there's been a powerful explosion in west pakistan at a railway station in quetta , the capital of the5 killed — dozens have been injured. the station superintendent said the blast took place near a platform as the jaffar express bound for peshawar was about to leave. a militant group, the balochistan liberation army, said it carried out the bombing. for more on this attack, here the bbc�*s urdu correspondent saad sohail. we got confirmation from the local authorities in quetta, confirming there were military personnel part of the casualties, but we have talked to certain eyewitnesses, till now, and they describe the horrors of the scene, one of them told bbc that what he saw was like a day ofjudgment. other than that, the witnesses that we have spoken to, so far, that this was just before 9am local time, and the train that you mention, it is a very popular train which commutes daily from quetta in the west, to peshawar in the north east, so this is a very popular train. so just before the train was about on to board, and police confirms there were more than 100 people, you know, clust

a powerful bomb blast at a railway station in the western pakistani city of quetta has killed at least5 people and injured dozens more. the first recipients of an award for emergency service workers who die in the line of duty have been announced. we bring you a special report. hello and welcome. the former speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has partly blamed president biden for the democrats�* election loss, suggesting the party would have performed better if he'd left the race sooner. ms pelosi played a key role in convincing mr biden to end his re—election bid. but she told the new york times the democrats could have used more time to choose his replacement. meanwhile, kamala harris�* running mate, tim walz, told supporters his fight wasn't over: we are going to have to work a little harder, we are going to have to fight a little harder, we are going to have to organise a little harder. but i am here today to tell you this... we can do it... no, that is the wrong one. we will do it and we will do it together. iran has rejected american claims that it recruited

there's been a powerful explosion in west pakistan at a railway station in quetta, the capital of theilled — dozens have been injured. the station superintendent said the blast took place near a platform as the jaffar express bound for peshawar was about to depart. a militant group, the balochistan liberation army, has said it carried out the bombing. 0ur bbc urdu correspondent saad sohail is in islamabad and gave us the latest. it has to travel through a lot of cities through pakistan. people were waiting and this is around 9am local time in pakistan so there were family and friends there to drop off passengers for this and that is the the time the explosion took place. they were mentioning the horror they saw, and he described it as a judgment day has come because the explosion was so loud. he even mentioned how the ticket box or the ticket offices and people laying on the ground screaming, we also talked to a government employee who came in earlier because of the scheduling usually, people cannot rely if the train leaves on time so they were there earlier to drop off friends so he

this particular train, java express is a very popular train that commutes daily from quetta to peshawar9 a.m local time in pakistan. so there were family and friends who were there to drop off passengers for this. and that is the time when this explosion took place. so there are a couple of eyewitnesses that spoke to bbc. there's abduljabbar, who wasjust mentioning the horror that he saw, and he described it as a judgment day had come because the explosion was so loud. he even mentioned how the ticket box or the ticket offices and the people laying on the ground screaming. we also talked to nasir khan, a government employee who had come in an hour earlier, because the scheduling, usually people cannot rely if the train leaves on time. so they were there an hour earlier to drop off his friend. so he mentioned when the explosion took place, he could see that people were screaming, but there were obviously clouds of smoke. and until that had settled, that's when he saw his friend who had who he had come to drop off. and once he saw him and he was relieved that he was alive. but he mentione

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it happened in quetta. a separatist group claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> tonight there's new fallout from violent attacks on an israeli soccer fan in amsterdam. elizabeth palmer is in tel aviv. >> reporter: all demonstrations have been banned in amsterdam after the attacks on israeli soccer fans there on thursday night. israelis who'd gone to hold to see their team play returned home shaken. >> it was frightening. i saw people get beaten. they drove on people. they stabbed people. it was like 1940s. >> reporter: some rowdy gatherings before the match looked to be simply high spirits. but in some places, the ugly politics of the war in gaza surfaced. here fans chant "let the israeli army win, bleep the arabs." after the game, things got violent. amsterdam's mayor described the attackers as anti-semitic hit-and-run squads. it's been more than a year now that smoke detector around the world has been flooded with pictures of military operations in gaza and the horrifying palestinian casualties. noam

reports from pakistan say there's been a powerful explosion at a railway station in quetta, the capitaltan. local media say the blast happened on a platform just as a train was arriving. the reports say at least four people have died and several have been injured. we'll bring you more details as we get them. senior us officials have said washington will no longer accept the presence of hamas representatives in qatar after the palestinian group rejected the latest proposals to achieve a gaza ceasefire and a hostage deal. the officials said the qatari government had agreed to tell hamas to close down its political office in doha. qatar has not confirmed this and hamas has denied it. elsewhere lebanese state media said israeli air strikes hit beirut�*s southern suburbs late on friday shortly after the israeli military warned residents to leave parts of the area — a hezbollah stronghold. earlier it said at least three people were killed and 30 wounded in an israeli strike on the southern city of tyre. the metropolitan police is to be investigated over its handling of abuse allegations again

killed and dozens injured in pakistan, when a suicide bomber blew himself up on a train platform in quettaratist group claimed responsibility, saying the attack was aimed at troops at the station. the station has a gate meant to detect explosives, but there are other entrances that don't have the same security measures. on both u.s.' coasts, dry, windy conditions are sparking dangerous wildfires. in new jersey, blazes are threatening structures and creating hazy conditions. at least four fires are burning, though no evacuations have been ordered. and firefighters in southern california say lighter winds are helping them battle the mountain fire, which broke out on wednesday. it's destroyed more than 130 structures, most of them homes. thousands of people have been evacuated. the fema administrator said today she's fired a worker for advising her survivor assitance team not to go to homes with signs supporting donald trump. this was in the aftermath of september's hurricane helene. in a statement, administrator deanne criswell said the former employee's actions were "reprehensible" and vowe

police say a powerful explosion at a railway station in the western pakistani city of quetta has killedleast 26 people and injured dozens. a militant group, the balochistan liberation army, said it carried out the bombing. the police watchdog will review how the uk metropolitan police officers handled allegations of sexual offences against former harrods owner mohamed al fayed. the independent office for police conduct will review 2 previous cases after the force referred itself. a campaign group is urging hundreds of thousands of former university students to check if they're eligible for a refund from the student loans company. figures released for the first time show a total of £181; million has been overpaid. radio 4's money box dan whitworth has more. student loans. everyone signs up for them when enrolling at university, and from september 2025, they'll increase for the first time in eight years. the government announced last week that tuition fees in england will increase by 3%, from £9250 to £9535. all in all, the average student leaves university education with almost £45,000 w

police say a powerful explosion at a railway station in the western pakistani city of quetta has killede than 25 people and injured dozens. a militant group, the balochistan liberation army, said it carried out the bombing. london's metropolitan police has denied claims that farmers have been banned from protesting in the capital later this month. farmers are angered at government plans to extend inheritance tax. donald trump's return to the white house is promising potentially radical shifts on several fronts — including us foreign policy. in the years since he left the oval office, russia has invaded ukraine and the conflict between israel and iran—backed hamas in gaza has dramitically raised tension in the middle east. during his election campaign, the president—elect criticised what he called the "weakness" of the biden administration — and claimed he could end the ukraine war "in a day", and bring peace to the middle east. sir adam thomson notched up nearly a0 years in the diplomatic service — with his final posting as the uk's permanent representative to nato. he told us what he t

