we'll have more on this breaking story with our correspondents. we will be live in islamabad in a moment. also breaking this hour, a school bus has overturned on the m53 motorway in the wirral , a local children's hospital has declared a major incident, we'll have the latest. 11,000 unaccompanied child migrants have made dangerous sea crossings to europe this year. one of the issues being discussed by leaders from nine mediterranean countries in malta. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. two deadly explosions have rocked pakistan. more than 50 people are dead. the first happened near a mosque in the southwestern province of balochistan on friday as people celebrated the birth of prophet muhammad.

police say at least 52 people were killed there, with another 50 were injured. police suspect it was a suicide attack targeting the religious gathering in mastung city. earlier this month, at least 11 people, including a prominent muslim leader, were injured in an explosion in the same district — mastung. these are the latest pictures from balochistan, pakistan's largest province. the region has suffered mutiple attacks from groups including the pakistani taliban and islamic state group. and dozens of people are trapped beneath a mosque near the city of peshawar. the injured have been taken to peshawar to be cared for. live now to our correspondent saher baloch in islamabad. we have two attacks, do we know if

they were coordinated?— we have two attacks, do we know if they were coordinated? well, we do not know anything _ they were coordinated? well, we do not know anything about _ they were coordinated? well, we do not know anything about the - not know anything about the coordination between these two attacks, but so far, the police have said that it is a suicide blast. i was speaking with the police chief of balochistan, he confirmed the blast in balochistan was a suicide blast, one of his officers died trying to stop the attacker. also, the pakistani taliban have issued a statement saying that they have nothing to do with both of the incidents in balochistan or any other location. they have said that they do not attack mosques or schools and say that this is a heart—wrenching incident. a lot of blame was put on the taliban, they haveissued blame was put on the taliban, they have issued a statementjust now. when the other incident, the police haveissued when the other incident, the police have issued a statement saying that they tried to stop two suicide bombers while they were trying to make their way into the mosque. 0ne make their way into the mosque. one was stopped by the police, the other still made his way into the mosque.

there were minimal casualties in that case as well. in there were minimal casualties in that case as well.— there were minimal casualties in that case as well. in terms of the incident near _ that case as well. in terms of the incident near peshawar, - that case as well. in terms of the incident near peshawar, are - that case as well. in terms of the | incident near peshawar, are there people still trapped beneath the mosque? aye there are people under the rubble, but they are trying to get them out. the security services are trying to get them out. they are on it at the moment. is it unusual we are seeing work features —— worshippers being targeted? that we are seeing work features -- worshippers being targeted? that is true. this worshippers being targeted? that is true- this is — worshippers being targeted? that is true. this is a _ worshippers being targeted? that is true. this is a reminder— worshippers being targeted? that is true. this is a reminder of— worshippers being targeted? that is true. this is a reminder of a - worshippers being targeted? that is true. this is a reminder of a decade | true. this is a reminder of a decade in pakistan, considered a bloody decade, where every friday they used to be a suicide blast on shrines and mosques and other places of worship. this is a stark reminder of that time. in the past two years, pakistan has seen the rise of pakistani taliban. they are making

their way into the borders and into pakistan, but no heed was paid at that point in time. now, the biggest problem for the pakistani establishment is to take care of that taliban problem. it establishment is to take care of that taliban problem.— establishment is to take care of that taliban problem. it was thought that taliban problem. it was thought that it was the _ that taliban problem. it was thought that it was the police _ that taliban problem. it was thought that it was the police who _ that taliban problem. it was thought that it was the police who were - that it was the police who were deliberately targeted here. yes. that it was the police who were deliberately targeted here. yes, in a wa , deliberately targeted here. yes, in a way. the — deliberately targeted here. yes, in a way. the police _ deliberately targeted here. yes, in a way, the police are _ deliberately targeted here. yes, in a way, the police are saying - deliberately targeted here. yes, in a way, the police are saying that l a way, the police are saying that they officers were targeted. in both of the attacks, it seems a were the target of the attack. in one and incident, it was the senior police officer who died while stopping the suicide attacker. in the second case, it was a worship place where a lot of policeman were inside the mosque as well. so, in these two cases, the police are insinuating it was probably targeted at the police. this is a really troubling and difficult time for that medical services, how are they coping? right now, there services, how are they coping? right now. there is — services, how are they coping? right now. there is a _ services, how are they coping? right now, there is a bit _ services, how are they coping? right now, there is a bit of _ services, how are they coping? right now, there is a bit of a _ services, how are they coping? ti grit now, there is a bit of a dearth of medical treatment. now, there is a bit of a dearth of medicaltreatment. i now, there is a bit of a dearth of medical treatment. i was speaking in balochistan and in the other

