nawaz sharif, again, very popular.u've said is a possibility. that could also spark outrage. are you not really worried? well, i think we are learning in pakistan that political process has a part and an aspect to agitation, and agitations are usually translated in a manner which should be acceptable to the democratic norms. and if they defy those norms, the laws are there to curb and control and limit that kind of behaviour. but i asked you if you are worried, as caretaker prime minister of pakistan, that political violence could be ignited in the country for the reasons i've outlined. i do not foresee such a behaviour. rather, i see now the people are rallying people in the support for the political and electoral process. they would be more interested to participate in the forthcoming elections and get their returned candidatures to the parliament, rather than going on the agitative politics. all right. so, imran khan, before he was arrested in august, told this programme, hardtalk, that he has accused the military o

pakistan's former prime minister, nawaz sharif, in london.oving the threat of immediate arrest over his corruption conviction. his return is seen as the launch of his party's political campaign ahead of elections next year. 0ur pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, was on the plane with mr sharif. i'm in the city of lahore where nawaz sharif has now arrived. he took a helicopter from the airport where he flew in from dubai on to the rally that he is addressing. we know that his party had been told to bring out large numbers, big crowds for this rally. and the city of lahore as well has been preparing for this arrival. you can see the banners behind me and posters all bearing nawaz sharif�*s face. there's been a countdown, a 21st of october. now, this is the moment earlier on board that flight from dubai to here in pakistan. this is the point at which they touch down. now, this is the first time that nawaz sharif has been back in pakistan for nearly four years. you can see his supporters cheering him. nawaz sharif has been a prime minister

i�*m in the city of lahore where nawaz sharif has now arrived.see the banners behind me and posters all bearing nawaz sharif�*s face. has been a countdown of the 21st of october. now, this is the moment earlier on board that flight from dubai to here in pakistan. this is the point at which they touch down. now, this is the first time that we�*ve been back in pakistan for nearly four years. you can see his supporters cheering him. nawaz sharif has been a prime minister in pakistan on three separate occasions. the first time he was ousted, the second time he was overthrown by a military coup. a third time he resigned, subsequently found guilty on corruption charges and thrown into prison. and he was imprisoned. he asked to leave to be able to get medical treatment. that was near the end of 2019. and this is the first time that he�*s come back again. in nearly four years. now those charges still sad. that jail sentence still stands and he is currently on temporary bail. we will hear more about that during the course. all this week. why is all of thi

many analysts believe nawaz sharif would not be backin believe nawaz sharif would not be back in pakistanas disqualified and is still in prison. at the moment, many people believe today's arrival of nawaz sharif is in preparation for the general election which will start to build up. that general election has no set date yet, but is expected to take place at the end of january. fiur place at the end ofjanuary. our pakistan place at the end ofjanuary. 0ur pakistan correspondence carolyn davis. apologies, she was by a busy road, so there were sound issues. before we go, a reminder of one story breaking this afternoon and thatis story breaking this afternoon and that is of course the death of former england and manchester united footballer sir bobby charlton who died at the age of 86. a family statement says, it is with great sadness that we share the news that sir bobby passed peacefully in the early hours of saturday morning. he was surrounded by his family. his family would like to pass on their thanks to everyone who has contributed to his care and for the many people who loved and suppor

as genocide being committed and ethnic cleansing being committed, so that was expected he was: nawaz sharif who just came back a third time prime minister you know he has given very strong statement, i mean the political leadership is united across the board, left, right, center, the islamic parties obviously are very strongly supportive of of the palestinian cause, but that's about it, and nothing more, i mean all that has happened is the declarations and support of israel, and promising that they are going to send in aid and they have not done it as yet, so there is very big disappointment on that score, more much more was expected from pakistan and i think the government of pakistan has not delivered you, i mean pois declarations in oic, in in you know media, that is nothing new, but what was expected was that some concrete? assistance would be given to the palestinians, i mean to gaza, that has not happened as yet, so there is a big disappointment on that spot. what, what do you think needs to be done, um, soil, when we look at the muslim countries, especially those closest to uh palest

pakistan's former prime minister nawaz sharif has returned home after four years of self—imposed exilel, removing the threat of immediate arrest over his corruption conviction. his return is seen as the launch of his party's political campaign ahead of next year's elections. the second red danger to life weather warning this week has come into force in eastern parts of scotland, with torrential rain and high winds forecast across much of the uk. it's from storm babet, which has already claimed at least three lives and left 40,000 homes without power. hundreds of flood alerts are in place, and travel is expected to be badly disrupted. and sir bobby charlton, one of manchester united and england's greatest footballers, has died at the age of 86. for england, he will forever be associated with the world cup victory in 1966. by the time he retired in 1973, he had scored 2115 goals in over 700 games for manchester united. sir bobby was diagnosed with dementia in 2020. in a statement, manchester united said charlton ranked as "one of the greatest and most beloved players "in the history" of

pakistan's former prime minister, nawaz sharif, has returned home, afterfour years of self—imposed exilehim protective bail, removing the threat of immediate arrest for his corruption conviction. his return is seen as the launch of his party's political campaign ahead of elections next year. i want to show you the scenes live on the streets where people are on the streets, calling for the return of the 210 hostages. that number increased today _ of the 210 hostages. that number increased today by _ of the 210 hostages. that number increased today by israel, - of the 210 hostages. that number increased today by israel, all- of the 210 hostages. that number. increased today by israel, all taken by hamas when the organisation prescribed as a terrorist organisation by the us, uk and many other countries went into israel two weeks ago today murdering 1a00 people and taking back into gaza 210 people, civilians, who are being kept there. we know that two of them of course were released to american hostages, who were abducted during a raid into israel by hamas. they were released just yesterday.