the balochistan liberation army said the blast at quetta railway station targeted an army unit. now on bbc news, the media show. hello, i'm katie razzall. this week, were the press blindsided by donald trump's us election victory? this is a magnificent victory for the american people. from polls to legacy media outlets, the results were predicted to be on a knife edge. we ask what went wrong? also, a new investigation into how the british royal family makes its money. that's all coming up on the media show. on wednesday, donald trump declared victory once again in the us election. it's prompted some soul—searching from pundits and pollsters who failed to predict the result. to talk about the media's role in the election, i wasjoined byjames harding, former head of bbc news, and now boss at tortoise media, and max tani, media editor at semafor. well, i think the media in large part was hedging its bets because the polls showed such a tight race. there was a lot of uncertainty and there was a lot of apprehension among folks in the mainstream media about getting it wrong again, abo

police say a powerful explosion at a railway station in the western pakistani city of quetta has killedast 25 people and injured dozens more. a militant group — the balochistan liberation army — said it carried out the bombing. now on bbc news — americast. hello, americasters. it's about 7pm on the east coast in america, i'm in windy florida, in the americast pop—up podcast studio. i came down here today to keep an eye on what might be happening in trumpland, but in fact, as it turns out, the news all came from harrisland as she gave a speech earlier today. while i concede this election, i do not concede the fight that fuelled this campaign. cheering welcome to americast. hello, it's sarah. i'm now in west palm beach, in florida, not very far away from mar—a—lago, donald trump's renowned residence. and it'sjustin in the temporary worldwide headquarters of americast, in the basement of the washington, dc office. and it's anthony here with justin in this windowless basement office, decorated with a few bobble heads and american flags, makes it feel homey. and it is marianna, also in... pe

the balochistan liberation army said the blast at quetta station targeted an army unit. people are dead after a suspected jihadist group attacked a town in kebbi state in north—western nigeria. the group, known as lakurawas, has been active in neighbouring sokoto state, where officials say heavily armed fighters have been preaching an extreme interpretation of islam. a small village in switzerland's eastern alpine region is being evacuated for the second time in less than two years due the threat of a rock fall. 0fficials fear more than a million cubic meters of rock could come crashing down onto brienz. part of the rock face has been moving more than thirty centimetres a day since september. injune last year, 1.2 million cubic meters of rock narrowly missed the village — home to just under 100 people. the european union's foreign policy chief has sought to reassure ukraine of europe's support, days after donald trump's election victory cast uncertainty over us backing for its fight against russia's invasion. josep borrell met ukraine's foreign minister in kyiv. he is th

police say a powerful explosion at a railway station in the western pakistani city of quetta has killedleast 26 people and injured dozens. a militant group, the balochistan liberation army, said it carried out the bombing. the police watchdog will review how the uk metropolitan police officers handled allegations of sexual offences against former harrods owner mohamed al fayed. the independent office for police conduct will review 2 previous cases after the force referred itself. now on bbc news... path to the presidency with sumi, caitriona and katty. hello and welcome to the path to the presidency. we're doing this in studio today, well, because basically, sumi and i haven't left here for about a week. we live here now. yeah, we live here now. we've taken up residency under the desk here in tiny little beds. and katty is with us as well. she'sjoining us remotely because she has managed to find the escape hatch out of the studio. yeah. listen, girls, ladies, you'll miss it when it's done, right, so you may as well enjoy it. oh, no, i'm loving it. this... i don't think this story is goi

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a militant group has said it carried out the bombing in quetta, the capital of the balochistan provinceblast have been transported to a local hospital. an mp has called for a national conversation on the dangers of lithium batteries after another large fire at a waste recycling site in herefordshire. the exact cause of yesterday's blaze in hitchin is still unclear, but local mp alistair strathern said firefighters have recently been called to several similar incidents in the area. the queen has paid tribute to the archers actressjune spencer, saying she will be "greatly missed" following her death. spencer, who was 105, had played matriarch peggy woolley in the bbc radio 4 show since its first episode in 1951 and was credited as being the longest—serving character in the programme. a campaign group is urging hundreds of thousands of former university students to check if they're eligible for a refund from the student loans company. figures released for the first time show a total of £181; million has been overpaid. radio 4's money box dan whitworth has more. student loans. everyone sign