Raz Faraz News Today

"get a spine" — the message from britains biggest trade union to the labour party over standing up for working people struggling with the cost of living crisis. and the notting hill carnival is back — returning to the streets of west london for the first time since 2019. hello and welcome to bbc news. the number of people killed in floods in pakistan is now more than 1,000, and theres a warning that millions more are likely to be caught up in the unprecedented disaster. the country...

Surely around the world, whether it is fires, drought, or indeed, as in the case of pakistan, floods, we know these crises are happening on a more and more regular basis. sol wonder, can any country in the future say, we were not prepared for an event of this scale? i future say, we were not prepared for an event of this scale?— an event of this scale? i think the magnitude _ an event of this scale? i think the magnitude of _ an event of this scale? i think the magnitude of events _ an event o...

Measures today in terms of climate change, but you need to also build the capacity to respond right now and then keep on subsisting until it get society back on its feet again. the nature of this disaster is just huge. and faraz, we know that so much of the damage to the climate is already baked in. it has happened in decades past, hasnt it? so already baked in. it has happened in decades past, hasnt it?— already baked in. it has happened in decades past, hasnt it? so what are our decades past...

Since day one. you have seen it develop and we have seen the ngos come together and the government scenery as well. the scale is... pakistan is prone to floods, we have had these before, but this time at the scale is just massive, its huge. and there are just not enough resources to go everywhere, which is why the optimisation of resource allocation has to be done really well and were seeing things come together, but the scale is massive. yes, that is interesting, fahd, because youre responding ...

Resources, technology and capacity available _ resources, technology and capacity available that if intelligently utilised, we can at least be well prepared — utilised, we can at least be well prepared for these disasters. and then work— prepared for these disasters. and then work in a very structured manner— then work in a very structured manner towards me mitigation strategy— manner towards me mitigation strategy of it. manner towards me mitigation strategy of it— strategy of it. yes...

This is not going to let up. yes, that is very much the theme coming out of this conversation, i think, this afternoon. it is about anticipating what will happen. it is, of course, first and foremost about dealing with his immediate crisis, but then about anticipating that this is probably going to happen again. building resilience and are being proactive. that is a word we have used a lot, isnt it, faraz? ~ , , . word we have used a lot, isnt it, faraz? ~ , ~ ., ., faraz? absolutely. and again,...