hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. india convulses in anger over violence against women, with a second gang rape leaving another innocent victim dead. it's turning political, with a former leader of india's opposition congress party arrested after trying to meet the parents of one of the victims. we'll also have all the latest coronavirus updates from around the world. spain puts parts of madrid back in lockdown to curb a steep rise in virus cases. and italy was once the centre of europe's outbreak, but has so far avoided a second wave. we'll have a report from rome on what it's doing right. and we'll look in depth at the conflict over the region of nagorno—karabakh, as the french president confirms syrian fighters are involved. translation: this is a very serious new fact

which changes the situation. to india, where there has been an outburst of anger over violence against women, as a second woman has died after being gang raped. both deaths have occurred this week in the northern state of uttar pradesh. the family of the latest victim, a 22—year—old, told the bbc she was dragged into a vehicle after going to apply for admission at a local school. this happened in balrampur district, that's 500km from hathras district where a 19—old—women died on tuesday, a fortnight after being gang raped. that case has sparked protests. these pictures are from new delhi. as you can see, police tried to disrupt this protest. much of the outrage has been focused on a dispute over the police decision to quickly cremate the victim's body.

this is her mother. under indian law, we cannot show you herface. translation: i spent the whole night crying. i didn't know what had happened. they could have shown us her body and let us conduct the last rites. one doesn't get closure if this isn't done. they beat some people and the car reached the funeral ground. they started beating family members and kicking them there. is this any way to behave? today, a senior police officer has said forensic reports suggested the young woman hadn't been raped. combine that with decision to destroy her remains, and opposition politicians are alleging a cover up. also relevant is that both victims were from the dalit community, which is an underprivileged group in indian society. in the hathras case, four men of a higher caste have been arrested. here's a dalit activist and lawyer. this case is about caste

and caste supremacy, and they have committed this offense just to teach a lesson to this particular family. as a dalit girl, she was not supposed to assert her right, not even as equal as a human being. the case has a political dimension too. rahul gandhi and priyanka gandhi, siblings and high profile opposition politicians, were arrested when they attempted to walk to the village of the hathras victim to meet her parents. rahul gandhi fell down in the melee after police tried to stop him on the grounds that he was violating a covid—i9 ban on large gatherings. the bbc‘s arunodhay mukherji has more. now, this state is governed by the bjp, which is the principal body in the state and also it's the party that governs the centre as well. so they were stopped and this is being seen as a bigger political tussle between the two parties,

as one party tries to align the congress party is extremely livid saying this is not how the government should suppress any kind of dissent. and priyanka gandhi spoke to the press. translation: the government will have to take responsibility for the safety women. the chief minister will have to take responsibility. the manner in which women are being tortured should be completely stopped and strict action should be taken against the culprit. well, we heard priyanka gandhi referencing the chief minister of the uttar pradesh there. here's what he's had to say on twitter... it's in hindi, but translated it

reads... but the outrage has continued to grow, with high profile indians speaking out about the incidents. the actress swara bhasker tweeted... the context here is there's been a history of attacks involving gangs of men, including this infamous case of a gang rape and murder of a woman on a bus in delhi in 2012. that led to huge protests and changes to the law. but the situation appears to have become worse. in 2012, there were almost 25,000 reported rapes in india. in 2019 there were more than 32,000 reported rapes. that's an average of 88 rapes every single day. in 2012 there was less than a one in four chance of prosecution leading to a conviction. 7 years later, despite government commitments to improve, that figure has hardly changed. kalpana sharma is an author and journalist specialising

in gender issues. the trouble is, the government thinks that by merely making the law stronger, and in this case, they've introduced the death penalty after 2012, that the crime will be dealt with, but it is not, because the criminaljustice system, the manner in which it works, is completely broken in this country. it does not solve the needs of the poorest and the most marginalised, including women. here's the bbc‘s ishleen kaur on why it's been so difficult to bring about change on the ground. this case has taken a political turn, as you rightly explained. in fact, the bjp party also said last year that they have laws to combat violence against women, but because of the patriarchy, these traditions, you can actually not see a lot

of change on the ground. so after the 2012 case, there was actually a law introduced which included death penalty against heinous crimes. so a few changes have been made, but unless they are met with changes, these laws won't actually change anything. and there have been scathing attacks made on the bjp party by the opposition, also by people, because there is this whole power play that happens when you arrive at cases like these and all these cases are reported more. most of them don't see any conviction. there are hundreds of thousands of cases that are lying pending in court, and that's why a lot of these accused never actually make it to prison. that's why it's not only th e bjp but any political party that has a bigger challenge with the issue of women security. we've got three coronavirus updates for you. in a moment we'll talk about the uk and italy — first spain.

