In the far west. This is genuinely incredible. Im in heaven. Looks pretty crowded . And this week, ive travelled 2,000 miles over to the north east. Im on the banks of the mighty River Brahmaputra and about to go to a very spiritual place. Its one of indias lesser known regions. Were really high up. And just to my right is the border with bangladesh. 0ne. A part of the country that prides itself on its traditions. He makes it look so easy, and its incredibly difficult. But its also looking forward and embracing progress. So now, im on my way to go and see assams very own eco warrior. Its going to be an incredible adventure. Indias north east, a collection of eight states almost cut off from the rest of this vast country, but for a tiny strip of land. At partition, a large swathe of this region was sectioned off to become east pakistan, which later became bangladesh, leaving the indian area landlocked. Its geographically and culturally out on a limb. This is frontier country, little kno
Our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg reports. This is the closest we were allowed to get to russias most famous prisoner. Wed been let inside the High Securityjail where Alexei Navalny is already incarcerated. But journalists werent allowed into the makeshift courtroom. We had to watch on a screen. For the kremlin critic, this is a trial behind bars. He was found guilty on extremism charges. Punishment more jail time. He was handed a 19 Year Prison Sentence. We may have been allowed in here to watch the verdict on a tv screen, but keep in mind that in this court case, the actual proceedings were closed to the press and to the public and held in a high security prison. Describing this trial as Behind Closed Doors feels like an understatement. Ahead of the verdict, in a message online, mr navalny wrote that a long Prison Sentence for him was designed to scare russians. He revealed hed soon be on trial again for terrorism. They chant. A charismatic Protest Leader and Anti Corruption crusade
Private travis king as a Prisoner Of War despite him being taken into north korea in custody after causing into the country last month. Before we move onto the rest of the news lets show was these images of pope francis who is currently in lisbon as the ed ward seventh and park. He is in portugal at 45 days for a youth summit and you can see all those young people there lining the streets of the Eduardo The Seventh Park Cheering and theyjust completed a performance. Emotional scenes there of young people getting quite emotional the pontiff there. He given sir newman earlier and sermon, earlierand he given sir newman earlier and sermon, earlier and he will be there to preside over position. You can see all the fee for their in lisbon for pope francis s a trip to portugal and this is a ward of the seventh park. Eduardo the seventh. Scientists say the average Surface Temperature of the worlds oceans has hit a record high, with alarming implications for the planet. The average temperature
Hello. We start with breaking news imran khan, pakistan s former Prime Minister, has been arrested, after being sentenced to three years in prison. His team say they will file an appeal against the ruling. Thejudge found him guilty of failing to declare money he had earned from selling state gifts. As the decision was announced in islamabad a crowd, including some prosecuting lawyers, began chanting, Imran Khan Is A Thief outside court. Multiple cases have been filed against mr khan in the last 16 months. In may, he was detained for not appearing at court as requested but was subsequently released after the arrest was declared illegal. Since then his party has been under intense pressure from the authorities with many senior officials leaving and thousands of supporters arrested, accused of being involved in the protests that followed imran khans arrest. The Pakistan Parliament will dissolve on 9th august and a Caretaker Government will take over in the run up to the elections. No elec