the fiancee of the murdered saudi dissident journalist jamal khashoggi has criticised saudi authorities for the final sentences over his killing. the court ordered eightjail terms ranging from seven to twenty years, and commuted five death sentences. the assassination two years ago has cast a shadow over the man who effectively leads the country, crown prince mohammed bin salman. hundreds of rohingya refugees have landed in the indonesian province of this is bbc news with the latest headlines aceh, after six months at sea. for viewers in the uk the landing is one of and around the world. the biggest such arrivals i'm mike embley. in years by the persecuted muslim minority — who originally fled myanmar. a leading opposition figure the refugees say they set sail in belarus is missing, from southern bangladesh amid more mass protests in march, with no supplies other than what they could fit against president lukashenko. onto their boat. it was in this confined space that almost 300 rohingya refugees spent nearly two dozen wildfires blaze across california seven months at sea. as the heatwave sees eventually landing here los angeles county hits in the indonesian province its highest—ever temperature. of aceh, where locals helped the boat come ashore. and their conditions are not too good. we are going to check on them typhoon haishen has lashed south korea's east coast, again once we arrive causing landslides and at the shelter. bringing down power lines. hundreds of rohingya we are going to relocate them refugees land in indonesia after spending six so they don't stay here. among those who came months at sea. ashore were 181 women and 1a small children.

one person was rushed to hospital. hello, peter. officials say the passengers and pepper the "culturally are being sheltered aware" robot — the answer at a refugee centre where they to the care home will be tested for coronavirus. translation: from the red cross, we are going to help staff shortage? in the name of humanity, but more importantly, because of covid—19, we have to follow health protocols. it was the same coronavirus hello. one of the leading opposition concernes which left indonesian figures in belarus has been authorities to push back the boat with nearly 100 abducted by unidentified men, according to local reports. rohingya people in june, witnesses say maria who were also rescued kalesnikava, one of the three by locals. women who joined forces to challenge president lukashenko in the recent election, was bundled into a vehicle in minsk and driven away. she had attended a mass demonstration in the capital boats may be part of a group on sunday. of 800 rohingya, who left bangladesh earlier this year. around a million muslim rohingya have fled persecution myanmar into neighbouring the interior ministry is saying it has no information about her being detained. the bbc‘s jonah fisher has this report. maria kolesnikova was, until today, pretty much bangladesh. a political survivor. pretty much the last belarus opposition leader who is not

in jail and who hasn't but the refugee camps fled the country. there are overcrowded this was her in minsk and squalid, and human yesterday, taking part traffickers make a lot of money by promising in a fourth weekend people sanctuary abroad. of demonstrations, calling conditions aboard this boat can be deadly, for the country's president and not everybody alexander lu kashenko, to step down. makes it to the shore. resto woro yuniar, bbc news, indonesia. the largest—ever study of the use of so—called intelligent robots in care homes has found they can help improve as the day came to an end the mental health of residents. the universities of the riot police fought back. bedfordshire and middlesex dozens were detained and this here in britain, found the robots were able to listen morning miss kolesnikova and respond to residents on a range of issues. was picked up this report from our home from a minsk street. editor mark easton contains filming carried out before she walked to the post the lockdown restrictions office and disappeared. in homes came into effect. hello, peter. a passer—by saw that she in a care home in bedfordshire... hello, pepper. was taken to a bus... ..peter the human and pepper the robot have become friends. it was written there nice to see you again. that it was the communications service, something like this. tell me what was the most difficult thing that you and your family after that we couldn't had to go through during the second world contact her. war? well, it was the fact that... her phone is not available. pepper has been programmed to play games or music, ask about meals, organise calls miss kolesnikova was one to relatives, of a trio of women who took on president lukashenko but, most importantly, pepper in august's election. is a great listener. svetla na ti kha novs kaya i also once think

was their candidate and she is widely thought i saw a doodlebug... thank you for sharing to have won the most votes. this with me. but president lukashenko it is interesting to declared victory. miss tikhanovskaya left the country. a few days later i caught up know more about you. with miss kolesnikova. do you feel safe here? you are the most prominent in the jargon, pepper opposition leader who is is a culturally aware robot. on the streets of minsk. are you worried? do you feel that pepper is your friend? no, i'm not worried. all the time i'm with him, yes. i'm very safe and when you see really? yes. you don't think that's a bit odd, having a robot the people around me i'm happy. as a friend? well, life can be a bit odd sometimes, especially the older you get. i feel very safe. the idea that a computer could be a carerfeels, if president lukashenko well, alien, but an academic is hoping to crush the protests evaluation suggests a robot, by detaining opposition figures actually, can do he's likely to be disappointed. a pretty good job. belarus's demonstrations i wasn't too keen have no clear leadership on modern jazz... they viewed the robot almost or structure, and just one key aim, to remove an unpopular like a person after two weeks. president from power. they didn'tjust see it as a tool or a robot. they saw it as something that they could really connect with. hello, mark. the pandemic has changed human interactions in the care home jonah fisher, bbc news. since we filmed but pepper rachel denber is deputy director of europe and never needs to wear ppe. the central asia division can a machine really for human rights watch. understand compassion? she's in new york. i am just a machine.

