Search underway for survivors of Afghanistan earthquake
Work is continuing in eastern Afghanistan to rescue thousands of people caught up in the devastating earthquake that struck Kunar province late on Sunday.
Many people in Afghanistan have spent the night in the open air, after more than eight hundred were killed in an earthquake. Rescue teams are still trying to pull people from rubble. We'll hear from survivors. And our correspondent has a report from the country.
Russia is suspected of jamming the navigation system a plane carrying the president of the European Commission. We'll get reaction from Brussels.
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, has arrived in China where he will attend a military parade in Beijing, making it his international meeting with several other leaders. We'll ask what it might signify.
(Photo: Rescue personnel in Kunar, Afghanistan, 1 September 2025; Credit:
EPA/Shutterstock)
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