people in the centre of london. welcome to bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: the european union agrees immediate sanctions on a0 leaders in belarus responsible for the country's controversial election — but president lukashenko himself is not on the list. anger in india after the death of a second woman in a few days from an alleged gang rape. the rise in extremism is centre stage in the us presidential election. we report from portland, hearing from members of both far—right and far—left groups. and — arise, princess delphine — the love—child of a former king who has now been given

an official title. hello and welcome. the european union will immediately impose sanctions on belarusian leaders involved in the country's flawed presidential election and the crackdown on the opposition which followed. travel bans and asset freezes will affect a0 members of president alexander lukashenko‘s regime. mr lukashenko himself is not on the list. with me is our news reporter, mark lobel. just tell us what has been decided here? it's clear the eu is not accepting the election result in belarus and they said it was an illegitimate inauguration. for pro democracy protesters on the streets of minsk, they wanted more concrete steps. sanctions on a0

officials against those september nine elections and a crackdown on the protests that followed. president lu kashenko isn't that list. the president of the european council is not on the current list and is following the situation closely. his aim is to have dialogues, presumably his implying if they didn't happen committee might be put on the list. so, committee might be put on the list. 50, other committee might be put on the list. so, other options open for the european union, and the delay, this happened a while ago? britain and canada have already imposed sanctions. the eu have to come to an agreement with all of their member states. labous was saying if we're going to have sanctions in belarus, why don't we have on turkey? they are furious at them for drilling for gas in their waters. this is an ongoing dispute. what the eu have agreed is a double strategy, a carrot and stick approach. they're strategy, a carrot and stick approach. they‘ re not strategy, a carrot and stick approach. they're not going to bring in sanctions on turkey, but they will be looking very closely at what turkey does,

hoping they will improve their behaviour in this regard. now, it's a delicate relationship with turkey, turkey wanted to become a member of the eu, that is the carrot, if you like, also helping out with the margaret crisis. but it is still a soreness for cyprus. ursula von der leyen, the commissioner president had this to say... we are trying to get that sot. we won a positive relationship with turkey. this would be in ankara's interest, but it will only work if the provocations and pressures. we expect from turkey known to abstain from unilateral actions in case of such actions are from an curra, the eu will use all of its instruments and options available. that is

interesting. keeping the options available. that is the kind of wider international outlook. let's go back to belarus, reminders where all this started with that election? people on the streets of belarus have really sent the message around the world they don't think it was a fair election, they are not determining their own future. we have seen protests every sunday in minsk. many of the protesters have been bundled away and many of the opposition leaders from different parts of the opposition, there is nothing unifying them as such, have had to flee, i've had to leave the borders in belarus. a lot of this has caused a lot of concern. president lukashenko's reaction is duty he has received financial support from president putin. hundreds of thousands of people protesting out on the streets. thank you, mark lobel. there's yet more outrage in india following the alleged gang rape and killing of a second young woman. it follows the death of

a 19—year—old woman on tuesday. both women were from the lower—caste dalit community. despite laws to protect them, they face widespread discrimination. their deaths have sparked a series of protests. 0pposition congress party leaders rahul and priyanka gandhi were detained by local police for a time in scuffles in the hathras district of uttar pradesha in northern india. they had set out to meet the parents of the teenager who was allegedly attacked by four men. and you may remember in 2012 there was a similar wave of anger following the gang rape and murder of a 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. the 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. 0ne 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 deliverjustice 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. dalits 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 protesters 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? to the us now. one of the moments during this week's us 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. 0ur north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, sends this report from portland where he met both left—wing and right—wing activists. 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. this is — 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. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: back with a bang — the british satirical television show returning to lampoon a new generation of politicians. 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 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 alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites, an idea that is unthinkable to palestinians. after a5 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the european union agrees

immediate sanctions on a0 leaders in belarus responsible for the country's controversial election, but president lukashenko himself is not on the list. there's anger in india after the death of a second woman in a few days from an alleged gang rape. let's stay with that now: yashica dutt is a journalist and author of the book coming out as dalit. earlier, i asked her why dalit women are so often the victims of these crimes in india. you know, we have to understand that dalit women lie at the intersection of gender as well as caste. so, on the pyramid of caste, as we see it in indian society, the dalits lie at the bottom but the dalit women lie at the absolute bottom. and also, there is this kind of entitlement that certain upper castes have at dalits

