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Imran Khan returns to jail in Pakistan, and experts issue an El Niño warning | Global News Podcast

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been moved back to prison, after a court-ordered medical examination. He was also allowed to see his family for the first time in months. Mr Khan has been in prison since 2023 on corruption charges, which he says were politically motivated. Supporters of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party gathered along the route between the hospital and the prison in Islamabad.

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