to affect the 2016 presidential election. it comes as a court in new york says michael cohen should serve a substantial jail term for crimes including tax evasion. a top executive from the chinese telecoms giant, huawei, will remain in custody over the weekend, after appearing in a court in canada on fraud charges. meng wanzhou, the daughter of the firm's founder, is accused of breaching sanctions against iran. and french students clash with police as the country prepares for more anti—government protests this weekend. the capital is hunkering down, with much of paris in lockdown, as tens of thousands of police are deployed around the country. embattled president emmanual macron plans to address the nation on the yellow vest movement's grievances next week. penzance in cornwall attracts

thousands of visitors every year, but like many seaside towns it also suffers from high levels of deprivation. a government funded night shelterfor the deprivation. a government funded night shelter for the homeless offers respite to those who sleep rough, but funding is due to end next february. penzance, a quintessential cornish tourist destination. its beauty attracts thousands every year. at like many other coastal towns, some of its residents have complex needs. having a good day? check-in at penzance's new night shelter. daniel is desperate to get through the doors. even though he has to give up his can of beer. we tolerate them being under the influence when they present. if they are particularly difficult than we say, write, not tonight. come back tomorrow and we will see how you are. there is a strict last entry time and daniel

and david have onlyjust made it. being filmed as well! wendyjig eyes realise it was getting close to 9:30 p.m.? the realise it was getting close to 9:30 p.m. ? the whole idea of this is to cut down on the amount of chaos in people's lives, so we are introducing boundaries as gently as we can. and this, the type of incident night shelter staff hope to address. the nine beds are fully booked. daniel says he has been homeless on and off since his mom died when he was five. what is this place mean? well... better than being out on the streets and trying to get into rehab. most of penzance's homeless are far from aggressive. but not all of them will ta ke aggressive. but not all of them will take place at the shelter. personal preference, i would rather be in my tent. it is going to be windy tonight. it was windy last night. going to have to get up, mate. at

7am the night is officially over, and there is no sign of daniel's and david. what happened to david? dave, i don't know. he went. the shelter is being turned back into a cafe for the day. later we spot david in the queue. couldn't sleep. i am bipolar. you left? i left last night, i couldn't relax so ijust went you left? i left last night, i couldn't relax so i just went for a walk. dave says the shelter is helping him work towards a more settled life, but its government funding is due to stop in february. now on bbc news, it's time for our world, which this week uses the latest investigative techniques to examine allegations that the government of the african state of burundi is torturing and killing people to stop dissent. a warning — this programme contains images and descriptions from the start which you may find disturbing. december 2016. a video is widely

shared i burundians on social media. it shows red liquid flowing from the drains ofa it shows red liquid flowing from the drains of a private house. those who posted it speculated that the liquid might be blood being washed away. speculation grew that this house was being used by the east african country's feared intelligence services as an interrogation and torture centre. the government denied this. but a bbc investigation has heard

testimony that this house was being used for torture and murder to silence dissent. the reason why we are here is to protest this third mandate of the president. the streets of the capital, bujumbura, in 2015. burundi isa capital, bujumbura, in 2015. burundi is a tiny country in the great lakes region of africa. between 1993 and the early to thousands, there was a civil war in the country. —— early 20005. a

civil war in the country. —— early 2000s. a conflict which pitted the tutsi minority, who had held power for many years, against the hutu majority. the war ended when nelson mandela brokered a deal laying out the terms for a power—sharing agreement. he has agreed that the new army should be created from 50% of the hutus and 50% of the tutsis. the agreement also said that no president could hold powerfor more than two terms. it laid the foundations for a decade of peace and validity. but when pierre decided to run for a third term in 2015 many said he was violating the peace deal, a charge the president has always denied. —— pierre nkurunziza. has always denied. —— pierre nkuru nziza. it led to has always denied. —— pierre nkurunziza. it led to widespread protests in the country. people took

