crowded polling station just outside the pakistani city of quite a that's the provincial capital of baluchistan more than thirty people including children have been killed millions of voting in a tightly contested general election suicide bombers have targeted a government held city in southern syria at least fifty people of the dead and i'll swear this city is there a pocket of territory held by eisel. and local media are reporting at least nineteen people have died after a dam collapsed on monday it's and a wall of water downstream flooding villages and sweeping away homes rescue workers also for the hundreds of people reported missing. rescuers in greece say they may find more bodies after wildfires swept through coastal areas near the capital athens at least seventy nine people have been killed the government declared a state of emergency with many fires still burning barker is in the seaside resort of marty where twenty six people were found dead. with ferocious intensity the flames tore through homes cars and livelihoods. and the wildfires quickly turned deadly. locked in a final embrace

which is in baluchistan province also saw deadly pre-election violence the military meanwhile is out in force today as millions of pakistanis guss their ballots. armed soldiers like these are some of the roughly three hundred seventy thousand troops deployed across the country not only are they guarding polling centers but are also helping with general security duties. their mission preventing incidents like this from occurring again this was the scene after a suicide bomber targeted the convoy of political candidates in the southwestern province of the looters tom one hundred forty nine people were killed in the attack that took place ten days ago. besides normal security duties officers have also been given expanded powers they can punish individuals for illegal acts committed inside polling stations. human rights groups are concerned they have already complained of the army's alleged interference in the electoral process. which is in mitigation get it out and all that but n.p. confront that and if it is it then there's one thing that you're booking as the end. of the intimidation

which is in baluchistan province also so deadly pre-election violence meanwhile the military was out in force as millions of pakistanis voted. armed soldiers like these are some of the roughly three hundred seventy thousand troops deployed across the country not only are they guarding polling centers but are also helping with general security duties. human rights groups are concerned they have already complained of the army's alleged interference in the electoral process. which is in litigation get it out and all to buckle and keep going to fund that and if it is it generation one again that you're looking at it as the end. of the intimidation of journalists is believed to have served the campaign of this man former cricket star in one count of the movement for justice party the sixty five year old has vowed to track down on corruption. what it says about it all we will deliver justice to the masses regardless of them being a hindu or christian a sikh regardless of the marine corps or from different provinces or from coffee to stock supérieure or somebody who you know of his closest

in baluchistan is an attempt to disrupt the political process but people will not be affected by this they will come out and vote in full force. the story could help form a coalition government if no party wins a decisive victory opposition leader imraan khan has campaigned on an anti-corruption platform and is popular with young voters. this is the first time we've had the chance to defeat the two parties who have been in control here and those who have been taking turns at power in this country for the past thirty years. the other main candidate is shahbaz sharif the brother of former prime minister no wash who is in jail charged with corruption. i appeal to the nation to come out to polling stations cost the votes and change the destiny of pakistan and make a great prosperous and progressive country make it great in its real meaning. election observers from the european union are monitoring polling stations there have been widespread allegations of rigging and concerns that the military is engineering the outcome analysts say no matter who becomes the next prime minister they can't

in baluchistan is an attempt to disrupt the political process the people will not be affected by this they will come out and vote in full force. the story could help form a coalition government if no party wins a decisive victory opposition leader imraan khan has campaigned on an anti-corruption platform and is popular with young voters. this is the first time we've had the chance to defeat the two parties who have been in control here and those who have been taking turns at power in this country for the past thirty years. the other main candidate is shahbaz sharif the brother of former prime minister no wash who is in jail charged with corruption. and i appealed to the nation to come out to polling stations cost the votes and change the destiny of pakistan and make a great prosperous and progressive country make it great in its real meaning. election observers from the european union are monitoring polling stations there have been widespread allegations of rigging and concerns that the military is engineering the outcome analysts say no matter who becomes the next prime minister they

