live from london. this is bbc news. pakistan s former prime minister imran khan, is sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly not declaring money he had earned from selling state gifts. within the last hour we have had confirmation that imran khan has been arrested and taken from his home in lahore. ukraine has damaged a russian fuel tanker in its second sea drone attack in two days. this is an unverified video sent to the bbc by a ukrainian security service source which they say shows the moment of attack. this is the scene live in central portugal, where pope francis visits the shrine of fatima as part of his tour of the country.
us they did not expect him to resist arrest, they were planning to appeal but it s saturday and the courts are not currently open and they cannot lodge those appeals until monday which leaves us with the weekend and what will happen next in pakistan. what will be the reaction to the arrest of imran khan. as you mentioned on the ninth of pay he was previously arrested and we saw a large amount of discontent across pakistan in reaction to the arrest. we saw military and intelligence buildings, military buildings being targeted, that is surprising here in pakistan, something pakistan has not really seen during its history, but the military to be directly targeted and as a result we saw a large crackdown on imran khan and his party. imran khan was released after they found the arrest against him back then in may had been illegal. and he has since then been free but at the same time many of his party
since then his party has been under intense pressure from the authorities with many senior officials leaving and thousands of supporters arrested, accused of being involved in the protests that followed imran khan s arrest. the pakistan parliament will dissolve on 9th august and a caretaker government will take over in the run up to the elections. no election date has been announced, though constitutionally they should take place by early november. live now to our pakistan correspondent caroline davies who s outside the court in islamabad. caroline, i wonder if you could confirm or update the details that i have just read out? have “ust read out? yes, we have also have just read out? yes, we have also had confirmation have just read out? yes, we have also had confirmation that - have just read out? yes, we have also had confirmation that imran| also had confirmation that imran khan has been arrested, he was at
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