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
the taliban tightens its grip and a humanitarian crisis unfolds. everybody was desperately trying to find anyway to get out of afghanistan because it was the only chance to stay alive. so fighting, stressful. there was lots of broken cars all over the airport 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 the 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
that the russians had full control of the city. we ve been hearing these claims, actually, from yesterday, and these claims have not been confirmed yet by the ukraine s general staff, the armed forces of ukraine, neither by the local administration and authorities. what we can say with certainty, of course, is the situation in lysychansk has been very intense for quite a while now. after the battle for severodonetsk, lysychansk was the key focus of the russian offensive, their ground forces have been affecting lysychansk nonstop, the city was under intense artillery fire, missile fire, bombardments, aerial bombardments. and like we ve always been saying, and our minister of defence confirmed it a few days ago, for ukrainians, the value of human life is top priority, so sometimes we may retreat from certain areas, just so that we will retake them in the future. and there are other claims that russia is encircling ukrainian troops, or encircling the town itself. what s your tak
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. six new claims of inappropriate behaviour by the former deputy chief whip chris pincher have emerged, days after he was suspended as a tory mp over allegations he groped two men. mr pincher denies the latest claims, which are reported in several sunday newspapers. borisjohnson is facing questions about how much he knew when he appointed the mp as the deputy chief whip in february. here s our political correspondent helen catt. it was what it s claimed happened on an evening of drinking here at london s carlton club that led to chris pincher s resignation from the government on thursday night and later his suspension as a conservative mp. in today s papers, there are more claims, denied by mr pincher, of incidents at other locations, stretching back a number of years. among them, that he made unwanted physical advances towards three male mps, including once in a parliamentary bar and once in his office. one of those mps, it s reported, t
a child killed in the massacre, for falsely claiming it was a hoax. now on bbc news, fleeing afghanistan. when the taliban regained control of afghanistan, lgbtq+ afghans knew their lives were in grave danger. a small group were evacuated in a top secret mission and are re building their lives in the uk. this is their story. i ve concluded that it s time to end america s longest war. it s time for american troops to come home. as us, uk and nato forces leave afghanistan, the taliban tightens its grip and a humanitarian crisis unfolds. everybody was desperately trying to find anyway to get out of afghanistan because it was the only chance to stay alive. so fighting, stressful. there was lots of broken cars all over the airport 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 wer