katie watson, bbc news, bogota. —— increasing numbers of young british muslim women are choosing to wearm countries, like iran, are campaigning against it as a symbol of oppression. but here, some women are taking the opposite view, seeing it as empowering — even a feminist statement. it's increasingly evident in the world of fashion and social media. and a major modelling agency has just signed its first british catwalk model who wears a hijab. nomia iqbal investigates. the spotlight is on the hijab. many muslim women choose to wear it proudly. for some, it is an act of modesty. for others, in countries like iran, forced to wear it, it is a symbol to remove in protest. it may divide opinion, but the hijab is going high—fashion. 20—year—old model shahira yusuf has been signed up by storm, the agency that found supermodel kate moss. shahira is one of the first british models with a hijab taking to the catwalk. yeah, i definitely don't want to be considered a token girl. i don't want these models, like ethnic models, or models from different religious backgrounds, to just pave the way. i w

why increasing numbers of young british muslim women are deciding to wear a headscarf. on our top story this hour. chris buckler is in washington for us. so chris, just take us through, what is the nra's argument on this? well, the nra has filed its legal complaint arguing that it is unfair on two grounds. they say that it reaches both the second amendment of the us constitution, and that is the right to bear arms, and also the 14th amendment of the us constitution, and that is really about equal protection. now, what they say there is basically if you are an adult who is over the age of 21, you are able to buy a gun. but someone 21, you are able to buy a gun. but someone who is also an adult, between 18 and 21, they aren't able to buy a gun under this law that has been put in place in florida. they say that is unfair and a breach of the constitution. the other, as we know, is that long held argument about the right to bear arms inside america. and they say, particularly in this argument, that it is unfair particularly to young women aged between 18 and 21, because it s

why increasing numbers of young british muslim women are choosing to wear a headscarf.on european soil in modern times. in less than 2a hours then the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior. we heard these gunshots in the gym. then he came out through a fire exit and started firing at our huts. god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41, sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90, travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an eight—car convoy. paul, what‘s it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what are you going to do now? is it going to change your life much do you think? i don't know really. i've never been married before. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: america‘s national rifle association is taking legal action against a gun safety bill in the state of florida which was signed into law earlier. britain has drafted in the military, following the nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter in the city of salisbury. they will he

why increasing numbers of young british muslim women are deciding to wear a headscarf. and banging the drum for great britain — our athletes arrive in south korea for the biggest ever paralympic games. coming up on sportsday on bbc news. we'll preview the penultimate weekend of the six nations, which could prove pivotal to ireland as they attempt to win the title again. good evening. these are the scenes that greeted the people of salisbury today as just under 200 military personnel arrived in the city and onto the streets. specialist troops, with training in chemical warfare, will be working in the area where the former russian agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia collapsed on sunday. forensic examinations are also taking place at the cemetery at the gravestone of skripal‘s son, alexander, who reportedly died of liver problems at the age of a3. the home secretary will chair another meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee tomorrow. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports from salisbury. it began with unprotected police officers dealing

why increasing numbers of young british muslim women are deciding to wear a headscarf. d british athletes arrive in south korea for the biggest ever paralympic games. and coming up on six nations sportsday on bbc news, we're live in dublin to preview the penultimate round of the tournament. ireland are still on for a grand slam and play a resurgent scotland. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. people in salisbury have been urged not be alarmed at the sight of the army on the streets, as just under 200 military personnel have arrived in the town. specialist officers, with training in chemical warfare, will be working in the area where the former russian agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia collapsed on sunday. tom symonds reports from salisbury. five days after unprotected police officers, paramedics and passers—by came into close contact with a chemical weapon, the military arrived at salisbury hospital. the mission, to recover evidence. at the hospital, they were taking away a car. they are also expected to secure sergei skripal‘s car, and there are

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embracing the veil, white increasing numbers of young british muslim women are deciding to wear a headscarf>> welcome to the program. the pro lobby group, the national rifle association amounting a swift, legal challenge to new gun control measures signed into law in florida. it imposes a 21-year-old age limi and three-day waiting. on all gun purchases. it follows a school shooting in parkland where 17 people were killed. >>roor supporters of gun co and the families of those killed and florida's school shooting, ricwas a simple, yet his moment. as governor rick scott signs new gun-control legislation into th abill raises the age to b gun from 18 to 21. it imposes a three-day waiting alperiod ogun sales. it allows the school personnel to be armed, subject to school district approval and specialist training. most notably, it does not include a ban onia somatic assault rifles, the kind used in the school shooting. >> after reviewing the entire bill, i had asked myself, with this bill make a huge iestment and medically improved school safety in hopes of never seeing another tragedy like this ag

of liberalization reformation that is taking place last night in south anas altikriti from the british muslim association thank you for your time. if you want to get in touch with us on this topic well you should or any of the topics you've seen that are coming up on the grid today hashtag a.j. use good as we always say if you using twitter i've actually read tweeted something already from at english which you can reply to that thread and we had our producers looking for your feedback there at facebook dot com slash zero of the live stream where you can watch you can comment to us you can common amongst yourselves online and thousand and seven for five or one triple one for nine on your mobile that is whatsapp and telegram if using either of those messaging services you can get in touch with us as well so please do we're going to move on just for now posen sierra leone's elections closing in less than two hours now as voters choose their new president ernest bai koroma is stepping down after ten years having served the maximum number of presidential term that is two leaders of sixteen politic

of emergency across the island trying to stop violence between buddhists attacking the muslim minority senior british ministers are set to discuss the suspected poisoning of a former double agent in the u.k. counter-terrorism police are investigating why former russian intelligence officers cripple and his daughter were found unconscious on sunday it's inside story now. he's been in office for one hundred days in bobby's new president god what is under pressure to improve the economy and corruption but is there any change from the robert mugabe era and his one on god go up to the challenge this is inside story. hello welcome to the program has a secret zimbabwe was once regarded as africa's bread basket with its rich fertile farmland and flourishing export market but after almost four decades of robert mugabe's rule its economy is in a mess unemployment rates are high and human rights remain an issue emerson pledged he would rebuild the country promising to take radical steps so what progress after one hundred days as president we'll talk to our guests shortly but first how do the reports from. charl

state of emergency across the island trying to stop violence between bodice attacking the muslim minority senior british ministers are set to discuss the suspected poisoning of a former double agent in the u.k. counter-terrorism police are investigating why former russian intelligence officers cripple and his daughter were found unconscious on sunday it's inside story now. he's been in office for one hundred days in bobby's new president. is under pressure to improve the economy and corruption but is there any change from the robert mugabe and his men up to the challenge this is inside story.

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next, the story of a british bangladeshi muslim woman who wants to use her skills and experience to inspireing, and was diagnosed with a debilitating health condition, has become a kick boxing world champion and made it her mission to help other women follow their passion for sport. she joins us in the studio now. thanks very much for coming in, it's great to see. you were sport mad when you were growing up. did that sometimes cause a challenge within yourupbringing? sometimes cause a challenge within your upbringing? initially, iwas fascinated by martial arts, love playing football. i used to be the fastest girl in the school, so i was a lwa ys fastest girl in the school, so i was always very passionate about sports. however, i fell always very passionate about sports. however, ifell in always very passionate about sports. however, i fell in love with thai boxing. it was fast and explosive but i guess i was very aware of my background and knew that being female, petite, asian, muslim, going into a male dominated sport was unheard of, so it presented its challenges. and you kept it secret f

roxana baker is an athlete like no other the british currently world kick boxing champion and the sports only female muslim title holder known as the warrior princess she's now switching sports and preparing for her first boxing match another barrier broken dell and for a woman who's already overcome so much in order to chase her dream. those fish superior you belong to reach some a big i'm now a season fighter she once had to hide her passion from her traditional muslim family. and one day i noticed there was a sign saying kick boxing class off to school. and i completely fell in love with the sport it was fast and furious explained safe and he just took me away from my challenges in life at that point my prime didn't actually marry thousand typo same they'd just go i was going to no one shame for fitness pope says it didn't take rukhsana long to achieve accolades in the sport she fell in love with she soon became a british and european my thai champion and won the world kick boxing association title. her success convinced others to put on the glow of. the fab five if they inspired so many females or back

