hello this is bbc news, the headlines: the us financierjeffrey epstein has been found dead in his prison cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. officials say it is an suspected suicide. place in moscow say they have made 200 arrests. more thani more than 1 million more thani million people have been forced from their homes in south—eastern china. at least 22 people have been killed. police in hong kong have fired tear gas at protesters and attend separate —— consecutive weekend of

pro democracy demonstrations. now, on bbc news, in a country where it is expected your extended family will look after you in your old age, what do you do if they long ago rejected you? what do you do if they long ago rejected you 7 that what do you do if they long ago rejected you? that is a question for most of pakistan's transgender community. this edition of our world contains 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. 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'lljoin 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 agejust 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. this is the time when we ta ke hello, there. this is the time when we take a look further ahead with the weather and see what changes we see in the next ten weeks —— week to ten days. we've seen a significant change and that is because ourjet

strea m change and that is because ourjet stream that drives our weather system has been unusually fast south for august. for many, so that i felt more like autumn because we had a deep area of low pressure, unusually deeper this time of year. come sunday, it will start off —— start to move off into scandinavia but it leaves a legacy of weather fronts so the potential is therefore more heavy rain. saturday saw four millimetres of rain in parts of scotland, northern england and northern ireland. the same sort of areas, particularly scotland, will see more wet weather but it moves into parts of northern england as well and further south the likelihood is we will see heavy, thundery showers as well because the winds are lighter but clearly that isa winds are lighter but clearly that is a concern. the winds aren't as strong and gusty on sunday but we change the wind direction in the north which brings down chillier and so north which brings down chillier and soi north which brings down chillier and so i think the north of scotland will really feel the effects of that on sunday afternoon, just 14 or 15

degrees. the air is coming down from the polls as the low pressure moves up the polls as the low pressure moves up into scandinavia so we find the polarair up into scandinavia so we find the polar air comes southwards right across the uk, meaning it will feel cooler by day and by night. we lose the humidity. by monday, a little quieterfor the humidity. by monday, a little quieter for some the humidity. by monday, a little quieterfor some of those the humidity. by monday, a little quieter for some of those areas but they will be more showers after a drier day in northern ireland are heavier downpours and again to scotla nd heavier downpours and again to scotland so not dry for all, and a few scattered showers. the humidity will be notably lower as well. tuesday keeps with a little ridge of high pressure for central and eastern areas or northern eastern areas but we have a weak weather front trying to push any cloudy skies, perhaps some patchy rain through the day across southern and western areas, and they will still be showers in the north so despite the fact that it is more settled, it is still showery. tuesday into wednesday brings the next area of

low pressure where there is some uncertainty how deep the area of low pressure will be, that will determine how much rain and how strong the winds will be. so wednesday looks, for england and wales, as we will see the light —— wettest a nd wales, as we will see the light —— wettest and windiest weather here and further north, a showery picture. temperatures again below par. that is how we ended the week, we will once again pull in a polar praise and that keeps things cooler than they should be with showers. but not the persistent rain we have been used to. with a jet stream continuing to blow across the central landing towards our shows, it is steering the areas of low pressure in our direction so as we head towards the latter part of the week and next weekend, the chances are it will remain unsettled. with low pressure bringing further showers are longer spells of rain and with a north—westerly breeze, it will continue to feel, temperature

wise, the low power. that said, when we have the light when is an august sunshine, it still will feel quite warm, but on the whole, temperatures will be lower than they should be for this time of year, both by day and by night. there is more on the website.

this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 10pm. the disgraced american financierjeffrey epstein has been found dead in his prison cell after an apparent suicide while awaiting trial on sex—trafficking charges. national grid says it will "learn lessons" after nearly a million people across england and wales were affected by yesterday's power cut. wet and windy conditions cause disruption to travellers, with the west coast mainline hit by flooding. the family of a 15—year—old girl missing in malaysia make a fresh appeal for information to help find her. and coming up at 10.30pm... we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jane merrick and martin lipton. stay with us for that.