very foundations of our republic. an urgent international appeal is launched to help the millions of people affected by the flooding in pakistan. look at all this water, it s like being in the middle of the ocean, except those people s houses, and the water levels here are rising. and divers seal the vents on a tanker leaking fuel off the coast of gibraltar. marine crews are trying to scoop up the oil that s escaped. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. inspectors from the united nations have finally arrived at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine, which has been occupied by russian forces since march. shelling around the plant has led to fears of a catastrophic nuclear accident. ukrainian troops are pressing ahead with a counter offensive in the nearby region of kherson, to retake areas seized by russia. our correspondent quentin sommerville filed this exclusive report from the frontline, in the donbas region of eastern ukraine. and a war
by the flooding in pakistan. just look at all there is water. it s like being in the middle of the ocean except over there are people s houses and there are people s houses and there are people s houses and there are many more in far flung communities and the water levels here are rising. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. inspectors from the united nations have finally arrived at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine, which has been occupied by russian forces since march. shelling around the plant has led to fears of a catastrophic nuclear accident. ukrainian troops are pressing ahead with a counter offensive in the nearby region of kherson, to retake areas seized by russia. our correspondent quentin sommerville filed this exclusive report from the front line, in the donbas region of eastern ukraine. and a warning, there are some distressing scenes in his report. in donbas, there will be no harvest. as russian shells fall about us, these
divers have managed to stop fuel leaking from a ship that s beached off the coast of gibraltar after colliding with an lng tanker. the hull of the 0535 broke off and started leaking fuel. james neish from the bbc s interactive unit, who sjust returned from gibraltar, says it s a race against time to pump the fuel out of the sinking ship. it has about 500 tonnes of fuel on board. interestingly, this is not cargo, this is fuel for its own engines and consumption. that means this sinking vessel is not double hulled, because it is not transporting fuel. so the fear is that if the ship breaks apart, there are concerns it might break in two because of the strain of tide water, of the collision. if the tank breaks, hundreds of litres would spill to the coast of morocco and up the coast of spain.