Opening of China's Communist Party Congress

China's ruling Communists have begun their party Congress, at which new leaders and policies for the next five years will be revealed. We'll ask what is at the top of the agenda and why.

As Kenya prepares for a re-run of the presidential election next week, we have an interview with a member of the Electoral Commission who has left the country, amid fears for her safety and because she feels the electoral body is under political siege.

We'll hear the testimony of a man in Chechnya who was detained and beaten by police for being gay and the investigation since.