and they were asked to leave our party and join mr imran khan's party. this amounts to a massive pre—poll rigging. minutes later, he was arrested. 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, those 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. hackers have stolen the personal data of 1.5 million patients from singapore's government health database. in the island nation's worst ever cyber attack. the communications ministry says they do not know who was behind the attack but that it was sophisticated, deliberate, targeted and well—

imran khan's party. this amounts to a massive pre—poll rigging. minutes later, he was arrested. 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, those 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. the headlines from bbc news: questions surface after reports that donald trump's former lawyer secretly recorded him discussing payments to silence former playboy model karen mcdougal, just months before the us election. let's get more on that. i'm joined now byjulia manchester, journalist at t

imran khan's party. this amounts to a massive pre—poll rigging. minutes later, he was arrested. 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, those 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. the battle of britain was a pivotal moment in world war two. the youngest pilot in the battle is now died at the age of 96. he joined the air force died at the age of 96. he joined the airforce when he died at the age of 96. he joined the air force when he was only 17 and a year later he was en

imran khan's party. this amounts to a massive pre—poll rigging. minutes later, he was arrested. 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, those 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. facebook has suspended another data collection firm from using its site, while it investigates claims that boston—based crimson hexagon may have been using people's information to build surveillance tools. the wall streetjournal has reported that the company worked with a group that had ties with the kremlin, as well as various

and they were asked to leave our party and join mr imran khan's party. this amounts to a massive pre—poll rigging. minutes later, he was arrested. 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 katherin

imran khan's party. this amounts to a massive pre—poll rigging. minutes later, he was arrested. 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, those 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. we all have our own experiences of hearing announcements, or not, over the loud speakers at railway stations. some are easier to understand than others. for the last six months, one of london's busiest underground stations has been trying an unusual way to get passengers' attention. dougal shaw

imran khan. in the last two days, what they are saying is the polling agents were not allowed to sit through the count. some of them were sent out. security forces were deployed. they all say it points to widescale rigging. that is what one party leader was saying earlier in the day. the military and election commission both deny these accusations, and they say it was one of the fairest elections. how well was the speech by imran khan received, and the sort of subjects he was talking about? he made all the right noises, talking about rooting out corruption and asking the opposition to help him for a united party pakistan, and then also reaching out to the united states and archrival india. the twitterati, the members on social media, they‘ve all said it was a very good speech, a very conciliatory, statesman—like speech, but there are some issues. in terms of rooting out corruption and improving governance in pakistan, yes, there is a possibility, but some of the subjects he was talking about,

one of imran khan's closest friends says mr khan is a man with a plan when it comes to sorting out pakistan's problems after he becomes prime minister this weekend. hamza ali abbasi is one of pakistan's leading actors, and was with the former cricketer on the night he won the election. he spoke to the bbc‘s haroon rashid. it was a celebration, yes, but it wasn't dominated by celebration. it wasn't dominated by celebration. it wasn't dominated by a sense of victory that yes, we've won, its over now, no. imran khan was very sober, he had that sense of the possibility and right after he did the whole tv thing he came out and talked to all of us and said the struggle is over, but the hard work is just struggle is over, but the hard work isjust beginning. he prayed to allah and he prayed to god, he made us allah and he prayed to god, he made us all pray, please give us the strength and the expertise to get over successfully these mammoth challenges that are in front of pakistan right now. is india nervous visit what we've seen on tv is this very confident man who is very much in control of what

now to neighbouring pakistan, where one of imran khan's closest friends says mr khan is a man with a plan when it comes to sorting out the country's problems after he becomes prime minister this weekend. hamza ali abbasi is one of pakistan's leading actors, and was with the former cricketer on the night that he won the election. he spoke to the bbc‘s haroon rashid. it was a celebration, yes, but it wasn't dominated by celebration. it wasn't dominated by a sense of victory that "yes, we've won, its over now!" no. imran khan was very sober, he had that sense of the possibility —— imran khan was very sober, he had that sense of responsibility and right after he did the whole tv thing, he came out and talked to all of us and said, "the struggle is over, but the hard work isjust beginning." he prayed to allah and he prayed to god, he made us all pray, "please give us the strength and the expertise to get over successfully these mammoth challenges that are in front of pakistan right now." is he at all nervous? because what we've seen on tv is this very confident man who is very much

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 sha

khan, has promised to tackle corruption and improve the state of the country's finances. he made the pledge in his first address to the nation. mr khan also said he would refuse to live in the prime minister's mansion and would avoid what he called the extravagent lifestyles associated with pakistan's previous ruling elites. translation: we have to stand on our own feet, we cannot carry on behaving the way we have. the more debt we're under, the more freedom we lose. we lose our respect. how bad would you feel? in fact, think about how bad i would feel, begging other countries for money. i would be ashamed. when a country begs for money from other countries, that country's entire respect goes. the world only respects a nation that respects itself. for more on imran khan's plans, i spoke to the bbc‘s south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan. before the election he talked about a new pakistan, where his vision of how the country should be run, and more or less today's speech was reflecting his ideals about how to tackle corruption, which is plaguing the society, pa

pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, has appealed for calm and condemned hardliners who have issued death threats against the country's supreme courtjudges. the court had acquitted a christian woman of blasphemy, overturning her death sentence. pakistan's strict blasphemy laws, which carry a potential death sentence for anyone insulting islam have divided the country. our correspondent, secunder kermani, reports from islamabad. thousands of angry protesters have been gathering in cities across pakistan, following this morning's verdict. they see it as a threat to the country's islamic identity. addressing the nation though, prime minister imran khan warned others not to take to the streets. these people are inciting you for their political gain. don't listen to them. they are not doing anything to serve islam. asia bibi has now spent nearly a decade injail. she lived in this small village to the west of lahore, where she was accused of blasphemy, following an argument with a group of muslim women — a crime, legally punishable by death in pakistan. the cleric who filed the case aga

former international cricket star imran khan has been sworn in as the next prime minister of pakistan. after winning the general election injuly, mr khan's appointment was confirmed by a parliamentary vote yesterday. however, opposition leaders have claimed elements ofjuly's ballot were rigged. aretha franklin's funeral is to be held on the 31st august in her home city of detroit. the service will be a private ceremony forfamily, friends and invited guests. the queen of soul died on thursday aged 76. her coffin will go on public display for two days before the funeral. britain's new aircraft carrier, hms queen elizabeth, will leave portsmouth later today sailing to the east coast of america. two f—35 test aircraft will conduct a number of take off and landings from the £3 billion carrier while she's at sea. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. the largest warship ever built for the royal navy is now preparing to leave portsmouth with 1500 sailors, aircrew and marines on board. hms queen elizabeth, which cost more than £3 billion, is about to sail to the east coast of

his pti party won the most seats injuly‘s elections and mr khan has become pm with the help of smaller parties. however, opposition leaders have claimed elements ofjuly‘s ballot were rigged. secunder kermani s report contains flashing images. pledging to serve pakistan, imran khan was formally appointed prime minister of the country. in the audience, alongside senior political and military figures were members of the 1992 world cup winning pakistan cricket team that imran khan led to victory. after the swearing—in came a guard of honour. imran khan has promised to create a corruption free, more equal society. promised to create a corruption free, more equalsociety. big promises that he now has to deliver. the biggest challenge to fight corruption and poverty, to fight illiteracy and disease, and to fight terrorism. and the economic growth as well. economic growth is essential and we have to create 10 millionjobs in the next essential and we have to create 10 million jobs in the next five years, this is our target and promised to the people of pakistan. we have to build 5 million ho

former international cricket star imran khan has been sworn in as the next prime minister of pakistan. after winning the general election injuly, mr khan's appointment was confirmed by a parliamentary vote yesterday. our news correspondent secunder kermani is in islamabad this morning. just tell us the process by which all of this was finally confirmed? this was the second of two formal steps that he had to go through to officially become prime minister. he was sworn into office just a short time ago in a ceremony the presidential house, alongside him, in the audience, with senior figures from his party and senior minute —— senior military figures and also members of the 1992 pakistani national cricket team which won the world cup. imran khan was captain of that team back then. this represents the culmination of his 22 years in politics. he had campaigned a strong anticorruption message, or missing to create a new pakistan. that was his slogan, one in which he said would be better healthcare, that education, morejobs. he inherits a country with a mounting financial crisis that cou

former international cricket star imran khan has been sworn in as the next prime minister of pakistan. after winning the general election injuly, mr khan's appointment was confirmed by a parliamentary vote yesterday. however, opposition leaders have claimed elements ofjuly‘s ballot were rigged. britain's new aircraft carrier, hms queen elizabeth, will leave portsmouth later today sailing to the east coast of america. two f—35 test aircraft will conduct a number of take off and landings from the £3 billion carrier while she's at sea. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale reports. the largest warship ever built for the royal navy is now preparing to leave portsmouth with 1500 sailors, aircrew and marines on board. hms queen elizabeth which cost more than £3 billion is about to sail to the east coast of america. what the royal navy says will be an iconic moment in the latest stage of the trials. the first time fast jets will fly off her massive deck. hugely symbolic for the country, very exciting and of course, it was eight years nearly to the day since i was in command of ark

his pti party won the most seats injuly‘s elections and mr khan has become pm with the help of smaller parties. however, opposition leaders have claimed elements ofjuly‘s ballot were rigged. secunder kermani's report contains flashing images. speaks own language. pledging to serve pakistan, imran khan was formally appointed prime minister of the country. in the audience, alongside senior political and military figures, were members of the 1992 world cup winning pakistan cricket team that imran khan led to victory. after the swearing—in came a guard of honour. imran khan has promised to create a corruption free, more equal society. big promises that he now has to deliver. the biggest challenge is to fight corruption to fight poverty, to fight illiteracy, disease, and to fight terrorism. and he's determined. and the economic growth as well. economic growth is essential, we have to create ten million jobs in the next five years, this is our target and our promised this is our target and our promise to the people of pakistan. we have to build five million houses in pakistan million hou

former international cricket star imran khan is being sworn in as the next prime minister of pakistan. after winning the general election injuly, mr khan's appointment was confirmed by a parliamentary vote yesterday. however, opposition leaders have claimed elements ofjuly‘s ballot were rigged. britain's new aircraft carrier, hms queen elizabeth, will leave portsmouth later today sailing to the east coast of america. she is the largest warship ever built for the royal navy and has 1500 sailors, aircrew and marines on board. two f—35 test aircraft will conduct a number of take off and landings from the 3—billion pound carrier while she's at sea. aretha franklin's funeral is to be held on the 31st august in her home city of detroit. is one of the most famous dresses in history and now the white down at warned by marilyn monroe in the seven year itch is on display. now to the sport. the gentleman behind you making a bit of a reappearance for the first time in a while but it is still four days since ben stokes was found not guilty of affray. he is back. he will be back playing for e

khan. he has been the one who has led the way in championing these corruption allegations against the sharif family. mr sharif has consistently denied any wrongdoing. he and his supporters have effectively said he 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.

pakistan's new prime minister, the former cricket star, imran khan, has promised to tackle corruption and improve the state of the country's finances. he made the pledge in his first address to the nation. mr khan also said he would refuse to live in the prime minister's mansion and would avoid what he called the extravagent lifestyles associated with pakistan's previous ruling elites. translation: we have to stand on our own feet. we cannot carry on behaving the way we have. the more debt we're under, the more freedom we lose. we lose our respect. how bad would you feel, in fact, think about how bad i would feel, begging other countries for money? i would be ashamed. when a country begs for money from other countries, that country's entire respect goes. the world only respects a nation that respects itself. the british government is preparing to publish advice designed to prepare the uk for the possibility of not having a deal with the european union when it leaves the bloc. it comes after one of the founders of the fashion brand, superdry, donated a million pounds to a campaign for

