you made that clear, imran khan. 0k.d the armed forces, one criticism you often hear about you, one person for example, maryam nawaz, the daughter of the former prime minister, nawaz sharif, says you are a stooge and pawn of the pakistani army. are you? that is rich coming from her. her father was literally manufactured by the general‘s military dictatorship. but what do you say about the criticism ? he was removed from power in 1999 and you welcomed his ouster, having waged a long campaign against him, and even said you would welcome an offer tojoin the government. this is not true, i could have joined general musharraf's government in 2001. i was the only party who had the offer from musharraf who did not help him. i was the only political leader put in jail by the general musharraf. ok, so you are putting the record straight on that. but again, perhaps you could be a bit more critical of the armed forces, that is another thing that is said about you, and speak more about it excesses. there is concern from human rights

it does not bode well foryou, imran khan. in february. it does not bode well for you, imran khan.ns in pakistan, if you look at our history, always the party in power wins the by—elections. when the pln was in the opposition between 2002 and 2007, they lost all of the by—elections but lost the general election. —— but won the general. the same happened between 2008 and 2010. it is not a good indicator. the rising popularity of a party as you get close to the elections, which party is on the ascendance. if you look a year ago, pti was much further down and is now going up. if you took a poll now it is probably level would be plmn. you took a poll now it is probably levelwould be plmn. you have positioned yourself as an outsider againstan positioned yourself as an outsider against an unjust system, wanting to create a new pakistani. what is new and different about your policies? they sound similar to the things other parties are saying, food shelter and clothing is the slogan for the ppp. you say something similar. what is different about you? well, the policies of the two main part

elsewhere in the province, though, there have been political defections to imran khan's party.ated that pmln will not come into power. unlike the previous two elections, the threat of militant violence is no longer the key issue in pakistan. but this is only the second time ever a parliament has completed its term in office and it's a crucial time for democracy in the country. secunder kermani, bbc news, rawalpindi. the duke of cambridge has spoken of his hopes for lasting peace in the middle east after meeting the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, in the israeli—occupied west bank. prince william also met refugees at a camp near ramallah. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, is travelling with him. the transition from israel into the occupied palestinian territories, marked by high concrete walls and, for william, a switch into a palestinian vehicle. in the main city of ramallah, he was welcomed by the president of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas, at a ceremony akin to a full state welcome. except, of course, this isn't a state. it is palestinian territory,

elsewhere in the province, though, there have been political defections to imran khan's party. impression has been created that plmn will not come into power. unlike the previous two elections, the threat of militant violence is no longer the key issue in pakistan. but this is only the second time ever a parliament has completed its term in office and it's a crucial time for democracy in the country. secunda cavani, bbc news, rawalpindi —— secunder kermani. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. broke farmers forced off their properties. we'll bring you the latest from the royal commission in australia, which is investigating the practices of the banking sector. and before we go, meet the robot pizza chef. a french start—up has developed a robot which is able to make professional standard pizzas, from rolling the dough and layering on the tomato base to cutting the finished pizzas into even slices. the robot's inventors say it can make up to 120 pizzas an hour and are looking for a paris kitchen where it can be put to work. hello there. it's a bit of a case of deja vu wi

then there's imran khan the former cricketer turned politician his party held mass rallies during the government's last term accusing it of corruption and electoral fraud some pundits suggest as pakistan movement for justice party could be in line for a big win this time around. but behind all of this is pakistan's deep state institution the armed forces it is said that without all the support no party can form a government but the army says its role is simply security and stability and given the region bug son is a nuclear test and mentors are all has always been at the stabiliser and to be honest we can say that they have helpful do facilitate create conducive environment peaceful environment for any type of event. for the electorate there are other concerns including the economy jobs and a young population with few career prospects but those issues affect the urban population in rural areas by far the biggest voting bloc it's often village elders who dictate the float the value of theatre to show these sayings up there diable eldred's these all are the things which matters a lot in

imran khan is trying to block the release of the book, saying it is a coup like competitors a court temporarilyedh him. buthahas not stopped his ex-wife from revealing details from theook,, judges of nepotism, sexual favors, sexual code is and sexual harassment. genie: in france, and newspaper is reporting on an explosive health scandal. >> it is called a ticking time bomb. is latively unknown here in france basically, it is the story of a contamination in overseas caribbean islands dating backo t 1972. asideo 1993, a toxic dust was widely used onana plantations -- a toxic pesticide was widely used. it was declared as being cas anouaffecting fertility. it has affected possibly over 90% of the population inoth guadalupe and martinique. genie: tomany, a far right leader become the victim of a politically motivated prank. >> he is co-leader of the far right alternative germany party. a man on the still his him hi walk home in hisrawers, their esco by poce. many on social media have celebrated this, saying it is payback after he dismissed the zi era as a speck of bird poop in germany's history. sgh

hundred nineteen palestinians during weeks of demonstrations that we've got and the end of march imran khan is it the gaza israel border and he has more. as you can see the palestinians are burning tires just over there close to the israeli buffer zone now every so often the israelis fire off a volley of tear gas they're using this in two different ways firstly coming in from jeeps to give them a height on the take gas comes down into the crowd trying to spurs them clearly it's not working the crowd are still there but they're also using tear gas drones as well which is a fairly recent development however the palestinians figured out a way of dealing with the can you see the kites just up there they're becoming a bit of a problem for the israelis they're affectively a toy but the palestinians figured out that they can in tangle a drone into those kites they've actually done that and they've managed to bring down an israeli take astro and so that's something the israelis are going to be concerned about now this protest has begun slightly earlier in the day than the regular friday protests th

a correspondent imran khan is out in the gaza israel border with more. as you can see the palestinians are burning tires just over there close to the israeli buffer zone now every so often the israelis fire off a volley of tear gas they're using this in two different ways firstly coming in from jeeps to give them a height on the take gas comes down into the crowd trying to spurs them clearly it's not working the crowd are still there but they're also using tear gas drones as well which is a fairly recent development however the palestinians figured out a way of dealing with those drones can you see the kites just up there they're becoming a bit of a problem for the israelis they're effectively a toy but the palestinians figured out that they can in tangle a drone into those kites they've actually done that and they've managed to bring down an israeli take astro and so that's something the israelis are going to be concerned about now this protest has begun slightly earlier in the day than the regular friday protests that's because of al could state that w

there is imran khan has more from the gaza israel border as you can see the palestinians are burning tires just over there close to the israeli buffer zone now every so often the israelis fire off a volley of tear gas they're using this in two different ways firstly coming in from jeeps to give them height on the take just comes down into the crowd trying to spurs them clearly it's not working the crowd all still there but they're also using tear gas drones as well which is a fairly recent development over the palestinians figured out a way of dealing with can you see the kites just up there becoming a bit of a problem for the israelis there affectively a toy but the palestinians figured out that they can in tangle a drone into those kites they've actually done that and they've managed to bring down an israeli take asteroids so that's something the israelis are going to be concerned about now this protest has begun slightly earlier in the day than the regular friday protests that's because of could state that was started effectively means to recent days but it was started by the iran

one hundred eighteen palestinians during weeks of demonstrations that began at the end of march imran khan is at the gaza israeli border and he has more. as you can see the palestinians are burning tires just over that close to the israeli buffer zone now every so often the israelis fire off a volley of tear gas they're using this in two different ways firstly coming in from jeeps to give them a height on the take as comes down into the crowd trying to suppress them clearly it's not working the crowd all still there but they're also using tear gas drones as well which is a fairly recent development however the palestinians figured out a way of dealing with can you see the kites just up there they're becoming a bit of a problem for the israelis there affectively a toy but the palestinians figured out that they can in tangle a drone into those kites they've actually done that and they've managed to bring down an israeli tank astro and so that's something the israelis are going to be concerned about now this protest has begun slightly earlier in the day than the regular friday protests that's

see this is a day of peace as a day of solidarity against the israeli led eleven year old siege imran khanlive in the border area between gaza and israel. the russian president vladimir putin is in china ahead of an economic summit that starts this weekend both countries have announced trade and investment agreements florence of the ripples from beijing. a friendship medal for russian president vladimir putin awarded for what china says is putin's outstanding contribution to china's development it's a sign of ever closer ties between the two men and the two countries both announced several business deals including a joint investment fund in projects in china and russia the closer relationship comes at a time when tensions with the u.s. have increased.

under siege this weekend marks the start of the twelfth year of israel's blockade on the territory imran khan met one family that struggling to find a festive spirit in difficult conditions. him out of bed that gets his children ready for the religious festival of eden that follows a month of those sting they headed to pray and to listen to speeches by representatives of hamas the defacto power here in gaza. immured lives near the border with israel but has never left. since march thirtieth he is taking part in and he's really protests along that border and seen many of his friends and neighbors injured by israeli snipers and tear gas this eat coincides with the start of the twelfth year these really laid siege along. that god willing we hope that by the end of the protest we achieve our goal of lifting the siege and we wish the israelis will accept our demand to lift the siege and give palestinian people our rights. a must representative. is the deputy to smell funny at the political bureau chief of the mouse he delivers an impassioned speech criticizing israel for his actions and accusing i

holidays for palestinians in gaza it marks the beginning of the twelfth year of israel's blockade imran khan met family struggling to celebrate on a difficult conditions. him out of bed to get his children ready for the religious festival of read that follows a month of sting they headed to pray and to listen to speeches by representatives of hamas the defacto power here in gaza. imad lives near the border with israel but has never left. since march thirtieth he has taken part in and he's really protests along that border and seen many of his friends and neighbors injured by israeli snipers and tear gas this eat coincides with the start of the twelfth year these really laid siege. to god willing we hope that by the end of the protest we achieve our goal of lifting the siege and we wish the israelis will accept our demand to lift the siege and give palestinian people our rights. a mass representative. is the deputy to smell any of the political bureau chief of the mouse he delivers an impassioned speech criticizing israel for his actions and accusing it of targeting civilians journalists or m

our correspondent i think we can go live to him who is in gaza emraan are you with us imran khan. yes ok tell us your question that man is there no longer a question i. just wanted to establish. around to tell us what's going on around you. well today is al could could say literally means to recent date was set up by the iranians after the nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution and that's why the protests being brought about early of the normal normally they still around five o'clock local they're going to happen off to friday prayers can already see a number of people gathering behind we don't know how many protesters are going to show up but a previous fridays and example it will be in quite large number now my cameras just panned you can see that bunker just over there that's an israeli sniper position the israelis have been very clear they said anybody going towards the buffer zone will be testing israel's resolve and they will try and push those protesters back now if you're a member of hamas or islamic jihad for example you'll probably listen to the protests committees

government tens of thousands of govern employees in gaza have gone without pay for months are reports imran khan is in ramallah where the palestinian authority is based. it's likely that the organizers are going to be very disappointed in the size of this crowd it's about a couple of hundred people but these people are making their voice very clearly heard only really demand and that's lifting the sanctions by the bill. and giving some relief to the people of gaza now in recent weeks. are being criticized for heavily. against the protesters but this one seems to be a lot more peaceful there is a palestinian authority police presence but it's not nearly as heavy handed as it has been in previous weeks women in saudi arabia are now officially allowed to drive for the first time this video is from just hours ago when the ban was lifted at midnight local time some saudi women used simulators to take lessons in advance of the law change the decision is expected to boost the economy with a rise in car sales a french president emanuel says he supports financial sanctions on european countries they refu

the marches will continue until we achieve our goals firstly breaking the siege on the gaza strip imran khan has more from the gaza israel border. as you can see the palestinians are burning tires just over there close to the israeli buffer zone now every so often the israelis fire off a volley of tear gas they are using this in two different ways firstly coming in from jeeps to give them height on the take gas comes down into the crowd trying to disperse them clearly it's not working the crowd are still there but they're also using tear gas drones as well which is a fairly recent development however the palestinians figured out a way of dealing with those drones can you see the kites just up there they're becoming a bit of a problem for the israelis they're affectively a toy but the palestinians figured out that they can in tangle a drone into those kites they've actually done that and they've managed to bring down an israeli take astro and so that's something the israelis are going to be concerned about now this protest has begun slightly earlier in the day than the regular friday protests

against israel but a rehabilitation center is helping some of the disabled get back into sport imran khan reports from gaza. the heroes of c. team take to the page for an exhibition match in the throughout the refugee camp they've split into two teams with a game designed to showcase disabled football. each of these players lost a leg in the last three wars israel has forty goals a full one hundred eighteen at the time but football's given them some hope a charge to take part in a physical activity and give them confidence there's life beyond injury i know if a sentence. by somebody from the sub in two thousand and seven i was walking near my house when there was an explosion and i was fifteen they had to amputate my leg i used to play football at school but to play football like this has been brilliant for me we can play sports like everybody else was heroes f.c. is part of the data rehabilitation society that helps people cope with injury this is a new initiative for them. because i felt. you know i came up with the idea after watching disabled in television i started to research and sa

minorities and women's rights i want to see pakistan governed by religious law rather than civil war imran khan al-jazeera . the u.n. security council has given south sudan's warring factions a month to reach a peace deal or face possible sanctions it's voted to adopt a u.s. led resolution which threatens an arms embargo against the defense minister and five other officials south sudan descended into civil war in twenty thirteen when the president salva kiir accused his then deputy shah of plotting a coup more now from morgan who's in juba. nine countries have voted in favor of renewal of sanctions against south sudan officials and six countries have abstained now to get those votes the u.s. which has been pushing for the votes had to water down there was aleutian and did not get what they wanted what they wanted was harsher sanctions more officials in south sudan which they have accused of derailing the peace process and those officials include the minister of cabinets affairs as well as the minister of defense what they got instead was a forty five day technical rollover of the existing sanct

under siege this weekend marks the start of the twelfth year of israel's blockade on the territory imran khan met one family that struggling to find a festive spirit amidst difficult conditions. him out of it gets his children ready for the religious festival of ied that follows a month of those sting they headed to pray and to listen to speeches by representatives of hamas the defacto power here in gaza. imad lives near the border with israel but has never left. since march thirtieth he has taken part in and he's really protests along that border and seen many of his friends and neighbors injured by israeli snipers and tear gas this eat coincides with the start of the twelfth year he's really laid siege. to god willing we hope that by the end of the protest we achieve our goal of lifting the siege and we wish the israelis will accept our demand to lift the siege and give palestinian people are right. hamas representatives. is the deputy to smell any of the political bureau chief of the mouse he delivers an impassioned speech criticizing israel for his actions and accusing it of targeting civ

then there's imran khan the former cricketer turned politician his party held mass rallies during the government's last term accusing it of corruption and electoral fraud some pundits suggest as pakistan movement for justice party could be in line for a big win this time around. but behind all of this is pakistan's deep state institution the armed forces it is said that without all the support no party can form a government but the army says its role is simply security and stability and given the region on is a new created in mitty's are all has always been at the stabiliser and to be honest we can say that they're helpful do facilitate create conducive environment peaceful environment for any type of event. for the elect. other concerns including the economy jobs and a young population with few career prospects but those issues affect the urban population in rural areas by far the biggest voting bloc it's often the village elders who dictate the vote the values these sayings up there diable eldred's these all are the things which matters a lot in pakistani elections and our common wa

tens of thousands of government employees in garza have gone without pay for months our reporter imran khan is in ramallah where the palestinian authority is based. it's likely that the organizers are going to be very disappointed in the size of this crowd about a couple of hundred people but these people are making their voice very clearly heard only really one demand and that's lifting the sanctions by the v.a. on gaza and giving some relief to the people of gaza now in recent weeks. already being criticized for heavy handed tactics against the protesters but this one seems to be a lot more peaceful there is a palestinian authority police presence but it's not nearly as heavy handed as it has been in previous weeks the former vice president of the democratic republic of congo will be given a diplomatic passport to return home following his acquittal at the international criminal court. eighteen year sentence for war crimes was overturned earlier this month he's in belgium pending an appeal on the witness tampering charge and still a general secretary in his political party but it's unclea

see this is a day of peace as a day of solidarity against the israeli led eleven year old siege imran khan live in the border area between gaza and israel. the russian president vladimir putin is in china ahead of an economic summit that starts this weekend both countries have announced trade and investment agreements florence and the ripples from beijing. a friendship medal for russian president vladimir putin awarded for what china says is putin's outstanding contribution to china's development it's a sign of ever closer ties between the two men and the two countries both announced several business deals including a joint investment fund in projects in china and russia the closer relationship comes at a time when tensions with the u.s. have increased. both the russians and chinese have been sidelined from tuesday's planned summit between trump and kim jong il despite that keen to show they retain influence over north korea. and i see you've seen two sort of we talked about the korean peninsula issue russia and china both want to see the korean peninsula and north east asia enjoy the peac

crisis will probably worsen but doctors from morocco are providing some response our correspondent imran khan has a story from gaza city. mohammad baraka is one of fourteen thousand seven hundred palestinians injured during weeks of and he's really protesting gaza he was shot in the leg by an israeli sniper on the fourteenth of may doctors here can't help him they don't have enough equipment or medical supplies if he doesn't get proper treatment soon they'll have to amputate his leg because of the israeli led cd can't obtain permission to leave gaza. his father was also shot and is in the same hospital and in the same situation. i am frustrated i'm suffering as is my son they won't let us out the people in charge are supposed to let us outside of gaza to seek treatment but they won't they're not the only ones the palestinian health ministry says at least four hundred patients in gaza hospitals are unable to get treatment and stopped from leaving to seek treatment elsewhere other countries are aware of the crisis and trying to help the moroccan army setting up a fully operational field hospita

government tens of thousands of government employees in gaza have gone without pay for months a report imran khan is in ramallah where the palestinian authority is based. it's likely that the organizers are going to be very disappointed in the size of this crowd it's about a couple of hundred people but these people are making their voice very clearly heard they only really have one demand and that's lifting the sanctions by the p.a. on gaza and giving some relief to the people of gaza now in recent weeks. already are being criticized for heavy handed tactics against the protesters but this one seems to be a lot more peaceful there is a palestinian authority police presence but it's not nearly as heavy handed as it has been in previous weeks will it stay in the region because thousands of civilians have fled their homes in syria is there a province where major government offensive is underway rebel say they repelled the attack but fear they may not be able to hold down the iran and russia backed armies move in russia has more. this is the first time government forces have used battle bombs in in

siege this eed coincides with the beginning of the twelfth year of israel's blockade al-jazeera is imran khan met families who are struggling to celebrate under difficult conditions. in their gets his children ready for the religious festival of eden that follows a month of full sting they headed to pray and to listen to speeches by representatives of the defacto power he goes. imad lives near the border with israel but has never left. since march thirtieth he has taken part in and he's really protests along that border and seen many of his friends and neighbors injured by israeli snipers and to gas this eat coincides with the start of the twelfth year these really laid siege a lot of them that god willing we hope that by the end of the protest we achieve our goal of lifting the siege and we wish the israelis will accept our demand to lift the siege and give palestinian people our rights. a mass representative. is the deputy to smell funny at the political bureau chief of the mouse he delivers an impassioned speech criticizing israel for his actions and accusing it of targeting civilians jour

one simple message as i say they want sanctions lifted against the palestinians in gaza all right imran khan thank you will have a look at this article with a yet to be announced u.s. plan for israeli palestinian peace much of which remain strout it in secrecy and u.s. officials have in part embarked on a middle east tour to shore up support but can it actually deliver peace so this article puts it all in context you can find it on our home page al-jazeera dot com . joining us from london with more of the international news. either a thousands of protesters opposed to bret's it's all marching through central london on the second on the syria vote to leave the european union demanding a second referendum on britain's e.u. membership once the terms of the country's withdrawal become clear it comes a senior figures in the british government say they remain willing to walk away from e.u. negotiations without a deal the ball is in central london. it's two years since the u.k. surprise decision to leave the e.u. in that referendum back in two thousand and six same two years old the country appears

imran khan qualify for the group stages if they win after their opening win against morocco.plete day off. this is really going to fill panama with fear. look at this. unicorn racing. we don't have the pictures that they are in a swimming pool on these large inflata bles, swimming pool on these large inflatables, unicorns, racing in the swimming pool. take my word for it. they are all looking in good spirits and will head off for that match on sunday against panama. seeing is believing and you can get those pictures on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. so — the government has won today's key brexit vote in the commons with a majority of 16. victory was assured after the leading conservative rebel dominic grieve said he would now be supporting the government — apparently after receiving further reassurances from ministers. let's go straight to our chief political correspondent vicki young. a cynic would say that they have heard those assurances before. that will be the argument from some people. the government will be

imran khan representing some of the families, the solicitor, he has been speaking about the issue ofration by this inquiry, is whether, and taking the quote on institutionalised racism, whether as a result of the unwitting actions and conduct of the individuals that made up rbkc and tmo there was a racist outcome. in short, the question that we might want to ask and have answered is whether rbkc and tmo and its associates were guilty of institutional racism. our clients believe that this is a proper issue to explore. the refurbishment of grenville turner was a complex project. many companies involved. but you have to ask, who signed of the project? —— the refurbishment of grenfell tower. you only have to hear the words of one of the qcs speaking on behalf of one of the qcs speaking on behalf of one of the families today who said they cladding acted as petrol, to realise how wrong that assessment of saying it was not to blame was. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. controversial plans for a third runway at heathrow are approved by ministers — mps will vote within