the participants found me to be compassionate and that's what matters. we cannot say that the robot i know that you know this region very well. what do you is feeling real emotion think is going on, and what is or wants to care, but your reaction to it? well, it's what is very important is the perception that people com pletely your reaction to it? well, it's completely outrageous about maria kalesnikava has been have, so when you see the robot you will see something that will behave as if it cares about people. abducted, and unfortunately i can't say it is an aberration. alexa, answer the front door. it is something we have come to expect from this government. demand for care services she is not the first person to be abducted in this way. and she is not the first person in is increasing and the system the opposition co—ordination council who has been targeted. is struggling to cope, but can artificial intelligence ivan krustev, the press secretary, has been abducted and is missing. other members ever offer a real relationship? have also been abducted. other members have been arrested and are currently serving quite a few people get anxious short—term prison terms. that we are thinking another was basically forced to of replacing carers, but that is absolutely not the case. leave the country. the it is, how can we use government has filed criminal the technology to make our care staff more effective charges against the co—ordination council as a and efficient? and the technology is there

group. it is not surprising, it to support us in doing so. i hope you have fun together. is completely outrageous, and we like to believe that empathy is a human trait but, the authorities have to troubling though it may be, immediately free these members it appears some robots of the co—ordination council. are actually more caring than some people. mark easton, bbc news. are you concerned that her what could possibly go wrong? safety a nd are you concerned that her safety and the personal safety there is so much more, thank of the others detained? human you for watching. rights watch is absolutely alarmed and deeply concerned about the safety of maria kalesnikava and the others. we can only assume that the this hello there. authorities are either although for many of us monday was a cloudy day, threatening to use, they are we did have some rain as well either threatening them or perhaps using some of the across northwestern areas. methods that they have used against me many hundreds of we also had a few brighter moments. one of those captured towards the end of the day protesters, beatings and the across parts of devon. like, so we're very concerned across parts their personal safety. the of devon by alan 0. on the charts for tuesday, we've got low pressure determination of the people to the north of the uk, staying on the streets is high pressure to the south surely impressive. what do you and this front make, though, of the working eastwards. now, this area is international reaction? the called a warm sector. and that's going to be moving international reaction? the right across the uk. international reaction? the international reaction so far has been full of condemnation bringing warmer air, for lukashenko and for the yes but increasing amounts of humidity.

crackdown. i think that needs all that's going to do to be more. i think that, look, is thicken the cloud up and bring some outbreaks the international community now of drizzle, some mist and fog has two opportunities to launch patches forming around our coasts and hills. long—term scrutiny of belarus, it will turn increasingly murky of the next few hours. and that is what we really need a few spots of drizzle, no great amounts butjust some right now. lu kashenko and that is what we really need right now. lukashenko is counting on the west, counting dampness in the air across the west first thing. starting off with the day on other governments, counting on tuesday, we start off on other governments, counting on the united nations to just with that extensive cloud. get fatigued and turn away, and thatis get fatigued and turn away, and that is why when the united nations human rights council the best of the sunshine, opens its session next week, northern and eastern scotland they need to adopt a resolution and north—east england also that really turns up to starting out sunny as well. elsewhere there could be scrutiny on belarus, that sets a few breaks coming along in the cloud but it's always going to be a struggle to break out a monitoring and reporting the cloud against the west, so staying quite grey. procedure, and also, despite that temperature governments have to think about still into the 20s rain despite that, temperatures individual sanctions. just very still into the 20s rain briefly, if you don't mind, was into the north—west of scotland becoming persistent was the end of the day for that lukashenko's ally, russia, has if we do say any lengthy clear a veto on the security council, breaks some sunshine, and the united states has it will feel warm, it will fill human. focused really on many other will fill humid. that rain will continue things. is there really much to push southwards as we go through tuesday night. chance of action from them? the cold front extends towards england and wales well, what we are looking at the front itself is moving

