this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lucy grey the heaviest monsoon rains in decades — a national emergency in pakistan after millions of people were forced from their homes. three people are killed when a truck crashes into a street party in the netherlands. the driver is arrested. serbia and kosovo agree to allow free movement across their borders — in an eu—brokered deal. and a ticket to ride — one of hong kong's most popular tourist attractions reopens after a multi—million dollar facelift. hello and welcome to

audiences in the uk and around the world. thousands of people in areas at risk of flooding in pakistan have been told to evacuate their homes. aid agencies say floods could develop into one of the country's worst disasters as the heaviest monsoon rains in decades continue. nearly 1,000 people have died sincejune, while thousands more have been displaced southern pakistan has been hardest hit by the rains — particularly sindh province. it has received nearly eight times its average rainfall for august. rivers have also burst their banks in the north—west khyber pak—tunkwa province. 0ur correspondent pumza fihlani reports from sindh. swathes of land across southern pakistan have been turned into islands. the rains have been unforgiving, and the water is still trapped between people's homes. homes, roads and infrastructure have been destroyed, and some villages completely isolated. this week authorities issued fresh warnings for people to get to higher ground.

for some, that meant beside a road. families left with what they could manage. this man tells us he has lost everything. translation: we've been sitting here for one week. | there are 20 of us in my family, and we don't know where to go. these tents that you are seeing on either side of this main road are where people have come to seek temporary shelter. they tell me that something was different about this year's rains. the water hasn'tjust come from flooded rivers, but it was torrential rains from the sky, and unlike in the past where over time the water would recede, the water is still here, and it's been weeks, so they don't know when they will be able to go back to their homes. they tell me this is the worst kind of limbo. balochistan and sindh provinces have seen the worst destruction. aid into communities has been slow. authorities say they have limited resources. it's become clear to everyone

that the impact of these floods will be faced for months, but before communities can even think about the aftermath, many people are left wondering how they will survive until the end of the day. the floods have taken lives, and for the survivors depending on farming and livestock, livelihoods are now severely at risk. pumza fihlani, bbc news, sindh. as we were hearing, rescue teams are struggling to reach communities cut off by the floods. 0ur correspondent farhat javed has reached one village where people are waiting for help. this for help. one area is facing unprecedented this one area is facing unprecedented rain and flash floods. this is a bridge has been collapsed by a flash flood two days ago and since then, the village the other side is totally cut off from the rest of the community here and we have seen people waiting on the side with a belongings to go to that side but cannot go because

they're still waiting for this bridge to be rebuilt some other route to be developed for them. still waiting for help and assistance and is still conveying messages that through this piece of paper, with some messages in this letter they have written about the losses they have faced, about the roads and the bridges that were swept away by this roaring water two days ago and as the death toll. two people from this village died, one body has not been recovered and the floods loans of more than a dozen lives. there is still a flood warning here in this valley in the administration is toward us that there wanting people, especially people near the back of the river and tourists from the area on the bank of the river. the situation is even worse from other parts of the country

where these rants and flash floods are wrecking havoc. more than a thousand people have died so far and people are displaced and waiting for assistance but also, the government has intensified relief operations and their requesting donors to help the country in these difficult times. salman sufi is the head of the prime minister's strategic reforms in pakistan. he told me the government is doing all it can, but the enormity of the devastation means much more help is needed from the international community. it's an unprecedented disaster as you can see, pakistan has been grappling with the economic issues but now, what we're to overcome them, the monsoon disaster hit and it's affecting so many people over 1000 people have died, millions of been displaced as of the prime minister has been very aggressively working on a four pronged approach which is

communication, restoration, food, shelter and rehabilitation. and country save puk, you —— contributes like the uk, the us and the uae and forms its shelters and homes and we can be built automatically. and it can be provided to the people were affected because as you have seen, especially in the provinces, there's been around 2 million acres of cultivated area that has been wiped out and was a 522% over monsoons which have been unprecedented for many decades. pakistan is providing support right now we have actually cut funding from a lot of development projects to re—route on prime ministers direction and on the affected people but this isjust direction and on the affected people but this is just the start of the tip of the iceberg and we are needing the

assistance of the international community. we actually doing a flash, a help, a message of urgent help i will glide on the 30th and so, we will request everyone to please contribute and participate to help us. in and participate to help us. in 2010, there was a flash flood were lessons learned, were infrastructure changed at all? was reinvestment downs reinforced?— was reinvestment downs reinforced? �* ., , reinforced? and the few months a . o, reinforced? and the few months ago. significant _ reinforced? and the few months ago, significant policy _ reinforced? and the few months ago, significant policy changes l ago, significant policy changes have been brought. i would like to share a few, the prime minister has announced a massive solar energy subsidy scheme which is encouraging people to convert to solar energy and offering tax breaks to big industries to cut greenhouse gases and through other programmes as well and so, carbon emissions can be cut down and apart from that, water

