temperatures. again, made for this time of year. highs of 19, possibly 20 degrees, if the sunshine continues to come through. then all change for the second half of the weekend. another loom is on and just like yesterday it could bring some heavy rain for a time. it is drifting steadily north and gusty winds as well. not raining all day. behind it, they could be some sunny spells and possibly sharp thundery don t post. 0nce spells and possibly sharp thundery don t post. once again, those temperatures staying on the mild side at this time of year. reeta. thank you, louise. that is it from the bbc news at six. you can keep up with thank you, louise. that is it from the bbc news at six. you can keep up with all thank you, louise. that is it from the bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the thank you, louise. that is it from the bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest thank you, louise. that is it from the bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest dev
submerging homes and roads, in the capital seoul. at least eight people have died. the south korean president has called an emergency meeting now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. according to research in the us and the uk, roughly one in 100 people is transgender. but the fact that the debate about transgender rights has become a political and even health care battleground isn t driven so much by the numbers, but more by conflicting ideologies. my guest today has a prominent voice in that debate. shon faye is trans, a writer and a former lawyer. is all this attention on issues of sex, gender and identity making it easier to be trans, or not? shon faye, welcome to hardtalk. pleasure to be here. thank you for having me. it s great to have you here. i also have a copy of your book, the transgender issue, which you wrote. published last year. it s described on the cover as a landmark bestseller. it has done well. and in the
shon faye is trans, a writer and a former lawyer. is all this attention on issues of sex, gender and identity making it easier to be trans, or not? shon faye, welcome to hardtalk. pleasure to be here. thank you for having me. it s great to have you here. i also have a copy of your book, the transgender issue, which you wrote. published last year. it s described on the cover as a landmark bestseller. it has done well. and in the intervening months since you published it, the transgender story, as we put it, the issues around transgender rights has consistently been prominent in the political debate. would it be right to assume that you are delighted those issues are so prominent? shon laughs er, ithink. in one way, i feel vindicated. the argument that i make in the book, essentially, is that there has been an explosion in discussion of transgender people across all forms of media and in politics. but what i argue in the book is that trans people are often not at the centre of
into monday some thunder storms in france and they could move up across the uk. at this stage still far ahead, so some uncertainty about the timing and the detail of any rain, but we are crossing our fingers and hope things turn cooler and wetter next week. you had stornoway on 16 degrees and that is very tempting, although it is a long way from here. thank you. and that s bbc news at ten on tuesday 9th august. there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight, which is just getting underway on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. but from the ten team it s goodnight. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are miatta fahnbulleh, who s the chief executive of the new economics foundation a left wing economics think tank, and baroness ros altmann, a former pensions minister in david cameron s conservative gov
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