the verdict means he is not allowed to hold public office for five years, with pakistan just months away from a general election. our correspondent 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. police in israel say a local security guard has been critically wounded in what they're describing as a suspected terrorist attack in tel aviv. the police say the alleged gunman was also shot and is receiving medical treatment. the latest violence comes after two palestinian teenagers were killed in the occupied west bank on friday. meantime, protests are being held across israel against the government's planned overhaul of the judiciary for the 31st week in a row. protest organisers are carrying on with a mass demonstration in tel aviv, despite the earlier attack there. the protests have gained in intensity in recent weeks as the first bill in the government's programme was put before parliament and voted through. france says it will support efforts by the west african regional bloc, ecowas, to reinstate the ousted president of niger, mohammed bazoum. ecowas gave the coup leaders a week to reinstate the president or face a military intervention. that deadline expires sunday. mr bazoum's prime minister was out of the country when the military seized power. on saturday in was in paris, where he met with the french government and greeted protestors outside the nigerien embassy. in an interview, prime minister ouhoumoudou mahamadou dismissed the pro—coup and anti—french protests taking place in niger. earlier i spoke with alexis akwagyiram, managing editor at the news website semafor africa. thank you for coming here. there is a lot of talk about. first, i want to start with this seven—day deadline given by this group of west african leaders to reinstate the democratic government there in niger. that deadline is set to expire in really a matter of hours now, coming up on sunday. what do you expect will happen when that deadline expires? i strongly expect that when the deadline expires, we won't see fireworks. there will probably be more efforts behind—the—scenes to pursue a diplomatic solution, because ultimately, ecowas does not want a full on conflict. it really doesn't want that, and we will see more efforts to try and find a way to make this work. ultimately, that seven—day ultimatum that was issued said after a week, all options would be on the table. that includes the option of force, but i think ultimately, the original body will want to reserve the use of force as a last resort. they won't want to do that initially. what other options are on the table? what other options are on the table? what else could ecowas do to try to pressure this junta to return control to the democratic leader? there are a number of levers they can pull. one is tojust make there are a number of levers they can pull. one is to just make life as difficult as possible. the southern neighbour nigeria has turned off the lights. niger relies on it for much of it electricity, they have turned off the main transmission lines. as well as that, we have seen an ecowas delegation go to neighbouring algeria and libya, so those are the northern borders of niger, to speak to them. those ports are open because at the moment, ecowas has imposed economic sanctions and closed access to ports to the south, but to the north, as access routes are still open, so they might want some kind of partnership, some kind of buy in from those of the countries and regions, to make life harderfor the junta there. as well as that, what they might do is pursue some kind of diplomatic solution whereby they can arrange the release of the democratically elected president mohamed bazoum in exchange for him agreeing to a word some kind of democratic process whereby he stands down and there is an election, because ultimately, what we have seen is that now, there is lots of popular support for what has gone on, and it is awkward for ecowas, because then if they push and try and install, reinstall the president who is now seemingly not so popular, thenit who is now seemingly not so popular, then it is hard for them. so that might be another thing, some kind of diplomatic solution in that respect. you mentioned popular support for what has really been a coup. we have seen demonstrations on the streets, and among those demonstrators, we have seen pro—russian sentiment, russian flags being waved, and chanting, pro—putin slogans. what is behind that amount of support and maybe even a desire for russia to get involved in niger? i think we have got to be cautious. to some extent, that might have been choreographed in some way. there is a degree of stage management, because obviously, russian flags don't come from nowhere. but i do think there is a genuine push from people to move towards russia. but the idea is that people are frustrated about what they see as the french and the failure of the french, the fact that the french were the colonial power and that they never really left, and that ultimately, there has been an insurgency on a number of fronts in niger, and the western push has not stopped it. so there have been islamist insurgents in the south—east who are allied to islamic state, and in the south—west, they have come from mali and are allied to al-anda. thousands of people have either been killed or forced to flee their homes. what these people have seen is that in neighbouring mali, the military rulers there have pulled on the russians and they feel that it has been more effective, because mali pushed out french troops, they pushed out the un peacekeepers, and said, what you want is a fighting force of more aggressive troops that will fight the islamist insurgents, and they feel they have that in russia. russia has also done this elsewhere on the continent, so the central african republic's president really owes his existence, the fact he is still in power, to russian troops, because he brought them in and they fought insurgents there. so basically, the people in niger are thinking, the russian fighting forces from wagner are proving to be far more