the ukrainians. so far the ukrainians have not claimed responsibility. in fact, one senior adviser to the volodymyr zelenskiy, hinted he believes tf an inside job within the russian security services but unclear who is behind it. we can see on our screens that massive explosion that took place in the early morning hours. the russian investigative committee, the russians say is on the scene and has been working. they say that an explosion occurred at a truck, that a truck blew up and that that explosion sort of caused the chain reaction because there was a train carrying fuel going past that area of the bridge at that point in time. several fuel tanks catching fire, blowing up as well. that s what that big fire that we see now with that thick black smoke going out there for a very long period of time before the russians were able to put that out. the status right now seems to be it s quite interesting because you mentioned this, fredricka, that the russians are saying that t
arrived this morning to inspect the damage and so far no one has claimed responsibility for the blast. fred pleitgen is live for us in kyiv with the latest. so fred, russian officials saying traffic has resumed on the bridge. what are you hearing? reporter: well, we re hearing and seeing some of that traffic, russian officials say it has resumed and it really seems to be just a tiny trickle of traffic if you will. just to give you an overview, it is a pretty wide bridge, it has the rail link that was disrupted for a long period of time. we are hearing a train apparently has managed to bypass that bridge thounow. but it had four automobile bridges, lanes, two in each direction and it seems like one lane is working for all of the traffic. and the explosion that we keep seeing on our screens there was so powerful that it caused part of the car bridge to collapse. and essentially what the russian investigative committee is saying, all of it happened in the very early morning ho
more than a thousand people have now died in pakistan, where floods have been described by the country s foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal bhutto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistan s government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around a sixth of the population are said to have been affected, with millions left homeless. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters come downstream. our correspondent pumza fihlani has the latest. local aid agencies in pakistan say they are doing what they can, but there simply aren t enough resources for everyone. as seen here within minutes, the food runs out. ..and the team is forced to leave quickly. the picture is the same around the country. translation: we left our homes in a hurry and couldn t gather- all our supplies to cook
hello. more than a thousand people have now died in pakistan, where floods have been described by the country s foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal butto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistan s government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around one sixth of the population are said to have been affected with millions left homeless. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters come downstream. our correspondent pumza fihlani has the latest. local aid agencies in pakistan say they are doing what they can, but there simply aren t enough resources for everyone. as seen here within minutes, the food runs out. ..and the team is forced to leave quickly. the picture is the same around the country. translation: we left our homes in a hurry and couldn t gather- all our supplie
more than a thousand people have now died in pakistan where floods have been described by the country s foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal butto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistan s government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around one sixth of the population are said to have been affected with millions left homeless. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters come downstream. our correspondent pumza fihlani has the latest. local aid agencies in pakistan say they are doing what they can, but there simply aren t enough resources for everyone. as seen here within minutes, the food runs out. ..and the team is forced to leave quickly. the picture is the same around the country. translation: we left our homes in a hurry and couldn t gather- all our supplies to coo