living memory, we speak to the reformist leader about his plans for the country. cheering and an open top bus tour through the streets of luton in southern england, as the town's 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 president biden that sanctions may be imposed on uganda after new anti—homosexuality legislation was signed into law by president yoweri musveeni. 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. our north america correspondent david willis told me more about what president biden had to say on the new law. 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 implementing these sort of laws from accessing the united states of america. there 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's 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, an abomination. as you bring 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 is 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 development in an alarming trend of human rights abuses and corruption in uganda. that and corruption in uganda. david willis in los angeles. i also spoke to activist jay mulucha to find out what reaction has been on the ground in the capital, kampala. 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 the bill 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 as today. you can never prepare for bad news. the international community is already lashing out at ugandan officials. wejust heard from presidentjoe biden, thoughts from officials in the uk. this was similar a 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 are so... 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 there the petition, and we are willing that it's successful in the courts of law, because the team is big and very knowledgeable. and we think everything will go well, hopefully. what has your experience been like as a trans person in uganda? of course, my experience as a trans person in uganda hasn't 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, because we are like the faces of the gay community.

so a lot of attacks have been done on the trans community, and it hasn't been good in general. if it comes to health service provision, we have also got challenges to access the services, because of the discrimination and the hate that has been going on. a lot of big people in the government... there is a general who came out and said that he won't accept any health service providers to give health services to any person who is in the lgbt community, and he's not going to accept that, so it's like they are throwing 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 found 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 law because it's 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. 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 and reports say more than 50 protesters were hurt. our balkans correspondent guy de launey has more on the story.

nato�*s k1; 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 zvecan. and, worryingly, it looks like the protests may continue in the coming days. our balkans correspondent 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 omagh 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. 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 general 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. our 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 ii 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.

grace spoke to me just moments before serving her customers for the last time. she had to shut another venue last year, and now it's time for her to close this one. it's a really, really emotional day. the restaurant's been open forfour and a half years, but i've been running spicebox as a street food business before that, so it's about seven years of hard work. and, yeah, it's sad. as food and utility prices rose and customer numbers fell, it became too difficult to stay open. people are struggling and there's less money to go around. and obviously eating out is a luxury. but grace's story reflects many others in the capital, particularly in central london, where more than 500 venues have closed in the last three years. back in walthamstow, grace will now be selling her food to shops — one way to keep her brand alive at a time when it wasn't possible to keep her restaurants open.

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. our south east asia correspondentjonathan 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. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. president biden says he feels "good" about the prospects of a bipartisan deal reached on the debt ceiling passing through congress. it was reached with house speaker kevin mccarthy. it will temporarily suspend the debt ceiling and cap some federal spending. international observers say there was not a level playing field for sunday's presidential run—off election in turkey. monitors from the osce are not, however, disputing the result. the observers say the victor —

recep tayyip erdogan — had an unjustified advantage due media bias, limits to freedom of expression and some of his opponents facing intimidation. japan has put its ballistic missile defences on alert and has vowed to shoot down any projectile that threatens its territory. the move comes after north korea warned that it was preparing a satellite launch injune. to hong kong now. 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. 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 law 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. to latin america, where venezuela's president has visited brazil for the first time since he was banned from the by the former right—wing president jair bolsonaro in 2019. nicolas maduro met left—wing president lula da silva in brasilia ahead of a summit of latin american leaders. more from 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. nevertheless, i think this tells us that there is a real affinity 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. to the town of luton, just north of london, that has come out in force, after its football club gained promotion to the premier league via the playoffs on saturday. matt graveling joined the crowds, as the team paraded their trophy. the hatters are flying high. luton town, back in the big time after 31 years. thousands of fans all lining a one—mile stretch, watching their heroes on the road to the premier league. that's what football is about, innit? community and making everyone happy, putting a smile on their face. you know, these people work hard to come and support us on a saturday. for us to return the favour like this is a really good feeling.

today's parade began at kenilworth road, luton town's home for more than a century. but this 10,000 capacity stadium will first have a £12 million update before it welcomes football's elite in august. awaiting the team's arrival, a sea of orange filling st george's square. the stage was set. 15 years ago, these fans almost watch their team go bankrupt. nine years ago, they were playing in the fifth tier of english football. now look at today, what a difference a premier league team makes to a community. i think it's something positive for luton. it's got a story, a proper fairy tale story. you know, we've done it with no money. it means so much to us. honestly, like, we needed this. as you can see, the town's crazy at the minute. - rob edwards has only been leading luton since november, but has already won over the town. we've got to enjoy this moment

now, it's for you guys. look how many people are here now, look what it means to you all, enjoy it, make some noise, come on! cheering these fans may soon watch their team in a brand—new stadium, paid for in part by promotion. but until then, these happy hatters are just pleased to be back in english football's top tier. matt graveling, bbc news. and that's all we have for you. i'm monica miller. stay with bbc 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 2a 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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