and how india responded? officials are not saying this huge floods india had wasjust because of this date are not shared, not in so many words. but what they say the mechanism is they are so that downstream countries like india and bangladesh can have those figures well in advance so they can evacuate people and help in flood situations like this. the bigger picture is it's notjust about monsoon season, other times, picture is it's notjust about monsoon season, othertimes, lean season, what hampers to the water, how much water is there? is china really not divert water? these questions. to secure all this they think the mechanism has to be in place and now because the data has been stopped they say it's going backwards. new images to show you from if you hours ago, another hurricane, strengthen from a category one to a category three. this is the projected course heading in the north—westerly direction. all expected to be hit by it. more detailfrom bbc expected to be hit by it. more detail from bbc weather.

it is part of a package from japan for the development of western india. us president donald trump has blocked the sale of the us chipmaker toa blocked the sale of the us chipmaker to a chinese backed fund. a white house statement said the sale was rejected because it could risk national security due to the potential transfer of international property. an intervention by the white house in business deals it is rare. electric cars may be the future at what kind? at a motor show in frankfurt, manufacturers have been competing with one another to announce ambitious plans. japan has been moving in this direction the yea rs. been moving in this direction the years. recently investing heavily in hydrogen technology. but the problem is we need charging point and hydrogen fuel. was the wrong option chosen? we put the question to the company ‘s boss. chosen? we put the question to the company 's boss. i think toyota 20 yea rs company 's boss. i think toyota 20 years ago was ready investing in electrification of cards. we have a hybrid vehicle not required to be p

india is a destination for medical tourism from myanmar. india has been a key market for myanmar. it is no doubt on the agenda. is india likely at all to use china's dominance? we know china is well ahead in terms of investing into myanmar and potentially reaping the benefits. could they exert power there? myanmar is interested in diversified in its engagements with various countries and not limiting itself to a few. are they likely to achieve anything? the headlines have been dominated this week by the rohingya reifers. narendra modi says he wants to deport 40,000 from india. how will they get past that? among the topics discussed was security matters. this could be grounds for further deepening those ties that we just discussed. we may see cooperation around maritime security and these two countries, they share roughly 1600 kilometres of orders, and it is important for both sides to identify ways they can co—operate, build trust, current issues notwithstanding. —— borders. in other news, facebook says it has discovered a russian funded campaign to promote divisive social a

our correspondent has been to bihar, one of the worst—hit provinces of india. water was above his head, and came washing through. and you can see that it has just left absolutely terrible mud behind. president trump flies in for another visit to flood—hit texas, this time calling for nearly $8 billion in federal aid. the un says nearly 60,000 rohingya muslims have fled into bangladesh from myanmar in the past week, bringing with them stories of atrocities. so many people were killed. they just set fire to everything. i just ran. they were shooting at us, and i got hit. there were people whose throats were slashed with knives. and also ahead: it's a girl. the tennis world congratulates serena williams, as she gives birth to her first daughter. baby girl? well, i hope she doesn't play tennis! hello and welcome to the programme. aid agencies say around 45 million people across south asia are now affected by catastrophic flooding. more than 1,400 people are known to have died following torrential monsoon rains. the international red cross is warning that the floo

but do you think india threatens your existence? yes. they walk into our territory, they capture our territory, and then they leverage their position and then they blackmail us. we should explain, the cold start is an indian strategy which they have acknowledged exists which would allow them to respond to crises, including attacks by militants from pakistan, but it has been made clear that it wouldn't threaten the survival of pakistan. that is their explanation. you know, over the last now ten months, nine months, in 2017, hundreds of violations... they have violated our line of control, our working boundary. in my own constituency, my own district where i live, last month there were five or six violations. seven women died over there. property was destroyed. so this is not the way... whatever they are saying, it's doublespeak and nothing else. you accuse them of doublespeak, but we're talking about, for example, attacks by... on an indian army base in kashmir, 19 indian soldiers killed, this was last year, india's national investigation

state of india. it was estimated that a million people died, ten million people were displaced. some muslims went to the state of pakistan. many hindus came to india. it was not just the country that was divided. families were divided, too. in the late ‘50s, my father took pakistani nationality, and that is when my family's problems began, because when india and pakistan went to war in 1965, the government laid claim to our properties. there was an act of parliament called the enemy property act, which empowered the government to take over temporarily the properties of pakistanis. it was notjust our family which was affected. thousands of families were affected. the properties are worth billions of dollars. but our issue is that only my father took pakistani nationality. i have always been an indian. my mother was always an indian. we had to fight our case from the lowest to the highest court, and in every court, we won. and the supreme courtjudge said that by no stretch of imagination could i be c

our correspondent has been to bihar, one of the worst—hit provinces of india. the water was above his head and came washing through here. you can see that it is absolutely terrible, the mud left behind. president trump has made another visit the houston texans to talk to some of the flood victims. the un says nearly 60,000 rohingya muslims have fled into bangladesh from myanmar in the past week — bringing with them stories of horror. so many people were killed. they set fire to everything. ijust ran. they we re fire to everything. ijust ran. they were shooting at us. i got hit. there were some people whose throat was slashed with knives. a master class in the wet — as lewis hamilton becomes the record pole—sitter in formula one. hello and welcome to world news today. aid agencies say around 45 million people across south asia are now affected by catastrophic flooding. more than moo people are known to have died following torrential monsoon rains. the international red cross is warning that the floodwaters are becoming a breeding ground for deadly diseases

this reform is expected to overhaul the way businesses pay tax in india. small businesses are finding it difficult to adapt and this will delay expansion plans. the imf and world bank had estimated india's economy would grow by more than 7% in 2017 out with these latest figures coming in, the target looks difficult. to achieve. chinese president xijinping difficult. to achieve. chinese president xi jinping will be meeting with resilient president later today ahead of the ninth annual summit of nations known as brics. china is now the south american country's largest trading partner. brazil recently came out of its worst recession in history written by agricultural growth. as a south american correspondent reports, a good harvest may not be enough to save the economy in the long run. work never stops in these fields in brazil. today they are covered in white as farmers harvesting cotton. just a few weeks from now, the land will be cleared to make way for soya bean plantations. this farmer knows how important his farm is to brazil. ablation macro we saved th

can live bollywood musical transform india's theatre scene? it is monday, good morning, asia. hello and thank you forjoining us for this edition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. new zealand's dairy giant fo nterra hizon. new zealand's dairy giant fonterra has reported a slump in profitability. new zealand's largest company reported a net profit of $546 million for the year ending 31 july, $516 million for the year ending 31 july, down from $612 million the previous year. earlier i spoke to fonterra's chief executive live from auckland and i started by asking him why profits were down. we have a difficult and to the season, so less volume, you can difficult and to the season, so less volume, you can see difficult and to the season, so less volume, you can see that in the figures and during the year at 57% increase in milk prices, and also normal milk price product, another 200 million in price to deal with. when we spoke to the federated farmers dairy group, they described the result that you came out with very positively, because it is putting more cash into farmers' h

about 41 million people have been affected in bangladesh, nepal and india. millions have been left homeless and more than 950,000 homes have been destroyed. parts of india's financial centre, mumbai, are under several feet of water and in the eastern state of bihar more than 500 people have been killed. 0ur south asia's correspondent justin rowlatt is in bihar. we had one hour of heavy rain about an hour ago and these floods rose up in what is a regional capital of india. that's how vulnerable even a city still is to flooding. let me tell you, this flood water is absolutely disgusting. the first thing that happens is the drains back up and you get a toxic stew, a toxic stew of waste in the water. imagine for a moment what it's like, this is a city, imagine for a moment what it's like for a villager in a hut made of mud and straw, that's how millions of people still live here. for that villager sitting in a waterlogged field beside a river. rains come and the waters rise up again. this flooding is not isolated to bihar, the state i am in at the moment, this f

here's this guy, in british india, what's he doing? he finds this book, he said jesus was studying buddhism, he then turns up in a lot of other people '5 books. in real life notovitch actually does. but you only see flashes of him. there's no biography, we don't know when he died, we're not 100% sure when he was born but he flashes up a lot of times in declassified documents from british india. i have to say from what i've read about him he doesn't seem what i've read about him he doesn't seem like the nicest person in the world. he seems to have inspired distrust above all. my notovitch is slightly different. but the fact he was there doing this thing and the fa ct was there doing this thing and the fact he disappeared from history i find it extraordinary. in a way, the post—cold war world with all those horrible certainties removed has produced, as everybody knows, a version of political chaos that we are living through and it seems to me that what you're trying to catch there is something of that flavour almost exactly a century b

export access like india, we already export a lot to the us. the one thing i would say there, though, you heard it from prime minister abe, he wants clarity on the deal, and every consequent deal will evolve from the shape that the uk/ eu deal house, because especially for investment, it is very important if you want to export. our biggest market is the eu. we want to know whether you can produce in here, and with these exports to the eu or not. i'm sure we will talk about this again very soon, thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the costs of storm harvey in texas are mounting — with some analysts now estimating losses could approach $100bn. the storm has killed at least 33 people and destroyed thousands of homes. many firms in the region — which is home to the oil and gas industry — don't know when they will resume normal operations. sales of vacuum cleaners that produce more noise and heat than suction are banned under eu rules from today. the ban affects machines using more than 900 watts and emit

and nepal, all the way to the west coast of india and into pakistan. the death toll from the collapse of a single building in the indian financial capital, mumbai, rose to 33 today. police suspect it was weakened by the torrential rains. and 16 people have died in flash floods in karachi, the largest city in pakistan. eid, one of the holiest dates in the muslim calendar, is tomorrow. it is typically one of the busiest periods for the city as families come together for the festival. but the monsoon‘s fury is not spent yet. more rain is forecast across the region. justin rowlatt, bbc news, bihar. donald trump has declared this coming sunday to be a national day of prayer. the mayor of houston has warned parts of the city may remain underwaterfor warned parts of the city may remain underwater for two weeks. storm harvey has displaced more than 1 million people with more than a0 feared dead. the flooding has knocked out the water supply to more than 100,000 people in the town of beaumont. some estimates put the economic cost at more than $50 billion. tim

further rains to be heard across the south of india, into the south—west of sri lanka. it does not look like much on this charge, but anywhere from britannic nepal into the south—eastern states of india and bangladesh will see further heavy rain. heavy rain on the charge to europe, low— pressure heavy rain on the charge to europe, low—pressure strung out all the way from the baltic states and western russia back towards poland and the british isles. some sunshine to report further south but some areas of heavy rain as well getting in towards parts of italy, the top end of the adriatic. wet and windy for thursday in the british isles, more details in a few minutes. hello, i'm karin giannone. this is outside source. hurricane irma has made landfall. the category 5 storm has already passed across the leeward island and the eye of the storm is now over puerto rico. myanmar‘s de facto leader — aung san suu kyi — has spoken for the first time about the mass exodus of rohingya muslims from myanmar to bangladesh. two former brazilian presidents have been charged wit

the former central bank governor of india. a meeting with the us president donald trump could be seen as a wind by an administration clouded by scandal. what can each country gained? from the standpoint of malaysia, it is about business and investment over the past couple of years, there has been chinese investment coming through. possible news about the chinese president will be that way so perhaps this is donald trump flying the american flag saying, we used to be great ballets perhaps we can talk trade. —— rate allies. getting malaysia in an environment of unity... in terms of trade and investment, how is the prime minister going to get any investment out of the us when he is clouded steel in corruption. the fbi still have an did and open investigation into one in "bibi" which is the big state fund that he is alleged to have misappropriated. 1neb. you see the private sector, business getting on with life. i think they look beyond 1nedb. until such time as they impose sanctions, i think life still goes on. in other news:

we bring you a special report from india. welcome to asia business report, i'm sharanjit leyl. to asia business report, i'm shara njit leyl. we to asia business report, i'm sharanjit leyl. we will start with the riot hailing company uber, which has recently been on something of a bumpy track. a sexual harassment scandal led to the ousting of its founder, and last year it was forced to sell its china business to arrival. what about its business elsewhere? uber says it is taking an aggressive approach. in an exclusive interview, our correspondent caught up interview, our correspondent caught up with brooks entwistle, the new boss of uber‘s asia operations. up with brooks entwistle, the new boss of uber's asia operations. we just launched in myanmar, cambodia is on the radar soon. the competition is pretty tough. you have grabbed in southeast asia, you have grabbed in southeast asia, you have an indian rival, and uber has suffered a set back, i think it would be fair to say, with recent events would be fair to say, with recent

in all, around ai million people have been affected, in bangladesh, nepaland india. millions have been left homeless, and more than 950,000 homes have been destroyed. parts of india's financial centre, mumbai, are under several feet of water, and in the eastern state of bihar, more than 500 people have already died. our south asia correspondentjustin rowlatt is there and sent us this report. those least able to cope are the hardest hit by the floods. villages and fields were transformed into great lakes here in bihar, one of the poorest states in india. budhia devi says her life has been ruined. translation: i have lost everything. i had a cow and a goat. they were both killed. my house is totally broken and i'm just left sitting here by the side of the road. i have nothing left. i just don't know what to do. the people here are subsistence farmers, some of the poorest and most vulnerable people on earth. the floodwaters have begun to drain back. only to reveal the wreckage of homes and of lives. more than 500 people have died just in this one indian state, 17 millio

floods this year have been particularly bad in north india, bangladesh and nepal. but it's not the only part of the world hit by severe flooding this summer. in earlyjuly, unprecedented rains hit southern japan's kyushu island with an astonishing 77cm of rain falling injust nine hours. floods and landslides killed over 30 people with 500,000 advised to evacuate. africa's sierra leone was hit by torrential rain on the night of the iath august with ensuing severe floods and mudslides killing over 1,000 people in the capital, freetown. then tropical storm harvey dumped the largest amount of rain ever seen from a single storm in the mainland united states with a record—smashing 132cm of rain recorded at cedar bayou to the east of houston, an unprecedented amount of rain. are there any links with these floods around the world? well, they all involved storms fed by rich tropical moist air. this air, in all cases, had come over oceans that were unusually warm, with temperatures in the indian ocean, the east china sea, the eastern tropical atlantic and the gulf of mexico

about 41 million people have been affected, in bangladesh, nepaland india. millions have been left homeless, and more than 950,000 homes have been destroyed. parts of india's financial centre, in mumbai, are under severalfeet of water; and in the eastern state of bihar more than 500 people have been killed. 0ur south asia correspondent, justin rowlatt, is in bihar where the water is continuing to rise. it is still raining here. we took a walk outside of the compound that we are in at the moment, and we walked down the road and actually floods have risen just from the small amount of rain that we have had this morning. i think that gives you a sense of just how vulnerable these areas are. the ground is waterlogged. even small amounts of rain means floods rise once again. we are here in a city. imagine what it is like for a villager in a mud hut beside a river. imagine how vulnerable they are. that is how tens of millions of people still live in this part of india. 41 million people affected. 12 million peoplejust here in bihar are reckoned to have had to leav

