hello, this is to prior. our top story... how was the accused sex trafficker allowed to die in a prison full standing trial? the us state attorney general said they we re severe state attorney general said they were severe irregularities but promises the investigations will continue. any co-conspirators should not rest easy. the victims deserve justice and they will get it. also, most of the protesters have now gone but flights out of hong kong international airport are suspended. we show you dramatic pictures of

floods and heavy rains causing havoc across large parts of southeast and east asia. millions of fans are saying goodbye for now at least to the south korean kapok sensation pts. welcome to the programme. we start in the united states come over the attorney general says he is angry and appalled that the disgraced us financierjeffrey epstein died in a new york prison cell instead of standing trial. he died at the metropolitan correctional centre on saturday, where he was awaiting trial on sex and conspiracy charges. sex and conspiracy chargeslj sex and conspiracy charges. i was appalled, and indeed the whole department was, and frankly angry,

to learn of the mcc‘s failure to adequately secure this prisoner. we are now learning of serious irregularities in this facility that are deeply concerning, and demand a thorough investigation. william barr also promised the investigation into jeffrey epstein‘s alleged crimes would continue. let me assure you that this case will continue on against anyone who was complicit with epstein, any co—conspirator should not rest easy. the victims deserve justice, and they will get it. and here is former assistant us attorney general kim wehle.. failure of the prison he was in but also federal prisons, for which mr barr is responsible for. it is

unusual. that is not to say there might not have been in confidence at play. two incompetence. sometimes being on suicide watch could be, more than on less. for sure, this is the kind of prisoner that should have been on high alert, not slipping through the cracks in this way. a former assistant us attorney general in her opinion. let's cross over to gary. a lot of questions over to gary. a lot of questions over these irregularities, especially given just how high—profile jeffrey epstein was. yeah, ina high—profile jeffrey epstein was. yeah, in a sense, his status as a sort of well—known character is one thing. he was on suicide watch at one point. certain things are not happen at the result of that, including half hourly checks by the guards, which barely did not happen over friday night to saturday

morning, including having having a cell—mate, simply some other protection against people thought to be kinda vulnerable to that kind of thing. whatever status, there are things that should happen just by nature of his incarceration and the circumstances around that did not happen, and that is what you're hearing a lot of anger from the attorney general. his department is responsible for the federal correctional facilities, responsible for the federal correctionalfacilities, and responsible for the federal correctional facilities, and that is why he has called in something called the inspector general, which is sort of arm's—length watchdog type outfit that each apartment in washington has, and the dha has one as well, an inquiry about what happened. gary, going to talk to you ina happened. gary, going to talk to you in a moment about the victims in all of this, because epstein‘s death means his victims may never see

justice. a lot of the crimes are said to have happen in florida. the miami herald broke many of these big stories, and cbs news spoke tojulia brown. they were my first people i talked to. i stayed in touch with them the whole case, anything that he was arrested has been a roller coaster for them, to say the least. they have been trying to find justice in this case for a very long time. it was seen as though he beat the system in 2008, and did he beat it again by taking his own life? they think so. they think it is another zabel of our committal justice system is not only broken but it seems to favour wealthy people who somehow seem to always be able to get away with things that regular people don't have those advantages. the reporter from the miami herald. we heard there, she

has very sternly said how the victims feeljeffrey epstein has beaten the system. in some sense cover that is true. you cannot go on trial if you're dead. having said that, the attorney general also made the point that any co—conspirators, if there are any, should not rest easy because they will be pursued too. that won't be quite the same for the victims, the direct victims of epstein himself, there could be criminal trials as a result of this whole business. the other thing is death means in legal terms is some civil cases have already been lodged against his estate by a couple of the alleged victims, and that obviously will target... is different burden of proof, command i will target different compensate

three —— and that will target different compensate three payments from his wealth. gary, another further aspect to all of this, it is all the conspiracy theories. he was supposed to be on suicide watch, as gary mentioned, after an apparent attem pts gary mentioned, after an apparent atte m pts to gary mentioned, after an apparent attem pts to ta ke gary mentioned, after an apparent attempts to take his life last month. rumours centred on what the politicians they have known about his alleged crime and how they may have wa nted his alleged crime and how they may have wanted him dead. at the weekend, the president was really criticised for retreating one particular commentator, who asked the question... he suggests that epstein had information on bill clinton, now he is dead. this is com pletely clinton, now he is dead. this is completely unfounded, i've got to stress that, but this has been shared more than 68,000 times, and

