well, i m afraid to say tonight the situation is looking even more dire here in paktika, we are seeing hundreds of hundreds of families who have been left homeless. in other news, russian forces continue their advance on ukrainian held towns in the donbas. we join a group of volunteers rushing to evacuate civilians from the area. and after a three year hiatus, the iconic music festival glastonbury open its gates and welcomes back the fans. we start in afghanistan, where a powerful earthquake has killed over 900 people and left hundreds injured. it s the deadliest earthquake to strike the country in 20 years. it hit overnight in the south east of the country. and we know the tremors were felt in pakistan and india as well. most of the confirmed deaths are in paktika province. this is the head of the provincial health body there. buildings collapsing, yeah. you know, in afghanistan, there is no concrete buildings. most people injured and dead are under the building. 0ur dead bo
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lives can be saved. good to have you with this, national director lives can be saved. good to have you with this, national director of - with this, national director of world vision afghanistan. thank you. thank you so much. in ukraine, russian forces are continuing their offensive in the eastern region of luhansk. two cities have become the focus of the fighting. almost all of sieverodonetsk is now under russian control. fierce fighting continues in parts of the city where ukrainian forces are holding out. neighbouring lysychansk is being heavily shelled, with russian troops now believed to be less than two miles from the city limits. local officials say up to 8000 civilians remain trapped in lysychansk. our international correspondent orla guerin and video journalist colm o molloyjoined volunteers rushing to get people out. on the road to war. ukrainian tanks heading towards lysychansk laden with troops. we follow a team of volunteers risking their lives
continuous thing that the people are suffering. so people are being taken away from their relatives and i m sure the numbers are going to increase. . ~ ., , . , increase. talk about the difficulty of accessing increase. talk about the difficulty of accessing remote increase. talk about the difficulty of accessing remote areas - increase. talk about the difficulty of accessing remote areas in - increase. talk about the difficulty of accessing remote areas in the | of accessing remote areas in the limited facilities within afghanistan to rescue people. most ofthe afghanistan to rescue people. most of the remote afghanistan to rescue people. most of the remote areas afghanistan to rescue people. most of the remote areas have afghanistan to rescue people. i’j iksie of the remote areas have no roads, so it s very tough to travel into the remote areas. there are no transport facilities and there are no communication facilities so even to communicate with people is going to commun