and dozens injured in two reported explosions in the pishin district of baluchistan, according to a local government official. one of the explosions happened in front of the party office of an independent candidate from the area. these pictures just in show the aftermath of one of the blast. these pictures just in show the aftermath of one of the blast. police are trying to determine the cause of the blast, and the injured are being transported to the nearest hospitals. no group has claimed it carried out the attack, which has come just a day before the pakistan general elections. these are some fresh images we are getting from baluchistan in pakistan, the aftermath of one of the two explosions which are now reported to have killed 20 people in pakistan. let s turn to the situation in the middle east. and diplomatic efforts to reach agreement on a new ceasefire between israel and hamas in gaza are intensifying. america s top diplomat secretary of state anthony blinken wil
at least 28 people have been killed in two bomb blasts in pakistan. the explosions took place at political offices in the baluchistan province on the eve of the country s general election. the united nation s humanitarian coordinator has warned that the crisis in sudan is being forgotten by the international community. martin griffiths said at least 25 million people were in urgent need of aid because of the civil war. the un is appealing forjust over four billion dollars to fund aid operations. the british dental association has called the government s plans to give bonuses to dentists who take on new nhs patients in england rearranging the deckchairs . the measures include one off payments to those who practice in under served areas, incentives to take on new patients and more help for children. labour says the plans don t go far enough. prince william has returned to royal duties, after taking some time to be with his wife, the princess of wales, as she recovers from s
hello from the bbc sport centre. hello i m chetan pathak with your latest sports news we start at afcon the 34th edition of the africa cup of nations has reached the semi final stage with both matches on wednesday. the hosts ivory coast play the democratic republic of congo but before that it s the other heavyweights nigeria. who play south africa. and they ve been given a massive boost with striker victor osimhen declared fit to play who had been a doubt with an abdominal problem. it s a rematch of the 2000 afcon semi final which nigeria won and was the last time south africa reached the last four. this time their coach is hoping they can go one step further: i think for many people it was unexpected. but we did it, and that means that south africa became a good team. it s also more than 20 years ago that south africa played the semifinal, even more that we play the final. that means that we ve got a lot of motivation. meanwhile, ivory coast have never won the competit
children who were harmed by the exposure. that led to these children being born with neurodevelopment disorders such as autism and adhd, mental health problems. whatjoins his cases together is that these are stories, health stories that affected women, be it mothers who took the sodium valproate or women who had the mesh and planted, they went through these procedures and were not warned about the risks and for years, they were trying to alert authorities to what was going on and not being late believed. when i watched the tv series of the horizon post of a scandal, reminded me of how these victims were treated having covered the story since 2017. it really mirrored what these patients were going through. and now today there is support from the patient safety commissioner who says financial redress, the argument for them receiving urgent financial support is clear. and do not act would be incredibly wrong. so what has been the would be incredibly wrong. so what has been the