effective in battling these insurgents. and alexis, you have done some interesting reporting as well with semafor about the potential influence of russian propaganda in niger. absolutely. over the last two or three years, the russians have fought a very effective propaganda war, specifically against france, but more widely against the west. they have sought to set themselves up they have sought to set themselves up as allies, as partners against colonial invaders, and they have done this through rt, russia today, the rolling news service, and through sputnik, the de facto wire service. through those two outlets, they have partnered with african broadcasters, providing content, which could be audio content in a pod cast, or tv footage, video footage, of the likes that wait in the west would get from news agencies. they could get that from a russian news agency as well. and all of that is framing news reports so that they are from a russian perspective, a russian worldview, and it is very effective, because then, when it is delivered on local stations, it is not as if you are seeing a russian face or a russian hand controlling that, it is coming from a local news broadcasters. as well as that, they have a network of influence is that they work with who are spreading messages on social media as well. really interesting stuff. alexis, managing editor of semafor africa, thank you so much. thank you. a federaljudge has given donald trump's legal team a deadline of 5pm monday to respond to a request by prosecutors. it would limit trump's handling of evidence related to his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the former president's lawyers asked for the deadline to be pushed to thursday, but that has just been denied. special counseljack smith filed court papers late friday expressing concern about one of mr trump's social media posts. prosecutors are seeking a protective order that would prevent him from improperly sharing confidential evidence publicly. this is the post jack smith cited in his filing — donald trump writing on his truth social platform, "if you go after me, i'm coming after you!" that post came a day after the former president signed a condition of release promising not to violate federal, state or local laws or communicate about facts of the case with any individual known to be a witness. our north america correspondent sean dilley has more. a few more details are coming out, actually. we have been trawling through the paperwork so you don't have to. ultimately, on friday, the prosecution applied for what they called a protective order. they did that because they said they were concerned that when they released information to donald trump, information he is entitled to to defend himself, they said they are ready to do that, but if this was shared, it could interfere with the due process of the case and potentially impact witnesses. that is their concern. now, the defence said that they only had very little time to prepare for this, because, they said, that a friday afternoon is a wholly inappropriate time to prepare for something. now, the prosecution was initially asking for an immediate order to prevent donald trump... or at least limit what he could say about this particular case. thejudge denied that, and set the deadline for monday. after the ping—ponging between the defence and the prosecution, there has been yet another filing to the court by jack smith, the lead prosecutor. he says, "we disagree with what the defence says". "judge, you should refuse their order to extend". "we've been discussing this with them until wednesday but they were not playing ball". already no trial date set, but there is ping—ponging back and forth. there are other court cases mr trump is involved in, the separate classified documents case in florida, for example, that is another case that jack smith, the federal special prosecutor, special prosecutor because he is independent of the department ofjustice, is involved in. now, in this case, again, we were expecting this. there is some toing and froing as to how much time the defence needs to prepare their legal defence. everyone is entitled to a proper defence. the prosecution say, "we are ready to go as soon as possible". the defence say, "we cannot tell you when we are ready until we have seen any of the evidence". the big argument we need to look out for will be on the 28th of august when, based on the information that is given to donald trump at the prosecution, the two parties will argue when he can stand trial. will that be before the 2024 date or afterwards? it seems eminently possible it would be before. in the last few hours, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky says a russian bomb has hit a blood transfusion centre in his country's north—east. he says rescuers are at the scene in the town of kupiansk, saying there are "dead and wounded". the reported strike has happened shortly after ukraine says missiles hit a facility which manufactures engines for airplanes and helicopters in the country's west. president zelensky gives updates like this every evening. and he claims tonight that a blood transfusion centre has been hit by a russian guided missile in the kharkiv region. there are unconfirmed reports that it was close to a village that was near to the front line, and there is a reality here, whether you're talking about cities like zaporizhzhia or villages in the kharkiv region. even when russian forces retreated from there late last year, if you live close to the russian border, or if you are close to the front line, you are typically in range of missiles and artillery fire, and it is a daily occurrence where strikes like these take place. now, if there is accuracy to president zelensky�*s claim, it appears once again a medical building has come in harm's way. we have seen it before with a maternity hospital in the besieged city of mariupol last year. we saw it with a mental health hospital in dnipro. that was just a few months ago. this is a war synonymous with civilian areas and cities being directly targeted. president zelensky�*s tweet says that this war crime says everything about russian aggression. he says defeating terrorists is a matter of honour for everyone who values life. now, this is typical rhetoric you get from president zelensky as he tries to boost his country's morale under this sustained kind of attack. we are told that there are dead and wounded, but we don't know anything outside of zelensky �*s tweet. this is happening as talks are taking place in saudi arabia aimed at finding a solution to the war in ukraine. it comes a few months after the gulf country hosted president zelensky at a summit of the arab league. the ukrainian delegation�*s leader admits this weekend's discussions won't be easy. 