live from london, this is bbc news. in the next 60 minutes, all the main uk stories — together with the latest breaking developments internationally. 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. donald trump says he will appeal against a verdict that found him guilty of sexually harassing ej against a verdict that found him guilty of sexually harassing e] and carol. she calls a victory able dust ruling a victory for all women. itrailien ruling a victory for all women. when the tree said — ruling a victory for all women. when the tree said yes, _ ruling a victory for all women. when the tree said yes, we _ ruling a victory for all women. when the tree said yes, we looked - ruling a victory for all women. when the tree said yes, we looked at - ruling a victory for all women. igs�*iez�*i the tree said yes, we looked at each other. it was such an overwhelming moment. —— when the jury said yes. at least eight people are killed during violence in pakistan,

sparked by a corruption case against the former prime minister imran khan. the publisher of the mirror newspaper has apologised to prince harry for unlawful information gathering. the principles like lawyers say harry was subjected to the most intrusive methods of obtaining personal information. —— the mirror�*s lawyers. they say they knew but failed to act. the company denies allegations of voice mail interception in the cases that are being examined. tom simon's reports. now a third case against tabloid owned by the mirror group. he will give evidence next month. he's

joined in this case by the coronation street actor michael lavelle who arrived this morning to hear opening statements. another actorfrom hear opening statements. another actor from the hear opening statements. another actorfrom the soap, hear opening statements. another actor from the soap, and hear opening statements. another actorfrom the soap, and fiona whiteman are also bringing claims. prince harry is suing over 147 newspaper articles which go back long before his marriage to meghan. from the 2000s onwards, the tablets were desperate for gossip about him and his girlfriends like chelsey davey, so reporters got access to his private voice mail messages. today his barristers said that as a young adult, harry was subjected to blatantly unlawful and appalling newsgathering methods. if he and the three other alleged victims win, many could sue. it three other alleged victims win, many could sue.— three other alleged victims win, many could sue. it makes it much more likely _ many could sue. it makes it much more likely that _ many could sue. it makes it much more likely that the _ many could sue. it makes it much more likely that the mirror - many could sue. it makes it much more likely that the mirror will. more likely that the mirror will have to accept and settle other cases brought before them because the background was there was widespread activity and all these

private investigators were paid for illegal activity. in private investigators were paid for illegal activity-— illegal activity. in 2015 the case involvin: illegal activity. in 2015 the case involving the _ illegal activity. in 2015 the case involving the actress _ illegal activity. in 2015 the case involving the actress resulted l illegal activity. in 2015 the case| involving the actress resulted in the mirror newspaper groups admitting that phones were hacked and private investigators were illegally obtained. the latest trial is about what senior people knew ended. the court heard senior investigators and piers morgan... it was as barristers claimed that the stock in trade of tabloid journalism. this will be a trial which reaches back to a different era when print was dominant and people actually left voicemails. decades later, the reputations of the mirror newspapers are on the line. tom simmons, bbc news. 0ur correspondent ellie price was outside the high court a little earlier to explain what happens next. there has been court documents released today where we've been getting more information into

exactly what the claimants say has happened, what the unlawful information gathering might look like. in this afternoon, as you say, we've been hearing about the duke of sussex and about how he feels he was targeted since around the time of death of his mother in 1997. all through his career and right up to decades later. now i think what we hadn't heard before was details about his relationship with his then girlfriend chelsea davey. the court heard of in court documents today, we heard more about the concerns she had, as well as the duke, and that she felt inevitably the relationship broke up because of the intrusion of the media and the unlawful activities that were going on by some of the newspapers. so a quote we hear every time he was in a relationship or even a rumoured relationship, that whole person's family and friends would be dragged

