hello, i'm philippa thomas, this is outside source. polls have closed in zimba bwe‘s election, the country's first in nearly a0 years not to feature robert mugabe. young i am very happy to make a change, my decision is being considered for zimbabwe, so i'm happy hopeful. india has stripped more than four million people of their citizenship in the state of assam — mostly bengali—speaking muslims. this video has shocked france — it shows a woman being assaulted on the street after calling out a stranger for harassing her. and remember — if you want to get in touch — the hashtag is bbc 05. it was hard to imagine this day would ever come. zimbabwe has held its first

presidential and parliamentary elections not to feature — this man — robert mugabe — since he led the country to independence back in 1980. it's been quite a day. the polls have now closed but these were the scenes as tens of thousands of people in different parts of the country queued to vote. the electoral commission chair has said that turnout was at 75%. the bbc spoke to some of them. i would like everybody to be employed, i would like more clinics to have medicine. i would like people to go to school, more schools, more clinics, morejobs for everyone. today i am very hopeful about zimbabwe. i am very happy that i am able to make a change to the decision. it is being considered for zimbabwe, so i am happy and hopeful. robert mugabe's successor, the man who stood by him

for decades then ousted him — is emmerson mnangagwa. he wants this election to legitimise his hold on the presidency. here he is earlier after voting. i am happy that all the process for campaigning was peaceful. the voting today is peaceful. i have no doubt that the and process of the entire electoral process will be very peaceful. his opponent is almost half his age. the new leader of the mdc, the movement for democratic change is nelson chamisa. he says he's confident of victory if the election is fair. the bbc‘s fergal keane got some words with him as he went to vote in the capital harare. how is it going? is it going well? very good, he said. nelson just after voting. it is chaotic but it is democracy as zimbabwe has never known before. a few moments later,

i caught up with him again. will you accept the vote even if you lose? i have told you that we are not losing this election. we are winning this election. i am not interested in impossibilities. so you are confident? we will win this election. that is a free and fair election, particularly in the rural area. it is a done deal. fergal has also written this article for bbc online, looking at whether this post—mugabe vote can heal divisions in the country. and on a related story, look at these pictures from today. they show robert mugabe's wife, grace, with her husband — and she's just had the bad news that a south african court has just annulled her diplomatic immunity. since she stands accused of assaulting a model in south africa last year, this means grace mugabe could be arrested if she ever goes back there. the bbc‘s shingai nyoka is based in harare for us. we were out well before the polling

stations opened at 7am this morning. already they were lots of people that were braving the morning cold and waiting in the queue to vote. there is a sense of excitement about what this vote will bring. some of the people that we spoke to had said that for the first time in years, they really felt that this vote of fa res could they really felt that this vote of fares could count for something. polling stations closed a few hours ago and vote counting is now under way. now zimbabweans are waiting to see within the next five days who will win this election. i know a lot of those registered to vote were quite young. was that reflected in the faces you saw on the streets?m was reflected in the faces that we saw, especially here which is an

urban area. we understand the voter registrations were up among the youth group, up to 43%, traditionally they have been a disengaged group, but post robert mugabe, possibly a sense they feel they have the voice to change things. but having said that, this is seen as a boat, a battle between the rural voters as well as the youth voters, rural voters make up 70% of the registered voters, in zimbabwe, they are usually the silent majority who do not have a voice on social media and who generally do not see. the question now is who will prevail from those two groups. more than four million people in the indian state of assam have effectively been stripped of their citizenship — after being left off an official register. most of these people lining up

to check if they were affected are bengali—speaking muslims who now have to prove they were living in india before the creation of bangladesh in 1971. any paperwork that dates back a long way. india says the move will root out illegal immigrants from bangladesh. but human rights groups accuse india's hindu nationalist government of targeting muslims. the bbc‘s nitin sri—vastava in assam has more on the day the news came through. so it is mammoth exercise. almost... millions of people waiting for this morning, ten o'clock, for the list to be out so the government had taken them precations that the list will be out in several government

offices in areas, there sounds, the regions. it also been out on the website, so the way is how people have been queuing up and trying to know what the status is. all of a sudden. but i can tell you that in the rural areas, there is a sense of chaos and desperation to find out whether the names have been given to the list or not. to give you a small example, had you been travelling in the south area and the mobile networks have just been, they have just not been working since this morning, because everyone is trying to look on mobile shop and requesting them, paying them a small amount to know whether there name figures on the list or not. the government says those left off the register — will have the chance to re—apply — and that no one will be deported immediately. here's india's high commissioner to the united kingdom y.k. sinha. they are illegal, and proved to be

