and are there now and some who were also in russia. deborah haynes is sky news defence and security editor. nic robertson is international diplomatic editor at cnn, we have a freelance journalist and so too is olga tokariuk. and francis scarr is here from bbc monitoring. welcome to you all and thank you so much for coming on the media show. olga, if we just start with you, where are you and what is the atmosphere like in ukraine today? you ve been tweeting about our prime minister, boris johnson s visit to kyiv. i know that. yeah, well, hi, everyone. and thank you for having me on this show. i m currently in western ukraine in the town of chernitsi. and i apologise for the background because i m speaking to you from a basement because we ve had already four raid alerts today. and since i m working from home, ijust decided to stay in the basement for the show so that, you know, i don t get interrupted by another air raid alert. radio viewers won t see that, but our tv viewers
more than a thousand people have now died in pakistan, where floods have been described by the country s foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal bhutto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistan s government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around a sixth of the population are said to have been affected, with millions left homeless. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters come downstream. our correspondent pumza fihlani has the latest. local aid agencies in pakistan say they are doing what they can, but there simply aren t enough resources for everyone. as seen here within minutes, the food runs out. ..and the team is forced to leave quickly. the picture is the same around the country. translation: we left our homes in a hurry and couldn t gather- all our supplies to cook
welcome to bbc news. i m simon pusey. our top stories a catastrophe, the likes of which have never been seen before pakistan s foreign minister assesses the flooding that s swept across his country. mission to the moon america prepares to test launch a rocket, heralding a new era of space exploration. more palestinians face eviction and their homes destroyed by israel s army. the un says it could amount to a war crime. tributes to roland mesnier, the veteran white house pastry chef, who served five us presidents, and theirfirst ladies, has died, aged 78.
welcome to bbc news. i m simon pusey. our top stories a catastrophe, the likes of which have never been seen before pakistan s foreign minister assesses the flooding that s swept across his country. mission to the moon america prepares to test launch a rocket, heralding a new era of space exploration. more palestinians face eviction and their homes destroyed by israel s army. the un says it could amount to a war crime. tributes to roland mesnier, the veteran white house pastry chef, who served five us presidents, and theirfirst ladies, has died, aged 78.