something that is unprecedented even in the province of baluchistan the people left watered in large numbers of women in rural areas of baluchistan something you know what unprecedented in pakistan that never happened before and. for that. a government voice georgian that had not happened in every government. india election. job had scored big time because after the. mr sharif his conviction by the court. is something that in common in pakistan political leaders jump from their party bandwagon join the bandwagon this is something which is quite common so dad defection plus the change. ward after all it's the first time that the young people of this country have a right to war dad. population and women have. social media and the fact that women are all tuning into their television stations watching the debate between the politician. for change. big challenge the opposition if it does not accept this ballot and. something then obviously it could lead to more political to destabilization. that iran is also going to be. talking about. going to give a speech it didn't expected any minute

i have i have seen the people of baluchistan they have faced a lot of hurdles they have faced a lot of difficulties and like you know the people off ability ston have gone out i want to know i want to give all my blessings and i want to give the people of baluchistan that i'm really proud of them i have seen the scenes in the television i have seen the elderly people that the disabled people they left their houses in this heat and they went and they were and they cost us the votes. i want to salute all of them because they have actually made our democracy you know very strong. and we have seen that progress and the country will escalate and will make lots and lots of you know progress even though we have had not solved. and there has been many people who have been martyred by the suicide bombers there was a source cited attack. was martyred and so many of the killed. and after all this the selection process has been completed. i want to give my appreciation to the security forces because there was a risk to their lives i want to give every session to my members of my party. and they we

polls the tightly contested general elections being overshadowed by a suicide bomb blast in the baluchistan region that killed thousands. and the united states and the european union have agreed to work together to lower trade barriers announcement follows a meeting at the white house between president trump and european commission president john claudio. president donald trump has perced back has proposed meeting with president putin on u.s. soil until two thousand and nineteen at the white house says the summit's been delayed because of the ongoing investigation into russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election trump invited putin to washington after their controversial talks in healthy on the sixteenth of july many members of congress that objected to the two leaders meeting again and said putin would not be welcome. and a group of republican politicians has moved to impeach the man overseeing the russia investigation of the u.s. department of justice the group's accusing deputy attorney general rod rosenstein of withholding information from congress isn't science b

in baluchistan is an attempt to disrupt the political process the people will not be affected by this they will come out and vote in full force. the story could help form a coalition government if no party wins a decisive victory opposition leader imraan khan has campaigned on an anti-corruption platform and is popular with young voters. this is the first time we've had the chance to defeat the two parties who have been in control here and those who have been taking turns at power in this country for the past thirty years. the other main candidate is shahbaz sharif the brother of former prime minister no wash who is in jail charged with corruption. and i appeal to the nation to come out to polling stations cost the votes and change the destiny of pakistan and make a great prosperous and progressive country make it great in its real meaning. election observers from the european union are monitoring polling stations there have been widespread allegations of rigging and concerns that the military is engineering the outcome analysts say no matter who becomes the next prime minister they c

cycle has been marred by violence and i still i still claim bomb attack in the provincial capital baluchistan on election day killed at least thirty people joining us now to help us unpack the latest results and the circumstances surrounding wednesday's vote is sought as a mom she works as a journalist for the voice of america's language service it's good to have you here . pakistan elections when we have so much and i think it's partly because there's a bit of confusion so we saw earlier that there are allegations of vote rigging and yet imran khan has come out and declared victory this is what our community thinks about better at least one member. this is very simple our economy is in a miserable condition because of the massive corruption and money laundering imraan khan not only created awareness but is the only non financially corrupt leader in our country so there is some excitement there earlier today he actually came out and run conduit and talked about corruption in a sense he talked about how lavish the prime minister's residence is and how he will not be taking it if you assumes of

in the polls the tightly contested general election has been overshadowed by a suicide bomb in baluchistan region which killed thousands. at least twenty six people have been killed and one hundred thirty one a missing after a dam and laos collapsed on monday district governor says around three thousand people are still stranded in the floods thousands more have been forced from their homes. as president has reached an agreement with the european union to reduce the impact of the global trade war almost immediately u.s. financial markets responded with cautious optimism as white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports after weeks of escalating trade disputes in tit for tat tariffs u.s. president donald trump e.u. chief john clode younker announced they had forged a new relationship i have the intention to make a deal today and remove the deal today we have identified a number of areas in which to work together. on industrial goods. combined the european union and the united states make up more than half of the global g.d.p. the two leaders agreed to create a commission addressing shar

