this is bbc news, the headlines president trump says he called off an attack on iran with minutes to spare, because too many people would have been killed. he said they had three targets in their sights. tehran has warned the us against aggression. the parents of a british man who went to syria to join the so—called islamic state have been found guilty of funding terrorism by giving him money. john letts and sally lane sent payments to their sonjack letts, who's been dubbed "jihadijack". the couple were given suspended prison sentences. russia suspended prison sentences. has suspended all fli! georgia russia has suspended all flights to georgia after practice in the capital. thousands of protesters have gathered outside the georgia parliament for a second night.

now on bbc news, in a country where it's expected your extended family will look after you in old age, what do you do if they long ago rejected you 7 that's a question for most of pakistan's tra nsgender community. one member of the community is setting up pakistan's first retirement home for transgender people. mobeen azhar has been to lahore to meet her. this edition of our world contains adult themes. once upona once upon a time in the pakistani city of lahore, lived a super glam guru. ashee was the talk of the this is bbc world news. town, and after hours artist. ashee i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: president trump reveals the us isa military was set to retaliate town, and after hours artist. ashee is a khawaja sehra, commonly known against iran in pakistan as the agenda. but he changed his mind minutes entertaining is the preserve of the before the planned strikes.

young, and as the years went by, they shut down an unmanned drone, ashee realise more and more of her community—based destitution when they could no longer work. plane, whatever you want to call it, and here we are sitting with 150 dead people. russia bans flights to georgia after clashes in tbilisi — thousands of protesters have — her community faced. gathered outside parliament for a second night. after days of demonstrations comes the clean up, this is the story of guru ashee‘s protestors in hong kong are dispersed but there are warnings they could be back on the streets. and eltonjohn receives france's quest to change the future of the gender people in old age. —— third highest civilian honour, the legion d'honneur, from president macron. agenda. —— third gender. the history of the indian subcontinent is reached with stories of third gender people. —— is rich. from the 16th century, there were advisors to the ruling class and experts in the arts. the reality today is much less

romantic. i am about to meet one of the most revered members of the community, known affectionately as guru ashee. guru literally means teacher and the elders of the third gender community are like sara get mothers. tonight, guru ashee has invited me along with her students toa invited me along with her students to a private party. you look very nice. thanks!

guru ashee and her students are expected to get the party started. but there is more to it than that. there is a deeply held belief that those like ashee, third gender, can bring good fortune to the soon to be married. the business of dancing at weddings has taken a hit since pakistan has moved towards a more conservative reading of islam.

upbeat music. so tonight, as the money rains down, ashee makes the most of her role as master of ceremonies. upbeat music. i loved doing that, it was really loud and brash tonight, and it was all the things that pakistan is famous for, and all the reasons that i love this place, and it is rare that you see something like that. but these events are few and far between. this is a family that she

has history with, she has dance for them for a long time, and they take ca re of them for a long time, and they take care of her. but realistically, how long is she going to be able to do that? away from the bright lights and music of lahore's party scene, guru ashee has been working on a project that she hopes will one day become her legacy. for the last eight yea rs, her legacy. for the last eight years, she has been developing a retirement home fourth agenda people. —— for third gender people. it has everything you need to stay well in old age, even a running machine. once complete, guru ashee hopes it will become home to a0 members of her community.

though there are no official figures for the third gender community, it is estimated to be half a million people. it is believed that almost 596 people. it is believed that almost 5% of them are hiv positive. if you are third gender, you are 50 times more likely to be living with hiv than someone from the general population. less tha n less than ten miles away is the

diamond market. one of lahore's worst kept secrets. almost everyone knows about this place, but it is rarely referenced in polite conversation. it is where society's outcasts have lived together for generations. it is currently home to guru ashee and many other people who will eventually moved to the retirement home. madhu, who i met at the retirement home, has invited me to her place for the evening. she rarely ever take the night of work so rarely ever take the night of work so tonight i willjoin her while she waits for clients.

madhu has got her first client of the evening, but before they get the business, he has agreed to speak to me.

madhu told me all of her clients are men and identify as straight. they are either married or, like this quy: are either married or, like this guy, planner marrying a woman soon. ina guy, planner marrying a woman soon. in a fiercely patriarchal society, these men make little distinction between women and those who identify as third gender. sex workers like madhu generally charge less than women, and that makes all the difference. once madhu finishes up with our clients, i spent some time with our clients, i spent some time with nimo's housemate nimo, who i also met at the retirement home. ——

with madhu's housemate. sex workers have a shelflife. the not too distant future, madhu is going to need helpjust not too distant future, madhu is going to need help just to survive.

