hello, i'm ben thompson, this is outside source. at least 1000 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake in afghanistan. rescue teams are combing the rubble for survivors. homes have been buried under landslides. whole villages are now in ruins. translation: it was midnight when the quake struck. - the kids and i screamed. one of our rooms was destroyed. 0ur neighbours screamed, and we saw everyone's rooms. with afghanistan's health system already on the brink, un aid agencies are scrambling to get emergency shelter and food to the worst hit area. 0ur correspondent is at the scene.

well, i'm afraid to say tonight the situation is looking even more dire here in paktika, we are seeing hundreds of hundreds of families who have been left homeless. in other news, russian forces continue their advance on ukrainian held towns in the donbas. we join a group of volunteers rushing to evacuate civilians from the area. and after a three—year hiatus, the iconic music festival glastonbury open its gates and welcomes back the fans. we start in afghanistan, where a powerful earthquake has killed over 900 people and left hundreds injured. it's the deadliest earthquake to strike the country in 20 years. it hit overnight in the south—east of the country. and we know the tremors were felt in pakistan and india as well. most of the confirmed deaths are in paktika province. this is the head of the provincial health body there. buildings collapsing, yeah.

you know, in afghanistan, there is no concrete buildings. most people injured and dead are under the building. 0ur dead bodies and injured bodies are increasing. because public are finding the dead bodies under buildings. public people and health workers, all of them, work together on casualties. and this is the scene at a local hospital. afghanistan's health care system is already at breaking point. there's been a shortage of medical supplies and a lack of facilities for months now. we know that the damage is huge. these pictures show some of the earthquake's aftermath. many homes have been reduced to rubble, and rescue teams are still searching for people buried underground. we've been hearing from some of the survivors. translation: it was midnight when the quake struck. -

the kids and i screamed. one of our rooms was destroyed. 0ur neighbours screamed, and we saw everyone's rooms. translation: it was about midnight when the quake struck. _ it destroyed the houses of our neighbours. - when we arrived, there - were many dead and wounded. they sent us to the hospital. i saw many dead bodies. with more on the situation on the ground, here's the international red cross. there are many people are still trapped under the rubble. these are villages in very remote areas built of mud, where the slightest tremor will basically draw entire villages. we know that the telecommunications network, the water facilities have been destroyed, along with hundreds of homes. and it's very much the efforts are focused on paktika region now

in bringing emergency assistance, assisting those who have survived and who are being moved at the moment, as well as ensuring that medicines can be provided as well as food. earthquakes in afghanistan tend to cause particular damage in rural areas. that's because buildings there tend to be unstable or poorly built. we know that in the past ten years, more than 7000 people have been killed in earthquakes in afghanistan and that the country sees an average of 560 deaths a year from earthquakes. here's one aid worker. the area between khost and paktika, the southeastern region of afghanistan, afghanistan's centre as a whole through and through, lies on a fault line and it's always been prone to earthquakes. but this is probably one of the deadliest in modern history. what's good is that we've seen

a quick response from the taliban defence ministry, which has commissioned six helicopters to deploy them between the areas of paktika and the neighbouring province. and also shifting patients to kabul. there's been plenty of international reaction, too. this is the pope. translation: i express my sympathy to the injured and those _ affected by the earthquake, - and i pray in particular for those who have lost their lives and their families. - i hope that with everyone's help, the suffering of the afghan - people can be alleviated. the eu's special envoy to afghanistan says... and this is pakistan's prime minister. he says... we know that aid agencies in pakistan have been assisting with the humanitarian effort. let's hear from one of them. our ambulances from kabul have left for the quake—hit area.

at the moment, we are unable to establish contact with them, but our teams in karachi, pashawa and islamabad are in contact with the embassy. as soon as the afghanistan embassy permits us, we will take a fleet of ambulances into afghanistan from pakistan. this earthquake is yet another challenge facing afghanistan. let's put that into context. according to the un, 93% of all households in afghanistan face a high level of food insecurity. and access to basic services is also a struggle. for instance, the world health organization estimates that around 18.1 million people are in need of health services. and the message from the world food programme... so, the impact of this earthquake will be particularly devastating. this is the un. it's just another catastrophe that's

hitting very vulnerable committee hitting very vulnerable communities who are already suffering from multiple difficulties such as the drought, the economic shock, rising prices. so, the situation is already quite concerning, and this isjust an aggravating factor. it will take months for this community to recover, and the humanitarian community will have to be alongside them. our correspondent secunder kermani has travelled to the scene of the quake in paktika province. he gave us this update in the last hour. well, i'm afraid to say tonight - the situation is looking even more dire here in pakitka. we have seen heavy rain and hail even and for the hundreds -

of hundreds of families who have been left homeless. _ that's making the . situation even more i difficult for the rescue efforts, i which are still ongoing and many people still suspected to be trapped underneath the rubble. _ that's also going to be i all the more challenging. i was speaking to some of those people in the hospital, - some of the survivors, they were telling - me around 90% of their homes- and villages and districts have been destroyed. this looks to be the start of a major crisis, a major new crisis. asuntha charles is the national director of world vision afghanistan. welcome to the programme. we know this quake hit overnight at 1:30am and many were asleep. what we know about the ground right now is a drastic situation on the ground. many have already died and the numbers may change. it is a pathetic situation if people have been already suffering with the frequent drought and conflict in that with the economic problems and this is an added challenge to them. this is the second earthquake in afghanistan after the january one. this is a

