shore up
the economy.
About 290 factory workers are now known to have died in one of Pakistan's worst ever industrial fires in the city of Karachi. Survivors said many workers were trapped in the multistory building because the access to the roof was locked and most windows were secured by metal grilles. From Karachi, Orla Guerin reports.
Tonight, rescue workers are still dousing burning embers inside the factory. Employees say it was a
death trap
. But as is often the case in Pakistan. The authorities allowed it to remain open. Relatives of those who
perished
here are asking if anyone will be held to account.
Newly published files on one of the Britain's worst peacetime disasters at the Hillsborough football stadium 23 years ago have revealed how police covered up their own failings and tried to deflect the blame for what happened onto fans. Ninety-six Liverpool's supporters were crashed to death in one of the stands. Fresh evidence also shows that 41 of the victims could have been saved if the emergency services had responded differently.
World news from the BBC.
The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has called for the three jailed members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot to be released. The women who were due to appeal against their two-year sentences next month were convicted of
hooliganism
after performing a protest song against the Russian President in Moscow's main cathedral. Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow.