he says all cases against him are politically motivated after he was ousted from office last year. caroline davies has this report. pelting police with stones, tear gas canisters exploding, filling the air, and in the middle, supporters clinging to his car, this was the arrival of imran khan at court today. tensions between mr khan s supporters and the authorities have been rising all week, an attempt to arrest him led to clashes in lahore. when his convoy left for court this morning, he did so with armed guards. at the entry to islamabad, the convoy stopped. police said mr khan s group would need to disarm. the crowd and traffic built, and amongst them we found mr khan, adamant that the authorities only intention is to jail him. putting in prison means that they will keep me out of the election race right until the end of the elections,
trump calls on his supporters to protest. it brings back, of course, very raw memories of that insurrection at the us capitol building two years ago onjanuary the 6th when considerable damage was caused and lives were lost. indeed, the manhattan district attorneys office is making no comment on any office is making no comment on any of this. that is the real concern, as i say, that there is this call from mr trump for his supporters to protest. none of his lawyers have actually confirmed that they believe or have any indication that charges are imminent. there have been violent clashes outside the court in islamabad hearing a case against the former pakistan prime minister imran khan who s charged with not correctly declaring funds he received for selling state gifts. his home was raided by police.
maintain that were he to be charged it would actually boost his re election charges, they say it would galvanise his supporters and basically cement another term for mr trump in the white house. indeed, fellow republicans have been rallying around donald trump today. we heard former vice president mike pence and leader of the house kevin mccarthy who called any potential charges an outrageous abuse of power. i will leave you have the thoughts of the democrat leader in the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. she co donald trump s social media posting today as reckless and said his primary objective was to keep himself in the news and to foment unrest among his supporters. they have been violent clashes outside a court that is hearing the case against former pakistan prime minister, imran khan, for not declaring funds he received when selling state gifts. his home was raided by the police.
so i won t be able to campaign that is the whole thing. opponents say it has nothing to do with politics, but is mr khan whipping up his supporters, making them into a human shield for him to avoid the law. the authorities blocked roads into the capital and the court with shipping containers and banned rallies, but supporters still came. this is the aftermath. imran khan may well have left this courtroom but the police are still here and you can still see the sticks and stones on the ground and you can smell the tear gas that has been used, and the real concern after today is that this is not the end of tensions between the authorities and imran khan s supporters. the months of battles in the courts are now spilling into pakistan s streets, with neither side conceding ground. caroline davies, bbc news, islamabad. president putin has flown to crimea in ukraine to mark nine years
of tensions between the authorities and imran khan s supporters. the months of battles in the courts are now spilling into pakistan s streets, with neither side conceding ground. caroline davies, bbc news, islamabad. president putin has flown to crimea in ukraine, to mark nine years since the region was illegally annexed by russia. he s been accused of war crimes by the international criminal court specifically the forced deportation of children from ukraine to russia. efforts are continuing in ukraine to bring home children who ve gone missing since the invasion, as our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. vladimir putin today in sevastopol. there to open an arts centre and mark the anniversary of russia s illegal annexation of crimea. one place he can still visit without risk of arrest after international prosecutors accused him of war crimes. the united states may not accept the jurisdiction of the international criminal court,