blasting off, ourfirst step in the return to the moon for the first time in 50 years. europe s biggest carnival returns to the streets of london after a three year break due to the pandemic. and curating covid new zealand s national museum preserves a collection of items reflecting the country s response to the pandemic. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in pakistan where more than 1,000 people have now died in floods described by the country s foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal bhutto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistan s government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around one sixth of the population are said to have been affected, with millions left homeless. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters come down
this will be blasting off, our first step in the return to the moon for the first time in 50 years. legacy of covid the new zealand museum collection recording the country s response to the pandemic. and europe s biggest carnival returns to the streets of london after a three year break due to the pandemic. welcome to bbc news. we begin in pakistan, where more than 1,000 people have now died in floods described by the country s foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal bhutto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistan s government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune overwhelming rivers. around one sixth of the population are said to have been affected with millions left homeless. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters come downstream. 0ur correspondent pumza fihlani has the latest. local aid a
in flash flooding last month. we need to get back to better to where we were and the legislation has been bipartisan leap past and it is a way to do it. a covid outbreak leaves more than 80,000 tourists stranded in the popular chinese resort city of sanya. and in birmingham, eleven days of competition have come to an end, at the closing ceremony of the commonwealth games. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. let s start with some breaking news. in the past hour, former us president donald trump has issued a statement saying that the fbi has carried out a raid on his florida home at mar a lago. he was not in florida at the time. mr trump said that a large number of agents arrived at the compound with a search warrant. he said while there, they accessed his safe. let s speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. i know that you are still making sense of the scene but can you tell us exactly what we know about the initial reaction from th
80,000 tourists stranded at a popular chinese resort. # met a boy cute as can be. the actress and singer olivia newton john, star of the iconic musical grease, has died of cancer at the age of 73. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. in what s billed as the biggest ever investment by the us government to tackle climate change, president biden has won the backing of the senate to spend $369 billion so that america can achieve its target on reducing emissions. the money includes tax breaks for consumers who buy electric vehicles and cash for communities hardest hit by fossil fuel pollution. it s all meant to reduce us emissions of co2 by as much as 40% by the end of the decade. our north america correspondent, john sudworth, reports. the american dream was built on fossilfuel the very concept of freedom and unrestrained energy consumption long going hand in hand. the tim
than 80,000 tourists stranded in the popular chinese resort city of sanya. and in birmingham, 11 days of competition have come to an end at the closing ceremony of the commonwealth games. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. olivia newton john the singer, songwriter, actress, and activist has died of cancer at the age of 73. her stellar career included four grammy awards and sales of more than 100 million records. but she will always be associated with grease, the film musical released in 1978, the soundtrack of which is still one of the world s best selling albums. 0ur correspondent david sillito looks back at her life and remarkable career. # summer loving, had me a blast. # summer loving, happened so fast. # i met a girl crazy for me. # met a boy cute as can be.# sandy in grease was clean cut, fresh faced innocence, and it was john travolta who knew who would be perfect to play this slightly naive americ