illegal, the due process of law in a democracy in india will be followed. the supreme court of india is directly monitoring this, so i would not have fears that have been expressed by you and others, so i think let's wait. this is a draft as i said initially. let's wait and see what the outcome is. what the due process of law needs. i do not think we should jump to conclusions. ijust want to bring you these pictures from france that have gone viral — and i should warn you they are shocking. they show the moment a woman was attacked, in broad daylight, outside a cafe in paris. here you see the 22—year—old woman, marie laguerre, in red. she was returning home from work last tuesday when this man you see here started making obscene and degrading comments and, in her words, "noises with sexual connotations". she tells him to shut up. she keeps going, this is the moment he grabs an ashtray

and flings it at her, narrowly missing her. he then strides towards her as she turns back. let me bring the video full frame to show you the shocking events that happened next. as the man gets close he hits herfull in the face — look at the way her head is snapped back. the other people in the cafe remonstrate with him, but he ends up walking away. miss laguerre said she went home — but quickly decided to go back to the cafe, to take witness statements and complain to the police. the restaurant owner gave her the cctv video which she released and it caused outrage, notjust in france. here she is earlier today speaking about the assault. translation: as i walked past him, he started making noises, degrading sounds like whistling and making gestures. when he turned around, i knew he was going to hit me.

i did not have much choice. i could run away but that was out of the question. i was not going to lower my gaze and i definitely was not going to apologise. the irony is that the police officer who took my complaint told me that she herself was a victim of harassment. this concerns all women. i do not know any who does not have a story of harassment. the incident coincides with a government push to impose on—the—spot fines for street harassment. i asked the french journalist and commentator agnes poirier whether miss laguerre was right, that every woman has suffered harassment. young yes, i think so. absolutely. i have been talking about many women in europe and beyond. the whole world, probably. so what she did was actually very useful. because this

new law that is yet to be formally signed into law, but it has already been passed by the french, it is quite difficult to implement. in a way of very good step forward. it implements on the spot fines for anyone calling names, calling women names, and whistling at them or demanding phone numbers for instance. finds up to 750 euros. of course, you think you need a punishment. you need a policeman to witness that street harassment and to be provide those fines. so it is quite difficult. what marie did i really think that footage is a clear case for anyone who doubts this is happening every hour, every minute in the streets of france and europe. it is little things that can very

quickly turn into physical attack because perhaps if she had not responded, perhaps it would have been fine but actually she did something brave. she confronted him. he reacted in an extremely aggressively, extremely violently and it is interesting to see the video because you see people actually come they make sense of what is going on, they react, but in the end, they are not from the police force and the guy walks away after having been confronted. quite many people on the terrace and today, the french ministerfor gender equality announced that they will be at campaign, a tv campaign to really push people who witness does street harassment acts do testify, go to the police and support the victim. i think it is important because in a way, everyone

is in this together. it is really a question of society. stay with us on outside source — still to come... we still do not know why the aeroplane disappeared with 239 crew and passengers on board. we will bring you the latest. the supreme court has confirmed that the approval of a judge is no longer needed to end the care of people who are in persistent vegetative states, as long as families and doctors agree to the decision. many thousands of individuals are believed to be in such a condition, with little or no hope of recovery. the decision applies in england, wales and northern ireland. our legal correspondent clive coleman told us more about the implications of the decision from outside the supreme court. backin back in the 1990s, in the case of tony bland, judges felt they had to

impose a state guard so even when relatives and doctors agree the withdrawal of food and water was in the best interest of the patient, doctors still had to go to court and get a court order allowing that to happen, but in the intervening period, there has been a real emphasis on personal autonomy, what the patient wants, and that his white relatives now are asked not what they want, but what their loved one would have wanted if they had known how bad the prognosis was. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? polls have closed in zimbabwe's first presidential and parliamentary elections since robert mugabe was forced from office. negotiations are under way to try to free around 30 women and children who are being held by the islamic state group in syria. they were reportedly kidnapped during an is attack on the sweida region in which 200

