turn our attention to other news. president biden has led international condemnation of new laws in uganda which mean that anyone having gay sex can be jailed for life. in some circumstances, people could face the death penalty. mr biden called the laws shameful, and said the us was considering sanctions. the united states has led the growing chorus of condemnation over these new laws. president biden, in a five paragraph statement, called uganda s new laws shameful and a tragic violation of universal human rights . he s called for those laws to be immediately repealed and is threatening sanctions if that doesn t happen, saying that the united states will, in his words, evaluate the implications of the law on all aspects of us engagement with uganda . now, one aspect of engagement with uganda is a programme known as pepfar that stands for the president s emergency plan for aids relief, which was established back in 2003 under the administration of george w bush to limit a
in the north of the country, with police and nato troops clashing with serb protesters. translation: kosovo is the heart and bedrock, a centre translation: kosovo is the heart and bedrock, a centre of translation: kosovo is the heart and bedrock, a centre of historic translation: kosovo is the heart and bedrock, a centre of historic events - bedrock, a centre of historic events for our state. the great battles took place there, the most important monasteries and temples are there, so there are many reasons why ruth adam camera, because that is the truth. fans of the chennai super kings will be pretty happy right now. not only did they win the indian premier league on monday but their wicketkeeper, the great ms dhoni, has delayed his decision to retire. dhoni pulled off the key stumping of gujarat titans batter shubman gill in the final as his side set up a dramatic finish. ravindra jadeja smashed ten runs from the final two balls to seize victory for chennai. dhoni had b
for many of us today it is going to be dry, sunny and warm, except across the very far north of scotland and parts of eastern england, where we hang onto more cloud. that will suppress the temperatures. details later in the programme. good morning. it s tuesday, the 30th of may. new measures to crackdown on the use of vapes by children in england, are set to be unveiled by the government. ministers have pledged to close a loophole allowing retailers to give free samples to children, and a ban on nicotine free vapes for under 18 s is also being considered. our health editor hugh pym has the details. a recent laboratory test for bbc news on illegal vapes confiscated at a school showed some had more than twice the safe amount of lead, and nine times the safe amount of nickel. the prime minister said he was shocked by this report, and said he was taking further action to clamp down on rogue firms who unlawfully target children with these products. the measures include closing a l