we ve travelled several hours on a mountainous and extremely bumpy road to come to the village of dwegur in south east afghanistan. we re very close to the border with pakistan, and this village has faced a lot of destruction because of the earthquake. i m going to show you some of it. you can see the cracks in this wall, and that s pretty much the condition of every structural wall that is still standing in this village. and here you can see a home that s been completely destroyed. and further down, there are several other such homes that we ve seen. here, four of a family were killed when the earthquake struck. many people were injured. some of them are now in hospital. we ve been told by the people here that they ve been experiencing tremors several times a day, every day, so they are very scared. they are staying in tents at the base of this village. they ve also told us that they ve receive no aid, no relief material from either the government or humanitarian agencies.
been able to send in some rescue material and relief material to the people there in terms of food, medicines and tents. now, let me just take you through some of the aerial visuals that we ve been getting from different aid organizations which they have put on their twitter handles as well. what we see is mass destruction really due to the earthquake especially in eastern afghanistan. and inside this prove vince, th are homes without roofs, people living right next of their homes or whatever is left of it, complete rubble and debris and living in tents right next to it awaiting help from officials and aid organizations. so we do know that the death toll unfortunately stands at over 1,000. we re waiting word from officials from the region to update that figure if there has to be an update. but it will take time before we know the extent of damage, the large scale extent of damage to this area given that relief
emergency support of1 america. the eu has offered initial emergency support of 1 million euros, it s roughly £870,000, and in the end pakistan have both said they are delivering relief material on the ground. are delivering relief material on the ground- are delivering relief material on the round. . ., ., the ground. lucky yogita limaye in kabul, thank the ground. lucky yogita limaye in kabul, thank you. hundreds of british airways workers mostly check in staff at heathrow airport have voted to go on strike over pay. the exact dates will be announced over the coming days and are expected to be during the summer holidays. today, workers on the railways in england, scotland and wales walked out for the second time this week, with just one in five trains running. here s our transport correspondent katy austin. demand for travel has taken off since covid rules eased but there s already been disruption amid aviation staff shortages. now hundreds of british airways workers at
would simply not make it. across the border in bangladesh, the situation is even worse. this is the gate of a school in sylhet that was turned into a shelter. if it rains any more, it will no serve as a refuge. inside, people who ve managed to save themselves but lost everything they had. our home was swept away in the floods. all our belongings have gone too, this woman says. anger against the administration is growing. our home was flooded and we ve come here for shelter, but we haven t received any relief material yet. we re here without food, she says. unrelenting rainfall for more than a week because the flooding. and while this is a common occurrence in these low lying areas during the monsoon season, bangladeshi officials say it s
hundreds of thousands are still to get to safety. in these rural and remote areas of the indian state of assam, it isn t a fast moving operation, but without it some would simply not make it. across the border in bangladesh, the situation is even worse. this is the gate of a school in sylhet that was turned into a shelter. if it rains any more, it will no longer serve as a refuge. inside, people who ve managed to save themselves but lost everything they had. our home was swept away in the floods. all our belongings have gone too, this woman says. anger against the administration is growing. our home was flooded and we ve come here for shelter, but we haven t received any relief material yet. we re here without