this is bbc news. the headlines at 9.00pm. celebrations in the turkish city of istanbul as the opposition wins a re run of the mayoral election. it's a major setback for president erdogan. weights ethiopia's prime minister urges his people to unite against evil, after his military chief of staff is shot dead during an attempted coup. thousands of people gather in the czech capital prague, to call for the resignation of the prime minister over fraud allegations.

the headlines at ten o'clock. focus tea m team sport players are as strong as on borisjohnson the headlines at ten o'clock. focus on boris johnson private the headlines at ten o'clock. focus on borisjohnson private life after police were called to his partner's long—distance runners and as powerful as body builders. at 10pm, flat after a row. meanwhile his opponent for the conservative leadership says he should be answering questions about his brexit plan. you'll make it is no way to michelle will be here with the full become prime minister by ducking round of the news. but first, in a these very important questions and so these very important questions and so far he is not answering them. country where it is expected that yourfamily would wanting a separate take on iranian country where it is expected that your family would look after you in your family would look after you in your old age, what would you do, if weapons systems on thursday as president trump pulled out of air they rejected you long ago. that is strikes on the country. neither iran a question for much of pakistan's nor any other hostile actor should transgender population. this edition mistake us prudence and discretion as weakness. the opposition once a of our world contains adult themes. rerun of the election for turkey's once upon a time in the pakistani biggest city, he 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.

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 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.

hello there. much ofjune 2019 has been a relatively cool and unsettled month, but we have had something more summer month, but we have had something more summer like over recent days. saturday brought some sunshine, on sunday, there was cloud across most of the country. now, on the week ahead, we are going to keep the heat and humidity, but that will bring some fuel further thunderstorms particularly of the next couple of days, we are likely to see some hit and miss thunderstorms, heavy downpours, and high pressure to hold on, it should be dry and, later, the top temperatures 22 degrees by the end of the week. we have got some rain in the focus for monday, initially, there is some wet weather to come across some northern and eastern parts of scotland. for the rest of the uk, it will be a day of some bright spells. not all of us will see the showers, they will be hit and will see the showers, they will be hitand miss, but will see the showers, they will be hit and miss, but they could be quite heavy, if you do catch them,

possibly thundery or with hail. temperatures up to about 25 degrees, quite humid for many of us, typically the bid to the high teens across scotland and northern ireland, as well. into monday evening, and overnight into tuesday, then another area of rain across eastern scotland at the time, but then our attention turns to the next batch of heavy showers and thunderstorms, these could be critically heavy and custom flash flooding as we head on into the early hours of tuesday morning. through the day on tuesday, we have got that area of rain and thunderstorms across parts of england and wales. it does look like later in the day, they should tend to ease away towards the north—east. things turn to —— tend to quieten down, temperatures up to about 20 services in london, and moving through tuesday night, and into wednesday, once that rain gets out of the way, we have got high pressure, which will start to dublin from the north. that should quieten

things down a bit. a bit of a cool breeze, and times a bit of cloud, but for the likes of london, towards cardiff, temperatures around about 25 celsius once again. not much change into thursday, does look like those showers should eventually clearer from the south—west. dry conditions across the board, a bit ofa conditions across the board, a bit of a brisk easterly breeze in the south, another warm day, temperatures around 27 celsius. cardiff, i think, temperatures around 27 celsius. cardiff, ithink, one temperatures around 27 celsius. cardiff, i think, one of the warmer sports on thursday. high pressure —— pressure staying largely dry and settled, a bit of a breeze, and temperatures up to about 28 celsius, by the time it gets to the end of the week. late next week, it does look like this area of high pressure will be mainly in charge. low pressure sitting out in the atlantic, and that means we are going to be drawing on our breeze in

the south, south—easterly direction. a lot of warm weather across the continent, that shows most temperatures will be on the rise. next weekend, low pressure was not moving across northern parts of the uk, potentially bring some rain. so next weekend, then, things will start off pretty hard, but it will turn a bit cooler. humidity will ease, and there is a chance of some rain returning, physically in the 00:28:28,956 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 north—west. goodbye for now.