this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. pakistan warns millions more people may be caught up in unprecedented flooding which has now claimed more than a thousand lives. "get a spine" — the message from britain's biggest trade union to the opposition labour party, in standing up for workers struggling with the cost of living crisis. merseyside police issue an online video appealing for help in catching the killer of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel, shot dead 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. violence in argentina, as supporters of the vice president —

who's on trial for alleged corruption — clash with police outside her home. europe's biggest carnival returns to the streets of london after a three year break caused by covid. pakistan has made a fresh appeal for international aid to deal with what it describes as "overwhelming" flooding, which has killed more than a thousand people. an estimated 33 million people, or 15% of the population, are affected in the north and south of the country, after unusually heavy monsoon rains. pakistan's prime minister, shehbaz sharif flew over one affected area,

jaffarabad baluchistan, in a helicopter distributing relief. a massive aid operation is under way but the government says it's unable to cope. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters from the north flow downstream. from sindh, pumza fihlani reports: 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 forced to leave quickly. the picture is the same around the country. translation: we left our homes in a hurry and couldn't gather- all our supplies to cook. some days we are able to eat, other days we have nothing. there is heavy flooding across sindh province, where thousands of mud homes have sunk underwater. roads have been flushed away.

we have more than 3,000 kilometres of roads that have been washed away. bridges, 160 plus bridges have been destroyed as well so it is really, really, a very, very bad situation here. remote communities have been left isolated, making it difficult for aid workers to reach them. this is not a river. these are flooded waters that have come in from weeks and weeks of rain. the boat that we're on at the moment usually works as a fishing boat, but it's 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. we come across a family surrounded by water. they tell us they will not move. "we've suffered great loss, but we cannot leave," she tells me. "everything we have left is here and we cannot leave it behind". charities in the uk

are doing their best to try and make up for that, including nottingham—based muslim hands. our teams are across the area, but we are being overwhelmed. i wouldn't want to pretend. like many people have been reporting, when we have gone out to distribute the aid, the cooked food, emergency food packs, tents, people are saying, "you're the first people we've seen come". and thatjust gives you a flavour of the scale of the disaster, that many aid agencies are operating, but it's overwhelming. rivers are continuing to overflow, with flash floods in some parts of the country. officials say it's becoming clear the worst is not over. pumza fihlan, bbc news, sindh. some pictures now of an extraordinary rescue amidst the devasatation of the floods in pakistan. towards the bottom of the screen here there's a boy — stranded in the middle of what is usually a stream — but has turned into a raging river. an army helicopter managed to reach him — dipping to within feet of the rocks — so that the child

could clamber on board. the helicopter had been assessing the extent of the floods near pattan in the north of the country when it was diverted to fly the boy to safety. i spoke a short while ago to sahar baloch, from the bbc�*s urdu service, who's been following developments from karachi. now people are expecting more rains. and as it is, the national disaster management authority has said that the next 2a hours are going to be dry, but they have still sent out a warning alerting different provinces that main rivers, especially the kabul river and the indus river, may get more flow of water in them. so in a way they have to be alerted and they have to remain on alert as well. and there is also evacuation happening at the same time. sindh is again bracing for another spill in its rivers due to the spillage coming from the northern areas. so there are efforts to basically alert the people and there are also evacuation processes happening. 350,000 people have been evacuated, but more is needed. more people have to be evacuated.

this evacuation number that i gave you, this is from khyber—pakhtunkhwa province, where tourists are also stranded. and then there are other places like, for instance, balochistan and sindh. they remain the worst affected because they already were dealing with really bad infrastructure and really bad network. so it was really getting difficult for people to reach those places. so that's why at the moment, people are only expecting, unfortunately, the worst for themselves. and how fast is the international aid coming? is pakistan hoping to see actual teams from other countries come in and help? well, right now, iran, turkey and uae have pledged their support. and as we speak right now, a turkish aircraft landed in karachi airport and they basically sent humanitarian assistance to pakistan. at the same time earlier in the day, the uae also sent humanitarian assistance in the form of food and medicines and tents. iran has also pledged its support, but so far no teams are coming

into pakistan, as we saw in 2005 during the earthquake, where a lot of international aid and a lot of international help came in. as a minister also said that they need technical assistance because right now the biggest challenge is to reach to those people and to provide them with shelters and everything. there is a lot of self—help that people are doing. for instance, one adjoining neighbourhood is helping the other one and the other towns as well, and that's how they are doing. but they are very few and far in between. they are not a lot of people who are working. there are local aid agencies who are also helping. but so far no international organisation or aid agency has said that they are sending in their teams, they are observing the situation. there are friendly countries who are supporting pakistan, but we haven't seen any team flew into pakistan right now. the leader of britain's biggest trade union has called for the opposition labour party to do more for working people struggling with the rising cost of living. the unite the union says it should ,

