what does pakistan need? at what does pakistan need? at this what does pakistan need?int, a lot of things have been destroyed, especially infrastructure and housing. if all of that have to be rebuilt, pakistan's government which is already struggling under high commodity prices will need external financing. commodity prices will need externalfinancing. with commodity prices will need external financing. with that financing also is the requirement for technical assistance, for future initiatives that looked at climate change patterns and how things will affect a country like pakistan which is at severe risk of climate change. and so we need financial assistance, technical expertise and assistance notjust in the form of loans because that will further in debt countries like pakistan moving forward, so the global community really has to think hard notjust about pakistan but about global south countries that will be impacted the most in this crisis and come up with mechanisms especially financial mechanisms to help them build back in a way that is more resilient and more a

pakistan is suffering so much.ar-flung areas, they are trying their best to help and reach out, but they have lost many parts of pakistan. road, rail, bridges have been wiped out from the floods. the only way to reach out to those displaced people, effective people is through the army, which has been called on. pakistan has been going through an economic crisis the last couple months. this makes it harder for pakistan to go for relief and rescue operations. apart from what we are seeing right now for the last couple of weeks, pakistan is already going through a crisis. individuals were ousted from power, and since then, they have been taking on a mentality, conspiring against them. it has been very hard. amy: can you talk about the connection between flooding and climate change? shah: we have seen in pakistan, it was very bad in the region. mo than two or three degrees celsius were recorded, more than normal. that has been going on with some intervals. it is the climate crisis. we have seen in a town 100 kilometers

pakistan will need help fast.ob: provinces in the south are bracing for flooding as water flows down from the mountainous areas than the north. foreign aid has started to arrive. the government says it needs more funds. >> along with the rising death toll there are a countless number of people who have been injured the knees floods. there are countless people suffering from waterborne illnesses and all kinds of skin diseases. and there are countless displaced by the floodwaters that have been wreaking havoc across pakistan. here, one of the worst affected provinces, humanitarian relief aid is the most needed. the highest number of people have died and continue to suffer from this crisis. while there is help coming, there are international aid packages and airplanes arriving with much-needed data, it is not coming quickly enough. people cannot wait by the side of the road for help, they cannot wait and possibly die before they are helped. they are moving to other larger population centers and looking for help thems

i have been you know, are trying to suggest that pakistan belongs to the region and that pakistan should develop her greater economic and strategic relationships with the russian federation with the people's republic of china. and understand any darn in all these, you know, or turkey or so i think that her i like her the former prime ministers narrative. oh, but i'm not sure whether he's actually whether you know, he actually grab used it to when he was so sort of for losing power. so he used it politically. i'm not sure. now are many people have argued that pakistan and others need to sort of free themselves from western guardianship. but i think he, you, in your writing went far more radical. you've been actually suggesting that many countries in asia, in the middle east, in africa, i still under the yoke of colonialism which is a pretty strong statement and very hard statement for any particularly minded person to talk sent on to being too harsh. no, i think that that's a fact, at least in pakistan and many other countries as well. for example, in pakistan i'm, we are ro, an independe

it also resisted pakistan. trying to convince themselves in the afghan people that not only are they not a public of the pakistani state but they will reject forward influence from pakistan just like anywhere else. it makes the question of turning to pakistan for support more difficult than ever. >> on that note we are at time. i want to thank all of you. for your expertise and your time. thank you again for tuning in and for asking questions. i hope i got all of them and all the main points. afghanistan remains in our minds. the taliban as well. don't just think about the taliban when there's an anniversary to think about, but the plight of the afghan people and what we can do to hold the was policymakers and military leaders accountable for the u.s. war in afghanistan. finally, how to engage with the taliban. i think the 20-year war has proven one thing. the taliban are going nowhere. they are here to stay. we have to find a constructive way to engage with them. what that means, only time will tell. thank you

i think you see, if you look at pakistan for the last 75 years, are pakistan had been trying very hard to develop the country. now using her head from the international financial institutions. we 1st got some, you know, a project to basically ending for our, our infrastructure for our, you know, a dance that bit our game in mont ladamme. and i think that the same time, ah, because the soviet union was there and americans were there. i think this was the best time for developing countries to develop because the environment was not who stayed for direct and he had the best of both worlds. you can't gabler, but what happened was that m o, o, especially window for ish, int august became industrialized. and the late coming asian tigers became industrialized. then there was this so feeling of the rest that the industrialization of the developing world was responsible for the div just elevation of the advanced risk in countries. because a lot of industries were closing down in england and other western countries. saw what happened was that there are a lot of things the change to even the rule

across the regional offices, throughout pakistan. pakistan government, we have been completely overwhelmed if we are being honest, and we desperately need donors to come forward and support the people of pakistan in their desperate hour of need. food prices were already sky—high in pakistan, how are these floods going to impact food production? absolutely, you are quite right to mention that. the pakistani government, the economy was going through an economic crisis before this. the hot weather in may and june in the south of pakistan, followed by over eight weeks of torrential monsoon rains which have been incessant, which have brought great misery to many parts of the country. 50% of pakistan's land mass is underwater, with 33 million people affected. you get an idea of the scale. you are right to point out this will have a devastating effect on rural areas, especially in the punjab, central pakistan, which is really responsible for much of the agriculture or pakistan. sadly many crops have been washed away and those harvests have

now you come from pakistan. rich, recently went through the change of leadership that some, including former prime minister attributed to your country's intention to win itself of western influence. is that something that you by the explanation that the by and do you think that's still the intention of pakistan both it's leadership is current leadership. i'm the people, we're not great tom. ah no, this is what the former prime minister has been saying. but i also feel that he had the 3 and a half years when he was the prime minister. i think he should have used their dame very effectively to forge closer relationship with the russian federation and read the people's republic of china and other regional countries. but unfortunately, i was not very happy with the piece of progress that was going on with the, the relationship between these countries. i, for myself, i've been, you know, for the last, almost 30 years i have been you know, are trying to suggest that pakistan belongs to the region. and that pakistan sh

pakistan. i'm, we as ro, an independent country looks supposedly i'm a bug in spite of that. or, you know, the, a lot of our important positions are, say, a, you know, warranted by our booth usa and you get our prime minister and her other ministers, all the economic managers come from the international financial institutions. and then if you look at our policies, whether it is economic policies or whether it is strategic policies or political, they're also made in the us and you gave her a saw, i posted, you feel that term. we are independent though. oh it, you know, i mean, like we like to celebrate independence and people like to think that they are independent. but i personally feel that job that we are independent only, you know, herb in name. you know, for example, the colonial transfers that used to take place when pakistan in all these other countries were, are in the colonial mode. i feel that they're still continuing in some form. sometimes they are given more respectable. and so it's

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in 2010, pakistan had massive floods as| pakistan had massive floods as you remember.required $7 billion to be attended to and there was a $17 billion impact on the economy. this time, nobody has an estimate but one can safely say will probably be as much if not more and at that time, pakistan was close to the united states, partly because of the policies of mr khan but because of pakistan's general attitude impart foreign policy, the united states is now less interested in supporting pakistan at the moment so there will be difficulties in raising the kind of money needed, it will need several billion dollars for reconstruction and will need several billion more to deal with the loss the economy will suffer from these floods and unless and until the government can actually convince the international community that their need is dire and that it is for the poor people of pakistan, it will be difficult to raise that kind of money. so far, the united arab emirates is chipped in money, but we haven't heard any commitment from the united states, we have to see whether china

pakistan definitely cannot do _ these. pakistan definitely cannot do it _ these.nitely cannot do it on _ these. pakistan definitely cannot do it on its - these. pakistan definitely cannot do it on its own. l cannot do it on its own. pakistan is a poor country, and the state has major capacity constraints with emergency response but in fairness to pakistan, the scale of this crisis is so big that even the most powerful and wealthy countries would have trouble responding. we are talking about a situation where more than half of the country is keepin than half of the country is keep in mind that pakistan, by area, is the same size as france and the uk combined, to get a sense of the scale, and you are talking about more than 30 million people affected, thatis 30 million people affected, that is an amount of people were equivalent to the entire population of saudi arabia. so these floods are even more serious than the ones in 2010 which the un secretary general at the time had said was the worst natural disaster he had ever seen. so any government no matter how wealth

pakistan was not well for these floods. _ pakistan?n was not well for these floods, because of _ these floods, because of corruption, these floods, because of corruption, the infrastructure has been poorly developed and the drainage system is not well developed. many people live or work dangerously close to the river. speaking to officials here, they say any country, particularly any developing country, would have really struggled with the kind of intense, torrential rainfall we have seen here in the past few days. pakistan, as you said, has been hit hard by climate change. we saw earlier this year, for example, temperatures soaring in some places above 50 celsius and now, whilst the united nations is appealing for around £140 million to be donated to help pakistan recover officials here are saying that around £8 billion of damage has been done and with widespread damage to crops, for example, there are fears there could be food shortages put to the government has been donating small amounts of money to those affected by the floods but

