welcome to bbc news — i'm gareth barlow. our top stories: a major disaster is declared in the us state of kentucky, after floods cause at least 25 deaths. there is no words. it isjust hard to imagine. there is nothing, really, that you can do, but i am just glad 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 illinois 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 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 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 bring 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. we can now speak to sean moody who's a news anchor at nbc affiliate lexis news in lexington, kentucky. thank you so much forjoining us. we saw some pictures there are some of the devastation. what is the latest situation? you heard from the kentucky governor in that package a moment ago who spoke about the mood today and said that the latest as far as for relatives go is 25 confirmed it is important to remember that it will be a long time before we truly know how many people were lost in this flood because the inundation is just so awful at the moment and there are so many places that are yet to be searched in so many places that are yet to be searched in so many many places that are yet to be searched in so many people unable to call for help because ceuphone unable to call for help because cellphone systems were down. we saw a devastating picture of a

98—year—old woman inside her flooded home with floodwater up to her waist. lengthily she has been rescued but we hear reports of people clinging to rooftops having to swim to safety. what are people saying about the support they are being offered on the scale of the response that has come from the response that has come from the authorities? so the response that has come from the authorities?— the authorities? so far we understand _ the authorities? so far we understand that _ the authorities? so far we understand that president the authorities? so far we - understand that president biden has declared it a major disaster and that frees up funds. the governor today said that there is a state fund already set up that people can donate to and he said contributions to that fund should go towards paying for funerals. he said that was the least the state could do for them. and they certainly hope to do more than just that. to help people get back on their feet. this is an area that is economically challenged. not terribly uncommon for people to not have flood insurance so these are people who will need quite a bit of help. find these are people who will need quite a bit of help.— quite a bit of help. and this comes off _ quite a bit of help. and this comes off the _ quite a bit of help. and this comes off the back - quite a bit of help. and this comes off the back of - quite a bit of help. and this comes off the back of bad l comes off the back of bad weather to hit the area at the back end of last year. we had someone in the package say that

this is the second time he has been flooded. what is the outlook for the current situation. what will happen in the next few days and hours? it will be a challenge. i spoke to a meteorologist a moment ago when there is a flood watch in effect beginning tomorrow with more rain expected so that as last thing anyone wants to think about but it is something that people who are in those flood prone areas still need to plan for and prepare for. what plan for and prepare for. what do ou plan for and prepare for. what do you think — plan for and prepare for. what do you think the _ plan for and prepare for. what do you think the future - plan for and prepare for. what do you think the future holds for this region? many people will struggle, like you say, to be able to reef build and bring their lives back on track. where next for these communities? they have had ace exceedingly tough time. it communities? they have had ace exceedingly tough time.— exceedingly tough time. it has been difficult _ exceedingly tough time. it has been difficult and _ exceedingly tough time. it has been difficult and these - exceedingly tough time. it has| been difficult and these people are proud of where they come from. people from the mountains of eastern kentucky love their community and they are proud of the roots there and many of them did not intend to leave, they want to help rebuild the community and make it stronger. there are fundraisers happening here within the state with

different churches and private as nurses, the state fund of course and it is all going to help these people. this is their home and it does president —— present challenges from time to time. last year at the end of last year in the western part of the state there was a massive tornado that killed people in the eastern part and now we deal with flooding. these people are proud of their homes in the roots of where they come from and they hope to come back stronger. and they hope to come back stronger-— and they hope to come back stronuer. . ~' ,, . severe thunderstorms have also caused chaos in las vegas. a witness recorded this footage of ceiling panels falling down and water pouring into a restaurant as the storms passed over the city. torrential rain caused heavy flooding and thousands of people have been left without power. more bad weather is forecast in the coming hours. the iranian president, ebrahim raisi has been visiting areas devastated by two days of severe floods and landslides that killed at least 53 people. president raisi and iranian red crescent representatives viewed the damage from the air,

before visiting some of the areas worst affected on the ground. some 400 towns and villages were battered by the storms and emergency services are still searching for a number of people who are missing. president biden has tested positive for covid—i9 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 centre for vaccine development, how a covid rebound infection comes about. 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 i—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—omicron virus lineages. now, with the omicron 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 omicron 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. havana will begin an electricity blackout next month to deal with the island's worsening energy crisis. other energy—saving plans have been announced including cancelling the carnival next month or

working from home and must vacations. the rest of the island has been experiencing blackouts for months already. spain has announced a second death linked to monkey box. one person has also died in brazil. these are the first known deaths outside africa. there have been more than 20,000 cases recorded worldwide in the current outbreak. last week the world health organization declared monkey box a global health emergency. —— monkey box. —— monkeypox. 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. our 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. you are watching bbc news. a reminder of our main stories: 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—i9 for the second time in nine days.

a lottery player in the us has won $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, earlier, ispoke to kurt panouses, an attorney in wills, trusts, and estates law, as well as the rare specialism of lottery law. i asked him what he would advise the lucky winner in illinois. the most important thing for the winner right now is to try to relax. i know that's very easy to say, but to try to relax, gather themselves and 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 helped two of 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 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 signing the back of the ticket. most state lotteries say, "sign the back of the ticket," and there is some credence to that in the sense that if you lose the ticket, you know, obviously someone else could bring it forward. but i haven't run into too many people that have lost a billion—dollar ticket. so from my perspective, if they don't sign the back of the ticket, that gives me as the attorney a complete use of my toolbox to help them, and do exactly what they'd prefer to have happen 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 someone that works in the media, for example, or down on a farm or on a corner shop to go from living an ordinary life to becoming a billionaire overnight? you know, i've had the good fortune of having a few of those clients and it is a big change. it is something that they're not used to. obviously on the the financial end of it, they have this freedom to do whatever they want, and the 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, however, when you start doing things that are different, out of your comfort zone, you're just not ready to be rich, and that's hard — it's easy to say but it's a difficult process to learn. for instance, you know, i've had clients that now would go to a nice restaurant to dinner and, you know, they have a nice wine, they get nice service but they've 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's the appropriate "amount?" they don't want to stand out. they want to be part of, you know, the enjoyment of game but, again, it's difficult for them to fit into something that they haven't had a lifelong lesson in growing is obviously get some extra

phones and an extra phone line or service so in case information gets out about them they'll 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 make right away. there's only 60 days for them to determine whether or not they want this annuity or the cash option, so that's going to 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 the annuity, but right now the annuity is very, very compelling to take 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 — it said 1.3 billion — but they will only get 58% before taxes. taxes will take another 40% out, so you are down to about $450 million after taxes. let's get some of

the day's other news. 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. day two of the commonwealth games in birmingham and there was plenty of action. chetan pathak has a round—up of the winners.

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 pursuit. aaron gate in the aooom individual pursuit. 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. olympic 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 kasdan won the men's 55kg, and afterwards aznil bidin made it a double celebration for the country in the men's 61kg. 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 twenty 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. natalie pirks they're talking about the sellout crowd for wembley, 87,200 people expected to cram the stadium for the final. you can see plenty more and read plenty more about the whole tournament and the final on our website. it is

bbc.com/sport. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @garethbarlow. thanks for watching bbc news. 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 pa ra—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 south—west 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 ben 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.