this is bbc news 7 welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m samantha simmons. our top stories... armoured vehicles and new missiles — borisjohnson pledges more support to ukraine after talks with president zelensky in kyiv. there is a huge amount to deal to make sure that ukraine is successful, that ukraine wins and that putin must fail. in breaking news... pakistan's prime minister imran khan has just been ousted by the opposition after losing a vote of no confidence campaigning has ended in the first round of france's presidential election, which takes place on sunday. commander making his way down and there we are. and mission accomplished — as the first all private

astronaut team ever launched to the international space station — completes docking. breaking news, the pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, hasjust been ousted in a no—confidence vote in parliament there. the vote was much delayed for many days. let's have a look at the scene there. this is inside the parliament building in islamabad where imran khan hasjust been ousted in a vote of no confidence by fellow mps. let's get the latest with our correspondent secunder kermani, is watching events and joins us from islamabad. bring us up to date. dramatic events

here, parliament _ bring us up to date. dramatic events here, parliament still— bring us up to date. dramatic events here, parliament still continuing - bring us up to date. dramatic events here, parliament still continuing to i here, parliament still continuing to sit, even though it's coming up to, it'sjust sit, even though it's coming up to, it's just past sit, even though it's coming up to, it'sjust past one sit, even though it's coming up to, it's just past one in the morning here. for much of the day, it seemed as if this vote of no—confidence might not happen. imran khan's allies getting lung meandering speeches, political tensions are ratcheting up, just before midnight, all of imran khan's party members who are in parliament, all of his members of parliament left the building and the speaker of the house said it would go ahead and literally in the last few minutes in the last two or three minutes, we have had the result of that vote come through. it was a foregone conclusion, because a number of imran khan's coalition allies had publicly deserted him. the opposition had the simple majority they required in parliament to oust imran khanfrom they required in parliament to oust imran khan from office. that is what they have now done. the next step will be for them to nominate their

own candidate as the new prime minister of pakistan. that will happen perhaps tomorrow. again, this is all a foregone conclusion because they had the simple majority required in parliament to get that through. a hugely dramatic day and dramatic night here in pakistan, one that many worried and feared perhaps might not happen and this political crisis might extend even further because this vote of no confidence was all meant to happen last sunday, but imran khan's allies blocked it at the last minute. it seemed as if they may try to block it again today, but we have had this now this vote of no—confidence late into the night and vote of no—confidence late into the nightand imran vote of no—confidence late into the night and imran khan has been removed as prime minister of pakistan after serving in office since 2018. he said that he will not accept any government that comes out of this process. he's alleged that

he's a victim of an international conspiracy orchestrated by the united states, angry at his foreign policy decisions, including a recent visit to moscow. that is a narrative thatis visit to moscow. that is a narrative that is resonating with many of his supporters and his followers, but to many analysts say that it is simply not true that he is exaggerating the contents of a diplomatic cable sent by the pakistani ambassador in washington for his own political gain. but it seems as if pakistan could well be in for for their political instability. a man con had already called for his supporters to come out on sunday evening and conduct a peaceful protest. remind us why this — conduct a peaceful protest. remind us why this vote _ conduct a peaceful protest. remind us why this vote has _ conduct a peaceful protest. remind us why this vote has happened - conduct a peaceful protest. remind us why this vote has happened in i conduct a peaceful protest. remind. us why this vote has happened in the first place. us why this vote has happened in the first lace. . , . , first place. that is a very good question. there _ first place. that is a very good question. there has _ first place. that is a very good question. there has been - first place. that is a very good question. there has been in i first place. that is a very good l question. there has been in the first place. that is a very good - question. there has been in the last few years growing resentment at the rising cost of living in pakistan, many blaming imran khan's government for that. many blaming imran khan's government forthat. he

many blaming imran khan's government for that. he and his supporters say it is just part of the global rise in prices that we have seen elsewhere, but prices have risen more sharply in pakistan than they have in other parts of this south asian region, for example. but really, this development, this vote of no confidence was not in response to a sudden upsurge in grassroots anti—imran khan sentiment. it was a bit of political manoeuvring, it's why they believe that imran khan came into power in 2018 with the support and backing of pakistan's powerful military. last year, a rift developed between them. the opposition saw that as being a signalfor them to launch opposition saw that as being a signal for them to launch a move against imran khan. that has resulted in this vote of no confidence which has resulted in imran khan being ousted from power. as you said, imran khan has said he already want to recognise and opposition government. what happens nextin opposition government. what happens next in terms of the opposition uniting to form a cohesive coalition

