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where former prime minister, imran khan, has been granted bail by the islamabad high court. the court is currently hearing eight cases filed against him. mr khan's bail had been due to expire later today — but has been renewed for a further three days. this was mr khan arriving at court earlier, behind a curtain of bullet proof shields, after earlier attempts on his life. imran khan was removed from office by a vote of no confidence last year. he accused pakistan's military of forcing him out and says the cases against him are politically motivated. earlier i discussed the situation with khurram dastgir khan — a federal ministerfor energy in pakistan. the fact that mr khan is getting a bonanza of bail from the courts means that pakistan's justice system is operating normally and functioning well. the important point to note is that the events of may nine in their scale and severity amounted to an insurrection against the pakistani state. because if a political party

takes it upon itself to attack courts of law, to attack martyrs, monuments, to attack they burn to school in in northern pakistan. they burnt ambulances. they burnt all dinner house, the court commander's residence in lahore. they attacked the general headquarters. they burned the radio. pakistan, peshawar, a historic building. they burned a battle station in rawalpindi. i mean, you're also being told, sir, i'm just going to interrupt you there, because, of course, you're saying that you're in government. mr khan is in opposition. you call what what happened by what his supporters did and what happened to him, an insurrection. but do you actually think that the way in which the military stormed that court and plucked a former prime minister out of there, arrested him and he disappeared for a period of time, does not mean that the state essentially has completely lost control of the situation? again, i would very

respectfully disagree. there was a lawful warrant executed in the name of mr khan and a paramilitary agency executed that warrant. there could be disagreement on the manner of his arrest, but there again, the courts of pakistan came into operation. habeas corpus prevailed. mr khan was produced in court 48 hours later and he was granted bail. so the courts of pakistan are functioning. did supreme court of pakistan say that the way in which he was arrested was lawful? the high court said it was lawful. the supreme court disagreed, but that's how the courts operate. the important part is that we have created no new laws to prosecute the criminals of may ninth. we have created no new courts to all the relevant and extant laws of pakistan. the relevant and extant courts of pakistan are in operation and they are being used to prosecute the criminals of may nine. but there's essentially, minister, something essentially wrong here, because every time someone goes into opposition in pakistan, they're either arrested

or driven out of the country or accused of corruption. this is a vicious cycle that, frankly, if you're government is an opposition could also face. well, we did face i mean, dozens of our senior most members were put injail by mr khan's government for merely years on end. and in the end, all the cases that mr han's government built against them were found to be without any foundation, without evidence, without any corroborating information. so now you are doing the same thing to the pti. i think, again, what i would emphasise is that until the the insurrection of may ninth, there was no prosecution of mr khan's party. and even today there is no prosecution of mr khan's party or his party members. the people who are being prosecuted are the criminals who were members of that insurrection.

and yes, we saw in the united states a few weeks ago, that the members of that insurrection on capitol hill of january 2021, they were jailed for as much as 18 years on something called seditious conspiracy. while many countries have cut trade ties with russia in the last year over the war with ukraine, some have drastically increased their dealings with moscow. one of those is myanmar. the united nations says that russia has sent $400 million worth of military equipment to myanmar, since the junta seized power in the country two years ago. rebecca henschke gained exclusive access to an air force captain who was involved in the transfer of advanced fighter jets from russia to myanmar. take a listen. a myanmar militaryjet circles a primary school. when they think it's safe, they run.

but the plane circles back. across myanmar, the military is carrying out increasingly deadly air strikes. on the ground they're struggling to suppress an armed uprising demanding democracy. so they've taken this war against their own people to the sky. translation: they are under attack by revolutionary forces _ and they don't have enough men to fight back. so now the air force is very important to the military. what would the myanmar military strength be like without the air force?

translation: without the air force, it's very likely that _ the military will fall. before defecting, this captain to an upgraded the capital's airport for the arrival of advanced fighter jets. we prepared for six su thirties. we built three open sheds. so far, two of the sukhoi thirties have arrived from russia. they're the most powerfuljets in the air force's arsenal. translation: altogether, - more than 50 people were sent to russia to get training to operate these jets. captain ung didn't want to be one of those pilots. after 18 years in the air force, he fled with his family across the border to thailand. translation: | saw. that they killed people. i don't like that wicked behavior. i didn't like their cruelty against the people whom they are meant to protect.

in the air, this is how the resistance is trying to fight back. 25—year—old khin saine leads a group of female drone bombers. they adapt civilian drones to carry homemade bombs and rely on public donations to compare with the plane. compare with the plane, our drone is like a sesame seed. if we fly high like 300 meters above, they don't even know that we are coming. so we can attack them effectively. and they are scared of drones. but the military is dominating the sky, carrying out devastating attacks on civilian targets, including schools and hospitals. rebecca henschke, bbc news. to yemen now where the united nations says it's ready to begin salvage work on a rusting oil tanker

located off the coast. the 47—year—old safer has not been serviced since yemen's civil war broke out in 2015 — and it has been floating abandoned off the rebel—held port of hodeida. the vessel is carrying more than a miillion barrels of oil, with experts saying the ship is at risk of breaking apart, exploding or catching fire. earlier i spoke to david gressly, united nations resident and humanitarian coordinator for yemen well, it's been a concern globally for the last since the war began basically eight years ago, and a real concern that this ship could break up. and we've been working on it directly for the last 18 months, mobilising the money, getting the political commitments in sanaa, aden, with the saudi led coalition, as well as globally, to mobilise the funding and the will to go forward,

which is all come together now. we just launched the operation earlier, three days ago, basically out of djibouti, sailed across the red sea with this vessel to prepare for another vessel that will come in to receive the oil. a vessel called the nautica. we expect it here in the next ten days to two weeks after the prep work is done. yeah. i mean, it was a un launch fundraiser with over 100 million raised to be able to, to do this. and of course, crucially now, because we're seeing a lull in the fighting and peace talks getting under way. it's a very symbolic moment in many ways. i think we could have done this anyway. but to have this done at a time when there's a real discussion on trying to end the war. i think it's a symbol of hope for the for the future. and so we're very happy that this is going on at this point in time, not only to save potential catastrophe in the red sea, but also maybe a contribution

to helping end this long, ongoing war here in yemen. yeah, because it's been described as an ecological time bomb that that could explode or disintegrate at any time. that's correct. it has the potential to be a million plus barrels of oil four times the size of the exxon valdez to cause extensive damage across the red sea. it could certainly damage all the shorelines in the adjacent area. but also saudi arabia could touch djibouti. eritrea. somalia could block. which is the exit out of the red sea into the gulf of aden, blocking traffic, even coming through the suez canal. these are beautiful waters, pristine waters. we witnessed it on the way across the red sea. it would be horrible to see these waters polluted by the oil in this tanker. so we're just very happy now to be

here with the resources, the equipment, and the teams required to to deal with the issue. and we hope in a matter of weeks it will be solved. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. using a turbo—charged v8 engine, the bulldog can reach over 170 miles per hour... the aston martin bulldog was launched in 1979 to a fanfare of publicity. they thought it might be the car to rescue the then troubled company. instead, it nearly went bankrupt. only one was ever built. and after disappearing for years they tracked it down and brought it to be restored here in shropshire. they had some of the original pieces like this classic seventies dashboard, but also had to completely remake a lot of the parts from scratch. it's been roadworthy for about 18 months, but in between shows it's been continually modified. the man who's spent most of the past

three years rebuilding it is brett egger. very nice. there's only one. so what's to complain about? it's just here for its final tweaks and repairs. now they want to see if it can reach the 200 miles an hour. the designers claimed it could. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news research suggests around 10% of women leave theirjobs because of menopause symptoms. well today, for the first time, new uk guidelines have been published, which aim to help businesses support staff experiencing menopause and menstruation. the guidelines, produced by the british standards body, the bsi, include ensuring staff are given the opportunity to request support, looking at whether line managers are suitably trained to understand the potential impact and whether there's flexibility

