for india's majority i don't have a good memory when it the prime minister sets hindu population, the cow a new deadline for mps is sacred and in many states, comes to the weather. but even this to have their say slaughter of cows is sticking with me. on sunday, on her brexit deal. is against the law. in egypt for an eu meeting, according to the met office she says the vote will take place religious minorities have been by the 12th march, allowing brexit to take traditionally been free place on schedule. this is bbc world news, provisionally for wales the highest it is still within our the headlines: to farm and trade in cows, grasp to have a deal pope francis has promised concrete but there's been a crackdown with the european union that enables action to tackle child by right—wing hindu us to leave on the 29th temperature recorded in the month of sex abuse at the end of march with a deal. of a roman catholic church politicians and the police. summit on paedophilia. february, 19 degrees. we will keep we'll be exploring how clergy guilty of abuse were "tools temperatures reaching into the high the new time frame of satan", the pope said. that which was seen as part teens for the first half of the week might affect what happens the colombian authorities say more of an identity of hindu belief has in parliament this week. than 100 venezuelan soldiers have ahead with plenty of sunshine still also tonight... been politicised to a point to come. there will be an area of now deserted and crossed over into colombia. mist and fog in the morning. no more cover—ups — they said most of the soldiers where we are actually witnessing were answering calls not just cow protection the pope's pledge as the vatican's by the venezuelan opposition leader child sex abuse summit but instead what we are finding is much more dangerous. exceptionally mild days but you comes to an end. to abandon president nicolas maduro. might be surprised at how cold and frosty get at night and then turning the venezuelan soldiers who've we are finding that mobs, british prime minister, often organised mobs, u nsettled frosty get at night and then turning unsettled at the end of the week. deserted their posts, theresa may, has again delayed a parliamentary vote on brexit. are targeting individuals who are, that will change this weather and fear repercussions for theirfamilies. sterling... who have been trading in cattle. scores. a vote on her compromise agreement pattern. the jet stream to the the targets of hindu with the eu was due to be held in the coming week, vigilantes are often muslims but is now scheduled manchester city beat chelsea for march the 12th. the united nations says last year and other religious groups north, this dome of mild air keeping on penalties to win the carabao cup. thing settled across the british was the worst for civilian isles. and that is where we are at deaths in afghanistan since the current conflict began. who trade in cattle. on monday. bit of mist and fog to according to un figures, start the day, slowly clearing. a more than 3,800 civilians were killed in 2018. cold, frosty start across east human rights groups argue that anglia, south—east england.

there's been a sharp rise temperatures rebounding in the in religious—based hate crimes afternoon sunshine. some rain pushing forwards in the northern since the bjp came to power in 2014. isles and the warm spots are into the high teens. high pressure is the bjp itself is affiliated to still with us. this weak weather right—wing hindu nationalist groups. front fringing into north—west these have long advocated hindu scotla nd front fringing into north—west scotland as we start tuesday at ten 0'clock michelle hussain supremacy, an ideology that many fear is leading to a rise will be here with a full morning. we are likely to see a more round up of the day's news. first it s time for our world. widespread frost but not so much in in sectarian violence. hate crimes against india s muslim minority are on the rise, the way of mist and fog, compared with some of the worst violence carried out by so called local, often poorly educated hindus, ‘cow vigilantes' — with claims violent mobs have been are recruited by extreme with recent mornings. after the emboldened by the government s chilly start, temperatures will crackdown on the slaughter nationalist groups. rebound. 17 degrees in hull, 18 in of the country s sacred animal, the cow. these cow vigilantes london and could be 19 degrees in a warning — you may find parts the warm spots. 0n of this programme upsetting. patrol the countryside london and could be 19 degrees in the warm spots. on wednesday we could see across southern part of a man is murdered. like private militias. england in particular, more in the his crime, walking these are people who are attacking wa ke england in particular, more in the wake of mist and fog forming once cows along a road. religious minorities. again. an area of cloud coming out he was beaten to death. they've chosen the path of violence and the people that are coming the accused, hindu of northern ireland pushing into under attack are the most scotla nd of northern ireland pushing into scotland with barely any rain and it nationalist vigilantes. and he's not alone. vulnerable in india. is still exceptionally mild, as most of us will see some sunshine. take a the government doesn't keep statistics specifically on cow look at this big picture going into what we are seeing here is that violence, but an organisation that campaigns for greater government thursday. high pressure being these are people who are attacking transparency, india spend, squeezed away. weather disturbance religious minorities. they've chosen the path of violence. has analysed local press reports

