to raul pindi which is next to islamabad the accident took place near the town of liquid poor in punjab province local officials said most of the victims died after jumping off the fast moving train while dozens were injured some of them are in a critical condition warning that this next report contains distressing images. this passenger train had been carrying pilgrims to a religious festival instead its journey ended in tragedy. officials say the blaze broke out when 2 gas stoves exploded as some passengers were preparing breakfast cooking oil carried by others then caught fire as the flames engulfed 3 carriages those on board stood little chance many flung themselves from the train while it was still moving at high speeds through eastern punjab province. a cylinder exploded and i don't know how fire erupted everywhere. i jumped out of the train to save my life there was a whole line of people behind me pushing. as pakistan's railways minister visited the injured prime minister imran khan offered his condolences to the victims he's ordered an investigation. this is pakistan's worst ra

its way to india which is right next to islamabad the accident took place in the town of sports in punjab province a local official said most of the victims died after jumping off the fast moving train dozens more were injured and some of them are in a critical condition. the passenger to. rain turned into a death trap as flames engulfed 3 carriages in a raging inferno. officials say the blaze was ignited by a gas stove that exploded as passengers prepared breakfast cooking oil carried by others then caught fire those on board stood little chance as the fire broke out the train was traveling at high speeds through eastern punjab province witnesses say it took nearly 20 minutes for it to come to a halt many of those who died to try to escape the flames by jumping off the train on a. hill or to. arrive at the scene we saw flames and smoke streaming out of this train or passengers resulting for help and jumping from the train. to the rail real officials arrived and started rescue work you have to say that. this was just the latest in a series of accidents on pakistan's railways a lack of inv

but hindu and muslim communities in bengal and punjab we're in extracurricular mixed drawing board is was an exercise in absurdity. on august 15th $947.00 the partition between india and pakistan was made official. as the clock had approached midnight tomorrow learn there is the 1st prime minister of independent india address the nation. if you're . really good with dick cheney. and now the time. when we showed you dean markley at the top of the midnight hour when live. in the hour when no week in light can be done. but the very morning after independence celebrations hindus in pakistan and muslims in india began to flee their homes muslims headed for pakistan well hindus set off for. india. enormous convoys of people moving in opposite directions the greatest mass migration in history. 10000000 people with displaced many were attacked by robbers and militants along the way a 1000000 people lost their lives. no one took responsibility for the tragedy but hindu nationalists accused gandhi of allowing muslims to steal parts of the hindu nation. we went to the delhi headquarters of the r

the muslims and again they do the same in india and then in the punjab we see the muslims retaliating by attacking the sikhs and killing a lot of sikhs in march 947 so the whole thing is blowing up in a way that's becoming really completely uncontrollable. in march 947 lord louis mountbatten arrived in delhi as the last viceroy of india he had been touched by the british prime minister to negotiate an exit deal with indian leaders batten appeared bent on hastening the end of imperial rule and soon came to favor the option of partition. gandhi said the game and the game in india who are narky but don't party. we will sort it out once you are gone then we will see how to do it but the british said we will go only after you decide who should go. and that is all parties and became absolutely inevitable so by me he went to the extent of saying that. the only big platform is dick body. and then of course the congress leaders decided that they would accept the partition they felt the jew in the was able to stir up so much trouble for them that if they didn't concede that the 1st separate nat

it happened near the town of rahim yar khan in punjab province.pindi. many passengers were pilgrims heading to one of pakistan's largest annual religious congregations near lahore. pakistan's prime minister tweeted: we're told this was caused by a gas cylinder which exploded while a passenger was using it to cook breakfast. it's worth adding that pakistan has a history of fatal railway accidents, with high casualties because trains are often packed with far more passengers than they were designed for. a0 people were injured. the bbc‘s farhatjaved has been to one of the hospitals treating them. we are here when nine people have been brought with burn injuries from this tragic incident that happened today in rahim yar khan in the south of punjab province. eyewitnesses have claimed that they tried to use the emergency brakes, but it failed. and the train didn't stop, and this is the reason that and the train didn't stop, and this is the reason th witnesses - also of the damage. witnesses have also confirmed that some of the passengers tried to jump o

