live from london. this is bbc news. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan is to be released from custody hours afterjudges granted him protective bail. the countdown to eurovision is on. we'll have all the latest from liverpool and we'll find out if the superfans know their eurovision hits. the russian foreign ministry issues a statement calling britain's supply of long range cruise missiles to ukraine "another hostile step" conflict. pakistan's former prime minister we start with breaking news out of pakistan. imran khan has finally

left the high court in islamabad more than ten hours afterjudge ordered his release with him he was arrested on corruption charges on tuesday. that sparked lots of violent protests for that then the supreme court effectively overruled that decision saying that he was free to leave. then we heard from him saying he is free to leave but he is effectively being detained in that car complex with that we've been watching for the last few hours. we have now got a tweet from his party, pti parties saying that he is on his way out of the air. he has left the court complex, he's rusty islam about toll plaza he said —— islamabad. he is accompanied by workers and supporters in along the way thousands of workers are also present at motorway interchanges and to express solidarity with their

leader. the presumption is he's travelling the court complex put let's show you pictures of him earlier in the court this was him inside with the sunglasses surrounded by people. a fairly chaotic picture. that's when he had been told, the supreme court had effectively overturned his arrest on his corruption charges wouldn't now be served for another two weeks for the heat is effectively a stay of execution for two weeks with the charges of corruption, etc remain on the books. to sort all this out, to clear it all out for us i think we can go live to caroline davies. bring us up to date with the latest. yes we've had a series of developments i'll try talking through them. the most important, the moment is that imran khan has now left the islamabad high court.

he has headed back to his home, that's about a four hourjourney from islam about to get back for that we know that is something he's been asking for sensi appeared in front of the supreme court, also in islamabad yesterday. it is quite confusing, there's been a lot of different developments. tuesday he was at islamabad high court. that's where he was arrested. he was then under police custody, we didn't see him for several days until thursday when he appeared in front of the supreme court call by the chief justice bear who said he wanted to see him up here. he then told imran khan that the way he'd been arrested was a legal at that other court. and therefore that meant the entire process would have to start all over again. in the meantime imran con ended up staying overnight in a police compound area. he was told it was for his own safety although he

was for his own safety although he was allowed to have guests and visitors. today he was appearing at islam about high court covered the very court he was a resident, essentially restarting that procedure from scratch to see what would happen. there was a potential outcome as to whether or not he would be given bail, whether those arrest charges could be back to put back again. avenues for that particular charts he initially said yes, you've been given bailfor a few weeks he then had series of otherjudges come into the court, imran con and it appeared in front of them. the upshot was that all of the other cases also against imran khan, he's been given bail on them on till monday. monday is now the key new date and what is happening here in pakistan. quite a series of events. he was told that he was able to be given this bail but it would be held across pakistan, notjust in the remit of islamabad. it would hold until monday. he ended up being in the court for a wild. i spent

quite a few hours in the courtroom speaking to him, speaking to his team for the —— court for a wild. he was calm, taking selfies with people, he was conducting interviews with journalists was that as time went on and being kept there, waiting for paperwork to come through he started to get more agitated. the dues that resulted in him doing the announcement to the public saying he was been given excuses of why he couldn't leave. ultimately the police did clear and he has now headed back to loure. i think the fact that he was getting agitated after waiting and the language he was using in the video he released to his followers shows a little bit about what's going on behind the scenes for get very agitated as the wheels within wheels politics in pakistan. imran khan was clearly concerned something was afoot and changing. he is walking away from court, he's no longer

being held in police custody, he will now be back in loure for the weekend as we understand and appearing in court on monday. 5.31; weekend as we understand and appearing in court on monday. sen; it appearing in court on monday. say it riaht appearing in court on monday. say it right there- — appearing in court on monday. say it right there. catch _ appearing in court on monday. say it right there. catch your _ appearing in court on monday. say it right there. catch your breath. an extraordinary sequence of events. one more question about the details you're picking up inside the complex earlier. while you catch your breath for that i want to show that tweet again. that is the latest source of information from the pti party. this is imran kahn�*s own political party. these are the details that we have that he is crusty islamabad motorway accompanied by a large number of party workers and supporters for the along the way thousands of workers are also present at motorway interchanges and in loure to express solidarity with their leader. there have been thousands of people out in the streets in solidarity with imran khan when he was first arrested. there were protests as people came out into the street notjust in the

