constraint on this issue despite the provocation from india imran khan is not a wall monger and he's of god already said that he wants to improve relations with india and talk about all outstanding issued when he first became prime minister he said and offered to india there had been one step toward august on that focused on what to do so we are going to see probably the prime minister again reiterating that fact that the only solution is through dialogue through thought and rhetoric like this nurtured all it should be remembered that the pakistani foreign minister has returned to the secretary general of the united nations are asking him to help deescalate this crisis richard i mean aiding from the strong record a foreign minister also saying that he had warned the permanent members of the security council a few weeks ago that up august on bashing campaign would probably be under way in india and for the bulk of trying to galvanize the hindu extremists who are now it must also be to member did i say no lawyers in india would heed that that there should be an issue as now where an in

our correspondent in islamabad and in iran we've heard and seen your namesake the prime minister imran khan striking a very reasonable tone if you like and in suggesting that a better sense needs to prevail saying pakistan has no wish to escalate the situation and get into a conflict with india. that's right in his televised address to the nation which i have to say was watched by many people just simply looking around where i am people were very interested to see where he would take this and this was a very impassioned plea for cooler heads to prevail he gave examples from history where tensions have escalated into war war the wars become a thing within themselves and what he's also saying is that pakistan would defend its own borders and did defend its own borders but now he wants to sit down with the indian prime minister and talk this out whether the indians are going to listen to that or not remains to be seen we haven't had any reaction from the indians as of yet but this comes off the back of the closing of aspace in pakistan all commercial flights been stopped from coming into the c

i think the biggest loser is imran khan.miership, and with his announcement that he wanted better ties with iran, it had been actually iran, it was the first time since 1979 that we had a prime minister in pakistan who had that kind of relationship, who was that charismatic, and wanted to improve relations. before the revolution, the shah of iran was the first foreign dignitary to visit pakistan. prime minister bhutto, who was the prime minister from 1971 to 1979, had an iranian wife. the first lady of pakistan, when pakistan became a republic, was also iranian, so there was a lot of, you know... if imran khan is the loser, are you saying he is not in control or that he misjudged? we also have to take a look at internal pakistani politics, isi, with other groups, what do they want to achieve? who is the biggest winner? imran khan has been weakened by this, certainly. as far as iran and pakistan are concerned, they are talking about building a wall, within 900 kilometres, so the islamic republic is emulating mr trump. jeffrey

down a prime minister imran khan is denying indian allegations that his country was involved in last week's bombing in the disputed kashmir region forty one indian soldiers were killed in a suicide blast india has dismissed khan's offer to cooperate in an investigation. and senior members of the trumpet ministration not being accused of pushing for nuclear technology sales to saudi arabia repeatedly ignoring legal objections democrats are launching an investigation after releasing a report based on testimony from whistleblowers. russia says it's opened to the humanitarian corridors in syria to allow people in the rock band refugee camp to return home the u.n. says most of the forty thousand people there are women and children who've been stranded in extremely harsh conditions for years well to come plies in the remote syrian desert near the border with jordan and iraq imran khan has more. russian military patrols secure what are described as two humanitarian corridors which moscow says will allow people mainly women and children living in the old brick by a refugee camp to leave the r

alone barbara sara you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program imran khan says pakistan will retaliate if india responds to the bombing in kashmir. they have the money and the power we have the people back on the presidential campaign trail bernie sanders says he's running again for the democratic ticket to the white house and car like a failed one of the dominating figures in high fashion for half a century guys aged eighty five. and the thank you for joining us u.s. president donald trump's former national security advisor and other white house officials pushed a venture to bring nuclear power plants the saudi arabia that's according to a new report released by u.s. house democrats now they accuse the trumpet ministration of ignoring repeated legal and ethical warnings in its quest to have american companies build dozens of nuclear power plants across the kingdom potentially at the risk of spreading nuclear weapons reallocations are made in a twenty four page report from the house oversight and reform committee. joins us live now from washington d.c. our

taking action today again imran khan has addressed the nation and he was convened his message across the board of making it very clear that dialogue is the only solution and indian markets son must sort everything through done in the us the positive thing is that the statement from the indian foreign minister as conditions very positive leading biased on which she said that she believed that india doesn't want to escalate things any further so this there's a whole after these statements that maybe these two countries can sit across to have a dialogue and sort things out rather than getting into a war and so on yet this offer up top how is this going down in delhi. well we haven't had any official reaction from the indian government following those statements by the pakistani prime minister earlier today of course indian foreign minister was attending a summit in china did say that india is not interested in escalating the spot though that india wants to act with the sponsibility and restraint but i have to say that you know the view here and baby very much is that despite those those

