yogita limaye, bbc news, uttar pradesh.nd two children in an accident at a spanish resort on christmas eve says she is utterly heartbroken, but alleges something was wrong with the pool where they died. in a statement 0lubunmi diya said that contrary to some media reports her husband gabriel, daughter comfort and son praise—emmanuel all knew how to swim. the three of them died at club la costa world in fuengirola, on spain's costa del sol. the building firm balfour beatty has had its contract to refurbish m16 headquarters in london terminated, after losing a set of floor plans for the project. the documents, most of which were recovered inside the building at vauxhall cross, held sensitive information on its layout, including entry and exit points. the government has announced that, from april, thousands of nhs patients, visitors and staff will benefit from free parking at hospitals in england. most visitors to hospitals in scotland, wales and northern ireland are already exempt from charges, as our correspondent james wate

yogita limaye, bbc news, uttar pradesh.n mountains. it happened at a ski resort in the state of styria neargrobming. shaun hassett has more. the rescuers seen in this photo are calling it a christmas miracle. they were able to save a man who spent five hours buried beneath a metre of snow. police were contacted in the early evening on christmas day when 26—year—old didn't return from skiing. it took two hours to find him. translation: we sent small groups to search all areas. we then found the avalanche, and then we started to search in detail and we quickly hit him. they were able to find him by picking up electromagnetic signals from an emergency transceiver worn on his body. but that was no guarantee he would still be alive. it seems he had quite a large hole for breathing, and this was his luck. otherwise he would not have been able to survive. rescue teams in the area say surviving for five hours under an avalanche only happens once every 20 years. the 26—year—old was taken to hospital with hypothermia, but had no inju

yogita limaye, bbc news, uttar pradesh.ether or not the country's constitution should be changed. he's agreed to the vote after more than two months of anti—government protests. a warning — this report from the bbc‘s cecilia barria contains distressing images. sirens wail. weeks of violence have scarred santiago. the main square is called ground zero, the metro system is burnt, and the human cost of this crisis is clear. translation: we can't go out on the streets, so i come home crying. i live a block away from the main square and see the destruction at night. it's dark, there's no lights. it's terrible. graffiti is used to express anger. people feel the police are targeting them but many, like this young man, are scared to show their face and speak out. translation: they grabbed me and squeezed my testicles. i was punched in the face and kicked. they beat me with the — i don't know if it was a gun handle. i was beaten by many members of the police. this is the home of daniel. hola, daniel. hola. he's one more than 100 pro

yogita limaye, bbc news, uttar pradesh.xtreme heat as they continue to tackle uncontrolled bushfires. temperatures above a0 degrees celsius are expected in several bushfire—affected states including new south wales, south australia and victoria in the coming days. deadly bushfires have destroyed more than 4 million hectares in five australian states since september. courtney bembridge reports. almost 3,000 firefighters have been working around the clock, since the bushfire crisis started in september. many of them are volunteers who've given up their christmas break to try to contain the fires and to save homes. sporadic rain over parts of eastern australia has done little to help extinguish the flames, but firefighters have taken advantage of cooler temperatures in recent days to try and contain fire fronts. but the cool change won't last long. this is the forecast for monday, temperatures building up to 38 celsius or higher across most of the country. so that's going to elevate fire dangers, and we know the winds are goin

yogita limaye, bbc news, uttar pradesh. stay with us on bbc news.ly blurred vision — on the streets of paris. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we're going to use money we picked up in belgium today. and then we'll be in france and again, it will be the same money. it's just got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. reporter: it was just good? no, fantastic. that's better. big ben bongs this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the un says parts of idlib province in syria are almost deserted, where nearly a quarter of a million people have fled from a government offensive. russia puts into service strategic missiles which it claims can travel 27 times the speed of sound. britain has been accused of crimes against humanity for refusing to allow

the bbc‘s india correspondent yogita limaye reports from uttar pradesh.to fire a gun at protesters who were throwing stones. in muzaffarnagar, those demonstrating are beaten. even an older man. in meerut, police break cctv cameras mounted on shops in a muslim locality. nearly a week since clashes broke out in the state of uttar pradesh over india's new citizenship law, videos have been emerging that raise serious questions about police behaviour against muslim protesters. shouting. 19 have died in the state — all civilians. most had bullet injuries, like mohammed mohsin. his mother says he wasn't part of the protests, but had gone out to buy fodder when he was shot in the chest. the 28—year—old was the father of this baby. we wantjustice, the police killed my son, she told me. who will care for his children now? police say they didn't open fire. they claim that some among the protesters had guns. but that's not all security forces are being accused of. i went to one of the homes allegedly vandalised by the police in the dead of the night. in room after ro

yogita limaye, bbc news, uttar pradesh. reviewers, the former fleet street editor eve pollard, and the comment editor at city am, rachel cunliffe. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for a look at the weather. anita, thank you very much. and good evening to you. it is turning pretty murky and gloomy out there in many parts of the uk. lots of low cloud, missed until fog around. parts of the uk. lots of low cloud, missed untilfog around. a parts of the uk. lots of low cloud, missed until fog around. a great start to the weekend. things will hopefully turn a little brighter. it will be mild. a little bit of rain in the north—west. the satellite from earlier on, you can see lots of cloud coming from the south—west. a moist south—westerly flow bringing those grey and murky conditions. we keep rather murky conditions through tonight. not as murky across scotla nd tonight. not as murky across scotland and northern ireland because there is more of a breeze but also outbreaks of rain drifting throughout the

aclare largest state, uttar pradesh. a say they have been brutally silenced. rally today, the indian prime minister narendra modi expressed support for the country's police but failed to mention the civilian deaths. the hindu nationalist leader of the bjp blamed the opposition for the current unrest and defended his citizenship amendment act which offers only non—muslim illegal immigrants from certain countries fast—track nationality. immigrants from certain countries fast-track nationality. muslims born on indian soil should not be concerned by the bill. the nrc, the national register of citizens, would introduce citizenship checks for eve ryo ne introduce citizenship checks for everyone in the country. something many protesters fear could target muslims. today the prime minister said his government hadn't discussed this proposal since he came to power in 2014. but his close ally and it sure has repeatedly promised to introduce these checks. while the status of this is unclear, experts say the party's a wider agenda isn't. there is no question that the bjp go

india's national human rights commission has asked police in the northern state of uttar pradesh to respondallegations of rights violations during recent protests against the controversial citizenship law. critics say the legislation is anti—muslim. at least 2a people have been killed and hundreds injured in clashes between security forces and demonstrators across the country in the past two weeks. the protests have now spread to several cities. a ministry has denounced what it regards as harassment and intimidation of its staff by bolivian security forces. it accuses bolivian security forces. it accuses bolivia of excessive surveillance and try to impede its ambassador ‘s movements. bolivia denies the accusations, saying it is responding to threats against the mexican mission by housing allies. internet services have been disrupted in parts of iran. bbc persian audiences confirm the outages, and the internet monitoring service netblocks reports a drop in usage. there's speculation access to the internet is being cut ahead of anti—government protests planned for thursday. religious leaders

india's national human rights commission has asked police in the northern state of uttar pradesh to respondlegations they violated protesters‘ civil rights during recent demonstrations against the controversial citizenship law. the legislation has been criticised as anti—muslim. at least 2a people have been killed, hundreds injured, in clashes across the country, in several cities, in the past two weeks. mexico's foreign ministry has requested an urgent diplomatic meeting to protest against what it calls "harassment and intimidation" by bolivian security forces. it accuses them of "excessive" surveillance and trying to impede the ambassador‘s movements. bolivia says it's only responding to threats made against the mexican mission for hosting allies of the ousted bolivian president evo morales. internet services have been disrupted in parts of iran. bbc persian audiences confirm the outages, and the internet monitoring service netblocks reports a drop in usage. there's speculation access to the internet is being cut ahead of anti—government protests planned for thursday. more clashes in hong

the worst violence has been in uttar pradesh for more than 5000 people have been detained. at least 1500 people have been arrested in other parts of the year. so muslims can get citizenship under the citizenship amendment act but it's feared millions who are unable to provide proof could be rendered stateless even if their families have lived in india for generations who are about a manly al-jazeera. here are some of the measures taken by modi that have worried the 200000000 muslims who live in india now they form the 2nd largest muslim population in the world after indonesia in august the indian government revoked the special status of indian administered kashmir that divided the state into 2 territories to be directly ruled from new delhi one consisting of john moon kashmir and the other of the duck and in the northeastern state of a son nearly 2000000 people including muslims have been excluded from the list of citizens raising fears they could be rendered stateless india's supreme court has awarded control of a disputed religious site in the town of a larger for the con

