that causes the disease was found in london sewage samples. symbol of an era a new statue is unveiled to the so called windrush generation who arrived in the uk from caribbean countries in the 1940s. and glastonbury is back after the pandemic. the crowds are heading to the music festival in england, hoping for sunshine. hello. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. more than 1,000 people have been killed after a major earthquake in eastern afghanistan. many more have been injured as the 6.1 magnitude quake damaged countless homes in one of the poorer regions of one of the poorest countries in the world. afghanistan, which is governed by the militant islamist taliban, is already in the grip of a humanitarian disaster with millions facing famine. the taliban have asked for international aid. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani is in sharana, the capital of paktika province, where casualties from the earthquake are being cared for. a desperate search for
who s lost her sight since she last visited the famous music festival. hello and welcome to the programme. afghanistan s taliban rulers have urged aid agencies and other countries to intensify relief efforts after an earthquake in the south east of the country that s believed to have killed 1,000 people. un agencies are scrambling to get emergency shelter, food and medicine to the worst hit province, paktika, but access to remote areas has been hampered by heavy rain and flooding. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani is in sharana, the capital of pa ktika province, where casualties from the earthquake are being cared for. a desperate search for survivors. cracks in the walls of what used to be a home, this, a major disaster of those who survived many now homeless. searching continues in the rubble, but overnight heavy rain and hail has the rescue. the airambulance rain and hail has the rescue. the air ambulance arrives in a remote area, but the response is limited. it is one of
vote to go on strike. in afghanistan, the taliban say the search for survivors has been called off, just a day after a devastating earthquake which is thought to have killed more than a thousand people. the earthquake struck early on wednesday about 44 kilometres from the city of khost. heavy rain and the destruction of road and communication network have hampered relief efforts in paktika province the worst hit area. our kabul correspondent secunder kirmani is there, and sent this report. homes reduced to rubble, lives reduced to memories. these were my son s shoes, says agha jan. his three young children were killed in the earthquake as they slept, as well as his two wives. when the roof fell down, what did you do? translation: i ran toward my family, but everything was under the rubble, even my shovel, so i couldn t do anything. i shouted to my cousins, but when we took my family out, they were already dead. it s a three hour drive to the nearest big city from the wor
flattened. this isjust the but whole villages have been flattened. this is just the start of the crisis. the british government says it stands ready to contribute to international aid efforts. also tonight. the cost of living crisis prices of everyday essentials are rising at their fastest rate for a0 years. the civilians bearing the brunt of russia s assault in the east of ukraine we re with volunteers in a desperate attempt to evacuate the area. cheering and applause the unveiling of a national monument to the windrush generation who came to britain from the caribbean and helped rebuild britain after the war. and coming up on the bbc news channel: a first grass court win of the season for cameron norrie as the british number one beat brandon nakashima at eastbourne. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. at least 1000 people are dead and many more injured after a powerful earthquake hit afghanistan overnight that s according to taliban officials. the country