also tonight. prices are still rising at their fastest rate for a0 years, with the cost of food a prime factor. tomorrow s rail strike will go ahead, after talks between the rmt union and railway employers broke down. and a new tribute to the thousands who arrived from caribbean countries from the 19405 and made a huge contribution to british life. and coming up on the bbc news channel. britain s harriet dart is hitting form a week before wimbledon, reaching the last eight at eastbourne. welcome to the bbc news at ten. a devastating earthquake in afghanistan has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people and left many more injured. the country, which is governed by the militant islamist taliban, is already in the grip of a humanitarian disaster, with millions facing famine. the taliban have asked for international aid, and britain says it s ready to provide assistance. the earthquake struck near the south eastern city of khost, in paktika province. afghanistan is particularl
lives. loaded into the truck. and glastonbury is back after the pandemic. the crowds are heading to the iconic music festival in england, hoping for sunshine. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 6am in singapore, and 2.30am in afghanistan where humanitarian agencies are scrambling to organise emergency shelter and food aid, following an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people. un staff say medical teams and supplies have been despatched to the worst hit province, paktika. hundreds of houses there were destroyed by the magnitude 6.1 event, and hundreds of homeless families are facing a powerful storm and very heavy rain. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani is in sharana, the capital of paktika province, where casualties from the earthquake are being cared for. a desperate search for survivors. hundreds of homes, entire communities, wiped out in a single dreadful moment in the middle of the night. everythi
of the international energy agency as europe is told to prepare for russia turning off gas supplies a new statue to the windrush generation is unveiled in london a tribute to the thousands who arrived from caribbean countries in the 1940s. and glastonbury is back after the pandemic the crowds are heading to the iconic music festival in england, hoping for sunshine. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. a devastating earthquake in afghanistan has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people, and left many more injured. the quake measured 6.1 in magnitude, damaging thousands of homes in one of the poorest countries in the world. the country, which is governed by the militant islamist taliban, is already in the grip of a humanitarian disaster, with millions facing famine. the taliban have asked for international aid. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani is in sharana, the capital of paktika province, where casualties from t
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