a pakistani court has acquitted five men of conspiracy to murder the former prime minister benazir bhuttoly in 2007. the judges cited lack of evidence — but declared former president pervez musharraf a fugitive from justice — he'd been charged in the case. mr musharraf lives in self imposed exile, has not commented on the verdict and has denied having any role in the killing. owen bennettjones is the presenter of newshour on the bbc world service and an expert on pakistan. he gave me his verdict. it is an external issuing verdict. the five young boys, —— it is an astonishing verdict. the five young boys were picked up hours after benazir bhutto was killed, and they have been languishing in prison ever since. the evidence was presented to court, and people are surprised, if ican court, and people are surprised, if i can put it like that, that they have been acquitted. have we been offered a detailed explanation of why the evidence has not added up to a guilty verdict? there is no detail yet. i presume it will be said that the evidence was messed up by the police, which is what normally hap

court in pakistan has acquitted all five men accused of conspiracy to murderformer prime minister benazir bhutto we'll hear from the team trying to reach the north pole by yacht — about the record they believe they've broken.

special court in pakistan has cleared five men of conspiring to murder the former prime minister benazir bhutto shortly after returning to pakistan from a self—imposed exile ten years ago. two senior police officers were convicted of negligence in failing to prevent her killing. the former pakistani president, pervez musharraf, who's also facing murder charges, was declared a fugitive for his failure to attend the trial. the online gambling company 888 has been fined a record £7.8 million forfailing to protect vulnerable customers. the gambling commission found that more than 7000 customers, despite opting out of playing, were still able to access their accounts. it says there were "significant flaws" in the firm's procedures to protect people from gambling—related harm. today is the deadline for working parents of three and four year olds in england to apply for 30 hours of free childcare a week. the extra costs will be paid for by the government. but a leading educational charity says the funding so far isn't enough, and some nurseries will struggle to stay in business. ministers say pilot sc