this is bbc news. the headlines at four... pakistan warns millions more people are likely to be caught up in unprecedented flooding that's already claimed more than a thousand lives — and appeals for more assistance and aid. some days we are able to eat, other days we are not able to eat. i have children and they are all sitting on the vote. ——the road. "get a spine" — the message from britain's biggest trade union to the labour party over standing up for working people struggling with the cost of living crisis. merseyside police have issued an online video appealing for help catching the person who shot dead

nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel inside her home last week. she won't celebrate her wedding. she won't have children of her own. if you've got information and you're withholding it, you are protecting the killers. and why record breaking hot and dry weather this summer has seen more exotic plants growing in the uk. and the notting hill carnival is back — returning to the streets of west london for the first time since 2019. hello and welcome to bbc news. the number of people killed in floods in pakistan is now

more than 1,000 and there's a warning that millions more are likely to be caught up in the unprecedented disaster. the country is making a fresh appeal for international aid, as it's warned that food shortages could lead to more deaths. many families have had to leave agricultural areas — where they were able to support themselves — for higher ground. more than 30 million people have been displaced, livelihoods have been destroyed leaving communities across the country at risk of hunger. in one of the worst of hunger. in one of the worst affected provinces, sindh, relief efforts are being affected by a lack of resources. 0ur pakistan correspondent pumza fihlani reports people are hungry and desperate. local aid agencies in pakistan say they are doing what they can but there simply aren't enough resources for everyone. as seen here, within minutes, the food runs out and the team is leave quickly. the picture is the same the country. —— the team is the same the country. —— the team is forced to leave quickly. translation: we

is forced to leave quickly. translation:— is forced to leave quickly. translation: ~ ., ., , ., translation: we left our homes in a hur and translation: we left our homes in a hurry and couldn't _ translation: we left our homes in a hurry and couldn't gather— translation: we left our homes in a hurry and couldn't gather all— translation: we left our homes in a hurry and couldn't gather all our- hurry and couldn't gather all our supplies to cook. some days, we are able to eat. other days, we have nothing. i have eight children. all of us are sitting on the road. weeks later, in of us are sitting on the road. weeks later. in the — of us are sitting on the road. weeks later, in the still— of us are sitting on the road. weeks later, in the still heavy _ of us are sitting on the road. weeks later, in the still heavy flooding - later, in the still heavy flooding across sind province where thousands of mud homes have sunk under water. roads and bridges have been destroyed. it is left most communities isolated, making it difficult for aid workers to reach them. it is forcing ordinary people to make moves to save lives in need. this is not a river. these are flooded with water is coming from weeks and weeks of rains. the boat that we are on at the moment usually works as a fishing boat but it has become a lifeline for people in these sorts of remote villages. fishermen every day spend their time not fishing but coming out to look for people who may still be trapped in these isolated communities. we

come across a family surrounded by water. they tell us they will not move. translation:— water. they tell us they will not move. translation: we've suffered . reat move. translation: we've suffered ureat loss, move. translation: we've suffered great loss. but _ move. translation: we've suffered great loss, but we _ move. translation: we've suffered great loss, but we cannot _ move. translation: we've suffered great loss, but we cannot leave, - move. translation: we've suffered great loss, but we cannot leave, she | great loss, but we cannot leave, she tells me. everything we are left with is here. we cannot leave it behind. , . ., with is here. we cannot leave it behind. m, ., behind. the full scale of the devastation _ behind. the full scale of the devastation will _ behind. the full scale of the devastation will be - behind. the full scale of the devastation will be felt - behind. the full scale of the devastation will be felt for l behind. the full scale of the - devastation will be felt for months. authorities have said. for now, with rivers continuing to overflow and flash floods in some parts of the country, officials are worried the worst is still coming. pumza fihlani, bbc news, sindh.. well, for more on this i'm now joined by yasrab shah from the muslim hands charity in nottingham. good afternoon to you and thank you very much forjoining us to talk about this disaster in pakistan where you have 15 regional offices, i understand. tell us about the operation you have under way their now in response to all of this. fiur

