flames engulf a crowded market in the city of quetta. the aftermath of a suicide attack.e into a military truck which set fire to nearby vehicles. the local bomb disposal squad said at least 25 kilos of explosives was used. translation: a vehicle belonging to our security forces was targeted. according to the information we have received so far there are around 15 casualties. dozens of the injured were brought to hospital. the attack happened when people were out celebrating the 70th anniversary of pakistan's independence. is said they carried out the attack. security forces have been targeted by both separatists and various islamist factions for decades. but a series of attacks late last year, like this one on a police training college that killed 61 cadets, has raised concerns about a growing militant presence. laura westbrook, bbc news. the pakistani politician, imran khan, says the situation between india and pakistan is the worst it's ever been. speaking exclusively to the bbc as the two countries commemorate 70 years of partition, pakistan's opposition leader critic

an explosion in the pakistani city of quetta leaves at least 15 people dead and thirty others injured. and a shocking outcome in athletics. the superstar usain bolt‘s last major race — he collapses injured on the track. hello and welcome to bbc news. one person has died in charlottesville, virginia and 19 others have been injured after a car ploughed into a crowd opposing a far—right rally. it follows violent clashes between white nationalists attending the march and counter—protesters. a local state of emergency has been declared in two districts. in the last hour the governor of virginia called on the president to put a stop to hate speech in the united states, and lashed out at the white supremacists who kicked off saturday's rally. i have a message to all the white supremacists and the nazis who came into charlottesville today. our message is plain and simple, go home. you are not wanted in this great commonwealth. shame on you. you pretend that you are patriots but you are anything but a patriot. you want to talk about patriots, talk about thomas jefferson and george washington,

an explosion in the pakistani city of quetta leaves at least 15 people dead and 30 others injured.h inventor appears in court charged with killing a journalist he took for a ride in his submarine. and usain bolt‘s final race before retiring ends in disaster when he pulls up injured. hello. one person has died and at least 19 people injured when a car was driven into a crowd in charlottesville in the us state of virginia. earlier, brawls erupted between counter—protesters and white nationalists planning to attend a march. it was called to protest against plans to remove a statue of a general who had fought for the pro—slavery confederacy during the us civil war. the governor of virginia said his only message for the white supremacists was to go home. you are not wanted in this great commonwealth. shame on you. you pretended your patriots but you are anything but a patriot. you wanted to go might want to talk about patriots, talk about thomas jefferson and george washington, who brought our country together. you think about the patriots today, the young men and women wearing the clot

an explosion in the pakistani city of quetta has left at least 15 people dead and 30 others injured.itnesses said the blast had occurred in a high security zone. a statement by the pakistani military said the explosion targeted an on—duty vehicle and set several other vehicles on fire. the biggest star in world athletics, usain bolt of jamaica, has competed in his last major championship. bolt led his team in the axioom sprint relay in london. he pulled up injured in the final straight. great britain won the race. the unite union has warned that strike action by refuse workers in birmingham, which has left waste piling up in the streets, could continue until christmas. industrial action began at the end ofjune in a row over working conditions and pay. birmingham city council has accused the refuse workers of holding the city to ransom. kathryn stanczyszyn reports. itjust keeps mounting up. six weeks of strike action by refuse workers has left some streets in birmingham full of bin bags and vulnerable to vermin. now the union behind the action, unite, says it will ballot its members o

an explosion in the pakistani city of quetta leaves at least fifteen people dead and thirty others injuredtnesses said the blast had occurred in a high security zone. there's been a shocking outcome in athletics superstar usain bolt‘s last championship race — he pulled up injured in the final straight of the 4 x 100 metres sprint relay in london. great britain won the gold. a danish inventor who designed the world's biggest privately—built submarine has been detained on suspicion of the manslaughter of a swedishjournalist who had been travelling with him on the vessel. now on bbc news, time for a special programme. president trump's administration has promised that prototypes for a wall to be built all along the us—mexico border will be delivered by the end of summer. but will a wall stop people smuggling and drug trafficking? crowd: build that wall! build that wall! yeah, 0k, 0k. we'll build the wall. we need to build a wall. a big, beautiful wall. build a wall. it was one of his main campaign pledges — to build a wall all along the us—mexico border. a third of it already has some sort of

an explosion in the pakistani city of quetta has left at least 15 people dead and 30 others injured.istani military said the explosion targeted an army vehicle and several vehicles were set alight. the biggest star in world athletics, usain bolt of jamaica, has competed in his last major championship. bolt led his team in the 4 x 100 metres sprint relay, in london. but he pulled up injured in the final straight. great britain won the gold, and silver went to the united states. now on bbc news, our world. china calls it the project of the century. as the west steps back from global leadership, this is china stepping forward — remaking the map of the global economy. with no other country offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. translation: i'm under a lot of pressure. a massive roll—out of infrastructure built by china. to drive trade across more than 60 countries. translation: it's like a promised land. china's president claims it's a win—win for all. translation: we will not resort to outdated geopolitical manoeuvring. critics say the only

an explosion in the pakistani city of quetta has left at least 15 people dead and 30 others injured.he pakistani military said the explosion targeted an army vehicle and several vehicles were set alight. the biggest star in world athletics, usain bolt of jamaica, has competed in his last major championship. bolt led his team in the axioom sprint relay in london but he pulled up injured in the final straight. great britain won the gold and silver went to the united states. now on bbc news, click. this week: unexpected item in the bagging area. giving vr a good kicking. and, going up? err, sideways. this month marks the 25th anniversary of the self checkout. the first one was installed in new york on 5 august, 1992, in price chopper. so what does its inventor, doctor howard schneider, remember of it all? i hadn't gone shopping much, so i went to the supermarket near my house with a stopwatch. and i started looking at people checking out, and my stopwatch went "click, click" — it was a mechanical one. and, you know, isaid wow, what a great environment. this is so messy. good luck with a

an explosion in the pakistani city of quetta leaves at least 15 people dead and thirty others injuredme in athletics. the superstar usain bolt‘s last major race — he collapses injured on the track.

an explosion in the pakistani city of quetta has left at least 15 people dead and 30 others injured.he pakistani military said the explosion targeted an army vehicle and several vehicles were set alight. the biggest star in world athletics, usain bolt of jamaica, has competed in his last major championship. bolt led his team in the axioom sprint relay in london but he pulled up injured in the final straight. great britain won the gold and silver went to the united states. coming up at 6am, breakfast withjohn maguire and sian lloyd. but first on bbc news, witness. hello and welcome to this special edition of witness with me, mariko oi. i'm here in tokyo to introduce you to five people who've experienced extraordinary moments in japanese history first—hand. we'll meet a doctor who treated thousands of the injured at hiroshima. two brothers who were among the first to learn the suzuki method of playing the violin. and a cameraman who ca ptu red the violin. and a cameraman who captured japan's royal wedding in the nineteen fifties. but first, in 1995, this city's busy subway system was b

isis has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in a crowded market in the pakistani city of quetta the blast killed at least 15 people and wounded 40 others yesterday. the bomber, riding a motorcycle, rammed a military truck near a busy bus station. eight soldiers were among the casualties. a military spokesman said it was an attempt to disrupt tomorrow's 70th anniversary of pakistani independence. flooding and landslides have killed at least 47 people in nepal this weekend, with several dozen people missing. three days of heavy rains during the region's monsoon season have displaced more than 30,000 families. the floods have toppled telephone and power lines, cutting electricity and communications in many areas. tomorrow on "the newshour," longtime california congresswoman maxine waters joins us for our series "on the road ahead," for democrats. that's all for this edition of" pbs newshour weekend." thanks for watching. i'm hari sreenivasan. have a good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possi

an explosion in the pakistani city of quetta has left at least 15 people dead and 30 others injured.he pakistani military said the explosion targeted an army vehicle and several vehicles were set alight. the biggest star in world athletics, usain bolt, of jamaica, has competed in his last major championship. bolt led his team in the axioom sprint relay in london, but he pulled up injured in the final straight. great britain won the gold, and silver went to the united states. now on bbc news, it's dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm shaun ley. in south africa, leadership confirmed. in kenya, leadership disputed. and as for north korea, is it kimjong—un or donald trump who holds all the cards? with me to discuss this week's displays of leadership are vincent magombe, director of the african journalists‘ network, africa inform international, thomas kielingerfrom germany's die welt, the sudanese writer nesrine malik, and the us—born, london—based political commentator ned temko. the us president tweeted about guam on friday. ned, how much of this is rhetoric and bl

an explosion in the pakistani city of quetta has left at least 15 people dead and 30 others injured.rred in a high security zone. the pakistani military said the explosion targeted a patrol vehicle. the chief of a hospital in the indian state of uttar pradesh has been suspended in connection with the deaths of 64 children in six days. many of the victims were newborn babies. there are allegations that oxygen shortages caused the deaths in the town of gorakhpur, because suppliers‘ bills went unpaid. authorities deny this and have ordered an investigation. you are watching bbc news. still to come: disaster for usain bolt as his final race before retirement ends with an injury. detectives are questioning a 27—year—old man on suspicion of murdering a mother and daughter in golders green in north london. the women, aged 66 and 33, were found stabbed to death at a house in golders green on friday night. a man arrested on suspicion of pushing a woman into the path of an oncoming bus on a bridge in west london has been eliminated from the investigation. eric bellquist was arrested on thursda

military truck that killed eight soldiers and at least other seven people in the southwestern city of quetta on saturday. the pakistani military says the attack was targeting planning efforts for indedependence day celebrations. today and tomorrow mark the 70th anniversary of india and pakistan's independence from british colonialism. vice president mike pepence is n colombia today for his first stop in a regional tour, where he and the trump administration are facing widespread opposition to president trump's threat of launching a possible u.s. military intervention in venezuela. many trump: we have options for venezuela. by the way, i'm not going to rule out a military option. we have many options for venezuela. this is our neighbor. , ande all over the world we havave troops all of f the wd in places that are very, very far away. venezuela is not very far away. the e temple of suffining and dying. -- the people are suffering and dying. we have many options for venezuela, eating a military option of necessary. amy: that was president trump speaking friday. his comments sparked widespread o