quote "get a spine". 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, 1,900 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 that are going on, what's happening in the cost of living? this is what we think should happen," and then i think they would very much get elected. so from my point of view i think we're doing labour a favour, actually, by saying, "look, get a spine — stick up for workers". and i tell you right now, i think people want a strong message. the tuc said the 6.5 million union members in the uk need

all the help they can get. it's right that the labour party does stand shoulder—to—shoulder with those workers looking for a fair pay deal, and i've heard support for that come from all levels of the labour party. good morning. how are you doing? keir starmer has said, if elected, the party would play a more active role in negotiations between unions and employers, but he's faced criticism for urging front benchers not to join picket lines. and former shadow transport minister sam tarry was sacked from his role, accused of making up policy on the hoof while supporting striking rail workers. a series of large—scale rail strikes have already happened this summer, causing disruption for millions. drivers at 12 train operators still have mandates for further walk—outs, and more 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 nurses, school support staff and 100,000

local government workers are being balloted in the coming weeks. criminal barristers are starting indefinite strike action from september 5th in a dispute over pay and legal aid funding. rising energy bills are fuelling this cost of living crisis. the government has said it's working flat—out to find options for the incoming prime minister to help struggling households, but this industrial unrest shows no sign of easing. prayers have been said in liverpool for the nine—year—old girl who was shot dead in her own home. olivia pratt—korbell was an innocent victim in a week of gun crime on merseyside that's also seen two other young people shot dead. police have launched a video appeal for information. our correspondent emma vardy has more from liverpool: we've got parents who've lost their children. we've got a nine—year—old girl who won't celebrate her 18th birthday. after three gun deaths

in seven days, an appeal to peoples�* conscience. if you've got information, and you're withholding it, you're protecting the killers. the recent spate of gun crime has had devastating consequences. sam rimmer was gunned down in the street. a few days later, ashley dale, shot in her garden. police say she was not the intended target of the attack. and nine—year—old olivia, shot when a gunman burst into herfamily home in pursuit of someone else. it's led to a huge police response, and a crackdown on organised crime. there was fresh activity on olivia's street this morning. arrests have been made in all three murder investigations, and officers believe they're making progress. but they still need more information, and hope that message to people not to protect the killers will strike a chord. at liverpool's anglican cathedral today, prayers were said for olivia, and all those affected by the city's

recent spate of violence. itjust seems as if we're living in a world where it's easy to get hold of weapons, and then to use those weapons on other human beings. it's in the little acts, is the little things that we see and have seen that will be important to the police. and it's important that we come forward. after a difficult week, a moment of reflection for liverpool and hope there will be no more tragedies. the us navy says the passage of two of its warships through the taiwan strait on sunday demonstrates the united states�* commitment to a free and open indo—pacific. china put its military on high alert — viewing such actions, as provocative. the warships are the first american vessels to sail through the strait since china began military exercises in the waters around taiwan, in response to a recent visit by nancy pelosi. paul huang, a research fellow for

taiwanese public opinion foundation says there is overwhelming public support in taiwan for us navy's gesture to send its warships across the strait. well, the united states and most other countries in the region they consider most part of the taiwan strait as international water, which means that by international law that these ships, including warships, have the right of freedom of navigation through it. the chinese government, the officials recently have made remarks. they sort of implying that they consider taiwan strait as an internal waterway of china. now, obviously, these statements were strongly rejected by the united states. and our poll found that an overwhelming majority of 81% taiwanese, they reject this claim as well. they don't they do not agree that taiwan is china's internal waterway.

so we can see why the majority of the taiwanese public, they would welcome these us naval vessels and to some extent the other western navy sailing through their warships across the strait. since they see these activities as a gesture of support for taiwan and challenging china's ambition and aggressions. obviously, whether these activities themselves are proof that the united states and other western nations would come to taiwan's defense during a war, that's totally another question. nasa's latest moon mission is all set for launch on monday. the combined sls—orion spacecraft is due to blast off from the kennedy space center in cape canaveral. it will send an uncrewed capsule around the moon and back to earth on a six—week test flight called artemis i. this mission is nasa's first to the moon in 50 years, aiming to return astronauts to the lunar surface as early as 2025. scientists at nasa say the launch window looks favourable. bottom line is we look really good. no issues, no concerns or constraints from the lightning