now in response to all of this. oi" teams have been essentially on the ground. this charity has been around since 1993 born at the balkans crisis so we were born out of emergency relief work and we've been doing that for nearly 30 years so pakistan is one of the countries where we have extensive project staff and volunteers around the country so when these monsoon rains began over a month ago our teams were already actively on the ground distributing emergency aid in the form of cooked food, water, tents, setting up medical camps and of course we hope to help with reconstructing homes but, sadly, what we thought were the seasonal monsoon veins have just continued to... the rain hasjust continued, sadly, and now we're already hearing that over 33 million people in pakistan are being affected by the floods and that makes up 15% of the population so it's incredibly desperate news on our teams are reporting even on the ground now that the veins continue to fall and so we are in areas like khyber pakhtunkhwa and the earlier you just show there in sindh in southern pakistan. i5 show there in sindh in southern pakistan. , , ., , ., pakistan. is this the worse that

most of your — pakistan. is this the worse that most of your volunteers - pakistan. is this the worse that most of your volunteers have l pakistan. is this the worse that. most of your volunteers have seen pakistan. is this the worse that - most of your volunteers have seen in the time they work the charity? i have to be honest, even myself, i have to be honest, even myself, i have been working at mustn�*t come cans for over 15 years ago and i remember the floods back in 20102011 and people already comparing the worst floods in pakistan's history —— | worst floods in pakistan's history —— i have work to muslim hands. the level of damage as bad as that when here that 220,000 hands have been destroyed and another half a million have been damaged and you get the scale of the level of the catastrophic disaster that this is why we completely appreciate that the government of pakistan has declared a state of emergency and is directly this weekend has been appealing for international help so we have been already on the ground for over a month now but we definitely feel the incredible urgent need to accelerate our aid efforts and we desperately appeal to our donors and well—wishers to come forward and support our brothers and sisters in humanity pakistan. in some of the areas where you are distributing food, local people are telling you that your workers are

the first people to arrive to help and we heard that from another charity yesterday in the areas where they are, again, another organisation with well—established networks in the country. they are the first to arrive in many areas. why isn't the government in these areas as well? obviously, the authorities cannot be absolutely everywhere but why does it seem that the government isn't able to help in the government isn't able to help in the way charities, ngos are? yes. the way charities, ngos are? yes, so, i think— the way charities, ngos are? yes, so, i think what _ the way charities, ngos are? yes, so, i think what has _ the way charities, ngos are? 1&1: so, i think what has happened he the way charities, ngos are? ia: so, i think what has happened he is just the scale of the disaster and the fact that they have continued to support and more and more areas are established in pakistan and it is the onus on the pakistani government asked for international aid clearly showing they are unable to deal with the scale of disaster and yes, you're quite right, where teams are been operating for over a month now providing emergency aid and they have been absolutely reporting something very very similar thing children are getting on well with waterborne diseases and flood warnings coming with the many dangers and covered natural water sources and of course many of these

people, in the millions, had been left homeless in the mud houses have literally been swept away at 33 million of these people and i think they have absolutely been struggling. we are trying our best to double down on his efforts and they are completely reliant on the generosity of our donors.- they are completely reliant on the generosity of our donors. given that monsoon rains _ generosity of our donors. given that monsoon rains are _ generosity of our donors. given that monsoon rains are a _ generosity of our donors. given that monsoon rains are a regular- generosity of our donors. given that monsoon rains are a regular event, | monsoon rains are a regular event, is there more that you would like to see the government they're doing? to prepare for scenarios like, you know, we are seeing because of climate change worst floods, more wildfires, depending where you are, different parts of the world, different parts of the world, different challenges, different disasters. would you say to the government of pakistan now is the time to take a bigger look at what you could do to prepare to be ready to respond to disasters like this? peek like absolutely. i havejust recently come back from the horn of africa where the problem there is five seasons of failed rain so wherever we work we work with what

