this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. millions forced from their homes, and warnings of more severe flooding in pakistan — as a national emergency is declared. it's been more than ten days or heavy rain, and yet the streets are still flooded. this is one of the main roads linking this community to the outside world. the court document used to justify a search of donald trump's florida home is released by the us justice department — but it's heavily redacted. energy bills for households in britain are expected to soar by 80% in october — driven by a leap in the price of wholesale gas. and women in iran are allowed to attend a domestic league football match for the first time in over a0 years.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. a "national emergency" has been declared in pakistan after almost 1,000 people died following severe monsoon flooding that began injune. more than 33 million people have been affected by the country's heaviest rainfall in decades. hundreds of thousands of homes have been destroyed, and thousands of people have taken refuge in relief camps. the worst affected areas are in the provinces of balochistan and sindh in the south, from where our pakistan correspondent pumza fihlani reports. moving to higher ground. families wade through the water with the only belongings

they could salvage. in southern pakistan, many streets have been turned into rivers. families have set up tents on the few roads that are still visible. it's been more than ten days of heavy rains and yet the streets are still flooded. this is one of the main roads linking this community to the outside world. something has also happened here. many of the people of this community say they've lost their homes to the floods. what they could do was they moved to slightly higher ground and they managed to set up temporary shelter. they say to me they are worried about more rain is coming and they don't know how long they will be able to stay here. just behind, this new tented community is where their homes used to be. from up above, devastation as far as the eye can see. balochistan and sindhprovinces have suffered the worst disruption. homes, roads, and infrastructure reduced to rubble.

around sindh the provincial government has been distributing aid but the need outweighs its resources and are appealing for help. this man and his family has lived here for more than 50 years. his home was destroyed within minutes, he tells me. translation: we've lost everything. - all our belongings are gone. the only thing we managed to save is our lives. the water's might has taken not just homes, businesses too. in this video a new hotel, one of the largest in the area, was washed away within minutes. the owner told bbc he watched helplessly as it came down. it's becoming clear to the people trapped in these remote communities that the worst is far from over and yet all many could do was sit and hope, hope that the coming storm will be a little more forgiving.

it's a vulnerability many had never imagined. pumza fihlani — bbc news — sukkur. the us justice department has released the court papers — known as an affidavit — that convinced a judge to authorize the unprecedented search of donald trump's florida home. investigators said top secret files had been stored at mar—a—lago along with assorted newspapers and magazines. the justice department said it redacted parts of the document to protect "a significant number of civilian witnesses". 0ur north america correspondent anthony zurcher has the details. thejustice department has now pulled back the curtain ever so slightly into the criminal investigation over handling classified documents and presidential records here at mar—a—lago. in its 32 affidavit that was heavily redacted, thejustice department said one of the reasons they thought there were still classified documents being kept

in an unsecured location here in mar—a—lago was because documents given to the president and his associates to the national archives earlier contained over 100 instances of classified information mixed in amongst magazine articles, newspaper clippings, photographs and other paraphernalia, as well as 25 items marked top secret, that included human intelligence gathering, foreign surveillance and court ordered domestic surveillance. the justice department also relied on witness testimony as part of its request, but none of that witness testimony was made public. it was redacted and the reason thejustice department gave for this was because they thought that if the identity of the witnesses were made public, they can be open to harassment or even physical intimidation, and that future witnesses may be more reluctant to come forward if they see this kind of chilling effect. there's also the concern among the justice department that any revelations could lay out a road map forfuture obstruction of the investigation. now donald trump has had a lot of legal concerns since he's left the white house, but this one because it's

a criminal investigation may be rapidly moving up to the top of that list. i spoke to former us deputy assistant attorney general, tom dupree. i began by asking him if the unsealing of the document has solved any mysteries. this was based on the initial probe of documents and they saw it and thought, oh, my god, we need to go and get it back. tell us about the fbi investigation and how that is going? it investigation and how that is auoin ? ., investigation and how that is i oin i ? ., , investigation and how that is oiini ? ., , ., investigation and how that is oiiin ? ., , ., investigation and how that is a oin a ? ., , ., ., going? it gave us a little more of an insight —

going? it gave us a little more of an insight into _ going? it gave us a little more of an insight into the - going? it gave us a little more of an insight into the fbi's - of an insight into the fbi's ongoing investigation. what we still don't know is whether there was someone inside mara largo, perhaps one close to the president, who told thejustice department there were more classified documents being stored there. i strongly suspected that information, the human intelligence, the sources inside the camp that may be were reporting information to the justice department. were reporting information to thejustice department. i suspect that in the material redacted from the affidavit. could you explain to us why all of this is taking place? at the heart of this is classified information and how it was handled by president trump. that's right, that is at the heart of this. although the particular federal laws that the justice department particular federal laws that thejustice department is claiming may have been violated don't necessarily require the information to be classified. basically if you have a record and the government wants it back, you have to give it back. that said, there is no question

that the material stored does seem to implicate many of america's greatest secrets, covert intelligence sources, reports we have got from surveillance, things of that nature, which goes a long way to explaining why the justice department made it to explaining why thejustice department made it a priority to get a search warrant and get this stuff back.— this stuff back. there was hesitation in _ this stuff back. there was hesitation in releasing - this stuff back. there was | hesitation in releasing any this stuff back. there was i hesitation in releasing any of this. this happened after a request from the media. but there was a statement by the court that they didn't want to give a road map for obstruction ofjustice. can you explain that for us?— that for us? sure. it's extremely _ that for us? sure. it's extremely unusual. that for us? sure. it's extremely unusual to | that for us? sure. it's - extremely unusual to get a that for us? sure. it's _ extremely unusual to get a peek at these documents before a criminal prosecution begins. so what thisjudge ordered, criminal prosecution begins. so what this judge ordered, by saying at least some of the affidavit needed to be put out to the public, that is extremely unusual. thejustice department is concerned, with full transparency, number one,

if they identified witnesses that gave them the information they needed, that those witnesses could be vulnerable to intimidation and threats. the justice department was also concerned that if they laid out the whole scope of their investigation and how they knew what they knew, that could possibly give a road map to president trump and his legal team for possibly defending against charges that could be forthcoming. let's get some of the day's other news. in his nightly address, the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, has said that the situation at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant — which is occupied by russia — remains dangerous. the plant was temporarily disconnected from the power grid on thursday for the first time. mr zelensky once again demanded that the un nuclear watchdog visit the plant as soon as possible. a second man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of nine year—old 0livia pratt—korbel, who was fatally shot at her home in liverpool on monday.

a caretaker prime minister has taken over in thailand after the suspension of prayuth chanocha. his deputy and close military ally, prawit wongsuwan, is now the country's leader. prayut chanocha was suspended earlier this week while the constitutional court decides whether he has exceeded the eight—year term limit. tigrayan rebels in northern ethiopia say government forces have conducted air strikes on the region's capital mekelle. according to a local hospital official there — at least four people, including two children have been killed — though that has yet to be confirmed. this latest incident marks the third consecutive day of fighting in the region — bring to an end a five month ceasefire. for more on the situation, here's our reporter kalkidan yibeltal, who's in addis ababa. the fighting broke out after five months of neutrality, so progress and developments

in access to aid, as well as possible decision. the fighting is escalating ratherfast. we understand there is intense fighting on the ground between the government and tigrayan forces. there have been air strikes in the capital. the government forces have not addressed these accusations directly, but they released a statement warning people in tigray to stay away from military targets. so that seems to suggest that air strikes could be part of this ongoing war. meanwhile, the head of the world health organization, dr tedros ghebrejesus, has again warned about tigray. on wednesday he said the situation was worse than that in ukraine and suggested that racism was behind the limited global response. i will tell you my own story.

i have many relatives there, i want to send them money — i cannot send them money. they are starving, i know. i cannot help them, i cannot help them. i can help them, i can share in what i have. i cannot do that because they are completely sealed off. i want to speak to them. it's a long time since i have spoken to them. i can't speak to them. i don't know even who is dead or who is alive. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. for the first time since iran's 1979 islamic revolution, women are allowed to attend a national league football game. he is the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that

martin luther king declared "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the southeastern sky, an orange glowing disc that is brighter than anything, save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. there is no doubt this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it will take months i and billions of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours _ three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off—duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clockmaker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. this is bbc news,

the latest headlines. dire warnings of more severe flooding in northern pakistan as it suffers its heaviest monsoon rains in decades. the usjustice department releases a heavily redacted version of the document it used to obtain a search warrant for donald trump's florida home. soaring prices are infliciting pain and hardship around the world. the chair of america's central bank, jerome powell, has warned that fighting the fastest rise in prices in nearly four decades will be painful to households and businesses. in britain, it's been confirmed that energy bills will soar by 80% in october for tens of millions of people, causing real hardship for many who are already coping with a steep rise in the cost of living. the bbc�*s business editor simonjack reports.

abby dezso is a single mum living in ipswich. the energy price rise will hit her hard. she has a part—timejob which earns her £1000 a month, but her energy bill is going up from £80 to £250 in october, which she will struggle to find. is there anything you can cut? honestly...no. as she looks at her stretched budget, her primary concern is for her children. you don't want them to go without, so as long as they're fed, that's my main priority. as long as i fed them, i don't really mind. if i can sort them out, i'm happy with a bit of toast, that doesn't bother me. but you just know that they're going to end up going without. announcing the new prices this morning, the regulator said it would fall to government to help households face this crisis. the truth is, this is beyond the capacity of the regulator and the industry to address. so, what we are saying today is we have ten days now until we have a new administration and we have a new prime ministerand a new ministerial team.

what i am clear about is the prime minister, with his or her ministerial team, will need to act urgently and decisively to address this. households in england, scotland and wales will get a £400 discount on bills, and people on qualifying benefits are eligible for an additional £650 from october under support already announced. there's a separate scheme for northern ireland. today, the prime minister said his successor would provide more. there's a pipeline of cash coming through over the next few months and through the autumn and winter, but that is clearly now going to be augmented, increased, by extra cash that the government is plainly going to be announcing in september. while the labour leader said prices needed to be held where they are now. we need to have a freeze on those energy prices, do not let them go up to those levels, and pay for that in part by a windfall tax on the oil and gas companies on those excess profits. so, how on earth did we get here? well, this is how. this is the wholesale

price of gas. it's not controlled by government or companies or regulators, it's driven by international supply and demand. you can see there, the russian invasion of ukraine, which sent it rocketing, and it soared again in recent weeks as countries scramble to buy up supplies of gas before the winter. and it's those wholesale prices driving our bills — that's the big chunk in blue there. now, liz truss has promised to suspend this little green bit down here — that's the social and environmental policy cost. rishi sunak says he'll cut the yellow bit there — that's vat on fuel. so, little wonder there are calls for much more support than currently are on offer, especially as the industry experts who got today's number right have been saying that bills could hit over £5,000 injanuary and over £6,000 in april. back in ipswich, people at a local community centre were shocked and angry. it's actually made me feel ill, physically ill, to hear that figure. it's even higher, i think, than we were expecting. it's a nightmare, and most people can't afford it. i think of families. i'm a pensionerand

i've got a struggle. it's almost an unimaginable| number, you know, the sort of price of bills that we're going to be facing - come january as well. have you contacted us before? at the local citizens advice, many are seeking help for the first time. i asked the chief executive nicky willshere how she felt about the winter ahead. terrifying. i mean, i'm really worried about families and households, whether they're single households or not. the cost of energy is unbearable now, without it going up. and i don't know how households are going to manage, i can just see that demand on our services and other voluntary sector services are going to go through the roof. most people's heating isn't on yet, and there is every reason to postpone that moment as long as possible. simon jack, bbc news.

effectively lead that the american central bank would continue to raise rates and they would remain elevated for a long time. for investors, the worst news. he had hoped —— they hoped he would say things were looking brighter, but it was the opposite. as a result, the us markets fell sharply, down around 3%, the dowjones industrial average tumbling 1000 points in a day. part of the fear they have is notjust higher rates, but this idea that if the fed gets it wrong, it could tip the us economy into recession if growth stalls. it's no surprise that mr powell referenced paul volcker, a fed chairman in the 19805 volcker, a fed chairman in the 1980s who as a result of high inflation was forced to raise interest rates to 20% and put

the us economy into recession. that is the point he is trying to make to ordinary americans, there will be paying along the way but it's worth it to avoid that. —— there will be pain along the way. women in iran have attended a domestic league football match for the first time since the 1979 islamic revolution. about 500 are thought to have been at the game at azadi stadium in tehran on thursday night. diana nammi, founder of the iranian and kurdish women's rights 0rganisation here in the uk. it's a great achievement for women in iran, because since the islamic republic took power in iran, women have been segregated and it has been a systematic discrimination and inequality. it was, and still it is, an agenda of apartheid. so this has been under the pressure of lots of women

demonstrating in iran, and they try to achieve to go to the stadiums several times, many times actually, i have to say that. and even their husbands, some women used to wear men's clothes and pretend they were men to be able to go. 0ne one of those girls who put herself there, she was rejected, blue girls as they are known in iran. it has been an achievement for women in iran and i am very happy with that. although our battle against the islamic republic of iran and discrimination against women in iran, but i am sure

that women try their best to achieve more rights and achieve the right especially equality for them, which is what is important in terms of every single things including sport. let's just single things including sport. let'sjust pick up single things including sport. let's just pick up on that point. you have talked about gender apartheid in iran, point. you have talked about genderapartheid in iran, and you are talking about an intersection of many struggles that women face. why has this been such a controversial issue when it comes to football? you are describing really difficult situations where women have to dress up as men to get into matches. why football? from the very beginning. — matches. why football? from the very beginning, the _ matches. why football? from the very beginning, the iranian - very beginning, the iranian regime banned women from all sports. little by little, women managed to find a way to enter into sport, but for football especially, because the stadium has usually been, in their

opinion, it was a men's sport. they think men should be only the people who can be in the stadium. they say it will be a sin for women to go to the stadium and see the sport. and it's not for women. so, you know, the misogyny towards women, not considering women as a human being, an equalto women, not considering women as a human being, an equal to men. britney spears has released her first single since being freed from her conservatorship — the legal arrangement which controlled her life for more than a decade. and the song is a duet with eltonjohn — based in part on his 1972 hit tiny dancer. our music correspondent, mark savage, has been listening. # hold me closer...#. the unmistakable sound

of britney spears. # 0h! # hold me closer, tiny dancer...# this is the first time fans have heard new music from the singer since 2016... free britney now! bring britney down! ..and it's the first since she was freed from a 13—year legal arrangement that stopped her making basic decisions about her personal life. what am i going to do now that the conservatorship's over with? speaking on instagram last year, britney said that returning to music might not be herfirst priority. i'm just grateful, honestly, for each day and being able to have the keys to my car and being able to be independent and feel like a woman. and owning an atm card, seeing cash for the first time, being able to buy candles. it's the little things for us women, but it makes a huge difference. it was music legend eltonjohn who eventually tempted the star back into the studio. # and i think it's going to be a long, long time...#

he was planning a follow—up to cold heart — a duet with dua lipa that became a global number one last year — and it was his husband, david furnish, who suggested getting britney on the track. they met in los angeles this summer to record it and elton previewed the song to diners at a french restaurant earlier this week. # hold me closer, tiny dancer...# released at midnight, the song's already had a warm welcome. "i hope she gets all the support in the world, after the hell she's been through," said one fan online. critics weren't so kind, with the telegraph calling hold me closer "one of the most pointless records in pop history", although the guardian said the song was "filled with power and poignancy. " writing on twitter, britney said she was "overwhelmed" to be singing with one of her heroes. # hold me closer, tiny dancer...# her fans hope that this will be the first of many new songs.

mark savage, bbc news. stay with us. hello. we ended the week with some fairly quiet weather, and that's how it's going to continue into the weekend. and, of course, for many of us, it is the august bank holiday weekend. here's the summary — plenty of sunny spells on offer, a few showers too. but it will become breezy, particularly by monday, and really quite cool on the north sea coasts. but at the moment, the weather is quiet. weather systems out at bay in the atlantic. there's a chance that this weather front will brush the northwest of the uk through the course of saturday. but this is what it looks like early hours of saturday, clear spells in many areas bar the odd local shower. temperatures, 15 celsus in london, around 8 celsius in the lowlands of scotland. so here's that weather front, which will brush parts of northern ireland and the western isles of scotland, just spits and spots of rain here and there.

but i think through the afternoon, sunny spells will give way to showers in a few areas, perhaps the pennines, central england, in the south too. and saturday also sees the notting hill carnival or the return of the notting hill carnival since before covid. so, here, sunny spells in london and a small chance of a shower. 0nto the forecast for sunday, and again, anotherfine day, i think fine weather for most of northern ireland and the western isles of scotland as well. best temperatures, i think, in south—western parts of the uk, 25 for cardiff, closer to the low twenties there on the north sea coast. now on monday, we are going to see this high pressure strengthening across the uk, and also around it, we'll develop quite a strong breeze blowing off the north sea, which will drag in some low cloud. so from the aberdeenshire coastline, the northeast, all the way to east anglia, possibly the kent coast, it may actually turn quite cloudy. in this situation,

coastal areas really will be quite chilly. the best of the weather will be out towards the west, and again, the highest temperatures here, perhaps around the mid twenties for cardiff. but if you are in scarborough, for example, it could only be 16 with a keen breeze off the north sea. how about the week ahead? with high pressure in charge, the weather, again, is not looking bad at all. very little rain in the forecast with steady temperatures in the mid twenties in the south, the high teens in the north. have a great weekend.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the authorities in pakistan have issued emergency warnings of severe flooding in the north—west of the country — as the heaviest monsoon rains in decades continue. near the city of quetta, homes, railway tracks and road bridges have been washed away. the us justice department has released the legal evidence used to justify the unprecedented search of donald trump's florida home. large parts of the affidavit were blacked out to protect witnesses and the integrity of the ongoing investigation. mr trump has called the operation a witch—hunt. energy bills in britian are set to soar by 80% in october — causing real hardship for millions of people,

who are already coping with a steep rise in