this is bbc news with the latest headlines: the chancellor has said that middle—income earners will require further help from the government to pay their energy bills, notjust the poorest. current ministers say waiting until the new prime minister is in place is the best approach. i think it's right that when they become prime minister, whoever it is, they will want to look at all of the options properly costed. 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. it's been more than ten days of heavy rains and yet the streets of sukkur are still flooded.

this is one of the main roads linking this community to the outside world. 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. good afternoon. the chancellor nadim zahawi has said the country is in a "national economic emergency" which could last for 2 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's 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's 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're 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's having to think about whether to heat her home orfeed herfamily. i've never had to use a food bank before. i've 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've 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's 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 in—tray. 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? we will been told a number of times now the government is working up options for the incoming prime minister to consider but clearly people want to know now what that helper will be? i people want to know now what that helper will be?— helper will be? i think certainly what nadhim _ helper will be? i think certainly what nadhim zahawi _ helper will be? i think certainly what nadhim zahawi does - helper will be? i think certainly what nadhim zahawi does my i helper will be? i think certainly - what nadhim zahawi does my comments show is that there is now pretty widespread consensus that much more

is nick going to need to be done. notjust some of is nick going to need to be done. not just some of those targeted measures aimed at pensioners and low—income households but also some of those middle earners as well earning salaries up to £45,000. i think his comments give a strong message to whoever the next prime minister is that these interventions that might need to be more significant that some of the targeted support we have heard touted at the moment. we know rishi sunak has already said he believes everyone would need some support this winter as well as a focus on some of those more vulnerable households, liz truss's campaign has stressed she prefers a more targeted approach but the question is, will that be possible if some of those higher earners are also starting to struggle too? res, higher earners are also starting to struggle too?— struggle too? a lot of people are sa in: , struggle too? a lot of people are saying. surely. — struggle too? a lot of people are saying, surely, there _ struggle too? a lot of people are saying, surely, there is - struggle too? a lot of people are saying, surely, there is a - struggle too? a lot of people are saying, surely, there is a plan, l saying, surely, there is a plan, surely the two candidates know what they want to do and the reason we are not hearing more detail is because they are so involved in this leadership campaign and don't want to say anything that might derail that campaign. this crisis hasn't come out of the blue. surely they

know what they want to? i come out of the blue. surely they know what they want to?- know what they want to? i think that's is certainly _ know what they want to? i think that's is certainly the _ know what they want to? i think that's is certainly the criticism i know what they want to? i think| that's is certainly the criticism at the moment will stop as you say, there are big concerns being raised notjust there are big concerns being raised not just from there are big concerns being raised notjust from opposition but there are big concerns being raised not just from opposition but from tory mps as well that there is a real concern about the leadership contest going on too long and that delaying any clarity on a support for people who want to know how much they need to be budgeting for this winter, how much support that might be available. as you say, the two camps vary slightly in that rishi sunak has stressed that he will provide more support for everyone as well as more interventions to help some of the most vulnerable households. 0ne some of the most vulnerable households. one of the things he said is that he would make up the difference between what the price cap is now on what the price gap is going to go up to for those on lowest income households. liz truss on the other hand hasn't given that much detail at all. other than saying that she will remove green levies from bills and bring down a national insurance. but these are clearly not measures that will help

everybody and i think she is facing pressure particularly as the frontrunner in this race to be much more specific now that we know that the price gap is this.— the price gap is this. thank you very much- _ thank you very much. joining me now isjoshua emden, a senior research fellow at the centre—left think tank, the institute for public policy research. thank you forjoining us today and i know at your think tank that you are concerned that this 0fgem announcement was allowed to go ahead without any clear plan on what the support would be for people, people who are clearly incredibly stressed and worried by how they are going to be able to afford their bills? {iii be able to afford their bills? of thatis be able to afford their bills? of that is right. the government understands that there is a crisis but at the moment its response is in no proportional to the scale of it. what we have been at is proposing a price cap freeze at the current