continuous thing that the people are suffering. so people are being taken away from their relatives and i'm sure the numbers are going to increase. . ~ ., , . , increase. talk about the difficulty of accessing _ increase. talk about the difficulty of accessing remote _ increase. talk about the difficulty of accessing remote areas - increase. talk about the difficulty of accessing remote areas in - increase. talk about the difficulty of accessing remote areas in the | of accessing remote areas in the limited facilities within afghanistan to rescue people. most ofthe afghanistan to rescue people. most of the remote _ afghanistan to rescue people. most of the remote areas _ afghanistan to rescue people. most of the remote areas have _ afghanistan to rescue people. i’j�*iksie of the remote areas have no roads, so it's very tough to travel into the remote areas. there are no transport facilities and there are no communication facilities so even to communicate with people is going to communicate with people is going to be highly difficult. and in these remote areas during this earthquake will be quite terrible for some even normal days, it has been a huge challenge for us to reach the remote areas and with the earth like it's going to be highly difficult. find going to be highly difficult. and the death toll _ going to be highly difficult. and the death toll so significant. he mentioned already the nature of the buildings. week buildings, ones that are poorly built and that makes the

problem even worse. yes. are poorly built and that makes the problem even worse.— problem even worse. yes, the structures _ problem even worse. yes, the structures because _ problem even worse. yes, the structures because these - problem even worse. yes, the structures because these are i problem even worse. yes, the - structures because these are much structures, so it's a poor quality building which has contributed to this. and also we have to understand that this points out that there is so much to do on the resilience work in this country, disaster preparedness, and it is so very essential for the countries we need to take note of this. so essential for the countries we need to take note of this.— to take note of this. so even those who are able _ to take note of this. so even those who are able to _ to take note of this. so even those who are able to make _ to take note of this. so even those who are able to make it _ to take note of this. so even those who are able to make it to - to take note of this. so even those who are able to make it to one - who are able to make it to one hospital facilities, who are able to make it to one hospitalfacilities, this is a country that is already facing huge pressures on its infrastructure. what might those people expect to find if they do make it to medical assistance?— assistance? yakima the medical facilities are _ assistance? yakima the medical facilities are having _ assistance? yakima the medical facilities are having very, - assistance? yakima the medical facilities are having very, very i facilities are having very, very poor quality of medicines and there are a lack of medicines, lack of doctors of this is going to be very difficult to say people even if they are shifted to the hospitals and as we know the health facilities in afghanistan have gone down because

of the economic crisis. and they are not funded, there are no medicines available so it's going to be a huge crisis even if the patients actually reach hospitals. and ideally the people who can survive, even if they are treated. we people who can survive, even if they are treated-— people who can survive, even if they are treated. we know the taliban are callin: for are treated. we know the taliban are calling for international _ are treated. we know the taliban are calling for international help. - are treated. we know the taliban are calling for international help. what . calling for international help. what international assistance will be available and will you be able to reach the area?— available and will you be able to reach the area? . ., , , , ., . reach the area? immediate assistance will be for the — reach the area? immediate assistance will be for the people. _ reach the area? immediate assistance will be for the people. food _ will be for the people. food assistance for the people who are surviving and immediate medical assistance for people in the hospitals. so there is a huge need for medicines and also expert doctors to be in the hospital to treat these people. so huge medical intervention will be really needed and also the rescue mission needed to be speeded up so that many more lives can be saved.— lives can be saved. good to have you with this, national _

lives can be saved. good to have you with this, national director _ lives can be saved. good to have you with this, national director of - with this, national director of world vision afghanistan. thank you. thank you so much. in ukraine, russian forces are continuing their offensive in the eastern region of luhansk. two cities have become the focus of the fighting. almost all of sieverodonetsk is now under russian control. fierce fighting continues in parts of the city where ukrainian forces are holding out. neighbouring lysychansk is being heavily shelled, with russian troops now believed to be less than two miles from the city limits. local officials say up to 8000 civilians remain trapped in lysychansk. our international correspondent orla guerin and video journalist colm o'molloyjoined volunteers rushing to get people out. on the road to war. ukrainian tanks heading towards lysychansk laden with troops. we follow a team of volunteers risking their lives

to get others out. along the way, they stop for a daily ritual, praying to god to keep them safe. inside the city, the hallmark of russia's invasion — destruction. this comes without warning. this shell exploded in front of our convoy. without the pause for prayer, we would have been right in its path. and, yeah, something just landed very close, so we're going to go here and check out what the situation is in town. but it's been landing the whole day very close to the police, so the whole area is very dangerous. 10—15 minutes. inside, katya grabs a few

documents as her 12—year—old son becomes homeless. they are leaving with next to nothing. one more family uprooted like millions of ukrainians. "now we realise there'll be no happy ending here," katya says. "after the shell fell just outside our yard yesterday, we lost all hope of being able to save ourselves without help." and help comes from anton. he co—founded the aid group base ua with friends. for two months, they've been doing rescue missions on the front lines.

