hello and welcome to the programme. we will start with breaking news from pakistan. we have been following events in pakistan after the arrest this week of the former prime minister imran khan and we havejust had an prime minister imran khan and we have just had an announcement from the supreme court saying that his arrest earlier this week was illegal. nearly 2000 people have been arrested so far and five have been arrested so far and five have been killed. this is after imran khan s supporters clashed with the police in a number of cities across the country. this related to his arrest on corruption charges. he has beenin arrest on corruption charges. he has been in a long running battle with the authorities in pakistan relating to a number charges that had been brought against him. since he was ousted from office last year. the news on the screen from pakistan, suggesting that the arrest of imran khan earlier this week was illegal. very few details about what else we know r
16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. ukraine s president says his country is still waiting for more arms before it launches its counter offensive against russian forces. volodymyr zelensky warned the army still needed the promised supplies, including armoured vehicles, that are only arriving in batches . mr zelensky was speaking to the bbc s hugo bachega in kyiv, who was conducting the interview on behalf of the eurovision news group of public service broadcasters. everybody is waiting for this counteroffensive, and i think what is interesting is that president zelensky also acknowledged that some people may be tired of the war, but he also said he believed in victory, he believed in success, obviously, this is the job of the president, to keep the country united, to keep morale high. i think there is a clear understanding that this much anticipated counteroffensive is likely to be crucial for ukraine, not only because what happens on the
and you were supposed to be hosting it here, but you can t because of the war. how disappointed are you, that you cannot host it? translation: l have great - respect for the united kingdom and its society. it is an amazing country, from the very start, my opinion has been that if we can t host eurovision, it should take place in one of the countries that share a border with us. such as slovakia, poland. or any other country which our people could reach easily. something nearby. that was president zelensky talking about eurovision, the much anticipated ukrainian counteroffensive as well. we don t know when and where that is likely to happen. nearly one fifth of this country remains under russian occupation, so the next phase is likely to be extremely difficult for the ukrainian military, the russian forces have fortified some of their
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the start my opinion has been that if we cannot host eurovision it should take place in one of the countries that share a border with us. such as slovakia or poland or any other country which our people can reach easily, something nearby. that was president zelensky talking about eurovision but also about the much anticipated ukrainian counteroffensive. we don t know when and where that is likely to happen and where that is likely to happen and nearly a fifth of this country remains under russian occupation so this next phase of the war is likely to be extremely difficult for the ukrainian military. russian forces have fortified some of their positions along the front line. the president also warned of the risks of a frozen conflict and he said this is what moscow wanted. he also raised concerns that ukraine could be facing some pressure to enter