live from london. this is bbc news at least eight people are killed during violence in pakistan, sparked by a corruption case against the former prime minister imran khan. in the uk, the publisher of the mirror newspaper has apologised to prince harry for unlawful information gathering, at the start of a trial over alleged phone—hacking. and we have a special report from the front line in ukraine. our correspondentjonathan beale witnesses first—hand the battle for the city of bakhmut. we start in pakistan, where

the former prime minister imran khan has been remanded in custody for eight days after his arrest on corruption charges. a conviction would disqualify him from standing for election. his detention has sparked pitched battles between police and his supporters and at least 8 people have died in clashes in different cities across pakistan. the government has now called in the army to maintain order in the capital city and other provinces. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies has this report from islamabad. burning into the night. protests from lahore, karachi, peshawar. this was the singed aftermath, the reaction to imran khan's arrest yesterday. but the unrest is far from over. morning in islamabad. police blocked roads into the compound where imran khan was due to appear in front of a judge. some party officials were stopped at the gates. have you spoken to him

since yesterday? we have no access. that is why i'm demanding access. we are being denied access. beyond the boundaries of the compound, imran khan's supporters began to gather. this is the path through towards the police line. that's the police compound. and the supporters of imran khan have broken through, blocked up a large amount of the road. and you can see here the clouds of tear gas as the police are trying to attempt to stop them from getting any closer. imran khan's party, the pti, said they wanted protests to continue, but to be peaceful. we saw supporters arrive with sticks and stones. they've shelled on us, says this man, referring to the metal tear gas shells. this is what we've brought to fight against them. you seem to be prepared, we ask. "we're going to bring shotguns and pistols next time if they keep shelling on us like this", he replies. protests reignited in peshawar, too, with the crowd chanting, "imran khan,

your supporters are numerous". in islamabad behind the police line, imran khan faced two corruption cases. on one, he was formally charged and pled not guilty. the full trial will now begin. on the second, he was told he would be remanded for eight days in police custody for investigation. against this febrile backdrop, pakistan is waiting to hold national elections while its economy teeters on the brink. the question of who will run pakistan is one neither side is willing to back down from. caroline davis, bbc news, islamabad. live now to islamabad to my colleague, farhat we have seen eight deaths, 1000 arrests and those clashes are continuing, what sense do you have where you are but this violence has

been brought under control? yes. been brought under control? yes, more than — been brought under control? yes, more than 1000 _ been brought under control? yes, more than 1000 people _ been brought under control? ye: more than 1000 people have been arrested so far in all the major cities of pakistan. today there were clashes between imran khan and's supporters and law enforcement agencies, but at the same time the intensity was much lower than what we have seen yesterday after imran khan was arrested in the capital, when he appeared before the court. there were thousands of his supporters out on the streets across pakistan. they even attacked some of the military installations. they set on fire one resident, a senior commander in lahore. similarly, the setting police vehicles on fire, and at the same time the police were also retaliating and there were clashes, tear gas shelling and many of the protesters were injured, as

well as many policemen were injured and taken to the hospitals. but today they had sporadic protests across the country but the number was lower. what we saw today was their arrests police and other law enforcement agencies were making, they were arresting people who were actively involved in all of these demonstrations which started yesterday. so more than 1000 people have been arrested, eight are dead so far that we know and many dozens are injured and admitted in several hospitals. as for imran khan, he has already been indicted in one case. he is facing allegations that he deliberately did not disclose the amount of money that he received by sending gifts when he was a prime minister. in the other case for which he was arrested yesterday, a physical demand has been given to

the accountability, so he remains detained in islamabad in a highly secure police complex where his supporters are not allowed to go even close to. this is a situation right now, there are clashes happening in different parts of the country but not as much intensity as yesterday. it country but not as much intensity as esterda . , ., ., ., country but not as much intensity as esterda . , ., ., yesterday. it is good to have your u date. yesterday. it is good to have your undate- thank— yesterday. it is good to have your update. thank you. _ let's turn to the us, where 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. however, his victim, ejean carroll, said it was a victory i'm joined now by corinne ramey, a reporter at the wall streetjournal covering white—collar crime and federal law enforcement.

