thank you forjoining us. 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 five 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. well, i've been speaking to our correspondent caroline davies about the effect mr khan arrest has had on the streets of pakistan. when imran khan was last arrested in may, there were protests across the country. after today's events, the public response has been limited. it seems a very different environment now, even though it is only a few months since he was last arrested. that was on the 9th of may. he was then released of course, but we have seen a dramatic crackdown against a man khan and his party, we have seen many of his political leadership leave the carty. loss of his supporters who were allegedly involved in violent protests arrested. since then, we have seen a totally... involved in the political scene in a very different way. we reported earlier on this year about the fact that some of the tv stations behind—the—scenes had been told... we have heard from people who are part of that conversation, they had been told by the military not to mention imran khan's name on television, not to show his picture, not even to have it written on the ticker tape. they were referring him as the chairman of the pti. his presence in pakistan has been repressed quite significantly. over the course of the last few months, that is. today, we saw him arrested. so far, we have not seen those mass protests across the country. we have not seen the same reaction on social media as we did back then, when there were a lot of people calling people to come out onto the street. it is nowhere near the same scale. now, speaking to the information minister earlier, she was saying, this is because people have realised imran khan, it is not right to come out and support him. they realise the difference between right and wrong. that is why they have not come out on the street. imran khan and his people would say that there has been a crackdown and that is why there are not people on the streets. no where near what we saw back in may. no where near what we saw back in ma . , ., ., ., ., may. yes, and the information minister in _ may. yes, and the information minister in that _ may. yes, and the information minister in that interview- may. yes, and the information minister in that interview also | may. yes, and the information - minister in that interview also said that this was not about politics. but, what does this tell us about imran khan's popularity? he has faced several challenges. his party is also becoming divided. does he remain as popular as he was despite these challenges? it is always quite difficult. , difficult. getting political polling is hard to get — difficult. getting political polling is hard to get your _ difficult. getting political polling is hard to get your hands - difficult. getting political polling is hard to get your hands on - difficult. getting political polling is hard to get your hands on in l is hard to get your hands on in pakistan. on an anecdotal level, you can often speak to people who say that they are supporting imran khan, but they are not necessarily doing it as publicly as they have before, because they are nervous about it. whether or not that is the entire country is difficult to ascertain. he mentioned the political backdrop to this, whether this is a political move or not, if you looked at the history of pakistan's politics, this is not the first time we have seen a former prime minister being put in the court system and found guilty. this is something pakistan has done quite a lot over the last few decades with its leadership. imran khan says this is politically motivated, his opponents say it is just the procedure. this is the rule of law. �* ., ~ , , of law. breaking news: president volodymyr— of law. breaking news: president volodymyr zelensky _ of law. breaking news: president volodymyr zelensky says - of law. breaking news: president volodymyr zelensky says that. of law. breaking news: president i volodymyr zelensky says that there has been a russian attack on a blood transfusion centre in the north—east of the country. three people have reportedly died in the attack. and, also, president volodymyr zelensky�*s address said that russian missiles have hit the engine manufacturer in the south—west city of separation. he made the announcement in his regular evening address. earlier, the head of the zaporizhzhya military administration said that missiles had struck around zaporizhzhya and said there were no reports of casualties, and that the extent of damage was still being established. its been 2 months since ukrainian forces launched their long—awaited counter—offensive aimed at pushing the invading russian forces out of the areas they ve seized. the uk, the us and other western nations have invested heavily in these efforts — donating billions of pounds of military equipment, and training soldiers. so, two months on, how is ukraine coping against formidable russian defences? the bbc s security correspondent frank gardner has worked with bbc verify to assess what progress is being made. right. so this is what the map looks like 18 months on after the full scale russian invasion last year. if it looks familiar, that's because it is. it really hasn't changed that much since last november with the russian occupied areas shaded in red. now, in orderfor ukraine's counteroffensive to succeed, it needs to cut the russian area in two. now, earlier this summer, in earlyjune, south of the city, the town of oraibi, there was a battle. the russian defensive lines are in black here. let's have a zoom in and look here. you can see the russian defensive lines, heavily mined, interspersed trenches, artillery bunkers, very hard for ukraine to get through all of that. this verified drone footage here shows what happened when a ukrainian armored patrol ran into a minefield. some of the close up stuff is, frankly, too graphic to show. but the point is that these minefields and russian defenses are so heavy, they're so intense, that it makes it very slow going for the ukrainians to advance southwards. and the russians have been quite innovative in some of the things they've done. so this, for example, is their tmn 62 anti—tank mine. now, some of ukraine's armor will withstand a strike by one of these, but not by two. so what are the russians do? they're putting two of them, one on top of another, to blow up through the hull of a ukrainian armored vehicle. and this footage here shows a whole bunch of these russian anti—tank mines that have disabled a western supplied tank. another weapon that the russians are using very effectively is the alligator, the k 52 attack helicopter. so given all these factors, how successful could this counter—offensive actually be? the ukrainian forces wanted to retake all the occupied territories, including crimea. i do not think that that will happen any time soon. what ukraine does have in its favor, though, is some very powerful western supplied weaponry, such as, for example, the storm shadow, long range missile, british supplied. the ukrainian forces wanted to retake all the occupied territories, including crimea. and these are allowing ukraine to hit distant targets, trying to undermine russia's defenses from within. but, you know, the problem here is that all of this takes time and that's a luxury ukraine doesn't have. within three months, the rainy season will have arrived, turning a lot of the roads into mud, making it difficult for ukraine to advance. frank gardner, bbc news. that is what is happening with the counter offensive. meanwhile, talks are taking place in saudi arabia aimed at finding a solution to the war in ukraine. 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. earlier i spoke to kurt volker, former us ambassador to nato and former us special envoy for ukraine. i think that there is zero chance of these talks causing peace in ukraine. i do not think that is the point. i think that the global south and many members of the global community have been on the sidelines here when it comes to russian aggression against ukraine. they have taken more of a neutral stance. and this is 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, invasion, and so forth. so, i do think that there will be an important result of this, which might be a more sympathetic view in more of the global community towards ukraine. and also, towards the needs of russia to end the war. it is interesting — of russia to end the war. it is interesting in _ of russia to end the war. it is interesting in what _ of russia to end the war. it is interesting in what you - of russia to end the war. it is interesting in what you say, that countries on the sidelines are now being brought deep into the conversation. and encouraged to take on new and less neutral stance. how do you think ukraine will be approaching making that bid? having that conversation? i approaching making that bid? having that conversation?— that conversation? i think that they will be making _ that conversation? i think that they will be making their _ that conversation? i think that they will be making their case _ that conversation? i think that they will be making their case very - will be making their case very clearly. i think it will be partly just presenting people with the facts and information. they will be telling them about attacks on civilians, russia's continuing bombing of ukrainian cities, abducted children. russia hasjust announced that they have abducted almost 700,000 ukrainian children so far. so, these are the kinds of things that i think will make some impression. and then, especially, the impact on the global food supplies, where russia has explicitly threatened to attack ships carrying grain to the world. bringing that home people, that this war cannot go on the way it is, russia cannot be given this license to continue to wreak havoc on the world. ., ., , to continue to wreak havoc on the world. . ., , ., ,, world. that was the former us ambassador — world. that was the former us ambassador to _ world. that was the former us ambassador to nato. - world. that was the former us ambassador to nato. time - world. that was the former us| ambassador to nato. time now world. that was the former us - ambassador to nato. time now for the 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. hopefully, for us, as a team, it gives us a site licence to play freely now. that is what we have been doing the best tournament. yes, there were nerves coming into this game, but to now be able to play free and come back in. vows, it is about grassroots. you want to built about grassroots. you want to built a player that out level, but you need to have roots. we have some great players and hopefully that shows it. it has served us so well to be consistent. i don't mean boring consistent. i mean consistently bringing mean fun, the character of the team, as well as the serious nature that we all have. ifanything, i hope everybody is super proud. we've already gone where no roses team has gone before. in august 2019, i had a zoom call with these girls congratulating them in 2018, but saying i want to do something different. the world cup that eluded us. i wanted to tick that this unleashes it a kind of freedom. that is what i want to see tomorrow. and australia made it through in another close—fought game — 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. spain ran out 5—1 winners, including two goals from aitana bonmati — they'll face the netherlands or south africa next. japan have edged closer to a second women's world cup title. they beat norway 3—1, hinata miyazawa scoring herfifth goal of the tournament to seal the win. japan will now be up against 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 pounds 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 a decade 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 time, and had a player sent off just after the break, but they won by 25 points to 21 — dave cherry with the decisive try. wales launched their warm—ups with a convincing win over a disappointing england side in cardiff — 20 points to 9 the score. gareth davies and george north scored tries with leigh halfpenny kicking 10 points on his 100th wales appearance. england only managed three penalties. new zealand staged an incredible comeback to beat australia in dunedin — the all blacks were 17—3 down at half time but won by 23 points to 20. ireland against italy is underway — ireland with an early 7—3 lead — and argentina against south africa has just started — no score there yet. that is all of the sport for now. france says it will support efforts by the west african regional bloc, ecowas, to reinstate the ousted president of niger. an ultimatum given to the coup leaders to hand back power orface military action expires on sunday. we go live to our reporter in lagos in nigeria. good to see you. so, we have seen the coup leaders makes some moves against france in the past. in the past week, they have suspended france's broadcasted in the country, rfi, and the france 2a channel they have also revoked five military agreements that were ousted by the government. help us understand what is happening between the coup leaders and the formal colonial power, france. at the coup leaders and the formal colonial power, france.- colonial power, france. at this time, it colonial power, france. at this time. it is _ colonial power, france. at this time. it is a — colonial power, france. at this time, it is a very _ colonial power, france. at this time, it is a very difficult - time, it is a very difficult situation, both are having. democracy is... what that backing means, support for the regional bloc or not, but the foreign office did say that the future of new share and the stability of the entire west african needy region is at stake. in france, in togo... this is a very hostile relationship between the two at this time. ., . hostile relationship between the two at this time. . . ., , hostile relationship between the two at this time-— at this time. france was saying it will back ek _ at this time. france was saying it will back ek was _ at this time. france was saying it will back ek was to _ at this time. france was saying it will back ek was to restore - at this time. france was saying it will back ek was to restore the i will back ek was to restore the ousted president —— ecowas. there is a plan for possible military intervention in niger. what we expect to happen when the deadline expires? the deadline that they have given the coup leaders to do return to democratic rule? 50. given the coup leaders to do return to democratic rule?— to democratic rule? so, it is very unclear. what _ to democratic rule? so, it is very unclear. what the _ to democratic rule? so, it is very unclear. what the next _ to democratic rule? so, it is very unclear. what the next action - to democratic rule? so, it is very| unclear. what the next action will be, when the ultimatum expires on sunday evening. but, the ecowas chiefs made an announcement after a three—day meeting that they have been having in the capital. they say that they are exploring diplomatic options, including political and military options. however, they stress that the military option would be the last option, if the military organisation in niger remain defiant and do not restore constitutional order to the president mohamed bazoum. but, we do know that all the defence chiefs have agreed, and indeed, it seems clear that the niger coup has shown the volatility of the region, and they need to strengthen the military ties and communication efforts within the entire west african bloc. so, we don't know what those plans would be, but there may be a recommendation to echo —— ecowas heads of state about military action in new share. heads of state about military action in new share-— in new share. thank you for “oining us. let's take you to israel now. in tel aviv, thousands of protesters are demonstrating against the government's controversial judicial reform plans. the protests come a day after israel's supreme court began hearing the first of a number of appeals against changes to the judicial system which have caused months of mass protests. opponents worry that nationalist and ultra—orthodox religious parties allied to israel's prime minister mr netanyahu will be able to shape policy with unchecked power. the law would limit the supreme court's powers. but the government argues that the reforms are necessary to correct an imbalance in power which has seen the courts increasingly intervene in political decisions. to the us, now. prosecutors in the us have asked a judge to limit information that donald trump can publicly discuss about his election fraud case. it follows a social media post by the former president on friday, in which he said: "if you go the prosecution said they were ready to release "a substantial amount" of material to the defence in mr trump's criminal case, but the special prosecutorjack smith argued a protection order was particularly