imran khan said we should sit down t to resolve the crisisis h india. india says that shot down one pakistan fighter jet a and lost its own jet to pakistan. ground forces have exchanged fire in more than a dozen locations. it marks the first time in history two nuclear armed powers have done so. let's listen to imran khan. >> can we afford miscalculation with the weapons we have? a aad of we thihink where this couldld go if the situation escalates? it will not be in my control. >> speaking on the escalating tensions between pakistan and india. here is more from our delhi correspondent. >> they have two indian air force pilots. down two fighter jets. one is apparently in hospital. airircraftonfirmed one has s gone missing and that a pilot is missing in action. they are verifying whether pakistan does have this pilot in custody. they are also saying they shut down -- - ey shot down one pakistani jet when it came into indian territory this morning. there e has been an escalation f airspace over and eight cities in the north were shot down, including all ai

prime minister imran khan wants to make a good impression. and is looking to. one is that package is called mint in the current economic crisis second is foreign direct investment cons overture comes as much of the world has either shunned criticized or chosen to keep an arm's length from the crown prince both turkish and american security agencies have concluded that mohamed bin salmen ordered the murder of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi the veteran journalist was killed and dismembered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last october cond just two months into his tenure never joined the global chorus of outrage against the kingdom and the prince. later that month he was one of a few leaders to attend a financial summit in saudi arabia a pet project of bin solomon intended to elevate the country's image and promote foreign investment there would be no political cost for mr mustard could quote him at the moment it's not important what the world is thinking the crown prince plans to show his appreciation by injecting billions of dollars into pakist

pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, calls for talks with india after fighter jets have clashed inin a major escalation of the conflict. the bbc and itv announce plans for a newjoint streaming service, britbox, which they hope will rival netflix and amazon. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, who are author and journalist rachel shabi, and the former trade minister, lord digbyjones. hello. good evening to you. welcome to bbc news. our main story is the explosive testimony given by president trump's former lawyer michael cohen to a congressional committee in washington. mr cohen, who's going to prison for various offences, including fraud, told the committee the president was a racist, a cheat and a conman. he asserted that mr trump knew beforehand about a leak of hacked democratic emails aimed at damaging the presidential campaign of his rival, hillary clinton. the white house says mr cohen is a convicted liar and should not be believed, as our correspondent nick bryant reports. michael cohen once said he'd take a bullet for donald tru

from declaring the end of isis enclave in syria imran khan al-jazeera. a report in the new york times is raising questions about whether the us president went further than reporting to try and stop investigations into him and his close allies article him as the latest washington d.c. . as federal investigators are closing in on the president's former fixer and lawyer michael cohen the new york times says u.s. president donald trump called his acting attorney general matthew whittaker and asked that a trump loyalist be put in charge of the investigation whittaker didn't make that move and cohen went on to plead guilty to coordinating with the president to make payments to keep news of two affairs out of the headlines before the election along with other crimes the call could possibly be seen as the president trying to obstruct justice he's denied it and gave you that just more fake tears a lot of there's a lot of fake there's a lot of fake news out there no i did the new york times is not known for producing fake news and if true it could spell trouble fo

of course imran khan as you mentioned also giving a stern warning. take it lying little in case there was any retaliation for that attack yeah indeed he issued a stern warning but has also said that pakistan is ready to cooperate with india in the investigation just how high today risk of escalation in this crisis. well it appears that right now it is up to india what it is going to do the ball is in the core dave and. india was acting at the judge jury and they. are going into ground realities so it's re different to judge warden there is thinking obviously that limited options for india run contrary it dating that it's very easy to start a wall but almost impossible to end it and of course everybody knows across the board in india as relevant bog standard any wall or any confrontation between these two countries would be catastrophic for ball thank you for that come out for us in islamabad let's cross over to new delhi now and face phases come on said that the ball now seems to be in india's court how will the indian government respond to this call

