Hello. Pakistans former Prime Minister, 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 truck after police truck, arresting former Prime Minister imran khan. The judgment came from here. Police filled every corner in islamabads session court. Mr khan says the case is politically motivated. The court said hes dishonest. This is after months and months of waiting. We now finally have 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, khan minutes later, we heard hed been arrested. This was what happened the last time mr khan was arrested. Protests, some violent. Mr kha
there s also been flooding there, you can see in residential areas and the firefighters have been brought in and locals bringing in sandbags to try and prevent their property from being flooded. the authorities there worried because there have been days of rain and the whole of the area is saturated and they re worried that that could lead to extra problems. and finally, in terms of the flooding, if we move to dublin in the republic of ireland, there s been a flash flood there in the center of dublin. flood there in the centre of dublin. you can see that rescuers had to bring in inflatable dinghies there to take eight people to safety as their properties were flooded after heavy rain overnight, one of those people was taken to hospital. and finally, i want to take you to the german city that has had to deploy, believe it or not, snow plows in the middle of the summer. take a look at these pictures. there was a freak hail storm in the southwest of the country in a city called rutland. a
because the government hasn t stepped in to do that. so i think there is a role for government here that has not been filled adequately. with millions of americans onlyjust getting used to life again as it used to be, there s a growing unease that the pandemic is far from over. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. a group of colleges and universities is urging the government to step back from its decision to scrap b tecs in england. education leaders are warning the plan is reckless , as it will harm the prospects of poorer pupils. ministers insist replacing the vocational qualifications with a new system of t levels will ensure students leave education with the skills employers want. farmers hit by a freak hail storm last week in essex are calling for emergency financial help from the government. 12 farms in the thaxted area were struck by hail stones the size of golf balls. it s estimated up to 90% of some crops have been lost. this from our environment reporter richard daniel.
of a health and safety offence. not one police officer has lost a day s pay or had any kind of accountability at all. the reality is that andrew will now become known as the 97th victim, but the truth is no one will ever really know the true number of lives that hillsborough and its aftermath has cost, because there have been numerous suicides, lives cut short because of the stress and strain of it and lives also damaged, notjust among the family members, but amongst the heroic survivors, without whom many more would have died on the day, who were blamed for many years, despite the inquest proving that they had no part in the disaster and they ve had to live with that for all these years, so this latest news will only, will only make that journey even more arduous for them. the uk is already undergoing disruptive climate change, with increased rainfall, sunshine and temperatures, according to scientists. well, farmers hit by a freak hail
food we eat, even the clothes that we buy and how we travel, all add to this consumption footprint and it is something that we are all responsible for. to protect the planet and the way we live on it, governments agreed at the last big climate summit in paris to try to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels. big global corporations have a huge role to play, because this is the decade when real action has to be taken if that goal is to be met. the debate in the run up to the glasgow summit in november is going to be critical in determining whether it will be. as we ve heard, scientists have warned the uk is already undergoing disruptive climate change, with increased rainfall, sunshine and temperatures. well, farmers hit by a freak hail storm last week in the south east of england are calling for emergency financial help from the government. 12 farms in the thaxted area were struck by hail stones the size of golf balls. it s estimated up to 90% of some