location, and in both places, the medical support is not sufficient. there are almost 52 people dead right now, and the bodies are at the local district health officer's hospital. there is a lot of confusion at the beginning. some of them were sent out for treatment. in other cases as well, there is a lot of local medical treatment facilities as well, but these people, thankfully, in this case... we just people, thankfully, in this case... wejust had problems people, thankfully, in this case... we just had problems with the line there. to confirm: two blasts in pakistan taking place as people gathered to mark the birthday of the prophet muhammad. many people have been injured, in one incident there are people still trapped underneath are people still trapped underneath a mosque. no group has claimed responsibility. we will be talking about this story grab a day on bbc news.

a police cordon is up preventing access overlooking the m53 motorway where a school bus has overturned. a collision occurred between juctions four and five just after 8am this morning and the motorway has since been closed. a local children's hospital has declared a major incident multiple emergency services are in attendance. with more on this is our reporter azadeh moshiri. what more do we know about what happened this morning? merseyside police have right _ happened this morning? merseyside police have right now _ happened this morning? merseyside police have right now appealed - happened this morning? merseyside police have right now appealed for. police have right now appealed for people to not speculate. children, when we are talking about children's school buses, this is cause a lot of distress. the fact that we know that 50 people were assessed at the scene. the ambulance service there has said that one female patient was taken to hospital with major injuries. now, given how serious this incident is, nhs staff who were picketing in wirral have left the

picketing in wirral have left the picket line, saying that they are going back to work given how serious this incident is. and of course, we do know that two grammar schools have confirmed that one of their bosses was involved in the incident. that is calday grange grammar school, based in birkenhead, as well as west kirby grammar school. and of course, in terms of the situation right now, emergency services have confirmed that there are people there, officials there, fire service emergency officials, who are there, working to remove anyone involved in the incident. working to remove anyone involved in the incident-— the incident. have we heard more specifically _ the incident. have we heard more specifically anything _ the incident. have we heard more specifically anything from - specifically anything from liverpool's alder hey children's hospital? liverpool's alder hey children's hos - ital? , liverpool's alder hey children's hosital? , . ., liverpool's alder hey children's hosital? , . . ., liverpool's alder hey children's hosital? , ., , hospital? they declared it a serious incident. hospital? they declared it a serious incident- -- — hospital? they declared it a serious incident. -- alder _ hospital? they declared it a serious incident. -- alder hey _ hospital? they declared it a serious incident. -- alder hey children's . incident. —— alder hey children's hospital. they are one of the hospitals who are going to have to respond, given how serious this incident is turning out to be. updates are of course still

filtering in. we also have reaction from the labour mp there, he posted on the social media site formerly known as twitter, they say that their thoughts are with everyone at tactic by the incident on the m 53. that is margaret greenwood. she has asked anyone in need of assistance to call emergency services or her constituency office. merseyside police are appealing for anyone with —— cam footage anyone who witnessed it has access cctv to respond. thank ou ve it has access cctv to respond. thank you very much- _ it has access cctv to respond. thank you very much- any _ it has access cctv to respond. thank you very much. any further - you very much. any further developments, we will speak to you. let's just take you to malta now — where leaders of nine mediterranean and southern european countries are meeting for talks expected to focus on migration. here's the european union chief ursula von der leyen arriving for that meeting a short time ago. she's with the prime minister of malta robert abela.

we know that president macron is also there alongside others. they are hoping that some kind of solution can hopefully be thrashed out. we bring you some of the statistics. they are quite staggering. the un refugee organisation says more than 2,500 people have died or disappeared in the mediterranean attempting to cross the sea — substantially more than for the same point last year. the number of those who made it to europe has also shot up. the un childrens agency says the mediterranean has become a �*cemetery for children'. 11,000 unaccompanied child migrants have made dangerous sea crossings to europe this year — that's a 60% rise. hello, you join me. we break away from our international coverage to

follow the breaking story here in the uk. we are rolling on a major emergency response operation which is ongoing on merseyside after a coach carrying schoolchildren overturned on a motorway. you are currently seeing the latest pictures that the bbc has received from the m 53. people in their cars have been sending us pictures from the scene. we are also getting footage on. you can see in those pictures that is the bus that overturned on the motorway at around eight o'clock this morning. well, let us get more on this and cross live to our correspondence who is in our newsroom forums. it details are just emerging, try to bring is up—to—date with what we know so far. you emerging, try to bring is up-to-date with what we know so far.— with what we know so far. you are ri . ht, the

with what we know so far. you are right, the details _ with what we know so far. you are right, the details are _ with what we know so far. you are right, the details are coming - with what we know so far. you are right, the details are coming in, i right, the details are coming in, but merseyside police are still insisting on people not speculating. 0f insisting on people not speculating. of course, we are talking about potential injuries to children, and so, they are warning that there could be some distress caused by any speculation. now, what we do know is that 50 people were assessed at the scene, and that one female patient was then taken to hospital with what they have said were major injuries. that is what the ambulance service there has said. alder hey children's hospital has declared a major incident. this is what they have said: our emergency department is currently extremely busy and we would ask parents to only bring their children to the department if it is urgent. 0f their children to the department if it is urgent. of course, they need to focus on the most serious cases right now. given how serious this incident is turning out to be, nhs staff who are at the picket line in the wirral are now leaving to go back to work in response to the incident. they said: our thoughts

are with everyone impacted by this terrible incident.— are with everyone impacted by this terrible incident. have we heard any more from the _ terrible incident. have we heard any more from the hospital— terrible incident. have we heard any more from the hospital itself? - terrible incident. have we heard any more from the hospital itself? we i more from the hospital itself? we are hearing they are declaring an emergency. do we know what the injuries sustained are? how many children are injured? how serious these injuries are? irate children are injured? how serious these injuries are?— children are injured? how serious these injuries are? these in'uries are? we haven't heard an these injuries are? we haven't heard any specific — these injuries are? we haven't heard any specific figures. _ these injuries are? we haven't heard any specific figures. again, - these injuries are? we haven't heard any specific figures. again, we - these injuries are? we haven't heard any specific figures. again, we know| any specific figures. again, we know 50 people were assessed at the scene, one female patient had a major injuries, that is why she was taken to hospital. given that alder hey children's hospital has declared a major incident and has put out that statement urging parents to only bring their parents in if they are serious and urgent cases, it suggests they are trying to focus our efforts. irate suggests they are trying to focus our efforts-— suggests they are trying to focus our efforts. ~ . ., ., our efforts. we are hearing from the schools themselves. _ our efforts. we are hearing from the schools themselves. we _ our efforts. we are hearing from the schools themselves. we have - our efforts. we are hearing from the schools themselves. we have heard| schools themselves. we have heard statements from calday grange grammar school and west kirby grammar school and west kirby grammar school, grammar school and west kirby grammarschool, can grammar school and west kirby grammar school, can you bring any more on those statements? yes.

grammar school, can you bring any more on those statements? yes, those two grammar— more on those statements? yes, those two grammar schools _ more on those statements? yes, those two grammar schools have _ more on those statements? yes, those two grammar schools have both - two grammar schools have both confirmed that one of their bosses was involved in the incident. in terms of their statements, they have a said that they are supporting families and students. of course, when you look at the images of this bus that has been overturned, these cones, merseyside police is insisting that we not speculate, but looking at those images, these are distressing, no matter what. looking at those images, these are distressing, no matterwhat. if looking at those images, these are distressing, no matter what. if you are a family, a parent, if you have family who could potentially have been involved, it is going to cause quite a lot of distress. these are shocking scenes are out to sea as well. , ., , , shocking scenes are out to sea as well. , ., , u, well. this has definitely come throu . h. well. this has definitely come through. local— well. this has definitely come through. local mp _ well. this has definitely come through. local mp margaret l well. this has definitely come - through. local mp margaret greenwood has said that her thoughts are with everyone affected by the incident on the m 53. posting on the site formerly known as twitter, she is urging people to call her constituency office if they need her

