16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. ukraine s president says his country is still waiting for more arms before it launches its counter offensive against russian forces. volodymyr zelensky warned the army still needed the promised supplies, including armoured vehicles, that are only arriving in batches . mr zelensky was speaking to the bbc s hugo bachega in kyiv, who was conducting the interview on behalf of the eurovision news group of public service broadcasters. everybody is waiting for this counteroffensive, and i think what is interesting is that president zelensky also acknowledged that some people may be tired of the war, but he also said he believed in victory, he believed in success, obviously, this is the job of the president, to keep the country united, to keep morale high. i think there is a clear understanding that this much anticipated counteroffensive is likely to be crucial for ukraine, not only because what happens on the
corresponded in pakistan is following the developments for us. of course, this is additional charges. we ve had multiple court cases that have been brought against imran khan over the course of the last few months. now, in particular today, we ve heard this morning about seven cases registered against the pti, which is imran khan s party, against him and against some of the central leadership. some of these charges include murder, robbery, attack on police, damage to public property and other charges, all of which have been filed under the anti terrorism legislation as well. in terms of other updates here from pakistan this morning, of course, there was plenty of unrest last night across places like here in islamabad, but also in in lahore, in peshawar and karachi. and this morning, we re now already hearing that there is fresh violence again in lahore. we ve seen images of a police car that is in flames in the city of lahore as well.
we are able. pakistan s prime minister imran khan has said preventing women from accessing education in neighbouring afghanistan would be un islamic. he called for the leadership to be inclusive and to respect human rights. in an interview with our wolrd affairs editor, john simpson, mr khan laid out the conditions that would need to be met for pakistan to formally recognise the new taliban government. in peshawar, on pakistan s north west frontier, afghanistan feels very close. the streets are thronged with afghan refugees. in the 1990s, the taliban had their origins in the afghan refugee camps here, and pakistan has always been accused of setting up the taliban and helping them take power in afghanistan something pakistan denies. but when the taliban were thrown out in 2001, pakistan s influence in afghanistan fizzled out for 20 years.
in our interview, imran khan clearly didn t want to seem to be too close to the taliban, but he was careful not to be too critical of them either, over the question of the rights of afghan women, for instance. the women are very strong. i feel, give them time. they will assert their rights. how much time? years? a year, two years, three years. three years? but at the moment, john, it s just too early to say anything, because it has barely been a month. after 20 years of civil war, they have come back into power. the taliban the word just means islamic students originally owed their existence as a movement to religious schools in pakistan like this one, the zuberia in peshawar, where they were recruited and radicalised. the main teacher, sheikh
mr khan laid out the conditions that would need to be met for pakistan to formally recognise the new taliban government. in peshawar, on pakistan s north west frontier, afghanistan feels very close. the streets are thronged with afghan refugees. in the 1990s, the taliban had their origins in the afghan refugee camps here, and pakistan has always been accused of setting up the taliban and helping them take power in afghanistan something pakistan denies. but when the taliban were thrown out in 2001, pakistan s influence in afghanistan fizzled out for 20 years. in our interview, imran khan clearly didn t want to seem to be too close to the taliban, but he was careful not to be too critical of them either, over the question of the rights of afghan women, for instance.