of the commonwealth games where england s alex yee got the competition s first gold. hello and welcome to bbc news. dozens of people have lost their lives this week in unprecedented flash floods. in iran officials have reported more than 50 people have died in landslides. at least seven people are now known to have died in the united arab emirates. and in kentucky in the united states, at least 16 people have died as president biden declares the situation there as a major disaster. leana hosea reports. floodwaters from days of torrential rain have inundated hundreds of homes and wiped out entire towns in eastern kentucky. bridges have been washed away and roads submerged, sending some residents are scrambling to the rooftops. but worst of all, the floods have taken people s lives, including those of children. four of whom from the same family. search and rescue same family. sea rch and rescue teams same family. search and rescue teams and helicopters and both are still lookin
will smith takes to social media to apologise to chris rock for that oscar slap. hello and welcome to bbc news. dozens of deaths have been reported as unprecedented flash floods hit many parts of the world. in iran, officials say that more than 50 people have died in landslides, while seven people have lost their lives in the united arab emirates. meanwhile, president biden has declared a major disaster in the united states, after 16 people died in kentucky. lea na hosea reports. floodwaters from days of torrential rain have inundated hundreds of homes and wiped out entire towns in eastern kentucky. bridges have been washed away and roads submerged, sending some residents scrambling to their rooftops. her little room completely crushed. i m so sorry. it s ok. there s no words. - it sjust hard to imagine. there s nothing really that you can do but, i you know, we re just| glad that we got out. but, worst of all, the floods have taken people s lives, including those of children
pope francis says health problems are likely to force him to travel less frequently and he may even have to retire. with all honesty, it s not a catastrophe for that you can change or pulp, it s not a problem. pope. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. more than 120 people have been injured during protests by supporters of the powerful iraqi cleric moqtada sadra in baghdad. the protesters stormed the iraqi parliament for the second time in three days and are now staging a sit in inside the parliament building. they oppose the nomination of a pro iran rival candidate for prime minister. richard galpin reports. twice now this week, protests here in the iraqi capital baghdad leading to parliament being broken into and occupied supporters of the powerful iraqi cleric moqtada al sadr venting their anger about the possibility of a pro iran candidate becoming prime minister. concrete barriers pulled down so they could enter the high security green
burden, i say so be it. but part of this, a burden, i say so be it. but part of this, a large - burden, i say so be it. but part of this, a large part of this, is down to the situation, the polarisation in congress, the polarisation in congress, the fact that immigration reform laws haven t been passed because in large part of opposition from your party, the republicans? republicans? well, the democrats republicans? well, the democrats have - republicans? well, the democrats have been l republicans? well, the - democrats have been promising reform for over ten years. they promised the dreamers and on the 2010 midterms they were gonna give them citizenship, it never happens. sometimes the democrats in the us want to keep these issues more for a campaign season than to solve the problem. campaign season than to solve the problem- the problem. jennifer kerns, thank you the problem. jennifer kerns, thank you very the problem. jennifer kerns, thank you very much - the problem. jen
in the upcoming election as well, so this is one of them, it clearly needs to be addressed, but we re a nation of immigrants and these kinds of cruel policies are unacceptable. ultimately, though, joe biden tinkered with some immigration policies but then reverted them in many cases to those that were in place under the trump administration. doesn t this suggest a lack of direction as far as the administration is concerned on immigration policy? there is a lot of work still to be done but, again, we need to have a reasonable system. we need to treat people humanely and we need to get people documented quickly in this country, and sending them all around on buses is not the way to do it. staying with the us migrant crisis. when 53 migrants died inside an overheated truck in texas last month, it was called the deadliest human smuggling tragedy