hello and welcome to bbc news. there are fears of food shortages in pakistan, after the devastating floods washed away nearly half of the country s crops. so far around 1,200 people are known to have been killed but today unicef said many more children could die from a rapid spread of diseases lik cholera and malaria. our correspondent, pumza fighlani is in pakistan. meet this boy, he s two days old, her sixth child. as he sleeps under a tree that s become this family s only shelter, his mother is anxious. this is no place for a baby. translation: we don t even have a tent, just this tree. . we spent the whole night in the rain running away from the flood, trying to get to safety. when we arrived, this was the only space we could find here. it gets really hot and he starts crying and won t stop. it s very difficult. the baby was born in a nearby hospital, but she was forced to return to the river bank because she d left her husband and five young children. hundreds of familie
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to the island after fleeing abroad in the face of massive anti government protests. and spectators gather in rwanda for its annual gorilla naming ceremony. hello, and welcome. it s good to have your company. the russian energy giant gazprom says it has scrapped plans to reopen a key gas pipeline to europe. the company claims it can t restart nordstream one because of an oil leak in a turbine, and that it will remain closed for an indefinite period. that will have implications for europe s energy supply this winter. the pipeline has already been completely shut for three days. moscow denies weaponising energy supplies in retaliation for western sanctions. but that s not how the move has been seen in european capitals, the president of the european council took to twitter to express his disapointment. charles michel said. before going on to say. the bbc s economics editor faisal islam explained more about what russian gas giant gasprom has been saying. let me show you a map of