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falling over myself. that s all right. my name is andi bernabe. this journey didn t start when i found out what the word transgender was. honestly, it started when i was born. coming to terms with my identity felt like trying to deny a part of myself that i thought would never be reality. i kind of felt like a someone put a cap on a volcano and i wasjust sitting on top of that volcano, not trying to let that cap go. but in the end, the volcano exploded. i want to be referred to as andi from now on. i was just mostly scared of the people around me, what they would think. i m so happy! after the volcano exploded, all these flowers and trees and life flourished because the ground was, like, re nourished. but, you know, it s not all peaches and cream, sunshine and lollipops. things didn t go as planned. i can t live like this any more. fear really does do something to a person. this is my story. ah! this is who i am. i actually was born in queens, new york. i was there for ....
offered some escapism from the virus that s dominated our lives for so long. # here in the dark # inside a hole in my heart.# many hope the way in which this event has been made possible could help to make live entertainment a reality around the world once again. anna holligan, bbc news, rotterdam. # by dancing on my own.# the lead singer of eurovision s winning group maneskin has said he will undergo a voluntary drugs test, after footage from last night s show prompted speculation that he may have been taking drugs. eurovision has released a statement in which it says it s aware of the claims. damiano david and the band have strongly refuted the allegations. they ve now returned to italy where the test will take place. now it s time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. yet more rain spreading east across the uk today. will eventually reach those easternmost areas. a largely dry day as we get onto the evening. within the area of rain, heavy bursts. clearin ....
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: fomer bbc director general, lord hall resigns as national gallery chairman saying continuing in the role would be a distraction following the inquiry in to panorama s interview with princess diana. wider surge testing has been rolled out in five west london boroughs due to a rise in coronavirus cases linked to the indian variant. germany bans almost all travellers from the uk because of the rise in cases of the indian variant of covid i9. the first convoys of humanitarian aid have arrived in gaza after a ceasefire between israel and palestinian militants came into effect. now on bbc news transgender teen andi bernabe documented his life for the bbc for a year, capturing the most formative moments of hisjourney through young adulthood. from coming out to moving to college in a pandemic, andi navigates the highs and lows of becoming who he s always been. falling over myself. that s all right. my name is andi bernabe. thi ....
it turns brighter and showery for northern ireland later, and it s certainly a day for heavy showers on monday. the headlines: fomer bbc director general, lord hall, resigns as chairman of the national gallery saying continuing in the role would be a distraction following the inquiry into panorama s interview with princess diana. wider surge testing has been rolled out in parts of london and the north east of england, due to a rise in coronavirus cases linked to the indian variant. a picture emerges that appears to show princess latifa, the daughter of the ruler of dubai, who s not been seen for months. the first convoys of humanitarian aid have arrived in gaza, hours after a ceasefire between israel and palestinian militants came into effect. whipsnade zoo launch an investigation after two brown bears escape from their enclosure and are shot by wardens. now on bbc news, transgender teen andi bernabe documented his life for the bbc for a year, capturing the most f ....
hello and welcome. the palestinian health ministry says an israeli air strike on a refugee camp in gaza has killed at least seven people. an official said the dead included a woman and four children, who were inside their home in the al shati camp, west of gaza city. there was no immediate comment from israel. since the conflict began on monday. palestinian militants have responded to the air strike by firing rockets towards the israeli city of beersheba, hitting the city of ashdod. from jerusalem here s our middle east editor, jeremy bowen. the sectarian crisis that nobody expected is deepening. arab protesters are on the streets of northern israel. this was nazareth. israel s arab citizens have forced themselves back into the wider conflict that includes gaza and jerusalem. it s ugly and angry in towns shared byjews and arabs. violence between citizens could be a bigger crisis for israel than gaza. this was a burnt out jewish school. yelling. police broke down the doo ....