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i m so sorry. welcome to bbc news. the united states has, with the backing of its european allies, warned russia that if any of the tens of thousands of its soldiers massed at the ukrainian border invade, there will be grave consequences. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, and his russian counterpart, sergey lavrov, are scheduled to have crucial talks in geneva later, but moscow denies planning to invade ukraine. here s our diplomatic correspondent james landale. it s notjust the russians who are conducting military exercises. these are pictures released by ukraine s defence ministry, showing their forces training close to crimea. it was annexed by russia in 2014 and the kind of incursion that ukraine and its allies are trying to deter once again. i ve been absolutely clear with president putin, he has no misunderstanding, if any any assembled russian units move across the ukrainian border, that is an invasion. but it will be met with severe and co ordinated e ....
is expected to rise. the hazara express came off the rails near nawabshah in sindh province, as it travelled from karachi to abbottabad. it s not immediately clear what caused the derailment. these are the latest pictures from the scene, in a remote area. emergency workers are battling to rescue passengers trapped in at least five overturned carriages, with more rescue teams deployed to the scene. an emergency has been declared in nearby hospitals, including this one in nawabshah, where casualties have been arriving. 0ur correspondent tarhub asghar is following developments from lahore. well, a rescue operation is still going on. and according to the chief minister, he said that 30 people have been killed in this incident and 84 people are injured. the nawabshah hospital and 13 were received by another hospital. so the rescue operation is still going on. army officials are there, rangers are there. so they re trying to clear the operation, but still operation is under way. we ....
killed after an express train derailed in southern pakistan. a police officer supervising the rescue operation said more than a hundred people had been injured in the incident. the casualty figure is expected to rise. the hazara express came off the rails near nawabshah in sindh province, as it travelled from karachi to abbottabad. it s not immediately clear what caused the derailment. these are the latest pictures from the scene, in a remote area. emergency workers are battling to rescue passengers trapped in at least five overturned carriages, with more rescue teams deployed to the scene. an emergency has been declared in nearby hospitals including this one in nawabshah where casualties have been arriving. our correspondent tarhub asghar is following developments from lahore. well, a rescue operation is still going on. and according to the chief minister, he said that 30 people have been killed in this incident and 84 people are injured. and according to the officia ....
hello, thank you forjoining us. the presidential candidates in turkey are gearing up for their last day of campaigning ahead of sunday s crucial election. president recep tayyip erdogan will hold a rally in istanbul, where he built his popular support as mayor more than 20 years ago. in the evening, he is expected to pray at the hagia sophia, which he controversially converted into a mosque to please religious conservatives. his secular challenger, kemal kilicdaroglu, will also be touring istanbul with the current mayor. the 74 year old has been appealing to the young promising to restore democracy and improve relations with the west. let s talk now to our correspondent in istanbul, silin girit. thank you very much for talking to us. the two men at the forefront of this race are very different, aren t they? talk to us about the different personalities and policies. yes. personalities and policies. yes, the are personalities and policies. yes, they are exact personal ....
pope francis has presided over palm sunday mass at the vatican just a day after leaving hospital in rome. the 86 year old was admitted with breathing difficulties, and later diagnosed with bronchitis. the pontiff s admission to hospital came ahead of the busiest week in the christian calendar. thousands of people gathered in st peter s square waving palm and olive branches as pope francis was driven into the huge esplanade, sitting in the back of a white, open topped vehicle. he then celebrated mass his initial blessing was made standing up, but he spent the rest of the service sitting down. in his homily, he called on people not to ignore those experiencing great suffering and solitude. the service ended with a procession in st peter s square. and the pontiff left waving to crowds of worshippers from his popemobile. our correspondentjenny hill sent us this update. the palm sunday mass hasjust the palm sunday mass has just ended and the atmosphere in this square is ....