the hashtag #epsteinmurder was trending saturday. gary, the president retweeted this, and that is significant because he is millions of followers on twitter. 63 millions of followers on twitter. 63 million and counting. this has an enormous power of distribution. this reaches into every corner, goes around the world immediately. it's also reported multiple times on all kinds of outlets, so this is incredibly sort of strange thing in many ways from president, no basis to it in fact as we can tell. and don't forget, bill clinton has released a statement saying he absolutely denies any knowledge. connecting it to the clintons is not the only conspiracy out there. there area the only conspiracy out there. there are a bunch of others. some of them connecting him to all sorts of... some of them suggesting epstein

isn't even dead yet. having said that, there are still legitimate questions around his death, and he failures that led up to it. in circumstances, and that is why the fbi as well as the inspector general of the department ofjustice are conducting their inquiries. in a sense, we still don't haven't autopsy, of course, and that's not been made public... in the absence of these actual facts, the autopsy committee fbi report, in absence of all of that, something fills the gap, doesn't it? and that goes viral generally. is, it certainly does. since that retweet, we have not heard from him on this particular aspect. no, and i wonder whether the lawyers went, just be careful what you're doing here. the worst scenario from his point of view is if any prejudice happens to any

future trials, that could seriously backfire. if other potential trials collapsed as a result of theories and public, then the victims certainly would not forgive anyone involved in that, and there would be backlash on that score. and we have to absolutely the victims. area in washington from thanks —— and gary in washington. now, in hong kong... these are the latest. protesters dressed in black. this is one of the busiest transport hubs in the world. what we are seeing here are protesters angry at the police, who over the weekend we re the police, who over the weekend were filmed storming enclosed

railway stations and naturally firing tear gas and also non—lethal ammunition at close range. this is in one of the subways, police beating some of the people. the protesters also getting rather more fractious as well, giving, hitting back as welcome using water hoses maturing petrol bombs. this is all taking place at another subway station. the dozens of protesters we re station. the dozens of protesters were arrested throughout all of this, police say they seized weapons, things like batons, slingshots, hammers, and this is what the police were saying about the use of force. the decision to use force is... our office has determine what level of force is, should be used in the area, and that they should use the minimum level of force to achieve the operational

objective. so let's compare with the police were stained with the protesters been saying. the protesters been saying. the protesters are acute repeatedly being called cockroaches by the police. such is a psychological tactic used by hitler, the dues dehumanized by the nazis. some extremely harsh words. these mass demonstrations and unrest show no sign of abating, more than two months after they were sparked by a controversial extradition bill. hong kong police have now unveiled a water cannon as a new tool to combat the protests. the chinese authorities, who have not yet physically intervened to quell the unrest, used their strongest language yet to condemn violent protesters.

translation: hong kong's radical demonstrators have repeatedly used extremely dangerous tools to attack police officers, which already constitutes a serious violent crime, and also shows this wantonly tramples on hong kong's rule of law and social order. demonstrators have accused hong kong police of dressing—up as protesters, to incite and commit violence that they are then framing the protesters for. hong kong police deny that, but have now admitted using undercover police officers to make surprise arrests. if you have a look at this video, you can see a man wearing a kind of signature outfit, the closing of the protesters, but he is actually helping to arrest someone. and this footage was taken by a reporter for the hong kong free press. there is some support for the police. this hashtag is training on social media.

if translated, it is" i am giving the hong kong police oil," basically, i am supporting the hong kong police. jonathon head has the latest from hong kong's airport. in the last couple of hours, we have seen a change in this airport which was previously completely covered with protesters right across this floor, singing, a determined to stay until the small hours of the morning. they decided after meeting it wasn't worth risking a confrontation with the right police and so basically decided to go. all these cleaners are trying to get rid of the extruded area range of posters that have been stuck up on railings in the last four days and try to get the airport ready to

open. there has been massive disruption, dozens of flights cancelled. there are a lot of passengers still asleep upstairs, near checking desks. many others had to take hotels. it will probably take days to get rid of the huge backlog of flights, and there's been a huge cost to these protests. although there were huge numbers of protesters here, it has to been able to function. the protesters have said they can always come back. while the airport rallies that have been taking place here are over for now, we could see protesters back here again anytime in the next few days. jonathan had in the airport in hong kong. still to come, that the financial crisis... women going through the menopause are currently facing a national shortage of hormone replacement therapy. many forms of hrt are currently out

