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. Protests, some violent. Mr khan was released but his party faced a dramatic crackdown. Many of his senior Party Leadership were arrested, then announced they had left the party. Police picked up thousands of his supporters. Will the protests happen again . Imran khans Team Released this pre recorded video after he had been arrested today. Translation i want to make one request, you should not sit quietly at home. All my struggle is not just for myself. It is for you, for the future of your kids. If you do not stand up for your rights, you will live like a slave. Outside his house, there were a small number, chanting, waving flags, then quickly taken away. It has been a matter of months but the atmosphere in pakistan has changed. This decision will mean mr Khan Cannot Run in the upcoming elections. His lawyers intend to appeal the decision but for now, mr khan is held by police and his politicalfuture is deeply uncertain. Caroline davies, bbc news, islamabad. Live now to islamabad where we can speak to the bbc� s farhat javed. Welcome. What do we know about mr khans whereabouts . fix, welcome. What do we know about mr khans whereabouts . Khans whereabouts . A change in the lan. It has khans whereabouts . A change in the plan it has been khans whereabouts . A change in the plan. It has been revealed khans whereabouts . A change in the plan. It has been revealed now khans whereabouts . A change in the plan. It has been revealed now that l plan. It has been revealed now that imran khan has been shifted to anotherjail. He has been moved to a smallerjail in the city, some 85 kilometres from the capital. Imran khan was arrested earlier today after a court in the capital had ruled he has been found guilty of dishonesty and corrupt practices. He was arrested at his resident in lahore. They will appear against this decision today but all this will happen on monday. Due to the weekend. On the other hand, imran khan and his Party Leadership have requested their party workers, supporters to come out and have peaceful protests against this arrest but what we have seen so far is that there havent been many people on the streets as we saw back in may when imran khan was arrested for the first time. There were violent protests across the country but this time it seems not many are coming out, although imran khans media team are sharing photos and videos of people being arrested while protesting. All these claims could not be verified independently. For now, imran khan is injail now where his medical will be done. After that he will be kept there. He has been imprisoned for three years but his lawyers say they will appeal. But his lawyers say they will a eal. ~ , our reporter tom brada is in the newsroom, with a timeline of the events which led to todays sentence. The past five years have been turbulent ones both for imran khan and for politics in pakistan as a whole. Now, back in 2018, imran khan was sworn in as the newly elected Prime Minister, but just four years later, things had taken a turn. He was ousted in a No Confidence Vote and his opponents accused him of mismanaging the economy and failing to tackle corruption. But mr khan did not plan to go quietly. Instead, he hoped to force early elections, and in may 2022, he led a March Into The Capital Islamabad and tensions between mr khan and the authorities started to build. Later that year in october, he suffered a Major Political blow when the Election Commission disqualified him from running for Public Office for five years on corruption grounds. But the decision, i should say, did little to halt his momentum. He continued to campaign and in november 2022, there was a Dramatic Development when there was an attempt on his life. He was shot in the leg at a rally in the punjab province. Now, he did go on to recover but at this point, his legal struggles started to add up. And they came to a head in may 2023, when imran khan was arrested on Corruption Charges while in a court complex. His arrest led to mass protests around the country and he was later released with the arrest declared illegal by the supreme court. But since then, his supporters have come under increased pressure. That leads us to August The 5th and these latest developments with mr khan being handed a three year Jail Sentence over Corruption Charges, and this could well spell the end of his political career. Imran khans lawyer, intazar panjutha, said the case against the former Prime Minister lacked merit. He is demanding a fair opportunity, a fair trial. He has been denied that. Had the witnesses been allowed to produce before the court, the case would have been entirely different. Even now, Nothing Incriminatory was put to imran khan. No offence whatsoever was alleged to him that, you have violated such and such provision of law. The pakistani government says mr khans arrest is unrelated to the forthcoming elections. Heres the countrys Information Minister speaking on pakistani television. Translation if anyone has this question in mind, as to whether imran khan has been arrested for political reasons, and such a narrative is being created, they should know that the courts detailed verdict comes at the end of 14 or 15 months of trial process. The Information Secretary for the pti, raoof hasan, explained what the party would do next. Basically its a legal battle now. We have already moved our petition to the Islamabad High Court and we are requesting them to hear it today or tomorrow. Possibly not today, then maybe it comes up for hearing tomorrow or the latest on monday, which technically can lead to suspension of sentence, so he should be a free man. Then of Course Proceedings will begin and they will decide whether the case had any merit or not and the high court will give its own judgment. If we get the case quashed at a high court level, thats all good and fine. Otherwise, after that you can go to the supreme court, the apex court of the country, and we can fight our case. So as i said, its going to be a long haul but we are prepared, we expected this arrest. Unfortunately it was a very rough, you know, the manner in which he was