thank you for being with us on the programme. iwonder, thank you for being with us on the programme. i wonder, first of all, what, if anything this verdict changes? what, if anything this verdict chances? , .,, ., what, if anything this verdict chances? , ., . what, if anything this verdict chances? , w ., changes? this was a civil case, not a criminal one. _ changes? this was a civil case, not a criminal one. so _ changes? this was a civil case, not a criminal one. so there _ changes? this was a civil case, not a criminal one. so there is - changes? this was a civil case, not a criminal one. so there is no - changes? this was a civil case, not| a criminal one. so there is no major ramifications for donald trump, besides having to take the $5 million in damages, as ordered by thejury. it remains million in damages, as ordered by the jury. it remains to million in damages, as ordered by thejury. it remains to be million in damages, as ordered by the jury. it remains to be seen what the jury. it remains to be seen what the political ramifications might be. trump has faced and does face many investigations in the us and his supporters have largely seemed unbothered by them. that his supporters have largely seemed unbothered by them.— his supporters have largely seemed unbothered by them. that will be the issue, what impact _ unbothered by them. that will be the issue, what impact perhaps - unbothered by them. that will be the issue, what impact perhaps it - unbothered by them. that will be the issue, what impact perhaps it has - unbothered by them. that will be the issue, what impact perhaps it has on| issue, what impact perhaps it has on his position within the republican party and whether indeed he does run for president once again? he party and whether indeed he does run for president once again?— for president once again? he has said he is running _ for president once again? he has said he is running for— for president once again? he has said he is running for president, | for president once again? he has l said he is running for president, he has denied these allegations and he will appeal. has denied these allegations and he willappeal. i has denied these allegations and he will appeal. i think all indications are that this verdict by itself is

unlikely to deter him. i think some campaign strategists think there could be a compounding effect of this alongside the criminal charges from the manhattan district attorney and if he were to be charged in some of the investigations he is facing at this point. of the investigations he is facing at this point-— at this point. what many people around the _ at this point. what many people around the world _ at this point. what many people around the world will— at this point. what many people around the world will find - at this point. what many people around the world will find pretty astonishing, court cases like this are useful reminder that people in positions of power can be held to account. and yet, as you said, it may not in any way to end his chances of becoming the next us president? chances of becoming the next us resident? ., , chances of becoming the next us resident? . , _, , , president? that is completely true. i was in president? that is completely true. i was in court _ president? that is completely true. i was in court quite _ president? that is completely true. i was in court quite a _ president? that is completely true. i was in court quite a bit _ president? that is completely true. i was in court quite a bit for - president? that is completely true. i was in court quite a bit for this - i was in court quite a bit for this and it was quite striking to see multiple women on the stand testifying under oath about their allegations of sexual abuse by trump. but at the same time, despite these, yes, there is nothing to stop

him from running for the presidency. briefly, if president trump did win the election he would only be allowed to run for one term, having already served a previous term. will other republican contenders be looking at this and think that this is a new opportunity? republican contenders _ is a new opportunity? republican contenders largely _ is a new opportunity? republican contenders largely haven't - is a new opportunity? republican l contenders largely haven't latched onto this particular case in that way. i think it remains to be seen whether it may be this and others could make a difference and become a talking point for them. it is could make a difference and become a talking point for them.— talking point for them. it is good to net talking point for them. it is good to get your _ talking point for them. it is good to get your thoughts, _ talking point for them. it is good to get your thoughts, thank - talking point for them. it is good to get your thoughts, thank you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the release of chatgpt, an online tool that can answer questions in natural, humanlike language has sparked discussions about the future of artificial intelligence and its uses. i went to the university of bath to find out

what sort of conversations lecturers are having. it will handle things like multiple choice questions for example, it'll handle those very well. it's current format, chatg pt really struggles with any of the kind of higher order thinking that we require graduate students demonstrate. today, universities are being urged to teach students how to use chatgpt and other artificial intelligence tools. bath has actually already started using it in some assessments. so one of the things that's great about chatgpt is the fact that it gets students started on things. it won't give them the answers, but it will give them ideas as to what to think, what to do and how to structure their work. bath's policy on chatgpt and other tools is still in the works and is due to be in place from this september. you're live with bbc news. next to ukraine and the battle for bakhmut. nine months after launching its assault russia has still not managed

to capture 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. reporting from the area is dangerous. a video journalist working for the french news agency afp was killed this week in rocket fire in a town just to the west of the city. 0ur defence correspondentjonathan beale and his cameraman lee durant travelled to the frontline of the battle and sent this special report. 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.