price cap freeze at the current price cap freeze at the current price cap level. this is to make sure people do not face these astronomical costs coming in october. making sure that 4 million 0ctober. making sure that 4 million homes will not end up paying a third of their energy bills... a third of their income on energy bills which is clearly totally unsustainable. but it's worth saying as well that people are already struggling under the current price cap compared to last october. if you compare then to now, bills will be going up byjust under £2300. they have already gone up under £2300. they have already gone up by about £700. people are already struggling and it needs to be a combination of universal support and the price cap. but also more targeted support in future as well to make sure... i targeted support in future as well to make sure...— to make sure... i want to talk to ou in a to make sure... i want to talk to you in a second _ to make sure... i want to talk to you in a second about _ to make sure... i want to talk to you in a second about how - to make sure... i want to talk to you in a second about how you l to make sure... i want to talk to l you in a second about how you get the support to the people who needed the support to the people who needed the most but on that proposal of yours to freeze the current price cap, what sort of impact might that

have on the wider cost of living crisis, the other bills that people are facing such as food costs for example by dealing with inflation, will that have an impact on inflation?— will that have an impact on inflation? , ., ., i, , inflation? yes, we did analysis lookin: inflation? yes, we did analysis looking at _ inflation? yes, we did analysis looking at the _ inflation? yes, we did analysis looking at the impact - inflation? yes, we did analysis looking at the impact on - inflation? yes, we did analysis i looking at the impact on inflation and it suggested it would cap inflation to 9.2%, a mere 9.2%. it would stop the price cap from... from inflation from going up by 3.9%. that is based on october prices at the longer you hold onto that price freeze the more you are capping at the increase in inflation. so it is a general cost of living support as well. specifically then on the energy bills, joshua, we havejust been discussing what the chancellor was saying earlier, he was indicating the support needs to extend to middle income earners as well. how do you make sure that it is a very targeted support, what with the government need to do to make that work? i government need to do to make that work? ~ ., , .

government need to do to make that work? ~ . , . , , work? i think a price cap freeze is a universal _ work? i think a price cap freeze is a universal support _ work? i think a price cap freeze is a universal support and _ work? i think a price cap freeze is a universal support and it - work? i think a price cap freeze is a universal support and it would l a universal support and it would help income earners across the income spectrum. but what it also does is give you time to build in a more targeted approach. you really need a combination of both, you need that initial short spurt of support for everybody and then a more targeted approach when you can look at having more targeted approach to discounting tariffs, through having basic energy allowances for the minimum or low incomes, fundamentally you also need to be increasing the level of insulation and low carbon heating in our homes because fundamentally we are addicted to gas in this country and the price crisis is primarily caused by the invasion of ukraine but the uk has 85% of its homes on gas boilers and we need to be moving away from those gas boilers, we need to be investing in ramping up insulation and heat pumps and low

carbon heating networks as well because fundamentally getting away from the addiction to gas is what will help us in the medium and long—term. will help us in the medium and long-term— long-term. and lady want to incentivise _ long-term. and lady want to incentivise people _ long-term. and lady want to incentivise people to - long-term. and lady want to incentivise people to reduce| long-term. and lady want to i incentivise people to reduce the long-term. and lady want to - incentivise people to reduce the gas consumption and make it easier for to reduce gas consumption but you have to deal with that immediate crisis. if the government was to introduce a freeze on the current price cap and not allow it to go any higher, there's absolutely no suggestion that is what they are going to do, but if they were to consider that plan, how would they then deal with the difference between that price cap and the cost to energy firms? we saw last year how lots of energy supplies went out of business and one would think that a reduction of competition in the market is not good for us all as the consumers? i market is not good for us all as the consumers?— market is not good for us all as the consumers? i suppose there are two mac oints consumers? i suppose there are two mac points there. _ consumers? i suppose there are two mac points there. firstly, _ consumers? i suppose there are two mac points there. firstly, the - consumers? i suppose there are two mac points there. firstly, the way i mac points there. firstly, the way the price cap would work is that you could keep the cap frozen, provide loans to energy companies in the