arrested, he was roughed up, he was shoved, his face was covered in a black cloth. A totally undignified manner in which a former Prime Minister and one of the worlds best known celebrities was arrested, who did not have a blemish on his name before this case was registered. Its a horribly premeditated hatchet job as i call it, basically. Ukraine has warned that six Russian Black Sea ports will be considered a War Risk Area from the 23rd august. For the second day running, ukraine has used a sea drone, loaded with hundreds of kilos of explosives, to attack russian shipping in the black sea. In the latest strike, a fuel tanker was hit south of the bridge across the kerch strait. This unverified video was sent to the bbc by a Ukrainian Security service source, which they say shows the moment of attack. The vessel is under us sanctions for delivering jet fuel to the Russian Military in syria. Moscow accused kyiv of a � terrorist� attack. Ukraine said the attack took place in its own territorial waters. On friday, a Russian Naval vessel was towed into port in novorossiysk after a similar attack. In the past few moments, we have heard russia have dispatched a fighterjet to prevent heard russia have dispatched a fighter jet to prevent a heard russia have dispatched a fighterjet to prevent a us drone from violating its border over the black sea, thats according to the Russian Defence ministry. Live now to Samuel Bendett hes a drone expert at the center for naval analyses, a washington based think tank. Thank you for being with us. Tell us more about this kind of drone attack, how sophisticated, how difficult is it . The attack, how sophisticated, how difficult is it . Difficult is it . The attacks are definitely growing difficult is it . The attacks are definitely growing in definitely growing in sophistication. Ukraine is learning Something Different from each strike. It seems the Russian Military and navy are not always learning the right lessons. A lot of these usbs are difficult to track, they have a low radar signature, they have a low radar signature, they are small in size, they are just a few inches above water so it makes difficult to track it. Once they are identified, then they can be destroyed and we can see Russian Media doing that. If they can skip all the defences and sneak income it can pack a devastating punch. In both videos come in todays video and yesterdays video, there were no sailors on the deck of ships, nothing was happening in the waters around the vessels, it seems like other defences were not turned on or not available and so once again, this is an asymmetric response from ukraine were a relatively small, inexpensive usb can target a larger vessel and the damage from such a strike would be a huge cost. Ukraine hasnt commented strike would be a huge cost. Ukraine hasnt commented but strike would be a huge cost. Ukraine hasnt commented but what strike would be a huge cost. Ukraine hasnt commented but what could i strike would be a huge cost. Ukraine. Hasnt commented but what could the widening use of these kind of drone is for ukraine in their fight for survival . ,. , is for ukraine in their fight for survival . ,. , is for ukraine in their fight for survival . ,. ,. , survival . They can target russian vessels, survival . They can target russian vessels. Not survival . They can target russian vessels, not necessarily survival . They can target russian vessels, not necessarily with survival . They can target russian| vessels, not necessarily with ease but if enough of these usbs are in the black sea, it can make it difficult for Russian Naval vessels to pass through and to navigate. It can make it difficult for logistical and supply ships to navigate as well. Russian ships can also be hit in port and even if some of the russian elements are Learning Lessons of how to handle with these usbs, just like in crimea where there are multiple types of defences against this type of threat, it doesnt seem like the lessons are passed around. The base was not defended and protected against these threats. Ukraine can actually choose a lot of specific targets, both naval and of course civilian and logistics, that support and supply the russian war effort. They can potentially target those ships with the usbs. ~ potentially target those ships with the usbs. , ~ ,. , Britains Met Office is warning of potential road closures, power cuts and flying debris, as storm antoni batters wales and south west england. Amber alerts are in place for high winds and heavy rain is also expected in northern ireland. Gusts of up to 65 miles per hour, or over 100 kilometres an hour, are expected to batter large stretches of the uks coastline. A number of events have been cancelled because of the weather conditions. Its Notjust The Uk that is facing severe weather. Our reporter nicky schiller, has been monitoring whats happening across the rest of europe. As you say, it is notjust the United Kingdom that is suffering unseasonable summer weather. I want to take you to georgia and show you pictures there because the search for survivors is continuing after a deadly landslide on thursday. You can see from these aerial pictures a torrent of mud swept down the valley and rescuers have been brought in using planks of wood to get across that mud. Sadly 11 people died and dozens of others are feared missing, however 200 people were ta ken to safety. That is in georgia. If we move to slovenia, i can show you some pictures where there has been torrential rain there. A months worth of rain has fallen in 2a hours, that in the North Eastern centre of the country. Three people died there and the countrys Environment Agency issued a red alert to residents there. Moving to neighbouring austria which neighbours slovenia, there has also been flooding there. You can see in residential areas. The firefighters have been brought in and locals bringing in the sandbags to try and prevent their property from being flooded. The authorities there worried because there have been days of rain and the whole of the area is saturated and they are worried that could lead to extra problems. And finally, in terms of the flooding, if we move to