Who were throwing stones. Here but now it looks more like a ghost town. The street is almost in muzaffarnagar, those empty, the houses deserted. Convoys demonstrating are beaten. Of cars and vans and lorries even an older man. Sneaking out of this town and others like it, as the people of idlib flea in meerut, police break cctv cameras mounted on shops in a muslim locality. For their lives. From the end of april to the end of august, more nearly a week since clashes broke than 5000 people displays. The out in the state of Uttar Pradesh latest displacement figure comes on over indias new citizenship law, videos have been emerging top of that so what we have is one that raise serious questions about Police Behaviour against muslim protesters. Crisis compounding another. These shouting are desperate times, people taken gunshot what they can, what few possessions 19 have died in the state they are able to carry with them. All civilians. Many have fled north, heading to most had bullet inju
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. At the moment, everyone seems to be sharing their most listened songs of the past year. What was top of your list . Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. France is waking up to a second day of strikes, with trade unions warning they wont stop until the government scraps its reforms to the pensions system. The disruption is the worst for decades, with trains cancelled, schools closed and Oil Refineries shut. There have been rallies in major cities, with some protests turning violent. Rich preston reports. Teachers, transport workers, hospital staff, even theatre employees turned out. Hundreds of thousands of workers in a show of force against the government of emmanuel macron. 90 of trains were cancelled, as well as hundreds of domestic and international flights. Schools were locked and the countrys biggest tourist attr
Five year olds are yet to be fully immunised against mmr. Prince andrew says hes appalled by allegations that his formerfriend, Jeffrey Epstein, sexually abused dozens of young girls and finds any suggestion hed participate in such behaviour abhorrent. And coming up. As we kick off our focus on farming series, how Climate Change is the biggest challenge facing british agriculture. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im rachel schofield. Jeremy corbyn will today accuse Boris Johnson of provoking a crisis in britain as he pledges to do everything necessary to stop a no deal departure from the eu. In a speech in northamptonshire, mr corbyn will argue that a general election in the autumn set against the backdrop of brexit could usher in a period of historic change. Yesterday, downing street accused a former minister of leaking a government document warning that no deal could cause shortages of food, fuel and medicines. Our political correspondent, jonathan blake, told me its likel
Unpunished. The Bbc World Service Latin America regional editor Leonardo Rocha reports. Mr villavicencio was shot dead as he finished a rally in the capital, quito. He was approached by a gunman who shot him in the head three times be or they escape. He was a former union leader, a former journalist who clashed with other politicians in the past for his role as an investigative journalist, and he was a current member of congress. He was running on an Anti Corruption and Pro Environmental campaign. He was one of several candidates running for president. The first round of the election will take place on august 20, he was Opinion Polls put in Third Orfourth place but he had a chance because there would be a second round of votes probably later this year. He is the latest victim of this crime wave in ecuador, he survived an attempt on his life before, and ecuador is going through a serious crisis, triggered mainly by the increasing involvement of mexican drug gangs in the country. There h