Global National: Aug. 29, 2022 | One-third of Pakistan underwater after catastrophic flooding

On this episode of Global National: More than 1,000 people have been killed in Pakistan since the middle of June, as the country grapples with non-stop monsoons that have left a third of it underwater. Neetu Garcha reports on the unfolding disaster that officials are blaming on climate change, and the urgent efforts to save more lives.

As long lines of Canadians wait to get passports or go through airports, a federal task force aimed at addressing the delays says the situation is slowly improving. Ross Lord reports.

Politicians across the spectrum are condemning the man who unleashed a verbal attack against Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. The tirade, which occurred in Grande Prairie, Alta., on Aug. 26, was caught on camera. As David Akin reports, there are concerns such incidents are becoming all too common against politicians of all parties and even their families.

An international team of inspectors will soon check on Europe's largest nuclear plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, as the Russian-occupied facility continues to be hit by rockets and artillery. As Redmond Shannon reports, the inspection coincides with Ukraine about to begin its counteroffensive in the south.

NASA's highly anticipated launch of its unmanned Artemis I rocked was scrubbed at the last minute on Aug. 29. The mission is the first step in NASA's return to the moon's surface. Mike Armstrong explains what went wrong, and when the launch has been rescheduled.

Ottawa has a new reminder of Canada's shameful history of trying to eradicate Indigenous culture, with the Survivors' Flag now flying over Parliament Hill to honour countless residential school victims, survivors, and their families. Caryn Lieberman has reaction, and the demands for more than superficial gestures.

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