place in great britain, i think. chatting away to themselves. we will see you tomorrow. thanks for watching. live from london, this is bbc news. former pakistani prime minister imran khan appears in court on corruption charges amid tight security. donald trump says he'll appeal after a jury in new york found he sexually abused a woman in the 1990s and defamed her by lying about it. the illegal migration bill is being debated in the house of lords for the first time today. the government is expected to face opposition. a dime in liverpool where eurovision has already been throwing up some surprises, got under way with its first semifinal on tuesday evening. hello, i'm lukwesa burak.

the former prime minister of pakistan, imran khan, has appeared before a judge at a police compound in islamabad, a day after his dramatic arrest on corruption charges. the prosecutor requested he be held in remand for two weeks, but his lawyer has opposed this. police, anticipating violence, have set up roadblocks with cargo containers on the main road leading to their headquarters in islamabad. elsewhere — mr khan's supporters have called for further protests across the country. police say a senior leader of his party, asad umar, had been taken into custody to prevent any disturbance. live now to islamabad to my colleague, farhatjaved, from bbc urdu. just take us through what happened earlier. 50 just take us through what happened earlier. ., ., .,

just take us through what happened earlier. ., . ., , earlier. so right now imran khan is in the court _ earlier. so right now imran khan is in the court and _ earlier. so right now imran khan is in the court and the _ earlier. so right now imran khan is in the court and the judge - earlier. so right now imran khan is in the court and the judge is - in the court and the judge is expected to rule on a request by the authorities to hold imran khan in detention for 14 days. the situation in the country is volatile at the moment. imran khan's arrest yesterday resulted in widespread and deadly protests across pakistan and now the latest situation is that pakistan's interior ministry has called in the troops of the pakistan army to be deployed in punjab, the largest province in pakistan and where imran khan's residence is located. and also another province in the north of pakistan, to maintain law and order in both provinces. there have been protests in the capital and in other major cities of pakistan and it started yesterday and they are still continuing but what is happening todayis continuing but what is happening today is that not only the protests are happening but at the same time we are getting reports from different cities where law enforcement agencies and police authorities are arresting people who

have been involved in the protests since yesterday, and they are accused of damaging government property and police vehicles and other military installations. at the same time there are, there is news of clashes and demonstrations across the country where imran khan's supporters are protesting against the arrest of their leader. here in islamabad even, the court which is a few kilometres from where i am now, there was a clash between imran khan and's supporters and the police when they were trying to enter the court or go near the premises of the court which they were not allowed to do, so they set trees on fire and there was tear gas shelling and protesters were forced to move away from the premises. were forced to move away from the remises. . ~' , ., , . were forced to move away from the remises. . ~ ,, , . ., premises. thank you very much for that undate- _ earlier i spoke to dr shireen mazari in islamabad. she was pakistan's minister for human rights in imran khan's government. she said the authorities

had abducted mr khan. everybody saw visually, and i'm sure you showed some of those shots as well of the paramilitary force, the rangers actually breaking into the islamabad high court and literally physically dragging mr khan after beating him up. and he was in a wheelchair at the time and they're abducting him. there was no warrant shown, there was nothing. he was literally abducted. and we have... even till now, we're not sure where he was kept because no information was given. so it was a case of pure abduction, and by the state, by the paramilitary forces which are controlled by the military, effectively. he posted a video just before we witnessed what took place in the court. in that video, it does sound as if he knew that something was imminent. what process would you have expected had there been, or had you been alerted that there was an arrest coming up? what didn't happen?

we were prepared for even an assassination attempt, but not inside the court premises, because the security that goes with imran khan for his protection is not really allowed into the premises of the courts. he had just gone to the anti—terror court, as far as i remember, earlier in the day, i think. there's so many courts he's visiting every day in different cities anyhow. and that was fine, nothing happened. and then he came here. now, had this happened on the gates or outside the high court, our people would have been there. but they they barged into, i mean, they literally invaded, you can say, attacked the islamabad high court. and that, we did not anticipate because we don't expect even the military to abuse the sanctity of the court in this way.

