makes a stark warning. ukraine is getting stronger. gradually, the war is returning to the territory of russia. and we have a special report where we talk to a mother about why it s getting easier to be a single parent in china. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in pakistan where at least 44 people have been killed, in what police suspect was a suicide bomb attack, at a political rally, in the north west of the country. well over 100 were injured in the blast, at the event in the ba jore district, near the border with afghanistan. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies has the latest, from the capital, islamabad. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s
near the border with afghanistan. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies has the latest, from the capital, islamabad. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s biggest religious parties, jamiat ulema e islam. hundreds crowded in, flags, chanting, then the explosion. emraan was one of the rally s organisers on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion? translation: it was all injured people around, l all dead bodies and flesh. it was like doomsday. local people tried to help. there were not enough ambulances so people were taking their own cars. he says several people around him died. he isn t sure why he survived. these pictures show some of the chaos. stretchered or carried by any hands that could offer help. the district hospital declared a health emergency and a call was put out for blood donations.
party is not truly islamic, and that has been a controversy going on in pakistan, but this is a rude awakening and shock to political parties because the elections are later this year, expected to be held later this year, expected to be held later this year, so this is outraged by the look political party to reach out to the supporters in the district which is on the border with afghanistan. so it is as a big security concern for the pakistani government has various political parties, they want to get in touch with people by organising these kinds of rallies and energising their workers, working out strategies how to reach out to people. so it is a big concern for the government and the political parties. we the government and the political arties. ~ ~ ., . , parties. we know there have been several attacks. parties. we know there have been several attacks. is parties. we know there have been several attacks. is there parties. we know there have been several attacks. is there an