live now to lieutenant general ben hodges in prague — he is the former commanding general of us army europe, and now works as senior advisor to human rights first, a non—profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization based in the us. thank you for being with us. can i get your thoughts first of all from what we heard from jonathan beale about bakhmut being the longest and bloodiest centre of the war so far, between 20 and 30,000 russian troops killed there. why is that city so important and what does it tell us about the shape of this war? great re ”ortin about the shape of this war? great reporting by _ about the shape of this war? great reporting by jonathan. _ about the shape of this war? (e—r reporting byjonathan. bakhmut is strategically important to ukraine only because russia continues to feed so many troops and resources into that meat grinder. the city itself, the location itself is not necessarily strategically important. but the fact that the russians have

chosen to focus on it is giving ukraine an opportunity to bleed them while they build up their own forces for this, what we assume will be a counter offensive sometime when their conditions are set. a military doctrine, we would call it an economy of full. of course the ukrainians are suffering terrible casualties there, but they have been able to hang on bakhmut without having to commit these armoured formations they have been building up formations they have been building up in training. strategically, in the end, ukraine, i believe will get a big payoff because of the sacrifice of the soldiers in bakhmut. sacrifice of the soldiers in itakhmut-_ sacrifice of the soldiers in bakhmut. , ., ., sacrifice of the soldiers in bakhmut. , ., . , ., bakhmut. given therefore what you have said, bakhmut. given therefore what you have said. why _ bakhmut. given therefore what you have said, why doesn't _ bakhmut. given therefore what you have said, why doesn't russia - bakhmut. given therefore what you have said, why doesn't russia justl have said, why doesn't russia just simply say it is not worth the cost in resources, human lives and pull out, and even hearing from ukraine saying the whole point of bakhmut is to keep the enemy there. um? saying the whole point of bakhmut is to keep the enemy there.— to keep the enemy there. why are the still to keep the enemy there. why are they still there? _ to keep the enemy there. why are they still there? you _ to keep the enemy there. why are they still there? you have - to keep the enemy there. why are they still there? you have put - to keep the enemy there. why are | they still there? you have put your finger right on the biggest vulnerability the russians are

suffering, from which the russians are suffering. it is the total incoherence in their command structure. the result of that is an incoherent approach to this war. we all watched the ranting the other day and resources is being blamed. you have all the different factions on the russian side not working together, they are not adhering to one operational approach. and so then you have got the commander, who has locked in on bakhmut because he thought this was a place he could get a victory. and now this is his business model, it is about his pride and trying to put the blame on the government. they're not supporting him on to explain why his

forces have still not captured bakhmut. this is why i think they are locked in there because it is not a coherent part of their overall plan. not a coherent part of their overall ian. ,, , ., ~' not a coherent part of their overall ian. .," ., not a coherent part of their overall lan. ,,, . ~' ., ., not a coherent part of their overall plan. speaking of that overall plan, if we look at _ plan. speaking of that overall plan, if we look at the _ plan. speaking of that overall plan, if we look at the war _ plan. speaking of that overall plan, if we look at the war in _ plan. speaking of that overall plan, if we look at the war in general, - if we look at the war in general, lots of speculation about ukraine's spring offensive, not necessarily tied to dates or seasons, but getting the trips ready and resources are making sure the weather conditions are correct. but it is also about supplies coming from the west. does ukraine have what it needs to launch that spring offensive? i what it needs to launch that spring offensive? ~ ., offensive? i think the general staff, the _ offensive? i think the general staff, the ukrainian _ offensive? i think the general staff, the ukrainian general. offensive? i think the general - staff, the ukrainian general staff, which has done a greatjob of landing and organising and also protecting information will tell president zelensky they are ready when they believe they have enough combat power that is properly trained in the resource to achieve the objectives they were set out for, which i believe will be to penetrate on narrow fronts, these russian linear defences. the second

