live from london. this is bbc news. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan has been given a three—yearjail sentence over corruption allegations. mr khan was found guilty of not declaring money from selling gifts he received while in office and denies any wrongdoing. it's trial by a kangaroo—type court and you can simply say that we have never witnessed a trial where someone was not given the opportunity to defend themselves. talks begin in saudi araba for two days to find a peaceful settlement to russia s war in ukraine. senior officials from dozens of countries are taking part. and a danger to life warning has been issued, as storm antoni hits parts of the uk, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

hello. pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, has been arrested after a court sentenced him to three years in prison on corruption charges. he was found guilty of failing to declare money he'd earned from selling gifts he received while in office. mr khan's previous arrest in may triggered violent protests — and the army was deployed. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies has the latest. sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, truck after police truck, arresting former prime minister imran khan. thejudgment came from here, police filled every corner in islamabad's session court. mr khan says the case is politically motivated. the court said he is dishonest. this is after months of waiting.

we now finally have an announcement, imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years in prison. outside court, shouts of, "your show is over, khan!" minutes later we heard he had been arrested. this was what happened the last time mr khan was arrested. protests, some violent. mr khan was released but his party faced a dramatic crackdown. many of his senior party leadership were arrested, then announced they had left the party. police picked up thousands of his supporters. "will the protests happen again?" imran khan released this pre—recorded video after he had been arrested today. translation: i want to make one request, youl should not sit quietly at home. all my struggle is not for myself.

it is for you, for the future of your kids. if you do not stand up for your rights, you will live like a slave. outside his house, there were a small number, chanting, waving flags, then quickly taken away. it has been a matter of months but the atmosphere in pakistan has changed. this decision will mean mr khan cannot run in the upcoming elections. his lawyers intend to appeal the decision but for now, mr khan is held by police and his politicalfuture is deeply uncertain. caroline davies, bbc news, islamabad. live now to islamabad where we can speak to the bbc�*s farhat javed. welcome to you. bring us up to date on what the reaction has been there and the reaction on the streets to sentencing?—

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out on the streets, but this time there is one big reason people are afraid of coming out, several leaders of imran khan's party are still in prison or not out on the streets. similarly there are many big names in the party who have left, so these are the big reasons we are not seeing major protests happening anywhere in the country, but we do see lots of trends on social media. people are talking about thejudgment and social media. people are talking about the judgment and the whole proceedings that happened in the court. there are supporters who are really not happy with the whole judgment. his lawyers have called it a murder ofjustice today and say they are finding abuse in the high courtand they are finding abuse in the high court and supreme court. but as protests on the streets, we are not seeing much happening right now

anywhere in the country.- seeing much happening right now anywhere in the country. thank you for updating — anywhere in the country. thank you for updating us _ anywhere in the country. thank you for updating us from _ anywhere in the country. thank you for updating us from islamabad. . our reporter tom brada is in the newsroom, with a timeline of the events which led to today's sentence. the past five years have been turbulent ones both for imran khan and for politics in pakistan as a whole. now, back in 2018, imran khan was sworn in as the newly elected prime minister, but just four years later, things had taken a turn. he was ousted in a no—confidence vote and his opponents accused him of mismanaging the economy and failing to tackle corruption. but mr khan did not plan to go quietly. instead, he hoped to force early elections, and in may 2022, he led a march into the capital islamabad and tensions between mr khan and the authorities started to build. later that year in october, he suffered a major political blow when the election commission disqualified him from running for public office for five years on corruption grounds. but to the decision, i should say, did little to halt his momentum. he continued to campaign and in november 2022

there was a dramatic development when there was an attempt on his life. he was shot in the leg at a rally in the punjab province. now, he did go on to recover but at this point, his legal struggles started to add up. and they came to a head in may 2023, when imran khan was arrested on corruption charges while in a court complex. his arrest led to mass protests around the country and he was later released with the arrests declared illegal by the supreme court. but since then, his supporters have come under increased pressure. that leads us to august the 5th and these latest developments with mr khan being handed a three—year jail sentence over corruption charges. and this could well spell the end of his political career. imran khan's lawyer, intazar panjutha, said the case against the former prime minister lacked merit. he is demanding a fair opportunity, a fair trial. he has been denied that. had the witnesses been allowed

to produce before the court, the case would have been entirely different. even now, nothing incriminating was put to imran khan. no offence whatsoever was alleged to him that, "you have violated such and such provision of law." the pakistani government says mr khan's arrest is unrelated to the forthcoming elections. here's the country's information minister speaking on pakistani television. translation: if anyone has this question in mind, - as to whether imran khan has been arrested for political reasons, and such a narrative is being created, they should know that the court's detailed verdict comes at the end of 14 or 15 months of trial process. live now to raoof hasan, the information secretary for imran khan's political party, the pti. welcome to you. thank you for being

with us. what is your reaction there saying the arrest has nothing to do with the forthcoming elections later on this year?— with the forthcoming elections later on this ear? ~ ,,., ., .,, , on this year? absolute hogwash! this was alwa s on this year? absolute hogwash! this was always the _ on this year? absolute hogwash! this was always the motive _ on this year? absolute hogwash! this was always the motive and _ on this year? absolute hogwash! this was always the motive and they - on this year? absolute hogwash! this was always the motive and they have| was always the motive and they have fought the time being achieved their motive. after ousting him, they tried but they did not succeed. then you mentioned there was an assassination attempt and to other assassination attempt and to other assassination attempts. this is the third case where they are trying to have him implicated. they have technically speaking succeeded in doing it. there was only one objective that guided all this and that was to get him out of the election race, but he is not going to be out of the election race. there is a long way to go but they

will fight every step.— will fight every step. what does ha en will fight every step. what does happen next? — will fight every step. what does happen next? his— will fight every step. what does happen next? his sentencing i will fight every step. what does i happen next? his sentencing does mean technically he will not be allowed to fight the next election. basically it's a legal battle now. we have already moved our petition to the high court and we are requesting they hear it today or tomorrow. the latest on monday. this technically can lead to the suspension of the sentence. proceedings will begin and they will decide whether the case had merit or not. the high court will give its ownjudgment. if they not. the high court will give its own judgment. if they get the case quashed at the high court level, all good and fine, then we can go to the supreme court and fight our case. it will be a long haul but we expected this arrest. unfortunately it was a very rough and the manner he was arrested, he was roughed up, his

face was covered, a totally an undignified manner. a former prime minister and one of the world's best known celebrities who had no blemish on his name before this case. it's a horribly premeditated hatchetjob. there are currently more than 100 cases being brought against him. you did expect this arrest and we are looking at footage of imran khan's statement that he released after the arrest. he has called for nationwide protests. we understand there has been a muted reaction. what do you want to see happen next, given in the past these protests have led to violent scenes? taste the past these protests have led to violent scenes?— violent scenes? we have put a mechanism — violent scenes? we have put a mechanism in _ violent scenes? we have put a mechanism in place _ violent scenes? we have put a mechanism in place because l violent scenes? we have put a. mechanism in place because we violent scenes? we have put a - mechanism in place because we were expecting this arrest. we had our first session of the committee today in which we have given a poll for peaceful protests within the domain

of the constitution. there will be peaceful protest. it's too early to determine what will be the public response but we expect it to be a massive over a period of time. let's not forget the situation. everyone who says a word is picked up. all other senior leadership is either underground or behind bars. there are free to speak. when you look at this and how many people step out, you must also be sensitive to the fact that this country is under a fascist stranglehold at this moment in time. this latest thing before the national assembly, the security agency can walk into my house without a warrant of arrest. they can arrest me and nobody will ask them. the bbc should look at these amendments and changes in the rules and regulations here. we

amendments and changes in the rules and regulations here.— and regulations here. we must leave it there. thank _ and regulations here. we must leave it there. thank you _ and regulations here. we must leave it there. thank you very _ and regulations here. we must leave it there. thank you very much. - it there. thank you very much. information secretary for the pti party. thank you. britain's met office is warning of potential road closures, power cuts and flying debris, as storm antoni batters wales and south—west england. amber alerts are in place for high winds — and heavy rain is also expected in northern ireland. liam evans has this update from boduan in wales. we are here at the national east festival across wales and it is going from strength to strength. they whether isn't putting a damper on that. we are expecting tens of thousands of people to come here over the next few days to celebrate everything from music to literature and everything in between. but we have seen quite high winds and whether and wind and rain over the past few hours and the fields behind me are quite waterlogged. we are in

one of the yellow weather warnings here but we are seeing the bulk of the main issues in terms of the weather affecting south wales, especially the south—west coast, places like swansea, pembrokeshire and carmarthen. we know there is an amber weather warning for those particular areas and as you mentioned, some events already having been cancelled such as the cardigan county show. that is the situation in wales. looking beyond we are expecting the bulk of the rainfall to happen in northern ireland and in the south—west of england, places like bath and bristol, a yellow weather warning for high winds is in place until seven o'clock this evening. it's no surprise the met office has issued severe warnings for this weather. they are asking people to keep away from coastal areas, they are expecting highways around the coast and high winds to affect buildings and high winds to affect buildings and it could cause flying debris.

the advice is clear from the met office for people to stay safe and be sensible as they venture out. here are the best of all, we are expecting tens of thousands to come to this corner of wales over the next few days. we hope the fields behind me will dry out somewhat but is definitely nothing a good set of wellington boots and umbrella come not sort out. it's notjust the uk that is facing severe weather. let's go live to the newsroom, with reporter nicky schiller, who has been monitoring what's happening across the rest of europe. as you say, it is notjust the united kingdom that is suffering unseasonable summer weather. i want to take you to georgia and show you pictures there because they search for survivors is continuing after a deadly landslide on thursday. you can see from these aerial pictures a torrent of mud swept down the valley and rescuers have been brought in using planks of wood to get across

that mud. sadly 11 people died and dozens of others are feared missing, however 200 people were taken to safety. that is in georgia. if we move to slovenia, i can show you some pictures where there has been torrential rain there. a month's worth of rain has fallen in 2a hours, that in the north—eastern centre of the country. three people died there and the country's environment agency issued a red alert two residents there. moving to neighbouring austria which neighbours slovenia, there has also been flooding there. you can see in residential areas. the firefighters have been brought in and locals bring in the sandbags to try and prevent their property from being flooded. the authorities there worried because there have been days of rain and the whole of the area is saturated and they are worried that could lead to extra problems. and

finally, in terms of the flooding, if we move to dublin in the republic of ireland, there has been a flash flood in the centre of dublin. rescuers had to bring in dinghies to take eight people to safety as their properties were flooded after heavy rain overnight. one of those people was taken to hospital. finally, i want to take you to the german city that has had to deploy, believe it or not, snowploughs in the middle of the summer. take a look at these pictures. there was a freak hailstorm in the south—west of the country. as you can see, the hale there was up to 30 centimetres thick in places and those snowploughs being brought in in the middle of the european summer to clear a hailstorm in the centre of germany. definitely an unseasonable summer

across europe at the moment. thousands of uk scouts are leaving an international event in south korea that has been hit by extreme heat. hundreds have fallen ill at the outdoor world scout jamboree, which is attended by more than 40,000 young people from around the world, amid 35 degree heat. joining me now is from surrey in england is pete ford — his daughter keira is at the jamboree. what has clearer told you about the circumstances there and how it is impacting on her and others? if i may correct you, my name is paul ford. my daughter is 18 and belongs to the international support team, the older scouts, they help support the older scouts, they help support the scout units and leaders. she flew out on the 25th, everything was fine when they arrived in song—macro but when they transferred to the site, there was a poor state of

preparation. the recent floods hadn't been adequately cleaned up, some of the waterlogged. they had to put tents up on plastic pallets in order to get them out of the water. it was a pretty poor initial experience. has it improved since then? we know organisers are trying to make things better. this organisers are trying to make things better. �* , , ., better. as i understand it, the world scout — better. as i understand it, the world scout organisation - better. as i understand it, the. world scout organisation issued better. as i understand it, the - world scout organisation issued an ultimatum to the organisers and the south korean government, saying it needs to improve and improve now other ways they will leave. there were promises made and i believe the south korean army were called in. there were marginal improvements in the situation but there was a lack of nutrition. lunch is composed of two muffins and a cookie. there was no understanding of special dietary requirements. disabled toilets with

no access to them. that sort of thing, it was all very poor and very disappointing. the main arena, this big, opening ceremony was actually too small to hold all the scouts and the isg team were expressly forbidden to attend the opening ceremony because of the lack of space. it does smack from the ground up space. it does smack from the ground up of very poor organisation and ultimately, both my daughter and myself are incredibly disappointed because it's a unique opportunity to contact and explore other cultures and that possibility is now lost. 50 and that possibility is now lost. so she is coming home, is she? thel and that possibility is now lost. so l she is coming home, is she? the uk scout contingent _ she is coming home, is she? the uk scout contingent is _ she is coming home, is she? the uk scout contingent is being _ she is coming home, is she? the uk scout contingent is being relocated i scout contingent is being relocated this weekend back to song—macro. in common with the americans who are going to another site. they are

going to another site. they are going to another site. they are going to try and arrange some kind of alternative programme of events but it is a big loss overall. there needs to be questions raised as to the oversight and organisation. it the oversight and organisation. it is disappointing. for now, thank you very much. let's catch up on all the support. for the first time in their history england will compete in a netball world cup final. they came through in an extremely tight semi—final against the defending champions new zealand. the match was level after the first three quarter — nothing seperating the two sides in cape town. but, england pulled ahead in the final moments, the game finishing 46—40. nect up — eitherjamaica or australia in sunday's final. it's served us so well to be consistent. i don't mean boring consistent, i mean consistent bringing the fun and the character of the team as well as the studious nature we have got. ijust i just feel like everyone ijust feel like everyone is super proud. we have already gone where no

team has gone before. i had a zoom call with most of these gales who wanted to do something different. we have already done that, we can tick that box and what i believe will happen is it will unleash us to play with freedom and that's all i want to see tomorrow. from one world cup to another and spain are through to the last 8 of the women's foootball world cup — after thrashing switzerland. they gifted switzerland an equaliser — with a 45 yard own goal — look at that — laya codina the unlucky defender. but it didn't affect the outcome, as spain ran out 5—1 winners. aitana bonmati scoring a brace — they'll face the netherlands or south africa in the last 8. japan have edged closer to a second women's world cup title. they beat norway 3—1. hinata miyazawa, raced through to seal the win — she's on target for the golden boot — this her fifth goal of the tournament so far. japan into a quarter—final against either the defending champions, the usa, or sweden who meet on sunday.

the english football league season begins this weekend, although we have to wait another week for the premier league to get back underway, but the big money transfers continue. reigning champions manchester city will have a new face in the heart of their defence. the club confirming they've signed yosko gvardiol for £77 million from german side rb leipzig. the croatian defender was one of the stars of the world cup in qatar. manchester united have signed the 20—year—old rasmus hojlund from italian side atalanta for £72 million. in his short career, the striker has scored 27 goals in 87 club appearances. united have said he's got a small injury which will keep him out of the first few games. and next weekend's fight between anthonyjoshua and dillian whyte after dillian whyte returned an adverse finding from a doping test. they were due to meet next saturday

in a rematch of their 2015 bout but a full investigation will be carried out after the results. joshua could yet fight on the same date if a new opponent can be found. that is all from the world of sport for now. more on the bbc website. saudi arabia is hosting talks to discuss a path towards peace in ukraine. representatives from ukraine, western powers and developing countries, including china and india, will be taking part. but russia will not be attending. president zelensky of ukraine has said he hopes the initiative earlier i spoke to evelyn farkas — executive director of the mccain institute and former deputy assistant secretary of defense for russia and ukraine — she gave more more analysis i think the most important thing that can be achieved is a greater understanding and appreciation by the countries who are gathering here in saudi arabia of what russia has done to append the international order, to create further food insecurity and energy insecurity and of course, the human rights cost. i think what president zelensky is trying to do is educate these leaders and coax them into a position that is more helpful for ukraine, because right now,

many of them are claiming that they are neutral. what do you make of the fact that china have sent an envoy? and they are saying that they are neutral, they have done since the beginning of this conflict, but they have been criticised by the west for not condemning russia. so what influence could they bring to bear, do you think? right. so china is not neutral because they have declared that they have a special partnership with russia, they have been buying oil from russia, so in essence, helping russia pay for this war, and the chinese have not done anything really constructive except the important point that they have provided counsel to the russians publicly against any kind of nuclear mismanagement on nuclear use. and even threatening nuclear use. but china does not actually want this war. so that it is important, and china could potentially be more helpful if president zelensky can convince the chinese to do that. the chinese do not want a war because they see the risk to their

economic well—being, frankly. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. it feels more like autumn than august out there for many of us, thanks to storm antoni, this shield of cloud here you can see on the satellite picture. this storm has been named by the met office because of the potential for disruption, particularly on the western edge of this area of low pressure as it continues to journey eastwards through the rest of today. so a met office amber warning covering parts of south—west wales and south—west england, the risk of gusts of 60 mph or more, particularly for exposed coasts and hills, but even quite a long way inland some quite strong, unusually strong winds for this time of year, hence the risk of disruption. also some pretty heavy bursts of rain journeying eastwards, in fact some thunderstorms likely across southern and eastern parts of england, some pretty hefty showers across parts of northern

england up to scotland. perhaps fewer showers out towards the west as we head towards the end of the day. temperatures quite disappointing, some places only up to 1a degrees. through this evening and tonight our area of low pressure rolls eastwards and as we will continue to see one or two showers, particularly out to the west, towards the end of the night, and also some rain lingering in eastern parts, in between we will see clear spells and that will allow it to turn relatively cool, 7—12 degrees, but into tomorrow this area of high pressure tries to build from the west, so certainly a drier and brighter day. there will still be some showers around, that the odd heavy, thundery one, particularly across parts of scotland. the winds continuing to ease, though still quite breezy across eastern england. with sunshine, not as much cloud or rain, a bit warmer, 17—20 degrees at best. as we head for the coming week, we start off with some further frontal systems,

so a bit of rain at times, but by the middle part of the week high pressure begins to build. i don't think we are looking at a prolonged spell of completely dry and settled weather, but we will see something drier than we have had of late and we will also start to bring in some warmer air, so temperatures at least for a time are set to climb, 25 or 26 degrees looking quite possible, but we do have the chance for some showery rain to return by the end of the week. goodbye for now.

this is bbc news, the headlines... pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, has been given a three—year jail sentence over corruption allegations. mr khan denies any wrongdoing and says he will appeal. talks begin in saudi araba for two days to find a peaceful settlement to russia's war in ukraine. senior officials from dozens of countries are taking part. ukraine hopes the two days of negotiations will boost support for its own peace plan. russia was not invited. and a danger to life warning has been issued, as storm antoni hits parts of the uk, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. it is the uk's first named storm in more than a year. those are the headlines here on bbc news.