capital but in cities right across the country, furious and the way that he was suddenly arrested. remember this man a year ago, prime minister of the country, he fell out with his political allies, fellow with his political allies, fellow with the army, he was ousted and now here we're with these arrests and bail. let's come back to you, caroline. within the last hour you give us some real insight into some of the details about what was happening inside that court complex throughout the day. it’s happening inside that court complex throughout the day.— throughout the day. it's been quite a fascinating _ throughout the day. it's been quite a fascinating day. _ throughout the day. it's been quite a fascinating day. i _ throughout the day. it's been quite a fascinating day. i was _ throughout the day. it's been quite a fascinating day. i was at - throughout the day. it's been quite a fascinating day. i was at the - a fascinating day. i was at the court complex before imran khan arrived for that when he came in his armoured car, as soon as he left the car he was surrounded by supporters, by lawyers, journalists and of course he was also had a protective ring around him of what's called rangers, paratroops here, rangers, pa ratroops here, paramilitary rangers, paratroops here, paramilitary and police as well. the paramilitary and police as well. the paramilitary were wearing riot gear. he was escorted around the court

complex as he went to different places. there was really stuck an enormous crowd of people. some people trying to stand on chairs to be able to get a better view. people were barging in, sometimes it would take people off their feet, people were dropping their phones desperate to try to get a selfie with them or film imran collins appearance. there really was a fairy chaotic inside the court. several degrees of difficulty to get in there. the police had already sectioned off a large amount of the court area using shipping containers you don't have to show id to get through. another set of id and have your bags checked before you get inside this compound wasn't really quite difficult to get in there. once imran khan went into the court he was inside for several hours. we were able to go inside, speak to him, interview him when court was not sitting. he was sitting in his seat in front of the judges bench while the judges worked there and conducting interviews, —— worked there for the people desperately trying to ask them

questions in man two imran khan sitting and answering any where people have been filming out and putting it on social media. we haven't been putting the images that we could have done inside the courtroom because of concern about contempt of court. we're about all of these proceedings are happening inside a courtroom. a fairly extraordinary day for the bear in mind that the last time imran khan was inside this courtroom was when he was arrested to then appear from the court being told that he was going to have this blanket bail until monday, a short stay but still quite significant is a massive change in the courts this week. great reporting. giving us an inside behind the scenes. i appreciate that. thank you for that. we will take a look at the wider context. in washington, with uzair younus, the director of the pakistan

initiative at the atlantic council what is your reaction to the events that we've just been describing? it's been a roller coaster ride in pakistan. much crazier than anticipated or we're used to as pakistan analysts. two big things here that we need to pay attention to. one is internally in the military there are in turtles strategic things happening as we speak. the army is on the back foot from my perspective. very difficult to coerce and coax the judiciary to do what he wants to happen in the country with relation to imran khan. the second is that in a couple of days the supreme court deadline for elections, the countries most popular province which has to have elections after 90 days of dissolution, that time i would've passed. basically the supreme court order to have vincent paid not only by the election commissioner but by

the military as well because it refused to provide the security that is needed to conduct a constitutional act of democracy in pakistan. �* ., constitutional act of democracy in pakistan. ., , ., pakistan. although wider question, elections due _ pakistan. although wider question, elections due this _ pakistan. although wider question, elections due this year. _ pakistan. although wider question, elections due this year. do - pakistan. although wider question, elections due this year. do you - pakistan. although wider question, elections due this year. do you see j elections due this year. do you see a way that imran khan is standing in those elections? he a way that imran khan is standing in those elections?— those elections? he must put up if pakistan's democracy _ those elections? he must put up if pakistan's democracy is _ those elections? he must put up if pakistan's democracy is to - those elections? he must put up if pakistan's democracy is to survive | pakistan's democracy is to survive and if we're to have confidence in the fact that this is still a republic then not only must imran khan stand in those elections but those elections must be held in a timely and constitutional manner, they must be free and fair for them and the shenanigans that we saw for example in 2018 elections that brought him when time to power should not happen. the problem here —— imran khan. the shenanigans in 2018 disqualified opponents to his advantage and now his opponents in government is arguing that the balance of power must be restored.

