imran khan was released on protected bail, meaning he can not be re arrested for at least two weeks. what you can see now was the scene as mr khan arrived at court he s in the middle of this crowd, wearing sunglasses at the centre of the crowd. earlier, he told the bbc he believed he would be detained again immediately after his release. nearly 2,000 people have been arrested for violence since his detention on tuesday and at least eight have been killed. we are still waiting to see his departure. this is the scene hours later, you can see the assembled security forces around that court building and numerous press and media waiting to hear from the former prime minister. it has been a dramatic 2a hours with the intervention of the supreme court and before that the extraordinary arrest on tuesday that the supreme court deemed it illegal that sparked so much unrest in many parts of pakistan. we are continuing to watch the pictures and haven t seen or heard from imran khan sin
intercepted. and british prime minister rishi sunak says he s disappointed at the european broadcasting union s zelenskyy from making an address at the eurovision song contest. we start with the breaking news in the last couple of hours. a convicted child abuser has been found guilty of brutally murdering a seven year old girl in the north east of england more than 30 years after the killing took place. nikki allan was repeatedly hit about the head and stabbed dozens of times in sunderland in october 1992. prosecutors told newcastle crown court she was then dumped like rubbish in a derelict building near her home. david boyd, 55, from stockton on tees, was convicted after a three week trial. he will be sentenced on 23 may. our news correspondent, danny savage was at newcastle crown court and explains why this prosecution has taken so long. it was a complex and challenging case for northumbria police but they spent many years going off down the wrong avenue thinking that a
for the organisers, the european broadcaster and have turned down the request. 0ur political correspondent explains what s going on. via video tomorrow evening presumably to use the contest platform and the millions of viewers worldwide to try and rally and encourage voter support for his country in its fight against russia. the european broadcasting union in charge of running the contest had said that while his intentions were laudable that kind of address would go against its rules, which are that it should remain as a contest and nonpolitical. that has caused quite a political backlash of the uk for the uk prime minister rishi sunak st official spokesman has said that the prime minister was disappointed at this decision arguing that the
in the country and whatever is happening to him. so this is what he said, but otherwise, he didn t speak to the media. he stayed in the court. while we speak, imran khan, is still inside the court premises and he s not ready to leave the court until, and unless he gets a written, written verdict from the court. his lawyer has spoken to the media and said that they have requested the court to grant a written order ensuring that imran khan won t be arrested if he travels back to his residence in lahore. so imran khan is still inside the court waiting for a written verdict and we see a huge deployment of of law enforcement agencies outside the court. many of them, we have been hearing, from different reports, that many of the policemen are out there with some arrest warrants and to arrest imran khan on some other charges which have been filed in the last 2 to 3 days, when there were there were protests going on across the country. so that is the reason that imran khan has, you know, he ha
intervention of the supreme court and before that the extraordinary arrest on tuesday that the supreme court deemed it illegal that sparked so much unrest in many parts of pakistan. we are continuing to watch the pictures and haven t seen or heard from imran khan since he was granted bail and soon to be released there. the bbc s urdu correspondent kept us up to date earlier from a slammer bad. imran khan didn t speak to the media. i mean, he has been talking to media off camera and in which he, you know, he answered few of the questions at one point he also blamed the leadership of pakistan s military and said that they are responsible for whatever is happening in the country and whatever is happening to him. so this is what he said. but otherwise, he didn t speak to the media. he stayed in the court. while we speak, imran khan, is still inside the court premises and he s not ready to leave the court until, and unless he gets a written, written verdict from the court. his lawyer has sp