Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

The satellite internet technology called Starlink has provided a decisive battlefield advantage

in Ukraine. In China it's also provided cause for concern. We ask why China is not

as army is worried and why that is likely to lead to a space race in low earth orbit.

And everything old is new again. Our correspondent finds that pinball is enjoying a resurgence.

It's not just in its retro, it's tactile, it's delightfully mechanical. And pinball machine

makers are starting to move with the times a bit. First up though.

For much of the world today marks the start of Pride Month, a time that LGBT people protest

for their rights and celebrate their identities. In Uganda though, you'll find no parties and

no parades. Homosexual acts have been a crime since 1950 and punishable with a life sentence.

But as of Monday things got far more dangerous when it was revealed that President

Uyury Musevani had signed a vicious new bill into law. Some same sex acts are now punishable

by death, even so-called promoting homosexuality or renting a room to a gay couple come with long

jail terms. The most vocal advocate of the bill, Uganda's parliamentary speaker Anita Among,

frames the law as one of protection from moral degradation from outside influences.

Let's protect Uganda's, let's protect our values, our virtues, we have a culture to protect.

The Western world will not come and rule Uganda.

But there's more going on behind this anti-colonial language of Africa's homophobes.

There are foreign influences, just not the ones the law claims to address.

The supporters of this law make three main arguments in its favor.

Liam Taylor writes about Uganda for the economist.

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