legally carry firearms in public. counting is underway in two key uk by elections for the conservative party, in the first test of voters opinions since the partygate scandal. we will have live updates ahead on the programme but for now, a quick check of more news making headlines. ukraine moves a step closer tojoining the european union as it s given official candidate status. and how a heroic coach made a dramatic rescue after a swimmer fainted to the bottom of the pool at the world aquatics championships in budapest. asi as i swam as fast as i could to grab her and pull as i swam as fast as i could to grab herand pull up as i swam as fast as i could to grab her and pull up to the surface, and once i pull her up, so i wasjust, my goal was only to make her breathe. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. taliban officials in afghanistan say the main search for survivors from wednesday s devastating earthquake in the south
family but everything was under| the rubble, even my shovel, so i couldn t do anything. when we took my family out, they were already dead. and how a heroic coach saved her swimmer after she fainted and sank to the bottom of the pool at the world aquatics championships in budapest. as i swam as fast as i could to grab her and pull up to the surface, and once i pull her up, so i wasjust, my goal was only to make her breathe. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us supreme court has struck down restrictions on carrying guns in new york which have stood for a century. those restrictions limit the ability of people to carry weapons openly, but the highest court in the land effectively overturned that position by upholding the right of americans to carry guns in public. and it s a decision which could have ramifications for other states with similar regulations, such as california and new jersey state. the c
as the organisation gives it official candidate status. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s six in the morning in singapore, and 2:30 in the morning in afghanistan where taliban officials say the main search for survivors from wednesday s devastating earthquake in the south east of the country has ended. more than a thousand people are thought to have been killed in the remote part of the country. doctors say many children may be among the victims. relief efforts have been hampered by the destruction of already poor road and communication networks in paktika province , the worst hit area. entire villages have been destroyed with survivors saying they are finding it difficult to bury their dead. our afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani is there and has just sent this report. homes reduced to rubble, lives reduced to memories. these were my son s shoes, says agha jan. his three young children were killed in t
weapons in public. we can t just stand we can tjust stand by we can t just stand by and watch these people carry illegal firearms in public. ukraine is given official eu candidate status. and the coach who made a dramatic rescue after a swimmer fainted to the bottom of the pool at the world aquatics championships in budapest. ijust went as i just went as fast as i could to grab herand i just went as fast as i could to grab her and pull her up to the surface. once i pulled her up, my goal was only to make her breathe. her breathe. live from our studio in her breathe. live from our studio in singapore. - her breathe. live from our studio in singapore. this | her breathe. live from our| studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. taliban officials in afghanistan say the main search for survivors from wednesday s devastating earthquake in the south east of the country has ended. more than 1,000 people are thought to have been killed in the re
at the same time, questions are being asked as to whether their bloc can afford to take on new members. and already got 27, already so dramatically different, the often can t find agreement on difficult issues like migration or russia s sanctions, so add more voices to the mix, ukraine, moldova or countries from the western balkans, and some here wondering, will that end up paralysing the eu from the inside? now to a dramatic rescue. the american artistic swimmer anita alvarez had to be helped from the bottom of the pool, by her coach, after fainting at the world aquatics championships. mark lobel has the story. it was a commanding performance by artistic swimmer anita alvarez in the world aquatics championship solo free final, everything seemingly going swimmingly in budapest except her coach noticed her feet were slightly paler than usual. instead of staying up for air at the end of her performance, the american swimmer suddenly sank.