we‘ve seen a raid on an lgbti venue.bti need to be rehabilitated and that they won‘t ever be recognised in the country. this flies in the face of promises by the new government to make malaysia a more diverse and inclusive country, so we‘re really wondering what is going on here, really calling on the government to reverse the treatment that the lgbti community have been afforded so far. having said that, though, homosexual activity remains illegal under sharia law, under islamic law, which is governing malaysia now. so with that, in reality, for these people, every day, the existence of overturning that is some way away? well, it could be some way away, but we‘re hoping that this can be actually done quite quickly if there is that political will and understanding that the lgbti community, the people that are lgbti are a part of malaysia and they have rights. no—one should live in fear for who they are and who they love. and yes, you‘re right, at the moment there are laws that make same—sex relations illegal. other laws

we are calling for the repeal of all of these laws that criminalise lgbti the repeal of all of theseternational, speaking earlier to babita. plastic waste has become a massive problem around the world, and japan is no exception. however, people there spend a lot of time sorting their household plastic so it can be recycled. but what actually happens to it when it leaves their homes? rupert wingfield—hayes has been finding out. the world is drowning in plastic. here injapan, the world is drowning in plastic. here in japan, they the world is drowning in plastic. here injapan, they say recycling is the answer. but is that true? this is this woman‘s kinji kitchen andi this is this woman‘s kinji kitchen and i would say she is a garbage warrior. she‘s going to give me a lesson on how i should be separating your garbage —— warrior. it‘s quite elaborate. there are one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten pieces of garbage separation but this is the one week airabout, separation but this is the one week air about, plastic containers and packaging so she‘s going to show me how