in particular asserting our independence or even equality, as we just heard, in the quote. so, when dalit women get social mobility, they get a certain kind of financial independence, that is considered a direct affront to caste superiority. and like it is in this case, this was a crime conducted by thakur men, thakur is a particular upper caste in that area. and they had conflicts with this particular family and that's how they taught the family a lesson. they could havejust, you know, not that it is acceptable, but this could have been only a rape. the reason that it — we saw this kind of brutality, that, you know, it's difficult to even mention on air, is because she was a dalit person. because they knew they would have this kind of impunity where the police would often fail to find the first information report, the courts would protect them, the entire system would be behind them and also there is this inherent idea that dalit women get raped but it's also not such a big deal. that they often, when they ask forjustice, it's exactly like how we see in the us, when black folks ask forjustice. the response is, well,

how much are we going to give? so this is the same for dalits in india, when we are asking forjustice, the whole idea is, haven't you gotten enough already? well, how much progress, do you think, still needs to be made, then? because we had that awful case in 2012, that awful story that went right around the world. there were changes as a result of that, strengthening in the law, that doesn't seem to have made much difference? yeah, absolutely. because the law only considers gender. it doesn't consider caste. so when we talk about progress, the law has to consider caste as a factor behind sexual violence. and even beyond that, there are many other laws we have in india. the problem is they're not implemented properly. and it is a failure of the system as a whole, whether it's about the police, whether it's about the administration or the media in how it reacts to cases like this. the girl in question

was suffering and fighting for her life in a hospital in new delhi for over 15 days. it was only when she died that the media gathered the story and now they are trying to cover it. so, one question as a journalist i wonder, why is the indian media so slow in talking about atrocities against dalit women, and why are we valuable only after they die? 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 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. the love child of the former king of belgium has won a court battle that means she will now be entitled to be called a princess.

king albert admitted he was the father of delphine boel in january this year, having fought her paternity claim for more than a decade. the bbc‘s tim allman has the story. artist, mother, wife. and now royalty. delphine boel exhibiting her work earlier this year. the illegitimate daughter of a former king, now a legitimate princess in the eyes of the law. the art she produces telling the story of her life. this is another poem, it's about shame, how i felt shameful ofjust my existence, just to remind you that i didn't become famous because of my artistic talent. it was because i was the dirty laundry of albert ii. delphine boelwas

born in 1968. her mother was this woman, baroness sybille de selys longchamps, who claimed to have a long—term relationship with prince albert, air to the belgian throne. —— heir. delphine took legal action to try to prove she was her father, legal action to try to prove she was herfather, but legal action to try to prove she was her father, but by then he was king and enjoyed com plete he was king and enjoyed complete immunity. it was only after his abdication that a dna test could finally prove she was his biological daughter. as the courts confirmed her status, her half brother, king philippe, was swearing in his government. belgium has a new prime minister, and the new princess. tim allman, bbc news. —— a new princess. a british court has sentenced seven members of a romanian going for the audacious theft of rare books worth about $3 million. the first audition —— edition books by isaac newton and galileo was stolen by the gangin and galileo was stolen by the gang ina and galileo was stolen by the gang in a daring mission impossible style heist. they cut through the roof of a

warehouse, before abseiling down to avoid motion detectors. 200 books were recovered from under the floor of a house in rural romania. for 2a years politicians and celebrities have been free of the curse of spitting image, living without fear of being merciliessly satired. but all of that comes to an end this saturday as the puppet show that defined the ‘80s and ‘90s returns on a uk commercial streaming service, britbox. featuring a whole new cast of characters the new series promises to be as outrageous as ever. let's take a look. why did you say this show is called? the name, or noman to the romans, latin, is spitting image, darling. it is a sketch show with puppet caricatures, real people, it can be rather nasty. puppets? that is the very most moronic thing i've ever heard. my puppet is going to be the best puppet, and i love it. matt forde, the voice of president trump and borisjohnson, has been talking to the bbc‘s