behind this blast and what do they actually gain from attacking a polling station in quite a in baluchistan. very intelligent question and judy just started that dog now by the. soft bug stand and just on his name being off i understand afghanistan is a place where all international media organizations and organizations that bearded dead. dog shows it's pretty strong putting in afghanistan that border there are definitely video static groups which are also creating enough line astonied. securities to be cleared out of under control of things like that and that it been in sudan's. groups are dead it is operating from a fight is done cross over to fox on and get it out such attacks and your question that what the beginning definitely just on is dog it down that dog it is. just on just on is going to be. having these giant up on sonic comic i don't know and so it goes through just time and then there are several of the guy mentions of time which is why these province has been attacked number of times in the past not going to be quite similar to that in cities across just on the purposes. democ

the attack in baluchistan province is the deadliest in more than a year.o days before mr trump meets vladimir putin, a grand jury in the us has decided to charge 12 russian intelligence officers with hacking into the computers of the democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton and her party. president trump is in scotland, as part now on bbc news, the travel show.

crowded polling station just outside the pakistani city of quarter that's the provincial capital of baluchistan more than thirty people including children have been killed millions of voting in a tightly contested general election. also suicide bombers have targeted a government health city in southern syria and these fifty people are fed dad and i'll see whether the city is near a pocket of territory held by isis. and local media in la reporting that at least nineteen people have died after a dam collapsed on monday an evacuation was ordered after the government was notified of cracks in one of the supporting us. rescuers in greece fear they may find more bodies after wildfires swept through coastal areas near the capital athens at least eighty people have been killed and if barker is in the seaside resort of matty twenty six people were found dead. with ferocious intensity the flames tore through homes cars and livelihoods. and the wildfires quickly turned deadly. locked in a final embrace dozens of bodies discovered in the popular seaside village of marty east of athens families had huddled

apart by a suicide bomber scores of people killed many more wounded the blast in a town near the baluchistan provincial capital quetta was the latest in a growing wave of violence as a head of nationwide polls in two weeks time on the streets of lahore security has been boosted thousands of security personnel were deployed across pakistan ahead of the return of former prime minister nawaz sharif sheriffs' backers say the country's military is colluding with the judiciary to damage his political party ahead of elections they are prepared to confront to authorities if challenged. i am ready to give the last drop of my blood. i'm ready to face jail i'm ready to die let them do whatever police and their police want to do we are here to face that we will not turn back. while in office the sheriff had been critical of the military's involvement in civilian affairs he'd served three terms as pakistan's prime minister and was widely viewed as a political survivor but last year the country's supreme court barred him from office over graft charges this year the same court banned him from politics for

a deadly attack in the province of baluchistan where a prominent leader. sunny was gated and seventy other people also losing their lives and we are told that there were one hundred twenty day dad happening on a day when a former chief minister of the high before. also so waved an attack on his as he were leaving a campaign rally the attack in baluchistan dog cage one of the prominent leaders of the blue just on the. younger brother of the former chief minister of baluchistan province mr some raced on the and it is all happening on the day when i was sheriff . and did. international airline flight and you know ahead we're told that the national accountability bureau personnel had directed him to be taken to a llama but ray serious charges have been leveled against him he and his dog to have been found guilty of massive corruption however. his body is up all day to come to the whole episode and give him come to the security of the airport had been taken over by the better minute he felt it in order to prevent a large crowd from defending on the airport by d

crowded polling station just outside the pakistani city of quest that's the provincial capital of baluchistan more than thirty people including children were killed with that attack comes at a time when millions of voters are casting their ballot to elect a new government jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif's brother shahbaz is leading the ruling pm and he's up against former cricketer imran khan he heads the center right p.t.i. there's also the pakistan people's party led by bilawal bhutto who's a twenty nine year old son of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto . at least fifty people have been killed dozens more have been injured after a suicide bombers targeted a city in southern syria several attackers struck in alsa wader is close to the border with jordan the area is government held but i still controls a pocket of territory to the north. the u.n. refugee agency for palestine is cutting twenty two hundred fifty jobs provides critical aid to palestinian refugees and also employees many of them some them some of them were visibly upset after learning of their job lo

among those killed was a baluchistan provincial assembly candidate, siraj raisani.his is the slain candidate's brother, hajajlashkari. >> these kininds of incidentntse been happenining in our countr's history, and they are condemned verbally, but no solid measures are taken to prevent them. nermeen: it was the third such attack on election rallies in a week. hours after the deadly bombing, former prime minister nawaz sharif and his daughter maryam were arrested at lahore's airport as they returned to pakistan from london in efforts to bolster sharif's political party, the pakistan muslim league-nawaz, or pmln, one of the leading contenders in next week's elections. there arrest came after sharif, a third term prime minister, and his daughter were convicted in absentia in a corruption case that sharif's supporters say was manufactured by the pakistani military and intelligence services. amy: pml-n members allege their main rival, pakistan tehreek-e-insaf, the anti-corruption party led by former cricket star imran khan, has the backing of the army, which has ruled the

can vote as part of the federation old alliances have been broken and new ones have emerged in baluchistan in every possible provinces. nationally the ballots have been distributed and boxes are in place for one hundred six million pakistanis to vote politically deceit attempts of rigging can only be defeated if people come out and water numbers some of enjoying the other zero lahore. that's one article hiding is outside a polling station in islamabad and glass is shaped up to be a very tight race isn't it. absolutely. if you're bored by osama all the people you're going to parties are going to be staying and obviously hoping that day will come or go on however it is not going to be easy because the political parties particularly need to rein in trains to political parties like the progress on which we know watch and up against on people's party have lost a creative ability because of the massive corruption charges that country. forward ninety billion dollars and hundreds of billions of dollars have been siphoned out of the country so indeed it is their johns that perhaps imran khan may wi

among those killed was a baluchistan provincial assembly candidate, siraj raisani. this is the slain candidate's brother haji lashkari. havavee kinds of incidents been hapappening in our r counts histstory. these incidents are condemned verbally, but no solid measures are taken to prevent them. on friday night, hours after the deadly bombing, former prime minister nawaz sharif and his daughter maryam were arrested at the lahore airport as they returned to pakistan from london in efforts to bolster sharif's political party, the pakistan muslim league-nawaz ahead of the elections. their arrest came after sharif and his daughter were convicted in absentia last week in a corruption case that sharif's supporters say was manufactured by the pakistani military and his political opponents. in gaza, thousands of people attended the funerals of two palestinian teenagers killed by israeli airstrikes during saturday israel's heaviest bombing assault on gaza since the 2014 war. the two boys, 15-year-old amir al-nimri and 16-year-old luay kaheel, were hit by israeli airstrikes wh

will vote as part of the federation old alliances have been broken and new ones have emerged in baluchistan in the provinces. nationally the ballots have been distributed and boxes are in place for one hundred six million pakistanis to vote political leaders say attempts of rigging can only be defeated if people come out and water numbers some of enjoyably dollars here a lot.

