Pakistan’s flooding catastrophe

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Rivers are bursting their banks in Pakistan’s Sindh province, as the worst monsoon rains in 80 years continue to hit Pakistan. More than 4 million people have been affected, and whole villages have been washed away.
For more on the story we hear from The BBC’s Aleem Maqbool.

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