 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's corruption conviction has been suspended and the court has ordered his release on bail. But will this be enough to secure his freedom? Protests broke out across Libya following reports that the Tripoli-based government was attempting to normalize relations with Israel, however, many contradictory claims have since emerged. So, what really happened? New findings have emerged pointing to all the damage ultra-processed food does to the human body adding to the already mounting evidence. Will this change our attitude towards food? This is the daily debrief. These are our stories for the day and before you go any further, if you are watching this on YouTube, don't forget to hit that subscribe button. The Islamabad High Court suspended charges corruption against former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and overturned his three-year sentence. Khan stood accused of illegally selling the gifts he received from foreign governments during his tenure as Prime Minister. The cricketer-turned politician, however, is still facing more than 100 cases. He was also barred from contesting elections by the country's election commission after his imprisonment. To tell us more about these developments, we are joined by Abdul. So, thanks Abdul for joining us today. Can you start by giving us an update into the recent developments in Imran Khan's case and, you know, what does this mean for his freedom and his ability to contest elections? Well, Islamabad High Court passed an order earlier today which basically nullified the, in fact not nullified, suspended the judgment given by the lower court according to which Imran Khan was convicted for three years for in a what is called the Tosha Khan case, which basically the gifts which he received, his government received from different foreign dignitaries was, he was released of selling them illegally or acquiring them illegally without declaring it without paying enough compensation and so on and so forth. As per the recent this, by the way Islamabad High Court did not, as I said before, nullify the judgment. It just has suspended it and it seems that the case will go on. But the Islamabad High Court also ordered immediate release of Imran Khan from the prison. However, within a few hours of this judgment was passed, the lower court has basically sent him on one day one day judicial custody in another case which is called the Cypher case, the official documents missing of the official document case. So, this is about the case as if now as far as the ramification on his political future is concerned. Again, that is not very clear. According to the legal experts from Pakistan, the suspension in this in Tosha Khan case does not mean that Imran Khan's conviction is withdrawn and until that happens because he's convicted for three years, the election commission's ban on him contesting the election will not be lifted. Again, this is just an opinion. It may vary if the court decides to kind of suspend the his disqualification also. It may it can do it constitutionally that is possible. But as if now it is not very clear whether the election commission of Pakistan will withdraw its suspension of Imran Khan. Of course, his party has welcomed the decision and it seems that it may energize the cadres all across the country and it can revive the hopes of Imran Khan coming and campaigning all across the country because the elections are still far away. There should duel in November and it is not certain whether the election will happen in November or not. It might go delayed even that is not certain. So, given the larger uncertainty regarding the date of the election, regarding the constitutional on legal nature of the suspension of Imran Khan's conviction and overall political scenario in Pakistan, it is too early to say about what will happen in the coming days. I think one should wait and watch the developments carefully. Right. Of course, every development related to Imran Khan has elicited strong responses from the public in the past. What kind of response do you think these developments will get from the larger public and from different sections of the political establishment? Well, as I said before, of course, PTI has been energized with this particular suspension and it seems that it will give credit to their allegations if Imran Khan is not released on bail or arrested in some other case because there are hundreds of cases filed against Imran Khan. Tomorrow that will give much more credit to PTI's claims that Imran Khan is being persecuted by the current establishment in the country and that may kind of, of course, may help Imran Khan get much more popularity all across the country. He is already, as per the current status, is already quite popular. His party has been winning all the by-elections, though it has been quite a time since the by-elections were last held and there are also claims that his popularity has gone down. It seems that this is still at a speculation level and whatever evidence we have so far, it seems that Imran Khan and his party remains a strong contender. After the verdict, immediately there were small celebrations held all across the country, particularly in Lahore and in Islamabad and it seems a large number of people on social media and in other places were showing a positive response to the verdict and so that is, again, it is too early to say anything on that front as well. Right, Abdul. Thanks for this and we will be back to you for an update on Libya. Trotters broke out in different cities of Libya following reports that the Tripoli-based government of national unity was attempting to normalize relations with Israel. The turmoil was caused after it emerged that Libya's foreign minister, Najla al-Mangush, met with her Israeli counterpart Ali Kohan in a meeting in Rome. While earlier Mangush attempted to dismiss the meeting as a chance encounter, newer reports have contradicted this claim. It has now emerged that the Libyan Prime Minister had knowledge of this meeting. Reports of the meeting have not gone down well with the people of Libya which has historically been a strong ally of Palestine. We go back to Abdul for more details. So Abdul, can you tell us what is happening in Libya? There are a lot of contradictory reports coming out about the meeting that happened between the foreign minister of Libya and Israel. As per the latest report, it is now very clear that the meeting between Libya's foreign minister Nazda and Israeli foreign minister Ali Kohan, which happened last week, was official. Basically, it contradicts the statement issued by the Libyan foreign minister a couple of days ago in which it claimed that this was nothing official. They met informally during a party which was hosted by the Italian foreign minister. But the latest report claimed that it was decided in advance during the meeting between CIA chief and Libya's Prime Minister Abdul Havid Dababa, the Prime Minister who is based in Tripoli, one of the governments in Libya. And this meeting was decided in advance and there are already processes going on under, of course, the U.S. pressure or U.S. persuading, whatever you call it, to basically establish because Libya has no prior relations with Israel that in fact is a crime in Libya to have any kind of relationship with Israel. So there were attempts under the U.S. pressure to develop the relationship and normalize it, just like what other countries, some other countries in the Arab world have done, for example, UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. So yeah, this was, it seems that this was official and the Dababa government was on the way to normalize the relationship with Israel. And of course, there's been a very strong response by the people to these developments. Can you tell us about this and give us a more historical background into this policy of Libya towards Israel and Palestine? Well, Libya is a country which was considered one of the strongest and strongest backers of the Palestinian cause during Gaddafi's rule. It has basically hosted the PLO for a very long time. It was basically a country which was considered to be financially aiding the Palestinian liberation movement. But after Gaddafi's fall in 2011 under NATO invasion, since there has been no government in Libya and there was a civil war going on in the country and there were rival administrations in the country, it was not very clear what is their stand on Israel so far. But the law, which was passed in 1957, still remains in force, which basically criminalizes any relationship with Libya. So given this history and given the legal status, of course, there is a very strong popular sentiment in Libya as which basically corresponds to what the law in Libya says, with basically no relationship with Israel and complete solidarity with Palestine. And it was reflected in the demonstrations which immediately broke out following the news which came out about meeting between Israeli foreign minister and Libya's foreign minister last week. So following the breakout of the news, large scale demonstrations were held all across the country, when we say across the country, of course, in the reasons which are held by two rival governments and there was a strong demonstration in front of the Libyan foreign ministry office in Tripoli as well. Across the political spectrum, despite the divide, Libyan parliament which backs one set of government in Seoul and the High Political Council or Interim Presidential Council in Tripoli, both of them condemned the meeting and demanded a strong action against the foreign minister. Of course, that was then when it was not clear whether foreign minister was solely responsible for it. Now it is clear that the web is also part of it. So there were also calls of the Weber's resignation. So you can see that there is a country which is divided politically, that is divided politically, there is a war going on and that is just a Palestinian issue. When it comes to Israel, there is almost a consensus, both among the people and among the political elite, despite the US attempts to basically take away some of the political elite in the country, including Prime Minister, the Weber and other political leaders, some of them who have been found a party of this particular plan to normalize relations. A large majority of the Libyans rejected and that was shown in the demonstration which happened and that is also reflected in the pressure which the Weber government felt in completely denying washing their hands with what happened between the Libyans foreign minister and Israeli foreign minister. Right, Abdul. Thank you for joining us. Ultra processed foods are already linked to a large number of health problems. Two new studies talk about how ultra processed foods raise the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, heart attacks and strokes. Experts say these findings should serve as a wake up call for governments everywhere. However, as fresh food becomes increasingly unaffordable, ultra processed food comes in as a quick, cheap and convenient option for a large population, especially people who are younger, poorer or from disadvantaged areas. We go to Anna for more on this issue. Hi Anna, thanks for joining us. So, instinctively, a lot of us know that ultra processed food is bad for our health. What are the new and surprising aspects of these studies? Well, you know, moving away a bit from the new that it adds, I just want to start that, you know, the new studies that have been discussed in the media recently actually add to the body of evidence that we already had from before that show that somehow ultra processed foods impact human health. So, you know, it's not something it's not something breaking because it's a possible effect that many researchers have warned against for years now. But it's good to see that, you know, this kind of evidence is mounting up. It's coming from different from different perspectives. And it's actually pointing us into the direction that that the researchers who came up with this classification of food were actually warning against from the beginning. So just, you know, to break it up, maybe just very shortly, what we're talking about here is the novel classification of food that originates from a group of researchers from the University of Sao Paulo. And essentially what they were trying to say from from the very beginning that, you know, we should look at food in through these categories, starting from food, which is minimally processed, which is essentially non processed at also the food that we find around us, mounting up to the fourth category, which is ultra processed food, which I think now it's already fair to say that it's very difficult to call it food, because it's substance that's been broken up so many times and configured so many times, rearranged industrially through different processes so many times that it's essentially edible substance. And this kind of edible substance, they've said that it's very likely because of how it's arranged and how is processed, it's very likely to impact human health on different scales. And you know, so the latest studies that we're talking about here, of course, talk about cardiovascular health. But I think it's also important to mention that over the past couple of years, we have seen also evidence coming in that it could impact the rates of dementia that we're seeing. It's definitely impacting the rates of diabetes that we're seeing in the world. So it's something that's quite a serious public health concern, but one that's being countered by the industry a lot. Right, of course, the ultra processed food industry is a huge one. And for many ultra processed food is a much cheaper alternative. So, you know, do you think these studies are going to have an impact on how we consume our food and the policies governing our food? Well, I think it's fair to say that in combination with a lot of mobilization and a lot of push by both public health experts, but also activists on the ground, it can lead to improvements. So, for example, to come back to the example of Brazil, we have seen a couple of policies lately, the most recent one in Rio de Janeiro, but a similar one also being supported in Sao Paolo, that essentially bans the selling and the advertising of ultra processed foods in schools, so among children who have been proven to be especially vulnerable to the tactics of the ultra processed foods industries. So what we can see is an improvement in health policies, if there's the political will and the backing to actually implement that. But unfortunately, what we're seeing in other parts of the world that it's not really that easy. So, you know, I think and we have spoken about this also in debrief before. In some parts of Europe, especially in the United Kingdom, ultra processed foods now make most of daily diets of all people, not only of children. And this is very likely to have long lasting effects on their health. But the policies that are being taken by the government are essentially not enough to tackle this problem. And that's because it's very reluctant to break with the industry to actually criticize it openly and to take seriously that, you know, the way they market, the way that they talk about the ultra processed foods, like being very natural or being low in sugar, low in salt, low in fat, which should all be associated with good health is essentially misleading. And it's causing, it's causing very, very damaging effects for people. Right, Anna. Thanks for this update. And this is all we have in this episode of the Daily Debrief for more details on these stories. And for other such stories, visit our website, peoplesdispatch.org and our social media pages on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For more video updates, visit our YouTube page. Thank you for watching.