Southern Pakistan is braced for more flooding as a surge of water flows down the Indus river, compounding devastation in the country, a third of which is already inu.
from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is. pakistan s prime minister says floods which have killed more than thousand people are the worst in the country s history. let s turn to afghanistan. the last us troops left afghanistan one year ago today, ending 20 years of military involvement. the final troops to leave were part of the effort to evacuate over 120,000 americans and afghan allies out of the country before the mission ended. general frank mckenzie oversaw the withdrawal from kabul. he s been speaking to my colleague yalda hakin. when you think back to the us withdrawal and what happened just before, when the fall of kabul took place on the 15th of august, what comes to mind? i don t think the fall of kabul was inevitable. we made a series of decisions that brought us to that point, the most significant of which was to actually go to zero, effectively, in afghanistan. and that was actually the fundamental decision that
this is outside source. pakistan s prime minister says floods there are the worst in the country s history. the un has launched an emergency appeal. the pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids, the relentless impact of epic levels of rain and flooding. fighting intensifies around the ukrainian city of kherson as kyiv steps up its counter offensive to recapture the southern city from russian forces. here in the uk there s a warning that without government support the energy crisis could see the closure of pubs across the country. and in tennis all eyes are on serena williams at the us open. she s set to retire after the tournament and won herfirst match in new york. let s turn to ukraine. there are several strands to the story today. the first is a counter offensive