mr. khan's chief opponent, former prime minister nawaz sharif, was detained by authorities last wk. neaving his brother to run his place. reporter: they have come to see the man they hope will be the p neme minister. cricketer turned populist politician imran khan tells the crowd heill create a edrruption-free pakistan. but he has been foo deny allegations the elections are being fixed in favor of his party. mr. khan: what you're seeing is all the status quo parties saying that the election is not going to bfree and fair. the reason is all the opinion polls show pti surging up. they are already seeing the writing on the reason why they are going to lose is because of the track record. reporter: pakistan has been directly ruled by the military rather than politicians for arly half its existence. the country has now had 10 years of civilian rule, one of theod longest pein its history. but there is growing concern that behind the scenes, the pakistani military is still pulling the strings and is

absolutely mr khan to was the only other g seven leader who supported donald trump's idea to readmit russia to this loose club if you like at the recent g. seven summit in canada is the close connection between an italian conservative and the russian leader is not that you serve your bias kone a former italian prime minister was seen as a close personal friend of russian president vladimir putin he even invited putin to parties at his home in italy now. is a very different person he's a quiet law professor he's not a party animal like a silvio berlusconi but once again on the issue of how to deal with russia he's probably closer to president trump than to other european leaders like. the u.s. president karzai was also asked about the situation with iran today trump saying that he is willing to meet with the iranian president mr rouhani. how serious was that off. well i think it was serious in the sense that i was trying to emphasize that he believes in dialogue he believes in sitting down with other leaders even adversaries and try to hammer out a deal mr trump got a lot of criticism

but campaigning has been overshadowed by claims that pakistan's military is backing mr khan, by crackingecunder kermani reports from lahore. they've come to see the man they hope will be the next prime minister. cricketer turned populist politician imran khan tells the crowd he'll create a new, corru ption—free pakistan. but he's been forced to deny allegations elections are being fixed in favour of his pti party. what you are seeing is all these status—quo parties certainly saying that, you know, the election is not going to be free and fair. the reason is all the opinion polls now show pti is going surging up, and so they're already seeing the writing on the wall. the reason why they're going to lose is because of the track record. pakistan has been directly ruled by the military, rather than politicians, for nearly half its existence. the country's now had ten years of civilian rule, one of the longest periods in its history, but there's growing concern that behind the scenes, the pakistani military is still pulling the strings and is trying to manipulate the results of this election.

and they were asked to leave our party and join mr imran khan's party.d. both khan and the military dismiss his claims. but many pakistani journalists say the military isn't allowing them to air sharif‘s side of the story. if you have soundbites expressing people's anger and frustration, your soundbites often don't make it to the screen. i honestly have not seen anything like this in myjournalistic career. even under military dictatorship? even under military dictatorship, no. nawaz sharif‘s party is being led by his brother, in his absence. they still have sizeable support, but whoever wins this election, many fear more political instability awaits. secunder kermani, bbc news, lahore. golf, and on the second day of the open at carnoustie england's tommy fleetwood shot the best round of the tournament so far. he finished third — just one shot off the lead. northern ireland's rory mcilroy is also in a good position to challenge for the title. 0ur sports corrspondent katherine downes reports. an early start this morning and the rain had arrived. for the mo

address mr khan promised the country a fresh start. the pakistan like it's never been run default. given the governments it has never had before. but also we've been too transparent and. saw. for more let's bring in correspondent naomi conrad who is standing by in the pakistani capital islamabad and naomi you know khan has promised change we heard him say it there he's also promised to stamp out corruption has pakistan turned a corner with this result well that really remains to be seen what's interesting is that even though he promises corruption he actually took on a lot of power lets a politician from the if. there is. corrupt if everything themselves of the last couple of decades so a lot of people question whether he can actually continue to portray himself as anti and be corrupt and it's also the question of whether you have the going to call if you will maybe one of these two established parties or whether he has to go into a coalition with maybe some independent people so it may actually turn out that he's going to close this deal at least work together with sadness politic

rigged final results have been delayed because of what electoral officials say is a computer glitch mr khan has been addressing his supporters. the pakistan like it's never been run before. we will give it the government it has never had before. and we will start but also we will be transparent and clean or sod let's get the latest from d.w. correspondent now become not who's in the capital it's not about welcome now i mean it's not evening in pakistan no what do you see. well i've been talking to some of his supporters who are crowding towards his residency and they were definitely jubilant they were happy they were getting ready to celebrate throughout the night but we have to remember that it seems that he hasn't won an outright majority that means he's possibly got very tough coalition talks ahead of him it's also the question of what the other parties the pm melange the p.p.p. the two big parties who traditionally run the show here in pakistan how they position themselves so a lot of questions a lot of developments which will happen the next couple of days couple of weeks or so with th

mr. khan: we will run pakistan in a way has never been run before, providvethe kind of rnance it has ever had. reporter: khan became a star as an international cri. in britain, he was known for his good looks and playboy lifestyle. atin 1995 he married and l divorced a british socialite. he developed a keen interest in in charitable causes, one he shared with his friend princess diana. after entering politics 22 years ago, he initially struggled. but in recent years his anticorruption message energized young voters. he has, however, faced accusations that pakistan's powerful military has been working behind the scenes to bring him to power. his political rivals have rejected the results of the vote. >> we wi be giving our strategy to the people of the country from a united cal front over concerns of these historic rigged elections in pakistan. reporter: khan's party dismissed those clms. for his supporrs, imran khan represents a break from the old form of politics, dominated by a few influenti

mr. khan has a lot of experience of batting in cricket and now he is willing to bat for the pakistani military. he will give them so they can go to the international community and say pakistan had elections. we have an elected leader talk to him while they ton go behind the scenes. they don't want peace with india with the dispute that is unrealistic in my humble continue. they don't want that contrary to their wishes. they want the veto and they want the taliban to have the event by them that they deserve on the basis of their strength. they certainly have been responsible for spoiling pakistan's relations with three of the four neighbors and pakistan is right now facing a major financial crisis. khan seems to have no plan for it. how will pakistan pay its debt? certainly not by retrieving money that he says -- >> it is the most complex place in the world and yet it is one of the most important parts of the world. in the et post 9/11 world. khan said he wants to reject u.s. aid into pakistan

it is difficult for allies in germany to pursue a policy so ardently proposed by mr. khanause mr. trump is -- mr. trump because mr. trump is so unpopular in europe. even countries like germany that could afford to spend more. kevin: in terms of really linking the developments on iran and russia. i am curious what your thoughts are on that. does this have any connection with what we are seeing with russia? timothy: i don't think so. i think russia has been very good about improving relations across the middle east. russian relations with israel are better than any point in their history. russia has good relations with countries as diverse as saudi arabia, where they have talked and cooperated on keeping oil price stable. they have good relations with iran, where they sell weapons and give technical advice. putin has been very adept at building relations in a very difficult region with countries as diverse as saudi arabia and iran. this is all helped by the u.s. pullback from the region. shery: enhancing the u.s. relation ship with russia is not welcomed by anybody, especial

mr khan, who has been criticised for closeness to militants, held out an olive branch to india.relations between the two countries are essential to stability. germany's frankfurter allgemeine writes about wednesday's deal between the eu's jean—claude juncker and donald trump. europe, it says, is relieved to be avoiding punishing tariffs and all—out trade war. and the international version of the new york times has another angle on increasing temperatures. lebanon's iconic cedar trees are in peril, it says, as climate change threatens to wipe out its forests this century. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? really alarming story has got people talking on social media. one of colombia's most powerful criminal organisations has put out a hit on a sniffer dog. sombra, or shadow, has sniffed out almost 10 tonnes of the gangs cocaine over the course of her career. so the criminals have put a $70,000 price on sombra's head. since the threat, she has been moved to make sure she is safe. thursday was the deadline for the trump administration to reunite over two thousand mi

to support him all the way till the end i would also like to pay tribute to the earnest effort by mr khan to serve as the bridge between us and the north career effort has paved the way for the subsequent summit in singapore today we were able to reaffirm our neighboring commitment to continue strengthening of our try that are all cooperation tours the common goal of those careers complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of all weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles of all ranges we have also had an in-depth discussion on how we can cooperate to urge north korea to take concrete actions towards the full implementation of relevant in not a nations security council resolutions and we confirm that security assurance will be provided to north korea. agreed in the summit in singapore at the same time we have reaffirmed the international community will continue to fully implement riven un security council resolutions in order to materialize cv id japan continues to see. normalize its relations of his nose career in accordance with is feeling yawn declaration through compre

to the election has been overshadowed by claims pakistan's powerful military is trying to propel mr khandown on his political rivals and on press freedom. secunder kermani reports from lahore. they have come to see the man they hope will be the next trimester. cricketer turned populist tales the crowd he will create a new corruption free pakistan. but he has been forced to deny allegations the elections are being fixed in favour of his party. what you are seeing is all these status quo parties suddenly saying the election is not free and fair. the reason is all things impose, and so they already see the writing on the wall. the reason why they will lose is because of their track record. pakistan has been directly ruled by the military rather than politicians for nearly half its existence. the country is now had ten years of civilian rule, one of the longest periods in its history. but there is growing concern that behind the scenes, the pakistani military still pulling the strings and trying to minute delay to results of this election. former prime minister and his main rival was sentenc

here's mr khan.en that the way our democracies evolving is getting better and in spite of all the difficulties that we have faced so far, our candidate died in a suicide bombing before that. he was also martyred because of a suicide attack. lots of people died. in spite of all of that, the process of the selection was completed. sharif‘s party, the pml—n announced last night as the first results came in that they would not accept the result. this is shehbaz sharif, who has taken over the party from his brother, saying the pti win shows blatant vote rigging, and accusing the pakistani electoral commission of failing the country's democracy. the pakistan people's party, who is projected to come third, have made similar objections. the final results have still not been announced, adding to suspicions. journalist diaa hadid, ‘while you were sleeping, an institution held in mistrust by many of pakistan's political parties announced they'd switch to manual counting of election results.‘ the commission blam

mrjohnson accused the mayor of blaming everyone but himself, saying it was mr khan's failure to get arime started going up in 2014, before he became mayor. he said he doesn't have a time machine to go back in time. well, following headlines earlier this year saying the murder rate in london had spiked above that of new york, bbc london has been to america to see what is being done there to tackle problems of violence. one strategy is to use uses teams of so—called violence interrupters to head off trouble before it gets out of hand. and we will have more on that on our lunchtime news at 1:30pm on bbc one. a child has helped victoria tube station reduce the number of people injured on its escalators by over 60%. megan has become a station announcer. this is what she sounds like. there used to be around 15 injuries a month on the escalators. but since megan's announcements started earlier this year, there are now around just five a month. passengers say hearing a childs voice makes them take notice. hello everybody and please listen up. take care on the escalators, hold on to the handra

address mr khan promised the country a fresh start. the pakistan like it's never been run before. we will give it the government it has never had before. and we will start with our so we will be transparent and clean for those who are d.w. correspondent now we comrade who is in the capital islamabad welcome naomi it seems rather premature for iran contra be making these promises of transparency when the election has not actually been called yes. well yes but we expect in the final results by tomorrow morning that's what we're hearing and we know by now that his party has won the most seats but it's also probably true because he will most probably have to form a coalition which means maybe tough coalition talks it might get still be a while until he's officially p m. the opposition here and i'm the p.p.p. they claim this was the rig votes and so is this likely to be a problem for iraq khan who has himself organized demonstrations against the vote rigging in the past. yes i just talked to a quite a high ranking official a senator who said all options were on the table meaning that t

tom: we have to pull out our chart on pakistan with that historic election of mr. khan.go to a tech chart. it sets us up for good discussions. mark lehmann was brilliant on bloomberg radio on this. orange, amazon, facebook and blue, google in white. facebook has normalized back to the advent of facebook and it puts in scale what is happening with these wonderful three stories. there are a lot of nuances. joplin spare,he everyone is having fun with that drop. maybe a normalized drop gives you a better perspective. nejra: i'm so glad you did the tech chart. i'm focusing on something more macro because of the guests we have coming up later. hans redeker and antonio pascual. the yield has more than tripled since last friday. we have hit 0.1% for the first time in the year. a big question ahead of the boj meeting in terms of what this means for yield curve control. tom: it really sets us up. nejra: let's focus in on tech because amazon investors have shrugged off second-quarter sales that missed estimates, focusing instead on soaring profits that came in on more than double a

partial results say mr khan is on course to become prime minister.been selected in the england squad for the first test against india despite saying he wa nted test against india despite saying he wanted to concentrate on limited overs cricket. he hasn't played a test since december 20 16. munster united beat milan after 26 penalties in the international champion's cup. they won the shoot out 98. liverpool beat manchester city in newjersey. stage 18 of the tour de france on the way. british team sky rider geraint thomas started almost two cyclists ahead. more at 2:30pm. 0ne of pakistan's greatest cricketers imran khan is on course to become the country's next prime minister. the latest resultsjustice party will win the general election but without a general election. rivals claim has been rigging and interference from the armed forces. a night of wild celebrations imran khan. and his supporters. these people worship the former cricketer and feel that pakistan is on the brink of change. short time ago, he claimed victory and thanked supporters. transl

mr. speaker, when sadiq khan ran for mayor of london, he promised to freeze bus fares, and you know he has done? frozen bus fares. [shouting] mr. corbyn: if she is concerned about the travel card fares, speak to the secretary of state for transport. he is the one that sets that fare. mr. speaker, bus routes are being wiped out, 26 million fewer journeys made across the north of england and the midlands under her government. so much for a northern powerhouse and the midlands engine. let's be clear. does she think, the prime minister think that the deregulation of the bus industry, putting profit before passengers has been a success or a failure? pm may: the right honorable gentleman, he talks about with the mayor of london has done. what have we seen on the number of people using buses in london? it has gone down under the current mayor. but if he wants to talk about what mayors are doing, i am happy to talk about what another mayor has done. he has extended free bus fares to friends of his and students. students.entices and mr. corbyn: it will be a labor government that saves the bus indus

khan land plan had had had had with. mr by my minister milijardi. lestat. killing. is he is he lacks access. three three in the in the country one one can conclude with the system automatically see as usual as quickly point one thing and gaslighting makes it real at this age. no one one day.. let's listen to what clinton does not. close to suicide [inaudible] the sanctions [inaudible] according. to agencies see that's is was written with. anything to come out. fun fun of the election actually three condemned. white light victory to recollection [inaudible] infrastructure projects. the station is hoping. to just a cop out. as justin is reciprocal because in some job. which is it has tested. comes from trees. complexes. of prosperity. will was doing. twenty which led to the route including knowing only minimum. election actually sometimes. we'll drug drug will will send century joins us a from from washington. wonderful at joining us here on your own sizable. for yeah a size twenty one on some centralized like a lot of this is ordinary we sat down and when i say stay

nevertheless, mr trump has felt able to say that it is sadiq khan's fault that we had these terror attacksto many immigrants. incendiary doesn't even begin to describe it. if he wants an excuse for londoners to demonstrate tomorrow, they have been given one. he links terrorism with immigration and some of the language he uses is really unsavoury. and to be honest, i think some of it has overtones of racism. i think it is going to be really upsetting read for people. today, he we nt upsetting read for people. today, he went out of nato this morning, told every one in europe and meandered around with some of his throwaway comments. but here i think it is such an attack on sadiq khan that i think this piece is going to run and i’ui'i think this piece is going to run and run into tomorrow. and sadiq khan will have to come back on this. and the more you read into it the more you realise it is about trump. he is thin—skinned and he is upset about what sadiq khan said about him in the first place, saying he showed a lack of respect, because he is entitled not to like him personally, but he repres

mr. trump's comments regarding gold star parents kaiser khan who lost their son in afghanistan and criticized trump while speaking at the 2016 democratic convention. >> you have sacrificed nothing. >> if you look at his wife, she was standing there, she had nothing to say. she probably -- maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. you tell me. >> reporter: and my presumption, based on that horrible, disgusting behavior, that the american population would not elect somebody demonstrating that behavior to be president of the united states. >> reporter: strzok, who the justice department's inspector general has sharply criticized, denying his personal views ever influenced his professional actions. >> but let me be clear, unequivocally, and under oath, not once in my 26 years of defending our nation did my personal opinions impact any official action i took. >> reporter: the marathon hearing devolving into a bitter, with even personal battle. republican louie gohmert berating strzok for his infidelity for his wife. >> you've embarrassed yourself and i can't help but wonder, when i see you

this and mrs musgrave down is there is must think. the party of former cricketer imran khan is emerged as the official winner of pakistan's general election with the results now in for all two hundred seventy seats but some opposition groups are calling for a repeat of the election amid allegations of meddling by the military there's been a significant development in attempts to end syria's seven year civil war representatives from kurdish held areas say they've agreed to form committees with the government of bashar al assad they say that the group will go see it a democratic decentralized syria. afghan special forces are battling several gunman who stormed the school for midwives it's in the eastern city of jalalabad dozens of people were trapped in the building some reports say that many of them have now been freed two firefighters have died battling five wildfires in northern california in the u.s. five hundred structures have been destroyed and evacuation orders issued to thirty seven thousand people hot weather and strong winds of fueling the flames and front runners i

want to hear from you i have a call out online asking you if you trust emraan khan because of his sports history or not mr gould here he just commented saying that we do trust him zubair say it is only hope for pakistan to have emraan great comments here i've been responding to some of you if you'd like to join in on that as always the hash tag script russia and rightly so this is a landmark election it is only the second time in pakistan's history that a civilian government has completed a full term so to know everything about the election happening on wednesday you can find a single guy in the section under the features category a very interesting read it gives you a three hundred sixty degree view of the vote and how it could impact pakistan's future and some of you are at least very excited about this i see a comment on facebook from jason the fifth hash tag a lated hash to. anxious so if you want to get in on the conversation as well our hash tag is at a.j. inside story or twitter handle is at a.j. english and on facebook as well facebook dot com slash al-jazeera you can also reach us on whatsapp or

baby — complete with a nappy — will be flown above parliament square when mr trump visits the uk next week. london mayor, sadiq khansaid he supports the right to peaceful protest. i was thinking about it, i wonder what he will think if he sees it?|j wonder if he willjust laugh, it is what you would have to do. wonder if he willjust laugh, it is what you would have to dolj wonder if he willjust laugh, it is what you would have to do. i wonder what you would have to do. i wonder what mike would think if we did a huge blimp of him. what a compliment for us to have a blimp of you flying over wimbledon. have a look later on and see that happen. i think you have made it if a baby balloon is flying over london. if you can organise that you will make a career. good morning. appear on andy murray mount, they want to call it after kyle edmund, maybe kyle mount? i it after kyle edmund, maybe kyle mount? lam it after kyle edmund, maybe kyle mount? i am on a park bench here with the papers as well. apologies if they are wet, there was a lot of condensation. what the day of drama it was, mixed emotions for the british. johanna k

khan and his p.t.i. party. its pledge to ensure a fair and free election on july twenty fifth. more i'm joined by n.p.r.'s golan islam abad who's following the story for us mr goh why has mr sharif returned to the country now especially given that he's facing these corruption charges. well he had to do two buckets donna to fire and if you load is the word you are to god. otherwise he would have been declared absconded up so little personal presence for acquiring such a p.t. is mandatory and secondly he had to be closer and he could actually use how do you know if you don't or you would have been seen as having come from minus the images of the body buried particularly in a situation where it has guided an editor of victimhood and only a thing for the sake of. his daughter's a political future he probably wanted her to continue in politics after the settlement of this legal case which we both take the appeals process should be over in four to six weeks with regard to the political element of the story sharif has criticized the military's role in pakistan how much influence does the military actually have especially heading into the selection what dhimmitude

mr. trump's comments regarding gold star parent s khizr khan who criticized president trump while speaking at the democratic convention. >> you have sacrificed nothing. >> if you look at his wife, she was standing there she had nothing to say, maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say, you tell me. >> and my presumption based on that horrible, disgusting behavior that the american population would not elect somebody demonstrating that behavior to be president of the united states. >> strzok who the justice department's inspector general sharply criticized denying his personal views influenced his professional actions. >> let me be clear. up equivocally and under oath, not once in my 26 years of defending our nation did did it impact any action i took. >> reporter: the hearing devolving into a personal battle, republican louis gohmert berating strzok for his infidelity to his wife. >> you've embarrassed yourself and i can't help but wonder when i see you looking there with a little smirk how many times did you look so innocent into your wife's eyes and lie to her about -- >> mr. chai

khan. he has been the one who has led the way in championing these corruption allegations against the sharif family. mrhe is the victim of a conspiracy by the pakistani military establishment, with whom he has often clashed. at the opposition political parties here say that is not true. they say the corruption charges are a victory of accountability in a country that has really seen huge corruption problems in the past was up —— of the past. let's get all the world cup action. the five—time champions, brazil, getting knocked out, you think the world cup is always a poorer place without them, but they just haven't been very good. they have been getting better, but belgium are a side who have looked really strong. ipaid a side who have looked really strong. i paid a lot of attention to them, because they were in england's group. they are now unbeaten. they did have a wobble against the japanese. but they are looking fantastic. they went into—0 at half—time. it was an own goal from fernandinho and an absolute thunderbolt from kevin de bruyne. brazil did come back, they pulled back a goal late on through a

she says imran khan may have trouble delivering on his promises the people who are wanted for him the young people are the prime reason is imminent is seen as somebody who's not corrupt mr clean is a messiah who will come in change dynastic politics in pakistan unfortunately. the problem there is that one. most of the people in iran's party who have been elected are people who belong to other political parties where the p.p.p. or b m l n or others and they are in the other the same cut up politicians whom iran promised to get rid off secondly as we all know most politicians most parties do end up being corrupt and so corruption is not going to go away simply because iran has come into power. and thirdly the mean problems that the young people face which is employment. education. a stable society. pushback against the jihadi and islamist elements we not happen under iran. because because his b.s. as well as the military support those policies so the young people will very soon actually see the reality that now pakistan a new pakistan is actually more like old pakistan. israeli forces have reopened the gates of the al aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem after

khan gave protesters permission to fly this 20-football loan over parliament today, depicting mr. as an angry baby. partly why the president says he's not spending much time in the city. >> i used to love london as a city. i haven't been there in a long time. i think you mayor's done a terrible job. when they make you feel unwelcome, why would i stay there? >> reporter: the two leaders also address president trump's upcoming summit with vladimir putin in helsinki and the prime minister says she welcomed meeting and hopes the president delivers a tough message on behalf of their allies. just moments ago, the president took off for the highlight of this leg of the trip. he's having tea with her majesty, the queen, at windsor castle, bianna. >> we'll be covering that meeting here on cbs. weijia jiang, traveling with the president, thank you. >>> well, the main protest over this visit is happening miles away in london this morning. political groups that oppose the president have spent months preparing for this. this is live footage right now of these protests. elizabeth palmer went ou

seen by many as supportive of khan's rival, nawaz sharif, who was prime minister and was jailed last week after being given a 10—year sentence by an anti—corruption court. mrthe troll ‘s and look at the attacks on don, you might get some idea that there is a very large presence by the inter—services public relations on the social media. pakistani intelligence? they are going after you? they're intelligence? they are going after you ? they‘ re going intelligence? they are going after you? they're going after anybody that they field stands in their way. the army has frequently intervened in pakistani politics since independence in 1947, and the country has alternated between periods of civilian and military rule. but it must be said, the pakistani military strongly denies interfering in politics and any involvement in next week s election. let's get more from bbc‘s, anbarasan ethierajan. the comments by him was the sea wall of the dawn grip is not unusual. since its independence from britain in1947, since its independence from britain in 1947, not nearly half of its successors, it was ruled by the military and everyone in pakistan knows, the pakistani army h