Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 4am in islamabad. Pakistans Prime Minister nawaz sharif has cut short a visit to london, after an Oil Tanker Explosion killed at least 150 people in punjab province. More than 100 others are in a Critical Condition in hospital. The incident also cast a shadow over the muslim festival of eid al fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of ramadan. Secunder kermani reports. Hundreds of local villagers flocked to the scene of the overturned tanker this morning, despite being warned not to. In this impoverished area, they collected fuel in buckets, jerry cans, and even empty water bottles. But moments later, grief and Anguish Thousands of litres of petrol went up in flames, engulfing those nearby. Early reports suggest the blaze began when someone lit a cigarette. Translation the oil tanker capsized, people shouted, oil, oil the local Traffic Police asked people to leave, warning it may explode, then suddenly there was fire. Translation i had
Draw up a list of the greatest living filmmakers, and my guest today would surely occupy a prominent place. Werner herzog is reponsible for some of the most wildly beautiful images captured on celluloid. If you have seen fitzcarraldo, you wont have forgotten the Steamship Being hauled over a mountain. He is seen as the film industrys obsessive genius, the director who once threatened to shoot his lead actor to prevent him quitting. Afterfive decades making movies, is Werner Herzogs love of film as intense as ever . Werner herzog, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Lets start with the word passion. You have been making films for the best part of five decades. Does your passion for film burn as bright as ever . It hasnt stopped. There is some sort of a fire within, and in a way, i can say i havent had a career. Because career means planning, and what do i do after that step . It is always, i keep saying, it is like burglars in your kitchen in the middle of the night. You wake up at 3 00am i
Davis is pretty sure that not certain that the uk can secure a deal with the eu. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. From high skilled worker visas to import duties, how much can indias Prime Minister accomplished during his 48 hours in washington . And it has been almost 20 years since the asian prices tripled several economies in this region. We hear from Business Owners who lost everything. Hello and look into Asia Business report. Im sharanjit leyl. Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a visit to washington. It is his first meeting with donald trump and india us trade has grown to 115,000,000,02016 us trade has grown to 115,000,000,020 16 from 19 billion in 2000. But with rising protection in the United States and in particular a crackdown on visas for indians, it is harder to export for india. Hoping to get american and tension one stitch at a time. These products are headed to the us. 0ne one stitch at a time. These products are headed to the us
A jagged ice rink but small powerful vessels like this one can break through up to 3 feet of that ice providing a clear path for other ships like those carrying heating oil. Something so many homes here in the northeast desperately need. Especially this winter. David . Adrienne bankert, our thanks to you. Next the storm leaving a travel mess. More than 5,000 Flights Canceled in just the last 24 hours. Take a look at new yorks jfk. Firefighting equipment on the tarmac as an American Airlines flight made an Emergency Landing because of an engine problem. Heres linsey davis on that story tonight. Reporter tonight After The Storm Tens Of Thousands of passengers still stranded from both coasts. Were stuck here another day. All the flights before us were canceled. Reporter at laguardia, the Thurston Family has battled cancellations for their flight to aruba since wednesday. Now were booked for tonights flight, but they had to break us all up, each parents flying with children individually, b
The Air Mauritius flight was finally cancelled and passengers were accommodated on alternative flights. The exact details of the airline’s response and the measures taken to ensure the well-being of passengers remain pending,