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U.s. Some government buildings have been closed and many federal employees have been told not to go to work not because of Christmas but because of a government shutdown senators however were working they were called to a special session of Congress to try to find a funding deal acceptable to all but without any sign of compromise Democrats and Republicans were left simply blaming each other the Roi is about Donald Trump's long promise for a physical barrier along the border between Mexico and America Democrats have refused to give the president the $5000000000.00 He says he needs to build it you're listening to the latest world news from the b.b.c. . President Trump's decision to withdraw u.s. Troops from Syria has led to another high level resignation at the White House Brett McGurk The envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic state group said in his resignation letter that the premise or pullout of American forces from the region would create the conditions that gave rise to Islamic state peace of both reports Brett McGurk who was appointed to his post by President Obama in 2015 had been due to leave in 2 months but in his resignation letter he says he felt he could continue no longer after President Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria Mr Trump has declared victory over so-called Islamic State and has announced that all 2000 u.s. Troops in Syria will be heading home in his letter Mr McGurk says that while the militants were on the run they were not yet defeated the campaign against i.s.c. Said was not yet done tens of thousands of people have marched in the Serbian capital Belgrade for the 3rd consecutive weekend to protest against what they say is the president's increasingly autocratic rule the protesters say President Alexander vote church has consolidated control over the courts and the media which they say he uses to campaign against opponents. Hundreds of people in Morocco have attended vigils to mark the murder of 2 young Scandinavian women in a tourist spot in the Atlas Mountains earlier this week Luisa Vester a hay yes person from Denmark and Maher and land from Norway were found dead near the village of Israel with wounds to their necks. The last surviving fighter of the 1943 war so ghetto uprising has died at the age of 94 Simcha wrote was one of hundreds of Jewish partisans who rose up against the Nazis when they began mass deportations to the troubling her death camp thousands died in the uprising survived by leading an escape through the drainage system which saved dozens of fighters lives b.b.c. News. Hello you are listening to the newsroom from the b.b.c. World Service with me I mean you have something let's begin with the tsunami that struck Indonesia Long Beach is on the soon to strike the water between the islands of Java and Sumatra at least $43.00 people are now known to have died and almost $600.00 are injured there are reports that the tsunami was triggered by an earlier option of the Kirk a tow boat Kaino or understand was watching when it struck I was the sounding of the beach trying to photograph the erupting I Will Cain will come to fall further and the evening it was like that I have been directed activity about just prior to that wave hit thing as the beach there was no activity as a whole it was just dark out there and suddenly I saw this wave of calming and I had to run it was 2 waves the 1st wave wasn't back strong and I could run from it off the dock I run the straight to the hotel where my wife and my at some were sleeping and I woke them up when I was waking them up I heard a bigger waves coming and I looked out the window one of the 2nd wave hit that it was much bigger well and speak live to our Indonesia correspondent who joins me live now Rebecca we heard a very dramatic account there from the witness but what more do we know. Well we're getting a clearer images now of those beach towns along the coast of West Java that face on to the cinder straight images of crumbled buildings mainly made out of wood and bamboo as well as ceramic tiles all in a pile rubbles along the coast there we've also seen the images from last night of these waves as we heard just describe rushing into hotels that area along the beach she is a prop popular local tourist destination we're also hearing about devastation on the other side so much rain Lampel with some areas officials say they haven't been able to contact so they warning that the death toll is very much likely to rise as they continue to get more information about what happened last night and we've been hearing it described as a volcano tsunami can you explain what that is well yes and that has been a ramp doing this is a small Vo Cannick island that sits in the soon this stright it's been a variety doing into the air lava and ash now the national disaster agency says that they believe that volcanic activity may have caused an underwater landslide so powerful that it then triggered the tsunami compain with a high tides due to the full moon causing these huge waves to hear it and Indonesia has not been a stranger to these types of disasters especially this year of the underslung as he was badly hit in September. That's right it has been a very difficult year for Indonesia with many natural disasters by a long ball so with the all being hit by volcanic eruptions earthquakes and that's an anomaly in Pod Lou So the authorities are stretched at this holiday time but they're vowing to deploy a medical teams the health workers as well as the military to these areas to help with those now displaced and what will be a difficult recovery effort once again so they are be deploying all sorts of teams to assess the damage they will indeed they have promised to various teams to head out them particularly to these areas that they haven't been able to contact yet we're hearing from residents that did flee that they are now sleeping in mosques and relatives houses they've lost everything and there is a need for medical teams to get in to help this more than 600 people that we know for certain injured and looking at the images of the devastation it's very much likely that there are many more people who were injured in that tsunami Rebecca in Indonesia thank you now to Washington where the deadlock between President trumpet his Republican Party on one side and Democrats on the other over a spending bill has led to the shutdown of 15 government departments just days before Christmas that leaves the pay of hundreds of thousands of government employees