dublin in the republic of ireland, there has been a flash flood in the centre of dublin. Rescuers had to bring in dinghies to take eight people to safety as their properties were flooded after heavy rain overnight. One of those people was taken to hospital. Finally, i want to take you to the german city that has had to deploy, believe it or not, snowploughs in the middle of the summer. Take a look at these pictures. There was a Freak Hailstorm in the south west of the country. As you can see, the hale there was up to 30 centimetres thick in places and those Snowploughs Being brought in in the middle of the european summer to clear a hailstorm in the centre of germany. Definitely an unseasonable summer across europe at the moment. Now its time for a look at todays sport with paul. Hello from the bbc sport centre. For the first time in their history england will compete in a netball world cup final. They came through in an extremely tight semi final against the defending champions new zealand. The match was level after the first three quarters nothing seperating the two sides in cape town. But, england pulled ahead in the final moments, the game finishing 46 40. Next Up Eitherjamaica or australia in sundays final. Theyre on court at the moment, australia are currently leading 42 40 at the start of the fourth quarter. Its served us so well to be consistent. I dont mean boring consistent, i mean consistently bringing the fun and the character of the team as well as the studious nature we have got. I just feel like everyone is super proud. We have already gone where no team has gone before. 2019, i had a zoom call with most of these girls who wanted to do Something Different. That world cup still eluded that. We have already done that, we can tick that box and what i believe will happen is it will unleash us to play with freedom and thats all i want to see tomorrow. From one world cup to another and spain are through to the last 8 of the womens football world cup after thrashing switzerland. They gifted the swiss an equaliser with a 45 yard own goal look at that laya codina the unlucky defender. But it didnt affect the outcome, as spain ran out 5 1 winners. Aitana bonmati scoring a brace theyll face the netherlands or south africa in the last 8. Japan have edged closer to a second womens world cup title. They beat norway 3 1. Hinata miyazawa, raced through to seal the win shes on target for the golden boot this her fifth goal of the tournament so far. Japan into a quarter final against either the defending champions, the usa, or sweden who meet on sunday. The English Football League season begins this weekend, although we have to wait another week for the Premier League to get back underway, but the Big Money Transfers continue. Reigning champions Manchester City will have a new face in the heart of their defence. The club confirming theyve signed Yosko Gvardiol for 77 Million Pounds from german side rb leipzig. The croatian defender was one of the stars of the world cup in qatar. Manchester united have signed the 20 year old Rasmus Hojlund from italian Side Atalanta for £72 million. In his short career, the striker has scored 27 goals in 87 club appearances. United have said hes got a small injury which will keep him out of the first few games. In boxing, next weekends heavy weight fight between anthonyjoshua and Dillian Whyte has been called off, after whyte returned � an adverse finding from a doping test. The pair were due to meet next saturday at londons o2 arena in a rematch of their 2015 bout, but a � full investigation� will be carried out after whytes results. Joshua could yet fight on the same date if a new opponent can be found. And thats all the sport for now. Bangladesh is grappling with a record deadly outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals struggling to make space for patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely populated country. At least 293 people have died so far in 2023 and nearly 61,500 infected, according to official figures, making, this the deadliest year since the first recorded epidemic in 2000. Live now to anbarasan ethirajan, our South Asia Regional Editor world service. Welcome to you. Give us some more details about this outbreak. How serious is it . It details about this outbreak. How serious is it . Serious is it . It is indeed very serious is it . It is indeed very serious with serious is it . It is indeed very serious with officials serious is it . It is indeed very| serious with officials grappling with the challenges posed by this disease. It is regarded as the most rapidly spreading muscular bone disease, even though there was a record of some people infected with dengue fever, it was first recorded as a major disease in 2000. This particular strain has been a severe problem for authorities, we are talking of nearly 300 deaths and nearly 60,000 infections. What it means for a developing country like bangladesh, hospitals are overcrowded, especially in the capital which has a population of more than 18 million. Many patients are saying that they are being made to wait in the hallway because there is in hospital. What is the treatment . According to medical experts there is though suitable treatment available yet, even the vaccination is not made widely available to many developing countries, it is in the beginning stages so that makes this disease more deadly. Even though most people will get dengue fever, they may not have severe symptoms, it will go away in a period to one week, ten days but those with severe symptoms should go to hospital and that is where it becomes complicated because there is no suitable treatment. If you look at district centres, this makes things complicated. The only option, what experts are advising is to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes and that is a major challenge in a densely populated country like bangladesh which has nearly 170 million people. Its, country like bangladesh which has nearly 170 million people. Nearly 170 million people. A very difficult challenge nearly 170 million people. A very difficult challenge indeed. Nearly 170 million people. A very difficult challenge