hello and welcome to bbc news. there are fears of food shortages in pakistan, after the devastating floods washed away nearly half of the country s crops. so far around 1,200 people are known to have been killed but today unicef said many more children could die from a rapid spread of diseases lik cholera and malaria. our correspondent, pumza fighlani is in pakistan. meet this boy, he s two days old, her sixth child. as he sleeps under a tree that s become this family s only shelter, his mother is anxious. this is no place for a baby. translation: we don t even have a tent, just this tree. . we spent the whole night in the rain running away from the flood, trying to get to safety. when we arrived, this was the only space we could find here. it gets really hot and he starts crying and won t stop. it s very difficult. the baby was born in a nearby hospital, but she was forced to return to the river bank because she d left her husband and five young children. hundreds of familie
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avoids assassination. # there is a star man waiting in the sky. and the hand written lyrics to david bowie s 1972 hit, starman, go up for auction later this month. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. china has warned it ll take counter measures unless the united states revokes a $1.1 billion arms deal with taiwan. it comes amid rising tensions between washington and beijing over the island. the deal includes anti ship missiles, air to air missiles and support for taiwan s surveillance radar programme. our north america correspondent peter bowes joins me now. what more do we know about what is in this deal? is in this deal? we know that this is a very is in this deal? we know that this is a very big is in this deal? we know that this is a very big package - is in this deal? we know that this is a very big package of. this is a very big package of measures. 1.1 billion dollars, it includes now to air missiles, and the major investment in taiwan s
and peter coleman had this suggestion: the ongoing debate about how the bbc should interpret and demonstrate impartiality flared up again last week when emily matliss, who recently left the bbc after 20 years, gave a lecture at the edinburgh television festival. she questioned the bbc s decision to apologise for comments she made on newsnight in 2020 about dominic cummings breaking lockdown rules during the pandemic, which had prompted a complaint from downing street. why had the bbc immediately and publicly sought to confirm the government spokesman s opinion, without any kind of due process? it makes no sense for an organisation that is admirably, famously rigorous about procedure, unless it was perhaps sending a message of reassurance directly to the government itself. put this in the context of the bbc board where another active agent of the conservative party, a former downing street spin doctor and former adviser to bbc rival gb news now sits, acting as the arbiter of b
but says she won t be letting it interfere with her climate activism. # there s a starman waiting in the sky. and the hand written lyrics to david bowie s 1972 hit starman go up for auction later this month. hello and welcome to the programme. china has warned it ll take counter measures unless the united states revokes a $1.1 billion arms deal with taiwan. it comes amid rising tensions between washington and beijing over the island. the deal includes anti ship missiles, air to air missiles and support for taiwan s surveillance radar programme. so, how will the spend be broken down? $1.1 billion has been promised by the us government. $355 million will be spent on harpoon air to sea missiles. $85 million is earmarked for sidewinder air to air missiles. $665 million is for a surveillance radar system. earlier, i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes for more details on the deal. well, we know that this is a very big package of measures. $1.1 billion, so it inc