, the technology companies will be meeting with officials here at the home office in a previously scheduled meeting. encryption, though, is one of the issues where the government want tech companies to do more. the wealth of extremist content hosted on websites is a high priority for the government, which fears its radicalising effect. it wants the companies to find the material themselves, and take it down, rather than wait for it to be reported to them. there's no sign of new legislation in the wake of this attack. police have just got new powers over data, but authorities may be hoping they can put enough pressure on technology companies to change their behaviour. gordon corera, bbc news. prosecutors in south korea have said

they are seeking a warrant for the arrest of the country's former president, park geun—hye. mrs park was questioned for fourteen hours last week over the corruption scandal which led to her impeachment. it's thought she may be charged with allowing her close friend to extort money from some of the country's biggest companies. the australian government's inquiry into child sexual abuse allegations in the country over the last 35 years is starting its final public hearing in sydney. more than 1200 witnesses have given evidence over the course of the last four years, including many former child migrants who were sent to australia from britain in the 1950s and 60s, in the hope of a better life. the commission has received information on more than 4000 institutions and expects to have held more than 7000 private sessions by the time it completes its work. after the five—day hearing,

a report, including a series of recommendations, is due in december. after the five—day hearing, a report, including a series of recommendations, is due in december. hywel griffith, our correspondent in sydney, explained what prompted the commission. it was triggered, initially, by a police investigation into abuse alleged to have occurred a couple of hours north of sydney, in the town of newcastle. but very quickly, it emerged that it was notjust individual cases of abuse, that there was an element of institutional abuse happening. and that meant the government decided there was a reason to look like the catholic church, the anglican church, and schools, but it widened the scope. this has been unprecedented. it has looked right across the board. i look at the list here: 0rphanages, sporting institutions, shools, churches. this was a difficult one. and what we heard from the chairperson at the start of the day's session was that

while this looked at over 4000 institutions where abuse at had been alleged, there were some common failures that they have come up with. as you say, it is unprecedented in terms of its scale. what has been some of the response both from the public out there, and some of the institutions that have been involved in this inquiry? so, many of the institutions have been willing to take part. the catholic church very recently in a few sessions agreed to disclose a number of allegations. we heard more than 4000 allegations just within the catholic church. they have been some people, particularly victims, who were angered that may be one individual institution, a school, perhaps, had not been looked at in more detail. but what we heard today was that it was simply impossible to look at every institution in minute detail. they felt there was more to be gained by taking a universal approach.

the two things they found common across them are the failure to report on mandatory reporting. so that is something, if abuse had occurred, that there is not always a duty of care on someone to give that information to the police or the authorities. and also, the failure to compensate abuse victims. survivors of abuse who spent decades anguishing, many suffering physical and mental health problems, and finally there has been some move towards financial restitution, and compensation will, we understand, come from the final report. stay with us on bbc news. still to come... the backlash over united's leggings ban — is the airline's dress code sexist? let there be no more war or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. so proud of both of you. with great regret the committee have

decided that south africa be excluded from the 1970 competition. let there be no more war or bloodshed between streaking across the sky, the white hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers in fiji. this is bbc news. i'm lebo diseko. the latest headlines: russia's main opposition leader has been arrested along with hundreds of supporters as anti—corru ption protests swept the country. mosul‘s civilian population

is continuing to pay a high price as iraqi forces step up the fight against so called islamic state. returning to our top story about the protests in russia and the subsequent arrests. gennady rudkevich is assistant professor in international relations at georgia college in the united states. he told me what he made of the size of the protest and its purpose.. well, these are the largest protests in russia since the 2012 protests for the legislative elections there at that time. and it is particularly unusual to have protests outside of moscow and st petersburg, the opposition leaders claiming there were protests in 99 different cities across russia, including in the caucasus and the eastern coast, and the urals, and it is very unusual for them to be that widespread. i mean, the authorities say this is illegal. they hadn't given permission for them, and they are really taking this as a provocation, and we saw that in their response, didn't we?

