time in three years. and, coming up at 8.30pm we meet the members of one of ukraine s top rock bands, who ve become army medics in kharkiv, helping the military to fight invading russian forces. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the devastation caused in pakistan by extensive flooding has been called a crisis of unimaginable proportions by its climate change minister. she says that a third of the country is now underwater. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33 million. international help has begun to arrive but water is still surging down the indus river and will flood low lying sindh even more over the next few days. the province has received eight times its average rainfall for august. the bbc has been filming across the country, including our correspondent pumza filhani who has sent this report from sukkur, a city in sindh. a moment of quiet in the middle of chaos. inside a crowded hall, families that have been displaced by the floods in northern
very foundations of our republic. an urgent international appeal is launched to help the millions of people affected by the flooding in pakistan. look at all this water, it s like being in the middle of the ocean, except those people s houses, and the water levels here are rising. and divers seal the vents on a tanker leaking fuel off the coast of gibraltar. marine crews are trying to scoop up the oil that s escaped. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. inspectors from the united nations have finally arrived at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine, which has been occupied by russian forces since march. shelling around the plant has led to fears of a catastrophic nuclear accident. ukrainian troops are pressing ahead with a counter offensive in the nearby region of kherson, to retake areas seized by russia. our correspondent quentin sommerville filed this exclusive report from the frontline, in the donbas region of eastern ukraine. and a war
all along this pathway. an urgent international appeal is launched to help the millions of people affected by the flooding in pakistan. just look at all this water. it s like being in the middle of the ocean, except those are people s houses, and the water levels here are rising. and japan declares war on retro technology after discovering almost 2,000 government processes are still carried out using minidiscs, floppy disks and cds. president biden has made an impassioned speech in defence of american democracy. he warned that donald trump and what he termed maga republicans represent a form of extremism that threaten the us way of life. he urged all americans to come together to defend american democracy regardless of their ideology. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. i want to be very clear. applause. very clear up front. not every republican, not even the majority of republicans are maga repub
by the flooding in pakistan. just look at all there is water. it s like being in the middle of the ocean except over there are people s houses and there are people s houses and there are people s houses and there are many more in far flung communities and the water levels here are rising. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. inspectors from the united nations have finally arrived at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine, which has been occupied by russian forces since march. shelling around the plant has led to fears of a catastrophic nuclear accident. ukrainian troops are pressing ahead with a counter offensive in the nearby region of kherson, to retake areas seized by russia. our correspondent quentin sommerville filed this exclusive report from the front line, in the donbas region of eastern ukraine. and a warning, there are some distressing scenes in his report. in donbas, there will be no harvest. as russian shells fall about us, these
on the front line in eastern ukraine, a special report as ukrainian forces attempt to retake parts of the donbas. the threat here isn tjust the artillery you can hear. it also these landmines, all along this pathway. on patrol in pakistan, the rescue workers trying to help thousands of people stranded after the devastating floods. and powering on, serena williams delays her retirement from tennis as she makes it through to the third round of the us open. and coming up on the bbc news channel its transfer deadline day. we ll have the latest big movers, as chelsea agree to sign barcelona striker pierre emerick aubameyang. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the broadcaster and former bbc breakfast star bill turnbull has died at the age of 66. he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer almost five years ago. he began working at the bbc in the 19705 but became best known for his partnership alongside fellow presenter sian williams on the bbc breakfast sofa a