targeting hindus, in india administered kashmir. amid a mounting military threat from north korea, the bbc gains rare access to the american and south korean joint operations centre designed to fend off any attack. welcome to the programme. it s ”pm in london and 6am here in singapore, where the country s prime minister has said singapore will end its ban on sex between men, but will take steps to defend the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. prime minister lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people, and the british colonial era law was out of date. the legal ban on sex between men, while not enforced, has long been criticised by lgbt activists although many more conservative citizens still support it. the government will repeal the section and decriminalise sex between men. i believe this is the right thing to do, and something that most singaporeans will now accept. well, to discuss this further, i m now
he is under strong pressure from far right members of his coalition government to reject any pauses in the conflict until hamas is totally defeated. in a sign of further tension between the israeli army and those far right parties, the army s chief of staff said sunday there is a clear need to conscript ultra orthodox jewish israelis, who are currently exempt from military service. that s a change mr netanyahu s coalition partners firmly oppose. sunday marks the festival of eid al adha, one of islam s holiest days. there was a notable lull in fighting with gaza s hamas run civil defence agency telling the afp news agency that quote calm has prevailed across all of gaza . lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. allahu akbar. in gaza, they stood to pray in places with little else left standing. allahu akbar. the festival after eid al adha marking another milestone in this war, those for whom conflict and celebration are new, those who have lived through them many times befor
To inform sentencing decisions, and that it s committed to improving the system to better reflect the needs of victims. if you ve been affected by any of the issues mentioned in that report, there s help on the bbc website. still to come on breakfast. welcome aboard thisl northern service to. duduth. dudworth. dodworth. welcome aboard this northern service to. wumwell. not womb well? no, wumwell. northern rail is re recording some of its automated announcements to correct mistakes with the pronouncation of place names. it follows a backlash from passengers, proud of where they live and frustrated with the train company getting some of them wrong. a lot of places in the uk have interesting names. 0utsiders get it
The accusation stems from india s actions here three years ago. federal rule was imposed. 0utsiders, allowed to buy land. leading to fears that india s hindu nationalist government wanted to alter the religious demographic of muslim majority kashmir. distrust against the state soared. since 2019 things have gotten a lot worse. there is no elected government here and large sections of the police and bureaucracy are now officers from outside of the region. which means amongst local people here, there is a strong feeling that their voice is being suppressed and they don t have any say in the decisions that are being made to govern them. there are also allegations of killings of muslim civilians by indian security forces. we travelled to shopian in southern kashmir. this is where 20 year old shoaib muhammad ganai is buried.