farhat javed, bbc news, south punjab.at—controlled chamber has decided that in future hearings into the process which could remove him from office will be televised and evidence given behind closed doors will be published. the white house insists mr trump has done nothing wrong and says the investigation into allegations he pressed ukraine to investigate one of his rivals is politically motivated. the body of missing backpacker amelia bambridge has been found in the sea — 30 miles off the coast of cambodia. the 21—year—old from west sussex was last seen nearly a week ago at a beach party on the island of koh rong from where nick beake sent this report. this was an island living in hope. locals had started their day pleading to their cambodian spirits to help them find their missing visitor. hours later, amelia was found — but it was the outcome everyone feared. her body recovered far out at sea. a 21—year—old on her first trip abroad alone, who never returned. her sister wrote on facebook, "now we have to get our amelia b

and again they do the same in india and then in the punjab we see the muslims retaliating by attacking the sikhs and killing a lot of sikhs in march $947.00 so the whole thing is blowing up in a way that's becoming really completely uncontrollable. in march 947 louis mountbatten arrived in delhi. as the last viceroy of india he'd been tasked by the british prime minister to negotiate an exit deal with indian leaders. batten appeared bent on hastening the end of imperial rule and soon came to favor the option of partition. again and again. but. once you are gone. but. only after you decide. and then of course the congress leaders decided that they would accept the partition. was able to stir up so much trouble for them that if they didn't come. for a separate state of pakistan then he would he would cause terrible disruption within within india after independence and perhaps compromise the integrity of the indian nation state perhaps collapse. was appointed to the boundary commission in charge of equitably carving a muslim majority state from british india. he was assisted by 2 and 2 mu

farhat javed, bbc news, south punjab. democrat—controlled chamber has decided that, in future, hearings into the process which could remove him from office will be televised, and evidence given behind closed doors will be published. the white house insists mr trump has done nothing wrong and says the investigation into allegations he pressed ukraine to investigate one of his rivals is politically motivated. the body of missing backpacker amelia bambridge has been found in the sea 30 miles off the coast of cambodia. the 21—year—old from west sussex was last seen nearly a week ago at a beach party on the island of koh rong from where nick beake sent this report. this was an island living in hope. locals had started their day pleading to their cambodian spirits to help them find their missing visitor. hours later, amelia was found — but it was the outcome everyone feared. her body recovered far out at sea. a 21—year—old on her first trip abroad alone, who never returned. her sister wrote on facebook, "now we have to get our

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chance many flung themselves from the train while it was still moving at high speeds through eastern punjab province. a cylinder exploded and i don't know how fire erupted everywhere. i jumped out of the train to save my life there was a whole line of people behind me pushing. as pakistan's railways minister visited the injured prime minister in mancala and offered his condolences to the victims he's owed an investigation. this is pakistan's worst railway disaster in almost 15 years but it's just the latest in a series of accidents a lack of investment has caused the system to fall into disrepair. some survivors have questioned whether the fire was caused by a cooking accident they believe a short circuit in the train's electrical system might have been to blame. these questions mount rescue workers have begun the grim task of recovering bodies. or in the u.k. the campaign has already begun the head of that pre christmas snap elections scheduled for december 12th some lawmakers won't be contesting their seats including the speaker of the house of commons john bercow he just finished his las

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culture, sikh religion, for children and families and community and help those assimlate who came from punjab. mr. speaker, i ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the service of guddi sidhu. a beloved member of our community who had a passion for eople and made a difference. mr. speaker, i also rise today to draw attention to the recent events transpiring in syria, northern syria. turkey's continuing actions against the kurds in this part of northern syria is not only appalling but unjustifyable and it's not right. the kurds have courageously fought side by side with our o troops and deserve better. losing over 10,000 of their caliphate. defeat they are guarding thousands of isis prisoners. the kurds have been our partners. the united states must immediately impose sanctions on turkey for their irresponsible and outrageous behavior. the white house actions, i believe, have made the situation possible. and now congress must act to confront this unfolding humanitarian disaster, which is also a threat to our national security. and a damage to our international reputation. i will be supportin

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worst rail disaster in over a decade the accident happened near the town of rafah in the south of punjab province with reports from raul pindi where the train was headed. water he says someone give me water because this man is among the dozens of people wounded when a passenger train caught fire in pakistan witnesses say in addition to those who were burned alive many people died as the tried to jump from the high speed burning train most of them were pogroms heading to a religious gathering they routinely carry all essential items including gas cylinders and bedding for their religious meeting which lasts for days initial reports suggest that someone tried to make breakfast on an open gas flame one investigator told al-jazeera that the speed of the train fanned the flames small mattresses and belongings of the pilgrims acted as fuel in the fire quickly spread to other witnesses say it was caused by a short circuit the prime minister has ordered an investigation and the minister in charge admits there was a failure here. this is a security lapse and these people were successful in carryi

officials said most of the victims died after jumping off the fast moving train it was travelling through punjab province on route from the southern city of karachi to rohan pindi. well for more on this now let's bring in a shame he's a journalist based in islamabad said welcome to the program what is the latest from the scene of the accident. yes well from what we can tell on the ground now rescue work has concluded at the site of the accident and according to the authorities a real traffic on those real lines has now resumed as well but what we do know is that this accident took place about 150 calm purcell to the city of melbourne now that is the nearest urban center that has sort of developed a hospital facilities now since most of the victims have been suffering from burns and there is not an adequate burns unit at the hospital where the accident took place they are now being very. as we speak the army has been called in to help for this and some military helicopters are being used to ferry those wounded in those a more serious condition to move down at the moment hospital officials are war

course in the wake of renewed worries about the sectors stability after the latest banking scandal at punjab in maharashtra co-op bank or p c in australia the a.s.x. is up for the week again hopes for a us china trade deal seem to be a significant factor boiling stock market and in south africa the all shares is up for the week a south african currency the rand also notably strengthening this week on those reports of optimism for us china trade talks moving to europe and the americas in paris the cac is up for the week the bank of france this week essentially said the french economy is treading water the central bank affirmed their previous forecast point 3 percent growth in france for the 3rd quarter of this year in frankfurt dax is further weak and has been showing arguably surprising strength as germany seems to teeter on the edge of recession not market pop 2 percent just on friday and is up 15 percent for the year in the u.k. the footsie is also up for this week and surging on friday over optimism over a resolution of another fight over terms of trade of course the bungled breck's at th

officials said the victims died after jumping off the fast moving train it was travelling through punjab province from the southern city of karachi. joining me now is john this. is on the speaking to me from the pakistani capital islamabad welcome us at 1st of all can you bring us up to date with the latest from the scene of the accident yes what we now know is that the rescue work at the scene seems to have concluded authorities say that about 150 kilometers south of motown is where this accident occurred and they are now fairing those who are more seriously injured to the city of motown which has better health facilities is the major urban center in the area now because the area is so remote and of course the incident took place on the train track so it's not quite close to a rule that cetera so some helicopters are also been called in the military is providing those to ferry those who are more seriously wounded to the serious burns units on one of the problems that doctors have been facing on the ground is that the closest town or does not have a burns unit in the local government run

worst rail disaster in over a decade the accident happened near the town of rice in the south of punjabnce. reports one of the train was. water he says someone give me water because this man is among the dozens of people wounded when a passenger train caught fire in pakistan. to see in addition to those look very good lawyer.

most of the victims died after jumping off the fast moving train it was travelling north through punjab province from the southern city of karachi. well let's get more on this now with is a heat hussein he's a local journalist based in islamabad to hit what is the latest from the scene of the accident. what if you said be tragic. accident and then want to. fight your fight have been reported killed and media and many of those you continue to be so once kind of. stunned it has going to mean. the problems but no. one has to dispute the most tragic when in fact it should be needed use of the security just fall on the train because according to law and yeah you're present you're taught not allowed to get the stem anything you see bimbo and that but this president just looked at dick gessen and if we had just built it on the slope and it could be this is saying that there were even looking. back if kerry which is unprecedented i never. knew or heard oh and they were all waiting probably we had to guess. a gathering by god and i think probably dead sure that. the security aspect had been igno

it happened with a certain set of circumstances and similar restraints were put into place in the punjab in rogers tun in goodrich the point is when these restrictions were put also in places like bengal in a sump it was because tens of thousands of people were killed in the partition violence now right now these restraints have been put into place because we had a choice of either having temporary restraints or permanent loss of lives you haven't told me what these people had done 4000 people in german kashmir after your . changes if you like in the status of kashmir why 4000 people were detained you haven't told me why i don't know that it is 4000 but i will tell you that if the same detentions had happened in 104748 which we believe should have happened then we would have been integrated to india now so you don't you don't know why these people know i do know why these people many of them have gone. on the record questioning the constitution of india questioning the larger question and if they are allowed to question but they are not allowed to take arms they are not allowed to smuggl

bank of india has restricted withdrawal access to $137.00 branches amid fraud allegations major bank punjab and maha has been put under regulatory restrictions last week which includes limiting withdrawals 210000 rupees for 6 months and this has sparked protests and outrage among depositors who question if any bank is safe at all the r.b.i. now attempted to calm the situation with a statement saying that the indian banking system is safe and stable but no one is buying it depositors still as cannot access their own money withdraw or transfer funds and still have no clarity when they can't get their accounts back. in the u.s. the trouble ministration is moving quickly to target a list of imports from the european union with a value of up to 7 points. $5000000000.00 for tariffs that were enabled by this week's decision by arbitrators at the world trade organization the new duties are currently aim to take effect on october 18th the trump administration has signaled that it will target hundreds of items including certain imported cheeses cookies fruits yogurts wines and whiskies with tariffs o

prominent people who they could make an example of let's take the case of the former governor of punjab province carol moving karim and the arrest warrant was issued for him in the summer after multiple allegations that he sexually assaulted women when he was president of the country's football federation why hasn't he been arrested and formally charged so he was is charged week 7 he is the big 00000 why hasn't he been arrested in move from his position as cases now in the attorney general's office probably he's not in the country and it incited me how many cases where even international community has not helped us the suggestion from human rights watch is that he continues to wield considerable influence among the police and other politicians and that's why he got that's why i don't think he has done the rest into it if you asked him you could have seized his property couldn't you i think the attorney general's case i don't have that details but i can assure you that no he does not do we learn here right now in cup the americans have criticized you in action in the strongest possible t

banking sector in the wake of the latest poster child for a by natural financial malfeasance the punjab in maharashtra co-operative bank or p m c india's central bank the r.b.i. took over p.m.c. last month quickly imposing withdraw limits to stem the bank's financial hemorrhaging of $617000000.00 in relation to now suspect loans p.m.c. seems to have gotten into trouble with its loans to housing development and infrastructure limited or h. d. i l. and is now in dire straits after that major borrower declared bankruptcy former p.m.c. leadership and owners of h.d.i. all have already been arrested on related charges indian banking has been unstable at least since the collapse last year of infrastructure lending in financial services a lender focused on construction perhaps with some of those current risks in mind the r.b.i. on wednesday said it had denied lakshmi of u.s. bank a license requested in april to merge with india bulls housing finance limited. and a group of thousands in france known as accidental americans have filed suit against france with the european commission because certa

know how about how about that has been unusual rains to run but a lot further west of towards the punjab in pakistan for example in amritsar stormy weather has just cause damage to this particular rice field. but the figures don't look like great i mean this is through pakistan we talk about one millimeter 22 maybe 2 so now why are we interested is because i have to seize the average of these places is nearer the one millimeter or even karate one millimeter wave and that's the fact the entire october average and yet it's probably not the end of it for cost wise and this is today this to the vast amount of cloud stretching and beyond the borders into afghanistan where rain may well fall these green blobs of that are running through today until tomorrow 24 hours was they will be yet more rain in southern pakistan through the straits of hormuz with funds towards quite likely once again and i have to say those have been quite spectacular recently so for sunday on monday this part of the arabian visit could see showers they might drift up towards doha i suspect not. the weather sponsored by c

that's near the headquarters of turkish backed syrian rebels let's go to our correspondent now somma punjab and is joining us from near the turkish syrian border monitoring all those developments for us and a sob we're hearing reports of cease. in northern syria as well as that explosion in tel aviv what can you tell us. this is the 3rd explosion that we've seen in the last 24 hours in northern syria one happened in saluki the other in a commission in now this one in tell of yet it more or less follows the same pattern as we saw went to turkish forces in turkish backed forces they're moving in in other parts of syria clearing them of what turkey calls terrorists there mainly kurdish fighters belonging to the outlawed group e k k and y p g part of the wider city.