, which is responsible for much of the agriculture of pakistan.— crops washed away, and the harvests have failed. i remember when we responded to the pakistan floods back in 2010 and 2011, and at that time 20 million people were affected and over 200,000's lives lost, here over 33 million people have been affected and sadly in the last 24 hours alone, at least 119 people have lost their lives. so the scale of this disaster is actually something to eclipse the worst flooding disaster in the entire of pakistan �*s history. so it is a huge worry and especially for the people of pakistan moving forward. we are very much at the moment appealing to our donor base to give, to provide people with cooked food and clean drinking water because of the spread of waterborne diseases throughout the country and throughout the provinces, and throughout the provinces, and sadly as you mentioned, we are expecting things to actually get worse over the next few days, especially the south, as the waters from the north continue to move further down south and sadly we ar

pakistan at this point— climate change is real. pakistan at this point in— climate change is real. any top ten countries — this point in time is any top ten countries that going to be directly and disastrously affected by the climate — and disastrously affected by the climate change in years to come. hence, _ climate change in years to come. hence, that puts pakistan into extremely vulnerable position and at the sheer— extremely vulnerable position and at the sheer point of a magnitude of this particular disaster demonstrates this is just this particular disaster demonstrates this isjust beginning. it is happening all over the world in different forms. in the uk it has happened. — in different forms. in the uk it has happened, but the sheer quantum of it, happened, but the sheer quantum of it. no— happened, but the sheer quantum of it. no one _ happened, but the sheer quantum of it, no one was prepared for. so, yes, _ it, no one was prepared for. so, yes, it's — it, no one was prepared for. so, yes, it's real, _ it, no one was prepared for. so, yes, it's real, we all understand the

we start in pakistan.hird of the country is underwater — that's according to the country's climate change minister, who called the devastation caused by extensive flooding a "crisis of unimaginable proportions." at least a thousand people have been killed and 33 million are affected. that's one in every seven pakistanis. let us have a look. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected, but mountainous regions have also been badly hit. our correspondent pumza filhani sent this report. a moment of quiet in the middle of chaos. inside a crowded hall, families that have been displaced by the floods in northern pakistan have found temporary refuge. for many, it was a narrow escape. translation: our houses have collapsed _ because of the floods. we had a home and it was enough for us. now, all our belongings are buried under 12 to 13 feet of water. when i left with my children, i saw my house collapse. the rivers are swelling and all many can do is stand and watch. the raging floods a

and then we have glaciers of pakistan on this region of the of the world. we host the 3rd largest glacial ice mass in the world after the north and south poles and the climate change. because glaciers are melting and receding. we're seeing a lot of flash floods with seeing a lot of glacial lake outburst plugs and all that water is coming down south into the country. and then on top of that. and so the say so this is like the 1st layer would be climate change amongst the causes. the 2nd i'd say, would be poor developmental planning. and i believe we are to blame entirely for that really. we've been making, we've been building, we've been constructing on river banks and river shoulders, basically just obstructing the natural flow of water and more and nature will win in the end. and that's what happened. so the kind of destruction that we are experiencing is part and parcel because of poorer development planning because of permits to build in areas or, and that are sensitive to flight. there's been a lot of farming on flight planes that shouldn't have been th

journey around the world, september 7th, on dw, with ah, ah, this is dw news life from berlin, pakistan's government calls devastating flooding. a climate catastrophe. relentless monsoon reigns kill more than a 1000 people. critics say poor planning and corruption are also to blame, but a senior minister tells us pakistan is facing a perfect storm. also coming up, pope francis celebrates madison and talent town. still recovering from a huge earthquake, speculation grows that the pontiff could soon step down because of ill health and the new space race. last, i get ready for a giant leap towards putting astronauts back on the moon and one day maybe on mass . ah, monica jones, good to have you with us pakistan's climate minister as calling flash floods that have killed over a 1000 people, a climate catastrophe. the newest fatalities are primarily being reported in the north west and to down in southern st province. southern baluchistan provinces also heavily impacted by weeks of unrelenting one, soon reigns more than 30000000 people nationwide are affected, while vital infrastructure has be

and of course, pakistan. so for me all of us here, thanks for joining us and enjoy your celebrations. i, thanks for joining us here on our team to national fort today's program. and moscow was joining in the historic day, as i just mentioned, to malaya hosting a 4 day celebration festival. and that's where we find all correspondence on your federal over enjoying it. just a little bit too much. russia is celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations with india, with the bags a wonderfully hot day. what a better way that to celebrate all things india in moscow, i should think of india, they think about flavor, spices, color. all of it is available hay and with to be very fair. there is a loss here. types of the life of i feel like especially does open a lot ice. they show we show real tradition and yoga meditation. we showed a real indian food, not one be think is a good a load, you go to, you know, will you go to this for will did, don't do much of that to open with all the self realization they really make you

ah, pakistan suffers from the worst floods in more than a decade. at least a 1000 people have died in 2 months of torrential monsoon race. how much is climate change to blame? i can the country cope with the resulting humanitarian crisis. this is inside story . ah ah, ah. hello and welcome to the program. i'm rob matheson, that although monsoon baines are an annual occurrence in pakistan, this year's deluge has caused the most destructive floods in most people's memories . some provinces have received more than 5 times the average rainfall since june. the climate change minister sherry herman, as called it a climate induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions. she says more than a 3rd of the country could still be submerged after the monster monsoon season ends . more than 1100 people have died. 15 percent of the population is affected, half a 1000000 homes have be damaged or swept away. bridges and roads are destroyed. and people who are running out of food and drinking water come all hider has more from the swat district in northern pakistan

bbc news, pakistan. laura: joining is nowlaura: is pakistan's ambassador to the united states.nk you so much for joining us at this difficult time. what is it that pakistan needs most from the world at this moment? >> what we need is humanitarian assistance. it is forthcoming but it has been slow. pakistan and the last few decades has been prepared for this kind of natural disaster. we had the 2005 earthquake and 2010 floods. so we have an apparatus there. so what we need is contributions from different countries, from all around the world. we need of course tents, we need food, we need clean water for those affected by these floods. we have a long list of things that we need, but most importantly, we need financial contributions, which can be utilized in pakistan forgiving support for the victims. laura: the united states is providing $30 million in aid so far, but is that enough when you're planning minister has said that pakistan is basically paying the price for the quality of life in the west? >> there are two phases. right now, we are focused on rescue, relief, and recove

the 2nd general is going to make his going himself to pakistan on that. what's been described as a solidarity visit, which will take place in about 10 days time. and i'm sure he'll be making that point, as well as raising the international need of pakistan for more money and more support because of the size of the emergency. it's dealing with and it's either cash that's needed immediately and pakistan in, in quite a states in terms of its economy. how difficult would it be to, to met to manage this in a longer term? well, $160000000.00 is what today's appeal is for. and that's really just for the initial emergencies, certainly only for the 1st 6 months. and many believe this is going to go much beyond the 6 months because of the damage that's been caused. and we're talking about damage to infrastructure, we're talking about buildings, we're talking about bridges, numerous bridges that have been destroyed, affecting the transport infrastructure of pakistan, but also damage to people's livelihoods in terms of crops, in terms of livestock that have been kill

but a senior minister tells us pakistan is facing a perfect store. also coming up, pope francis visits an italian town that still rebuilding 13 years or not from a devastating earthquake. a speculation grows that the pontiff could soon step down . our religious affairs correspondent explains the options. plus, it's a very little, it is now impossible to stop a change that's happening here. melting away due to global warming, a warning over rapidly disappearing glaciers in europe's highest mountains. scientists are worried. they are losing vital climate data as the world loses. a key source of fresh water. ah, monica jones, good to have you with us. pakistan's climate minister is calling flash floods that have killed over a 1000 people, a climate catastrophe. the newest fatalities are primarily being reported in the northwest and down in southern st province. southern baluchistan province is also heavily impacted by weeks of unrelenting monsoon rains. more than 30000000 people nationwide are affected, while vital infrastructure has been crippled by th

have you seen anything like this in pakistan? ., ., , ., ., . pakistan?last flood which was catastrophic _ pakistan? know, the last flood which was catastrophic was _ pakistan? know, the last flood which was catastrophic was in _ pakistan? know, the last flood which was catastrophic was in 2010, - pakistan? know, the last flood which was catastrophic was in 2010, with i was catastrophic was in 2010, with this is a bigger scale, and pakistan is the eighth most vulnerable climate country and it has suffered losses in the last ten years, so a third of the country, and to put that into context, that is the size of the united kingdom, and this was a country are defacing director the inflation here is over a0%, this is a country with a very unpopular, people living on daily wages, —— very, very young people. a third of the country... the size of the uk literally underwater and millions displaced. half a million in camps. and then we have the aftermath to come, which is that people don't have clean drinking water. people are staying on motorways across sindh, ac

ros: next, we focus on central pakistan. from a drone, and you can see the scale of the flooding. this was before the floods, and this is now. the vastation is close to total. then we can look at the coastal mountain range which stretches into the south. there has been a lot of flash flooding there. now so roads have been able to reopen, aid is finally getting in. >> currently, people are saying they don't have anything to eat. they could not reach here because of the area. we will try to talk to him. >> our problems are enormous. the whole area has been wiped off. we did not get any food, not even a single onion or grain of salt. 25 people spent the night under a tent. throughout the whole night the children kept crying. >> they are claiming we're in a siation lasting one month. a lot of people said that we traveled approximately four hours by foot to reach here, just to get some relief. >> we left behind the kids and came here. i have been coming here for three days. my toenails have broken, they are bleeding from climbing

pakistan being the best example. >> certainly. another redross r cscent is ramping up its preparedness efforts for this exact reason. how do we mitigate the risk of disasters before they happen? that is the best way to keep people safe, healthy and alive. it is something we are investing in and i know a lot of other organizations are as well. we are seeing that people are really shaken because the reality is even if you know a flood could happen or another disaster, the uncertainty you face is really scary. that is what people are coping with right now. we are hoping we can help people navigate through that. >> you are doing important, value work. -- valuable work. thank you. ukraine says its troops are engaged in intense fighting across the southern ukrainian region. that is the day after ukraine said it had been working through enemy lines at several points, they were trying to retake territory occupied by russia. the push follows weeks of preparation with ukraine attacking russia's supply routes in an attempt to isolate troops

i5 show there in sindh in southern pakistan. , , ., , ., pakistan.istan. is this the worse that most of your volunteers - pakistan. is this the worse that most of your volunteers have l pakistan. is this the worse that. most of your volunteers have seen pakistan. is this the worse that - most of your volunteers have seen in the time they work the charity? i have to be honest, even myself, i have to be honest, even myself, i have been working at mustn�*t come cans for over 15 years ago and i remember the floods back in 20102011 and people already comparing the worst floods in pakistan's history —— | worst floods in pakistan's history —— i have work to muslim hands. the level of damage as bad as that when here that 220,000 hands have been destroyed and another half a million have been damaged and you get the scale of the level of the catastrophic disaster that this is why we completely appreciate that the government of pakistan has declared a state of emergency and is directly this weekend has been appealing for international help so we have been alrea

it is pakistan to mono it could be your con. this map shows the vast areas hit by the flooding, stretching the entire length of the country and many of pakistan's bread basket provinces. in the south. they have been submerged according to the world food program. $33000000.00 people have been affected around 3000 kilometers of roads and highways have been damaged and the country's national disaster management authority says more than 8000 square kilometers of land have been flooded and that is raising concerns about food security. a village underwater in pakistan, sind province, one of several key agricultural regions that now resemble small oceans. many people here were poor before the floods came. now they've lost almost everything in those areas that are dry, makeshift camps. how's those displaced by the water and farmers salvage what they can from their fields? pakistan's climate minister says the flooding is apocalyptic, and that her country is bearing the brunt of climate change caused by more develop nations. because then

he may have left pakistan, but pakistan has stayed with him in more ways than one, even to day. he rides the canes in order and keeps them close to his heart. in another which we meet, could pulsing, his grandchildren and great grandchildren have all moved to big cities. he's decided to steal his forest home. his ancestral village is only a few miles from your just across the border in pakistan. 3 years ago, he got his long awaited result with it in his childhood home in pakistan was a dream come true. brenda. i went to my village, my home, i cried alara, those who live the house that was once mine, we're happy to see me. they wanted to give me a gift of it, but i said, i won't take, but give a gift. i gave money and a blessing to the children living in the house. a few will just father also by the border stands. the rows are shut iif dark, all the sacred islamic shine fell on the indian side when the partition line was drawn. as many feet shines ended up on the pakistani side. he or the entire willing around 80 families that came from ceo's court in pakistan have maintained the

pakistan's government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around one—sixth of the population are said to have been affected — with millions left homeless. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters come downstream. our correspondent pumza fihlani has the latest. local aid agencies in pakistan say they are doing what they can, but there simply aren't enough resources for everyone. as seen here — within minutes, the food runs out... ..and the team is forced to leave quickly. the picture is the same around the country. translation: we left our homes in a hurry and couldn't gather- all our supplies to cook. some days we are able to eat, other days we have nothing. there is heavy flooding across sindh province, where thousands of mud homes have sunk underwater. roads have been flushed away. we have more than 3,000 kilometres of roads that have been washed away. bridges, 160 plus bridges have been destroyed as well so it is

. pakistan itself divided into east and west pakistan. in creating hindu majority, india in islamic pakistan. conditions were set for mass migration and religious pogroms. some 12000000 people found themselves on the wrong side of a line that divided nations along religious lines. hindus and newly created pakistan fled to india, and muslims in the opposite direction. up to a 1000000 people were massacred in the violence that followed. it's a story of shared violence among pakistan's and indians. and as we head into independence day celebrations for both countries, it's worth hearing from those who witnessed these new nations being born amid the carnage as well as the promise of a better future. ah, very young at that time i g 3040. so all those shadowing memories of partition dr. d, was it jenny? did was no do seeing that he's or what engine? light on change loosening good. just some targets. then suddenly it started. this started dividing us might have, i thought i used to teach in a village in what is now the indian side. but allah, he

figs on the ground in pakistan telling ou? �* , ., ., on the ground in pakistan telling ou?this deadly floods which has claimed _ you? as of now, this deadly floods which has claimed over _ you? as of now, this deadly floods which has claimed over 1000 - you? as of now, this deadly floods which has claimed over 1000 lives| which has claimed over 1000 lives which has claimed over 1000 lives which has claimed over 1000 lives which has left over 33 million people displaced, in pakistan at the moment there is active distribution of 20 kilograms relief package for families for 15 days with dry goods and cooking oils and detergents. this has been provided to over 300 different areas in pakistan. coordinated humanitarian efforts are being made in the provinces. dire being made in the provinces. are these aid packages, are they coming from the foundation you represent? yes, they are. thousands of people have been rescued by us alone, currently we have teams of volunteers, divers, 12 boats in different areas and 150 large ambulances dedicated to this relief effort. people are being r

pakistan has announced _ we are seeing? pakistan has announced that _ we are seeing? that the - we are seeing? pakistan has announced that the cost - we are seeing? pakistan has announced that the cost of l we are seeing? pakistan has i announced that the cost of this climate catastrophe is about $10 billion. if you remember back in 2021, germany had flooding. it hit two of its 16 states. the german government was immediately able to announce 30 billion euros in immediate interventions. pakistan does not have that, it is paying most of its income out in depth creating loans. and it paid 12,000,000,020 20. this is not sustainable, it needs to invest in infrastructure, adapt as it can, that there is a limit to the adaptation. yes, it can invest in more... pakistan is a lot of its population already living in poverty. this requires systemic intervention, tackling poverty, building resilience, but also recognising that the scale of the crisis that is happening now is going to be dwarfed unless we stop the extraction of fossil fuels and we provide the finance to the poores

bud pakistan, the most vulnerable people in pakistan. �* , ., ., ., in pakistan.akistan. and you mentioned that death toll of 1000 _ in pakistan. and you mentioned that death toll of 1000 so _ in pakistan. and you mentioned that death toll of 1000 so far. _ in pakistan. and you mentioned that death toll of 1000 so far. do - in pakistan. and you mentioned that death toll of 1000 so far. do you - death toll of 1000 so far. do you fear that is going to rise? in terms ofthat fear that is going to rise? in terms of that has — fear that is going to rise? in terms of that has been _ fear that is going to rise? in terms of that has been the _ fear that is going to rise? in terms of that has been the official - of that has been the official government number, but i think the number is probably going to increase substantially over the next days and weeks. in terms of the flooding, some of the areas which have been flooded and some of the water has gone back, i think those areas have been re—flooded, so it is hitting them again and again and it is going further out, so you c

ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. pakistan's government describes a devastating flooding as the climate catastrophe. relentless monsoon reigns kill more than a 1000 people. critics say poor planning and corruption are also to blame. at coming up later, pope frances visits and italian town that still rebuilding 13 years on from a devastating earthquake. a speculation grows for the pontiff could soon step down . our religious affairs correspondent explains the options. ah, monica jones. good. have you with us? pakistan's climate minister is calling flash floods that have killed over a 1000 people, a climate catastrophe. the newest fatalities are primarily being reported in the northwest and down in southern send province. southern baluchistan province is also heavily impacted by weeks of unrelenting monsoon rains. more than 30000000 people nationwide are affected, while vital infrastructure has been crippled by the flooding. the prime minister is appealing to other countries for help. forced from their homes, with only the few belongings they could save from the flood waters. ther

there are friendly countries who are supporting pakistan, but we haven't seen any team flew into pakistanain's biggest trade union has called for the opposition labour party to do more for working people struggling with the rising cost of living. the unite the union says it should , quote "get a spine". our business correspondent marc ashdown has more. what do we want? 10%! when do we want it? now! could the summer of strikes turn into a winter of discontent? at felixstowe port, 1,900 dock workers are finishing an eight—day walk—out, impacting uk supply chains for food, clothing and essential goods. there are now calls ahead of next month's gathering of trades unions at the tuc conference for future strikes to be synchronised or staggered to maximise the impact. and sharon graham, the general secretary of the uk's largest union, has called on the labour party to make a stronger stand. i think that if they came out now strongly and said, "look, hang on a second — these abhorrent profits that are going on, what's happening in the cost of living? this is what we think should happen," and the

. pakistan itself divided into east and west pakistan. or in creating hindu majority. india in islamic pakistan. conditions were set for mass migration and religious pogroms. some 12000000 people found themselves on the wrong side of a line that divided nations along religious lines. hindus and newly created pakistan fled to india, and muslims in the opposite direction. up to a 1000000 people were massacred in the violence that followed. it's a story of shared violence among pakistan's, an indians. and as we head into independence day celebrations for both countries, it's worth hearing from those who witnessed these new nations being born amid the carnage as well as the promise of a better future. ah, many young at that time i g 3040. so all those headings, memories of partition. dr. d, was it jenny? did was no do seeing that he's very what engine? light on strangely loosening. good. just some targets. then suddenly it started this started dividing up. i might have, i thought i used to teach in a village in what is now the indian side. bu

that is one in seven le in pakistan.rities say at least $10 billion of damage has also been caused. flooding's are not uncommon during monsoon season, but the pakistani government says this is different. here is the climate minister speaking to bbc. >> right now, what we are seeing is a devastating monsoon that inundated more than one-third of the country, and the volume and scale of water that has come down is so consistent and without gaps for eight weeks, that there has been nowhere to flush the water, drain it out where do you put it? two provinces are like -- the south is like one large ocean. >> a displacement camp. >> 33 million people have been affected by this year's floods. the numbers on their own are alarming, but when you get to the groundnd you realize these are not numbers, these are people, and especially poor people w have been the most affected. this community were fine a few weeks ago. they were in their homes, they could feed their children, they had clothes, and when the flood came, they lost their h

it is pakistan. to morrow, it could be your country. me while hundreds of supporters of pakistan's, former prime minister in wrong con, have gathered outside his home to prevent his arrest. con is due in court on contempt of court challenges and the anti terror laws. i think you can say he threatened police officers and the judge involved in the recent arrest and one of his top aides, if convicted, he faced this 6 months present time, and automatic disqualification from running for office that's close live to come on . hider is outside that court house in islamabad and come out, are expecting the former prime minister and wrong. com to appear himself in court. yes, indeed, they will appear before the court read or contempt. georgia. i've been brought against damage or any of god. as in a reply to the court said that embrun cons comments that came into public rally against a police chief, as well as a judge, or because he had not understood that this would be your dental office. and not a magistrate acting on behalf of the state and of g