he accused moscow of what he called economic terror. as an energy crisis looms, the french energy ministry has started talks with algeria — about potentially increasing gas imports to france. nasa called off today's launch of the most powerful rocket it's ever developed — the artemis mission had been due to take off for an uncrewed test flight to the moon. but there was a problem with one of the engines. our science editor rebecca morelle has been following developments at the kennedy space center in florida. it was all looking so good, even the weather. nasa's new rocket was ready to make history and head to the moon, but then the problems began. the hydrogen team reporting that they started seeing a leak trending up. first of all, a fuel leak, with liquid hydrogen escaping. that one was fixed. then a possible crack was spotted, holding things up even more,

although this turned out to be frost in a crevice. but it was an issue with an engine that spell the end. launch director charlie blackwell—thompson has called a scrub for today. nasa's administrator, bill nelson, was on hand to explain. this is a very complicated machine, a very complicated system, and all those things have to work. and you don't want to light the candle until it's ready to go. they came so close, the countdown stopping at t —40 minutes. there were too many technical problems to contend with. you have to remember, though, that this is a new rocket, and it hadn't really been put through its paces, so it's no surprise the engineers were being extra cautious. the plan is for the rocket to push a capsule, called orion, into deep space, to go into orbit around the moon before it returns to earth with a splash down. if the maiden flight is a success, the next time, astronauts

will come along for the ride. but they are not surprised by the delays. this is the first time we've taken the count anywhere close to zero. we've done tests to put propellant in the tanks, but we haven't tried to take it all the way to flight yet, so there are many, many opportunities for new things to crop up. this is a test flight. we are doing the test. we won't go till we are ready, but i really hope we are ready. the mood right now is downcast at the launch pad, but this is a setback. data is being looked at to see what went wrong. there is hope and easier fix might be found which means this friday could see the next attempt at a raunchy foot —— at a launch. the largest street party in europe is back, after being disrupted by the covid pandemic. as many as 2 million people were out on the streets of west

london for the notting hill carnival. celestina olulode was out with the crowds. a street festival rooted in caribbean culture. the warm—up was yesterday, and now for the main event. after two years celebrating carnival online, the parades are back. not being on the road has been kind of frustrating, a little bit boring. the plus for me was that i was involved in the virtual carnival. i was one of the presenters, and i think the idea for us to present now was born in 2020, when they said we did such a fabulous job, why should we not present to the world throughout carnival? and aside from all the music and floats, this is one of the highlights — caribbean food that so many people come for. you've got your favourites like rice and peas, jerk chicken and of course, patties. a global street festival in a residential area. some locals soaked up

the party vibes, while others chose to stay away. organisers say they recognise that there's a delicate balance to be met. there was a visible police presence in the area. but for a street festival steeped in caribbean culture and history, for these locals, it's good to be back. celestina oludode, bbc news. and, finally, gibraltar — off the coast of spain, can at last call itself a city — though it's taken 180 years. it was back in 1842 when the british territory was granted �*city status' by queen victoria, but the status was never officially applied. well, that finally changed — and now as part of queen elizabeth's platinumjubilee — gibralter is finally a city. i'm laura trevelyan. you can find much more on all the day's news at our website. you can find much more on all

the day's news at our website. thank you for watching world news america. as we see out summer and head in towards the meteorological autumn, there's a very familiar story, particularly as far as rainfall is concerned. this chart shows the amount of rainfall expected over the next five days. notice there are huge swathes of the uk where there's no blue. it stays dry. but, there could be a few changes later in the week and into the weekend. notice this dip in the jet stream just to the south of iceland. within that, we're going to start to see a developing area of low pressure which will sink its way southwards in eastwards combine forces with low pressure developing across france and iberia, pressure which will sink its way southwards and eastwards combine

forces with low pressure developing across france and iberia, and it's this which, into the weekend, could at last bring some in the south and the west a bit more in the way of significant rain. we'll come back to that in a minute. 0ut there, though, for the time being, the dry weather largely continues. tuesday, though, will bring a few showers, a slight weakness in the atmosphere towards the far south east of the country, so there'll be a few showers here, quite a breeze blowing once again, one or two isolated showers, scotland, northern ireland, but most places will be dry, probably a bit more sunshine on tuesday compared with monday, especially in western areas where we'll see the highest of the temperatures, 23 to 2a, mid—teens across some eastern coast. then through wednesday night and into thursday morning, still that blustery wind blowing across the south. gusts of wind 30, 35 miles an hour possible, but temperatures held up. we're going to see a slightly milder night here, but a cooler night further north. scotland could get down to around four or five degrees in one or two spots to start wednesday. that's because you're closer to this area of high pressure, which is dominating at the moment. 0n the fringes is where we've got the strongest of the winds, which continue throughout wednesday across the southern counties of england and wales. but actually a lot more sunshine around on wednesday.

there will be one or two showers here and there. eastern coast most prone where still temperatures struggling a bit in eastern scotland. but as the breeze eases down across some other areas, temperatures will rise a little bit and the breeze should ease down a bit further through wednesday night and into thursday. still, the chance of a bit of a wind blowing across these southernmost counties, but actually a lot more sunshine. as the winds go round a bit more, temperatures will rise, a bit of patchy cloud here and there, one or two isolated showers can't be ruled out. mostly, though, staying dry, warming up across parts of eastern scotland, northeast england. maybe it'll turn 20, 21 and the west of scotland. and then through into thursday night and friday, we start to see a few changes out in the west. and friday, we start to see a few those two areas of low pressure getting closer by. it does mean that we'll start to have a bit more of a south—easterly wind that should bring some warmer air across the country. a few showers breaking out in the west in particular, but most significant rain arriving in towards ireland late in the day. temperatures, by and large, more widely in the low to mid 20s. and then as we head into the weekend, our area of low pressure starts to become more of a feature, strong winds

on the northern edge of it. so, after a week of fairly quiet winds across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, the breeze will pick up here and we'll see some outbreaks of rain, heavy and thundery in places, fairly showery, so fairly hit and miss to begin with, more likely across some western areas, eastern areas staying largely dry, breeze off the sea and a strong winds are said that particularly gusty to the west of scotland and across parts of western cumbria. now, that rain will then start to just affect parts of england, wales more especially as we go through then into start of next week. low pressure remains to the southwest. it's just how quickly that moves its way eastwards. whether it's the south west of us, it means temperatures will be held up quite warm when you see the sunshine out. but next week, greater chance of those spells of heavy, and at times thundery, rain and those most likely in the south and also the west at times with some northern and eastern areas staying dry. that's how it's looking. see you soon.

hello and welcome to our look ahead. the yorkshire post carries a warning from brewery bosses, who say thousands of pubs could shut down forever

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