live from london, this is bbc news. pakistan's former prime minister — imran khan — has been arrested in islamabad in connection with a corruption case. in a scaled—down parade to mark victory day, president putin links russia's war in ukraine to the soviet struggle against nazi germany. to the uk, where a barge due to house 500 men seeking asylum will undergo inspections and a refit. hello, welcome to bbc news. in pakistan, the former prime minister imran khan has been

arrested in connection with an alleged corruption case. take a look. these are the moments after the arrest. you can see in the circle there with the white sleeves and waistcoat, that is imran khan. you can see absolutely surrounded by paramilitary forces there. he has taken and put in the back of that black truck and then taken away to an undisclosed location. so we don't know where he is being held right now. that was the momentjust after his arrest. this, we think, just before. khan is behind the camera here. these are those paramilitary forces trying to get in. these pictures, i should say are from a pti official, the political party of imran khan.

the party have called on his supporters to take to the streets. that has happened in places like karachi and turns across the country can actually, imran khan supporters have come out to protest against his arrest. let's get more on this with our south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan. just talk us through what we know happened there this morning. the former happened there this morning. tue: former pakistani happened there this morning. tte: former pakistani prime minister imran khan went to the islamabad high court complex to a court hearing and are suddenly dozens of paramilitary enforcers, officers dragged him away and then later on the interior minister of pakistan said mr khan was arrested because he did not respond to various notices on a corruption case issued by the country's anti—corruption watchdog. country's anti—corru ption watchdog. but country's anti—corruption watchdog. but mr kan�*s arrest has triggered a

lot of anger amongst his supporters mr khanna. protests are happening in several pakistani cities, mark waugh, karachi, peshawar. and even in smaller towns. there are videos on social media showing protesters outside military compounds and places. this is unprecedented, it has never happened. the anger is turning towards a military. there has been a background to this because supporters of mr khan think the military was behind the other thing last april when he lost his vote of no—confidence, sub—pakistan is on edge this evening. tt is. is on edge this evening. it is. extraordinary _ is on edge this evening. it is. extraordinary images - is on edge this evening. it is. extraordinary images we - is on edge this evening. it is. | extraordinary images we have is on edge this evening. it is. extraordinary images we have seen coming in. iwant extraordinary images we have seen coming in. i want to bring you these ones from peshawar. i don't know if these are live... these are from a little earlier on. it gives you a

sense of the protesters coming out onto the street showing their anger at what has happened to imran khan. of course, remember, imran khan jesse year ago was prime minister but fell out of favour with politicians and the army —— just a year ago. politicians and the army —— just a yearago. he has politicians and the army —— just a year ago. he has not fallen out of favour with his supporters, so many of him furious at what has happened. this is imran khan's lawyer will stop again, we are getting this picture and information from his political party, clearly being helped medically with blood on his shirt thereafter what, we don't know. but those pictures with us. just to finish off, just to go back to those live pictures of protesters, just to give you a sense that this is happening notjust in islamabad, where those arrests and the snack where imran khan was arrested and taken away, but in

cities across the country, karachi here, there is no protest and disturbance as the party has been persuading its supporters to come out onto the streets and show their support for imran khan and their anger at what has happened. let's go back to anbarasan. why is imran khan such a significant figure in the country? he such a significant figure in the count ? . . . such a significant figure in the count ? . , ., ., such a significant figure in the count ? ., ., ., . country? he was a former cricketer, he led at the _ country? he was a former cricketer, he led at the national _ country? he was a former cricketer, he led at the national team - country? he was a former cricketer, he led at the national team to - country? he was a former cricketer, | he led at the national team to world cup glory, so he is a very popular man, popular political leader in pakistan. after he was elected prime minister in 2018, many of the political parties and said he came with the support of the military and the intelligence unit, even though the intelligence unit, even though the army later on denied those accusations. he fell out of favour with the military and the last april he lost his confidence vote. but since then, he has been holding

rallies across pakistan, gathering his people. tens of thousands of his supporters have been attending his meetings. in many of the by—elections to the local and national posts, his party have swept all the election results, showing he is hugely popular amongst his own supporters and the public, and the economy is doing pretty bad in the last year, meaning people are angry with the current government led by shabaz sharif, they have enough money for the month's import, they need a bailout from the imf. the country is going through an economic and political crisis and mr khan has emerged amongst this chaos is the man to lead this country. the ruling party, also the military, and that is what seeing now. many know that this would not have happened without

