A warm welcome. Pakistans former Prime Minister and the one Time International cricketer imran khan has been arrested after a Court Sentenced him to three years in prison on corruption charges. He was found guilty of failing to declare money hed earned from selling gifts he received while in office. Mr khans previous arrest in may triggered violent protests and the army was deployed. Our pakistan correspondent, Caroline Davies has the latest. Sirens blaring, police struck after police truck, resting former Prime Minister imran khan. Thejudgment came from here, police are filled every corner in islamabads session court. Mr khan says the case is politically motivated. The court said he is dishonest. This is after months of waiting. Now finally an announcement, imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years in prison. Outside court, shouts of, your show is over minutes later we heard he had been arrested. This was what happened the last time mr khan was arrested. Protests, some violent. Mr khan was released but his party faced a dramatic crackdown. Many of his senior Party Leadership were arrested, then announced they had left the party. Police picked up thousands of his supporters. Translation will be protest happen again . Imran khan releases pre recorded video after he had been arrested today. Translation i want to make one request, you should not sit quietly at home. All my struggle is not for myself. It is for you, for the future of your kids. If you do not stand up for your rights, you will live like a slave. ,. , slave. Outside his house, there were a small number. Slave. Outside his house, there were a small number. Chanting, slave. Outside his house, there were a small number. Chanting, waving i a small number. Chanting, waving flags, then quickly taken away. It has been a matter of months but the atmosphere in pakistan has changed. This decision will mean mr Khan Cannot Run in the upcoming elections. His lawyers intend to appeal the decision but for now, mr khan is held by police and his political future is deeply uncertain. Caroline davies, bbc news, islamabad. Live now to islamabad where we can speak to the bbc� s saher baloch. What about imran khans immediate future . ,. , ,. , ~ future . Right now he has been taken to a rison future . Right now he has been taken to a prison and future . Right now he has been taken to a prison and they future . Right now he has been taken to a prison and they have future . Right now he has been taken to a prison and they have crossed future . Right now he has been taken to a prison and they have crossed a l to a prison and they have crossed a check post here in islamabad. What we know is all eyes are directed towards the higher courts and questions are being asked about whether they can provide any sort of easing or comfort to whatever happened to imran khan today. In order to reduce the sentencing also. This is being discussed as well. All eyes are on the higher courts. What eyes are on the higher courts. What is the atmosphere eyes are on the higher courts. What is the atmosphere like eyes are on the higher courts. What is the atmosphere like on the streets . fix, is the atmosphere like on the streets . � ,. , , streets . A few protesters, supporters streets . A few protesters, supporters of streets . A few protesters, supporters of the streets . A few protesters, supporters of the pti streets . A few protesters, | supporters of the pti came streets . A few protesters, supporters of the pti came out to protest but they have been arrested by police whether it is islamabad or lahore because after the protest in may, the police are careful about any protests in the capital. Most of the protesters have been arrested, a few of those came out. The direct atmosphere is tense right now but also, when it comes to the party itself, the pti chief and imran khan told supporters to be peaceful but he also asked them to protest as well. The reaction is much more subdued than on may nine. Imran khans lawyer, Intazar Panjutha said the case against the former Prime Minister lacked merit. He is demanding a fair opportunity, a fair trial. He has been denied that. Had the witnesses been allowed to produce before the court, the case would have been entirely different. Even now, Nothing Incriminating was put to imran khan. No offence whatsoever was alleged to him that, you have violated such and such provision of law. The pakistani government says imran khans arrest is unrelated to the forthcoming elections. Heres the countrys Information Minister speaking on pakistani television. Translation if anyone has this question in mind, as to whether imran khan has been arrested for political reasons, and such a narrative has been created, they should know that the courts detailed verdict comes at the end of 14 or 15 months of trial process. We are hoping to speak to the ptis Information Minister so we will bring you that as soon as we get that. Saudi arabia is hosting talks to discuss a path towards peace in ukraine. Representatives from ukraine, western powers and developing countries, including china and india, will be taking part, but russia will not be attending. President zelensky of ukraine has said he hopes the initiative will lead to a � peace summit� to endorse principles, based on his own formula for a peace settlement. Live now to evelyn farkas, Executive Director of the mccain institute, and former Deputy Assistant secretary of defense for russia, ukraine, eurasia. Thank you for being with us. A0 countries at the so called peace talks, russia not there. What do you think could be achieved . I talks, russia not there. What do you think could be achieved . Think could be achieved . I think the most important think