christian fraser and laura treveleyan. he was asked if spitting image is going to be as big and as bold as it was in the ‘80s. yes, it is. i mean, i'm 37, so i only remember detail and of spitting image stop but it was, i remember it being the most outrageous thing on telly, and ican outrageous thing on telly, and i can tell you for the show we are putting together this saturday, it is just as outrageous, grotesque and as ludicrous as it ever was. in the voice of borisjohnson, could you tell us how you have put this together? how are you working together? well, cor, typically the bbc want to know, the details. which, you know, some which must remain private, by the way. but to the honourable gentleman, in the spirit of the question he asks, it isa spirit of the question he asks, it is a laborious process, as you would imagine, involving creatives from all over the uk, and we come together, they come

together and write on mondays, tuesdays, wednesdays and thursdays, and then some of these voice artistes, if you like, will then lay down the audio, and then on the later days of the week, the puppeteers come in, and they do their magic, and then it is delivered. 0f their magic, and then it is delivered. of course, as if by stork, to the eyes and ears of the nation, to britbox every saturday night. and how do you get in character for the voice of donald trump, then? well, with trumpet... i mean, both of them obviously are quite big characters anyway, and the personas they have created for themselves. —— trump. with trumpi themselves. —— trump. with trump i really try to go to town. so i start off with... the trump impression, and it is great to be on your station, by the way, i'm a big fan of abc news, you guys do great in australia too. two of the best women i've ever been on tv with, you are really great people. so you start with that,

and then the softness that he does, i think it is beautiful, by the way, and i do know that. and he will talk to himself, we're going to do great things, andi we're going to do great things, and i know we are, people don't think we are, but i know we are. so you start and because you're such a cartoonish character and because because the property so grotesque, i have kind of played with the voice a bit more. do you do the left, as well? do you do sir keir? yes, i do keir starmer, at the other end. trump is really big, i put noises and perhaps that he wouldn't do, but noises that sound like the sort of thing trump would do, sort of thing trump would do, soi sort of thing trump would do, so i kind of make him squeak a lot. made, we can't trust these people, they are very sneaky. and even though he doesn't sound like that, it is the sort of noise you can imagine him making. whereas keir starmer, he is obviously at the other end of the spectrum, he is highly contained, very professional, very pragmatic, very lawyerly and parliamentary. in terms of getting his voice, he sounds a bit like he's got a permanent blocks knows that he can't shake off. maybe not a fully

blocked knows, maybejust one nostril blocked. the prime minister has been very clear, as have we, but we will support the government when it does the right thing, and that emphasis sometimes, but it is a kind of block, it is halfway to alan rickman, it is just kind block, it is halfway to alan rickman, it isjust kind of... it isa rickman, it isjust kind of... it is a partial blockage, is the way that i started with keir starmer. matt forde — the voice of boris, donald and many others — speaking to my colleagues, christian fraser and laura trevelyan. and before we leave, some news just coming into us. us media are reporting that one of president trump's most senior advisers, hope x, has tested positive for coronavirus. —— hope hicks. she travelled with mrtrump aboard air hope hicks. she travelled with mr trump aboard air force one this week to a campaign rally in minnesota and also accompanied him to ohio for the presidential debate in clevela nd. presidential debate in cleveland. she is the closest

person to mr trump known to have contracted covid—19. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. this is bbc news. hello. september was a drier than average month across much of the uk, but as you know, its 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 south—west england, nearer 70 mph in the channel islands. now, for scotland and

northern ireland, well, there are a few showery bursts of rain in north—west 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 north—easterly 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 south—east 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 south—west 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 north—east scotland and, over several days, mounting across south—west 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the european union will immediately impose sanctions on belarusian leaders involved in the country's flawed presidential election and the crackdown on the opposition that followed. travel bans and asset freezes will affect a0 members of president alexander lukashenko's regime. mr lukashenko himself is not on the list. one of president donald trump's most senior advisers — hope hicks — has tested positive for coronavirus. ms hicks travelled with mr trump aboard air force one this week to a campaign rally in minnesota. she also accompanied him to the state of ohio for the presidential debate in cleveland. 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.