attempt to prevent an what the colonials saw as an inevitable civil war between the hindus, muslims and sikhs, the britishmonths to create a new country, basically. >> people died because of the displaced men. unofficially they say it's 2 million people. they get trampled upon. >> in one of the largest exchanges of populations in history, many millions of people fled their homes. almost immediately, religious violence broke out on a mass scale. this is exactly what the partition had been intended to avoid. >> do people here still have families over there? >> yeah, they do. when the line was drawn, there were religions which were split into halves. there are some houses where you enter from india and you exit from pakistan. >> really. wow. >> this part of punjab and that part of punjab were once the same so the cultures are very similar. >> very similar. >> it's a popular metaphor for india and pakistan is twins separated at birth. >> we were never twins. it was one country. you could say dismembered. if you cut a body in two, they are not going to become twins. >> right. >> it's sad, you know? you can see

after world war two when the holocaust the situation reached a break point of the muslim the british colonial government made the decision to withdraw and to polish the problem on to the newly created united nations. and nine hundred forty seven u.n. resolution one eight one recommended that palestine be split into two parts jews who are a third of the population would receive fifty six percent of the one palestinians who are two thirds of the population and possess move ninety percent of historic palestine would receive forty four percent these terms were immediately rejected by arab leaders is unfair but in the spring of one hundred forty eight as honestly it is declared israel a state on the proposed borders anyway triggering the first arab israeli it will air on that out. early morning. after winning a crushing victory israel took possession of even more land by the time almost this was declared in one hundred forty nine israel controls seventy eight percent of historic palestine the creation of the new state would be celebrated by israelis as a triumph but to this day it is comm

week the following days of attacks by buddhist mobs on towns and villages targeting muslim homes and businesses british police say a nerve agent was shoes to try to murder a former russian double agent and his daughter sergei and skiffs cripple were found slumped on a park bench and southbury on sunday they are both in the hospital in critical condition. thousands of south koreans are marking international women's day by rallying against sexual harassment. leave. the school leave. their march to a square and sole carrying signs that the global need to movement or eventual governor resigned earlier this week after a secretary accused him of rape. as are the headlines a return now to india's lady cops and then more news keep it here on al-jazeera. oh oh . you're going to meet. the love and. don't deal only with crimes against women they also have to handle traditional public order challenges in nearly four hundred the book of when i saw them on live . doesn't learn again we're allowing my get i mean us i mean forget to get on the plane yet a pretty. good point to tell and. go p. which is that i call what

and looks out of begum as an athlete like no other british and she's currently world kick boxing champion she's also the sport's only female muslim title holder known as the water princess she's not a switch in sports and preparing for her first boxing match. those fish soup theory belong to resign a begum now a season fighter she once had to hide her passion from her traditional muslim family and one day i noticed there was a sign thank you both in class school. and i completely fell in love with the sport it was fast and furious explained safe and he just took me away from my challenges in life at that point my time didn't actually ninety thousand type of thing they just thought i was going to know when shame full fitness pepsi is it didn't take rukhsana long to achieve accolades in the sport she fell in love with she soon became a british and european my thai champion and won the world kick boxing association title. her success convinced others to put on the gloves. the father had. many females backgrounds in particular people from my faith and ethnic minority backgrounds and i thought to myself this is what we need spies me t

muslim. i'm of asian origin. i'm a londoner, british, european, a husband, a father. that's who i am.e're positive in our campaign but also explaining. the housing crisis is a marathon not a sprint. it's a result of specific governments letting down -- it's not the fault of immigrants, to have homes in london to make sure we've got a decent public transport system and invest in public transport. i say this in a respectful way to people who vote in countries all around the world. analyze, examine, look at carefully what you're being sold by your salesmen and saleswomen for that particular party. be careful of quick fixes. if it's too good to be true, then it's not true. >> i wonder if you can comment on some of the promises made by the brexiteers. you obviously voted to remain part of the eu. they told british people they'd be heading for the sunlit uplands. in the meantime, we see the united states potentially slapping steel tariffs on the eu and on britain. we see already word that air routes for airlines, britain will be put to the back of the queue for favorable airline routes. wha

she is british and currently world take boxing champion and the sport's only female muslim titleholder. notice the warrior princess, she is switching sports and preparing for her first boxing match another barrier broken for a woman who has overcome so many to chase her dream. reporter: those this of fury below -- fists of fury belong to this season fighter who once had to hide her fashion from her traditional muslim family. >> i saw signs for a kickboxing class after school, so i tended that and i completely fell in love with the sport. it was fast and furious, explosive, and took me away from all my challenges in life. at that time they didn't know i was doing boxing. they just thought i was going to a normal gym for fitness purposes. reporter: it did not take her long to achieve accolades in the sport she fell in love with. she became a british and european mai thai champion and won the kickboxing association title. her success convinced others to put on the gloves. >> the fact that i did that inspired so many females from all backgrounds come in particular people from my faith and