could be achieved . I think the most important thing think could be achieved . I think the most important thing that think could be achieved . I think the most important thing that can think could be achieved . I think the most important thing that can be i most important thing that can be achieved is greater understanding and appreciation by the countries who are gathering here in saudi arabia. Of what russia has done to upend the international order, to create further Food Insecurity and Energy Insecurity and of course the human rights cost. I think what president zelensky is trying to do is educate these leaders and coaxing them into a position that is more helpful for ukraine because them into a position that is more helpfulfor ukraine because right now, many of them are claiming they are neutral. Now, many of them are claiming they are neutral now, many of them are claiming they are neutral. What do you make of the fact that china are neutral. What do you make of the fact that china have are neutral. What do you make of the fact that china have sent are neutral. What do you make of the fact that china have sent an are neutral. What do you make of the fact that china have sent an envoy . L fact that china have sent an envoy . They are saying they are neutral, they have done since the beginning of the conflict but have been criticised by the west. What influence could they bring to bear . China is not neutral because they have declared that they have a special partnership with russia, they have been Buying Oilfrom russia, so in essence, helping russia, so in essence, helping russia pay for this war. The chinese have not done anything really constructive except the important point that they have counselled the russians publicly against any kind of nuclear mismanagement or nuclear use. And even threatening nuclear use. And even threatening nuclear use. But china doesnt actually want this war. That is important and china could potentially be more helpful if president zelensky can convince the chinese to do that. The chinese dont want a war because they see the risk to their economic well being. They see the risk to their economic wellbeing they see the risk to their economic wellbeina. ~. ,. ,. , i,. , wellbeing. What is your analysis of the fact saudi wellbeing. What is your analysis of the fact saudi arabia wellbeing. What is your analysis of the fact saudi arabia are wellbeing. What is your analysis of the fact saudi arabia are hosting the fact saudi arabia are hosting this wrist watches their part to play in all this . Play in all this . This is interesting play in all this . This is interesting because i play in all this . This is i interesting because saudi play in all this . This is interesting because saudi arabia, the Saudi Arabian crown prince, he has of course had a very troubled relationship with the united states, he is trying to rebuild the relationship based on pragmatism and he is also trying to show the world that saudi arabia matters. Earlier this year we saw saudi arabia working with beijing to complete a sort of opening these av tehran, iran. They are trying to show we are a strong middle power in The Great Game right now. A strong middle power in The Great Game right nova a strong middle power in The Great Game right now. Really good to get our game right now. Really good to get your analysis game right now. Really good to get your analysis. Thank game right now. Really good to get your analysis. Thank you. France has said it will firmly support efforts by the west African Regional grouping ecowas to make the Military Coup in nigerfail. The announcement was made by the French Foreign minister catherine colonna, after her meeting with nigers Prime Minister and the niger ambassador. Earlier, countries from ecowas announced a plan for possible Military Intervention in niger, if the Military Leaders who seized power there do not restore the countrys president before the deadline this sunday. Lets now go live to lagos to speak to Adebayo Olowoake director of the african Resource Development centre. Thank you for being with us. This deadline is looming, tomorrow sunday is the deadline that the people behind this Military Coup have been under to reinstate the deposed president. What do you make of that . What could happen next . That president. What do you make of that . What could happen next . What could happen next . That is actuall a what could happen next . That is actually a question what could happen next . That is actually a question which i what could happen next . That is actually a question which is i what could happen next . That is| actually a question which is open. Ecowas has been very specific in saying that it will not allow them to stay in power beyond tomorrow. If they do not return the president to power. There is some apprehension, especially from nigeria, that this could result in a Military Intervention, the use of force. So far the military here has announced that it would only deploy on the instruction of the authority of Heads Of State and that has not happened. But of course there is apprehension because the deadline is just about 2a hours away. Apprehension because the deadline is just about 24 hours away. Just about 24 hours away. France has said it firmly just about 24 hours away. France has said it firmly supports those said it firmly supports those efforts. They are a close ally of the deposed president. Tell us more about their involvement and how significant that could be. I actually think that the public declaration by france to Support Ecowas could be counter productive because at the moment, whether in francophile west africa or otherwise, france is not popular. The narrative of the jointer has been that