years, leaving even middle income earners in need of support. his comments come as another minister defended the deferral of an announcement on further government help with energy bills, untila new prime minister is in place. yesterday, the regulator ofgem announced an 80% rise in the energy price cap from october, taking the average annual household

bill to more than £3,500. here's marc ashdown. help is coming. that is the message from the chancellor on rocketing energy bills, but when, how and who will receive it remains difficult to tell. in an interview with the daily telegraph, nadhim zahawi warns high bills could be here to stay for the next two years, and says while he is concerned about helping people on benefits and pensioners, those on middle—incomes will need help too. if you're a senior nurse or a senior teacher on £45,000 a year, he says, you're having your energy bills go up by 80%. it's really hard. we are looking at all the options. the energy price cap is set by the regulator 0fgem. it's rising by 80% in october. currently a typical annual energy bill paid by direct debit is £1,971. in october, that will rise to £3,519. prepayment meter customers

pay a little extra — a typical usage bill from october then will be £3,608. becky has a full—time job. for the first time she is having to think about whether to heat her home or feed her family. i've never had to use a food bank before. i have had to use one twice in the past few weeks, purely because my money isn't stretching anywhere any more. every household will get £400 off their bill in six instalments from october, with more help for pensioners and those on lower incomes. but there is frustration for some at the lack of clarity on exactly when more help will arrive. because the government has been so relaxed, often late with its announcements of support, and now refusing to say anything because of the conservative party leadership election, they have backed themselves into a corner. they have to be able to get money out of the door quickly to help people before october. the civil service is working up a full range of options, with the pros and cons of each, and who would be benefit from different interventions, and i think it is right that we wait

until we have a new prime minister, it is not long to wait. this will be absolutely at the top of their intray. there are predictions the energy price cap could rise above £5,000 in january. the chancellor warns we are in a national economic emergency. marc ashdown, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent ione wells is here. a sign of policy direction from nadhim zahawi? minister, it is not long to wait. this will be absolutely at the top of their intray. there are predictions the energy price cap could rise above 5,00 pounds in january. the chancellor warns we are in a national economic emergency. marc ashdown, bbc news. what can be red into those comments? this marc ashdown, bbc news. what can be red into those comments?— red into those comments? this shows there is a general— red into those comments? this shows there is a general consensus - red into those comments? this shows there is a general consensus that - there is a general consensus that there is a general consensus that the support that has been announced so far, just simply isn't going to cut it, and more must be done, there isn't a consensus on what this might look like, the environment secretary today reiterated that it would not be right in his words, to announce any further support, be right in his words, to announce any furthersupport, until be right in his words, to announce any further support, until there is any further support, until there is a new prime minister in place. but big question i think that nadhim zahawi's comment have raised, on saying that incomes up to a5,00

pounds will be affected is how target or not will any support package will be. irish rsh said today that the government must —— rishi sunak, must help where've a focus on lower incomes and pence any —— nearness, liz truss said she is in favour of more targeted support. labour and the other opposition parties wan angie price cap freeze, critics of that in government have said this would mean that the richer households are helped out by this, but today, the labour mp darren jones defended this approach, saying the problem is it is hard to target people who aren't on welfare but may also need support, so this posed a big question for whoever next occupies number ten about whether they decide to help everybody so they decide to help everybody so they can help notjust those on welfare and the most vulnerable but those kind of middle earners that the chancellor is talking about. thank you. police in liverpool are questioning a second man in connection with the death of nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel, who was shot

dead at her home on monday night. a 36—year—old man was also arrested on thursday. 0ur correspondent emma vardy is in liverpool for us. emma, what's the latest? well, the police investigation here has been moving pretty swiftly, with two arrests now, in the past its—hours, and that second man was arrested yesterday, just a few streets away from here, there was quite a come motion with local resident, families as armed police restrained the man in the street before he was taken away. there really is still quite a sense of shock here at the outbreak of gun violence which led to nine—year—old 0livia's death earlier in the week. still people coming down to pay tribute to lay flowers and teddies but police say despite the two arrests, the investigation continues, they are still appealing for people to come forward with information that may help them to build a case, now yesterday we also saw a visit from the home secretary, priti patel, who was here at the