madhu can't return to herfamily because they don't accept her as bird gender. in a nation where the extended family system is the default for care in old age, what happens when that system project is who you are? corum lives in the diamond market area. today he is trying to fit in with the old men in prayer but it was always like this for kuram. kuram used to be saina.

kuram works as a tailor, making clothes for the third gender community, clothes no longer wears himself. i want to understand why he now addresses as a man.

there is this real sense of sadness and that's because he's not entirely being himself. he said, yeah, he's not. khuram, that's who he was born, that's who he was assigned to be and that's who he was assigned to be and that's a boy and there is saima who he feels his spirit is and he says straight out that he misses saima. he says saima comes out in the day a few times in a bit of his speech in a ——or in a bit of his attitude but he can't live and dress and most importantly probably, he can't love

the way he wants to. good evening, everyone. you guys are listening to fm 91. with our very special guest, guru ashley. tonight, on one of law's most popular radio stations, guru ashee is drawing attention to the plight of her people.

she is really going for it. to have references to things like hiv and people who are rejecting members of their own family and social stigma, to have that on mainstream radio and to have that on mainstream radio and to be starting those conversations in this country is pretty revolutionary, actually. the idea that being third gender is so unacceptable that it can't be tolerated is the cause of social isolation for many bird gender people. now khuram is getting older, he is attempting to conform. he's turned his back on his third gender

identity. he is now a fixture at his local mosque. sure there is a spiritual element but it's also about the practicalities of being accepted back into the care and relative stability of his family.

here, it'sjust here, it's just accepted that third gender people will lose their dignity, families and the promise of ca re dignity, families and the promise of care in old agejust for being dignity, families and the promise of care in old age just for being who they are. before i leave pakistan, i wa nt to they are. before i leave pakistan, i want to catch up with guru ashee. today at the retirement home, she is handing out food to lahore's third gender community.

guru ashee is changing long established attitudes and demanding ca re established attitudes and demanding care in later life for the third gender. the retirement home isn't

just a bricks and mortar. it's about building a new type of future, one that rings a chance at dignity, care and love in old age to guru ashee and love in old age to guru ashee and her community. things are warming up this weekend right across the board. it'll certainly be noticeable across southern areas, where the humidity will also gradually increase, and into next week, certainly late on sunday, the threat of thundery showers increases as well. for the weekend, fine for most of us.

lots of dry weather around. we start this morning on a cool note outside town. the single digits in one or two places. the pressure chart reveals high pressure. this will be the driving force for the fine weather, certainly for the first half of the weekend, but this low pressure system will come into play later across the south—west. lots of sunshine up and down the country this morning, into the afternoon, cloud will tend to build up in places. could see an isolated shower pretty much anywhere, but northern scotland will see a scattering of showers, i think, through the morning and into the afternoon. temperatures higher than we have seen over the last few days. high 20s for england and wales. 19 or 20 in the central belt of scotland. into saturday evening and saturday night, most places will stay dry. maybe still a few showers across the far north of scotland. we could see clouds just building up across the very far west of the country. notice the temperatures, they are starting to import warmer and more humid air. double—figure values for all. a warmer start to the day on sunday. plenty of sunshine around

and still a few showers across the northern isles. then this weather front starts to push in across wales and the south—west of england later in the day, to bring outbreaks of rain. to the north and east it should stay dry, feeling even warmer, 2a—25 across the south—east, high teens further north. this is the pressure chart as we head through sunday night. high pressure still holding on across the north of the country, with this low pressure and its warmer front continuing to move north and east. the rain will pop up across southern and western areas late on sunday. during sunday night and into the early hours of monday, there is the potential of some really heavy and thundery rain moving north. hit and miss, torrential downpours, some areas could see the risk of some surface water flooding.

it will turn warm and muggy by the end of the night across southern areas. monday, heavy and thundery rain spilling its way slowly northwards, attracting much of scotland. still fairly warm in the north, despite all the rain. as we head through much of next week it stays warm, even hot, in southern areas. high humidity, thundery showers are likely to continue to be a risk. warnings in force for this, so head to the website 00:27:28,592 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 to check those out.