they want restoration and balance of power by now going to imran khan with the military did to them a few years ago. with the military did to them a few ears auo. 1, with the military did to them a few ears auo. ~, ., �*, with the military did to them a few ears auo. ., �*, ., years ago. okay. that's a really interesting _ years ago. okay. that's a really interesting description - years ago. okay. that's a really interesting description of - years ago. okay. that's a really interesting description of what l years ago. okay. that's a really - interesting description of what goes around comes around. a clumsy way of putting it. what about the idea that there are charges here that should be answered? that this is a legitimate, legal process, there are legitimate, legal process, there are legitimate allegations here that need to be answered? {iii legitimate allegations here that need to be answered? of course they should be answered. _ need to be answered? of course they should be answered. imran _ need to be answered? of course they should be answered. imran khan - should be answered. imran khan should be answered. imran khan should answer the legal allegations in the trust case and there is a gentleman who is the main, he hasn't been summoned or arrested. there is a transaction that took place with the prime ministers brothers son in england. he has not been made part of the charge, arrested. the government encountered ability bureau is truly committed to

accountability it were to summon arrest to their richest and most influential tycoon, arrest to their richest and most influentialtycoon, it arrest to their richest and most influential tycoon, it would charge the prime ministers own family and thenit the prime ministers own family and then it would also charge the prime minister, the former prime minister imran khan. they are chasing imran khan, he is the only target.- khan, he is the only target. thank ou for khan, he is the only target. thank you for putting — khan, he is the only target. thank you for putting that _ khan, he is the only target. thank you for putting that in _ khan, he is the only target. thank you for putting that in the - khan, he is the only target. thank you for putting that in the wider. you for putting that in the wider context of the political situation in pakistan. thank you. moscow has condemned the uk's decision to supply long—range storm shadow missiles to ukraine russia's foreign minister has released a statement it reads...

our correspondent has the latest on the back of this announcement. ..calling this decision an extremely hostile step by london. this announcement that london that the uk will be sending these long range cruise missiles to ukraine. so as i said, this decision was announced yesterday by foreign secretary ben wallace and the uk has become the first country to send longer range cruise missiles to ukraine. now, this is something that the authorities here in kiev have been saying for a long time that they need because they say they need to strike russian positions away from the front line. so command centres, ammunition dumps and otherfacilities that have been used by the russian military away from the front lines, they don't have this capacity at this moment. so now with these missiles,

the ukrainians will be able to hit those positions away from the front lines. as you said, there has been a promise by the ukrainian government that these missiles are going to be used to target only positions, russian positions inside ukrainian territory. so in other words, the ukrainians are saying that they're not going to use these missiles to strike positions inside russian territory. and and i think, obviously, this announcement comes as the ukrainians are preparing a counter offensive to try to take back territory that's now under occupation. and they've received weapons and military equipment from nato countries. and again, russian authorities have been describing this level of military support that has been provided by western nations

as as a sign of of how nato's is involved in the country, in the conflict here. and i think that's something that the russian foreign ministry mentioned in this statement. so it was a significant announcement yesterday by the foreign secretary in the uk because again, the uk becomes the first country to provide ukraine with this longer range cruise missiles that the ukrainians say they need to strike those positions away from the front lines. thank you to hugo for that assessment. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. a quick round up of stories they headlines. britain's economy grew not but present the latest figures from the office of national statistics show that the value of

all goods and services produced in the uk remained smaller then the level seen before the covid pandemic. a man has been found guilty of murdering a seven—year—old girl more than 30 years ago. the body of nikki allen was found in sunderland in 1992 emma david boyd was 25 years old at the time they lived in the same block of flats is the girl who for that he was convicted after a three—week trial and will be sentenced next month. just days after presiding over the coronation the archbishop of canterbury is been fine more than £100 after he was caught speeding in london. he admitted at driving a 25 mph in a 20 mile our prayers are rezoned last october. the 67—year—old has been going on the outward embankment towards his official residence. you are alive at bbc news. air strikes, shelling and exchanges of gunfire have continued