it currently has the worst outbreak in europe and a new local lockdown in madrid, makes it the first european capital to go back into lockdown. the measures kick in in 48 hours' time and then residents can only leave the city for essential reasons. now this has been imposed by the national government despite opposition from madrid's leaders who are concerned about the city's economy. here are some residents talking to the bbc. translation: it's a bit desperate not knowing what is going to happen tomorrow, but i understand that given how the cases are rising in madrid, the lockdown is the only solution. they should lock down the sick people, but i don't think this lockdown is necessary. i have leg issues, so tell me, how am i going to manage? i can barely walk, so i think this is unfair. people are very angry about this. some people may be blaming the national

government, other people may be blaming the conservative regional government, but overall, there is a feeling that politics is getting in the way of resolving this problem here in madrid, which has become very much the hub of spain's second wave of coronavirus. you know, we are seeing now more than 40% of new infections in spain are being registered here in the city of madrid or the surrounding region, so what everyone can agree on is that madrid is a huge problem at the moment, but what they can't seem to agree on completely is how to handle that problem, so that seems to be an issue which is going to go on and on between the regional and the national government. next, italy. back in march, it was the first western country to be badly affected by covid—19. it was also the first country in the world to impose a national lockdown. now though its infection rate is considerably lower than many other countries in europe. here are the figures. italy has 38 cases per 100,000 people, compared to more

than 100 in the uk. 230 in france and 330 in spain. our rome correspondent mark lowen looks at what italy is doing right. too young to grasp how their world has changed and how they too are part of the battle. a new initiative by italy to ease the pain of generation covid with drive—through testing for children. rapid negative results allow them back to school, a tool by the once global epicentre now a pioneer of covid recovery. we suffered a lot. for lockdown, we had many problems for the kids, so if the family are happy and the children can have a normal life, i am happy. italy was the first western country crushed by the virus. almost 36,000 have died. but now, la dolce vita is returning.

cases are among europe's lowest. italy taking safety as seriously as its food, with screens, disposable menus and contact tracing. now i have to go in england, i have to say, i am scared because i feel much safer here, yes. the people around, i can see they follow more, when we go around, they all have the mask and they care. why do you think it is that there seems to be more compliance with the rules here than in britain? because we were the first and we had a very long quarantine and we felt it. italy is enforcing restrictions with police checks and fines of up to 3,000 euros for breaking them but it has been rarely needed. mask wearing is scrupulous and the national stereotype of rebellious italians has turned on its head. i am really proud of italians because they did follow the rules. but, you know, the war is not over yet so we need to still wait and see what happens in october,

november and during the winter. but right now i think things are going very well. that fight goes on with mass testing starting at school. whether it is the widespread availability of testing, the longer lockdown, or just that italians were scared into compliance, it is actually hard to pinpoint exactly why italy's spike is currently lower than others, but the fear now is that by reopening schools later than the rest of europe, italy might just be behind the curve. so italy is on alert, but the first to fall now hopes to show others how to stay standing. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. and in the uk, an mp from the scottish nationalist party has been suspended from the party for attending the westminster and in the uk, an mp from the scottish national party has been suspended from the party for attending the westminster parliament, despite being ill with what turned out to be coronavirus. margaret ferrier experienced "mild

symptoms" on saturday and took coronavirus test, but rather than self—isolating as she should have done, she took a train to london instead, to speak in parliament, on monday. the same day, she received a positive result and took another train, back to scotland. margaret ferrier has apologised, she said in a statement she deeply regretted her actions and had notified police. it's understood the leadership spoke to her earlier today and it was made clear she had "let herself down". if you watched the debate between president trump and his democrat rival joe biden two nights and if you managed to hear anything above the shouting, you'll know that one issue they clashed over was the proud boys. that's a far—right group which mr trump refused to condemn, choosing instead to focus his anger on left—wing demonstrators. our north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, has been to meet members of both groups.

it's become the us capital of radicalism. most american cities have seen some demonstrations this year, but here they haven't stopped. and it's become a huge election issue. well, this is what almost every night has looked like, here in downtown portland, in the four months since the police killing of george floyd in minneapolis, with hundreds of protesters on one side, law enforcement agents on the other, and there have been many flashpoints of violence. some feel over aggression by the security forces has exacerbated tensions, but the white house says this isn't demonstrating about racial justice, just rioting by anarchists or antifa. a riot is the voice of the unheard. so if you don't want riots, maybe you should listen. it's not antifa in the streets. it's the people in the streets. it's the people that

are being pushed around, the people that don't have food, the people that can't pay their rent. but it has led to loss of life. in late august, a large convoy of trump supporters drove past the protesters in portland, some firing paintballs at them. later that day one trump supporter from a far—right group was shot dead. the left—wing activist who is suspected of killing him died in a police raid on his home. it's partly why the neo—fascist group the proud boys earlier this week decided to hold a rally in portland. they'd predicted thousands would attend. in the end it was a few hundred. we're here to shut down this violence and bring awareness, national attention. hopefully donald trump sees this and he's already decreed this an anarchist city, which is great, because it's true. in the debate, when asked to condemn the actions of white supremacists, the president could only manage this. what do you want to call them? give me a name.

white supremacists, proud boys, right—wing militias. proud boys, stand back and stand by, but i'll tell you what, i'll tell you what, somebody's got to do something about antifa and the left because... the proud boys have revelled in his response. back in portland, at the same time as the proud boys gathering, an illustration of the totally different worlds on display in the us these days. a rally still focused on why so many black people are killed by the police. they're trying to say we're trying to destroy america and democracy, but they know that's garbage. they are just falling behind the rhetoric that dehumanises us so that they can lower the value of our lives to justify committing acts of violence against us. it's those at this rally who've been taking to the streets night after night. many americans support their efforts to bring about change, but for many others these scenes are making them all the more determined to vote for donald trump. aleem maqbool, bbc

news, in portland. stay with us on outside source, still to come... kremlin critic alexei navalny has given his first interview since coming out of a coma saying president putin was behind his poisoning. we'll have the details. the eu has launched legal proceedings against the uk over its plans to override part of the brexit treaty. the uk says it will respond in "due course". here's nick beake in brussels. in a way this announcement may sound dramatic that they headlined the eu is starting legal action against the uk, but i think it was always inevitable because the frustration on the eu is very clear when the is very clear when the british last month said it was impaired to rep up

parts of the brexit divorce bill of course that was agreed by both sides last year and so the eu set this deadline. saying they had there were jobs startled the limit parts of the turn to belt by september and that deadline passed on but i told this logical next step was the eu saying that we meant it and now the legal process begins. however, this is one of a number of legal procedures that takes place within the eu and legal action on this is likely to be extremely slow. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story... growing anger in india over violence against women, with a second gang rape leaving another innocent victim dead. both deaths have occurred this week in the northern state of uttar pradesh. every week, we make a report for the bbc news webswite where we look in detail at a story that we've covered through the week. and with a fresh call today for a cessation

of hostilities in the caucuses that's what we're going to focus on, because there's an escalating conflict on the edge of europe.

but its population is now almost entirely ethnic armenian. in the late 80s and early 90s, armenia and azerbaijan fought a war over nagorno—karabakh. and despite the un calling on armenia to withdraw its troops — by 1994 azerbaijan had lost. nagorno—kara bakh declared independence and became part of armenia in all but name. so, 26 years on, why is this escalation happening now? well, the language has hardened. here's azerbaijan's president. "we only have one condition," he says. "armenian armed forces must unconditionally, fully, and immediately leave our lands. " armenia has no intention of agreeing — here's its president. what they are trying to do is to force armenians out of that land that they historically lived. even before azerbaijan as a republic existed. so in my vocabulary, it's called ethnic cleansing. and this intensification can be explained by looking internally and externally. first domestic politics in armenia, this has been happening.

unfortunately, the armenian prime minister has been forced by his own domestic politics to back away from framework agreement that have been negotiated for years, which is his country of azerbaijan. and then this is the situation in azerbaijan. with the social problems, with the reforms that are needed in the economy, the war probably is the best possible outcome to make sure that public rallies around the leader. as well as that, azerbaijan's booming oil sector has given it added income and influence. and if domestic politics is one vital factor. the differing approaches of turkey and russia is another. turkey has been vociferous in its support of azerbaijan. here's its president. translation: the path to a lasting peace requires the withdrawal of armenians from every inch of azeri land they are occupying. the constant efforts to slander turkey will not save the armenian government.

this is part of a broader pattern. turkey's willingness to oppose major powers is on show from libya, to northern syria, to gas drilling in the eastern med, to migration into europe and now azerbaijan too. in this case, france is unimpressed, accusing turkey of "warlike messages" which have "removed azerbaijan's inhibitions". certainly azerbaijan has been emboldened by turkey's support. equally important, as reported by reuters here, has been russia seeking to mediate rather than overtly take sides. given russia has a military base in armenia — that too will embolden azerbaijan. put all those factors together — and, whatever the rights and wrongs, you arrive at a moment of high risk. mohammed ayoob of michigan state university argues... there's one more worrying dimension to this. france has confirmed jihadist fighters from syria have been located in nagorno karabakh. as president macron puts it...

