so nawaz may be out, but not necessarily the sharifs.ooking at his brother next. how much do we actually know about his brother? what is happening today is essentially an interim prime minister being sworn in. the idea is to put his brother in charge. the idea is a two—stage change, really. the former petroleum minister will be prime ministerfor two months, enabling nawaz sharif to be elected to the parliament. shehbaz is currently chief minister in punjab, so he will become a member of parliament of the pakistan federal government, and thereafter he will be sworn in. we know that nawaz sharif‘s tenure brought economic expansion to pakistan. we saw things like the pakistan stock exchange going at record highs. so just how much support do the sharifs have in pakistan? well, actually, for the man or woman on the clapham omnibus, what matters is that he delivers. and you are quite right to say that the sharifs have not delivered in pakistan in general, and shehbaz in punjab. in punjab, mind you, the largest province in pakistan, with the la

successor to his brother, nawaz sharif and it's successor to his brother, nawaz sharif and its reasonablehe should take leadership of the party and the country. and they say, listen, people have a problem with it, we have general elections next summer and they can vote then and opposition parties are making hay with this and saying this is not bureaucratic. the public should be able to choose and how can you expect to pass through a family brother to brother the leadership of the party in the country but at the moment that is what's happening. the pakistan muslim league, the ruling party and a big majority in parliament so there is no reason to think that he won't be elected in just a few moments. now and in a couple of months' time. his brother will take his place. thank you. up to 500 people are going on trial in turkey, accused of taking part in last year's attempted military coup. the trial is the largest so far relating to the uprising. the group will be tried at a specially built courtroom in ankara on charges ranging from murder, violating the constitution and attempting to kill pr

khan led the campaign to bring corruption charges against former prime minister nawaz sharif, and nowharif‘s brother, his chosen successor, in his sights. the plan is to use the same tactic used with the former pm. he is bringing actions in pakistan's supreme court, using provisions that say that anyone who has behaved dishonestly can be judged unfit to hold office. today, the supreme court is hearing another case of political wrongdoing, another case in which a senior politician could face disqualification. but today, the accused is imran khan himself. what authority does this letter have? who signed this letter? it's imran khan, these are his signatures. the central point of my case is that imran khan has collected money from the foreigners, and from the foreign multinational companies, which is explicitly forbidden by the law and the constitution. hi, mr khan. very good to meet you. faultfinding to talk to us. —— thank you forfinding time faultfinding to talk to us. —— thank you for finding time to talk to us. imran khan says he is confident he will win the case. i think it is good

nawaz sharif, who was disqualified from office for corruption, he wants his younger brother, shahbaze problem is that shahbaz sharif is not a member of parliament so he will take on nawaz sharif‘s seat and when he gets into parliament in about two months we will see a similar process where the national assembly members vote on him becoming prime minister and just as today, because the party has a significant majority, we expect him to bea significant majority, we expect him to be a shoo—in. significant majority, we expect him to be a shoo-in. could not be simpler! the tobacco giant british american tobacco is being investigated by the serious fraud office after eight 2015 bbc panorama investigation into allegations that the company paid bribes to officials in east africa. panorama in 2015 spent five months investigating allegations that came from a worker from vat in steph de wit unless there were hundreds of e—mails that detailed payments of bribes from the company to officials, politicians and civil servants who could influence policy and make the environment more favourable to bat

lawmakers in pakistan are to choose a new prime minister later, to replace nawaz sharif, who stepped by the supreme court, which ruled that he had failed to disclose his family's financial assets. it's exactly what we expected. a guy called shahid khaqan abbasi has been elected prime minister of pakistan. when i say elected, this is elected by the members of parliament, by the national assembly of pakistan, not by the people of pakistan. so he has been elected prime minister. he's the new prime minister of pakistan, but he is only in place, we think, for about two months before the longer term successor, so the man appointed by nawaz sharif, the former prime minister, disgraced and kicked out of office by the supreme court on friday, he nominated wait for it, his brother to succeed him. his brother isn't actually an mp. he needs to get himself a seat in parliament, then he, in turn, can be elected by the parliament as prime minister succeeding this guy, abbasi, whose won the prime minister ship today. that is where we are at in pakistan. we do have a new prime minister, but he's not

an interim prime minister of pakistan is expected to be formally appointed on tuesday after nawaz sharif was stripped of office by the supreme court last week over corruption allegations. and this story is trending on bbc.com. sam shepard, the celebrated american playwright and actor, has died at his home in kentucky. he was 73. he was oscar—nominated for the 1983 film "the right stuff" and starred in "black hawk down" and "steel magnolias. " that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: a former royal marine has been jailed for 18 years for making pipe bombs for the continuity ira. ciaran maxwell stockpiled weapons while serving with a commando unit in somerset. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. downgraded. toshiba moves off the main stock board of tokyo because of financial problems. and a snap deal going at a loan after calling off a sale to a rival, flipcart. good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report. it's a tuesday. i'm sharanjit leyl. report. it's a tuesday. i'm shara nji

