hello, you re watching bbc news. i m rich preston. our top stories: fears of food shortages in pakistan the government says up to half of the country s crops have been destroyed by floods the scale of these floods is difficult to imagine. 80% of dadu district is already submerged. russia warns a key pipeline to europe is facing a new problem nordstream 1 will remain closed for an indefinite period. china warns of counter measures after the united states approves a $1 billion arms package to taiwan. the mayor ofjackson, in the us state of mississippi, warn residents over ruptured pipes as thousands are forced to live without clean running water for a fifth day.
sometimes, we don t eat for days. i m worried notjust about my health, but about my unborn baby. i don t even have money to go to hospital. if i get sick here, i wouldn t know what to do. uncertainty surrounds the families marooned on this sliver of dry land. not even the next meal is promised. whatever little there is has many hungry mouths waiting and, as always, there isn t enough for everyone. pumza fihlani, bbc news, dadu. let s get some of the day s other news. the head of the international atomic energy agency says that military activity has violated the physical integrity of the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine several times. six members of an iaea team remain at the plant and have carried out a second day of inspections. the russian energy giant gazprom says its key gas pipeline to europe will remain closed indefinitely, due to an oil leak
this is bbc news. i m rich preston with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. china warns of counter measures after the united states approves a $1 billion arms package to taiwan, saying it s to maintain its self defence capabilities. fears of food shortages in pakistan: the government says up to half of the country s crops have been destroyed by floods. the scale of these floods is difficult to imagine. 80% of dadu district is already submerged. thousands rally in argentina to support vice president cristina fernandez de kirchner after she narrowly avoids assassination. the 84 year old hollywood actress jane fonda has been diagnosed with cancer, but says she won t be letting
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. baby badulwas born in a nearby hospital, but najma was forced to return to the river bank because she d left her husband and five young children. hundreds of families have taken refuge along a flood wall. their homes were washed away by the floods. this was the only high ground for kilometres. the scale of these floods is difficult to imagine. 80% of dadu district is already submerged. the families that you see around me came here hoping they d be safe, but they now fear that things are about to get a lot worse. and with good reason the water across this district is rising and a quarter of a million people are in harm s way. it s notjust najma who s
on this sliver of dry land. not even the next meal is promised. whatever little there is has many hungry mouths waiting, and as always, there isn t enough for everyone. pumza fihlani, bbc news, dadu. the russian energy giant gazprom says it s scrapped plans to reopen a key gas pipeline to europe. the state owned company says it can t restart nordstream i because of an oil leak in a turbine, and says it ll remain closed for an indefinite period. that will have implications for europe s energy supply this winter. the pipeline has already been completely shut for three days. moscow denies weaponising energy supplies in retaliation for western sanctions. but that s not how the move has been seen in european capitals. the president of the european council took to twitter to express his disapointment. charles michel said. gazprom s move is sadly no surprise. use of gas as a weapon will not change the resolve of the eu.