in question the stumbling block is President Drum's insistence on allocating more than $5000000000.00 of taxpayers' money to pay for a Mexico border wall the bill passed through the Republican controlled House on Thursday but Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer described it as an unnecessary and wasteful policy it will never pass the Senate not today not next week not next year so Mr President President Trump if you want to open the government. You must abandon the war plain and simple so where does this leave the us government and the trump of ministration a question for our Washington Correspondent Chris Buckley or the simple thing is after listening to what happened inside the Senate today you get a real sense the Republicans and Democrats don't want to compromise at this time and that's certainly true when it comes to President Trump the person who above all has to be satisfied with this he obviously wants $5000000000.00 for this border wall with Mexico something he has long promised something he has long campaigned for but you got the real sense from Democrats today that they are not going to compromise with him and at this stage it doesn't seem clear when this shutdown is going to end and how much of the government is affected Well it's not huge a mind in terms of the overall government so we're talking about a quarter of the government itself that is involved in this partial shutdown Hi ever it's a lot of employees we're talking about It's 100 thaws and employees being affected now those are federal workers on Iran half of them are going to be told just to stay at home they're being put on what is effectively on paid leave so temporarily laid off if you like the other half are going to have to keep on coming to work because they're involved in the types of jobs that really are needed there are emergency jobs there are jobs like law enforcement and border security things where essentially they are doing essential work so they will still have to go and but the truth is they can't be sure when they will be paid and that's not the only challenge that President Trump is facing at the moment he still feeling the fallout from his unexpected decision a few days ago to announce he was pulling u.s. Troops out of Syria we had the resignation of the defense secretary James Mattis and now a top official who was the president's special envoy in the fight against Islamic state has. Also announce that he's resigning Yeah Brett McGurk is a really interesting character because he's somebody that people may not know an awful lot of boys but he is incredibly important in terms of developing u.s. Policy in tackling the so-called Islamic State grip basically he was a special presidential envoy for the global coalition to defeat Yes And as that he was involved in wider strategy he was also involved in working very closely with our allies to try to ensure that they came up with some kind of way of tackling Oh yes and he's been very clear that he is concerned about the whole policy of or potentially withdrawing too early or potentially leaving a gap there in Syria which could a loyal u.s. To develop and in fact as you know he's been making these comments very recently to the b.b.c. It's a open ended commitment it is a very focused commitment to make sure that internal security forces are trained I mean interact for example we've trained about 170000 members of Iraqi security forces a coalition of 75 partners 32 military contributors in Iraq who want to make sure that this continues the point is the military commitment doesn't end with the end of the cane if it as a playwright and there's no timeline on it and the time was so you get a sense that not that long ago Brett McGurk very very clear that it was the American policy to stay and all of a sudden the president has said something else and that has surprised him it surprised Jim Matheson defense secretary as you mentioned and as a result he's decided to join him in making a pointed resignation and that is to send a message to the president. Chris Butler in Washington you're listening to the newsroom on the b.b.c. World Service Now David has the headlines a tsunami has killed at least $43.00 people in the Sunday straight region of Indonesia at least $600.00 others have been injured a number of people are missing emergency workers have not yet arrived in the affected area as the day has his abdication draws closer and BRACA heater of Japan has issued his final birthday message a budget stalemate in the u.s. Congress will keep key government agencies shut until at least Thursday and Paddy Ashdown of the British liberal politician has died at the age of 77 yes hero a natural leader who made an immeasurable contribution to furthering the cause of liberalism these are some of the tributes being paid Paddy Ashdown the former leader of Britain's centrist liberal Democrat Party Lord Ashdown with the longest ever serving leader of the Lib Dems Tim Farron is another former leader of the party and said he was a different type of politician he wasn't somebody who is stuck in the air if I don't mislead Westminster. Irregular extraordinary who is also an ordinary person I am self and fell in always come passionate that people are political correspondent Jonathan Blake has been looking over Lord Ashdown legacy. Paddy Ashdown was a giant of British politics and it's slightly ironic really because he led a party that certainly when he took over was very much on the margins of politics in the u.k. The Liberal Party had merged with the Social Democrat Party and it was really finding its feet but Paddy Ashdown is a new m.p. He had a very swift rise to the top became the leader and brought the party to prominence it became the 3rd party aside from the labor and the conservative party in British politics and it had a a resonance and for a while certainly Paddy Ashdown now Lord Ashdown when he died really was the Liberal Democrats he was the one recognizable face and voice of the party before he went into politics he saw a great deal of the world he was born in India he grew up in Northern Ireland and he joined the military he was in the role Marines in the Special Forces for a while as well and then joined intelligence services he spent time in Switzerland working on behalf of the u.k. Government in various other countries in the world as well and he served some time when he was in the military in Bosnia and that's came back to him later in life when he served as the international community's high representative to Bosnia and made I think what is widely regarded