BBC News with Nick Kelly
UN officials in Pakistan say more than 70,000 children already
malnourished
before the devastating floods hit the country are now at high risk of dying from waterborne disease. The UN humanitarian coordinator in Pakistan said many children have only contaminated water to drink, and he called for what he
term
ed the more
assertive
international response. Chris Morris reports from Islamabad.
This is now a fight on many fronts. The floods themselves are continuing to wreak havoc, putting huge strain on flood defences in southern Pakistan. In many places, the water has won. Millions of people have been left homeless; many are out in the open without even a plastic sheet. Now there are growing fears of disease and severe malnutrition, especially among children. The UN is warning that if urgent action isn't taken, tens of thousands of children are at high risk of death.
Rwanda says it will reconsider its commitments to the United Nations if a draft report highly critical of the Rwandan army is published.
The report, covering the years 1993 to 2003, suggests Rwandan troops may have committed acts of genocide during fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mary Harper reports.
The Rwandan Justice Minister, Tharcisse Karugarama, told the BBC that the UN had
stab
bed Rwanda in the back that it should not publish what he described as a shoddy report. If it did, he said, the issue of cooperation would have to be reconsidered - Rwanda would have to rethink its options. The country