live from london, this is bbc news. protests erupt across pakistani after its former prime minister imran khan was arrested 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. the united states could start to run out of money within weeks unless it —— in london's metropolitan police say there was a reliable evidence that protesters intended to disrupt king charles's coronation. this hello, good afternoon, i'm lewis vaughanjones. in pakistan, the former prime minister imran khan has been arrested in connection

with an alleged corruption case. the picture is pretty startling. this is him right in the middle of all those black paramilitary style officers taking him away and putting him in that black truck at the bottom of the screen there. we have slowed down the footage again, which we will play you here. just so you can get a sense. he is wearing a white top, you can see white sleeves and a black waistcoat. that is the former prime minister imran khan. just a year or so ago he was in charge until he was ousted. he fell out of favour with mps and the army and now facing arrest. we don't actually know his current location. he has been detained in an undisclosed location. that is another set of pictures he does well, him sitting inside. he was actually at court in an unrelated

case. this is the scene just in front of him, breaking down glass windows to try to get to him. and after that, we believe he was taken out and then taken away. these pictures, i should say, were released by pti his party and his party encouraged people to go out and protest on the streets. that is what they have been doing right across the country since that arrest. live to muhammad hanif, a writer and former head of the bbc urdu service. thank you very much for coming on the programme. what do you make of those pictures that we saw in the last few hours? it those pictures that we saw in the last few hours?— last few hours? it is quite tragic since imran _ last few hours? it is quite tragic since imran khan _ last few hours? it is quite tragic since imran khan was _ last few hours? it is quite tragic since imran khan was removed | last few hours? it is quite tragic - since imran khan was removed from the government, he has been facing many cases, corruption cases of all kinds. i think dozens of cases so he

has presented himself in court. but i think what has brought about his arrest finally is he was really vocal about pakistan's military role in removing him and he has been accusing lately and naming names, senior pakistan army officers and accusing them of trying to assassinate him. you know, that is a very serious charge. only yesterday, the pakistan army spokesperson yet some really harsh words against imran khan's party, so i think what we saw today was it was paramilitary forces. they are commanded by pakistan army officers, they went to this court had finally got him, which brings us back to the same question in pakistan, you can sort of get away with almost anything but

if you name names in the military establishment and try to confront them. you will probably end up behind them or their power. that is clearly what we have seen with this latest development. h0??? clearly what we have seen with this latest development.— clearly what we have seen with this latest development. how do you think it no im act latest development. how do you think it no impact elections _ latest development. how do you think it no impact elections coming - latest development. how do you think it no impact elections coming up - it no impact elections coming up later this year?— later this year? well, the last cou - le later this year? well, the last coume of _ later this year? well, the last couple of months, _ later this year? well, the last couple of months, the - later this year? well, the last| couple of months, the present government, usually backed by the armed forces, the military establishment as we call them, have been trying to avoid elections. a khan has been campaigning for elections and right now all opinion polls say he is a very popular and if elections are held today, he will probably return to power. that is a scenario they have been trying to avoid. the incumbent government and military establishment as well, so i don't see elections happening any time soon. so we are probably headed

forfar messier times. the pictures that i have been seen coming out of pakistan today are quite frightening and trust —— and unprecedented. mohammed hanif, thank you very much for your assessment of events there. we appreciate your time. we have more pictures that had just come into us. imran khan's supporters are protesting outside the pakistan high commission in london, giving you a sense of the scale of his popularity that we were just discussing there. we know his party supporters have come out in different cities right across pakistan, but hereto you can see that same support out in force in london. 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 normal 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—31i 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 14 months after the kremlin launched a full—scale invasion of ukraine. steve rosenberg, bbc news. earlier i spoke to melinda haring, a nonresident seniorfellow at the american think tank the atlantic council's eurasia center about the parade. it was 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 — 11000 to 8000 this year. there are far fewer vehicles as well. there were 131 last year and about 50 this year. so it really shows how degraded the russian military has become. and that's a big problem for putin. this is the biggest day on his calendar and his legitimacy rests as the heir who inherited the army that defeated the nazis, so it is not a good look at all for vladimir putin today. and what do you think about the words that he said, his framing, which we've heard from him before, that effectively it's a continuation of the fight against the nazis, his war in ukraine? does that message resonate with people across russia? so the message has resonated in the past and not

