Ill be talking to our Asia Business hub to find out how markets are reacting to the big losses on wall street. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also we would love to hear from you. Today were talking about finland. From 2020, workers in finland will be able to decide when and where they work for at least half of their hours. Finland is being praised for being at the forefront of flexible working. Tell us what you think, just use bbcthebriefing. We begin in india today. In a major speech, indias Prime Minister has described his governments much criticised decision to revoke the special status of indian administered kashmir after seven decades as a major achievement. Narendra modi has been giving a nationwide broadcast to mark indias Independence Day, his first since he won a massive election mandate. The disputed region has been in lockdown for more than a week, with internet and phones cut off, and hundreds of people detained. This is some of what he had to say on the subject. Translation it is our duty to fulfil the wishes and aspirations of the people of Jammu And Kashmir and ladakh. Its our responsibility that their dreams are fulfilled and the 1. 3 billion people of india after work towards that. Have to. In order to achieve that goal, whatever obstacles came in the way we have tried to remove. The bbcs rahul tandon joins me now from delhi. Rahul, hes done this huge speech to mark Independence Day to a massive audience. How will this go down . Its a difficult Narendra Modi speech to the people of india. Its long and it sets him up, as he a lwa ys long and it sets him up, as he always likes to do, as the strongman of the country and a man who can ta ke of the country and a man who can take decisions others feared to take and thats when he came onto the subject of indian administered kashmir. He said for 70 years nobody could do this and hes had the guts to stand up an something right for this country and write for the people of indian administered kashmir. He said the previous policies that gave them autonomy had only led to nepotism and corruption and now the laws of india could be put in place. He was speaking to the majority who back his moves by saying on the strongman, trust me, im going to get this right. But within indian administered, millions of people in the Kashmir Valley remain without internet and their movements are restricted. 0nce remain without internet and their movements are restricted. Once again a message that will go down very well in india, but how will it be received in indian administered kashmir . As you say, kashmir has been in lockdown for some time now. Its ha rd to lockdown for some time now. Its hard to know how the people there are thinking orfeeling or how hard to know how the people there are thinking or feeling or how they might react. But when they do try to return life to normality there, what do you think might happen . The governments view is the majority of people in that area support the moves that theyve taken, that there isa moves that theyve taken, that there is a silent majority, but from what weve been hearing on the ground theres great anger against the decisions and the question that people have to ask is if there is support, live the lockdown, let the people go onto the streets and lets hear their voice. Even within Indian Government circles there are fears there could large scale protests. Left. And another interesting thing about the speech, when imran khan spoke yesterday he mentioned india and mrmodi spoke yesterday he mentioned india and mr modi left. Mr modi didnt refer to pakistan or the pakistani Prime Minister but he did ones talk about his neighbours causing terrorism in the region. His policy is clear at the moment, he will focus on indian administered kashmir, the economy and how it will benefit the people and he will ignore imran khan and pakistan. Benefit the people and he will ignore imran khan and pakistani was ignore imran khan and pakistanlj was about to ask about the reaction in pakistan to his speech today. Theyre still calling for International Support in opposition of this move on the part of Narendra Modi . Very much so. They want the United Nations security to have an emergency meeting on this. Theyre asking the world to stand up to whats taking place in indian administered kashmir, but the honest truth is at the moment that the world isnt paying much attention. India doesnt feel under much diplomatic pressure at the moment and india keeps saying pakistan is trying to spoil the relationship with us. They dont wa nt to relationship with us. They dont want to stop bilateral trade and the bus and train ties. In delhi weve had that message again. Kashmir is an integral part of india and they will decide policies and pakistan, mind your own business. Rahul, thanks very much and good to hear your take on whats happening there again. Italys interior minister Matteo Salvini is to challenge a legal ruling that allows a migrant rescue ship to enter italian waters. The Spanish Charity open arms has a vessel heading for the island of lampedusa. There are around 150 people on board. The bbcs tim allman has the story. For nearly two weeks they have been at sea. Dozens upon dozens of desperate people men, women, and children. This ship unable to enter port until now. Translation we have overturned the decree which banned us from entering italian waters under the threat of confiscating our boat. We can now enter italian waters without fear of being fined or having our boat confiscated. What was stopping them was an order signed by this man, interior minister Matteo Salvini, hes taken a hard line over illegal immigration, insisting