translation: there are thousands of shopowners in kerala.s not mean they are all bad. but the government says it received many complaints and will now would introduce fines as well but until the laws are enforced, the sale assistance will have to weight to reclaim the rights. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. coming up in asia business report, lessons learned. what asia got out of the global financial crises ten years ago and how it moved on. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these live pictures from cape fear in north carolina where you can just see the impact of strong winds from hurricane florence hours before its expected to make landfall. forecasters are warning the storm could drop as much as a metre of rain. about 10 million people live in the path of hurricane florence. hello. well, before we go to the weather for the uk, an update on hurricane florence battering the east coast of the united states. and the worst of the weather is technically sti

police in the south indian state of kerala have arrested a roman catholic bishop, who has been accusededly raping a nun over a two year period. severe storms have caused widespread flooding in mexico's sinaloa state. videos posted on social media show homes and businesses submerged, and cars floating through streets in culiacan city. according to local media, the state's governor has asked for a state of emergency to be declared. a bbc news investigation here in the uk has found that police are struggling to combat child grooming taking place on a smartphone messaging app called kik which is popular with teenagers. kik has played a part in over 1,100 police investigations into child sex offences over the past five years. but officers say the company won't help identify predators unless they overcome major bureaucratic hurdles. angus crawford reports. mark, you're wanted. not the wake—up call he was expecting. hello, are you all right? mark kirby is about to be arrested. under his duvet, two phones — from his bed, he's been sexually grooming children using kik, a messaging app — free to

police in the south indian state of kerala have arrested a roman catholic bishop, who has been accused two year period. severe storms have caused widespread flooding in mexico's sinaloa state. videos posted on social media show homes and businesses submerged, and cars floating through streets in culiacan city. according to local media, the state's governor has asked for a state of emergency to be declared. the deal to avert an all—out battle in idlib in syria hangs now on the reaction of the 10,000 or so extremists, including foreign fighters, who are still backing the assad regime. on monday, turkey and russia agreed to set up a demilitarised zone in the region, to try to avoid further bloodshed. a deadline has been set, for what russia insists are terrorists to leave idlib by mid—0ctober. but will they? the bbc‘s quentin sommerville has spoken exclusively with a group of british extremists who've lived and fought in syria for years. these are two of the last british armed jihadists still fighting in syria. they have allied themselves with some of the most notorious extremist groups.

a court in the southern indian state of kerala has refused bail for a roman catholic bishop accused ofin in police custody to face questioning in a case that has triggered outrage among clergy. a nun accuses the bishop of sexually assaulting herfor two years . he has denied the allegations. a high—speed rail link has been launched in hong kong, connecting the territory with mainland china. the express rail link connects hong kong to the southern chinese city of guangzhou injust a0 minutes. despite its convenience, the new rail link has attracted criticism because it allows the chinese authorities to operate inside the hong kong terminal. the american cable giant comcast has won its fight for control of the broadcaster, sky, after beating 21st century fox in a blind auction. sky's independent directors are now expected to recommend comcast‘s bid to shareholders. our business editor simon jack explains what the deal means. well, it's probably the most epic, protracted boardroom battle i've ever witnessed. it has been going on for months. both of these companies want sky very, very badly

a ban on girls and women of childbearing age entering a historic temple in the southern state of kerala the court ruled that excluding women can't be seen as an essential religious practice females age from ten to fifty had been barred from entering. a temple or some hindu religious figures considered menstruation to be impure. this is the latest socially progressive ruling by india's top court this month on thursday it unanimously struck down a one hundred fifty eight year old law that treated adultery in certain cases as a criminal offense on september ninth it decriminalized gay sex overturning another law framed in the one nine hundred centuries by british colonialists. let's speak now to corona nandi in new delhi via skype she is a lawyer at the supremes court of india thanks very much for being with us so how significant is this decision. it's incredibly significant and it's good because it's not just about this particular temple you see it's the core to stick in forward if jurisprudence on. fundamental growth a minimum floor the law which religious practice cannot go on and so th

ban on girls and women of childbearing age entering it has started temple in the southern state of kerala the court ruled that excluding women cannot be seen as an essential religious practice you know say from ten to fifty had been barred from entering the temple as some hindu religious figures considered menstruation to be impure of the government of assam in northeastern india as possum nor making it a crime to accuse someone of being a witch most murders of so-called which is our problem across rural parts of the country and thomas has been too dumb or right to meet the woman who has led the campaign for change today she runs a shop but ten years ago i'm jolly how young is husband supposed to there's a young mother and a child but when he got cancer and died and she rebuffed those who wanted to take his place she was accused of being a cannibalistic which a group of people she knew. the men shouted she's been eating humans downbeat out toward the beat. i keep thinking about that it was the worst of my. no one has ever been punished for the attack and wasn't the first twenty years ago

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lifted a ban on girls and women of childbearing age entering her story temple in the southern state of kerala the court ruled that excluding women can't be seen as an essential religious practice females aged from ten to fifty have been barred from entering the suburb temple some hindu religious figures consider menstruation to be impure and this is the latest in a number of socially progressive rulings by india's top court this month on thursday the court unanimously struck down a one hundred fifty eight year old law for the treated adultery in certain cases as a criminal offense and on the ninth of september it decriminalized gay sex overturning another law framed in the nineteenth century by british colonialists last august the supremes court narrowly repealed the so-called triple talaq law under which muslim men could instantly dissolve their marriage by saying talaq or divorce three times or karunanidhi is a lawyer at india's supremes court she says the decision is incredibly important for women of all religions. it's not just about this particular temple you see it's the core to stick f

. >> in 1854, he was assigned to lonely leak garrisons in oregon, northern kerala for what he could not afford to bring his wife and children. he was lonely, depressed and he starts drinking. in 1854 he shows up one day drunk and is drunk out of the service. it was significant because the peacetime army was very small. the was a very active rumor mill. all of the stories his history of drinking with all went into the civil war and will very much color how people see him. i think probably were not for that history and all of these stories about grants drinking, abraham lincoln that will have brought grant east much soon in the work to active general in chief. >> now grant is a thing and jeff appointed description of him. he ends up on the streets of sto support his family. how does that happen? >> try making it ass a farmer. julie is wedding gift was to receive 60 acres which grant work. he was very interested but he could not make a goal that's into taking firewood ten miles into st. louis and the walks beside the wagon. people who saw him in those days selling firewood on the street co