good morning. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather so things are fairly settled. sunny spells, just a few showers, warm it tomorrow and an increased chance of rain for friday. all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday the 30th of august. the united nations will lead a global appeal today to help pakistan cope with the devastating floods which have left a third of the country under water and killed more than 1,100 people. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but mountainous regions in the north west have also been badly hit. the crisis is not over yet as heavy rain continues and water surges down the indus river. our reporter sean dilley has the latest details. in some parts of pakistan, it s been relentless. more than 33 million people have been affected by flooding in the country s heaviest rain for more than a decade. this year s monsoon season has claimed well over 1,100 lives since june. more than 3,500 kilo
Middle east into the abyss. Hes demanded hamas immediately release hostages and israel let in aid. It comes as the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, says his military is ready to begin a Ground Offensive at any moment aimed at crushing hamas, after its fighters killed more than 1,400 israelis and took more than 150 people hostage last week. An estimated 300,000 israeli troops are massing near gaza, but israel has given no indication of when an attack might begin. Meanwhile, israeli airstrikes on Gaza Continue. Israel says it is targeting hamas positions. Hamas is designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the us and uk. We can show you these live pictures of gaza city right now, where its currently 7am. Gazan Health Officials say the number of palestinians killed has risen to 2,670 with 9,600 others wounded. Hamas says that less than half of the 1. 1 Million People living in Northern Gaza have now moved south in the last 48 hours, after israels
In patiala here and elsewhere within the country. Really, really lovely to hear and lovely to see. Were just seeing as youre stood there, samira, some pictures of the young girls playing. And and of course, we all know cricket runs deep in india when it comes to the world cup, is it going to be Cricket Mania . Well, i think its going to be Cricket Mania for a few reasons. One, cricket isntjust a game here. Its notjust a sport. Its almost treated like a religion. The fans are quite exuberant when it comes to their teams. Now, there is f course, the Big Thing Of India being the favourite to possibly win the world cup this year. And even one of the captains of the Indian Cricket Team was asked about this and decided to be demure about that kind of answer, not to jinx it. But whats important to note is that, yes, mens cricket is going to be here on the global stage, but womens cricket has really taken off in terms of mainstream interest. Earlier this year, india had created a womens profes
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