the tribal area of bujaur is near pakistan s border with afghanistan. it s not immediately clear what caused the explosion, though police suspect it was a suicide bomber. no organisation has admitted carrying out the attack. with more on this let s cross to the newsroom and our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan. hundreds of people had gathered for a gathering of a hardline islamist political party in pakistan which is part of the governing coalition. there was suddenly an explosion. some people have been killed, and more than 200 injured. a local hospital was struggling to cope with the incoming casualties. many people are being taken to other parts of the district and do the provincial capital peshawar. this could be a suicide attack but no group has admitted carrying out the attack or responsibility for this incident. at the moment the priority for the authorities is to provide care and treatment for those who have been injured in this blast. and again, as we know, we
local people tried to help the injured. there were not enough ambulances so people were taking their own cars. he says that several people around him died. he isn t sure why he survived. these pictures show some of the chaos. stretchered or carried by any hands that could offer help. the district hospital declared a health emergency and a call was put out for blood donations. as the wards filled up, some were taken by helicopter to nearby peshawar. the death toll rose quickly. police have said that they have struggled to identify all of the dead. among those named is a local political leader. pakistan s prime minister, shehbaz sharif, condemned the attack. there has been an increase in violent attacks across pakistan, particularly in this province. the police have said that they ve discovered evidence suggesting that the explosion might have been a suicide bomber but have not yet confirmed it. if this was an attack, it s not clear what the motive could be and no group has cla
local people tried to help the injured. there were not enough ambulances so people were taking their own cars. he says several people around him died. he isn t sure why he survived. these pictures show some of the chaos. stretchered or carried by any hands that could offer help. the district hospital declared a health emergency and a call was put out for blood donations. as the wards filled, up some were taken by helicopter to nearby peshawar. the death toll rose quickly. police have said that they have struggled to identify all of the dead. among those named is a local political leader. pakistan s prime minister shehbaz sharif condemned the attack. there has been an increase in violent attacks across pakistan, particularly in this province. the police have said they ve discovered evidence suggesting the explosion might have been a suicide bomber but have not yet confirmed it. if this was an attack, it s not clear what the motive could be and no group has claimed it. it leave
also very focused on working together with partners to try together with partners to try to help the people restore security. that really is a necessary foundation. the developments happen as a christian aid group says an american nurse and her child have been kidnapped in the country. it happened on thursday near the capital port au prince after the us advised all its citizens to leave the country because of the worsening security situation. gangs control large parts of haiti s capital port au prince and kidnappings for ransom are common. earlier, i spoke about the situation in haiti with harold isaac, a journalist based near port au prince. kenya says that it is prepared to send a multinational force to haiti what more do we know about that and how it might work? very little at this stage. i mean, for many people here, it came as a bit of a surprise, especially after over nine months of waiting for a word or an actual commitment with regards to foreign police or military
there has been a lot of pressure piled on the leaders of the coup. this evening we are hearing that france has also suspended financial and other aid to niger with immediate effect. this is as a result of the coup and political development in that country. it is similar to the eu s position, the eu has suspended aid, both financial and military aid. the united states secretary and the countries s risk, also having millions of dollars in aid be suspended because the african union, which is given niger 15 days maximum and have called the immediate release of president mohamed bazoum who, at the moment, we know is still being held by the military. i asked an expert about the response to the coup from the international community. i think a lot of western countries, the united states, european union and others, there is an almost automatic response when there is a military coup, there is a suspension of military assistance, certainly in a place like niger, which has such a large p