on its president to resign — after he kissed a player at the women's world cup. the former uk conservative cabinet minister nadine dorries formally quits as a member of parliament. welcome to the programme. we start in pakistan where the high court has suspended former prime minister imran khan's recent conviction on corruption charges. mr khan has been in prison since he was sentenced to three years on august 5th — on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts during his tenure as prime minister. as a result of the conviction, he was also barred for five years from contesting elections.

the suspension of the conviction does not necessarily mean that mr khan will be free to walk out ofjail — or that he will be allowed to contest the national election due later this year. earler i spoke to our pakistan correspondent caroline davies this is complicated. inside court just behind me, thejudges decided that imran khan's jail sentence has now been suspended, and back at the beginning of august he was found guilty of not having declared gifts that he had been given, state gifts that he had been given, state gifts that he had been given, state gifts that he then sold on. he was jailed for three years from that point. thatjail for three years from that point. that jail sentence for three years from that point. thatjail sentence has now been suspended but it doesn't mean that imran khan is about to come out of prison. there are lots of other cases against the former pakistan prime minister and those, there are also various different arrest warrants out for him in relation to

those cases. that means he could get arrested again before he even sets foot outside jail. at the moment his lawyers are trying to get a universal bail that would stop him from being arrested in any of those cases. that seems like quite a big ask. lawyers here i spoke to said the chances of getting that in their words were about 30 to 70% chance he would end up remaining in prison. so this looks like a lot of other court cases for imran khan's lawyers to go through. the lawyers here, we are talking about the —— were talking about the military establishment, should head for the military and intelligence services who are very politically involved. —— my shorthand. many analysts have looked at what has happened to him and finance at this is a case of the establishment saying that they don't want him to be involved in politics, so these various different cases have happened to be able to repress

his ability to be able to stand in the forthcoming general election. that means at the moment that they would also argue that the chances of imran khan getting out ofjail will also depend on how the military establishment are feeling towards him, how thejudiciary establishment are feeling towards him, how the judiciary are feeling towards him. on the counter narrative, if you were to speak to the government or any of those people inside the establishment, they would say this is about the rule of law, that imran khan has broken various different rules of law and that the fact he's been found guilty in this case means he should be in prison. so this is the sort of argument that is going on currently in pakistan by the end result is that although imran khan has had his jail sentence suspended in this particular case, doesn't necessarily mean he's going to be out of prison immediately, maybe not for a little while to come. find out of prison immediately, maybe not for a little while to come.— for a little while to come. and very briefl , for a little while to come. and very briefly. can — for a little while to come. and very briefly. can i _ for a little while to come. and very briefly, can i ask _ for a little while to come. and very briefly, can i ask you _ for a little while to come. and very briefly, can i ask you about - for a little while to come. and very briefly, can i ask you about his - briefly, can i ask you about his supporters? because of course we have seen over the last few months his supporters take to the streets, there have been huge demonstrations,

they seem to have been decreasing. i say demonstrations, demonstrators in support of imran khan against his treatment. what is the wider perception across the country about what's going on?— perception across the country about what's going on? yes, so back on the 9th of may when _ what's going on? yes, so back on the 9th of may when imran _ what's going on? yes, so back on the 9th of may when imran khan - what's going on? yes, so back on the 9th of may when imran khan was - what's going on? yes, so back on the j 9th of may when imran khan was first arrested, we did see protests around the country. we subsequently saw thousands of imran khan's supporters arrested, we saw many of his main leadership people, leadership within his party left the party altogether, and since then, when he was arrested for the second time, which happened at the beginning of this month, we did not see those sorts of protest, we did not see that sort of uprising. imran khan's parties says thatis uprising. imran khan's parties says that is because there has been repression, that people are scared and do not want to come out onto the streets, the come and say that is because actually people don't want to follow him because of what they saw after the 9th of may when he was

accused of having been involved in violent protest. the reality is that imran khan, when you speak to people on the streets, remain popular, many people are nervous to publicly declare that they are supporters of imran khan. so while we saw in court today many of his lawyers cheering and chanting for him, it is difficult to get a sense that the rest of the country are going to publicly come out, even if behind—the—scenes they are still supporting. here, a coroner has opened an inquest into the death of 10—year—old sara sharif and adjourned it for six months while the police investigate. the precise cause of her death has still not been confirmed. sara was found dead at her home in woking, surrey earlier this month, sparking a murder inquiry. police in pakistan are looking for three family members in relation to sara's death. they say the search continues and they are acting daily on new information. let's talk to our home affairs correpsondent, daniel sandford

at woking crown court. daniel, what happened this morning? the coroner's court system in the uk is such that when there is an unexpended death, the coroner needs to open an inquest and then if the police are already investigating that death, typically they would then suspend that in quest for a short period to allow the police to conduct their inquiries, in this case a suspected murder investigation. what happened this morning was that the coroner for surrey said he would suspend the inquest for an unusually long length of time, for six months because of the relative complexity of the case and also because of the international element of the investigation. we also heard more detail, a postmortem examination was carried out by the home office pathologist, we have been told that initially because of her death was

not yet established and it was confirmed this morning that still the cause of her death is unexplained, but the coroner said the pathologist had concluded that it was likely to be unnatural causes. police have told us that sara sharif had suffered from multiple and extensive injuries and that they seem to have been injuries that they seem to have been injuries that she sustained over an extended period of time. paper may remember that sara sharif was found dead in her home in woking in the early hours of thursday the 10th of august, but the inquest heard this morning that was unlikely to be the time of her death, that was just when her death was verified. her father and herfather�*s partner when her death was verified. her father and her father's partner and her father's brother all left the uk the day before her body was found and it was in fact her father called the police and told them to go round to the house in the early hours of that thursday morning. police in pakistan are helping police in surrey trying to find sara's

father's partner and brother, that has not yet been successful, but police in pakistan have told us they are widening the search to four different areas following information they've received, so there are still a hunt going on for those members of sara's family and of course for the five brothers and sisters who also all left the country on the day before she was found. ., ., ., every regional leader in the spanish football federation has called on its president, luis rubiales, to step down. mr rubiales has been heavily criticised for kissing a female player, jenni hermoso, on the lips at the women's world cup final in sydney. it comes after spanish prosecutors opened an investigation into whether the kiss amounted to a sexual assault onjenni hermoso. mr rubiales has resisted calls to quit. 0ur reporter in madrid — guy hedgecoe — sent this update a short while ago. the logical next step of course would be for luis rubiales

to step down and go quietly, because the pressure really does seem to be unbearable for him. it really has been since fifa, the world governing body, suspended him at the weekend, suspended him provisionally pending disciplinary procedures, but i think that decision by his own federation yesterday to turn against him and call on him to resign really does look extremely significant in all of this, because that was where luis rubiales had all his power, within the federation, and until a few days ago, it seems he still had that support there and that is no longer the case. it does not look as if his position is tenable any longer. just a little bit on the wider impact. you said in your report this is far now beyond sport, far now beyond football. what are the kind of reactions outside the sport? there has been a critical dimension to it with the spanish government to try to remove luis rubiales

from his post. —— a political dimension. of course, there have been those demonstrations in the streets of many cities across spain yesterday, there is that sort of social aspect to it as well and i think this whole rubiales affair feeds into the issue of sexual consent and gender equality, which has been at the centre of public debate in spain over the last four, five years, and they are issues that have been promoted by this left—wing government, which has passed a lot of legislation in those areas to try and promote sexual consent in relationships, trying to improve gender equality, and at times there have been a lot of tensions caused by those changes but i think this affairjust reflects some of those changes and how spanish society does seem to have changed over the last few years. travellers are facing days of travel disruption after a technical fault hit the uk's air

traffic control system. by by one estimate, more than 1500 flights were cancelled on monday, more than a quarter. the problem has now been fixed, but thousands of passengers are still stranded. airlines have apologised and are urging people to check their flights before going to the airport. jon donnison reports. it was a nightmare bank holiday for air travellers with hundreds of flights cancelled and many more delayed. and it's not over yet. we were looking at alternative flights. there was nothing available from ba before thursday. and as we're scrolling through comparison sites, flights were disappearing. we've now arranged three trains and a bus via brussels and the channel to arrive back in the uk at 10am on wednesday morning. well, we should be in london right now, but, as it stands, we're still in valencia

for the foreseeable future until they tell us otherwise. we have no information from easyjet and we're just waiting on that information. they're among tens of thousands of british passengers who find themselves stranded overseas and either scrambling to rebook flights or find alternative routes home. it's been a really fun day. the original plan was to fly from dusseldorf to london heathrow. 0bviously, flights all cancelled everywhere. i am now on a trainjourney to belgium and then to luxembourg and then to france and then to calais and then a ferry and then dover and then london and then bed and a cup of tea. and there are warnings the disruption could last for days. many planes and their crews are now not where they should be. at one of the busiest times of the year, getting them back in place will take time. airports are advising passengers not to set off unless they've confirmed their flights

are still operating. and an investigation into what went wrong with the country's air traffic control system has now been launched. 0ur absolute priority is safety. i would like to apologise for the impact on the travelling public and to tell you that our teams will continue to work to get you on your way as soon as we can. but travel experts say airlines are unlikely to offer compensation to passengers because they can argue the disruption was out of their control — although they should pay for expenses like extra hotel costs. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making the news. nhs england has announced there will be a significant increase in the number of blood pressure checks carried out in the community. the health service says it plans to extend tests in pharmacies as well as offering them in places such as barbers shops and mosques. it's hoped the scheme

will help to reduce deaths from heart attacks and strokes. the number of alcohol—related deaths in scotland has risen again to the highest level in 1a years. the latest figures from national records of scotland show 1,276 people died from conditions caused by alcohol in 2022. scotland's drugs and alcohol policy minister, elena whitham, said more work is needed to bring down alcohol—related harm. the government has announced plans to change water pollution rules to allow more houses to be built. current rules mean councils covering protected areas of england can't let new houses be built unless it can be proved the work won't have a negative impact on local rivers. you're live with bbc news. here, the former culture secretary — nadine dorries — has formally quit as an mp. she handed in her resignation

over the weekend. a by—election will now be scheduled in her mid bedfordshire constituency. let's talk to our political correspondent david cornock. so we have heard about this resignation for quite a while we shall we have, she announced injune she was resigning with immediate effect. but she was resigning with immediate effect. �* ., , . effect. but with immediate effect ended u- effect. but with immediate effect ended on taking _ effect. but with immediate effect ended up taking a _ effect. but with immediate effect ended up taking a couple - effect. but with immediate effect ended up taking a couple of - effect. but with immediate effect i ended up taking a couple of months or so. ended up taking a couple of months orso. in ended up taking a couple of months or so. in the uk, ended up taking a couple of months orso. in the uk, mps ended up taking a couple of months or so. in the uk, mps can'tjust resign, they have to be appointed what's known as an office of profit under the ground so that means this morning the chancellor announced that nadine dorries had been announced steward and bailiffs of the three hundredths of children. very archaic process but it does mean there be a by—election to replace and she is no longer a member of parliament.- replace and she is no longer a member of parliament. let's get onto that by-election. _ member of parliament. let's get onto that by-election, what _ member of parliament. let's get onto that by-election, what does _ member of parliament. let's get onto that by-election, what does that - that by—election, what does that politically it could be another awkward one for rishi sunak and the

government. nadine dorries had a majority of almost 25,000, which is a lot, but we've seen in recent months that a sizeable conservative majorities have been overturned where there has been a strong challenge to the government. the one thing that conservatives may hope to cling on in mid bedfordshire is that at the moment, there is no clear obvious challenger between labour and the liberal democrats, those opposition parties are still fighting it out, really, and the conservatives would help i think that they would split the anti—conservative vote, allowing the tories to scrape through and hold onto that seat. but it certainly is a by—election rishi sunak could have done without, although i guess this does at least mean that nadine dorries and her stinging criticism of his government is in the past, at least as far as westminster is concerned. least as far as westminster is concerned-— least as far as westminster is concerned. ., ., .,

if you're in the uk, you're probably familiar with the term ulez — it stands for ultra low emission zone — and in london it'sjust been expanded from an area covering the city centre, to the whole of the capital. owners of the most polluting vehicles will have to pay £12.50 a day if they drive in the area. london now has the world's largest ultra low emission zone, but other countries have their own zones and they vary by vehicle type and emissions. italy has the most zones in europe — some of them permanent, many seasonal. in france, drivers have to display a clean air sticker in their car to enter several cities. in paris they're planning a zero emission zone for 2030. in london, around 90% of cars are compliant and won't be affected by the charge. but the measure is highly controversial, with some londoners saying they haven't been given enough time or support to change their vehicles.

let's speak now to matt jaffa, he's the london spokesperson for the federation of small businesses. thanks for coming on the programme. good morning. hag? thanks for coming on the programme. good morning-— good morning. how does this change, increasin: good morning. how does this change, increasing the — good morning. how does this change, increasing the size _ good morning. how does this change, increasing the size of _ good morning. how does this change, increasing the size of the _ good morning. how does this change, increasing the size of the zone, - increasing the size of the zone, impact businesses? it increasing the size of the zone, impact businesses?— increasing the size of the zone, impact businesses? it does impact uuite impact businesses? it does impact quite rightly _ impact businesses? it does impact quite rightly because _ impact businesses? it does impact quite rightly because a _ impact businesses? it does impact quite rightly because a lot - impact businesses? it does impact quite rightly because a lot of - impact businesses? it does impact quite rightly because a lot of small businesses are faced with an interest rate rises, inflationary rises in this is another cost of doing business. it's very difficult to change your vehicle at short notice during these times, and when the zone got extended to the inner london area, this was given just a year to prepare so for a lot of small businesses it will be difficult but we have called for scrappage, we have called for periods of grace and these are in place but the important thing is for communication to soft launch of this policy, not to be heavy—handed,

businesses not to be fined heavily in the first few months, and for tfl and the mayor to understand that because we are still faced with the cost of living —— cost of doing business crisis. cost of living -- cost of doing business crisis.— business crisis. and that is exacerbated _ business crisis. and that is exacerbated in _ business crisis. and that is exacerbated in your - business crisis. and that is exacerbated in your eyes l business crisis. and that is| exacerbated in your eyes by business crisis. and that is - exacerbated in your eyes by this change, do you accept the arguments for the change in principle, though? we understand the need to clean up london's airport for our members the important thing is for them to be given that time, this is another cost of doing business, but for them the important thing is communication. there is only so many charges you can pass on to your customer. businesses are facing a difficult scenario because if you are a heathrow business and you have employees coming in from outside the m25, it will impact their ability to come in and you can't simply pay for those employees so it will be very difficult for small businesses. but making sure they have got the time to prepare, periods of grace, the

communication has not been fantastic so far, it is only limited way can go and retrofit your vehicle for instance. so tfl and the mayor need to help small businesses with good communication and soft launch. what communication and soft launch. what about the idea _ communication and soft launch. what about the idea that _ communication and soft launch. what about the idea that actually, nine out of ten vehicles are, they are could be affected, they will be compliant already and the number of vehicles impacted is pretty small? there are still a huge amount of businesses that are non—compliant, thousands of vehicles still and we need to reach those small businesses. there are periods of grace in place, there are grants for those scrapping or retrofitting which is good and we called for those measures. but for those businesses who have been struggling, we need that time, that soft launch approach. also good news as well, fsb vadao from hmrc that if you are using this own holy for business purposes you can use that in terms of your tax return. —— the fsb found

out. that is good news. so there are a lot of measures in place but we have to remember that a lot of small businesses are struggling at this time so a heavy—handed approach is not the way forward. time so a heavy-handed approach is not the way forward.— not the way forward. great to have our not the way forward. great to have your thoughts. _ not the way forward. great to have your thoughts, thank _ not the way forward. great to have your thoughts, thank you. - let's move now to australia, where scientists say that an 8cm worm has been found alive in the brain of an australian woman — that is a world first. dr sanjaya senanayake was one of the physicians who treated the woman and hejoined us to explain what happened a little earlier. a macro biology and the hospital —— microbiology laboratory got a call from a surgeon saying we have just discovered a live wriggling worm in this patient because �*s brain, something we have never seen before, help us out. as the on—call infectious diseases physician at the

time, my laboratory colleague involved me and we got to work trying to determine what this worm actually was so we could treat this patient. and we looked through all the possibilities and realised it might be outside the realms of normal human parasites, we were able to send it up the road to an animal parasitology is too made the diagnosis. 50 parasitology is too made the diagnosis-— diagnosis. so this worm was successfully _ diagnosis. so this worm was successfully extracted, - diagnosis. so this worm was successfully extracted, was| diagnosis. so this worm was i successfully extracted, was it? diagnosis. so this worm was - successfully extracted, was it? it was, all eight centimetres, it was alive, it was removed from the brain by our neurosurgeon and it was alive when it reached the microbiology laboratory and it was alive when he got sent up the road to our colic at the csiro, then he dissected it and that was the end of the worm eggs absolutely extraordinary. find that was the end of the worm eggs absolutely extraordinary.— that was the end of the worm eggs absolutely extraordinary. and do we know or are — absolutely extraordinary. and do we know or are we _ absolutely extraordinary. and do we know or are we allowed _ absolutely extraordinary. and do we know or are we allowed to _ absolutely extraordinary. and do we know or are we allowed to release l know or are we allowed to release any details about how the worm got

in? �* , ,., , ., ., , in? absolutely, and what we believe has happened _ in? absolutely, and what we believe has happened is _ in? absolutely, and what we believe has happened is this. _ in? absolutely, and what we believe has happened is this. normally, - in? absolutely, and what we believe has happened is this. normally, this parasite lives in carpet pythons which are found all over australia. the eggs of the parasite get into the python faeces, which small mammals or marsupials accidentally consume if they are in foliage etc, the parasite develops in them until another snake comes along and kills the marsupial or small mammal, and then the life cycle completes itself in the python. what we think has happened here is that our patient collected some native grasses for consumption, and we think the python faeces and parasite eggs had contaminated that and by touching that an eating that she has unfortunately become infected. so she is an accidental host.- she is an accidental host. every detail of this _ she is an accidental host. every detail of this story _ she is an accidental host. every detail of this story gets - she is an accidental host. every detail of this story gets more . she is an accidental host. every l

detail of this story gets more and more extraordinary. what is your personal or professional reaction to it? i personal or professional reaction to it? 4' , ., personal or professional reaction to it? ~ it? i think everyone has grabbed onto the yuck — it? i think everyone has grabbed onto the yuck factor, _ it? i think everyone has grabbed onto the yuck factor, the - it? i think everyone has grabbed onto the yuck factor, the life - it? i think everyone has grabbed i onto the yuck factor, the life worm being removed from the brain but evenif being removed from the brain but even if you remove that, there are a couple of important take—home messages. even though there has been 100 years between true pandemics, new infections are appearing in the world all the time, there have been 30 in the last three years, three quarters are animal infections which have infected human beings and as our burgeoning human population encroaches on animal habitat, that interaction between humans, domestic animals, wild animals and flora will lead to more of these infections appearing, so that's really important. also, this parasite is found in snakes and other parts of the world so raising awareness of this case may lead to the

identification and treatment of other cases around the world. fine identification and treatment of other cases around the world. one of the most extraordinary _ other cases around the world. one of the most extraordinary interviews i i the most extraordinary interviews i have done in a while! florida and cuba are bracing for hurricane idalia — which was upgraded from a tropical storm. idalia is expected to make landfall in big bend, florida on wednesday. so keep an eye out for that. that's it, this is bbc news. hello again. for the next couple of days, we're looking at a mixture of bright spells, sunny spells and some showers. worth pointing out, though, today, pollen levels across much of england are going to be high. so we're talking weeds at this time of year. now, what we have today is low pressure in charge of our weather. this front wrapped all the way

around it is producing some showers, heaviest across the north of scotland, closest to the centre of the low pressure and it's all slowly slipping southwards as we go through the course of today. so our first weather front continuing to slip south, rejuvenating, producing some heavier rain in the afternoon across parts of wales, the midlands, the home counties and east anglia and the weather front across scotland also slipping south. now, in between for northern england, northern ireland, there'll be some sunny spells and fewer showers and in light winds, our temperatures 1a in the north to 21 as we push down towards the south. now through this evening and overnight, ourfirst front continues to head south eastwards before clearing. our second one pushes into northern england, north wales, northern ireland, bringing some showers, but follow the curl round, we're going to see some more showers across the north of scotland. but there will also be a fair bit of clear sky tonight, so it's going to be a cooler night than last night, particularly so in the countryside. so tomorrow, a ridge of high pressure builds across us, so things are quite quiet in terms of the weather.

there will be areas of cloud bubbling up through the day, producing some showers. you might hear the odd rumble of thunder, for example, in the afternoon in east anglia and the odd sharp shower here. temperatures, 15 to about 20 degrees north to south. so just down a degree or so. then into thursday, we've got this area of low pressure with its fronts coming in from the atlantic. now, the northern extent of this is still open to a bit of question, but this is what we think at the moment. so across scotland and eastern england, it will start off dry with some sunny spells, but our fronts coming in from the west, will push northwards and eastwards introducing thicker cloud and some rain. the heaviest rain will be across southern england. and you could hear the odd rumble of thunder in southern coastal counties. temperatures 1a to 19 degrees, so, again, slipping just that little bit more. and then as we move on into friday, there'll be low cloud, mist and fog to clear from the south and also the far north of scotland. in between, there'll be sunshine and showers and temperatures climbing a little bit at the weekend.

chips, and trade. us—china talks continue —

amid growing rifts between the world's two largest economies. and more travel chaos — flights could be disrupted for days after problems at uk air traffic control. welcome to world business report. let's start in china where us commerce secretary gina raimondo has been discussing concerns about restrictions on american businesses, including the chip makers intel and micron. she is on a three day visit to china where she is meeting with officials and business leaders in an attempt to thaw the economic relationship between the two countries. here's katie silver. gina raimondo's visit is just the latest in a series of top american diplomats who've recently visited china — that includes treasury secretary janet yellen, the secretary of state antony blinken, and us climate envoyjohn kerry, all in the last three months. but despite all of these meetings, relations between the world's two

largest economies are at their most tense in years.