towards high pressure so the front is now is the human rights weakening all the time. as it takes its cloud, the rain turns increasingly council, which russia is not on patchy as it works in this period. so we should be towards the south and east. counting on the un human rights temperatures on wednesday, lower, and about 5 degrees council in geneva to take some lower across the north and east. serious action. rachel, thank you will notice that change. you very much indeed. thank across the south—east, you, mike. we're stilljust about hanging the poisoned russian opposition onto that warm air. leader, alexay navalny, temperature still around has been taken out of his medically—induced coma. 22 or so in london. doctors treating him in berlin say his condition is improving. it will turn a bit fresher he was flown to germany after falling ill on a flight though on thursday. in siberia in august. it will be fresher but of course in the sunshine it still september, it is still warm. after a sunny start cloud doctors say he was poisoned on thursday will tend to spread with the nerve agent novichok. across the sky particularly across northern and western his team believe that areas. was on the orders of a few showers to brush into russian president vladimir putin. he has denied any involvement. the far north—west of scotland. officials have blamed a "baby celsius gender reveal party" for one and we finished the week with low pressure moving of more than two dozen wildfires burning across california. a firework or smoke bomb, and bringing wet and windy set off at a party to reveal weather to the north—west. whether a couple's again the front weakens as he soon—to—be—born baby is a boy pushes through the south—east. or a girl, sparked a fire that's your weather. that's now covered more than 7,000 acres. all this while the state is sweltering in a record heatwave, with los angeles county registering its hottest temperature ever, nearly

50 degrees celsius. for more on this, let's speak to our correspondent, peter bowes. peter, i was reading your dispatch that you filed and then i realised, actually, this is all getting a bit up close and personal. this is around your home, we're talking about? yeah, it is very close for comfort. in fact, yeah, it is very close for comfort. infact, last yeah, it is very close for comfort. in fact, last year i experienced fires in the road that i live very close to my home. a number of neighbours lost their homes altogether. so i have seen this before, but what i notice now, mike, and i have lived here for nearly 25 yea rs, year have lived here for nearly 25 years, year on year these fires do seem to be getting much worse. what we are experiencing right now, 49 celsius over the weekend, searing temperatures, searing dry conditions. it has not rained here since april and it probably will not rain for two or three months. it is a perfect storm of conditions which is generating these more

than two dozen fires. you referred to the rather unusual circumstances surrounding one fire, this pyrotechnic device, the smoke generating device used at a gender reveal party, this is bbc news. the headlines: leading belarus opposition which is something a lot of figure maria kolesnikova has reportedly been abducted people have never heard of before, but it is a party where lots of people reveal the sex of their baby, and that family, by masked men, following more under investigation, could in fa ct fa ce under investigation, could in fact face charges if they are shown to be to blame for the huge blaze that has now mass protests against president lukanshenko. the european union has strongly condemned the authorities resulted. so how was it for you in belarus for what it called arbitary and unexplained arrests and detentions before and the people around you, day and after the falsified presidential by day and night by night? election in august. two dozen wildfires are blazing across california, one believed presumably you have bags packed to have been started and cars loaded. yes, that is by a firework at a party. the fires have been made worse by a heatwave across the state. the routine. you are ready for scientists have recorded these fires, ready to go at a the highest—ever temperature in los angeles county moment's notice. what i noticing with this particular spate of fires is the intensity of 49.1; celsius. of the smoke, the right now, luckily, the fires are not at hundreds of rohingya refugees have landed in indonesia my doorstep, they are a number after spending six months of miles away. but we are at sea, in a journey from

bangladesh. locals in aceh helped the boat experiencing smoke in my come ashore and the refugees neighbourhood like i have never seen before. and that is simply have been moved to a shelter where they will be tested because of the conditions, the for coronavirus. heat and the number of fires in a very wide area which pretty much most of los angeles, a vast sprawling city, isjust swamped by this layer of very dense smoke. i popped out to ta ke dense smoke. i popped out to take the dog for a walk for ten minutes this morning and for the rest of the day i could feel the smoke on my lips, and it is very difficult to get rid of that. and peter, the wind strength and direction is a lwa ys strength and direction is always a key issue. what is the forecast? the forecast isn't promising. what they are forecasting over the next 24—48 hours is strong, hot winds coming into los angeles from the east. these are known as sa nta a na the east. these are known as santa ana wins, they happen every year and they are a feature of the climate year, generally towards the end of the year. this is really early in the season for it to be this

bad. but the strong conditions, the effect of the wind tunnelling through the canyons increases its speed and intensity and of course the potential for it to turn more flames, perhaps start modifiers, if that other right conditions, or perhaps make those existing fires even worse. so there are red flag warnings out across los angeles for people to take extreme care for people to take extreme care for the next couple of days. peter, thank you very much. all the best you everyone around you. typhoon haishen has touched down on the korean peninsula after hitting southern japan. the storm hit parts of the east coast across both north and south korea and made landfall in the city of ulsan. hundreds of flights were cancelled, with some train services suspended. wild weather has hit the southeastern tip of the peninsula, with sustained winds of up to 112 kilometres per hour.

