Aug 18 Watch For Pakistani Flood Victims, Is Worst Yet to Come? As the need for aid in Pakistan worsens, new questions are being raised on whether the government can handle a crisis of this magnitude. Gwen Ifill talks to Shuja Nawaz, director of the Southeast Asia Center at the Atlantic Council,… Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch Pakistan ‘Can’t Cope Alone’ With Massive Flooding The Pakistan government is faced with overwhelming troubles due to the widespread floods, including disease, starvation and death. Some question whether it is able of dealing with this crisis. Gwen Ifill speaks with special correspondent Saima Mohsin in Karachi about… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch News Wrap: 3 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan Three more U.S. troops were killed in Afghanistan, bringing the month's death toll to 15. In Pakistan, desperation for aid grew as relief trucks were mobbed by flood victims. Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch In Pakistan, Aid Groups Struggle to Help Flood Victims Disease is beginning to spread around refugee camps in flooded Pakistan as rain continues to pour. Jeffrey Brown talks to Michael Young of the International Rescue Committee on the risk of waterborne illness and what measures are being taken to… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch Flood Victims in Pakistan Protest for Aid Pakistani flood victims protested along a main highway in the southern part of the country for more aid as disease began to spread among refugees in makeshift camps. Special correspondent Saima Moshin reports from Pakistan. Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch News Wrap: Aid for Pakistani Flood Victims Falls Short, Relief Groups Warn In other news Friday, relief groups warned they haven't received enough aid to assist 14 million flood victims in Pakistan. Also, heavy rains in Russia cleared skies of toxic smog from wildfires, some of which continue to burn. Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch U.N. Humanitarian Official on Global Effort to Aid Flood Victims in Pakistan The United Nations announced a goal to raise $460 million for Pakistani flood victims. More than 300,000 homes have been destroyed and 14 million people have been affected by the three-week-old disaster. Gwen Ifill speaks with John Holmes, U.N. under-secretary… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch News Wrap: Smoggy Moscow’s Daily Death Toll Doubles In other news, heavy smog from wildfires and other related causes have doubled Moscow's daily death toll bringing it up to 700. In Pakistan, more than 13 million people have now been affected by the monsoon flooding as the water… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch More Rain Forecast for Flood-Ravaged Pakistan The numbers of those affected by the floods in Pakistan have climbed to more than 4 million. The forecast is calling for more monsoon rains for the next three days. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports from Punjab Province… Continue watching
Aug 04 Slide Show: Pakistan Floodwaters Spread as Death Toll Grows By Talea Miller Floodwaters spread Wednesday into Pakistan’s populous Punjab province, heightening a humanitarian crisis that has killed more than 1,500 people and left 3.2 million needing food aid and assistance. Heavy monsoon rains set off the worst flooding the nation has seen… Continue reading