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Hello. Pakistans former Prime Minister, imran khan, has been arrested after a Court Sentenced him to three years in prison on Corruption Charges. He was found guilty of failing to declare money hed earned from selling gifts he received while in office. Mr khans previous arrest in may triggered violent protests and the army was deployed. Our pakistan correspondent, Caroline Davies has the latest. Sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, truck after police truck, arresting former Prime Min...

Across europe at the moment. thousands of uk scouts are leaving an international event in south korea that has been hit by extreme heat. hundreds have fallen ill at the outdoor world scout jamboree, which is attended by more than 40,000 young people from around the world, amid 35 degree heat. joining me now is from surrey in england is pete ford — his daughter keira is at the jamboree. what has clearer told you about the circumstances there and how it is impacting on her and others? if i may c...

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About what you _ russia. what are your thoughts about what you may _ russia. what are your thoughts about what you may be - russia. what are your thoughts about what you may be doing i russia. what are your thoughts | about what you may be doing in the days and weeks ahead? will you stay in the capital? or do you stay in the capital? or do you have an exit plan in place? it is very dangerous to leave kyiv right now, except for the southern exit towards odesa and there are russian forces here and...

Enough to outweigh the horror of james holmes crimes and spare his life. jose? >> scott cohen, thank you very much. a big change this morning for the boy scouts. the organizations decades-long ban on gay scout leaders now officially lifted. the executive board concluded the policy of excludeing gay adults no longer legally defensible. even though the national ban is gone local scout units will be allowed to exclude gay scout leaders for religious reasons. forced to resign his position as offic...

Israels pharmaceuticals is buying out a drug business for just a little over 40$40 billion. of course tom costello telling you about that fine that fiat chrysler is going to be paying that record fine and as a result shares are lower than normal today. >> those stocks can rebound. mary thompson good to see you. thank you. the boy scouts of america at the california wildfires. lets zoom in some of the other top stories. the boy scouts of america will vote to end their longstanding ban on gay sc...

Adults. church groups sponsor 70% of local scout units. many not to keep the ban. >> we are focusing on building strong, young men, not getting an organization turned into a sexual agenda item. >> its about life skills. its really about building character and its not about sexual orientation. it never has been. >> a survey conducted for the boyscouts found that 48% of parents of current scouts support bans. a majority of boyscouts themselves 56% support the move. 42% oppose it strongly t. scouts...

Going to come out, andrea. but we will know in a couple of hours, members are voting now of the national council, 1400-member strong. this is not the same proposal that the scouts first floated in january. back then they signaled that after decades of fighting to preserve their ban on gay scouts and scout leaders, they were willing to accept a change in which local scout units could decide the issue for themselves. well that didnt go over very well. because people who wanted to keep the ban thou...

Oppose a change. they say that their scout troops that they sponsor would drop out of the scouts if this passes. but the mormon church for example, which has, sponsors 25% of all the scout units across the country, has signaled that it would support the change. and many local church groups say they would, too. so its almost a regional thing, andrea as we find with many other cultural issues in the u.s. and i cant predict how its going to come out. >> quick question, pete, just occurred to me, is...

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