now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in some countries, attitudes towards homosexuality have moved from prejudice and persecution to acceptance and legal protections. but very few nations have specifically outlawed so called gay conversion therapy, usually linked to religious movements which still demonise homosexuality. well, my guest today is mckrae game, who founded an organisation which told thousands of young gay americans their sexual orientation was a sin they must reject. but four years ago, he quit. now he says he s sorry for the harm he did, but is his own conversion too little, too late? mckrae game in south carolina, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mckrae, i d like to start with a question about identity. if i were to describe you as a gay man who, for decades, could not accept his own sexual orientation, would that be correct? absolutely, yes. so, today, you re out, you re gay and you live as a gay man in your home state of south ca
now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in some countries, attitudes towards homosexuality have moved from prejudice and persecution to acceptance and legal protections. but very few nations have specifically outlawed so called gay conversion therapy, usually linked to religious movements which still demonise homosexuality. well, my guest today is mckrae game, who founded an organisation which told thousands of young gay americans their sexual orientation was a sin they must reject. but four years ago, he quit. now he says he s sorry for the harm he did, but was his own conversion too little, too late? mckrae game in south carolina, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mckrae, i d like to start with a question about identity. if i were to describe you as a gay man who, for decades, could not accept his own sexual orientation, would that be correct? absolutely, yes. so, today, you re out, you re gay and you live as a gay man in your home st
hello and thanks forjoining us. the belarussian opposition journalist roman protasevich, who was arrested after the authorities forced his flight to divert to minsk, has appeared in a video, apparently confessing to organising mass protests against the president. in the statement, mr protasevich says he s being treated well and is co operating with investigators. his forehead looks bruised his colleagues say he s been beaten. the footage of mr protasevich was shown as eu leaders met in brussels to discuss how to respond to the incident. they ve agreed to impose further sanctions on belarus. our europe correspondent jean mckenzie has the latest. armed police greet the arrivals on board the plane belarus is accused of hijacking, all to capture this young man roman protasevich. a journalist and political refugee, he fled belarus two years ago, only to be forced back home yesterday under the most extraordinary circumstances by a regime, he told his fellow passengers, would
reopen. bars. lets take a look at the morning s papers. we start with the financial times which leads on a story from china. apparently officials there are considering whether to mix and match different coronavirus vaccines. it s the first time beijing has acknowledged doubts over the effectiveness of its domestic vaccines. next up, the i . it s main story is the reopening of non essential shops in england. people are being urged to behave responsibly as the economy begins to emerge from the latest lockdown. government scientists say infections could spike if people don t respect the rules. the guardian reports that young black workers have been hit disproportionately hard in the pandemic with unemployment figures three times higher than young white workers. there s also an interview with scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon. she says downing sttreet won t be able to block a second independence referendum if her snp party wins the upcoming elections in holyroo
people killed in shootings in ballymurphy in belfast in 1971 were entirely innocent . a school shooting in russia. seven pupils and a teacher are dead after an attack by a teenage gunman. a 21 year old man appears in court, charged with the murder of police community support officerjulia james. police investigating the disappearance of mary bastholm, who was feared murdered by serial killer fred west, search a cafe in gloucester. covid rules in most of scotland will be relaxed from next monday, with pubs reopening to customers indoors and people able to hug again. and it s the brits tonight, in front of thousands of music fans, as part of an experiment on getting audiences back into venues. here at westminster, the queen has delivered her speech, setting out the government s programme for the coming session of parliament. in a covid secure ceremony in the house of lords, the queen said that the government s priority is to deliver a national recovery from the pandemic that m