an investigation after former manchester united footballer paul pogba claims he s the victim of a blackmail plot by an organised gang. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. pakistan will launch a global appeal to help it deal with the flooding catastrophe that s killed more than a thousand people and affected 30 million. un member states will be asked to contribute. pakistan s foreign minister has estimated the financial impact at $4 billion. bilawal bhutto zardari said he hoped the international community would grasp the sheer level of devastation in his country. and it s not over yet water is still surging down the mightly indus river and will flood the low lying sindh province yet further over the next few days. azadeh moshiri reports. a young boy stranded on a rock as raging waters surround him. you can see a rescue worker edging out of the helicopter, lifting him up to safety. it s but one of the countless rescue efforts that are happening
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because they ve taken whatever little means of survival they had and laid that completely to waste. they say they don t know how long they will be here. car horn blares. ..and they don t know if help is even coming. pakistan country directer for islamic relief asif sherazi told us about current relief efforts in the affected regions we were able to distribute some food among the people. and then we also started the water trucking to provide the clean drinking water and also providing shelter material, because in district charsadda, you can see thousands of the families on the roadside, either on m1 motorway and also the road that is leading to charsadda from motorway. so it s like a lot of displacement and even the government buildings and other makeshift arrangements are not enough to accommodate this number of the people. and so. some people they have received some. apologies for interrupting.
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they have not received any aid. there are many children and they don t know what they are going to feed them. these floods have been devastating because they ve taken whatever little means of survival they had and laid that completely to waste. they say they don t know how long they will be here. car horn blares. ..and they don t know if help is even coming. joining us now adil shiraz, pakistan country directer for the charity care. welcome, thank you forjoining us. what work is your charity doing right now to support those affected? it is a very challenging time and i think all international organisations are playing their role, care is providing support of honourable communities in the flood affected areas. we are responding at the moment in balochistan, where our teens are providing temporary shelters to the affected families. we are also providing essential items which include cooking pots,
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