people were killed. last week's raid shows is militants remain a deadly threat in syria. japanese scientists have announced the start of the first human trials using stem cells to treat parkinson's disease. the study at kyoto university, will work to actively reverse the effects of the disease, rather than merely easing the symptoms, as current treatment does. a van driver in the canadian city of ottawa has been sacked after a video of them repeatedly splashing pedestrians went viral. the video has been viewed over 750,000 times, and a local contracting company subsequently made an apology for their driver's behaviour on its facebook page. that is one of the most read stories on the bbc news website. in russia, six prison staff have been detained after video footage emerged showing the brutal and prolonged beating of an inmate by guards. the recording, from one of the mandatory cameras cameras

worn by prison guards, has shocked russia. human rights groups say it exposes a culture of institutionalised violence. our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, has been speaking to the prisoners mother. there are distressing images from the start of this report. they use the prisoner as a punchbag. one by one, first with fists, then their truncheons. 18 guards against one man in handcuffs. this is yevgeny makarov‘s punishment for swearing at a warden. one man beats him so hard he exhausts himself. now that guards and five others have been detained. maxim yablokov has admitted his part in the violence but only after the shocking video was leaked to the press. before then, the victim's official complaint went nowhere. yevgeny‘s mother tells me she cried watching the footage

of him being beaten. she is too nervous to show her face but she cannot get the sight and sounds of her son suffering out of their head now. translation: i want everything to be exposed at last and for those men to be judged as they deserve, to be punished. that is what i want. yevgeny has been moved from prison no1 for his own safety. his lawyer, who got hold of the incriminating video, has left russia after being threatened. translation: i want everything to be exposed at last and for those men the footage is so shocking and clear that it has forced the authorities to investigate but russian human rights groups say violence in prisons here is common, even routine, it's just that the evidence doesn't usually get out. they are hitting me from behind... ivan‘s horror story is from the same prison. they use their hands and legs and rubber sticks. he is now study in the us but last

year he was in a cell next to yevgeny and says he too was beaten by guards. they do not follow the law of the country. they follow their tradition. if a prisoner uses a swear word against you, the prisoner will be beaten 100%. the local human rights official denies priso abuse is systemic here, but he admits prosecution is very rare. the video footage from guards' body cameras is usually missing or incomplete. translation: i told prison stuff they were obliged to film so that if they are justified in using force, i can defend them. so they started to use the cameras but they did it selectively, actually, to cover up crimes. this time the truth came out. what is not clear is whether holding abuses the account is still the exception or a new rule.

sarah rainsford, bbc news. a really disturbing report. let's bring it down to business. american express says it will conduct a review with an external party, after allegations it raised charges on foreign exchange transations without notifying customers. the allegations appeared in the wall streetjournal. paul blake — our business correspondent in new york — has the latest on this developing story. this goes back to a wall street journal report, and the journal reporting that american express is essentially attractive business practises by offering them one price and then changing the price. the key allegation is the rates were changed without the customers knowledge or approval and that they were unaware when these rates were changed. the

wall streetjournal said this was done to boost revenues and to employee commissions and it occurred from 2004 two earlier this year. the wall streetjournal is from 2004 two earlier this year. the wall street journal is citing unnamed sources saying they are people familiar with the result, you can see their stock off nearly 33% today. and what about american express itself? has put out statements? they have and we have just gotten in here. they say they we re just gotten in here. they say they were in no contractual pricing agreement with clients except for a few very large clients. they say they believe all the transactions we re they believe all the transactions were completed and reported in a fairand were completed and reported in a fair and transparent manner the rate the customers authorised. that is a quote from the company. they say they are taking allegations very seriously and bringing in an outside investigation teams to conduct an investigation, but they are saying right now they are under no contractual obligation with many of these clients to ensure a certain

price. but this is a matter of trust and credibility. it is quite significant by the sound of it. that is right. at the end of the day, this is the business, the foreign exchange business only accounts for about one half of a percent of american express bottom line but in terms of how it is that there are books, not that of the deal, but when it comes to the reputation of the company, and how the company is see in the public eye and how they go out into the marketplace trying to attract more clients, trying to get people to sign up for their foreign exchange services, this will affect that and that is what they are worried about. and how broad or big business, big banks are seeing and they do not want to play into broader narratives about big banks and big business and when they go into the marketplace to attract customers and new clients. paul live from new york. they give very much. we have been talking about zimbabwe. the two presidential candidates in zimabwe's historical election have made promises on the economy

key to their campaigns. zimbabwe used to be regarded as africa's bread basket , with bulawayo its industrial centre. it's now more often called an economic basket case. vimbaishe musvaburi is a parliamentary candidate for bulawayo and our business reporter vivienne nunis recently returned from the country. let's hear what they have to say.|j personally think that the most important aspect of our economy here in zimbabwe is carried by the agricultural section. the mining sector. that in itself will create a lot of jobs because sector. that in itself will create a lot ofjobs because for example, if we concentrate on the agricultural sector and actually also have industrial sectors that support the agricultural sector as well as the mining indefinitely, because we really need to open up zimbabwe for tourists to come in. that in itself will revive our economy. before we

even start talking about opening up business for businesses for foreign investors, i think we should mainly concentrate on what we are carrying asa concentrate on what we are carrying as a nation. she said she needed all problems in home for. but actually the message from the government and this election and campaign has been zimbabwe needs to attract foreign investment. it needs to have come to come in and kick—start the economy. there are a lot of people in zimbabwe to better educated and zimbabwe to better educated and zimbabwe has established itself as a credible economy. it has to reestablish those ties like the world bank, like the imf. the german car—maker bmw is caught is the crossfire of the us—china trade war after china increased tariffs on us—made cars to 40% earlier this month. bmw manfactures some suv models in the states — and is now increasing prices for chinese buyers to offset some of that 40%. here'sjim holder, the editorial director at autocar.

the consumer is going to pay between four and 7% more at the moment, soap and ws adsorbing an awful lot of this rise but the consumer is already going to pay more and bmw will not be allowed. ——alone. other car—makers who make cars in america and china are looking to do the same. suvs are the most probable so car—makers are allowing the consumers demand for suvs. it is not only american. it is a global one. the chinese market, the european market, they cannot build enough of them. companies like ford and gm now, they are going to re—profile their entire offering around suvs. so the demand is immense. that does offer opportunities to factories and where that leads, manufacturers need to consolidate. they have the period of too many factories, and cannot make enough cars to keep busy, to keep them profitable, but how it does that, so many pressures. you have got union pressures, governmental pressures are on high, how you consolidate in that backdrop is what really challenging and any to do it, they need

to stop losing money. a vigil is being held in syntagma square in central athens for the victims of the wildfires that devastated nearby seaside resorts. the fires were burning in the attica region that surrounds athens. the epicentre was here — mati — a seaside resort about 40 kilometres northeast of athens. these are the pictures from the vigil. several hundred greeks gathered silently with candles outside parliament to commemorate the 92 victims. two dozen people are still missing — and 28 bodies have yet to be identified. many people fled to the safety of the sea — treading water for several hours as they waited to be rescued. the prime minister alexis tsipras today visited the area and met survivors. thank you for being with us here on outside source. hello there we saw a relief to the

heat, as it moved in and brought most seasonal temperatures. across north america, we've got a heatwave conditions across parts of the west thinks to high pressure and some wildfires burning out of control. further east is a completely different story. a lot more humid, we've got plumes of air from the gulf of mexico. plenty of showers and thunderstorms breaking out. it could cost him travel disruption with some flash flooding in places. further west, it is set to stage white, throughout most of this weight but for the next few days, temperatures will remain very high across parts of california. you can see the deep orange and red rump washington state to northern california and indeed behind me, is wildfire pictures are from northern california. we have seen the fire burning at least 90,000 acres of land. very strong winds have been fanning the flames, and there is not going to be any relief in sight for

the next four or five days with regards to rain. it is dry in california thanks to high—pressure. further north, you can see more cloud and some rain and lower temperatures. as the week wears on. across south asia, it has been extremely wet all tied in with the monsoon rains. but the northeastern and yeah, and parts of bangladesh and yeah, and parts of bangladesh and bmr, has seen flooding in the last few days. it is set to state very wet across many areas for the next four or five days but further south, we have some shelter but still it could stay quite dry and hot there. it has been ever so hot across parts of japan. hot there. it has been ever so hot across parts ofjapan. the korean peninsula, northeast china, the heatwave is set to continue up across the peninsula but we have a tropical storm which is possible relief. the temperatures here are returning to seasonal. it is very hot there, and areas are very heavy rain continuing to affect southern china. the indochina peninsula and also parts of the philippines so

very wet for bangkok and manila, it states extremely hot, 40 celsius through the week. for tokyo, closer to the seasonal average. still very hot across europe on a tuesday, particularly eastern areas. it brought a drop in tempter to the british isles during the course of the weekend. it stays pretty u nsettle the weekend. it stays pretty unsettle across the northwest corner but the heat will return across the uk which is bouncing back into the low 30s celsius in london, so cooling showers for stockholm and madrid and lisbon. here we are looking at an intense going through the week. but back home for this week, it is unsettle to start, with some rain, but like i mentioned, it is starting to hot up again across the south. hello, i'm philippa thomas, this is outside source. polls have closed in zimba bwe's election — the country's first in nearly forty years not to feature robert mugabe.

