legally carry firearms in public. counting is underway in two key uk by elections for the conservative party, in the first test of voters opinions since the partygate scandal. we will have live updates ahead on the programme but for now, a quick check of more news making headlines. ukraine moves a step closer tojoining the european union as it s given official candidate status. and how a heroic coach made a dramatic rescue after a swimmer fainted to the bottom of the pool at the world aquatics championships in budapest. asi as i swam as fast as i could to grab her and pull as i swam as fast as i could to grab herand pull up as i swam as fast as i could to grab her and pull up to the surface, and once i pull her up, so i wasjust, my goal was only to make her breathe. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. taliban officials in afghanistan say the main search for survivors from wednesday s devastating earthquake in the south
search for survivors from wednesday s earthquake in the south east of the country has ended. more than 1,000 people are thought to have been killed in the remote part of the country. doctors say many children may be among the victims. strikes are expected to be announced injuly and august. works on the railways walked out of the second time this week on thursday with just one in five trains running and another strike is planned for saturday. here is our transport correspondent katie austin. demand for travel has taken off since covid rules eased but there s already been disruption amid aviation staff shortages. now hundreds of british airways workers at heathrow airport, most of them check in staff, have voted to walk out on dates yet to be confirmed. the unite and gmb unions said the action was over a 10% pay cut imposed during the pandemic which hadn t yet been reinstated. our members are primarily low paid, part time women workers, who have been asking nicely for over a ye
family but everything was under| the rubble, even my shovel, so i couldn t do anything. when we took my family out, they were already dead. and how a heroic coach saved her swimmer after she fainted and sank to the bottom of the pool at the world aquatics championships in budapest. as i swam as fast as i could to grab her and pull up to the surface, and once i pull her up, so i wasjust, my goal was only to make her breathe. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us supreme court has struck down restrictions on carrying guns in new york which have stood for a century. those restrictions limit the ability of people to carry weapons openly, but the highest court in the land effectively overturned that position by upholding the right of americans to carry guns in public. and it s a decision which could have ramifications for other states with similar regulations, such as california and new jersey state. the c
thought to have been killed. translation: i ran towards my family but everything was under| you can see their homes and possessions scattered under the debris and their loved ones disappear in this single moment. and the heroic coach who saved a swimmer after she fainted and sank to the bottom of the pool at the world aquatics championships in budapest. i just swam as fast as i could to grab her and pull up to the surface, and once i pull her up, so i wasjust, my goal was only to make her breathe. counting is under way in two key uk by elections for the conservative party in west yorkshire and devon. in wakefield, the conservatives are defending a majority ofjust over 3000. and in tiverton and honiton, the tories have a much larger majority of more than 24,000. counting in wakefield hasjust been completed. both are being seen as a stern test of the conservative government s popularity in the light of partygate and the cost of living crisis. let s talk to bbc newsnight s polic
as the organisation gives it official candidate status. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s six in the morning in singapore, and 2:30 in the morning in afghanistan where taliban officials say the main search for survivors from wednesday s devastating earthquake in the south east of the country has ended. more than a thousand people are thought to have been killed in the remote part of the country. doctors say many children may be among the victims. relief efforts have been hampered by the destruction of already poor road and communication networks in paktika province , the worst hit area. entire villages have been destroyed with survivors saying they are finding it difficult to bury their dead. our afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani is there and has just sent this report. homes reduced to rubble, lives reduced to memories. these were my son s shoes, says agha jan. his three young children were killed in t