he is being treated at a hospital in lahore. >> doctors say he is out of danger and the injuries were not life-threatening. there were bullets to his lower legs and a fragment broke the bones in his right leg. they say the bullets narrowly missed any major arteries and his life is no longer in danger. despite his condition and the incident, imran khan remains unflinching in the vitriol he has been hurdling against his critics and opposition. he continues to say that he will get better and begin the march on islamabad once again. >> the russian president says civilians should be evacuated from a region as ukraine continues its counteroffensive. ukraine says russia is carrying out illegal mass deportations of its people. twitter has started laying off employees under its new owner. many staffers woke up to find they were locked out of their email accounts. he has indicated he may fire half of the employees. south korea's military has deployed fighter jets after detecting north korean warplanes near the border. this comes after a series of missile launches earlier this week. campaigning

samira hussain, bbc news, lahore.on this we can speak to samina yasmeen, she's the director of the centre for muslim states and societies at the university of western australia. professor, thank you very much forjoining us. good afternoon to you in melbourne. these accusations mr khan is making, no evidence to back them up, as you have heard. what is he trying to achieve here? i think he isim— trying to achieve here? i think he isjust raising _ trying to achieve here? i think he isjust raising the - trying to achieve here? i think he isjust raising the bar, - he isjust raising the bar, which he had already established before, he had been demanding that the present government that he identifies as the impotent government, should really go and there should really go and there should be elections held. and then he has been conducting these long marches, one in may and then one recently that stop because there is an attempt on his life, or at least that is what they claim. but i think with this demand what he has said is

samira hussein reports from lahore. all chant.ter the former prime minister imran khan was shot at a protest rally. outside the hospital where he is recovering, supporters left flowers as security forces kept a watchful eye. members of his political party say the attack was an assassination attempt. and at a press conference, mr khan pointed the finger directly at members of the current government. you maintain that, in fact, it is members of the government that are responsible. what evidence do you have of that, and is this just a political ploy to gain favour? there can be no investigation if the prime minister, the interior minister and this isi guy, faisal — major general faisal. if these three are involved, there can be no independent investigation. well, what evidence do you have that the government and the head of the — the director of the isi is involved? i think they tried to disqualify me. that failed. they've tried to, you know, put terrorism cases on me, then they — some other case by the election commission. and i thi

samira hussain, bbc news, lahore.nced that the us air force plans to deploy b—i bombers in the joint military exercises that have been extended due to north korea's launch of dozens of ballistic missiles. b—i's are supersonic heavy bombers, with a range of up to 12,000 kilometres. the russian private military company, the wagner group, has opened its first official headquarters in st petersburg. mercenaries employed by wagner have been accused of committing human rights abuses in ukraine and in west africa. tom brada reports. this may look like just another unremarkable office block. it is, in fact, the headquarters of the wagner group, a russian militia unit notorious for brutality both on and off the battlefield. translation: the creation of such a centre was - a long time coming. the only thing is that it appeared so late. it should've been opened before the special military operation. the wagner group has been active during conflicts across africa, in syria and, most recently, in ukraine. in september, reports eme

samira hussain, bbc news, lahore.ple, ripping apart families and communities. photographs have helped to identify some of those killed, but many people in pictures from the time remain unidentified. now, facial recognition technology is being used to try to bring names to faces. our north america technology reporterjames clayton reports. as soon as my aunt heard the boots, she knew that she has to hide me. blanche fixler was a child in poland when the nazis came looking for her. germans came and they looked every little place, they looked in every corner, and i said, "you'd better not breathe "or sneeze or anything, or you'll be dead." blanche's mother and her siblings were murdered but, thanks to her aunt rose, blanche survived. today, she has few photos from her childhood. many pictures from the 1930s and �*40s do survive, though, and hundreds are on display here in the museum ofjewish heritage in new york. butjust like many other museums devoted tojewish heritage, a lot of the people in the photos here are unnamed.

samira hussain, bbc news, lahore. let us look at some of the day's other stories now.inancial analysts of juande germany is financial analysts ofjuande germany is heading for a session as new figures show a slump in orders for its exports as the country also suffers from high energy costs. the while chas 0laf scholz was in china, a key economic partner and a huge market for german goods. and a group of tourists being held captive on an amazon cruise boat in peru for 24 hours has been released. indigenous people stopped the boat as part of a protest about the community being damaged as part of an oil leak from a biplane in september. they were trying to force government officials to properly assess the impact. —— pipeline. here in the uk, king charles has been hosting a reception at buckingham palace ahead of next week's un climate change summit in egypt. the king has long campaigned on environmental issues but won't be attending cop27. the prime minister rishi sunak, who previously said he wouldn't be attending, has now said he'll be there. 0ur environment editor justi

he is being taken to hospital in lahore.arty says fragments of bullet are his leg, but the injury is unlikely to be life-threatening. >> he continues to live with and travel with a very strong cordon of security. however, he consistently refuses to shield behind bulletproof glass. he refuses to travel in a bulletproof vehicle. he travels with the people. he eats with the people. he assures that whatever security is available to everyone else is also available to him. that makes him brave, but it also terrifies us the last few months alone. three times, three malfunctions. in a separate incident nearly two months ago when he was campaigning, the jeep that was preceding his vehicle caught fire mysteriously. he has gone on record months ago that there is a plan to kill him, to martyr him. he had made a video recording for ifhat plan ever succeeds. it is not a surprise for those of us who were expecting something. >> immediate investigation has been ordered. the president has called this a heinous assassination attempt. this is

and then they will move _ march from lahore and then they will move on— march from lahore and then theys. this is something that happened today, the party is sort of accusing _ happened today, the party is sort of accusing the military establishment of being _ accusing the military establishment of being involved in it. at the same time, _ of being involved in it. at the same time, the _ of being involved in it. at the same time, the pti leaders have been accusing — time, the pti leaders have been accusing the current prime minister, shehbaz— accusing the current prime minister, shehbaz sharif, as well. but the information minister has said that the pti _ information minister has said that the pti should not make these irresponsible statements at the moment— irresponsible statements at the moment until everything is clear. from today, you'll be able to pay less for netlix, but there's a catch — you'll have to watch adverts. the streaming service is launching a cheaper package in the hope more people will sign up, as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. for years, i've ca

he made the comments from a hospital in lahore, where he spoke for the first time since being shot inh. since being ousted from office in april, mr khan has been demanding fresh elections. samira hussein reports from lahore, people took to the streets a day after the former prime minister was shot at a protest rally. outside the hospital where he is recovering, supporters left flowers as security forces kept a watchful eye. members of the political party say the attack was an assassination attempt and at a press conference he pointed the finger directly at members of the current government. you maintain it is members of the government that are responsible. what evidence do you have of that and there is this just a political ploy to favour? there can be no investigation. the prime minister, the interior minister and this guy, they are involved, there can be no independent investigation. what independent investigation. what in evidence do you have that they are involved?— in evidence do you have that they are involved? they try to disqualify _ they are involved? they try to disqualify m

samira hussein reports from lahore. security forces kept a watchful eye.tack was an assassination attempt another press conference he pointed the finger directly at members of the current government. you maintain that, in fact, it is members of the government that are responsible. what evidence do you have of that? and is this just a political ploy to gain favour? have of that? and is thisjust a political ploy to gain favour? there can be no investigation _ political ploy to gain favour? there can be no investigation if— political ploy to gain favour? there can be no investigation if the - political ploy to gain favour? ii—iiff can be no investigation if the prime minister, the interior minister and the other guy, they can be no an independent investigation. what independent investigation. what evidence do _ independent investigation. what evidence do you _ independent investigation. what evidence do you have _ independent investigation. what evidence do you have that the director of the isi is involved? they tried to disqualify me, that failed. they tried

in the heart of lahore, they are angry. his supporters are angry about the attack on him, ron hon. they are angry that their leader has been shot and they blame the same people that him. ron hahn is holding responsible in the absence of any investigation of any evidence. they say they don't need it. they blame the same people that him ron hahn is holding responsible. i'm out of confidence fighting data. yeah. we strongly condemn the attack that has taken place on our com and we strongly demand that every single name he is named arrest them. he won't let corruption happen in our country. we've had a corruption mafia imposed on us in the long run talk we're doing on eob. the assassination attempt on enron con, was by the army chief and the army. they shouldn't think we don't know. we understand everything we've secondly, if such a famous high profile individual is not safe here, then how can we expect to be saying? politics in part sun is incredibly murky. it is complex, it can be ugly, and it can be very dangerous. but one thing is clear as long as m, ron con, has the ability to bri

he's been taken to hospital in lahore, where he's being treated for injuries to his leg.e capital, islamabad, to demand snap elections. music plays from speakers. thursday's protest march started like all the others. and then this happened... gun shots. footage shared on social media, confirmed by the bbc, shows a conscious imran khan, with a bandage on his right leg, being taken away to a hospital in the north—eastern city of lahore, 90 miles away from where the incident took place. here, you can see a man with a gun being apprehended by fellow demonstrators. the suspect is now in police custody. just two days ago, we were with the former prime minister. imran khan was forced out of office back in april. since then, he has been pushing for fresh elections, that he believes he will win. announcer: imran khan! he accuses the current government of a conspiracy that led to his ousting from power. i'm a democrat. democrats always go to the people. at the moment, the establishment is against us. the entire political parties, all of them are against us. and since losing his pos

he's doing well, his business is thriving, and his hometown of lahore was spared from the floods.sees it as his duty to help. he's organized food drives and takes care of the deliveries himself. haji: if we just unload it on the street, then only a few families get everything, and others will get nothing at all. reporter: so to be fair, they first give out vouchers to the poorest, who can then pick up the packages. haji: we all feel the burden, we have a lot of work ahead of us. but we do this for our brothers and sisters in need. it's a test for all of us. we must serve society. and this is also an appeal to the rich among us -- help in a time of need. reporter: the packages will keep these people going for a while. they carry them through the flood water back to the islands of higher ground, where they have been holding on, and where they must continue to survive. host: russia's invasion of ukraine has made it clear to europeans how dependent they are on energy supplies from abroad. the latest shock came when several gas pipelines in the baltic sea were destroyed. many worry tha

let me ask you a with regard to the march and the rallies from, ah, lahore to islam about how concerned are you that they're going to continue? and are you concerned that it's going to be creating even more tension going forward law by the 30? it is now guys choice whether to the dental or do a internal process and some sanity big. i don't expect a lot of sanity because they're not showing that what my food i said, maybe they can get some more rounding, more instruct him in sympathy, but it just certainly be his job. just the boxing is responsible. the bodies, the security as the cheapest one job, which is the coalition partner. they have failed. they should i put an adequate site, but there was no security plan. the way he's been moving, he's exposed on political leaders of exports and now it is not doing a lot of what i provide was public office for those in august on during the war and jetta div had a high profile, a fascination of them. sparks on people's body largest lead up the internet estimation attempt. whoever landed or didn't want any of the lea, a g ideas be made. but look a

they said their wounded captain, who is in recovery in hospital in lahore from an attempted assassination from an attempt on his life. his party workers are continuing to come out into the street. in the last few hours this crowd is gone from a few dozen to a few 100, choking this important central location in the heart of love or they are angry. his supporters are angry about the attack on him. ron hahn. they are angry that their leader has been shot and they blame the same people that him. ron hahn is holding responsible in the absence of any investigation of any evidence. they say they don't need it. they blame the same people that him ron hahn is holding responsible . i'm either confident fighting either. yeah. we strongly condemn the attack that has taken place on our car and we strongly demand that every single name he has named arrest them. he won't let corruption happen in our country. we've had a corruption mafia imposed on us in longhorn thought go doing on eob. the assassination attempt on enron con, was by the army chief and the army. they shouldn't think we don't know. we und

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opposition leader and former prime minister, imran khan, has addressed the nation from a hospital in lahore capital. imran khan said he had known in advance of a plot to kill him. he said he believed there were two gunmen involved in the attack, in which one of his supporters was killed and ten injured. 0ur correspondent sahar baloch had this update from the capital islamabad. imran khan was speaking about his injuries when he started the press conference which was online. he informed everybody that he had four injuries. he spoke about the corruption charges against him and about how his opposition is corrupt and he will go off of them. he also spoke how once he gets better he will go on the road and continue the long march. he named three people whom he considers to be, accuses to be the prime suspects in the plan to attack him. he also spoke about the lone gunman who attacked him and said he was not acting of his own will and that this was bigger —— part of a bigger plan. this is what he was talking about. when the long march started, everyone was very interested in an energetic about it.

pakistan, imran khan, has been shot while leading a protest march in the east of the country, near lahoreg shot in the leg. imran khan was leading a march on the capital islamabad to demand snap elections. howard johnson reports. imran khan was giving a speech in north—eastern pakistan when a gunman opened fire. wounded, the 70—year—old politician was rushed to hospital. the former prime minister had been leading a motorised caravan across pakistan to urge the government to call a snap election. a man was detained at the scene. in april, he had a no—confidence vote over economic mismanagement and mishandling of the country's foreign policy. it's a far cry from the oxford graduate's carefree days as 0xford graduate's carefree days as pakistan's charismatic cricket captain. in 1992 he led the country to victory in the world cup. the fame that followed secured him a top table in london's social scene. in 1995 he married british heiress jemima goldsmith. after a nine—year relationship they separated, mr khan had turned his attention to politics in his country of birth, wading into pakistan's

it had gone as far as lahore, what has happened to it now?ections in pakistan. now he is coming back and he says when he gets better he will be on the road and he will come to islamabad to continue what he had left off. abs, continue what he had left off. a corresponding inner islamabad. thank you very much. it's been confirmed that there won't be a stormont assembly election this year. the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris had said another election would be called, after the deadline to restore power—sharing passed last week. currently a vote is still required within the next three months. earlier i spoke to our ireland correspondent emma vardy let's talk to commentator, emma desouza. she ran as an independent candidate in the recent assembly election. was talking to our island correspondence he was saying it is now quite possible given the parliamentary majority at westminster that chris heaton—harris could move to alter the legislation so that effectively they didn't have to be an election within the three months. that could r

pakistan, imran khan, has been shot while leading a protest march in the east of the country, near lahoreike an assassination attempt was yellow right now, it is not sure whether it is an assassination attempt. the runman is an assassination attempt. the gunman has _ is an assassination attempt. tue: gunman has been is an assassination attempt. t'ta: gunman has been taken into is an assassination attempt. tta: gunman has been taken into custody. this was told to us by information minister, and she said that the man has been arrested and he is in police custody, and he is saying that he acted of his own will, that nobody pressurised him into attacking imran khan, so right now there are a lot of opinions as well about why he was attacked and whether this gunman, who says that he acted as a lone wolf, whether he did that of his own will or not or whether it was a targeted agenda behind this entire thing stub right now, a lot of political opinions are also being thrown about. at the same time, the information minister has asked the leaders to not give out any irresponsible statement of the mo

khan, with a bandage on his right leg, being taken away to a hospital in the north—eastern city of lahoremonstrators. the suspect is now in police custody. just two days ago, we were with the former prime minister. imran khan was forced out of office back in april. since then he has been pushing for fresh elections, that he believes he will win. announcer: imran khan! he accuses the current government of a conspiracy that led to his ousting from power. i'm a democrat. democrats always go to the people. at the moment, the establishment is against us. the entire political parties, all of them are against us. and since losing his position as prime minister, his popularity has grown. i've been in politics for 26 years. never in pakistan's history has a party had so much public support as now, and all along this journey you will see it, it's never happened in pakistan. public support as now, and all along this route you will see it, it's never happened in pakistan. do you need the army's support to get power? 0nly people who do not have public support need army. through these demonstrations, m

speaking from a hospital in lahore, mr khan said he'd known in advance that an attempt would be madehat there are flowers, people leaving get well cards. at the same time, you can see there is actually quite a bit of security which is understandable, remember the context in which this has happened. mr khan was participating in a demonstration when he came under attack. now, his political party is saying that this was an assassination attempt. remember, mr khan has been holding these demonstrations since he was pushed out of office in april of this year. trying to force the government to call for new and fresh elections. the government has repeatedly said that it will not bow to these pressures. many are expecting quite a lot of people to take to the streets, notjust here where i am, but in cities across the country to protest and what has happened and to keep campaigning. 100 years ago today, archaeologists made one of the world's greatest discoveries — tutankhamun's 3,000—year—old tomb. robert hall explores why that breakthrough a century ago caused such a sensation. 33 centuries ha

opposition leader and former prime minister, imran khan, has addressed the nation from a hospital in lahoreest march on the capital. imran khan said he had known in advance of a plot to kill him. he said he believed there were two gunmen involved in the attack, in which one of his supporters was killed and ten injured. earlier my colleague spoke to pakistan government minister, ahsan iqbal, who accussed imran khan of making violent statements prior to the attack. i would say that what goes around comes around. if you start to propagate politics of hate and polarisation, you yourself and become its victim, and that is where we all have to have responsibility. what goes around comes around, minister? yeah, that's what i'm saying. mr khan in the last many years has been supporting politics of hatred, polarisation, and he was celebrating when i was shocked at, ——polarisation, and he was celebrating when i was shot at, and that is very unfortunate. today, we are all condemning what happened to him. our correspondent sahar baloch had this update from the capital islamabad. imran khan spoke about

they said there was a captain who is in recovery in hospital in lahore from an attempted assassination from an attempt on his life is party. workers are continuing to come out into the street. in the last few hours, this crowd is gone from a few dozen to a few 100 choking this important central location in the heart of love or they are angry. his supporters are angry about the attack on him. ron hahn. they are angry that their leader has been shot, and they blame the same people that enron hahn is holding responsible. in the absence of any investigation of any evidence, they say they don't need it. they blame the same people that him. ron hahn is holding responsible. i'm either confident fighting data. yes. we strongly condemn the attack that has taken place on our com and we strongly demand that every single name he has named arrest them. he won't let corruption happen in our country. we've had a corruption mafia imposed on us in non hon thought, go doing on eob. the assassination attempt on iran con, was by the army chief and the army. they shouldn't think we don't know. we understan

former prime minister, imran khan, remains defiant as he addresses the nation from a hospital in lahoretwitter begins cutting jobs around the world, following the firm's takeover by elon musk. a email was sent to staff detailing how they'll be sacked. the rumours that we had heard in the days prior to this e—mail going out about reduction in headcount were sort of painting very figures. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has suspended strike action planned from tomorrow, after the train operating companies promised to table a pay offer. the union has said it will now enter into a period of negotiations with network rail and the operators, meaning the walkouts planned for tomorrow, and november 7th and 9th are off. let's get more on this from our transport correspondent katy austin. i think that this was unexpected. yes, this is a significant moment, i think. this is the first time in a quite long—running dispute that the rmt have called off, or suspended plant strike action for the purpose of facilitating more talks. now the rmt says eight has now had a commitment fro

the incident happened around ninety miles outside the north eastern city of lahore. time he has been taken back there where he will be treated medically. for other people were also injured during the rally, he was there to conquer great people and speak about how soon they can arrange the general elections, he has been demanding this for awhile. some have been describing this attack as an assassination attempt, we are not that phrase because it has not been clear whether this was a deliberate targeting of whether shots were fired and they were caught up in that. are you getting any clarity?— any clarity? right now there is no clari on any clarity? right now there is no clarity on this _ any clarity? right now there is no clarity on this claim, _ any clarity? right now there is no clarity on this claim, because - any clarity? right now there is no | clarity on this claim, because right now the leaders are very busy taking clear of imran khan and they are calling it an assassination attempt but we have no clarity at the moment, what we know so far is that imran khan wa

pakistan, imran khan, has been shot while leading a protest march in the east of the country, near lahore in the leg. imran khan was leading a march on the capital islamabad to demand snap elections. howard johnson reports. imran khan was giving a speech in north—eastern pakistan when a gunman opened fire. wounded, the 70—year—old politician was rushed to hospital. the former prime minister had been leading a motorised caravan across pakistan to urge the government to call a snap election. a man was detained at the scene. in april, he had a no—confidence vote over economic mismanagement and mishandling of the country's foreign policy. it's a far cry from the oxford graduate's carefree days as pakistan's charismatic cricket captain. in 1992, he led the country to victory in the world cup. the fame that followed secured him a top table in london's social scene. in 1995, he married british heiressjemima goldsmith. after a nine—year relationship they separated, mr khan had turned his attention to politics in his country of birth, wading into pakistan's turbulent and corrupt political scene, h