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it's 7:00 in the morning in singapore, and 4am —— 5am in pakistan where the government says a third of the country is now under water. millions of homes are now destroyed and much of its richest farmland is now flooded. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33 million and the catastrophe isn't over — water is still surging down the indus river and will flood the low—lying sindh province even further over the next few days. latest reports say 45% of the country's cotton crop has been washed away. pumza fihlani reports from the city of sakur. a moment of quiet ...

wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, we have seen lots of massive disruptions to the global economy in the last few years. the pandemic shut the world down and now war and sanctions are driving prices up. but before covid, the world of workers was going through another disruption and a digital one at that. technology companies were launching platforms like uber, justeat and deliveroo where people could work for less than an hour if they chose, rather than sign contracts for work for years. companies worth b...

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in south asia. a third of pakistan is underwater. that's according to the country's climate change minister, who called the devastation caused by extensive flooding a crisis of unimaginable proportions. at least 1,000 people have been killed, and 33 million are affected. that's 1 in every 7 pakistanis. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but mountainous regions in khyber pakhtunkhwa have also been badly hit. 0ur correspondent pumza filhani sent this report from the city of suk...

in several sectors of the frontline near the city of kherson — which has been occupied by moscow since the early days of the invasion. it comes as ukrainian forces launch a long—awaited counter—offensive in the south of the country. now on bbc news, weather world. this time on weather world — record heat, drought and the fire that ripped through people's homes at the end of the uk's hottest day. as temperatures hit a0 celsius for the first time, i'll hear about london fire brigade�*s busiest day since world war two. and why wildfires are a growing problem. and i'm talking t...

of kherson, which has been occupied by moscow since the early days of the invasion. it comes as ukrainian forces launch a long—awaited counter—offensive in the south of the country. now on bbc news, the travel show. each day, before the sun rises in northern chile's atacama desert, people venture up and up. across bumpy terrain to where the altitude is high enough to make you light—headed. the air is thin and even in summer, the temperatures are near freezing. so, these are one of the main draws for tourists coming here to the atacama desert. an incredible place, it is the larg...