they are fighting french and neocolonialism and they have also had that narrative reinforced ity also had that narrative reinforced by fellow crews in burkina faso. These three states have been very active on the social media, appealing to Young Africans and the general feeling appealing to Young Africans and the generalfeeling is appealing to Young Africans and the general feeling is that if france were to say what they have just said now, that they will Support Ecowas, it could create a Credibility Problem for ecowas which might be seen as an instrument in the hands of france to further french imperialist agenda. Briefly, the unto imperialist agenda. Briefly, the junto have imperialist agenda. Briefly, the junto have stepped imperialist agenda. Briefly, the junto have stepped up imperialist agenda. Briefly, the junto have stepped up their i imperialist agenda. Briefly, the i junto have stepped up their rhetoric against the west and against ecowas. How concerned are you by that . I think they are under pressure and i think they are under pressure and i think that to be quite honest, they dont have many options really. But what it does prove is that they are taking a hardline position and that makes a Military Confrontation more likely. Makes a Military Confrontation more likel. , ~ i. , makes a Military Confrontation more likel. , ~ ,. Now its time for a look at todays sport. Hello from the bbc sport centre. England have made history by reaching their first Netball World Cup final, after an extremely tight contest against the defending champions new zealand. The match was level after the first three quarters the two sides hard to seperate in cape town. But it was england who pulled ahead in the final moments, the game finishing a6 a0. The roses will face eitherjamaica or australia in sundays final. Its served us so well to be consistent. I dont mean boring consistent, i mean consistent bringing the fun and the character of the team as well as the studious nature we have got. Im hoping everyone is proud. We have already gone where no other team has gone before. We have already done that, we can tick that box and what i believe will happen is it will unleash us to play with freedom and thats all i want to see tomorrow. From one world cup to another, and spain are through to the Quarter Finals of the womens foootball world cup after thrashing switzerland, in the first of the knock out games. They gifted switzerland an equaliser, with a a5 yard own goal look at that laya codina the unlucky defender. But it wasnt to affect the outcome in this one sided contest, as spain romped to a 5 1 victory. Aitana bonmati showing her class with a brace theyll face the netherlands or south africa in the last 8. The second Match Of The Day was a bit closer as japan took a step towards a second womens world cup title. They beat norway 3 1. Hinata miyazawa, raced through to seal the win shes on target for the golden boot this her fifth goal of the tournament so far. Japan into a quarter final against either the defending champions, the usa, or sweden who meet on sunday. England continue their preparations for their last 16 game against nigeria on monday. After a slow start to the competition, they found form with an emphatic win over china in their last match. Despite a large gap between the 2 nations in the rankings, the lionesses wont be taking their opponents lightly. I think we are all really excited. The beauty of the world cup is you are able to play against so many Different Countries with so many Different Countries with so many different styles of play and able to test ourselves. Nigeria are ranked aoth, its test ourselves. Nigeria are ranked a0th, its amazing to see them go into the knockouts and they are not the only team with a high ranking that have made it through. It shows how far english womens football has progressed. The English Football League season begins this weekend, although we have to wait another week for the Premier League to get back underway, but the Big Money Transfers continue. Reigning champions Manchester City will have a new face in the heart of their defence. The club confirming theyve signed Yosko Gvardiol for £77 million from german side rb leipzig. The croatian defender was one of the stars of the world cup in qatar. Manchester united have signed the 20 year old Rasmus Hojlund from italian Side Atalanta for £72 million. In his short career, the striker has scored 27 goals in 87 club appearances. United have said hes got a small injury which will keep him out of the first few games. In boxing, the heavyweight fight between anthonyjoshua and Dillian Whyte has been called off after whyte returned � an adverse finding from a doping test. The pair were due to face off next saturday at londons o2 arena in a rematch of their fight from 2015, but a � full investigation� will be carried out after whytes results. Joshua could yet fight on the same date if a new opponent can be found. And thats all from me for now more on the bbc sport website including results from the latest rugby union warm up matches ahead of the world cup. The children s commissioner for england has warned the Fostering System needs rocket boosting to tackle a shortage of carers. Dame rachel de souza said she was concerned that people were being put off by the level of bureaucracy. Around 30,000 children enter the care system each year. The government says its investing over £27 million to recruit more Foster Carers and retain existing ones. There will be no Rail Services in or out of brighton today as the city hosts its annual pride festival. The Rail Company Gtr which runs thameslink and Southern Services has cancelled all trains, saying it would be unable to cope with the high