In eight of them, including nigeria, somalia, iran, saudi arabia, and jamaica, those found guilty even face the death penalty. Meanwhile, in other countries, june to august is christopher street day season. The parades celebrate the rights of lgbt people and express pride in what theyve achieved in terms of equality in recent years. For most here, last years gay pride parade in tel aviv was a big celebration, extending from the center of town all the way to the beach. In the middle of the crowd, 20yearold batya. She can still hardly believe that shes here. For her, the parade is the culmination of a long journey. Shes coming out twice, as a lesbian, and from the confines of her ultraorthodox family and the religious community that shed thought shed never be able to leave. My sign actually says, mom, dad, please wake up. One out of each five child who is gay will actually try to commit suicide. And i can tell that its hard back there when you dont have family or someone to support you.
June to august is christopher street day season. The parades celebrate the rights of lgbt people and express pride in what theyve achieved in terms of equality in recent years. For most here, last years gay pride parade in tel aviv was a big celebration, extending from the center of town all the way to the beach. In the middle of the crowd, 20yearold batya. She can still hardly believe that shes here. For her, the parade is the culmination of a long journey. Shes coming out twice, as a lesbian, and from the confines of her ultraorthodox family and the religious community that shed thought shed never be able to leave. My sign actually says, mom, dad, please wake up. One out of each five child who is gay will actually try to commit suicide. And i can tell that its hard back there when you dont have family or someone to support you. And, well, id love my parents to accept me. But now they dont. Maybe it might change. Batya is from a town between tel aviv and jerusalem. Her family are memb
June to august is christopher street day season. The parades celebrate the rights of lgbt people and express pride in what theyve achieved in terms of equality in recent years. For most here, last years gay pride parade in tel aviv was a big celebration, extending from the center of town all the way to the beach. In the middle of the crowd, 20yearold batya. She can still hardly believe that shes here. For her, the parade is the culmination of a long journey. Shes coming out twice, as a lesbian, and from the confines of her ultraorthodox family and the religious community that shed thought shed never be able to leave. My sign actually says, mom, dad, please wake up. One out of each five child who is gay will actually try to commit suicide. And i can tell that its hard back there when you dont have family or someone to support you. And, well, id love my parents to accept me. But now they dont. Maybe it might change. Batya is from a town between tel aviv and jerusalem. Her family are memb
Been, a bit of sunshine to the east of Northern England, any sunshine in scotla nd of Northern England, any sunshine in scotland and Northern Ireland, given the persistent rain in the highlands working towards the clyde valley. Breezy with it, temperatures in double figures, five or six celsius where the mist and low cloud lingers. Heading out this evening, the heaviest of the raid will clear from the north, leaving a good divide, cold conditions with one or two wintry conditions in the north, milder but cloudy in the south. Many here will be dry to see in the new year. Overnight rain and hills there we re year. Overnight rain and hills there were gradually clearing, but quite a cloudy and that they are wales, central and Southern England. The best of the weather in scotland and Northern England, but one or two wintry flurries can be expected. Bye for now. Hello, this is bbc news with me, gavin esler. The headlines at 10 30 after a glittering year for british sport, more than a hundred
And so far, the focus has been on the british position. What is theresa mays plan . Again, completely artificial. In 2017, we are going to get real, because we will hear the European Union position as well. And when that becomes clear, i think the dynamic of the internal politics of the conservative party, the position of other mps in the house of commons, scotland, will become 100 times more complicated than the position at the end of 2016. So i think brexit in 2017 is going to become very, very difficult for theresa may in particular, and the and the government as a whole. Thats something to look forward to. Can i make a prediction about 2017, which i rarely do, which is that brexit will be top of the news agenda in britain, and all across europe it wont be. It will be one of the things, but the French Election will be top of the agenda. Of course. The german election in germany, the italian banks disaster. It might come a close second, i think, after all the elections taking place i