homes reduced to rubble, lives reduced to memories. these were my son s shoes, says agha jan. his three young children were killed in the earthquake as they slept, as well as his two wives. when the roof fell down, what did you do? translation: i ran toward my family, but everything was under the rubble, even my shovel, so i couldn t do anything. i shouted to my cousins, but when we took my family out, they were already dead. it s a three hour drive to the nearest big city from the worst affected villages along largely dirt roads. here, practically every home is destroyed, every family grieving. the people here didn t have much to begin with, but they ve seen their homes, their possessions you can see them scattered amongst the debris and their loved ones disappear in a single terrible moment. in this one home, 18 people were killed. habib gul raised back across the borderfrom pakistan to help bury 20 of his family members. translation: if the world looks on us like brothers and
rare sight of five major planets in our solar system. let s turn to afghanistan now, where the country has called off the search for survivors from a devastating earthquake. over 1,000 people are known to have died. the earthquake struck early on wednesday about aa kilometres from the city of khost. and we know most of the confirmed deaths are in the south east in pa ktika province. this is one woman who survived. translation: seven in one room, five in the other, four in another, l then three in another have all been killed in my family. i can t talk any more. my heart is getting weak. afghanistan is particularly vulnerable to earthquakes because of the geological fault lines which cross the country. but the impact of this one is being felt in a particularly rural area, where the houses are mainly made of mud. the houses, as you can see here,
also the chief of staff to president zelensky will say kyiv will do everything it can to implement the plan. this is bbc news. the headlines. taliban officials in the afghan province worst hit by an earthquake, thought to have killed over 1,000 people, say the search for survivors in many areas has ended. eu leaders have granted candidate status to moldova. air passengers face further disruption this summer after hundreds of ba ground crew and check in staff at heathrow voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay. it comes as the second day of rail strikes is underway strikes is under way with half the network closed in england, wales and scotland. only 20% of services are believed to be running.