pakistan's parliament has elected a new prime minister to replace nawaz sharif, who was forced to resigne's shahid khaqan abbasi. 0ur south asia correspondent justin rowlatt has the latest from islamabad. it's exactly what we expected. a guy called shahid khaqan abbasi has been elected prime minister of pakistan. when i say elected, this is elected by the members of parliament, by the national assembly of pakistan, not by the people of pakistan. so he's been elected prime minister. he's the new prime minister of pakistan, but he is only in place, we think, for about two months before the longer term successor, so the man appointed by nawaz sharif, the former prime minister, disgraced and kicked out of office by the supreme court on friday. he nominated wait for it, his brother to succeed him. his brother isn't actually an mp. he needs to get himself a seat in parliament, then he, in turn, will be elected by the parliament as prime minister succeeding this guy, abbasi, who's won the prime ministership today. that's where we're at in pakistan. we do have a new prime minister, but he's not

pakistan's parliament meets to elect a new interim prime minister after the supreme court disqualified nawaz sharifinvestigation into corruption allegations against his family. the ex—oil minister shahid khaqan abbasi has been nominated as interim prime minister. a man has been left with facial injuries after two people on a moped threw an unknown liquid at him in central london. police said the 47—year—old man was attacked in knightsbridge. the man has been taken to hospital, but his condition is not yet known. we now know the hosts for the next three summer 0lympics after paris and los angeles struck a deal with the international olympic committee. now the order you will go to tokyo, paris, and then los angeles. both cities wanted to host in 2024, but the ioc said it would make contributions worth $1.8 billion to los angeles to compensate for extra costs involved. greg dawson reports. it is from proclaimed as the greatest show on earth. to host the 0lympic greatest show on earth. to host the olympic games is considered a privilege. but it is an expensive one. paris campaigned hard for the 2020 fo

pakistan's parliament is to elect a prime minister to replace nawaz sharif, who was forced to resignhas nominated a former minister to serve as an interim leader — until mr sharif‘s 0ur south asia correspondentjustin rowlatt is in the capital islamabad. the thought has taken place in the last few minutes. what happened. we got the result through. it's exactly what we expected. he has been elected prime minister of pakistan. this is by the members of the assembly, not by the people of pakistan. he is only in place for two months. the man appointed by the former prime minister, disgraced and kicked out of office, he nominated his brother to succeed. his brother is not actually an mp. he will be elected by the parliament as a prime minister succeeding biscay. we have a new prime minister but he won't last for long. for now, thanks. britain's only surviving cloth trading hall reopened today, after a 19 million pound renovation. the piece hall in halifax once operated as a centre for handloom weavers, and was at the centre of the world's wool trade. the refurbishment of the grade—1 listed

shahid khaqan abbasi is a loyalist of nawaz sharif, who was disqualified as premier last week for concealing assets. abbasi won an overwhelming majority in parliament, but he represents a ruling party that wants him to serve only until sharif's younger brother wins a national assembly seat, and can take over. >> ( translated ): whether i am here for 45 hours or 45 days, i am the prime minister and i am not here to keep the chair warm, rather i am here to work. i will do the work of 45 months if i remain for 45 days. the process of democracy is back on track. it was not derailed. no one ran away. no one broke off from the party. >> woodruff: abbasi also dismissed the corruption allegations against sharif, and said the pakistani people don't accept his disqualification. at least 29 people are dead in afghanistan, after a suicide attack at a shiite mosque. it happened in the western city of herat, during evening prayers. a local lawmaker said he was told one attacker fired on worshippers before blowing himself up, but it wasn't clear whether there was a second attacker. back in this country, pr

pakistan's parliament is set to elect a new prime minister to replace nawaz sharif, who stepped down

just a few weeks ago the former prime minister, nawaz sharif, was ousted over corruption allegations,prime minister has been able to complete a term in office. that is some end that has given people some food for thought on today, which is otherwise a day of celebrations. and of course, 12 million people took part in this mass migration. we know that 1 million people died. what are the ramifications for pakistan? well, i have spent much of the past few weeks speaking to people who lived through the partition of india and pakistan. it is 70 years ago, so there are lots of people in their 80s and 90s who lived through the trauma, people who lost their entire families, people who witnessed horrific violence. and a lot of them actually say that they feel slightly forgotten, that people don't have that much interest in talking to them about those experiences. they have been recent attempts in pakistan to try and capture the oral testimony of these people. but otherwise, when it comes to independence day celebrations, it is always... pakistan is talked about asa always... pakistan is talked