surprised by the message. he blamed the west. he said the west was responsible for the war in ukraine, which is obviously false. and he said, "we must defend the people in the donbassw. so it was this again, "we must defend russian speakers". he doesn't have any new ideas or any new narratives. he's going back to his old talking points. and do you think there is a... you know, the propaganda works by repeating the same message over and over, so perhaps in one hand, there's no surprise in that. but are you getting any sense that there's a fracturing of support across ordinary people in the country? so there are signs that support is starting to fracture. levada centre, that does independent polls in moscow, just found that most russians don't want to give $12 to $25 a month to support russian soldiers. you know, it's one data point. but again, it's very hard to know what's going on in russia. the society is controlled. it has a stalinist flavour on top of it. media has been tamped down.

there's no civil life that's possible, so it's hard to say how russians feel. but we know as more and more body bags come back, the war is less popular. one thing that i found really interesting, lewis, though, this year was that there was no immortal regiment, and this is when families of people who lost soldiers during world war two hold their picture. and this year, authorities were concerned that families would come out with pictures of russian soldiers who were killed in ukraine and that would be an opportunity for real discontent and to show the regime that they didn't like it. but they are very, very concerned about public opinion, and they turned it off immediately. thanks to melinda haring for that. us congressional leaders are due to meet with president biden for emergency talks on how to deal with the debt ceiling. some reports say the treasury secretary janet yellen has been personally calling chief executives to warn them of the dire consequences a default could have on the us and the global economy.

so how did washington end up here again? samira hussain has been investigating. —— we can speak to david. we can get to the political wrangling and how we got here and the political wrangling and all that. but paint is a picture of what could happen if all this did go wrong? the a picture of what could happen if all this did go wrong?— all this did go wrong? the us government _ all this did go wrong? the us government collect _ all this did go wrong? the us government collect taxes - all this did go wrong? the us| government collect taxes that all this did go wrong? the us - government collect taxes that cover about 75% of all its spending. and it borrows, for the remaining 25%. if congress does not raise the debt ceiling, the treasury will not be able to increase its borrowing and it will not have cash in the till to pay its bills. treasury secretary janet yellen says this could hit as soon as a junior first and in any event, sometime in the first half of

june, which means we have a problem. 0k, june, which means we have a problem. ok, let's get to this problem. it can't pay its bills, what does that matter? 50 can't pay its bills, what does that matter? , , ., can't pay its bills, what does that matter? , ., , _ matter? so somebody is owed money by the us government _ matter? so somebody is owed money by the us government and _ matter? so somebody is owed money by the us government and would _ matter? so somebody is owed money by the us government and would not - the us government and would not get paid. it would be rather extraordinary for the richest country in the world, which is a heavy borrower on world markets to be unable to pay interest and principal, so that is one category. if, as i expect, they would not have enough cash to pay there was interests on the debt, then everybody else was owed money by the government would not get paid, that could be people in social security, federal employees, government contractors and stuff like that. there is simply not enough cash for them to pay all the bills. let’s there is simply not enough cash for them to pay all the bills.— them to pay all the bills. let's get on to the politics _ them to pay all the bills. let's get on to the politics of _ them to pay all the bills. let's get on to the politics of it. _ them to pay all the bills. let's get on to the politics of it. we - them to pay all the bills. let's get on to the politics of it. we have i on to the politics of it. we have beenin

