poised to become serb protesters. poised to become the youngest prime minister in thailand's history. we speak to the leader about his new plans for the country. and an open top bus tour through the streets of luton in southern england, as their football club make it into the premier league. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin a warning from presidentjoe biden that sanctions may be imposed on uganda after new anti—homosexuality legislation was signed into law by president yoweri museveni. in a statement, joe biden said...

in the uk, the government also condemned the new law, saying... homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. let's speak now to jay mulucha. he's an activist and executive director of an lbtq organisation in uganda. he has stayed up very late to join us on the programme. thank you very much for your time. tell us exactly what the reaction has been so far in uganda. what the reaction has been so far in unanda. . ~ what the reaction has been so far in uaanda. ., ~ ,, what the reaction has been so far in u:anda. ., ~ i. . uganda. thank you so much. in u:anda, uganda. thank you so much. in uganda. at— uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the _ uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the moment, - uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the moment, the i uganda. thank you so much. in - uganda, at the moment, the situation is bad. we woke up to the bad news of the president signing the bill and it was so scary. everyone was

tensed up, the situation was not good. we are so scared. that's what i can tell you. because we didn't expect to be built to be signed as soon as today. though we knew that one day he will sign the bill, the president will sign the bill, we did not expect it to come in as soon today. you can never prepare for bad news. ., ., ., _, , today. you can never prepare for bad news. ., ., ., u, , , news. the international community is already lashing _ news. the international community is already lashing out _ news. the international community is already lashing out at _ news. the international community is already lashing out at ugandan - already lashing out at ugandan officials, wejust already lashing out at ugandan officials, we just heard from presidentjoe biden, from thoughts from officials in the uk. this was a similar bill that was brought in 2014 that was ultimately struck down. do you have any hope that maybe ugandan leaders will listen to the likes of presidentjoe biden and repeal this law? we the likes of president joe biden and repeal this law?— repealthis law? we are... i personally _ repealthis law? we are... i personally am _ repealthis law? we are... i personally am so _ repealthis law? we are... i personally am so positive, | repealthis law? we are... i- personally am so positive, because right now we have a team that is

going to challenge the act in the court, and they have already put the petition, and where willing that it extends successful —— we are willing it is successful in the courts of law, because... think everything will go away, hopefully. what law, because. .. think everything will go away, hopefully.- will go away, hopefully. what is our will go away, hopefully. what is your experience _ will go away, hopefully. what is your experience been _ will go away, hopefully. what is your experience been like - will go away, hopefully. what is your experience been like as - will go away, hopefully. what is your experience been like as h l will go away, hopefully. what is i your experience been like as h -- will go away, hopefully. what is - your experience been like as h -- as your experience been like as h —— as a trans person in uganda? mr; a trans person in uganda? m experience as a trans person in uganda? ii experience as a a trans person in uganda? ii1 experience as a trans person in uganda has not been good. there is a lot of discrimination in the lgbt community in general. ever since this bill was tabled in parliament, the situation has not been good. there has been a lot of attacks on the transgender community, mostly on the transgender community, mostly on the transgender community, a lot of attacks have been done on the trans

community, and it has not been good in general. if it comes to health service provision, we have also good challenges to access the services, because of the discrimination and the hate that has been going on. i lot of big people in the government, there is a general who said that he will not accept any health service providers to give health services to any person who is in the lgbt community, and he is not going to accept that, so it is like they are strumming us away from accessing the health service provision, and if you look at the bill itself, it also condemns people who give us housing. like, if someone is giving housing

to an lgbt person, they will be sentenced to prison for ten years, so this bill is going to affect... let me call it a lot because it is no longer a bill, this law is going to affect a lot of us. it already started affecting us when it was still in parliament. jar; started affecting us when it was still in parliament. jay mulucha, thank ou still in parliament. jay mulucha, thank you very _ still in parliament. jay mulucha, thank you very much _ still in parliament. jay mulucha, thank you very much for - still in parliament. jay mulucha, l thank you very much for speaking still in parliament. jay mulucha, - thank you very much for speaking to us, and best of luck. as i mentioned, presidentjoe biden has described the ugandan law as shameful. for more on president biden's comments, we can cross live to our north america correspondent david willis. thank you forjoining us on the programme. david, i know it is a holiday weekend in the us, but how much reaction has there been on this development?— development? you're absently right, it is indeed a — development? you're absently right, it is indeed a holiday _ development? you're absently right, it is indeed a holiday weekend - development? you're absently right, it is indeed a holiday weekend here, | it is indeed a holiday weekend here, but yet the reaction from the white house has been very stern indeed, a five paragraph statement release

condemning the passage of this law in uganda and warning of possible sanctions. warning as well of a possible barring of ugandan officials involved in implanting these sort of loss from accessing these sort of loss from accessing the united states of america —— implanting the sorts of laws. there is a particular concern here, and thatis is a particular concern here, and that is also been expressed by the us state department in a separate statement, about the impact of this law could have on advances in hiv treatment and diagnosis in sub—saharan africa, particularly in uganda. uganda has led the field in this particular endeavour, and it is something that, given the large amounts of funding that come from the us to assist with that sort of treatment and prevention, it is potentially now in jeopardy, the white house is saying. so a very, very strong condemnation coming from here and it is shared across the aisle, you might say, because we've also heard from the republican senator from texas ted cruz. he said

that this was a grotesque law and, as he put it, monica, and abomination.— as he put it, monica, and abomination. ~ , , abomination. we were 'ust listening to our abomination. we were 'ust listening imguest,_ abomination. we were 'ust listening toouguesuayh abomination. we were just listening to our guest, jay mulucha, - abomination. we were just listening to our guest, jay mulucha, who - abomination. we were just listening to our guest, jay mulucha, who was| to our guest, jay mulucha, who was describing that some members of the 93v describing that some members of the gay community are fearful to seek medical assistance and as you bring up medical assistance and as you bring up that issue of hiv—aids treatment, thatis up that issue of hiv—aids treatment, that is of great concern. the us gives a substantial amount of money to uganda. do we see that they may start pulling back on this? that to uganda. do we see that they may start pulling back on this?— start pulling back on this? that is ossible. start pulling back on this? that is possible. about _ start pulling back on this? that is possible. about $1— start pulling back on this? that is possible. about $1 billion - start pulling back on this? that is possible. about $1 billion a - start pulling back on this? that is possible. about $1 billion a year i possible. about $1 billion a year almost, it's been estimated, and there is every chance of that, and of course there are other things that will come under examination now, including provisions for duty—free access for certain goods from uganda into the us market. that is up for review, the white house says as well. it is looking very hard at what is happening there and, in their statement, they make the

point that this is the latest of element in an alarming trend of human rights abuses and corruption —— latest development. dadid human rights abuses and corruption -- latest development. david willis, thank ou -- latest development. david willis, thank you very _ -- latest development. david willis, thank you very much _ -- latest development. david willis, thank you very much for _ -- latest development. david willis, thank you very much for that - -- latest development. david willis, | thank you very much for that update. nato has condemned attacks on its peacekeepers in northern kosovo, as they tried to intervene in clashes between police and serb protesters. these pictures show violent clashes between serb protesters demanding the removal of a recently elected ethnic albanian mayor. nato said 25 of its troops were injured. reports say more than 50 protesters were injured. for more details, let's hear from our balkans correspondent guy de launey. nato's k4 peacekeeping forces says that more than two dozen of its troops were injured during the disturbances in zvecan. there are also reports from the main hospital in north mitrovica of dozens of people being brought in, largely from zvecan, including one person with gunshot wounds

who's in a critical condition. and this all follows days of rising tensions, which were sparked by the insistence of kosovo's authorities that ethnic albanian mayors who were elected in these majority serb areas should take office. and that's despite the fact that there was a boycott by ethnic serb voters and parties in last month's elections, which resulted in a turnout ofjust 3.5%. so these new mayors really don't have much of a mandate. and the european union, the united states and nato were all urging kosovo over the weekend to de—escalate the situation and not insist on having these mayors brought into the municipal buildings in these majority serb areas, but that advice fell on deaf ears. and now nato and the european union and the united states find themselves condemning the violent scenes that we've had in question.

—— themselves condemning the violent scenes that we've had in zvecan. and, worryingly, it looks like the protests may continue in the coming days. that is guy de launey there. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. seven men have been taken into custody in northern ireland after appearing in court accused of the attempted murder of a senior police officer. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell was shot multiple times outside a sports complex in 0magh in february. he'd been coaching a youth football team and was with his young son at the time. in london, the metropolitan police says it will stop attending emergency calls involving mental health incidents from september unless there's an immediate threat to life.

the commissioner of the metropolitan police, sir mark rowley, has written to health and social care services, outlining the need for officers to concentrate on their primary role of fighting crime. but some doctors are worried. the police actually are across london and they've got the infrastructure to survey the whole of london. and they have an emergency power called section 136, where they can bring someone from a public space to a place of safety. so that's where i am. you know, there aren't psychiatrists... there aren't enough to be around london. and they have suggested they've had 90 mental health ambulance for the whole of london — i mean, it's ridiculous. it's never going to be sufficient for the number of crises. just to be clear, in a night, i might see more than ten people under section 136, and i cover camden and islington. that'sjust a small proportion of london. some of the biggest names in comedy have joined a protest against sewage being pumped into windermere in the lake district. windermere is england's largest natural lake. among the protesters were paul whitehouse, lee mack and steve coogan.

ukraine's military intelligence chief has promised revenge and warned of a swift response to a series of russian missile strikes on kyiv. one of its generals said monday's daytime attacks have failed to intimidate people in the capital, who've just got on with life. this was the scene in kyiv during those attacks — people rushing to their nearest shelters, as explosions are heard overhead. the city's military administration says all the missiles were shot down and no targets were hit. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is in kyiv. today's strikes were unusual for two reasons — one, because they came in the daylight, and secondly, because they appeared to be targeted here at the centre of the city. until now, most of the air strikes came at night and they were targeted at the outskirts, at national infrastructure and some of the air defences itself. so the authorities said they managed

to shoot down 11 ballistic and cruise missiles. of course, that meant that there was a lot of debris that came from the skies, landing on the ground, damaging some buildings. but miraculously, there were reports ofjust a few injuries. so what we're seeing is an uptick in tempo of this conflict. russia is putting more pressure on the capital here in kyiv, but it's also striking military targets elsewhere. ukraine admitted — rarely — that one of their military facilities in the west of the country had been targeted, an oil depot set on fire, some aircraft damage. at the same time, ukraine is stepping up its attacks on russian targets in russian—held parts of ukraine and is also accused by the russian authorities of shelling russia proper. so what we're seeing is military activity increasing on both sides ahead of what could be ukraine's long expected counteroffensive.

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. one of the earliest memories that i have is finding my dad's overdosed on the bed. i'm just terrified that he's dead. i was only age six. i grew up with that kind of feeling of hunger. but notjust hunger forfood, but hungerfor... for care, for kindness, for acknowledgement. now, katrina's written a book to tell her story of a child let down by parents, but also by the world. dropping out of school, pregnant at 15, she could never have imagined she would end up with a phd from ireland's top university, trinity college, in dublin. i actually feel really privileged to have lived through the life that i've lived and i do feel like i can help other people. today, katrina's returned to inspire youngsters living in what remains one of coventry�*s most deprived areas.

i remember being in here and feeling like nobody. and so to have come full circle, to be able to inspire a few children and also talk to the teachers a little bit about the impact they have. you're live with bbc news. now to thailand, where a young, progressive party has upended the country's politics, after nine years of conservative, military—backed rule. move forward won more seats than any other party in the country's recent election and is now leading a progressive coalition which aims to introduce a raft of far reaching reforms. they include a new constitution, ending the army's role in politics 0ur south east asia correspondent jonathan head has been speaking to the move forward leader. cheering almost no—one predicted this — the most radical party contesting the thai election coming out ahead of all of its rivals. move forward's 42—year—old leader pita limjaroenrat is now poised to become the youngest prime minister in living memory,

elected on his promise to make thailand a fairer and more competitive country. but he faces formidable obstacles. whether or not there ever is a reformist administration here in thailand, whether the yearning for change expressed by millions of voters is ever reflected in their government depends largely on 250 mainly male, mainly elderly senators, all appointed here in parliament. and most of them are resolutely opposed to move forward's wish to reform both the military and the monarchy. people have come here to voice their anger against the injustice of an unelected body being given the power to block what they voted for. yet this senator was unmoved. "criticise anyone you want," he said. "your uncles, your aunts, i don't care. "but i won't accept you touching the monarchy." it could block you forming a government...

so i asked pita limjaroenrat why he didn't put the sensitive issue of the monarchy aside for now, in particular his pledge to amend the punitive lese majeste law. because it's what we had promised the people. and we have enough mandate. we have the votes of 14 million people. and they understood. it was clear. it was transparent that this is one of the things, one of the agendas that we wanted to push. move forward is now in talks with its coalition partners. thailand allows months for a new government to be formed. and this young party must also hope that it can avoid the fate that has befallen so many elected governments in thailand — being deposed by a coup or court verdict. there's a lot of various countries all around the world that had to go through the same kind of experience here in thailand — unaccountable, invisible hands of power throwing away elected officials. so if i look at the international experiences of how

they came out of.... ..how they broke the cycle, you know, came out of military coup — south korea, you know, indonesia and some of our friends in latin america — so i look at them and i see that, yeah, the politics of possibility, it's possible for you to break out of the cycle. the surge of support for move forward in this election revealed a hunger for new leaders and new ideas among people of all ages. ignoring their wishes could bring renewed turmoil to thailand. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. now to hong kong. remember this? protesters smashing their way into the territory's parliament or legislative council almost four years ago. it was the most violent episode of the anti—government protests,

in which millions marched and staged sit—ins for weeks. the incident contributed to china imposing the national security law which has radically curbed the city's political freedoms. well, 13 activists have now gone on trial in hong kong over the storming of the legislature. from there, here's martin yip of bbc chinese. the 1st ofjuly 2019 — that was the day hong kong marked its 22nd anniversary of handover by britain to china. and it was also a chaotic night at the legislative council complex in the heart of the city, where hundreds of protesters, after numerous attempts, stormed the building. and they did vandalise quite some places, painted black the city's emblem in the middle of the main chamber. and they've also taken down things like portraits of speakers of the house, past and present.

and they've also made a declaration, make five demands heard. and that's where the slogan, "five demands, not one less," was coined. their demands included the scrapping of the extradition laws amendment bill, scrapping all charges against all protesters, stop calling them rioters, as well as immediate re—election of the legislature under universal suffrage. except for the one of calling off the bill, none of them succeeded in any other demands. and almost four years on after the event, 13 of them are now standing trial for rioting. among them, seven have pleaded guilty, five pleaded not guilty. and among those who pleaded guilty is althea suen, the former president of the university of hong kong students union. she made a statement before entering the courthouse today, saying she has

no regrets for fighting for democracy and freedom. so now this trial will last for some 44 days, and by the end of it, they will learn if they would ever be imprisoned. and if yes, that could be a jail term of up to seven years, as this is a district court trial. martin yip there. now to latin america, where venezuela's president has visited brazil for the first time since he was banned from the country by the former right—wing presidentjair bolsonaro in 2019. nicolas maduro met left—wing president lula da silva in brasilia ahead of a summit of latin american leaders on tuesday. more from our latin america correspondent will grant. this was the first visit to brazil by venezuela's president maduro since 2016. president lula's predecessor, jair bolsonaro, wouldn't have entertained the idea of having the venezuelan leader in brazil

and mr bolsonaro wouldn't have extended the hand of friendship. between mr lula and his venezuelan counterpart. what it says is that the relationship will remain strong, although he did call for venezuela to do more to rebuild the narrative about authoritarianism in the country. now that's being seen as controversial because it suggests that lula sees the narrative as somehow constructed as somehow false, that authoritarianism isn't an issue in venezuela. and certainly critics of the maduro administration would say the reason it is criticised as being authoritarian is because there is no free or fair elections and that there is human rights violations taking place in venezuela.

president lula also said he found it inexplicable that there would be 900 us economic sanctions on venezuela, simply, as he put it, because the us didn't like venezuela. well, again, critics would say that isn't the reason behind the sanctions, but because of those lack of free and fair elections. for his part, president maduro said that he would be trying to organise the countries of south america into a bloc to criticise and call for an end to those sanctions — looking obviously at the left wing nations, like brazil, like argentina, bolivia and colombia. but it's hard to say that those countries together would have sufficient clout to bring an end to those sanctions imposed by washington. now the town of luton, just north of london. it has been painted orange after its football club gained promotion to the premier league via the playoffs on saturday. 0ur correspondent nicky schiller was at

today's parade in luton. right behind me, you can see people... the managerjust said thank you. as you said, an amazing story, orjust nine years they were in the non—league, and now, nine years later, there in the premier league, and the players... the chief exec and made the point of this is about luton town and the heart of the town, and that is partly what this club is about, the fact that it does not have big—money owners, does not have foreign money that some other premier league clubs have. the money is the luton money, it is mainly local people who own the club, the council on the grounds, and that is why so many thousands of people have turned out today, to help them celebrate the fact that they are now in the premier league. their stadium at kenilworth road only seats around 10,000 people, and you may have seen it is really in the heart of the community, it is

slap bang in a residential area, where the away gates are to houses. you walk through there, and to get to the terraces, you can see people's back gardens, so it really is at the heart of the community and thatis is at the heart of the community and that is why so many people... i have lived in luton for decades now, and i've never seen this many people in st george a square to celebrate this. well done. that is all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello. it was a near—perfect weekend for some of you, and for those on half term this week, there can't be too many complaints for many. skies a little like we saw here on the banks of loch lomond as we went through today. but it could be a busy week for the gardeners and growers — the state of the ground here is very dry in pembrokeshire, for instance, and there is little to no rain in the forecast through the rest of this week. 0ur forecast rainfall chart shows the rainfall amounts totting up

across southern europe in the mediterranean — not great for those in half term here — but for us, other than a few spots of drizzle in the far north of scotland, maybe eastern england, it stays dry. why? this persistent area of high pressure which noses its way a bit further westwards, and it still allows a bit of a cool flow of air, particularly into the south and southeast with plenty of cloud — that's showing up on the cambridge forecast for the rest of this week. but elsewhere, especially further west you are, blue skies will dominate, and it will turn that bit warmer. the nights will still be rather chilly, and that's the case as we go into tuesday morning — widely, temperatures down into single figures, some rural spots only around 1—2 celsius as we start the day. but plenty of blue skies for many, cloudier across the far north of scotland, quite a bit of cloud through central eastern england to begin with, and that will hover around many eastern coastal counties of england throughout the day, particularly along the coastal strip. but come away from that, blue skies will dominate, breezy again across some southern and southeastern areas, and that will limit the temperature rise towards that southeast corner — only around 13—14 along the coastal strip. but with winds light further north and west,

even warmer than we saw on monday. to the north of glasgow, maybe up to 24 celsius. now for wednesday, if anything, there'll be more low cloud around — a bit more across eastern scotland, more extensively through england, even into east wales. but the western edges of that will continue to melt away as we go through the day, lingering a bit more through some parts of the south midlands into eastern england, again limit in temperature rise here. but to the north of scotland, we could even peak at around 26 celsius by this stage. area of high pressure, then, through wednesday night into thursday continues to nudge a little bit further westwards, and that still allows that keen breeze towards the south and southeast, and it allows a bit more cloud pushing down these eastern coastal counties, some of which will not clear all day long. could bring a spot or two of drizzle, but come to the south, and the west, where we will see some of the sunniest conditions, again, it will be a warm day —

23—24 celsius will be the high. take care.

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