assistance. we will be coming back to you shortly. we cross live to our reporter yunus mulla who is near to the scene of the crash on the m 53. he is just arriving there for us as we are getting all of the details in. talk us through what is happening where you are. what are you seeing?— you seeing? well, i am stood close to a bridge — you seeing? well, i am stood close to a bridge if _ you seeing? well, i am stood close to a bridge if you _ you seeing? well, i am stood close to a bridge if you hundred - you seeing? well, i am stood close to a bridge if you hundred yards - to a bridge if you hundred yards from the scene of this accident this morning. you can see the police tape behind me. there is a significant number of resources being applied that are here. the north—west ambulance service this morning declared this a major incident. we have had helicopters, paramedics, and a number of police vehicles who arrived here close to junction five on the m 53 on the wirral, in the north—west of england to find that a school bus was on its side. we understand that the bus went into a

reservation, that is what merseyside police are saying. that bus had a number of people on board. we are talking about pupils from two schools at least, we understand calday grange grammar school and west kirby grammar school. a number of people have been taken, as we know, to alder hey children's hospital. we also understand of course that one person was seriously injured with trauma —related injuries. the schools i mentioned have confirmed the involvement of the peoples here. and of course, our thoughts will be with the children and their families who are clearly worried about what is taking place here this morning. the investigations will clearly focus on what has happened here, how did that bus end up on its side? how did it go into the reservation here on a motorway? it is a busy motorway. at around eight o'clock this morning, we were talking about rush—hour, the number of vehicles, the number of people going to work. how did that

bus end up in the reservation and end up on its side will be one of the focuses of the investigation. police will want to hear from a number of people. drivers who may have dash cam footage or other information which may help them to work out what exactly took place. we have heard there concerns from the local mp, she expressed her concern on twitter, now known as x. both schools confirmed that their bosses were involved in this incident. for the time being, you can see the police tape. that motorway, junction four and five, it remains closed. earlier, i could see a number of police vehicles they're carrying out investigations. you have senior officers from merseyside police also. this is a large operation. that is why north—west ambulance service to go the same age incident. and of course, alder hey children's hospital as well, they are looking

into the injuries suffered. it was on board? we know it was schoolchildren that would have been on board, teachers of course, the driver as well. at this stage, we do not know who has been injured, or how many injuries they are likely to be. that is all being looked at at alder hey children's hospital in liverpool. as you can see, the road and bridges around here remain closed for the time being. $5 and bridges around here remain closed for the time being. as you sa , the closed for the time being. as you say. the rates — closed for the time being. as you say, the rates remain _ closed for the time being. as you say, the rates remain close, - closed for the time being. as you say, the rates remain close, this| say, the rates remain close, this must be causing a lot of issues around the area. around merseyside. is there any direction for people living in the local area? why should they be doing?— they be doing? obviously, this motorway. _ they be doing? obviously, this motorway. the _ they be doing? obviously, this motorway, the m _ they be doing? obviously, this motorway, the m 53, - they be doing? obviously, this motorway, the m 53, it - they be doing? obviously, this motorway, the m 53, it is - they be doing? obviously, this motorway, the m 53, it is one | they be doing? obviously, this i motorway, the m 53, it is one of they be doing? obviously, this - motorway, the m 53, it is one of the main motorways in this part of the uk. it is not one of the major ones, the disruption to a certain extent can be kept to a minimum. that section of the motorway remains closed, there are diversions in place. i took one of those diversions and come adjusting come

this way close to the bridge, just as few hundred yards from the scene. as investigations are taking place, as they are trying to work out what happened here, how this tragic accident happened here this morning, those rates will remain closed. that will cause disruption for a number of people who live locally who, perhaps, you can understand will feel that that is necessary. if the police need to be what they need to do, they need to work out how this tragic accident occurred this morning, and they will cooperate along with many other people i would say, including drivers who may have witnessed this tragic accident this morning. they too will be trying to help if they can. of course, police want that. they want any dash cam footage that may be available. irate footage that may be available. we will be speaking timor throughout the day. ijust want will be speaking timor throughout the day. i just want to will be speaking timor throughout the day. ijust want to give you an update from alder hey children's hospital where some of the people

from today's coach crash have been taken in liverpool. the hospital says it is routing a number of patients and will continue to support and liaise with their families. it says that the accident and emergency unit is extremely busy as a result and that they are asking parents of other children only to bring them to the hospital if they need urgent treatment. now, the hospital says that all other services at the hospital are still open as usual. and, i do understand that we arejust open as usual. and, i do understand that we are just getting another update from the police commissioner... the police commissioner... the police commissioner has put up this tweet:

thatis that is merseyside's police commissioner on x, formally known as twitter with that information. just to reiterate: we are rolling on breaking news that is coming in here to the bbc from the north—west of england. emergency services are responding after a school bus overturned on the m 53 in the wirral. if you do want to keep across this story and you have got the bbc app you are leaving home and cannot watch television, you can follow this live on our page on our

bbc news pages. just head to the live page, we have correspondence looking at the story and giving you the very latest information. i do want to head back to yunus mulla who is next to the motorway where the incident has happened. yunus mulla, the people who are tuning in and are hearing about this late latest breaking news, bring us up—to—date with what has happened so far. i am stud in: a with what has happened so far. i am studying a few _ with what has happened so far. i —n studying a few hundred yards with what has happened so far. i:i1 studying a few hundred yards from the scene of a tragic accident this morning. you can see the police tape and the number of officers here. over that bridge, a short distance 0ver that bridge, a short distance away, there is a school bus on its side. there are also a number of emergency vehicles, police cars, and north—west ambulance services declared this a major incident this morning. there were a number of helicopters. i can hear one above me now. also, the fire service sent all

of their vehicles to because of the scale of this incident and what they felt they had to do at the time. this was around eight o'clock this morning. we understand that the school bus had a number of children on board. children from west kirby grammar school and also calday grange grammar school. they are also from west kirby in merseyside in the north—west of england. those schools have confirmed that their pupils were on board that bus. we have been told that there is one person who has been taken to hospital with serious injuries. those were trauma —related injuries. we have heard from alder hey children's hospital that they are treating a number of these people on board, around 50, we are told. we are talking about children, their teachers with them presumably, and may be teaching assistants, we don't know. also, the

driver. we do not know who suffered injuries. clearly, the parents of those children will be extremely concerned and worried about what has taken place here. that is why we have got this huge operation, this investigation. this happened at around eight o'clock this morning according to merseyside police, who confirmed this was when they send those emergency vehicles. at that time, on the m 53, betweenjunctions four and five, it would have been quite busy. a number of vehicles around at the time. some have in fact taken images and put those on social media. police want to hear from any dash cam footage holders, that will allow them to piece together how the school bus ended up on its side, going into the reservation and causing these injuries. the investigation of course is also trying to support the families of those involved, both families of those involved, both families of those involved, both families of the children involved. we have heard concerns from other

areas. the local mp tweeted about this on twitter, now known as x along with other councils who are concerned. and of course, alder hey children's hospital are currently look at a number of people who have suffered injuries, although we do not know who these people are. yunus mulla, ou not know who these people are. yunus mulla, you mentioned _ not know who these people are. yunus mulla, you mentioned alder— not know who these people are. yunus mulla, you mentioned alder hey - mulla, you mentioned alder hey children's hospital. we go now to our reporter who is at the hospital in liverpool where the injured are being taken. talk us through what we know, how many people have been taken to that hospital, how many children have been taken to that hospital. that children have been taken to that hosital. �* ., ., ., hospital. at the moment, we do not know the number _ hospital. at the moment, we do not know the number of _ hospital. at the moment, we do not know the number of children - hospital. at the moment, we do not know the number of children who i hospital. at the moment, we do not i know the number of children who have been brought here. 50 or so children were on board the coach. a number have been brought here. the hospital says that the emergency department as a result of that is currently extremely busy. they are asking anyone who has a sick child in the area who may have been coming into

hospital if they can to delay their journey, unless it is of course urgent and they need immediate treatment. they are asking people who may have come down here because they cannot get an appointment elsewhere, for instance, not to come down at the moment. to try to leave the hospital as clear as possible so that they can treat the injured here. they are not expecting any more patients, i understand, this is, in effect, the third hospital out in terms of escalating rings and from where the crash happened. the crash happened in wirral, the nearest hospital to that is arrow park, then the next nearest is at the royal liverpool hospital, which is under the tunnel and in the liveable city. this is further out from liverpool city centre, around four miles from liverpool city centre. but, it is a specialist children's hospital. they have staff here who could treat children better than almost anywhere else in the

world. they have been brought here for that treatment. the hospital says: we can confirm we are treating a number of patients. we will continue to liaise and support with families of those who have been injured, but are unable to share any more details at the moment. the hospital says that it will continue to treat people for as long as possible. and as long as is needed. we know that nhs workers were striking in other hospitals. they have been brought in voluntarily, ending the strike, going into work. by ending the strike, going into work. by the time that we arrived here this morning, there were no... there was nothing going on in terms of ticket action outside. there is no strike action here. we do not know if those doctors have gone in or if there wasn't strike action affecting mass hospital at all. we know that the hospital is treating patients as quickly as they possibly can and that they are not giving out any details about the numbers involved.

they do not expect any more of those who may have been heard in the scene to be coming here every next couple of hours. ., ., , ~ , of hours. from outside alder hey hosital of hours. from outside alder hey hospital in _ of hours. from outside alder hey hospital in liverpool, _ of hours. from outside alder hey hospital in liverpool, thank- of hours. from outside alder hey hospital in liverpool, thank you i of hours. from outside alder hey l hospital in liverpool, thank you for that update. if we do get any more information from the hospital, we will be heading back to nick. i want to take you back life to the scene, if we can. hopefully that is back to our correspondence as well, if we can contact him. that would be in the next few minutes, hopefully, we can contact our correspondent who has live at the scene. yunus mulla, can you bring us any further update? do we know anything more about what has happened? as you have said time and time again, this is a huge operation involving dozens of young people, and of course, one person, one woman, we understand, he has serious injuries. this

one woman, we understand, he has serious injuries-— serious injuries. this is a developing _ serious injuries. this is a developing situation. - serious injuries. this is al developing situation. you serious injuries. this is a - developing situation. you can possibly hear a helicopter which is hovering above me. it is a few hundred yards from the scene of this major major incident. north—west ambulance service described that as a major major incident this morning when we heard about what had occurred. we now understand that a school bus, which is now on its side, went into the reservation here on the m 53. that is one of the major motorways up here. we do not know the reason, we do not know how it ended up in the reservation and on its side. they have clearly been a number of injuries as alder hey children's hospital have confirmed today. we are told around 50 people, including a woman who was seriously injured, those were trauma —related

injuries are involved. currently, aside from the helicopter which you may be able to hear, we have a number of vehicles on the motorway. police vehicles, emergency vehicles, they are all trying to work out what has taken place. we can potentially find out more from merseyside police later this afternoon. their focus will be on trying to hear from any witnesses, anyone who may have any footage of any kind, dash cam footage, people may have been driving past at the time. a number of people on that bus, around 50, including children from two schools including children from two schools in west kirby, calday grange grammar school and west kirby grammar school. we do not yet know what has happened to those children. we do of course understand that a number of people were injured, and they are being treated at alder hey hospital. we have tweets from a number of politicians offering their support.

people will be getting involved in trying to support the families of those children who will clearly be in shock, having witnessed an accident of this kind on the motorway, so they of course will be comforted, spoken to, councils, if thatis comforted, spoken to, councils, if that is necessary. and, of course, the police themselves will be trying to piece together what happened and what is currently happening. in terms of this area, that section of the motorway, just a few hundred yards behind me, remains close off and is likely to remain so while this investigation is carried out. it is only a few yards of medway. the bridge overlooking the scene behind me has been cordoned off by police. there are diversions in place, of course, there is likely to be disruption. as far as the treatment of those injuries is concerned at alder hey, the hospital has had that an emergency department is very busy as you would expect at this time. there will send out message is: only, in if absolutely

necessary.