scene. she pledged 500,000 of extra funding to try to take weapons off the streets and provide mental health support, the metro mayor for liverpool said that is not enough and off the back of this there should be more help for areas affected by organised crime. thank ou affected by organised crime. thank you emma- — thank you emma. there have been more deaths in pakistan, as flooding worsens in parts of the country. there's been little let up in the rains and the government has told people to take refuge on higher ground. nearly 1,000 people have been killed in rain and flooding across the country since june. richard galpin reports. it's here in the southern provinces of pakistan that the ten days of heavy rain have had the biggest impact. floods sweeping away people, their homes and belongings. translation: here was my house. my entire life savings are gone. translation: we were told that a concrete wall would be built - to protect us from the river, so we built a house, but the promise was not fulfilled.

it's estimated more than 900 people have lost their lives in the last three months. those who've survived the torrents of water now finding higher ground, where at least they can be a bit safer. for many, tents are their only shelter. shelter is a big issue, water and sanitation, and the need is growing, especially when whole villages are washed away and people are living in makeshift arrangements, either in the government buildings or schools or their relatives. and the situation is not improving. more and more humanitarian assistance is required. from the air, the scale of what's happened in this region is very clear, and it's thought the worst is far from over. many people here can only hope that the rainstorms gradually diminish. richard galpin, bbc news. with all the sport now, here's gavin ramjaun at the bbc sport centre.

good afternoon. the latest from the lunchtime premier league kick—off to come, but first, england have taken early wickets as they pile the pressure on south africa on day three of the 2nd test. at lunch, their opponents were 88—3 trailing by 176 after england's destructive first innings performance yesterday at old trafford, asjoe wilson reports. trumpet plays jerusalem. every new day of play for england's test cricketers is greeted by the supporters like this. every new dawn, whether false or true. at old trafford, there was glorious opportunity, and there was james anderson. stumps clatter. that's how he got rid of south africa's captain, as dean elgar missed the ball, you'll notice the rainbow colours of inclusion specially decorating the stumps at this match. there it is, just there. sarel erwee's batjust touched this, the catch from ben foakes, and it looked like a little farewell message from ollie robinson. the scoreboard said

south africa 39—2. here's a view of some perfect stuart broad bowling, and then his face when he learned it was in fact not out. no ball. for a fair delivery, some of his foot must be behind that line. not quite. aiden markram didn't last much longer. edged. ..gone! is that one ok, umpire? confirmed. england are making quick work of taking the wickets they need to win this test match. they could imagine victory today, but for now, we are still playing. trumpet plays. joe wilson, bbc news, old trafford. manchester united are looking to make it two wins in a row, against southampton in the early premier league kick—off. approaching half time at st mary's, it's 0—0. new united signing casemiro started on the bench. as is cristiano ronaldo. that's one of seven games today in the top flight.

at three o'clock, chelsea play leicester, liverpool look for their first win of the season against bournemouth and manchester city facing crystal palace. leaders arsenal are home to fulham in the later afternoon game. qualifying for the belgium gp gets under way in less that two hours' time. red bull's sergio perez was fastest ahead of teammate and championship leader max verstappen. not great signs for ferrari's charles leclerc, though, practice had to be red flagged when he span into the gravel. regardless of what happens in qualifying later though, verstappen and leclerc will both start from the back of the grid because of engine penalties. there was a shock result in the rugby championship. argentina beat the all blacks in new zealand for the first time, winning 25—18. juan martin gonzalez�*s second—half try put the pumas ahead and emiliano boffelli's six penalties helped secure a famous victory in christchruch. new zealand have now lost six of their last eight tests as the pressure continues to mount on head coach ian foster.

and the us open starts next week, but could the women's champion be in a spot of bother? emma raducanu looked to be having a bit trouble with her wrist in practice. twice she went off court with her physio. the world number 11 faces alize cornet in the first round on tuesday, and says that she's taking things one match at a time. i think you guys are probably thinking about pressure and ranking more than me, but i, i think that, you know, defending a title is just something that the press makes up, but i'm just, you know, taking it one match at a time, like every single player is very capable in this draw, and ijust focus on what i'm doing, like my own trajectory. as i said last year, i'm just going to do things my way. that's all the sport from us for now. you can keep up—to—date with all the football, cricket and formula one on the bbc website. that's it for now, the next news on bbc one

is at 20—to—7, bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with joanna gosling. let's withjoanna gosling. go back to those floods in pakistan. let's get more now on the torrential downpours and flash floods that continue to wreak havoc in pakistan the kabul river has broken its banks, sweeping away houses and forcing continue to wreak havoc in pakistan. the kabul river has broken its banks, sweeping away houses and forcing people to flee. nearly a thousand people have been killed sincejune and the government is deploying the army to help. our correspondent, pumza fihlani, has visited larkana, in sindh, from where she sent this update. sindh province has been one of the worst affected by the floods.

people's homes have been washed away across the province. we've come to one village, though, where the response to that has been different. the people of this community have decided that they are not going anywhere — they're staying put. there's one reason for that — they say everything they own is on this compound. one of the things they're referring to is that herd of cattle over there. they're saying if they leave them then everything is truly lost. another thing is some of the contents of their house. they're saying at least here they know that everything is still intact. speaking of the houses, though, the foundations have been eroded by the rain and they're currently unlivable, but they offer some shade, so during the day they will try and tuck away there for a few minutes. this is a family of about 70 people. most of them are children. they've said that a number of them cannot swim so it is risky to try and get them into the water. they've told me it's not ideal to be living here, but it beats being out in the street in the open. at least here, they know that everyone is accounted for, and they know that all their

belongings are still intact. our correspondent in islamabad, sahar baloch, told us more about the desperate situation people are facing. right now, people are waiting for rescue workers to reach them. the national disaster authority has said that more than 33 million people affected by the recent floods. this all started injune is when the rain started happening for more than the required number of rains that usually happen in these areas. it started from baluchistan which is anyway one of the least developed parts of pakistan and then it reached two khyber pakhtunkhwa and from there to punjab so right now most of pakistan is drowning at the moment and the minister is trying to appeal to international organisations to give out as much aid to pakistan as possible. 33 million people affected, you say, that's 15% of million people affected, you say, that's15% of the population. how are you managing to get 80 people on that sort of scale? you are you managing to get 80 people on that sort of scale?— that sort of scale? you know, right now that aid _ that sort of scale? you know, right now that aid is _ that sort of scale? you know, right

now that aid is also _ that sort of scale? you know, right now that aid is also itching - that sort of scale? you know, right now that aid is also itching and - now that aid is also itching and slow manner because most of these places especially baluchistan the road links have totally been cut off the most of the bridges that were made in the pre—partition ever have also been destroyed so the road links are not there and also there's a big network problem as well so communication is really bad so people are trying on their own. for example, if someone is living in the capital of baluchistan they are going from death friends to those places nearby and providing as much aid as they can. authorities are sending helicopters to the places but because of heavy veins they are also trying not to go to as many places as possible because of the reason they can be a crash —— because of heavy rains. for example, you must have heard about a helicopter crash, an army helicopter crash in baluchistan a few weeks back so this was also considered one of the reasons of heavy rains in that area. khyber pakhtunkhwa, most of the area is also literally slipped away. we also saw videos of

really famous tourist places that have been really badly affected by this as well. right now we're just hoping at the moment that the rain. because we've got the focus for the next weekend, is not going to rain as much, so that will probably provide the government and the people to gain as much, you know, strength as they can to rebuild whatever they have lost, and they have lost a lot. donald trump has reacted angrily to the publication by the us government of a heavily redacted affidavit that led to the search of his florida home. the sworn statement says there was "probable cause to believe" that there are "additional documents" with classified information still at mar—a—lago, and "there is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the premises,". the affidavit�*s conclusion makes the case that there is probable cause "to believe that evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed" would be found on the premises.

donald trump has denied any wrong—doing. with more details, here's gareth barlow. this is the remarkable document used to justify one of the most historic fbi raids in us history. amid the blacked—out text, agents argued they had probable cause to believe, in their words, that evidence, contraband, fruits of crimes or other items illegally possessed would be discovered at the former president's mar—a—lago estate. the criminal investigation and 8th of august search began after the national archives, which maintains white house records, identified classified files among 15 boxes recovered from mar—a—lago in january this year. an fbi review recovered 184 classified documents, including 25 marked as top secret. it is unprecedented. since the presidential records act of 1978, and which i helped draft, that this is the first time a president ever carted off to his home documents that were prepared in the course of his presidency. those documents belong to the united states, not any individual.

the former president, along with his legal team, argues he has the right to declassify the documents, and he has already done so. legal experts question those claims — as did, on friday, president biden. "well, ijust want you to know i've declassified everything "in the world! "i'm president — i can do it all." come on! "declassified everything." i'm not going to comment because i don't know the detail. i don't even want to know. let the justice department take care of it. of the 32 pages that triggered the search of mr trump's beachfront property, 21 were blacked out and several contained no visible words at all, the fbi arguing that revealing the identities of witnesses could potentially lead them to being subjected to harm, including retaliation, intimidation and even threats to physical safety. 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. what the document doesn't address is what agents discovered in the 11 boxes they retrieved from mar—a—lago earlier this month. investigations expected to continue now behind closed doors as it reviews the documents and potentially calls more witnesses. we may hear nothing more until we learn if criminal charges will be laid. gareth barlow, bbc news. earlier, lisa kern griffin, who's a professor of constitutional law and evidence at duke law school told us about the affidavit — and in particular, parts of it that were redacted. well, the government actually identified five categories of information that it was concealing with the redactions, and it's important to bear in mind that there are a number of people besides the government who know what is behind those blocks. one of them is, of course, thejudge who has reviewed the original affidavit, reviewed it in order to approve the search warrant and then reviewed it in order to determine

whether these redactions were proper. and, of course, trump himself knows much of the information that is redacted in the affidavit. the reason for the redactions and the reason that they are so extensive is, one, because the government is trying to protect civilian witnesses who have provided information about the documents, about the activities at mar—a—lago, and, presumably, about trump's knowledge of what was in those documents and where they were. the government is also trying to protect law enforcement officers who have of course, unfortunately, in the wake of the execution of the search warrant, have been threatened by some of trump's supporters, and the government put in its filing about why it did the redactions that that was one significant concern. the government is trying to protect the course of the investigation. they've made clear that this is an ongoing investigation, that there may be multiple targets of this investigation, and that they don't want to reveal a road map for where the investigation is going. there is also grand jury

information, which is secret by law, and they've expressed some concerns about the privacy of some of the individuals described in the affidavit. experts investigating the deaths of thousands of fish in a river between poland and germany say the cause remains a mystery. scientists are still trying to identify what they say was probably a pollutant added to the water, that triggered a catastrophic chemical chain reaction. people living upstream have told the bbc they first reported fish dying as early as march. jenny hill sent this report from szczecin in poland. a river that should teem with life instead gives up its dead. fish are dying in the oder in their thousands. in a single day, they told us here, they pulled 16 tonnes of corpses from the water. "after eight days of this," lucas says, he just feels numb. and it's not over yet. we joined these scientists

as they test the water to try to establish what happened. check a lot of parameters of water chemistry. they suspect an as—yet—unidentified substance polluted the river. that caused a type of algae to flourish. its toxins then killed the fish. you can really sense the frustration, the concern here, and that's because they still don't know what's caused this. and while they can't identify it, they can't predict how long the effects will last and, worse than that, they can't say that it won't happen again. it may be that the hot summer, low water levels played a part. even now, a wave of poison is still spreading down river. translation: the scale of its ecological disaster| is unprecedented in poland. it's a catastrophe.

we have never found so many dead creatures, so many dead fish, clams or snails. it's the first time it's happened and it's a serious warning. the first of the dead fishes... but upstream, hundreds of miles away, this woman told us she saw it coming. ava runs this marina in a working port. the water flows via a canal into the oder. people here first reported fish dying, the water changing back in march. translation: all the signs and traces that i followed i led me to conclude that the pollution got into the water directly here. i talked to many people, conducted interviews. my conclusion is that someone dumped chemicals into the port. few safe places left to fish, and on this unaffected lake, little confidence that the perpetrator will ever be caught. "someone's responsible,

someone's to blame," he says, "but we'll probably never find out who." there's despair here at the damage done, but determination, too, to better protect these waterways and the precious life they contain. jenny hill, bbc news, szczecin. the remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever discovered in europe are being excavated in a back garden in portugal. the fossilised skeleton of a sauropod was discovered in the central city of pombal in 2017, when a man began building work on his house. sauropods were the biggest of all dinosaurs and the largest known land animals. palaeontologists say the reptile was about 12 metres tall — about 39 feet — and 25 metres or 82 feet long. well, for more on this i am now joined by dr sally reynolds. she heads the institute for studies of landscape and human evolution at bournemouth university and specialises in

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sauropod? we know quite a lot. we don't know what species it is because we have only been able to uncover some vertebra and some ribs at the moment symington in terms of skeletons that doesn't give you a lot of information about the species. set sail in terms of skeletons. it does have a similar type of skeletons to diplodocus, if you dinosaur some of your viewers may have seen. we have got brontosaurus and some very large dinosaur is people may have seen in movies likejurassic park. hopefully we find a school, especially if we find some teeth, the specialist will be able to determine exactly what species it is, and it could even be a new one —— if we find a school. i imagine everyone is agitating to get involved in something like this. how do people get picked?— involved in something like this. how do people get picked? presumably you would like to go _ do people get picked? presumably you would like to go -- _ do people get picked? presumably you would like to go -- if— do people get picked? presumably you would like to go -- if we _ do people get picked? presumably you would like to go -- if we find _ would like to go —— if we find skull. i would love to come absolutely loved it too, so my specialty is mammals from an ice age

and things like that so i'm happy to just read what is published on the scientific literature which will give us more information about it and hopefully in time to be able to glance museums in portugal and have a look at this amazing species and is ready to invade iraq go out to museums in portugal and have a look at this amazing species when it is ready to be unveiled —— ready to be unveiled. sunny weather, not too many problems, she was around as well, just the chance a few isolated showers here as well. one front approaching western areas and increasing amounts of cloud and rain and cloudy because northern ireland is happening to and some sunny spells across eastern scotland but watch out for scattering of showers here and elsewhere across england and wales. sunny skies, really, that affair with a cloud, so that they were the cloud would produce one or two isolated showers and mostly dry

and was north face in case of bit of lunch of these is welcome at top ten bridges in the low 20s for most, maybe 2425 celsius likely i think some of it was hampshire and surrey. overnight tonight it is certainly a lot milder across scotland with that weather front, lot milder across scotland with that weatherfront, plenty lot milder across scotland with that weather front, plenty of cloud, temperatures in double figures here, drop back into the low single figures in a few spots last night. it busy towards the south, otherwise between ten and 14 celsius. that's the focus. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the chancellor has said that middle—income earners will require further help from the government to pay their energy bills, notjust the poorest. police investigating the fatal shooting of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel at her home in liverpool, have arrested a second man on suspicion of murder. a national emergency has been declared in pakistan after millions of people were forced from their homes. it follows the heaviest monsoon rains in decades. scientists are trying to identify why thousands of fish have died in a river

between poland and germany. the remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever discovered in europe, have been found in a back garden in portugal. now on bbc news... weather world, record heat, drought and the fire that ripped through people's homes at the end of the uk's hottest day. this time on weather world... record heat, drought and the fire that ripped through people's homes at the end of the uk's hottest day. as temperatures hit 40 celsius for the first time, i'll hear about london fire brigade's busiest day since world war two. and why wildfires are a growing problem. and i'm talking to the scientist whose near real—time analysis has shown how climate change has supercharged this summer's

weather extremes.