our reporter yasmin khatun _ being furthered now. our reporter yasmin khatun dewanhe world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a cruise ship has broken free from its moorings, and crashed into a freight vessel during thunderstorms on the spanish island of mallorca. a small number of passengers — on board the p&o cruises britannia ship suffered minor injuries. heavy rain and strong winds on the island have also led to more than 20 flights being cancelled. the scottish covid—19 inquiry will hold its first preliminary hearing today to set out more details of its work. the review will complement the nationwide uk inquiry, focusing on the effect of the pandemic in scotland, and how the government in holyrood responded. families who lost loved ones are expected to attend. a record number of people in the uk are now borrowing from family members to help them buy property. new research shows nearly 320,000 homes are expected to be purchased with financial support from relatives this year — which is almost half of all homes boug

france wherejust last month a hijab ban was upheld by the french football federation — reporter yasmin khatun dewanom with more. here she is, nouhaila, playing for her team, morocco, earlier today. last week she made history as the first women to wear a hijab at the women's world cup or any football tournament of this scale. that became possible because of a ruling in 2014 which allowed for the presence of religious symbols like the head scarf. that ruling came aboutjust before the under 17 women's world cup injordan. you can see here are some images from that time of young women from thejordanian team here training before some of the matches in the under 17 women's world cup. before that change in 2014, women who wore a hijab their day—to—day life would either have to take them off before participating or not be allowed to join in. the president of fifa, gianni infantino, here hailing nouhaila's presence on the field with her hijab as a win for inclusivity, tolerance and diversity, saying, #nodiscrimination. but that same enthusiasm hasn't been felt everywhere. some french media outlets, you can s

let's talk to our reporter yasmin khatun dewan yasmin.se to this to be? at we what can we expect the response to this to be? a— this to be? at we have already seen from equalities _ this to be? at we have already seen from equalities groups _ this to be? at we have already seen from equalities groups and - this to be? at we have already seen from equalities groups and activists| from equalities groups and activists that have raised concerns for quality reasons and women's rights as with previous an ounce on the hijab and burkini bands we saw protests notjust in france to cash in major cities around the world. a few years ago there were a number of protests in london, berlin. we are likely to see more of that. but in regards to even with the process and with concerns raised by these groups, none of this has so far changed the position of the french authorities in importing that such bans and penalties. we have also heard about the domino effect, this is something raised by various human rights groups that say measures such as these can lea

reporter yasmin khatun dewan is in the newsroom with more. here he is.as been inside that palace since last wednesday. he was arrested hours before that televised address on national television announcing a coup. he sat besides mohammed idriss deby, the president of chad, who arrived from nigeria, where discussions were ongoing concerning the situation in niger, deployed to negotiate on that coalition's behalf. that west african coalition called upon the nigerian military to give up power. you can see here an image from that announcement last week from an organisation within the military calling themselves the national council for the safeguard of the homeland. they, of course, have received support from the wider military force since that announcement was made. you can see here the negotiations and this image that surfaced of mohammed bazoum and mohammed idriss deby speaking inside that presidential palace. mohammed idriss deby has said he wants to reach a peaceful solution and is also speaking to the military who have taken power, as is the organisatio