samir hussein, bbc news, lahore.ting in anticipation for their heroes to return home. the new world champions are expected to arrive in the next few hours. a huge street party has been planned in buenos aries to welcome the squad, who won argentina's first world cup since 1986. 1 that brings us to the end of this hour thank you for joining. hello. the start of the new week brought a big change in the weather. compare this picture of a snowy scene in cumbria on saturday with this picture of the same scene on monday. the snow has been replaced by a big puddle. we saw cloud, we saw rain, we saw some much milder conditions. temperatures in north wales got very close to 16 celsius, lots of other places not too far behind. that mild air pushes up from the southwest with a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of quite heavy rain in places. as the stripe of cloud and rain clears away eastwards, we will see some slightly cooler air pushing in from the west, so those really high temperatures for monday are not going to last through

. ♪ >> joy land tells the story of a family in lahore. a wife who sexual desires are not being met.band who falls in love with a transgender person while working as a backup dancer. it is that part of the story that sparked controversy. i saw the film here in pakistan with a handful of theaters that was showing it. there were three key scenes that were cut in a few bits and pieces here and there. and although the edits were jarring it did depict something that happens in everyday life in pakistan that you do not often see reflected on the big screen. transgender people have always been visible in the country. their existence has never been denied but they are a marginalized community often forced to sell their bodies for money. others turn to entertainment or dancing for their dinner. having grown up in lahore this individual did not want to include the third gender in his film while ignored -- acknowledging censorship is part of life in pakistan. >> i looked at letting the film go. i am happy about that. there was a whole list of them -- this is the first when they got banned and u

its way east out of the middle east, bringing snow to parts of kabul in afghanistan, edging into lahore on thursday. to the south, clear skies, some showers coming into sri lanka, possibly them all lives -- the maldives as well. that is your weather. >> he came from a wealthy background in paris and became an artist against his families wishes. he went on to bring a fresh perspective to orientalist painting, falling in love with saharan culture, converting to islam. al jazeera world tells the story of his unique work. the french orientalist, on al jazeera. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. ♪ kerry: you are watching al jazeera. the u.s. has joined a growing list of china -- countries imposing covid-19 restrictions on people arriving from china. it will require negative tests from anyone traveling from china. ukraine's military says russian forces have stepped up attacks on the city of kherson. 33 missiles were fired at civilian targets. some hit a hospital maternity ward. israel's incoming government is promising to make expanding settlements in the occupied

we are coming out a midnight in denver mid day in lahore. 10 am right here in moscow. welcome to the news hour. there's been a new development in the so called katara gate scandal that shaken up the european parliament. some lawmakers are now accused of taking brides linked to morocco, r t contribute, or rachel marston has been following the story. it's certainly not the best look for the european union when the same officials who are so keen to lecture every one else about democracy and transparency. now find themselves with the big mass right under their own roof at the european parliament when the scandal broke. earlier this month and belgian authorities rolled up suitcases full of cash at homes and hotels associated with european officials. all eyes were focused on cutters, a legend involvement in the shady lobbying practices associated with the scandal. particularly since the football world cup was on and cutter was the host country, and it already faced controversy over how it may have been awarded those games. but now morocco has been dragged into this fiasco as

it is largely dry, as is the case to, into pakistan over the next couple of days. temperatures in lahore at around $22.00 celsius. but notice a westley disturbance to the far north of the country the weather sponsored by cattle anyways. my mama pricing is then ah, pete, a movement takes place in kenya. counting up against the british demanding return of their lines, nearly declassified documents showing a light on prisons colonial past. there is systematic torture of reign of terror in these count major human rights abuses. how was this happening? a very british way of to which i do want to donate to deny on al jazeera, ah oh, here without just here reminds of our top stories. this out, american basketball star, brittany griner, has arrived in the us after being released from a russian prison greiner, who had been detained since february, was free. this part of a prison of sworn police in peru have fought his supporters of impeached crescent petro castillo. he was detained and removed from power on wednesday, after attempting to shut congress and ruled by decree. 9 people have died. an e

right now let's admire how pakistani designers' fantasy played out even more beauty on our air in lahoreding fashion week ended, at which the country's leading designers presented collections festive clothes for the bride grooms in trend. as you can see embroidery ornaments bright colors and embellishments made of diamonds and other precious stones. wedding fashion in pakistan is subject to strict traditions. this also needs to be remembered, but designers find it whenever possible. e something to make the outfits really look unusual and modern, according to tradition , not only professional models participated in the shows. well, also famous actresses. and someone, i think that here, as if we were transferred to some famous, but bollywood film. and this the truth very reminiscent of all these dances, all these decorations and decorations in general, by the way, it is clear that glitter is in fashion. and here we are in general solidarity from pakistan, because you saw the latest new year's collections, uh, beautiful glitter for girls and women, in general, on all catwalks, not only our

and i'll say, my father's from lahore, my mother's from karachi. then mother's from karachi.t might be a putting of maybe a person certain age might person of a certain age might say, oh, i've been to laurel, my grandfather, served in the army and, know, rajasthan or and, you know, in rajasthan or what. what but you could what. i don't what but you could have a really deep rich conversation. it shows inquisitiveness. that you're inquisitiveness. it that you're trying engage in more deep trying to engage in a more deep visceral someone. visceral level with someone. i this whole thing absolutely utterly bizarre. i mean i've read the whole yes. i think lady hussey sort of went on bit yes some of the terms she used when she when she the person back and said i'm a british national, she should probably have left it there but i'm not making any progress. but the intent of her from reading transcript me from reading the transcript me was was trying to find was clear she was trying to find out where she was from. and then the person that she was the person said that she was proud her