attack from the north. welcome to the programme. here in singapore, the country s prime minister has said singapore will end its ban on sex between men, but will take steps to defend the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. prime minister lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people and the british colonial era law was out of date. the legal ban on sex between men, while not enforced, has long been criticised by lgbt activists although many more conservative citizens still support it. the government will repeal section 377 a and decriminalise sex between men. i believe this is the right thing to do, and something that most singaporeans will now accept. the prime minister speaking there. with me is our asia digital reporter tessa wong, who has been following and reporting on this issue for years in singapore. great to get you on the programme, tassagh. ithink it s fair to say that there has been huge joy it s fai
an ambulance and first responders at an earlier accident site in the province of gaziantep. the second accident happened in mardin, also involving a vehicle hitting first responders. a sight familiar to tourists in paris is that of people selling books along the banks of the river seine. but they disappeared when the pandemic hit. there were fears that covid might put them out of business. but now that tourists are finally flocking back to the city of light, those fears have finally been shelved. wendy urquhart reports. avid readers have been rummaging through the book stalls of the seine since the 16th century. translation: we are a ma or symbol of paris in the eyes h of the whole world. we have millions of people visiting us every year. the number of people who consider us as important as the eiffel tower or notre dame is phenomenal. so we really take pride in doing this work. after a two year hiatus because of covid, the book sellers are back in business, but you can t jus
and south koreanjoint operations centre designed to fend off any attack from north korea. this attack from north korea. is the only place in korea where this is the only place in korea where us forces and south korean forces sit side by side, and using all this information, they can detect almost immediately if north korea launches a weapon. welcome to the programme. it s 1am in london and eight in the morning here in singapore where the country s prime minister has said the ban on sex between men is to be lifted. prime minister lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people, and the british colonial era law, though not enforced, was out of date. the announcement, which was made during a speech that the prime minister gave at singapore s national day rally, was welcomed by lgbt activists who ve long criticised the law. the government will repeal 3707a and de criminalise sex between men. i believe it s the right thing to do and something mos
joshua on a split points decision. the fight in saudi arabia was a rematch of usyk s victory in london in september. now on bbc news, on this week s travel show, lucy hedges heads for the big outdoors as the usa celebrates the 150th birthday of yellowstone national park. this week i m taking a journey across yellowstone national park as it celebrates its 150th anniversary. oh my god, just spectacular. i will meet the people using this milestone to address the park s complex history by returning america s largest land mammal back to native american tribes in an historic partnership. the ecological importance of restoring animals to the landscape heals the land. by integrating this animal back it heals us. i will attempt to track down the park s elusive wolves that were reintroduced during one of the most successful rewilding initiatives of all time. it doesn t happen too much in human endeavours where your ancestors have made a terrible, terrible mistake in terms of killing of
hello, and welcome to bbc news. we begin with some news which has been breaking out of somalia over the last couple of hours, where security forces say they ve ended a siege that had lasted over 30 hours at the hayat hotel in the capital, mogadishu, where islamist gunmen were reported to be holding hostages. there s been no independent verification, and no official statement from the somali government. our reporter emily brown has been following the story and joins me now. emily, what is the latest? we know this first began on friday evening, wendy al shabaab group were known to have detonated at least two bombs outside the hayat hotel in the capital. when the al shabaab. dozens were evacuated from the building, said to be popular with politicians and journalists. we know the siege is said to have lasted 30 hours, with government having held hostages inside. we have some footage in which you can hear the gunshots. frame. this was an intense battle for frame. this was an