welcome to bbc news — my name's mike embley. our top stories: more than three weeks after a clampdown in indian—administerd kashmir. a bbc investigation uncovers allegations of brutal beatings and torture by soldiers. the british parliament prepares for a brexit showdown. mps say they'll make their move next week to stop borisjohnson suspending the commons. colombia's president vows to hunt down farc rebel commanders who are calling on followers to take up arms after three years of peace. the former fbi director james comey is criticised for leaking a memo about president trump, but won't face prosecution.

a bbc investigation has uncovered allegations of brutal beatings and torture by soldiers in indian—administered kashmir. it's 25 days since the indian government withdrew the region's special semi—autonomous status, clamping down fiercely on dissent and arresting thousands of people. kashmir is claimed by both pakistan and india. the two nuclear—armed neighbours control different sections of kashmir, and have fought two wars over it. despite a near communications blackout, sameer hashmi has been inside kashmir, and sent this report. you may find some of it distressing. behind these razor wires lies an uneasy calm. restrictions everywhere we go. but for many kashmiris, the crackdown has come at a cost. we have come to investigate disturbing allegations. soldiers came here, we are told, looking for violent protesters.

13 men were allegedly pulled from their beds, tortured and beaten. these brothers, like all the people we spoke to, were too scared to reveal their identities. we saw their injuries.

still in shock, this man shows pictures of his bruises. he believes he was targeted because he is a muslim. we put these claims to the army, who responded with a written statement: kashmir has been mired in conflict for decades. it's one of the most militarised zones in the world.

there is huge sympathy here for the militant groups, who are seen by many as fighting forfreedom from indian rule. animosity between indian security forces and locals runs deep. often, it is civilians who get caught in the battle. it is notjust one village where allegations of torture have emerged. we have been told that several people across this region have faced similar experiences. we have come to a militant stronghold. locals led us to this house, where they say soldiers tortured a young man. his brother is a militant. across the rest of india there will be little sympathy for the families of militants.

they see them as pakistani—sponsored terrorists. many have celebrated prime minister modi's bold move to revoke kashmir‘s special status. authorities say they are gradually lifting some of the restrictions, but internet and mobile phones remain shut down. thousands are in detention. kashmir has been virtually cut off from the rest of the world and anger here is growing. samir hashmi, bbc news, indian—administered kashmir. britain's main opposition parties are demanding that the prime minister does not go ahead with his plan to suspend parliament for 5 weeks, in the run up to leaving the european union. legal challenges are underway, and there's a rare joint statement from parties who, most of the time, are rivals. they say borisjohnson is only suspending parliament to make it harder to block a so—called no—deal brexit. he says he just wants more time to prepare his government's programme. here's bbc political

editor laura kuenssberg. do you care about the people? boo! tempers hot, nerves frayed... over and over... a member of the government and tory mp in cheltenham defending himself to protesters, but not entirely the government's approach. i have made my position clear, i have spoken to the chief whip about itand... sssh. silence! time is short, but within days a swathes of mps will try to remove the possibility that boris johnson could take us out of the eu without a deal. with even senior tories on onside, they will try to change the law. it may well be that next week is the only opportunity. i'm afraid it does look as if our options have now narrowed and if parliament is going to assert some control and say, well, ok if we leave with no deal, but that has to have the consent of parliament, then that would suggest that we need to move sooner rather than later. is this the moment when polite resistance could become more aggressive action?

well, i hope it will continue to be polite, but i also think it's going to be robust. those who fear the possible turmoil over leaving without a deal seem more determined now. the prime minister has caused outrage. protesters notjust in westminster and the west country today, but in norwich tonight. borisjohnson has cut the number of days the commons will have to scrutinise exactly what is going on. frustration at that in leeds and other cities too. the official line, it's totally routine for parliament to have a breather, to be prorogued for that amount of time. there is going to be lots of time to debate before the 31st of october. parliament will be sitting then and will be able to have whatever motions it wants. i think the outrage is phony. but one peer in the government quit in protest and may be the defence secretary gave the game away. ben wallace certainly learned at least that even at a summit in finland there are

microphones almost everywhere. clearly more than it is? those remarks got a less friendly welcome from number 10 who said later he misspoke. but to clip borisjohnson‘s wings, to outlaw no deal, tories, lib dems, the snp all need to work together withjeremy corbyn to get the numbers for a majority next week. what we're going to do is politically try to stop him on tuesday with a parliamentary process in order to legislate to prevent a no—deal brexit and also to try and prevent him shutting down parliament during this utterly crucial period. the implications for this country are very, very serious. so just weeks into office, the new prime minister is up against protests around the country and many mps in parliament determined to try to defeat him next week. when they come to vote the numbers