is called dr art which is disaster risk reduction. irate is called dr art which is disaster risk reduction.— is called dr art which is disaster risk reduction. we work with local governments _ risk reduction. we work with local governments along _ risk reduction. we work with local governments along the _ risk reduction. we work with local governments along the ground i risk reduction. we work with local governments along the ground in | governments along the ground in local teams and are bound to find solutions and the things people will be pushing here is also true, when, god willing, we get the phase where they are rebuilding homes that those homes are actually resilient to the flood waters. as you can imagine, these are very poor rural communities who traditionally have lived around rivers and so they are aware that there monsoon rains but, as we mentioned, the climate change we cannot ignore. this is everywhere. wherever we are in bangladesh or the horn of africa, everything has been that much worse because of the change in the climate so, yes, absolutely, we urge the pakistani government and all the governments to really invest in drr, disaster risk reduction. irate governments to really invest in drr, disaster risk reduction.— disaster risk reduction. we have been talking _ disaster risk reduction. we have been talking about _ disaster risk reduction. we have been talking about food - disaster risk reduction. we have been talking about food security disaster risk reduction. we have i been talking about food security of the back of these floods and immediate challenges are going on as there is flood with this travel and floodwaters travel down river. what will you be trying to do at muslim

hands to try to show that there is enough food aid the people who have been driven for their home, driven from their lands, where they would have been growing crops to try to support themselves? the immediate emer: en support themselves? the immediate emergency needs — support themselves? the immediate emergency needs are _ support themselves? the immediate emergency needs are very _ support themselves? the immediate emergency needs are very much - emergency needs are very much focusing on providing the flood victims with good food and clean water and emergency tents for their families at because homes have been completely washed away and had absolute belongings are where we can with providing emergency food parcels and setting up medical camps but in many instances where people provided emergency food parcels that simply wouldn't do because they don't have any means to actually cut their food despite cook their food so that is why we are large community kitchens to provide cooked foods to flood survivors and bottled water as well and we already hearing numerous reports of children vomiting and being sick due to waterborne diseases that are clearly very apparent there. again, if i am very apparent there. again, if i am very honest with you, we need to do desperately much, much more than we are did but as i said we are

completely reliant on the general public and their donations to organisations like muslim hands. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news, a representative from muslim hands uk where he is fundraising manager. the leader of britain's biggest trade union says the labour party needs to "get a spine" and do more to stand up for working people struggling with the cost of living crisis. the unite union's general secretary sharon graham has told the bbc unions are emerging as the only people standing up for workers — accusing labour of "moving the goalposts" in terms of what it's prepared to do to support them. labour has not backed inflation—matching pay rises, but has said if they were in power the party would join negotiations between employers and unions. our business correspondent marc ashdown has more. what do we want? 10%! when do we want it? now! could the summer of strikes turn into a winter of discontent? at felixstowe port, 1900 dock workers are finishing an eight—day walk—out,

impacting uk supply chains for food, clothing and essential goods. there are now calls ahead of next month's gathering of trades unions at the tuc conference for future strikes to be synchronised or staggered to maximise the impact. and sharon graham, the general secretary of the uk's largest union, has called on the labour party to make a stronger stand. i think that if they came out now strongly and said, "look, hang on a second, these abhorrent profits i think that if they came out

now strongly and said, "look, hang on a second, these abhorrent profits "that are going on, what's happening in the cost of living?" "this is what we think should happen," and then they would very much get elected. so from my point of view i think we're doing a labour a favour by saying, get a spine, stick up for workers, and i tell you right now, people want a strong message. the tuc said 6.5 million union members in the uk need all of the help that they can get. we need the labour party to stand shoulder—to—shoulder with all those workers looking for a fair pay deal, and with support from all levels of the labour party. good morning. how are you? the labour party leader has said that if elected the party would play a more active role in negotiations between unions and employers, but he's faced criticism for urging shadow ministers not tojoin picket lines, and more industrial strife is learning. industrial strife is looming. 115,000 royal mail workers walked out last week in the first of four days of planned action. bt workers have a second strike planned, and criminal barristers are out indefinitely from september the 5th. remember the rail misery? well, drivers at 12 train operator still have mandates for strikes, and nurses, school support staff, 100,000 local government workers are being balloted in the coming weeks.