condition it will be there confident the russian defences have been disrupted, the artillery, logistics and command control have been disrupted. and is the track going to be able to sustain or enable a lot of armoured vehicles moving across the ground? i think that they are probably close to this, but i don't think they have everything they need yet. forwhatever think they have everything they need yet. for whatever reason, we, the west, despite the good we have done, we have still stopped short of saying, we want ukraine to win. if we did that there would be no more excuses about providing longer range precision weapons, fixed wing aircraft, etc. but nevertheless, i think we are within a few weeks of them being ready to go.— them being ready to go. general hodues, them being ready to go. general hodges. thank— them being ready to go. general hodges, thank you _ them being ready to go. general hodges, thank you for _ them being ready to go. general hodges, thank you for being - them being ready to go. general| hodges, thank you for being with them being ready to go. general- hodges, thank you for being with us on bbc news. hodges, thank you for being with us on bbc news-— on bbc news. thank you for the

rivilere. in the uk, mirror group newspapers has said it "unreservedly apologises" for an instance of unlawful information gathering, at the start of a court case brought by prince harry and three other people in london. in court documents, the publisher of the mirror newspaper admitted there was "some evidence" of unlawful behaviour that "warra nts compensation". but it denies allegations of voicemail interception in the cases being examined during the trial. lawyers for the duke of sussex, and three other people, argue that executives knew about widespread phone hacking, but did nothing to stop it. live now to our correspondent ellie price, who's outside the high court in london. in an importance trial, an apology but it is limited in its scope? yes! but it is limited in its scope? yes, if the mirror— but it is limited in its scope? yes, if the mirror group _ but it is limited in its scope? yes if the mirror group newspaper were to accept all the charges we have been hearing about over the last few hours, there has been court

documents released today where we have been getting more information into exactly what the claimants say has happened, what the unlawful information gathering might look like. this afternoon, as you say, we have been hearing about the duke of such sussex and how he feels he was targeted around the time of the death of his mother in 1997 and through his career and write up to decades later. i think what we haven't heard before is details about his relationship with his then girlfriend, chelsy davy. the court documents revealed more about the concerns she had, as well as the duke and she felt inevitably the relationship broke up because of the intrusion of the media and because of the unlawful activities that were going on by some of the newspapers. every time he was in a relationship or even a rumoured relationship that

whole person's family and often their friends would be dragged whole person's family and often theirfriends would be dragged into theirfriends would be dragged into the chaos and find themselves the subject of unlawful activity on the part of mgm, say the lawyers. there was nothing and nowhere off—limits. for the first time, prince harry suggesting his relationship with chelsy davy was over in essence because of the activities by the newspaper. she felt, the court has heard in documents, a royal life was not for her. and what was interesting about this case, the scale that is alleged that mirror group newspapers used these sort of activities and the scale of who knew, the suggestion being journalists, editors and right up to board level, including piers morgan, the very famous editor at the time. he denies any involvement in anything unlawful, particularly phone hacking. but i think plenty to come out over the next seven weeks. absolutely, thank you for now. it is

worth pointing out prince harry is due to give evidence injune. that is an important point, the first time a senior royal will be a witness in court in modern times. so worth keeping an eye on that. thousands of people are already in liverpool for the final of the eurovision song contest on saturday. the uk is hosting on behalf of last year's winners ukraine. the contest attracts fans from all over the world — including our very own russia editor steve rosenberg. you may know steve is an excellent pianist. you may not know that he has an encyclopedic knowledge of eurovision tunes. so we've combined the two. steve's in liverpool, entertaining people at a bar in the city, and taking eurovision requests. let's have a listen.