events at this point. let's see. so far i did mention we powered up yesterday. later in the afternoon or last night, we did power up the rf systems on all of the vehicles on orion on the core stage. the checkouts and tests, those all went really well. we finished those into the early hours of the morning this morning. we did also work our engine final preps on the core stage yesterday got through all of those and again those finished early last this morning as well. about 1:00 in the morning, we've done the battery charging on both orion and the core stage. those are complete. so that's all going really well and all that is planned and on schedule. you're watching bbc news. the headlines... pakistan has made a fresh appeal for international aid, as the death toll from devastating flooding exceeds a thousand. the leader of britain's biggest trade union has called for the opposition labour party to do more for working people struggling with the rising cost of living. supporters of argentina's

vice—president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, have clashed with police outside her home in the capital, buenos aires. at least five police officers were injured, and four protesters arrested as demonstrations in support of kirchner turned violent. last week prosecutors accused her of defrauding the state and involvement in a scheme to divert public funds, while she ran the country between 2007 and 2015. (read on) while she ran the country between 2007 and 2015. a little earlier we got more from buenos aires based journalist veronica smink. what's happening now with this trial is basically rallying all the peronist movement around her. people feel that she's being persecuted and she's kept this message that this trial is not against her, but against all of peronism. and just tell us, what are the charges that she's facing and how long is this likely to go on for? well, the prosecutors say that she basically she and her late husband, nestor kirchner,

who together ruled for 12 years between 2003 and 2015, they say that they created shortly before coming into office, a construction company in their home province of santa cruz that basically they allocated about 80% of public work contracts to that company and then later dissolved itjust before leaving office, just after leaving office. and they say that they siphoned they diverted public funds to about a billion dolars of public funds. the trial is expected to run until the end of the year. her defence has its final plea mid—october, and thejudges are expected to have a ruling by the end of the year. however, if she is convicted, she would not be jailed or banned from public office for a few years. since this conviction has to be first confirmed by the court of appeals and then the supreme court. and we've seen, obviously, some clashes with police. is it expected that there

is going to be problems as long as this trial runs? i mean, she obviously has had a lot of support in the past. well, the supporters had been camping out in front of her home in this residential area, which is staunchly anti—peronist and anti—kirchnerist. and the problem started when the mayor of buenos aires, who is a probable, his a political opponent and a probable presidential candidate next year, ordered the police to seal off the area leading excuse me, the vice president to say that she felt under siege. she asked the supporters last night to go home. so we have yet to see if the supporters will rally again. many think that there's going to be a huge support demonstration on the 17th of october, around the time that she is going to present her defensc, which is also considered the day of peronist loyalty. and there are usually marches on that day anyway. olly foster has all the sport.

hello and thanks forjoining us. we'll start with a look at today's football in the major european leagues. real madrid are looking to return to the top of la liga with a win at espanyol. they kicked off 15 minutes ago. barcelona scored four for the second week running. new signing robert lewandowski scored twice in their 4—0 win against real valladolid. third placed villareal were held to a goalless draw by lowly getafe harry kane scored both goals as tottenham beat nottingam forest 2—0 in the premier league. the england captain should have claimed a hattrick but saw a second half penalty saved by dean henderson. forest created plenty of chances at the city ground but lacked a cutting edge. kane is now up to four goals for the season and spurs are still unbeaten. they lie in third on 10 points, level with manchester city

and brighton, two points behind the early leaders arsenal. it the early leaders arsenal. was a really intense gan of it was a really intense game. a lot of noise around the pitch. i understand for the players, especially for them, to play here is not easy. they had the crowd against them. we suffer, we suffer in that way. at the end, we did well. wolves were heading for their first win of the season, newcastle their first defeat, but alain saint maximim volleyed a brilliant equaliser in the 90th minute at molineux. a poor clearance fell to the frenchman just outside the box and he lashed home for a 1—1 draw to preserve the magpies unbeaten start to the season. wolves skipper ruben neves scored a stunning goal to give wolves a first half lead

but they were hanging on at the end. newcastle also hit the bar in injury time. they are seventh in the table. wolves remain in the bottom three. west ham are off the bottom of the table after their first win of the season. it came at aston villa, pablo fornals scored the only goal of the game, 15 minutes from time. the hammers are now level on points with villa. and there was a record scoreline in scotland, champions celtic won 9—0 at dundee united. japanese striker kyogo furuhashi and israel's liel abada both scored hattricks. it equals the record win in the scottish premiership and is the biggest away victory. in theirfirst meeting in 10 months, india beat pakistan right at the death at the asia cup. the t20 tournament that's taking place in the united arab emirates. india won the toss and put pakistan into bat. mohammed rizwan topscored with 43

but they were bowled out for 147. in reply, virat kohli and ravindra jadeja both made 35 and all—rounder hardik pandya got them ove the line with a six in the final over to seal a five wicket win max verstappen 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 carlos sainz third.