we are reporting from india. the other big lead story of the summer was in sierra leone, the lead story on the sixth got news on the day it happened. the bbc one six 0'clock news. those on the bulletins, the six and ten 0'clock news for days at five that week with a correspondent in sierra leone all week. that is not a broadcaster that only looks in one direction when it comes to news coverage. the bbc expects you not to follow the rest of the market and do far more. they say that is not the case and they do believe it leaves an unfortunate impression that anything that happens in the states, in the west can you give more importance to perhaps because you feel that your audiences are more interested in that. of course our audiences are interested in stories that happen in the uk, and america, and in western countries. what has happened in houston in texas this week is a big story. it is a once—in—a—lifetime storm. i totally accept there are questions around proportionality and it is good that viewers and li

this north—east area —— india they have seen theirfair share. this is not the only game in town because we had a tropical depression moving towards the southern provinces of china and we have another potential area for development to the north of the philippines and as far ahead as wednesday and thursday we noticed that the islands of japan might get more than their fair share of rainfall as well. any good news to report on the weather front? there is. still some summer heat to be had across the southern areas of europe. further north, low—pressure providing wet and windy fair, but if you want some really wet and windy weather, come a bit closer to home andi weather, come a bit closer to home and i will leave louise to tell you the details of all of that. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the world is trying to agree how to respond to north korea using this hydrogen bomb. there's condemnation from all sides — but compare and contrast the american and chinese positions. when a rogue regime has a nuclear weapons and an icbm pointe

of toilets in india. and is a real problem. it is a problem for public health but also personal dignity. and also safety. we have heard over the years of women who have been assaulted when they go to the toilet, the fact that actually india has this deficit in toilets. what i also find, which is well—known, but what i find quite interesting is that a film should have such an impact on policy. they have lived with this deficit for many years but the fact that a film, a love story, about this issue is actually influencing policy. ithink about this issue is actually influencing policy. i think it is great. maybe it was the best way to influence them. obviously we are discussing issues of hygiene but this is a massive gender equality problem as well. in schools, girls can‘t go to toilets and schools even. from a woman‘s point of view it isa even. from a woman‘s point of view it is a bigger and more damaging issue. i think it is a disproportionate impact on women when there are no toilets. or hygiene,

0nly china and india have really strong growth rates and india has taken a bit of a hit in the last couple of quarters. for the other brics it is handy to be associated with china and seen as a peer, if you like. for china it is a way to show its global leadership at a time when america seems to be taking a stumble. this has been completely overshadowed by the situation with north korea, despite china's efforts to keep the brics summit on the agenda every single journalist is grilling them about north korea, particularly china? it is a bit embarrassing for china, it is almost as if north korea has done the specifically to needle president xi ata time specifically to needle president xi at a time when he is trying to consolidate his power base. they are still very reluctant to push further sanctions on north korea. they are north korea's major trade partner, 90% of north korean trade. serve anyone has a lever to pull against them it is china, that they seem unwilling to do so. the brics summit is kind of wrapping up. some of the wires are talking about comments from india's foreign secretar

in reply, virat kohli laid the foundations for india's victory by smashing 82 off 5a balls. manish pandey hit an unbeaten half—century, including the winning runs, as india reached their target with four balls to spare. they'd already whitewashed sri lanka 3—0 in the tests and 5—0 in the 0ne—day internationals. australia hold a first innings lead of 72 heading into the fourth day of the second test against bangladesh in chittagong. david warner made it consecutive test match hundreds as bad light stopped play with 13 overs remaining after rain washed out the entire first session. warnerjoins a select group of 12 australian cricketers who have scored 20 or more test tons but bangladesh lead the two match series 1—0. former west indies pace great michael holding hopes the stunning victory over england at headingley does not turn out to be just "a blip" in the west iindies decline as a test force. jason holder's young team rebounded from a humiliating first test defeat, where they lost 19 wickets in a single day, to claim a five—wicket victory that levelled the seri

there are many areas to look at, but right now we are very focused on india. thank you for investing your time with us, goodbye for now. the top stories this hour. yemen is in the grip of the world's worst humanitarian crisis — two million children are severely malnourished — and a cholera epidemic is spiralling out of control. president trump says the united nations is failing to fulfil its potential — and needs urgent reform. the former england and manchester united captain, wayne rooney, has been banned from driving for two years and ordered to do community service after pleading guilty to drink—driving. he was arrested near his home in cheshire earlier this month. our sports editor dan roan was in court. less tha n less than 24 hours after playing for his club, everton, wayne rooney arriving at the magistrates this morning over a drink—driving charge. flanked by police and security guards and the former england captain was exported through a media scrum and accompanied by his agent. he was arrested in the early hours of september one after being

it is raining intensely across india, nepal, and bangladesh. it has done so for weeks. it has caused the worst flooding in decades, and it has led to a massive humanitarian crisis across the entire region. south asia is not unused to floods, but the scale of the disaster, this time round, has meant that the authorities have struggled to cope. sanjoy majumder, bbc news, delhi. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. search is way for survivors. at least 21 people have been killed and a similar number injured after a building collapsed in india's biggest city, mumbai. 21 people have died, or than 20 others injured. devina gupta sent this report from the scene. it was a routine morning for residents here in south mumbai. at the time they had a large crash. it isa the time they had a large crash. it is a congested area. when they came out, this is what they saw dutch courage rubble and remnants of once was what a residential building here. around a0 people were inside the building of the time of collapse. right now risky operations are under way, at least three t

it is not simply in india. it started with nepal, then in bihar and in eastern india and then the waters flowed through to bangladesh in a downstream. we are talking about more than 1400 people killed in these floods. millions have been affected. properties have been destroyed. the monsoon was so severe the flooding happened. if you look at why it was so severe, the governments were ill—prepared. every year this happens, the disaster preparedness has been pretty weak. it isn't enough for them to say this scale is unprecedented, therefore we couldn't be expected to cope? for example, the flood protection embankments have been built in many areas but there is no water to go back. the flood waters go over the embankments, there is no drainage facility because they've built newtownships, new roads, many new colonies have come up in the areas where the water normally goes back. they've built on flood plains and areas that are always at risk of flooding? and also an earlier government report said most states have n

we report from one of india's worst—hit provinces. water was above his head and came washing through. the water came crashing in his sweeping away the village, devastating their homes, devastating their lives. prosecutors in france step up the search for a 9—year—old girl who disappeared from a family wedding last week. two men are released without charge. and thousands set foot across scotland's new forth bridge ahead of monday's official opening. welcome to bbc news. i'm duncan golestani. north korea says it has developed an advanced hydrogen bomb capable of being mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile. state media said the country's leader, kim jong—un, had inspected such a device, although there's been no independent verification. last week, north korea fired an intermediate—range missile over northern japan, prompting the authorities there to warn residents to take cover. our correspondent yogita limaye is in the south korean capital seoul. we now have three photographs that have been released of kimjong—un lo

myanmar and india are looking to boost economic relations, india specifically is trying to compete with chinese influence here, so compete with chinese influence here, so while the rohingya issue will be on the agenda, modi also has to walk a delicate line because he doesn't wa nt to a delicate line because he doesn't want to annoy aung san suu kyi and risk any economic projects. as you say, he's walking a delicate line here but of course the rohingya issueis here but of course the rohingya issue is paramount, it's been called a humanitarian crisis. how much influence could he or any one else possibly yield on the issue? it's ha rd to possibly yield on the issue? it's hard to say. aung san suu kyi obviously as we know does not have com plete obviously as we know does not have complete control of this country. the military still retains hold over key institutions and it's the army chief who has a say on what's going on in rakhine state and with the rohingya crisis at the moment. it's whether india can be influential, indonesia, which the foreign minister just visited indonesia, which the

the monsoon rains are the heaviest that india, nepal and bangladesh have seen in decades. the bbc‘s sanjoy majumder reports. weeks after the worst flooding in decades, a third of bangladesh is still under water. many villages in the northern part of the country are still cut off. aid agencies are desperately trying to reach those affected. it's a similar situation across large parts of south asia. the eastern indian state of bihar has been hit the hardest. heavy rain and overflowing rivers have left large areas under water. more than 500 people have been killed here in the last few weeks. tens of thousands of people have lost their homes and are staying in temporary camps. there's still a lot of water, there's a lot of damage, there's a lot of people still out of their homes. people are surviving and getting on with things as they can. and india's financial capital, mumbai, a city of 20 million, was brought to a standstill after heavy rain on wednesday. transport services ground to a halt, forcing many to simply wade home. we are in the middle of the annual monsoon seaso

we report from bihar, one of india's worst hit provinces. the water just the waterjust came crashing in here, sweeping away half the village, devastating their homes, devastating their lives. prosecutors in france step up the search for a nine—year—old girl who disappeared from a family wedding last week. two men detained for questioning have been released without charge. and — thousands set foot across scotland's new forth bridge, ahead of monday's official opening. donald trump has praised the recovery effort in texas during a visit to houston, where he's been meeting people who've been affected by storm harvey. the president and the first lady have now travelled to neighbouring louisiana, which was also badly hit by the storm. james cook reports from houston. americans look to their president. he is expected, required, to show empathy, leadership and unity. today, donald trump did deliver hugs and handshakes, and over the past week, the commander—in—chief‘s response to this hurricane has been praised as rapid and effective. ni

india was going to become a republic. it was part of the empire. back them the word commonwealth wasn't used. india was going to become a republic. attlee and churchill wrote begging letters to nehru saying stay and they created the commonwealth which is a totally imaginary club, if you like. the queen has no powers in india or the various republics that formed. the british aren't used to suddenly walking away. they like to be liked. they like to feel they are morally superior, that is the basis of their rule, we are morally right. what the eu is not giving them is enough of that reassurance, that feeling that we can create a club somehow and have links with the eu of a certain kind, and yet we're outside it and i think that is going to be very difficult to do. for me, what is interesting this week is labour's walk back. now we have some differentiation between the two main parties and it creates an interesting opportunity for debate. corbyn, for so many people is hard to stomach as much as that he has a huge following. h

the bbc‘sjustin rowlatt reports from bihar, in north—eastern india. those least able to cope are the hardest hit by the floods. villages and fields were transformed into great lakes here in bihar, one of the poorest states in india. budhia devi says her life has been ruined. translation: i have lost everything. i had a cow and a goat. they were both killed. my house is totally broken, and i'm just left sitting here by the side of the road. i've got nothing left. i just don't know what to do. the people here are subsistence farmers, some of the poorest and most vulnerable people on earth. the floodwaters have begun to drain back. only to reveal the wreckage of homes and of lives. more than 500 people have died just in this one indian state, 17 million affected. and now there are new concerns. houses, schools, roads — they all need to be rebuilt. and then, of course, there is the danger of disease. filthy water, hot weather, and the lack of basic sanitation can be a deadly combination. people remained in water three days, four days. their homes were s

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it is raining intensely across india, nepal, and bangladesh. it has done so for weeks. it has caused the worst flooding in decades, and it has led to a massive humanitarian crisis across the entire region. south asia is not unused to floods but the scale of the disaster this time round has meant that the authorities have struggled to cope. sanjoy majumder, bbc news, delhi. staying in south asia — at least 2a people have died after a building collapsed in mumbai. police say the torrential rains could be a contributing factor. it's the third building collapse in the city in less than a month, as the bbc‘s devina gupta reports. the wall has been subject to an president trump's first orders prompting protests from both sides. the united states has ordered russia to close one of its main diplomatic missions by saturday. the state department said it was shutting the russian consulate in san francisco, as well as diplomatic annexes in washington and new york. it's in retaliation for moscow's expulsion of 755 us diplomatic staff, which takes effect on friday. the latest bre