At least 30 passengers have been killed after an express train derailed in southern pakistan. A Police Officer supervising the Rescue Operation said more than a hundred people had been injured in the incident. The Hazara Express came off the rails near nawabshah in sindh province, as it travelled from karachi to abbottabad. Its not immediately clear what caused the derailment. 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. Our correspondent Tarhub Asghar is following developments from lahore. Well, a Rescue Operation is still going on. And according to the Chief Minister, he said that 30 people have been killed in this incident and 84 people are injured. And according to the officials, approximately 17 bodies
Bit better, a few showers around but still disappointing in terms of temperatures. Jane. Thanks, louise. And thats bbc news at six, you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. From the six team, its goodbye. The news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. Goodnight. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im Lizzie Greenwood hughes, heres whats coming up. Heartbreakfor germany at the womens world cup theyre out in the group stages. Instead, celebrations for morocco who go through to the last 16 for the first time in their history. At the Netball World Cup england are full of confidence after a stunning win over top side australia. I dont think you can underestimate mentally what that tells me about where the group are at. I think thats a scary thing and something to really look forward to. And defending champions Great Britain crash out of the team pursuit at the cycling World Champi
Hello. First to niger, where, in the last hour, a deadline for the militaryjunta to step down has passed. The leaders of nigers coup have hours to restore the ousted president , or face the possibility of military action. Thousands of people gathered in nigers capital to support the militaryjunta as that deadline expired. Despite International Condemnation of the soldiers actions, thousands of nigeriens continue to show support for the army hoping it can offer the country stability. 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. He has dismissed pro coup protests taking place in his country. Marie roger biloa is a west Af
Earlier. I think the results of send a very clear signal to policymakers because just after nine months of the president ial elections, support for the current Policy Makers has declined significantly. And this is mainly i think because of the high inflation and persistent inflation and declining Purchasing Power of the middle class and lower income classes, that is i think the main reason of declining support for the policymakers. Do you think that this rebuff at the polls will tie president erdogan s hands when it comes to reforming the economy . I think the signal is well received by the the policymakers because both the Finance Minister and president erdogan reiterated that the current policies will continue, so it means that they will continue to rebalance the economy and return back to Sustainable Growth for the turkish economy. When we look at the Market Reaction today for these announcements, the markets have also the scenario, so the markets took it as a positive sign. Do you
Biggest city, istanbul. And for the first time in 25 years, they won more municipalities than the ruling ak party. Overnight, president erdogan told supporters the result was not an end, but a Turning Point. Translation we will not disrespect the nations decision in any way, we will avoid being stubborn, acting against the national will and questioning the judgement of our nation. As we have done so far. We will take the necessary steps by analysing the messengers given by the nation at the ballot box, most accurately and objectively within the reason and inner conscience. Opposition supporters say although these are local elections, victories in big cities are a significant show of force against erdogan s ruling ak party. This was the scene in istanbul, turkeys largest city, where thousands took to the streets to celebrate the opposition partys win. The citys incumbent mayor, ekrem imamoglu, declared victory after securing over 50 of the vote well ahead of his nearest rival. Mr imam