welcome to bbc news — i'm simon pusey. our top stories: the heaviest monsoon rains in decades — a national emergency in pakistan after millions of people are forced from their homes. us intelligence experts are to review classified materials obtained from donald trump's home in florida. angry protests across india after the group who gang—raped a muslim woman have their sentences cut. serbia and kosovo agree to allow free movement across their borders — in an eu—brokered deal. and what's behind the latest workplace trend

of so—called �*quiet quitting'? 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 a thousand 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 pa ktunkwa province. our 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. 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 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. our correspondent farhat javed has reached one village where people are waiting for help. this monsoon, pakistan is facing unprecedented rains and flash floods. i am here in kaghan valley, and this is a bridge which collapsed by a flash flood two days ago, and since then, the village on the other side of the bridge is totally cut off from

the rest of the community here. we have seen people waiting on this side with their belongings to go to that side but they can't go because they are still waiting for this bridge to be rebuilt or some other route to be developed for them. so these people are waiting for help and assistance and they are conveying messages, when we reached here, they threw this piece of paper with some stones, and they wanted to give us a message, and in this letter, they have written about the losses they have faced, about the roads and the bridges and their vehicles which were swept away by this roaring water two days ago, and about the death toll as well. two people from this village died, one body has not yet been recovered, and this flood alone took more than a dozen lives. there is still a flood warning here in this valley. the administration have told us that they are warning people, especially those who are living near the bank of the river, and also they are evacuating tourists from the hotels which are built right on the bank of the river. the situation is even

worse in other parts of the country where these rains and flash floods are wreaking havoc. more than 1000 people have died so far, and tens of thousands are displaced and waiting for assistance. but also the government has intensified relief operations and at the same time the government is requesting friendly countries and donors to come forward and help the country in these difficult times. with me now is husain haqqani, the former pakistan ambassador to the us, who now serves as a director for south and central asia at the hudson institute. destruction on a massive scale. we've seen flooding destruction on a massive scale. we've seen flooding before destruction on a massive scale. we've seen flooding before in pakistan of course. why has this episode been so bad? it is artl this episode been so bad? it is partly because _ this episode been so bad? it is partly because of— this episode been so bad? it 3 partly because of the reins. when you have eight times the rain that is the normal rainfall and then you would obviously have flooding, the government and the people who

are both unprepared. as you know, for the past several weeks, pakistan has been totally obsessed with mr imran khan, a former prime minister and his shenanigans and demand for new elections and nobody was paying attention. the media hardly covering the floods when they started on a lot of people were taken by surprise so we had the rivers rising and the monsoon rains whether rainfall has been eight times. there are long—term and short—term implications. the long—term of course relates to climate change which has been totally ignored and insufficiently attended to in pakistan and the short—term, dividing relief to almost 35 million people who have been affected by these floods. ., ., floods. you mentioned the arrest and _ floods. you mentioned the arrest and bale _ floods. you mentioned the arrest and bale of - floods. you mentioned the arrest and bale of imran i floods. you mentioned the - arrest and bale of imran khan. you think that media storm and all the destruction that has caused has been a big problem in terms of this?— in terms of this? absolutely. mr imran _ in terms of this? absolutely. mr imran khan's _ in terms of this? absolutely. mr imran khan's party - in terms of this? absolutely. l mr imran khan's party controls two of the larger provinces in pakistan. their governments

have been busy organising his rallies and then there is all the attention that mr khan gets and he tries to hog it and as a result, there has not been enough attention to provincial governments which are paralysed, have not paid attention to the floods, just�*s supporters are being told they should now donate to flood relief lest it creates some kind of positive image for the current government and the government is to deal with all the political fallout of mr khan's campaign so even in the best of times, pakistan's governments are not really prepared for disaster management and in this particular instance, they are also badly distracted. the government _ also badly distracted. the government are - also badly distracted. the government are calling for aid. what has the international response been so far? in 2010, pakistan had _ response been so far? in 2010, pakistan had massive _ response been so far? in 2010, pakistan had massive floods . response been so far? in 2010, pakistan had massive floods as| pakistan had massive floods as you remember. at that time, the flood damage required $7 billion to be attended to and there was a $17 billion impact on the economy. this time, nobody has an estimate but one

can safely say will probably be as much if not more and at that time, pakistan was close to the united states, partly because of the policies of mr khan but because of pakistan's general attitude impart foreign policy, the united states is now less interested in supporting pakistan at the moment so there will be difficulties in raising the kind of money needed, it will need several billion dollars for reconstruction and will need several billion more to deal with the loss the economy will suffer from these floods and unless and until the government can actually convince the international community that their need is dire and that it is for the poor people of pakistan, it will be difficult to raise that kind of money. so far, the united arab emirates is chipped in money, but we haven't heard any commitment from the united states, we have to see whether china and saudi arabia and other friends china and saudi arabia and otherfriends of china and saudi arabia and other friends of pakistan will chip in and whether the european union and britain will

