good morning. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather so things are fairly settled. sunny spells, just a few showers, warm it tomorrow and an increased chance of rain for friday. all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday the 30th of august. the united nations will lead a global appeal today to help pakistan cope with the devastating floods which have left a third of the country under water and killed more than 1,100 people. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but mountainous regions in the north west have also been badly hit. the crisis is not over yet as heavy rain continues and water surges down the indus river. our reporter sean dilley has the latest details. in some parts of pakistan, it s been relentless. more than 33 million people have been affected by flooding in the country s heaviest rain for more than a decade. this year s monsoon season has claimed well over 1,100 lives since june. more than 3,500 kilo
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i think the $60 billion figure, that s the upwards end of a scale that starts at $31 billion and moves up to $60. it s not totally precise, but the commission seems to think $60 is not unreasonable at all, and it s a very, very large figure, especially when you consider what it comes from, $60 billion out of $206 billion total spent on contracting and grants in iraq and afghanistan, so that s about 30% of the total that s been lost to waste and fraud. when i saw your headline, of course, the first thing i want to know is are these toilet seats, paper clips, what are we talking about, cited numerous examples of waste including a $360 million u.s. financed agriculture development in afghanistan. the effort began as a $60 million project in 2009 to distribute vouchers for wheat, seed, and fertilizer in northern afghanistan.