this is bbc news. i'm lebo diseko. our top stories: a court in egypt sentences 75 people to death over a huge anti—government protest in 2013. human rights groups call the trial a mockery of justice. syrian and russian air strikes on rebel positions in idlib intensify after calls for a truce are rejected. sweden's prime minister issues a warning about extremism as the country prepares to vote in a general election. and japan's naomi osaka wins herfirst grand slam at the us open, but her opponent serena williams clashes with the umpire. hello and welcome to bbc news. human rights groups have described it as egypt's tianamen square. at least 800 protesters were killed

when armed police officers swept in to end a huge anti—government sit—in in 2013. five years on, a court has sentenced 75 people to death, blaming them for the violence that took place. the demonstration was in support of the muslim brotherhood, and came just weeks after the former president, mohammed morsi, was ousted from office. authorities say eight police officers died, but the government is still under pressure to explain the actions of the security forces. our middle east regional editor alan johnston reports. in the courtroom, a cage crowded with defendants. this was a mass trial. it involved more than 700 people. among those behind bars were senior figures in the muslim brotherhood organisation, and some of the accused were condemned to be hanged. thejudges confirmed 75 death sentences, originally handed down injuly.

they gave other defendants jail terms. the brotherhood's spiritual leader mohammed badie got life in prison. this mountain of cases was tied to an event in cairo in 2013. gunfire. the security forces were sent to clear a square called rabaa al—adawiya. it had been occupied by anti—government protesters. there was extraordinary violence. human rights groups say more than 800 demonstrators were killed in one of the worst such massacres of modern times. no police officer has been called to account for what happened. the authorities say eight security force members were killed and the defendants in the mass trial were accused of possessing weapons and murder. but for the well—known photojournalist shawkan, there was some relief. he was given a five—yearjail term,

but he's already served that time in detention and may soon be freed. translation: the sentence is unfair because shawkan didn't commit any crime to be imprisoned for five years. he was a journalist, only doing hisjob. many others in this huge trial must now come to terms with long jail sentences, and some know they may face death. alan johnston, bbc news. nancy okail is executive director of the tahrir institute for middle east policy. in 2013 she was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison for using foreign funds to encourage unrest. it's a charge she denies. she joins us from washington. what is your reaction to these sentences? of course, it is one of

the most devastating moments to see a lot of people subject to mass trials and the once sentenced to death, sentenced to life and others who got 15 years in prison, because there is no indication of implementation ofjustice there is no indication of implementation of justice in there is no indication of implementation ofjustice in what is going on and it is very clear this regime is using the law to settle scores and to repress their political opponents and even a wider score of people who want independence in the country. you we re independence in the country. you were in egypt waking for an ngo independence in the country. you were in egypt waking for an n60 and ended up in prison for 18 months or so. ended up in prison for 18 months or so. a very famous picture of you behind the cage reading a george orwell book. what is your experience

of the system? this was in 2011. i was summoned for interrogation at the end of the year and by february of 2012 i was indicted for charges of 2012 i was indicted for charges of receiving funding from a foreign government without a licence and operating an office without a licence. at the time i was a director of freedom house in egypt. when i was summoned it was the time of transition and it was alarming that things had not changed. a lot of people see this as the time were not everything is settle and that everything will be resolved in a few months at 1.5 years later, i was on

trial for months at 1.5 years later, i was on trialfor six months, they went months at 1.5 years later, i was on trial for six months, they went to the us in the middle of the trial and injune i was sentenced to five yea rs. and injune i was sentenced to five years. a and injune i was sentenced to five yea rs. a lot and injune i was sentenced to five years. a lot of people advised me to leave the country and i completely refuse because i did not break the law and this is my country. after the trial it was very clear that it was a sham trial and it was only a show for the public, it was sort of a message that if you push through, following human rights defenders careers, have particular stands that criticised the military or who was in charge at the time, this is going to be your destination. the picture

is in the cage was the message. it was a political case. there was no evidence whatsoever to any of the claims. you say this is the government trying to settle scores, the government stake these people killed a number of policemen and this is justice taking killed a number of policemen and this isjustice taking its killed a number of policemen and this is justice taking its cause? there is no indication actually of the prosecution and the interrogation of process. there is a lack of transparency. it is indicative that in one session 129 individuals get sentenced to death, that was in 2014. at that time we thought the government was using this as a way of intimidating eve ryo ne this as a way of intimidating everyone who was posing the government but actually they started executing. a process of hanging. in

2015 they had 22 people hanged, the following year it was doubled and last year 49. we are straight out of time and really appreciate you talking to us. thank you very much indeed. in syria, government and russian warplanes have carried out the most intensive bombing on rebel positions in the province of idlib in almost a month. at least nine people are said to have been killed, including two children. the united nations is warning of a new humanitarian crisis if there's an all—out military offensive. here's our middle east correspondent, yollande knell. today in the idlib countryside. explosion. the full—scale offensive here hasn't yet started, but these were powerful blasts. amazingly, those nearby survived. activists say the bombing intensified. here, syrian government

helicopters dropping barrels packed with explosives. siren wails. and after each strike, the white helmets civil defence rushing in, searching for survivors. all chant. with the fate of idlib hanging in the balance, its residents are taking to the streets, desperately calling for international intervention to prevent a deadly government offensive in this rebel—held area. many syrians opposed to the regime fled to this province from other parts of the country, swelling its population to 3 million and the un warns any battle here will be horrific and bloody. explosion. although these rebel fighters are defiant, they look set to be massively outgunned. some are aligned with turkey but in a confusing mix of shifting alliances, much of the province is under the control of jihadists formerly linked to al-qaeda. some residents fled idlib

early on in the war. as refugees here in lebanon, they can see the hills that lead to home and they worry about family left behind. translation: they are telling us it's terrible. tragic. they don't know what to do or where to go. it's hard. maybe they'll get hit as they're running away. the situation has been terrible there for a long time. but president assad, surveying territory already recaptured by his forces, now looks on course to win back all of syria. the support of russia and iran has been crucial to his triumphs. as his troops mass on the borders of idlib, they insist they'll drive out the militants they see as terrorists. so far, international calls for a ceasefire are being ignored and there is a growing sense that this 7—year—old war that has killed hundreds of thousands is reaching its final stages. yollande knell, bbc news, beirut. iraqi authorities in the city

of basra have lifted a curfew. there have been anti—government demonstrations there all week, and 12 protesters have been killed in clashes with security forces. thousands of people were hospitalised after drinking polluted water, and residents are angry about water and electricity shortages, corruption and unemployment. as the country prepares to go to the polls, sweden's prime minister has warned about the dangers of extremism and fascism. opinions polls suggest that the country's anti—immigrant party, sweden democrats, could become the second biggest in parliament. our correspondent, jenny hill, is in the swedish capital, stockholm. well, this is certainly the most significant collections of sweden in decades. the sweden democrats, the anti— migrant nationalists, anti—eu party looks set to take at least a fifth of the vote and that represents a serious challenge to this country's political establishment.

prime minister is clearly concerned, even he is warning about what he describes as dark forces mobilising within the country. sweden, in the last few years, took in more people seeking asylum per head of population than any other european country and the sweden democrats have made political gain out of the crisis, focusing on what they say is migrant related crime. this collection will no doubt be closely scrutinised in other eu capitals. not least because, like so many other european countries, sweden, for all its long and roll tradition, finally seems to be shifting to the political right. we will have full coverage of that election and results from sweden as they come in, along with analysis on what they might mean. that's here on bbc world news from 2100 gmt on sunday. two men from moscow tried to

assassinate nicola glasgow, according to some. this is as the scruples were poisoned. —— sergei skripal and his daughter. the murder mystery of nikolai glushkov, a prominent critic of vladimir putin, hasjust become a little murkier. his body was found at his home in south—west london in march, a week after the skripals were poisoned in salisbury. mr glushkov appeared to have been strangled, but now it has emerged that one of bristol's grandest hotels may have been the setting for an attempt on his life five years earlier, when two russian men plied him with champagne. keith carr was the paramedic who treated him. nikolai had been lying on the floor and he had carpet burns and he appeared like someone who normally who had

an epileptic fit. the russian told him he'd been poisoned, and he was taken to bristol's royal infirmary. it is the first time in over 40 years that i've ever had anybody claiming to have been poisoned deliberately. but when we revisited the bri 1.5 hours later or so, the consultant told me that it was now being taken very seriously and they'd handed it over to special branch. the police did investigate, but no charges were ever brought and the enquiry into mr glushkov‘s death at this house in new malden appears to have gone cold. officers, though, are still seeking information about this van, seen near the house before his murder. there's been no official linkage between the glushkov case and the salisbury attacks. decontamination efforts are under way at the house where sergei and yulia skripal were poisoned.

