been approved in the us. clinical trials showed that the pill helped to significantly reduce depressive symptoms within three days. good evening. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. the former pakistani prime minister imran khan has called on his supporters to protest peacefully, after he was found guilty on corruption charges and sentenced to three years in prison. a court in islamabad ruled that he had failed to declare income from the sale of gifts he received while in office. the verdict means he isn't allowed to hold public office for the next 5 years — pakistan is just months away from a general election. from islamabad, caroline davies reports. sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former prime minister imran khan. the judgment came from here. police filled every corner in islamabad's session court. mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. the court said he is dishonest. so 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�* imprisonment. outside court, shouts of, "your show is over, khan." minutes later, we heard he'd been arrested. this was what happened 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 that they'd left the party. police picked up thousands of his supporters. will the protests happen again? imran khan's team released this pre—recorded video after he'd been arrested today. translation: iwant 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's been a matter of months but the atmosphere in pakistan has changed. this decision will mean mr khan cannot run in the upcoming elections. it's pretty useful for your party, though, that your main political opponent has just been disqualified in the run—up for a general election. well, you have to be accountable for your deeds in law. this is nothing to do with politics. a person who's been proven guilty by the court has to be arrested. his lawyers intend to appeal the decision but for now, mr khan is held by police and his politicalfuture is deeply uncertain. joining us now is zulfikar bukhari who served as a special assistant to the former prime minister imran khan between 2018 and 2021. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. what is your reaction to this latest development? that is that imran khan has been handed a prison sentence. ~ , ., ., ~ ., sentence. well, it is a dark day for pakistan and _ sentence. well, it is a dark day for pakistan and democracy _ sentence. well, it is a dark day for pakistan and democracy in - sentence. well, it is a dark day for i pakistan and democracy in pakistan. however, it was writing on the wall because imran khan, for the last few weeks, has been predicting his arrest, and his disqualification. imran khan has grown in the last 12 months to be probably the most popular leader the country has ever seen, hence it was impossible to go into any kind of polls and election whilst he was in politics, hence he needed to be disqualified, which he had already guessed. that is something we have seen throughout the course of history in pakistan. it is a case which will be appealed in the high court and the supreme court, and we hope to get relief. we have heard imran khan's message, a pre—recorded one this report is. have you spoken to him? what sense do you have of how his feelings are at the moment, or his strategising? nobody has been allowed to speak to him since he's been arrested and was taken from lahore to a city. he has reached prison there. nobody has had access to him unfortunately. we hope that he is keeping well and is not given any torture while he is in prison, that is our biggest fear. you know, that is all that we have of any news of him at the moment. like we said, it was his legal team, they weren't allowed to give him any arguments, they weren't allowed to speak in court today. and so, it is obvious which intention the judge had come with, appointed under this case are the last minute to give his verdict. today was his last day before he goes on holiday. somehow, he did a 35 page verdictjudgment on imran khan's case, and thejudgment was printed within 20 minutes, and within ten minutes of that, they had stormed into imran khan's home. that means it was all preplanned from the beginning. it is impossible to get that kind of speed from the courts. the government denies this, they say that there was no political net motivation. we heard that from the minister. their argument is that he has committed a crime, the court has found him guilty, now he must be arrested. what is your response? well, you know, it is a very logical response. we have 13,000 people in prison, men, women, children, we have people have been tortured. women who have had human rights abuses going on. there is a massive crackdown on imran khan's party. so, saying it is not politically motivated just doesn't make sense when there are 200 cases on imran khan. what imran khan pledges... estate gifts given to him were stated in his 2020 and 2021 accounts under precious items. he has paid tax on them, capital gains on them, so there is absolutely nothing illegal. absolutely everyone minister has purchased these. somehow, none of the other ones who have had them legally purchased have come up in court. and imran khan has all of a sudden been on a fast track and has been expelled. once it goes to the high court, and in the supreme court, the highest court in pakistan, iam supreme court, the highest court in pakistan, i am very certain that this case will be dismissed. that is endinu. this case will be dismissed. that is pending- how _ this case will be dismissed. that is pending- how do _ this case will be dismissed. that is pending. how do you _ this case will be dismissed. that is pending. how do you see - this case will be dismissed. that is