malawi with more than 200 people now confirmed dead after storm freddy hit southern africa for the second time any man. and a small number of wolves have started to settle in belgium in more than 100 years as numbers increase across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news. let s begin today with the latest from pakistan, where the police appear to have stopped the operation to arrest the former prime minister imran khan. it appears to be due to a cricket match taking place. they say they will resume trying to arrest him afterwards. unrest continued through the night as imran khan s supporters clashed with security forces after police made another attempt to arrest him on a court order. he has accused the authorities there of acting outside the law and trying to arrest him. pakistan s information minister said the government had nothing to do with the arrest order. joining me now from islamabad is our correspondent. what is the latest from in and around the compound where imran
government describes as completely unnecessary. and getting around london will be difficult today, transport for london warning there will be little or no service on the underground today as rmt and aslef union member strike overjob cuts, pensions and working conditions. the us and russia are giving conflicting accounts about how an american surveillance drone plunged into the black sea. washington says two russian jets try to intercept the drone before striking a propeller. russia s ambassador to the us has denied any collision took place and claim the aircraft s presence was a provocation. here s our north american correspondence. an american m k nine drone and two russian fighterjets. their russian fighter jets. their encounter, russian fighterjets. their encounter, according to the pentagon, lasted a0 minutes in international airspace. they were over the black sea, where tensions have risen ever since russia s annexation of crimea in 201a. and where us surveillance aircraft have
and it had violated what russia calls the temporary airspace regime, establish since it attacked ukraine. us says russian pilots were reckless but was it deliberate or a careless mistake that cost the drone to crash into the sea? an area that risks raising tensions. it into the sea? an area that risks raising tensions. raising tensions. it is clear that if ou raising tensions. it is clear that if you are raising tensions. it is clear that if you are flying raising tensions. it is clear that if you are flying in raising tensions. it is clear that if you are flying in front - raising tensions. it is clear that if you are flying in front of - raising tensions. it is clear that if you are flying in front of the l if you are flying in front of the drone, slowing down too much speed, dumping fuel on it, that this is a deliberate attempt to bring down the drone, absolutely. the pentagon announced with this that this is not the first time they have had these kinds of incidents, but ther