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
welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin in france where more than a hundred police officers have been injured in the latest protests over pension reforms. demonstrators used the traditional may day rallies, to voice their continued anger, against president emmanuel macron s plans. these protests have been widespread. take a look at the figures. according to the interior ministry, more than 780,000 protesters hit the streets across the country. that includes 112 thousand in the capital, paris alone. but the country s hard left cgt union, says the figure is actually three times that number. at issue of course is president macron s plans to raise the retirement age from 62, to 64. he signed the legislation last month, and the meaures are due to take effect in september. 0ur europe correspondent, nick beake has the latest. singing. the may day march, a french tradition reaching back decades, but fuelling this year s protests, the vision of a future whe
hello and welcome to bbc news. the latest series of tornadoes to have ripped through parts of the united states has left at least 11 people dead. they were killed in the states of arkansas and illinois. dozens have been injured and tens of thousands have lost power. some pictures coming through to us in the last couple of hours show the extent of the damage to homes in this residential area in the state of illinois. the picture is no better in arkansas, where you can see homes have been completely flattened and businesses forced to close after devastating damage. the governor there, sarah huckabee sanders, has declared a state of emergency. sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction. two of the fiercest touched down in the southern state of arkansas, tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through homes with incredible force. the volume of itjust seems rather intense and it was extremely dangerous. it came through a set of d
at least 18 people are now known to have died, as storms and tornadoes ripped through the united states, causing vast devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed over people who were listening to a heavy metal band. the storms came a week after a tornado devastated a town in mississippi. sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction. two of the fiercest touched down in the southern state of arkansas, tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through homes with incredible force. the volume of itjust seems rather intense and it was extremely dangerous. it came through a set of double doors and ploughed through my house. out of my front door, which had steel bars in front of it. several people have been killed, dozens injured, in this state alone. the governor declared a state of emergency. today has been a very hard day for the state of arkansas. bu
hello and welcome to bbc world news. at least 18 people are now known to have died as storms and tornadoes ripped through the united states, leaving a trail of devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed. the storms came a week after a tornado devastated a town in mississippi, killing 25. sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction, two of the fiercest touch downed in the southern state of arkansas. tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through homes with incredible force. the rate of pace and the the volume of itjust seemed rather intense and it was extremely dangerous. it came through a set of double doors and ploughed through my house, out of my front door which has steel bars in the front of it. several people have been killed, dozens injured, in this state alone. the governor declared a state of emergency. i think the real story here is