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and mission accomplished — as the first all private astronaut team ever launched to the international space station — completes docking. the prime minister of pakistan, imran khan, has been ousted from office after losing a no—confidence vote in parliament following weeks of political turmoil. the acting speaker said the no—confidence motion had been passed after 174 mps voted in favour. it was not immediately clear when the assembly would choose a new prime minister. analysts say the opposition leader, shehbaz sharif, is almost certain to be picked. 174 members have recorded their vote in favour of the resolution, consequently the resolution for the vote of no

confidence against mr imran khan, the prime minister of the islamic republic of pakistan has been passed by a majority of the total membership of the national assembly. our correspondent, secunder kermani, is watching events and joins us from islamabad. welcome to you, after a week of imran khan trying to delay this vote, take a through what happened. there has been a day and night of intense political drama. it is no after two o'clock in the morning and parliament is still in session. supporters of the opposition have been celebrating, you can perhaps hear them in the background. for a while it looked like the vote of no confidence would not happen, the party would block it for a second time despite an order from the

supreme court. instead after the delay of a day in parliament and meandering speeches from imran khan's allies, parties walked out of parliament and a new speaker of the house said voting would start. once it was clear voting would begin, the result was a foregone conclusion and thatis result was a foregone conclusion and that is because a number of imran khan political allies had already publicly deserted him, giving the opposition the majority in parliament. they will now get to select and nominate their own candidate for prime minister. that will happen in the next couple of days. he will face real challenges in government, not least from imran khan because he is still insisting he is the victim of an international conspiracy, orchestrated by the united states in conjunction with his domestic political opponents because of its foreign policy

decisions, including a recent trip to russia. most analysts and his political opponents have denied any truth to the allegations but has resonated with his voters. he said he will not accept any imported government and has called for his supporters to take to the streets in protest on sunday evening. thank you ve much. thank you very much. let's get some reaction now. we can hearfrom husain haqqani in washington. he's a former pakistani ambassador to the us and is now a senior fellow at the hudson institute. thank you for being with us, what you make of this breaking news? it was a foregone conclusion that once members of parliament were allowed to vote, david ward against imran khan. once he lost the authority, he should have resigned which is the normal practice and the fact he did not resulted in a protracted court battle. the supreme court gave clear

orders about how the proceeding of the house was to be conducted today. his followers refused to follow that. unfortunately he leaves the country in a bit of logical... he also has endangered relations with foreign countries. i think he will be remembered for having disrupted all of that rather than something positive. all of that rather than something ositive. ., ., _ positive. you are saying he endangered _ positive. you are saying he endangered relations - positive. you are saying he endangered relations with | positive. you are saying he - endangered relations with foreign countries, he has blamed america and the us for taking part in this, as are any evidence for that? h0 are any evidence for that? no evidence _ are any evidence for that? in? evidence has been found. a telegram was sent to the pakistani foreign ministry about our conversation the ambassador had with an american official. the american official said... officials say that all the time. i have heard harder words as a

diplomat. i do not think the american official asked him what you had said, no such thing happened. the party and his coalition were unhappy with him for a long time. members of his own party defected and did not vote today. you are not allowed to defect and vote against the party you are a member of those people did not vote and still the opposition had a majority. he proved to be a sore loser. opposition had a ma'ority. he proved to be a sore loser.— to be a sore loser. imran khan of course former— to be a sore loser. imran khan of course former captain _ to be a sore loser. imran khan of course former captain of - to be a sore loser. imran khan of course former captain of the - course former captain of the pakistan national cricket team, elected prime minister in 2018, promising to fix the economy and end corruption, what is his legacy? i think his legacy is calling all his opponents corrupt and traitors to the country. it is the legacy of

polarisation. he appeals to a lot of people who felt the old guard of pakistan politics was not delivering and had been riddled with corruption but he did not deliver effective government. in the end he will be remembered like donald trump of a person claiming to be out new broom sweeping in but not understanding government and remaining a flame—thrower until the very end. tap tells about the next leader, expected to be shehbaz sharif, leader of the opposition. many would suggest nepotism was going on there, what would come next? it is not nepotism if he was elected in his own right. he nepotism if he was elected in his own riuht. . , nepotism if he was elected in his own riuht. .,, ~ ., ., , .,

own right. he was known for being an effective administrator. _ own right. he was known for being an effective administrator. in _ effective administrator. in pakistani politics everybody accuses each other— pakistani politics everybody accuses each other of corruption but he has never_ each other of corruption but he has never been — each other of corruption but he has never been found guilty of any crime and he _ never been found guilty of any crime and he is _ never been found guilty of any crime and he is definitely less polarising than imran khan. pakistan is a huge challenge, _ than imran khan. pakistan is a huge challenge, the economy is declining and it_ challenge, the economy is declining and it does— challenge, the economy is declining and it does not have the national backing — and it does not have the national backing used to have in the past when _ backing used to have in the past when it— backing used to have in the past when it faced such crisis so he has his work_ when it faced such crisis so he has his work cut — when it faced such crisis so he has his work cut out but he definitely does _ his work cut out but he definitely does have — his work cut out but he definitely does have more experience and more capacity— does have more experience and more capacity to _ does have more experience and more capacity to take people along than imrah— capacity to take people along than imran khan who you must remember was captain— imran khan who you must remember was captain of— imran khan who you must remember was captain of the _ imran khan who you must remember was captain of the cricket team back in 1992 _ captain of the cricket team back in 1992 he _ captain of the cricket team back in 1992. he wrote that success and yes he is very— 1992. he wrote that success and yes he is very well— known 1992. he wrote that success and yes he is very well—known among the cricketing — he is very well—known among the cricketing nation but in the end, the united — cricketing nation but in the end, the united states doesn't care about cricket _ the united states doesn't care about cricket no _ the united states doesn't care about cricket no imran khan, nor does

china _ cricket no imran khan, nor does china [10— cricket no imran khan, nor does china no does india.- cricket no imran khan, nor does china no does india. interesting to hear our china no does india. interesting to hear your thoughts, _ china no does india. interesting to hear your thoughts, thank - china no does india. interesting to hear your thoughts, thank you - china no does india. interesting to| hear your thoughts, thank you very much. the uk prime minister boris johnson, has become the latest western leader to hold face to face talks with ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky. during the meeting, he praised what he called the president's "resolute leadership," and the "invincible heroism" of the ukrainian people. he also set out a new package of financial and military aid, including an offer of 120 armoured vehicles and new anti—ship missile systems, for the war with russia. mr zelensky welcomed the uk's support for his country, and urged other western allies to intensify the pressure on moscow. our europe correspondent, mark lowen, has this report, on today's talks. little time for the niceties when you are a leader at war. volodymyr zelensky hosting borisjohnson today. zelensky hosting boris johnson toda . , zelensky hosting boris johnson

toda. , , today. unbelievable considering which ou today. unbelievable considering which you have _ today. unbelievable considering which you have been _ today. unbelievable considering which you have been through. l today. unbelievable considering i which you have been through. the strenath which you have been through. the strength of— which you have been through. iie: strength of the which you have been through. tie: strength of the underdog, ukraine's president battling for the survival of his country, welcoming and pleading for the outside world to fight russian aggression. the unannounced talks came as britain pledged 120 armoured vehicles and new anti—ship missile systems. the two men were keen to suggest ukraine is on the front foot, a walkabout in kyiv inconceivable a fortnight ago. borisjohnson basking in praise for his support from the public and the president. we his support from the public and the resident. ~ ., ., , , , president. we have to exert pressure on the form — president. we have to exert pressure on the form of _ president. we have to exert pressure on the form of sanctions _ president. we have to exert pressure on the form of sanctions in _ president. we have to exert pressure on the form of sanctions in time - on the form of sanctions in time grateful to the united kingdom that continues and intensify sanctions and also provides significant support to ukraine by reinforcing defence capacity. the other democratic western countries should follow the example of the united

kingdom. follow the example of the united kinudom. i, , follow the example of the united kinudom. 1, _., follow the example of the united kinudom. ., ., , kingdom. boris johnson, warm words for a leader— kingdom. boris johnson, warm words for a leader he _ kingdom. boris johnson, warm words for a leader he called _ kingdom. boris johnson, warm words for a leader he called a _ kingdom. boris johnson, warm words for a leader he called a liar _ kingdom. boris johnson, warm words for a leader he called a liar -- - for a leader he called a liar —— alliance. i for a leader he called a liar -- alliance-— for a leader he called a liar -- alliance. ., ,, ., ., alliance. i thank you for what you have been _ alliance. i thank you for what you have been able _ alliance. i thank you for what you have been able to _ alliance. i thank you for what you have been able to do, _ alliance. i thank you for what you have been able to do, i _ alliance. i thank you for what you have been able to do, i think- alliance. i thank you for what you | have been able to do, i think your leadership— have been able to do, i think your leadership has been extraordinary. what _ leadership has been extraordinary. what putin has done in places like butcher— what putin has done in places like butcher and irpin, what putin has done in places like butcherand irpin, his war crimes have _ butcherand irpin, his war crimes have permanently polluted his reputation and the reputation of his government. reputation and the reputation of his government-— reputation and the reputation of his government. boris johnson was long seen to come _ government. boris johnson was long seen to come here _ government. boris johnson was long seen to come here to _ government. boris johnson was long seen to come here to kyiv _ government. boris johnson was long seen to come here to kyiv but - government. boris johnson was long seen to come here to kyiv but was i seen to come here to kyiv but was waiting for the security situation to stabilise following the withdrawal of russian troops and while this city has calmed, the renewed offensive in the east has major grain pushing harderfor more military age. russian tanks pushed on today as a governor in the east charge civilians to flee immediately, warding troops massing nearby. —— warning. pritchatt is now

free of russian troops and shows what might lie in store elsewhere. 360 people are said to have died here. ukraine, david against goliath is still crying out for help. earlier, i asked our correspondent in kyiv, yogita limaye, for her assessment of the significance of the british prime minister's visit. it was important in two ways. firstly it was symbolically important, it was a show of solidarity from the uk for ukraine, following on the heels of the european commission's ursula von der leyen visiting here as well. but it was also significant in terms of the announcement that were made, the financial and military aide offered to the ukraine so 120 armoured vehicles, anti—ship missile systems and yesterday of course

there was an announcement from downing street of £100 million in weapons which include anti—tank missiles and anti—aircraft missiles. that's as far as the military aid goes. as far as financial aid goes, the uk has increased the loan guarantee it has given to ukraine, for world bank lending, from $500 million to a billion dollars, it has also said it will be removing tariffs on most imports from ukraine. we are just getting updates from the ukrainian government on the number of people who managed to escape via humanitarian corridors today. they are reporting 4532 people were evacuated through humanitarian corridors. that is fewer than friday but a significant number nonetheless? that is right. humanitarian corridors in the past 24 hours, we've had announcements from the government here that ten humanitarian corridors were agreed upon.

until it 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. what we have also seen today as the ukrainian government asking all the civilians in the south and east to evacuate from the area. we have people fleeing from the area of course yesterday we had that attack at the station in kramatorsk where people were waiting for trains and 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 but fighting continues, especially in the east but also the 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 fifty people, trying to escape fighting in the area. at least four of the dead are children. our 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. campaigning has ended in the first round of france's presidential election, which takes place on sunday. emmanuel macron is likely to come out on top, but his closest rival marine le pen is gaining ground. our paris correpsondent, lucy williamson joins us now. what are polls telling us we can expect? what are polls telling us we can exect? , ., , what are polls telling us we can exect? , . , . expect? they are very close, the top two contenders. _ expect? they are very close, the top two contenders. the _ expect? they are very close, the top two contenders. the latest - expect? they are very close, the top two contenders. the latest poll - expect? they are very close, the top two contenders. the latest poll put i two contenders. the latest poll put them _ two contenders. the latest poll put them point apart. other polls putting — them point apart. other polls putting them may be a point or two

further— putting them may be a point or two further apart but it is really very close _ further apart but it is really very close indeed. what has changed which coincided _ close indeed. what has changed which coincided with the war in ukraine, president — coincided with the war in ukraine, president macron tied up with the war and _ president macron tied up with the war and talking to president putin, didn't— war and talking to president putin, didn't start — war and talking to president putin, didn't start campaigning until three weeks _ didn't start campaigning until three weeks ago and his rival marine le pen has _ weeks ago and his rival marine le pen has been campaigning for much longer— pen has been campaigning for much longer and — pen has been campaigning for much longer and she has been focusing on rising _ longer and she has been focusing on rising prices— longer and she has been focusing on rising prices which is seen as close to the _ rising prices which is seen as close to the hearts of voters and something else which they are concerned about because of the war in ukraine — concerned about because of the war in ukraine. marine le pen has quite hi-h in ukraine. marine le pen has quite high -- _ in ukraine. marine le pen has quite high -- my— in ukraine. marine le pen has quite high —— my close ties to russia but has been _ high —— my close ties to russia but has been nimble in shifting her position— has been nimble in shifting her position since the war began. mr macron— position since the war began. mr macron had a late start and her nationalist rival has not been as fast on — nationalist rival has not been as fast on his— nationalist rival has not been as fast on his feet and has lost a few votes _ fast on his feet and has lost a few votes which have gone to her. all of this has— votes which have gone to her. all of this has been a snapshot and we want nor the _ this has been a snapshot and we want nor the middle of france until the votes _ nor the middle of france until the votes come in tomorrow for us. just

exlain votes come in tomorrow for us. just exniain voting _ votes come in tomorrow for us. jut explain voting system forest. votes come in tomorrow for us. just| explain voting system forest. people will no to explain voting system forest. people will go to the — explain voting system forest. people will go to the polls _ explain voting system forest. people will go to the polls tomorrow - explain voting system forest. people will go to the polls tomorrow and - will go to the polls tomorrow and cast their— will go to the polls tomorrow and cast their ballots and the top two candidates will go through to a run-off— candidates will go through to a run—off vote in two weeks. for a long _ run—off vote in two weeks. for a long time — run—off vote in two weeks. for a long time those two top candidates have been— long time those two top candidates have been seen to be president macron— have been seen to be president macron and his far right rival, marine — macron and his far right rival, marine le _ macron and his far right rival, marine le pen. that is what the bolls— marine le pen. that is what the bolls have — marine le pen. that is what the polls have been saying. president macron— polls have been saying. president macron promised to re—make french politics— macron promised to re—make french politics five — macron promised to re—make french politics five years ago and he certainly _ politics five years ago and he certainly has done.— politics five years ago and he certainly has done. thank you very much. the first all—private mission to the international space station has docked. the crew, consisting of a pilot and three passengers, have been welcomed inside the international space station. they are due to spend eight days orbiting the earth. the flight is being hailed as a milestone in the commercialisation of space flight. earlier, i spoke to former nasa astronaut and iss commander

leroy 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, lease space aboard 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. on 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. how do you feel the other astronauts on board the international space station will feel about these new astronauts joining them? do you think they feel like they are

kind of having to babysit them? this is nothing new. since international space station began operations almost from the beginning, we had the first so—called space tourism, space flight participant in dennis tito, a nasa employee many years ago, and then left nasa and became quite wealthy. bought a seat to go fly with the russians, and from that point on in the early 2000's, we have seen a number of these space flight participants pay their way flying aboard russian spacecraft to the iss. this is the first non—russian commercial flight, if you will, to take nonprofessionals to the iss. so the people on board, they are fine with it. this is part of the evolution. government builds the infrastructure and then commercial businesses kind of start taking that over. a reminder of the breaking news this hour — the prime minister

of pakistan, imran khan, has been ousted from office after losing a no—confidence vote in parliament following weeks of political turmoil. the acting speaker said the no—confidence motion had been passed after 174 mps voted in favour. the assembly will choose a new prime minister on monday. analysts say the opposition leader, shehbaz sharif, is almost certain to be picked. we know that imran khan, prior to the vote said he would not accept a new opposition party in power. we have not had any reaction from him after losing this no—confidence vote. we will keep you up—to—date on the latest situation in islamabad. you can head to our website for all the latest on that. that is it from me for the moment. thank you for

watching. hello there. we've got a little ridge of high pressure moving in and that is killing off saturday's daytime showers, allowing those skies to clear and temperatures to fall away so do expect a frosty start to sunday, lots of blue sky and sunshine to begin with but quickly clouding over from the west. so here is that little ridge of high pressure moving over into europe and all eyes focused on this area of low out in the atlantic, this beautiful bass clef swirl of cloud which is going to gradually spill in cloud and eventually some rain from the west. so, enjoy the early morning sunshine, yes, a frosty start. unusual now for mid april but as we push into the afternoon,

the sunshine turning increasingly hazy, they will be showery outbreaks of rain into northern ireland, a bit more of a breeze here as well. highs in northern ireland, england and wales, ten to 13 degrees. a little bit colder, still, in the far north—east of scotland and the northern isles. now, as we move through sunday evening and overnight, we will continue to see quite a lot of cloud pushing in. that low pressure is really taking its time before it brings in potentially heavy rain but nevertheless, that cloud acting like a blanket, preventing those temperatures from falling quite as far. so, monday morning won't be quite as chilly, will see overnight knows, generally, between three and seven degrees. so, a slightly greyer start to the day, and we will see some outbreaks of sharp showery rain pushing in from south—west england, wales, into northern ireland. some of these showers could be quite heavy, with the odd rumble of thunder mixed in their but if you dodged the showers and keep some sunshine around that low pressure, the wind direction coming from the south—easterly, so not quite as cold, highs of 17 degrees. we still keep the cold air in place into the far north of scotland but not for long because that southerly wind driving around that low pressure will push milder air little bit further north as we go

through the next few days. so, on tuesday, yes, still the risk of some showery outbreaks of rain, again some of it heavy, possibly even thundery, but if you dodged those showers and you keep that sunshine, particularly across east anglia and south—east england, once again we could see 19, possibly 20 degrees. so, the rain, the dividing line between that's slightly colder air sitting in the far north of scotland but it will head in your direction. and you can see, as we head towards the easter weekend, once that rain eases away, it will be dry and relatively milder in comparison to the last few days.

this is bbc news, the headlines... 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. this evening pakistan's prime minister imran khan has 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. and mission accomplished, as the first all private