of stock in some pharmacies. officials from the department for health and social care say they are aware of the ongoing supply problems, but point out that alternative hrt products are available. sara matthews — who is a consultant gynaecologist — urges women to be patient during the current medication shortage. you tend to get a little bit of a hiccup. it is not unusual to have hot flashes come back if you change from one tablet to another tablet, and any tablet formulation shake—up. in the thing is, just to sit tight. don't throw them out of the window, and the first week. you may find everything starts to settle. little bit of a hiccup, but there's lots that we can do and hopefully come as they've said, we'll get them back in stock in the next couple of months. you are watching outside source live

from the bbc news room. the us attorney general, william barr, has said there were "serious irregularities" at the prison where the financierjeffrey epstein was found dead on saturday. some of the other stories we are watching here. a 21—year—old norwegian man has appeared in court in oslo, accused of terrorism in connection with a gun attack on a mosque at the weekend. philip manshaus was also charged with attempted murder, as well as the murder of his stepsister. world service english is covering that. and popular on the bbc news website. police in south wales have warned people who mocked the hairstyle of a wanted drug dealer. this mugshot prompted hundreds ofjokes, puns and memes. police have reminded people they can be prosecuted for posting offensive messages online. let's bring you up—to—date with the heavy flooding causing a real

problem across large parts of south and east asia. let's have a look at some of the images. let's see we can bring these up. this is in particular from bring these up. this is in particularfrom myanmar, bring these up. this is in particular from myanmar, this bring these up. this is in particularfrom myanmar, this image here. more than 50 people known to have died in landslides or floods there. dozens of people have been displaced. let's see what's going on in pakistan, because as you can see, at least 12 people killed in karachi as torrential rain left parts of the biggest city underwater. there've also been other worrying images, major floods in eastern china after a powerful typhoon struck friday. it's because landslides, dam colla pses. it's because landslides, dam collapses. these images, 44 people we re collapses. these images, 44 people were killed at least in these, that particular flooding. were killed at least in these, that particularflooding. and in india as well, estimated i million people have been rescued from floodwaters

in nine different states, nearly 200 people have died. almost half of the deaths have happened in the southern state of kerala, or the heavy rains are forcing more than 100,000 people to shelter in relief camps. four days after the landslide, which has occurred here in the corolla region, you can see the rescue operations carried out. what is being feared is their 50 people... what has happened here is there is a hill behind this area where these houses were, and as you can see here, there is river on either side. this is the patch which isa either side. this is the patch which is a part of the hill which came tumbling around the houses. the authorities here tell me there or on 20 houses which were in this region, and right now, all these houses are

40 feet under this entire sludge. the rescue operation is still being carried out. the authorities tell me more than ten people i been recovered from under the rubble. there are people come here and seeing if there's anything that is left of their houses here, to see if there is anything that is left of was left before all this happened last thursday. worrying develop and there in the region. we'll keep an eye on it. business news. argentina's president — mauricio macri — has been dealt a heavy blow in his bid for re—election in october. in the primaries, he lost to his populist opponent, alberto fernandez. traders at the buenos aires stock exchange were left in panic — as markets and argentina's currency plummeted. the country's central bank even had to intervene to prop up its currency with a $50 million injection. markets are worried that mr macri's

policies of opening up the country's as daniel gallas explains. there was a lot of optimism this year by markets, by market players, that mauricio macri would be reelected. we saw markets up friday. there's a lot of confidence coming up into these primaries on sunday but then the shock result came, now there is a total meltdown of stocks, of currency, of pretty much everything in argentina. the whole index, the most rated stocks in argentina, is down 34%. that is a third of its value wiped out in just two hours, and the same thing is happening with the currency. for investors, they believe that mr macri has lost the

election. this day, the election will only be held two months from now, they already pricing in his defeat. that is the situation in argentina. let's go back to hong kong, where the chief executive carrie lam says the chief executive carrie lam says the unrest, all those protests, is causing more damage than the financial crisis in 2008. but, are authorities spinning the protests to argue their case? have a look at this tweet from the social news network rappler. let's find out more with bbc business reporter leisha santorelli. how much truth is there that the protests are as financially damaging as the crisis ten years ago? carrie lam... that was strong language, and similarto lam... that was strong language, and similar to the very struggling which

we are seeing the chinese authorities in beijing take over the protest as well, and it seems to be a ploy to take over from the protesters. there is only so long these type of protest will continue. in terms of the numbers, is it too early? is it too early to work out how much financially they are disrupting the territory's economy? as someone who grew up in british hong kong and returned to chinese hong kong and returned to chinese hong kong, viewing this has been unsettling. in the first half of the year, the impact of the us— china trade war has any more destructive effect on the chinese economy than the protests. that is not to say the protests will not incur damage. of course it will, but we will probably only see the extent of that any third quarter. from july, august,

