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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20240707



and south korean forces sit side by side, and using all this information, they can detect almost immediately if north korea launches a weapon. hello. the prime minister of singapore has announced his country will end its ban on sex between men, but says it ll take steps to defend the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people and said the law banning gay sex, which came from the days of british colonial rule, was out of date. the law has long been criticised by lgbt activists, even though it s not been actively enforced for many years. many more conservative citizens still support the legislation. the government will repeal 377a and de criminalise sex between men. i believe it s the right thing to do and something most singaporeans will accept. joining now is professor roy chan, founder and president of the organisation action for aids in singapore. thank you very much ....

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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20240707



the prime minister of singapore has announced his country will end its ban on sex between men, but says it ll take steps to defend the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people, and said the law banning gay sex, which came from the days of british colonial rule, was out of date. the law has long been criticised by lgbt activists, even though it s not been actively enforced for many years. many more conservative citizens still support the legislation. the government will repeal section 377a and de criminalise sex between men. i believe it s the right thing to do and something most singaporeans will accept. earlier, i spoke to remy choo, a lawyer and lgbt activist in singapore. he s been involved in pink dot, singapore s pride event, and he s previously mounted legal challenges in court against this colonial era law. let s hear what he said about the announcement. this m ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 01:17:00

Region of the disputed territory of kashmir. police say the attacks in the muslim majority region are being carried out by anti india militant groups. it comes against the backdrop of a long running conflict there, and growing anger against the indian government. the bbc s yogita limaye reports. a school in trauma. earlier this year, as these students in kashmir gathered for morning prayers, their teacher was killed, metres away. they heard the gunshot and found her on the ground, bleeding from her head. the spot has been marked with stones. rajni bala was killed by anti india militants, police say. a mother and wife, a much loved history teacher. we re devastated. she was a wonderful person, adored notjust in the school but in our village , her colleague told us. it s believed rajni ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 01:19:00

To me takes their hands - out of their pockets, i feel they are going to pull out a gun to shoot me. we have stopped sending our children to school. and we hardly go out of our compound. insurgent groups say they re attacking minorities because the government is trying to change the religious make up of kashmir. the accusation stems from india s actions here three years ago. federal rule was imposed. outsiders 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 ....

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