meantime behind the cap because fundamentally this problem is not caused by supported by households, it is a problem with our energy system and our dependence on gas. so you can provide support to energy companies through loans and you can then start to build towards diversifying portfolios away from gas much more rapidly than we are at the moment. it is worth saying that the moment. it is worth saying that the price cap is anti—competitive but at the same time if you want to have competition in the market at the moment, everything the price you would see would be well above the cap. you only need to look at fixed tariffs that the companies are offering to see that those are substantially higher than the price cap at the moment. competition in the market at the moment is actually not what we need.— not what we need. really interesting to talk to you — not what we need. really interesting to talk to you about _ not what we need. really interesting to talk to you about that. _ not what we need. really interesting to talk to you about that. thank - not what we need. really interesting to talk to you about that. thank you | to talk to you about that. thank you very much. police in liverpool are questioning a second man in connection with the death of 9—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. well, the police investigation here has been moving pretty swiftly with two arrests now in the past 48 hours. and that second man was arrested yesterday, just a few streets away from here. there was quite a commotion with local residents, local families watching as armed police restrained the man in the street before he was taken away. now, there really is still quite a sense of shock here at the outbreak of gun violence, which led to 9—year—old 0livia's death here earlier in the week. still people coming down to pay tribute, to lay flowers and teddy bears. but police say, look, despite those two arrests, the investigation continues. they are still appealing for people to come forward with information that may help them to build a case. yesterday, we also saw a visit from the home secretary, priti patel, who was here at the scene. she pledged half a million pounds

of extra funding to try to take weapons off the streets and provide mental health support. the metro mayor for liverpool, steve rotheram, said that's not enough. and off the back of this there should be more help for areas affected by organised crime. there have been more deaths in pakistan, as flooding worsens in parts of the country. the government has told people to take refuge on higher ground. nearly a thousand 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. 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. pumza fihlani there. our correspondent in islamabad, sahar baloch, told us more about the desperate situation people are facing. right now the people are waiting for relief efforts and rescue workers to reach them. as many people are displaced from their homes at the moment the national disaster management authority has said that more than 33 million people are affected by the recent floods. this all started injune when the rains started for more than the required number over rains that usually happen in these areas. it started from one of the least developed parts of pakistan and then carried on through the country. most of pakistan is now drowning. the prime ministers trying to appeal to international organisations to get out as much aid to pakistan as possible. it is also reaching in a

very slow manner because much of these places, the road links have been totally cut off. most of the bridge is made in the pre—partition eire have also been destroyed so the roads are not there and there is a big network problem so communication is bad. people are trying on at their own. for instance, if someone is living in the capital, they are going with their friends to those places, nearby and providing as much relief as they can. the government authorities are sending helicopters to the places but because of heavy rain and winds they are also trying not to go to as many places as possible because there is a reason that they can be a crash. for instance you must have heard about an army helicopter crash a few weeks back. this was also considered one of the reasons of heavy rain in that area. we also saw videos of really

famous tourist places which have been really badly affected by this as well. right now, people are just waiting for the government the rains to stop. we have the forecast for the next weekend, it won't rain as much, that will provide the government and the people as much as a 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 statement explains why the fbi wanted a warrant to recover material allegedly taken illegally by the former president.gareth barlow has more 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 contain 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. 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. 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. hong kong's peak tram, one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, has reopened with a new look after a year—long closure and a multi—million dollar makeover. the funicular, the oldest in asia, dates back to 1888 and previously drew over six million visitors annually before covid—19 struck. the service welcomed back passengers on saturday — even as tight coronavirus rules, which have decimated hong kong's tourism industry, remain in place in the city. kathryn armstrong reports. back on track with a different look.

hong kong's peak tram was closed injune last year amid strict border controls aimed at eradicating covid—19. it dates back to 1888 and offers views of hong kong's skyline as it climbs to victoria peak. the tram normally attracts millions of visitors per year, but the city's closed borders saw numbers dwindle and was a key reason why the face—lift ended up being $15 million over budget. covid has affected all industries in hong kong, particularly the tourism industry, and for the upgrade project itself, the biggest hurdle was the supply chain. that caused a big delay of the programme. the financial toll means a ticket now costs nearly 70% more than it did before the makeover, but in return, visitors will travel in more spacious tram cars that can accommodate over 200 passengers. there has also been a full overhaul of the tram's rail systems

and a redesigned terminus in the central business district. however, tourist numbers in hong kong are still low, with visitors still needing to enter quarantine and undergo strict testing when they arrive. the tram's operator says it is confident that, despite the price increase, the revamped tram will continue to be a popular attraction, especially once the borders fully reopen. catherine armstrong, bbc news. 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 sauro—pod was discovered in the central city of pombal in 2017, when a man began building work on his house. sauro—pods 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 a little earlier my colleague joanna gosling spoke about the discovery to dr sally reynolds. she heads the institute for studies of landscape and human evolution at bournemouth university, and specialises in mammal palaeontology. it's such a wonderful discovery, it means that there may actually be more of this very large dinosaur waiting in this back garden in portugal to be discovered. um? waiting in this back garden in portugal to be discovered. why would it have taken — portugal to be discovered. why would it have taken so _ portugal to be discovered. why would it have taken so long _ portugal to be discovered. why would it have taken so long to _ portugal to be discovered. why would it have taken so long to get _ portugal to be discovered. why would it have taken so long to get to - portugal to be discovered. why would it have taken so long to get to this . it have taken so long to get to this stage of the excavation was mac because the initial remains were spotted in 2017?— because the initial remains were sotted in 2017? , . , , ., spotted in 2017? yes. i assume what the landowner _ spotted in 2017? yes. i assume what the landowner days _ spotted in 2017? yes. i assume what the landowner days was _ spotted in 2017? yes. i assume what the landowner days was the - spotted in 2017? yes. i assume what the landowner days was the right - the landowner days was the right thing, was to call in the help of a local university or museum team to come out and have a look stop i suppose at that point they had to decide how to proceed, get experts together, then covid happened and i suspect they have onlyjust now had a chance to do one or two mac years of excavation and they have exposed

those beautiful ribs which you can see. depending on how hard the rock is it can be pretty heavy going. i’m is it can be pretty heavy going. i'm assumin: is it can be pretty heavy going. i'm assuming it's a pretty big garden that this person has got in portugal and when you raise the prospect of other bones being found there that is another matter again. in terms of what can be learned from this discovery, where does your mind go? well, i think every time we find a different individual of a well known species it gives us an opportunity to see how these animals grow, how long did it take them to mature, was it a male or a female, what can we learn about its ecology and its behaviour. to me, the bones are an incredible discovery but it's the secrets that they unlock about the behaviour and the maturation rates and how these animals behaves, did they live in herds, how do they take care of a young, those questions that palaeontologists will be hoping

to answer. ., . , . , to answer. how much is currently known about _ to answer. how much is currently known about the _ to answer. how much is currently known about the sauropod? - to answer. how much is currently known about the sauropod? we l to answer. how much is currently - known about the sauropod? we know cuite a lot, known about the sauropod? we know quite a lot. we _ known about the sauropod? we know quite a lot, we don't _ known about the sauropod? we know quite a lot, we don't know _ known about the sauropod? we know quite a lot, we don't know what - quite a lot, we don't know what species it is because we have only been able to uncover some vertebrates and some ribs at this point. in terms of skeletons, that doesn't give you very much information about the species. it is of a similar type of an individual as we have seen with other dinosaurs, we have a brontosaurus and certain of those other very large dinosaur so that people have seenin large dinosaur so that people have seen in movies likejurassic park. hopefully, if we find the skull, especially if we find some teeth, the specialists will be able to determine exactly what species it is and it could even be anyone. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello, there. there's going to be a lot of dry weather for what will be a bank holiday weekend for many of us. now, we've got some sunshine across parts of scotland, england and wales. a few isolated showers will pop up into the afternoon