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
few could match lester piggott. his statistics are staggering. nearly 5,000 victories across a career spanning almost half a century. he rode his first winner back in 1948 at the age ofjust 12. it was a feat that made the headlines, and plenty more would follow. in 1954, while still a teenager, he won the derby, the first of a record nine victories in the race. the youngest jockey to win the derby in modern times. but for all the adulation, piggott remained a shy, softly spoken man. how hard do you have to work, in fact? well, it s pretty hard work. you know, all day long, i and at night sometimes. at five foot eight, he was tall for a jockey, hence his nickname the long fellow. but his much imitated style in the saddle earned him the championjockey s title some 11 times. the success, though, was followed by scandal. good evening. the headlines at six o clock. lester piggott has been sent to jail for three years. - in 1987 piggott was jailed for tax evasion and stripped of hi
Security and economic stability, while the Labour Leader sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 1a years of decline and chaos under the tories. Nigel farage said he wont be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. So what happens next . Over the next five days, parliament will try to get through Unfinished Business and pass remaining legislation. It will be dissolved next thursday, may the 30th. Each party will launch its manifesto in the days to follow. Then on the 4th ofjuly, the polls open for this Snap Summer General Election and the people will cast their votes. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. To the man everyone has staked everything on this gamble calling an election now. Quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing and he has a huge poll deficit to become. I he has a huge poll deficit to become. ,. , . ,. , become. I want to build britain, a country where become. I want to build britain, a country where you become. I want
against terror. against the proxy. against its terrorist in syria and wherever needed. and vis a vis our hostages. i throw i ve heard all sorts of rumours by uninformed sources, so therefore i would like to tell you all to bring our hostages back. it s one of the main objectives. my top priority. myself and all my colleagues. benjamin netanyahu speaking in tel aviv. he also said soldiers will not stop until they have completed this campaign. he had a warning for hezbollah. he worried that they are playing a dangerous game and risk starting a war and deciding the destiny of lebanon. is also called on leaders arab countries, who have called for a cease fire in gaza. mr netanyahu said they have to win the war over hamas and that it is an integral part of what he called the iranian access of evil. that s a language that george bush is used after 9/11. the current defence ministry is speaking at the moment. ed gantz expected shortly. meanwhile, there s growing concern for staff
but the us secretary of state is en route to the middle east as the pressure mounts on the white house to limit civilian casualties. we will hear tonight from the rafah border, where another 400 foreign nationals have crossed into egypt today. and we will get the thoughts of the qataris who are playing an important role in the backchannel negotiations with hamas. later in the programme, we will assess the widespread damage caused by storm ciaran across southern england and the channel islands. and a first outing tonight for our new segment ai decoded, at the end of a two day summit at bletchley park at which 28 countries pledged to collaborate on safety. welcome to the programme. the israeli army says it has now completely encircled gaza city, as the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the height of battle had been reached. the army says it is beginning the work to dismantle the series of hamas tunnels. the prime minister said he will reject all calls for a cease fire.