ministers have said the machinery of government is working flat—out to find options for the incoming prime minister to help with struggling households, but the industrial unrest shows no sign of easing. mark ashdown, bbc news. staying with the cost of living crisis, the conservative leadership candidate and possible future prime minister, liz truss, has ruled out giving everyone more direct financial support to help with the increase in energy prices. last week the energy price cap , the maximum amount an average household in england, wales and scotland can be charged per unit of energy they use, went up 80% from £1,971 to more than £3,500. liz truss hasn't given much away, publically at least, about her approach to the energy crisis. earlier our political correspondent, ione wells, had more on what her plan might be. she's been really quite tight—lipped about what exactly she might do to help households this winter with rising energy bills other than saying she will cut national insurance contributions and scrap the green levies on energy bills. now, today, some of the sources close to her in the campaign have talked a bit more about what is still on the table and what's off the table, so in terms of what's still on the table under consideration, they've used examples of things like further tax cuts, for example cuts to vat,

also more support for the lowest income families, so for example families who are on benefits could receive some more support. but these are all still ideas that are just under consideration at this stage, with no final decisions that have been made. in terms of what's off the table, though, i'm told by those close to her that she isn't in favour of any more, kind of, direct support for everyone. now, families would still get that £400 payment this autumn which everyone is set to get that has already been announced, but i'm told this is not an approach that she really wants to use again in future, preferring that, sort of, targeted approach and those close to her, her, sort of, allies, make the argument that she prefers to tax people less rather than keep taxation as it is and then give people more money in hand—outs later, so that's, sort of, the thinking behind her approach at the moment, but no specific plan as such. i'm hearing from all sorts of people, people on low incomes, middle incomes, from charities, all sorts of organisations saying actually what they wanted to know that plan already. they say it's not acceptable to have to wait until after the 5th of september.

now, today, borisjohnson has been writing in the mail on sunday saying his successor would deliver a huge package of support without spelling out what that package would be. without spelling out what that would be. so no satisfaction there for those people looking for detail right now? that is right. i don't think the current prime minister borisjohnson's words will necessarily provide any comfort for people looking for answers. all he said is there will be a big package of support and i think that's something that pretty well—known now, that essentially there's a consensus across the political spectrum that the current support announced won't be enough because it follows that for households more must be done but that leaves the question of what exactly is about to look like unanswered. i'm told borisjohnson is also due to spend some of the time in his last week giving speeches about energy, talking about the need to increase things like offshore wind, like nuclear energy, which he has advocated for in the past. that will serve as a bit

of a message to his successor to not forget about addressing the supply issues as well, notjust how you help households with rising bills. two men who were arrested on suspicion of the murder of nine—year—old. olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool last week, have been released on bail. this morning merseyside police issued an online video appealing for help over her death, along with those of ashley dale and sam rimmer who were also killed on merseyside this month. we've got parents who've lost their children. we've got a nine—year—old girl who won't celebrate her 18th birthday, she won't celebrate her wedding, she won't have children of her own. if you've got information and you're withholding it, you are protecting the killers. we need your information. earlier i spoke to our correspondent phil bodmer, who's at the scene in liverpool, about those police appeals i think there is a bit of

psychological warfare going on, as you heard on that message, very powerful words there where we've got a nine—year—old girl who won't celebrate her 18th birthday, she won't celebrate her wedding and she won't celebrate her wedding and she won't have children of her own. that really strikes at the heart, doesn't it? today, we've seen yet more police activity on the street not far from where olivia was gunned down almost a week ago more people have been laying flowers here today and we have seen police vans and sniffer dogs out on the streets of the police are keeping this high—profile look. they really are reiterating that message that somebody somewhere within the community knows the identity of the killer and need someone don't like people to come forward so very much they are not giving up on them yet as you would expect them to and this is a fast—moving investigation which changes by the hour so that always developments with police activity this afternoon and a very high level presence but that powerful video message out there will hopefully may

