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hello. more than a thousand people have now died in pakistan, where floods have been described by the country's foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal butto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistan's government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around one—sixth of the population are said to have been affected — with millions left homeless. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as wat...

more than a thousand people have now died in pakistan where floods have been described by the country's foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal butto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistan's government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around one—sixth of the population are said to have been affected — with millions left homeless. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters come...

before he was hired by first lady, rosalynn carter, in 1979. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. not only has ukraine been irrevocably changed by vladimir putin's military aggression, so has russia. putin has used the conflict to crack down harder on dissent and instil an ever more strident brand of nationalism that made life in moscow unbearable for my guest today. pinchas goldschmidt was chief rabbi of moscow till he fled from russia and left his post. his fate has exposed the scale of widerjewish flight from russia and divis...

pakistan will launch a global appeal to help it deal with the flooding catastrophe that's killed more than a thousand people and affected 30 million. un member states will be asked to contribute. pakistan's foreign minister has estimated the financial impact at $4 billion. bilawal bhutto—zardari said he hoped the international community would grasp the sheer level of devastation in his country. and it's not over yet — water is still surging down the mightly indus river and will flood the the low—lying sindh province yet further over the next few days. azadeh moshiri reports. a ...

of widerjewish flight from russia and divisions within thejewish community. why is this war deepening jewish anxiety? rabbi pinchas goldschmidt in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. hi, stephen. thank you for inviting me to hardtalk. it's the second time with you. it's the second time and it's a pleasure to have you back on the show. things have changed since you were last talking to me there. you sit in jerusalem. you served as chief rabbi of moscow for, what, pretty much three decades. you made your life in russia and just a couple of months ago, you chose to leave. why? i went to sle...