in this mostly muslim country, female teachers aren't a common sight. her training is financed by a britishorganization, which has helped to set up more than 100 courses in bangladesh. sumata: i'm in the twelfth grade. a year ago, two children in my village drowned. afterwards, i wanted to become a swimming instructor. and i'm very happy about it. reporter: finally, after practicing on dry land, it's time to hit the water. here in bangladesh, women swim fully-clothed. a special bamboo practice area has been constructed for beginners. there's a floor, so that no one can slip and go under. farjsana's mother is still understandably nervous. farjsana and the teacher try and help the children overcome their fear of the water. sumata: she is still young and quite shy, but she'll soon get better at it. if she's determined, she'll be a good instructor -- perhaps even better than me. reporter: they practice swimming two hours every day. then they head home to help out with the chores. almost all of the children can swim after five days, according to the aid organization that organizes the courses. a

try and stop violence against them as the minority muslim owned homes and businesses have been set on fire and damaged in riots and candy senior british ministers ascent to meet over the suspected poisoning of a former double agent in the u.k. counter-terrorism police are investigating why four out former russian intelligence officers scriptural and his daughter were found on conscious on sunday they remain in critical condition in hospital as the headline is these continues here on al-jazeera after risking it all stay with us. the head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed a satisfied with the state of the economy this is easily estonia's biggest tech success story. by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time. of. the. earth the. fall many in the west african country of guinea life can be quite a struggle. a quarter of the country is covered in forest and the government has neglected roads and basic services. constant delays paralyze the nation's economy. and yet guinea is a rich country rich in gold and diamond

muslims were forced off their land. syrian government forces say they've recaptured more than half the rebel enclave of eastern ghouta outside damascus. and the veteran britishertainer, sir ken dodd, dies at the age of 90. nearly all of the votes have been counted in colombia's congressional elections. conservative parties bitterly opposed to a peace deal with former farc rebels are in the lead, though falling short of an outright majority. the farc — now a left—wing political party — has performed poorly. presidentjuan manuel santos said the participation of candidates from the former rebel group marked a historic moment for colombian democracy. our correspondent katy watson is following the election in bogota. for these former gorillas, this was an historic day. they are no longer hiding in thejungle, they were centre stage in this weekend's elections. translation: today is a historic day for colombia. we are deciding the country's fate and i think it will mark the milestone. we are strengthening the peace process. it is the first time in my life i have voted and i'm doing it for peace. as presidentjuan manuel santos cast his vote, he said it is proof his

under their noses it's a feed paying muslim school so parents are paying around three thousand pounds a year for this brainwashing it's rated outstanding by the british government school watchdog so parents here in the u.k. normally go to this watched or gets called off stead and they'll check the rating of any school before they decide to send their kids to it so its judgment was that it's outstanding that's the top rating a school can get. with this watchdog but this this particular story could cost the reputation of this really very important institution here in the u.k. into some doubt and in fact the inspection happened while haq was teaching these kids at the school when he was found guilty in court earlier today he was shouting in court he said i want to say something but he was sort of dragged out of the courtroom kicking and screaming the judge is going to be deciding how long what to sentence him for at a later date and i'm sure the parents will be following that decision very closely a poly boy reporting live from london thank you so much. but a mere putin state of the nation address parts of the media accusing russia of harking back to th

metropolis in india's northeast in fact just as they have done for centuries the muslim moguls route from here so did the british during the colonial era today the city's destiny is determined by indians who are as diverse as the stories they write. them. if. anything. earth would you go down that does go up to write stories about modern day delhi entitled capital his latest book is not hani about the city itself but also about the importance of money in delhi. runa does go up to was born in britain as the son of indian parents he moved to the city of his forefathers several years ago. even though he takes a distinctly critical view of delhi the spirit of the city is very harsh and aggressive. it's very paranoid and concerned with threats and security and i think the warmth of the city is. is is directed inwards so people are very good hosts for instance it's a delightful place to be hosted the city because people once they invite you into their home they will give you everything to run up the leaves that the apparent harshness of the city comes from the fact that have the last few centuries it has been built by