we will bring you the latest from today s prime minister s questions. and we look at some of the beautiful images from the wildlife photographer of the year competition and speak to the organisers. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live. two bombs have exploded in south west pakistan, just hours before polls open for the general election tomorrow. at least 27 people have been killed and many more injured. authorities say they were targeting the election offices in two parts of balochistan. the people of pakistan will head to the polls after a campaign marred by violence and claims of poll rigging. these are some of the pictures in so far these from the blast in the pishin district outside the election office of an independent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party, killing at least eight people. the afp news agency quotes a senior police offi
just hours before polls open, for the general election tomorrow. at least 27 people have been killed and many more injured. authorities say, they were targeting the election offices in two parts of baloochistan. the people of pakistan will head to the polls, after a campaign marred by violence and claims of poll rigging. these are some of the pictures in so far these from the blast in the pishin district, outside the election office of an independent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party killing at least eight people. the afp news agency quotes a senior police official, saying it happened in the main bazaar. (map the explosions happened within an hour of each other, around a hundred and 50 kilometres apart. here s more from our correspondent saher baloch in pakistan. the latest information i have is that the election commissioner of pakistan has said that
hello, i m matthew amroliwala , welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. two bomb explosions have exploded in south west pakistan just hours before polls open, for the general election tomorrow. let me take you through what we know so far. at least 22 people have been killed and many more injured. authorities say, they were targeting the election offices in two parts of baloochistan. the people of pakistan will head to the polls, after a campaign marred by violence and claims of poll rigging. these are some of the pictures in so far these from the blast in the pishin district, outside the election office of an independent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party killing at least eight people. the afp news agency quotes a senior police official, saying it happened in the main bazaar. the explosions happen
hello, i m maryam moshiri, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start in the middle east, where israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said israel will not be satisfied with anything other than total victory over hamas. he also said that israeli troops have been ordered to prepare to operate in rafah, in southern gaza. let s listen to some of what he said. translation: tonight i m| here to tell you one thing - we are on our way to a complete victory. the victory is in our reach. it s not about years or decades, it s about months. the idf is doing wonderful work. it s working systematically in order to achieve all the goals of the world that we, the political ranks, have given it, which is relinquishing hamas, releasing the hostages and making sure gaza is not threatening israel any more. to begin with, i said that the final victory is our goal. this was the decision i brought to the government at the beginning
hello from the bbc sport centre. hello i m chetan pathak with your latest sports news we start at afcon the 34th edition of the africa cup of nations has reached the semi final stage with both matches on wednesday. the hosts ivory coast play the democratic republic of congo but before that it s the other heavyweights nigeria. who play south africa. and they ve been given a massive boost with striker victor osimhen declared fit to play who had been a doubt with an abdominal problem. it s a rematch of the 2000 afcon semi final which nigeria won and was the last time south africa reached the last four. this time their coach is hoping they can go one step further: i think for many people it was unexpected. but we did it, and that means that south africa became a good team. it s also more than 20 years ago that south africa played the semifinal, even more that we play the final. that means that we ve got a lot of motivation. meanwhile, ivory coast have never won the competit