the politics of the cow in india has starting to move in. some showers never been so fractious. going back 10 years. the victims have usually been accused of cattle smuggling moving in across much of the uk. may and they are almost always muslims. they found there were no reported do you think enough is being done lynchings in 2013 but since then, be avoiding northern scotland with 46 people have been killed and 250 more cloud and breeze around and a chance of seeing wet weather. to protect muslims who live here? injured in cow—related violence. temperatures come down a few rajasthan has seen a spate of these very much, very much! who says no?! vigilantes killings. degrees. little reprieve for high in the east, it borders an area pressure on friday. it will be with with a large muslim population, human rights groups say that religious hate crimes have been many of whom have farmed on the rise since the governing bjp us pressure on friday. it will be with us briefly before further atlantic weather fronts headed our way. came into power. us briefly before further atlantic weatherfronts headed our way. a the land for generations. fine start and they for most of us i'm saying it unequivocally, on friday across the eastern side of no—one has the right to take the law into their hands so therefore to say the uk but the cloud increasing in the bjp is responsible the uk but the cloud increasing in for it is perverse, inaccurate this attack, also in rajasthan the west as showers move in later and absolutely false. on muslims, led to the death with the breeze picking up. but many still question temperatures are still above average whether the police are part of for the time of year, just not as the problem and whether the bjp—led of 55—year—old pehlu khan. high as they have been. the jet government is doing enough he was among a group of farmers to stop the violence. transporting dairy cows home from market when they were wrongly strea m high as they have been. the jet stream going into next weekend, lasting into the following week, it accused of illegally taking the cattle for slaughter. is moving south and bring in cooler air. there has been a dip in thejet rakbar khan was also accused strea m air. there has been a dip in thejet stream to the west of us represents of smuggling cows to be killed, even though his family insist low driving spells of wind and rain

he bought them for milk. oui’ low driving spells of wind and rain our way. it will be a noticeable change. even i cannot forget this his father says they didn't used to have any trouble from a year ago. the beast from the july 2018 — it was a late night when they traded their cows. east, bitterly cold and the uk as rakbar khan led two cows on the road towards his village. walking with him was his friend, aslam. blanketed with snow. it is turning he says out of the darkness, cooler later this weekend into the two men appeared and fired weekend, but it is not going to be shots, attacking them. that cold. goodbye. rakbar khan knew the risk he was taking when he left home that this is rakbar‘s? night but his wife asmina still blames herself for what happened. the young muslim farmer was the alleged victim of so—called hindu cow vigilantes.

rakbar lived in this village in the northern state of rajasthan along with his wife and seven children. since the death of rakbar khan, his friend, aslam, lives in fear of further attacks. aslam claims that some of rakbar‘s attackers still haven't been punished for their part of the crime. he points to the head of the local cow protection gang, nawal kishore sharma, who aslam insists was among those who beat is friend.

everyone that we've spoken to — the victims' families, the police — they all talk about nawal kishore sharma. he's an incredibly difficult man to pin down and we met up with him last night to try and convince him to appear on camera. he's just rung us to say he will meet us, so we are going to head over there now before he changes his mind. nawal kishore sharma has been linked to other vigila ntes attacks in rajasthan. when we do eventually meet, he denies being with his gang when they first stopped rakbar.

muslims in this part of rajasthan are routinely stopped and accused of smuggling cattle. and notjust by cow protection groups. this checkpoint is run by the police. an officer told me that the night before, they had stopped a van full of cows that he said were being taken to slaughter. after a shoot—out, the smugglers got away. the police insist they only target criminals who illegally transport cows to kill. cow protection groups say, though, the authorities need all the help they can get. it's this collaboration that makes it hard to know how rakbar khan really died. those accused of killing him say they were working with the police.

this has led to accusations that in some areas, the police and the vigilantes gangs have become too close. so were police officers complicit in the death of rakbar khan? nawal kishore sharma readily admits he was with the police all evening, even taking these pictures of rakbar when the injured man was in custody. the police deny this, but they haven't been able

to explain why they kept him in police custody for so long after the attack before taking him to the nearby hospital. this is where rakbar was admitted. it's about ten minutes drive away from where he was found by police. i wanted to find out how long it took them to take rakbar here. and what happened? well, they're just looking for the entry form for when rakbar khan was admitted. this is the date here, this is it. it is.

