I’ve returned from spending five days in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) covering the #pakistanfloods with an AFP team - visiting camps, families living on the side of the road and towns in ruins…
Emma Clark
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Emma Clark
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- Hong Kong now in its 15th weekend in a row of anti-government protests. Chanting demonstrators filing through Wan Chai towards Central.
00:00 - AFP have sent teams around the country to cover the flood devastation in Pakistan. Here is some of the best reporting from the past week:
- The flooding of rice paddy fields from monster monsoon rains has created what looks like mini coastlines in Sindh, Pakistan
00:00 - Replying to @emmaclarkuk…. the concern that was repeated over and over by families we interviewed was the desperate need for access to toilets and clean water for washing.
- Replying to @emmaclarkukEven though there was panic about when the next food deliveries would be, from our observations, food donations seemed in decent supply.
- Replying to @emmaclarkukMosquito nets also - a lot of the tents handed out are A-frame and this worries parents. Dengue is already present in KP and there is now a lot of stagnant flood water.
- Replying to @emmaclarkukThis came up in every interview. Important not just for dignity but to prevent a health crisis.
- Replying to @emmaclarkukRestoration of road, bridges and electricity lines. Some people are spending hours on foot to reach the next town for supplies.
- 'The Taliban are trying to silence a strong voice within the country'
- Marwa, just 18, staged a one-woman protest in front of armed Taliban guards: "For the first time in my life, I felt so proud, strong and powerful because I was standing against them and demanding a right that God has given us."#Afghanistan rb.gy/pglz53
- SNP MPs applaud Angus Robertson after his Commons speech against renewing Trident, he argued it is not what the Scottish people want
- John McDonnell's "it's called socialism" speech greeted by loud applause, standing ovation and pat on the back from Jeremy Corbyn #Lab16
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