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this is bbc news i'm simon pusey. our top stories: the heaviest monsoon rains in decades — a national emergency in pakistan after millions of people were forced from their homes. a truck crashes into a street party in the netherlands killing three people. the driver is arrested. serbia and kosovo agree to allow free movement across their borders in an eu—brokered deal. and the new workplace trend called quite quitting, doing just enough to get by before clocking off.
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thousands of people in areas at risk of flooding in pakistan have been told to evacuate their homes. aid agencies say floods could develop into one of the country's worst disasters as the heaviest monsoon rains in decades continue. nearly 1,000 people have died sincejune, while thousands more have been displaced. southern pakistan has been hardest hit by the rains — particularly sindh province. it has received nearly eight times its average rainfall for august. rivers have also burst their banks in the north—west khyber pa ktunkwa province. 0ur correspondent pumza fihlani reports from sindh. swathes of land across southern pakistan have been turned into islands. the rains have been unforgiving, and the water is still trapped between people's homes. homes, roads and infrastructure have been destroyed, and some villages completely isolated. this week authorities issued fresh warnings for people to get to higher ground.
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for some, that meant beside a road. families left with what they could manage. this man tells us he has lost everything. translation: we've been sitting here for one week. | there are 20 of us in my family, and we don't know where to go. these tents that you are seeing on either side of this main road where people have come to seek temporary shelter. they tell me that something was different about this year's rains. the water hasn'tjust come from flooded rivers, but it was torrential rains from the sky, and unlike in the past where over time the water would recede, the water is still here, and it's been weeks, so they don't know when they will be able to go back to their homes. they tell me this is the worst kind of limbo. balochistan and sindh provinces have seen the worst destruction. aid into communities has been slow.
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authorities say they have limited resources. it's become clear to everyone that the impact of these floods will be faced for months, but before communities can even think about the aftermath, many people are left wondering how they will survive until the end of the day. the floods have taken lives, and for the survivors depending on farming and livestock, livelihoods are now severely at risk. pumza fihlani, bbc news, sindh. as we were hearing, rescue teams are struggling to reach communities cut off by the floods. 0ur correspondent farhat javed has reached one village where people are waiting for help. this monsoon, pakistan is facing unprecedented rains and flash floods. i am here in kaghan valley, and this is a bridge which collapsed by a flash flood two days ago, and since then, the village on the other side of the bridge is totally cut off from the rest of the community here. we have seen people waiting on this side with their belongings to go
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to that side but they can't go because they are still waiting for this bridge to be rebuilt or some other route to be developed for them. so these people are waiting for help and assistance and they are conveying messages, when we reached here, they threw this piece of paper with some stones, and they wanted to give us a message, and in this letter, they have written about the losses they have faced, about the roads and the bridges and their vehicles which were swept away by this roaring water two days ago, and about the death toll as well. two people from this village died, one body has not yet been recovered, and this flood alone took more than a dozen lives. there is still a flood warning here in this valley. the administration have told us that they are warning people, especially those who are living near the bank of the river, and also they are evacuating tourists from the hotels which are built right on the bank of the river. the situation is even worse in other parts of the country where these rains and flash floods are wreaking havoc.
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more than 1000 people have died so far, and tens of thousands are displaced and waiting for assistance. but also the government has intensified relief operations and at the same time the government is requesting friendly countries and donors to come forward and help the country in these difficult times. salman sufi is the head of the prime minister's strategic reforms in pakistan. he told us the government is doing all it can, but the enormity of the devastation means much more help is needed from the international community. the prime minister has been very aggressively working on a four—pronged approach which is communication, restoration, food and shelter. the fund has already been established an international countries like uk, us, uae have already pledged some support but we need way more than that, especially in the forms of shelters, in the form of made—up homes, like the ones that
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can be built automatically, and especially the tents which can be provided to the people who are affected. because as you have seen yourself, especially the provinces of balochistan and sindh, there has been around 2 million acres of cultivated area that has been wiped out and it's over like 522% over monsoon which has been unprecedented since many decades so pakistan is providing 100% support right now, we have actually cut funding from a lot of development projects to reroute it on prime minister's direction to the affected people but it's just a start and it's the tip of the iceberg and we will certainly need the assistance of international community. we are actually doing a flash message of urgent help with united nations, that's going to go out on the 30th so we will request everyone to please contribute and for us to help rebuild these lives.
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pakistan heavily relies on the mountains, the snow and the mountains to melt to get the water in its rivers but because of the climate change, that is also a big issue and now all this monsoon that hits us, we are working on a strategy on how to store the water that we get through these monsoons so in a couple of years, we should be able to better manage these floods than we are right now. i think we all as a pakistani nation are collectively responsible to make sure things are done right and i do agree that has been a lot of unregulated land development which needs to be tackled and especially regulations, strict regulations which our office in islamabad, under the prime minister's direction, is actively working on right now to make sure no unregulated encroachments are done and especially the land development authorities which have been taking a lot of land which belonged to agriculture and other significant areas must be brought in check and shouldn't bejust like it was before.
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dutch police say three people were killed when a truck crashed into a street party not far from the port of rotterdam. it's understood the truck veered off the road and rolled into a neighbourhood barbecue at nieuw—beijerland, south of rotterdam. the total number of casualties is unclear, because some of the victims are believed to be trapped under the truck. the driver wasn't injured and has been arrested. the cause of the crash is not yet known. maurice laparliere, is a journalist with dutch broadcaster rijnmond. he's been following developments from the scene. the truckjust had been towed away. i did saw two, could have been more, the story goes there were about five casualties. what happened is the ice truck, the local ice truck at the barbecue party with at least 100 people attending. they were celebrating the departure of the chairman last night here. suddenly a truck, a spanish truck stopped on top of the dyke and then
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it accelerated and it didn't take a left turn, didn't take the right turn, itjust went down, crashing, the people who were there having their barbecue. parents had to really pull away the children, and seeing people being hit just five foot away wasa drama. the truck has been now, it's back on the dyke. there's an investigation, the driver survived it. he could speak, he is now at the police station and he is being interrogated. maurice laparliere there. let's get some of the day's other news. the united nations coordinator for the deal to export grain from ukraine has said that millions of tonnes still need to be cleared from silos to make way for this year's harvest. amir abdulla, who's in charge of the arrangement brokered by turkey and the un, says the agreement has led to the export of more than one million tonnes of grain so far, but much more needs to be done. the french president emmanuel macron has concluded a three—day visit to algeria by signing a joint declaration with his algerian counterpart. 60 years after the end of the algerian war
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of independence, the two leaders have welcomed a new partnership between france and its former colony. a man has died after entering the river thames in south—west london while being arrested by police. officers were flagged down after a man and woman were seen arguing on kingston bridge on friday. scotland yard say the man, who was in his twenties, hadn't been handcuffed when he went into the water. let's turn now to libya. the united nations has called for an immediate ceasefire following clashes between two rival political factions in the capital. at least 23 people have been killed, including civilians, and dozens have been injured. the internationally recognised government in tripoli has blamed the violence on a rival administration in the east. libya has been in chaos since the assassination of colonel gadaffi a decade ago. with me is our news reporter azadeh moshiri. as you said, libya is a country
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torn into and this is coming from a month—long stand of tween needs to rival political. the situation is in tripoli, you have a un recognised government with its own prime minister and yet in the east you have a rival parliament that has appointed its own prime minister months ago, prime minister months ago, prime minister months ago, prime minister bashakah. and as he said, libya is no stranger to violence, but this is the worst violence the country has seenin worst violence the country has seen in perhaps two years. what is happening is that forces aligned with the east are trying to seize territory in tripoli and using things like mortars, heavy machine—guns and small firearms. the worry could become much worse and this could turn into a full—blown war. could turn into a full-blown war. ., . ., could turn into a full-blown war. ., . war. you said could become much worse. war. you said could become much worse- what _ war. you said could become much worse. what has _ war. you said could become much worse. what has international - worse. what has international reaction been so far? the worse. what has international reaction been so far?- reaction been so far? the us, the un as _ reaction been so far? the us, the un as well— reaction been so far? the us, the un as well as _ reaction been so far? the us, the un as well as turkey, - reaction been so far? the us, l the un as well as turkey, which has a military presence is. are
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all calling for an immediate ceasefire. the us has asked for talks between two rival factions and the us ambassador to libya has called for elections because the last one is meant to take place in december were postponed. what is at stake is libya's oil and these factions have been arguing around it and it's caused a lot of bitterness and intense fighting, given these two factions have their own international backers were not interested in the outcome. it must be said that as of saturday evening, locally things have come down, but the concern is this is not the end of it. it concern is this is not the end of it. ., ., ~ ., of it. it looks like no end in siaht of it. it looks like no end in sight nova _ two men who arrested under suspicion further murder of olivia practical bell have been 0livia practical bell have been released. detectives have repeated their appeal for
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people to come forward with any new information. children and parents watched as armed police arrived on this residential street and a man was restrained and taken away. the second arrest in this investigation took place not far from the scene of 0livia's murder. what did you see? i saw a lot of armed police. i was a bit alarmed. i was taken aback, but i was glad. all i'm thinking about, to be honest with you, is 0livia's family. six days on from the shooting in which 0livia pratt—korbel was killed, and people are continuing to lay tributes.
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she was hit by a bullet when a gunman burst into her family home. at anfield this afternoon, liverpool fans and players paid their tribute to the little girl whose life was cut short, the city's third shooting in a week. the recent outbreak of gun violence in liverpool has shaken people, but locally some say the warning signs were already there. now the home secretary, priti patel, has pledged half a million pounds to help tackle organised crime. but the metro mayor of liverpool says it's still not enough. people don't want this to be happening in their neighbourhoods, but we need to tackle the systemic issues that are leading some people down this path. and that's what i spoke to the home secretary about yesterday. the two men who were arrested have now been released on bail. one of them has been recalled to prison after breaching the terms of his licence. police are continuing to appeal for information, and 0livia's family have urged people to do the right thing. for their chatty little girl who was taken from them, they've said now is the time to speak up. pakistan's national emergency — and a warning the floods sweeping the country are one of the worst disasters
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its ever faced. a truck crashes into a street party in the netherlands killing three people. the driver is arrested. serbia and kosovo have reached a deal to allow free movement between their countries. it's one of the issues that has fuelled recent antagonism between the balkan neighbours. in 2008 kosovo, which has an ethnic albanian majority, declared independence from serbia, an independence which has been recognised by most, but not all, eu member states. until now, serbia has refused to recognise identity cards issued by kosovo. now, in a major breakthrough, the two sides have agreed to allow the use of each other�*s identity cards when crossing the border. the eu foreign policy chiefjosep borrell has appealed to the countries' leaders to continue working together and solving the remaining issues. a the remaining issues. expect both leaders to continue a expect both leaders to continue showing construct of nest in order to solve the problem with their license plates. in time of war,
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ukraine, with the challenges that we have been facing, we don't need any more problems, we don't need more tensions, we need solution. we need solutions in the western elkins and today we have reached a solution. we need to continue working to solve the problems but today is a very good day. the bbc�*s guy de launey tells us what the agreement means and what to expect in the future. they've been trying to find the solution to two different problems here, really. 0ne solution to two different problems here, really. one is the use of national identity cards when crossing what kosovo considers to be its national water and what serbia considers to be just water and what serbia considers to bejust and restrictive order between two parts of serbia. we have seen how what amounts to quite a concession by serbia, it is now saying that cards which have been issued by the authorities in pristina can be used to cross
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those borderlines and in return because of institute a regime of not recognising serbian issued identity cards but the other big problem still remains and this involves vehicle license plates. we sawjust a couple of weeks ago, people in north kosovo where the majority of people are ethnic serbs erected blockades on the roads because they don't want to have to surrender their serbian issued vehicle license plates and pristina still has a deadline of the first of septemberfor them to do deadline of the first of september for them to do so. the us state department has announced that president biden is planning to appoint an ambassador to the arctic region. the move comes as russia increases its military activity in the arctic, with the secretary general of nato warning of the threat posed by moscow in the region, and raising concerns about china's reach there too. australia's prime minister, anthony albanese, has welcomed an offer by the former us basketball star, shaquille 0'neal, to help the government give greater recognition to australia's aboriginal peoples.
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speaking in sydney alongside the four—time nba champion, mr albanese said the star had a record in the united states of lifting up the marginalised. the prime minister's labor government has promised a referendum to amend australia's founding constitution to give indigenous people official recognition, and a stronger voice on decisions that affect their lives. we want to build the broadest possible support and we want to engage with people who can connect with young people in particular but with all sections of our society, shaq has that record, particularly when it comes to bringing people together of different backgrounds which is consistent with our approach to a constitutional recognised voice to parliament and recognising that australian history did not begin in 1788. now, how hard to you work?
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do you go above and beyond what's required, orjust do the minimum? it seems the more relaxed approach is being adopted by some younger workers, they're calling it �*quiet quitting'. so is it re—making the rules of the workplace, or simply a response to labour market shortages that have handed employees more power? valerie ling is a clinical psychologist who joins us now from sydney. can you just give us a quick summary of what exactly this quiet quitting is?— quiet quitting is? quiet aauittin quiet quitting is? quiet quitting is _ quiet quitting is? quiet quitting is essentially l quiet quitting is? quiet quitting is essentially a j quitting is essentially a reprioritising. employees thinking about how they are going to push back on hustle culture and regain a little bit more control and work life talents. in more control and work life talents. , ., talents. in this resonate particularly _ talents. in this resonate particularly with - talents. in this resonate particularly with the - particularly with the generation of the age range so thatis generation of the age range so that is 10-25 generation of the age range so that is 10—25 —year—olds, right? that is 10-25 -year-olds, ri . ht? ., that is 10-25 -year-olds, riuht? ., h ., that is 10-25 -year-olds, riuht? ., �*, ., , right? no, it's not, it is really with _ right? no, it's not, it is really with the - right? no, it's not, it is. really with the generation right? no, it's not, it is- really with the generation 2 really with the generation z culture, they are the under 35 is in our workforce and
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essentially they have been through a pandemic that has led them to reassess their lives and their priorities. they would have been studying or preparing to get into the workforce, to find meaning and purpose and just finding that they are exhausted by the last couple of years, so yes, very much impacting them. find couple of years, so yes, very much impacting them. and what role has the _ much impacting them. and what role has the pandemic— much impacting them. and what role has the pandemic had - much impacting them. and what role has the pandemic had any l role has the pandemic had any or all of this?— or all of this? firstly, that generation _ or all of this? firstly, that generation also _ or all of this? firstly, that generation also has a - or all of this? firstly, that l generation also has a huge impact on the mental health, so the depression and anxiety statistics in that population segment is much higher. they have also been dealing with a lot of uncertainty, not knowing how to cope in the midst of the mental health and what they are seeing in the world and finally it is what you had mentioned, the workplace shortages, needing for them to actually do more without a lot of life experience to help them to negotiate those conversations with their employers. you don't
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think this is — with their employers. you don't think this isjust _ with their employers. you don't think this is just the _ with their employers. you don't think this is just the physics - think this is just the physics of the labour market? there are jobs available so employers have more power? it jobs available so employers have more power?- jobs available so employers have more power? it could be that. i have more power? it could be that- i do _ have more power? it could be that. i do think— have more power? it could be that. i do think there - have more power? it could be that. i do think there has - that. i do think there has been, there is a need to recalibrate how we view work. needs to be seen as less transactional, we need to less productivity conversations and have a lot more workplace well being conversations, so that we are actually touching base with how people are faring as our personal life collides with our professional worlds. ihind personal life collides with our professional worlds. and what would your — professional worlds. and what would your advice _ professional worlds. and what would your advice be - professional worlds. and what would your advice be to - would your advice be to employers or employees even who may be struggling with this and employers who are saying this is happening in their workplace?- is happening in their worklace? ~ , , i, ., workplace? we probably want to see a lot more _ workplace? we probably want to see a lot more conversation - see a lot more conversation around asking what employees actually are going through and what they need. workplace surveys that can tap into where morale is at and the types of flexibility arrangements that can be put in. employers can
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also move towards thinking beyond having your table tennis and pizza culture type events and pizza culture type events and actually putting some measures to figure out how they can modify work roles, work designs to accommodate reduced capacity in the workforce. really interesting to speak to you valerie, thank you very much indeed. pope francis has created 20 new cardinals, the group since the catholic church from across the world including the first ever cardinal from world including the first ever cardinalfrom east world including the first ever cardinal from east timor cardinalfrom east timor stopping many come from the southern hemisphere where 80% of catholics live. all cardinals under the age of 80 can choose a new pope and with his latest creations, 85—year—old pope francis will have appointed almost two—thirds of those eligible to vote for his successor. the reverend thomas reese is a senior analyst in washington, dc and explains what is unique
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about this group. this is pretty much a normal number of cardinals to be created by the pope but what is unusual here is that pope francis has been picking people to be cardinals who are from places that have never had cardinals before, and has been ignoring places that have traditionally had cardinals. for example, venice doesn't have a cardinal now. milan doesn't have a cardinal. they have always had cardinals in the past. instead he goes to mongolia and makes a 48—year—old bishop a cardinal. he goes to what he calls the margins. the ships that are serving people at the margins and those the people that he chooses to be cardinals. hong kong's peak tram, asia's oldest funicular and one of the city's most popular tourist attractions,
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has reopened with a new look after a year—long closure and a multi—million dollar makeover. the service welcomed back passengers on saturday, even though tight coronavirus rules are in place in the city. kathryn armstrong has more. back on track with a different look. hong kong's peak tram was closed injune last year amid strict border controls aimed at eradicating covid—19. it dates back to 1888 and offers views of hong kong's skyline as it climbs to victoria peak. the tram normally attracts millions of visitors per year, but the city's closed borders saw numbers dwindle and was a key reason why the face—lift ended up being $15 million over budget. covid has affected all industries in hong kong, particularly the tourism industry, and for the upgrade project itself, the biggest hurdle was the supply chain. that caused a big delay of the programme.
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the financial toll means a ticket now costs nearly 70% more than it did before the makeover, but in return, visitors will travel in more spacious tram cars that can accommodate over 200 passengers. there has also been a full overhaul of the tram's rail systems and a redesigned terminus in the central business district. however, tourist numbers in hong kong are still low, with visitors still needing to enter quarantine and undergo strict testing when they arrive. the tram's operator says it is confident that, despite the price increase, the revamped tram will continue to be a popular attraction, especially once the borders fully reopen. catherine armstrong, bbc news. a reminder of our top story. thousands of people in areas at risk of flooding in pakistan have been told to evacuate their homes. aid agencies say floods could develop into one of the country's worst
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disasters as the heaviest monsoon rains in decades continue. nearly 1,000 people have died sincejune, while thousands more have been displaced. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @sipusey. hello there. for three of the four nations of the uk, this is of course a bank holiday weekend and as bank holidays go, this one hasn't started off too badly. that was the scene for a weather watcher in devon during saturday, just a bit of patchy cloud, some sunny spells, most places were dry and most places stay dry into sunday with high pressure dominating the scene. however we have one weak frontal system bringing cloud and some rain to start off across northern ireland and scotland, some rather misty and murky conditions for a time here. further south across england and wales, any early mist clearing, some good spells of sunshine. we will see one or two showers developing into the afternoon but they will be the exception rather than the rule. brightening up a little bit across southern parts of scotland, staying cloudy in the north, 16 stornoway, 23 degrees in london.
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through the late afternoon though could see a little bit of rain developing across parts of northern ireland. that could well expand across the irish sea across parts of north—west england, south—west scotland as we go through the night. a fair amount of cloud also streaming into north—eastern parts and the breeze will be picking up. that will hold the temperatures up in double digits for many of us and that brisk breeze will be a big feature of the weather for monday, a bank holiday for england, wales, northern ireland, not for scotland. with high pressure to the north of us we will see brisk north—easterly winds making it feel rather cool and certainly keeping things rather cloudy for some eastern parts. the best of the sunshine and the highest of the temperatures will be further west where you get some shelter from that breeze. despite some rather windy conditions in the south—west of england, temperatures here could get to 25 degrees. lots of sunshine to come here, also decent amounts of sunshine for wales, parts of northern ireland. further east we will see more in the way of cloud, could be one or two afternoon showers but there is confirmation of that fairly
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brisk breeze and some low temperatures across northern and eastern parts. 15 for aberdeen, 25 degrees in cardiff. as we look further ahead, high—pressure will remain with us for a good part of the coming week but we will see one low to the south. that could introduce some showers and by the end of the week, chances are that the frontal system from the west will introduce outbreaks of rain. so there is the increasing chance of rain as we get towards the end of the week and after a rather cool couple of days for some, temperatures will climb a little.
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this is bbc news — the headlines: thousands of people in flood—risk areas of pakistan have been told to evacuate their homes. aid agencies say floods could develop into one of the country's worst disasters as the heaviest monsoon rains in decades continue. nearly 1,000 people have died sincejune, while thousands more have been displaced. dutch police say three people were killed when a truck crashed into a street party not far from the port of rotterdam. it's understood the truck veered off the road and rolled into a neighbourhood barbecue south of rotterdam. the driver wasn't injured and has been arrested. serbia and kosovo have reached a deal to allow free movement between their countries. it's one of the issues that has fuelled recent antagonism between the balkan neighbours. serbia has refused to recognise
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identity cards issued by kosovo.

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