september onward, however long this drags on. at least for now, it is the broader geopolitical tensions between us and china battling it out, as well as the currency war on top of that, because currencies play a very big part in how consumers behave. the hong kong dollar, compared to the us dollar, is very strong. at the chinese government has been weakening their currency. mainland consumers who go to hong kong to go shopping, if they feel poor because of the currency fluctuations, why would they go to hong kong? in terms of tourism, we have seen the numbers declined for mainland china. that is not to say the protests a re mainland china. that is not to say the protests are not exacerbating the protests are not exacerbating the situation. good to hear your personal perspective as well. don't necessarily read that as verbatim fa ct. necessarily read that as verbatim fact. let's turn to india.

india has set ambitious targets for the adoption of electric vehicles. and in the latest budget, the country's finance minister laid out a host of tax incentives for those choosing to buy battery—powered cars. this plant produces a car every 30 seconds. the newest addition to the india line—up, a kona electric, is finished by hand. lower demand for electric vehicles means the company only needs to build a few a day. we actually started at 15 per month, but we can always augment the numbers, as and when the demand is much more. the indian government has been an ambitious player in electric ca rs. been an ambitious player in electric cars. today, less than i% of indian customers choose to buy them. lots more, as always, on our website, and i will be here with an exhibition of outside source in just a few minutes from us to join us for

that. bye—bye for now. hello there. it has been a pretty stormy spell of weather over the last couple of weeks across the west pacific, and let's take a look at what happened during the early hours of saturday morning. this was a super typhoon of some actually downgraded —— it was actually downgraded —— it was actually downgraded to a typhoon as it made landfall. you can see quite clearly, it pushed into the province and moved its way steadier north. it brought heavy rainfall and it is still continuing to bring some heavy rain, heavy enough for further localised flooding. this is actually shandong province. it will weaken off into a depression and start to fragment, but over the next few days, we need to keep a close eye on

this storm, currently tracking towards japan. this will be the third typhoon in as many weeks that has made landfall across southern japan, and it looks potentially as though it's going to follow a very similar track to storm francisco on the 2nd of august. it's going to bring some heavy rain to honshu and kyoto, before then potentially drifting up into the sea ofjapan. we will need to keep a close eye on the track. storms can change the stuff that's the current course. that's thursday into friday. elsewhere, it does look as though we will continue to seek some sharp showers, with shanghai and beijing improving. osaka and tokyo seeing some heavy rain to the end of the week. into south asia now. we have gotan area week. into south asia now. we have got an area of low pressure which is bringing some heavy rain at the moment across landmark, also into bangladesh and two northeastern states of india as well. that is where we are likely to see heavy rain -- where we are likely to see heavy rain —— at the moment across

myanmar. along the west coast, still seeing some enhanced rainfall here, which isjust going seeing some enhanced rainfall here, which is just going to exacerbate the flooding issues that we have got. over into europe, we've seen some stormy weather with a series of floods, predict lengthy alps. —— critically through the alps. across the outcome into the czech republic, poland and up into the baltic states. at the same time, particularly through the balkan, some extreme heat. the mediterranean is fine, settled and sunny, but there is a few scattered showers likely ability for north, france, the low countries, germany and poland. and that is going to bring yet more wet weather across the uk as well. another low—pressure bringing some wet and windy weather. the forecast for the uk looks likely to stay, with sunshine and showers for the first couple of days this

week, but then heavy rain keeping the week cool and rather breezy too. take care.

this outside source. hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. the us attorney general says there were "serious irregularities" around epstein's apparent suicide on saturday, but promises the investigations will continue. any co—conspirators should not rest easy. victims deserve justice and they will get it. matteo salvini and his far—right league party in italy are pushing for snap elections. we'll find out why. also a special report from the

italian island of lampedusa on the anti—immigrantfeeling italian island of lampedusa on the anti—immigra nt feeling that's italian island of lampedusa on the anti—immigrant feeling that's become anti—immigrant feeling that's become a driving force in italian politics. and the cake pop sensation bts are taking a break from and the cake pop sensation bts are taking a breakfrom performing, for now at least. hello and welcome back. a bit of a row in the fashion world. luxury brands coach, givenchy and versace have apologised to chinese consumers for t—shirts deemed to undermine the country's "one china" policy. the versace design lists hong kong and macao as countries, rather than cities which led to versace's china brand ambassador yang mi, a popular actress in the country,

cutting ties with the company. this was the company's response... givenchy and coach have also been caught up in the controversy, with t—shirts appearing to imply hong kong and taiwan are independent countries. coach's china ambassador, supermodel liu wen, has severed her endorsement deal. the topic "coach" has been trending on china's twitter—like weibo, receiving 1.2 billion views. let's get more from kerry allen, who has been monitoring social media in china. so, it has been trending, they sold debacle has been trending on weibo, what's been said? yes, people pay a

lot of attention to these brands, brand called out by america. the idea they could be separate from china, there is a lot of anger about this. there are huge groups of people who in the past have said that they are going to boycott these companies. originally, it started to do with tensions between china and the us with the trade war china wa nted the us with the trade war china wanted to make the point it could very easily oust american companies because it had the support of the public there because everything going on in hong kong at the moment, a lot of these big companies are being called out specifically because of the fact they are referencing hong kong. some of them are referencing macau and taiwan with these t—shirts but it is hong kong that has got peoples attention because the government can reignite this discussion and say, well, people need to recognise that hong kong is a part of china so they are

using this dialogue to restart that conversation. what i found was really interesting is how quickly the brand ambassadors, these big superstars in china, how quickly they were to sever ties with these companies, this is extremely sensitive. absolutely, yes. this is partly why there is so much support behind people saying that if they could afford these brands, even people who can afford these brands, they will boycott them. jackson is a member of a boy band equivalent to one direction in america. he said he has severed his connection with coach. and also two models severing their connections with yvonne she —— with givenchy. they have that power and they don't want to be implicated in this sensitive government debate going on about whether hong kong can be autonomous or if it is part of

china. thank you so much for talking us china. thank you so much for talking us through it. she looks through the social media that happens when it comes to these kind of stories for us. well worth following kerry on social media as well. it shows how sensitive all of that is. italy could be facing a snap general election. it comes as the italian senate is being recalled from recess to decide on a timetable to debate a motion of no confidence in the government. party leaders failed to reach an agreement on the issue and will meet again on tuesday. it's all because of this man, italy's interior minister matteo salvini. his nationalist league party has been in government with the populist five star movement led by this man luigi di maio for the past 14 months. but relations between the parties have turned sour and last week mr salvini announced he was puling the plug on the populist coalition government. james reynolds has more from rome.

political leaders of all parties have broken their summer vacation, some of them reluctantly, have come here to rome and those leaders in the senate will now start debating and try to pick a date for a no—confidence vote. that vote may take place in the next few days or weeks. if that vote brings down the government, then the power will go to italy's president, sergio mattarella, who will have to decide what to do — whether to hold a new election or whether to try to put together a caretaker administration from alternative parties. the president, normally a ceremonialfigure, then becomes the key player in this drama. italians are used to this, this kind of trading. it is slightly unusual, though, that it comes in the middle of one of their holidays in august. both mr salvini and mr di maio are deputy prime ministers. but in the last 14 months since they formed a coalition, mr salvini has had a meteoric rise, becoming the most powerful man in italian politics. these are pictures of him on a beach in sicily over

the weekend, where he's been out meeting people and taking selfies with his supporters. mr salvini is very active on social media and has developed a "man of the people" image. and his uncompromising stance against illegal immigration has proven particularly popular. his league party is now well ahead in the opinion polls, and mr salvini wants swift elections to capitalise on that. here's james reynolds again. the league a few years ago was simply a small regional northern party which spent a lot of its time criticising the rest of italy. it has now moved on under matteo salvini to criticise both european union regulations and also the arrival of migrants, and it is the message that a lot of italians haven't enjoyed hearing and matteo salvini has proved himself to be an extremely capable campaigner. he spent a lot of the last week or two on the beach, which for most people would be a holiday, for him its work, it's campaigning and the opinion polls show that it's

paying off so far. he is, in theory, thejunior member of this coalition government, five star, the populist movement is the senior member. but what's happened over the last year or so, their places in the polls have simply swapped. matteo salvini has become the leader of the most popular party in italy, and essentially come, in plain language, he wants to try and cash that in at the polls, stop being the deputy prime minister, the junior partner, go to the country for an election and potentially become the prime minister. but that's not up to him, it's up to the president. the political tensions come as italy is facing a migrant crisis in the mediteranean. the italian island of lampedusa has seen hundreds of thousands of migrants disembark at its port, but as emma jane kirby reports, the islands image is changing. a pretty picture in lampedusa, but the view here is changing.

nearer to africa than the italian mainland, this mediterranean island has long played host to thousands of migrants arriving from libya. now, it's welcoming thousands of tourists from europe. that means good business for the local taxi drivers, whose tours taking the best beaches, bars and boats on offer. but the footprints of the migrants, like their shipwrecked vessels, are still visible all over this island, and it's prompted a hard swing right. "salvini is number one," laughs this taxi driver. he's showing his support for italy's populist deputy prime minister, matteo salvini, who was elected on an anti—immigration platform. he's banned ngo—operated ships carrying rescued migrants from docking at any italian port. injune, this german charity

boat broke that rule and disembarked at lampedusa. the captain was arrested as an outlaw. turnout was low in the european elections here, but salvini's right wing lega party came first. translation: i say sell the new's policy should be even more hardline than it is now, because let's not forget that behind this problem are the traffickers of human flesh. we should blockade the ports with ships to stop these traffickers. it's the height of the summer season in lampedusa and, as you can see, the beaches are packed with tourists flocking to the island now that the number of migrant arrivals has dropped so dramatically here. this beautiful cobalt sea is perfect for holidaymakers, but, in fact, the mediterranean has now become the world's deadliest sea crossing.

aid agencies fear the hardline policy is costing lives. last month, as many as 150 people drowned off the coast of libya when their boat capsized. as europe argues over who should take responsibility for the migrants, the perilous sea crossings continue. lampedusa's memorial to the missing a poignant reminder. emma—jane kirby, bbc news, lampedusa. heavy security measures are in place in indian administered kashmir as the mainly muslim population prepares to celebrate the festival of eid al adha. the main city of srinagar has largely been in lockdown since india announced a week ago that it was revoking kashmir‘s special semi—autonomous status. some large mosques are closed in the muslim—majority territory, but smaller mosques have remained open to worshippers. people have been encouraged to attend prayers at local mosques instead of the main mosque

in srinagar leaving some frustrated. translation: eid al adha always meant happiness. people used to come out of their houses to celebrate eid without fear. the himalayan region of kashmir is claimed in its entirety by both india and pakistan, but they each control only parts of it. the indian government has said that law and order has been maintained across india—administered kashmir during eid. here's the inspector general of the kashmir police describing the situation on the ground. the restrictions were imposed at certain sensitive places and depending on the local situation, we have given some relaxation as the situation developed. internet and phone services are still cut off in kashmir making reporting from

there extremely difficult. but the bbc‘s yogita limaye was able to get this report through to us from srinigar. after they said their prayers they took to the streets, protesting the indian's government decision to remove kashmir‘s special status. a government spokesman said there is no curfew in place just rules that don't allow more than four people together in any one place at the time but police vans have been doing the rounds in the city, saying there isa the rounds in the city, saying there is a curfew in place and that people should stay indoors. so quite a mixed message being sent across. phone and internet lines remain cut off nearly a week now. people aren't able to communicate with each other. the indian administered kashmir

remains tense. on friday, mass protests took place in a part of srinagar in which many people participated. it was filmed by bbc team. in it, you could see people running to safety and you could hear gunshots being fired. but we aren't able to go to the hospital, being stopped either by angry locals or security forces. we were, however, able to put a question about it to a government spokesperson. are there any casualties in hospitals? the police already made a detailed statement yesterday about that, that there was no firing, not a complete gun shot was fired. that's it. the ministry of home affairs of the national government has denied claims that any protest larger than 20 people took place in srinagar. stay with us on outside source.

still to come... the members of k—pop group bts, one of the world's biggest boy bands are taking a break — we'll find out why. labour has called for a review into grouse shooting, questioning its impact on the environment. the four—month grouse shooting season starts today — known as the glorious twelfth. shooters have been heading to the moors of scotland and northern england. the rspb agrees that such meets are causing real environmental problems. a review by the scottish government is already under way. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon reports. the first shoot of the season, in the angus glens. across the country, hundreds of thousands of acres of moorland are actively managed so grouse shooting can take place. estates like this one say this makes them the friend of the environment, not the enemy, and that shooting supportsjobs in remote rural areas. they are almost the lifeblood of a glen like this,

because the other options for employment and economic and cultural activity are so limited. but the argument is it's bad for the environment. what would you say to that? i would say that is absolutely wrong. it is places like this, which conserve wading birds... this is where the curlew, the lapwing, the golden plover come back to breed in the summer, and if the conditions aren't right for them, they will go. but campaigners complain the impact on the environment has been too high. in some areas, they say it has led to the erosion of land — in others, that birds of prey have been illegally targeted, poisoned, trapped. we're not seeking a ban on grouse shooting. what we're seeking is management for grouse shooting that is legal, sustainable and accountable, and it's none of those three things at the moment. what we have is an industry where self—regulation has patently failed. and we would like to see that brought under proper control. a review by the scottish government into grouse moor management is expected later this year, but may not resolve the debate between those who want grouse shooting to end for good and those

