welcome to the programme. we start in pakistan. a third of the country is underwater that s according to the country s climate change minister, who called the devastation caused by extensive flooding a crisis of unimaginable proportions. at least a thousand people have been killed and 33 million are affected. that s one in every seven pakistanis. let us have a look. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected, but mountainous regions have also been badly hit. our correspondent pumza filhani sent this report. a moment of quiet in the middle of chaos. inside a crowded hall, families that have been displaced by the floods in northern pakistan have found temporary refuge. for many, it was a narrow escape. translation: our houses have collapsed because of the floods. we had a home and it was enough for us. now, all our belongings are buried under 12 to 13 feet of water. when i left with my children, i saw my house collapse. the rivers are swellin
toward a civil war. president biden, meanwhile, is expected to address the threat of political violence head on as he hits the road today. the white house says the president will call out the far right for its dangerous rhetoric and challenge the republican claim that it is the party of law and order. we re also following major developments out of ukraine, where officials in kyiv say russian forces are in retreat as ukraine launches a counteroffensive in the south. president zelenskyy says, quote, we will chase them to the border. major news out of ukraine. we ll get to that in a moment. boy, it really is something. and you look at the poll numbers. first of all, fascinating it is joe biden s poll numbers that go up, willie, as democrats seem to be doing far better in the midterm elections than expected. the same group of people, donald trump, lindsey graham, those type of people, who challenged the 2020 election, or with lindsey, went back and forth, back and forth, th
times by english water companies, in one year. small amounts making a big differnce. i ll explain why an increase in microdonations is good news for charities. sunshine makes a big difference at the moment but the problem is a lot of shower cloud around and i have been looking for summer but still no sign. it s friday, ilithjune. around 200,000 scottish fans are expected to be in germany for tonight s european championships opening game. scotland s been drawn in a tough group, with the first match against the hosts taking place in munich. meanwhile, england heads into the competition as one of the favourites having reached the final last time around. john watson is there for us. good morning. finally, the tournament about to begin. that is right. good morning. the day has finally arrived. for scotland fans, it is called the biggest party for them in 26 years as they prepare to take on hosts germany in the opening match of the euros. their first major overseas tournament since
england needed a big win over oman to stay in the t20 world cup and they certainly got it. in fact it was a record breaking day forjos buttler s team with the largest win in the competition s history in terms of balls remaining. adil rashid took four wickets as they bowled out oman for 47 the fourth lowest total in the t20 world cup. mark wood and joffa archer contributing with three wickets apiece. england set about their target with gusto and they made it injust 19 balls however, they do need another big win over namibia on saturday and even then it may not be enough to take them through, with scotland also in contention for second spot in the table. but they can celebrate for now. the netherlands may have lost their match against bangladesh but there was a stunning catch by sybrand engelbrecht the dutchman diving to grab it. shakib al hasan made an unbeaten 64 from 46 balls to guide bangladesh to 159, before rishad hossain took three wickets as the netherlands
in the t20 world cup and they certainly got it. in fact it was a record breaking day forjos buttler s team with the largest win in the competition s history in terms of balls remaining. adil rashid took four wickets as they bowled out oman for 47 the fourth lowest total in the t20 world cup. mark wood and joffa archer contributing with three wickets apiece. england set about their target with gusto and they made it injust 19 balls however, they do need another big win over namibia on saturday and even then it may not be enough to take them through, with scotland also in contention for second spot in the table. but they can celebrate for now. the netherlands may have lost their match against bangladesh but there was a stunning catch by sybrand engelbrecht the dutchman diving to grab it. shakib al hasan made an unbeaten 64 from 46 balls to guide bangladesh to 159, before rishad hossain took three wickets as the netherlands fell 25 runs short. let s turn our attentio