this is bbc news, i'm gareth barlow with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a major disaster is declared in the us state of kentucky, after floods cause at least 25 deaths. is cause at least 25 deaths. no words stop it's just ha to is no words stop it's just hard to imagine. is no words stop it's “ust hard to imaginah is no words stop it's “ust hard to month to imagine. there's nothing really but — to imagine. there's nothing really but you _ to imagine. there's nothing really but you can _ to imagine. there's nothing really but you can do. - to imagine. there's nothing really but you can do. we . to imagine. there's nothing i really but you can do. we are just glad that we got out. back in isolation — president biden tests positive for covid—19 for the second time in nine days. pope francis says health problems are likely to force him to travel less frequently and he may even have to retire. translation: with all honesty, it's not a catastrophe, _ you can change your pope, it's not a problem. one lucky ticket—holder in idaho wins almost $1.3 billion on the

mega millions jackpot. and england stand on the brink of women's football history as they take on germany in the european championship final at wembley. hello and welcome to the programme. the us state of kentucky has been hit by its worst floods for decades, killing at least 25 people. hundreds of homes and businesses have been flooded in the east of the state. president biden declared it "a major disaster." the record flooding wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in america, and the the governor has warned it could take weeks to find the victims. our north america correspondent, peter bowes reports. flowing water, powerful enough

to sweep away entire homes. torrential rain has wreaked havoc. some areas received more than 20 cm in a 24—hour period. swollen streams and mudslides have torn through several communities with devastating results. everything's gone. like, everything is gone. my whole life is gone. there's no words. it'sjust hard to imagine. there's nothing, really, that you can do, but we're just glad that we got out. some areas are difficult for rescuers to reach because local roads have been badly damaged and are impassable, cars engulfed in the muddy waters. there's widespread poverty in the affected areas. making matters worse, tens of thousands of people are now without electricity. the biggest concern is the many people who are still missing. we continue to pray for the families that have suffered an unfathomable loss, some having lost almost everyone in their household. this is still an

emergency situation. we are in search and rescue mode. but again, that count is going to continue to go up. and we don't lose this many people in flooding. this is a real tough one. rescuers fear the search for survivors — and bodies — could last several weeks. scenes like this are becoming more familiar. this part of kentucky has had flash floods before, but nothing on this scale. we didn't have no time to get nothing out of my little apartment in the basement. i lost everything twice. this makes twice that i've lost everything. and i ain't the only one. we going to have to have some help, more than what they brung in here the last flood. president biden has declared a disasterfor this area, freeing up funds and equipment to help. but the worst may not be over, with more rain

expected early next week. this is, according to experts in kentucky, another glimpse into the future, becoming hotter and wetter due to climate change. peter bowes, bbc news. well, to help us understand more about the extreme weather conditions in kentucky, we can speak to bill haneberg who's a climate expert, director of the kentucky geological survey. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. give us some context in regards to these floods. how severe are they? these floods. how severe are the ? ~ ., ~ these floods. how severe are the ?~ ., ~ ., they? when you talk to the eo - le they? when you talk to the peeple that _ they? when you talk to the people that say _ they? when you talk to the people that say they - they? when you talk to the people that say they are i people that say they are unprecedented in terms of their lives, i downloaded some dated today for one of the most heavily affected areas and calculated the recurrence event. there was one gauge in

the area i looked out, it's at the area i looked out, it's at the point it would be a 420 year flood, the point it would be a 420 yearflood, one the point it would be a 420 year flood, one flood the point it would be a 420 yearflood, one flood in the point it would be a 420 year flood, one flood in 420 years. that was the point where the entire river gauge was wept away and destroyed. this is something we would expect to occur ab every 500 — 1000 years. truly an occur ab every 500 —1000 years. truly an extraordinary, unprecedented event. h0??? years. truly an extraordinary, unprecedented event.- unprecedented event. how is this whether _ unprecedented event. how is this whether interacting - unprecedented event. how is this whether interacting with | this whether interacting with the landscape of kentucky's? what is the situation there? the region is known as appellation are, the appellation are, the appellation mountains. very narrow valleys, steep valley walls, a landslide prone area. very few plat places to build and that is part of the reason the flight is so severe, there are not any good places to go. the only good places to build are in extreme valleys. people have very little choice in terms of selecting safe laces

to build their homes.- to build their homes. that seems. — to build their homes. that seems, thinking _ to build their homes. that seems, thinking more - to build their homes. that seems, thinking more broadly across the country in general, we look at you sanity and wildfires there, the colorado river running to a relative trickle and floods in kentucky's. it does pose a question, where is their human habitation? in question, where is their human habitation?— habitation? in fact we have also had — habitation? in fact we have also had extreme - habitation? in fact we have | also had extreme tornadoes habitation? in fact we have - also had extreme tornadoes on the other side of kentucky's last december. as we move forward i think we will find there are fewer and fewer places. if you think of climate change and sea level rise you might think we are ok in kentucky's because we are in the middle of the country but we will see more and more of these storms in western states that will see more and more hires and drought conditions. i think unfortunately the number of really safe places is going to continually decrease. find of really safe places is going to continually decrease. and it is this whether _ to continually decrease. and it is this whether or _ to continually decrease. and it is this whether or is _ to continually decrease. and it is this whether or is this - to continually decrease. and it is this whether or is this a - is this whether or is this a new climate? is this the climate change we have been talking about?—

talking about? everything we are seeing — talking about? everything we are seeing is _ talking about? everything we are seeing is consistent, - talking about? everything we are seeing is consistent, it i talking about? everything we are seeing is consistent, it is| are seeing is consistent, it is always hard to say, what is this rainstorm due specifically to climate change and would not have occurred if you were due to climate change? that is really hard to answer. but the attribution science field is steadily growing and we are more able to look at these events in retrospect and say it is extremely unlikely it would not have occurred due to climate change. certainly the patterns we are seeing a very consistent with what we would expect for climate change under the current path.— the current path. thank you so much for _ the current path. thank you so much for your— the current path. thank you so much for your time _ the current path. thank you so much for your time and - much for your time and expertise, joining us from kentucky's. let's get some of the day's other news. the iranian president has been visiting areas devastated by two days of severe floods and landslides that have killed at least 53 people. ebrahim raisi and iranian red crescent representatives viewed the damage from the air, before visiting some of the areas worst affected in person. some 400 towns and villages were battered by the storms and emergency services are still searching for a number of people who are missing. the russian energy company gazprom says it has suspended gas supplies to latvia, the latest eu

country to be hit with such action as tensions continue over ukraine. gazprom accused latvia of violating conditions of purchase but gave no details of the alleged violation. iraq's caretaker prime minister, mustafa al—kadhimi, has called for calm after supporters of the powerful cleric, moqtada al—sadr, stormed parliament for the second time in a week. the protesters want to stop the iran—aligned opposition voting in its nominee for prime minister. in the czech republic, rain and poor visibility are preventing aircraft from taking off to help put out a forest fire that's been raging for almost a week on the northern border with germany. almost 700 firefighters are trying to douse the flames in the bohemian switzerland national park. president biden has tested positive for covid—19 for a second time and is returning to isolation. but his white house doctor says the president "continues to feel quite well". the 79—year—old returned the positive test on saturday morning, after four consecutive days of negative results.

doctors believe biden is suffering a rare case of rebound positivity experienced by some coronavirus patients. earlier i asked dr peter hotez, co—director of the texas children's hospital center for vaccine development how a covid rebound infection comes about. well, what happens is, you know, you take a course of paxlovid, which you typically give early on in the course of the illness in order to stop virus replication. after a five—day course that should be the end of it, particularly if you are also vaccinated in addition to getting the medicine. but in the clinical trials for paxlovid it was shown about 1—2% of individuals several days later actually had a rebound infection, and it was considered a rare event. but those studies were done with pre—0micron virus lineages. now, with the 0micron sub—variants, it may not be so rare. we don't have the exact number, they are a bit all over the place, some people

are saying 20%, 30%. i don't think we really know. it happened to me personally after going on paxlovid. it happened to my good colleague dr tony fauci, it happened to the president. anecdotally it appears to be more common than we were led to understand from the clinical trials, and it may be because of these unique 0micron sub—variants which replicate in far higher viral loads. paxlovid is an antiviral medicine. is this then a reinfection or is this a reemergence of the original infection? here is what we know. it looks as though, first of all, it is not due to drug resistance. this came out of a study from the university of california san diego. that the virus isolated from patients with rebound were still sensitive to the drug, so that is good news. it looks genetically similar or the same as what the patient originally had. the thinking is, right now, that what happens

is the medicine may not be getting into cells in high enough doses in order to knock out all of the virus. and that creates a reservoir of virus from the original infection and it literally rebounds, the number of viruses start to replicate again. i think that is probably happening. now the question is what do you do about it. there are some investigators including eric topol�*s group at the scripps translation and research institute that is looking at extending the course of the medicine. currently it is a five—day treatment course, perhaps by going to seven or ten days, that will take care of the problem and hopefully we will have some data about that soon. and briefly, just in regards to the president, a 79—year—old man, what is the outlook for him? the fact that he is doing well is a good sign. a number of us who had rebound were doing it because we had stopped testing and then we got sick again. and to our unpleasant surprise, we were positive, that is what happened to myself and doctor fauci.

in the president's case, they were doing regular testing and it was noted to be positive although he was having no or minimal symptoms. i expect he will do quite well. the only decision to make is whether to give a second course of paxlovid or leave it as is. pope francis says he can no longer keep up his busy international travel schedule and has suggested he could step down due to problems with his health. the announcement came on his return flight from a week—long trip to canada, where he met indigenous people to apologise for the catholic church's role in the residential schools scandal. let's have a listen. translation: i don't believe i can travel at the same pace | as before, and i believe that at my age and with this limitation, i have to save some energy to be able to serve the church. i think about the possibility of stepping aside. with all honesty, it's not a catastrophe, you can change your pope, it's not a problem. 0ur religion editor, aleem maqbool, was on the plane with pope francis.

we have just returned to terminal five in rome after a week—long trip to canada with the pope. this is where diplomatic visitors come and go. we are all exhausted. it turns out the pope is as well. he said it was a very intense trip for him. he talked about the fact that perhaps now he might need to save himself a little in order to continue serving the church, or he might have to think of retiring. he told that to us journalists on the plane from his wheelchair. he has been in a wheelchair for a lot of this trip because of ongoing issues with his knees. although he has previously dismissed all the speculation that there has been about an much more serious life—threatening illness. but he said it was not taboo for a pope to step down,

and that was a door he said that was open to him though not a door he had knocked on as yet. although he did say, that was not to say that in a couple of days' time he would not do just that and consider retiring. but he has stressed that, for the moment, he intends to continue his duties. he does, for example, still want to make a trip to ukraine. we were expecting some news on that, but he said, for now, he has to consult his doctors first. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. a major disaster has been declared in the us state of kentucky, after floods caused at least 25 deaths. president biden is back in isolation after testing positive for covid—19 for the second time in nine days. a lottery player in the us has won more than $1.3—billion, one of the biggest prizes in lottery history. the jackpot has grown because no—one has won it since april. the megamillions ticket was bought in the state of illinois but the winner,

who can choose to take the cash or be paid in installments over 29 years hasn't yet come forward. so what should you do if you find yourself holding a billion—dollar prize ticket. well kurt panouses is an an attorney in wills, trusts, and estates law, as well as the rare specialism of lottery law, having advised numerous big ticket winners or how to protect their winnings. they their winnings. to... apologies. they theirwinnings. to... apologies. reading the they to... apologies. reading the wrong script! thank you so much forjoining us here. i am not the winner of this lottery ticket, but if i was, what would you advise me to do? good evening and thank you for having me. the most important thing for the winner right now is to try to relax. i know that is very easy to say, but you try to relax, gather themselves and you just keep the circle of people that know about this good fortune as small as

possible. so, you know, the first thing obviously from my perspective as an attorney that has practised in this area and has practised in this area and has helped with the prior three larger winners, has helped with the prior three largerwinners, i has helped with the prior three larger winners, i think they have been four tickets now total that have won over $1 billion, this is the fourth one, but i have handled two of the prior ones, and basically the prior ones, and basically the winner at this point in timejust has to, the winner at this point in time just has to, you know, understand that things are going to take some time. i would prefer them not sign the back of the ticket. most state lotteries to ask you do that, and it does help that somebody else could bring it forward, but i haven't made too many people who have lost their billion—dollar ticket. so it gives me a complete use in my toolbox is an attorney to help them, and do exactly what they would prefer to have happened

between not only themselves but other family members that they may want to include. what does it do to people to go from maybe being somebody that works in the media for example or down on a farm or in a corner shop to go from an ordinary life to becoming a billionaire overnight? you know, i have had had the good fortune to have a few of those clients and it is a big change. it is something that they are not used to. 0bviously they are not used to. obviously they are not used to. obviously the financial end of it, they have this freedom to do whatever they want and the clients have always said, "that financial freedom clients have always said, "that financialfreedom is clients have always said, "that financial freedom is what makes the most — is the mostjoy," to them. being able to do whatever they want, whenever they want to do it, but when you start doing things are different, out of your comfort zone, you're just ready to be rich, and that's hard. it is easy to say, but it is a difficult process to learn. for instance, you know, i've got plans that would now go to a nice restaurant to

dinner, and you know, they have a nice one, they get my service but they have never understood how much they need to tip for that type of extra service. you know, what is the — what is the customary amount? i don't want to do too much, i don't want to do too little. playing golf, if i have a caddie, because now i am playing on a nicer course, what is the appropriate amount was not they don't want to stand out. they want to be part of, you know, the enjoyment of game but, again, it is difficult for them to fit into something that they haven't had a lifelong lesson in going into, so it makes it difficult for some people but eventually they get around to it. what is your one top tip, apart from signing the back of that ticket, in your opinion, that people should avoid doing? i think especially in the days of social media, it would be very easy to publicise it to the world. yeah, you have to be very careful, one of the things i tell clients all the time is at

the first thing to do is obviously get some extra phones and an extra phone line or service so in case information gets out about them they will be able to communicate with loved ones and family, and even my office, so getting that extra phone line makes some sense. you know, they do have — they do have a decision they need to right away, there are only 60 days for them to determine whether they want the annuity or the cash option, so that'll be one of the decisions. and with inflation today, the annuity products are — you have to take a look at them. in the past we never really did it, we always just took the lump sum over annuity, but right now the annuity is very, very compelling to a look at, just from a standpoint of inflation, with the winner now only receiving 58% of the $1.3 billion sum that was identified as the winning ticket, but 1.3 billion, but they will only get video % before taxes, taxes

will take another 40% out, so you are down to about $450 million after taxes. thank you so much for shedding some insight on a potentially life changing amount of money, here on bbc news. and if the winning ticket holder is you, all the very best. the commonwealth games are underway in birmingham and there was plenty of action on day two. here's our sports correspondent chetan pathak. another action—packed day here. plenty of drama too on day two, not least in the marathon races which were the first events to get going this morning. and let's start with the women's race which was won by australia's jessica stenson, third in glasgow in 2014, third again in brisbane four years later, but this time she left her competitors trailing in her wake as she took gold. i spoke to her after the win and she said she was doing it for the mums. in the men's race, uganda's victor kiplangat won gold, despite at one point going the wrong way. it could've been costly but thankfully he corrected his course to take the win. not so lucky for six—time paralympic champion david weir.

a puncture close to the finish of the men's wheelchair race ended his hopes as teammate johnboy smith took gold. australia's madison de rozario won the women's wheelchair marathon. another good day meanwhile for new zealand at the track cycling. that's taking place in london. three gold medals won by bryony botha in the women's 3000m individual persuit. aaron gate in the 4000 individual persuit. and ellesse andrews in the women's sprint. plenty to celebrate for the british home nations in the swimming pool, including gold medals for england's ben proud in the 50m butterfly and scotland's duncan scott in the men's 200m freestyle. 0lympic champion maggie mcneil from canada edged out australia's emma mckeon in the women's 100m butterfly. it was a golden day meanwhile for malaysia in the weightlifting. mohamad bin kasdan won the men's 55kg, and afterwards aznil bidin made it a double celebration for the country in the men's 61kg for the 28—year—old who lifted a combined total of 285 kilograms for a new games�* record.

and there's more weightlifting medals to be won on sunday, as well as in the pool, and it's the men's and women's rugby sevens finals. by this time tomorrow we will know if england women's wait for a major trophy has ended after they take on germany in the euros final at wembley. the lionesses who've scored 20 goals and conceded only one so far, have been getting ready to take on the most successful nation in the tournament's history. the germans have won it eight times. our sports correspondent natalie pirks looks ahead to the match. music: three lions - - 'football's coming home'. you know it's a big deal when the queen's guard get involved. the familiar refrain of the three lions has been echoing round every ground on route to wembley... # football's coming home, it's coming home...# ..and will no doubt again for this sell—out final. from lionesses of the past to the current squad,

as they surveyed the pristine pitch that took a moment to take it all in, to work out where their families will be for the defining match of their careers, and the spot where they might be lifting the trophy. we have a 90—minute game to play first but that has been my dream, that's been the dream of everybody since we were little. so i know how it felt like in the garden when i was pretending when i was six, and i'm sure it will feel just as good as that, yeah. just over 100 years ago, football was deemed quite unfit for females and was banned for almost 50 years. it was only four years ago that the women's super league when fully professional. england's women have been playing catch—up ever since. those at the forefront of change say this tournament will always be remembered. for sure, when people look back in history they will talk about 2022 and the euros and the sold—out stadiums, the huge tv audiences and, really, the month that those players became household names across the country.

it's difficult to overstate how big a moment this is, not just for women's football but for women's sport in this country. sunday will see the biggest crowd in history for a women's european final. regardless of result for them, this is special. every little girl now can see that women can be successful and that you can do what you really love, and that makes a difference, and hopefully that will change society in a positive way. england have steamed into this final, scoring 20 goals along the way, and only conceding one. but germany are the most successful side in european history, winning eight of the last ten trophies. for them to meet at wembley in the final is a script writer's a dream, the fairy tale fixture. only one, though, will get the hollywood ending. natalie pirks, bbc news, wembley. now, taking a wrong turn

on your way home is something we can all relate to, but spare a thought for an pigeon called bob, who lost his bearings and went missing for three weeks. the prized four—year—old racing bird has a value of around e1000, and his disappearance caused no end of worry to owner alan todd, who lives in northeast england. in earlyjune, bob set off from guernsey, in the channel islands, on a 400—mile race home to tyneside, that should have taken him around 10 hours. but bob had other plans, starting an epicjourney that took him across the atlantic, to alabama in the southern united states, 4000 miles from home. it's believed he hitched a ride on a cargo ship. bob was identified thanks to his distinctive leg bands, and looked after by staff at a local animal shelter, who put an appeal out on social media. so the next time your flight is delayed or diverted, he's just been reunited with his owner.

his left turn — his downfall. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @garethbarlow. thank you forjoining us. hello there. saturday was a warm and humid day for many of us. in places, we got to see some sunshine. in other places, the humidity gave rise to a lot of cloud, mist and murk and some outbreaks of rain, and there's more cloud and rain in the forecast for sunday across some parts of the uk. the sunniest conditions will be up to the north. the earlier satellite picture shows this pipeline of cloud, bringing some outbreaks of rain. we're starting sunday on a pretty soggy note across parts of wales, northern england, the north midlands, eastern england too. very little rain getting down into the south, but quite a cloudy, murky start to the day here. much of the rain will tend to peter out. still a few showers into the afternoon, but a bit more in the way of brightness developing, particularly in north wales and northern england. all the while, northern ireland and scotland will have the lion's share

of the sunshine. always a bit more cloud for eastern scotland. cool and fresh here — 16 for aberdeen, 18 degrees from belfast. still quite warm down towards the south and the south—east. it's triathlon and para—triathlon day at the commonwealth games. quite a lot of cloud, some spots of drizzle to start. should brighten up later on. and for the women's euro 2022 final at wembley, chance for a shower. i think, on balance, it should be dry, quite warm and muggy for the kick—off. so, yes, we could just see the odd shower drifting across the south—east corner during sunday evening, but overnight, into the early parts of monday, we'll see largely clear skies overhead, light winds and, actually, particularly up toward the north, something quite cool and fresh. seven to start monday in glasgow. still 17 there in london, so still a bit of warmth clinging on in the south. monday getting off to a fine start in most places, with some spells of sunshine, but we see another area of cloud starting to push in from the west. that'll bring rain into northern ireland through the afternoon, perhaps fringing into parts

of west wales and the far southwest of england. ahead of that, actually, another relatively warm day. 21 degrees for newcastle, 26 once again in london. as we move out of monday into tuesday, we see this area of low pressure bringing frontal systems and outbreaks of rain, but not much of that rain getting down into the south, where we really do need some. in fact, southern areas through tuesday are likely to be very warm indeed — 27, maybe 28 degrees — with the rain further north and west. it is then set to turn cooler but drier for the end of the week.

this is bbc news, the headlines: a federal emergency has been declared in the us state of kentucky after floods caused at least 25 deaths. the governor, andy beshear says many residents remained unaccounted for, while hundreds of homes and businesses have been washed away, in the east of the region. the white house says president biden has tested positive for covid—19 for a second time in two weeks. doctors said the 79—year—old returned the test, after four consecutive days of negative results. he is now back in strict isolation at the white house. pope francis has said health problems are likely to force him to scale down his busy international travel schedule — and may even lead to his retirement. speaking after a six—day visit to canada, the 85—year—old pontiff said his age and frailty had led his decision.