this is bbc news. the headlines at 4:00pm. the government says middle—income earners will need more help to pay their energy bills, notjust the poorest. but ministers claim waiting until a new leader 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. cheering jimmy anderson strikes at old trafford — as england look to level up the series against south africa. we'll have the latest from manchester in the sport. 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 £3,549. prepayment metre 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. earlier i asked 0ur political correspondent ione wells if the chancellor's comments today gavce a hint as to how the next prime minister might deal with the crisis. there is a pretty widespread consensus that much more is going to need to be done, notjust 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 the comments give a strong message to whoever the next prime minister is that these interventions may need to be more significant than some of the targeted support we have heard targeted support we have heard target touted to survive. rishi sunak has already said he believes everyone would need some support this winter as well as a focus on 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 income earners will struggle as well? ., , _ income earners will struggle as well? , , well? people will say surely there is a lan, well? people will say surely there is a plan. surely _ well? people will say surely there is a plan, surely the _ well? people will say surely there is a plan, surely the two - well? people will say surely there i is a plan, surely the two candidates no more and the reason we don't hear more is because they are so involved in the leadership campaign and don't want to give away anything that might derail that campaign? this crisis hasn't come out of the blue or structurally they know what they need to do? i or structurally they know what they need to do?— need to do? i think that is the criticism at _ need to do? i think that is the criticism at the _

need to do? i think that is the criticism at the moment. - need to do? i think that is the l criticism at the moment. there need to do? i think that is the - criticism at the moment. there are big concerns being raised notjust from opposition parties but some tory mps who have told me privately that there is a real concern about the leadership contest going on too long, that the delay in clarity the people who need to know how much they want to budget. how much support will be available. the two camps available vary slightly in the sense that rishi sunak has stressed he would provide more support for everyone as well as more interventions to help some of the more vulnerable households. 0ne interventions to help some of the more vulnerable households. one of the things he said was he would make up the things he said was he would make up the difference between what the price gap is now and what it will be for those lowest income households. liz truss come on the other hand, hasn't given that much detail at all, otherthan hasn't given that much detail at all, other than saying she would remove green levies from bills and bring down a national insurance. these are clearly not measures that would 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

price gap is. earlier i spoke to michelle berry, who leads special educational needs at a school in rochdale, she earns around £45,000 and is classed as a middle earner. she told me how things were for her financially at the moment. i am a teacher in rochdale. i absolutely love my job. i am a single parent to two relatively grown up children. my eldest has just graduated university and the youngest is in the middle of her degree currently, so that's us. we live in a nice ish house and sort of, yeah. but as the cost of living crisis has grown, and especially around energy bills, what kind of impact is that having on you, michelle? it's really scary because obviously teacher wages haven't really increased over the past ten years, so money has been tighter and tighter squeezed. so i'm really anxious

about the winter months, thinking about... i've even contemplated selling the family home and downsizing, which would have an impact on obviously us moving away from family. and it's really scary. we've started to switch off a lot of appliances overnight, so we've turned everything off at the plugs. we haven't used it at all through the summer months —— heating and obviously we'll be thinking about when we use it through the winter months. so there's lots of things that we're trying to sort of help compensate the costs with. yeah, but the cost rises, the price increases are so huge. i mean, it's difficult to economise that much. butjust to take you back to what you said, you're thinking of selling you're your home. how long have you lived there? we've lived here seven years. and obviously we're really happy here. our family don't live near, my friends live nearby. and, you know, it'sjust it's the only thing i can really pull back.

and i don't have a really expensive lifestyle. i'm not a member of a gym. i don't have lots of direct debits every month. i've managed in the past to have sort of minimal savings, but that's obviously now a thing of the past. so it's, sort of, live in each month and i realise we are in a lucky position compared to other people. but by the same token as a single income household, it's really challenging. are you encouraged to hear what the chancellor has said today, that people on middle incomes like yourself should be included in support, even if you haven't heard precisely what that support is? i think it's good that obviously that consideration is being made, but we'd have to see what that looks like in black and white wouldn't we, because, you know, it's got to be in policy than talking about it. rather than just talking about it

or saying those things in the media, would you have expected to have heard a plan before now, even though clearly the new prime minister were a few days still away from that new prime minister being appointed, would you have expected the government to have set out a plan already given the scale of the crisis? yeah, i think it should have been done months ago. i mean, this has been in the media for months and months on end, doesn't it? and we were expecting the price increase and then obviously the next price increase again injanuary. so plans needed to have been made well in advance of this date. but unfortunately, that's not happened. and people are getting worried and stressed about their own their own set of circumstances, aren't there? joshua emden is from the centre—left think tank, the institute for public policy research. he gave me his thoughts on what support should be offered. i think the government understands that there is a crisis, but at the moment its response is in no way proportional to the scale of the crisis. what we've been looking at is proposing, instead of the support that's being discussed in loose terms at the moment, we've been proposing a price cap freeze at the current price cap level to make sure that people do not face these astronomic costs that are coming in october.

