and, as we see, high pressure builds back as we go later in the week. after a brief drop in temperatures, some mist in low cloud around the coast, as we go towards the end of the week, high pressure to the east of us. we start to tap into near record—breaking heat across other parts of western europe, temperatures could be widely in the mid—20s to low 30s. we'll keep you updated. bye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump says his administration plans to impose additional sanctions on iran, to try to prevent the country acquiring nuclear weapons. meanwhile, british officials are set to meet senior officials in tehran for talks aimed at easing tensions between iran and the united states. hundreds of climate activists have entered a huge coal mine in northwest germany as part of a protest against global warming. 20,000 campaigners from 17 countries have also been carrying out acts of civil disobedience around the nearby city of aachen in the past few days.

the two remaining contenders in the race to become the next british prime minister — borisjohnson and jeremy hunt — have been making their pitch for the job to conservative party members. but borisjohnson avoided answering questions about why the police were called to the flat he shares with his partner on thursday night. it's 3:32 in the morning. now on bbc news — our world, which does contain adult themes. once upon a time in the pakistani city of lahore, lived a super glam guru. ashee was the talk of the town, and after hours artist. ashee is a khawaja sehra, someone who describes herself as neither male norfemale, in pakistan commonly known as third gender. but entertaining is the preserve

of the young, and as the years went by, ashee realised more and more of her community faced destitution when they could no longer work. this is the story of guru ashee‘s quest to change the future of the third gender people in old age. the history of the indian subcontinent is rich with stories of third gender people. during the mughal empire, from the 16th century, they 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‘ — they are the elders of the third gender community, and are like surrogate mothers. tonight, guru ashee has invited me, along with her chela hs, or students, to a private party. i'm fine. you look very nice. thanks!

guru ashee and her students are expected to get the party started. singing in own language. 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 ceremony. 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 danced for 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 years, she has been developing a retirement home for third gender people. it has everything you could need to stay well in old age — even a running machine. 0nce 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 close to half a million 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 than ten miles away is heera mandi, or the diamond market, one of lahore‘s worst kept secrets. almost everyone knows about this place, but it's 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 of the people who will eventually move to the retirement home. madhu, who i met at the retirement home, has invited me to her place for the evening. she rarely ever takes the night off work, so tonight i'll join her while she waits for clients.

madhu's 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 guy, plan on 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 for some clients, that makes all the difference. whilst madhu finishes up with her client, i spend some time with madhu's housemate nimo, who i also met at the retirement home.

sex workers have a shelflife. in the 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 third gender. in a nation where the extended family system is the default for care in old age, what happens when that system rejects who you are? khuram lives in the diamond market area. today he is trying his best to fit in with the bearded men in prayer caps. but it wasn't always like this for khuram. in fact, khuram used to be saima.

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

there is this real sense of sadness, and that's because he's not entirely being himself. he said it, he's not. khuram, that's who he was born, that's who he was assigned to be, and he was raised as a boy — and then there is saima, and saima is 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 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 ashee butt. tonight, on one of lahore‘s most popular radio stations, guru ashee is using her celebrity status to win over a national audience and draw attention to the plight of her people. she is really going for it.

to have references to things like hiv and to people rejecting members of their own family and social stigma — 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 third gender people. now khuram is getting older, he's 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's just accepted that third gender people will lose their dignity, families and the promise of care in old age just for being who 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 care in later life for the third gender. the retirement home isn'tjust a bricks and mortar. it's about building a new type of future, one that brings a chance at dignity, care and love in old age to guru ashee and her community. good morning. it certainly was a very pleasant start to the weekend across much of the uk.

the sunshine tempted people onto the beaches as it will do later in the week, but for some of you over the next couple of days we're going to swap the blue skies for some, particularly stormy ones. potential for torrential thunderstorms here and there which could cause flash flooding. but, by the end of the week, the sunshine will be back more widely and by this stage heat and humidity will be starting to soar. now out there into today, we've got that area of low pressure which will bring the storms later on, starting to creep towards us. but high pressure which brought the saturday sunshine still across most of the uk. so it's a bright, sunny start for many. a bit more cloud across the highlands and hebrides with some patchy rain that will gradually move away northwards. an isolated shower in scotland later in the day, but it's toward south—west england where rain will develop through the morning, spreading into parts of wales and south—west of northern ireland later on. a stiffening south—east breeze to go with it. elsewhere, the sunshine turns hazy, clouds a lot more compared with saturday, temperatures in the mid—teens, northern half of the uk in the mid—20s towards the south—east corner and turning increasingly muggy. and as humidity starts to increase later, it could start

to turn stormy. parts of wales, the midlands and particularly northern england — we could see some severe thunderstorms. rainfall amounts are going to vary quite widely from one place to the next, but some could see as much as 50mm, two inches of rain. that could cause some flash flooding and problems into monday morning rush—hour. and the same can be said across eastern parts of scotland as that rain starts to move its way in. so into monday we go, parts of eastern scotland will be wettest to begin with. the rain will ease its way northwards. sunshine will break through some of the misty, low clouds to begin with, quite a muggy start for england and wales and then we could see some further severe storms — again parts of northern england, southern scotland. best favoured for the worst of those, but the exact position could change a little bit. a cool day northern scotland with an easterly breeze. further south, a very muggy and humid sort of a day with some sunshine breaking through the cloud. now as we go through monday night and into tuesday morning one batch of storms move away. and then we could bring more rain in, particularly across the eastern half of england, some severe storms. but they mayjust be a bit further west, so keep checking the forecast for the storms on tuesday. a lot them will ease away through the day. one or two left over,

but a fair amount of bright weather and temperatures widely into the 20s by this stage. and, as we see, high pressure builds back as we go later in the week. after a brief drop in temperatures, some mist in low cloud around the coast, as we go towards the end of the week, high pressure to the east of us. we start to tap into near record—breaking heat across other parts of western europe, temperatures could be widely in the mid—20s to low 30s. we'll keep you updated. bye for now.

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