is a big issue in pakistan and just as you seek him the floods are happening because pakistan heavily relies on the mountains, snow on the mountain step to get the water famous rivers but because the climate change, that is also a big issue and this months and that hits us, were working on a strategy to help store the water that we can through this monsoon and in a couple of years, we should be able to better manage these flights than we can right now. find than we can right now. and ou'll than we can right now. and you'll also _ than we can right now. and you'll also know _ than we can right now. and you'll also know that - than we can right now. and you'll also know that people have accused the previous government of selling off too much land to developers and therefore encroaching upon the flood training systems and that sort of thing, are going to be doing anything to deal with that issue? i doing anything to deal with that issue?— that issue? i don't believe this is the _ that issue? i don't believe this is the time _ that issue? i don't believe this is the time for- that issue? i don't believe this is the time for the - that issue? i don't believe i this is the time for the blame game, ifeel we all as this is the time for the blame game, i feel we all as a pakistani nation are collectively responsible to ensure that things are done right a agreed that there's been a lot of unregulated land development which to be tackled

and especially strict regulations which are office on the prime ministers direction is actively working on right now to make sure they no unregulated encroachments are done and especially the land development authorities which have been taking a lot of land which belongs to agriculture and other significant areas must be brought in check and shouldn't be like it was before. some deveoping news this hour, dutch police say three people have been killed when a truck crashed into a street party not far from the port of rotterdam. it's understood the truck veered off the road and rolled into a neighbourhood barbecue at new by—erlant, south of rotterdam. the total number of casualties is unclear, because some of the victims are believed to be trapped under the truck. the driver wasn't injured and has been arrested. the cause of the crash is not yet known. maurice laparliere, is a journalist with dutch

broadcaster rijnmond — he's been following developments from the scene. the truck just the truckjust been towed away and the bodies of been removed. and the stories go that about five casualties and what happened is the barbecue party, at least a hundred people attending and celebrating the chairman and suddenly, it stopped at the top of the area and then the accelerated. it didn't take the right, just went down, crashing to the people who are they're having their barbecue. parents and to really pull away their children to seek people being hit five feet away. and it is back now this investigation and their surviving, at the police station and then being interrogated.

let's get some of the day's other news the united nations coordinator for the deal to export grain from ukraine has said that millions of tonnes still need to be cleared from silos to make way for this year's harvest. amir abdulla, who's in charge of the deal brokered by turkey and the un, says the agreement has led to the export of more than one million tonnes of grain so far, but much more needs to be done. president emmanuel macron of france has concluded a three—day visit to algeria by signing a joint declaration with his algerian counterpart. sixty years after the end of the algerian war of independence, the two leaders have welcomed a new partnership between france and its former colony. a man has died after entering the river thames in south—west london while being arrested by police. officers were flagged down after a man and woman were seen arguing on kingston bridge on friday. scotland yard say the man, who was in his twenties, hadn't been handcuffed when he went into the water. the united nations has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in libya after sustained

clashes between rival factions in the capital. twelve people have been killed. two militias are involved in the clashes, which the internationally recognised government in tripoli has blamed on a rival administration, elected by the parliament based in the east. the political standoff between the two sides has raised concerns that libya could descend into all out conflict again. anas el gomati is the director general of the tripoli—based sadeq institute. he gave the bbc his assessment of the current crisis in libya. is incredibly serious. these opening areas were to determine whether or not this is a small turf war if they're going to escalate into a civil war and why�*s that important? the opening hours are as judged by response, by the international community will them somewhere like this was in 2019 when antonio, the un chief came to libya and instead of opening for a reconciliation conference, he was greeted by

missile firing gun fire and he tweeted his regards and we were sucked into a war that lasted from his two years in the back at the same position in the window of opportunity and they're still tweeting about this world and they should be making phone calls at the highest levels and trying to sanction individuals responsible for this war and are also responsible for the last four. a warning that the flood sweeping the country is one of the worst disasters it's ever face. and a truck crashes in the netherlands killing three people, the driver arrested. two men who were arrested on suspicion of the murder of nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel in liverpool have been released on bail. police say one of the men had been recalled to prison after breaching the terms of his licence. detectives have repeated their appeal for people to come forward with any new information. 0ur correspondent emma

vardy has the latest. children and parents watched as armed police arrived on this residential street and a man was restrained and taken away. the second arrest in this investigation took place not far from the scene of 0livia's murder. what did you see? i saw a lot of armed police. i was a bit alarmed. i was taken aback, but i was glad. all i'm thinking about, to be honest with you, is 0livia's family. six days on from the shooting in which 0livia pratt—korbel was killed, and people are continuing to lay tributes. she was hit by a bullet when a gunman burst into her family home. at anfield this afternoon, liverpool fans and players paid their tribute to the little girl whose life was cut short, the city's third shooting in a week. the recent outbreak of gun violence in liverpool has shaken people, but locally some say the warning signs were already there. now the home secretary, priti patel, has pledged half a million pounds to help tackle organised crime. but the metro mayor

of liverpool says it's still not enough. people, you know, don't want this to be happening in their neighbourhoods, but we need to tackle the systemic issues that are leading some people down this path. and that's what i spoke to the home secretary about yesterday. the two men who were arrested have now been released on bail. one of them has been recalled to prison after breaching the terms of his licence. police are continuing to appeal for information, and 0livia's family have urged people to do the right thing. for their chatty little girl who was taken from them, they've said now is the time to speak up. emma vardy, bbc news, liverpool. serbia and kosovo have reached a deal to allow free movement between their countries. it's one of the issues that has fuelled recent antagonism between the balkan neighbours. in 2008 kosovo, which has an ethnic albanian majority, declared independence from serbia which has been recognised by most, but not all, eu member states

until now, serbia has refused to recognise identity cards issued by kosovo. now — in a major breakthrough, the two sides have agreed to allow the use of each other�*s identity cards when crossing the border. the eu foreign policy chiefjosep borrell has appealed to the countries' leaders to continue working together and solving the remaining issues. i respect both leaders and continue to show pragmatism and constructive nests in order to solve the problem. i've said many times, and time of war in ukraine, but the challenges that we are facing, we don't need any more problems. we don't need more tensions. we need solutions. we need solutions and today we have greater solutions. and we have two continue working to solve

the problems. but today is a very good day. the bbc�*s guy de launey tells us what today's agreement means and what to expect in the future. they have been tragically did the leaders of serbia for finding what he calls a european solution to the issue of identity cards. this follows many days of negotiations mediated by the european union but they've been trying to find the solution to two different problems here, really. when is the use of national identity cards when crossing what they consider to be their national border with serbia considers to be an porta between two parts of serbia we have seen what amounts to quite a concession by serbia. they're not saying that cards that have been issued by the authority can be used across these borderlines and kosovo will not introduce a regime of not recognising

serbian issued identity cards the other big problem still remains. vehicle licence plates and recyclable of weeks ago, people in north because of the in majority of people are ethnic serbian, directed blockades on the road because they did not want to have to surrender their serbian issued vehicle licence plates and they still have a deadline of the 1st of september for them to do so. pope francis has created twenty new cardinals in a ceremony at the vatican. the group represents the catholic church from across the world, including the first ever cardinalfrom east timor. many come from the southern hemisphere, where 80 per cent of catholics live. all cardinals under the age of 80 can choose a new pope, and with his latest creations, eighty—five year old pope francis will have appointed almost two—thirds of those eligible to vote for his successor. the reverend thomas reese is a senior anaylst at religion news service in washington dc — he explains what's unique about this group.

this is pretty much a normal number of cardinals to be created by the pope. what is unusual here is that pope francis has been picking people to be cardinals who are from places that have never had cardinals before. and has been ignoring places that have traditionally had cardinals. for example, finis doesn't have a cardinal number. when landes is never cardinal. they've always had cardinals and instead, he goes to mongolia. and picks a 48—year—old bishop and makes him a cardinal. he goes to what he calls the margins, the bishops that are serving people at the margins and those of the people he chooses to be cardinals. the the us state department has announced that president

biden is planning to appoint an ambassador to the arctic region. the move comes as russia increases its military activity in the arctic, with the secretary general of nato warning of the threat posed by moscow in the region, and raising concerns about china's reach there too. australia's prime minister, anthony albanese, has welcomed an offer by the former us basketball star, shaquille 0'neal, to help the government give greater recognition to australia's aboriginal peoples. speaking in sydney alongside the four—time nba champion, mr albanese said the star had a record in the united states of lifting up the marginalised. the prime minister's labor government has promised a referendum to amend australia's founding constitution to give indigenous people official recognition, and a stronger voice on decisions that affect their lives. we wa nt we want to feel the broadest possible support and we want to engage with people who can connect with young people in particular but with all sections of our society, shack has that record of particularly

when it comes to bringing people together of different backgrounds which is consistent with our approach to a constitutional recognise voice to parliament and recognising that australian history did not begin in 1788. efforts to pass a global agreement to protect the world's oceans and marine life has failed. a fifth round of talks to pass the un high seas treaty had been ongoing for two weeks in new york, but governments could not agree on the terms. despite international waters representing nearly two—thirds of the world's oceans, only 1.2% is protected. environmental campaigners have called it a "missed opportunity". earlier, i spoke to jessica battle from the world wildlife foundation. she explained why it's taken so long to reach agreement. it's about access to these resources and it's about having the rights to not pay too much

extra money in order to run your ship and extra money in order to run yourship and run extra money in order to run your ship and run your fishing operation but it is also about sharing resources from developed countries through developing countries so they can partake in sustainable use and protection of marine environment into the future. a lot of it is about money but it is also about access.- is also about access. which countries — is also about access. which countries are _ is also about access. which countries are the _ is also about access. which countries are the ones - is also about access. which - countries are the ones blocking things, so to speak? are you going to name some names? i going to name some names? 1 would rather talk about the positive countries. all need to agree that they will be involved at the end but until then, it's really about building negotiations. in countries that have shifted a lot that, the european union, norway and iceland in the pacific islands have always been very much pro—conservation and there are still some

demands from some african countries of more benefit sharing and money coming into the system for them. but, it is a mixed bag, depending on what the different parts of the treaty you're talking about. and very briefly, they are due to come back together to discuss this, aren't they? is the deadline by the end of this year was meant to think that will happen? iii year was meant to think that will happen?— year was meant to think that will happen? ill i've been that the end of— will happen? ill i've been that the end of this _ will happen? ill i've been that the end of this year _ will happen? ill i've been that the end of this year the - the end of this year the beginning of the next, is not such a big deal but it has to happen within the next year or so. the pressure is on, the political tension is there. 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. kathryn armstrong has more.

it dates back to 1888 and offers views of hong kong skyline as it climbs to victoria peak. the tram normally attracts millions of visitors per year but the cities closed borders so numbers dwindled. and how it ended up being $15 million over budget. ended up being $15 million over budaet. ., ' ' ended up being $15 million over budaet. ., " .,, ended up being $15 million over budaet. ., " .p . budget. covid-19 has affected all industries _ budget. covid-19 has affected all industries in _ budget. covid-19 has affected all industries in hong - budget. covid-19 has affected all industries in hong kong, l all industries in hong kong, particularly the tourism industry and for the project itself, _ industry and for the project itself, the biggest hurdle was the supply chain and that was a bil the supply chain and that was a big delivery of the programme. the financial says the ticket now because 70% more than you did before the makeover. but in return, this isjust what travelling the more spacious car can accommodate over 200 passengers. there also been a full overhaul of the real system and the 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 operator says they are confident that despite the, the tram will be a popular attraction, especially when the borders are fully reopened. 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. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ lucy e grey

hello there. for three of the four nations of the uk, this is of course a bank holiday weekend and as bank holidays go, this one hasn't started off too badly. that was the scene for a weather watcher in devon during saturday, just a bit of patchy cloud, some sunny spells, most places were dry and most places stay dry into sunday with high pressure dominating the scene. however we have one weak frontal system bringing cloud and some rain to start off across northern ireland and scotland, some rather misty and murky conditions for a time here. further south across england and wales, any early mist clearing, some good spells of sunshine. we will see one or two showers developing into the afternoon but they will be the exception rather than the rule. brightening up a little bit across southern parts of scotland, staying cloudy in the north, 16 stornoway, 23 degrees in london. through the late

afternoon though we could see a little bit of rain developing across parts of northern ireland. that could well expand across the irish sea across parts of north—west england, south—west scotland as we go through the night. a fair amount of cloud also streaming into north—eastern parts and the breeze will be picking up. that will hold the temperatures up in double digits for many of us and that brisk breeze will be a big feature of the weather for monday, a bank holiday for england, wales, northern ireland, not for scotland. with high pressure to the north of us we will see brisk north—easterly winds making it feel rather cool and certainly keeping things rather cloudy for some eastern parts. the best of the sunshine and the highest of the temperatures will be further west where you get some shelter from that breeze. despite some rather windy conditions in the south—west of england, temperatures here could get to 25 degrees. lots of sunshine to come here, also decent amounts of sunshine for wales, parts of northern ireland. further east we will see more in the way of cloud, could be one or two afternoon showers but there is confirmation of that fairly brisk breeze and some low temperatures

across northern and eastern parts. 15 for aberdeen, 25 degrees in cardiff. as we look further ahead, high—pressure will remain with us for a good part of the coming week but we will see one low to the south. that could introduce some showers and by the end of the week, chances are that the frontal system from the west will introduce outbreaks of rain. so there is the increasing chance of rain as we get towards the end of the week and after a rather cool couple of days for some, temperatures will climb a little.

this is bbc news, the headlines. thousands of people in areas at risk of flooding in pakistan have been told to evacuate their homes. aid agencies say floods could develop into one nearly 1,000 people have died sincejune, while thousands more have been displaced. dutch police say at least three people have been killed when a truck veered off the road and rolled into a neighbourhood barbecue in the village of new — byeerlant, south of rotterdam. the united nations has called for an immediate

cessation of hostilities in libya after sustained clashes between rival factions in the capital,