died and several were injured when a burst of gunfire hit mr khan's vehicle, in the eastern city of wazirabads supporters took to the streets in several pakistani cities after the attack. from pakistan, our correspondent samira hussain reports. thursday's protest march started like all the others, and then this happened. rapid gunfire. footage shared on social media, confirmed by the bbc, shows a conscious imran khan with a bandage on his right leg being taken to hospital. here, you can see a man with a gun. he was eventually caught. in a leaked video of his statement to police, he said he wanted to kill mr khan. the current prime minister condemned the attack and has called for an investigation. pakistan's president is calling it an assassination attempt. but leaders from mr khan's political party released a statement on his behalf, accusing the country's prime minister, home minister and director of pakistan's powerful intelligence agency of being behind the attack, saying they must be removed from office. just two days ago, we were with the former prime minister at one of his protest ralli

and the half way point is roughly wazirabad — where mr khan came under attack.pprehended by imran khan's supporters. we know he's now in police custody. and these pictures show mr khan's supporters as he rushes away. police haven't confirmed he was the target. however, his allies say it was "attempt to kill him". here he is being taken to hospital in lahore. his party says fragments of bullet are in his leg — however the injuries are not thought to be life threatening. shandana gulzar khan is a leader of mr khan's pti party. he continues to both live with and travel with a very strong strong cordon of security. however, he consistently refuses to shield behind bullet—proof glass, he refuses to travel in a bullet—proof vehicle. he travels with the people, he eats with the people and he ensures that whatever security is available to everyone else is also available to him. now, that makes him brave but it also terrifies us. in the last few months alone, three times, three different planes have malfunctioned, including one mysterious heart attack suffered by his pil

were you concerned that this assassination attempt might happen at this rally in wazirabad ?asan: yes. we have been concerned about it in the party and we have discussed it at party meetings. we were concerned about this because we were confronting fascists and these people were capable of just about -- resorting to any monstrous tactics to keep khan away. since that they have not been able to confront him in the political domain, we were afraid there would be attempts made to eliminate him. and our worst fears came true yesterday. thank god he is still here and he escaped the bullets of the assassin but he was wounded and at this moment he is in the hospital recovering from an operation. we were afraid at the prospect of such a thing happening. mohammed jamojoom: from your vantage point, how unstable is pakistan at this precarious moment ? haider zaman qureshi: ever since the former prime minister was voted out, not booted out but voted out through a parliamentary tool which is part of the constitution, he has been weaponizing through lies and a certain agenda he wants to ca

died and several were injured when a burst of gunfire hit mr khan's vehicle, in the eastern city of wazirabadwestern officials say russian troops could be preparing to withdraw from part of the ukrainian city of kherson, which they have held since the start of the war. ukraine has been talking up an offensive to capture the city since the summer, but so far they've just retaken some surrounding farmland. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, has landed in beijing, the first western leader to visit china in more than three years. scholz�*s visit marks 50 years since west germany re—established diplomatic relations with beijing, marking a turning point in relations between china and the west. now on bbc news, panorama. tonight, on panorama... emergency services are dealing with an incident near manchester victoria station. ..the people who deny these terrible events ever took place. i have been trying to find evidence of a real explosion and evidence of a real bomb and i haven't found any. 27 people, 20 of them children, have been killed _ after a gunman opened fire at a primary school... - no—on

died and several were injured when a burst of gunfire hit mr khan's vehicle, in the eastern city of wazirabadwestern officials say russian troops could be preparing to withdraw from part of the ukrainian city of kherson, which they have held since the start of the war. ukraine has been talking up an offensive to capture the city since the summer, but so far they've just retaken some surrounding farmland. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, has arrived in china, starting the first visit by the leader of a g7 nation in three years. and the premier li keqiang. now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. winter is coming to europe, and vladimir putin is hoping the battle lines in his war on ukraine will be frozen, buying him time to reinforce at the front, while exposing ukrainians and all of europe to the reality of an energy crisis. the ukrainian armed forces have made gains in recent months, but can they go further, and will kyiv�*s backers in the us and europe maintain their support? well, my guest is general ben hodges, former commander of the us army in europe. coul

prime minister imran khan is in stable condition after he was shot in the leg thursday at a rally in wazirabad. one person was killed and at least 10 others injured in the apparent assassination attempt. khan has accused top government officials, including the prime minister, of being behind the attack. local police released a video of the alleged gunman, who said he acted alone though the confession's authenticity has not been verified. >> imran khan was misleading people and i could not bear that. that is why i did this. so i killed him. i tried to kill him. i tried my best to kill him. i did not want to kill anyone else. amy: the attack on imran khan came one week into his high profile journey across pakistan to demand snap elections after he was removed from power in april. the united nations is calling on nations to agree to a historic new agreement at the cop27 climate summit, whicopens in sharm el sheikh, egypt on sunday. u.n. secretary-general antonio guterres said thursday nations will face climate catastrophe unless they rapidly deliver on commitments made at the 2015 paris climate s

one person died when gunfire hit mr khan's vehicle in wazirabad. the country. king charles is to host a reception at buckingham palace this afternoon as part of preparations for the cop27 climate conference in egypt. it was announced last month that the monarch would not be travelling to the summit in person. 0n the agenda today will be the terra carta, an the initiative founded by the king which aims to encourage the private sector to commit to sustainability. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize. the aim is to find new and creative ideas that will help protect our planet for the future. five winners will each receive £1 million to make their project a reality. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt, has been to revisit two of last year's winners. prince william launched his earthshot prize with a glamorous ceremony in london's alexandra palace last year. in the next ten years, we are going to act. this we are going to find the solutions to repair our planet. there was a galaxy of stars in a