translation: this is a very serious new fact which changes the situation. syria itself provides evidence of the catastrophic consequences of a local conflict becoming a far greater proxy battle. france and others are desperate to avoid this here. for all these reasons, this has already become about stopping the conflict now — and stopping its return. the first part appears likely, if russia, france and the us want a ceasefire, you wouldn't bet against it. but that doesn't resolve the core issue, that the world considers nagorno—karabakh part of azerbaijan, and yet armenia controls it. if anything good comes of this ugly escalation, it will be that the search for a lasting resolution is given the extra urgency it needs. the leading russian opposition activist alexei navalny has given his first interview since being poisoned and says he believes president putin was responsible for his poisoning. mr navalny was released from hospital in berlin last week, he was treated there after falling ill on a flight

in siberia in russia. germany says he was poisoned with the nerve agent novichok. he's now spoken to the german news magazine der spiegel. he told the magazine... he said only the heads of russia's three intelligence services can order the use of novichok, and they all work under mr putin. and he described his experience. well, here's the der spiegeljournalist who spoke to mr navalny speaking about the interview. you can see the traces of the poisoning, so when we were talking, he was pouring himself a glass of water, and he had to support the water bottle with two hands because he was trembling so much. i asked him whether i could help him and he said no, i talked to my physical he said i should be

doing these things myself to learn them again. so you can see that this man has been through a really difficult he also looks, he lost weight, and visibly has changed, but altogether my main impression was it is the man i know. let's hear how this kremlin has responded from the bbc‘sjenny hill. the kremlin have denied any involvement in this. it is not a claim which is being given much credibility here in berlin and the german authorities are in and no doubt this was an attack, an assassination attempt ordered the very highest levels and mr navalny himself says that it is very difficult to procure or produce number novichok, only two or three people in russia have the authority to order that kind of production or procurement and that is why he is no doubt who is behind it. a quick coronavirus update. the french health minister has warned that paris could face more

restrictions from monday. olivier veran has told journalists that the capital could be put on maximum alert‘ and that all bars could be closed. northern areas where we see skies clear the rain becoming confined particularly northern ireland, southern scotland, and into northern england. southern half of the country, it will stay milder but it's here where storm alex starts to push its way in bringing some wet windy conditions and potential for travel disruption in the morning. here's the bigger picture showing storm alex. named by france because of the impact expected to have there. red warnings in force across parts of brittany but even for us there will some disruptions. let's look across the southern half of the country tomorrow because we could see damaging winds in an around english channel areas, particularly for the channel islands. torrential rain in places of

southernmost counties to begin with, that could cause some flooding. moving its way northwards and across east anglia, the midlands and wales through the day before brightening up later, contrasting fortunes. let's take a look at the northern half of the country tomorrow because here, that frost, bright start, the cloud in north and west scotland, western and northern ireland with a few showers will gradually break up. lots of sunshine through the day, cloud increasing in northern england later. we could see some rain from storm alex arrive around liverpool, into parts of manchester, sheffield area as we end the afternoon. but where there's this contrasting weather north and south, temperatures 12—15 on the cool side. now as storm alex fizzles out, pushing its way southwards through the weekend, another bigger area of low pressure takes over, and this‘ll have a wider impact across the country. a thoroughly wet start to saturday across england and wales, bright towards the north and west, but rain spread across scotland. wind strengthens here, strongest of the winds on saturday across wales, southwest england and the channel islands again with a potential for damage and disruption. some parts of northern ireland may stay dry until night—time, but the rain will spread

in here as we go through saturday night into sunday. that broad area of low pressure becomes centred around the uk, so it's around the edges where we see the wetness and windiest conditions as we go through sunday. but that said, in the middle of it, we could see some slow—moving, torrential downpours, and they themselves could cause flooding. greatest risk of flooding will be across areas where you see on this chart turned green and yellow. shows where all areas will see rain, how the rainfall totals will mount up, but to the southwest, eastern parts of scotland, channel islands, over 100 mm of rain is possible.

pankhania hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: 2 million people face tougher restrictions in liverpool, middlesbrough, hartlepool and warrington. household mixing will be illegal from saturday — and that's whether you're at home, in a pub or a restaurant. the prospect of losing my home and my business the year after losing my husband, frankly it is extremely worrying. but i think the most important thing that you can do is do that. ——adapt. you know? the restrictions are in place, but it is not to be restricted by them, as such, it is to move with them. the snp mp margaret ferrier is suspended from her party for travelling to and from london on public transport while experiencing coronavirus symptoms and later testing positive for the virus. nicola sturgeon calls it utterly indefensible. travellers from poland, turkey and some carribean islands arriving in england and scotland

will have to quarantine from saturday as the government updates their travel corridors. the eu begins legal action against the uk government because of its plans to override parts of the brexit withdrawal deal. the marine rescue team trying to herd a pod of whales in gare loch out of harm's way. another 2 million people in northern england will face tougher covid restrictions after a spike in coronavirus cases. the health secretary for england, matt hancock, said the disease was "spreading fast" and "highly localised". the new rules to prevent social mixing will come into force on saturday, and will apply to the liverpool city region, warrington, hartlepool and middlesbrough. it's the rate at which cases are rising that's causing concern. take knowsley — there are 262 cases per 100,000 people there.