pakistan's prime minister imran khan has condemed the killing. the brazilian president—elect, jair bolsonaro says there's no point in keeping diplomatic relations with cuba. speaking to a local newspaper, mr bolsonaro accused cuba of violating human rights and said the communist—run island had little to offer in terms of trade and business. the actor alec baldwin has been arrested in new york for reportedly punching a man over a parking space. police say the 30 rock star was taken into custody over the incident which took place in the east village. baldwin's been in the spotlight lately for his impersonations of president trump on nbc‘s saturday night live. the president of turkey has said that the order to kill jamal khashoggi, came from the highest levels of the saudi government. it is the first time recep tayyip erdogan has accused the saudi government directly of the murder. the international response to the killing of the saudi journalist is being closely followed in yemen, where houthi rebels are fighting against a saudi—backed coal

pakisitani prime minister imran khan's government has continued its efforts to refill government coffers by selling off eight highly prized buffaloes. the animals reportedly provided milk for nawaz sharif, mr khan's predecessor, and his family. however, mr khan decided they should be sold off as part of the government's so—called austerity auctions. he has since made much of his so—called austerity drive, although critics say it has been more style than substance so far. now to the philippines, where a fierce critic of the country's president, rodrigo duterte, senator antonio trillanes, is facing possible detention over charges of instigating a coup d'etat. 0ur philippines correspondent howard johnson recently interviewed senator trillanes for a bbc our world documentary. in it, critics of the president allege he is attacking democratic institutions and silencing his most vocal critics. the scene inside the senate building earlier this week, as senator trillanes was arrested by the police, following an order by president rodrigo duterte. it's a very serious rebellion. had it succeede

the former pakistani cricket captain imran khan has claimed victory in the country's general election. partial results say mr khan is on course to become prime minister. in sport, as rashid has 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

pakisitani prime minister imran khan's government has continued its efforts to refill government coffers by selling off eight highly prized buffaloes. the animals reportedly provided milk for nawaz sharif, mr khan's predecessor, and his family. however, mr khan decided they should be sold off as part of the government's so—called austerity auctions. he has since made much of his so—called austerity drive, although critics say it has been more style than substance so far. you're watching newsday on the bbc. live from singapore and london. still to come on the programme: more on the senatejudiciary hearing on brett kavanaugh. we'll be hearing from some of ordinary people watching the event in the us. in all russia's turmoil, it has never come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the day that so many had feared for so the day that so many had feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility that produced affection from catholics around the world, but his depart

pakistan's prime minister imran khan has condemed the killing. the brazilian president—elect, jair bolsonaro says there's no point in keeping diplomatic relations with cuba. speaking to a local newspaper, mr bolsonaro accused cuba of violating human rights and said the communist—run island had little to offer in terms of trade and business. the actor alec baldwin has been arrested in new york for reportedly punching a man over a parking space. police say the 30 rock star was taken into custody over the incident which took place in the east village. baldwin's been in the spotlight lately for his impersonations of president trump on nbc‘s "saturday night live. " and you can keep up to date all with the latest news, business and sport on the bbc website. for reaction and analysis from around the world, including up—dated live pages, reports from correspondents based in over 80 international locations, along with eyewitness accounts. just go to bbc.com/news, or download the bbc news app. britain's most senior police officer, cressida dick, ha

elected prime minister imran khan just days after the u.s. had said it was cutting military aid to pakistan the failing to tackle armed groups u.s. president donald trump wants a new york times to identify the revenue anonymous article that accuses him of a morality and impulsiveness the peace apparently written by a senior white house official claims these have led to elin formed and reckless decisions from washington passing culhane rickles. according to the new york times someone close to the president wants the world to know they think he is unfit to hold the highest office anonymously writing this op ed describing the president as a moral and his leadership style as impetuous at the serial petty and ineffective they also say the cabinet considered invoking the twenty fifth amendment which could have removed him from office but say they chose not to provoke a constitutional crisis this is an extraordinary step and the label of senior official means it was likely written by someone close to the president he was quick to lash out so when yo