the embassy in niamey as inside the embassy in niamey as france stops aid. and we have a special report where we talk to a mother about why it s getting easier to be a single parent in china. voice-over: live voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in pakistan where at least 44 people have been killed in what police suspect was a suicide bomb attack at a political rally in the north west of the country. well, over 100 were injured in the blast at the event in the bajaur district, near the border with afghanistan. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, has the latest, from the capital, islamabad. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s biggest religious parties,
As Russia condoled the affected families, the United States and Saudi Arabia condemned the deadly suicide blast that ripped through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa s Bajaur, killing dozens.At least 46 people.
hello. i m carl nasman. we begin in pakistan where at least 44 people have been killed in what police suspect was a suicide bomb attack at a political rally in the northwest of the country. more than 100 people were also injured in the blast, which happened in pakistan s bajaur district, close to the border with afghanistan. here s our correspondent caroline davies. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s biggest religious parties, jamiat ulema e islam. hundreds crowded in, flags, chanting, then the explosion. explosion. emraan mahir was one of the rally s organisers on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion? translation: it was all injured people around, l all dead bodies and flesh. it was like doomsday.
hello. i m carl nasman. thanks forjoining us. we start in pakistan, where at least 44 people have been killed in what police suspect was a suicide bomb attack at a politcal rally in the north west of the country. more than 100 people were also injured in the blast which happened in pakistan s bajaur district close to the border with afghanistan. here s our correspondent, caroline davis. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s biggest religious parties, jamiat ulema e islam. hundreds crowded in, flags, chanting, then the explosion. emraan was one of the rally s organisers on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion? translation: it was all in ured people around, all dead h bodies and flesh.