into the chaos and find themselves the subject of unlawful activity on the subject of unlawful activity on the part of mgn, say the lawyers. there was nothing or know where that was off—limits. we here for the first time prince harry suggesting that his relationship with chelsea davey was overdue to antics by the newspaper. she felt, the court is heard in documents, that a royal life was not for her. but i think is also interesting about this case is this scale that's being alleged that the mirror newspapers used these sorts of activities and the scale of who knew, the suggestion being that journalists, editors, right up to board level, including piers morgan, the very famous editor at the time— he of course denies any involvement in anything unlawful, particularly phone hacking, but plenty to come out in the next several weeks. 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. she's been speaking on the abc programme good morning america — here's what she had to say a short time ago. how do you feel? i feel fantastic! yesterday was probably the happiest day of my life. but it has been quite an ordeal hasn't it? it's been four years. only fouryears, i'm surprised you say like that? i only decided to come forward and tell what happened, i thought that was enough. then he said terrible things about me, dragged me through the mud, ground my face into the dirt. it was horrible, so i talked

to robbie, and robbie and i brought a lawsuit against donald trump. and yesterday, despite prosecutors and special councils, and investigators compiling all these legal snarls, it was this 53" wily female attorney and this elderly 79—year—old advice columnist who finally holding donald trump libel. —— liable. was there any point during the trial where you are concerned, questions about your credibility, saying you didn't remember exactly when this happens, they talked about this facebook post when he said you were a fan of the apprentice, were you shaken at all during the trial? it was three days of testimony, i was shaking quite a bit. but i felt strong because i knew i was telling the truth, and i just stuck to it.

you also at one point said you didn't go to the police earlier because it felt shameful. is any part of you blaming yourself to have this go on so long? absolutely, i blame myself after having hourly, i was too ashamed to even think, what a stupid thing i did. how about yesterday in the court room, the first announcement was made and he wasn't found liable for rape, what were you thinking at that moment? robbie and i were sitting and holding hands. her hand was ice cold. ice cold. when the jury said yes, we looked at each other and that was the moment. it was such a wonderful, overwhelming moment.

so that is ejean carroll after that successful verdict in that trial. as for mr trump, he made his thoughts public on his own social media platform on tuesday, just a short time after the news. i have absolutely no - idea who this woman is. the verdict is a disgrace. a continuation of the greatest witchhunt of all time. - absolutely a shame. important details emerging in that long—running trial, but we've been discussing in the programme what implications that has, if any, for donald trump and his position within the republican party. let's speak to anthony's worker who joins us from washington. good to talk to you. that's what many people are

wondering, if republicans finally say to themselves that enough is enough. say to themselves that enough is enou:h. . �* , say to themselves that enough is enou:h. . �*, ,., say to themselves that enough is enou:h. . �*, j enough. that's something they've been asking _ enough. that's something they've been asking themselves - enough. that's something they've been asking themselves since - enough. that's something they've . been asking themselves since donald trump first ran for president in 2015. and the answer to the question in the past has been, donald trump's base still sticks with them, nothing dense his armour particularly among republican voters. now i think this will definitely be a distraction for him, he'll have a town hall appearance on a cable network tonight and i'm sure he'll be asked about that when he'd much rather talk about his criticisms ofjoe biden cosmic presidency. and this will probably hurt him with women voters, suburban voters, if he makes it to a general election because those types of voters didn't really like him in 2020, they turned away from him in 2020 and a finding by a jury from him in 2020 and a finding by a jury like this on sexual abuse plays into a lot of what they don't like about donald trump. so in the short run it may not hurt him, but in the long run it will have an impact. what will discussions be in the

republican party right now about other contenders for that republican nomination? isis other contenders for that republican nomination? is is their opportunity to enter the fray, or where they say, "hang on, let's stay out of this until things blow over?" that's a debate lot of trump's rivals are having right now, is this the opportunity for them to go on the attack? ., �* , . ~ attack? you'll member back in 2015-16, that _ attack? you'll member back in 2015-16, that was _ attack? you'll member back in 2015-16, that was a _ attack? you'll member back in 2015-16, that was a debate - attack? you'll member back in i 2015-16, that was a debate where 2015—16, that was a debate where trump is mike rivals held their fire, thinking trump would collapse on his own accord and they would sweep in and filled the void. that never happened, and others at risk that if they keep waiting, that won't happen again. but you're hearing discussions amongst senior republican leaders and senders that this is bad for donald trump. john thune, a senate leader said that this thing has a cumulative effect and voters will have to decide if they want to put up with the drama. and texas senatorjohn cornyn said yesterday he doesn't think donald

