Hello, im samantha simmonds. Pakistans former Prime Minister, imran khan, has been arrested after a Court Sentenced him to three years in prison on Corruption Charges. He was found guilty of failing to declare money hed earned from selling gifts he received while in office. Mr khans previous arrest in may triggered violent protests and the army was deployed. Our pakistan correspondent, Caroline Davies has the latest. Sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former Prime Minister imran khan. The judgment came from here. Police filled every corner in islamabads session court. Mr khan says the case is politically motivated. The court said hes dishonest. This is after months and months of waiting. We now finally have an announcement, imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years in prison. Outside court, shouts of, your show is over, khan minutes later we heard he had been arrested. This was what happened the last time mr khan was arrested. Protes
following a long illness in support, a history maker, he becomes the spurs all time top square as his side beats manchester city in the english premier league. welcome to bbc news. iran s supreme leader is pardoning a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. including some of those arrested the pardon by ayatollah khamenei comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979 a date on which he regularly offers an amnesty to some prisoners. but the iranian state media says it excludes those facing charges of spying for foreign agencies, murder and bodily harm, as well as the destruction or arson of state property. taraneh stone, from the bbc s persian service, has been giving us more details. the supreme leader has agreed to pardon and commute sentences of tens of people who are imprisoned or who are waiting for sentences. the letter from the judiciary said that a considerable number of people who were a
hello and a very warm welcome to bbc news, i mark lowen live from southern israel overlooking gaza, where the united nations says a lack of fuel means aid cannot be brought into the gaza strip from egypt. the relief agency for palestinian says they are almost begging for fuel and should never have been put into that situation. the un says an urgent shipment of fuel is needed, as is the resumption of the telecommunications network. also in gaza, the israeli military raided the strip s largest hospital al shifa this week, but prime minister benjamin netanyahu told cbs news there was no gunfight at the hospital because hamas leaders had left shortly before the israeli army had arrived. israel says there is a hamas command centre at the site, but hasn t yet provided conclusive evidence. mr netanyahu also said hostages could have been moved from the hospital. violence, too, in the occupied west bank, the other part of the palestinian territories not controlled by hamas. the israel
mohammed bin salman, he has of course had a troubled relationship with the united states, he is trying to rebuild the relationship based on pragmatism. and he is also trying to show the world that saudi arabia matters. earlierthis show the world that saudi arabia matters. earlier this year we saw saudi arabia working with beijing, with china to complete a opening vis a vis tehran, iran. they are trying to show that we are a strong middle power in the great game right now. ministers in britain have announced a £2.5 million pound fund to encourage tree planting in urban areas of england. local authorities can apply for the money from today. the scheme has been set up to mark the coronation of the king
to ease tensions between the world s two great powers, with the us secretary of state antony blinken postponing a planned trip to beijing. here in beijing, the foreign ministry had been expecting to welcome antony blinken today to talk about stabilising the relationship and carefully planned meetings. instead, suddenly relations have taken a sharp turn for the worse. the visit could still very well take place later in the year. butjust getting here is now part of the problem. barbara plett usher, news, beijing. a british family are to travel to grenada later this month to apologise publicly for their ancestors ownership of more than 1000 african slaves. the trevelyans owned six sugar plantations on the caribbean island in the nineteenth century. the family includes the bbc s new york correspondent, laura trevelyan, who says she is paying reparations by donating a 100,000 pound fund.