absolutely, the authorities did not sanction these protests. traditionally, they do not sanction protests. a lot of the time they get out of control, and there was that possibility here. so the protests were indeed illegal, and the russian government cracked down very quickly. what does this say about political dissent in russia, the fact that they even took place at all? well, russia allows a certain degree of political dissent. people are allowed to join opposition political parties. some of those parties are even allowed run for office, though not navalny‘s party. people have a certain degree of freedom of association and freedom of speech. but when they go what the leadership of russia thinks is over the line, that is when they step in, with heavily armed police. these protests were about

corruption, and one of the demands of protesters is that they wanted the prime minister, dmitry medvedev, to step down. how likely are they to achieve this, and is this really what they wanted, or is this about something more? there is a long—term problem with corruption in russia, and most russian people realise that. what we have seen today is that people didn't think that medvedev was corrupt. he was kind of scene as a liberal moderniser, —— he was kind of seen as a liberal moderniser, and therefore people were particularly angry that he allegedly was involved in all kinds of corrupt activities. in terms of anything happening to him, it is highly unlikely that anything will happen. i just saw a report where the russian legislature, the duma, said that it is up to the presidential administration to investigate any kind of wrongdoing, and it is unlikely that president putin will give in to these kinds of demands for his prime minister.

one person is dead and at least 15 others injured in a shooting at a night club in the us state of ohio. police say there were hundreds of people at the cameo club in cincinnati at the time of the shooting. they also confirm there's no indication that the incident is terror related. saturday night is a young crowd. we have had incidents here in the past that this is the worst one by far. the shooting occurred inside and by the time individuals... when shots were fired, people ran outside so there were not a lot of people inside. there was a large crowd earlier this evening butjust a lot of chaos, obviously, when shots were heard as people tried to get out of harm's way. it's been two years since the start of the saudi—led military campaign in yemen, supporting the government against houthi rebels. so far almost eight thousand people have been killed and 42,000 injured. millions have been affected by the violence, in a country

that is already one of the poorest in the world mai noman is from yemen and she's been back to her homeland, to bring this report from the city of aden. coming back to aden for the first time since the war started in yemen i can see the signs of this brutal conflict on the city and its people. i met this young boy. he was four when a missile fell on his house. he lost a finger and both of his legs. his brother was also injured. after taking control of the capital, houthi rebels from the north stormed

the southern city of aden in march 2015. a four month vicious battle began. shortly after the fighting began, the saudi arabians formed a coalition and joined the war, bombing targets across the country. now, more than two years later, the frontline continues to shift, the battles leave behind long—lasting scars on many families who have been caught in the fighting. over 10 million yemeni children have been affected by this conflict. according to unicef,

there are 1.6 million children displaced, half a million at risk of starving and thousands have been injured. many children shows signs of distress. the destruction caused by this ongoing war can be seen across the country. but for children like these two, it is the invisible scars that will be hardest to heal. hong kong's new chief executive says

healing divisions in the territory will be her priority t carrie lam was elected by a specially—appointed committee of nearly twelve—hundred people — most of them loyal to beijing. ms lam had the backing of the chinese government and was widely expected to win. united airlines has faced a barrage of criticism after it barred two teenage girls from boarding a flight for wearing leggings. a third girl aged ten, also wearing leggings, was only allowed to board the plane after she put on a dress that was in her backpack. a female member of staff told the girls that they could not proceed while wearing spandex, which the airline deems inappropriate. caroline davies reports. it is the online argument that has been called leggings—gate, and this was the tweet that sparked it. shannon watts, a campaigner in the united states, saw two girls banned from a united airlines flight

