west is last 75 years. the west is absolutely complicit in this whole operation, and the declaration was issued _ operation, and the declaration was issued here, and since then the palestinian people have been on a continuous — palestinian people have been on a continuous ongoing state of disposition, subjugation, a procedure meant, and we have just heard _ procedure meant, and we have just heard about the term terrorism. when you send _ heard about the term terrorism. when you send your 40 warplanes to gaza, bombarding — you send your 40 warplanes to gaza, bombarding residential compounds, killing _ bombarding residential compounds, killing all— bombarding residential compounds, killing all these children and women, _ killing all these children and women, wiping out entire families, that is— women, wiping out entire families, that is the — women, wiping out entire families, that is the definition of terrorism. we have — that is the definition of terrorism. we have to — that is the definition of terrorism. we have to be careful about the use of the _ we have to be careful about the use of the term — we have to be careful about the use of the term terrorism. the palestinian people have been subjected to a state—sponsored terrorism — subjected to a state—sponsored terrorism for a 75 year period. i am auoin to terrorism for a 75 year period. i am going to move _ terrorism for a 75 year period. i am going to move on. _ terrorism for a 75 year period. i am going to move on, but _ terrorism for a 75 year period. i am going to move on, but i _ terrorism for a 75 year period. l—n going to move on, but i willjust explain why i am using the word terrorism, because they are an internationally recognised terrorist group. i want to ask you about the cycle of the assassinations, the rocket attacks, the violence, the unrest. doesn't that mean that

actually, palestinian politicians are feeling the palestinian people? because it is never ending. everyone is feelin: because it is never ending. everyone is feeling the — because it is never ending. everyone is feeling the palestinian _ because it is never ending. everyone is feeling the palestinian people, - is feeling the palestinian people, including — is feeling the palestinian people, including the international system. including _ including the international system. including palestinian politicians? for 75 years, things have not gone in the _ for 75 years, things have not gone in the direction of achieving justice. _ in the direction of achieving justice, the palestinian... you just heard _ justice, the palestinian... you just heard from — justice, the palestinian... you just heard from your guest that he absolutely declined to support the two state solution, because the whole _ two state solution, because the whole thing is about jewish supremacy. that is what is happening injerusalem, that is what is happening in the west bank. 134 killed _ happening in the west bank. 134 killed this year in the west bank and gaza... if killed this year in the west bank and gaza- - -_ and gaza... if you accept that palestinian _ and gaza... if you accept that palestinian politicians - and gaza... if you accept that palestinian politicians are - and gaza... if you accept that. palestinian politicians are feeling palestinian politicians are feeling palestinian people, what are you going to do? what are you going to bring to the table? palestinian eo - le bring to the table? palestinian people have — bring to the table? palestinian people have allied _ bring to the table? palestinian people have allied themselves bring to the table? palestinian - people have allied themselves with international, accepted the two

state _ international, accepted the two state solution. what failed us was the inability of the international community to enforce its own resolutions... community to enforce its own resolutions. . ._ resolutions. .. but now the international— resolutions... but now the international community, | resolutions... but now the - international community, egypt for example, has been silent to broker a ceasefire. the national security adviser at the white house has called for restraint, you ignore that. ~ ., ., . , that. we do not, we are actively seekin: that. we do not, we are actively seeking that. — that. we do not, we are actively seeking that, we _ that. we do not, we are actively seeking that, we are _ that. we do not, we are actively seeking that, we are after - that. we do not, we are actively seeking that, we are after all i that. we do not, we are actively i seeking that, we are after all these countries _ seeking that, we are after all these countries bring about a ceasefire. while _ countries bring about a ceasefire. while the — countries bring about a ceasefire. while the rockets still going on? even the palestinian casualties, that happened before the rockets, not of— that happened before the rockets, not of the — that happened before the rockets, not of the rockets it will continue. what _ not of the rockets it will continue. what are — not of the rockets it will continue. what are you prepared to do, what will you offer, finally? let what are you prepared to do, what will you offer, finally?— will you offer, finally? let me tell ou one will you offer, finally? let me tell you one thing- — will you offer, finally? let me tell you one thing. the _ will you offer, finally? let me tell you one thing. the whole - will you offer, finally? let me tell you one thing. the whole thing i you one thing. the whole thing about israel— you one thing. the whole thing about israel enforcing some sort of rule of law — israel enforcing some sort of rule of law l — israel enforcing some sort of rule of law... . . . i. israel enforcing some sort of rule i of law- - -— and of law... i am asking about you. and that we are — of law... i am asking about you. and that we are the _ of law... i am asking about you. and that we are the ones _ of law... i am asking about you. and that we are the ones who _ of law... i am asking about you. and that we are the ones who are - that we are the ones who are always apparent _ that we are the ones who are always apparent has got to end. israel is supporting — apparent has got to end. israel is supporting a system of apartheid,

according — supporting a system of apartheid, according to every human rights organisation, that is what it is enforcing _ organisation, that is what it is enforcing. international law is cleai’, _ enforcing. international law is clear, people under such oppression and subjugation have the right to resist. _ and subjugation have the right to resist. as— and subjugation have the right to resist, as per international law. when _ resist, as per international law. when we — resist, as per international law. when we take israel to the international court ofjustice to hear— international court ofjustice to hear from _ international court ofjustice to hear from globaljustices, judges, does _ hear from globaljustices, judges, does the — hear from globaljustices, judges, does the uk that votes against us, the us— does the uk that votes against us, the us that vetoes us, when we... | the us that vetoes us, when we... i am the us that vetoes us, when we... am going to the us that vetoes us, when we... i am going to have to... thank you. unless that impunity ends, you will see many— unless that impunity ends, you will see many more palestinian victims, unfortunately. see many more palestinian victims, unfortunately-— see many more palestinian victims, unfortunately. thank you very much for bein: unfortunately. thank you very much for being with _ unfortunately. thank you very much for being with us _ unfortunately. thank you very much for being with us tonight _ unfortunately. thank you very much for being with us tonight on - for being with us tonight on newsnight, doctor husam zomlot, thank you. that's all from us tonight. don't forget if you want to get in touch, it's newsnight@bbc. co. uk. i'm back tomorrow. till then, enjoy the rest of your evening. goodnight.

working with the animals helped out with the ptsd. when i was in the army i did quite a few tours of northern ireland, and i got very bad ptsd. i still have problems now with my ptsd, but it's nice to do. she's my favourite chicken, she follows me everywhere. you can see how grateful the animals are. we are really struggling with the nations at the minute.

with the donations at the minute. it's just getting a lot. we've done a lot of work, we've built a lot, we took in no end of animals, because they need help. when you get something in that is really, really ill, and it might take a week, it might take two weeks, it might take six months, it might take a year, but at the end of it... he sobs. ..let him go. you're live with bbc news. pakistan's supreme court has ordered the release of the former prime minister imran khan, saying his arrest on tuesday was illegal. these are pictures filmed by a bbc team at the court in islamabad as mr khan arrived at the supreme court earlier. there was tight security in islamabad, but no repeat of the violent clashes between the security forces and mr khan's supporters, which has left at least ten people dead. in court, mr khan alleged that he had been beaten when he was taken away

by paramilitary troops. there's been no immediate response from the security forces to his claim. our correspondent caroline davies was in court, and has the latest from islamabad. it's been a pretty spectacular day just at the point when we heard imran khan is looking likely to be in police custody for a further week, we knew many members, senior leaders of his party, the pti party, were also being arrested. we had seen in two days of unrest across the country but the big questions were, what's going happen next? of course this intervention by the supreme court who called imran khan to appear in front of them with about an hour notice. took a few hours to get imran khan to court. i was inside the court complex,we had all been waiting outside of one entrance when we suddenly heard he was going to be appearing in another. media, we all ran through corridors and managed to see him for his first appearance in the course of two days. the first time we'd seen them since that arrest. he came through the corridors, didn't answer questions, and went straight into the courtroom

where he appeared in front of three chiefjustices of the supreme court. who as you say then told him that the arrest against him that had happened on tuesday was, in their words, invalid and unlawful. that is connected to the fact, they say, that the process that was followed, the fact he was inside the court complex and had submitted themselves, in their words, to the justice process. he was trying to get his biometrics done at this particular point when he then was taken by the paratroopers as we're seeing some images from tuesday that have been circulating around the world. they say that he had his justice denied in that process of being arrested while he was inside the court complex and therefore that meant that his arrest was invalid. that means they are having to start the entire process again. they say tomorrow when he appears back in that court, the islamabad high court, and he will appear in front of thejudge again. in the meantime, he is currently under the supreme court's protection. he will remain within the police compound in islamabad. that is because, they say,

even though he asked to be able to go home, they say for his security and protection he needs to stay within the police compound, although he will be allowed to have guests there. and staying with him as well. when mr khan appeared in front of the judiciary he was very defiant, he described the way they could be treated in his words as being like a terrorist. to the point where the judiciary were interrupting him and saying other people have been treated worse than you have, mr khan inside the justice system. he was very defiant, very angry about his treatment. after the case finished and he had been told he was able to stay within the police compound, he stayed with in court within the next 15 minutes taking questions from media as well. really quite a defiant performance by mr khan today. caroline davies they are reported and speak to the bbc article earlier. let's take a look at

some of the stories in the headlines in the uk.... higher food prices, for longer. that's the warning from the bank of england as it raises interest rates for the 12th time in a row. rates rose from 4.25% to 4.5% — the highest in almost 15 years. the bank has been rapidly raising rates to try to slow the sharp rise in the cost of living. the closure of the only nhs gender clinic for children in england and wales has been delayed to march 2024, a year later than first planned. based in the tavistock centre in london, it will be replaced by two regional hubs, but will continue providing care for roughly 1,000 children until then. there is currently thought to be a waiting list of several thousand. and for the first time ever in the uk, wind power has generated more energy than gas. in the first three months of this year, a third of the country's electric supply came from wind farms, according to research by imperial college london. the national grid said it's been a record period for solar power, too.

the united kingdom has become the first country to send longer—range missiles to ukraine as its forces prepare to launch a counter offensive against the russian invasion. the storm shadow missiles can travel more than 150 miles and will give ukrainian forces the ability to strike deep into russian—held territory. . a spokesperson for president putin says russia would take what he called an �*appropriate�* military response. our correspondent hugo bachega reports from kyiv. ukraine is getting ready to attack. a counteroffensive is imminent. a major attempt to push back russia. kyiv says it still doesn't have everything it needs, but more help is on the way. the donation of these weapon systems gives ukraine the best chance to defend themselves against russia's continued brutality, especially the deliberate targeting of ukrainian civilian infrastructure, which is against international law. ukraine has a right to be able to defend itself against this.

the use of storm shadow will allow ukraine to push back russian forces based within ukrainian sovereign territory. the uk is the first country to supply ukraine with longer range cruise missiles. they can hit targets at least 150 miles away. this is the kind of weapon ukraine has long said it needs to be able to destroy russian command centres, fuel and ammunition dumps, deep in enemy—controlled areas. they come with a promise. they can only be used within ukrainian territory. russia reacted even before the announcement. it said its military would respond appropriately. russian forces have been focused on seizing bakhmut in the east. a city that now lies in ruins. there, the head of the mercenary wagner group said territory that had been captured was now being thrown away. the ukrainian counteroffensive will be decided by this man,

president zelensky. if he delays the attack it gives time for russia to reinforce positions. if he rushes into it, his military could fail. are you ready for this counteroffensive? translation: mentally, we're ready. in terms of how motivated our military are, we're ready. in terms of enough personnel in our brigades, we're ready. in terms of equipment, we are expecting armoured vehicles. they arrive in batches. we can advance with what we've got and i think we can be successful but we will lose a lot of people. i think that is unacceptable. we need to wait. this counteroffensive is likely to be extremely challenging and deadly too, for a country that has already lost so many of its soldiers. ukraine knows it needs to succeed to guarantee continued military support from the west so that this doesn't become another frozen conflict.

