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. P
honouring european unity. he has landed in france, off the plane and into a car and he is heading off for dinner with emmanuel macron and we are told he will be talking about the humanitarian support that france can offer and reaffirming the military support that president macron has already agreed to. we heard earlier he gave a speech in aachen in germany where he received this prize pot european union, where he called germany a true friend in the fight against russia. he was also in italy before that where he met prime minister giorgia meloni and she also said italy would support ukraine as long as necessary and he also got to meet the pope whilst in italy as well, who said he was praying for ukraine. a lot of promises for support in the last few days from germany and italy and this is exactly what president zelensky once, he wants to show russia that the international support he has been enjoying for the last few days is continuing and there is no sign of it waning ahead o
hello, i m lukwesa burak. counting has begun in turkey s presidential election, with voters deciding whether to end recep tayyip erdogan s long grip on power. turnout is expected to be huge. the poll is one of the most consequential in the country s modern history, with mr erdogan s islamic party challenged by an opposition set on a more secular course, and promising closer ties to the west. president tayyip erdogan cast his vote in istanbul. and this is his key rival kimil kilicdaroglu. he s the leader of a broad opposition alliance hoping to end mr erdogan s time in power. in the last hour, we heard from president erdogan. he tweeted: the voting process has been completed throughout the country in a way that befits our democracy. now, as always, it is time to firmly protect the ballot boxes. until the results are finalised, we will continue to protect the will of our people. let s talk now to our correspondent, silin girit at the opposition s headquarters in istanbul. th
20 or i m f or world bank the european efforts our american friends, for example, to be clear together on the direction of travel to raise the necessary investment. but also to be very clear that investment comes with reform. reform off the administrative capacity, the judicial independence to fight corruption, to a create a conducive environment for the business sector. here it is important that we really stand together am to give ukraine a fair chance to rise from the ashes and to be able to really leap frog forward. what reconstruction is concerned in investment, but also in the improvement of the estate of ukraine. thank you. thank you madam president, will be taking very, very few christians considering the lateness of the hour. martina, you were 1st. yes, you have to stand up and go to the stand. sorry. i think it s sort of made for taller people than me. hi, matina service. i m getting it from the new york times. thanks very much for this. i m regarding the assessment
Ceasefire resolution passed by the united nations. Chair order, order. Welcome to this session of the liaison committee. We are taking evidence from the Prime Minister. Welcome, Prime Minister, and thank you for being with us. We have two particular overriding, or rather underlying, themes to the discussion today. One is the pressures on public spending and the challenge of squaring the circle between all the demands on public spending, particularly the rise in threat and Security Issues and the pressure on the defence budget and the need to control public spending something that no doubt preoccupies you every hour, Prime Minister. The other is in the context of our ongoing inquiry into how parliament and select committees in particular can promote better Strategic Thinking in government. And so in this session, we will start with a postbudget section on the economy and Public Services. We will move on to global issues, and conclude with a few questions about scrutiny of Strategic Thin