to be streets, claiming he was violating the constitution. peaceful protests soon turned violent. hundreds were killed. these images we re hundreds were killed. these images were filmed when the bbc could still report freely on burundi's troubles. but there was a brutal crackdown on local independent media. foreign journalists were denied visas and special instructions were left at a border post, refusing entry to a bbc team. faced with these restrictions, to try to find out what is really happening in burundi, the bbc decided to investigate some of the social media stories and images that have been trickling out of the

country in recent years. the government likes to portray burundi isa government likes to portray burundi is a country now at peace. but these clips tell a different story. in this video, members of the ruling pa rty‘s this video, members of the ruling party's youth wing chant songs about rape. here, supporters sing about burning opponents. 0ther other posts appear to show dead bodies floating in the country's la kes bodies floating in the country's lakes and rivers. this video of the red liquid pouring from the drain of a private house was among the most disturbing. it also contains some information that allowed us to investigate further. it was posted on social media with an address, 76

ntwa ra nte. on social media with an address, 76 ntwarante. it on social media with an address, 76 ntwara nte. it is on social media with an address, 76 ntwarante. it is here, in ginninderra, a quiet residential neighbourhood. —— kinanira. in april this year we managed to find the house's owner, prosper kaze. he is an active member of the opposition who no longer lives in burundi and he recognised his property in the video. it is the place where i grew up, so! video. it is the place where i grew up, so i can't mistake it. not a good drawing, but it is from memory. this is the sitting—room. with prosper‘s guidance and family photos, forensic architecture, who specialise in the precise reconstruction of witness testimony, built this virtual model of the house. it is the house gosper grew

up house. it is the house gosper grew up in, and to which he took his own children to spend time with their grandparents. —— prosper grew up in. his family left the country and abandoned the property in 2015 at the height of the protests. in november of that year, pictures showing what looked like the same house being raided by security forces emerged on social media. a journalist was also at the scene and gave us these images. they mapped perfectly onto the model. the security forces said they were reclaiming the property from rebels. prosper‘s house was now in the hands of burundi's authorities. but what

did they do with it, and why, one year later, was red liquid flowing from its gut? —— gutter? after months of searching, we tracked down a man who claimed to know the property, and what happened here. we will call him nathan. he'd do a sketch of it for us, which proved that he really was familiar with the layout of prosper‘s house. —— he drew a sketch of it for us. nathan says he worked as a guard for a man called alex. this is alex. he is the deputy head of interior security for burundi's intelligence service, and

he is accused by local human rights activists of running secret detention centres across the country. normally he does not kill, but he orders. he tells you, work. you do what he orders you to do. 0k, the door is here? the door is there, leading to that room. we took forensic architecture to meet nathan. using the model to work through the house, nathan gave a detailed account of what he had witnessed in each room. how many people were in the house?” witnessed in each room. how many people were in the house? i don't remember the exact number. but in the dt needs to pause room and in the dt needs to pause room and in the other room, there were around 20 people. —— the detainees' room. alex was the one in charge of the house, so was the one in charge of the house, so sometimes he would get them out,

beat them up in the living room. the detainees were made to lie down and the chairs from the other side. i can't tell if they were beaten one by one. all i know is that they were screaming. we managed to find a man that had entered that are very living room, and face nkoroka's interrogation. we will call him pierre. pierre was accused of involvement in the protests. he was tortured but later escaped and fled the country. when i was inside i was like someone who was already dead. i didn't think i would ever get out. now that i am far away, i am starting to forget. but what keeps coming back to me are the screams that i heard over there. pierre's is the most detailed and shocking account of how nkoroka, a senior

officer in burundi's intelligence service, allegedly dealt with those suspected of opposing the government. if they wanted to question someone they would call him and they would approach the chief and they would approach the chief and kneel before him. so we would be in line somewhere here and they would call us one by one. each case was different. but if they were not satisfied with your answer they would torture you. you would hand them your hands and they would beat them your hands and they would beat them with electric cables. also, they would keen you under the feet while kneeling. i recall one of the ca bles while kneeling. i recall one of the cables that had many wires inside, with a black rubber cover. that was the one that the chief used to work around me. a black rubber cabling closing many wires that he would beat you up with, if he was not satisfied with your site. -- also.