and try and defeat him in new elections. when could they take place? elections. when could they take lace? ~ , ., �* elections. when could they take lace? . , ., �* ., place? well, they won't need to conduct new _ place? well, they won't need to conduct new elections _ place? well, they won't need to conduct new elections in - place? well, they won't need to conduct new elections in order | place? well, they won't need to | conduct new elections in order to have their own candidates selected, nominated as prime minister. that willjust be a parliamentary vote. that is likely to happen in the next day or so, really, that is likely to happen in the next day orso, really, it's that is likely to happen in the next day or so, really, it's widely expected that the brother of the former three—time prime minister of pakistan who was convicted on corruption charges, though he has always denied down and said that they were politically motivated. he is expected to be the new prime minister of pakistan because the opposition parties have come together on a joint platform to tackle imran khan and to nominate his opposition. as we touch upon going forward, unity amongst this operator —— this coalition, will be a challenge for them because they are made up of very disparate

parties. 0n the one hand, you have centreleft pakistan people's party, centre—right which she comes from —— he comes from, and an ultraconservative religious islamic party as well, so these are parties that have often bickered and fight against each other. now they are altogether. it made been one thing for them to put up a united front against imran khan, but when it comes to governing the country, that will be altogether substantially more significant challenge. when it comes to new elections, even though they don't need to be held immediately, one can assume that whatever new government comes out of this set up will seek a public vote at some stage in order to secure itself a broader public mandate. a parliamentary training in pakistan and the next year, so certainly we would have to have elections by next summer. . ~' would have to have elections by next summer. ., ~ , ., would have to have elections by next summer. . ~ , ., y would have to have elections by next summer. ., ~ , ., , . would have to have elections by next summer. ., ~ ,, , . ., summer. thank you very much for brinuain summer. thank you very much for bringing us _ summer. thank you very much for

bringing us the — summer. thank you very much for bringing us the latest _ summer. thank you very much for bringing us the latest on - summer. thank you very much for bringing us the latest on that - bringing us the latest on that breaking news that the pakistani prime minister has lost a vote of no confidence. in ukraine — the uk prime minister, borisjohnson has become the latest western leader to hold face to face talks with volodymyr zelensky in kyiv. the prime minister offered to send ukraine 120 armoured vehicles and new anti—ship missile systems and said britain would guarantee an additional $500 million to ukraine via the world bank. speaking alongside his ukrainian counterpart earlier, borisjohnson said that this was an opportunity to ensure that ukraine was never invaded again. heraclitus, i think, said war is the father of all things. i mean, that was an exaggeration, war isn't the father of everything, but what this war is certainly producing is a clarity about the vision of a future for ukraine where, together with friends and partners, we, the uk and others, supply the equipment, the technology, the know—how, the intelligence, so that ukraine

will never be invaded again. so that ukraine is so fortified and so protected that ukraine can never be bullied again, never be blackmailed again, never be threatened in the same way again. in the meantime, there is a huge amount to do to make sure that ukraine is successful, that ukraine wins and that putin must fail. president zelensky thanked the uk government for its support and called on other nations to follow suit. translation: we are especially grateful for this to happen. - this is a true reflection of the decisive and significant support to ukraine from the united kingdom. we are always grateful for that,

we shall always remember that. just recently we had a meeting in kyiv and you recall this, we draw some conclusions in ourjoint work and the frames of strategic dialogue, we were planning future projects, we were wondering around kyiv, and today you can see in your own eyes how our country looks like, how our villages, our settlements look like, because of russian aggression. there could be only one conclusion, our common conclusion, we have to exert even more pressure on the russian federation, to exert pressure through supporting ukraine in defending itself. we have to exert pressure in the form of sanctions and i am grateful to the united kingdom that continues and intensifies the sanctions and also provides significant support of ukraine by reinforcing our defence capacities.

the other democratic western countries should follow the example of the united kingdom. let's speak our correspondent in kyiv, yogita limaye. what is your assessment, how significant do you think that says? it was important firstly symbolically it was important, a show of solidarity from the uk for ukraine. following on the heels of the european commission's president visiting here as well. but it was also significant in terms of the announcements that were made. the financial in military aid offered to ukraine. 120 armoured vehicles, anti—ship missile systems and yesterday, of course, there was an announcement from downing street at £100 million in weapons, which includes anti—tank missiles and

anti—aircraft missiles. that's as far as the military goes. as far as the financial aid goes, the uk has increased the loan guarantee that is given to ukraine. a lending from $500 million to it's also said that it will be removing tariffs on most imports from ukraine. indie it will be removing tariffs on most imports from ukraine.— it will be removing tariffs on most imports from ukraine. we are 'ust caettin imports from ukraine. we are 'ust getting updates i imports from ukraine. we are 'ust getting updates from i imports from ukraine. we are 'ust getting updates from the i imports from ukraine. we are just | getting updates from the ukrainian government on the numbers of people who have managed to escape the humanitarian corridor is today. they are reporting that 4532 people were evacuated from ukrainian cities through humanitarian corridor is. so thatis through humanitarian corridor is. so that is fewer than happened on friday, yesterday, but still significant nonetheless. that is ri t ht. significant nonetheless. that is right. humanitarian _ significant nonetheless. that is right. humanitarian corridor. significant nonetheless. that is right. humanitarian corridor is| significant nonetheless. that is. right. humanitarian corridor is in the past 24 hours, we have had announcements from the government here that humanitarian corridor is where agreed upon. 0f here that humanitarian corridor is where agreed upon. of course, that is always until that happens on the ground, there is no real guarantee.

we have seen over the past few weeks how difficult it has been to evacuate civilians from areas that russia has taken control of. we have also seen the ukrainian government asking all of the civilians in the east to evacuate from the area. we have people fleeing from the area. of course, yesterday, we had that of course, yesterday, we had that attack at the station where people were waiting for trains trying to go from there to safety, and there was a missile strike at the train station killing more than 50 people including children. russia said that it did not launch that missile strike. there has been harsh condemnation from the government here, the fighting continues, especially in the east and south of this country. especially in the east and south of this country-— in the east of the country, civilians have been urged to leave

the area immediately, because russian forces are increasing their shelling and may be planning a mass assault. two missiles hit a train station in the city of kramatorsk on friday, killing more than 50 people, trying to escape fighting in the area. at least four of the dead are children. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, has sent us this report, from the city. they were supposed to be taking a train to safety, but instead they were leaving kramatorsk by ambulance. most of the severely injured in the attack had already been taken west to larger hospitals. these, the walking wounded. still needing surgery to remove the pieces of shrapnel from their bodies. and still clearly traumatised. translation: | heard a lot | of explosions and i fell down. when i got up, a lot of people were already dead. it was only me who stood up from the floor. it is a wonder, god saved me. i have a penetrating chest injury from one side and my legs are wounded, like everywhere.

i got the shrapnel into my groin, into my artery, i fainted twice, lost a lot of blood. medical staff work day and night to save the lives the dozens injured, not all made it, six died before they had the chance to operate, including a young child. translation: there were life threatening injuries, _ amputations, torn limbs, torn feet, stomach wounds and brain injuries. those were the severe cases. it is surreal what has happened, itjust cannot be explained. i cannot imagine what kind of person takes a decision to launch a missile into a place where civilians are gathering. these were the chaotic scenes after the strike. thousands had gathered at kramatorsk station, hoping to get a train to safety. many of them women and children.

they were among the dozens of bodies lying on the ground. aleksei was still looking through the wreckage this morning. normally, he helps recover the bodies of ukrainian troops killed in battle. but, yesterday, he was having to gather the remains of unarmed civilians. the innocents of this war. translation: when you see our future i being killed, the future of ukraine, i you cannot control your emotions, you understand it is genocide and they are killing us just because we are ukrainian and you see that when you look at the bodies of the women and children. investigators were still examining the remains of a missile nearby. eyewitnesses say they saw multiple explosions, raising the possibility that it may have contained cluster munitions. it is still not clear what exactly happened here, whether this missile might have been shot down and that is why some of it is still intact,

but the state railway company says that a number of missiles were fired at the railway station, and despite russia's denials of responsibility, people here think it was a deliberate attack. jonathan beale, bbc news, kramatorsk. let's get the latest round up with 0lly foster many thanks indeed. the worlds most famousjump race, the grand national, ora famousjump race, the grand national, or a start up a great story. the 174th edition was no different. two days after announcing that it would be his last race, the immature jackie was first past the post on the outside, noble yates priced at 50—1, seven—year—old, the youngest taurus since 1942 when the great race. he held up the challenge of favourite any second now winning by two lengths and a thrilling finish. delta work was third,

santini for it. although he was later penalised for over use the home straight, nothing is really going to detract from a fairy tale finish to his career. it is going to detract from a fairy tale finish to his career.— going to detract from a fairy tale finish to his career. it is a dream. it's overstated, _ finish to his career. it is a dream. it's overstated, but _ finish to his career. it is a dream. it's overstated, but i _ finish to his career. it is a dream. it's overstated, but i couldn't - finish to his career. it is a dream. | it's overstated, but i couldn't have imagined it, and just incredibly grateful and thankful to have had a great career and a great ride and enjoying so much good spirit today. it was confirmed a couple hours after the race of the 40 runners, just 15 finished. there was one fatality in the race as well, discogram a severing of how the country. the horses died in the three day meeting. to the football, a huge win for everton in their battle to stay in the english premier league. they beat a lackluster manchester united at goodison park and that has put a big dent in united's ambitions for a top forfinish now. they are dent in united's ambitions for a top for finish now. they are still seven. franklin park's everton could have dropped into the bottom three

this week and if results went against them. but what a when it was courtesy of academy product anthony gordon and his first—half deflected goal will stop the gordon and his first-half deflected goal will sto— goal will stop the reality of the tosition goal will stop the reality of the position is _ goal will stop the reality of the position is clear. _ goal will stop the reality of the position is clear. you - goal will stop the reality of the position is clear. you can - goal will stop the reality of the position is clear. you can feel. goal will stop the reality of the | position is clear. you can feel it in a stadium. we are good here. we've then got in my time here, we won five out of seven games. we don't concede like we do away from home. that's another question. at the same time, the fighting spirit that we showed some of the qualities that we showed some of the qualities that we showed are a big deal for us. and we need to replicate that. we need more wins. that manchester united defeat was _ we need more wins. that manchester united defeat was just _ we need more wins. that manchester united defeat wasjust one _ we need more wins. that manchester united defeat wasjust one of - we need more wins. that manchester united defeat wasjust one of the - united defeat was just one of the results to go to tottenham hotspur is a way as they went three points clear and forth. they scored a hat trick and therefore no one at aston villa, putting his side ahead in the 30 minutes. the home site close a number of times the first half. added another before he completed his hat trick. spurious bands will be dreaming of champions league

qualification, not so arsenal supporters, they push for the top four is waiting. they stay in effect, a big win for chelsea, 6—0 at southampton. they are still in third, a morale booster ahead of next week's trip to rio madrid where they have to return a two—goal deficit in the champions league. leeds took a huge step towards premier league safety with victory at fellow strugglers watford. rugby union and the women six nations defending champions england thrashed wales 58 points to five at king solomon. a record home crowd for a ticketed women's match of almost 15,000 will stop they ran in ten tries to make it three bonus went so far in the championship. tote tries to make it three bonus went so far in the championship.— far in the championship. we have such strength _ far in the championship. we have such strength and _ far in the championship. we have such strength and depth. - far in the championship. we have | such strength and depth. training far in the championship. we have i such strength and depth. training is a realfierce such strength and depth. training is a real fierce battle such strength and depth. training is a realfierce battle ground such strength and depth. training is a real fierce battle ground at the moment because everyone is vying for that shirt. whichever 23 that gets put out, we know we will go out there and do a good job. 0ur performance, we will work on it. we have training next week, so everyone will be putting their hand up

together against scotland and ireland. fit, together against scotland and ireland. �* ., ., ., �* �* together against scotland and ireland. �* ., ., ., “ ireland. a lot more on the bbc sport website, including _ ireland. a lot more on the bbc sport website, including the _ ireland. a lot more on the bbc sport website, including the latest - ireland. a lot more on the bbc sport website, including the latest from i website, including the latest from the third round of the masters. a quick look at the leaderboard. the world number one had a five stroke lead overnight. he still has, he's picked up a couple of strokes, ten under. shane married the open champion is second on five under. go to the bbc sport website to keep across the masters. that is all for now. 0lly, thank you. now — a moment of space history — as the first all—private crew has arrived at the international space sation. this is their arrival a few hours ago. the male crew — called axiom—1 — are the first all—private mission to the international space station. they are led by a former us astronaut, michael lopez—alegria. the passengers are us entrepreneur and aerobatic pilot larry connor; israeli investor eytan stibbe; and canadian entrepreneur, mark pathy. the mission set off from florida's kennedy space centre on friday and is expected to last eight days. it's been reported that the three passengers paid about $55

million for the trip. earlier, i spoke to former nasa astronaut and iss commander leror chiao who explained why he thinks this space flight is significant. this mission is a first in that it's the first of all commercial crew to fly to and dock to the international space station. this is something that's been coming for a while. nasa has been wanting it for many years, and now this is the beginning. nasa is looking, as you know, to decommission the international space station in 2030, so between now and then nasa would like commercial companies to build and operate space stations so that nasa can in the future, board the space stations as much as it is now leasing these missions aboard space x space crafts. so completely different change in model, if you will, about how operations will be conducted. this is the beginning of the space station part of that. the private individuals on board, while not being described as space tourists, because they will be conducting experiments themselves, they have had to fork out $55 million each

for a seat on board. that's not within reach of many people, is it? how sustainable is this? that's a very good question. there's always been a debate on how sustainable space tourism if you will is, you can argue it one way or the other, but the bottom line is we will have to wait and see. yes, these people who have flown to the space station will be conducting some scientific research. it will be of limited value because they are only going up there for eight days as opposed to six months, which is what a normal space station crew would be up there for. also, it is hard to say that they each paid 55 million each in order to do this research. the fact is, of course, they really wanted to have this experience. there's nothing wrong with that. that's part of the commercialisation of space. we really should call it what it is.

i was going to ask as an astronaut yourself who i imagine had to train for many years to achieve this extraordinary privilege. how does it make you feel to see people who have got the cash and can afford to just go up there with, i imagine, not nearly as much training as you had? these folks did go through several months of training, to their credit, it's notjust a matter of buying a ticket and going, so they had to learn about nominal or normal operations as well as emergency procedures and how to take care of themselves if there were to be some kind of mishap in space. 0n the other hand, yes, of course, they are not professionals, except for mike lopez—alegria, who is actually a good friend of mine. he and i flew a space shuttle mission together some years ago, but the other folks are paying their way to go and they get a significant amount of training, so they are not specifically speaking "a tourist", but at the same time, they are kind of in the middle of what we call space flight participant, which is a good way to describe it.

before we a reminder of our breaking news, pakistan and's prime minister, imran khan, has been ousted from power after losing a no—confidence vote in the leadership. this is the scene inside the parliament inside islamabad. the vote was held past midnight local time after opposition parties brought a motion against him, which was upheld by the supreme court. he had been fighting this vote for nearly a week, but it did go ahead. mr imran khan had said prior to the boat that he would not recognise an opposition government, claiming, it has to be said without any evidence that there was a little —— us—led conspiracy to remove him, well, now that that vote has gone ahead and he has been ousted, the assembly will appoint a new prime minister come and that person will be able to hold power until october 2023. we will have plenty more on data breaking news. do you stay with us here on bbc news. you can reach me on twitter. thanks very

much for watching. hello there. there's warmer weather on the way for next week, which i'm sure will be a welcome change. this weekend, though, has been cold, and it's going to be frosty again tonight, before we see cloud amounts tending to increase during tomorrow. that cloud is coming in from the west. this swirl cloud eventually arriving across some western areas of the uk. ahead of that, though, we've got the clearer skies, a few showers around today, and they will continue across northern parts of scotland, a bit wintry over hills. otherwise for many, we will have clearer skies. that means a frost quite widely as well. temperatures could be down to —4 or —5. it won't be as cold, though, as you head towards the western coasts, particularly into northern ireland, with more cloud arriving

here by morning. and we'll continue to see that cloud thickening across western areas as the breeze picks up. further east, some patchy fair weather cloud will develop, still some sunshine at times, the oddd shower perhaps across more northeastern parts of scotland. as the wind picks up across these western areas, we see the cloud thickening, a bit of rain for northern ireland, otherwise most places will be dry with temperatures 12 degrees, an improvement on today, but not by much. we will find an area of low pressure sitting to the west of the uk as we move into monday. the winds will be stronger, and we've got some more rain trying to come in from the west. it won't be as cold to start with on monday. many places starting with some sunshine. where we have got this threat of showery rain for southwest england, wales and northern ireland, it could be heavy and thundery. it may well drift its way further northwards and eastward through the day. until late in the day, though, eastern scotland and eastern england are likely to be dry. those temperatures getting up to 17 degrees with some sunshine in the southeast of england. it has been cold for quite a while, but it looks

like things are set to change. instead of the northerly wind that we have seen recently, it's going to be more of a southerly wind, and that will bring with it warmer air, lifting those temperatures perhaps as high as 19 degrees in the southeast by tuesday. but at the same time as this warmer air, we have got the threat of some rain. we've got pulses of rain coming all the way from spain and portugal over biscay and into the uk as well. that rain can be a bit heavy at times, but outside of the rain, there will be some warm sunshine. this is what it does for the temperatures, though. you can see how we are climbing day on day, but that rain could be heavy across some parts of the uk. that's it. goodbye.

this is bbc world news, the headlines... pakistan's prime minister imran khan has just been ousted by the opposition after losing a vote of no confidence. armoured vehicles and new missiles — borisjohnson pledges more support to ukraine after talks with president zelensky in kyiv. there is a huge amount to do to make sure that ukraine is successful, that ukraine wins, and that putin must fail. campaigning has ended in the first round of france's presidential election, which takes place on sunday. and mission accomplished — as the first all private astronaut team ever launched to the international space station —