be persuade someone to come forward with that vital piece of information which could, may help solve this particular mystery at the moment. olivia and other victims of recent violence in the city remembered at church services today? yes. violence in the city remembered at church services today?— church services today? yes, that is riaht, church services today? yes, that is right. people _ church services today? yes, that is right, people remember— church services today? yes, that is right, people remember that - church services today? yes, that is right, people remember that the i right, people remember that the people there have also suffered. sam raymer, ashley, of course, he was also shot another series of events over the last week or so in the city so gun crime bill at the forefront of peoples thoughts —— sam rimmer. today at the anglican cathedral not far from where we are now prayers were said and candles were lit in a service this morning led by the reverend canon suejones who said that this is a time when people need to come together. he said this is a time of healing, this is a time of hope and that is the message of church is very much hoping to put across as well because numbers today have been up on previous week so more people perhaps taking the time to reflect and put it, come

together. she also reiterated those police calls for somebody who may have information to come forward because she says you change derma cleanse your conscience because if you don't live with it forever and she was very much behind that message of coming forward to make yourself feel better about what you told the police because there is a lot of suspicion about police and espace of liverpool and many people now say look, this is not that —— about police in this part of liverpool. this is a nine—year—old girl who was beautifully gone down through no fault of their own and they do need answers these questions. this is a nine—year—old girl who was beautifully gone down through no fault of their own and they do need answers these questions. —— including a local church near to the school olivia attended as well. a man who tortured his baby has had his release from prison placed on hold under new powers

to protect the public. tony hudgell, who is now seven, was so badly abused he needed to have both legs amputated. his birth parents, anthony smith and jody simpson, were jailed for 10 years in 2018. tougher sentences for child abusers came into force injune under "tony's law", following campaigning from the youngster�*s adoptive family. dutch police say at least six people have been killed and several more injured after a truck crashed into a street party near rotterdam. it's understood the lorry veered off the road and rolled into a neighbourhood barbecuejust south of the city. the driver has been arrested. the cause of the crash is not yet known. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. hey i understand you have some goals

to talk about? a los of goals! we start with a record breaking afternoon for celtic, who've won 9—0 at dundee united to get their biggest away win in the league. it puts them back on top of the scottish premiership, two points clear of rangers. nesta mcgregor reports: he'll go further has she made this tight finish look simple and to second in a0 minutes was anything but routine and in stoppage time the japanese international kiddies hat—trick, then he not keeping count. didn't take long until it was five, another player getting on the action. the chance of seeing one hat—trick is where so when he scored a second nine later those inside at tannadice were on the blink of an even there the site, a double hat—trick. on 77 minutes the israel international delivered. celtic made it nine, nine minutes made it from time. the biggest ever league win. the boys buoyant. bbc news.

confirmation of that extraordinary scoreline. and one other game in the scottish premiership, hearts have come from behind to lead stjohnstone 2—1, a win would take hearts up to third. in the last few moment saint johnstone havejust in the last few moment saint johnstone have just equalised with less than an hour played in their win moving them up to third and they held to two at the moment. —— they are held to — two at the moment. —— they are held 2—2 at the moment. a stunning late goal from allan saint—maximin has earnt newcastle a point at wolves. the home side looked to be heading towards their first premier league win of the season, ruben neves with a brilliant strike in the first half. wolves had seen a second half goal ruled out and there was more frustration to come — have a look at this for a finish from saint—maximin,1—1, his volley preserving newcastle's unbeaten start to the season. and pablo fornals' deflected strike, 16 minutes from time, was enough to get west ham their first win of the season at aston villa. it moves the hammers off the bottom of the table and level on points with villa. max verstappen has won

the belgian grand prix, despite starting from fourteenth, to extend his formula one championship lead to 93 points. lewis hamilton's race ended on the opening lap after he collided with fernando alonso, it was the first time this season he'd failed to finish. verstappen fought his way through the field and took the lead before the half way point. the dutchman became the first driver since 1960 to win consecutive races from 10th or lower on the grid. his red bull team mate sergio perez was second with pole sitter carlos sainz third. there was disappointment for olympic gold medallist tom pidcock at the mountain bike world championships in france as he finished fourth in the men's elite cross country olympic final. pidcock started the race 36th but did take the lead half way through and then remained in the hunt for a medal until the penultimate lap, before he came off his bike going around a tree. look at this!