as curfews were imposed and internet was blocked in india's largest state, uttar pradesh, protestersilenced. as the death toll rises, reports some victims were shot by the police — a charge authorities deny. at a rally today, india's prime minister, narendra modi, expressed his support for the country's police, but failed to mention the civilian deaths, and defended his citizenship amendment act, the caa, which offers only non—muslim illegal immigrants from certain countries fast—track nationality. translation: muslims who were born on indian soil shouldn't be concerned by the caa order and nrc. a national nrc would introduce citizenship checks for everyone in the country, something many protesters fear could target muslims. today, the prime minister said his government hadn't discussed once since he came to power in 2014, but his close ally, home minister amit shah, has repeatedly promised to introduce an nrc, even in parliament. while the status of that is now unclear, experts say the party's wider agenda is not. there is no question that the bjp government, through its legislative

the 23—year—old woman who died after being set on fire in the northern state of uttar pradesh was onragged from near a train station by a group of men to a nearby field and set alight. five men are under arrest over the attack. the woman had filed a rape complaint against two of them in march this year. the main accused was arrested, but later released on bail. the family is now demanding the death penalty for the accused. translation: my sister is no more. the names of these five culprits must also be erased. this comes close on the heels of another brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman in the southern city of hyderabad. the 27—year—old was making her way home after work when she was attacked, raped and set on fire. but a few days later, the accused were shot dead by the police while under detention and after being taken back to the crime scene. it was overwhelmingly welcomed by many indians, however, human rights organisations have asked for investigation into these killings. these cases have once again renewed a debate over sexual violence in india, seven years after the ga

as curfews were imposed and internet was blocked in india's largest state, uttar pradesh, protesterseen brutally silenced. as the death toll rises, reports some victims were shot by the police — a charge authorities deny. at a rally today, india's prime minister, narendra modi, expressed his support for the country's police, but failed to mention the civilian deaths. and defended his citizenship amendment act, the caa, which offers only non—muslim illegal immigrants from certain countries a fast track to nationality. translation: muslims who were born on indian soil shouldn't be concerned by the caa order. a national nrc would introduce citizenship checks for everyone in the country, something many protesters fear could target muslims. today, the prime minister said his government had not discussed once since he came to power in 2014. but his close ally, home minister amit shah, has repeatedly promised to introduce an nrc, even in parliament. while the status of that is now unclear, experts say the party's wider agenda is not. there is no question that the bjp government, through its

there in the past few days the delhi protesters said they wanted to give a voice to people in uttar pradesh where the internet remains cut off in many parts and large gatherings a band. elsewhere in the capital a similar outcry. the and a defiant mood on display at jamia millia islamia university the university is a muslim institution the demonstrations are attracting people from all walks of life including 1st time protesters that actually that was 2 probably people have come out on the streets to express their anger and they're saying that the why this government has brought this bill is undemocratic. joined thousands who chanted against the government and the citizenship law passed by m.p.'s on december the 11th the citizenship amendment act makes it easier for migrants from of ghana stand bangladesh and pakistan to gain citizenship but muslims are excluded students and civil society groups have been a driving force for the protests so far the main opposition congress party joined in with a certain that raj got a memorial to mahatma gandhi the aim to invoke the spirit of god is inspirati

india s national human rights commission has asked police in the northern state of uttar pradesh to responde controversial citizenship law. the legislation has been criticised as being anti—muslim. at least 2a people have been killed and hundreds injured in clashes in cities across the country over the past weeks. ari behn, the former son—in—law of norway's king, has died aged a7. ari behn, the author of several novels and plays, married princess martha louise in 2002 and the couple had three daughters together but divorced years ago. his spokesman told norway's ntb agency that ari behn had taken his own life. deborahjames, or bowel babe as she's known to anyone who has followed the podcast you, me and the big c, has shared every step of her cancer journey. this time last year, she didn't think she'd be celebrating another christmas, but that changed thanks to some new treatment and her medical team at the royal marsden hospital. she's been back to meet them — let's take a look. this time last year, i honestly thought i was celebrating my last christmas. my cancer had progressed. the actual