as a positive contribution to rebuilding that country after the Balkans conflict and he also gave evidence at the trial of Slobodan Milosevic the former Serbian leader and Paddy Ashdown was quoted once saying that Bosnia is under my skin it's the place you cannot leave behind and in recent years you've been a very active campaigner against Bracks it yes he didn't leave politics when he left parliament he became a liberal Democrat peers sitting in the upper house but he was very much active still in the debate around politics and just weeks ago he was tweeting and commenting on the state of the governing Conservative Party in the u.k. And still putting forward his arguments against leaving. She said that was something that occupied him right up until his recent illness and death is that her who'd be remembered as somebody who just wasn't afraid to speak her mind definitely he was somebody who was held in new universal high regard it Westminster I have to say and politicians on all sides might have been respected him even if they didn't agree with him and we've seen that reflected in the tributes which have been paid to Paddy Ashdown But yes he had this action man image he was a big guy I saw him a party conference of a few months ago he was mingling with party members down in Brighton on the South Coast signing autographs towering above everybody else and he was a big presence in the room you know as well he fixed you with these kind of steely squinting eyes it could be quite intimidating and I think that sort of steely determination is something that certainly helped him rise to the high levels that he did Jonathan Blake on the life of Lord Ashdown who's died at the age of 77 animal print including crocodile printers made a big splash this year in the fashion world and the luxury goods made from real crocodile skins might be making a resurgence thanks to a change in the law in Australia crocodile hunters in the state of Queensland will be allowed to legally collect the reptiles eggs in the wild and haps them are Sydney correspondent joins me for Mercer joins me for more on this Phil tell us more about the change in the rules in Australia Well this decision will allow Crocodile Hunter in Queensland to collect about $5000.00 a exe each year female crocodiles build nests made from mounds of vegetation between November and May the eggs will be sold to private crocodile farms for about 14 us dollars each as you say hatched into captivity one day they might well become an expensive handbag or a belt crocodile meat is low in fat and high in protein collectors will need a permit to do this and there will be strict guidelines Charlie may know. He's the chief scientist at Wildlife Management International that's a consultancy in the city of Darwin and he says the changes are good for both commerce and conservation in every case where there was a profit all the obvious to the populations in nice countries had increased substantially it's not just about taking exe for commercial purposes it's also for government it's about creating those incentives to have crocodiles and the best way to conserve crocodiles is really to make them valuable to the community you can't just apply for a permit and that's a year off you go and collect crocodile legs right there does need to be an experienced person doing it or people landowners do need to be trying and is there any idea why they decided to change the rules now. Well the deal forces in Queensland believe that there are now sounds commercial environmental and more importantly scientific reasons for this they fight to seek approval from Australia's federal governments which regulates wildlife products and I think the old fart is up in Queensland perhaps being looking across the border in the Northern Territory egg collecting as being legal in Australia as Northern Territory since the 1980s the quoted there is for about $100000.00 crocodile eggs to be collected each year crocodile populations in that part of the country have flourished and the view there ease that the trade in eggs hasn't disrupted the number of wild crocodiles surely animal rights activists much might disagree well conservation groups have always stressed the research should prove the crocodile numbers in the wild shouldn't be affected the old fart is in Queens them believe that they believe that that will be the case that the exit the experience in the Northern Territory proves that by taking a certain number of vague so that wildlife proper while populations don't suffer certainly farmers so welcome in the opportunity for extra income as are impoverished Aboriginal communities so there is a feeling that this will bring both commercial benefits and conservation ones as well for Mercer in Sydney thank you the head of a un team of observers is due to head to the Red Sea port of data in Yemen today to start monitoring a cease fire that started there last Tuesday Patrick American a retired Dutch general arrived on Saturday in Yemen hours after the u.n. Security Council finally approved the deployment of monitors although the British sponsored resolution had been watered down after days of wrangling our Arab affairs editor Sebastian I'm sure reports there is a glimmer of hope in Yemen for the 1st time in years the agreement between the warring sides for a truce in data was achieved the talks earlier this month which with an so seen as a step. Towards more significant negotiations in the New Year data has been a potentially devastating flashpoint for much of this year to teach it it's been a key goal for the Saudi backed pro-government forces trying to capture from the rebels but the port is also a lifeline for millions of Yemenis on the brink of famine the guns have not been completely silenced in the days since the ceasefire came into effect but it's still mostly holding under the deal the who these are due to pull back from the port to allow the un to take over its ministration later both sides are to withdraw from the entire city and its surroundings Patrick Kamut and his team will be monitoring this difficult process the success of which could not only save the lives of many in a danger itself the provide a model towards a wider resolution of the conflict sébastien are sure Now David has some other stories from our news desk Cuba's National Assembly has unanimously approved a draft of a new constitution that will replace the 1976 national charter the new charter reaffirms the overriding principles of a socialist economy and central economic planning recognises the role of the market and of private