who s lost her sight since she last visited the famous music festival. hello and welcome to the programme. afghanistan s taliban rulers have urged aid agencies and other countries to intensify relief efforts after an earthquake in the south east of the country that s believed to have killed 1,000 people. un agencies are scrambling to get emergency shelter, food and medicine to the worst hit province, paktika, but access to remote areas has been hampered by heavy rain and flooding. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani is in sharana, the capital of pa ktika province, where casualties from the earthquake are being cared for. a desperate search for survivors. cracks in the walls of what used to be a home, this, a major disaster of those who survived many now homeless. searching continues in the rubble, but overnight heavy rain and hail has the rescue. the airambulance rain and hail has the rescue. the air ambulance arrives in a remote area, but the response is limited. it is one of
a pay rise for two or three years. the more the strikes go on, the more money that costs the industry, the more disruption it causes. that means i have less money available to make a pay award. it makes it harder to get a deal. the european union is expected to approve ukraine as a candidate for membership when it meets in brussels later. borisjohnson arrives in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth s heads of government with food security, climate change and the government s migrants policy expected to be on the agenda. the american artistic swimmer anita alvarez has been rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach, after fainting following her routine at the world aquatics championships. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. afghanistan s taliban rulers have urged aid agencies and other countries to intensify relief efforts after an earthquake that s believed to have killed a thousand people. un agencies are rushing to get emergency she
it was so bittersweet. like i said, i completely. i mean, it wasjust, iwasjust in awe when i met the president. you know, itjust really made me so proud to be an american and just so proud of my husband as well for his sacrifice. and i sincerely appreciate just to have that recognition from the country recognising his service. yeah, and that s what we re hoping for in the uk as well. after seeing just how much an award can mean to one family, bryn s again asking whether he ll one day be able to wear a medal with pride in honour of nicola. abbi smitton, bbc news. and bryn will be updating us on his campaign just after eight o clock when he joins us here on the sofa. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.
in greater manchester. in the usa, a similar honour already exists so earlier this month bryn travelled to the united states to hear what difference it makes to families. abbi smitton has this report. it s been ten years since bryn hughes lost his daughter pc nicola hughes, murdered while trying to do herjob. since then, he s made it his mission to keep her memory alive. he set up the pc nicola hughes memorial fund, supporting bereaved families, and raises money for the charity by running marathons around the world. the last ten years, i suppose, if you try to sum up, it s just been nonstop. it s been phenomenal. it s been a journey and a half, but it s not over yet. not by a long way. his biggest challenge started earlier this year. nicola s father, bryn, has campaigned tirelessly and is now launching a new initiative to see emergency workers who are killed in the line of duty honoured with a special medal. i was quite surprised that there is no current award
the endurance, which had been lost for more than 100 years, lies 3000 metres below the ice of the weddell sea. the rediscovery of the vessel in march was hailed as a major historical breakthrough and conservationists are keen to protect the site from future commercial and touristic exploitation. the glastonbury festival is under way break due to covid. the five day event in somerset, in the south west of england, will host around 200,000 visitors entertained by headline artists including, sir paul mccartney, billie eilish and, kendrick lamar. festival goers will once again include regulars who return every year. one of them is nina chesworth, who lost her sight since her last visit to glastonbury. abbi smitton went to meet her. this is the tent we are going to be using for glastonbury. she has been used a few times now. usually, in this space,