make sure that 4 million homes, for example, don't end up paying a third of their energy bills, a third of their income on energy bills, which clearly is totally unsustainable. but it's worth saying as well that people are already struggling, struggling under the current price cap compared to last october. if you compare last october to the coming october, bills are going to be going up byjust under £2,300. they've already gone up by around £700. so people are already struggling and there needs to be both a kind of a combination of this universal support that we're seeing we're advocating for in the price cap, but also more targeted support in the future as well. 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. well i'm nowjoined by areej aaka.

she manages the uk arm of the eid—he international foundation — which is pakistan's largest humanitarian organisation. thank you forjoining us on the bbc news channel today to talk about this situation. what are your people on the ground in pakistan telling you? figs on the ground in pakistan telling ou? �* , ., ., on the ground in pakistan telling ou? ~ , ., ., , on the ground in pakistan telling you? as of now, this deadly floods which has claimed _ you? as of now, this deadly floods which has claimed over _ you? as of now, this deadly floods which has claimed over 1000 - you? as of now, this deadly floods which has claimed over 1000 lives| which has claimed over 1000 lives which has claimed over 1000 lives which has claimed over 1000 lives which has left over 33 million people displaced, in pakistan at the moment there is active distribution of 20 kilograms relief package for families for 15 days with dry goods and cooking oils and detergents. this has been provided to over 300 different areas in pakistan. coordinated humanitarian efforts are being made in the provinces. dire being made in the provinces. are these aid packages, are they coming from the foundation you represent?

yes, they are. thousands of people have been rescued by us alone, currently we have teams of volunteers, divers, 12 boats in different areas and 150 large ambulances dedicated to this relief effort. people are being rescued from a flooded areas by boats and moved into ambulances to be transported to these makeshift camps. there being set up temporarily.— camps. there being set up temoraril . ., ., �*, temporarily. your involvement, it's reall on temporarily. your involvement, it's really on quite _ temporarily. your involvement, it's really on quite a — temporarily. your involvement, it's really on quite a scale _ temporarily. your involvement, it's really on quite a scale isn't - temporarily. your involvement, it's really on quite a scale isn't it? - really on quite a scale isn't it? everything from rescue, medical aid, to those aid packages, to help people deal with the aftermath of a disaster like this, it is a huge, huge response. i wonder, are you working in areas where the authorities are also working, or are you dealing with areas where the authorities are not getting into? there is little support from the pakistani government due to the lack of instructor in these areas. local councils are appealing to charities

such as ours because we have established networks, we have been in pakistan for the past 70 years, and so local ngos are supporting us as well when providing support. large organisations are coming up to us and supporting us, contributing their efforts in this relief mission. so there is coordinated humanitarian efforts. but a lot of the camps support our charities because of our reach and our established air ambulance network and marine ambulance network in these areas are. you and marine ambulance network in these areas are.— and marine ambulance network in these areas are. you have obviously not ve these areas are. you have obviously got very well _ these areas are. you have obviously got very well established _ these areas are. you have obviously got very well established networks l got very well established networks there as you have been explaining. here in the uk, you have been fielding calls, the foundation of the uk has been fielding calls since the uk has been fielding calls since the start of this disaster. it's been going on for a while as we explained an to our report, a thousand people have died, over quite a period of time. clearly the situation has gotten worse as the one soon rains have become heavier.

—— the monsoon rains. irate one soon rains have become heavier. -- the monsoon rains.— -- the monsoon rains. we have been established — -- the monsoon rains. we have been established in _ -- the monsoon rains. we have been established in the _ -- the monsoon rains. we have been established in the uk _ -- the monsoon rains. we have been established in the uk for _ -- the monsoon rains. we have been established in the uk for the - -- the monsoon rains. we have been established in the uk for the pastor l established in the uk for the pastor to decades. we have an established donor base here as well as local communities that support us. the call started last week but there has been an 80% surge in donations, specifically for flood relief, been an 80% surge in donations, specifically forflood relief, with as many as 40 to 50 do notion requests in a day. since the past three days to our hotline and a website. it's an appeal to friends of pakistan, people in the uk, and internationally, to... tell of pakistan, people in the uk, and internationally, to. . ._ internationally, to... tell me how the pakistani _ internationally, to... tell me how the pakistani community - internationally, to... tell me how the pakistani community in - internationally, to... tell me how the pakistani community in the i internationally, to... tell me howl the pakistani community in the uk has responded to this? and the pakistani community in the uk has responded to this?— the pakistani community in the uk has responded to this? and there are a lot of requests _ has responded to this? and there are a lot of requests from _ has responded to this? and there are a lot of requests from our— has responded to this? and there are a lot of requests from our donor- a lot of requests from our donor base in the uk and people who are previously who have donated to us in kind as well. people who want to

send out medicines, tents, mosquito nets, mosquito repellents, mats, all the things required, dry food goods, cooking utensils, towels, hygiene kits, the list goes on. people have lost everything that they have. so internationally we are in communication with the pakistan high commission and we are trying to gather as much... there is a government support scheme as well and i doubt that we are trying to do it individually, for so many years, without discrimination towards colour. all of our donors are coming together this time and we appeal to more and more people in the uk to help us during this hour of trial for the pakistani community and these provinces. people who need our

help at this time, at this hour, they need. we are trying to reach as many people as we can, it is not... it is an emergency a photo that requires a lot of help from different communities, different international communities and... we have seen more response than we have received. as we have before during different earthquakes and flood efforts, but hopefully, you know, coverage by media outlets will help this as well. find coverage by media outlets will help this as well-— this as well. and the effort goes on? clearly _ this as well. and the effort goes on? clearly there _ this as well. and the effort goes on? clearly there will— this as well. and the effort goes on? clearly there will always - this as well. and the effort goes on? clearly there will always be | this as well. and the effort goes | on? clearly there will always be a need organisations like yourselves, but what more do you think... what mob do you think the pakistani authorities should do to try to develop their own infrastructure, to respond to natural disasters like this? , ., ., ., ' ., ., this? there is a lot of effort that needs to go _ this? there is a lot of effort that needs to go into _ this? there is a lot of effort that needs to go into developing - this? there is a lot of effort that | needs to go into developing road networks, transport links and

because these areas are so far—flung, there needs to be a building of dams, sewage initiatives need to be undertaken, there is a lot of infrastructure that is amiss ljy lot of infrastructure that is amiss by the government. we don't have an established social weather system which our foundation is one of the best social weather providers across the world. but in pakistan, which is... it doesn't exist there. social welfare. it is being provided by foundations like ours. we provide 24—hour emergency assistance across pakistan using our fleet of 1800 ambulances, among many other services that are not provided by the government, the shelter for the destitute, free hospitals, medical care, drug rehab services, to name a few. ., ~

care, drug rehab services, to name a few. . ,, ., . ., .,~ few. thank you so much for talking to us about — few. thank you so much for talking to us about the _ few. thank you so much for talking to us about the work _ few. thank you so much for talking to us about the work that - few. thank you so much for talking to us about the work that you - few. thank you so much for talking to us about the work that you are l to us about the work that you are doing and good luck with those efforts. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. a busy day in the football to update you on injust a moment. but first to old trafford — where england's cricketers have finally got the breakthrough in the second test against south africa. the fourth wicket partnership of rassie van der dussen and keegan petersen had been frustrating england. they did get off to a terrfic start earlier — james anderson absolutely flattening the stumps of captain dean elgar. ollie robinson and stuart broad also took wickets before lunch, but since then south africa really dug in and found some stability with the bat. that was until captain ben stokes got the wickets of van der dussen for 41. in the last few moments he's also dismissed petersen for 42 so a huge start to the final session of the day. and this is how it stands.

south africa on 155—5. they trail by 109. england well on course for a win in this test, to level the series — after that comprehensive thrashing in the first test at lord's. to the premier league then — where manchester united ended their string of really poor away results. they came away with a win at southampton. two wins in a row for them now. matt graveling was watching. manchester united came to a sunny south coast looking for two league wins in a row. in their way, a southampton side are trying to do the same. on the visitors bench was at the new £70 million man. could united finally start telling the pounds into points? on 20 minutes they almost did. into points? on 20 minutes they almost did-— into points? on 20 minutes they i almost did._ all almost did. amazing defending! all -la ers almost did. amazing defending! all players coming _ almost did. amazing defending! all players coming close. _ almost did. amazing defending! all players coming close. the - almost did. amazing defending! all players coming close. the manager has never beaten united. a half chance he has missed before half—time and didn't help his

record. the visitors came out strongly and after ten minutes found a breakthrough with a portuguese attack. with a first—time cross, and if sm finish. the celebration, a runner to hug portugal's most famous player, ronaldo, still on the bench, but united in front. as southampton looked at a level, one player seem to lend him a hand, the ai said no penalty. first a goalkeeper being called into action and then his defenders back pedalling to stop this bicycle kick. full—time and three point on the pitch, but points are still being made on it as united fans continue to protest against the teams's owners. the win against liverpool gave us a lot of belief because they know they can compete with the best team in the world. but against other teams you have to compete in the premier league, you have to fight. we did

much better the last game against brentford once again. now we know that, but still, at the start of the season getting as a result of that was really tough. it's hard work and everybody has to be cautious about. let's bring you up to speed — with the rest of the day's games... and there is a lot to update you on. the goals have been flying in across the grounds... liverpool look as though they're getting their first win of the season in emphatic style. they were now 7—0 up against bournemouth... and take a look at the game at the etihad — manchester city 2—2 crystal palace. bernardo silva pulling one back for city before erling haaland's headed equaliser raheem sterling with his first two goals for chelsea. they're 2—1 up against leicester, though are down to 10 men. bright and i just taken the lead against leeds as well in that match there. , ., , against leeds as well in that match there. , . , ., there. they are flying high at the

moment. they are flying high at the moment. later, arsenal look to continue their winning start to the season, against fulham. the only side with 100% record. that's all the sport for now. i'm sure we will see more goals before the end of the day. we will see you soon. 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, hejust 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 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 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.