pending. how do you see the - this case will be dismissed. that is pending. how do you see the next| this case will be dismissed. that is - pending. how do you see the next few days, weeks, months playing out? at days, weeks, months playing out? git the moment, ithink days, weeks, months playing out? git the moment, i think what is going to happen is, there will be a further crackdown. homes are being wrecked, people are not uniformed, civil clothing men are ransacking homes, ransacking people's personal homes, picking up whoever is there, women or other family picking up whoever is there, women or otherfamily members, i have a cousin who is in prison who has nothing to do with politics. so, i think what is going to happen over the next few days, while imran khan is in prison, they are going to try to do a further clampdown on pti and create more havoc and fear. that will try to discourage people from coming out onto the roads, discourage protest, and encouraging people to go into hiding even further. the top leadership is other in exile or in hiding at the moment. that is what they are trying to do, make sure nobody comes out on the road. the only way to do that is by creating fear. and continuing on the barbaric acts that have been going on. . ~' barbaric acts that have been going on. . ~ , ., y barbaric acts that have been going on. . ~' , ., , . barbaric acts that have been going on. ., ~' i., , . ., barbaric acts that have been going on. ., , . ., on. thank you very much for coming onto the programme. _ on. thank you very much for coming onto the programme. that - on. thank you very much for coming onto the programme. that was - on. thank you very much for coming onto the programme. that was the l onto the programme. that was the special assistant to prime minister imran khan. 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. now to some breaking news — and president volodymyr zelensky has said that russian missiles have hit the motor sich aircraft engine manufacturer in the southeastern city of zaporizhzhya and unspecified sites in western khmelnytskyy region with kinzhal and kalibr missiles on 5 august. in his regular evening video address posted on facebook on 5 august, zelensky said: "today occurred the latest russian missile attack against our state. there were no reported casualties. there were no reported casualties. the extent of the attack is still being established. we will bring you more as such comes in. meanwhile, the leader of the ukrainian delegation at talks designed to broaden international support for its peace plan to end the war says he expects the discussions won't be easy. andriy yermak has acknowledged disagreements between the dozens of countries taking part in the meeting in saudi arabia. live now to kurt volker, former us ambassador to nato and former us special envoy for ukraine. thank you very much forjoining us. can you give us a sense of how optimistic you are that these talks will yield results?— optimistic you are that these talks will yield results? well, it depends what ou will yield results? well, it depends what you mean _ will yield results? well, it depends what you mean by _ will yield results? well, it depends what you mean by results. - will yield results? well, it depends what you mean by results. i - will yield results? well, it depends what you mean by results. i think. what you mean by results. i think that there is zero chance of these talks will result in any kind of peace in ukraine. but, i don't think thatis peace in ukraine. but, i don't think that is the point. i think that the point is that the global south, many of the members of the global community, they have been on the sidelines when it comes to russia's aggression towards ukraine. they have been taking more of the neutral stance. and, this was really an opportunity to bring those countries together, and for ukraine to address him directly, to explain what is actually happening, and to explain how russia's aggression against ukraine is actually having global implications, whether it is on energy supplies, implications, whether it is on energy supplies, foodstuffs, inflation... so, |d° energy supplies, foodstuffs, inflation... so, i do think that there will be an important result from this, which may be a more sympathetic view, in more of the global community, towards ukraine, and towards wanting russia to end the war. ht and towards wanting russia to end the war. , , ., , ., the war. it is interesting what you make in your _ the war. it is interesting what you make in your point, _ the war. it is interesting what you make in your point, about - the war. it is interesting what you l make in your point, about countries on the sidelines being brought deep into the conversation and encouraged to take a less neutral stance. how do you think ukraine will be approaching making that bid? having that conversation? t approaching making that bid? having that conversation?