the thing is that the politics of aceh are independent from those of ja ka rta aceh are independent fromadly. it is difficult to link this sentence handed out to broader social conservatism in indonesia. but indonesia, overall, is currently... gay sex is legal in indonesia outside of the province of aceh however there is a case that would make all sex outside of marriage illegal, including gay sex because gay marriage is not legal in indonesia. how focal are the people of aceh regarding this? -- vocal. the people of aceh do not play a huge role in national politics. that being said, many national political figures including many key hardliners regularly visit aceh and use aceh is an example of what indonesia could be. and so while it is not necessarily that the aceh are pushing their system onto the rest of indonesia but people elsewhere in indonesia look at aceh as a model. chetan bhagat is one of the best—selling authors in india. now another one of his books has been adapted for bollywood. ‘half girlfriend' is out in cinemas worldwide this week — it deals with controversial themes lik

aceh as an example of what indonesia could be.pushing their system on the rest of indonesia, many conservative islamist indonesians elsewhere look at aceh as a model. apologies for the sound issues. we are going to turn to a story of love, where japan's princess maker, the oldest granddaughter of emperor akihito, will marry a former university classmate. that means she is giving up her royal status for love. it is putting pressure on the ever shrinking royalfamily love. it is putting pressure on the ever shrinking royal family as love. it is putting pressure on the ever shrinking royalfamily as laura westall reports. and i have to warn you that the report contains flash photography. as the first grandchild of the emperor of japan, princess mako as the first grandchild of the emperor ofjapan, princess mako is used to posing for the cameras. but soon she will be giving up her royal status. the reason — princess mako is marrying this man, a man who works in a tokyo law firm and is known as a commoner. the couple met five years ago at

an islamic court in the province of aceh has made two men suffer lashes for being homosexual. and two british men have been arrested in bangkok for allegedly selling on line access to football broadcasts. they caused $2.5 million worth of losses to rod casting companies. —— broadcasting. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. every day, venezuela seems to get one step closer to economic and political chaos. mass anti—government protests have swept the country for the past month. close to a0 people have been killed in clashes with president maduro's armed enforcers. the shops are short of food, hospitals low on medicine, something it seems, has got to give. my guest isjulio borges, speaker of the opposition—controlled national assembly. is the chavista socialist revolution dying on its feet? julio borges, in caracas, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. we have seen more than a0 days of mass protests on the streets and we see the violent clashes between protesters and the armed enforcers of president maduro and we see the casualties, many injured and around a0 people, man

an islamic court in the indonesian province of aceh has ordered two men to be given eighty—five stokesf cane in public for having gay sex. the sentence by a sharia court is expected to be carried out next week. two british men have been arrested in bangkok for allegedly selling online access to illegally streamed football broadcasts. they are accused of causing damages worth more than $2.5 million to the broadcast rights holders. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk — new measures to fund social care and curb immigration are understood to be among the pledges in the conservatives‘ manifesto being launched later this morning. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. asian stock markets sell—off from wall street. why investors in the us and asia are worried. a big push out of china, how long will it take for alibaba to succeed in the american marketplace? good morning, asia. hello, world. thank you forjoining us hello, world. thank you forjoining us that this thursday edition. we start off with the markets. as you can s

as an islamic court in aceh can be men of having gay sex, we look at sharia law.