and finally, liverpool calling. another round of hopefuls will be battling it out for a place in the eurovision finals this weekend. in the eurovision finals this weekend- in the eurovision finals this weekend. ., ., , ., weekend. light from our studio in singapore- this is bbc news. it is newsday. welcome to the programme. we start in pakistan, where the former prime minister, imran khan, has been remanded in custody for 8 days after his arrest on corruption charges. his detention has sparked protests across the country. at least eight people have died in clashes and police say about a thousand people have been arrested. if convicted, it would disqualify mr khan from standing for election, which is due this year. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, has more from islamabad. waiting, watched by pakistan. this compound is where imran khan is due to appear. a night of unrest. calm now, but for how long? roadblocks installed around the entrances, hoping to stop the pr
so this is the final roundtable. and treachery rewarded bafta glory for the hit reality show the traitors, and its host, claudia winkleman. president zelensky making that surprise visit to the uk, the prime minister and rishi sunak calling for sustained support of the international community for ukraine. let s take a look at some of the military support of the uk has been offering and how it compares to other countries, here sjoshua other countries, here s joshua cheatham. other countries, here s joshua cheatham other countries, here s joshua cheatham. ., .,., , , cheatham. today volodymyr zelensky is in the uk to cheatham. today volodymyr zelensky is in the uk to bolster cheatham. today volodymyr zelensky is in the uk to bolster up cheatham. today volodymyr zelensky is in the uk to bolster up support - is in the uk to bolster up support for his country s fight against russia. already britain is given billions in military aid to ukraine. these are figures from last year
many believe that lukashenko wants to recreate stalin style grip on the country, so nobody dares to contest the next election. many belarussians came here to lithuania in an attempt to flee the repressions. there are currently around 19,000 of them living here. in retaliation, the belarussian regime has decided to target their relatives who stayed behind. and many fear that this isjust the beginning. anatoly was detained more times than he can remember, but he says that families of activists were not being targeted before. translation: this is the first time. it was always a war, but there were some rules. there were some lines they wouldn t cross. now we have gotten to the point where, before shooting their enemies, they put our children in front of us. in a country that claims to have no political prisoners, there are currently almost 1,500 people in prison for political reasons. one of them is ex presidential hopeful viktar babaryka. his son eduard was his campaign manager
illegal migration built as immoral. proposed illegal migration laws. they re being debated in the upper house of parliament and would see some migrants being sent to what are described as safe third countries, such as rwanda, to have their asylum claims processed. ministers say it s the best way of deterring people from risking their lives crossing the english channel in small boats. here s archbishopjustin outlining why, in his opinion, the uk government s proposals don t tackle the long term and global nature of the problem. evenif even if this bill succeeded in temporarily stopping the boats, and i do not think it will, it will not stop conflict or climate migration. they forecasted that climate change by itself, let alone the conflicts it s already causing, will lead to at least 800 million more refugees a yearin at least 800 million more refugees a year in total by 2050. and what of other countries follow suit? the uh in sea arps believes the bill could lead to the c