our religion editor, aleem maqbool, has this report.y to reflect their beliefs as humanists, but as the law stands in england and wales, that wouldn't carry the same weight as, say, a church of england wedding. at the moment our humanist ceremony wouldn't be a legal ceremony, so whilst we can have a humanist ceremony with our friends and family and that be our real wedding to us, we still need to go away separately and have a civil marriage. but that's just one of many things that would change in what would be the most fundamental reform of wedding laws here in more than 150 years. because our law is so old, it has restrictions in it on where people can get married and on what they have to have by way of a ceremony that simply doesn't work for thousands of couples today, so rather than supporting people who want to get married, the law puts barriers in the way, and those barriers aren't serving any purpose. sadly many don't realise some of their religious wedding ceremonies aren't actually legally valid until they want a divorce. it's p

aleem maqbool, bbc news.ing until the ruling elite steps down. marches have taken place in cities across the country as living conditions deteriorate and a political deadlock continues. the united nations has called for calm after crowds stormed parliament and torched part of the building on friday. kate peevor reports. libya's parliament in flames. protesters were marching in several cities, but it was here in the eastern city of tobruk that their anger was on full display. despite it being an oil rich country, that wealth hasn't trickled down to the people. libya has been suffering continued power cuts and rising prices. and since its ruler, colonel muammar gaddafi, was ousted more than ten years ago, the country has been locked in chaos. but in the light of day, not all people in libya approved of their parliament being torched. translation: yes, these protesters are under the poverty line. _ they don't have money and can't have a decent life, not even food. we support them and support their rights, but no

aleem maqbool, bbc news.vel plans, as the industry struggles with staff shortages ahead of a busy holiday period. in the us, 1,000 flights have been cancelled across independence day weekend. while here in the uk, holidaymakers are being told to expect more flight cancellations over the next few days. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri reports. it's scenes like this that airlines and the government want to avoid. but after months of travel chaos, which included the easter and jubilee holidays, passengers now face more disruptions in the days ahead. what you are going to see over the next few days are thousands of flight cancellations by british airways and others because they have a window in which they can effectively hand back the slots that they use for taking off and landing at airports like heathrow. and with this window, there is no penalty for them. they also want to give consumers more than 14 days notice of any cancellation, because if they give more than two weeks notice, they won't have to pay compensation

aleem maqbool, bbc news. one person arrested. 0ur correspondent frances read has been following the story and joins me now several people have been injured after being hit by gunshots. we do not know the severity of that at this time. it happened at the fields shopping centre between the centre of copenhagen and the city airport, were distant between the two, and there is a heavy armed police presence there and one person has been arrested, that is what we know so far. eyewitnesses in the area at the time said they saw 100 people running for the exit of the shopping centre, when they first heard those gunshots. police have told people to stay away from that shopping centre at the moment. interestingly the pop musician harry styles is due to perform a concert there, tonight, as part of his tour, at the royal arena in the city, and it is literally almost across the road from the shopping centre, a ten minute walk. it is not yet known if that incident will impact the concert. all of the roads in the area are cur

our religion editor aleem maqbool has been travelling with the pope and sent this update.in the capital of the arctic region of nunuvut, and he has been meeting people today, some of them survivors of catholic assimilation schools here, and this entire visit has been focused on one thing, which is acknowledging and apologising for the actions of many within the catholic church in oppressing indigenous people here, and in his own words, "in cultural destruction." of course, many indigenous people have been very happy that he's come here after years of campaigning for him to do so, and they are glad that he's raised awareness of the issues they still face today after generations of trauma. others, though, would have liked to have heard him apologise not just for the actions of some individuals within the church, but for the institution itself. they would've also liked to have heard about how there would be specifics on compensation or on investment from the church in indigenous people, in return, for example, as well of some sacred artefacts from the vatican, and, crucially,

our religion editor, aleem maqbool, was on the plane with pope francis.ith the pope. this is where diplomatic visitors come and go. we are all exhausted. it turns out the pope is as well. he said it was a very intense trip for him. he talked about the fact that perhaps now he might need to save himself a little in order to continue serving the church, or he might have to think of retiring. he told that to us journalists on the plane from his wheelchair. he has been in a wheelchair for a lot of this trip because of ongoing issues with his knees. although he has previously dismissed all the speculation that there has been about an much more serious life—threatening illness. but he said it was not taboo for a pope to step down, and that was a door he said that was open to him though not a door he had knocked on as yet. although he did say, that was not to say that in a couple of days' time he would not do just that and consider retiring. but he has stressed that, for the moment, he intends to continue his duties. he does, for example, still want to make a tr

aleem maqbool, bbc news in south london.london on monday. it was just so intense. but more importantly, underneath all of it, it's also a very contemporary theme that we need to remind ourselves of, and that is how powerful we can all be internationally, or on a community level, when we pull together. you know, it's stunning what was achieved. what are you thinking? just a crazy idea. colin farrell, viggo mortensen and joel egerton play the heroic rescuers. they prepared for their roles by working with real—life divers rick stanton and john volanthen, who admitted to not knowing who colin farrell was before filming began. i had no idea who colin was, because i'm not really a movie buff. but he seems to have done a really good job. he seems to have been very diligent. he even took up running to be as method actor, as it were. basically, he's done a really good job. the complicated rescue operation back in 2018 took nearly three weeks as the world watched on. ron howard said it was notjust about the heroic divers, but an entir

our religion editor aleem maqbool has been finding out more.have heard reports to that effect in recent days? yes, absolutely. yesterday we had an incident in which we had to call the police because protesters were shouting so loudly outside one of our clinics that the woman in the treatment rooms could hear them while they were undergoing their procedures. in this country on the whole it remains a very low number of anti—abortion is to go to stand outside clinics, and a handful of local authorities have introduced measures to keep them away from women accessing treatment. that is not to say that anti—abortion groups haven't been buoyed by recent news from the us. just as culture here mpeg what happens in the united states, so what happens in the united states impacts what happens here. but there just isn't the momentum behind the kind of campaign here. momentum can build. there are plenty of... there are plenty of groups with a heart and a passion to see abortion overturned in this country, to make abortion history. christian concern might wan

aleem maqbool, bbc news in south london.tion something that, i wanted to mention something that happened at lunchtime, i was reading about that, a quote from michael gove, speaking about what the conservatives are full in government and he said this, —— for in government, and he said this, because he was a cabinet minister, until a few weeks ago, he said, we are no longer providing people with the efficient delivery of services or the effective focus on what the state should do and i think that is because we have become a government in administration that is knocked off course by powerful stories that are told by people with a mission. this is what he said. in other words the party in government has lost its sense of what it is for, that is quite a striking statement from somebody who was in the cabinet until recently.— until recently. yes, it is. that is . uite until recently. yes, it is. that is tuite a until recently. yes, it is. that is quite a common _ until recently. yes, it is. that is quite a common view— until recen

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