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. official figures show close to 300 people have died so far this year. more than 61,000 have been infected. at least 10 people have died and 18 are missing after torrential rains battered hubei province in northern china. officials evacuated more than half its population of 11.5 million people on saturday from areas thought to be at high risk of landslides and floods. storm doksuri, which hit mainland china last week, has brought the worst rains in 140 years. unseasonable weather has also hit parts of europe, with flooding in slovenia and austria, whilst storm antoni has been passing over large parts of britain and ireland. our reporter nicky schiller has been monitoring what's been happening across europe. unseasonable summer weather has hit large parts of europe. i want to take you first to georgia and show you some pictures there. as the search for survivors continues after a deadly landslide on thursday, you can see there a torrent of mud swept down that valley. 11 people died and dozens are feared missing. the army has been brought in to try and help find them. the good news is that 200 people were evacuated to safety. now, if we move to slovenia next, there has been torrential rain there. a month's worth of rain fell in 2a hours, hitting the north—east and centre of the country. now, three people died. there has been a meeting of the national security council and afterwards, the prime minister said it was the worst natural disaster in slovenia's recent history since independence over 30 years ago. he said the scale of the damage from the floods is estimated to exceed half a billion euros and a clear—up operation is under way there. now, slovenia's neighbours austria have also been hit by torrential rain. we can show you pictures there, where there has been a large amount of saturated land and that meant that there has been flooding, people taking to boats even to be able to get evacuated out to safety. and a lot of damage to residential properties, and a lot of people using sandbags to try and protect them. now, elsewhere in europe, i want to move to dublin in ireland now, where there has been a rescue operation there. again, the emergency services bringing in inflatable boats to take eight people to safety. now, ireland and large parts of the united kingdom have been hit by storm antoni, the first named storm of the year so far in the uk and ireland, and a number of events have been cancelled in the uk. and there have been strong winds as well in parts of wales and southwest england. finally, i want to take you to germany, and one city there has had to bring out snow ploughs. let me show you these pictures. it's because there has been a freak violent storm, dumping large quantities of hail in the streets of one city. in one case, there was 30 centimetres built up of thick, thick hail. and as you can see there, the snow ploughs being deployed, so not weather you would associate with summer. some striking images there. india's third lunar mission has entered the moon's orbit. the spacecraft 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 unmanned mission was launched. if successful, india will become the fourth country to land safely on the lunar surface. it'll also be the first spacecraft to come down near the little—explored south pole. the last mission in 2019 crashed during touchdown. let's turn to the women's world cup now, where for the first time, three african countries have made it to the group of 16 stage of the tournament. morocco, nigeria and south africa have all qualified. that's never happened before in a men's or women's world cup. spain has also made it through after trashing switzerland 5—1. injapan qualify, taking in norway 3—1. as you can see, much to the delight of fans who travel to new zealand to watch that game. defending champions the us women's national soccer team will return to the pitch to defend their title in just a few hours. live now to sports reporter at dazn robeto rojas. roberto, welcome back to the programme. great to have you here. i want to start by talking about this upcoming match between the us and sweden. some people have pointed out this has become somewhat of a tradition now in the world cup. what can we expect from that match? the united states and sweden will face each other, and personally, i think this is where the americans come as underdogs, which is surprising enough, given how dominant they have been in the world stage were so many years. the way they played into the group stage, not exactly convincing from a defending world champion, whereas sweden conceded only one goal and scored nine after winning all their games. i think the us are in for what will be their most difficult task at the moment at this world cup, and certainly, if they need to get a statement when and show that they are capable of winning this world cup and threepeating another women's world cup, this is the game when they can do it. ijust when they can do it. i just want to ask you, the world number three, i just want to ask you, the world numberthree, sweden, i just want to ask you, the world number three, sweden, what are they like? , ., number three, sweden, what are they like? , . ., , , like? they are a side very good in attack, well-organised, - like? they are a side very good in attack, well-organised, like - like? they are a side very good in attack, well-organised, like i - like? they are a side very good in| attack, well-organised, like i said attack, well—organised, like i said beforehand, nine goals, just conceding one. they have a solid defence, and the way they have played so far, they must show they are going into this tournament knowing that they have been so strong for so many years. they know that now this is the chance, especially with this kind of golden generation of players, some players breaking out, some in the twilight of their careers. i think demonstrating how good they are shows that they are in for a surprise, and if they can do this by defeating the defending world champions, it is a huge thing for them to be serious world cup contenders. fin them to be serious world cup contenders-— them to be serious world cup contenders. ., ., contenders. on the other hand, the us, contenders. on the other hand, the us, relatively _ contenders. on the other hand, the us, relatively young _ contenders. on the other hand, the us, relatively young team - contenders. on the other hand, the us, relatively young team this - contenders. on the other hand, the | us, relatively young team this year. is there anything, given their struggles, that they can do to turn this around and get back to the dominant cells?— this around and get back to the dominant cells? . , ., , . dominant cells? some decisions have been made about _ dominant cells? some decisions have been made about starting _ dominant cells? some decisions have been made about starting certain - been made about starting certain other players like alex morgan and megan rapinoe are not opting for younger players, and i think that is where this balance is not exactly so organised. i think if they are able to mix that properly and hopefully be able to get a good result, not exactly when, but of course, getting a good, positive results ago into the quarterfinals, i think that can obviously restart an entire tournament, but it will get more difficult from here on out. meanwhile, three african teams are set to compete in the round of 16 for the first time. we have never seen this before in the men's or women's world cup. h0??? seen this before in the men's or women's world cup. how significant is that? it is huge, not only because this world cup has now expanded, it shows the game has evolved, and the fact many women's players are not playing only in their home countries but around the world, be it in the united states or europe, and i think it demonstrates that there are no real huge underdogs. it feels like anyone could beat anyone. you saw one of the strongest teams ever, germany, get eliminated in the group stage. canada, olympic gold medallist, were eliminated as well. so it is a huge thing for african football and world football as a whole, to see these teams develop and get much better as the years go on. i think it willjust get even better with more teams evolving and obviously coming in to disrupt the party of the reigning powers that have always dominated in women's football. sports reporter roberto rojas, thank you as always. it should be a lot of fun, we will get ready for the match between the us and sweden. thanks for coming on the programme. my the programme. my pleasure, thank you. that's all we have time for for this bulletin. one use at the tip of the hour. stay tuned. lots more coming up. —— more news at the top of the hour. hello. after saturday's weather, i'll tell you straight away that the outlook is looking significantly better for many parts of the uk over the coming days. even sunday will bring a delightful start to the day with some sunshine. now, storm antoni swept across southern parts of the uk, but affected mostly the southwest in terms of the severe gales. it's still clipping early in the morning, east anglia and the south east. so more of a breeze here, perhaps a few showers through the early hours and maybe through the morning into the afternoon, but for the vast majority of us, it's a quiet start to the day. these are the temperatures around 8:00 in the morning, a little fresh out there, ten in the lowlands of scotland, 12 or 13 in the south. so through the morning and the afternoon, a bit of a breeze there on that lincolnshire coastline and into the southeast and east anglia. showers will develop through the course of the morning into the afternoon. but many of us should miss the showers and, actually, compared to what we've had, it's not going to be bad at all. temperatures still a little low, around 16—18 degrees, maybe 20 or 21 in the southeast. but the good news is that sunday evening is looking fine and it should be a calm end to the weekend. how about monday? well, high pressure is trying to push in that weather. it's trying to settle down. but this little area of low pressure is also sneaking in at the same time. now, this isn't gale force winds, but it is a fair amount of cloud and perhaps some rain reaching south western parts of the country. i don't think it's going to be particularly heavy. and, actually, for many of us, monday's looking absolutely fine across scotland all through northern england and into central parts of britain as well. sunny spells and just a few showers. now, let's take a look at that jet stream, because it's all about the jet stream, isn't it? it's sort of meandering across the atlantic, pushing the weather systems. but look what happens through the middle to end of the week. it sort of diverts to the north and it opens up the doors to warmer air. a little more settled weather coming in from the south. now, we're not expecting anything particularly extreme in terms of the temperatures, but they are going to rise, perhaps mid or high 20s. doesn't always mean it'll be sunny, but at least better compared to what we've had. bye—bye. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. come on out, you big coward! come on out! it was an earthquake of a ruling. hellfire for you! last summer, millions of americans were 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