province for the first time we saw a forty percent turnout for a province like baluchistan which saw their deadliest attack dad and indeed very encouraging so did the women and the young people who've made a difference. to ward who are excited about change and that of course a huge responsibility or name ron khan who promised so much the question is really be able to deliver and really be able to tackle some of the talk that lie ahead of fame ok. come all thank you. let's name to gaza now where people are gathering again near the border fence this has been happening at every friday the continuing weekly demonstrations against israel's blockade let's go now to our charles stratford who has been covering these have protests for quite some time and it's our understanding that unfortunately and all of this back and forth that there has been am at least one fatality what can you tell us charles. that's right we can confirm that one one palestinian has been killed we're unsure as to yet whether he was affiliated to any of the armed factions here at least eleven other people injured in vari

attack near a crowded polling station just outside the pakistani city of cueto that's the capital of baluchistan province well the thirty people including children being killed. of af attack comes at a time when millions of voters occulting their ballot to elect a new government the jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif's brother. is leading the ruling and he's up against former cricketer imran khan who heads the center right pakistan tehreek e insaf the p.t.i. there's also the pakistan people's party led by bilawal bhutto is the twenty nine year old son of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto. at least fifty people have been killed and dozens more been injured after a suicide bombers targeted a city in southern syria several attackers struck. near the border with jordan the area is government held but eisel controls a pocket of territory to the north seventy decker's in the occupied golan heights close to where the fighting is taking place according to syrian state media one suicide bomber they say belonging to ice will bloom in the market in the city of swayed us weight ha

the law house of parliament the people of pakistan have spoken yesterday unprecedented scenes in baluchistan despite that . which claimed a number of lives for the first time the women came out in large number. today and for the first time they were able to. fully and wholeheartedly also important. women have bordered in this election. reward and a young ward with the balance in favor of imran khan who had been promising change the oil gone from different political parties have launched grown up august on people who sparred he headed by below. ground when you compare it to a large connection but the most important question is. going to accept. some apprehension that by having to get a goal for agitation something that this country can order for political instability but we have to wait and wait for the formally announce. although by the end of the day we'll have a fairly good picture as to what really happened but one thing that we have. and that that turned out was better than expected given all the security fake ok thanks for the update will keep a close eye as we start in islamabad now th

can vote as part of the federation old alliances have been broken and new ones have emerged in baluchistan in the provinces nationally the ballots have been distributed and boxes are in place for one hundred six million pakistanis to vote political leaders the attempts of people rigging can only be defeated if people come out and water numbers some of those here are lahore. democratic republic of congo's health minister says the latest outbreak of the deadly ebola virus is over there fifty four cases and thirty three deaths in the outbreak that was declared in may health officials say a quick international response of the vaccination of more than three thousand people helped to contain the outbreak it was the country's ninth week since the virus was first identified back in one nine hundred seventy six meanwhile in the u.k. five doctors have handled handed back medals given to them by the government three years ago for their work on the a ball a crisis in west africa doctors are unhappy at the tightening of the rules in the u.k. national health service which means undocumented migrants hav

more than 100 were killed in the suicide bombing at an election rally in the province of baluchistan.st site and found people scattered, there was hardly a person who was in a good condition. we alerted our vehicles and sent 30 ambulances to help the wounded. the army had claimed that militants had been cleared from the region near the afghan border, which has been marred by ongoing violence and instability. in a separate incident, four people were killed in a bomb blast in the north of the country. another politician's campaign convoy was hit. it's less than two weeks before pakistan goes to the polls, and these attacks could trigger a new set of tensions ahead of an election already marred by controversy. lebo diseko, bbc news. more than 200 people are now confirmed dead from the flooding in western japan. 70,000 rescue workers and soldiers have been deployed to dig through the rubble, as dozens of people remain buried a week after record rainfall hit the region. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has travelled to hiroshima prefecture, where a series of huge landslides have bu

overshadowed by a huge suicide attack on an unconnected political rally in the western province of baluchistandup to the elections becoming increasingly fraught. landing in lahore, he and his daughter were surrounded by security officials, waiting to fly them to a jail. for some, nawaz is a corrupt politician, finally being punished. for others, he is a political martyr. how the majority of the country view him will play a large part in determining the elections. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's show... i'm in amsterdam tojump on board a boat which once ferried migrants across the mediterranean but now carries tourists. so whenever you have a chance to help somebody, do it. it will come back to you. rajan heads to colorado to meet the people trying to save the iconic north american bison. the policy is very much let them roam, let them be free, don't interfere. lucy is here with the lowdown on how to pick the best smart suitcase. the main difference is you can afford to be a bit more careless in this, safe in the knowledge that your wheels will not buckle under the pr

violence in various areas the election was largely peaceful in cities but in rural parts of the one baluchistanthere were some scuffles in the jobs bill there was at least one death and then there was the suicide attack which killed more than thirty people but now all political parties have said that they will try and come together on thursday they will talk to amongst themselves and with the parties and chart a future course of action to try and salvage the results of this controversial election more joseph is an associate vice president of the asia center at the u.s. institute of peace he says the legitimacy of the votes has been questioned which could affect the winning party. i think it's unfortunate we did the election this time it was digitized it's a lot in all systems that this won't happen this was exactly what happened in the last election but unfortunately i think it is now again a controversy that said the wine and the scene is actually not between political parties and the violence is terrorist violence going to be appalling will go before that even political candidates and release

previously i i face these questions only in baluchistan and sin and. so a few days ago i was in a university in rawalpindi and young students there were asking me these kind of questions that there is political management by those people who are not supposed to interfere in politics and last night what happened in robin twenty outside the court. the n.t. drug court and the narcotics court the people openly raised slogans against some intelligence agencies and some institutions and not even general aired or slogans but they are available on social media so this is you see as a as a citizen of this country this is very much concerned about the situation because i never heard these kind of slogans these kind of questions this kind of criticism in punjab because there is an impression that army belongs to punjab because punjab is that ok biggest province so i think and i feel that there is a realization within the army that this situation is not good and if there is a complaint from any political party or any civil institutions the complaint must be addres

especially in far flung areas the situation in the cities is ok but in the areas in the province or baluchistan is pretty dire where a number of attacks have big took place in the lead up to the elections that you saw this morning that at least thirty people have been killed in the city of was the time line in terms of how much time is left for voting and when we expect the first results to appear. in a couple of. thirteen hundred g.m.t. polls will close there has been a request by the pakistan muslim league the party of prime minister minister nawaz sharif saying that the polling needs to be extended by an hour the election commission is still deliberating on whether to allow it or not their request is based on the fact that in many polling stations the process of polling is gray's low this therefore many people have not been able to cast their vote so we hope by according to the election commission's announcement it is going to end thirteen energy to be a million one hundred send it by an hour and then results will start coming in from the smaller polling stations and we will see much later i

after a suicide bomber targeted the convoy of political candidates in the southwestern province of baluchistan one hundred forty nine people were killed in the attack that took place ten days ago. besides normal security duties officers have also been given expanded powers they can punish individuals for illegal acts committed inside polling stations. human rights groups are concerned they have already complained of the army's alleged interference in the electoral process. which is investigation get it out and all debacle and he can fund that and if it is it then there's a lot of game that you're looking at as the end of. the intimidation of journalists is believed to have served the campaign of this man former cricket star in one count of the movement for justice party the sixty five year old has vowed to track down on corruption. what it says about it for we will deliver justice to the masses regardless of them being a hindu all christian or sikh regardless of the being poor all from different provinces all from coffee to stock soup we're going to see great movie although his closest rival i

the attack in baluchistan province is the deadliest in more than a year. the islamic state group claimed responsibility for the attack. two days before mr trump meets vladimir putin, a grand jury in the us has decided to charge 12 russian intelligence officers with hacking into the computers of the democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton and her party. president trump is in scotland, as part now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's show... iron in amsterdam tojump on board a boat which once ferried migrants across the mediterranean but now carries tourists. —— i'm. across the mediterranean but now carries tourists. -- i'm. so whenever you have a chance to help somebody, do it. it will come back to you. rajan kids to colorado to meet the people trying to save the iconic north american bison. the policy is rare much let them roam, let them be free, don't interfere. lucy is here with the lowdown on how to pick the best smart suitcase. the main difference is you can afford to bea main difference is you can afford to be a bit more ca

can vote as part of the federation old alliances have been broken and new ones have emerged in baluchistan in the provinces nationally the ballots have been distributed and boxes are in place for one hundred six million pakistanis to vote political leaders say attempts of rigging can only be defeated if people come out and water numbers. are lahore. that's what a couple hides in the he's outside a polling station in islamabad and call people just starting to fight and it's a very significant election isn't it second time that pakistan has seen a democratic transfer from one civilian governments to the next how free and fair is this going to be. where the election and just. started coming to the polling stations early. to predict where the. election people have been saying this is an election where the people will make a choice we have not seen any. intimidation as far as the water they're concerned so i think we should give it time and see where that they should indeed a fair and free election after all there are one hundred observers from the european union fifty three. will be monitoring

in baluchistan is an attempt to disrupt the political process the people will not be affected by this they will come out and vote in full force. the dory could help form a coalition government if no party wins a decisive victory opposition leader imraan khan has campaigned on an anti-corruption platform and is popular with young voters. this is the first time we've had the chance to defeat the two parties who have been in control here and those who have been taking turns at power in this country for the past thirty years. the other main candidate is shahbaz sharif the brother of former prime minister no wash who is in jail charged with corruption. and i appealed to the nation to come out to polling stations cost the votes and change the destiny of pakistan and make a great prosperous and progressive country make it great in its real meaning. election observers from the european union are monitoring polling stations there have been widespread allegations of rigging and concerns that the military is engineering the outcome analysts say no matter who becomes the next prime minister they

more than 100 were killed in the suicide bombing at an election rally in the province of baluchistan.ched the blast site and found people scattered, there was hardly a person who was in a good condition. we alerted our vehicles and sent 30 ambulances to help the wounded. the army had claimed that militants had been cleared from the region near the afghan border, which has been marred by ongoing violence and instability. in a separate incident, four people were killed in a bomb blast in the north of the country. another politician's campaign convoy was hit. it's less than two weeks before pakistan goes to the polls, and these attacks could trigger a new set of tensions ahead of an election already marred by controversy. lebo diseko, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. pakistan's former prime minister, nawaz sharif, has been arrested after returning to the country. he faces a ten yearjail term for corruption. mr sharif flew from london to lahore, where large rallies were held in his support. after his arrest, mr sharif and his daughter maryam — who was sentenced in the sam

there a crowded polling station just outside the pakistani city of question that's the capital of baluchistanprovince all the thirty people including children were killed millions of people are voting in a tightly contested general election. and suicide bombers have targeted a government held city in southern syria at least fifty people are feared dead in alsa weta the city is near to a pocket of territory that is held by isis. local media in laos. reporting that at least nineteen people have died after a dam collapse on monday and evacuation was ordered after the government was notified of cracks in one of the sporting downs of many living nearby didn't have enough time to escape. all right we're going to go back now to our top story and that of course of the general election taking place in pakistan we can talk to share as predator who is in islamabad is the director of abdul wali university dan thank you for talking to us i'm just wondering as to what the overall impact could be of this attack on question where we think more than thirty people have died the death toll certainly rising whet

overshadowed by a huge suicide on the net and unconnected political rally in the western province of baluchistanded by security officials, waiting to fly them to a jail in robbing the. for some, no street is a corrupt politician, finally being punished. —— nawaz sharif. for others, he is a political martyr. how the majority of the country view him will play a large part in determining the elections. an iceberg the size of a hill has drifted close to a small village on the western coast of greenland, prompting fears that waves could overwhelm homes there. the village, which has around 170 residents, has been partially evacuated. it's feared the iceberg could break apart, with waves flooding the coastline. earlier, kenneth elkjaar from the greenland broadcaster knr said the movements of the iceberg were up in the air. right now, the situation is that everybody is waiting to see where the iceberg is going. the wind is controlling the situation right now. yesterday, it moved a bit towards the north because of the wind and high tides, and that was a good thing for the village, because it moved away.