i am very happy that i'm able to make a change, my decision is being considered for zimbabwe, so i'm happy and hopeful. this video has shocked france — it shows a woman being assaulted on the street after calling out a stranger for harassing her. and fires continue to burn across the state of california. the fire is a little enthusiastic now, reacting to the wind and the fee was. it's coming up from the bottom below us. and remember — if you want to get in touch — the hashtag is bbc os. firefighters are still battling major wildfires in the state of california that

have killed eight people around 50,000 to leave their homes. the deadliest fire has been burning through shasta county in the north of the state for a week now. this map is from the fire authorities — as you can see, they're dealing with a number of blazes — across the state — but this is by far the biggest. it is so big, we've got a picture from nasa and you can see the smoke from nasa and you can see the smoke from space. we got that image just a short time ago. so far it's ripped through almost 100—thousand acres and destroyed more than 700 homes. james cook reports. the fire season is no more. california is now ablaze all year round. in the past six years, not one month has passed without a major wildfire here. just now, 17 are burning up and down the state,

causing problems for battalion chief paul fleckenstein and his team. the fire that's coming up behind us is a little enthusiastic right now. it's reacting to the wind and the fuels. it's coming up from the bottom below us, mostly the thermal column is carrying it up, it's catching the brush, you can hear it cook off the moisture, that's the crackling part. then it's picking up the embers and throwing them kind of where we are not looking for them to go right now. across north america, tens of thousands of firefighters are battling to save life and protect property, setting controlled burns like this one and hacking away at the undergrowth to try to deprive the wildfires of fuel. it is relentless and often dangerous work. quite how dangerous was underlined again with the death of brian hughes, the 33—year—old captain of the arrowhead hotshots. he was fighting this blaze near yosemite national park when he was struck by a falling tree, the fourth firefighter to die in california's current wildfires.

this is the latest threat, fire advancing on the town of lakeport, adding to the evacuations. 50,000 people in the state have now fled their homes. but staying can be deadly. in the mountains of shasta county, where this village was reduced to ashes, police say they found the body of someone who had refused to leave. these pictures of the fires sweeping in were filmed by a helicopter pilot. they show it jumping the sacramento river, leaving two young children and their great—grandmother among the dead, and the fear here is that this is what the future looks like. james cook, bbc news, in northern california. we are staying in america for a meeting of two populist minds. italy's prime minister guiseppe conte is in washington to meet donald trump. on the issue of immigration, both the us and italy have similar views.

italy has recently closed its ports to boats carrying migrants rescued from the mediterranean sea, and donald trump has campaigned on building a wall along the us border with mexico. this, he claims, is to keep unwanted migrants out. a few hours before conte arrived at the white house, president trump tweet tweeted, "we must have border security... go to merit based immigration... protect the law enforcement agencies... and of course, keep building, but much faster, the wall!" the two leaders held a news conference a few minutes ago and it didn't take long before the issue of immigation was raised. like the united states, italy is currently under enormous strain asa result of illegal immigration, and they've fought it hard. and the prime minister, frankly, is with us today because of illegal immigration. italy got tired of it. they didn't want it any longer. the people of italy have borne a great

part of the burden for europe through the course of the migration crisis. i applaud the prime minister for his bold leadership, truly bold and i hope world leaders will follow this example, including leaders europe. towards the end of that news conference president trump was asked by a journalist whether he would enter into nuclear talks with iran, this was his response. do you have preconditions for that meeting? no preconditions, no. they want to meet, i'll meet, any time they want, any time they want. it's good for the country, good for them, good for us and good for the world. anthony zurcher was watching that news conference in washington, and he expects that answer will cause quite a stir. donald trump styles himself as a great negotiator, so he has faith his ability to sit down with virtually anyone and struck a good deal.

