one year into his tenure, imran khan is facing his biggest challenge. his political rival is leading a march of thousands on its way to islamabad. inflation down over and a stagnant economy. our reporter is covering the story live. there was a massive rally planned for today. it has been postponed into the tragic fire that happened in pakistan, leavining 70 people dead. tell us about ththat. >> the o opposition party y in pakistan, has beeeen marching towards islamabad for t the past fiveve days. outskirtsreach the today. the plan was to come to islamabad and do a demonstration. arly in the day, there was train accident, in which 73 were killed. they have postponed their march for tomorrow. protesters are planning to and doslamabad tonight the demonstration tomorrow, early in the morning. their main demand remains the resignation of the prime minister, imran khan. they want a new election to be called. years since he.5 came into power. protesters are blaming imran khanan for many things, hh inflation, a stagnant economy. how much is his fault? >> he has

but also because she was friends with imran khan and his wife at the time, jemima khan, and she carriedrried out some fundraising at a cancer hospital in the city of lahore. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a new study suggests that a cheap and widely available drug could save hundreds of thousands of lives from traumatic brain injuries. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage was done, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he's gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20—pound bomb, which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken. democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath for the men they call the 33. and then, bells tolled nationwide t

they also met pakistan's prime minister, cricketer turned politician imran khan.tan as a forward—looking country. and that is something many people here welcome. i mean, it is a great message to the world outside, to tell us how pakistan is a new country, we are up and blooming, and we are not what they portray us to be. the timing is really good. pakistan needs to improve its soft image. news archive: princess diana's visit attracted media attention... the tour has an added emotional significance for prince william, as he traces some of his late mother's footsteps. princess diana made three visits to the country in the 1990s. here in pakistan, the hope is that this royal visit will encourage people to see the country in a more positive light — and to be more willing to come here themselves. secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello. we've got some fine weather heading our way. wednesday is expected to be a sunny and fresh day with clean air coming off the atlantic. but in the short term we have the overnight rain

opposition of course marketing is trained and they said of course going to be a major challenge for imran khan there demanding his resignation. they're demanding for reelection in that country so indeed more political instability i focused on is concerned and also president major political party the national. party which is the nationalist party and. the pakistan people's party which has tremendous trend in the province of saying and you've got other major political parties throwing their weight behind more than a fight in the rim on come on thank you kamal hyder in karate now police in hong kong have used tear gas to disperse protesters again during another rally against the government. 1st aid workers say they've treated protesters for injuries that has broken bones these mass demonstrations began june over an extradition bill which has since been withdrawn these are live pictures from the streets there of the riot police making their way through the middle of the city they will just keep a close eye on that one this sunday and see what happens. now chile's president has asked all of his gov

imran khan has more from the capital baghdad. these are young people that are coming out on the streets they're complaining about the fact that they don't have jobs they are complaining about the state of the economy and these are guys with predominantly men who have access to social media so they can really push that message out and it's very it's testament to the power of social media in iraq but like i say at the very beginning of the day this was a very tiny protest in just a few hours they were able to get people out the street and the police had to seal off central baghdad it's been revealed the u.s. president sought to enlist the help of another foreign leader for political gain donald trump asked the australian prime minister to help the u.s. justice department investigate the moeller inquiry which examined russian interference in the 2016 election the australian government says it agreed to help police in finland are questioning a suspect about a sort attack at a vocational college at least one person was killed and 10 i

but to some prime minister imran khan is in china where he has been discussing the situation in indian controlled kashmir trying as president xi jinping and premier he could shine on has been trying to drum up international support on the kashmir issue since august when delhi provoked a special status of its part of the region india and pakistan both claim cash made on a $42.00 laws over the disputed territory. in the past china has promised to help it's all about different court it's a legitimate rights and interests here as well the chinese foreign minister had to say after this latest round of meetings with china calls on india and pakistan to strengthen dialogue on disputes including kashmir to enhance mutual trust and improve relations and this is in line with the common interests of both india and pakistan and is the common expectation of the countries and the international community see that let's begin schama chums from the asia desk for more summit good to have you is islamabad satisfied with china's support on the kashmir issue so far. the pakistani government claims it is sa

here is imran khan. actually we haven't got imran khan in baghdad but why don't we hear from the speaker of the parliament. loans will be given in the form of credits bank credits for the purposes of a stablish in factories and providing that this will enable us to steer away from any corruption so there will be no cash loans and instead but it will be given for the establishment of factories. and while we reestablish communications with baghdad will tell you about the protests in hong kong on saturday smaller than in recent days hundreds of people demonstrating against a ban on face masks despite them being canceled by the organizers it was called off after hong kong's rail network was closed because of what authorities called malicious vandalism on friday crowds set fire to metro stations during rallies against the battle but the latest from hong kong. a march and some sporadic protests here in hong kong on saturday much less than what we've seen over the last 48 hours and much less than we've seen in

to be efforts to help mediate between the 2 go for rivals a spokesman for iran's government says imran khan stated that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin said a man asked him to help negotiate with the leadership into iran including president has son rouhani frustration is growing in greek refugee camps where the number of people living in overcrowded conditions has now risen to a record $31000.00 the governments is urging the e.u. to do more johnson reports. every day emanuel fetches firewood from the olive grove where he and 6000 refugees live on the island of summers the camp was built to cope with 680 most live in makeshift huts with no electricity or heat and rely on their wood fires for warmth then you. can eat. and big bad here. asylum seekers mainly from afghanistan syria and ghana construct their own homes with timber and water proof sheets handed out by charities sanitary facilities are few and the olive grove is littered with human waste all these problems are supposedly going to be solved in a new camp being built around a disused slaughterhouse in the mountains but it's desig

ehey met pakistan's pr minister, cricketer turned politician imran khan. ctitish officials say dist -- say this trip will focus on showing pakistan as a forward-looking country, and that is something many people hereelg me. >> it is a great message to the world outside to tell us how pakistan is a new country, and we are not as what they portray us to be. >> timing is really good. kistan needs timprove its secunder: the tour has an added emotional significance for prince william, as he traces some of his late mother's footsteps. princess diana made the visits to the country in the 1990's. here in pakistan, the hope is that this royal visit will encourage people to see the country in a more positive light and to be more willing to comems here tves. secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. laura: following in diana's footsteps. thank you so much for watching "bbc world news america." announcer: funding for this presentation is made possible by... the freeman foundation; by judy and peter blum-kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs;

imran khan is in the iraqi capital for a same or more slate is there now well i can tell you that the curfew is still in place now the government has said it will remain in place until further notice and they've given no indication as to when it might come to an end on the streets of baghdad you see the checkpoints every few 100 meters there are a huge number of mobile patrols as well throughout the city is trying to stop anybody from coming into central baghdad to go to the focal point of where the protesters want to be which is chris square now in the last hour we've been hearing from the highest shia muslim cleric in the country grand ayatollah ali sistani he's been speaking through his spokesman after friday prayer and he's been delivering a message to the protesters saying he sympathizes with the protest movement you understand why they're out on the streets but he is very worried that there could be an escalation let's take a look at one of the things he had to say now. we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the official

they also met pakistan's prime minister, cricketer turned politician imran khan.ntry. and that is something many people here welcome. i mean, it is a great message to the world outside, to tell us how pakistan is a new country, we are up and blooming, and we are not what they portray us to be. the timing is really good. pakistan needs to improve its soft image. princess diana's visit attracted media attention... the tour has an added emotional significance for prince william, as he traces some of his late mother's footsteps. princess diana made three visits to the country in the 1990s. here in pakistan, the hope is that this royal visit will encourage people to see the country in a more positive light — and to be more willing to come here themselves. secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. the space agency, nasa, has unveiled a new space suit it says will be worn by the first woman on the moon. nasa's artemis programme aims to land the first woman and the next man on the lunar surface by 202a. two new spacesuits for its astronauts. they'll provide more comfort and

a royal visit to pakistan as the duke and duchess of cambridge are welcomed by imran khan. pakistan. that's all, stay with bbc world news.

hours in iraq and that brings the death toll over the past week to more than 110 correspondent imran khan has been to meet one victim's family in the capital baghdad. look at that look how beautiful he is says in the hate them it is one of the protesters shot dead by iraqi security forces he was 27 years old on thursday he joined protesters in central baghdad frustrated with the lack of jobs and opportunities he saw a child's to get his voice heard he left home in the afternoon he never returned clearly in shock haitham just keeps repeating how beautiful her son is a family friend speaks on her behalf. he didn't hurt anyone he didn't harm anyone what is the crime of these young men these beautiful young men the government is to blame i q's the government of murdering he wasn't just my neighbor he was like a son. the government and the army say they haven't targeted protest as but brother moustapha says ahmed was shot in the head by a sniper as he tried to help another protester who had been shot in the leg. some people say the shooters are rainy and they're lying there from our country it

pakistani foreign minister move gray she met with his counterpart give odds a reef several times now imran khan has very much put himself forward as a statesman but he has had a close relationship with saudi arabia last year he attended an investment conference insider a get a time where many world leaders were boycotted over the murder of journalists. at the site the consulate in istanbul but at the time run concept fox fan was desperate for loans and he secured a $6000000000.00 loan and also earlier this year saudi arabia pledged $20000000000.00 in investment projects in pakistan but iran can very much just put itself forward as a statesman not only for pakistan but also for the muslim world and that's what he's statement in the speech was about at the united nations general assembly but in terms of iran and saudi arabia he's very much seen as a middle man he's not to arab and he's not persian so he could pave the way to open up some sort of negotiations and mediation between these 2 regional rivals. saudi arabia and iran have been at odds for decades iran is a largely shia nation while saudi

they also met pakistan's prime minister, cricketer—turned—politician imran khan.ooking country. and that is something many people here welcome. i mean, it's a great message to the world outside, to tell us how pakistan's a new country, we are up and blooming, and we're not as what they portray us to be. the timing is really good. pakistan needs to improve its soft image. news archive: princess diana's visit attracted media attention... the tour has an added emotional significance for prince william, as he traces some of his late mother's footsteps. princess diana made three visits to the country in the 1990s. here in pakistan, the hope is that this royal visit will encourage people to see the country in a more positive light, and to be more willing to come here themselves. secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. just before we go, some other pictures coming in. north korean leader kim jong—un as you've probably never seen him before, astride a white charger amid the snowy mountains. these pictures, released by the country's official news agency, show chairman kim c

they also met pakistan's prime minister, cricketer turned politician, imran khan.ng pakistan asa trip will focus on showing pakistan as a forward—looking country. and that's many people here welcome. as a forward—looking country. and that's many people here welcomelj mean, that's many people here welcome.” mean, it's a great message to the world outside to tell us how pakistan is a new country, we are up and blooming, and we are not as what they portray is to be. the timing is really good. pakistan needs to improve its soft image. the toua has an added emotional significance for prince william, as he traces some of his late mother's footsteps was not princess diana made three visits to the country in the 1990s. here in pakistan the hope is that this royal visit will encourage people to see the country in a more positive light and to be more willing to come here themselves. secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. keep with the briefing on bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the fallout continues over racism directed at the england team — bulgaria's foo

the couple also met pakistan's prime minister, the cricketer turned politician imran khan.ip. british officials say this trip will focus on showing pakistan as a forward—looking country, and that's something many people here welcome. i mean, it's a great message to the world outside to tell us how pakistan's a new country, we are up and blooming, and we are not as what they portray us to be. the timing is really good. pakistan needs to improve its soft image, and prince william and kate, who are visiting pakistan, we welcome them. archive: princess diana's visit attracted media attention... this tour has an added emotional significance for prince william, as he traces some of his late mother's footsteps. many here remember her fondly. there has been praise for the duchess of cambridge's outfits. some have been comparing her look that princess diana, who made three visits here during the 1990s. here in pakistan, the hope is that this royal visit will encourage people to see the country in a more positive light, and to be more willing to come here themselves. royal mail worke

they also met pakistan's prime minister — cricketer turned politician imran khan.t is something many people here welcome. i mean, it's a great message to the world outside, to tell us how pakistan is a new country, we are up and booming, and we are not what they portray us to be. the timing is really good. pakistan needs to improve its soft image. princess diana's visit has attracted media attention... the tour has an added emotional significance for prince william, as he traces some of his late mother's footsteps. princess diana made three visits to the country in the 1990s. here in pakistan, the hope is that this royal visit will encourage people to see the country in a more positive light — and to be more willing to come here themselves. secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. time now for the news where you are. good night. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. ridding racism from football — can events in bulgaria prove a watershed moment? it is unacceptable to do that. yeah, i feel the need to it is unacceptable to do that. yeah, ifeel the need to

imran khan was a friend of the duke's mother princess diana.rriving by rickshaw, the royal couple pulled up at their last engagement of the day. a reception designed to celebrate the uk's links with pakistan. there was no mention by prince william of britain's colonial history. but he spoke of the contemporary ties between the countries. the uk and pakistan share unique bonds, so it will always be in our best interest for you to succeed. earlier in the day, the trip kicked off with a visit to a school in islamabad. education, along with climate change, are amongst the issues the couple want to focus on in particular. they also met pakistan's prime minister, cricketer turned politician imran khan. british officials say this trip will focus on showing pakistan as a forward—looking country. and that is something many people here welcome. i mean, it is a great message to the world outside, to tell us how pakistan is a new country, we are up and blooming, and we are not what they portray us to be. the timing is really good. pakistan needs to improve

the duke and duchess of cambridge have met pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, on the first full day william as a child. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani, has been following the royal couple — and his report does contain some flashing images. the royal visit kicked off with a visit to a school in islamabad. education along with climate change are understood to be the issues the duke and duchess of cambridge want to focus on in particular whilst in pakistan. the couple also met pakistan's prime minister, the cricketer turned politician imran khan. for both countries, this is a key relationship. british officials say this trip will focus on showing pakistan as a forward—looking country, and that's something many people here welcome. i mean, it's a great message to the world outside to tell us how pakistan's a new country, we are up and blooming, and we are not as what they portray us to be. the timing is really good. pakistan needs to improve its soft image, and prince william and kate, who are visiting pakistan, we welcome them. archive: princess diana's visit attracted media attent

opposition is also hoping to capitalize on what it say is a pull pull formers by imran khan's governmentalso accused iran of coming to power through a rigged election but the government says previous administrations are to blame for the poor economy and corruption it's now trying to defuse tensions but it's also preparing to stop the march 30 location i think you're ready for that i've already started training. into islamabad the red zone which i'll just call amend their diplomatic all clear and other government buildings and the prime minister to say that despite the pressure from the opposition he will not resign the government the march quarter not have come at a worse time it's pakistan to confront big grave today including writing tensions with india a what me for now the information minister say negotiations are the way to dialogue dialogue. and we had a guy like today with them we want to know that i don't want to know all their remarks i want to know their objectives and i'm sure of that dialogue is the only way forward what happens in the next few days will be critical and perha

tuesday and says he's hoping for a breakthrough soon i said big as more from tehran pakistan's imran khan has been trying to negotiate some form of mediation since the united nations general assembly last month in new york where he met president rouhani on the sidelines now this is the 2nd meeting between the 2 leaders in the last month and imran khan said today that this initiative is a pakistani initiative and no one has told pakistan to do this he said that he wants to facilitate talks between the iran and riyadh iran is a neighbor. dies with iran go along way back from saudi arabia. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia's whole process when we have needed well when we have been in need and so the reason for the strip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that it's a complex issue we recognize that but we feel. that this can be resolved through dialogue. president rouhani was speaking alongside him on khan and he said that iran while comes talks with regional countries but this is a country thought that they could sew instability in the re

imran khan in baghdad thank you. a u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden has described the president as desperate and defensive after he called his potential 2020 democratic rival stone cold crooked trampas again denied pressuring the president of ukraine to investigate biden and his son who was in the country details of a cold between the 2 a made public after a whistleblower complaint and that prompted the democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry more now from she habitats. house democrats announced on wednesday that they would subpoena the white house for documents related to their impeachment inquiry if they don't receive by friday they've also asked for documents from the state department president trumps personal lawyer rudy giuliani but they warn that no one should think they can avoid cooperation through the legal action challenging congress's authority for example so we are concerned that the white house will attempt to stonewall our discussion much as they have stonewalled other committees in the past. it's why i

lives that pakistan has lost over the last 50 years and to the war on terror so buxton is very keen imran khan is very keen to make these talks happen to mediate aust facilitate and if saudi arabia and iran agree that's a very likely possibility. as i said big reporting live from tehran i submit thanks . saudi arabia and iran have been at odds for decades iran is largely a shia nation while saudi arabia sees itself as the leading sunni voice in the region iran's rising influence in iraq after the fall of saddam hussein in 2003 is seen as a threat by riyadh of tehran support for syria's president bashar al assad has worsened tensions and in yemen hooty rebels fighting the saudi u.a.e. coalition of claimed several attacks inside saudi arabia they're seen as being supported by iran which iran denies abdullah booed is a visiting professor with the middle east institute at the national university of singapore he says there are high hopes for this diplomatic effort from pakistan. all of us in the region and also the global level. could ill afford to have another conflict. and in the gulf we know how

and basic services and it seems they have deteriorated once again let's speak nicer correspondent imran khan who's live in baghdad receiving quite dramatic pictures coming out of baghdad just remind us of the context of this why are these people in the streets and why is it deteriorating so badly. well the people in the room are in the streets for one very simple reason they're protesting in fact that they don't have jobs they don't have opportunities particularly in the poorer parts of society and that's why they're out on the streets also saying that the infrastructure is terrible there's no opportunities there also protesting against corruption which they say they say has led to a lack of development what has really shocked the government is the size of these protesters let me just give you some geography right now these live pictures that you're watching are actually taking place just road you probably can't see it but there's a black cloud of smoke just about half a kilometer away there are 2 bridges that lead into attack or a square on tuesday tucker a square was the focal point for th

tuesday and says he's hoping for a breakthrough soon i said because more from tehran pakistan's imran khan has been trying to negotiate some form of mediation since the united nations general assembly last month in new york where he met president rouhani on the sidelines now this is the 2nd meeting between the 2 discs in the last month and imran khan said today that this initiative is a pakistani initiative and no one has told pakistan to do this he said that he wants to facilitate talks between iran and riyadh iran is a neighbor. is with the wrong go along with barack. so the rubio. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia's who posts when we haven't needed but when we have the need for. and so the reason for the strip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that it's a complex issue we recognize that. but we feel. that this can be resolved through dialogue president rouhani was speaking alongside him on khan and he said that iran welcomes talks with regional countries but this is a country thought that they could so instability in the region with

in kyrgyzstan pakistan's prime minister imran khan is meeting iran's president hassan rouhani into iran it's seen as an attempt to ease tension between iran and saudi arabia can is set to travel to riyadh on tuesday let's go live now to ron al-jazeera as i said big is there for us as a pakistan's prime minister was asked to try to mediate between iran and saudi arabia why him and why now. well this is an attempt to open up some sort of talks in mediation between the iran and riyadh tensions have been high since september the 14th after that attack on saudi aramco facilities in saudi arabia that the yemeni hutu rebels came to responsibility for but saudi arabia blamed iran iran have rejected those allegations but iran kind did acknowledge that there were tense at mediation when he was attending the united nations general assembly in new york but before he departed for new york he did make a stopover in riyadh to talk with and meet the crown prince mohammed bin son been son monitor follow up the pakistani foreign minister sharma move gray she met with his counterpart jihad zarif several t

imran khan has more from baghdad what we heard in the last couple of days is that the americans would have permission to stay they were supposed to go to an al assad military base in the west of iraq and from there they were going to monitor the situation in north eastern syria continue their operations and then if need be to deploy from there to northeastern syria if that was the case that seemingly has changed almost overnight now we do know that probably will mahdi met with the u.s. ambassador and it was agreed that the u.s. troops could come through the kurdish region of northern iraq but now we're hearing that this is only a transit agreement. authorities in lebanon the appear to be tightening security as police and the military to disperse protesters trying to erect barricades have been sporadic demonstrations despite plans for sweeping economic reform. that has just introduced secured a 2nd term as prime minister but his liberal party hasn't won enough seats for a parliamentary majority means true will have to rely on other parties. violent protests are taking place in bolivia

drew the couple have visited a school a national park and had a private lunch with prime minister imran khan but it was that arrival in a column for took 2 also called an auto rickshaw in the subcontinent that had heads the couple were attending an evening reception at the pakistan monument in the capital islamabad. i'm sure they've done it for sure has been following their visit why is this visit so important for pakistan. you know it's been a while. a british royalty visit took place in pakistan the last time somebody visited was about 13 years ago and this couple is young it's glamorous it's charismatic. and the visit could not have come at a better time for pakistan when the government faces challenges on the foreign policy front khana means thinking the prime minister is becoming unpopular but this is it helps showcase the positive side of pakistan it's breathtaking beauty the diversity of its culture and that it has its people essentially hardworking and decent people so it's a win win for both britain and pakistan but aside from that the royal couple themselves appear to be very popul

they also met the country's prime minister, cricketer turned politician imran khan.portunity to highlight how much security has improved in recent years. the authorities here are keen on attracting more foreign investment and more foreign tourists. british officials say this trip will focus on showing pakistan as a forward—looking country and that is something many ordinary people here welcome. i mean, it is a great message to the world outside to tell how pakistan is a new country, we are up and blooming and we are not as what they portray us to be. the timing is really good, pakistan needs to improve its image and prince william and kate, who are visiting pakistan, we welcome them. the tour will have an added emotional significance for prince william, as he traces some of his late mother's footsteps. princess diana made three visits here during the 19905 and is still warmly remembered. this woman was a leading politician assigned to look after diana during her first visit in 1991. there was a sort of magic which surrounded her. she was like a fairy tale princess an

economic corridor is a key part of she's belgian road initiative she met pakistan's prime minister imran khan this week for talks. only if india and china can put these disputes on hold and they face into a future of joint cooperation. and let's take a look at some of the other global business stories making headlines. boeing has stripped c.e.o. dennis miller berg of his role as board chairman saying the move will allow him to focus on bringing back the company's 737 max jetliner from its worldwide grounding the director david cole who will take over as non-executive chairman according to the company. germany's federal transportation authority has ordered carmaker dime learned to recall hundreds of thousands of vehicles the recall is based on an unapproved emissions technology in diesel engines and that affects most of dollars product range dollars says it will appeal the decision and plans to cooperate with the authorities. the u.s. is set to impose a 25 percent levy on a range of agricultural products from europe next week the plan follows a world trade organization ruling that the e.u. had

all right imran khan live for stare in baghdad thanks. much more ahead here. i just wanted a baby. why some women's desires to become mothers is causing an uproar in france. hello german lorenzo's that hurrican it's much damage to the is all is it's this massive cloud here now on its way through austria to end up probably somewhere in southern ukraine by the time we see daybreak during sunday so there's the pictures on the den and that's the remains the runs are just rain by this time still an active autumnal spell that one frontal system is having left the shores of europe is giving snow to moscow and next one is coming bringing rain and still wind to good part of western europe 16 in london not particularly cold nor warm 27 still in madrid you'll notice between sunday and monday this cooler air takes a dive down to the adriatic snow on the way for the northern alps at least and then a mass of potentially big thunderstorms in southern italy and once again the greek islands sunshine ahead of it not very warm 11 or 12 from germany down through austria to hungary and still it is warm

economic corridor is a key part of she's belgian road initiative she met pakistan's prime minister imran khan this week for talks. only if india and china can put these disputes on hold and they face into a future of joint cooperation. in india and china are 2 giants of course in terms of population in terms of economic growth and the huge rivals and for more i'm joined by china expert clifford going to give it someone came up with a term for the 2 of them frenemies what's this summit all about then i think from his very optus scription there are 2 countries that know each other very well their neighbors their rivals they both for many years they were sort of growing up the same pace and then suddenly in the last few years china's just straight ahead and india sort of in the background a lot they have a lot in common but then they have these huge regional differences as well they've got a lot of this kashmir there they differ on the relationship with pakistan so i guess they're going to me so it looks to me more like a friendly meeting a courtesy call rather than an official summit but they'r

imran khan joins us live now from baghdad emraan what's behind this move to lift the curfew. well there was an awful lot of criticism from all aspects of baghdad society about the curfew itself actually lost it for 48 hours that's certainly the longest either experienced a curfew not been reporting from iraq in a big way since about 2011 normally the curfews take place overnight the fact that this happened during the day meant that the entire city was paralyzed this is a little bit like shutting the u.s. government shutting new york down it had a very big impact not just on business but on the residence itself there was very little food coming in that was very little feel coming into the city so in the long term in the short term and in fact actually even in the medium term it was unsustainable so they had to lift the curfew at some point now they've lifted it all eyes are on the emergency session of parliament which is due to begin around 10 g. that's about 1 o'clock local time but there's a question mark ne there's a question mark about whether this parliamentary session wi

pakistan's prime minister is trying to mediate talks between iran and saudi arabia imran khan met the iranian president hassan rouhani in teheran and then he's moving on to riyadh says he is hopeful of a breakthrough soon there on as a neighbor. boy is with iran go along way back to saudi arabia. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia is hopeless when we have needed when we have been in need and so the reason for this trip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that it's a complex issue we recognize that. but we feel. that this can be resolved through dialogue. we discussed recent developments related to the middle east region particularly to the persian gulf and the 3 of them on as we believe they are very critical regions for the gulf and the whole region we also emphasized on the strengthening of stability and a more peace in the region. more with correspondents in teheran well imran khan has been trying to mediate put together a meeting since the united nations general assembly in new york last month where he met on the sidelines presid

economic corridor is a key part of she's belgian road initiative she met pakistan's prime minister imran khan this week for talks. only if india and china can put these disputes on hold and they face into a future of joint cooperation. and speaking of india the country is considering restricting imports of some products from malaysia as the diplomatic row over kashmir spreads india's planned restrictions are in reaction to malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad criticism of new delhi's recent lockdown in the disputed kashmir region illusion palm oil and other products are to be affected however the malaysian prime minister told reporters on friday that he had received or don't quote anything official from india. and let's take a look at some of the other global business headlines making the news. germany's federal transportation authority has ordered carmaker dimer to recall hundreds of thousands of vehicles the recall is based on an unapproved emissions technology in diesel engines and it affects most of don was product range down there says it will appeal the decision and plans to cooper

as pakistan's railways minister visited the injured prime minister imran khan offered his condolences to the victims he's ordered an investigation. this is pakistan's worst railway disaster in almost 15 years but it's just the latest in a series of accidents a lack of investment has caused the system to fall into disrepair. some survivors have questioned whether the fire was caused by a cooking accident they believe a short circuit in the train's electrical system might have been to blame as questions mount rescue workers have begun the grim task of recovering bodies. in south africa's capital capital a cape town more than 300 a few g.'s are continuing to seek shelter in a church after police evicted a number of migrants by force they were camped out for weeks in the city on wednesday around 100 people were temporarily arrested after violent clashes in front of a united nations building the migrants from african countries are demanding to be relocated by the un they say a recent wave of xenophobia violence directed at african migrants shows south africa is no longer safe. and krishna

guy: imran khan, cofounder and ceo of their a shop -- of verishop.alk about twitter, and the announcement that it will stop all political ads on its platform. ceo jack dorsey saying, "this isn't about free expression. reach."about paying for that sentiment was not echoed by facebook as it reported earnings yesterday and reassured their stance when it comes to political ads. here to break it all down for us, alex webb of bloomberg opinion. this is much easier for jack dorsey to do than it is for mark zuckerberg to do. what are the risks of saying that we are not going to take political ads? alex: there's a tacit admission debt they aret exposed to the same standards that newspapers have. if they say we are not going to run particular ads on our platform, that could seem like an editorial decision, and therefore, by implication, they are a publisher. that is an argument that facebook has long held, despite the fact that they make their own videos and put them up there, they are insistent that they are just a platform, and that platforms by nature shoul

were killed 6000 were injured in rallies against government corruption and widespread unemployment imran khan ripples from the capital baghdad. somewhere in this crowd is a hussein he's 30 years old this video was recorded on friday in the southern city baghdad he decided to join the young people in his neighborhood after he saw them spontaneously protest he's asked us to hide his identity because he was detained on the 1st day of the demonstrations he says the iraqi police made him delete videos respond and sign a declaration that he wouldn't take part in further demonstrations. i decided to demonstrate because it's our legal right under the constitution we didn't demand that the government resign it's been elected by the people but we want an end to the corruption and provide justice to all iraqis also we want young people to get jobs housing and older people to get it's unfair that some politically connected people have jobs and others don't know in. his words echoed by people here about. that demanding jobs within iraq security forces prime minister i'd love to lawdy has promised security

trending on bbc.com: a royal visit to pakistan, as the duke and duchess of cambridge are welcomed by imran khanprince william's mother, princess diana, was a hugely popular figure in pakistan. that's all, stay with bbc world news. plenty more on the website, and you can get in touch with me on twitter. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. global slowdown. the international monetary fund points to trade was in brexit uncertainty as it cuts its growth forecast yet again. india's gaming boom. way many of the country's 500 million gamers are thinking about going professional. good morning, asia. hello, world. it isa good morning, asia. hello, world. it is a wednesday. glad you could join us is a wednesday. glad you could join us for another action packed mid week edition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. lets kick off the programme with the world economy, because the international monetary fund's latest prediction for global growth offers a downbeat assessment of the impact of the us— china trade war, and the brexit uncertainty. the imf has cut its forecast for econom

this report from imran khan. 7. protesters take cover under a bridge in central baghdad as gunshots ring out scenes like these have led to strong political reaction religious leaders and politicians taking the protest movement seriously but i know. the speaker of the parliament mohamed al hold to see is now publicly backing the movement. well and we must pay tribute to all the young heroes whose weapons were their words to convey their message to all the institutions of the iraqi state for the need to proceed with the real reform and the need to pay attention to the people's livelihood influential shia cleric look how to also that also issued a statement saying that the government should be dissolved and new elections held the iraqi prime minister all of the law the appealed for calm but his words are seemingly having little effect that have been made promises by the prime minister are to fool the people and they are firing live gunshots on us this was a peaceful protest they set up these barricades and the sniper s

more angry the process to get the most determined they are to keep going all right for the moment imran khan on the lawn on the line for us there from baghdad thank you mom. well to our top story now hundreds of protesters marching in hong kong a disk hour against a proposed emergency nord that would ban face mosques and rallies the city's lead a carry lamb expected to enact it after a special executive council meeting on friday could also include other tough measures allowed under a colonial era emergency law. and she's expected to hold a year a new quick news conference very shortly and we will have to be going to that when it happens right now scott hi-lo is live for us in hong kong so scott another big day there for people on both sides of this in hong kong what to expect and i i guess 1000 men there were only about one or a half way from where gary lam the chief executive of time is going to make that announcement back to you now about the banning of this max i mean it was supposed to start the process in the last 5 minutes we're still waiting for that but we're only about a kilometer a

concentrated in the capital baghdad and more than 6000 people have been injured well let's go live now to imran khan our correspondent in baghdad and run another violent evening in the capital and the death toll just keeps rising. that's absolutely right i've been out on the streets in the last 24 hours and i've seen the amount of military vehicles that are out street mobile patrols the fact that the army say that they they have fired into the crown isn't what we hearing from the protesters and what we're seeing in protest released video we've seen people being shot at life being used so a lot of the processes of dismissing this and saying it's just an outright lie but we're also seeing protests still build and still take place not just within the capital baghdad but also across the south as well and not to political developments to the head of the puppy to mobilize ation forces spike very recently what did he have to say. fired said that this was a conspiracy to topple the regime in iraq he said there was a conspiracy he didn't know who the conspirators were but he said there was certainly a conspi

suspect that any attack originated from saudi shores the incident comes a day before pakistan's imran khan is due to arrive into iran for his 2nd official visit since becoming prime minister he'll be here in an effort to mediate between riyadh and to iran to try to bring down tensions in the region but with this attack iran is likely to have its diplomatic defenses up once again and if there was any hope for a breakthrough during his visit it is now less likely to happen. now into developments in syria and at least 26 civilians have been killed as turkish forces push deeper into. that number coming to us from the syrian observatory for human rights to his military says more than 305 has been captured or killed the kurds say it's actually 29 of the a 5 is who have died but the u.n. is also looking at the aerial strikes and the shelling which is not displace more than 100000 people with turkey capturing 15 villages and setting up a military base at the border in the past the u.s. plans again during that briefing that you saw earlier was also talking about syria and insisted the u.s. is still