indeed. Thankj difficult challenge indeed. Thank you. The children s commissioner for england has warned the Fostering System needs rocket boosting to tackle a shortage of carers. Dame rachel de souza said she was concerned that people were being put off by the level of bureaucracy. Around 30,000 children enter the care system each year. The government says its investing over £27 million to recruit more Foster Carers and retain existing ones. Saudi arabia is hosting talks to discuss a path towards peace in ukraine. Representatives from ukraine, western powers and developing countries, including china, will be taking part, but russia will not be attending. Earlier i spoke to Evelyn Farkas a former minister in Barack Obamas administration for her assessment. I think the most important thing that can be achieved is greater understanding and appreciation by the countries who are gathering here in saudi arabia of what russia has stunned to upend the International Order to create further Food Insecurity and Energy Insecurity and of course the human rights cost. I think what president zelensky is trying to do is educate these leaders and coax them into a position that is more helpful for ukraine because right now many of them are claiming they are neutral. What do you make of the fact that china have sent an envoy . They are saying they are neutral and have done since the beginning of the conflict but have been criticised for not condemning russia. What influence could they bring to bear . China is not neutral because they have declared that they have a special partnership with russia. They have been Buying Oilfrom russia so in essence helping russia pay for this war. The chinese have not done anything really constructive except the important point that they have counselled the russians publicly against any kind of nuclear mismanagement or nuclear use and even threatening nuclear use. But china doesnt actually want this war, so that is important and china could potentially be more helpful if president zelensky can convince the chinese to do that. The chinese dont want a war because they see the risk to their economic well being, frankly. They see the risk to their economic wellbeing, frankly. Wellbeing, frankly. What is your anal sis wellbeing, frankly. What is your analysis of wellbeing, frankly. What is your analysis of the wellbeing, frankly. What is your analysis of the fact wellbeing, frankly. What is your analysis of the fact that wellbeing, frankly. What is your analysis of the fact that saudi analysis of the fact that saudi arabia is hosting this . What is their part to play . This arabia is hosting this . What is their part to play . Their part to play . This is interesting their part to play . This is interesting because their part to play . This is| interesting because saudi their part to play . This is interesting because saudi arabia, the Saudi Arabian crown Prince 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 who has a longstanding interest in nature. It includes money for community orchards, and tree nurseries. Stay with us here on bbc news. Hello. It feels more like autumn than august out there for many of us, thanks to storm antoni, this shield of cloud here you can see on the satellite picture. This storm has been named by the met office because of the potential for disruption, particularly on the western edge of this area of low pressure as it continues to journey eastwards through the rest of today. So a met Office Amber Warning covering parts of South West Wales and south west england, the risk of gusts of 60 mph or more, particularly for exposed coasts and hills, but even quite a long way inland some quite strong, unusually strong winds for this time of year, hence the risk of disruption. Also some pretty heavy bursts of rain journeying eastwards, in fact some thunderstorms likely across southern and Eastern Parts of england, some pretty hefty showers across parts of Northern England up to scotland. Perhaps fewer showers out towards the west as we head towards the end of the day. Temperatures quite disappointing, some places only up to 1a degrees. Through this evening and tonight our area of low pressure rolls eastwards and as we will continue to see one or two showers, particularly out to the west, towards the end of the night, and also some Rain Lingering in Eastern Parts, in between we will see clear spells and that will allow it to turn relatively cool, 7 12 degrees, but into tomorrow this area of High Pressure tries to build from the west, so certainly a drier and brighter day. There will still be some showers around, that the odd heavy, thundery one, particularly across parts of scotland. The Winds Continuing to ease, though still quite breezy across eastern england. With sunshine, not as much cloud or rain, a bit warmer, 17 20 degrees at best. As we head for the coming week, we start off with some further frontal systems, so a bit of rain at times, but by the middle part of the week High Pressure begins to build. I dont think we are looking at a prolonged spell of completely dry and settled weather, but we will see something drier than we have had of late and we will also start to bring in some warmer air, so temperatures at least for a time are set to climb, 25 or 26 degrees looking quite possible, but we do have the chance for some showery rain to return by the end of the week. Goodbye for now. This is bbc news, the headlines. Pakistans former Prime Minister, imran khan, has been given a three year Jail Sentence over corruption allegations. He was found guilty of not declaring money earned from selling gifts he received in office. He denies the charges and says he will appeal. Ukraine has damaged a russian fuel tanker in its second Sea Drone Attack in two days. In an unverfied video sent to the bbc by a Ukrainian Security service source, they claim it shows the moment of attack. And a danger to life warning has been issued, as storm antoni hits parts of the uk, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. It is the uks first named storm in more than a year. Those are the headlines here on bbc news
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