the former prime minister imran khan has been remanded in custody for eight days after his arrest on corruption charges. a conviction would disqualify him from standing for election. his detention has sparked pitched battles between police and his supporters and at least 8 people have died in clashes in different cities across pakistan. the government has now called in the army to maintain order in the capital city and other provinces. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies has this report from islamabad. burning into the night. protests from lahore, karachi, peshawar. this was the singed aftermath, the reaction to imran khan s arrest yesterday. but the unrest is far from over. morning in islamabad. police blocked roads into the compound where imran khan was due to appear in front of a judge. some party officials were stopped at the gates. have you spoken to him since yesterday? we have no access. that is why i m demanding access. we are being denied access. beyond the b
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
the best possible way. a derby in the semifinal doesn t get much bigger. we are really excited for it. the last round against napoli, a lot of people were counting us out for it and we managed to put two great performances, we played three times in ten days and we didn t lose. a lot of people know, for ourselves we know what we can do and i think a lot of people are starting to see milan are a good team and we just have to try and put our best foot forward and try to win that game. west ham fans are dreaming of their first silverware since 1980 and on thursday they take on dutch side az alkmaar in the first leg of their europa conference league semi final. david moyes side picked up a massive win over manchester united in the premier league on sunday to move them seven points above the relegation zone with three games to play. west ham s sporting director and former captain mark noble says four decades without a trophy is far too long. for me growing up a west ham fan and pl
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
first champions league final in 13 years. they beat city rivals ac milan 2 0 at the san siro to grab the advantage heading into next week s second leg. earlier, i spoke to our european football reporter john bennett for his take on an eventful night. an astonishing start, dzeko with a brilliant side foot volley on just eight minutes. then three minutes later, henrikh mkhitaryan. a parting of the ways of the ac milan defence, he runs through makes it 2 0, and it could easily have been 3 0. the referee gave a penalty. martinez going down, a challenge by simon kjaer. it was then overturned. the var told the referee to go to the screen. he changed his mind and ac milan didn t have a shot on target until the 81st minute, inter hit the post. milan did hit the woodwork as well, tonali, but they were completely outplayed advantage inter they ve got one foot in the final. inter milan will be the hosts if you will in that second leg with both into an ac playing their home games at the