because they were wearing leggings. she tweeted the incident to the airline. this was their response. and it led to a tirade, with some celebrities joining in. comedian sarah silverman said she would not fly on united airlines. model chrissy teigen said she would try wearing onlyjeans and a scarf next time, and actor keegan allen called it petty. united clarified their position in a later tweet, explaining they were pass riders, a ticket for eligible dependents which does have a dress code, and that excludes wearing lycra. but that hasn't quietened the twitter storm entirely, and shannon says she still thinks the policy is sexist. and before we go we wanted to show you these pictures of four white

tigers born at a zoo in central poland. the cubs, two females and two males, were born five days ago to their mum safran. and as you can see they've all been taking it easy. white tigers are extremely rare and owe their appearance to a recessive gene. this private safari zoo, which specialises in breeding white animals, rarely found in the wild. 0ur our top story, thousands of russians have taken part in anticorruption rallies across the country, defying the authorities. the biggest protest we re the authorities. the biggest protest were in moscow where around 800 people were detained according to activists will stop hello again. it is not often that we get the best of the weather over the weekend, but that seems to be the case this time round.

on sunday, we had a temperature of 20 degrees in highland scotland, aviemore, for example. but, for many of us on sunday, the skies were not quite as blue. we had some high cloud contaminating things. now, there is some cloud coming up from nearby france, but we are also filling in the north sea with low cloud, and it is that that's heading our way right now, particularly into parts of northern england, down into the midlands and wales. still got the high pressure in charge at the moment, and it is going to be pretty chilly, despite a bit more cloud. temperatures a bit lower across the southern half of the uk, where that stronger wind has now finally relented. any frost in the north will tend to lift fairly quickly, i think, across mainland scotland. one or two mist and fog patches, perhaps, but the sunshine coming through. a little bit more cloud by morning, perhaps, in northern ireland, and a change for england and wales, where we will start off a bit grey, misty and murky across the likes of north—east england, perhaps into the midlands and into east wales. this is the main area of low cloud, spilling in from the north sea. south of that, the odd patch of mist or low cloud,

but some sunshine as well, and most of us will see the sunshine burning through that cloud. it does take a while, though, where it has moved in off the north sea, and the odd patch may linger through into the afternoon, especially across the north—east of england and south—east scotland. so here, that low cloud will peg back the temperatures. 0therwise, with some sunshine, the numbers are similar to what we had on sunday. highest temperatures again in highland scotland, and this time in the south—east of england, where we don't have that cold, easterly wind. over the week ahead, though, we are going to find more cloud arriving, and the chance of some rain, especially in the north and west of the uk. but southerly winds, mind you, so still decent temperatures by day, and it won't be as cold at night, either. but the high pressure is shrinking away into the near continent. instead there is a massive area of low pressure out in the atlantic, and that will dominate our weather, to bring with it showers or longer spells of rain. and the first signs of rain really arrive on tuesday. a bit of a dull start, ahead of the showers moving into the south—west, wales, northern ireland, later the midlands, northern

england, and eventually southern scotland. north—east scotland still rather grey and cool, with the onshore breeze. maybe one or two showers in the south—east and east anglia, but some sunshine here as well, and this is where we will see the highest temperatures, and many places will be dry. and it could be that way again on wednesday. weather fronts coming in around that big area of low pressure threaten to bring more organised rain into the western side of the uk, but ahead of it, still largely dry and warm in the south—east. the latest headlines from bbc news, i'm lebo diseko. thousands of russians have taken part in anti—corruption rallies across the country, in defiance of the authorities. the biggest protests were in moscow, where activists say eight 100 people were detained, including the opposition leader, alexei navalny. mosul‘s civilian population is continuing to pay a high price as iraqi forces step up the fight against so—called islamic state. thousands of people have left the city in recent weeks and there are conflicting reports about who was responsible for scores of civilian deaths in a single incident last week.

britain's home secretary, amber rudd, has demanded access to encrypted messaging services in terrorism cases. she made the comments to the bbc after it was reported that the man who killed four people in london last week was on whatsapp moments before he carried out the attack. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur.