people have been killed in a suicide attack in helmand province foot it targeted afg ha n helmand provincet salaries. workers are trying to help hundreds of whales stranded on a beach in new zealand. it is the latest incident following the death of 300 wales on the same beach on friday.

helmand is a strategic province for the taliban and the government.er it is assumed the fighting will become even more intense. reports from the philippines say many of those who fled their homes after friday night's earthquake on the island of mindanao have now returned. at least six people were killed, mostly by falling debris. at least 126 others were injured in surigao, where the quake knocked out power and forced the closure of the domestic airport. australia is known as a country of extreme weather and that is certainly the case right now. in western australia, residents are being evacuated as floodwaters threaten their homes. while in the eastern states, authorities are warning of catastrophic bushfire conditions as tempertures soar past 45 degrees. lucy martin has more. residents evacuate their homes as floodwaters threatened to inundate the west australian town of north. the nearby avon river has swelled after days of torrential rain. locals say the water levels are the highest they've seen in 30 years. three people had to be rescued with som

helmand is a strategic province both for the taliban and the government.mmer, it is assumed the fighting will become even more intense. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: in new zealand, more than 200 stranded whales have re—floated themselves and are back at sea, say conservationists. let's get more on that report of a missile test by north korea. bruce bennett is a senior defence analyst at rand corporation. he's in los angeles. a lot of conflicting reports around about the details surrounding this. what do we know for certain at this stage? not a whole lot at this point. we know that the missile was launched from the panghyon air base in north korea, fairly far north of pyongyang we know it travelled about 500 kilometres and that it wound up on what the koreans referred to as the east sea, the sea ofjapan. that kind of range could be a scud, musudan, or nodong, but more likely the nodong or the scud. what is the significance of the types you have mentioned? the significance of the types you have mentioned ? the latest significance of the types you

helmand is a strategic province both for the taliban and the government., it is assumed the fighting will become even more intense. it's been a tumultuous few weeks in central italy, which has been hit by earthquakes, heavy snow and landslides. last month, four quakes above magnitude five struck in just a day, isolating villages and leaving thousands of families without power. now snow in the abruzzo is melting and causing sudden flooding and yet more landslides, as david campa nale reports. landslides and sinkholes have struck across the abruzzo after heavy snowfalls, rains and earthquakes. the mountain village of bisenti expects weeks of complete isolation after two landslides blocked the only access roads. even as emergency workers assess the resulting damage, a ridge collapsed, sweeping away part of a provincial road in a few seconds. snow reached two metres in height in this valley and melting caused heavy rains. a collapse ten metres in diameter and ten metres deep has opened 3&2? e555 e§§re§~§1$ .. , fl , , .. . .. local administrators don't blame se

people have been killed in a suicide attack in helmand province foot it targeted afg ha n helmand province foot it targeted afghan soldiers queueing up outside a bank to collect salaries. workers are trying to help hundreds of whales stranded on a beach in new zealand. it is the latest incident following the death of 300 wales on the same beach on friday. at ten o'clock, sean will be here with a full round—up of today's news. now for our world. we look at whether conservation gains in india have come at too high a price. rhinos are one of the world's most endangered species. but how far should we go to protect them? we're inside india's greatest national park to discover its dark secret. when we see any people at night—time, we are ordered to shoot them. authorities are evicting villagers. there is nojury, no judge, no questioning. the park has maimed, killed and it is alleged even tortured people. there is no question that rhinos should be protected, but at what cost? this is the inside story of the indian national park, and those killed in the name of conservation. this is kaziranga nati

afg hanistan‘s helmand province.s close its was driven into a group of soldiers outside a bank. they have been —— they had been queueing to collect their salaries. the taliban have taken this possibility for the attack, having previously targeted the same bank. campaigners have delivered a petition with around 50,000 signatures to downing street calling for theresa may to reopen a scheme to a cce pt for theresa may to reopen a scheme to accept lone child refugees. the campaign has been led by former refugee lord dubs. the government this week scrapped its plans to re—home thousands of unaccompanied children from syria and other war zones after the arrival of just 150 youngsters. another 240 pilot whale have been stranded in a room at bay in new zealand and what conservationists say is the country's biggest beaching for 100 years. the pod is thought to include some of the wales we re thought to include some of the wales were rescued from the same area yesterday. 300 wales have died in recent days. you may find of thes

were even giving it up in central helmand where they had the right mix of land and water. those are the policies you'll have to focus on. it will be horrible politically because they won't be short-term results and people will eat you alive for the lack of it and the only realism there is. >> right here. >> hi, my name is mahmoud and i'm from afghanistan. i used to work in the government as well as nato. thank you for the comprehensive report in the speech on afghanistan. i would like to raise a couple of features here and as you mentioned, the corruption is a big problem in afghanistan and in the way it creates more insurgency and resilience in afghan society where you have the ruler of the afghan community sees or perceives the urban afghans or the former majority were war lords and are in charge of affairs of the government and they see the massive policies in armored vehicles run around the city and provinces and they see themselves being trapped in an unfair wave of, let's say, society where they're being targeted, most often by the afghan security forces. occasionall

