the former prime minister imran khan has been remanded in custody for eight days after his arrest on corruption charges. a conviction would disqualify him from standing for election. his detention has sparked pitched battles between police and his supporters and at least 8 people have died in clashes in different cities across pakistan. the government has now called in the army to maintain order in the capital city and other provinces. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies has this report from islamabad. burning into the night. protests from lahore, karachi, peshawar. this was the singed aftermath, the reaction to imran khan s arrest yesterday. but the unrest is far from over. morning in islamabad. police blocked roads into the compound where imran khan was due to appear in front of a judge. some party officials were stopped at the gates. have you spoken to him since yesterday? we have no access. that is why i m demanding access. we are being denied access. beyond the b
of south west england. and this is the one day of the year when i turned from a serious bbc correspondent into a eurovision cocktail pianist. more details coming up. and coming up on bbc news. treble chasing manchester city are two games away from lifting their first champions league trophy after a kevin de bruyne wonder strike earned them a draw at real madrid. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. at the start of a trial about alleged phone hacking of several high profile figures including the duke of sussex, mirror group newspapers has been accused of using illegal methods on an industrial scale to get stories. the company, which has previously admitted phone hacking and paying private investigators, said it would never be repeated. prince harry and three other people are bringing claims at the high court against the group that publishes the mirror, the sunday mirror and sunday people. the claimants argue that executives at the company knew about widespread
the former prime minister of pakistan, imran khan, has appeared before a judge at a police compound in islamabad, a day after his dramatic arrest on corruption charges. the prosecutor requested he be held in remand for two weeks, but his lawyer has opposed this. police, anticipating violence, have set up roadblocks with cargo containers on the main road leading to their headquarters in islamabad. elsewhere mr khan s supporters have called for further protests across the country. police say a senior leader of his party, asad umar, had been taken into custody to prevent any disturbance. live now to islamabad to my colleague, farhatjaved, from bbc urdu. just take us through what happened earlier. 50 just take us through what happened earlier. ., ., ., just take us through what happened earlier. ., . ., , earlier. so right now imran khan is in the court earlier. so right now imran khan is in the court and earlier. so right now imran khan is in the court and the earlier. s
and eurovision mania in full swing in liverpool and it s still three days until the final. and coming up on bbc news: in milan, two giants of italian football prepare for a showdown in the champions league with manchester city or real madrid awaiting in the final. good evening. we start tonight with a special report into the plight of 16 year old molly who has autism and who s been stuck for nearly seven months in a general hospital because of a lack of suitable mental health services for children in england. campaigners say hundreds of young people like molly have no appropriate support when they reach a crisis. the nhs in her area has apologised for molly not getting care in a better environment. our social affairs editor alison holt has been following the story of molly and her family for almost a year now. this is her report. this is molly. she is 16 and has autism. it s at the root of her deep anxiety and eating problems. i ve been talking to molly and her parents sinc
This report. Distant Artillery Fire the situation in Soledar Depends On who you ask. Its under control as of this morning according to this ukrainian commander. They will never break us, says his injured comrade. We are winning. But if you ask these two, wagner are clearing the city, they say. Russian, yes, but not from the regular army. Theyre from a private Military Group called wagner, a network of mercenaries who do a lot of russias fighting. Its boss, yevgeny prigozhin, has recently recruited convicts from russianjails, and theyve been spearheading the attack on soledar, claiming to now be in full control. We chat to one ukrainian soldier on the front to see if thats the case. Dont believe russian propaganda. Its not true. Bakhmut and soledar have ukrainian control. Kyiv has described the Battle For Soledar and bakhmut as the bloodiest scenario yet. And thats all we can say with real certainty. Small amounts of territory are being fiercely fought over and the human cost is huge. B