the last the imran khan speaking to us from ghazi untapped and we'll be bringing you more on that as it happens. the u.s. house of representatives has passed a resolution to end american military involvement in the saudi and he led war in yemen the measure now faces a contentious fires in the senate and president on trump says he'll veto it she had to tansey reports from washington d.c. this is a five minute. this is the vote that the house of representatives then controlled by the republicans refused to allow last year with control having shifted to the democrats passage of a resolution demanding u.s. involvement in the yemen war it was never in doubt nearly the bombs that have fallen say the same thing made in the united states of america they fall on weddings they fall on hospitals and on homes they fall on funerals rep refugee camps and school busses i am mindful that this debate is taking place a day after the president disregarded the law and failed to report to congress who was responsible for the murder of journalist jamal to shoki. the murder of last october has mobilized me

country is behind the cob bombing in the disputed kashmir region in a televised address to the nation imran khan said he is ready to cooperate with his neighbor to investigate and casuals responsible but he also warned of retaliation if india launches any attacks. also today i am offering the indian government thought what a vista cation you do in this case that suggests the involvement of any pakistani we are ready to cooperate with you if you have any actionable intelligence that provide us with that it will take action and it's not because we are there pressure but because they are enemies of pakistani because they go against our interest early on the top military commander in indian administered kashmir blamed pakistan's spy agency for the blast forty one indian paramilitary soldiers were killed the pakistan based on. said it was behind the attack the complete attack on the conway versed members to me before the storm and i stayed in the jail from across the border but it happened in the local content in the middle of illustration so we had to leave our children we're very anyone who enters

are it will speak to our correspondent merely new delhi in just a little while first let's go to imran khan he is in the pakistan capital islamabad and pakistan military then emphasizing the fact that they're prepared they're willing they're able but they prefer not to escalate tensions within the year. that's right some very strong statements coming out not just from the foreign office will also from the pakistani military as well they are insisting that two aircraft were shot down two indian air force aircraft were shot down one of them landed in a distant kashmir the other landed in pakistan a pakistani administered kashmir they also say that they have one pilot in custody now the audience of his public relations. say that in the coming hours they are going to put the pilots in a press conference on display for the world to see now this is a real ratcheting up of tensions across the line of control not only on the air but also on the ground as well we've heard nothing from the government of pakistan so far but what happens next is going to be crucial whether the indians will retaliate wh

imran khan says pakistan would retaliate if india responds to the bombing in kashmir. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program syrian and russian forces open to humanitarian corridors to allow safe passage for tens of thousands of refugees in the book from camp. they may have the money and the power we have the people back on the presidential campaign trail bernie sanders says he's running again for the democratic ticket to the white house and the mystery of the missing four hundred fifty million dollar devinsky painting amid suspicions it could be a fake. hello welcome to the program pakistan's prime minister has rejected india's accusations that his country is behind thursday's car bombing in the disputed region of kashmir in a televised address the nation imran khan said he's ready to cooperate with his neighbor to investigate and capture those responsible but he also warned of retaliation if india launches any attacks come on hyder has the latest from islamabad. tensions between india and pakistan remain at a

minister imrane khan calls it a gesture of peace.pakistan will release an indian pilot captured when his plane was shot down over the disputed kashmir region. the u.s. has urged the countries to refrain from further action. the standoff is the worst there in almost half a century. i day before the indian jet was shot down, india says its planes bombed a terrorist camp inside pakistan. more problems for the bankrupt california utility pg&e. it will face a $10.5 billion charge, saying it is probable its think what will be called the ignition point for the deadliest fire in state history. they will wait to see if california passes a law that will protect utilities from future fires. and in the text of a speech today, inflation expectations are stable at a low level, following two days of congressional testimony by fed chairman jay powell, who had a similar message. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloo

prime minister imran khan has called for talks.o far, his indian counterpart narendra modi has remained silent. genie: the results from senegal's presidential election are due to come out today. but counting has been underway since people went to the polls sunday. media reports based on the tallies of regional results with suggestedes counted president macky sall looks to win outright. other candidates have insisted that a second round runoff would be in evitable. self-proclaimed venezuelan president juan guaido is meeting brazilian leader bolsonaro today. venezuelan president nicolas maduro is still struggling to rally his own support. this camp has been calling for talks with donald trump, something washington has categorically ruled out. reports.ger reporter: a mass walkout of diplomats at the united nations human rights council. again, we called for dialogue with united states, between president maduro and president trump. why shouldn't they meet so they can try to find common ground and explain their differences? reporter: for

imran khan says pakistan would retaliate if india responds to the bombing in kashmir. they have the money and the power we have the people back on the presidential campaign trail bernie sanders says he's running again for the democratic ticket to the white house and karl lagerfeld one of the dominating figures in high fashion for half a century dies at the age of eighty five. and i'm we are harding and doha with all of your sport indonesia's capital jakarta becomes the first city to officially submit a bid to host the two thousand and thirty two summer olympic games we'll have that for you and more later news hour. thank you for joining us u.s. president donald trump's former national security adviser and other white house officials pushed a venture to bring nuclear power plants to saudi arabia that's according to a new report released by the u.s. house democrats they accuse the trumpet ministration of ignoring repeated legal and ethical warnings in its quest to have american companies build thousands of nuclear power plants across the kingdom potentially at the risk o

thank you very much imran khan with all the latest on that from gaza and. now in other stories we're following the u.n. secretary general has told african leaders they are setting an example to rich countries in their treatment of refugees and trying to get terrorists made the comments at the start of the african union summit meet the o.p.'s refugees will be one of the main topics the leaders will also be focusing on institutional reform so that is the establishment of a free trade zone across the continent egypt has taken over from rwanda as chair of the fed to find them because all the microsoft founder bill gates his foundation is extensively involved in funding projects in africa address the summit. my focus is on the opportunity. of the human capital here in africa that have the right things are done with the young people in terms of health and education that there's a very bright future for the continent there's a lot of great examples here. who've done an amazing job getting their primary health care system working and you know no reason why that can

indian jets and captured one of the pilots india came straight shot down one pakistani aircraft imran khan reports from islamabad. this indian fighter jet to crash is disputed between these two youths. but it was evidence that pakistan and india welcome for. to each other in the skies above the borders and it prompted this appeal from pakistan's prime minister to india's leader noor and ramadi. sort of him here but we decided to take action today we only wanted to show india that we're able to and if you come into our land we will always retaliate to indian jets across the border and they were shot down i will say the pilots are with us the problem is where do we go from here. that you have met tell us the pakistani air force says it shot down two indian warplanes after they crossed into its territory in the disputed region of kashmir one crashed in the district of goma. below me on my heart and i have firstly we need to clear the rubble and then deal with the injured after that the air force technical team will come and investigate what happened as of now we found two bodies. initially th

week's deadly attack on an indian security convoy in cush need to do pakistan's prime minister imran khansaid he was ready to talk with india but he warned that his country would retaliate if delhi takes military action in response to that attack in a televised address imran khan demanded that india provide proof of its allegations that his country was behind the blast at least forty people were killed in the suicide bombing of pakistan based militant group jaish e mohammad claimed responsibility for that attack several indian soldiers as well as suspected militants and civilians have been killed in the aftermath of that attack. so emotions are running very high in india off that suicide bombing and they've been calls for revenge on social media my colleague bob us is tracking that story and joins me now welcome bob tell us what the rule is social media in this conflict what it appears is paying quite a important role which is something that we're beginning to see now not just here but across many other conflicts and now what's happened is that there's been quite a lot of the pakistan ant

operation conciliatory words from pakistani prime minister imran khan as he told lawmakers in islamabad his government was focused on the t. escalation with india. and was brought up by that we have captured in indian pilots - as it will release him tomorrow as a peace gesture. they like. imran khan's announcement comes amid soaring tensions between india and pakistan over the disputed region of kashmir. islamabad says it shot d down to engine jets on wednesday. later airing a video of a man a titan. the move was in response to an indian as strike insights pakistan on tuesday. which was itself retaliation for a deadly attack on engine police earlier this month. that attack was claimed by george and muhammad the separatist group which india says enjoys free rein in pakistan. addressing policy workers early on cheese day engine prime minister narendra moody -- just unity against what he described as the enemy base garbrbage dump on see my p parti will countries brave soldiers on showining that string of the border. and across the border. to the cntry is one today. and with standing with t

welcome to both of you and simple i'd like to begin with you because the pakistani prime minister imran khanhe's been meeting with his security aides what has he been saying. i think this statement came out just less than an article and i made a very clear offer to get into the dialogue which has been his position all who as you have noted that it was an attack in the in in will live on which i started to me we are some security forces of this week were killed in the outfield in the suicide bombing oct of that attack when tensions but actually by prime minister was the only in the us i remember on heinrich gramma's in runtime range on t.v. and aust all our intelligence to be shared offered a chance to have a dialogue with this and see if there is some actionable intelligence that added on us to if it is if there is anything that india had that these attacks you know must in mind in pakistan but not that was done and we had a strike in the area in. the night to go. started this whole crisis and it was only a matter of time when somebody action from pakistan would have common prime minister br

indian jets and captured one of the pilots india claims to have shot down one pakistani aircraft imran khan reports from islamabad. what caused this indian fighter jet to crash is disputed between these two nuclear armed rivals but it was evidence that pakistan and india were confronting each other in the skies above the borders and it prompted this appeal from pakistan's prime minister to india's leader nur interim ot. sort of one year but we decided to take action today we only wanted to show india that we're able to and if you come into our land we will always retaliate to indian jets across the border and they were shot down i will say the pilots are with us the problem is where do we go from here. but hear me tell you that the pakistani air force says it shot down two indian warplanes after they crossed into its territory in the disputed region of kashmir one crashed in the district of goma. bellamy our hearts are not hurt firstly we need to clear the rubble and then deal with the injured after that the air force technical team will come and investigate what happened as of now we found

one thousand nine hundred seventy one now speaking in the past hour the pakistani prime minister imran khan has called for a responsible approach he said noting how both of them are nuclear powers they really couldn't afford a miscalculation. and there are so while you understand what i want to ask a question to the indian government that considering the nature of the weapons that both of us have is can we afford any miscalculation should we not think at this moment that if the situation escalates then where will it go it will not be in my control or narendra modi's control i will again tell you that a better sense should prevail now and we should resolve our issues by sitting together and through talks. with them are. now spikes in tensions i have a kashmir they have been up and down over the years and a fresh wave of violence really took hold in the summer of twenty sixteen but kashmir has always been contested territory even before india and pakistan won their independence from britain and nine hundred forty seven. there is now a multinational appeal for both sides to show restraint and

pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, calls for talks with india after fighterjets have clashed in kashmira major escalation of the conflict. the bbc and itv announce plans for a new joint streaming service, britbox, to rival netflix and amazon. donald trump's digraced former personal lawyer michael cohen is giving congress damning evidence about the president, branding him a racist, a conman and a cheat. cohen, who worked for the president for more than a decade, is about to start a three—yearjail sentence for lying and fraud. he told congress that the president had made racist remarks, and he spoke of hush money paid to a porn star with whom he'd had an affair. he's also claimed that donald trump had known in advance about a leak of e—mails that would damage his rival hillary clinton in the 2016 election. from washington, nick bryant reports. michael cohen once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump. but on capitol hill today, the president's former lawyer, his personal mr fixit, carried out a political hitjob on his one—time boss. i am ashamed that i chose to take part in the conceali

imran khan says pakistan would retaliate if india responds to the bombing in kashmir. they may have the money and the power we have the people back on the.

pakistan's relatively new prime minister, imran khan, is very close to his military, who have alwaysghanistan — as the source of pakistan's troubles. anotherfactor could be india's much more established prime minister, hindu nationalist narendra modi. he's facing a divisive general election. both leaders need to look strong, and the risk of heated political rhetoric fueling more violence is very real. james robbins, our diplomatic correspondent. let's get a sense of the feeling in delhi, our correspondent there is rajini vaidyanathan. correspondent there is rajini vaidya nathan. do you correspondent there is rajini vaidyanathan. do you get any sense that this escalation in tension is about to end, that there will be an easing any time soon? well, there is a frenzy of coverage on indian television, which is asking one key question — is this country on the brink of war with its neighbour, pakistan? both countries, of course, have nuclear capabilities. after pakistan's actions today, the ball appears to be in india's code, with all eyes on prime minister narendra modi and how we might r

kilometer but the port for the square kilometer is proving incredibly tough thank you very much imran khan bring us all the latest on the story from gaza . elsewhere in syria two deadly bombings have taken place a suspected car bomb has killed at least twenty people including oil workers in the . resort area held by the s.t.'s dozens of others have been injured and then another suspected car bomb exploded in the city of affray in which is under the control of a turkish backed militia at least four people are thought to have died after the blasts in the city center earlier there was a military parade in the city a free syrian army recruits. a fire has ripped through several buildings in bangladesh's capital dhaka killing at least seventy people a blaze started in an apartment building that was also used to store chemicals plastics and other highly combustible materials the government has repeatedly promised to crack down on the illegal warehouses as brian now. i. firefighters and dhaka struggle to bring the inferno under control battling a wall of flames amid the chaos of crowded alleyways

imran khan is sort of similar in his stamps, the first time he has been prime minister of pakistan ande restraint than prime minister modi and pakistan certainly doesn't want to start a war, a conventional war. as far as the us is concerned, this is the first time there has been a great deal of momentum when it comes to reducing troops in afghanistan. the special representatives actually even thank pakistan for their help in this matter with the taliban and the us talks. and so i do think that the us talks. and so i do think that the us talks. and so i do think that the us may not push pakistan too much on this but i think there is a greater issue of exactly how pakistan and india react to each other. and it always seems both of these neighbours are very trigger—happy. so even a small escalation can turn into something bigger. doctor khan, thank you very much. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: memories of war. the nazi bunker that's been transformed into a work of art. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, s

"if we let that happen," imran khan says, "events will remain neither in my nor modi's control.it down and talk." but for now, there is no sign of temper is subsiding, with demonstrators in both countries promising revenge. no wonder the united states, china and other major powers are urging restraint and dialogue. james robbins, bbc news. in a moment we'll be getting the latest from sangita myska in delhi — but first to islamabad and our correspondent asif farooqi. calls for restraint but how dangerous do you think this confrontation is right now. 7 dangerous do you think this confrontation is right now. ? well, it is dangerous. last night the two sides exchanged heavy artillery fire on the disputed border in the kashmir region, pakistan confirmed that four civilians, including women we re that four civilians, including women were killed in the skirmishes. several were injured and then that followed an aerial strike inside indian territory, which india responded and pakistan intercepted two indian aircraft in its territory and claimed to have shot down both. one fell on the pak

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pakistani prime minister imran khan said the military force was a response to earlier indian aggressionen the nuclear—armed neighbours. translation: my question to the indian government is, given the arms that we both have, can we afford any miscalculation? we should be thinking that if this escalates, where will it lead? the world in the international community is certainly very nervous about both going to war with each other. they are both nuclear countries. now, there has been no talk of a nuclear escalation. i think the escalation will remain conventional in nature, it does seem that prime minister narendra modi has refused by minister imran khan's offer for talks, so we'lljust have to see india retaliate. at a press conference by the pakistan military, i asked of their actions are bringing countries to the brink of war. “— bringing countries to the brink of war. —— if. we engaged a nearby open space, where there was no human life or no military post, meaning thereby that we deliberately avoided the escalation. indian officials, though, held their own press conference, making their

countries cannot afford and just how difficult a balancing act for the pakistani prime minister imran khan we know has been very keen to improve relations with india have a since he came to power is he likely to change his tone and stands now. well imran khan the pakistani prime minister said in an inaugural speech when he became the prime minister of india took one step forward for august onwards to open the corridor door to a neighbor they seek to come and when they had their holy site making life easier for those indian fitted then there was an olive branch extended by pakistan but then the analysts said that india knew that india's government were using the strong rhetoric in order to appeal to the border and because of the election there a few months away and said perhaps after the elections more d. made. the election that the only way forward to draw without dialogue there is no way forward and that of course could lead to a very. early for that thank you very much come out high deadline for us in islamabad. on to other news now and sixteen u.s. states is suing donald chon for declar

wednesday more than two thousand men women and children were evacuated from the talis go live to imran khan who is in gaziantep on the turkey syria border for so iran what is the latest we're hearing on those efforts to flush out remaining iso fighters from bug who's well over the last few days we've had to hit a major problem with the fact that all civilian still in the village now on wednesday the managed to truck out at least two thousand civilians amongst them some ice and fighters as well who allegedly surrendered now on thursday morning we heard from mr bali the s.d.f. spokesman he said they were going to send more trucks into who's to to pick up civilians and bring them out however those trucks reportedly have come back and he handed the civilians are still there just to give you the architecture of the area itself village is actually almost completely destroyed now i saw knew this fight was coming so that had a very long time to prepare for it what they've done is they've dug tunnels underneath the village and that's where the hard core of the fight is on the outskirts of the villag

country is behind thursday's car bombing in the disputed kashmir region in a televised address imran khan offered to cooperate with his neighbor to investigate the attack and he asked for evidence which suggests that pakistan was involved earlier the top military commander in the indian administered kashmir blamed pakistan's spy agency for the blasts which killed forty one indian paramilitary soldiers he says his agents control the pakistan based armed group which has claimed responsibility for the complete attack and a call made last match to me reported stolen by usaid and the jail from across the border what happened when the local content is a matter of illustration so we have to leave out yonder we are very anyone who enters this year will not go to collate in detail so our focus is. well any conflict between these two nuclear powers has got wider implications for the region pakistan's ambassador to afghanistan has said a violent response from india would affect the on going peace talks between the u.s. and the taliban. is our correspondent in islamabad. tensions between india and pa