the notting hill carnival has returned to the streets of west london for the first time in three years following the pandemic. europe's largest carnival could have up to two million people attending the two day festival. greg mckenzie has the story. welcome to notting hill carnival! the world's second biggest carnival is back, after being cancelled last year and the year before due to the pandemic. the festivities began this morning with a 72—second silence observed to remember those who died in the grenfell tower tragedy five years ago. the remains of the building are close by and visible here on the carnival route. carnival means a lot to us. and grenfell, this is something that is really close to our hearts. grenfell was a tragedy that should have never happened, and... ..we will never forget. the notting hill carnival has been taking place

in west london since the 1960s, created to celebrate the lives of those who left the caribbean to come to britain to help rebuild the country following two world wars — many arriving on the ship the windrush. today is traditionally known as children's day as many of them are competing for the title of best costume. on offer, plenty of caribbean food, drinks, colourful costumes and, of course, live music — sounds from the caribbean. i've not been on children's day before, but this is the year! and we want to... blows horn. i think after two years - of missing it, just to come out and see the people, the food, the smells, i the sounds, it's all fantastic. i'll have to look around and find out where my jamaican roots are from. so i'm from america, and it's my first time. it sounds exciting, it looks exciting. so are we going to see

you wining later? of course! what started as a few hundred people gathering on the august bank holiday, decades ago, this event has now manifested into europe's biggest street festival, with over two million people expected over two days. there is a visible police presence, and as the festivities come to a close at around 8pm, the focus and attention will turn to tomorrow for the main event, adult�*s day. greg mckenzie, bbc news. a unique unesco world heritage site has played host to an event in the cliff diving world series. the mostar stari most bridge looms high over the river. elite divers fling themselves from 28 metres 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. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @geetagurumurthy. we've seen a few splashes of light rain around that many of us keeping the dry unsettled spell as well. this was the scene in wales. some say weather cloud around. mainly dry with sunny spells is the headline over the next few days, they will be a few showers and a bit more of a breeze coming in from the north sea. high—pressure sets to the north and that all—important more clouded around for eastern parts of england and scotland. tonight, a little bit of rain developing for parts of north—west england, northern ireland, the isle of maine and pushing into dumfries and galloway. clear spells overnight, clear skies

in the northern isles and it'll be here we will see the lowest temperatures, 8 degrees. monday, of course, the bank holiday across many parts of the uk, not everywhere, but it's going to be a largely dry day once again. there'll be a few rogue showers just coming in on that breeze across parts of eastern england. probably the best of the sunshine will be for parts of wales and south—west england, perhaps western scotland, the but the odd light shower around through central scotland too. temperatures by monday afternoon for most of us in the low to perhaps mid—20s, but always a little bit cooler across northern and eastern scotland where you've got that breeze coming in off the north sea, and 13 degrees there for the northern isles. now, high pressure holds on, sits towards the north of the uk as we head on into tuesday, so not much change in our weather. weather fronts kept out at bay for the moment. into tuesday, again the odd light shower moving in for east anglia and the south—east on that breeze, and there could be a few showers for, say, western parts of scotland, but most of us having another dry day with some long spells of sunshine, especially for parts of northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england too.

cardiff, 2a degrees. aberdeen, only 15 on tuesday. so the middle of the week dominated by that high pressure to the north of the uk. we've got low pressure starting to develop out towards the south—west, possiblyjust moving into the bay of biscay, for instance, through wednesday into thursday as well. not really reaching our shores by this stage, though. with that high pressure still in charge, it does look like we've got lots of dry weather towards the end of the week. perhaps a hint that we could start to see something a little bit more unsettled — we certainly need the rain — for friday and on into the coming weekend. bye for now.

this is bbc world news. the headlines: "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. pakistan warns millions more people are likely to be caught up in unprecedented flooding that's

already claimed more than a thousand lives. countdown to blast—off — as the launch of nasa's artemis 1 moon mission approaches. now on bbc news — the dark side of direct sales is revealed by reporter lora jones, who asks if workers are being exploited, and if #hustleculture has gone too far. the world of door—to—door sales and selling on the street has been rebooted for the social media age. young people are being promised big money, glam work trips abroad and the chance to work with some of the biggest brands in the uk. but the reality can be very different. i'm lora jones and, for the past year, i've been investigating the dark side of the direct sales industry. are young people chasing a dream they can never achieve? just, like, chews you up and spits you out. i probably blew about £2,000

in, like, road trips and stuff. wow!