more than a thousand people have now died in pakistan, where floods have been described by the country s foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal bhutto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistan s government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around a sixth of the population are said to have been affected, with millions left homeless. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters come downstream. our correspondent pumza fihlani has the latest. local aid agencies in pakistan say they are doing what they can, but there simply aren t enough resources for everyone. as seen here within minutes, the food runs out. ..and the team is forced to leave quickly. the picture is the same around the country. translation: we left our homes in a hurry and couldn t gather- all our supplies to cook
blasting off, ourfirst step in the return to the moon for the first time in 50 years. europe s biggest carnival returns to the streets of london after a three year break due to the pandemic. and curating covid new zealand s national museum preserves a collection of items reflecting the country s response to the pandemic. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in pakistan where more than 1,000 people have now died in floods described by the country s foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal bhutto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistan s government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around one sixth of the population are said to have been affected, with millions left homeless. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters come down
this will be blasting off, our first step in the return to the moon for the first time in 50 years. legacy of covid the new zealand museum collection recording the country s response to the pandemic. and europe s biggest carnival returns to the streets of london after a three year break due to the pandemic. welcome to bbc news. we begin in pakistan, where more than 1,000 people have now died in floods described by the country s foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal bhutto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistan s government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune overwhelming rivers. around one sixth of the population are said to have been affected with millions left homeless. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters come downstream. 0ur correspondent pumza fihlani has the latest. local aid a
leader of the soviet union. we talk to the child refugee from ghana who s now at the summit of britain s fashion journalism. and painting the town red the notorious spanish tomatina festival returns after a covid enforced absence. hello and welcome to the programme. russia has been accused of shelling a town near the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine, where a team from the un nuclear watchdog is expected on thursday. the plant, which was taken by russia in march sits on the banks of the dnieper river, 200 kilometres from crimea, which it annexed in 2014. our correspondent james waterhouse has the latest from kyiv. the chances of international inspectors making it to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant were once remote. they are now looking a lot more promising or probable. at the moment, they are in the city of zaporizhzhia, a good hour and a half from the plant itself, but there are still bends in the road. moscow installed officials say they don t yet have the
festival returns after a covid enforced absence. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a long delayed un report says serious human rights abuses have been committed in the chinese region of xinjiang against uighur muslims. it also found that allegations of torture and sexual abuse during what china calls vocational education and training are credible. beijing, which saw the report in advance, dismissed it as a farce. we can go live now to geneva and speak to peter irwin from the uighur human rights project. very good to have you with us, thanks forjoining us, peter, particularly in the middle of the night for you. i understand how important you consider this report, but what if any implications do you think that the release of this report will have? i the release of this report will have? ~ . . , have? i think certainly it will have? i think certainly it will have implications. have? i think certainly it will have implications. we - have? i think ce