at least six people have been killed in a suicide attack in helmand province in afghanistan.t targeted afghan soldiers queuing up outside a bank to collect their salaries. conservationists in new zealand say more than 200 pilot whales that had been stranded on a beach on the south island have refloated themselves overnight and are back in the sea. only 17 of the creatures remain on the sand. now our weekly update of stories from the bbc‘s global network of correspondents. now our weekly update of stories from the bbc‘s global network of correspondents. it's reporters. welcome to reporters. i'm karin giaonone. from here in the bbc newsroom, we send out correspondence to bring from here in the bbc newsroom, we send out correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the globe. in this week's programme: on the brink of famine. nawal al—magafhi reports from yemen as the united nations launches an emergency appeal for aid. the struggle of the smugglers. we join the kurds desperately trying to make a living on the iraqi border. believe it or not, it's impossible to take a

marines on the patrol, shows the moment an apache helicopter opens fire on two taliban insurgents in helmandackman and one of his men approached the insurgent who'd been wounded. the court refused an application by the bbc to release the clips of the next moments, when he was dragged across the field and then shot by blackman. in 2013 a military court found alexander blackman, also known as marine a, guilty of murder. but today his wife arrived at court at the start of a fresh appeal to have that sentence quashed and substituted with manslaughter instead. blackman himself listened to the proceedings by video link from the wiltshere prison where he is serving an eight—year sentence. his new defence team argued to a panel ofjudges that he was suffering a mental illness at the time he shot the insurgent. in court, blackman was described as very reserved, a john wayne—like a character who downplayed his mental health problems at the time of his original trial. but giving evidence three psychiatrists said he was in fact suffering from an adjustment disorder that impaired his ability to make ratio

the airstrike occurred in southern helmand province in a joint operation with afghan forces. an afghan official said the civilians killed-- mostly women and children-- were members of two families. the u.s. military says it is still independently investigating the allegations. iraq's government is promising a full investigation of deadly clashes over election reform. a police officer and at least five followers of radical shiite cleric moqtada al-sadr were killed during clashes yesterday. when anti-government protesters tried to cross a bridge leading to the fortified green zone, where many government offices and embassies are located. iraqi security forces fired bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowds. almost 200 other people were injured. today, sadr promised what he called "peaceful retaliation." the protesters want changes to a commission overseeing this year's local elections that sadr claims favors his shiite rival, former iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki. in rural australia, more than two thousand firefighters are battling 86 wildfires and brush fires. temperat

in afghanistan — at least six people have been killed and many more wounded in a blast in southern helmandon took place in the provincial capital lashkar gah. the taliban has said it was behind the attack. a spokesperson for the regional governor told the bbc the attacker drove a car into an afghan national army vehicle parked near a bank. uliya atrafi reports from the capital kabul. u nfortu nately, we unfortunately, we don't have that report but we will try to bring it to you a little later. anti—government protesters in romania have turned out for the twelfth day running to demand the resignation of the social democrat—led administration. protesters fear that proposed laws redefining corruption offences will revive much of a government decree that was scrapped just a week ago. they're calling for country's prime minister to leave office — as greg dawson reports. the crowds may have thinned from a week ago, but several thousand remain outside the parliaments in bucharest. what began as protests against plans to decriminalise some corruption offences has become a movement with a much bigg

that's a big deal when you're going into the highest percentage of, you know, opium producing is in helmand, so you kind of have to think about how we approach this. then we talk about should the taliban be labeled a terrorist group? okay, just let's -- i'm not the diplomat, i'll say yes. okay. 100%. the taliban are a terrorist group, they have been behaving in terrorist activities, they should be -- should have been labeled years ago. and some absurd notion that somehow if we keep them off the list, somehow they'll want to talk reconciliation more is about as naive as i can, you know, possibly imagine. but not that i'm upset about it, but the point is when general nicholson is asked that, he also can't give an answer because there is nobody at state that could answer that thing. so we have to have a wholistic approach and review, not just in pakistan, but also in afghanistan, because we can't expect the brave troops that have been taking so many risks, our folks that are taking so many risks, albeit not as many as -- not as much as the afghans, can't expect them to go into battle with unce

when a car loaded with explosives was driven into an army vehicle parked nearby in the capital of helmandre wounded. no group has admitted carrying out the bombing. campaigners have delivered a petition at downing street with 50,000 signatures calling for theresa may to allow more child refugees to come to britain. the government this week scrapped its plans to re—home thousands of unaccompanied children from syria and other war zones after the arrival of just 150 and other war zones after the arrival ofjust150 youngsters. and other war zones after the arrival of just 150 youngsters. the campaign has been led by lord dubs who himself came to britain as a refugee from the nazis at the age of six. the argument for child refugees todayis six. the argument for child refugees today is a humanitarian argument and it doesn't depend on the person putting the case. however because i came to this country in the play i have an emotional involvement with it. can i say this? this country has been wonderful to me in terms of the welcome i have received and the opportunities i have had and i would like

helmand, in their words "a breeding ground for mental health problems".e the insurgent was killed. sergeant blackman and one of his patrol cautiously approached the wounded man. the court refused an application by the bbc to release the clips of the next moments, when he was dragged across the field and then shot. in 2013, a military court found alexander blackman, also known as marine a, guilty of murder. today, his wife arrived at court at the start of a fresh appeal from the wiltshire prison where he is serving an eight—year sentence. his new defence team argued to a panel ofjudges that he was mentally ill at the time. in court, blackman was described as very reserved, a john wayne—like a character who downplayed his mental health problems at the time of his original trial. but giving evidence, three psychiatrists said he was in fact suffering from an adjustment disorder that impaired his ability to make rational judgments and that led to a loss of self—control when he shot the insurgent. but were these the words of a man who didn't fully comprehend wh

this individual had been on patrol with british forces in helmand, there had been an ied attack, he was british soldier, he would have been evacuated back here, where he could have been looked after properly. when the subject was raised and i discussed it with an official from the government, the only thing they were interested in was he should not come back here. he might claim asylum and that might set a precedent. that was appalling. in the end, for that individual, we evacuated him to india, where he received excellent treatment, but the attitude was wrong, it was that we we re the attitude was wrong, it was that we were concerned for him not to be an asylum seeker. that has prevailed throughout the policies which have beenin throughout the policies which have been in place since then to look after our internet has. the home 0ffice after our internet has. the home office has given us a statement. it says, while we cannot comment on this case, or claims are carefully considered on their merits and based on evidence provided by the applicant. we know that he has had one claim rejected

and this was in our special forces unit were accompanying afghan commandos on missions in helmand. but overall we're going to work hard to keep those potential for casualties to a minimum. sadly, there's been recent fighting in second and we had another american special forces soldier severely wounded there this morning, just before i walked into the hearing. this highlights the criticality and the need to keep focused on the afghan success down there. the final piece i'dadd is that the 215 core which is the core in the sangha , after the talk flight in 2015 we did a significant regeneration effort on the215 core . and again, we embarked on a significant regeneration effort now because that is where the afghans are suffering high casualties. we put in new commander, his name is general almonds i, he's doing a great job with the unit but they do need help with regeneration and building. we have a great governor down there, governor hyatt who's doing a good job but we have experienced problems with police corruption to a significant extent which are undermining our efforts so this is

killed and more than twenty injured in a car bomb attack in lashkar gar — the capital of afghanistan's helmandiven into a group of soldiers outside a bank. they had been queuing to collect their salaries. the taliban have taken responsibility for the attack having previously targeted the same bank. some good news — a150—year—old family wedding dress that went missing after a dry cleaners went bust has been found. tess newall launched a campaign on social media to find the garment after the shop where it had been taken to be cleaned, closed down. the dress, which has belonged to her family since 1870, was given to the 29—year—old by her grandmother to wear on her wedding day lastjune. earlier i spoke to tess and she told me these had been the most hectic 2a hours in her life. i couldn't believe it. he said his uncle, you need to look in the property, even though he had nothing to do with the dry cleaning company. he really searched and found what he thought was a pile of old lace which he realised was the dress. he realised was the dress. because my parents and they then went straight there. we

marines on the patrol, shows the moment an apache helicopter opens fire on two taliban insurgents in helmand by the bbc to release the clips of the next moments, when he was dragged across the field and then shot by blackman. in 2013 a military court found alexander blackman, also known as marine a, guilty of murder. but today his wife arrived at court at the start of a fresh appeal to have that sentence quashed and substituted with manslaughter instead. blackman himself listened to the proceedings by video link from the wiltshere prison where he is serving an eight—year sentence. his new defence team argued to a panel ofjudges that he was suffering a mental illness at the time he shot the insurgent. in court, blackman was described as very reserved, a john wayne—like a character who downplayed his mental health problems at the time of his original trial. but giving evidence, three psychiatrists said he was in fact suffering from an adjustment disorder that impaired his ability to make rationaljudgments and that led to a loss of self—control when he shot the insurgent. but were these the wor

don't be helmand province i'm not going to give you a question. you are fake news. go ahead.dent. . where are you from? the bbc. here is another beauty. a good line. impartial, free and fair. yeah, sure. mr president... just like cnn, right? tomorrow they will say donald trump rants and raves at the press. i'm not ranting and raving, i'm telling you, you're dishonest people, but i'm not ranting and raving, i love this, i'm having a good time doing this. it's a refrain we've heard from president donald trump time and time again — when he's facing difficult questions or when he wants to dismiss reports he doesn't like. but he's also been peddling his own fake news, too. take this over the weekend. you look at what's happening last night in sweden, sweden, who would believe this, sweden. they took in large numbers that and they're having problems like they never thought possible. as we now know there was no such incident. the swedish government has asked for an explanation about his recent comments. let's have a look. donald trump then tried to clarify what he meant tweeting. "m