tens of thousands of households were without power, and thousands of families displaced. further up the east coast, a city surrounded by water... ..leaving some major roads submerged. that's left south korea's second largest city in need of help. extra rescue workers have been rushed in as typhoon haishen carved a trail of destruction and left people missing. in north korea, state tv pictures show the extent of the damage there. heavy rain and strong winds left high waves that flooded streets and left buildings partially submerged in water. the country bore the brunt of recent typhoons, and there are fears of the damage being wrought on its agricultural

sector and the country's tenuous food situation. as the peninsula comes to terms with a spate of storms that has taken lives, closed businesses, cut power and clogged the country's transport systems, there are now calls to quick actions to designate the hardest hit as a special disaster zones and receive extra aid. mark lobel, bbc news. police in france have arrested a man in connection with a series of gruesome attacks on horses, mostly in the north and east of the country. the authorities believe several people are involved with the attacks. about 20 horse have been killed and dozens more have been mutilated. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. it looks idyllic, doesn't it? horses grazing in the northern french countryside. but appearances can be deceptive. this is remy, a blacksmith with his pony, noel. noel had his

eye gauged out —— gouged out, one of three horses attacked in two separate incidents at this time. translation: at first i thought it was accidental, and i told myself in a small village like this, it can't be possible. i walked around the pasture several times to see how they could have been injured like that and realised that it was not possible. and this is happening nationwide. dozens of attacks, he is being chopped off, legs being stabbed, animals killed. —— ears being chopped off. there are all sorts of theories. a satanic cult? a gruesome trophy hunt? some kind of internet challenge? interior minister met with horse breeders north of paris, voicing reassurance and dismay. translation: we are extremely shocked by these despicable acts. there have been 153 investigations throughout france. about 30 a cts throughout france. about 30 acts are particularly serious. either resulting in the death

of the horses or extremely violent injuries. this is a computer—generated image of a potential suspect, and after it was issued, a man was arrested. he is being questioned, but police believe several people could be involved. the attacks began at the start of the year but have become more frequent in recent weeks. these sources may still be in danger. tim allman, bbc news. stay with us if you cannot bbc news. there is much more to come, including this. hello, peter. can so-called intelligent robots improve the mental healthcare home residents? —— mental health of ca re residents? —— mental health of care home residents. george w bush: freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites

in their rich suburbs. we say to you today in a loud and a clear voice "enough of blood and tears. enough!" translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a leading opposition figure in belarus is missing — following more mass protests against president lukanshenko. maria kalesnikova was seen being bundled into a van by masked men.

two dozen wildfires blaze across california — one is believed to have been started by a firework at a party. meanwhile the heatwave sees los angeles county hit its highest ever temperature. the british prime minister borisjohnson has declared that if a trade deal with the eu is not reached by the 15th october, both sides should move on, meaning the uk would go on to trade with the eu states on international trading terms. as the latest round of negotiations is due to get underway, the government is reported to be planning a new law which could change parts of the uk's divorce deal with the eu in particular the special arrangments for northern ireland. government's critics say it's in danger of breaking an international treaty. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. by the time the branches are bare, the wrangling over business after brexit is meant to be done.

yet the trade deal that was meant to be easy pickings is proving difficult to conclude — the prime minister declaring if it is not done in five weeks, it won't be done at all. what the prime minister is saying is emminently sensible, which is we all need to know where we stand by the middle of october, so we know what we are planning for. the talks over how we will trade in future get going again tomorrow, but making progress, well, that's a different question. there's bellyaching over stubbornness on both sides, and disagreement still on fishing and on government support for business. but just as the talks about the future are clearly in some trouble, there is dispute as well over what was exactly agreed in the past. this autumn irritation is familiar. there were plenty of threats on both sides last year. late nights and worried whispers before salutes, high fives and fist bumps when the divorce deal was finally done. but to forge that agreement special arrangements were made

for northern ireland — how to manage business across the border has been complicated all along. north of the 310—mile line is part of the uk, out of the eu, but on the other, ireland, part of the trading bloc. both sides agree some goods leaving great britain will have to be checked crossing into northern ireland, but there's still a dispute over whether to have declarations going the other way. and the uk wants to give its own ministers the power to decide exactly what happens to what kind of goods that are on the move. for the eu's top brass, that's a threat to the deal already done — an icily diplomatic reminder from its most senior official. "the agreement is an obligation under international law and prerequisite for any future partnership." in other words, mess around with what's past and the future could be off. the full implementation of the withdrawal agreement, and in particular the protocol

in ireland and northern ireland, are essential. these are legal obligations under international law, this is a matter of trust. downing street's adamant the government stands by last year's deal and only wants to make limited changes. yet beware the black—and—white on wednesday when parliament will receive the exact plans. the government simple cannot withdraw unilaterally from elements of an international treaty which it has signed up to, and it is deeply worrying for northern ireland. on northern ireland and on trade, a lot of haggling lies ahead. we've gone from the eu, but the arguments about what's next aren't forgotten yet. 00:20:25,932 --> 2147483051:46:57,681 laura kuenssberg, bbc 2147483051:46:57,681 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 news, westminster.