hello and welcome to bbc news. there are fears of food shortages in pakistan, after the devastating floods washed away nearly half of the country s crops. so far around 1,200 people are known to have been killed but today unicef said many more children could die from a rapid spread of diseases lik cholera and malaria. our correspondent, pumza fighlani is in pakistan. meet this boy, he s two days old, her sixth child. as he sleeps under a tree that s become this family s only shelter, his mother is anxious. this is no place for a baby. translation: we don t even have a tent, just this tree. . we spent the whole night in the rain running away from the flood, trying to get to safety. when we arrived, this was the only space we could find here. it gets really hot and he starts crying and won t stop. it s very difficult. the baby was born in a nearby hospital, but she was forced to return to the river bank because she d left her husband and five young children. hundreds of familie
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like cholera and malaria. the russian energy giant gazprom says it has scrapped plans to reopen a key gas pipeline to europe. the company claims it can t restart nordstream 1 because of an oil leak in a turbine, which will have implications for europe s energy supply this winter. people in jackson, mississippi struggling people injackson, mississippi struggling to cope with an ongoing water crisis. it is now the fifth day they have been forced to live without clean running water. more than 150,000 people injackson, 150,000 people in jackson, mississippi s 150,000 people injackson, mississippi s state capital predominantly black population affected. the problem started after flooding affected a water treatment plant. i don t want no groundwater, i don t want no ground water. me and six kids, i have to constantly remind do not brush your teeth with your daughter, do not wash your face without water. this is currently life for most of the 200,000 residents in jackson, mississipp
last competitive match. welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world. china has warned it ll take counter measures unless the united states revokes a $1.1 billion arms deal with taiwan. it comes amid rising tensions between washington and beijing over the island. the deal includes anti ship missiles, air to air missiles and support for taiwan s surveillance radar programme. so, how will the spend be broken down? $1.1 billion has been promised by the us government. $355 million will be spent on harpoon air to sea missiles. $85 million is earmarked for sidewinder air to air missiles. and $665 million is for a surveillance radar system. earlier, i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes for more details on the deal. well, we know that this is a very big package of measures $1.1 billion so it includes anti ship missiles, it includes air to air missiles and that major investment in taiwan s surveillance radar system that s an early war
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