in and around the sudanese capital khartoum today in spite of the deal signed by both warring parties to allow safe passage to those leaving the conflict zones, and to protect aid workers. us officials have expressed optimism around the talks, but neither side has yet agreed to a ceasefire, and no civilian representatives seem to have been included. live now to axel bisschop — the un refugee agency's representative in sudan. thank you for coming on the program. thank you for coming on the program. thank you for coming on the program. thank you very much for having made. we have a kind of narrow deal at the moment. both sides agreeing in principle to try and get more aid in. how confident are you? obviously, we're welcoming this agreement put up the fact that it might take some time is always there. the more most important thing now is to work with parties to ensure the humanitarian corridors are being established in the meantime we will also have to do

what we can in the areas around khartoum. i'm currently in a the town of qatar is looking at how the situation is here for the obviously quite a lot of people have moved from khartoum. there are still opportunities in those areas which host people who have moved from khartoum. ~ ., host people who have moved from khartoum. ~ . ., , , ., khartoum. what about the numbers of --eole ou khartoum. what about the numbers of people you are — khartoum. what about the numbers of people you are expecting _ khartoum. what about the numbers of people you are expecting to _ khartoum. what about the numbers of people you are expecting to continue l people you are expecting to continue to move? early on in the fighting people were trying desperately to get out of khartoum. it was international rescue efforts wound up international rescue efforts wound up are people still trying to leave and where would they be have heading to? irate and where would they be have heading to? ~ ., and where would they be have heading to? ~ . . ., . to? we have a figure of about 200.000 — to? we have a figure of about 200,000 who _ to? we have a figure of about 200,000 who have _ to? we have a figure of about 200,000 who have left - to? we have a figure of about 200,000 who have left the l to? we have a figure of about - 200,000 who have left the country. we also see a lot of movement in the country. we have seen movements to the areas which are actually bordering and also south sudan. up

to the egyptian border. within sudan we also have these movements of what we also have these movements of what we call displaced persons but also refugees which were already in sudan. we were moved to areas along the border. ~ ., sudan. we were moved to areas along the border. ~ . ., :: :: :: :: :: the border. what about the 200,000 or so, what about _ the border. what about the 200,000 or so, what about the _ the border. what about the 200,000 or so, what about the provision - the border. what about the 200,000 or so, what about the provision and l or so, what about the provision and support that they will now need? what kind of things in practical terms do they need and where and how far short are those resources? the first thin far short are those resources? tue: first thing which far short are those resources? he first thing which is far short are those resources? tt2 first thing which is happening is that the registration process needs to take place with the people need to take place with the people need to be documented and need to document so they can prove their identity. after that we have basic needs which need to be fulfilled. these are now being given at the border. memberthing these are now being given at the border. member thing that many of the borders are very remote. it's

very difficult to bring the aid to them. i myself went to the border today and i was very happy to see that the aid organisations on the other side of the border, meaning on the ethiopian side were all there assisting with basic needs. obviously there will be a need for funding. i have had talks here with the aid agencies, we're all concerned that sudan might fall off the radar and they are for the funding might be lacking to actually assist everybody. we funding might be lacking to actually assist everybody.— assist everybody. we must leave it there. assist everybody. we must leave it there- thank _ assist everybody. we must leave it there. thank you _ assist everybody. we must leave it there. thank you very _ assist everybody. we must leave it there. thank you very much - assist everybody. we must leave it there. thank you very much for - there. thank you very much for giving us insight into the work that is being done and the challenges. thank you. it seems people will do anything to get more views on youtube. the latest example comes in

this california man who has admitted to intentionally crashing his small plane. his youtube video went viral and now he could face up to 20 years in prison. it may come as no surprise that some people will go to great lengths for attention on social media. sometimes as in this case it could all go horribly wrong and it can run afoul of the law. that's what happened to 29—year—old robert jacob that's what happened to 29—year—old robertjacob for the that's what happened to 29—year—old robert jacob for the former us olympic snowboarder turned viral sensation on social media who strapped a bunch of go pro cameras to a small plane and captured it crash landing in a mountainous area of california, not far from santa barbara. we will take them all dues look at the moment of impact.

