measures put into place so that there is some resilience because it s not that long away until the rains might start again. caroline davies in islamabad for us. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. california is bracing itself for more severe weather this week, with forecasters warning of an incoming relentless parade of cyclones. the us state has already suffered a week of torrential downpours and damaging winds that killed 12 people in ten days. the governor of california, gavin newsome, has warned the most brutal weather is due over the next 48 hours. a search is under way in ukraine for two british nationals who ve gone missing in the eastern donetsk region. christopher parry, who s 28 and from cornwall, had travelled to the country to offer humanitarian assistance, along with andrew bagshaw, who s 48 and lives in new zealand. they were last seen on friday heading to the town of soledar, which has seen intense fighting in recent days. scientists have said the o
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up financial and other support towards a recovery and resilience plan. around a50 participants from a0 countries have registered for the event. our correspondent caroline davies is in islamabad. hello. before we talk about what pakistan is hoping to get out of this summit, let s remind everyone about the scale of the destruction caused by the floods last year. you mention some caused by the floods last year. you mention some of caused by the floods last year. ym. mention some of the figures of 1700 killed and 33 million affected, 3.5 million children. many more have seen huge destruction with many pushed out of land, agricultural land destroyed, livelihoods are lost and livestock lost as well. there has been a huge dam anything effects from the floods last august and september. while some of the flood
pakistan s parliament is due to elect a new prime minister today, after imran khan was ousted in a no confidence vote at the weekend. a long time rival, shehbaz sharif, is widely expected to win. mr sharif, who s 70, is the younger brother of nawaz sharif who was prime minister of pakistan three times. we can now talk to our correspondent secunder kermani, in islamabad. tell us about the man who could be the new leader? new leader? that s right, voting in parliament new leader? that s right, voting in parliament on new leader? that s right, voting in parliament on who new leader? that s right, voting in parliament on who will new leader? that s right, voting in parliament on who will be - new leader? that s right, voting in parliament on who will be the - new leader? that s right, voting in parliament on who will be the newj parliament on who will be the new prime minister, expected to begin fairly shortly, within the hour. and the results are basically seen as a foregone conc
secunder kermani in islamabad. bilawal bhutto zardari is the son of former prime minister, benazir bhutto, and former president, asif ali zardari. he s also been the chairperson of the opposition pakistan peoples party since the age of 19. earlier he told my colleague annita mcveigh what he wants for his country s future. my party, the pakistan peoples party, because will indeed support mr shehbaz sharif in his bid to be prime minister on monday. the reason party led the effort to bring a no confidence motion in parliament was notjust to elect mr shehbaz sharif. 0ur motivation is to conduct electoral reforms and move towards a more democratic pakistan after suffering under three years of a government that we contend came to power through a rigged election.