—— answer. in december 2016, the man recalling pierre heard something worse than the regular beatings. two people, he said, tried to escape from the house and the guards chased after them. so we could hear people shouting and saying, get those dogs, don't let them escape or you will suffer consequences. when they finally got to them, i could hear them screaming in the way that suggested they were being killed or inflicted excruciating pain. they did not come backin excruciating pain. they did not come back in the house after and i think they were killed. it was notjust they were killed. it was notjust the screaming that made pierre sink the screaming that made pierre sink the date tend these were killed. he also heard the chief talk about body bags. he said, big sacks and stuff

in those dogs and lower than in the car. that is why i think people were killed there before because those bags were used to carry corpses. pierre did not see any of these. he was locked in a room listening to the terrifying sound of men screaming outside but at around the same time, just before the video of the red liquid began to circulate, oui’ the red liquid began to circulate, our guard who we are calling in a thing says he saw killing with his own eyes. his account contains striking similarities to pierre's testimony. his —— it is gross 3—man been brought into a house, they were tall, one eager. let me tell you the truth, the whole truth, they had

brought three men and had put them in that room over there. the next night, an intelligence agent came and took them out to the living room. that was nkoroka. he ordered the guts to be had them. at that point, one of the guys try to forge ahead and escape. according to nathan, the tough man who tried to escape was caught and killed just inside the main gate. he said the guards carry the body back into the living room by the two other business had already been behind it with knives. then they brought sacks the stuff that causes in. —— bodies in. we loaded it in the car and covered them with a tent and they drove. nathan says the bodies were

carried away in sacks but the blood remained on the floor and driveway and had to be cleaned up.“ remained on the floor and driveway and had to be cleaned up. if that blood is coming from the house, it was from the kids bathroom. prosper said that if the blood had been poured into here, it would have flown into the gutter. the same gutter from the flown into the gutter. the same gutterfrom the video. flown into the gutter. the same gutter from the video. it is impossible to be 100% sure that this liquid is the blood of the three men nathan described but nathan did confirm that pierre, the prisoner who said he had men being killed, was also captive at #76 avenue ntwa ra nte was also captive at #76 avenue ntwarante at the time of the

killings. what is clear is that this house was being used as a torture and detention facilities for those posing the authorities but why? —— posing. in 2015 when president pierre nkuru nziza posing. in 2015 when president pierre nkurunziza decided to stand for a third term, thousands took to the street and regime tried to suppress dissent. today, resources save this programme to eliminate opposition is ongoing. some also believe that those in charge of trying to turn the two ethnic groups, to turn against each other in orderfor him to groups, to turn against each other in order for him to stay groups, to turn against each other in orderfor him to stay in power. without an intelligence agent who

worked for the government until he fled the country in 2015. he admits to killing people during the time of the protests in which time both took part. not many tootsies worked with us. before ordering us to kill, they told us they do not want us to rule but later on we can to realise that they had lied to us. according to they had lied to us. according to the former insider we spoke to, the crack down on 2015 has now turned into a quiet, orchestrated programme to eliminate opposition prosper‘s houseis to eliminate opposition prosper‘s house is not the only site

reportedly used as a secret detention centre for political prisoners. at least 21 other torture locations have been reported by victims and intelligence agents to the un, the civil society organisation and the bbc. 0f the un, the civil society organisation and the bbc. of these 21, we have been able to locate eight sites with precision, including a military camp, the national intelligence agency headquarters, the basement of the ruling party headquarters, and containers in the electricity provider building and the headquarters of the police unit in charge of protecting the country's institutions. this is where the former president was buried. there has been a police presence next to

his tomb the years but between september and november, 2015, a new structure appeared and our resources said it became a base for an antiriot brigade. the troops are visible here. they were deployed to suppress the protests in 2015 and we re suppress the protests in 2015 and were accused of using containers in the yard as detention and torture sites. a victim told us he was interrogated in this pink house in the thousand 15. it is former bakery and abandon by its owner during the protests. the victim told the bbc that victim was injected into his stomach. anotherformer that victim was injected into his stomach. another former intelligence agent told us he saw people being killed in a bath —— bar who belonged