they bring out sasha, a suspected stroke victim, who has had no medical help for five days. "sasha, don't be scared," says a relative. "everything is going to be fine." but sasha can no longer speak. are you worried that people will be left behind? that it willjust be too late to reach them? i know for sure, i know for sure that they will be left behind. i know that street fights will happen here for weeks or maybe months, and obviously these people shouldn't stay behind and many of them will die orjust endure horrible circumstances for ages. and those who remain are witnessing the death of their city. this was a community arts centre. lysychansk is being hollowed out by loss. shouting.

and by anguish. a father cries out over the body of his adult son, killed recently in the fields near home by what looks like a russian cluster bomb attack. some still have time to grab their belongings and flee with their children. like nina, a mother of four, clutching her toddler katya. she and her family have just emerged from months in a basement. her 12—year—old is old enough to help with bags and understand adult worries. it's all too much. nina says she tries to calm the younger ones by telling

them it will all be ok. well, another family has just been loaded into the truck, another family saying goodbye to their home and their lives. the light is fading here now. there isn't much time to evacuate more people tonight, and the sound of explosions is getting louder and closer. they were driven away to relative safety at sunset. the russians are closing in. lysychansk is running out of time. orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. the commonwealth head of government are meeting in rwanda this week the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall arrived there earlier,

representing the queen. prince charles met paul kagame, the rwandan president who is hosting the summit. the heads of government meeting itself begins on friday. but, well it is a political association made up of 5a countries mostly from work territories of the british empire but if you don't have empire links. rwanda is included joining in 2009. they sought membership as a nation building for after the genocide there. upwards of a million people were killed in months of ethnic violence and prince charles visited the genocide museum today were he saw the personal effects of victims on display. the first meeting of the commonwealth heads of government since 2018 when the queen, who is head of the commonwealth, hosted the gathering in london. just outside the rwandan capital is our reporter. this in london. just outside the rwandan capital is our reporter.— capital is our reporter. this is the first is the _ capital is our reporter. this is the first is the start _ capital is our reporter. this is the first is the start of _ capital is our reporter. this is the first is the start of the _ capital is our reporter. this is the first is the start of the pandemicl first is the start of the pandemic which caused it to go on somewhat of a hiatus, and all of the countries that are part of the commonwealth all have to agree to a set of core

values and some of those core values include things like democracy and sustainability, gender equality and peace and security in some of those topics are exactly water at the forefront this year. so for example the women buffet form began a few days ago discussing issues of gender and also issues around inability and fashion especially when it comes to fast fashion and the impact that it's happening across the african continent. �* ., ,., it's happening across the african continent. �* ., ~ , continent. and there are some key challenaes continent. and there are some key challenges for _ continent. and there are some key challenges for the _ continent. and there are some key challenges for the commonwealth | challenges for the commonwealth itself, not least keeping that group together. how much of a concern is that at this meeting?— that at this meeting? precisely. there are other— that at this meeting? precisely. there are other issues - that at this meeting? precisely. there are other issues that - that at this meeting? precisely. | there are other issues that exist outside of the context of the commonwealth so if we look at the host country for this year, rwanda, it is currently going through challenges especially regarding the uk and the rwanda deal and there are also issues around human rights in

rwanda and a lot of organisations have challenged this. then on top of that there is also the ongoing tension between rwanda and neighbouring country the drc with people or to see whether or not some of those issues will be addressed at this year's meeting. the of those issues will be addressed at this year's meeting.— this year's meeting. the prince of wales the duchess _ this year's meeting. the prince of wales the duchess of _ this year's meeting. the prince of wales the duchess of cornwall. this year's meeting. the prince of| wales the duchess of cornwall are there and we have seen pictures of them. they are representing the queen but there are growing concerns and a growing push amongst republicans and lots of questions about what happens when charles becomes king. about what happens when charles becomes king-— becomes king. exactly. they are indeed he _ becomes king. exactly. they are indeed he representing - becomes king. exactly. they are indeed he representing the - becomes king. exactly. they are i indeed he representing the queen becomes king. exactly. they are - indeed he representing the queen and the last time the prince of wales represented the queen was in 2013 in sri lanka and of course the queen is the head of the commonwealth, which is not a row which can be inherited and she has been very vocal in saying that she wants prince charles to be her successor and she mentioned a few of the countries in the commonwealth like barbados will

become republics and also jamaica and australia have also voiced their wanting to potentially become republicans in the future. harper republicans in the future. how important _ republicans in the future. how important is — republicans in the future. how important is the _ republicans in the future. how important is the commonwealth and what purpose does it serve? that’s important is the commonwealth and what purpose does it serve? that's a really interesting _ what purpose does it serve? that's a really interesting question _ what purpose does it serve? that's a really interesting question because l really interesting question because if you look at some of the bigger more developed countries such as canada, new zealand and australia, they failed to make an appearance at this year possibly, will put some of the smaller countries and the more developing countries, they see it as a sense of community. as an institution in which they have more of a belonging and yesterday the president of rwanda spoke about the commonwealth need to reinforce that all countries are involved in no country to matter how small is left behind.

the glastonbury festival gates opened again this morning after a three—year break because of the covid pandemic. around 200,000 people will head to the site over the next few days. the event is headlined by billie eilish, sir paul mccartney and kendrick lamar, with performances on the main stages beginning on friday. our reporter steve knibbs is there. this is a toughjob but this is a tough job but someone this is a toughjob but someone has to do it. this is a tough 'ob but someone has to do it. . , ., ., to do it. thanks, it will be a tough few days but _ to do it. thanks, it will be a tough few days but i _ to do it. thanks, it will be a tough few days but i think _ to do it. thanks, it will be a tough few days but i think i _ to do it. thanks, it will be a tough few days but i think i can - to do it. thanks, it will be a tough| few days but i think i can manage. looking to glastonbury where at 8am where michael evis open the doors and lead tens of thousands and it said this can be the greatest show in town. look behind me and you have a sense of the scale as there is the world famous pyramid stage and there are 8.5 miles a prime minister fences around this site and as you said 200,000 people are coming here over the next few days. it feels to be honest like most of them are already here. the big headliners on the pyramid stage with hundreds if not thousands of other bands as well

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the world intend to do. we will see you very soon. it's been a very warm day with temperatures in the mid to even high 20s in one or two spots. tomorrow also another very warm day, but we're expecting scattered thunderstorms to spread across parts of england and wales, so it may not be all that sunny. certainly not as sunny as it has been through the day today. you can see mostly clear skies there across england and wales, a bit more cloud here in the north west. so, through the course of this evening and overnight, not much happens on the weather front. clear skies, a bit of mist and murk by dawn, and again in the north west here, i think it'll always be a little more cloudy with perhaps some damp weather in the outer hebrides. quite a mild night early in the morning on thursday. 1a degrees there in london, 12—13 for our northern towns and cities. and then tomorrow, right from the word go, lots of sunshine, but storms are looming.

they could reach the south east coast early in the morning, and then through the afternoon will spread northwards into the midlands and parts of wales. but the storms will be very well scattered, so that means there'll be lots of fine weather in between the storms, too. temperatures could nudge up to 29 degrees in central parts of england on thursday afternoon. and then the storms through the course of the evening will move northwards, and i think in the south, it'll actually be a fine end to the day. now, let's have a look at the forecast for friday, and low pressure is approaching off the atlantic, but it's a very slow—moving area of low pressure. so, that means it's not going to rush across us. in fact, it'll park itself pretty much over ireland and stick around for a few days, so we'll see cooler atlantic air wrapping around this low and spreading in the cooler air across the uk with a mixture of cloud and also some showers. so, actually the temperatures on friday will be a good deal lower. no longer the 29 in central england, we'll probably make around 20—21 at most. a bit of residual warmth they in east anglia on friday,

up to around 25 expected in norwich. and then friday night into saturday and sunday, that low pressure sticks around pretty much where it parks itself end of the week, so just off the coast of ireland or over ireland itself, and then around it, we've got that atlantic breeze keeping things fairly fresh out in western areas. here's the outlook for the weekend and into next week. you can see much lower temperatures and more frequent shower symbols there on our weather forecasts. that's it from me. bye— bye.

hello, i'm ben thompson, this is outside source. at least a thousand people have been killed in a powerful earthquake in afghanistan. rescue teams are combing the rubble for survivors. homes have been buried under landslides. whole villages are now ruins. translation: it was midnight when the quake struck. - the kids and i screamed. one of our rooms was destroyed. our neighbours screamed, and we saw everyone's rooms. with afghanistan's health system already on the brink, the taliban appeals for emergency shelter and food. our correspondent is in the worst hit area. heavy rain and hail hit and hundreds

of hundreds of families would be left homeless by this earthquake. also in the programme, the cost of living crisis — in the uk prices of everyday essentials are rising at their fastest rate for forty years. be more transparent in its first report. the taliban have asked for international help following that earthquake in afghanistan. more than 1,000 people have died in a disaster that's hit a country already in the grip of food shortages. it's the worst earthquake to hit afghanistan for more than 20 years. secunder kermani reports from kabul. a desperate search for survivors. hundreds of homes, entire communities, wiped out in a single dreadful moment in the middle

of the night. the villages worst affected by this earthquake are in remote south—eastern afghanistan. with no paved roads, helicopters were used to transport some of the injured to hospital. "there was a rumbling, and my bed began to shake," shabir tells us. "the ceiling fell down. "i was trapped but i could see the sky. "my shoulder was dislocated and my head was hurt, but i got out. "i'm sure seven or nine people from my family who were in the same "room as me are dead. " at the hospital in the city of sharana, patients are treated for their wounds. there's a fight to save lives, but thoughts are already turning to what happens next. shelter is now a crucial need, because all the houses have been collapsed. food, medicine, you know?

i mean, human things that are really, really essential. the scale of this disaster is hard to comprehend. all these people have gathered to donate blood in case it is needed, but whole villages have been flattened. this is just the start of this crisis. this one—year—old was struck on the head by a piece of debris. "three of our relatives were trapped under the rubble," says shamira, his grandmother. "there is nothing left of our house. "if someone buys us a tent, we'll find a place to "put it and live there. "we have no choice. " taliban officials have called for aid agencies to help provide support. many are rushing towards the epicentre. but this was a country already struggling with a humanitarian crisis. millions are going hungry and now the misery is intensified. secunder kermani, bbc

news, paktika province. cost of living pressures are being felt in every corner of the world. here in the uk, prices are rising at their fastest rate for a0 years driven by the cost of petrol, energy and food. uk inflation edged up to 9.1% in the 12 months to may. the bank of england has warned inflation will reach 11% later this year. earlier, the chair of supermarket chain asda said the cost of living crisis has led to shoppers tightening their belts. what we are seeing is a massive change in behaviour. and this is the first time that consumers have seen significant inflation for nearly 30—a0 years. and it's come as a surprise, it's come as a very nasty surprise, and they are finding and they are worrying because we do that on an income tracker basis every month, we are finding that nine out of ten of our customers are saying that they are worried about their incomes, they are worried about the future, they are worried about what might happen. so they are cutting back their baskets, they are eating,

if you like, more sensibly and they are cutting out some treats in some cases. it's causing a headache for the government. a recent poll found 65% of people saying ministers should commit more money to the problem. but 15% believe the current support is about right and 12% said too much has been spent. borisjohnson got asked about it by mps at prime minister's questions earlier. families right across these islands are seeing their income squeezed as prices rise, bills soar and tory cuts and tax hikes hammer home. after 12 years in government, the tories have left the uk economy in the doldrums and pushed millions of people into poverty. so, can i ask the prime minister does he think his government bears any blame for the fact that the united kingdom is doing so much worse then our european neighbours? actually, mr speaker, - as i think the whole house does and the whole country knows, we've

i got a global inflationary problem, i but this government has the fiscal firepower to deal with it. - mr speaker, that is l a benefit to the whole of united kingdom. mairi spowage is an econmist at the university of strathclyde. she says inflationary pressures have been building for some time. it was likely as economies around the world opened up, particularly last summer, that we were going to see a shortage of some particular goods which were likely to increase inflation. alongside that, we had huge demand for gas worldwide as countries looked to decarbonise their economy, which also pushed up inflation. so, it's easy to say with hindsight. i think there were some expectations we would see inflation increasing given supply chain disruptions, but, you know, ithink maybe a year or two ago, nobody thought it was going to go quite this high. inflation is of course running hot in the us as well. it's currently at a more than a0 year—high.

last week, the federal reserve made its biggest interest rate rise in decades to combat it. petrol prices are stubbornly high, too. in stubbornly high, too. the last half—hour presidentj biden in the last half—hour presidentjoe biden has called to congress to ease the pressure on consumers. my message is simple to those running gas stations and setting those prices at the pump, this is a time of war, global barrel, ukraine, these are not normal times. bring down the price — these are not normal times. bring down the price you _ these are not normal times. bring down the price you are _ these are not normal times. e." “u; down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect because you are paying for the product. do it now, do it today. your customers, the american people, they need relief now. so let me summarise, today i am calling for a federal gas tax holiday, state gas tax holiday for relief to customers. oil companies

use their profits to increase refining capacity of than buy back their own stock full of gas stations that pass along, the decrease in oil prices, to lower prices at the pump. together these actions could help drop the price at the pump by up to $1 a gallon or more. it doesn't reduce all the pain but it will be a big help. a big help, says the us resident. a big help, says the us president. rianna croxford joins me now from washington. president biden has a big oilform two firms in his side. i wonder what that cut will really mix of cost—of—living? $5 that cut will really mix of cost-of-living?_ that cut will really mix of cost-of-living? as you heard, president _ cost-of-living? as you heard, president biden _ cost-of-living? as you heard, president biden wants - cost-of-living? as you heard, president biden wants to - cost-of-living? as you heard, i president biden wants to spend federal gas taxes for about three months to help combat record high fuel prices and to provide release for families this summer. what does that look like? basically it means that look like? basically it means that few prices will go down by

about 18 cents per gallon. to put it into context for you, the national average right now is currently at $5 per gallon. he wants to do that because inflation, the increase in the cost of living and increase prices are currently at its highest level it four decades of the us was a president biden said earlier that was mainly due to global oil shortages because of russia's war in ukraine but also because businesses are still recovering from the economic inc. pact of covid—19. there is some speculation here in the us that this is simply a symbolic gesture by the resident to help combat his low approval rating. that's because the reality is, he would struggle to get this through congress, that's because republicans are strongly against it. some in his own party are strongly against it. in the grand scheme of things this really does make a small material difference and doesn't get to the heart of the problem. it difference and doesn't get to the heart of the problem.— heart of the problem. it does underline _ heart of the problem. it does underline just _ heart of the problem. it does underline just how _ heart of the problem. it does underline just how difficult i heart of the problem. it does underline just how difficult it | heart of the problem. it does i underline just how difficult it is for politicians to actually come up

with any sort of help given that these are global problems for the energies prices soaring because a large part that were in ukraine. definitely. i think given the speculation about this being a symbolic gesture, on the other hand, people will say any little help this summer. yes, this doesn't overshadow the fact that it is a global problem and it isjust the fact that it is a global problem and it is just one way of easing some relief temporarily to help families. �* , ., �* , ., families. americans aren't used to as families. americans aren't used to gas prices. — families. americans aren't used to gas prices. as _ families. americans aren't used to gas prices. as a — families. americans aren't used to gas prices, as a country _ families. americans aren't used to gas prices, as a country that - families. americans aren't used to gas prices, as a country that lovesj gas prices, as a country that loves its big cars. you might see why president biden would target gas tax. nonetheless, it's a difficult tax. nonetheless, it's a difficult tax for everyone to swallow. definitely. it is the summer season here, families will be travelling up and down the country in the next few months. it's come at that time. good to talk to you- _ months. it's come at that time. good to talk to you. thank _ months. it's come at that time. good to talk to you. thank you. _ months. it's come at that time. good to talk to you. thank you. stay - months. it's come at that time. good to talk to you. thank you. stay with us on outside source, still to come

we will hearfrom us on outside source, still to come we will hear from the singer kate bush about why this song has gone to the top of the charts for two years since its debut. stay tuned. —— a0 years. fresh talks between railways have broken down without agreement means that tomorrow's strike will go ahead as planned. the industrial action will bring large parts of the network to a standstill for the second time in three days. the rmt union and accuse the transport secretary grant shapps of wrecking negotiations by refusing to allow network work rail to withdraw redundancy threats. mr shapps called the claim a total lie. the union was solely to blame for the "massive disruption". millions were affected yesterday, and another walk—out is due on saturday. here's how some london passengers felt on the morning commute. think they're obviously doing it for

a cause so i respect anyone feels they been hardened by and hopefully they been hardened by and hopefully they will get what they want out of it. �* , ., they will get what they want out of it. �* , . ,., , they will get what they want out of it. 2 they will get what they want out of it. it's a disaster, it's coming back to lockdown _ it. it's a disaster, it's coming back to lockdown times - it. it's a disaster, it's coming | back to lockdown times which it. it's a disaster, it's coming i back to lockdown times which is really— back to lockdown times which is really disappointing. gur back to lockdown times which is really disappointing. our consumer affairs synthesis _ really disappointing. our consumer affairs synthesis from _ really disappointing. our consumer affairs synthesis from bradford. . affairs synthesis from bradford. today we've had just half the number of trains timetables in and plenty of trains timetables in and plenty of extra cancellations on top of that, particularly across pennant routes today. because of the knock on effect of yesterday strikes us up around the negotiating table, both sides of felt that progress had been made but today they hit a brick wall. over the issue of potential redundancies because of network rails modernisation. the rmt union blame the government and say that they are actually preventing network rail from they are actually preventing network railfrom removing they are actually preventing network rail from removing that threat of redundancies within their plans. that is something the transport secretary denies. better news today for passengers on mersey rail

because in agreements been made with the smaller tss eight union, they've excepted a 7.1% pay rise. for the rest of the network across britain tomorrow, it's back to a 20% service similar to the one we on start tuesday. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... you and aid agencies say they are scrambling to get emergency shelter and food aid to southeast afghanistan where an earthquake has killed at least 1000 people. the independent body set—up to have oversight over meta has published its first annual report. the oversight board, was set—up to make sure facebook and instagram users are treated fairly. it says it's made 86 recommendations to meta to push the company to be more transparent about its policies.

zoe kleinman is the bbc�*s technology editor. i think it's a really interesting initiative by facebook, meta as it now is because to try to interact and set up this law. the idea it's completely independent, it's made up of activists, journalists, academics, it's paid for by meta but they insist that they are completely independent and that meta basically has to do what they say. the idea is, you can report anything, on your own content or somebody else's content if you feel that meta has made a decision about it that isn't fair. the board had over1 million reports since it was set up in october 2020 going up to december 21. it decided to look at 20 of them as an example, it picked ones that were typically problematic. one example was a picture of a woman's breast, that was removed but the post was about breast cancer symptoms. meta had removed it on the grounds of nudity and was overruled by this board and had to put the post back.

there are signs that does have some power and clout here. but as you can imagine, there's about a0 people on this board and as it is, it's had over a million reports, there's no way it can keep up with the constant flow. the other interesting thing, people are reporting their own content that they are not very happy with. so in this case, it tends to be people wanting stuff reinstated. the most common reason for that stuff haven't being removed in the first place was because of hate speech, violence or harassment or bullying. so these are very controversial topics, aren't they? and difficult and nuanced to make a decision on. facebook says meta has held its hand up in some cases and said, "do you "know what? "you're right, we've got it wrong." the oversight board is a kind of supreme board made up but bite mark zuckerberg. up but bite mark zuckerberg. alan rusbridger, former editor of the guardian is now a member of facebook�*s oversight board. he spoke to the bbc last year. the battle for freedom

of speech in this country, in britain has taken 300 years and they are highly complex issues. these balancing issues between free speech and possible harms. the reason ijoined this board is it seems to me, a most important task to help the engineers think through the moral, ethical, legal and free—speech perspectives that are involved in what facebook is doing. well, joining me now to discuss this is alex halavais, associate professor of data and society at arizona state university. let's be really clear, this oversight board looks at appeals, people complaining that's also been it out, it's not about complaining about stuff that is on there that shouldn't be. for about stuff that is on there that shouldn't be.— about stuff that is on there that shouldn't be. for the most part, that's right- _ shouldn't be. for the most part, that's right. there _ shouldn't be. for the most part, that's right. there are _ shouldn't be. for the most part, that's right. there are people i shouldn't be. for the most part, i that's right. there are people that have had their material taken down or someone near them and said the material taken out and they are complaining about the takedown. people have been asking for this for very long time, this is what

facebook and meadows first report, it's been a long time coming. this covers a period of 100 years but some of the figures are pretty startling. some of the figures are pretty startlina. , ., ' ., startling. yes, over1 million complaints- _ startling. yes, over1 million complaints. not _ startling. yes, over1 million complaints. notjust - startling. yes, over1 million complaints. notjust to - startling. yes, over1 million - complaints. notjust to facebook but up complaints. notjust to facebook but up to the supreme court level oversight committee. of those, they've taken some kind of action or made recommendations to facebook to make recommendation to only about 86 of these was up they are trying to make large—scale policy out of individual problems. that is some of the tension that makes it quite difficult. �*i the tension that makes it quite difficult. ' ., . , ., , difficult. 1 million decisions were sent their way, _ difficult. 1 million decisions were sent their way, they've - difficult. 1 million decisions were sent their way, they've got - difficult. 1 million decisions were sent their way, they've got their| sent their way, they've got their work cut out. there's not many people on this board are there? ho. people on this board are there? no. it's a people on this board are there? no. it's a relatively _ people on this board are there? firm it's a relatively small group. again, they are looking for the big picture here. one of the big push is that they've made throughout all of these decisions is to make that process much more transparent. in almost each and every one of these cases that's been their major thrust

of recommendation which is, tell people notjust of recommendation which is, tell people not just they've of recommendation which is, tell people notjust they've had their stuff taken down but how that decision process was made, whether it was made by a human being, which is only in about 10% of the time or by a robot, an automated system and what that appeal process would look like. right now it's mostly included. you can't really tell why your stock has disappeared. yes. your stock has disappeared. yes, there is a lot _ your stock has disappeared. yes, there is a lot of _ your stock has disappeared. yes, there is a lot of a _ your stock has disappeared. yes, there is a lot of a mystery - your stock has disappeared. yes, there is a lot of a mystery why stuff might be removal but what if anything does this report tell us about the process, does give us any insight into some of those decisions and how they made?— insight into some of those decisions and how they made? certainly i don't think that number _ and how they made? certainly i don't think that number for _ and how they made? certainly i don't think that number for example - and how they made? certainly i don't think that number for example has i think that number for example has been suggested before but now it's made much clearer that they are relying heavily on automated structures. for example, the nipple that was actually taken down not by a human initially but by a gaggle two algorithm that recognised the image being in violation of policy.

it does reveal some of these but in many cases it is rather the board telling facebook that they need to have much more explicit policies and that those policies need to be followed much more clearly. in the case of donald trump which was one of the more notorious cases, although most of these cases are coming from the global south that had quite a bit of coverage, that seemed fairly arbitrary, both the predatory doing that penalty of forever and the conditions from which he was removed from facebook. what does it tell us about the extent to which algorithms, artificial intelligence, or robots controlled list of a lot of people really know the stock was that a lot of people really know that that goes on and this gives us an insight to how some of this work for that not all but a little indication of how thatis all but a little indication of how that is running some of our lives. certainly, yes. it's an interesting structure because those algorithms are being followed both by machines

and then by the humans that are contracted to do this, thousands and thousands of human moderators are doing this as well. it's a moving target. as a lot of these technologies are being trained, they are being trained by humans and those humans are having a hard time with it. that 90-10 those humans are having a hard time with it. that 90—10 slick, those humans are having a hard time with it. that 90-10 slick, 90% those humans are having a hard time with it. that 90—10 slick, 90% of these decisions initially being made by automation is likely to in trees and more more of those decisions can be made automatically. that's transparency and the explicit rules by which they operate become increasingly important as computers are making those decisions rather than human beings.— than human beings. speaking of humans, than human beings. speaking of humans. this— than human beings. speaking of humans, this board _ than human beings. speaking of humans, this board is _ than human beings. speaking of humans, this board is made - than human beings. speaking of humans, this board is made up| than human beings. speaking of. humans, this board is made up of germello it two journalists, academics, independent people of the board at meta. looking at a comment here coming from the board director, here coming from the board director, he is described that relationship between the boredom that independent board and meta the company as constructive but critical. that's a point, they've got to hold meta to

account. ~ , ,., , ~' point, they've got to hold meta to account. ~ , ,., , ~ ., account. absolutely. i think in that retard the account. absolutely. i think in that regard the board _ account. absolutely. i think in that regard the board has _ account. absolutely. i think in that regard the board has done - account. absolutely. i think in that regard the board has done a - account. absolutely. i think in that regard the board has done a good | account. absolutely. i think in that i regard the board has done a good job of holding that distance and being able to be critical. i think that's demonstrated in the report and also in their decision so far.— in their decision so far. alex, good to have your _ in their decision so far. alex, good to have your insight. _ in their decision so far. alex, good to have your insight. associate - to have your insight. associate professor of data and society at arizona university. thanks for being with us. the singer kate bush has told the bbc it was extraordinary seeing her song, running up that hill, back at the top of the charts, with the track going to number one almost a0 years after its release. let's have a listen. music. the song features in the netflix series stranger things, bringing a new generation of fans to the artist. in a rare interview, kate bush spoke to emma barnett on bbc radio a's womans�* hour. is this something that you can kind of get your head round?

it's just extraordinary. it's such a great series i thought that the track would get some attention, but ijust never imagined it would be anything like this. it's. well, it is so exciting. it is quite shocking, really, isn't it? the whole world's gone mad. 37 years is the longest time a song has taken to get to number one and it's also in america, your first ever top ten hit in the us, which i didn't know. yeah, yeah, it is really a wonderful, i think is that this is a whole new audience. who, in a lot of cases, they had never heard of me and i love that. the thought of all these really young people hearing the song for the first time and discovering it is, well, i think it's very special. i think it is a discovery by a new generation. there are people who have held you dear to their hearts for a long

time, probably feel quite protective at the moment especially when some of their children are saying, have you heard of kate bush? they're saying, yeah, yes, very much so. in this context with stranger things, which i know you're obviously signed off on how the song was going to be used, was it important for you that it's a song that helps a female character, that it helps max? i think they put it in a really special place. actually, we watched it right from the word go, the first series onwards, so i was already familiar with the series. you were already a fan at this point? very much so, and i thought what a lovely way for the song to be used in such a positive way, as a kind of talisman, almost, really. for max. and, yeah, i think it is very touching, actually. and people, especially when they're younger, music does save people, doesn't it, it's so important people and that's at the heart of how the song is used. they have really put it in a very special place and i think

music is so special, it's different from all other art forms, isn't it, in a way. all art forms sit in their own space, but music has a way of touching people. let mejust read you one final thing. i did mention some of your original fans, you know, thinking about this new generation finding you and one person wrote kate bush did not go through wuthering heights, run all the way up that hill to make a deal with god, shout babushka for you all to be finding out about her in 2022. what do you make of that? i just would say well, thank you very much. thank you to everyone because it'sjust, you know, it's just extraordinary what's happening and it's very exciting. it is very exciting. that interview from a singer is normally pretty reclusive. making a splash on social media for the next bond treated...

you can hear the full interview in including those great quotes about her garden on women's our bbc sounds. a reminder of our top story this hour on site source. television officials say at least 1000 people had died in an earthquake that struck in the southeast of the country. un aid agencies say they are scrambling to get emergency shelter and food aid to the worsted province. medicalteams shelter and food aid to the worsted province. medical teams and supplies have been dispatched to the area. a powerful storm, very heavy rain is now also hampering relief efforts in the area where hundreds of families are now homeless. the quake struck near the city early on wednesday, damage to homes, thousands of mud houses have been destroyed, the

death toll hi as it did happen during the night. your up—to—date headlines up next. bye—bye. it's been a very warm day with temperatures in the mid to even high 20s in one or two spots. tomorrow also another very warm day, but we're expecting scattered thunderstorms to spread across parts of england and wales, so it may not be all that sunny. certainly not as sunny as it has been through the day today. you can see mostly clear skies there across england and wales, a bit more cloud here in the north west. so, through the course of this evening and overnight, not much happens on the weather front. clear skies, a bit of mist and murk by dawn, and again in the north west here, i think it'll always be more cloudy with perhaps some damp weather in the outer hebrides. quite a mild night early in the morning on thursday. 1a degrees there in london, 12—13

for our northern towns and cities. and then tomorrow, right from the word go, lots of sunshine, but storms are looming. they could reach the south east coast early in the morning, and then through the afternoon will spread northwards into the midlands and parts of wales. but the storms will be very well scattered, so that means there'll be lots of fine weather in between the storms, too. temperatures could nudge up to 29 degrees in central parts of england on thursday afternoon. and then the storms through the course of the evening will move northwards, and i think in the south, it'll actually be a fine end to the day. now, let's have a look at the forecast for friday, and low pressure is approaching off the atlantic, but it's a very slow—moving area of low pressure. so, that means it's not going to rush across us. in fact, it'll park itself pretty much over ireland and stick around for a few days, so we'll see cooler atlantic air wrapping around this low and spreading in the cooler air across the uk with a mixture of cloud and also some showers. so, actually the temperatures on friday will be a good deal lower.

no longer the 29 in central england, we'll probably make around 20—21 at most. a bit of residual warmth there in east anglia on friday, up to around 25 expected in norwich. and then friday night into saturday and sunday, that low pressure sticks around pretty much where it parks itself end of the week, so just off the coast of ireland or over ireland itself, and then around it, we've got that atlantic breeze keeping things fairly fresh out in western areas. here's the outlook for the weekend and into next week. you can see much lower temperatures and more frequent shower symbols there on our weather forecasts. that's it from me. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at eight. at least 1000 people are dead, say local officials, and many more injured — those numbers are likely to rise as rescuers search through the rubble. we are desperately trying to work with local partners to get through that rubble and see if there are any survivors that we can administer first aid to and get to local hospitals. the rmt says tomorrow's rail strike across england, scotland and wales will go ahead — after new talks break down without agreement. the cost of living crisis — prices of everyday essentials are rising at their fastest rate for a0 years.

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