but police say they won't discuss lines of enquiry in either investigation. richard lister, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: amateur sleuths come to the shetlands — how a hit tv crime drama has created a tourism boom in the scottish island chain. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes the spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. enough! translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and

exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a court in egypt has sentenced 75 supporters of the muslim brotherhood to death over a protest in which at least 800 people died. air attacks by syrian and russian airplanes on the rebel province of idlib have intensified amid warnings about the risk of a humanitarian crisis in the area. some breaking news in the last

couple of hours. naomi osaka has beaten serena williams to become the first japanese player to win a grand slam singles titles. it was a dramatic match. our terrace corresponded was watching in new york, and those outbursts from serena was so emotional. talk us through what happened. then the osaka had won the first game —— first set 6—2, we had no idea of the second set, and it started when the umpire warned serena williams for receiving some coaching from her coach in the stands. williams was very unhappy with this and she made her point initially politely, but forcefully. she felt that he was questioning her spirit and the way she approaches the sport, and her attitude. she then smashed a racket in anger when she was broken back, when her serve

was broken, and under the rules, the umpire will warning the player, has to dock them a point. at the next change of ends, it became more heated with williams angrily wagging herfinger in the heated with williams angrily wagging her finger in the direction of the umpire. she said, you are attacking my character, you are a liar, a thief, you will never be on the same court as me again. she also said it wouldn't have happened if i was a man. the umpire then had to dock are again for verbal abuse, that is the next penalty which left naomi osaka ina next penalty which left naomi osaka in a fabulous vision and she held her nerve and won her first grand slam title. naomi osaka has admired serena since she was a little girl. it is overshadowing her win or a people talking about her tennis as well? it overshadows the moment u nfortu nately, it overshadows the moment unfortunately, but i think in time, this will be a very significant moment for her. it is a shame she didn't get to celebrate the way she wa nted didn't get to celebrate the way she wanted to on the court. the berlin continued for quite a long time in a

presentation ceremony started. —— booing. it was only when serena williams put her arm around naomi osaka and said to the crowd that say congratulations that the crowd did start to salute the new champion. everybody there was here and washer round of world is aware that at the age of 20, she is a fantastic payer —— player, and she seems to have the ability to deal with high—pressure situations, and that is quite a rare and a 20—year—old. let's turn to some history now. in 1991, the russian city of leningrad became the first city in the ussr to change its name in a referendum, and it abandoned lenin's name. historian and politician ludmilla narusova tells witness how it happened. newsreel: the campaign to restore leningrad to the original st petersburg is gathering momentum. translation: this was the first time

in the ussr that citizens got to choose the name of their city in a referendum. st petersburg was the cradle of the bolshevik revolution and in 1924, it was renamed in honour of vladimir lenin, revolutionary leader and founder of soviet communist ideology. now, his ideology has been rejected by the reformist leadership here, they no longer want his name stamped on their city. translation: rejecting lenin's name meant a complete turnaround away from totalitarianism, towards a new mentality and towards europe. it is the most european of all russian cities. its founder, peter the great, said it was russia's window on europe. the hardline communists are fighting to keep leningrad and on this issue, there were undignified scuffles. the old guard outraged

at the challenge to their historic struggle. translation: no-one, not even ourselves, believed we would succeed in changing the city's name because the opposition was very strong. this was the last stronghold of communists, lenin and his legacy. i remember 24—hour vigils outside our home where old communists shouted, "we will not allow you to dump lenin's name" and so on. translation: when pollsters predicted the result at 49-50 or 50-49, on the eve of the referendum, the orthodox church

published its opinion. i quote, " leningrad is an ideological construct imposed upon the name of st peter in whose honour the city was named." a russian orthodox service was held on the steps of the cathedral of st peter and st paul, closed by the communists. church leaders here want the city to bear the name of st peter. do you know what our guiding light was? the words of peter the great himself. the impossible does happen and it happened. this was a surprising result. a slim but safe majority voted yes to the referendum question on whether leningrad should become st petersburg once more. with its stunning scenery and dark plots, it's not difficult to see why the tv crime series shetland has been one of scotland's

