it was because of a police mix up. and another colourful night at the eurovision song contest, as the line up for the grand final on saturday is now confirmed. a very warm welcome. pakistan s ex prime minister imran khan has been freed from custody, a day after the supreme court ruled his dramatic arrest on corruption charges was illegal. imran khan was released on protected bail, was due to be released on protected bail, meaning he can not be re arrested for at least two weeks. this was the scene as mr khan arrived at court he s in the middle of this crowd, wearing sunglasses at the centre of the crowd. earlier, he told the bbc he believed he would be detained again immediately after his release. but, this should in theory now not happen for two weeks. nearly 2,000 people have been arrested for violence since his detention on tuesday and at least eight have been killed. 0ur pakistan correspondent caroline davies has been at court in islamabad. she s spoken to imran khan in
what could be the most important battle in decades heating up on capitol hill, senate democrats today introducing s-1, also known as the for the people act. the sweeping election reform and voting rights package was passed by the house earlier this month and would stop republican efforts to limit access to voting around the country. the ultimate fate of the bill is far from clear as democrats debate whether they can or should change or pass the landmark reforms. let s discuss now democratic senator amy klobuchar. so good to see you, senator, thank you for appearing. thank you for having officer dunn on. i watched that whole interview. it was so moving when he said, i didn t bring race into this. they did. ist just doing my job. and then to follow with the other people that shouldn t be forgotten, the victims in atlanta. i felt like watching your whole show tonight. that s what it was about. so our bill is about not forgetting our democracy. so go ahead. thank you so much
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm In Washington where the us Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, says he wont be involved in any investigation into whether russia interfered in last years president ial election. Hes been accused of lying about contacts he had with russian officials during the campaign and senior democrats have called on him to resign, accusing him of lying on oath to congress. Mr sessions has denied doing anything wrong. This is what he told reporters a little earlier. We talked a little bit about terrorism, as i recall and somehow the subject of the ukraine came up. I have the Ukrainian Ambassador in my office the day before and. To listen to him. Nothing that russia. Russia had done nothing that was wrong in any area and Everybody Else was wrong with regard to the ukraine. It got too bit of a testy conversation at that point. Our North America Editorjon Sopel has this on the days events. I thought it was telling last night that as soon as the story broke ther
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm In Washington where the us Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, says he wont be involved in any investigation into whether russia interfered in last years president ial election. Hes been accused of lying about contacts he had with russian officials during the campaign and senior democrats have called on him to resign, accusing him of lying on oath to congress. Mr sessions has denied doing anything wrong. This is what he told reporters a little earlier. We talked a little bit about terrorism, as i recall and somehow the subject of the ukraine came up. I have the Ukrainian Ambassador in my office the day before and. To listen to him. Nothing that russia. Russia had done nothing that was wrong in any area and Everybody Else was wrong with regard to the ukraine. It got too bit of a testy conversation at that point. Our North America Editorjon Sopel has this on the days events. I thought it was telling last night that as soon as the story broke ther
one of the most crucial elections in the history of turkey. the last rallies are being held. here in istanbul, overa rallies are being held. here in istanbul, over a million people gathered to meet president erdogan, who has overseen a radical transformation in turkey. but, the society is as polarised as ever. turkey has a secular constitution, and has done since the 1920s. that has not changed. but, many argue that mr erdogan tried to impose more islamic values on the society, for example, a mosque, here, overlooking a symbolic site for the secular left with the unthinkable would be unthinkable before his rule. now it is an ode to how his rule has transformed the country. erdogan is often presented as a reformer who increased the standard of living for millions. 0ne increased the standard of living for millions. one of his landmark reforms was to lift a decades old ban on islamist headscarves in the