the prime minister of singapore has announced his country will end its ban on sex between men, but says it ll take steps to defend the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people and said the law banning gay sex, which came from the days of british colonial rule, was out of date. the law has long been criticised by lgbt activists, even though it s not been actively enforced for many years. many more conservative citizens still support the legislation. the government will repeal section 377a and de criminalise sex between men. i believe it s the right thing to do and something most singaporeans will accept. remy choo is a lawyer and lgbt activist in singapore. he s been involved in pink dot, singapore s pride event, and he s previously mounted legal challenges in court against this colonial era law. a very good morning to you in singapore, thanks for being with us. what is your
and south korean forces sit side by side, and using all this information, they can detect almost immediately if north korea launches a weapon. hello. the prime minister of singapore has announced his country will end its ban on sex between men, but says it ll take steps to defend the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people and said the law banning gay sex, which came from the days of british colonial rule, was out of date. the law has long been criticised by lgbt activists, even though it s not been actively enforced for many years. many more conservative citizens still support the legislation. the government will repeal 377a and de criminalise sex between men. i believe it s the right thing to do and something most singaporeans will accept. joining now is professor roy chan, founder and president of the organisation action for aids in singapore. thank you very much for ma
on his car, but he escaped assassination after switching vehicles following an event outside moscow. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme where british journalists debate the week s news with the correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast from the dateline: london. living with double digit inflation is an unwelcome, if familiar, experience in many countries. turkey, argentina, zimbabwe and iran started 2022 under that yoke. for the british, it had been a distant memory, but not any more. in the united states, presidentjoe biden signed into law the optimistically titled inflation reduction act. would it were that simple. another bad memory from the 1980s, the threat to kill the author sir salman rushdie, came close to being fulfilled. liberals are relieved he survived, but have they helped to fuel intolerance? to discuss all that, in the studio are maria margaronis, a documentary maker who, among other projects, has ch
the prime minister of singapore has announced his country will end its ban on sex between men, but says it ll take steps to defend the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people, and said the law banning gay sex, which came from the days of british colonial rule, was out of date. the law has long been criticised by lgbt activists, even though it s not been actively enforced for many years. many more conservative citizens still support the legislation. the government will repeal section 377a and de criminalise sex between men. i believe it s the right thing to do and something most singaporeans will accept. earlier, i spoke to remy choo, a lawyer and lgbt activist in singapore. he s been involved in pink dot, singapore s pride event, and he s previously mounted legal challenges in court against this colonial era law. let s hear what he said about the announcement. this moment
planted on his car but he escaped assassination after switching vehicles, following an event outside moscow. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscow s rule some three decades ago and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation with russia. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine reminded latvians of the russian threat. it also stoked internal tensions because a quarter of latvia s population is ethnic russian and this country relies heavily on russian gas supplies. well, my guest today is latvia s prime minister, krisjanis karins. just how vulnerable is latvia? prime minister krisjanis karins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine happened six months ago. right now, here in latvia, has that war raised the level of fear to new heights? what the war has done has raised the level of mobilisation. so the first effect wa