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Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.
We're coming to you live from London.
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.