this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm kasia madera. anger in india, after the death of a second woman in a few days from an alleged gang rape. the sister of george floyd breaks her silence, accusing donald trump of actively emboldening the far right. the european union launches legal action against the uk over its plans to over—ride parts of the brexit agreement. and us model chrissy teigen opens up about the loss of her baby during pregnancy. we'll hear how her comments could help thousands of other women going through the same ordeal.

hello and welcome. we start in india, where the country is once again going through grief and outrage, following the deaths and alleged gang rapes of two young women. in 2012, there was an outpouring of anger after the sexual assault and murder of a female student in delhi. tougher laws against rape in india have been brought in, but the country's still struggling to tackle sexual violence against women. bbc‘s arunoday mukharji has this report from delhi. she sobs devastated and heartbroken. another indian mother torn apart by grief. under indian law, we can't show you herface, nor the face of the victim, her daughter. her death came two weeks afterfour men allegedly brutalised, tortured and gang raped her.

some details too horrific to relay. a heinous crime, but one that india is all too familiar with. she was a dalit, formally known as untouchable, the lowest in the hindu caste system. her case has brought into focus the powerlessness felt by those at the bottom of it. the dalit girl stripped of her dignity in life, and also, the family claim, in death. the police, they told us, hastily cremated her body in the dead of night, despite their protests. 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?

the treatment of this dalit family by the state police, supposed to protect and deliver justice to all, has sparked nationwide outrage. the incident, barely 200 kilometres from the capital city of delhi in the city of hathras, has exposed india's social fault lines. this case is about caste and this case is about caste supremacy, and they have committed this offence just to teach a lesson to this particular family because, as a dalit family and as a dalit girl, she is not supposed to assert her right, not even as an equal citizen, but even as a human being. dalit people in india have suffered discrimination and violence for generations due to a caste structure that pushes them to the bottom of the social hierarchy. those from the upper caste often use their status to dominate and even humiliate those beneath them through physical and at many

times sexual violence. india sees 87 rapes every single day, but the barbarity of this crime has once again brought protestors out onto the streets. in 2012, a young student was brutally tortured and gang raped on a moving bus in new delhi. the case attracted global headlines and sparked unprecedented protests, forcing the government to introduce the death penalty for rapists in india. but it's achieved little. the cult of masculinity is the biggest demerit of policing in india. whether it is a police station, whether it is the subculture in which the police operates, the cult of masculinity that percolates down to the dna of policing needs to be set right and that would be a major course correction. the dust has barely settled on this case, but news of another gang rape and murder are dominating headlines. a 22—year—old woman, allegedly drugged, tortured and raped,

died on her way to the hospital in the same state. another grim reminder of the realities on the ground. a shocked india reflects today. what more can be done to stop this horrific trend? in the us, one of the moments during this week's presidential debate that sparked the most headlines was when donald trump failed to condemn white supremacist groups — in particular, one called the proud boys. he instead called out left—wing demonstrators who've taken to the streets in cities like portland in oregon. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool sends this report from portland, where he met both left—wing activists and the proud boys. 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, 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 deserve life, they're in the streets. 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.

it's partly why the neo—fascist group the proud boys earlier this week decided to hold a rally in portland, flashing their white power signs. they'd predicted thousands would attend. in the end, it was a few hundred. some who travelled far to be here told me they were looking for confrontation. this is an american city. i'm still an american and i see my brothers and sisters living here in portland dealing with this on a daily basis, and i want to help them, and that's why we're here. we're here to shut down this violence and bring awareness, national attention. hopefully donald trump sees this. 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... 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... the proud boys have

revelled in his response. back in portland, at the same time as the proud boys gathering was a black lives matter rally. it's those here who've been taking to the streets night after night. many americans support their efforts to bring about change, but for others, these scenes are making them all the more determined to vote for donald trump. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in portland, oregon. well, just over four months ago, the death of the unarmed black man george floyd by a white police officer led to the world—wide protests against police brutality and systemic racism that is the black lives matter movement. now, his sister, latonya floyd, has broken her silence to call americans to vote, telling the uk's daily mirror newspaper that president trump "actively emboldens the far right". with me is our reporter mark lobel. just explain to us the background to this interview because it is not actually the