tough measures were necessary to protect public order. In a tweet, he said he would file a legal challenge against this latest ruling and he was prepared to sign a new provision to stop other ships entering italian waters. Some people have already been evacuated from the the open arms vessel. A family were taken off on tuesday when their baby had respiratory problems. Concerns over the health of those remaining was one of the reasons cited in its ruling by the regional court. Another vessel, 0cean viking, is also at sea, still picking up migrants, still trying to cross the mediterranean. And there is a sense of urgency, the uns Refugee Agency wanting european governments to intervene, warning that storms are coming. Tim allman, bbc news. Lets brief you on some of the other stories making the news. Six Police Officers have been shot in a drug raid in the north of philadelphia. Their injuries are not life threatening. Two other officers had to be rescued by a swat team. A male suspect had been exchanging fire with police and it is still what officials are calling an active situation. Canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau broke ethics rules by trying to influence a Corporate Legal case. Thats the ruling from canadas parliamentary ethics watchdog. The commissioner said mr trudeau had tried to influence his former attorney general to settle a criminal case against the engineering giant, snc lavalin. The Prime Minister denied accusations that he exerted undue influence. A plane shot down in the northern syrian province of idlib on wednesday did belong to the military, according to syrian state television. The syrian 0bservatory for human rights, a Monitoring Group based in the uk, says the pilot of the russian made plane has been captured by the Extremist GroupHayat Tahrir Al sham. The British Opposition Labour Party leader, jeremy corbyn, has outlined plans to stop britain leaving the European Union without a deal at the end of october. Mr corbyn wants to head what he calls a time limited caretaker government by winning a vote of no confidence in the conservative government led by boris johnson. He would then aim to delay brexit and call a general election. Alpesh patel is the ceo of praefinium partners. Good morning outpatient. Good morning good morning, alpesh. Good morning outpatient. Good morning good morning, alpesh. Who has he put this letter to . Members of the opposition parties and conservative Government Mps against a no deal exit. Conservative Government Mps against a nodeal exit. A bit like philip hammond, for example . Exactly, and hes saying to join forces because they would have a majority in parliament, form a National Unity government and go to the eu and say, can we delay . And that would give them time for a general election. He believes, and there are more people. And we know this because of the indicative votes parliament undertook earlier in the year that there are more people that dont wa nt there are more people that dont want no deal, but the problem is, when you divide up those groupings, there is not the majority for any other alternative either. There is not an overall majority so you dont get through anything sadly. So, as you say, leaders of all the parties and various members of parliament will have received this letter. How will it have been received . We know how parliament has been through these indicative votes, youre just not getting significant groupings so you wont get an overall majority of mps saying, yes, well come behind you. Theres a bigger problem, it is jeremy corbyn, so theres a bunch of people outside the labour party saying we dont want to line up behind him even though we dont want a no deal brexit. Its not going to work out, a dead duck what do you think might happen . work out, a dead duck what do you think might happen . I wish i could a nswer think might happen . I wish i could answer that one given whats been going on in the last few days, this time yesterday we talked about philip hammond, the former chancellor of the exchequer, accusing the current government, led by borisjohnson, accusing the current government, led by boris johnson, of accusing the current government, led by borisjohnson, of trying to prevent a deal with the European Union to force almost like a no deal exit et cetera. Downing street responding, theres been a lot going on. The problem is, the commentators on. The problem is, the commentators on this, the so called experts, they keep on saying what they want to happen, what they desire to happen, as opposed to whats likely from an objective, detached perspective likely to happen. The only thing i can tell you about whats likely to happen, the only foreseeable thing at the moment is theres no majority is in parliament for any one of the outcomes. We know this. I might not like that as a business person, i wa nt like that as a business person, i want certainty. Stay in, get out, just make any decision sadly there is no outcome at the moment an a nswer to is no outcome at the moment an answer to this as things stand. Anyone telling you theyve got the a nswer anyone telling you theyve got the answer is lying to you, sally you might have the answer about the Financial Markets but well hold that thought because alpesh is back later for the news briefing that thought because alpesh is back laterfor the news briefing and theres been a lot of market mayhem in the last 2a hours as well as the political mayhem in britain. Well talk about that later, which will be brilliant. Im glad hes here for that. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come hunting dinosaurs in the badlands. British paleontologists get their trowels out in wyoming. The big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. As the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. Idi amin, ugandas brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. Hes been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. Two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. It began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. Youre watching the briefing. 0ur headlines in his Independence Day speech, the indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has described his governments decision to revoke kashmirs special status as a major achievement. Italys interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has said hell challenge a legal ruling that allows a ship with rescued migrants on board to enter italian waters. missionjurassic is the biggest British Dinosaur hunt in decades. Scientists from Manchester University and the Natural History museum are excavating a square mile of desert in the badlands of wyoming. Science correspondent Rebecca Morelle has the story. Emerging from the rocks, the backbone of a huge dinosaur. In wyoming, scientists are unearthing the bones of some of the biggest creatures ever to walk the earth. We have at least a dozen animals that are showing elements of their skeleton poking out of the ground in multiple parts of the site, so it makes it a very large site to deal with, and for the first time in my career we are almost looking at an industrial scale excavation. I have never been involved in such a vast dinosaurdig in my never been involved in such a vast dinosaur dig in my whole career. Excavating each bone is a painstaking process. They are from thejurassic period, painstaking process. They are from the jurassic period, a painstaking process. They are from thejurassic period, a golden age when dinosaurs exploded in shape and size. These might look like lumps of rock that they are actually dinosaur footprints. Here we have the front foot, an imprint of a gnarly claw. Here is the back foot, with two clearly defined toes. These were made 150 million years ago when a giant, longnecked saw a pod sunk down into the mud. It is like going backin down into the mud. It is like going back in time. A meat eating allosau rus back in time. A meat eating allosaurus has been found, and herds of the plot occurs also grazed on this landscape. Before that, there was a vast inland sea, ichthyosaurs we re was a vast inland sea, ichthyosaurs were abundant in the sea. They are working methodically, and have already found bones from a dozen different dinosaurs. But there could be more than 100 buried here. It will take at least 20 years to get them out of the ground. With me is emma bernard, curator at the department of Earth Sciences at the Natural History museum you were out there as well. Tell us about your experience. Good morning, i had about your experience. Good morning, ihada about your experience. Good morning, i had a fantastic experience out there in northern wyoming helping to search for some of these dinosaurs, excavating things like diplo diplodocus and others. What were the key findings for you . For me, it was amazing just to be part of the dig, because i have grown up always loving dinosaurs and going out and finding the dinosaurs myself, and because you are the first person ever to lay eyes on these fossils, it isa ever to lay eyes on these fossils, it is a very personal achievement. We were out there looking at the entire environment, because we wa nted entire environment, because we wanted to build up a Bigger Picture of what this Jurassic World actually looked like. What were these dinosaurs eating, what was living, early mammals, fish, insects and all the different plants that were around. What does this dig tell us, what bits of the jigsaw does it give us . This area in northern wyoming hasnt really been explored as much as some of the other areas in this gioup as some of the other areas in this group of rocks, which is a famous area down in utah and colorado. It might be possible to find new species of dinosaurs and other animals that were around at the time. Were also looking at some of the animals and mammals. That is something that hasnt really been explored in this area before, so really hoping we find something new and exciting. Going forward, as you say, this particular area hasnt been looked at before now. Will this lead to more and more similar expeditions as we try to find out what has been going on back then . We hope so, we have collected lots of data. Back at the museum we are looking at all of this data trying to work out exactly whats going on, and one of the key things about palaeontological fieldwork is that we are trying to find out what past environments were like, which can help us protect the future. 0nly environments were like, which can help us protect the future. Only by looking at the past and we truly help predict the future. So you will be going again, will you . help predict the future. So you will be going again, will you . I hope so, because there are lots of new things there to be discovered. Thank you so much, it is fascinating. We look forward to hearing more and finding out more about what you discover. Lets turn our attention to the world of sport. Hello there, im Tulsen Tollett and this is your thursday sport briefing, where we start with the news that liverpool won the uefa super cup, beating chelsea 5 4 on penalties in istanbul. After finishing 1 1 at the end of 90 minutes a second goal for sadio mane was cancelled out byjorginhos spot kick in extra time and then after Mohammad Salah had scored liverpools fifth goal in the shootout, Tammy Abraham saw his s