most successful exports. the detective drama set on the rugged shetland islands has gained a worldwide following and brought a tourist boom to its shores. but could the last chapter be close as the author behind its characters releases the final novel? the bbc‘s john johnston investigates. shetland, the crime drama has enjoyed worldwide success with its likeable characters, strong storylines and not to mention, the bleak windswept scenery. this place looks like a much better place to come to. when you read the news, everything sounds so terrible. i think people are taking a wee bit of comfort from island murders. but now, author ann cleeves is bidding farewell to the popular detective. she hasjust released her final novel, wildfire. well, i can't tell you whether the ending is tragic andjimmy dies or whether it's happy

and he goes off into the sunset with the love of his life. because you'll need to read the book to do that. but i can tell you that the tv series will continue. since the series first aired in 2013, thousands of tourists, many from cruise ships, have been heading to shetland on the trail of the murders. we have visitors from america and australia and i suppose, specifically scandinavia, who get the detective noir. this must be the actual house. i think so. we came to see this lovely scenery, which we have seen in the tv series and reading about in the books. we enjoy the stories and the mystery, try and solve the puzzles before the detective does. action! philomena's already underway

for series five. it's quite a tough storyline and it gets quite gothic towards the end. so, yeah, buckle up. jimmy! fans will have to wait till early next year for yet more shetland noir. reminding you of our top story. at least 800 protesters were killed when an armed police officer swept in to end a in egypt back in 2013. five years on, a court has sentenced to 75 people to death, blaming them on the file is that took place. —— blaming them on the violence. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lebo? diseko. thank you for watching. hello.

the first half of the weekend has brought some fairly mixed weather and i can't see the second half being particularly different. sunday will bring rain at times. breezy weather, even windy weather across the north. but amidst all of that, there will still be spells of sunshine. the pressure pattern is fairly complicated with low pressure up to the north—west. a few different frontal systems here crossing the country, bringing outbreaks of rain. this front in the west will bring some outbreaks of patchy rain across the south—west of england, wales, north—west england, northern ireland for a time through the first part of the morning. tending to fizzle as they drift eastwards. heavier rain moving northwards across scotland. by the afternoon, many places should be fine and dry, if rather breezy. there will be some spells of sunshine with patchy cloud but a warmer day across the south—eastern corner. 23 degrees in london. there could be some showers from our old weather front just moving across wales, into the midlands,

maybe north—west england. much of northern england fine with spells of sunshine. northern ireland having a decent afternoon. eastern scotland cheering up quite nicely. for western scotland, you can see the showers and perhaps thunderstorms pushing back in from the west. they will continue during sunday evening into the night, blown in on an increasingly strong wind. wind gusts of up to 50, maybe 55mph. the wet and windy weather will continue to sweep eastwards across scotland as we go through into monday. further south, largely dry. some clear spells, but despite those clear, starry skies overhead, there will still be a bit of a breeze so it won't get too cold. many places in double digits. we get into monday and we still have showers across northern and western parts of scotland. further south, a decent day. spells of sunshine and the later on, rain will return to northern ireland and once again, the western side of scotland, the odd heavy burst and it will turn windy again as well. 15 or 16 degrees across parts of scotland, but 22, still quite warm towards the south—east. that sort of split is going

to continue as we get deeper into the week. by tuesday, we will be left with this trailing cold front. uncertainty about exactly where it will turn up but it will bring some cloud and outbreaks of patchy rain. to the north of it will be bringing in some cool air. down south, we will be drawing in some warm air. so, a split in our temperatures as we get deeper into the week. northern areas rather cool, quite breezy with some rain at times. further south, the temperatures could get up into the middle 20s for a time, particularly on tuesday. but even here, we're expecting something a little cooler and fresher for the middle of the week. cluj will this is bbc news, the headlines: a court in egypt has sentenced 75 supporters of the muslim botherhood to death over a protest which killed at least 800 people, five years ago. the demonstration in cairo, began after the military removed the then president mohamed morsi from office. the united nations is warning of a humanitarian crisis in syria's idlib province as russian warplanes intensify airstrikes on rebel positions there.

idlib is the last major rebel stronghold in northern syria. sweden's prime minister has issued a final warning about the dangers of extremism as the country prepares to head to the polls in its general election on sunday. the anti—immigrant sweden democrats are predicted to become the second biggest party in parliament. new powers have come into force designed to stop nuisance calls from personal injury and claim management firms. you'll now need to opt in to allow companies to contact you.