— that conversation? i think they are makin: that conversation? i think they are making their _ that conversation? i think they are making their case _ that conversation? i think they are making their case very _ that conversation? i think they are making their case very clearly. - that conversation? i think they are making their case very clearly. i i making their case very clearly. i think it will hardly be presenting people with the facts and information about the attacks on civilians, about russia's continuing bombing of ukrainian cities, about abducted children. russia has announced that they have abducted almost 700,000 ukrainian children. these are the kinds of things that i think will make some impression. and especially, the impact on global food supplies. where russia has explicitly threatened to attack ships carrying grain to the world. and, i think that bring that aim to people, that this war cannot go on the way it is, russia cannot be given this license to continue to wreak havoc on the entire world. is wreak havoc on the entire world. is it usual for saudi arabia to play host for these conversations? ht is host for these conversations? it is unusual in — host for these conversations? it is unusual in the _ host for these conversations? ut 3 unusual in the context of russia's war against ukraine. saudi arabia has in other conflicts sought to play some kind of mediating role, calling parties to saudi arabia. particularly in the middle east. it is new for it to be involved in russia and ukraine. i think they feel that they have a good relationship with russia and ukraine both. and i think that they feel that they may be could be trusted by putin. but, the fact is, there is only one way to look at the end of this war. russia has to call it off, withdraw its forces, and to have relations to go forward in the world. this is why i think we are at the beginning of this effort hosted by saudi arabia to try to bring more countries around to the view. before we talk to lee _ countries around to the view. before we talk to lee mack— countries around to the view. before we talk to lee mack were _ countries around to the view. before we talk to lee mack were talking - countries around to the view. before we talk to lee mack were talking to | we talk to lee mack were talking to you, we were talking about the counteroffensive in ukraine. it is difficult to talk about peace when still waging war.— still waging war. exactly. russia have been _ still waging war. exactly. russia have been clear _ still waging war. exactly. russia have been clear that _ still waging war. exactly. russia have been clear that they - still waging war. exactly. russia have been clear that they have i still waging war. exactly. russia i have been clear that they have no interest in peace. they have claimed to annex all of these provinces of ukraine. they do not control all of them. they are still trying to hold their territory. ukraine are trying to recover their territory. and so, ukraine feels it can make gains in recovering its territory. so, it is going to pursue this counteroffensive for some time to come. . , counteroffensive for some time to come. ., , , ., , , come. that gives us a very useful pempective- _ come. that gives us a very useful perspective. thank _ come. that gives us a very useful perspective. thank you _ come. that gives us a very useful perspective. thank you very - come. that gives us a very useful. perspective. thank you very much. that was the former us special envoy for ukraine. thank you for your time. . ., you very much. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. for the first time in their history, england have reached the netball world cup final and they'll face australia. england won an extremely tight semi final against the defending champions new zealand. the sides were level going into the last quarter, when england pulled away to win 46—a0 and give themselves a chance of winning their biggest title since taking commonwealth games gold five years ago. it has served us so well to be consistent. i don't mean boring consistent. i don't mean boring consistent. i don't mean boring consistent. i mean consistently bringing meanfun, the consistent. i mean consistently bringing mean fun, the character of the team, as well as the serious nature that we all have. if anything, i hope everybody is super proud. we've already gone where no raises team has gone before. in august 2019, i had a single record of these girls congratulating them in 2018, but saying i want to do something different. a single record of these girls congratulating them in 2018, but saying i want to do something different. the world that eluded us. i wanted to tick that this unleashes it a kind of freedom. that is what i want to see tomorrow. and they'll meet australia in the final who made it through in another close fought game they beat jamaica 57 5a, they beat jamaica 57—54, to extend their record of never having missed a netball world cup final. spain are through to the quarter finals of the women's football world cup after thrashing switzerland. they looked vulnerable early on, giving away an equaliser with a 45 yard own goal. not one to watch again for the goalie. but spain came back strong running out 5 1winners in the end, including two goals from aitana bonmati they'll face the netherlands or south africa next. the 2011 champions japan are also through to the last eight, thanks to a 3—1win over norway. hinata miya zawa, racing through to seal the win she's hinata miyazawa, racing through to seal the win she's on target for the golden boot this herfifth goal of the tournament so far. they'll now take on either the defending champions, the usa, or sweden. brendan rogers made a winning return to the celtic dugout, on the opening day of the new scottish premiership season. last season's treble winners beat ross county 4—2 at celtic park. in the late game, an early blow for their glasgow rivals rangers, who lost 1—0 at kilmarnock. we have to wait another week for the premier league to get 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 they've signed yosko gvardiol for £77 million from german side rb leipzig. the croatian defender was one of the stars of the world cup in qatar. manchester united have signed 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 though, he's got a small injury which will keep him out of the first few games. and chelsea have confirmed the signing of brighton and hove albion goalkeeper robert sanchez for £25 million. hejoined brighton 10 years ago as a 15 year old from spanish side levante, but lost his place in the starting side last season. with just over a month to go until the rugby union world cup gets underway in france. scotland produced an incredible comeback to beat france at murrayfield. they were trailing 21 3 at half they were trailing 21—3 at half and had a player sent off just after the break. but they won by 25 points to 21 dave cherry with the decisive try. lee halfpenny kicked ten points on his 100th wales appearance. england only managed three penalties. new zealand staged an incredible comeback to be 17 3 down at half time but won by 23 points to 20. no score there yet. that is all of the sport for now. we will see you later. the first pill for postpartum depression has been approved in the us. it was said that zurzuvae has been approved as a once—daily pill taken for two weeks. until now, treatment for postpartum depression was only available as an intravenous injection. it is estimated that one injection. it is estimated that one in seven women experience symptoms of ppd in the us, that is postpartum depression, according to research. live now to pam belluck who is a health reporter for the new york times and has reported on the drug. thank you forjoining us. let's start with what we know this is the first time that there has been one for postpartum depression. has been one for postpartum depression-— has been one for postpartum deression. , , , , depression. this is the first pill specifically _ depression. this is the first pill specifically defecated - depression. this is the first pill specifically defecated for - specifically defecated for postpartum depression. and, the advanceis postpartum depression. and, the advance is that it appears to work very quickly. it takes effect in three days around that. that is much faster than typical antidepressants, which we work for postpartum depression, but they often take several weeks to work. so, that is one big advantage of it. and also, the fact that it only needs to be taken for two weeks, and then it can be stopped, doctors think it will be appealing to women as well. they can think of it as a short—term treatment. ht think of it as a short-term treatment.— think of it as a short-term treatment. ., ., , ., , ., treatment. it works fast and you don't need _ treatment. it works fast and you don't need to — treatment. it works fast and you don't need to take _ treatment. it works fast and you don't need to take it _ treatment. it works fast and you don't need to take it for- treatment. it works fast and you don't need to take it for as - treatment. it works fast and you j don't need to take it for as long. you have spoken to a woman who was involved in the clinical trial for this drug. tell us about her experience.— this drug. tell us about her exerience. , , g, , experience. yes, she was actually from the uk, _ experience. yes, she was actually from the uk, from _ experience. yes, she was actually from the uk, from the _ experience. yes, she was actually from the uk, from the north - experience. yes, she was actually from the uk, from the north of. from the uk, from the north of england. she now lives in north carolina. she described to me how five years ago, when she gave birth to her son, after that, she started to her son, after that, she started to feel a tremendous kind of anxiety. she was worried that she wasn't taking care of him well, she wasn't taking care of him well, she was afraid she was a bad mother. and, those are classic symptoms of postpartum depression. so, she learned about this clinical trial, she volunteered, and at the time, she volunteered, and at the time, she didn't know whether she was in the placebo group or if she was receiving the drug. it turned out later that she was receiving the drug. and, she said that it didn't take effect immediately, but after a few weeks, she'd just started to feel calmer, and, shejust was few weeks, she'd just started to feel calmer, and, she just was able to deal with the stress better, and crucially, she was able to enjoy being with her son. and she felt much more engaged with him. that is wonderful to — much more engaged with him. that is wonderful to hear. _ much more engaged with him. that is wonderful to hear. you _ much more engaged with him. that is wonderfulto hear. you have - much more engaged with him. that is wonderfulto hear. you have been - wonderful to hear. you have been researching postpartum depression for years. this is a topic that is often surrounded by stigma, emotions like shame, or not really understanding what is going on. how prominent of an issue is this in the united states? the prominent of an issue is this in the united states?— united states? the estimates are that around _ united states? the estimates are that around 10-15% _ united states? the estimates are that around 10-15% of _ united states? the estimates are that around 10-15% of women - united states? the estimates are| that around 10-15% of women who united states? the estimates are - that around 10-15% of women who give that around 10—15% of women who give birth experience some type of depression. other starting in pregnancy or within the first year after giving birth. and, that could be an underestimate. it is something that women are not always feeling comfortable coming forward with, they may not always know what is going on. doctors that they see, their obstetricians, they are not necessarily trained to screen and diagnose it. so, it could be more widespread than that. and, that is actually possibly the main advantage of having this pale, the experts that i've spoken to said. it is not so much that it works better than other antidepressants, it is probably about the same, although it does seem to take effect more quickly, but, the idea that you have a pill specifically designated for your condition, doctors think that that will encourage more women to seek treatment, and will encourage more doctors to be aware of it and look for symptoms, and prescribe treatment. so, even if this pill does not particularly work for one woman, now she is engaged in treatment, and they can try something else, therapy, and itjust sort of... it allows her to get some attention to try to resolve the symptoms. attention to try to resolve the symptom-— symptoms. hopefully, it is a discovery — symptoms. hopefully, it is a discovery that _ symptoms. hopefully, it is a discovery that will _ symptoms. hopefully, it is a discovery that will help - symptoms. hopefully, it is a| discovery that will help many symptoms. hopefully, it is a - discovery that will help many many women. thank you very much for joining us. now go to israel. thousands of protesters in tel aviv are protesting the government's controversial government reform —— judicial reform plans. the first of a number of appeals against changes to thejudicial systems a number of appeals against changes to the judicial systems have caused months of mass protests. opponents worry nationalists and ultraorthodox parties are aligned to netanyahu will wield the policy of unchecked power. it would limit the powers of the supreme court. the government argues the reforms are necessary to correct an imbalance in power that has seen the courts increasingly intervene in political decisions. i spoke earlier with yaniv roznai, who is a law professor at the rubstein center for constitutional challenges at reichman university and a member of the israeli law professors' forum for democracy. he told us more about the concerns relating to the unpopular legal reforms the israeli government is introducing. well, the entire aim behind the so—called reform is to grant the government our executive authority absolute powers to do whatever they want. this then connects to the various parties in the coalition. the orthodox and other parties, who wish to further the annexation of the territories. so, i think that this is all related. i think the main problem, and this is why you see hundreds of thousands of people in the streets, is that the government, even though they passed one package of the so—called reform so far, the government is continuing to say that this is merely the beginning of the reform. the problem is, we the citizens are the buffer a. it affects the way the judges are selective, and the attorney general, and effects furtherjudicial review. we do not see the end to this so—called reform. that is what worries us in israel. so-called reform. that is what worries us in israel.— so-called reform. that is what worries us in israel. before we go, we head to — worries us in israel. before we go, we head to lisbon, _ worries us in israel. before we go, we head to lisbon, where - worries us in israel. before we go, we head to lisbon, where tens - worries us in israel. before we go, we head to lisbon, where tens of. we head to lisbon, where tens of thousands of people have gathered, there will shortly be a vigil there by pope francis is part of a major catholic youth festival. those of the live pictures from lisbon. we will keep you updated as we go. you're watching bbc news. save others. dare i say it, saturday felt like an autumnal day. it was cool and windy. big waves crashing on the south coast of england. there were some really heavy rain. this was a scene from a weather watcher in staffordshire. it is all thanks to storm anthony, this swell of cloud named by the met office. the area of low pressure responsible will be sliding eastwards as we said head through tonight and into tomorrow. tomorrow should be dry and bright. still areas of cloud, splashes of rain across eastern england heading through the night. further west, clearer skies. showers feeding and across western parts. temperatures dropping away. quite a cool and fresh night. that is in towns and city. in the countryside, may be cooler. after a fresh start, sunday will see a high pressure trying to build. not a completely dry day, but on balance, a drier and brighter day than saturday. so, some cloud and rain, a bit of a breeze across eastern england for a time. further west, some showers. possibly sundry, particularly a pass parts of scotland. a slightly warmer day for many, 18 or 19 degrees. that is below par in most locations. looking ahead to monday, we see more in the way of dry weather. sunshine, not as many showers at the stage. later in the day, cloud running in across the south—west of england, parts of wales and northern ireland. that is ahead of some splashes of rain. temperatures a little bit higher, 16-21 . but, temperatures a little bit higher, 16—21 . but, as we head deeper into the coming week, initially, we will have some frontal systems. a little bit of rain appearing here and there. high pressure looks set to build later in the reek. in the south—east of us, that will happen, allowing us to tap into some war at ayr. that will be coming up from the south. wednesday into thursday, we will begin to have temperatures climbing. in some places, mid 20s. maybe 26 degrees. perhaps higher. it might not last. arena set to return at the very of the week. this is bbc news. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan has been given a three—year prison sentence over corruption allegations. mr khan denies any wrongdoing and says he will appeal. he was found guilty of not declaring any money from gifts he received during office. he denies any wrongdoing and says he will appeal. in israel, thousands take to the streets to protest against the israeli government's judicial reforms. uk scouts are being moved to hotels in seoul. the first ever pill for postnatal