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Pakistan supreme court rules arrest of Imran Khan was illegal

Ten people have been killed and 2,000 arrested in violent protests since he was held.

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that former prime minister Imran Khan's dramatic arrest on corruption charges this week was illegal. The court ordered Mr Khan's immediate release. His lawyers had argued that his detention in Islamabad on Tuesday was unlawful. At least 10 people have been killed and 2,000 arrested as violent protests have swept the country since he was held. We get the latest from Pakistan.

We hear from two women about what life is like with long Covid. Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that Covid-19 no longer represents a "global health emergency". However, the Director-General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, did also say that everyone should still be careful, as there is still a risk of new variants of Covid-19 developing.

And we hear tributes to the blogger, Heather Armstrong, who has died at the age of 47.

(Photo: Radio Pakistan building. Credit: Arshad Arbab/EPA-EFE/Rex/Shutterstock)

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Last on

Thu 11 May 202315:06GMT

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  • Thu 11 May 202315:06GMT

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