numbers of passengers expected, because of an overtime ban by drivers with the union aslef. The event normally attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors. Travel disruption will be worsened by Climate Change unless more money is spent on the uks transport networks, a Government Adviser has warned. Intense rainfall and heatwaves have hit road and rail travel with flash floods, landslips and equipment failures. The chair of the National Infrastructure commission, sirjohn armitt, said the uk must either accept more travel disruption, or spend more money on maintenance and upgrades. Network rail said companies were racing to catch up. Lets turn to weather events in the uk where the met office is warning of potential road closures, power cuts and flying debris as storm antoni batters wales and south west england. Amber alerts are in place for high winds and heavy rain is also expected in northern ireland. So, storm antoni is the first met office named storm of the year to hit the uk. But what is causing these unseasonably strong winds. Ben rich is in the bbc Weather Centre with more. The uks recent spell of wet and cool Summer Weather has come thanks to the jet stream. The winds high up in the atmosphere. Thejet stream has been to the south of us, bringing Weather Systems our way, and that is exactly what has happened this weekend. The jet stream has spun up an unusually deep area of low pressure for the time of year. This storm named storm antoni by the met office because of the potential for disruption, particularly on the western flank of this low, as it continues to journey eastwards, you can see the white line squeezing together. Thats where weve got the strongest of the winds through the rest of the day. A met Office Amber Warning across parts of South West Wales and south west england, gusts of 60 Miles Per Hour or more. Quite unusual at this time of year, hence the risk for disruption. But the wind is much lighter, youll notice, further east and particularly further north. Some heavy rain in the outlook as well and feeling really cool out there. So what prospects for something drier, brighter and warmer . Well, actually, as we head through the coming week, the jet stream is expected to shift northwards, and that should take the Weather Systems away to the north, at least for a time. It will also bring this wedge of warmer air through the middle part of the week. Towards the end of the week, it looks like temperatures will be a little bit higher, maybe up to the mid to possibly high 20 celsius in places. But it looks like that might not last too long, with more Showery Rain Returning by the very end of the week. Now lets return to our top story the conflict in ukraine. Its been 2 months since Ukrainian Forces launched their long awaited Counter Offensive aimed at pushing the invading Russian Forces out of the areas they ve seized. The uk, the us and other western nations have invested heavily in these efforts donating billions of pounds of military equipment, and training soldiers. So, two months on, how is ukraine coping against formidable russian defences . The bbc s security correspondent Frank Gardner has teamed up with bbc verify to assess what progress is being made. This is what the map looks like 18 months on after the full scale russian invasion last year. If it looks familiar, that is because it is. It hasnt changed that much since last november with the russian occupied areas shaded in red. In orderfor ukraines occupied areas shaded in red. In order for ukraines counteroffensive to succeed it needs to cut the russian area into. Earlier this summer in earlyjune, south of the city, there was a battle, the russian defensive lines are in black here. Here you can see the russian defensive lines heavily mined, interspersed trenches, artillery, bunkers, very hard for ukraine to get through all of that. This verified Drone Footage Shows what happened when a Ukrainian Armed patrol ran into a minefield. Some of the close up staff is too graphic but these minefields and russian defences are so intense it makes it very hard for the ukrainians to advance southwards. The russians have been innovative in what they have been innovative in what they have done. This is their tm 62 anti tank mine. Some of ukraines armour will withstand a strike by one of these but not buy too. So the russians are putting two of them together to blow up through the han of a together to blow up through the han ofa ukrainian together to blow up through the han of a ukrainian armoured vehicle. This footage here shows a whole bunch of these russian anti tank mines that have disabled a western supply tank. Another weapon that the russians are using, very effectively is the alligator, the ka 52 attack helicopter. Given all these factors, how successful could this counteroffensive be . The how successful could this counteroffensive be . ~. ,. , counteroffensive be . The Ukrainian Forces wanted counteroffensive be . The Ukrainian Forces wanted to counteroffensive be . The Ukrainian Forces wanted to retake counteroffensive be . The Ukrainian Forces wanted to retake all counteroffensive be . The Ukrainian Forces wanted to retake all the i forces wanted to retake all the occupied territories, including crimea. I do not think that that will happen any time soon. What will happen any time soon. What ukraine does will happen any time soon. What ukraine does have will happen any time soon. What ukraine does have in will happen any time soon. What ukraine does have in its will happen any time soon. What ukraine does have in its favour is some very powerful western supplied weaponry such as the storm shadow of long range missile, british supplied. And these are allowing ukraine to hit distant targets, trying to undermine russias defences from within. But the problem here is that all of this takes time and that is a luxury ukraine doesnt have. Within three months, the rainy season will have arrived, turning a lot of the roads into mud, making it difficult for ukraine to advance. Frank gardner, bbc news. Thousands of uk scouts are leaving an International Event in south korea that has been hit by extreme heat. Hundreds have fallen ill at the outdoor world scout jamboree, which is attended by more than a0,000 young people from around the world, amid 35 degree heat. As our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie, reports from the site there have also been claims that the event has been poorly organised. As the sun pounded the campsite, the uk scouts packed their bags. And boarded buses bound for more Comfortable Hotel rooms. You can see just how little respite this campsite has from this Scorching Sun but one of the uk team members who i spoke to an earlier said this decision to pull out the british scouts wasnt just decision to pull out the british scouts wasntjust because of this extreme heat, it was also because of concerns about the facilities and the food. They were no longer confident that they could keep everyone here safe. But the remaining scouts we spoke to are happy to still be here. In remaining scouts we spoke to are happy to still be here. 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Blankas sister was taken to i hospital because of the seat but she is recovering and so are the conditions she says. The british scouts have all been pulled out. How do you feel about that . I am scouts have all been pulled out. How do you feel about that . Do you feel about that . I am sad that they didnt do you feel about that . I am sad that they didnt stay. Do you feel about that . I am sad that they didnt stay. They i do you feel about that . I am sad that they didnt stay. They were | that they didnt stay. They were really cool people and i am sad for them that they got to leave because i really enjoyed spending time with them. I really enoyed spending time with them. ,. , ,. ,. , them. The organisers are now desperately them. The organisers are now desperately trying them. The organisers are now desperately trying to them. The organisers are now desperately trying to stop i them. The organisers are now i desperately trying to stop others from jumping ship. At this Press Conference earlier the Prime Minister announced he was sending more medical staff, along with a 700 strong army of workers to maintain the toilets and showers. That is good enough for the chilean contingent who plan to dance to the end. Jean mackenzie, bbc news, south korea. Stay with us here on bbc news. I will be back later. Thank you for watching. Hello. It feels more like autumn than august out there thanks to storm antoni. The shield of cloud on the satellite picture, this has been named by the met office because of the potential for disruption, particularly on the western edge of this area of low pressure as it journeys eastwards through the rest of today. So a met Office Amber Warning covering parts of South West Wales and south west england, the risk of gusts of 60 mph or more, particularly for exposed coasts and hills, but even quite a long way inland some quite strong, unusually strong winds for this time of year, hence the risk of disruption. Also some pretty heavy bursts of rain journeying eastwards, in fact some thunderstorms likely across southern and Eastern Parts of england, some pretty hefty showers across parts of Northern England up to scotland. Perhaps fewer showers out towards the west as we head towards the end of the day. Temperatures quite disappointing, some places only up to 1a degrees. Through this evening and overnight in our area of low pressure roles eastwards and we will continue to see one or two showers, particularly out to the west, towards the end of the night, and also some Rain Lingering in Eastern Parts, in between we will see clear spells and that will allow it to turn relatively cool, 7 12 , but into tomorrow this area of High Pressure tries to build from the rest, so certainly a drier and brighter day. There will still be some showers around, that the odd heavy, thundery one, particularly across parts of scotland. The Winds Continuing to ease, though still quite breezy across eastern england. With sunshine, not as much cloud or rain, a bit warmer, 17 20 at best. As we head for the coming week, we start off with some further frontal systems, so a bit of rain at times, but by the middle part of the week i pressure begins to build. I dont think we are looking at a prolonged spell of completely dry and settled weather, but we will see something drier than we have had of late and we will also start to bring in some warmer air, so temperatures at least for a time are set to climb, 25 or 26 degrees looking quite possible, but we do have the chance for some showery rain to return by the end of the week. Goodbye for now. This is bbc news, the headlines. Pakistans former Prime Minister, imran khan, has been given a three year Jail Sentence over corruption allegations. Mr khan was found guilty of not declaring money from selling gifts he received while in office and denies any wrongdoing. Ukraine has damaged a russian fuel tanker in its second Sea Drone Attack in two days. In an unverfied video sent to the bbc by a Ukrainian Security service source, they claim it shows the moment of attack. And a danger to life warning has been issued, as storm antoni hits parts of the uk, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. It is the uks first named storm in more than a year. Those are the headlines here on bbc news