the military chief of the army navy and air force receiving him added aboard an interesting lee imran khan the prime minister then driving i'm almost been sighted man himself from the airport to the prime minister house this is a very high profile awaited progress on is giving a lot of importance to this where they had ordered out the red carpet for that saudi crown prince because saudi arabia is banning to enrich over fifteen billion dollars in buggiest on which include they're going to structure and of a crude oil refinery i'd go all the board would go to bed by the chinese are desperate t.j. clee located a deep water board just outside the narrow straits of hormuz which leads into the bush and god's will indeed a lot of a game in that to be signed yeah bugis don wants to increase its imports to thirty exports to saudi arabia right now that is under one billion dollars whereas we had doors that did in. trade with india it would go would bring to a billion dollars of exports from india and so i'll hold a radio very sure it will come under discussion and also the fact that the saudis are l

car bombing in the disputed kashmir region which killed forty one indian paramilitary soldiers imran khan said pakistan would retaliate of india launched an attack in response to the bombing but he also offered to cooperate with his neighbors investigation in this foreign ministry meanwhile meanwhile dismissed his remarks we are not surprised that the prime minister of pakistan refuses to acknowledge that attack on our security forces and pull lama as an act of terrorism prime minister of pakistan has neither chosen to condemn this ainus act not. with the beaded families disclaiming any link between the terrorist attack and pakistan is an oft repeated excuse by pakistan the pakistani prime minister has ignored claims made by the gesture moment as well as by the dirtiest who perpetrated this highness' crime it is a very long fact that gesture moment and its leader muscled as her are based in pakistan this should be sufficient proof for pakistan to take action well in a moment as jimmy will report on india's full reaction from new delhi first though here is come out hyder in islamabad. tens

and the two leaders are saying that, narendra modi and imran khan are both saying that.diers, that came out of a community and that came out of a community and that translates around the world, as you rightly say. this is notjust on the border, but everybody has got to work on the escalating this because otherwise, it could actually be the... and people are saying that, whereas in the past, they would have beenin whereas in the past, they would have been in international community and indeed 20 years ago, when there was tension, there was an international community and there was us president who could be escalate, that is glaringly absent now.|j who could be escalate, that is glaringly absent now. i do not think you can use the word trump in in the same sentence. let's move on to the daily mail. the suggestion thatjeremy corbyn was trying to prevent chris williams, his ally, from being suspended from the party, but plenty of labour mps is into a jet to that and he has duly been suspended today. he has been suspended. there has been an investigation. he was caught on came

further with pakistan's claim and had shot down two indian warplanes and now pakistani prime minister imran khan is calling for talks with india meanwhile calls. from around the world growing concern that the first air strikes by the nuclear rivals on each other's territory in decades. joining me now is shallow shams from the asia desk who has reported extensively on the kashmir dispute now when was the last time the situation was this tense things feel like they're moving very quickly. so i think the situation is extremely volatile it could escalate into a full blown war between india and pakistan i think both sides are trying to justify a their military actions there is an environment of jingoism prevalent on both sides of the border so much depends on how the two countries move from this point and if new delhi chooses to act militarily and after pakistan's just shooting claim today things good began really out of control in my opinion what are the incentives for delhi to ratchet up tensions and what are the incentives for pakistan to also respond with force i think both countries in the ruler

pakistan's prime minister imran khan has called for talks with india for the nuclear power shot down each other's fighter jets in the disputed kashmir region pakistan says it down to indian jets and captured one of its pilots and the it claims to have shot down one pakistani aircraft. here's. what caused this indian fighter jet to crash is disputed between these two nuclear drives but it was evidence that pakistan and india were confronting each other in the skies above the borders and it prompted this appeal from pakistan's prime minister to india's lead a new interim ot. sort of hum yeah but we decided to take action today we only wanted to show india that we're able to and if you come into our land we will always retaliate to indian jets across the border and they was shot down i will say the pilots are with us the problem is where do we go from here. not yet met tell you the pakistani air force says it shot down two indian warplanes after they crossed into its territory in the disputed region of kashmir one crashed in the district of goma. bellamy i see in my yard and i have firs