21st ofjuly. so he was admitted at aam, you can see here, 4am. yes. so that's about, over three hours after police were first notified about rakbar. rakbar khan died from multiple internal injuries. he had broken ribs, a punctured lung, a broken leg and a broken hand. the vigilantes and the police blame each other for rakbar‘s death. several officers have since been suspended, pending the outcome of an enquiry. rajendra singh is the chief of police in the local area. he admitted to me that mistakes have been made. there were some lapses on the police side. what were the lapses? they have not followed the regular police procedure,

which they were supposed to do. in that case? in that case. they should have taken into the hospital sooner? yeah, yeah. it was a big lapse. we meet him outside outside alwar‘s district court in rajasthan. lawyers work under the shade of banyan trees. kasim khan is working for the family of rakbar khan and other muslims allegedly murdered by cow gangs. he believes the vigilantes have been emboldened by the failure of the authorities to condemn the killing of muslims. he points to the vice president of the bjp in rajasthan, hindu nationalist gyandev ahuja.

ahuja argues that the victims of vigilantes are not innocent muslim farmers, but smugglers who steal cows to kill. it's not the first time ahuja has defended cow vigilante gangs. kasim can't believe politicians like ahuja support for the cow vigilantes is preventing the victims from getting justice and has appealed to the courts. we contacted mr ahuja several times, requesting an interview.

but he never responded. the bjp national government in delhi appears keen to distance itself from ahuja's controversial views. first, we, that's not the party's point of view. and we have very clearly and unequivocally always said if an individual‘s point of view is there, the party's point of view is articulated by the party. and has the bjp promoted him, protected him? no. but the religious intolerance finding an outlet in cow vigilante attacks has its roots in right—wing nationalist fringe groups that have links to the ruling bjp. prime minister narendra modi rose to power with the help of a nationalist volunteer movement known as the rss, which advocates hardline hindu nationalism. in 2002, he was chief minister in gujarat

when anti—muslim riots broke out. more than 1000 people died. modi was accused of not doing enough to suppress the violence. a charge he was later cleared of in court. by 2014 he was leading the country. the prime minister himself, when he was campaigning for the election, actually escalated this, because he talked about a pink revolution. the pink revolution alluded to fact that india, the land of hindus, where the cow was worshipped, there is beef being exported. by politicising the trade in meat, critics say that modi was appealing to his hindu base. once he has won office promoting

these ideas, therefore lies, the responsibility of ensuring there are no violent attacks. instead what we have seen as elected representatives often defending these attacks. the government insists that it doesn't condone cow vigilantes. many people who have an interest in running a counter—narrative that the bjp alone is responsible for it. and i'm making it — i'm absolutely clear we don't tolerate it. we won't tolerate any kind of violence against any citizen. the government says there have always been laws against killing cattle and it's done nothing more than toughen up the existing rules. the manner in which it's portrayed that the whole country is under siege of lynching, that is exaggerated, incorrect. ans is absolutely contrary to the ground situation. the tough new stance has not only fuelled attacks on muslims, but also on lower caste hindu dalits, who traditionally trade in leather from cows.

in some areas, dalits have stopped processing leather than risk coming under attack from cow protection groups. the crackdown in the trade on cows and the fear of vigilante violence is causing knock—on problems for the economy. retired dairy cattle that might once have been slaughtered for leather and beef products are turning up in large numbers at cow sanctuaries. it looks like there are a lot of cows here, is it full?

having encouraged an end to the trading cows, the government must now work out what to do with the growing number of abandoned animals. in rajasthan, which has seen some of the worst attacks by cow vigilante gangs, a cow ministry has been set up to with a solution. the total budget for the cow ministry is apparently 500 crore rupees, that is nearly $70 million. you said 500 crore is your budget. yah. that's a lot of money. yah. and there's a lot of poverty in india, a lot of poverty in rajasthan. and that money could

be spent on people. in a few months' time, india goes to the polls in a general election. it's striking that cow protection groups are often viewed as defending the law — rather than breaking it. when i met this bjp supporter trying to become a candidate in rajasthan‘s local elections he was quick to defend the groups. what do you think about cow protection groups? do you support them? let's not to talk about them only as cow protection groups. they are the people who are fighting for law and order. do you think enough is being done to protect muslims who live here? very much. very much! who says no?! prime minister modi has recently reiterated his opposition to cow violence.

but in november, he campaigned in rajasthan in the very region where rakbar khan was killed. and on stage, a slap on the back for none other than local politician gyandev ahuja. three men have been charged with rakbar‘s murder. his wife, asmina, is still waiting and hoping forjustice. without her husband, she must now find a way to provide for her seven children alone.