might be achingly tight. but when it comes to brexit, as ever, the difference of opinion is vast indeed. laura kuennsberg, bbc news, westminster. just bring you a bit of breaking news and we're hearing thatjoshua wong has been arrested again in hong kong. he is one of the leaders of the protest movement in hong kong. he was previously released from jail injune of this year. this weekend marks the 13th week of protests in hong kong. according to the pro—democracy party demosisto he was arrested this morning on his way to the south horizons station ataround 7.30. there's been no official confirmation from the police colombia's president has condemned the announcement by a group of former farc rebel commanders of a new offensive. they've called on their supporters to take up arms again. president ivan duque has said the new group will be hunted down. it's less than three years since the rebels signed

a peace agreement. ramzan karmali reports nearly three years after a peace deal was struck, commanders of the demobilised rebel group farc say they are returning to war. the 2016 agreement sort south america ‘s longest gorilla conflict. former farc commander called for a return to arms because he claimed that the colombian state had trade the peace agreement. the 2016 deal sought to formally and 52 years of war that killed over 260,000 people and forced 7 million from their homes in a bitter conflict between left—wing rebels, government forces and state aligned paramilitaries. the farc rabble lambasted president ivan duque and his government for not keeping its end of the deal. negotiated over four years of talks in cuba. but columbia ‘s president hit back, vowing to hunt down the

rebel commanders and offering a reward of $852 , 000 rebel commanders and offering a reward of $852,000 for each one captured. he also accused the rebels of instigating a criminal enterprise with support from neighbouring venezuela and its president. translation: mac colombians must be clear that we are not facing a new gorilla but facing criminal threats of the gang of narco terrorists who have the shelter in support of the dictatorship of nicolas maduro. and former farc commander, distanced himself from the former rebels and insisted his party would honour the peace deal. translation: with all sincerity, we are ashamed. i apologised to the people of colombia, to the international community, to countries like cuba and norway who have worked so hard to support this process. but there is also ms. we are the vast majority. we are the best in this

process. despite the support for the 2016 deal, the sight of rebels in army fatigues most be the first and most significant sign that the hard earned peace agreement reached nearly three years ago in colombia could be starting to unravel. let's get some of the day's other news. forecasters are expecting hurricane dorian to strengthen into an "extremely dangerous" storm as it heads for the us mainland. it's expected to hit between florida and southern georgia, possibly late on sunday. the eye of the storm missed the main island of puerto rico, sparing it significant damage, as it headed north—west on thursday. in the light of the warnings, president trump has cancelled a planned trip to poland. a genetic analysis of almost half a million people has concluded there is no single "gay gene" that determines a person's sexual orientation — a notion popularised in the 1990s. research in europe and the us has found that a combination of genes account for between 8—25% of same—sex behaviour across the population.

president trump is saying the us will have a permanent military presence in afghanistan — at least 8,000 troops — even if a peace deal is reached with the taliban. american and taliban negotiators are still trying to finalise an agreement. the former fbi director, james comey, will not be prosecuted for leaking a memo about president trump to the media. a department forjustice report criticised mr comey, saying he had failed to ‘live up' to his duty to safeguard sensitive information. but it concluded that he did not break the law. we can speak to our correspondent peter bowes. so is this the end of it? he has been told off but he is not to be prosecuted. or are there more ramifications? this does seem to be the end of this. significantly he will not be prosecuted that it is really a stinging rebuke of the way that he dealt with those memos.

seven memos that he wrote in the early months of 2017, based on his private meetings with president trump. significantly, he did not reveal classified information. this isa reveal classified information. this is a rebuke for the way he dealt with sensitive information, breaking fbi rules and, according to this report, not setting a good example to other employees of the fbi keeping copies of those memos in his home safe. as you say, revealing the contents home safe. as you say, revealing the co nte nts of home safe. as you say, revealing the contents of one of those memos to a trend who then gave the information toa trend who then gave the information to a journalist. it does not look for him but he will not be prosecuted. he is spinning it like this. he says he has been vindicated. what is your sense here? he has been vocal in his criticism, easy likely to be more or less so 110w easy likely to be more or less so now austin mark we have not heard much from it in recent months. certainly in the months following

his sacking by president trump he was quite vocal and wrote a book about it which got a tremendous amount of publicity as well. but he has gone a little quieter now and the fact that he does receive significant criticism in this report may well at least cause him to think twice before saying anything else in public based on the information that he had during his relatively short relationship with mr trump. thank you very much. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: are these the remains of napoleon's favourite general? why a 200—year—old mystery may have finally be solved. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared,

