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we begin a warning from president biden that sanctions may be imposed on uganda after new anti—homosexuality legislation was signed into law by president yoweri musveeni. in a statement, joe biden said... in the uk, the government also condemned the new law, saying... homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. our north america correspondent david willis told me more about what president biden had to say on the new law. the reaction from the white house has been very stern indeed, a five—paragraph statement ...

homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. we see that the more the states do this, the more the lgbt+ is impacted. so this bill, as it is signed now into law by president mr veni is having real consequences on the lgbt+ individuals in uganda but also across the region. i also spoke to activist jay mulucha to find out what reaction has been on the ground in the capital, kampala. he told me what the reaction has been. in uganda, at the moment, the situation is bad. we woke up to the bad news of the president sign...

in the uk, the government also condemned the new law, saying... homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. let's speak now to jay mulucha. he's an activist and executive director of an lbtq organisation in uganda. he has stayed up very late to join us on the programme. thank you very much for your time. tell us exactly what the reaction has been so far in uganda. what the reaction has been so far in unanda. . ~ what the reaction has been so far in uaanda. ., ~ ,, what the reaction has been so far in u:anda. ., ~...

price for the defence of bakhmut. and — tributes continue to pour in following the death of the queen of rock and roll tina turner at 83—years—old. hello. we start here in the uk, where new figures show net migration — the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving — hit a record high in 2022. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non—eu countries arriving for work and study after the pandemic. that's up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine ...

i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start in hong kong where the high—profile trial of the former media tycoon and pro—democracy campaigner jimmy lai has, in the last few hours, got under way. the 76—year—old was originally arrested in 2020, accused of undermining the territory's national security through articles published in his apple daily newspaper and on social media. mr lai has been held in solitary confinement for the past three years since his writing was deemed to be illegal under new legislation imposed by beijing. security was tight around t...