toa killed in a bath —— bar who belonged to a former chief of intelligence. he told us they would play loud music to cover the screams. local human rights groups confirm that political violence is still happening. we have analysed the reports coming out of burundi, they indicate that although fewer deaths we re indicate that although fewer deaths were reported in 2017, more and more people are going missing or make being tortured and that these incidents are now spread right across the country. we put the allegations to the burundi authorities and alexis ndayikengurukiye directly. we have not received a formal response. president pierre nkurunziza and his government have always denied involvement in human rights violations but several of the

sources we have spoken to, including former government insiders, believe that this alleged programme of detention and torture has been approved at the highest levels. this was organised in closed circles. this is a secret known by high—ranking officials. the president knew because he was given reports. we pull these allegations to the president's office and received no formal response. —— foot. the protest of 2015 have disappeared from the streets of bujumbura, as have thejournalists who covered them but it would be a mistake to think that burundi is now at peace. some people think the

country is safe now. i want to tell you this, this small respite is the them the best time to carry out a killings without anyone noticing it. this is a man we will call maarten. he worked for the regime and fled the country in the thousand 18 because he feared for his life. let me repeat this, they have a long list of people to be killed, police officers, army, civil servants who are to be killed because they are believed to be dissident or people who are believed not to support the ruling party and are. they have changed the operating mode, the cars, the body bags, the agents, that they use. at the moment, the country is silent but people continue to die and there will be no one left. by asking questions about

what happened in this house, we have uncovered disturbing evidence that burundi's government is using violence to eliminate opposition. multiple witnesses have told us about a hidden but systematic programme of torturing and killing, eating wheat of opponents. local dissidents have a name for this, they call it kamwe kamwe, one by one. hello there.

the last 2a hours have been quite turbulent weatherwise, we've had gales, heavy rain, and as we go through the weekend, things only quieten down a little bit. it will stay windy, a showery day to come on saturday, sunday should be a little drier but equally it will start to turn a bit chillier. now, look at this, this beautiful swirl of cloud on the satellite picture, this is the deep low that passed the north of scotland on friday. you can see some showers circulating around the low. we've still got some pretty strong winds out there. across northern areas of the country, the winds will ease but further south it will stay quite windy and we'll see some showers pushing in from the west. for eastern areas it might be a dry start with some sunshine but these heavy downpours pushing in are becoming quite widespread by the afternoon, some of them contain the odd flash of lightning and the odd rumble of thunder. temperature—wise, nine in aberdeen, 13 in london. as we go through saturday night we will continue to see some downpours coming and going at times. it will also stay windy,

particularly in the south. now, for some southern and western coastal areas, we could see gusts through the night of 50—60, possibly in the most exposed spots 70mph wind gusts. that could cause some disruption. and look at all the white lines, the isobars squeezing together on the charts, a sign ofjust how windy it will be. this frontal system on sunday morning likely to bring some showers, but as it slides away southwards, and as the showers clear, we are going to be left with some chilly air working its way from the north, the winds switching around to more north or north—westerly. early on sunday, some showers in central and southern areas should clear away, most areas by the afternoon dry with some sunshine, a few showers in spots exposed to the north—westerly winds. temperatures a little lower, ranging from 5—6 in the north to maybe just double digits across the south. those temperatures will drop away during sunday night, particularly for eastern and northern parts where the winds fall light and we keep clear skies, we could well see a touch of frost, as signified by this blue shading creeping across the map. not quite as cold down towards the south—west, seven degrees in plymouth, for example, as we start monday

morning, but one in glasgow and freezing newcastle. but we start monday with high pressure trying to take charge. you can see this little bump in the isobars. the winds will be lighter and we will get some spells of sunshine. frontal systems lying in wait out west, though. so after a pretty quiet start to the week, things are likely to turn a bit more unsettled from midweek onwards. this is bbc world news.

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