Was decriminalised in britain. In those 50 years, the campaign for lgbt rights has won Landmark Victories in many parts of the world, perhaps best symbolised by the normalisation of gay marriage in a host of countries. My guest today is american filmmaker and screenwriter dustin lance black, who won an oscar for the film milk and has just completed a major series on the struggle for gay rights. Has the time come to declare a famous victory . Dustin lance black, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you for having me. To what extent do you think that your experiences from childhood to now as a gay person have come to define your creative output . Oh, boy. Its one of the many things about me that does define me creatively. Certainly, when im teaching my students because i teach some classes in screenwriting sometimes and i say to them, tell me about you, what is it about you thats unique, where do you come from, what are you interested in, tell me about your parents, your background, the
Business news live from singapore. On the upward trend. Japan charts another quarterly growth for the sixth time in a row. Is abenomics finally working . And a tale of two economies. We focus on india and pakistan as they mark 70 years of independence from the british empire. Welcome to Asia Business report. Live from singapore. Lets kick off with what is on the Business Calendar this week. Japan just released its latest economic data. The worlds third biggest economy expanded at an annualised rate of 4 between april and june. That is the sixth straight quarter of growth, driven partly by private consumption. Mid week, the Bank Of Thailand will be deciding on the cost of borrowing and later in the week, on thursday, a lot of focus will be on alibaba as it releases Second Quarter earnings. Earlier i spoke to a representative from the Bank Of Singapore and asked about the japanese economy and whether abenomics is working through the system. It looks like growth will be between 2 and 3 ,
At the Delaware High School where a student was killed last week. But the big to the big stoy on action news is the latest on a deadly shooting inside a Montgomery County church. One man was killed during Montgomery County service yesterday. Police know who pulled the trigger. Katherine scott joins us live from the District Attorneys Office from norristown with more on the investigation. Katherine . Reporter sarah, detectives and members of the District Attorneys Office are meeting in norristown as they continue to go over the interviews they conducted as they conducted the investigation. As for the man who opened fire, he has not been charged. He is cooperating with them. He is a young man. Reporter the family of 27yearold Robert Braxton is grieving stunned while the montgomeryville man was shot and killed attending church in north wales. You dont go to church to be killed. Reporter 11 00 a. M. Sunday service was underway at the church on the 400 block of stump road. The congregation
Temperatures warming to about 46 degrees. However, another cold start with morning lows in the low to mid 20s. We a little more cloud cover this morning so that should keep many of us out of the teens. While we will see a sun and cloud mix today clouds will increase this evening out ahead of rainfall that will arrive for friday mornings commute. The chance of rain will linger into early afternoon then dry for the most part friday evening as temperatures friday afternoon will rise to near 50 degrees. Saturday starts out dry with a high of 51 degrees but rain will develop during the afternoon and evening out ahead of a cold front. I expect rain showers during the bengals game with kick off temps near 45 degrees and falling into the upper 30s by the end of the game. Some lingering precipitation could mix in with a few light snow showers early sunday morning as temperatures fall back to 35 degrees. Most of sunday is dry in the afternoon as temperatures start to fall into the upper 20s by l
Plus, running on empty, we meet the man who maxed out his credit cards to run in the most expensive mid term election in history. We begin this news hour with a developing story out of turkey and 24 suspected Illegal Migrants drown after a boat sank off the coast of istanbul and looking at waters north of the straits and thought to be carrying afghan migrants to romania and seven people have been rescued and updates as we get them. To yemen with widespread condemnation of the killing of a politician and he was shot dead in the capitol. He had been helping negotiate a peace deal between the rebels and the government. Family members say he was targeted by a gunman on a motorcycle. And we are live from the yemen capitol. Now, omar, he was a mediator in this Peace Agreement in the capitol. Where does this now leave the dea deal . Well, its anyones guess, but if you gauge the reaction from the different Political Parties as well as the president , you can sense that everybody is really worr