across the uk continue and so does the disruption, with only 60% of services running today. facebook s removes a large number of accounts, posting pictures and videos of upskirting, following an investigation and glastonbury is back after a three year gap fans are descending on worthy farm in somerset for one of the biggest music festivals in the world. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. at least 300 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake in afghanistan. the 6.1 quake struck overnight in the southeast of the country, with most of the confirmed deaths in a province called paktika. these are images of homes reduced to rubble. but the extent of the damage is still emerging as rescue efforts continue in outlying villages. the country s supreme leader has confirmed the number of dead, in a statement to the media, saying at least five hundred people are injured. hikmatullah esmat is head of the provincial health body in paktika. he tol
well, i m afraid to say tonight the situation is looking even more dire here in paktika, we are seeing hundreds of hundreds of families who have been left homeless. in other news, russian forces continue their advance on ukrainian held towns in the donbas. we join a group of volunteers rushing to evacuate civilians from the area. and after a three year hiatus, the iconic music festival glastonbury open its gates and welcomes back the fans. we start in afghanistan, where a powerful earthquake has killed over 900 people and left hundreds injured. it s the deadliest earthquake to strike the country in 20 years. it hit overnight in the south east of the country. and we know the tremors were felt in pakistan and india as well. most of the confirmed deaths are in paktika province. this is the head of the provincial health body there. buildings collapsing, yeah. you know, in afghanistan, there is no concrete buildings. most people injured and dead are under the building. 0ur dead bo
but thousands in smaller blocks have been left in cladding limbo. aiming for victory how england have set up a final day shot at a series clinching win against new zealand. good morning. another cloudy day for northern ireland and scotland, with some rain at times. for england and wales, more sunshine than yesterday, and also one. warmer. good morning. it s tuesday, the 14th ofjune. the first flight taking asylum seekers from the uk to rwanda under a new government scheme, is due to take off later today. it follows an appeal court ruling yesterday. campaigners were trying to stop the flight before a full hearing next month, on whether the policy is lawful. however, just eight migrants are expected to be on the flight when it leaves and some of them are still appealing their case, as vincent mcaviney reports. despite the government s publicity around its new policy, yesterday, 37 asylum seekers arrived on the kent coast. but they could face potential removal to rwanda,
to his fans about the facial paralysis that s forced him to cancel a series of shows. england s cricketers have it all to do at trent bridge today, after a dominant start to the second test by new zealand, who are building a big first innings. good morning, for many of us the weekend promises some warm sunshine, but the further north you are across the uk, there will be some pretty hefty showers around and it will be windy. i ll have all the weather details here on request. on breakfast. good morning, it s saturday june. the high court has ruled that a flight taking asylum seekers from the uk to rwanda can go ahead on tuesday, despite a legal bid by campaigners. it s the first flight under a new government policy deporting those who illegally enter the uk to rwanda to apply for asylum there. mark easton reports. is it lawful to give people seeking asylum in the uk a one way ticket to rwanda? telling them to pursue refugee status thousands of miles south in east africa? th
kyiv with long range missiles. and blast off for three chinese astronauts heading towards a space station that s still under construction. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the queen has greeted a huge crowd from the balcony of buckingham palace, the climax of four days of events celebrating her 70 years as monarch. more than 10,000 people, including the military, performers and key workers, took part in the parade, which depicted the highlights from each decade of her 70 year reign. sir cliff richard and ed sheeran were among the celebrities taking part. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell was watching. cheering the closing moments of a memorablejubilee celebration. back on to the palace balcony came the queen accompanied by prince charles and the duchess of cornwall and the cambridges. 0ne current and three future monarchs, charles, william, and george. it was the image which the crowd had been hopi