He remains in good spirits. He was sentenced, on saturday, for failing to declare money earned from selling state gifts, while he was in office. After the verdict he was taken from his home directly to prison. He has denied the charges. Lets speak to mian hammad azhar,|mran khan s aide and formerfinance and energy minister. Thank you forjoining us on the programme. Tell us a little bit more about the situation with the former Prime Minister. You say that or his lawyers say they are deplorable conditions but he remains in good spirits. Conditions but he remains in good sirits. ,. ,. , spirits. That is correct. Hes not been given spirits. That is correct. Hes not been given because spirits. That is correct. Hes not been given because that spirits. That is correct. Hes noti been given because that former spirits. That is correct. Hes not been given because that former Prime Ministers in pakistan are entitled to. Hes being held in a cell with open toilets, that is an unclean, unhygienic a
Lets turn straightaway to Breaking News of the last few minutes. Three hill walkers have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glen coe thats in the scottish highlands. Police scotland said the bodies were discovered during a search, which had been launched after the group failed to return. The alarm was raised shortly after 9pm on saturday and Mountain Rescue teams assisted with the recovery operation. A Force Spokeswoman said, there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances. A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal. So that news just coming in, that three people have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glencoe in the scottish highlands. When we get more on that, we will return to it. Now lets move on to the row in the uk about the government use of a barge to house Asylum Seekers. Migrants have started boarding the vessel called the Bibby Stockholm In Dorset on the south coast of england. The government hopes to house up to 500 me
we will have more on that story in about an hour. you re live with bbc news. now, it s been more than a year since the ukrainian city of mariupol was largely destroyed in a russian siege. now bbc verify has uncovered how moscow is rebuilding and russifying the city and even encouraging russians to buy homes there. 0lga robinson explains more. this is the ukrainian city of mariupol a year ago. soon after, the russian forces largely destroyed and captured it. since then, the russian authorities have been trying to russify the city by introducing, for example, russian passports for the locals. and fresh satellite imagery shows just how much the russians have been trying to transform the city, for example, by building new neighbourhoods in the place where the work used to be largely fields. we also know from satellite footage that russians have been demolishing quite a big number
the past three months. it seems like this judgment has come after a lot of preparation in terms of a very organised track time against the largest political party in pakistan. thank you very much forjoining us. it s been more than a year since the ukrainian city of mariupol was largely destroyed in a russian siege. now bbc verify has uncovered how moscow is rebuilding and russifying the city and even encouraging russians to buy homes there. 0lga robinson explains more. this is the ukrainian city of mariupol a year ago. soon after, the russian forces largely destroyed and captured it. since then, the russian authorities have been trying to russify the city by introducing, for example, russian passports for the locals. and fresh satellite imagery shows just how much the russians have been trying to transform the city, for example, by building new neighbourhoods in the place where the work used to be largely fields. we also know from satellite footage