More than a decade after ba naz mahmods death in a so called honour killing, her sister speaks out for the first time. The moment you choose to ignore actually what happened and not talk about it, you will never get past it. And 13 years on, we still havent had that conversation. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Riot police have used pepper spray and batons during clashes with protesters in hong kong overnight, on the 22nd anniversary of its handover from british to chinese rule. The protests are the latest against a law that would allow suspected criminals to be sent to Mainland China to facejustice. Lets have a look at the live pictures from the streets of hong kong. You can see the numbers are building, there is always a dispute on at that between the protesters and the police. This is the third enormous demonstration weve seen in hong kong in the past month. The organisers typically say the figures are aroundi organisers typically say the figures are around 1 million. Th
This. Seeing blue skies across hastings. You can see that very clearly when we take a look at our satellite picture. Thicker cloud here is the remnants of a weather front but a lot of fine weather to be had across the uk, as High Pressure builds. We had High Pressure builds. We had High Pressure last week but it was to the east. This week it is towards the west so we are bringing in airfrom the north west. A keen north westerly breeze at the moment. Instead of pulling that warm air up from the continent, we are feeding it in from the atlantic, back with more average values for our temperatures. For many, perhaps a more comfortable story. This afternoon, showers drifting out of Northern Ireland into Northern England and northern wales. A few for scotland as well. But essentially a dry story with sunny spells, temperatures in the high teens to low 20s. Through the evening and overnight, that front continues to fizzle away, a few more showers possible for scotland but clear skies for the
The number of honour-based crimes happening in Britain has surged by more than 60 per cent in just two years, figures suggest. Honour-based offences are committed to protect the honour of the family.
Payzee Mahmod, 32, remembers how her sister Banaz was killed at the age of 20. She had been murdered on the orders of her family in a so-called honour killing .