it is interesting about this is back in 2008, during the democratic debate, barack obama said he would be willing to meet with foreign leaders including adversaries, agrees with no preconditions, and he was roundly criticised, not only by conservatives who said it showed he was weak on foreign policy but even by hillary clinton, who was running against him for the democratic nomination. so just about ten years later, donald trump is saying essentially the same thing. anthony, stay there, i just want to show our viewers something else donald trump had to say, along the lines of being able to act differently, be his own man. look at this. mr prime minister, think you forjoining me from these important discussions, we are both outsiders to politics, can you believe it, we are both outsiders to politics. i look at all these wonderful politicians and we're both determined to protect the rights and needs and interests and dreams of our citizens, and we will do that. donald trump talking about being an outsider. let's bring anthony back in. he campaigned on this

year and a half or more into his presidency, does this rhetoric still work of being the outsider, the man who came to washington to drain the swamp? it is a fine line to walk, to style yourself as an outsider when not only have you been in the presidency and controlling the executive branch radio and a half but also your party controls both chambers of congress and you are making nominations to the us supreme court that will tilt that chamber to a more conservative slant. but donald trump still runs as the voice of the people, the voice of his supporters. he criticises the establishment and contrasts himself with the establishment. saying that he is attempting to change things and it's not always easy. there was a poll just yesterday from cbs that showed that donald trump's core base of supporters believe him, rather than the mainstream media, or even their friends and family. that shows that at least among his base he is still considered an outsider, still considered someone different and washington. you can imagine he will run

on that in the mid—term elections later this year and also when he runs for election in 2020. malaysian investigators have released a report into the disappearance of flight mh370, leaving many questions still unanswered. what they did say conclusively was that the plane made an "about turn" shortly after take off. here's the head of the malaysian investigation. from our analysis and findings we can conclude that flight had turned back, and we can also confirm that this was not because of anomalies in the mechanical system. we have carried out similar to sessions to determine how the aircraft turned back. and we can confirm that the term back was made not under autopilot, it was done and a manual control. that turn occured a few minutes after take off from here, kuala lumpur airport, on 8 march 2014.

the flight was headed for beijing, with 239 people on board. since then, debris from the plane has been found as far away as reunion where part of a wing washed ashore injuly 2015. other bits of debris were found in south africa, zanzibar and madagascar, but the majority of the plane has never been recovered. karishma vaswani has been through this new report. a leading investigator in the report has also said there is no evidence to support the remote takeover theory. there had been a theory at one point saying that the plane had been hijacked by external parties through technology, according to investigators in the press conference today there is no evidence to support that, the airworthiness of the plane was analysed and in the meantime there was a great dignity cell and investigation into the pilot as well

but for all intents and purposes, in this report, over 800 pages, but for all intents and purposes, in this report, over800 pages, it looks like the new malaysian government says they don't have a conclusive reason behind why this plane disappeared and it is not clear if that will be a resumption of the search. because remember what the malaysian government had said ahead of this report being released, the new prime minister had said that if that was new evidence that came asa if that was new evidence that came as a result of this report than that was the possibility that the research might be resumed. that is not clear if that is happening yet so obviously a great deal of distraught relatives and families on the ground and in china. relatives of those

on board mh370 have been critical of the report. here is one man whose wife was aboard mh370 when it took that unexplained turn, more than four years ago. ifi if i can just summarise the reaction, it has been disappointment, a sense of feeling deflated, and a sense of regurgitating what we already knew. at the end of the day, big questions remain, so there is no end in sight for the families, as i see it, because we still don't know what happened, why it happened, who or what were responsible. so we are exactly where we were on march eight, when it was a plane that took off, turned back, and disappeared. stay with us on outside source — still to come... reaction to cambodia's general

election. the ruling party claims to have one, critics are calling it a sham. the funeral has taken part of don stu rg ess, the funeral has taken part of don sturgess, poisoned by novichok three weeks ago, charlie rowley, her partner, who was also poisoned was present. killed by novichok, today don sturgess was remembered as an innocent victim and as a fun loving mum of three. the private funeral service included the song by james blunt, beautiful dawn, and the track from fame and, i'm going to live forever. the figure who conducted the ceremony said's young daughter

was among those addressing the congregation. she just said was among those addressing the congregation. shejust said how was among those addressing the congregation. she just said how much she loved her mum and how much her mum had loved her, which resulted in a round of applause from everybody in the crematorium, just to say how marvellous it was that she had to do mat, and how courageous she had been. the vicar said that despite earlier advice about contamination risks he was able to touch the coffin and paul bearer carried it into the crematorium as normal. charlie rowley, poisoned at the same time as dawn sat in the front row as family and friends paid tribute to the 44—year—old. family and friends paid tribute to the 44-year-old. are like people to think of dawn not in a sad way because she had passed but in a happy way because she was a lovely person and very helpful to anyone who needed help. tonight work continues to establish with a couple