hopes are high and ukraine is trying to manage expectations. it's surprised its allies in the past. it hopes to do it again. and redefine the war. hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... the us has accused south africa of supplying weapons to russia despite its pledge of neutrality in the war in ukraine. us ambassador reuben brigety claimed that a russian ship was loaded with arms in cape town last december. south african president cyril ramaphosa's office has said its �*disappointed by the claims�*. twitter ceo elon musk has taken to social media to announce he's found a new replacement to head the social media platform. he has yet to name the ceo but he did say that she will be starting in six weeks. now if you've seen much bbc content recently, you'll know there's something called the eurovision song contest going on.

in the last hour, the second semi—final finished. colin paterson has more. fans flocking to the second eurovision semifinal. there are 16 countries competing for the final ten places in saturday's contest, and there are a lot of belgians. they will definitely go to the finals and will end up second. that's a confident and very specific prediction. absolutely. music. experts said this was by far the weaker of the two semis, but belgium's gustav did indeed prove to be particularly popular in the arena. music. greece's victor is only 16, but his khaki clothes brought back memories of steve irwin. # god, you're such a good writer.

# oh, it's not me. # it's edgar. austria's tia and selena sang about the ghost of the gothic writer edgar allan poe. music. ...and the royalty rates writers receive from streaming services. # promise me it's gonna. while the frontman of australia's entry, voyager, daniel estrin, combines being a rock god with his dayjob as an immigration lawyer. # promise me it's gonna be all right. the last act through to the grand final... and when it came to the results, which included the votes of people in the uk. ..slovenia! meaning it was farewell to romania, san marino, georgia, iceland, greece and denmark. now to the real business, the final on saturday. colin paterson, bbc news, liverpool.

xis x is exciting times in the bbc will have all the action for you to stop for now if that is all. hello there. over the past few days, we've seen lots of rainbows. there's been some very heavy rain and lots of thunder and lightning. and on thursday, we had some funnel clouds coming down from the base of the cloud. that rotating cylinder of air, if it hit the ground, it would have been a tornado. funnel cloud is not unusual at this time of the year. don't think we're going to see any, though, over the next few days because low pressure is going to take the heavy showers into central southern parts of europe. high pressure building across the uk. but we're seeing an east or northeasterly breeze coming in that's dragging in all the cloud from off the north sea. so great start for many central and eastern parts of the uk that finger of rain moves down briefly to affect east anglia, the southeast, maybe the east midlands, before arriving in dorset. ahead of that one or two showers

for wales in the southwest. for many western parts of the uk, it's going to be dry with some lengthy spells of sunshine and warm as well. temperatures 18, 19 degrees where we keep the cloud, though, for eastern parts of england, much cooler, 13 or 14 nearer the mark and a cool breeze blowing in as well. that breeze will blow in more cloud overnight, particularly across central and eastern england on saturday morning. but it should burn back towards some of those north sea coasts with sunshine developing more widely. and it's going to be warm in that sunshine and light winds as well. temperatures are going to be higher on saturday, probably peaking at 20 or 21 celsius in quite a few places. second half of the weekend sees some changes because the high pressure, the releases, its grip and this weather front will move down from the northwest. that will bring some rain into scotland and northern ireland and eventually a bit of that rain will move over the irish sea into far western parts of england and wales. ahead of that we'll see some sunny spells and barring one or two light showers, it may well be dry and it's going to be quite warm across the eastern side of england and through the midlands, temperatures again, 20 or 21 celsius. but over towards the northwest,

things are turning much cooler nearer 15 or 16 degrees in that rain. that rain then pushes its way down across the country overnight. and then following on from that early next week, we have more of a northwesterly breeze and that's going to bring in some cooler air as well. so the peak of the temperatures looks like being over the weekend. after that, things are cooling down. there'll be some sunshine around into next week. we can see just how low those temperatures are going to be. there will be some showers, but not the heavy ones that we've seen of late.

welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. it's easy to forget more than a year into his costly invasion of ukraine, but vladimir putin had some staunch allies amongst europe's political elite — berlusconi in italy, schroeder in germany come to mind. so too does my guest today, karin kneissl, the former austrian foreign minister who famously danced with putin at her own wedding in 2018.