Karachi to abbottabad. These are the latest pictures from the scene, in a remote area. Emergency workers are battling to rescue passengers trapped in at least five overturned carriages with more rescue teams deployed to the scene. An emergency has been declared in nearby hospitals including this one in nawabshah where casualties have been arriving. The Information Minister of sindh gave us more details about the crash. This train was going from karachi. And the accident happened in the between district and the border area. So this train was going to punjab. So this was an unfortunate incident. And definitely the top priority of government is the rescue work, which we are focusing on. All the hospitals of the suburb, the area, the nearby areas are stand by and the government imposed the emergency over there and some and if there are some more critical patients, the government will take them to the different districts. The Chief Minister announced that we will give them the best treatmen
Where president Volodymyr Zelensky says a russian guided bomb has hit a Blood Transfusion Centre in the north east, causing casualties. He says rescuers are at the scene in the town of kupiansk where there are dead and wounded. The reported strike came shortly after kyiv said missiles had hit a facility which manufactures engines for aircraft and helicopters in the countrys west. In a tweet, president zelensky said so far, theres been no comment from russia. Our ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse is in kyiv. If there is accuracy to president zelensky s claim, it appears once again a medical building has come in harms way. Weve seen it before with a Maternity Hospital in the besieged city of Mariupol Last year. Weve seen it in a Mental Health hospital in dnipro just a few months ago. This is a war that is synonymous with civilian areas, with cities being directly targeted. Now, in president zelensky s tweet, he says, this war crime alone says everything about russian aggression. He
We begin in niger, where the Breaking News in the last half an hour is the military leaders who staged a coup say they have closed the countrys airspace over what they called the threat of intervention against them. The announcement came as a deadline expired for them to restore the ousted president or face the possible action from the west African Regional grouping known as ecowas. Earlier thousands of people gathered in nigers capital to support the militaryjunta, despite International Condemnation of the soldiers actions. Some neighbouring countries including mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. And algeria, which Borders Niger to the north, has said it is categorically against armed intervention. France says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore nigers elected president. Nigers Prime Minister was in paris on saturday, meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the countrys embassy. He has dismissed that pro coup protests are taking p
In the countrys capital to support the militaryjunta as that deadline expired. Some neighbouring countries including mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. And algeria, which Borders Niger to the north, has said it is categorically against armed intervention. France says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore nigers elected president. Niger s Prime Minister was in paris on saturday, meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the countrys embassy. Lets now go live to our correspondent in lagos in neighbouring nigeria. We are yet to hear from ecowas and what of would be concerning niger. The ultimatum has elapsed the sunday evening and we are yet to hear from ecowas. But we also know that there are expected moves in niger in the coming days, the rally this afternoon showing pro coup supporters at a stadium in any army. This showed that the people supported the junto, this showed that the people supported thejunto, chanting supported the junto