came across the poison. meanwhile the hostel where had a room is being reopened. at her funeral prayers we re reopened. at her funeral prayers were said for this entire community where so many are still in shock. john kay, bbc news, salisbury. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. polls have closed in zimba bwe's first presidential and parliamentary elections since robert mugabe was forced from office. cambodia's elections are set to hand the ruling party all 125 parliamentary seats, an outcome that would turn the country into a one—party state after a vote that took place without a political opposition. the result paves the way for this man here — hun sen — to extend his thirty—three year

term in power. the white house described the vote as neitherfree norfair, and in a statement, said the trump administration would consider action, like the extension of visa restrictions on cambodian officials. the country's opposition leader, who lives in self—imposed exile in paris, didn't mince his words about this result. it was a farce. a sham election. he doesn't represent the will of the people. because the main opposition party was not allowed to participate. so half of the nation was disenfranchised and had no choice. the bbc‘s nanchanok wongsamuth was in cambodia covering the election. it is something cambodians already expect, that the cpp looks likely to win all 125 seats. it is also frustrating for some people. i talked to several people who are not

happy that the country will continue to be governed by hun sen. he has already been in powerfor more to be governed by hun sen. he has already been in power for more than 30 years. these people really want change but are frustrated that no one can do anything. that's because the cambodian national party which came very the cambodian national party which came very close to winning their general election back in 2013 was dissolved in november last year. the leaders of the crp have been urging people to boycott the elections that people to boycott the elections that people are still afraid, they are still afraid to not go out and vote because the government has threatened legal action against those who participate in these campaigns. before the general

election on sunday, the government actually closed down 17 and media websites, and this includes independent news websites and the voice of america and radio free asia. we've played you quite a few original reports from bbc africa eye. their latest is a special undercover investigation which has discovered that somali men and women are being tortured and abused at centres in east africa. these centres claim to be rehabilitating those they say have gone against somali culture and religion ? accusing them of drug abuse and un—islamic behaviour. but our reporterjamal osman found young somalis held against their will for so—called crimes like having a girlfriend, drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes. you might find some of the scenes in his report upsetting. this is easterly nairobi, known as little mogadishu because it is home to so many somalis. and there is a booming

industry in traditional islamic healing. we have discovered disturbing evidence of torture in some of the rehabilitation centres. this is one of them. by going undercover, we filmed these shocking scenes. patients are kidnapped, held against their will. and beaten. one insider told us that this violence was common. i have seen clients have broken arms, we have taken some to hospital because of this kind of violence. and is notjust beatings. patients are forced to drink a potentially deadly concoction. called harmala.

seconds after drinking, it makes them vomit violently. and we have discovered that in almost every case, it's the relatives who admit them. some of these parents don't know what happens in these rehab centres because they are run by religious figures and these figures are usually trusted within the community. two policeman at the gate but they are not here to investigate allegations of abuse. instead they are dropping off a patient. families are paying the centre to arrange the kidnap of young somalis by the kenyan police. the abuses we have documented at the centre are all crimes under kenyan law, this is the government regulator responsible. maybe our judicial system has issues of more priority than this one, but i think we also have our role as an agency, when charges are laid to up our game.

we contacted the owner of the centre and he said, these allegations were just propaganda. the kenyan police have not responded to the accusation that they are complicit. and none of the members of staff or patients shown carrying out abuse in this film gave any response, whether knowingly or not, somali families are subjecting their loved ones to torture, and no doubt these patients will bear the scars for many years to come. jamal osman there. you can see a longer version of this investigation, online. hundreds of hikers who were trapped overnight on a volcano in indonesia following a deadly earthquake have been making their way down to safety. sixteen people were killed when the 6.4 magnitude

quake hit the central island of lombok early sunday morning. the hikers were stranded on mount rinjani when their paths were blocked by landslides. here's our correspondent rebecca henschke. finally off the mountain, health workers rushed to treat a climber affected by dehydration. physically and mentally exhausted, the climbers have come down. the climbers are being treated for trauma and dehydration, building up their strength before they can go home. they are dehydrated because they were trapped for quite some time. and they didn't have enough food or water. they became weak. this video, filmed by a guide, captures the terrifying moment the earthquake struck and triggered huge landslides near the crater. everybody go down!

