among those held is an opposition leader lyubov sobol.

a prominent russian opposition politician lyubov sobol has been detained by police in moscow ahead ofxclusion of candidates from local elections. ms sobol is a long—time ally of russia's leading opposition figure, alexei navalny. authorities say she was detained for violating regulations for street protests. a week ago, more than 1,000 people were arrested at a similar rally. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford is in moscow. tell us the latest regarding this protest, this rally. i am right in the centre of moscow on the main road going down towards the kremlin. it has all gone pretty quiet for now apart from the helicopter you can hear overhead. there is not a huge number of riot police here in the centre of moscow. in the last hour, i have watched as they have waited for the crowd to gather here and the riot police have moved on in fort. they go in groups, stand in a line, link arms, take people out of the crowd and drag them away. the biggest difference this week as opposed to last week, we saw violence, people being beaten as they were detained. this time, more peaceful from what i h

it's the second weekend of mass demonstrations, with the opposition leader lyubov sobol, being arrestedw being detained by police, being dragged away by two riot police and another two officers. she's demanding to know the basis for her arrest. but they're dragging her away towards a minibus. a minibus which hasjust driven up. so that's it. lyubov sobol had just stepped out of her headquarters here, she was heading to join the protest and riot police moved straight in to detain her. she has been taken off in an unmarked minibus, presumably into custody now. so the police have now closed off the entire boulevard ring, which is where the saturday stroll, this protest was supposed to take place. they're stopping people entering the area and they've been clearing people out, even just people strolling with their dogs, a couple of middle—aged or elderly ladies sitting on a bench. everyone's been cleared out and told that the area is closed. we are people. we have our rights. we are citizens of the country. we pay our taxes. we need our representation. they deny us all these rights for a long

lyubov sobol, an opposition figure, trying to get registered to run in the local election, i saw herroad, get in a taxi. she was whisked away by the riot police, taken out of moscow. the telecommunications industry says the prime minister will have to take fast and far—reaching action — if his promise to deliver full fibre broadband — years ahead of schedule — is to be met. in an open letter, three trade bodies tell borisjohnson — "100% fibre coverage, requires a 100% commitment from government." our business correspondent, katy austin reports. good internet is now a priority for hotel guests like those in southend. the manager here says the speed and reliability of full fibre broadband have been game changing. we've been able to increase our bandwidth and this is giving the customer a much, much faster and better, much more consistent experience throughout. at the moment, most of the country can get superfast broadband. that's a mixture of fibre and copper technology that results in a download speed of 24 megabits per second 01’ more. full fibre uses fibre—optic cables to connect th

and, of course, as you said today, lyubov sobol, who cannot be detained once again and currently is in contain wildfires, burning over thousands of square miles of forest in the north, and east of the country. some of the fires have been burning for weeks, in what environmental groups have described as an ecological catastrophe. steve rosenberg has travelled to one of the affected areas, in siberia. siberia is burning, and we went to see how. forestry workers agreed to show us how they are fighting the fires. with limited resources, they're doing their best, trying to contain the threat that's almost impossible. in this siberian forest, i saw new fires appearing out of nowhere. well, this is where the fairy tale russian forest has been reduced to a wasteland. the fire has caused a lot of damage here. and, as you can see, it's still smouldering. and part of the problem is dead wood — dry wood — like this, because even if you drop 40 tonnes of water from a military plane up there, if it's still burning inside here — if there's still flames — then that's going to continue. this firefighte

among those held is an opposition leader, lyubov sobol.rgency workers have been tackling wildfires in siberia, after flames engulfed an area roughly the size of belgium. the russian military say they have succeeded in putting out a number of fires. at 10pm, clive myrie will be here with a full round—up of the day's news. but now on bbc news, our world tells the story of a south african journalist's attempts to save a family friend from drug addiction. this programme contains scenes some people may find disturbing. across south africa, communities are being decimated by a deadly narcotic known as nyaope. it goes straight into the blood, to your heart, to your lungs. this is a story of a drug epidemic fuelled by corruption. and one man's fight for redemption. nyaope has cost me my life, has cost me my child, it's costing me everything. a drug epidemic is raging in townships across my country. nyaope is a highly addictive heroin—based narcotic, which sometimes contains hiv medication. it's often mixed with marijuana and smoked or injected. th