for staff adjustments such as timing of breaks, access to cooling or heating. live now to the uk government's menopause employment champion helen tomlinson. helen, first of all of your reaction to this latest announcement. i am absolutely delighted _ to this latest announcement. i —n absolutely delighted that this has been published today because what it means for employers is, of all sizes, there is a free resource there to support their colleagues who are going through perimenopause and menopause in the workplace. that means that any organisation of any size in any sector has access to that information completely free of charge. that so important because 99% of the employment market is made up 99% of the employment market is made up by 99% of the employment market is made up by smes, which means that they haven't got a lots of resource financially, they can still get access to help them retain their

stuff through this period of time in their life. i stuff through this period of time in their life. . , stuff through this period of time in their life. ., , , their life. i mean, this is potentially _ their life. i mean, this is potentially life-changing their life. i mean, this is . potentially life-changing for their life. i mean, this is - potentially life-changing for some potentially life—changing for some people. and some women. for them to feel the pressure of having to and their careers or leave a job because they don't have the bright support around them. they don't have the bright support around them-— around them. absolutely. 9896 of women, around them. absolutely. 9896 of women. of _ around them. absolutely. 9896 of women. of the — around them. absolutely. 9896 of women, of the 1096, _ around them. absolutely. 9896 of women, of the 1096, who - around them. absolutely. 9896 of women, of the 1096, who will- around them. absolutely. 9896 of i women, of the 1096, who will leave women, of the 10%, who will leave due to menopause, says it's actually the psychological impacts that have the psychological impacts that have the biggest impact on them. so, the practical symptoms can be addressed through flexible working and other reasonable adjustments that an employer can put in place but it's actually a psychological impact of menopause that is harder to articulate and some of them may not know it's related to menopause, though psychological aspects, but also starting compositions about things that are personal. for

example, loss of confidence and brain fog and insomnia, all of the things that impact on the day—to—day work in life. things that impact on the day-to-day work in life. , , , work in life. yes, because it forbids a — work in life. yes, because it forbids a sort _ work in life. yes, because it forbids a sort of _ work in life. yes, because it forbids a sort of taboo - work in life. yes, because it l forbids a sort of taboo subject work in life. yes, because it - forbids a sort of taboo subject that many women don't want to talk about. absolutely, and it comes down to the culture of an organisation and allowing them to feel that they can start those conversations. so, having a policy and some guidelines is really important and the standard outlines how an organisation can go about playing creating a policy and those guidelines. that's only the starting point. that'sjust the conversation or tool to start the competition. what's really important and makes people feel comfortable is the ability to be able to speak up in the workplace and say this is my experience, this is happening to me, i don't want to leave my role or

step back, or step down into a lesser. ruled for all sorts of reasons. absolutely, why should somebody have to do that? if it's managed properly it would allow women to go on and thrive and probably have their most productive and best years of their career postmenopausal. so, it's absolutely criticalfor postmenopausal. so, it's absolutely critical for employers to support women using guidelines such as this through that period of time. frankly, perimenopause which is something many people don't talk about it either, that many young women suffer from as well. absolutely. the average age of menopause is 51 but perimenopause can be for ten years prior to that. that means some and even younger if it's related to medical, other medical situations. it's related to medical, other medicalsituations. it it's related to medical, other medical situations. it could be in the miss us is word cancer treatments or forced menopause

through a hysterectomy which means it can happen at any age but the symptoms of perimenopause can be really challenging and do happen from about the age of a1. so, it's a huge part of the workforce that can this have an effect on.— this have an effect on. briefly, do ou think this have an effect on. briefly, do you think that _ this have an effect on. briefly, do you think that businesses - this have an effect on. briefly, do you think that businesses are - this have an effect on. briefly, do i you think that businesses are going to take this on? i you think that businesses are going to take this on?— to take this on? i absolutely do. i feel really — to take this on? i absolutely do. i feel really confident _ to take this on? i absolutely do. i feel really confident that - to take this on? i absolutely do. i feel really confident that in - to take this on? i absolutely do. i feel really confident that in the i feel really confident that in the last 18 months to two years, the conversation has changed so much. i work, my dayjob, i work for the adecco group, a recruitment organisation in the uk and ireland and we started our composition and implemented our policy in october 2021. at that time, nobody really talked about menopause in the workplace or menstruation in the workplace or menstruation in the workplace and just last week i did and all of colleague session, say

space, on menopause and i do those externally and with government departments. so, the competition has changed so much in the last 18 months to two years because employers as seen the value of keeping women in the workplace later in their career because of the knowledge, the mentos mentorship, the productivity etc that they bring to the workplace. we are in a period of real talent scarcity at the moment so it's incumbent on employers to retain all the talent they can. employers to retain all the talent the can. �* , ., ., they can. i'm being told we can ask one more question _ they can. i'm being told we can ask one more question with _ they can. i'm being told we can ask one more question with a - they can. i'm being told we can ask one more question with a brief- one more question with a brief moment of time. are you clearly seen that cultural shifts?— that cultural shifts? absolutely, from large _ that cultural shifts? absolutely, from large employers _ that cultural shifts? absolutely, from large employers to - that cultural shifts? absolutely, | from large employers to smaller businesses. the composition is about how can i help you and what can i do to support you? it's not preemption what support they need. it's opening up what support they need. it's opening up the competition so that women could come forward and say what is going to work for them.—

going to work for them. really appreciate _ going to work for them. really appreciate you _ going to work for them. really appreciate you joining - going to work for them. really appreciate you joining us - going to work for them. really | appreciate you joining us helen going to work for them. really - appreciate you joining us helen and laying that out for us. that was helen tomlinson the uk government menopause employment champion. thank ou. helen menopause employment champion. thank you- helen was— menopause employment champion. thank you- helen wasiust _ menopause employment champion. thank you. helen wasjust talking _ menopause employment champion. thank you. helen wasjust talking to _ menopause employment champion. thank you. helen wasjust talking to us - you. helen was 'ust talking to us about the you. helen wasjust talking to us about the changes _ you. helen wasjust talking to us about the changes in _ you. helen wasjust talking to us about the changes in the - you. helen wasjust talking to us i about the changes in the guidelines would help businesses support their employees when it comes to menopause and menstruation. you are watching bbc news. there's been more frustration for rail passengers with yet more strikes today. and they will continue over the weekend. first, members of the train drivers union aslef have been on strike around a0% of trains have been running today but there were wide regional variations — with some operators running no services at all. here's our transport correspondent katy austin. manchester piccadilly this morning. no rush—hour crowds, just a trickle of passengers. at london bridge station, no trains at all. and workers out on picket lines again, like these in birmingham and newcastle.

for rail users, frustration. just terrible. inconveniences everyone. i've had to catch a completely different train, to get up early. i don't know the ins and outs of it all, i don't know how much they get paid. i don't like the striking in general. i think it's entitled. get a newjob. i do think it's important for them |to strike but i think in situationsj like this it can be quite - frustrating for passengers, especially when the rail prices are constantly going up. - train drivers say this dispute is not only about pay but protecting their working conditions and there are no signs at the moment that their dispute is close to being over. these strikes come after their union, aslef, rejected the latest proposals from the train companies. the offer involved a a% pay rise for one year, dependent on changes designed to make driver training quicker, and another a% a rise for next year, if changes to ways of working are agreed with individual operators, for example a contractual commitment to work sunday shifts and giving employers full control of staff rotas.

that's fair and reasonable, insist the rail industry and the government, adding it would take the average driver's salary to £65,000. the union argues the deal contains things it could never accept. travel to big events including the fa cup final and epsom derby will be disrupted by saturday's strike. aslef insists it hasn't deliberately targeted them. under the legislation we have to give a minimum 1a days' notice. so we gave the bare minimum of 1a days' notice for the first action. subsequent actions are then based around not hitting the same people twice, about roster patterns and what's best for our members. in their separate dispute, train guards and station staff in the rmt will walk out again on friday. many rail commuters have got used to working from home on strike days, but leisure passengers and hospitality businesses have felt the impact. both sides say they want to resolve this but right now it looks like a deal is notjust around the corner. katie austin, bbc news.

british researchers are developing peas that don't taste like peas. the idea is to produce an alternative to soya to meet the growing demand for plant—based food. peas are high in protein, but they tend not to be used in vegan dishes because many people are put off by the taste. the development would reduce carbon emissions because peas don't need fertilisers. here's our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. these pea plants are being grown at mudlee farm just outside norwich. when they're grown, chris harrison will use them to produce meat substitutes. this is what they'll look like after they've been processed. these protein chunks are sold to food firms to make into plant—based alternatives to meat dishes, like this chilli. mm! this is really delicious. but it's easier to make spicy food because a pea protein tastes of peas.

once you start to use milder flavourings, then you're more likely to taste the pea flavours coming through. burgers, for example? yeah, exactly that. so a lot of work goes in to making burgers that don't have that vegetable flavour. that's probably been the biggest focus of that industry in the last five years. these pea seeds could be the answer. they're of a wild variety found in india which have no flavour. they can't be grown commercially, but scientists have come up with an ingenious answer. in this particular one, we have a flavourless trait. in this one we have improved nutritional quality. but neither of these are variants that would be grown by the farmer. and we need to really get those traits into something like this, which the farmer is prepared to grow. so, in other words, we're going to interbreed with these three types. these are the first plants to have been crossbred with some of these seeds. there's been an enormous increase in demand for plant—based foods —

in the uk it's growing at 30% a year. and growing peas could save farmers £15 million each year. that's because they don't need any fertiliser. and that would reduce co2 emissions by a whopping 2a,000 tonnes each year. and british—grown flavourless peas would reduce the need for imported soya, which is widely used in many plant—based foods. we all know we're facing a climate emergency. a lot of soya is produced in south america and a fair proportion of it is produced following rainforest deforestation. and that obviously carries a big footprint. the aim now is to produce a completely new variety of pea that's more nutritious, easy to harvest, and most importantly, doesn't taste at all like a pea. palab ghosh, bbc news, norwich. that's it from us.

now here's the weather with.... chris hello there. we've had two types of weather across the uk today. blue, sunny skies like these and it was warm to where temperatures reached the mid 20s, parts of west scotland and western counties of northern ireland. or the second type of weather — cloud. we've had a lot of that across england, even into parts of east wales. indeed, parts of the midlands and eastern england only had temperatures about 11 degrees underneath the heart of this cloud through the afternoon. so extensive clouds been working in with these winds. and because the cloud has been about three times thicker than it was, for example, on tuesday, that's why it's been much more reluctant to break up today. now, overnight tonight, the cloud willjust re—thicken and move back inland. indeed, as temperatures drop below ten degrees celsius as they will do underneath this cloud sheet, we're going to start to get quite extensive drizzle. so you might find some patches of drizzle across parts of east scotland, central and eastern areas of england, maybe even getting all the way across to east wales. so, for some, it is likely to be a damp start to the morning, thursday morning. the drizzle lasting for the first

couple of hours, then it becomes drier later in the morning. much greater chance of seeing the cloud break up across western areas of the uk where if you do start cloudy, keep the faith, you'll get some sunshine. whereas across east scotland, eastern areas of england, particularly towards the north sea, you may well keep that cloud even into the afternoon. if that happens, it would be another cool day where thejune sunshine pops out. first day of summer. it's going to feel warm. temperatures quite widely getting into the 20s. now on friday, high pressure is still with us, but it looks like the clouds are going to be much thinner than recent days. and so you've got much better chance of seeing sunny skies as we go through the day on friday. quite a cool breeze for east anglia, quite gusty winds towards the headlands of southern england. but in thejune sunshine, i think for most of us it's going to feel quite pleasant, quite a fresh feel to the day. temperatures again into the low 20s. on into the weekend, the high pressure is still with us to the north west of the uk. like recent days, that high will be dragging in some clouds from the north atlantic and shoving it down the north sea. and so this weekend is probably going to be something of an east west split with the weather.

western areas having the best of the sunshine and the highest temperatures getting into the low to mid 20s, again it will feel warm. whereas across eastern areas of the uk you are likely to come into some slightly thicker cloud at times and temperatures rather than being in the 20s, more likely to be in the teens. but still not bad where the sunshine pops out.

hello, i'm ben thompson. you're watching the context on bbc news. members from all across the conference shared their support for this important bill, and they shared their support for speaker mccarthy's strong and effective leadership. this is a win for the american people and future generations. i support it without hesitation, reservation or trepidation. not because it's perfect, but in divided government, we of course cannot allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good. mr mccarthy believes that he has the votes to be able _