who believe it's a tradition that is important to sustaining the future of the countryside. lorna gordon, bbc news, in the angus glens. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... the us attorney general, william barr, has said there were "serious irregularities" at the prison where the financierjeffrey epstein was found dead on saturday. let's bring you up—to—date with the ongoing protests that have been taking place in russia. now russia has asked google to stop advertising what it calls illegal mass events on its youtube video platform. it follows a month of huge protests in moscow. the latest was on saturday, this was the scene.

up to 60,000 people took part. the protest was officially authorised but dozens of people were arrested as they moved to other parts of the city, many outside president vladimir putin's offices in the city centre. from moscow, steve rosenberg explains why russian authorities are so angry with google. i know this is coming from an organisation which is the russian communications watchdog. what it has done is written a letter to google, calling on the organisation to stop promoting on youtube what it says are illegal mass events. in other words, street protests which haven't been sanctioned by the russian authorities. what they say is that a number of organisations with youtube channels has been buying advertising tools like push notifications to spread information about

unsanctioned protests and if google doesn't do anything about this to stop this, then comes the warning that russia will take measures and see this as interference in russia's sovereign affairs, hostile interference, and obstruction of democratic elections. russia will ta ke democratic elections. russia will take measures. they are not specified in this letter to google. i should point out, this is notjust coming from the communications watchdog. we had similar language yesterday from a senior russian senator at the upper house of the russian parliament, who is also head ofa russian parliament, who is also head of a committee, a commission with a very colourful and long lame. the commission of protecting state sovereignty and avoiding interference in russia's internal affairs. he was also talking about how russia's foreign opponents are using information and computer technology, including youtube, to manipulate russian citizens. so this appears to be a concerted effort by the russian authorities to put

pressure not only on google but on the internet in general, to kind of cut off the oxygen from the protest movement here. these process, this movement here. these process, this movement steve was talking about started a month ago. the protests started a month ago with muscovites demanding fair elections. many are unhappy that opposition candidates have been banned from running in municipal elections in september. they include leading opposition politician lyubov sobol. here she is being arrested at a protest on the previous weekend, and alexei navalny, who is a prominent critic of the kremlin. anger is also increasing after apparent incidences of police brutality. this is some video from the weekend. you can see police punching this female protester in the stomach before dragging her away. there she is. you can see the pain

in which she is then dragged away by police officers after being punched in the stomach there. i spoke to yuri vendik from bbc russian about this. this particular video, it has become viral but it is by no means the only incident, the only example of the brutality, excessive use of force or use of excessive force as is the official term by moscow and the russian police during these process. the members of the opposition are speaking about the increase brutality of the police. you have to keepin brutality of the police. you have to keep in mind that this is not like... the russian authorities are talking about paris and the yellow vests a nd talking about paris and the yellow vests and occupy wall street and things like that. there is a huge difference between these protests and the protests in moscow because in moscow, the members of the

opposition are not attacking anybody. they are not violent. some would say they are even sheepish. so there is no reason whatsoever to attack them for the police in this way, but still, that is what the police do. that's because many think that the authorities of russia, they have decided probably, we can only guess, they want to show the opposition that they want to be firmly in control of the situation, whatever their position is demanding. the protesters, the demonstrators are arguing for opposition politicians to be able to ta ke opposition politicians to be able to take part in elections in september but that is a pretext for these protests ? but that is a pretext for these protests? of course, both sides are keeping in mind much bigger and wider things. the election of the city parliament, and may i remind the plot that the opposition, many

opposition candidates, not all of them were unlawfully, as they claim just simply not registered by the authorities of these elections. those elections taking place in september. the south korean k—pop superstars bts are going on a break. here's the statement their management company, put on twitter in korean and english. it's been retweeted more than 20,000 times, and liked more than half a million times. it says the seven members of the group are taking "an official and extended period of rest and relaxation... to enjoy the ordinary lives of young people in their 20s, albeit briefly". so they will be making a return. bts have a massive global following, and are the first k—pop group to top charts in the us and britain. here's su min hwang from the bbc‘s korean service on just how popular the band is. bts has built themselves a huge globalfan base,

