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it s 7:00 in the morning in singapore, and 4am 5am in pakistan where the government says a third of the country is now under water. millions of homes are now destroyed and much of its richest farmland is now flooded. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33 million and the catastrophe isn t over water is still surging down the indus river and will flood the low lying sindh province even further over the next few days. latest reports say 45% of the country s cotton crop has been washed away. pumza fihlani reports from the city of sakur. 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 13 feet of water. when i left with my children, i saw my house collapse. the ....
at d ao minutes. there were just too many technical problems to contend with. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 4am in pakistan where the government says a third of the country is now under water. millions of homes are now destroyed and much of its richest farmland is now flooded. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33 million. and the catastrophe isn t over water is still surging down the indus river, and will flood the low lying sind province even further over the next few days. latest reports say 45% of the country s cotton crop has been washed away. pumza fihlani reports. 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 belong ....
announcer: this week on q&a, defense news naval warfare correspondent chris cavas talks about the navy s fat leonard bribing scandal, with more than two dozen navy officials including several admirals. brian: chris cavas, let me start by asking you what you do for a living. chris: i am a journalist. i cover naval affairs, things that are on, over, and above the water. i like to cover them worldwide. i like to talk about the industry that builds these things, the people who operate them, who buy them, the operations they do, and why does anybody need all this stuff and does any have it really work? and i ve write about stuff like that. brian: who reads it? chris: the industry, the hill, politicians. defense news is a worldwide publication. we are sometimes remarkably well-known. people in the naval industry around the world pay attention to us. senior officers pay attention to us, senior acquisition officers. brian: how big is the brian: how big is the publication an ....
efforts made in the u.s. to adopt a similar model of voting on the weekends rather than on a tuesday. we want to hear from you in the first hour what you think about that, changing the voting election day from tuesday to the weekend. you may support it, opposed it, you can tell us why. democrats, 202-748-8000. .epublicans, 202-748-8001 .nd independents, 202-748-8002 you can also post on our facebook page. and the boston globe from yesterday, a column taking a look at the french election, but also the idea of the weekend voting and participation that took place. the writer says although turnout was lower than usual, it was well above u.s. elections, fueling the long-running debate whether american election should be held on the weekend and effort to make it easier and more convenient. voting sundays are always a popular day, you can feel it when you walk the streets. that was a harvard professor talking about the french election, adding that there is a republican cerem ....
clyder back on after a two-year upgrade. yemen s houthi rebels have made gains in the city of aden despite efforts to halt that are advance. the houthis are said to have captured their government headquarters. witnesses say the fighters bombarded residential areas. a senior houthi figure has indicated that they would be willing to sit down for peace talks but only if the saudi-led coalition stops its airstrikes. there are reports that yemeni tribesmen have taken back the eastern port town a day after it was overrun by forces loyal to former president ali abdullah sala. a report now. reporter: most of the heavy fight okay sunday took place in the districts in the south of aden not far from the city s port. heavy fighting was reported in makula as fighters illinois to the deposed managed to infiltrate the area. they were met with strong resistance from fighters loyal to president hadi. nearby in the district there were furious battles, too. aden has become the center ....