ambassador is arrested on the same day the uk announces new sanctions against the military regime. more calls for the government to step in as the cap on energy prices is set to triple, compared to a year ago. and we ll hear from a french politican who says britain is threatening france s coastal waters, by dumping raw sewage into the sea. we start in ukraine, where there are growing fears of a nuclear accident at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant which is held by russian forces. in the past few hours the nuclear plant has been temporarily disconnected from ukraine s electricity grid for the first time ever, because of a fire. the zaporizhzhia plant is the biggest in europe. it sits on the south bank of the dnieper river in the country s east, on the front line of the war. russian forces took the site just after the invasion of ukraine began. since then, it s been under moscow s control but run by a team of ukrainian staff. there are reports up to 9,000 ukrainians work
it s not only people in poverty that are worrying. it s a big middle class of people who are also worrying about their energy bill. the war in ukraine feels far away from here as families enjoy the last days of summer. but supply cuts from russia are feeding a crisis that could seriously test political and public resolve. jessica parker, bbc news, belgium. pakistan s former prime minister, imran khan, has appeared in court on terrorism charges that could threaten his future political career. here he is arriving at the hearing in the capital, islamabad, surrounded by security guards, as well as large crowds of supporters. a short time later, he was granted interim bail. our pakistan correspondent, pumza finhlani, sent this update from outside the court. mr imran khan may not be a stranger to controversy, but these current charges are the most serious yet.
he s facing terrorism charges, and if they stand and he is found guilty, they pose a serious threat to his political career. when he arrived in court today, he arrived in an armoured car under heavy security. a few hundred metres from the courthouse, hundreds of supporters had been standing in the rain, chanting, imran khan is our man, chanting, long live imran khan. very clear evidence that this man still enjoys the support of the public. and there s reason for that. when he addresses people here in pakistan, he says that all the charges around him, all the controversy around him is rooted in a political conspiracy. he has repeatedly said that the government are behind it and they are trying to hamper his chances of coming back into politics. he has been using the months since being removed as prime minister as a political tool on the campaign trail to try and garner support. the next move now is this needs to be resolved by the courts. the terrorism charges are not
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