bts has built themselves a huge global fan base, they bts has built themselves a huge globalfan base, they have bts has built themselves a huge global fan base, they have twitter followings of 23.1 million. they managed to have concerts around the world, including la, paris and london and they even have a tour coming up collaborating with barbie doll makers. they are known for their unique sound and they're very fa ncy their unique sound and they're very fancy dance routines. we heard about the band's huge following on social media — where there are lots of warm words for the group. ryan lawrie is a uk songwriter and performer who's written for bts. he says: "the boys deserve a break. they have worked harder than anyone else and have given the best they can for their incredible fans". this fan says... "pls take care and stay safe. i'll miss you lots, but this is what you deserve and need the most love you with my whole heart". they also use the hashtags restwellbts and happyvacationbts. and another fan says

"bts we love you, rest & sleep well be healthy & happy # restwellbts". fear not, they will be coming back when they do we will bring that to you. but from outside source for now, bye—bye. hello. we've seen quite a dramatic turnaround in the weather in the last week or so, is aware is summer? the clues have been in the jet stream. to end july we had this meandering pattern of the jets stream. to end july we had this meandering pattern of thejets team. we were to the south of it, pulling and warm airfrom the near continent. since we have turned it up, it has pushed to the south of the uk, putting us on the colder side of thejet the uk, putting us on the colder side of the jet stream and on the northern side is where you get big areas of low pressure which have been spinning across that they have in the last few days. that means huge amounts of rain has fallen in some parts of the country. all these areas have seen well above average for the month so far and we are only halfway through it, not even that.

heathrow, eight millimetres, notice the variability. that has been topped up by thunderstorms during the day on monday first statement itself, low pressure clearing away. tuesday, between weather systems. a cool star and some showers around but overall, one of the drier days of the week with more of you seeing some timejust don't of the week with more of you seeing some time just don't forget, it is august, the sunshine is still pretty strong so it will feel nice when you are under those sunny conditions. temperatures below 20 degrees in most parts of the country. a cool night to follow to go into wednesday, cloud building in the south and west bringing outbreaks of rain, keeping the temperature is up across the south—western corner. as we go into wednesday, the next area of low pressure moves on. if you are on summer holidays at the moment, now is to time to get your wet weather plans in place. rain on and off on wednesday, gusty winds developing. pretty weight in the far north of scotland. southern scotland, northern england and northern ireland a bit dry. these

areas where we have seen the biggest rainfall total so far this month so that break from the rain will be quite welcome. as we go into thursday, the area of low pressure pulls away, back into north—westerly winds on the back edge of that so we maintain the cool feel. showers will push down in the north westerly airflow, some could be heavy and thundery but a greater chance of sunshine between compared to what we have seen on wednesday and most by the end of the day will be largely dry. temperatures creeping up a degree or so in the south. jet strea m ta kes degree or so in the south. jet stream takes a wobble further north into friday for some low pressure this time more northerly based and that means more of us will be into the windier conditions on friday. outbreaks of rain spreading away slowly from west to east. some of the rain could be torrential and thundery in spots. something brighter outwards west later but the wind will start to strengthen and that will have an impact on the way the day feels. may be more humid feel towards the south—east corner. the area of low pressure pushes away now. the big question is how deep

thatis now. the big question is how deep that is and where the heaviest rainfall will be tied in? potential for some very windy weather, much like we saw last weekend. at the moment, doesn't like the wins will be strong but it looks like much of the rain, england and wales, heavy and persistent through saturday, scattered thundery showers for scotla nd scattered thundery showers for scotland and northern ireland and temperatures as they are most of this week and the teams if notjust squeaking into the low 20s. finishing the weekend with the jet strea m finishing the weekend with the jet stream to the south of us and next week it remains largely to the south but what we will notice, you will notice it breaking out a little bit and weakening a touch. any low pressures that come our way won't be quite as potent. staying rather cool but becoming less windy after a blustery weekend and hopefully some longer and drier spells too. we'll keep you updated, see you soon.

tonight at 10:00 — the shift in drug crimes from city to countryside. we have a bbc investigation. police in england and wales are seeing more offences in small towns and villages where gangs target vulnerable people. they're all from deprived backgrounds, generally. they've either been in care, or on at—risk registers. they‘ re constantly missing from homes. today, boris johnson orders a review of prison sentences for violent and serious crime, his latest law and order initiative. we'll be asking whether longer sentences reduce crime. also tonight — thousands of pro—democracy protesters force the shutdown of hong kong's airport.

beijing says terrorism is emerging in the city.