guides yelling for everyone to get down from the summit. how were you feeling at that time? it's very scary because the rock is going down from the mountains, and our guides are shouting, run, run, keep running. and we ran. it was very scary. they couldn't move, theyjust cried. a young indonesian climber was killed from falling rocks. his body still needs to be brought down. this group of climbers came across the body, when they realised that they were trapped they also feared for their lives. i wasn't thinking straight. i didn't think we would get out alive. i thought we were

going to die there. with the last of the hikers coming down, the authorities have now now closed mount rinjani national park but after—shocks are still being felt here and they don't want to take any more risks. many of these hikers were expecting this to be adventure. what they got was something terrifying. and many may not be brave enough to come back. rebecca henschke, bbc news, lombok. now, have you ever said something so wrong, you can't believe the words fell out of your mouth? well, britain's top diplomat is now a member of that club. the new foreign secretaryjeremy hunt is on an official visit to china, where he mistakenly said this. also, my wife isjapanese... my wife is chinese, sorry! laughter. that's a terrible mistake to make! we spoke in japanese at the state banquet, but my wife is chinese.

of course mr hunt knows very well that his wife, lucia gwaw, is chinese. he explained he'd just been speaking injapanese to his host. you could say he's very versatile — or accomplished — but that's clearly not what his day will be remembered for. thanks for being with us today on outside source. you can contact me on twitter and the usual hashtag. thank you again for being with us. at long last we have seen a much—needed rain across many parts of the uk. but and is not the rain that will dominate this week. there will be showers yet few of them in

number as we go through the week and he is set to return especially towards the south. at the moment we have low—pressure returning to the north atlantic, that has been bringing ina north atlantic, that has been bringing in a weather front which will hang around for the next day or so, although because we've got a dip in thejet so, although because we've got a dip in the jet stream down to the south of the uk, low—pressure sakai twitter circulating that the jet strea m twitter circulating that the jet stream should we can and pushed north once more, drawing up the heat from western europe, helping to build an area of high pressure. that area of high pressure should squeeze out the range of us and keep places dry. we still got low—pressure close ina dry. we still got low—pressure close in a showers, we've seen low— pressure in a showers, we've seen low—pressure running up the coast from east anglia, a lot of sunshine around before cloud increases to the west, as the weakening weather system continues, although stronger breezes in western scotland once more, lighter winds elsewhere and temperatures on a par with what we

saw on monday. into tuesday night will still seek out and western areas, that will move north and east to ta ke areas, that will move north and east to take us into wednesday morning, basically we'll have a quieter zone, head of the next approaching weather system. mostly dry, some light showers here and there, light and few because the majority of areas will have a pleasant stay, a have clout in the afternoon, and temperatures starting to climb, between 20 and 27 degrees. still possibly some rain across ireland and the wet weather could move north and the wet weather could move north and east towards northern ireland, west and east and parts of scotland. high pressure building up to the south of it means that weather system will fragment, showers rather than any persistent rain, but brighter conditions developing through the day in scotland, temperatures into the 20s, sunshine and dry weather throughout and the first is back on the chart. on

thursday that high pressure still with us, a cold front trying to move south which might bring in isolated showers across northern england and wales. either side of its sunny spells, the good weather will increase, not the most surgeon will be in southern counties and what could we see should melt away quickly later in the day. temperatures climb even further, uk wide web into the 30s, could get 30 degrees but that pales into insignificance when you consider across parts of southern portugal we could get close to 48, european record. the heat will continue into saturday and here as well, a few isolated showers can't be ruled out, pinpointing where they will be at this length of time. it's a waste of time really, most places will be completely dry and temperatures will stay high. much more comfortable north than further south. through sunday into next week, there's a chance that high—pressure migrates east would,

we could find warmer weather pushing northwards into scotland which could then be followed by storms. be a big emphasis on the moment is that high—pressure will be largely centred further west. cold air pushing our weight which should bring a drop in temperature as a northerly breeze begins to set in, and the high pressure begins to dominate for now. tonight at ten, millions go to the polls in zimbabwe in historic elections, the first after nearly 40 years of robert mugabe. turnout is estimated at 75%, the highest since independence. i'm very hopeful for a new zimbabwe. i'm very happy that i'm able to make a change. i would like people to go to school. more schools, more clinics, more jobs. we'll be live in zimbabwe, where international observers say the vote has been peaceful. also tonight. if families and doctors agree, life support can be withdrawn

from some patients without a court ruling. for all the families in this situation, they don't want to have to go to court and say they want someone to die. they want them back but if they can't have them back, they don't want them in a nursing home for years and years and years,