Afghan earthquake rescue efforts continue

阿富汗地震救援工作持续进行中

Newshour

2025-09-02

47 分钟
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Efforts continue in remote eastern Afghanistan to rescue thousands of people hit by Sunday's earthquake, as the number of dead and injured continues to rise. We hear from a health official close to the epicentre. Also in the programme: Brazil's Supreme Court starts the final stage of former president Jair Bolsonaro's trial on charges of plotting a coup; and an early ‘proof of concept’ study in the US shows it’s possible to identify and destroy dormant breast cancer cells in survivors with a higher risk of their cancer returning.
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  • My name is Paul Henley.

  • Coming up on the programme,

  • promising results from an early clinical trial targeting dormant cancer cells in breast cancer survivors who are at higher risk of the disease returning.

  • These drugs were highly effective.

  • We were able to eliminate the cells in approximately 80% of the patients who we treated.

  • And most importantly... in the patients who cleared the cells.

  • We did not see recurrences now up to seven years from the time they were treated.

  • More on that in about 40 minutes' time.

  • But first,

  • work is continuing in the east of Afghanistan to rescue thousands of people still caught up in the aftermath of Sunday's earthquake.

  • The Taliban government says more than 1,400 people have been killed.

  • The UN says hundreds of thousands have been affected and that mountainous roads blocked by landslides and rockfalls have been the biggest challenge.

  • for response teams.

  • Helicopters are trying to reach affected areas.

  • The earthquake struck the remote Kunar province.

  • Salam al-Janabi is from the children's charity UNICEF and is currently in the capital Kabul.

  • We are 24 hours past the first night of so many people.