be able to find the kind of resources that pakistan might needin resources that pakistan might need in the aftermath of these floods. . �* , . �* need in the aftermath of these floods. . �* , ., �* ., floods. that's all we've got time for. — floods. that's all we've got time for, thank _ floods. that's all we've got time for, thank you - floods. that's all we've got time for, thank you very i floods. that's all we've got. time for, thank you very much for coming on and bringing us up—to—date on the devastating floods in pakistan. the us director of national intelligence, has disclosed that her office is to lead a review of potential security risks from classified materials recovered during a search of donald trump's home in florida. in a letter to two congressional committees, ms haines said intelligence officials were working with thejustice department. a spokesman for mr trump,accused the democrats of weaponising the intelligence community against the former president with what he called selective and dishonest lea ks. so the director of national intelligence is initiating what is called a damage assessment. in other words, trying to find

out whether donald trump's mishandling of these documents at his private residence in florida posed any risks or harms to us national security. they are going to be doing this review in tandem with the justice department's criminal investigation which is ongoing right now. they are looking into potential violations of the espionage of the espionage act, the presidential records act as well as claims of obstruction ofjustice on the part of the former president and possibly his attorneys as well so this is a big development, this is the first time the biden administration is actively sort of engaging on this issue with members of congress who are charged with oversight of the intelligence community. i guess that is what makes it quite so significant. that's exactly right. administrations of both parties over the years have been reluctant to share this type of investigative information with members of congress, mostly because their view is that it would compromise the integrity of the investigation but this is a different scenario, many of the court arguments have centred

on this idea that the public interest in this matter is so great, such that the public needs to see obviously some stuff with redactions, but members of congress also need to provide strict oversight to make sure they are checking all the boxes when it comes to this really extraordinary matter here in the united states of a former president being under criminal investigation by the justice department. the same former president who could be a future president, could be a candidate again in the future in the 2024 presidential election. there are so many factors at pla here. we gave that trump line earlier thatthe democrats were weaponising the intelligence community against the former president. give us some balance. how has the community done with their impartiality, political impartiality here? i mean, look, donald trump has long accused intelligence community of trying to go after him. he's accused them

of perpetuating witch—hunts against him. thejustice department, same thing really, but i think what the biden administration is trying to do here is be as careful as they can when it comes to this investigation, knowing that it is very politically charged and that the public and republicans and donald trump's allies in particular are going to be scrutinising their every move and when it comes to sharing this type of information with congress, they also know that many of donald trump's allies head up these committees or at least are the top—ranking republican, as we call them, on capitol hill in these committees, so it's a very difficult tightrope for the biden administration to walk right now. 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. two men who were arrested on suspicion of the murder of 9—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. 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. all cardinals under the age of 80 can choose a new pope and with his latest creations, eighty—five year old pope there have been angry protests across india following the government's decision to cut short

the sentence of 11 men who were convicted of brutally gang raping a muslim woman. men and women held placards and shouted slogans urging the government to reverse the controversial decision. wendy urquhart reports. chanting this is one of many protests on the streets of india on saturday. there's utter disbelief that these convicted rapists have been set free. calling for the freedom of muslim women, they wave banners blazing with slogans like "justice for bilkis bano" and demanded that the government reverse its decision. bilkis bano is the woman who was raped by 11 men who walked out ofjail on the 75th anniversary of india's independence. she and her two children were the only survivors when 17 were attacked by hindus during the religious riots of 2002. in a statement, she said:

some activists are calling for an official apology for bilkis bano. others are afraid that rape is being normalised in india. translation: if the convicts did all this and are able - to get away with their crimes so easily, that means rape culture is being normalised very badly. the gujarat government said various points were considered in connection with the release of the men, including their behaviour in prison and the fact that they had already served 15 years behind bars. dozens of retired civil servants have written to the chiefjustice of india, warning that the early release of these men sends the wrong message and puts the safety of women at risk. wendy urquhart, bbc news.

let's bring you our headlines. pakistan's national emergency and a warning the floods sweeping the country are one of the worst disasters it's ever faced. us intelligence experts are to review classified materials obtained from donald trump's home in florida. other news now. dutch police say three people were 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 nieuw—beijerland, 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 truckjust had been towed away. we know the bodies have been removed. i did see two, could have been more — the story goes there were about five

casualties. what happened is the ice track — the local ice track had the barbecue party with at least 100 people attending. they were celebrating the departure of the chairman — it was his last night here. suddenly, a truck, a spanish truck, stopped on top of the dyke. then, it accelerated and it didn't take a left turn, didn't take the right turn, itjust went down, crashing into the people who were there, having their barbecue. parents had to really pull away their children, and seeing people being hit just five foot away, it was a drama. the truck has been now — it's back on the dyke. there's an investigation. the driver survived it. he could speak. he is now at the police station and he is being interrogated. thousands have taken to the streets in a show of support for vice president cristina fernandez de kirchner. she faces charges of corruption related to her time as president between 2007 and 2015. police were forced to use water

cannon on supporters who gathered outside her home, while the demonstrators also clashed with police in the capital buenos aires. last week, prosecutors called for her to be banned from public office and given a 12—year prison sentence. ms kirchner has denied the charges and said she's being persecuted. 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 want to build 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, shaq has that record, particularly when it comes to bringing people together of different backgrounds, which is consistent with our approach to a constitutionally—recognised voice to parliament and recognising that australian history did not begin in 1788. anthony albanese there. 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 — an independence 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 chief josep borrell has appealed to the countries' leaders to continue working together and solving the remaining issues. i expect both leaders to continue showing pragmatism and constructiveness in order to solve the problem with their license plates. i said many times in time of war, ukraine, with the challenges that we have been facing, we in europe, we don't need any more problems, we don't need more tensions. we need solutions. we need solutions for the western balkans and today, we have reached a solution. there are some problems pending and we need to continue working to solve them, but today

is a very good day. josep borrell there. the bbc�*s guy de launey tells us what the agreement means and what to expect in the future. they've been trying to find the solution to two different problems here, really. 0ne problems here, really. one is the use of national identity cards when crossing what kosovo considers to be its national border and what serbia considers to be an administrative border between two parts of serbia. we've seen here what amounts to quite a concession by serbia. it is now saying that cards that have been issued by the authorities can be used to cross these borderlines. in return, kosovo won't institute a regime of not recognise serbia measured identity cards. the other big problems still remains and that involves vehicle licence plates. we sawjust a couple of weeks ago people in north kosovo, where the majority of people are ethnic serb, correct

blockades on the roads because they don't want to have to surrender their serbian issued vehicle licence plates. and still there is a deadline of the first of september for them to do so. now, how hard do you work? do you go above and beyond what's required orjust do the minimum? it seems the more relaxed approach is being adopted by some younger workers. they're calling it �*quiet quitting'. so, is it remaking the rules of the workplace, or simply a response to labour market shortages that have handed employees more power? earlier, i spoke with valerie ling, a clinical psychologist. i started by asking her what exactly quiet quitting means. quiet quitting is essentially a reprioritising, employees and workers thinking about how they are going to push back on �*hustle culture' and regain a little bit more control by by quitting. —— by quiet quitting.

and this resonate particularly with the generation z age range, so that is 10— to 25—year—olds, right? laughs. if only! no, it's not. it is really with the generation z culture, they are the under—35s in our workforce, and essentially they have been through a pandemic that has led them to reassess their livfe and their priorities. they would have been studying or preparing to get into the workforce, to find meaning and purpose, and just finding that they are exhausted by the last couple of years so, yes, very much impacting them. and you say exhausted. what role has the pandemic had in all of this? firstly, there has been — that generation also has a huge impact on the mental health, and so the depression and anxiety statistics in that population segment is much higher. they have also been dealing with a lot of uncertainty, just not knowing how to cope in the midst of their mental health and what they are seeing in the world. and finally, it is what

you had mentioned — the workplace shortages, needing for them to actually do more without a lot of life experience to help them to negotiate those conversations with their employers. you don't think this isjust the physics of the labour market? there are jobs available, so employers have more power? it could be that. i do think there has been — there is a need to recalibrate how we view work. it needs to be seen as less transactional. we need to less productivity conversations and have a lot more workplace well—being conversations, so that we are actually touching base with how people are faring as our personal life collides with our professional worlds. and what would your advice be to people who — employers — or employees, even, who may be struggling with this — and employers who see this is happening in their workplace? we probably want to see a lot more conversation around asking what employees actually

are going through and what they need. workplace surveys that can tap into where morale is at and the types of flexibility arrangements that can be put in. now, employers can also move towards thinking beyond having your table tennis and pizza culture—type events and actually putting some measures to figure out how they can modify work roles, work designs to accommodate reduced capacity in the workforce. a unique unesco world heritage site has played host to an event in the cliff diving world series. the iconic 16th century mostar stari most bridge looms high over the river. elite divers fling themselves from 28m up, battling for the top score. romania's catalin preda twisting and turning his way into second place, with countryman constantin popovici setting a new record for total scoring at one event as he claimed the win. the series now heads

to switzerland. that's just about it from me for now. stay tuned to bbc world news. 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 got 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 for stornoway, 23 degrees in london. through the late afternoon,

though, could see a little bit of rain developing across parts of northern ireland. that could well expand across the irish sea into 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, so 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 a decent amount 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's confirmation of that fairly brisk breeze and some low temperatures across northern

and eastern parts — 15 for aberdeen but 25 degrees in cardiff. now, as we look further ahead, high pressure will remain with us for a good part of the coming week but we'll see one low to the south. that could introduce some showers and by the end of the week, chances are that a frontal system from the west will introduce outbreaks of rain. so, there is the increasing chance of some 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 flood—risk areas of 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. the united states's director of national intelligence, avril haines, has disclosed that her office is to lead a review of potential security risks from classified materials recovered from donald trump's home in florida earlier this month. a spokesman for mr trump accused the democrats of weaponising the intelligence community.

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