if such a situation arose, i would refuse, even if they sent me to prison. in central mexico, emergency services tackle a huge blaze triggered by a fuel tanker crashing into a railway overpass. screams. and the japanese cartoon characters being recreated for the stage by the royal shakespeare company, breaking box office records in the process. welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world. the leader of the far right brothers of italy party giorgia meloni has been invited by the country s president to form a government after winning elections last month. she will be italy s first ever female pm and her cabinet will be sworn in on saturday. tom brada has this report. delivered to the presidential palace in a classic italian car. giorgia meloni has now formally accepted the job of forming italy s next government and, in doing so, she will preside over the country s most right wing administration since the second world war. translation: we agreed about
the united nations is leading a global appeal 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. sean dilley reports. 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 kilometres of road have been damaged, and over 993,000 homes, too. in the northern city of sukkur, temporary retreat for families washed out of their homes. translation: our houses have i collapsed because of the floods. we had a home and it was enough for us. now all our belongings are buried und
building get to faced over ally. hutchinson they re testifying. coming up, i ll talk to alexander vindman, who knows what it is like to face the trump intimidation machine will coming forward to tell the truth anyway. also florida s don t say gay law takes in effect with schools banning rainbows and a report on that is ahead. we want to begin this hour once again with that breaking news out of, uvalde texas. and battle school police chief pete arredondo says he will step down from the uvalde city council, according to the uvalde leader news. an official from uvalde said, peter redondo indicated that he intended to resign from the city of uvalde city council. while it is the right thing to do, no one from the city has seen a letter or other documentation of his resignation or spoken with him. and quote. let s bring in state senator roland gutierrez who represents uvalde. thank you so much for being with us senator. you ve been on the frontlines trying to find out what happen
Mostly foreign nationals were working for us Aid Organisation world central kitchen. The charity says they were travelling in a deconflicted zone in branded armoured cars, and had co ordinated movements with israeli forces. Those who died were australian, polish, british, palestinian, and a dual us canadian citizen. 44 year old Lalzawmi Zomi frankcom was among those killed. Her family say she was a kind, selfless, outstanding human being. We can now listen to benjamin netanyahu. Translation unfortunately, in the last day there was a tragic incident of an unintended strike of our forces on innocent people in the gaza strip. This happens in war. We are checking this thoroughly. We are in touch with the governments and we will do everything for this not to happen again. 44 year old Lalzawmi Zomi frankcom was among those killed. Her family say she was a kind, selfless, outstanding human being. The australian Prime Minister paid tribute, but also demanded answers. The truth is that this is
44 year old Lalzawmi Zomi frankcom was among those killed. Her family say she was a kind, selfless, outstanding human being. The australian Prime Minister paid tribute, but also demanded answers. The truth is that this is beyond any reasonable circumstance, that someone going about providing aid and humanitarian assistance should lose their life. The uk government says its working to investigate the reported death of a british national. Heres Prime Minister rishi sunak. Shocked and saddened to hear the reported deaths of aid workers in gaza. Were urgently working to confirm all the details, but my thoughts right now with their friends and family, theyre doing fantastic work, bringing alleviation to the suffering that many are experiencing in gaza. They should be praised and commended for what theyre doing. They need to be allowed to do that work unhindered. And its incumbent on israel to make sure that they can do that. And were asking israel to investigate what happened urgently, beca