we start off in islamabad, where pakistan s former prime minister, imran khan, is at the high court defending himself against corruption charges. he attends the hearing as a free man, after the country s supreme court ruled his arrest on related charges as illegal. he has called for all charges to be dropped but has told the bbc he expects to be arrested again. this was the scene as mr khan arrived at court he s in the middle of this scrum wearing sunglasses, surrounded by what are thought to be a mix of his supporters, and security officials in uniform. as you can see, the situation is rather chaotic. you will remember that this week, at least ten people died in protests sparked by his detention on tuesday. the pakistani government has said it will have him rearrested. bring us up to speed with what has happened in the last hour, hour and a half. i happened in the last hour, hour and a half. , ., ., happened in the last hour, hour and a half. y., ., , happened in the last
bumper profits for the owner of british gas centrica more than a billion pounds this year as household bills keep rising. right on time! and from the railway children to the wombles and doctor who bernard cribbins has died at the age of 93. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we ll be in birmingham ahead of the commonwealth games and we ll look at what threat germany pose to england in the final of the women s euros. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. you the commonwealth games 2022 opens here at the alexander stadium in birmingham injust two hours time. this huge space seats 30,000 people, and although we don t entirely know the themes of the opening ceremony you do get hints of how they want to celebrate birmingham, with a mock canal and brickwork heralding its industrial past, and graffiti and skateboard ramps celebrating its gritty present. and we ve also been told to watch out for exactly how the royal guests arrive. 0rganisers say it s the bigges
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