arrested people unlawfully police are also being accused of intimidation and firing on protesters in uttar pradesh where 18 people have been killed in demonstrations against a new citizenship law that's being labelled as on time muslim there speak to elizabeth in new delhi for as so a report of police brutality liz tell us more about the findings of this investigation for us. because we're the only we're in johnny a 1000000 it's me university here in the capital and you generally i mean the. police response to protests which took place here soon off to the middle and shipped over the past 2 weeks ago. to universities around the country not just in the citizenship but also of the police response to it the fact finding team we've been speaking to your office told us that police entered the campus campuses not just the small but other universities without station that they've broken or laws that they assaulted dogs fifi t.v. cameras being stupid unlawfully detained me will just more public probably wasn't related to the protests at all they also say that police indiscriminately you just. c turn aroun

india s national human rights commission, has asked police in the northern state of uttar pradesh, torecent demonstrations against the controversial citizenship law. the legislation has been criticised as being anti—muslim. at least 2a people have been killed, and hundreds injured, in clashes in cities across the country, over the past two weeks. ari behn, the former son—in—law of norway's king, has died, aged a7. ari behn, the author of several novels and plays, married princess martha louise in 2002 and the couple had three daughters together but divorced two years ago. his spokesman told norway's ntb agency that ari behn had taken his own life. lebanon is ending 2019 in its worst economic crisis for decades. growth has fallen to zero. many companies have been pushed into bankruptcy, others have laid off staff and slashed salaries. the prime minister, saad hariri, resigned in late october, because of anti—government protests, his replacement, hassan diab, appointed only last week, has promised to form a government to deal with the problems. but as martin patience reports, from the t

arrested people on lawfully police are also being accused of intimidation and firing on protesters in uttar pradesh where 18 people were killed the demonstrations are against a new citizenship law that's been labelled as one time muslim. nama morial services are being held across asia to mark 15 years since the devastating indian ocean tsunami survivors gathered in bonn ken one of the hardest hit villages in thailand 230000 people were killed across 12 countries when ways as high as 17 meters swept through all the loss remains painful for many survivors comment i don't think they died on the day the tsunami hit we couldn't find them until the 28th and their bodies hadn't decomposed at all i often imagine how much they would have thought about me before they took their last breath but we couldn't find them we couldn't help them this has stuck with me and every time i think about it it hurts with 21000 coming to a close we're looking ahead to the stories sure to make headlines in the new year and good news is something 3 quarters of a 1000000 in bangladesh need in the 1st of our series stephanie deck

arrested people unlawfully police are also accused of intimidating and firing on protesters in uttar pradeshhere 18 people were killed the demonstrations are in tunis a distant mall that's been labeled as and muslim and thousands of protesters in various cities joined the latest protest against the law dozens of arrests have been made after protests as chanted slogans against prime minister narendra modi a letter of parana possible from new delhi. good johnny in many years to me a university in the capital new delhi and that is the police response to protests that took place to soon alter the citizenship law was a possible maybe 2 weeks ago that led to protests breaking out at universities around the country not just against the citizenship but to the police mr holmes to the protests and the fact finding team that looks at the response says that police entered campuses unlawfully that they broke the law broke c.c.t.v. cameras that they assaulted security guards they say that they they are students that they unlawfully detained many people destroyed property that was not involved in protests

delhi over allegations of police brutality and excessive force 18 people have been killed across uttar pradesh during the 2 weeks of demonstrations against a controversy no new citizenship law al-jazeera is in this before and i'm spoke to the families of some of the victims. with. a mother overcome with grief and her family in mourning as neighbors come to ziad hussein's home to pay their condolences. he says his 20 year old son still a man was shot dead by police following friday prayers last week. when he was coming back from prayers the police started beating people everyone around but he couldn't because he had a high fever and the police caught him and shot. his son was studying to join india's civil service. he is one of 18 indians killed in the state of altered. in 2 weeks of protests against the new citizenship law which critics say discriminates against muslims in the very volatile police commanders and maintain officers acted in self defense and to prevent communal violence or it can be every outing there came a point where there was fear of clashes between heroes and i was slim's on

