Urdu News Wednesday 31 August 2022

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Displaced people carry belongings after they salvaged usable items from their flood-hit home as they wade through a flooded area in Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Officials say flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and displaced thousands more since mid-June. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain) Source: AP / Zahid Hussain/AP

Key Points

• Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, has died aged 92
• Torrential rains and flooding have submerged a third of the country and killed more than 1,100 people in Pakistan
• In sport, Star midfielder Tom Liberatore to miss the Western Bulldogs' final against Fremantle.