trump can win a general election. so there is concern amongst some republican circles that this is bad for trump, the question is will that concern turned into attacks on donald trump and support for one of his rivals? latte donald trump and support for one of his rivals? ~ . ., . , ., his rivals? we heard that clip from trum - , his rivals? we heard that clip from trump. straight — his rivals? we heard that clip from trump, straight out _ his rivals? we heard that clip from trump, straight out of _ his rivals? we heard that clip from trump, straight out of the - his rivals? we heard that clip from trump, straight out of the trump l trump, straight out of the trump playbook, saying he has no idea who the woman is, the verdict is a disgrace, "a continuation of the greatest witchhunt of all time." that sergey has worked well for him in the past, what suggests it won't in the past, what suggests it won't in the past, what suggests it won't in the future? —— that strategy. it could, particularly amongst his base, when i go to trump rallies and speak to his supporters, they share his view that the american justice system, the political establishment is out to get donald trump, so whenever something like this happens, whether he's been indicted by a new york grand jury or found liable in thisjury by a new york grand jury or found liable in this jury case in by a new york grand jury or found liable in thisjury case in new york, orany liable in thisjury case in new york, or any investigations ongoing

into january 6th, the handling of classified documents, the one going on in georgia, with his pressure on officials after the 2020 election, all of this is viewed as a larger attempt to get donald trump and none of them make any kind of impact on their support for him.— their support for him. anthony, thank yon _ now to 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 eight 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. 0ur 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? no, we have no access yet. 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. 0n 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 davies, bbc news, islamabad. live now to washington, where uzair younus isjoining us. he is the director of

the pakistan initiative, at the atlantic council's south asia centre. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. 24 hours after that arrest, there have been already eight deaths, there have been 1000 arrests. i wonder what your assessment is of where this goes, what happens next? this assessment is of where this goes, what happens next?— assessment is of where this goes, what happens next? this is a ma'or escalation in — what happens next? this is a ma'or escalation in an d what happens next? this is a ma'or escalation in an ongoing i what happens next? this is a ma'or escalation in an ongoing game h what happens next? this is a major escalation in an ongoing game of. escalation in an ongoing game of thrones between him on the con and the government on one hand —— and ron khan. they are locked in this battle in the military playing this role behind the scenes dash one. the escalation in my view will continue to go on for the foreseeable future. we are hearing about a crackdown against the pti that's unfolding at this point in time. the military has been deployed in punjab, and i think that this is basically the end of the romance between imran khan and the romance between imran khan and the pakistani military that has been ongoing for decades.—

ongoing for decades. interesting to talk of the man _ ongoing for decades. interesting to talk of the man himself, _ ongoing for decades. interesting to talk of the man himself, some - talk of the man himself, some describing imran khan as the most divisive man in pakistan, some saying he is pakistan's most popular leader. can you be both things? yes. leader. can you be both things? yes, and imran khan _ leader. can you be both things? yes, and imran khan has— leader. can you be both things? is: and imran khan has proven he's leader. can you be both things? 12: and imran khan has proven he's both things. if you look at the polls, he is or could be the most popular politician in pakistan. and what he's done with his populist politics over the last few years in particular is divide the entire country, divided institutions, we see a split in the supreme court of pakistan, we hear murmurings about junior ranking officers in the military unhappy with how imran khan was ousted and has been dealt with. so pakistan is a divided country at this point in time, and getting more divided by the day. and unfortunately for a country on the brink of economic default, and in a country withjust a brink of economic default, and in a country with just a few months ago 33 million people were devastated by catastrophic floods, pakistan's

ruling class is locked in a game of thrones for it's a matter of survival for mr khan thrones for it's a matter of survivalfor mr khan on one end, and the chief of army staff in pakistan, the chief of army staff in pakistan, the most powerful general in the country, on the other.— the most powerful general in the country, on the other. given that -tressin country, on the other. given that pressing an _ country, on the other. given that pressing an economic— country, on the other. given that pressing an economic need, - country, on the other. given that pressing an economic need, i - country, on the other. given that - pressing an economic need, i wonder what message the sense of the world and what this does for relations with other nations? i'm thinking of china, but when you talk about the economy and the imf, which pakistan is reliant for for economy and the imf, which pakistan is reliant forforfunding? {hind is reliant for for funding? china and pakistan _ is reliant for for funding? china and pakistan publicly _ is reliant for for funding? china and pakistan publicly related i is reliant for for funding? (in “is. and pakistan publicly related the message this week some measure of stability to return to pakistan. hours after they left, here we are. the message is clear that instability will grow in pakistan, but it's important for the international community, particularly the us and the eu, and britain in particular, because they are large markets, there's a big pakistani diaspora in these countries as well, that they remain

engaged in continue to remind leaders in pakistan across the board that the rule of law, democracy, democratic norms in the constitution should be upheld in pakistan, and that the era of supporting experiments in the country, dictatorial experiments in the past will not be tolerated any more. good to talk to you. _ will not be tolerated any more. good to talk to you, thank _ will not be tolerated any more. good to talk to you, thank you _ will not be tolerated any more. good to talk to you, thank you for being with us. :, ~ to talk to you, thank you for being with us. ., ~ , ., around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the release of chatgpt, an online tool that can answer questions in natural human—like 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. in its current format, chatgpt really struggles with any of the kind of higher—order thinking that we require graduate students to 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 a fact that it gets students started on things — it won't give them the answers, but it'll 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 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 correspondent jonathan beale, and his cameraman lee durant, travelled to the front line 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 1,000 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. myroslav 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. much more on that story on the bbc news website. also the publisher of the mirror newspaper apologising to prince harry for unlawful information gathering. that is the

start of a trial over alleged phone hacking. loads more info on eurovision, final on saturday. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it'as been a day of sunny spells and heavy showers and the skies look very dark and threatening in ashbourne, in derbyshire with shower cloud working across the horizon. and we have seen showers across the uk today. but most of the thunderstorms have tended to concentrate across east scotland, central and eastern parts of england as well. it has been another wet month so far across parts of southern england. we have had more than the average for may. that makes it the third consecutive month in a row it has been wetter than normal. parts of northern scotland has been drier than normal across the north of the uk. during this evening and overnight, the area of low pressure responsible for the shower slips into northern ireland. there will be further showers here,

one or two keeping going across western part of england and wales but most of the showers will fade away and we will have some clear spells overnight. temperatures for most is between 6—8 degrees. tomorrow is another showery day, and elsewhere a bit of modern sunshine before the show really get going across east scotland and east england. once they have developed during the early afternoon they will move inland, leaving some of the biggest downpours late in the afternoon across wales and the midlands as well. temperatures generally reaching about 15—18 degrees. where we have some sunshine it will not feel too bad. friday does see some changes as this high pressure moves into the north—west. the low pressure pushes a weather front into eastern areas. north—easterly winds, a change in the wind direction bringing more cloud and perhaps early morning mist patches. thickest cloud for eastern and central england, thick enough to bring light outbreaks of rain as we go through the day.

eastern areas, chilly, 13—14 degrees. work we do have sunshine in the west, temperatures high teens, might even squeeze a 20 in a few areas. the weekend, we have high pressure to start with but for the second half of the weekend, this cold front is going to gradually push a band of rain into the north—west. for most of us, saturday is a decent day. could be a few showers around but mostly dry with sunshine and temperatures could reach the low 20s. it is on sunday more of us will see outbreaks of rain developing and it will turn a bit cooler.

apologising to prince harry for unlawful information gathering. during the trial over alleged phone hacking. the archbishop has condemned the uk government illegal migration built in the speech of the house of lords. and donald trump says he will appeal against the verdict that found him guilty of sexually abusing and defaming the journalist.