islamabad. he was there for an unrelated hearing on corruption charges one of several court cases mr khan is facing. mr khan was ousted as prime minister in april last year and has been campaigning for early elections since then. bbc pakistan correspondent carrie davis has more. the moment of arrest. imran khan are waiting to appear in court. the glass in front of him smashes, paramilitary troops sent to arrest him pile through into furniture and his supporters. surrounded by officers in riot helmets and shields, mr khan is marched from the court to a waiting car. where he was being taken, officers didn t say. the police say he was arrested on corruption charges. it has been over a year since corruption charges. it has been over a yearsince imran corruption charges. it has been over a year since imran khan was ousted from power any vote of no confidence. court cases against him have been mounting. the former prime minister has continued campaigning, criticising the governme
support nearly a year after russians full scale invasion of ukraine. tennis top diplomat is expected in moscow, over fears that baiting might send lethal aid to support russia s war. then a massive 6.2 magnitude aftershock hits turkey, just two weeks after the devastating quake that left tens of thousands dead. so, it is just after eight in the morning, and in warsaw poland, where u.s. president, joe, biden is set to begin a two-day visit following a symbolic and highly secretive trip to ukraine. in the hours ahead, mr. biden will be meeting with the polish president in warsaw castle, as he marks nearly one year since russia s invasion of ukraine. and that falls a surprise trip to kyiv, on monday. a unprecedented presidential visit to an active war zone with no significant u.s. military presence. think about. that air raid sirens, in, fact could be near kyiv as he arrived. mr. biden walked alongside mr. zelenskyy, outside st. michael scott pedro and some winter sunshine was a
So we havent had a chance to digest it. But the Attorney General in his Confirmation Hearings was very clear with a oneword answer when asked by a senator whether he had contact with the russians in any way, shape, or form. He said no, period. No condition, no modification. So obviously that turns out to not be accurate there is no reason to believe that Jeff Sessions in the Confirmation Hearing was trying to hide something. He may simply have forgotten. But it does mean two things. Number one, it adds to the incredible weight of evidence that the administration is not credible on these issues. Remember a couple of weeks ago when we heard that Michael Flynn was talking to the Russian Ambassador simply to wish him merry christmas. And of course that turns out not to be true. And Michael Flynn is no longer National Security adviser. So this white house has a very, very significant credibility problem. And its with respect to Attorney General sessions, what this means, and again, its too
Claims, its always possible that a highlevel russian defector will appear sometime in the future with documents proving that Jeff Sessions is in fact a foreign agent, perhaps of a sleeper cell sent to alabama during the cold war and activated at Vladimir Putins request during the last election, that would be a game changer. Otherwise the russian conspiracy seemed to hit a culdesac this afternoon in the senate, but that doesnt mean there are no scandals for congress to investigate. Maybe the biggest one about, our Intel Services are corrupt and politicized and theyre making very hard to run u. S. Governmen government. They are running it themselves to some extent. Consider how much of American Politics now revolves around information that has been strategically, often misleadingly and illegally released for political effects. If the hearing he watched today are just one example. They took place in part because former fbi director jim comey told senators last week that sessions may have
Clinton saying her steadiness makes her the best choice. Trump tried to take clinton and the rest of the current administrations judgment to task. President obama meanwhile striking back at donald trump, speaking from laos this morning. The president repeated his feeling that trump is not qualified to be president. To begin our coverage with sun l reporter what really turned into a small preview of how they could potentially handle themselves, their first real faceoff which will come later this month, both trying to gain the upper hand on the big question, who is ready to be Commander In Chief. Donald trump drumming up more controversy. The man has strong control over a country. Praising Vladimir Putin while trashing our president. Standing by his statement, claiming he knows more about isis than the generals do. Under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. They have been reduced to a point where it is embarrassing for our country.