jewish worshippers have been gathering at the western wall for passover prayers this morning. it usually draws tens of thousands of worshippers, with crowds spilling out from the wall s plaza into the surrounding areas. there is a heavy security presence today and officials are concerned there could be violence. just a short distance away hundreds of palestinians have barricaded themselves inside al aqsa mosque injerusalem. these are the latest images from the mosque. police said they were bracing for violence, but so far it has been calm. jordan, which manages the religious complex, has warned of catastrophic consequences if police storm the mosque. i m joined now by the bbc s middle east correspondent, yolande knell. yolande knell is injerusalem. there are concerns about what is going on in al aqsa mosque. tel is the latest because it was just last week that police stormed the mosque and there were really tense scenes, weren t there? talk us through what is going on. ~ . y
and restoration of gloucester cathedral s cloisters, known to many around the world as hogwarts. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than 1,000 people are now thought to have died from disastrous monsoon rains in pakistan. the national disaster management authority says 119 people have died of sindh and khyber pakhtunkhwa. a government minister says her country is unable to cope with the unprecedented flooding and that the disaster is a consequence of climate change. millions of people have been affected and many have been forced to abandon their homes. 0ur correspondent farhat javed has reached one village where people are waiting for help. this monsoon, pakistan is facing unprecedented rains and flash floods. i am here in a valley, and this is a bridge which was collapsed by a flash flood two days ago, and since then, the village on the other side of the bridge is totally cut off from the rest of the community here. we have seen people waiting on this side with their belong
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. pakistan is appealing for further international assistance to help cope with flooding, which has already claimed more than a thousand lives. millions of people have been affected and many have been forced to abandon their homes. a government minister says her country is unable to cope with the unprecedented flooding, and that the disaster is a consequence of climate change. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters from the north flow downriver. our correspondent pumza fihlani reports from sindh. swathes of land across southern pakistan have been turned into islands. the rains have been unforgiving, and the water is still trapped between people s homes. homes, roads and infrastructure have been destroyed, and some villages completely isolated. this week, authorities issued fresh warnings for people to get to higher ground. for some, tha
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and why record breaking hot and dry weather this summer has seen more exotic plants growing in the uk. and the notting hill carnival is back returning to the streets of west london for the first time since 2019. pakistan is warning that millions more people are likely to be caught up in the unprecedented flooding. the latest official count of the number of people who have died has now gone over 1,000, as the country makes a fresh appeal for more international aid. it s feared food shortages could lead to more deaths, as many families have had to leave agricultural areas where they were able to support themselves for higher ground. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters from the north flow downriver. richard galpin has the latest. the torrents of water hitting many parts of the country now have left thousands of people desperately trying to get to safety. this elderly man making a precarious att