The organisation overseeing girl guide groups in the UK has banned trans girls from joining. They say the decision was taken in response to this year’s Supreme Court ruling. Trans rights campaigners claimed this week that Girlguiding was “being forced to exclude young trans girls by adults with bigotries and institutional power”. TransActual described the Girlguiding policy change as “yet another horrible act of violence against the most vulnerable trans people”. #itvnews #girlguiding #trans | I

On this day in 1971, Pakistan’s air strikes on Indian bases lit the fuse of a war that would rewrite the subcontinent. In just 13 days, the Indian Armed Forces and the Mukti Vahini unleashed a campaign so swift and overwhelming that it dismantled Pakistani positions, crushed resistance and forced one of the most decisive surrenders in modern history. A genocide was stopped and a nation was born. Watch the full story here: https://youtu.be/KlGJczkezdA | HISTORY