first time that a floyd family member has spoken. that's right. the floyd family had been reeling for the last four months, since the death of their brother. it also triggered antiracism protest across american also writes, it's become a law and order issue, a real hot potato in the american elections depending on where you stand, and his brother spoke out in may, saying that the death had to be a catalyst for change of his brother and asked for the un to investigate the killing of black people at the hands of american police officers. he said his brother had been tortured and killed. derek chauvin, the white police officer who knelt on george floyd's neck, for this fateful eight minutes, has been charged with second—degree murder. his sister spoke out and, picking up sister spoke out and, picking up on the report, she accused president trump of emboldening

the far right, people like the proud boys. in his four years of presidency, she says he has taken the of presidency, she says he has ta ken the country of presidency, she says he has taken the country back a0 yea rs, taken the country back a0 years, that the country is divided more now than the time of martin luther king and malcolm x. on his watch. trumpesque he has done more than any other president for african—americans. she called that ally. she turned to the phone call that she received after the death of her brother, she said it was a token call him and said, why have you not... and finally, she gave this insight into george floyd's views on donald trump before he was killed in may. she said that her brother said that donald trump lived in the white supremacist house. extremely strong words, the white supremacist house. we have seen violence after his

death, did you just that? she did. she condemns what happened. she said the violence we have seen and continue to see is not the way forward. we are better than that. she is quite clear, she wants people to vote forjoe biden. she says if trump is budgeted for four more years, we are all going to hell. this is not like you to swing voters, they are very tribal on both sides, but it is certainly going to imported the democratic base, and that is what they need to win this election. that is what she is hoping forfrom this election. that is what she is hoping for from this interview. herfirst hoping for from this interview. her first interview. hoping for from this interview. herfirst interview. mark lobel herfirst interview. mark lobel, thank you for talking us through that. thank you. let's bring you up—to—date with some of the day's other new stories. nato has welcomed the establishment of a military hotline between turkey and greece, in a development which it's hoped will ease tensions in the eastern mediterranean. a dangerous maritime stand—off between turkey on the one hand, and greece and cyprus on the other, had prompted fears of a full—blown conflict. french authorities have warned they may place paris on maximum

virus alert as soon as monday, potentially requiring all bars to close, and drastic limitations on social interactions. artist delphine boel has won a seven—year legal battle to be confirmed as a princess and the official daughter of former belgian king albert ii. boel, a sculptor, had been reported to be albert's illegitimate daughter since the 1990s, but only last year did a court oblige the former monarch to submit a dna sample. boel will now bear the patronym of saxe—cobourg and be treated on the same footing as her royal siblings. about 2,000 migrants from honduras have illegally crossed into guatemala en route for the united states. they say they will either apply for asylum there or cross the border illegally — and they're set to possibly reach the frontier on the eve of the presidential election. the european union has started legal proceedings against the uk, saying the government's controversial

plan to over—ride parts of last year's brexit divorce agreement break international law. the bbc‘s katya adler's is in brussels. i think that it's very important to realise here, from the eu's point of view, what it did do and what it didn't do. yes, it launched long, drawn—out legal proceedings today, but it hasn't walked out the door on those trade negotiations. and why not, if it's so incensed about the internal market bill? well, for three reasons. first of all, because of the blame game. the eu says it doesn't want to be the first one to walk out of the door of negotiations. two, because the eu, like the uk, says it really wants a deal. and three, because the eu believes that if a deal is found, that will go a long way to allaying the government's concerns reflected in the internal market bill, and the eu hopes that'll make the difficult part of the bill obsolete. so, now, we have to see what follows, whether they can actually reach those difficult compromises, because this is the end part of the negotiations. we've heard positive noises

coming out of the uk. the eu is more cautious. and that, of course, is because compromise is politically tricky for both sides. katya adler there. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: dozens of protestors are removed from a woodland in southern england where a proposed controversial rail route is scheduled to be built. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affections it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world, but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. this man, israel's right—winger ariel sharon, visited the religious compound — and that started the trouble.

he wants israel allowed to have sovereignty over the holy sites, an idea that's unthinkable for the palestinians. after a5 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation. hello, welcome. you're watching bbc news. our main headlines: there's anger in india after the death of a second woman in a few days from an alleged gang rape. the sister of george floyd breaks her silence, accusing donald trump of actively emboldening the far right. 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 measures mean a quarter of the uk population is now under local lockdowns. our special correspondent ed thomas has this report from liverpool. the mood music has changed. new coronavirus laws are coming to merseyside. households will be banned from mixing inside pubs and restaurants. i lost my husband last year. i'm now faced with the possibility of losing my home and my business. is that close for you? it could get that close. anna runs an independent pub. she's invested hundreds of thousands of pounds in this business. say we get a group of four, five, six people in, we've now got to ask them to show proof of where they all live as well. do you understand cases are rising? people are worried. absolutely, and we all have to take a great deal of responsibility, but i think

that if you look at the hospitality sector in general, we are not responsible for the rises in cases. and this is an industry worth billions of pounds to the liverpool city region. the leisure, creative and cultural sectors support 50,000 jobs here. we are looking at the scale ofjob losses in liverpool not seen since the '80s. some worry that these new rules will have a devastating effect. so, we've taken 20 years to build our city and regenerate our city and we're just throwing that away. why? nobody has told me what the endgame is here. the fear is that coronavirus cases keep on rising. politicians here call these new rules a step in the right direction, desperate to bring down cases. did you call for all pubs and bars to be shut? that was something that was discussed on monday night, when we met with the chief medical officer. it depends on what the science tells us. if the science says that we have to go further, we will go further and we will support further measures. but we want to see the evidence, and it's no good

just us guessing on what might be the right restrictions. there is also a call for compensation here, to avoid this, to keep restaurants open, to save jobs. i used to work in the hospitality industry. that's been decimated by this. robert lost hisjob during lockdown. he's now 55 and out of work. are you worried for the future? where it's all going to end? at the moment, i think the future's bleak. as regards jobs, industries, and i think... i don't think we've seen the worst of it yet. jobs are at risk, but so too are lives, as coronavirus cases keep on rising across merseyside. we need to be able to create an environment that's warm, welcoming, makes people feel safe, makes people have fun. chelsea only opened this restaurant two weeks ago. she supports these new rules. the restrictions are in place, but it's not being restricted by them as such, it's to move with them, to go hand in hand,

to build it into the great work that people are doing anyway. but there is a warning here tonight. if coronavirus cases can't be controlled, tougher restrictions could still come in. ed thomas, bbc news, liverpool. a british member of parliament who breached covid—i9 restrictions is facing calls to resign. margaret ferrier from the scottish national party travelled to london from scotland by train with coronavirus symptoms and made the returnjourney after testing positive. she has apologised and reported herself to the police and been suspended from her party. scotland's leader, nicola sturgeon, called her behaviour "utterly indefensible." amazon has announced that nearly 20,000 employees tested positive for covid—i9 in 2020. the figures, which equate to i.aa% of the tech giant's total us front line staff, were revealed in a blog on the company's website on thursday. the disclosure has long been sought by labour rights

advocates who have criticised amazon's decision not to close warehouses with outbreaks. whales are threatening to scupper europe's largest joint military exercise due to take place in scotland this weekend. a pod of northern bottlenose wales has been stuck in gare loch in argyll for a few weeks now. on thursday, a flotilla of small boats and marine experts tried to entice them out — but to no avail. there's concern that the sonar communications used by the boats and submarines could harm the whales. the us model chrissy teigen and her musician husband john legend have received widespread support for opening up about the loss of their baby during pregnancy. taking to social media, teigen posted this picture of her in the hospital in the immediate aftermath. she and legend have two children already, and the baby, who they were planning to call jack, was expected to be their third. in a moving instagram statement, she wrote...

she continued... it's an issue that affects one in four pregnancies, so what impact will teigen and legends frank outpouring of emotion have in terms of raising awareness and reducing the stigma surrounding miscarriage? ruth bender—atik, national director of the miscarriage association, says teigen‘s frankness will provide some comfort for those who are going through similar experiences. i think it's already had a major impact on people who have seen the post, read those words and taken them to heart. for many people who have already been through miscarriage, whether that was in the early weeks of pregnancy or later — as they did — it is helpful to hear people

talking about it, to hear people expressing the sense of pain and loss and shock that chrissy has expressed so powerfully, because it validates their own experience. there is something of a stigma about miscarriage. people are embarrassed, they don't quite know what to say, they don't know whether or not they want to share it with family and friends because they worry that those people will be shocked or won't know how to respond to them, so hearing it talked about openly can be very helpful. and i think it's very generous of chrissy to share those thoughts and feelings. i think it reminds us that miscarriage is a leveler. it can affect people from all walks of life, whatever their status, whatever their income, whatever their occupation, from all over the world. it does affect people in many,

many places and ways, and it's important to know that tough and bad things can happen to well—known people and to good people too. ruth bender—atik there. dozens of protestors are being removed from a woodland in southern england where a proposed controversial rail route is scheduled to built. activists who oppose the iao—mile long high—speed line have been occupying the area for months. the site, known asjones hill wood, is said to have inspired one of roald dahl‘s famous novels. from there, claire marshall sent this report. in the heart of an ancient beech wood, in the buckinghamshire countryside this morning, contractors for hs2. they began putting this fence up at first light. on this side, those who say they stand for the trees. that is not my problem. high in the canopy, a little community.

protesters moved in here around eight months ago. they are no longer welcome. hs2 took possession of the wood by compulsory purchase in march. they say they are here illegally. so, the contractors arrived before dawn. they have been here for a number of hours and that they are up the trees, trying to dismantle houses up there. some people say that trains are good for the environment. i think if that was the case, the public, they would make more of an effort to make train transport cheaper than it is. it is a very inaccessible form of transport. kevin bunce owns the farm across the field. his family name was immortalised by roald dahl, along with farmers boggis and bean, who failed to outwit wiley mr fox. i used to walk through here with my dad as a child and i still do now with my children. but, from today, that ends. it's all gone. hs2 say the multi—billion pound

infrastructure project connecting london first to birmingham and then on to leeds will not only bring jobs but help the uk's transition to a low carbon economy. we have created an ambitious plan to develop a green corridor up and down the railway, so we are planting 7 million trees and shrubs along phase one alone. these woodlands in warwickshire were in the way of hs2. they were cut down in april. there are just tiny fragments of ancient woodland left, covering around 2% of our landscape. back in jones hill wood, another night falls. with some protesters still up in the canopy. there are many future benefits of high—speed rail, but are they worth the price being paid by the natural world today? claire marshall, bbc news, buckinghamshire. before we go, some breaking news. european union leaders agreed

to impose sanctions on about a0 individuals in belarus after cyprus dropped —— and this is the life shot there is those decisions are being announced. hello. september was a drier than average month across much of the uk, but as you know, it's october now, and here comes the rain, initially from this area of low pressure, named storm alex by the weather service in france for impacts there, but nonetheless, parts of the uk are also going to see some very wet and windy weather from that during friday. particularly in england and wales, where it starts very wet in southern england and south wales. the rain moves northwards across the rest of wales, the midlands and east anglia during the day. it clears from parts of southern england, though, to further showers, and it's windy with those strong easterly winds gusting on the south coast, perhaps nearer 60 mph at times, especially the coast of southwest england,

nearer70 mph in the channel islands. now, for scotland and northern ireland, well, there are a few showery bursts of rain in northwest scotland to the west of northern ireland to start the day. that will slowly fade, staying damp in shetland, but much of scotland and northern ireland, sunny spells and a dry afternoon after a chilly start. a chilly start in northern england, a few fog patches around. cloud increasing from the south. the further south you are in northern england, you could see some rain edging in during the afternoon. highs of around 12—16 degrees — that will make for a warmer day in northern scotland then we had on thursday. so, still some rain and brisk winds into england and wales overnight and into saturday morning. if anything, these northeasterly winds will start to strengthen a bit further as the night goes on. slightly chilly where we have some clear spells in scotland and northern ireland. so, as we go on through saturday, then, more rain to come, heavy at times in england and wales. it may clear from parts of southeast england and east anglia into the afternoon. rain heading from east to west across scotland, reaching in towards northern ireland saturday evening, saturday night. still very windy, particularly across parts of southwest england and into the channel islands. similar temperatures to what we see on friday.

further rain overnight and into sunday, with low—pressure sitting right across the uk on sunday. there will be outbreaks of rain or showers, some heavy, around. still quite windy around this area of low pressure, and rain totals certainly mounting towards northeast scotland and, over several days, mounting across southwest england. that does bring the prospect of seeing some flooding where we are going to see the heaviest rain and some travel disruption as well. so, a difficult few days to come, weather—wise. there are some met office weather warnings. check out all of those details online.

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there have been more angry protests in india — after the death of a second woman in an alleged gang—rape. she was also from the badly marginalised dalit community. both killings have sparked national revulsion — but gender and caste—based violence continue to be endemic in the country. the sister of george floyd — the unarmed black man who was killed in police custody has broken her silence. latonya floys has been speaking to a british newspaper. she called on americans to vote, telling the uk's daily mirror that president trump "actively emboldens the far right". the european commission has started legal proceedings against britain over legislation that seeks to override parts of the brexit treaty. britain has a month to respond — and insists the legislation is necessary as a safety net to protect internal trade between parts of the uk — including northern ireland.

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