he still had a chance for bronze but he got stuck on the same tree on the final lap which effectively ended his hopes of claiming a medal. swiss rider nino schurter also came off his bike but remarkably went on to win the race and claim his tenth world championship. meanwhile france's pauline ferrand prevot is once again the women's elite world champion — her fourth such title — crossing the line with her home country's flag in her hand, surrounded by the crowd at the finish line. britain's annie last and evie richards were 10th and 11th respectively. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thanks. white storks with their long red legs and pointed beaks are one of the most distinctive birds in europe and western asia. but they're facing an increasing number of hazards. climate change is impacting their migration routes between europe and africa. and now there's been a sudden spike

in stork deaths in hungary. our correspondent nick thorpe has been investigating. (tx our correspondent nick thorpe has been investigating. the famous white storks, a protected species, are dying on the great hungarian plain. activists found dozens of dead birds in recent weeks. some electrocuted, others poisoned. probably, the stork was resting on the pool when he or she started to fly and opened the wings. one edge of the wing touched the line and one of the legs was still on the iron part of the pylon and electricity went through the body. this is how they die. 150,000 birds are electrocuted each year in hungary. the hazard to birds of these electric poles has long been recognised and there are easy solutions. you can install plastic insulating caps on the wires, even perches where the birds can stand. but they're expensive to install. only 10% of pylons are insulated.

in recent weeks, drought has made the problem worse. storks are attracted to a waste dump next to the pylons. this is a trap. because of the drought, there are not enough food around. in the countryside. and here in this area, they can find food, and if they wanted rest on those poles, they can die really easily. afterfeeding, the birds drink from these poisoned waters. the lake is drying out. birds and fish decompose in the warm, shallow water, causing bacteria to release a lethal toxin. what's going to happen to those sick storks we just saw? because it's a nerve toxin, first, they will be not able to walk, then not able to use their wings. they will suffocate under the water because they will be not able to lift up their heads. this summer's heat has made life extremely difficult for the storks,

forcing them to migrate early. this former marshland is now a fire risk. but the activists have brought one ray of hope. they're using local duckweed and natural microorganisms to help clear the polluted water, and continue to lobby electricity companies to better protect the birds. nick thorpe, bbc news, eastern hungary. as temperatures soar in the uk gardeners are cultivating more exotic plants than in previous years. watermelons, avocados in figs are usually found growing in the mediterranean but this summer's one where has brought them closer to home. earlier, mattjackson, gapping managerat home. earlier, mattjackson, gapping manager at your gate garden tells more about these trends —— gardening manager.

obviously, we're finding that temperatures are warmer, we're tending to get milder winters, as well, and warmer temperatures in the summer. and at the moment, to some degree, we can perhaps take advantage of the interim change, and find that we can grow plant species that we wouldn't normally be growing in this country. we've been very fortunate that, as a country, we can grow a great diversity of plants from all over the world, but there have been, on the tender side, certain plants that we've only been able to grow, sort of, under glass indoors. and now we're finding there is an opportunity to grow more of these plants outdoors and get them through winters, which works in our favour but, you know, we're very conscious that there's a question of going beyond that, and we are looking to the future of what those issues and how we can address them, and maintain particularly gardens, traditional gardens that we know, our english garden that

the world's second biggest carnival is back this weekend on the streets of west london. millions are expected to gather and celebrate the notting hill carnival for the first time in two years. the spectacle of music, dancing, food and drink is rooted in carribean culture, and has been influenced by the windrush generation. by by the end of the day more than a million people have taken to the carnival route, as you can see here, a million people by the end of the day. today is traditionally known as children's day where many people are competing for the title of best costume. in terms of the carnival, it's been happening in london every year since the 1960s, it was cancelled last year in the year before because of the pandemic but the notting hill carnival 2022 is well under way. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas.