the bill still needs to be signed by president yoweri museveni. if it becomes law — it will be the first anywhere to outlaw merely identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. the bbc�*s patience atuhaire reports from kampala. this gay man in his early 20s says that he is afraid for his life. he spoke to the bbc on condition that his identity is kept hidden and says that he has already faced online attacks and was outed to his family. translation: they even took the information to my mother, so my mum was very mad at me and called saying, "you're gay? "i never want you back in my life. "never even come near my other children. "you are no longer my child." the newly passed bill will see anyone who is convicted of grooming or trafficking children for purposes of engaging them in homosexual activities face life in prison. but it includes even tougher penalties. a clause titled aggravated homosexuality now stipulates the death penalty in cases where somebody has sex with a minor, a disabled person, or in cases where the victim gets inf

the bill still needs to be signed by president yoweri museveni.it will be the first anywhere to to outlaw merely identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. the bbc�*s patience atuhaire reports from kampala. this gay man in his early 20s says that he is afraid for his life. he spoke to the bbc on condition that his identity is kept hidden and says that he has already faced online attacks and was outed to his family. they even took the information to my mother, so my mum was very mad at me and called saying, "you're gay? "i never want you back in my life. "never even come near my other children. "you are no longer my child." the newly passed bill will see anyone who is convicted of grooming or trafficking children for purposes of engaging them in homosexual activities face life in prison. but it includes even tougher penalties. a clause titled aggravated homosexuality now stipulates the death penalty in cases where somebody has sex with a minor, a disabled person, or in cases where the victim gets infected with a lifelong disease a

in parliament gave the bill overwhelming support, but it will have to be signed by president yoweri musevenie first time on thursday over security concerns. mr chew is likely to face a barrage of questions on tiktok�*s relationship with china, what data it collects, and what it does with it. he will reportedly appear before the us house of representatives energy and commerce committee, as lawmakers scrutinize chinese—owned video—sharing app. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the huge clean—up operation under way after millions of dead fish filled a river in australia. applause i'm so proud of both of you. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. with great regret, - the committee has decided that south africa will be excludedl from the 1970 competition. chanting streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm monica miller in singapore. our headlines: the us federal reserve has raised interest rates again despite fears that it could add to financial turmoil

in parliament gave the bill overwhelming support, but it will have to be signed by president yoweri museveni ukrainian authorities have released footage of president volodymyr zelensky visiting the front—line, near the city of bakhmut. he's shown handing out medals to soldiers who've been engaged in some of the most intense fighting in the year—long war. the visit comes as russia launched more missile attacks, killing at least 8 people near the capital kyiv and in the city of zaporizhzhia. at least 35 people have been injured at an edinburgh dockyard after a ship there tipped over. video shows the three—thousand—tonne vessel leaning at a 45—degree angle. the ship was once owned by the late microsoft founder paul allen, and had been used for searching for shipwrecks. it's currently owned by the us navy, and had come dislodged from its moorings. the hollywood icon dick van dyke is recovering from injuries after he reportedly lost control of his car on the streets of malibu in california. police say the 97—year—old suffered minor injuries, and was treated at the scene. police say drugs and alco

it's likely that president yoweri museveni who the bill goes to now will ascend to it because his prime minister and his attorney general war in parliament when this past, and he said that the government fully supported president museveni has called homosexual people, devi friends. but this law goes a lot further than many anti lgbt legislation in africa because it criminalizes even identifying as lgbt or non binary in the country. the man who proposed this bill, the opposition mp, calls himself a human rights lawyer, and he took a love of honor when the bill passed in parliament. in fact criticizing western nations listen. being threatened with the visa restrictions, probably spiritualists. this. homosexuals have been jamming my phone. with the new detail, profanities and abuses thinking that we would relent. i know what i've gone through is what all of you have gone through in one way or the other. ugandan lawmaker stated that protecting traditional family values if that sounds familiar, it's because a lot of the lobbying around these anti a little bit lgbt legislation in africa, incl

in parliament gave the bill overwhelming support, but it will have to be signed by president yoweri musevenicriminal defamation case. mr gandhi, from the congress party, was convicted by the court in gujarat state for comments he made about prime minister narendra modi's surname during an election rally in 2019. earlier on, i spoke to our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan who has been explaining the significance of this case. this is part of the ongoing political drama, it is a theatre in india. now, the main opposition leader, mr gandhi comes from the influential indian political dynasty, the nehru—gandhi family. and in an election speech in 2019 he referred to the surname of indian prime minister modi and refereed to a few fugitive tycoons who had escaped from india being wanted, how come all those who were wanted had the surname modi? indian surnames refer to a caste so by linking the surname of mr modi to the thieves he has insulted the modi community. that is what the whole court case is about. it has a huge impact on him and the party and that is why it has huge significance. i th

in parliament gave the bill overwhelming support, but it will have to be signed by president yoweri musevenial media app tiktok is expected to give evidence to the us congress today over security concerns. shou zi chew is likely to face a barrage of questions on tiktok�*s relationship with the chinese state, what data it collects and what it does with it. our north america technology correspondent james clayton has more. hi, everyone! it's shou here, i'm the ceo of tiktok. tiktok�*s boss usually keeps a low profile. but this week, he published this tiktok, ahead of a congressional hearing, where he'll be grilled by us politicians. he's decided to come out fighting. in that same video, he claims that tiktok has 150 million users in the us. in a country where facebook is in decline, tiktok has seen exponential growth. but with that huge influence has come concern. this is the head of the fbi being quizzed earlier this month in congress. could they use tiktok to control data on millions of users? er, yes. could they use it to control the software on millions of devices, given the opportunity to