0h, oh, my gosh. oh my gosh. get me out of this. i guess i should probably document what's going on. i cut my finger pretty bad. cut my elbow. and finger pretty bad. cut my elbow. and “ust so finger pretty bad. cut my elbow. and just so happy to be alive. very dramatic. the only problem is the whole thing was staged trevorjacob has admitted that he set this up as part of a sponsorship deal. and intended to crash land a plane for views. this has not impressed the national transportation safety board in the us were taking him to court over this. they say he intentionally obstructed a federal investigation by not only misleading everyone with this video but returning to the site of the crash a few days later to clear up the debris and remove it and then allegedly lie about it. mr jacob for some real legal hot water. it is expected to make a court appearance in the next couple of weeks and this could be a lesson of

the perils of going too far for social media. thanks to naomi for that. just want to bring you up—to—date with pakistan. it has been an external a couple of hours. the timeline has been pretty breathless. the latest we now have is that imran khan, the former prime minister is now on his way back to loure, which is where he lives. he's leaving islam a bad and the court complex there they granted —— islam a bad. they granted him 11 hours or so ago but was not released immediately. i should stress these pictures are not logged, this is not of him heading back home. these are from earlier in the day but they give you a sense of the chaos that is been surrounding this whole sequence of events. the latest we have from his political party is that he is on his way home. his supporters are out on the streets greeting him. he was complaining

earlier in the day that he had been granted bail, he was allowed to leave court but then wasn't being allowed to get out of the complex. that caused a little bit of confusion. we now are being told that he is actually finally on his way home. remember, this is in ronkonkoma former cricket star then prime minister of pakistan until just a year ago. he fell out with political allies, just a year ago. he fell out with politicalallies, he just a year ago. he fell out with political allies, he fell out with the army crucially, which plays a key role in pakistan's political system. and he has been... there of and attempts to arrest them before. they finally did it earlier this week, it was a chaotic scene, paramilitary police all around. there were huge protests against those arrests. he's charged with various corruption charges but his supporters give out on the street and demanded his release with them

and demanded his release with them and eventually that release has now happened just in the last couple of hours. we're keeping across all the details. this is bbc news. hello. not everybody got the sunshine on friday. in fact, it was fairly cold and gloomy in the east of the country. the best of the warmth was further west. how about the weekend? we can summarise it like this. sunny on saturday and showers expected on sunday, at least for some of us. now, the big picture shows an area of high pressure building on top of the uk around scotland and northern ireland. but to the south we're closer to low pressure and a weather front has brought some clouds, some light rain and drizzle in places that's now mostly faded. but it is going to be a fairly cloudy night. east of the pennines, central parts of england and further south too. many northern and western areas

should have a relatively clear night and a nip in the airfirst thing on saturday morning, about six degrees in the lowlands of scotland. so this is what it looks like on saturday morning. sunshine from the word go across many western and northern parts of the country, but the cloud may be stubborn across england, especially eastern areas. and in fact, some areas may stay fairly cloudy all through the day, particularly closer to the north sea coast. it'll be chilly here, but elsewhere, widely, the high teens up to 20 degrees. a beautiful day for cardiff, for liverpool, for belfast and for glasgow. now the uv levels are going to be high this weekend. of course, the sun is strong in may. so let's not forget that it's dependent on the temperature. it's dependent on the time of the year. now, the forecast for sunday shows a weather front approaching so that high pressure over us isn't going to last for very long. here's the weather front as it makes its journey into north—western parts of the uk on sunday and then eventually crossing the irish sea, moving into the lake district, reaching liverpool and also the western fringes of wales as well as south—western england. so here, cooler, cloudier with rain

at times the warmth and the sunshine will contract towards the east and the south. and in london we could see highs up to about 22 degrees celsius on sunday, but the warmth isn't going to last for very long. you can see the orange colours get replaced by yeah, these cooler conditions from the north and that blue. so things are going to cool off as we head into next week. in fact, you can see that warm weekend there sunday in cardiff and london. and after that it turns cooler with temperatures in the mid—teens. but generally speaking, we are expecting fairly dry weather.

this is bbc news, the headlines. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan is released from custody what next for the country, after days of violent unrest. the countdown to eurovision is on.... we'll be live liverpool to soak up the atmosphere ahead of the grand final tomorrow. another update from pakistan the former prime minister has been released from the court complex in the capital and now we are getting an update on his journey home to

lahore.