and there was nothing, just a gate, to go into the plane. people were running towards the aircraft, the airport. there were soldiers| keeping people out. the taliban, who were beating up people with sticks, - with wires, whatever they had, and they were shooting - on the ground and in the air. like the end of the world in hollywood movies. i can t describe what the scene was like. i i have been beaten many times for the way i am. the taliban s interpretation of sharia law means homosexuality is punishable by death. they kill me by stones or maybe killed by fire. maybe hanging. they executed a trans person in kabul. - were you afraid of being killed? yes, many times. what will happen to me? what will have the future for me? many people who don t make it out are forced into hiding. they wait and hope for survival. a secret operation to get some of the most vulnerable to safety begins. we started vulnerable to safety begins. - started getting e mails out of the blue from despe
saying another member of staff was in the company at all times. go slow on motorways around the uk, as convoys of cars take part in fuel protests. beef is off the menu for some school meals, as caterers say rising prices is forcing them to look for cheaper alternatives. cheering. and after his fine for bad behaviour, five sets and some swearing as nick kyrgios goes through to the wimbledon quarterfinals. and coming up on the bbc news channel on day four of the fifth and final test, england are chasing a target of 378 as they look to beat india and level the series 2 2. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. just before the weekend, number 10 said the prime minister did not know of any specific allegations of sexual misconduct against his ex deputy chief whip chris pincher before giving him a job in february. but today, number 10 has admitted borisjohnson was aware of reports and speculation about mr pincher. the mp has been suspended from the conservative p
is a lot that kier starmer, the labour party and government would accept because they don t want to be open, renegotiate the whole deal, but there are some things that they would like more alignment time. it remains to be seen just how far that alignment would go because, of course, we would have to see what the eu response would be to kier starmer s position that he set out today. starmer s position that he set out toda . ., ~ , ., starmer s position that he set out toda . ., ~ i. ,, . today. 0k. thank you. so, the speech has been delivered, as today. 0k. thank you. so, the speech has been delivered, as i today. 0k. thank you. so, the speech has been delivered, as i say today. 0k. thank you. so, the speech has been delivered, as i say come - has been delivered, as i say come irish embassy close to east grand central london. the labour leader, kier starmer can outlining labour s new relationship regarding brexit. working with the brexit decision. before he made that spe
welcome to the programme. exactly six months ago, vladimir putin ordered his army to invade ukraine. it was a decision that not only unleashed the biggest war in europe since world war ii, but it also turned the world on its head. thousands of ukrainians and russian soldiers have been killed in the fighting. today, in ukraine, it is independence day. normally, there would be parades and celebrations marking 31 years of freedom from soviet rule. but not today, it s not safe. and in the past 6 months, russia has clawed away at ukraine s freedom. this was the map of ukraine on february 24th. russian backed separatists already held significant territory in the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk and moscow controlled the annexed crimean peninsula. this is how things stand now. russian forces control large parts of the south of the country, all of the luhansk region and continue to make advances in donetsk. but there is still the threat of danger, everywhere in the country and
this week, two nations with caretaker readers, and problems that cannot wait. in israel, a coalition has collapsed. joe biden has been in a middle east seeking more saudi oil. they and the israelis want the united states to pledge action against iran. you re in the uk, if famous and not so famous five are vying to succeed borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. but in a context of tax cuts, is that the answer to what even ministers describe as a cost of living crisis? in the studio to discuss all of that, an american journalist and senior writer at bloomberg business week, based in london since the late 1970s, he writes on arab affairs. you burrow is a columnist with the male newspapers, he has reported from all around the middle east during his time and was a speech writer on david cameron s successful general election campaign in 2010. welcome to you all. let s begin in the middle east. stephanie, joe biden is engaged in this middle east trip, s