hello, i'm lukwesa burak.istan s former prime minister, imran khan, has been arrested at his home in lahore, after a court more than 300km away in islamabad sentenced him to threeyears in prison. he was found guilty of not declaring money from selling gifts he received while in office. he denies any wrongdoing and his legal team say they will file an appeal against the decision. in a pre—recorded video message, mr khan urges his supporters to protest peacefully and not to sit silently in their homes. by by the time you hear this statement, they will have arrested me. i have only one appeal. don't sit silently at home. i am struggling for you and the country and your children's future. you have to continue peaceful protests until you get your rates. and the biggest fundamental right, which is to the actual government of choice to votes. do not allow any occupying group to rule the country. like they are doing today. rule the country. like they are doing today-— rule the country. like they are doinu toda . . . d

i'm lukwesa burak the number of people killed by wildfires on the hawaiian island of maui has risen toer natural disaster. this is new drone footage from the all—but—destroyed town of la haina. as you can see, structures completely levelled — trees torn of their branches, the devastation reaching all the way to the shoreline. residents are now for the first time being allowed to return, as you can see from these dramatic shots.

i'm lukwesa burak.start here in the uk, where figures out earlier show the uk economy grew by 0.2% between april and june following a rebound from an extra bank holiday for the king's coronation. growth injune alone was stronger than expected at 0.5%. high inflation remains a problem. the bank of england has raised the cost of borrowing 1a times since the end of 2021 to try and rein in soaring prices. so where is the economy heading? we're nowjoined by victoria scholar, who is the head of investment at interactive investor. lovely for tojoin us lovely for to join us here on the programme. not .2%. essentially, thatis programme. not .2%. essentially, that is stagnation, isn't it? actually, these figures are a bit better than analysts were expecting, both in the second quarter and in june we saw particular strength in the construction... injune we saw a bounce back in manufacturing, publishing, so things like books and magazines also fare pretty well, and car sales have been benefiting from the fact the g

welcome to the programme, i'm lukwesa burak. we start in russia where the currency — the rouble — has fallen below 100 roubles to the dollar, its lowest level in 16 months. this the latest slump, part of a steep decline which has seen it drop nearly a third of its value this year. it's been facing pressure, with imports rising faster than exports and military spending growing due to the war in ukraine. i'm joined now by chris weafer, founding partner at eurasia consultants macro—advisory in moscow. welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. first off, how should we be interpreting the slide in the value? {lila should we be interpreting the slide in the value?— should we be interpreting the slide in the value? ,, , ., ., , in the value? ok, you should not be lookin: in the value? ok, you should not be looking out — in the value? ok, you should not be looking out in _ in the value? ok, you should not be looking out in the _ in the value? ok, you should not be looking out in the same _ in the value? ok, you should not be lo

hello, i'm lukwesa burak. let's start with the latest in the lucy letby case.xecutive of the hospital where lucy letby worked, tony chambers, offering support to whistleblowers. the video was recorded just a year before the nurse murdered herfirst victim. we have heard from a number of consultants at the hospital who say their warnings were ignored, while the trust's attitide to whistleblowers has caused concern in this case. i've got two pledges to make. the first is as a chief exec, i pledge to support a culture where the front line staff are supported in raising concerns. and more importantly, me listening to them when they do. the second pledge is to go back to my grassroots and spend the day as a health care assistant in one of our busy care of the elderly wards. dr minh alexander is a retired consultant psychiatrist and nhs whistleblower. she's been telling us about the potential obstacles whistleblowers currently face.

hello, i'm lukwesa burak.start with breaking news from southern pakistan where at least 19 people have been killed in a train derailment. another 50 are injured. the hazara express came off the rails near nawabshah in sindh province, as it travelled from karachi to abbottabad. these are the latest pictures from the scene, in a remote area. emergency workers are battling to rescue passengers trapped in at least five overturned carriages with more rescue teams deployed to the scene. an emergency has been declared in nearby hospitals, including this one in nawabshah, where casualties have been arriving. earlier the infomation minister of sindh gave us more details about the crash. this train was travelling from karachi. the top priority of government as the rescue work which we are focusing on. in terms of the rescue work, please confirm the town that smack crash happened near nawabshah? happened near nawa bshah? this happened near nawabshah? this is the suburban area, remote area. ., , ., , this is the suburban

hello, i'm lukwesa burak. the british government has ordered an independent inquiry into how a nurse came to murder seven neonatal babies in her care and attempted to kill another six. lucy letby was found guilty after a trial in manchester in the northwest of england, which lasted 10 months. the inquiry will consider why concerns raised for months by doctors, who worked with her, were not taken seriously by managers at the hospital in chester. nick garnett reports. hello, lucy is it? yes. hello. my name's muted i from cheshire police. can we step in two seconds? oh, yes. this is the moment when the net closed in. yep, not a problem. in tears, lucy letby is brought out of her house under arrest and taken away. it seemed unbelievable — a neonatal nurse, a protector of the most vulnerable members of society. lucy letby had worked at the countess of chester children's hospital since 2012. in early 2015, she qualified to work in the neonatal high dependency and intensive care units. onjune 8 that year, she committ

. -- i am lukwesa burak. the headlines: pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, is sentenced to three years in prison, after being found guilty of failing to declare money he had earned from selling state gifts. the government says it comes after full investigation and proper proceeedings, but his lawyer says he was not given the opportunity to properly defend himself. ukraine has damaged a russian fuel tanker in its second sea drone attack in two days. the last was on friday. this is an unverified video sent to the bbc by a ukrainian security service source, which they say shows the moment of attack. and a danger to life warning has been issued, as storm antoni hits parts of the uk, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. the storm brings winds of up to 65 mph. now on bbc news, take me to the opera: the power of glyndebourne. i've been an opera fan for decades, and i want to share my passion with you. so i'm on a mission to find out how opera is reinventing itself for the 21st century. this time i go to

i'm lukwesa burak. we start in russia, where a drone has been shot down over central moscow, three miles from the kremlin. witnesses say a loud explosion was heard across the area. russia has blamed ukraine. there's been no comment from kyiv. moscow has come under repeated attack from drones in recent weeks. our correspondent in moscow, will vernon, sent this update a little earlier. the russian capital under attack once again, the defence ministry said a drone had been shot down by anti—aircraft systems at around 4am local time last night. and as you say, they blamed ukraine for that attack. video on social media shows an explosion in the area of the moscow city business district, that is where the skyscrapers are in moscow. you will remember that is an area that has come under attack twice at the beginning of this month. no casualties reported. russian media showed damage to an exhibition centre in that area, west of the city centre. but it wasn't completely clear whether that damage was caused by deb

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this is bbc news. lam i am lu kwesa i am lukwesa burak. the headlines: pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, is sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of failing to declare money he had earned from selling state gifts. the government says it comes after full investigation and proper proceeedings, but his lawyer says he was not given the opportunity to properly defend himself. trial by kangaroo court. and you can simply say that we have never witnessed a trial where the accused was not, never given the opportunity to defend himself. ukraine has damaged a russian fuel tanker in its second sea drone attack in two days. this is an unverified video sent to the bbc by a ukrainian security service source which they say shows the moment of attack. and a danger to life warning has been issued as a storm and now, in a change of programming, stephen sackur speaks to the former prime minister of pakistan, imran khan, in an interview recorded in lahore on wednesday. just in lahore on wednesday. a matter of days before i arr

hello, i'm lukwesa burak.nquiry into how a nurse came to murder seven neonatal babies in her care and attempted to kill another six. lucy letby was found guilty after a trial in manchester in the northwest of england, which lasted 10 months. the inquiry will consider why concerns raised for months by doctors, who worked with her, were not taken seriously by managers at the hospital in chester. nick garnett reports. hello, lucy is it? yes. hello. my name's muted i from cheshire police.

i'm lukwesa burak. 53 people are now known to have died in wildfires on the hawaiian island of maui — the state's governor has warned that the number will rise significantly. thousands of people have been left homeless. the flames, fanned by a hurricane, devastated the town of lahaina, where most of those killed lived. josh green called it a heartbreaking day and likely the worst natural disaster in the state's history. there will be active recovery over the coming days and weeks of the bones of those who have been lost. so it will take time. to give perspective, it is going to take many years to rebuild lahaina. when you see the full extent of the destruction of lahaina it will shock you. it does appear like a bomb and fire went off, if i may say. and all of those buildings, virtually, are going to have it will be a new lahaina. this is all happening as the extent of the devastation becomes clearer, as our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. much of the hawaiian island of maui is now scorched earth. a pilot can hardly believe what he's seeing. oh, my gosh! look at the ha

this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak, the headlines: in north—eastern ukraine, says ukrainian presidentelensky. the strike happened after ukraine says missiles hit a facility which manufactures engines for airplanes and helicopters. writing on social media, zelensky says there are dead and wounded and describes the attack as a war crime. pope francis is celebrating an open—air mass in front of a vast crowd in portugal. it marks the end of a week—long international festival for catholic youth. decision time for niger as a deadline given by west african leaders for the military to reinstate the country's ousted president is due to expire later today. they've warned that the country may face military action if the deadline isn't met. now on bbc news, this cultural life: whoopi goldberg. whoopi goldberg is one of the very few people to have won all four of america's big entertainment awards... whoopi goldberg! ..emmy, grammy, oscarand tony, for her work in film, theatre and television. lovely to meet you. thank you. please take a seat. brought up by a single mother in a new york housing pro

welcome to the programme, i'm lukwesa burak.st slump, part of a steep decline which has seen it drop nearly a third of its value this year. it's been facing pressure, with imports rising faster than exports and military spending growing due to the war in ukraine. i'm joined now by chris weafer, founding partner at eurasia consultants macro—advisory in moscow. welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. first off, how should we be interpreting the slide

hello, i'm lukwesa burak. let's start with the latest in the lucy letby case. a video has emerged from 2014, of the former chief executive of the hospital, where lucy letby worked, tony chambers, offering support to whistleblowers. the video was recorded just a year before the nurse murdered herfirst victim. we have heard from a number of consultants at the hospital who say their warnings were ignored, while the trust's attitide to whistleblowers has caused concern in this case. i've got two pledges to make. the first is as a chief exec, i pledge to support a culture where the front line staff are supported in raising concerns. and more importantly, really listening to them when they do. the second pledge is to go back to my grassroots and spend the day as a health care assistant in one of our busy care of the elderly wards. live now to our north of england reporterjessica lane who is outside the hospital where lucy letby and tony chambers worked. tell us more about this? we are outside the _ tell us more about this? we are outside the countess _ tell us more a

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this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak, the headlines: in north—eastern ukraine, says ukrainian presidentanes and helicopters. writing on social media, zelensky says there are dead and wounded and describes the attack as a war crime. pope francis is celebrating an open—air mass in front of a vast crowd in portugal. it marks the end of a week—long international festival for catholic youth. decision time for niger as a deadline given by west african leaders for the military to reinstate the country's

iam i am lu kwesa i am lukwesa burak.after being found guilty of failing to declare money he had earned from selling state gifts. the government says it comes after full investigation and proper proceeedings, but his lawyer says he was not given the opportunity to properly defend himself. trial by kangaroo court. and you can simply say that we have never witnessed a trial where the accused was not, never given the opportunity to defend himself. ukraine has damaged a russian fuel tanker in its second sea drone attack in two days. this is an unverified video sent to the bbc by a ukrainian security service source which they say shows the moment of attack.

i'm lukwesa burak the number of people killed by wildfires on the hawaiian island of maui has risen tot least 67. that makes it officially the us state's deadliest ever natural disaster. this is new drone footage from the all—but—destroyed town of la haina. as you can see, structures completely levelled — trees torn of their branches, the devastation reaching all the way to the shoreline. residents are now for the first time being allowed to return, as you can see from these dramatic shots. but they won't be able to stay, with a curfew coming into force at 10pm local time. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports. the town of lahaina, home to 12,000 people, traced its history back centuries. all but wiped from existence in a few short hours. the intensity of the fire seen from this commercialjet. with daylight, the charred ruins were revealed. the wildfires, fanned by the winds from an offshore hurricane, have left thousands homeless. survivors absorbing the scale of the disaster.— of the disaster. people lost everything _ of the disaster. people lost everything - _ of the

i'm lukwesa burak. 53 people are now known to have died in wildfires on the hawaiian island of maui —the flames, fanned by a hurricane, devastated the town of lahaina, where most of those killed lived.

my colleague lukwesa burak sat down with one of the most respected financial leaders on the continenth, and asked him whether african nations and the rest of the world, were taking the free trade area and its potential seriously. i think africa is taking it seriously. this agreement is the only agreement that has moved... inaudible. it was ratified a year after. that is why the covid—i9 pandemic, january, this we have never seen it. i agree with you that it is one thing to sign an agreement, it is another thing to see the results. the bank is stepping up to help the continent. i stepping up to help the continent.— stepping up to help the continent. �* ., ., , ., continent. i can't not ask you about climate _ continent. i can't not ask you about climate change - continent. i can't not ask you about climate change was . continent. i can't not ask you| about climate change was not only is impacting people public lives potentially, it could impact on business, with which means it would impact on the earnings of the bank, and you have done very well. so how seriously does a bank like yours

i'm lu kwesa i'm lukwesa burak. let's get more on the ongoing row over housing asylum seekers.he bbc has heard the first 50 people who will be housed on the bibby stockholm barge later today, and up to 500 men will be transferred there while they await the outcome of their asylum applications. campaigners have expressed concerns about the conditions aboard the barge but the government insists the that it is safe and help will help reduce the cost of placing migrants in hotels. our reporter steve humphrey is in portland harbour. so far this morning we have not seen any activity around the barge which is just behind any activity around the barge which isjust behind me here in portland harbour. it has rapidly become part of the harbour scene very quickly. we are expecting that first tranche of asylum seekers to go on board. as dan mentioned in his film the bbc has seen a letter from the home office to asylum seekers saying they are going to be moved onto the barge. it does say they will be free to come and go from the barge but are requested to sign in and out. it also lists the f

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