taliban officials in the afghan province was hit by an earthquake, thought to have killed over 1000 people, said the search for survivors in many areas has ended. borisjohnson is in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth heads of government. downing street said it is unlikely the uk s policy will come when he meets the prince of wales. the american artistic swimmer has been rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach after fainting following her routine at the world aquatics championships. hello. good afternoon. british airways staff at london s heathrow airport have voted to strike in a dispute about pay. members of the gmb union employed as ground staff and check in workers voted overwhelmingly for the industrial action. the move threatens to disrupt britain s busiest airport in the well, we can cross straight to heathrow and to our correspondent who is therefore eyes. first of all, what is this strike about? be enou~h, what is this strike about? ee: enough, it is no
vote to go on strike. in afghanistan, the taliban say the search for survivors has been called off, just a day after a devastating earthquake which is thought to have killed more than a thousand people. the earthquake struck early on wednesday about 44 kilometres from the city of khost. heavy rain and the destruction of road and communication network have hampered relief efforts in paktika province the worst hit area. our kabul correspondent secunder kirmani is there, and sent this report. homes reduced to rubble, lives reduced to memories. these were my son s shoes, says agha jan. his three young children were killed in the earthquake as they slept, as well as his two wives. when the roof fell down, what did you do? translation: i ran toward my family, but everything was under the rubble, even my shovel, so i couldn t do anything. i shouted to my cousins, but when we took my family out, they were already dead. it s a three hour drive to the nearest big city from the wor
relatives of the young men murdered by the serial killer, stephen port, welcome a decision by the police watchdog to begin a fresh investigation into the way detectives handled the inquiry. borisjohnson is in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth s heads of government. downing street says it is unlikely the uk s rwanda asylum policy will come up when he meets the prince of wales. good evening. taliban officials say the main search for survivors from wednesday s devastating earthquake in the south east of afghanistan has ended. more than 1,000 people are thought to have been killed in the remote part of the country. doctors say many children may be among the victims. relief efforts have been hampered by heavy rain and the destruction of road and communication networks in paktika province the worst hit area. entire villages have been destroyed, with survivors saying they re finding it difficult to bury their dead. 0ur afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani is there a
Implement the necessary reforms. also the chief of staff to president zelensky will say kyiv will do everything it can to implement the plan. this is bbc news. the headlines. taliban officials in the afghan province worst hit by an earthquake, thought to have killed over 1,000 people, say the search for survivors in many areas has ended. eu leaders have granted candidate status to moldova. air passengers face further disruption this summer after hundreds of ba ground crew and check in staff at heathrow voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay. it comes as the second day of rail strikes is underway strikes is under way with half the network closed in england, wales and scotland. only 20% of services are believed to be running.
Also the chief of staff to president zelensky will say kyiv will do everything it can to implement the plan. this is bbc news. the headlines. taliban officials in the afghan province worst hit by an earthquake, thought to have killed over 1,000 people, say the search for survivors in many areas has ended. eu leaders have granted candidate status to moldova. air passengers face further disruption this summer after hundreds of ba ground crew and check in staff at heathrow voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay. it comes as the second day of rail strikes is underway strikes is under way with half the network closed in england, wales and scotland. only 20% of services are believed to be running.