in northern uttar pradesh, protesters.cks to beat back and in new delhi, more than 10,000 demonstrators took to the streets to denounce the government for granting citizenship to non-muslim migrants in india illegally. >> ( translated ): you are leaving out people from one religion and including everyone else. what kind of politics is this? i the publnot stupid. we know well what they want to do and what they don't want to do. >> woodruff: at least 11 people have died and 4,000 more have been dained since nationwide demonstrations broke out last week. back in this country, speaker nancy pelosi invited president trump to deliver his anal state of the union address on february 4. the president accepted the invitation, which came two days after the democratic-led house of representatives voted to impeach him. his prime-time speech will take place a day after the iowa caucusses, and could coincide with the senate's impeachment trial, which has yet to be scheduled. an un-manned boeing space capsule launched into the wrong orbit

the worst violence has been in uttar pradesh for more than 5000 people have been detained. at least 1500 people have been arrested in other parts of india. so muslims can get citizenship under the citizenship amendment act but it's feared millions who are unable to provide proof could be rendered stateless even if their families have lived in in. idea generations who are about a manly al-jazeera. also been assessed joins us live now from new delhi hi there sabina so we heard earlier accusing the opposition of inciting the violence and asking people not to accept what he called false claims about the citizenship bill do you think these words will make any difference where we were outside the job a 1000000 slum university just earlier and people were very very angry still the the the workers have done nothing to assuage their anger it's also that yesterday with the police brutality in with that with the people are very very upset about it and most of the people that we've been talking to are saying that from the students protests there the anger hadn't died and they're now wi

with police so being a shuster reports one of those universities in in uttar pradesh. outside the elegant muslim university in india's northern state of with their predation there is a constant police presence on monday university authorities here declared a holiday in the middle of exams and sunday police joined the campus grounds students were protesting against the controversial new citizenship law that allows religious minorities from neighboring countries to apply for indian citizenship the legislation specifically excludes muslims any minister but i missed. anybody you talk to that muslims are excluded then it's really it will create fear among the people i'm gonna visit of psychology i know then borders on the field. students say police barged into their dormitories hit them and fandor lives property the police fire tear gas and rubber bullets a sweeper told us that some 30 trucks cleaned up the campus before 7 am some students showed us pictures of their injuries they say the police have filed cases against them and some of them are detained and tortured in cus

this is in uttar pradesh.nts clashed with police, schools have been shut and the internet‘s been switched off. these are also students — this time in lucknow in the north of india. they threw stones at security forces, and the security forces threw stones back. next, kolkata. this was refered to by organisers as a mega march. and in delhi, police stormed the campus of the jamia millia islamia university, where students shelter in the library as police used tear gas. a number of elements to show you in the story. dozens of people have been injured — and protests are ongoing. these are students in delhi. the easiest way to cover a protest is to block internet and to harm the students. that is what they've done. people in hong kong are protesting, chile is protesting, and they are not scared. we aren't scared either. we want to dissent against the state. on the basis of religion. where protesting against this discrimination against the muslims, against the secular ideas of india. the bbc‘s salman ravi is also in

risk to people on lawful the police are also accused of intimidating and firing on protesters in uttar pradeshwith 18 people were killed the demonstrations are against a new citizenship law that's being labelled as anti muslim it was in new delhi bridge on me in many years to me university in the capital new delhi and that is the police response to protests that took place here soon also the citizenship law was passed maybe 2 weeks ago that led to protests breaking out at universities around the country not just against the citizenship but to the police to the protests and the fact finding team that looks at the response says that police entered campuses unlawfully that they brought law for broke c.c.t.v. cameras that their social security guards they say that they are students and they unlawfully detained many people destroyed property that was not involved in protest and that they used excessive force tear gas to protest passions to stop the valley from reaching parliament the fact finding team has said similar tactics were used on the stage with a protest which 18 people were killed in prot

north india this time in uttar pradesh, where young woman was on her way to court for a hearing on a by a group of men, they allegedly assaulted her, and then they set her alight. really horrific details there. she has been moved to a hospital in delhi where she is being treated for severe burns, and police say that two of them and they arrested in relation to that attack where the two men she accuses of raping her. 0fficers said they believed this could have been a revenge attack. that case yesterday raised questions about how safe people can feel when they come forward and make claims of sexual assault against people. there is a huge discussion at the moment around this whole topic. the case of hyderabad, which is what we talked about first, sparked huge protests across india this week. some of them turning violent, and i attended some of those protests earlier this week. young women i spoke to said they don't think anything is changing here in india. to add some text, i covered the gang rape in delhi in 2012, a case that got huge international attention and prompted a change in th