that was from earlier. to the united states now. donald trump has said he will appeal against the verdict of a new york jury that found he sexually abused a writer and then defamed her by calling her a liar. the former us president described the verdict — in a civil case — as a disgrace. however, his victim, ejean carroll, said it was a victory for all women who suffered because they were not believed. mr trump posted a video on the truth social website. i have absolutely no idea who this woman is. the verdict is a disgrace, a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time. absolutely a shame. the woman who brought the case against donald trump, ejean carroll, did not speak to the press, but issued a written statement. she said... it's worth reiterating —

this was a civil case, and mr trump has not been found to have broken any laws. the punishment will be financial. but it raises the question of how it might affect mr trump's bid to be re—elected as president. we asked the veteran republican pollster frank luntz to explain. he was found guilty but that doesn't matter among republican voters. we have never had a candidate, and this is probably hard for british audiences to comprehend, we have never had a candidate who could quite literally shoot somebody on fifth avenue and it would have no impact, at least on the republican vote. his base is so strong and they support him because he is outspoken, because he is their voice, because he is willing to fight the system. the damage here is going to be in the general election, when wide swathes of women, particularly suburban women, middle—aged women, women

with children who look at this and say, i cannot support this. i cannot vote for this. this is offensive to me. this is a tragedy to me. when they look at his candidacy and they decide to support the democratic nominee, but we are more than a year away from that and you are not going to see any caving for trump in the republican polls between now and then. heavy storms have caused flash flooding widespread disruption across parts of england. schools have been closed and roads shot after rivers broke their banks following a deluge of rain for dozens of flood warnings and alerts remain in place. the lighthouse checks for —— we have choice for people with diabetes may have contributed to more deaths than usual in england last year. diabetes uk says nearly 2 million people missed out on routine checks in 2021 to 2022. most likely due to the

pandemic. and a baby has been born using three people's dna for the first time in the uk. the pioneering technique is an attempt to prevent children being born with devastating mitochondrial diseases. the dna comes from the two parents and less than 1% from a donor mother. russia has still not managed to capture bakhmut in eastern ukraine — nine months after launching its assault on the city. it's been the longest and bloodiest battle of the war so far, but ukrainian forces are holding out on the western edge of the city. both sides have suffered heavy casualties. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. a rare pause in this, the longest, bloodiest battle of the war so far. butjust a few hundred metres away, the russians are still waiting, still trying to encircle the city of bakhmut nearby. ukraine's president calls it a fortress of ukrainian morale.

but like these trenches, it's under attack every hour of every day. gunfire go, go, go. gunfire let's go there. bakhmut�*s been under siege for more than nine months. we'll have to wait a little bit. so we've being shelled by the mortar. as you can see, it's pretty damn close. but eugene demonstrates its continuing resistance. let's go, quickly. quickly. so we're going to shoot back right now. try to kill some of them. gunfire

let's get out of here! let's go, let's go. it could be said 1000 times, but this is our country and our land. like, what else can we do? well, you could give up bakhmut and just move back. for us, if we would retreat, for example, yes, we could save a few lives, but then we will have to assault back and we could lose much more lives. we need to stand here till then. but even defence is taking many ukrainian lives, young and old. stefan�*s comrades call him dad. at 61, he's still half the age of the ancient maxim gun he's firing. but he, too, was seriously injured hours after we left his position.

too dangerous to enter into the cauldron of the city itself, we tried to get a view from the distance. this is it. bakhmut is burning. a line of tower blocks pretty much all that's left standing. in a bunker, they direct artillery fire to support their infantry — their last line of defence on the western edge of the city. this drone feed of bakhmut tells you a scene of utter devastation. not a building left here in the city that hasn't been either destroyed or damaged. and itjust tells you how fierce this fighting has been. wagner — are they mostly wagnerfighters? yeah. the us estimates more than 20,000

russians have been killed in the last five months, many of them here in bakhmut. miroslav tells me they don't care about their people, as we watch two russian soldiers. he says theyjust advance in vain hope. his comrade adds, "they walk towards us with no fear." he says they must be on drugs. russia hasn't given up yet. their artillery is still firing, but not as frequently as in the past. ukraine hopes bakhmut will have exhausted their enemy as they now prepare for their own offensive. but it also shows taking ground can prove even more costly. jonathan beale, bbc news, bakhmut.

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