"i have a dream." as darkness falls, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disc that's brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. horn toots there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it will take months and billions of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years. so it was with great satisfaction that clockmakerjohn vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. big ben bongs this is bbc news. the latest headlines: more than three weeks after a clampdown in indian administered kashmir, a bbc investigation uncovers

allegations of brutal beatings and torture by soldiers. the british parliament prepares for a brexit showdown next week to stop borisjohnson suspending the commons. google has announced that the next flagship smartphone from the chinese telecoms giant, huawei, the world's second largest maker of smartphones, will not come with popular apps such as googlemaps or youtube. google says because of the us government ban on sales, it cannot licence its apps to the chinese phone company. that means huawei customers will be left without access to some of the world's most popular apps. huawei is preparing to unveil its latest smartphone next month, in germany. let's go now to shanghai and speak to shaun rein, the founder of the market intelligence firm, china market research group. good to talk to you. thank you for your time. they would imagine you area your time. they would imagine you are a huawei customer within china, would you buy a 1—way phone outside

china? if i was not living in china are probably would not buy a huawei phone right now. there is too much uncertainty about whether the apps will be available, whether you will be able to download things like youtube. it is clear that president trump is trying to cripple huawei's not only their handset business but the global business. the reason is because huawei is one or two years ahead of nokia and the european players in 5g. donald trump is trying to contain their growth as pa rt trying to contain their growth as part of the trade war. china is a huge market in itself, but how much is ita huge market in itself, but how much is it a problem for flyway? it is a real problem. we understand that they will drop about 60% this year and 2019. which will be a hit of about 16 million handsets. that is not a small number. on the good side

for huawei their sales in china are really growing, they grew 31% in the last quarter as a lot of chinese are becoming really patriotic and saying let's boycott apple and let's buy huawei. so it will be a tough ride for huawei in the coming years outside of china, but in china they are outside of china, but in china they a re pretty outside of china, but in china they are pretty much ok. there have been all kinds of security concerns about huawei, is it a target or is it porn in all of this? i think huawei is the porn and a target. can it be a security risk to the united states in the uk? absolutely. as a daphnia security risk? no. i don't think we should be hysterical over the challenges that huawei poses. if you ta ke challenges that huawei poses. if you take a look at it the former secretary of defence in the united states, leon panetta, is now on the board of oracle. does that mean china should ban all oracle or

motorola's solutions because the former head of the cia is on the board of motorola's solutions. you need to have caution and good oversight but you can't have the hysterics that the united states is having towards huawei right now. risk, yes, definite risk, no. shaun rein, thank you very much. thanks for having me. uganda's government is hosting a major exhibition of pictures of its past president, general idi amin. a0 years after the end of his regime — and at a time when people seem to be changing their perspective on him and his legacy. dearjeanne reports from kampala. idi amin ruled uganda with an iron fist for eight years after taking power in a coup in 1971. when he was toppled in 1979, amnesty international estimated half a million people had died during his reign. this man was only 21 when idi

amin came to power. a year later her father and three brothers were executed for allegedly having links to rebel groups. she recalls life under his rule. those who had nothing to do with those people who are victims enjoyed life. they even took advantage of that situation to kill others. they would share the woman. they would come and say you are fighting idi amin. that matter to them —— matted for them. they are killing some women because of personal issues. sara is one of the many people who have come to uganda's national museum to see the exhibition. the roles of never before seen footage had been discovered, some on the premises of

uganda's national broadcaster, in 2015. anybody coming to the exhibition would not find the idi amin stories they have heard about. this is because the organisers say they were trying to tell a positive story. we wanted a discussion, but a discussion that comes from the positive side and then sum up all those things that happened and why we think they happened and what we should do for them not to happen again to this country. in the end, idi amin was more brutal... a historian believes the positive regard for the brutal strongman president exist because the country's history has not been properly reserved and may soon be forgotten. history has been retold and written by the successive regimes. so it appears as though now the history of uganda began with the current government. and nothing is

talked about idi amin. and, as such, the younger generation would not experience idi amin first hand, do not have experiences of idi amin. 40 yea rs not have experiences of idi amin. 40 years on, the consequences of idi amin‘s rule remain and the exhibition, perhaps, may provide a window to discuss them publicly. a one—legged skeleton discovered under a dance floor in russia may hold the key to a centuries—old mystery involving napoleon's favourite general. charles—etienne gudin died during the french invasion of russia in 1812. what are believed to be his remains were found in the city of smolensk. samples have been sent to france for dna testing. the bbc‘s tim allman has the story. a solemn unveiling in moscow. the

skeleton, or at least what's left of it, of a hero of the napoleonic age. translation: until today, it, of a hero of the napoleonic age. translation: untiltoday, for france, there have never been historical events like this. a general who was found, a friend of napoleon. you can see the importance of this discovery, including from banco russian relations. charles—etienne gudin de la sablonniere was a veteran of the french revolution and the napoleonic wars. he was hit by a russian cannibal and lost his leg. a few days later he died of gangrene. his heart was returned to paris, but the rest of him remained in russia. until earlier this year, when what are believed to be his remains were discovered in a wooden coffin buried close to where he died. it was thought his grave may have been destroyed during the second world war. of course, the overriding question is is this general gudin or

not? translation: there will be a genetic analysis to confirm 100% it is him. evenif analysis to confirm 100% it is him. even if i'm already deeply convinced it is him. we hope you can be welcomed with the honours he deserves ——we hope he can. welcomed with the honours he deserves --we hope he can. fragments of his coffin handed over to his descendant. soon the general himself may return home to france. tim allman, bbc news. we will let you know how that goes. and finally kirsten dunst has burst into tears at the unveiling of her star on hollywood's walk of fame. she has recently said she feels she hasn't got the credit her career deserves. despite appearing in more than 50 films she's never won a major acting award. there have been two golden globe nominations and one emmy nomination. but she appeared all smiles for most of the ceremony which was also attended by her partner jesse plemons and film maker

sofia coppola. much more on all the news on any time on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcmikeembley. hi there. we saw temperatures reach 25 degrees in the south—east of england on thursday. there was plenty of sunshine across the south and east of the country, closer to this area of high pressure. but into friday, again, low pressure dominates the north and the west, where it will remain pretty windy and there will be further outbreaks of rain and, as a result, it will feel a bit cooler than it will across the south and the east. so outbreaks of rain on—and—off for scotland, northern ireland, into north—west england, perhaps the far north—west of wales, where it will be pretty windy — gusts of 30—40mph. but again, across the south—east, close to that area of high pressure, another fine afternoon with sunny spells, probably around 25 degrees or so. mid to high teens further north. now, it stays very wet through friday night across scotland, northern ireland. this weather front is not going anywhere fast. further south and east, overnight, it should actually be generally dry

with clear spells, variable cloud, fairly breezy too, so that will stop temperatures from falling much below 11—14 degrees. so as we had on into saturday, it starts off very wet across northern and western areas, but this whether front will pivot round, moves across the rest of england and wales through saturday into saturday night, but it will be a dying feature as it reaches eastern areas. so a lot of rain falling across parts of northern ireland, south—west scotland. by the time saturday's out, we could see some minor flooding in places. but as that weather front clears through, skies will brighten up behind it, with sunshine and showers, but it will be notably cooler here but, again, the last of the warm days across the south—east until that weather front arrives. but that whether front will move through during saturday night, and it will open the floodgates to a much cooler north—westerly, this is polar maritime air — remember sunday is the first day of the meteorological autumn and it will certainly feel pretty autumnal out there. it will start off chilly. there will be plenty of sunshine around and then lots of showers will spread down from the north—west. some of these could be heavy and thundery and it will feel quite chilly when the showers turn up, with temperatures into the low to mid teens celsius for many. the high tweens, perhaps 20 or 21, across the south—east. as we head on into monday,

it looks like high—pressure still wants to build in from the south—west. it will still have further fronts affecting scotland and northern ireland. perhaps more cloud here with outbreaks of rain. more of a breeze, too. those winds generally lighter further south and east, thanks to that area of high pressure. but the air still on the cool side but perhaps a little below average. again, the low to mid team celsius in the north. high teens further south. and as we head into next week, it looks like high—pressure wants to build in and with those temperatures returning closer to the seasonal norm.

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a bbc investigation has uncovered allegations of brutal beatings and torture by soldiers in indian—administered kashmir. it's 25 days since the indian government withdrew the region's special semi—autonomous status — clamping down fiercely on dissent and arresting thousands of people in the region. kashmir is claimed by pakistan and india. britain's main opposition parties are demanding that the prime minister does not go ahead with his plan to suspend parliament for five weeks in the run—up to leaving the european union. legal challenges are underway, and there's a rare joint statement from parties who are usually rivals. the colombian president has said his administration will hunt down a group of renegade farc commanders who have taken up arms again. ivan duque claim they are drug traffickers who wish to terrorise colombians with the support of the venezuelan prime —— president. now on bbc news.