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With me is my colleague from bbc news, emb hashmi. let's start with the aim of today itself, to increase awareness of why people where the hijab and this movement has been widely adopted? it absolutely has. it is world hijab day, it is in about 140 countries and it is either going to be recognised or celebrated. it was founded by 2013 i bangladesh and wyman and it is a not—for—profit behind this. ——in it is a not—for—profit behind this. --in 2013. it is it is a not—for—profit behind this. ——in 2013. it is to educate people on why women wear the hijab but also to encourage w...

Become more frequent. the city is said to have received 75% of its usual summer rainfall injust 15 hours. heavy rain has been forecast in various parts of the city for at least the next five days. emb hashmi, bbc news. protests have erupted in several majority—muslim countries after the burning of a koran by a far—right swedish politician. the act has led to a diplomatic row between sweden and turkey that threatens sweden's efforts to join the nato alliance. azadeh moshiri reports. a moment not fit for broadcast when a far—right politician burned the quran during a protest in sweden last...

Been cancelled, such as an eltonjohn concert expected to be attended by 40,000 fans — cancelled shortly before it was due to start. other public events planned for the weekend have been cancelled. ricardo menendez march is a new zealand green mp was forced to evacuate his home in auckland. it goes without saying that we need to have a conversation about how climate change is making these events more frequent and how cities like auckland are massively underprepared to deal with flooding events which are going to become more frequent. the city is said to have received 75% of its usual summer r...

Is rebuilding homes, infrastructure and livelihoods. 0ur reporter emb hashmi is with me. emb, how much will this cost pakistan? if you remember, soon after the float a pakistani minister suggested it may cost the country around $10 billion. now the prime minister has come out and said, actually it is more equivalent to 30 billion us dollars and that is because 2 million homes have been devastated along with roads and hospitals and we also know around 30,000 schools were damaged and hospitals. and 1700 people have now lost their lives because of these devastating floods in 2.6 million of those ...

Emb hashmi, bbc news. the music industry has been paying tribute tojerry lee lewis, the rock and roll pioneer who's died at the age of 87. sir eltonjohn described him as a "trailblazing inspiration". david sillito reports. # whole lotta shakin' goin' on... # come on, baby, baby you can't go wrong...# if you ever wondered why rock �*n' roll was called "the devil's music", jerry lee lewis is your answer. it was his piano—playing that got him expelled from bible college. rock �*n' roll was his escape