on to the politics of it. we have been in situations like this before. what you think the chances are of some kind of resolution? in what you think the chances are of some kind of resolution?- some kind of resolution? in the ast, some kind of resolution? in the past. this _ some kind of resolution? in the past. this has — some kind of resolution? in the past, this has always _ some kind of resolution? in the past, this has always ended - some kind of resolution? in the past, this has always ended up| some kind of resolution? in the i past, this has always ended up in some 11th hour compromise where congress raises the debt ceiling and the president and majority party agreed to some sort of restraint on spending or spending cuts or something. i think that is still the most likely outcome this year, but compared to the past that there is a much greater chance that that will not happen and we will have the unprecedented event of the treasury not having enough money to pay its bills. that is because of how strongly the house republicans feel about this and the speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, has to keep them happy because he has a very slim majority. them happy because he has a very slim majority-— them happy because he has a very slim majority. slim ma'ority. david wessell, thank ou for slim majority. david wessell, thank you for talking _ slim majority. david wessell, thank you for talking us _ slim majority. david wessell, thank you for talking us through _ slim majority. david wessell, thank you for talking us through that. - slim majority. david wessell, thank you for talking us through that. we | you for talking us through that. we will wait to see if that deal is done. around the world and across

the uk, this is bbc news. we didn't know what is going on till be open to tv and realised that as they were started between the regular sudanese army and the paramilitary rebel forces. reliving their escape _ paramilitary rebel forces. reliving their escape from _ paramilitary rebel forces. reliving their escape from civil _ paramilitary rebel forces. reliving their escape from civil war, - paramilitary rebel forces. reliving their escape from civil war, the i their escape from civil war, the family of six were in sedan to celebrate ramadan and eat with relatives in the capital khartoum when fighting broke out —— and eid. rr front door were shot by billets and then we found it inside the house. luckily there was not anyone around at the door because since they were started, we just stayed in they were started, we just stayed in the middle of the house and on the floor. , ._ the middle of the house and on the floor. , , ., the middle of the house and on the floor. , . , . , . . , floor. they may have escaped the fiuuhtin , floor. they may have escaped the fighting. but _ floor. they may have escaped the fighting, but needed _ floor. they may have escaped the fighting, but needed to _ floor. they may have escaped the fighting, but needed to leave - floor. they may have escaped the fighting, but needed to leave the| fighting, but needed to leave the country. to do that, they had to get to port sudan for one of the final evacuation flights by the aria. i am ha - that evacuation flights by the aria. i am happy that i'm _ evacuation flights by the aria. i am happy that i'm here _ evacuation flights by the aria. i —n happy that i'm here with my husband and children, but i'm still thinking about my parents, my siblings, my

father and mother in law. you're live with bbc news london's metropolitan police commissioner has defended the policing of the coronation, describing the arrest of six anti—monarchy campaigners as unfortunate, but stressing he supports the arresting officer's actions. the . rou - arresting officer's actions. the groun ever _ arresting officer's actions. the group ever detained on suspicion they were planning to attach themselves to something illegally will face no charges. when arrested was graeme smith, the head of the campaign group republic, who says he has received a personal apology, but says a full inquiry into what happened needs to take place. david davis, the conservative mp, said at the public order act used arrest and was too crude and poorly defined. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford spoke to my colleague from the newsroom earlier. yeah, i was there on saturday morning. i'd gone along to film the protest. we all met at 6:00 in the morning.

some of the protest organisers were there. they went away to collect placards from a van and basically they didn't come back. we heard quite quickly that they'd been arrested and went along and managed to talk to some of them in handcuffs before they were taken away, and they were quite clear at the time that the police were interested in some luggage straps that had been in the van, which they were accused of perhaps using for locking onto a building or a railing or something like that. well, over the weekend, the police said actually the men had been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to cause a public nuisance. but last night they conceded, yes, they had been arrested using this new law which made it an offence to go equipped for locking on. and essentially it was a law that was introduced to deal with people likejust stop oil protesters and extinction rebellion before they changed their tactics. it was a law designed to stop people using bike locks and things like that to chain themselves to things and each other so they couldn't be removed from causing an obstruction. there were concerns about the new law when it was being introduced