the knowledge of the military. anbarasan, thank you for that. i know you will be keeping across this. picture still coming out of the country. a funny moment, thank you. to russia — leader vladimir putin says civilisation is at a "turning point" because of the war in ukraine. he gave a speech in moscow marking the anniversary of soviet victory over the nazis in the second world war, called victory day. but the nomral parade was scaled back. here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg. he speaks russian they chant in russian it is the day russia likes to project power and invincibility. military band plays despite security concerns, the annual victory day parade went ahead on red square to commemorate the defeat of nazi germany. but the war in ukraine made this

feel a very different may 9th, the 80—year—old t—sii the only tank on display here. modern tanks are normally a feature of the victory day parade. not this year. there was no military fly—past, it was cancelled, and there were fewer soldiers here than normal. watching from the stands, russia's commander—in—chief. vladimir putin is under intense pressure. his invasion of ukraine has not gone to plan, but he continues to blame the west. translation: today once again civilisation is at - a decisive turning point. a real war has been unleashed against our homeland. we have repulsed international terrorism in the past, now we will protect the people of donbas, and we will ensure our security.

and security has become a problem for those running russia. less than a week ago, this happened — an apparent drone attack on the kremlin. the russian authorities blame it on ukraine. these too. in recent weeks there's been a string of drone on russian territory, and on russian—occupied crimea, as well as bombs targeting the railways and power lines. citing security concerns, several russian regions had cancelled local victory day events. for the kremlin, it was important to keep calm and carry on in the capital, but the red square parade was shorter than normal. what was once a showcase of russian military might this year seemed to highlight military problems more than 1a months after the kremlin launched a full—scale invasion of ukraine. steve rosenberg, bbc news.

live now to melinda haring, a nonresident seniorfellow at the american think tank the atlantic council's eurasia center. what did you make of the parade? tit was a small, sombre, short, and solemn. it was not much of a parade at all. it was less than an hour and as you noted, there was only one soviet tank. there were far fewer soldiers than in the past, 11,000 or 8000 this year. there were far fewer vehicles as well. there were 131 last year and about 50 this year. it really shows how degraded the russian military has become. that is a big problem for putin. this is the biggest day on his calendar and his legitimacy rests as the heir that...

what about the words he has said, his framing that... tt is what about the words he has said, his framing that. . ._ his framing that... it is a continuation _ his framing that... it is a continuation of - his framing that... it is a continuation of the - his framing that... it is a continuation of the fight | his framing that... it is a - continuation of the fight against the nancy's, they were in ukraine? does that message resonate with people across russia? —— against the nazis people in the west, said the west was responsible for the weren ukraine, which is obviously false. he said we must defend the people in the donbas. again, we must defend russian speakers. he does not have any new ideas are narratives, he is going back to his old talking points. d0 going back to his old talking oints. ,, ~' going back to his old talking oints. i. ~ , points. do you think there is... prepaganda — points. do you think there is... propaganda works _ points. do you think there is... propaganda works by _ points. do you think there is... j propaganda works by repeating points. do you think there is... - propaganda works by repeating the same message over and over, so in one hand there is perhaps no surprise on that, but are you getting any sense of a fracturing of support across ordinary people in the country?—

support across ordinary people in the country? there are signs that the country? there are signs that the suworters — the country? there are signs that the supporters are _ the country? there are signs that the supporters are starting - the country? there are signs that the supporters are starting to - the supporters are starting to fracture. a centre who does independent polls in moscow states most russians do not want to give a 12-20 $5 a most russians do not want to give a 12—20 $5 a month to support russian soldiers. it is one data point, but again it is very hard to know what is going on in russia. society is controlled and has a stalinist flavour on top of it. the media has been tapped down, there is no civil gathering possible. we know as more and more body bags come back, the war is less popular. 0ne and more body bags come back, the war is less popular. one thing i found really interesting this year was that there was no immortal regiment. this is when families are people who lost soldiers during world war ii hold their picture. this year, authorities were concerned that families would come out with pictures of a russian soldiers who were killed in ukraine and that would be an opportunity for real discontent and to show the vision they did not like it, but

they are very, very concerned about public opinion. and they turned it off immediately. linda, great to get your analysis, thank you. off immediately. linda, great to get youranalysis, thank you. —— melinda. thank you. ukrainian officials say air defences downed 15 russian cruise missiles which were launched overnight against the capital, kyiv. no casualties were reported from the attack, according to serhiy popko, a senior kyiv military official. the attack came as ukraine celebrated europe day, which celebrates peace and unity on the continent. president zelensky was joined by the eu commission president ursula von der leyen, who called kyiv "a fitting place to celebrate the day of europe". 0ur correspondent, hugo bachega, is following developments in the capital. russia announced another wave of air strikes and again the capital kyiv was the main target —— lunch. we heard of the red alert year—round for the end. the ukrainian military said russia had fired 25 cruise

missiles and that 23 of them were intercepted by the country's air defence systems. the majority of those missiles were launched at the capital, kyiv. and the authorities here have said there were no casualties as a result of those air strikes. this came one day after russia launched the largest drone attack on the capital since the beginning of the war, with nearly three dozen drones. and we have seen that in the last few days russia has intensified these air strikes. it was the fifth time in nine days that kyiv came under attack. now it seems that part of the russian strategy here is to test and wear down the country's air defence systems, and the ukrainians have been extremely successful in intercepting most of these are missiles and drones. .

ukraine says it is finishing its plans are very much anticipated counteroffensive to try to take back territory now under russian occupation. to the us — the latest legal proceedings involving donald trump. the jury is about to begin deliberations in the case where a woman — ejean carroll — alleges the former president raped her in a new york department store in the mid—1990s. he denies this. thejury has been hearing arguments over the past two weeks in a manhattan federal court and is expected to reach a verdict later. live now to faith gay, a civil litigation attorney and partner at selendy gay elsberg. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. hel the programme. thank you for having me- help us — the programme. thank you for having me- help us out. _ the programme. thank you for having me. help us out, talk _ the programme. thank you for having me. help us out, talk us _ the programme. thank you for having me. help us out, talk us through - me. help us out, talk us through what we are expecting throughout the day today. right now, the jury is being given theirfinal day today. right now, the jury is being given their final charge and they will retire to deliberate in about an hour. we may get a verdict today, it could be the next day, it

could be a week, wejust today, it could be the next day, it could be a week, we just do today, it could be the next day, it could be a week, wejust do not know. given that the trial is not lengthier complex, we may have a verdict this week is also interesting, reminders in broad terms about what the jury has heard in this case. the terms about what the 'ury has heard in this case.— terms about what the “my has heard in this case.— in this case. the case has been almost all _ in this case. the case has been almost all the _ in this case. the case has been almost all the plaintiff - in this case. the case has been almost all the plaintiff so - in this case. the case has been almost all the plaintiff so far, l almost all the plaintiff so far, jean carroll's case. she almost all the plaintiff so far, jean carroll's case. she was... we heard from _ jean carroll's case. she was... we heard from ms _ jean carroll's case. she was... we heard from ms carroll _ jean carroll's case. she was... we heard from ms carroll almost - heard from ms carroll almost immediately. they testified here. there have also been two other witnesses who testify to similar acts happening at the ex—president�*s hands around the same period. with a very similar ml, patton of assault, so to speak. 0n very similar ml, patton of assault, so to speak. on top of that, there have been damages, trauma experts,

and orlando, about 11 witnesses from the plaintive's side. the ex—president elected not to testify. his deposition was shown. he had no witnesses. what do you make, what is your assessment of that? the witnesses. what do you make, what is your assessment of that?— your assessment of that? the fact that the present _ your assessment of that? the fact that the present decided - your assessment of that? the fact that the present decided not - your assessment of that? the fact that the present decided not to i that the present decided not to testify? 0verall, there has been plenty of analysis on his defensiveness. . , defensiveness. interestingly, in the us any civil— defensiveness. interestingly, in the us any civil case, _ defensiveness. interestingly, in the us any civil case, it _ defensiveness. interestingly, in the us any civil case, it defender - defensiveness. interestingly, in the us any civil case, it defender 's - us any civil case, it defender �*s decision not to testify can be put in front of the of the jury. the plaintiff commented in closing arguments several times about ex—president trump's decision not to take the stand. it could be seen as a very big deal, for example, could be seen he is afraid of a perjury charge if he gets on the stand and lies. he could be seen to be afraid to confront cross—examination here. but any sexual assault case, whether

civil or several, but any sexual assault case, whether civil orseveral, it but any sexual assault case, whether civil or several, it is essentially to a person case a —— whether civil or criminal. here we had three days of the plaintive testifying and none from president trump. so it is a difficult situation for him in front of thejury. difficult situation for him in front of the jury-— of thejury. just remind us, you mention the — of thejury. just remind us, you mention the difference - of thejury. just remind us, you| mention the difference between of the jury. just remind us, you - mention the difference between civil and criminal. could you briefly remind us what that difference is? in a criminal case in the us, if a defendant elects not to take the stand, elects not to testify, there can be no comment. and thejury is instructed to draw nothing from that decision not to testify. if the defender doesn't take a stand in a civil case, all kinds of commentary can be made on it and in closing arguments yesterday, there were numerous mentions of the fact that president trump decided not to testify, not to expose himself to cross—examination, not to face the jury cross—examination, not to face the jury and say, i did do this. tqm.

jury and say, i did do this. 0k, faiva gay. _ jury and say, i did do this. 0k, faiva gay, thank _ jury and say, i did do this. 0k, faiva gay, thank you _ jury and say, i did do this. 0k, faiva gay, thank you for your analysis and mapping out what we expect and it is a mix around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you are alive with bbc news. at least 13 palestinians have been killed in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip. palestinian officials said six women and four children were among the dead, along with three commanders of the militant group islamichhad. another 20 people were injured. these pictures overnight show powerful explosions throughout gaza city and rafah in the south of the gaza strip. in a statement, the al quds brigade — the military wing of islamichhad — said resistance to israel would continue. the death of an islamichhad

hunger striker last week — whilst in israeli custody — was followed by the firing of hundreds of rockets from gaza into israel. i'm joined now by the bbc�*s middle east correspondent, yolande knell. just talk us through what we know that these air strikes. the funerals have taken — that these air strikes. the funerals have taken place _ that these air strikes. the funerals have taken place of— that these air strikes. the funerals have taken place of those - that these air strikes. the funerals have taken place of those 13 - that these air strikes. the funerals l have taken place of those 13 people have taken place of those 13 people have been killed. we saw large crowds out on the streets of gaza in both gaza city and in rafah. now there is a strange mall waiting to see what happens next because there has been that a very strong language coming from islamicjihad, saying they will avenge those who were killed, scorning any efforts being made by mediators as well. as we have seen at the funerals, whilst israel says that these were precision strikes against three seniorfigures in islamic to hard,

there were also dead women and children —— islamic islamichhad. they were the wives of these three members. prominent doctor and dentist were also killed. right now, israel has said it is ready for a prolonged campaign. people have been told to prepare for that if necessary. that has come from the defence minister from the gaza strip with local authorities, ranging that, and people have been told to stay close to bomb shelters, those that remain, and schools have been closed until at least tomorrow evening. there is this big wait—and—see moment. thank you very much for that update. a giant barge which will house 500 asylum seekers has arrived in the uk from italy.

the bibby stockholm will be moored in dorset, despite strong protests there, including from the conservative—run council. 0ur west of england correspondent, danjohnson, reports from falmouth in cornwall where the barge is being refitted. can this big barge help solve the small boats crisis? the bibby stockholm now in uk waters and leading accommodation for asylum seekers into uncharted territory. after refit work here, it will accommodate 500 single men in what the home office describes as "basic and functional conditions". this barge carries a pretty heavy load, even before anybody stepped on board because as a practical contribution to solving the small boats problem or reducing the numbers of asylum seekers in hotels, it's really quite limited. but it's got a bigger, more symbolic role. this is the government saying it takes those issues seriously and saying to migrants,

"don't come here expecting luxury accommodation". it's controversial, to say the least. these people are coming into the country, they've got to go somewhere, so it seems like a fairly reasonable idea to me. they should be stopped before they get this far. but i don't know, what do you do? they're human beings. would you be happy if that was staying in falmouth? no, not really, no. those supporting refugees here are appalled. it looks like a prison ship. i think everyone can see that. i it's tiny and it's now going to be i refitted to accommodate 500 people. i mean, it speaks for itself. you can see it. and to imagine 500 young men cooped up in there i for an indefinite amount of time, that is, by anyone's _ definition, cruel. the government's made a priority of stopping dangerous, sometimes deadly migrant journeys across the channel, as well as reducing hotel bills running at £6 million a day. we're talking about people who have fled violence like we've been

witnessing recently in sudan. but there's plenty of opposition. what the home office should be focusing on is running an effective asylum process that doesn't leave people waiting for months and years for a decision. if the home office just got on and made some of these decisions, we wouldn't have to rely on hotels and other accommodation. there's anger along the south coast in portland too, where the barge will be moored for at least the next 18 months. locals fear the added pressure on limited resources. this vessel could also face the choppy waters of a legal challenge. but the government says it's full steam ahead and other boats could follow. that was dan johnson that was danjohnson there. i want to take you back to live pictures from pakistan because we are monitoring these here. . ., because we are monitoring these here. , ., , ., , , out on the streets. there have been clashes after the arrest of former leader imran khan. and his supporters have come out onto the streets. this is a live in karachi. we will be keeping across all of the

developments. 0n lewis vaughan jones, this is bbc news. through the next few days, we will keep this mixture of sunny spells and heavy showers and thunderstorms likely as well. at the met office haveissued likely as well. at the met office have issued yellow thunderstorm warnings for this part of the uk. it could be as much as 20 or 30 millimetres of rain falling from those heavy showers. some feeling there as well. not only some downpours across this part of the uk, but we have some sunshine elsewhere and some sharp showers. western scotland, north—west england and wales may be turning down towards the end of the afternoon. temperature rise, peaking at 17 or 30 millimetres of rain falling from those heavy showers. some feeling there as well. not only some

downpours across this part of the uk, but we have some sunshine elsewhere and some sharp showers. western scotland, north—west england and wales may be turning down towards the end of the afternoon. temperature rise, peaking at 1718 celsius once again. a lot of the showers will fade away this evening, but will keep going across the far south—east and east anglia, though they will become lighter —— 17 or 18. more cloud piling on from the atlantic, bringing more showers. clear skies ahead of that and temperatures could be as low as seven or eight celsius in the morning, that we should start dry for many eastern areas with some sunshine, but we will see the cloud increasing and showers will develop widely once again. the threat of some thundery ones at this time across the eastern parts of england, perhaps into eastern scotland. temperatures here reach 18 celsius but it will be cooler in western scotland and northern ireland. we'll find a lot of cloud wrapping around that area of low pressure, that will then come to rest across the uk as we move into thursday. away from the far south—west of the uk, the winds are going to be light. 0nce far south—west of the uk, the winds are going to be light. once the showers get going once again as the heat builds during the day, so the showers will be heavy and thundery and also slow—moving. not are miniature rose north to scotland because there will be a lot of low

cloud once again and probably not so many showers in northern ireland, though we should see more on the way of sunshine. around 16 celsius. things look different towards the end of the week, it is turning drier. we have high pressure building and from the atlantic that will mean most places will be dry on friday. still got a lower pressure moving into central europe and just on the edge of that across east anglia and at the south—east, so there could be some showers here. quite a chilly wind blowing in off the north sea bring in a lot of cloud, the best of the sunshine for the western side of the uk. temperatures will be back up to around 18 celsius.

this is bbc news. the headlines: pakistan's former prime minister — imran khan — has been arrested in islamabad in connection with a corruption case. in a scaled—down parade to mark victory day, president putin links russia's war in ukraine to the soviet struggle against nazi germany. and a barge designed to house 500 men seeking asylum docks off the southwest coast of england. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. what a night ahead we have in the spanish capital as manchester city make the trip to the bernebeu to take on real madrid in the first leg of their

champions league semi—final.