pakistan's former prime minister, nawaz sharif, has returned home, afterfour years of self—imposed exilebail, removing the threat of immediate arrest over his corruption conviction. his return is seen as the launch of his party's political campaign ahead of elections next year. storm babet has continued to batter many parts of the uk, bringing torrential rain, flooding and severe disruption. 0ur midlands correspondent navtej johal reports from derbyshire, where three risk to life warnings have been issued. when the river derwent went overboard. this is a walkway in derby city centre, more suitable for wading. the river burst its banks overnight, flooding the city and leaving locals stunned. the people of derby have never seen anything like this before. the river has reached a record high level, and this building is currently underwater. it is devastating. we woke up to this this morning. a lot of upset members of staff. and here we are. we are closed. we don't know how long for, and it is really, really difficult to take. three severe flood warnings have been in place for the river derwe

meanwhile, khan's main rival and three-time former prime minister nawaz sharif returned to pakistan saturdayfter a four-year self-imposed exile. sharif hopes to make a political comeback ahead of january elections. he was convicted of corruption in 2018 and barred from running for office, but observers say he may be allowed to run thanks to a deal between the pakistan muslim league party and the powerful army. and on capitol hill, republicans dropped far-right ohio congressmember jim jordan as their nominee for house speaker after jordan's third vote attempt failed on the house floor in a secret ballot behind friday. closed doors, just 86 republicans voted to keep jordan as their nominee. nine republicans have since announced plans to seek their party's nomination. all but two of the republican candidates sought to block the certification of president biden's 2020 election victory. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. when we come back, as the death toll in gaza tops 5000, we speak to the palestinian scholar

. - the former pakistani prime minister, nawaz sharif, has arrived home, afterfour years of self imposedmmediate arrest. when he was last in pakistan, mr sharif was serving time for corruption — but he was allowed to leave jail to seek medical treatment in britain in 2019. many see his return as the launch of his party's campaign ahead of elections scheduled forjanuary next year. three "risk to life" flood warnings have been issued in derbyshire, as storm babet continues to cause disruption in parts of the uk. some train operators around the uk have advised customers not to travel today. lner, avanti west coast and northern rail say lines are widely flooded, while scotrail has cancelled some of its services until at least tomorrow morning. a red weather warning is in place until six o'clock this evening in angus in scotland — one of the worst affected areas. three people are known to have died as a result of the storm. ben phillip reports. from above, the extent of flooding to this region is made clear. the town of brechin in angus has been at the epicentre of this storm. these were the

the former pakistani prime minister, nawaz sharif, has arrived home, afterfour years of self imposederving time for corruption, but he was allowed to leave jail to seek medical treatment in britain in 2019. many see his return as the launch of his party's campaign ahead of elections scheduled forjanuary next year. let's recap the top story before we leave you this hour. the first aid trucks have crossed into gaza from egypt after the rafah crossing partially opened this morning and we can show you pictures of the scene in gaza right now. and as we were saying there, but rafah crossing has reopened, about 200 trucks are thought to have passed through there today but aid agencies say they need many more, 20 trucks, pardon me but aid agencies said they would need 100 a day to meet the urgent humanitarian need, so around 20 trucks passing through the rafa crossing and many say it is a glimmer of hope as diplomatic talks continue in cairo. as we were saying before, plenty more on all of the developed and the middle east on our live page on the bbc news website and we have analysis from al

a court in pakistan grants former prime minister nawaz sharif bail, protecting him from arrest aheadg in voluntary exile in london until this month. he failed to appear in court in 2019, following a corruption conviction. russian president vladimir putin has been visiting beijing to attend a meeting celebrating ten years of china's belt and road initiative. mr putin has rarely left russia since his forces invaded ukraine in february last year, amid increasing isolation on the world stage. you are live with bbc news. we have been talking about rishi sunak arriving in the region, he is in israel and wants to move on to the wider region for talks with the arab leaders, in his wider region —— in the wider region already is his secretary of state james cleverly, what are they hoping to achieve here? ., ,, . ., , g ., , here? the foreign secretary james cleverl is here? the foreign secretary james cleverly is in _ here? the foreign secretary james cleverly is in egypt _ here? the foreign secretary james cleverly is in egypt today. - here? the foreign secretary james cleverly is in egypt to

of the army navy who is the guest of university students sharif sharif also spoke about the reaction of islamic countries to the 86th nawazup's trip around the world. he said that dear people in many islamic countries do not differ from shi'ism . everyone told everyone that this action is a source of honor for the islamic world . he shared a memory of the message of this new group to foreign countries. except for rockets and dragons, we shot and threw everything we had. the french plane you saw, new zealanders and australians were constantly watching . let's say i said nothing, let's just say that we came to come, but we decided not to connect it to us. this is the french polynesian islands. if you notice, we caught this route, or this is the so-called blue border . 3 months ago, they defined it 2 years ago . they put a lot of pressure on it . currently, the united nations has added a note: god's servants do not dream, it means that they were not in their dreams. one day , iran may become sunny. if the civilian military wants to use the beauty of the island with a non-machine gun eye, as far as it is safe, it can be said.