important because the former president had previously issued public statements about witnesses, judges and attorneys. mr trump's legal team has asked thejudge to extend monday's deadline to respond until thursday. pam belluck is a health reporter for the new york times and has reported on our next story, which is about a new drug in the united states. this is the first drug ever to be created for postpartum depression. to be created for postpartum depression-— to be created for postpartum deression. , , , , depression. this is the first pill specifically _ depression. this is the first pill specifically dedicated _ depression. this is the first pill specifically dedicated to - depression. this is the first pill - specifically dedicated to postpartum depression, and the advances that it appears to work very quickly, it takes effect starting in about three days, and that is much faster than typical antidepressants, which do work for postpartum depression, but, they often take several weeks to work. so, that is one big advantage of it. also, the fact that it only needs to be taken for two weeks, and thenit needs to be taken for two weeks, and then it can be stopped, doctors think it will be appealing to women as well. so, they can think of it as just a short term treatment. 50 it just a short term treatment. so it works faster. _ just a short term treatment. so it works faster, and _ just a short term treatment. so it works faster, and you _ just a short term treatment. so it works faster, and you don't - just a short term treatment. so it works faster, and you 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.- clinical trial, for this drug. tell us about her experience. yes, she is actually from — us about her experience. yes, she is actually from the _ us about her experience. yes, she is actually from the uk, _ us about her experience. yes, she is actually from the uk, from - us about her experience. yes, she is actually from the uk, from the - us about her experience. yes, she is actually from the uk, from the north of england. she lives in north carolina now. she described to me how five years ago, when she gave birth to her son, after that, she started to feel tremendous anxiety. she was worried that she wasn't taking care of him well, she was afraid that she was a bad mother. and, those are classic symptoms of postpartum depression. so, she learned about this clinical trial. she volunteered. 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, she was receiving the drug. and, she said, it didn't take effect immediately, but, after a few weeks, she just started to feel calmer. she just was able to deal better with the stress, and crucially, she was able to enjoy being with her son, and she felt much more engaged with him. let's take you live to lisbon now. pope francis is taking part in a vigil with young people at a park on the outskirts of the portuguese capital. there is a vigil going on, being held by pope francis as part of a major catholic youth festival. the vigil is part of world youth day festivities, which is a week of religious, cultural and festive events held every three years in a different city. it is enlistment this time. we understand that there is a crowd of 1.5 million people gathered for this event. we camp the pope francis fair in portugal. those are the live pictures. 1.5 million people in attendance. lets step away from that and learn about india's third lunar mission. the spacecraft chandrayaan—3 is india's second attempt at a moon landing. it's due to touch down in two weeks. these are pictures from last month, when the mission was launched. if successful, india will become the fourth country to land safely on the lunar surface. good luck. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. the headlines are next. 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 anthoni, 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 in 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. sunny spells as well. possibly thundery. especially across parts of scotland. 1790 degrees. that is below par for most locations. looking ahead to monday, something in the way of dry weather. not as many showers at this stage. later in the day, more cloud rolling and across the south—west of england. wales as well, and northern ireland. that is ahead of some splashes of rain. cambridge isjust a little bit higher, 16—21. rain. cambridge isjust a little bit higher, 16—21 . heading deeper, initially, some rain here and there, but, high pressure looks set to build later, that is in the south—east of us. that will allow us to tap in to warmer air. we will draw but up from the south. temperatures around the middle part of the week, wednesday and thursday, they will begin to climb. some places are likely to get into the middle 20s, possibly 26 degrees, may be even higher. it may not last. rain is set to return by the very end of the week. this is bbc news. the headlines... pakistan's former prime minister imran khan has been sentenced to three years in prison. this comes after 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. in israel, thousands of people have ta ken to the streets to protest against the israeli government's controversialjudicial reform plans. petitions against the reforms have been filed to the high court, with an unprecedented 15—judge panel to hear them next month. talks are taking place in saudi araba for two days to find a peaceful settlement to russia s war in ukraine. senior officials from dozens of countries are taking part. ukraine hopes the two days of negotiations will boost support for its own peace plan. russia was not invited. the first ever pill for post natal depression has