something like that, wasn't it? applause. i have to say, i cannot play every eurovision song. in the history of your revision, there have been 1680 eurovision songs. i cannot play them all. ifi eurovision songs. i cannot play them all. if i could that would be very worrying from a medical point of view, i think. worrying from a medical point of view, ithink. but worrying from a medical point of view, i think. but i worrying from a medical point of view, ithink. but i play worrying from a medical point of view, i think. but i play about 300. 360, i heard, steve. let view, i think. but i play about 300. 360, i heard, steve.— view, i think. but i play about 300. 360, i heard, steve. let me go back to the requests _ 360, i heard, steve. let me go back to the requests coming _ 360, i heard, steve. let me go back to the requests coming in. _ 360, i heard, steve. let me go back to the requests coming in. loads - 360, i heard, steve. let me go back to the requests coming in. loads of| to the requests coming in. loads of requests coming in. we have got jolie he wants to hear arcade by duncan lawrence.— jolie he wants to hear arcade by duncan lawrence.- thatl jolie he wants to hear arcade by i duncan lawrence.- that was jolie he wants to hear arcade by - duncan lawrence.- that was a duncan lawrence. lovely. that was a win for the — duncan lawrence. lovely. that was a win for the netherlands _ duncan lawrence. lovely. that was a win for the netherlands in _ duncan lawrence. lovely. that was a win for the netherlands in 2019, - duncan lawrence. lovely. that was a win for the netherlands in 2019, i - win for the netherlands in 2019, i think.

music: arcade, by duncan lawrence

arcade. thank you very much. applause. 0, katrina and the waves. love shine a light. classic from 1997. studio: if you want to watch more of steve and those amazing skills, head to the bbc website. headlines coming for you next. hello there. it's another day where we're going to see pretty widespread showers around. and some of the biggest storms are likely to be affecting parts of east anglia and southeast

england. hard to believe really, when we start off the morning with skies like these and fairly innocuous looking clouds. now, the satellite picture does show quite a nice curl of cloud towards the north west of the uk, an area of low pressure here with a weather front wrapped around it and with the winds kind of aligned with these bands of heavy showers across southern counties of northern ireland, southern and eastern areas of scotland, it's here where we'll have some fairly lengthy downpours through the course of the day. further southwards, the showers across england, wales moving at about 20 miles an hour or so today. but some of the biggest ones will be across eastern areas of england, particularly east anglia and southeast england, capable of bringing 20 or 30 millimetres of rain in the space of an hour or two. we could see some localised flooding from those heaviest downpours later on today. overnight tonight, it's going to take a time for those showers to ease away. and with the area of low pressure moving southwards across northern ireland, here we'll see further showers and rather cloudy skies overnight. temperatures for most overnight between around six

and eight degrees celsius. and tomorrow it is another kind of day of sunshine and showers. showers to start off with through the morning in northern ireland. some of the heaviest showers i think through the day develop across parts of wales and across the midlands as well, whereas across eastern areas of england, where you could see a few storms around for the early part of the afternoon, they'll probably die away as we head towards the evening time as we start to develop a cooler easterly wind across the east. on into friday's forecast, where we're going to start to get our winds coming in from the east or northeast across england and wales, whereas high pressure will start to build in across the north. so scotland and northern ireland having a fine day with some sunny spells developing. should be dry here. showers or some longer spells of rain work eastwards across england through the day. and with those east northeasterly winds, it's going to start to feel a good deal colder across eastern areas with temperatures around 1a, 15 degrees or so with the highest temperatures high teens also in the west, the weekend weather prospects starting off not badly with an area

of high pressure around. doesn't last, though. the second half of the weekend, we are going to see the cloud thicken up with rain on the way. so some warm spells of sunshine around on saturday. sunday, cloudier with rain at times. bye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines. at least eight people are killed during violence in pakistan, sparked by a corruption case against the former prime minister imran khan. in the uk, the publisher of the mirror newspaper has apologised to prince harry for unlawful information gathering, at the start of a trial over alleged phone—hacking. deadly airstrikes engulf gaza city as israeli military and palestinian militants continue their assault. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre.

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