as to whether it had been drawn too widely, and on this very, very first occasion that it was used, some people have ended up spending 16 hours in a police station because of some luggage straps in the back of a hire van, which they were using to carry some placards. and that's causing concern, obviously, that essentially people turning up to do reasonably legitimate protest, waving some placards have ended up being prevented from protesting, prevented from organising their protest and spending 16 hours in custody. but the prime minister, rishi sunak, today has defended the new laws. thanks to daniel for that. to the us now and those legal proceedings involving donald trump. the now and those legal proceedings involving donald trump. the “my is about to begin i involving donald trump. the “my is about to begin deliberations h involving donald trump. the jury is about to begin deliberations in - in the case where a woman e jean 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. earlier i have spoken to faith gay, a civil litigation attorney and partner at selendy gay elsberg. she is a member of the democratic party. so right now the jury is being given theirfinal charge and they'll retire to deliberate in about an hour. and we may get a verdict today, it could be the next day, it could be a week. we just don't know. given that the trial was not extremely lengthy and not particularly complex, it involves a single incident, we may well have a verdict this week. interesting. and just remind us in broad terms about what the jury has heard in this case. well, the case has been almost all the plaintiff so far, jean carroll's case. she testified and was cross—examined for a total of three days. also, evidence came in from two witnesses who heard from ms carroll immediately after the incident with former president trump happened. she reported to them what happened,

they testified here. there's also been two other witnesses who testify to similar acts happening at the ex—president�*s hands at the same time, around the same period, with a very similar mo, pattern of assault, so to speak. and on top of that, there have been damages experts, trauma experts, and all in all, about 11 witnesses from the plaintiff's side. the ex—president elected not to testify. his deposition was shown, he had no witnesses. and what do you make, what's your assessment of that? the fact that the president decided not to testify? well, just overall, there's been plenty of analysis on his defence in this. well, interestingly, in the us, in a civil case, a defendant's decision not to testify can be put in front 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 here. for example, it could be seen that he's afraid of a perjury charge if he gets on the stand and lies. it could be seen that he's afraid to actually confront cross—examination here. but at the end of the day, in a sexual assault case, whether its civil or criminal, it's essentially a two—person case despite whatever can be introduced around the incident. and here we had three days of the plaintiff testifying and none from president trump. so i think it's a difficult situation for him in front of the jury. and just remind us, because you mentioned there the difference between civil and criminal, could you just very brieflyjust remind us what that difference is? yes. 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. in a civil case, if the defendant doesn't take the stand, all kinds of commentary can be made on it, and here 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 and say, "i did not do this". is thanks to faith gay for that. a giant barge has arrived in the uk to house migrants. our west of england correspondent danjohnson england correspondent dan johnson reports england correspondent danjohnson reports from falmouth in cornwall, where the barges 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 migrantjourneys 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.

thanks to dan for that. and lewis yvonnejones, this is bbc news. —— i am a lewis yvonnejones. hello there. we've seen some sunshine coming through today which has led to temperatures rising, which in turn has led to showers breaking out. and really through the next few days, we'll keep this mixture of sunny spells and heavy showers and some thunderstorms likely as well. and actually, the met office have issued yellow thunderstorm warnings for this part of the uk. there could be as much as 20 or 30 millimetres of rain falling from those heavy showers and some hail in there as well. not only some downpours across this part of the uk, but we've got some sunshine elsewhere and some sharp showers, although western scotland, north—west england and wales may be turning drier towards the end of the afternoon. temperature—wise, peaking at 17 or 18 degrees once again. now, a lot of the showers will fade away this evening, but they'll keep

going into the night across the far south—east and east anglia, although they will become lighter. and then later in the night, we've got more cloud piling in from the atlantic, bringing more showers to northern ireland, western scotland and over the irish sea. clearer skies ahead of that and temperatures could be as low as seven or eight celsius in the morning, but we should start dry from many eastern areas with some sunshine, but we'll see the cloud increasing and showers will develop widely once again. the threat of some thundery ones, this time across the more eastern parts of england, perhaps into eastern scotland. here, temperatures could reach 18 celsius before the downpours, but it will be quite a bit cooler, i think, in western scotland and northern ireland where we're going to find a lot of cloud wrapping around that area of low pressure. that's going to 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, so 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 so many showers in north—east

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

this is bbc news, the headlines: protests erupt across pakistan after its former prime minister imran khan was arrested 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. london's metropolitan police insists there was reliable intelligence that protesters intended to disrupt king charles' coronation. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre.