this is utopian he was live from berlin a landmark ruling for deer raids in india. kept. the supreme court strikes down a nineteenth century law there criminalized gay sex bringing new hope that india's beattie communities can live in the end alone without fear we speak to one of the lawyers in the case also on the show sounding the alarm the new york times publishes an article by a senior member of the administration who talks of insiders efforts to push forward

the president's agenda. hits back calling the article treason and the author got less. and germany's national football team have a shot at putting their world cup disaster behind them they're taking on france in the new nations league tournaments tonight we'll preview the match in munich. from level rocked thanks for your company everyone well we start off in india because an historic decision the india supreme court has unanimously overturned a nineteenth century law that made gay sex punishable by up to ten years in jail one judge said the ruling would pave the way for a better future while today india's gay community is celebrating but many challenges still lie ahead.

a roar of joy as they hear the news india's supreme court decision on thursday is history in the making. i would feel me being going to my d.d. i don't normally read it i don't even do that if you mean they didn't mean it if it made my move but getting very very fundamentally. the colonial era law formally known as section three seven seven had first been implemented in the nineteenth century it had made gay sex punishable by up to ten years in jail activists have been fighting for gay rights since the one nine hundred ninety s. suffering several defeats and reversals in court along the way. this was not. a male thing you know like feeling in seventh heaven that. it is the real thing and

this judgment has need. of what it really what. kind of judgment they have pronounced that. one of the point begins that he clearly said it is the responsibility of the government to edit. and let the general public know that this section is no more credible and sensitized the general public. legally the situation for l.g.b. tease has improved in india but many of them say this is only the beginning on their long way towards the goal of equal rights after years of campaigning and long court battles india's top court has finally legalized homosexuality it's a big victory for activists and huge relief for hundreds of thousands of gay and lesbian people across india in a country homosexuality is not understood or dixon. but the mosses many see that

legal acceptance is a full step towards ending the hottest month and persecution of the gay community. in india's conservative religious society the prejudice against gays is still very deeply entrenched the self proclaimed goal of many the right to same sex marriage is still a long fight away. and i'd like to welcome now to the program a trip to two men she is deputy director of the lawyers collective in delhi who represented one of the petitioners in this case a very good evening a congratulations with this landmark win what brought about the demise of section three seven seven were you convinced this day would come we were very convinced that this day would come the lawyers collective started working on this law back in two thousand and one when we filed a petition in the delhi high court challenging section three seventy seven we had

a victory in the delhi high court and then we had a serial loss when in two thousand cutting the supreme court up this section but we were very deep domain because we believe that an antiquated law off the nineteenth century that samples upon individuals dignity that the sea there that i stay very humanity can not exist in the twenty first century and it's a sheer determination and perseverance together with the energy of beauty community members in india that has led us to this city well your determination has a certainly paid off miss turner what happens now to the people who were unfortunate enough to get caught up in the legal system and face jail time will they be released and their record expunged now. the court has made a very pertinent observation saying that cases that are still pending which means either they are being tried all the even at the appellate stage which means they've been held give d.

but they have appealed against in the higher courts those cases can benefit from this ruling but uses that are completely clueless that means that they have exhausted all options including at the supreme court will not benefit but we believe such cases are very few and far between so people will be able to benefit from this decision or some of the challenges that still lie ahead. i think the most immediate challenge is that members of the community face immense have assessment extortion and black need as they interact with one another especially through the internet and the digital media and up until now they were not able to make them to the police because they were considered criminal the decision to d.c. in your not criminal you enjoy equal rights and the police must be sensitized to and it's will go along we addressing this problem the other issue would be of

course of about violence within the family people being forced to maddie against their will in a heterosexual context all of that should also come to a stop because the court has clearly said you cannot force anyone to be who they are on and it's the you know the response ability of the government to make sure that this decision is actually adopted and applied throughout the board are tuned and deputy director of the lawyers collective in delhi who was part of the team that represented one of the petitioners in this case congratulations again and thank you for joining us on the show. all right now to some of the other stories making news around the world. britain has told the u.n. security council it has clear evidence that moscow was behind the poisoning of a russian expiry in march it comes a day after the u.k. announced murder charges against these two russians suspected of carrying out the

attack british allies have issued a joint statement backing london's assessment moscow denies any involvement. india and the u.s. have signed a long awaited defense pact allowing them to share intelligence and high tech weaponry the deal was into after high level talks in delhi that included the u.s. secretaries of state and defense and indian prime minister narendra modi. italian prosecutors have placed twenty people under investigation in connection with the bridge collapse that killed dozens in general last month the group includes top managers at the company that operates the bridge and suspects could face charges of manslaughter for failing to comply with safety regulations now the president a bombshell that has sent the u.s. president reeling in an anonymous opinion piece in the new york times

a senior white house official detail details how aides are working to frustrate parts of president donald trump's agenda from inside his administration and response trump has lashed out at the newspaper and the author who he described as gutless for hiding their identity i am part of the resistance inside the trumpet ministration the headline proclaims i work for the president but like minded colleagues and i have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda. the new york times describes the author as a senior official in the government his claims of spock's control of the sea and of course damning criticism from the president himself. if the failing new york times has an anonymous editorial if you believe a lot of this really gotten us a godless editorial. we're doing a great job the poll numbers are through the roof our poll numbers are great and guess what nobody is going to come close to beating me in twenty twenty because of

what we've done trump plates of follow this up with a tweet. does the so-called senior administration official really exist or is it just the failing new york times with another phony source trump asked if the gutless anonymous person does indeed exist the times' must for national security purposes turn him or her over to government once the times has defended its decision to publish the editorial anonymously and while some a scrambling for clues as to the author's identity others want to focus on the message i think we'll be alarming part of it is that there's someone in the white house who now is very afraid that our nation is being damaged on a daily basis and i think we should take that very seriously this is not a warning from a liberal democrat this is a warning from someone going to try harder to work in the white house who is revealing information that is very troubling. americans are divided should an

inside the resistance be commended all condemned. well the trump presidency and america's divisions are also things that people here in germany are closely watching with concern a new survey four to donald trump at the very top of the list of things that germans are worried about more than two thirds strongly fear that present on trust policies are making the world a less stable place the consequences of immigration are also playing on german minds while sixty three percent worry that germany is being overrun by refugees of the same percentage fear rising tensions due to foreigners and germans don't have much confidence in their political leaders either sixty one percent expressed concern that lawmakers are not up to the job.

now germany's national football team is preparing for its first outing since a stunning world cup exit earlier this summer you may recall the bad news is they have to play none other than the new world champions france tonight in munich while the showdown opens germany's campaign in the new nations only competition. emerging from the shadow of disaster the german squad is now hoping to play like it's capable of playing. of course we're expected to create a positive atmosphere. the town is still there we just have to find the best way to bring it out best invigorates even findus as with all those months he does it coach yogi love has tried to move on from his team's early exit in the world cup he's added new faces but he's mostly focused on changing his team's play increasing positive movement when his guys have the ball and working more on defense much. as you can already begin to sense a bit of optimism but we're also not naive enough to believe that we can forget

everything that happened after a good match or to come and the. world champions france are short on confidence after their world cup despite that triumph there they should not be considered european favorites so says their own coach did eate a shop you'll be live says otherwise. they totally deserve to be world champions especially because they're so balanced strong in defense with lots of good tacklers that can win challenges and take possession and they have speedy players up top that can go deep when transitioning from the back. should be let the. if they can manage it a strong showing against france would be a start in repairing germany's battered image after the world cup and since this is anything but a friendly munich could be in for a classic match. and earlier i spoke to every sports correspondent all of her mood is in the unique for the game and despite the world cup flop the he said germany's

team will be a little changed. not many new players coming into the squad only three players in this squad uncapped so far only one of them likely to start tonight because schultz of often i'm so i think a lot of funds would have liked to have seen a bit more kind of fresh blood in the team a few new fresh faces but as yogi love said just that perhaps the most important change we could see from germany from the world cup to now is in terms of their mentality in terms of their tactics are they going to have to prove that that has changed the bus that those things have changed tonight and they're doing it against very difficult opposition so it's going to need to be a very good showing from this you haven't seen tonight oliver maruti reporting there from munich was staying with international football any commercial dispute between denmark's top players and their federation meant a team made up largely of amateurs played in the three nil friendly defeat in slovakia while a salesman a student and then it was start work among those drafted in from the lower leagues

to play in the game they were and through as the astley applauded on their return home and denmark actually wells in the nation's league on sunday with a similar makeshift side expected. you heard the applause there in the background all right thank you so much for watching and carousel for instance thinks. life. full of energy. europe's best rock and pop musicians in captivating performances. a european concert on t.w. .