property the new constitution will go to a referendum next February have been chaotic scenes in Italy's upper house of parliament as senators debate budget measures which were revised after objections from the European Commission a vote is expected in the coming hours a French Terror suspect linked to the perpetrators of the 2015 Challis Abdo attack has been extradited to France for questioning Peter Sharif a close friend of the quassia brothers who stormed into the magazine's offices and shot p 12 people dead was arrested in Djibouti last weekend he had been a fugitive since 2011 when he escaped from French authorities in Syria thanks David a prominent Somali journalist was one of more than a dozen people killed after 2 the explosions hit Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday the al Qaeda linked group of claimed responsibility for the attack it. Yet clear if it will do you have solid and his colleagues were specifically targeted and this attacker Africa editor Mary Harper knew Mr solid and called him a friend he and his colleagues were driving near the presidential palace and there was a massive explosion they were on their way to walk and all 4 of them were killed in the latest attack by al-Shabaab up and a wheel to him was really one of the most famous prominent journalists in Somalia he had left the country several years ago when it became so dangerous he came to see you k. But then like many of the Somali journalists business people and all those humanitarians politicians he went back to his country to try to do proper journalism he risked his life and in the end he met his death Mary Harper some people love the festive season so much they wish it would never end well in Belgrade they seem to have taken that to heart the eliminations and Serbia's capital lasted for 6 months last time around and this year seems likely to follow suit the city authorities insist it's good for business but critics say it's a waste of money which could be better directed elsewhere or Balkans correspondent God Lonnie has been stepping out under Belgrade's endless lights. On the street musician is playing the wrong cheering you really should be performing a rendition of I wish you could be Christmas every day because that's how it feels here in Belgrade but the lights go off in September and judging by last year's festive season they won't come down again until some time in March city lights makes us happier city life makes us again the Mediterranean people as we are me at the right Popovich is the director of the Tourism Organization of Belgrade there are some people asking rightfully the price of the electricity or the bills for the lights or the light. Themselves when you have a revenue of for instance aviator's on one dinner invested in lights or anything else that you invest for any pays off. For the research serious side to this as well pressure groups say that too much money is being spent on the illuminations for a city that is not exactly overflowing with cash and the cash which is being spent isn't being allocated in a way which is transparent I think is that our Christmas tree because it's a 3000 euros for the plastic to the right I mean a lot of it is from the campaign group Belgrade let's not drown Belgrade 30 percent of people about it doesn't have a sewage system while we have all the sly thing going go on the streets we also have a problem with the kindergarden Speer also have a problem with the best in streets we did a we do everything basically end of this is what I put it is this to put I audited a bulk of wants to do to invest in. So is this a Christmas cracker or refers to a fiasco are it's time to ask the people it's a positive thing that you have you know for children and for families to take photos and medias both from the underside also from the front of the contrie and everything I mean you need to bounce a little me I know it's a bit expensive for Serbia and for Belgrade there are nice lights are less. Too much money for a bit lighter. There's no word on when the lights will go out this time around but of Christmas doesn't last long enough where of a you are well you know where to come. Guide to Lonny reporting from Belgrade and perhaps the novelty doesn't wear off who knows a reminder now of our main news Indonesian government says at least 43 people have been killed and hundreds injured by a tsunami which has hit the coast around Indonesia assumed a straight $100.00. The buildings were damaged officials say the possible cause of the tsunami was undersea landslides after the crocodile volcano erupted Well that's all from us you've been listening to the newsroom from the b.b.c. World Service. Distribution of the b.b.c. World Service and the u.s. Has made possible by American Public Media producer and distributor of award winning public radio content a.p.m. American Public Media with support from Carbonite offering data protection solutions for business including automatic backup for servers and point protection high availability and disaster recovery and data migration learn more at Carbonite dot com. There was a 2000 the code of Sam Sanders reporter with n.p.r. It was just hand Bronstein a color I love that it was my father's truck so it had some of the value to me but it got pretty right by the end the shocks were just horrible so it felt like the horse and buggy the writers of its life imagined that truck becoming my favorite go to. Details. Coming up in goalkeepers sense my Indian life the story of my own other on a Campbell a transgender plus size model who setting the ramp on fire when I was born a boy but underwent surgery to become a woman she has made the journey from her small town home to the glitzy world of fashion modeling in Mumbai this is a story about gender identity that's coming up in my Indian life with me. But 1st the news. B.b.c. News with David Harper at least $43.00 people have been killed by a tsunami which hit the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra nearly $600.00 people were injured and others are still missing they affected area includes beachfront hotels in popular tourist spots around the Sunda Strait hundreds of buildings have been damaged her emergency teams have been dispatched the authorities said the tsunami was caused by an undersea landslide set off by a volcano. Emperor Akihito of Japan has broadcast his last birthday message before he steps down next April the emperor who turned 85 on Sunday appeared to be overcome with emotion when he thanked the people of Japan and embraced the Empress Michiko for having supported him throughout his life on the throne he said he was relieved that his rain was coming to an end without Japan having been again engaged in a war u.s. Politicians are continuing efforts to try to break the impasse over budget spending that has led to a partial shutdown of the government is now set to last until at least Thursday when Congress will formally meet again following a Christmas break the former leader of the British Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown has died at the age of 77 Lord Ashdown served as the international high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and later as the United Nations envoy to Afghanistan there's been an impassioned debate in Italy's upper house of parliament over budget measures which were revised after objections from the European Commission Italy's government had amended the document after the e.u. Said it would breach the blocks fiscal rules the last surviving fighter of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising has died at the age of 94 simply was one of hundreds of Jewish partisans who rose up against the Nazis when they began deportations to they Trip Link or death camp and that's the latest from b.b.c. News. What if you know you're a woman but we're born in a boy's body once upon a time I was a boy now I'm a sexy one options for men Mona felt trapped in the wrong body how far would she go to change it. From the b.b.c. World Service this is my Indian life the series about what it means to be young and Indian in the 21st century I'm Kalki I'm bringing you stories of young people in India who overcome obstacles big and small with their grit and determination in this edition goddess of big things. Today's story is about the complicated relationship we have with our bodies most of us aren't completely satisfied with the way we look something is either too big or too small or too long or too short a bit crooked or oddly shaped and it can really affect our self-confidence and the way we perceive ourselves. But for a transgender person the struggle is an entirely different experience it's about being out of place in your own skin and about being born in the wrong body more now there on a camel is transgender when I was born in a boy's body and named Mohan But even as a child more one wasn't really boyish everyman I'm very feminine and very girly people saw me growing up like a small girl. A transgender person is born with a certain assigned biological sex but identifies with a different gender psychiatrists call this gender dysphoria. Census figures say India has about half a 1000000 people who identify as belonging to the 3rd gender This is an umbrella term that includes transsexuals as well as transvestites non-binary categories like into sex and others too however a report by India's Human Rights Commission quotes experts who say that the actual figures could be 10 times higher up to 5 or 6000000 this is because many transgender people keep their gender identity under wraps after all it's not an easy life. Transgender people are often misunderstood and pushed away even by their own friends and family they're also vulnerable to discrimination sexual harassment and assault according to a government study of $900.00 transgender people only 2 percent lived with their families and more than 90 percent faced discrimination in employment. A prominent Indian transgender activist Akai Padma shyly says most of them resort to sex work or begging. Mourners now 29 and is a professional plus size model based in Mumbai she is told voluptuous with long wavy brown hair when she walks into a room she radiates confidence and you can't help but take notice she loves to flaunt her body and is about to walk the ramp for a plus size luxury brand she's dressed in a black or set and red stilettos and is getting her makeup done. Thank you blacks will keep you and right right red lip Oh she wanted a very dark. Side Smokey look. I don't know I love long as you know. Right from ancient Alice panders I'm starting something Lacy stuff of course my mom has to get annoyed sometimes but I think. My parents helped me to get everything it took so much of time because I can very spare where I can read even thongs and stand in front of my parents so it became easy so I made the parents quite positive abort lifestyle today mourners parents are by her side but things weren't always so easy when I grew up in a small town in under British initially one as family wasn't bothered by the fact that their son was acting like a girl they thought it was just child's play can you remember any memories very early on of what you felt about you know your gender Oh well it's maybe like like 56 years I'm very young so I used to put on my sister's clothes everyone I'm very feminine and very girly people saw me growing up like a small girl when I was Sister at the balun Neelima remembers one such instance I remember in school and it was City talking there was a dance programme Ok And she gave her name. You know that good dance list and trust me she wore the girl's densely dress and all she did she danced it almost like an 11 good after coming my friend that was like. Children he was so annoyed with her has more not grew older her father a school headmaster got more and more worried and ever more I would dress up like a girl use her sister's makeup hang out with girls or act feminine in any way he would scold her he wanted his boy to be boyish. When I was childhood and teenage years were difficult because of family wasn't able to accept her femininity she refuses to share photos from that period but is willing to talk about it she remembers the time her exasperated father sent her off to stay at a boy's hostel when she was about 14 hoping that that would make him more masculine mourner felt like a fish out of water the boys would tease her called her names and made even simple tasks like taking a shower difficult I told my father I'm not comfortable and I could not move in the situations like we have been is no bathing option fight we have it's going to open space like 1015 people to take and be having a good time I was shy you know there are situations like I you know I could not take a shot like 123 days I am very high fresh tumbles in on the take my doubles in this to hide when I'm going from a shock and awe. But at that time I'm that's very hard for me definitely but I cry telling to my father or Lucy instance . When I was able to laugh about it now but it was very tough for the time she didn't stay in that boy's hostel for too long Meanwhile her father's worries was starting to peak my dad told me c.m. Really wanted a boy too because the society makes you a tag that you are a man and if you behave like a of the men how would do people take you you you may get depression you may undergo you know little difficulty he was what it what it aborted he's what it what only society he nobody to vote any other stuff but right now the situation he went be clever that he told me that I want to take you it's like out dissed I'm going to get you some injection and tone you as a boy and then my sister told me that it is not a right how to speak to her mind and we how old were you when he said this oh my god it's 1313 point. Her father never carried out the threat by that age mourner I had heard from a friends that there were hormonal treatments available that would help her change physically and develop the feminine characteristics that she wanted but she was a teenager from a small town with no means she decided to focus on her education and part time jobs to become more independent when she was about 18 she took the decision to start hormone therapy to make her body look more feminine she consulted doctors received counseling and psychiatrists certified that she had indeed been suffering from gender dysphoria and was ready for treatment her father wasn't convinced but her mother supported her saying she had never looked at Mona as a son Anyway when I took home loans for a year and had to face the side effects what are the effects like physically emotionally and mentally a lot of headache and you don't get sleep in the night you get depression and more surely and find illegally yet you get soft skin you're going to lose your hair and your body and see a little one thing do you there are so many beautiful trans girls even really don't want to go for surgery they want to be themself and they want to look for him in a gym and I'm seeing some doctor he told me that don't force yourself to do you think it's really important for you to go through all these things Mona had her doubts about the surgery and for good reason gender reassignment surgery is the process by which a transgender person can surgically transform their body to match their gender but not every transgender person wants this the process consists of multiple smaller procedures from male to female the 1st step is breast enhancement process then genital surgery to create the vagina and the final step is an operation to make the features on the face look more feminine counseling and hormonal treatments go together with the surgeries. The operations are expensive and complex because of this some transgender people express their gender without surgery when I explain some of the fears she had about it all that people can do perfect. Few doctors new sensations see end of the day when you turn into them and you should have feelings when you're enjoying your partner you how to enjoy even in a sexual encounters with your partner that's important as well especially the Constitution is not that easy should choose the right doctor and just go through all those things and you how to talk with other trans girls who've gone through surgery be with them talk with them meet your doctor like 6 times 10 times don't think that all my go or I got it would you know I'm a woman no who said that in spite of all the worries and concerns she still it's to have a female body and become a model a few years later she made up her mind to get the surgery she moved from India to the u.k. Where she began the process it was tough it was pain and discomfort and she was being counseled by a psychiatrist to mourners Horace she put on weight because of the hormones she was regularly taking plus size people often struggle with lack of confidence judgment and with body shaming mono worried her modeling ambitions were in jeopardy but she tried to accept and embrace her new curvy body and started working as a plus size model after a few years she moved back to India so the big question how would her family react Here's her father. Speaking in I'll explain what he's saying. We're just going to invest rather than it was. I who done is to just going 1st the money on the back door of the know how volatile the more you. He's saying that initially he felt bad but later he left it to mourners wish he felt he should not trouble her he decided to give more now his full support as a father since she is family. One assistant adds Initially he was like not able to be good but later on 300 occasion and her hard work and she's like she want to do something really big so he was like Ok if family's not supporting and we're going to support her we have to stand next to her so that's how we started supporting from the family saying. A father told me he respected her and accepted her as his daughter with her family by her side more no approach doctor but og the lung a well known plastic surgeon in Mumbai to complete the gender reassignment surgery or d.r.s. We met Dr at the long at his clinic and he told us this kind of family support was rare so when I think about all the patients on whom I have performed gender reassignment surgery so far I think less than 10 percent of patients had a good support system at home or their parents who were really supportive there is 90 percent either going to get thrown out of their houses or in the been the wrong company and it's not the right thing to happen Dr The Long explains why it's a particularly complex and challenging process so it's really like jumping off a cliff there's no way you can go back once you're done you know that initial consultation starts with being evaluated by 2 independents like your dress who have to certify that the person is having something or less gender dysphoria and it is not something which has come up certainly has been there since maybe from Joe who wrote since birth and there's only manifested at a particular age now where the person then decide it's Ok now I've been suffering from this gender dysphoria all my life and know if you want to do the transformation Normally none of these surgeries performed as well as you meet the patient you need to have multiple consultations understanding the psychology of an individual host people mentally a person is. With the surgery completed Mona kept looking for plus sized modeling opportunities but they weren't many and then last year she heard the news she had been waiting for her dream designer Wendell Rodricks was looking for plus size models for one of India's most glitzy fashion events I was like oh this is magic and for me so let's do it so that the typical ad that depended on the God and God is this the kind of issues body Please welcome for auditions so in morning 730 I went for the auditions I saw so many beautiful curvy women and I were saw in my life form plus size goals in one room not positive vibes moon I was delighted to be shortlisted she called her parents and had her fittings taken on the same day but then once word spread that Mona was transgender there was some resistance when I was distraught but Wendell Rodricks stood by her here's what he says When I 1st audition Moore never gonna cry. I had absolutely no idea he was a transgender person eventually had to battle the some areas of the show or who organize as well as people who were involved for sure so that more. When we discovered that she was a transient. I think sexual identities are important for me was more important in that morning had the invasion were trying and the constable. I went before because she had to walk and could carry off the clothes when we were Mona opened and closed the show it turned out to be a turning point in her modeling career her father who once used to chide her for watching too much fashion t.v. Sat in the 2nd row and cheered for her Wendell Rodricks said he got great feedback and transgender people approached him appreciating the. One of mourners closest friends is Paul David Martin a fashion photographer he was at the show and says his jaw hit the floor when he saw her walk the ramp Well she can sleep around with you know she put it on fire and the best thing wasn't you open the shore the way she wore the kind of aura that she cat it data Truett and adding to that all 30 she also needs to shock is the designs garment you know that's the agenda sure you wish you presented it that was brilliant I just know she's become an inspiration for a lot of people you know a lot of people at least got that drop hope you know what when she could crack it when she could make it you know an opening Oh sure including the show for me is design or itself is an example for a lot of people you know what anything is possible. Daimon out where's all her labels Indian trance and plus size proudly she plans to start her own plus sized clothing label to give more options to plus size women a belief is trance is beautiful and she hopes to inspire other transgender people to speak out and give them confidence and support above all she believes in body positivity loving your body and loving yourself. In the next edition of my Indian life the problems Indian face in the bedroom will be back at the same time next week but if you don't want to wait the whole series is already available as a podcast search for b.b.c. My Indian life thanks for listening. It's time to hear what you think of the b.b.c. World Service in over to you. This week the controller of b.b.c. World Service English Mary Hockaday joins me for a question and answer session with you the listeners planet breakdown is the most vital and yet least sexy story of our times all of the b.b.c. World Service hot listeners understand its importance what are you. All young looking country is there a program or story that stands out for you because that there is one where do you feel the biggest challenge in preserving the world terrorist act a p m Rajan and this is over to you. This week it's your questions to the controller of b.b.c. World Service English Mary Hockaday Hello Mary hello Well let's hear from our listeners and this 1st one comes from William salute in Kenya Hello William Oh Hi William. Or you know out of London a little bit I wonder what advice. Or the bugle. Any other part of the world but. Why did you choose basically Nairobi to be this huge new bureau So we've got big audiences right around the world but there's no doubt that our audiences in Africa are some of the biggest that we've got and we chose Nairobi is one of the places that we would increase our facilities because my Robey become an increasingly big production hub generally in Kenya in in Africa it's well connected good infrastructure we already had a base there so it was a natural place to expand but we've also expanded our facilities in Nigeria we are also very present in South Africa and have reporters in numerous African countries we've also been able to an investment in some production areas in other parts the world there's no doubt. Africa is really important to us and William we obviously welcome your comments on what you think or how well you think the World Service is doing in providing programming for African listeners thank you very much for joining us thank you so much let's take a question now from Linda Watson in the us a climate breakdown is the most vital and yet least sexy story of our turns how the b.b.c. World Service hot listeners understand its importance in all sorts of stories from weather and science to food travel and urban design and in a similar vein Mary we've had this via email from Patricia Cahill in Kenya who writes really like to see a program that focuses on climate politics so I mean Linda poses a question very dear to my heart because I completely agree that it is one of the dominant stories and issues of our time we don't necessarily have if you like one program that is where we float a farm out all the car emit stuff it's woven through what we do so the editor of News for instance has a commitment every week to do additional reporting where he'll look for a story that isn't necessarily a sort of top line on the day news story but make sure that team is reporting widely on the impact and the adaptations on the phone now from Australia is so new . A new high Mary hello is there a program or story that stands out for you because of the response is a positive or negative it looks at it from listeners oh my goodness what a wonderful question. It was a story that our crowd science science program did about the network of funky that runs underground between trees and between the roots of trees and it's an extraordinary underground network which we framed in a moderately imaginative way is the way that trees talk to each other the program excel. Got a really terrific response but it went viral when we put the on line content on and it was absolutely staggering literally millions and millions of people around the world in one way or another touch this content and I think we're both informed by the science and somehow inspired by the spirit of it so I was really really taken by that and certainly I think it's only right that you should perhaps still marry what your positive or negative story or program was your highlight if you like from 2018 I would say that I was disappointed as a longtime listener particularly around your coverage of Africa I felt that reporting that was done with Mandela in her life and her back story wasn't. You know it's as I would expect from the b.b.c. It's think pretty one dimensional and in particular what really struck me was that she was anything but I cannot in the context of Nelson Mandela's life without really considering what her contribution was the apartheid struggle in South Africa . Right Hand of the valve and it's not something how you are you know I do very often I laugh at my father for doing things like that never expecting a response at all but got a response back with a wait within a week then was asked you know come on to the show and talk about what bothered me about it and you know having that opportunity to say my piece and you know very surprising to have your attentive listening and then your engagement and your feedback is really important to us and we get a we get a lot of it and I always welcome it you know good or constructively critical or however it comes and so new you are a stream we valued listening to this program particularly when we want more of your . Keep talking I thank you thank you said you on the phone now is listener Pradeep in Bengaluru in India Hello Pradeep Hello hello. To youngsters have you been in the pavement and completely believe the other median age here is in the twenty's what are you look struggles to get all young country what we've been doing is think about how to reach young people in the ways in the places they do consume content and one of the things that we're doing is working with the emerging or you know download or podcast seen that beginning to develop in India we find that we are getting big audiences young audiences to our podcast including our general General News global he's called class which goes out for everybody around the world twice a day and of course also social content on platforms like Facebook it does require thought it requires change but I'm excited about what with what we're doing and looking for to doing more of it next year put it thank you very much indeed and next on the line we have Carol Ross in the u.s. Hello Carol alert What's your question to Mary borders and government chain. Ange it's become more dangerous for journalists and people who live in Syria those stories where do you feel there's a good challenge in preserving b.b.c. 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Every Christmas Eve for 100 years the Christmas story has been told in words and music in the chapel of King's College Cambridge in England I'm Bob Chilcote and once I had the privilege to sing in that very Christmas service and I'm going back to King's College Cambridge to find out just why the festival of 9 essence and carols has endured and how it is rejuvenated each and every Christmas. Being in the . Carols is. Very very scary prospect. It's a very humbling experience. Since I was a small child my parents would turn it on on the radio every year that's how I knew it was Christmas it was a huge honor when I was asked to write the carol full Kings that's like a Nobel Prize for a composer in the world that's carols at the Times coming up after the latest news . Hello I'm David Harper with the b.b.c. News Indonesian officials say at least 43 people were killed when the tsunami struck several beaches around the sun in the strait stretch of water that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra the disaster mitigation agency said nearly 600 people were injured and others are still missing emergency services are yet to arrive in the affected area Rebecca Henschke reports from Jakarta while getting clearer images now of those beach towns along the coast of West Java that face on to the cylinder straight images of crumbled buildings along the coast there we've also seen the mage's from last night of these waves rushing into hotels we're also hearing about devastation on the other side so much rain Lampel with some areas officials say they haven't been able to contact So they're warning that the death toll is very much likely to rise as they continue to get more information about what happened last night Emperor Akihito of Japan has broadcast his last birthday message before he steps down mass next April the emperor who turned 85 on Sunday appeared to be overcome with emotion when he thanked the people of Japan and Empress Michiko for having supported him throughout his life on the throne to not push their not to be or you. Know my journey as Emperor is reaching the end I am grateful for the many people in Japan who have accepted my status as a symbol and supported and I would like to also express my appreciation to the Empress who was a Japanese citizen who joined me in my life journey and for 60 long years has devoted herself to her role and the people of Japan with sincerity the Emperor said he was relieved that his reign was ending without Japan having again been engaged in a war he expressed his hopes for the new era to start when Crown Prince naira Hito sends the throne. A partial u.s. Government shutdown is set to last until at least Thursday when Congress will formally meet again following a Christmas break it means that national parks will be closed and some government employees will have to continue working without the certainty of getting paid earlier the u.s. Senate ended talks to resolve the budget impasse that has led to 9 government departments shutting down from Washington has Chris Butler some u.s. Government buildings will remain shots and many federal employees will be told to stay at home until at least those day not because of Christmas but because of this shutdown this is the 3rd time this year that parts of the government have had to be closed because of a royal blood funding but they're currently seems little hope of Donald Trump and the Democrats reaching a compromise over the president's $5000000000.00 demands for a border war with Mexico at a special weekend sitting of Congress senators simply blamed each other before deciding to adjourn world news from the b.b.c. . Tens of thousands of people have marched in the Serbian capital Belgrade for the 3rd consecutive weekend to protest against what they say is the president's increasingly autocratic rule the protesters say President Alexander church has consolidated control over the courts and the media which they say he uses to campaign against opponents there's been an impassioned.

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