A bbc investigation has uncovered allegations of brutal beatings and torture by soldiers in indian administered kashmir. Its 25 days since the Indian Government withdrew the regions special semi autonomous status, clamping down fiercely on dissent and arresting thousands of people. Kashmir is claimed by both pakistan and india. The two Nuclear Armed neighbours control different sections of kashmir, and have fought two wars over it. Despite a near communications blackout, Sameer Hashmi has been inside kashmir, and sent this report. You may find some of it distressing. Behind these razor wires lies an uneasy calm. Restrictions everywhere we go. But for many kashmiris, the crackdown has come at a cost. We have come to investigate disturbing allegations. Soldiers came here, we are told, looking for violent protesters. 13 men were allegedly pulled from their beds, tortured and beaten. These brothers, like all the people we spoke to, were too scared to reveal their identities. We saw their i
Out proposals for ending the stalemate in the brexit negotiations. In a landmark speech in florence, theresa may will offer to maintain payments into the eu budget in return for continued access to the Single Market for a transitional period of up to two years. She will say the eu has a profound sense of responsibility to agree a deal. From florence, our political editor, laura kuenssberg. This city might be an escape from westminster, yet the trickiness of our departure from the eu is no easier in a foreign language. And here on mainland europe, as at home, threats to theresa may lurk in many different corners. Before packing her bags, she had to try to get her cabinet onside. After two and a half hours, an oh so natural display. Look, we all smile and agree. Reporter is philip your new best friend . Cabinet united . Very united, very good, all behind the speech. Mr cairns, will eu leaders like what they hear in florence . Youll have to wait and see. We dont have to wait for all the d
Australians in. And in half an hour, the film review looks at andy serkiss directorial debut, breathe. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrated in barcelona today. The dismissed separatist leader, carles puigdemont, has called on his supporters to defy director of the madrid when they return to work tomorrow. Those backing a United States spain say he should go to jail. 0ur correspondent is in barcelona. This may be spains most profound crisis, but there is a order to it. The anti Independence Movement had its say today. Catalonias pro Spain Movement is emerging from its recent quiet. These are the people who want to stay inside spain. They make up around half of the population of this region, and they insist that they are both catalan and spanish. And you are catalan . I am catalan from my grandparents, my parents, and i am catalan and spanish and european. So you dont want to leave . I dont want to leave at all. Catalonia is spain,
Be the youngest president since napoleon. He was voting in his hometown, rather nice seaside town. He wants to shake up french politics. He wants to bring together he says a Coalition Of The Willing which he said would be able to reform france. And he wants an open facing france at the centre of a much more deeply integrated European Union. He is the favourite but he is up union. He is the favourite but he is up againsta union. He is the favourite but he is up against a woman who needs very little introduction, Marine Le Pen of the Front National, the self proclaimed champion of the forgotten. She was voting in the north where she has been a regional councillor. She has a very different vision. She would restore the borders of france. She would limit immigration, she would bring back the frank, she would give the french people a membership on their European Union membership and she tells people at the rallies that she is the only defender of french workers and french factories against
This is bbc news. Welcome if youre watching here in the uk, on pbs in america, or around the globe. Im mike embley. Our top stories hong kongs chief executive defends the controversial new security law imposed by beijing, calling its provisions very mild. It only targets are very small minority of people who breach the law. At the same time, it will protect the overwhelming majority of hong kong citizens. Businesses reopen in brazils biggest city, but the country is still gripped by coronavirus. The president has taken a test after showing symptoms. Parts of the us report record hospitalisations from covid 19, sparking fears some places could soon run out of beds. The pandemic puts paid to pamplonas most famous
pasttime. Its annual festival goes ahead without the citys iconic bull run. Hong kongs chief executive, carrie lam, has been giving her first Weekly Briefing since details were released of the sweeping new security law imposed on the territory by the communist Party Leadership i