Our pakistan correspondent, Caroline Davies has the latest, from the capital, islamabad. A Sunday Afternoon Political Rally by one of pakistans biggest religious parties. Hundreds crowded in, covered from the Afternoon Sun by a marquee, waving flags and chanting. Then the speaker was interrupted by the explosion. Some people were stretchered out, soaked in blood. Others were simply carried by any hands that could offer help. The District Hospital declared a Health Emergency and a call was put out for blood donations. As the wards filled up, some were taken by helicopter to nearby peshawar. The Death Toll Rose quickly. Police have said they have struggled to identify all of the dead. Among those named is a local political leader. There has been an increase in Violent Attacks in pakistan, particularly in kp province. Police have said that they have discovered evidence suggesting that the explosion might have been a suicide bomber, but have not yet confirmed it. If this was an attack, it
But as the ukraine war drags on, western countries, especially the us, are starting to think that it might be better to lessen their dependence on china as well, which has made everything for us, from beach balls to Nuclear Power stations. Almost unnoticed by the outside world, President Biden has been pushing ahead with wide ranging plans to replace chinese goods with American Made ones. The bbc s economics editor, faisal islam, has been investigating the extent of this new America First policy. I was astounded by the scale and the speed of the transformation in terms of the deployment of public, government, Taxpayer Subsidy into Strategic Industries, particularly green industries. Theres so much money going in that its transforming the economic fabric of a whole belt of america. We used to talk about the rust belt. They are now talking about a battery belt. It sounds rather sort of roosevelt years, doesnt it . Yes, and theres some conscious echoes of that. Indeed, where i was in kent
juggernauts contending for the top prize. hello, welcome to verified live. tata steel will push ahead with plans to close both blast furnaces in its south torbert plant in wales, and it is expected to lead to the loss of over 3000 jobs talbot. the gmb union says it has alternative proposals aimed at saving jobs. a reminder of what we are saying, the bbc understands that tata steel is going to press ahead with plans to close blast furnaces at its plants at port talbot in south wales and that threatens the loss of more than 3000 jobs. the decision follows a meeting between tata steel executives and the wider community and unions in the meeting happened at a hotel in london today. and the meeting. the company will replace blast furnaces which produced new steel from iron or with a modern electric arc furnace which will produce usable steel from scrap metal, and it will be more environmentally friendly to operate but crucially it will require a smaller workforce. but crucia
hello. welcome to bbc news. we start in northern italy and dramatic scenes after severe flooding has killed at least eight people with thousands being evacuated from their homes. this weekend s formula one, grand prix at imola has also now been cancelled. it comes, as a new report by the world meteorological organisation warned that global temperatures will reach record levels in the next five years. we ll have more on that in a moment. first let s get more on the situation in itlay. it s one of the european countries most affected by extreme weather in recent years the extreme flooding is in the emillia romana region. this is forli near bologna the mayor has said the city is on its knees devastated and in pain . divers have been recovering bodies hundreds of people have been trapped or stranded as rivers burst their banks. in towns nearby people are being rescued from their homes by helicopter. plucked from rooftops or the waters. in this area around hal
with an alleged corruption case. the picture is pretty startling. this is him right in the middle of all those black paramilitary style officers taking him away and putting him in that black truck at the bottom of the screen there. we have slowed down the footage again, which we will play you here. just so you can get a sense. he is wearing a white top, you can see white sleeves and a black waistcoat. that is the former prime minister imran khan. just a year or so ago he was in charge until he was ousted. he fell out of favour with mps and the army and now facing arrest. we don t actually know his current location. he has been detained in an undisclosed location. that is another set of pictures he does well, him sitting inside. he was actually at court in an unrelated case. this is the scene just in front of him, breaking down glass windows to try to get to him. and after that, we believe he was taken out and then taken away. these pictures, i should say, were released by pti