among those being held is the prominent activist lyubov sobol, who was picked up as she left her office unauthorised protests. ms sobol is a long—time ally of russia's leading opposition figure, alexei navalny, who's serving a jail sentence for encouraging the demonstrations. our correspondent oleg boldyrev in moscow explains why protesters are taking to the streets. well, it started in earlyjuly after it became apparent that the election authorities in moscow are not leading into the race, which will happen between now and september, a bunch of prominent opposition activists who decided to contest the seats in moscow city council.

among those held is an opposition leader lyubov sobol.hree leading telecoms bosses have written to the british prime minister, questioning his ability to deliver a promise to rollout full fibre broadband years ahead of schedule. in an open letter, the heads of three trade bodies say the pledge will require 100% commitment from the government, including further investment in skills, and a reduction in red—tape and taxes. our business correspondent katy austin reports. good internet is now a priority for hotel guests like those in southend. the manager here says the speed and reliability of full fibre broadband have been game changing. we've been able to increase our bandwidth and this is giving the customers a much, much faster and better, much more consistent experience throughout. at the moment, most of the country can get superfast broadband. that's a mixture of fibre and copper technology that results in a download speed of 2a megabits per second or more. full fibre uses fibre—optic cables to connect the exchange directly to properties

among those being held is the prominent activist lyubov sobol, who was picked up as she left her office protests. ms sobol is a long—time ally of russia's leading opposition figure, alexei navalny, who's serving a jail sentence for encouraging the demonstrations. our correspondent oleg boldyrev in moscow explains why protesters are taking to the streets. it started in earlyjuly after it became apparent that authorities in moscow are not leading into the race which will happen between now and september a bunch of prominent opposition activists who decided to contest the seats in moscow city council. normally moscow city council. normally moscow city council is not such a big deal but this time around, the opposition made it there point they would campaign and they followed all very intricate and help rules for gathering support. but disregarding this, the elected officials said they will not let them into the race. and so the protests started last week. most of those candidates would be leaders of the protest and we re would be leaders of the protest and were picked up even before they w

among those being held is the prominent activist lyubov sobol, who was picked up as she left her officeed protests. ms sobol is a long—time ally of russia's leading opposition figure, alexei navalny, who's serving a jail sentence for encouraging the demonstrations. talks to avert a strike by thousands of workers at heathrow next week have been adjourned for the day and will reconvene tomorrow. the planned strike is due to take place after workers rejected a revised pay offer. more than 170 flights from the airport on monday and tuesday have been cancelled as a precaution. aviation analyst sally gethin explained why heathrow rejected unite's request for about £3.75 per worker, per day. heathrow airport is saying, we actually pay you very well, more than a junior police officer, above the rpi. more compared to gatwick. so, heathrow airport is saying, you're doing fine, we are paying you very generously and we don't believe we need to pay you any more. normally, a lot of these strikes affect crew and pilots. this is slightly different. just explain it to us, the background, please. this is

they include leading opposition politician lyubov sobol.increasing after apparent incidences of police brutality. this is some video from the weekend. you can see police punching this female protester in the stomach before dragging her away. there she is. you can see the pain in which she is then dragged away by police officers after being punched in the stomach there. i spoke to yuri vendik from bbc russian about this. this particular video, it has become viral but it is by no means the only incident, the only example of the brutality, excessive use of force or use of excessive force as is the official term by moscow and the russian police during these process. the members of the opposition are speaking about the increase brutality of the police. you have to keepin brutality of the police. you have to keep in mind that this is not like... the russian authorities are talking about paris and the yellow vests a nd talking about paris and the yellow vests and occupy wall street and things like that. there is a huge difference between these pro