welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines... pakistan says a third of the country has been left under water by monsoon flooding — and there could be worse to come. our correspondent reports from one of the most severely—hit areas. the community that we found here used to live on the banks of the indus river. there aren't any tents here, there isn't clean drinking water or food. ukraine says its forces have begun a highly anticipated attack in the south to try to drive russian forces from kherson. we'll report live from australia about the trial for an alleged murder dating back

to the 19805 — which was made famous by a true—crime podcast. win charlie blackwell has called a scrub for today. mission aborted for now. nasa postpones its flight to the moon — after engine problems on its huge artemis rocket stop the launch. they came so close. the countdown stopping at 0—40 minutes. there were just too many technical problems to contend my from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's six in the morning in singapore and 3am in pakistan, where the government says a third

of the country is now under water. millions of homes are now damaged or destroyed and much of its richest farmland is now flooded. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33 million. and the catastrophe isn't over — water is still surging down the indus river and will flood the the low—lying sind province even further over the next few days. latest reports say 45% of the country's cotton crop has been washed away. pumza fihlani reports. a moment of quiet in the middle of chaos. inside a crowded hall, families that have been displaced by the floods in northern pakistan have found temporary refuge. for many, it was a narrow escape. translation: our houses have j collapsed because of the floods.

we had a home and it was enough for us. now all our belongings are buried under 12 to 13 feet of water. when i left with my children, i saw my house collapse. the rivers are swelling, and all many can do is stand and watch. the raging floods and mudslides have forced people to flee to higher ground. 0n the other side of the country, in sindh, there's been some reprieve from the rains, but swathes of land are still under water and unlivable. many families have settled near major roads, or wherever there is still dry land. families have been displaced across pakistan, but the people that have been worst affected are the poor, people who had very little to begin with. the community that we found here used to live on the banks of the indus river, which has been

over flooding for weeks. they came here because this was higher ground, many of them travelled for hours and kilometres to try and get here. just behind me is the little means that they have been able to put together. there aren't any tents here, there's no clean drinking water, there isn't even any food, and they don't know, they tell me, why they have been neglected. this farmer has been sleeping in an open field for a week. today, he has finally gathered enough branches and sticks to build translation: even when the water recedes, all we | will have are these branches. 0ur homes are gone. we have nothing. i was able to grow my own vegetables back home, and everything is gone now. i can't even feed my children. we need help. the floods have not only taken lives, they've taken livelihoods, too. iqbal ali has travelled across two provinces, searching for suitable land for his herd. he is hoping that if he can keep them alive, then he has a

chance to rebuild his life. local aid agencies say they are doing all they can to help, but they admit they are overwhelmed and do not have enough resources. government officials who have dealt with floods many times before have said this time is different. this year's rains were unprecedented and have brought untold tragedy to the people of pakistan. pumza filhani, bbc news, sindh. a ukrainian counter—offensive against russian occupation forces is under way in the south of the country. a senior adviser to president zelensky says ukrainian troops have broken through several sectors of russian defence lines near(gfx) the city of kherson. and the ukrainians say russia's proxy militias have retreated along with their supporting russian paratroopers.

in the last few weeks, ukraine has been pummelling key bridges across the dnipro river and ammunition dumps with high—precision rockets. but russia's defence ministry claimed the offensive was a "spectacular failure", with the ukrainians losing 50 tanks and personnel carriers and more than five—hundred troops. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse says russia is pushing back against the ukrainian claims — that their offensive is succeeding. it is clear the ukrainians are making a push. there are more reports tonight of explosions close to the city of kherson. the ukrainians claimed they have taken out key bridges connecting the city to russian occupied territory, they say they have pushed through the first russian defensive line which is significant. moscow itself acknowledges that it has had to

defend three ukrainian attacks. the difference is it says those attacks were not successful, shall we say? there was a and exercised by the military in saying a lot but not explaining much. they say they have launched a number of counter offences but it was important that people remain silent kherson of the significance of what is happening along this sizeable finally, inspectors will nuclear power plant, europe's largest. the iaea chief said he days they fair. kyiv wants

to see a condemnation notjust of russia's occupation —— occupation, but reports of continued violations in terms of safety amid claims that they continue to use it as a military base. the iraqi prime minister, mustafa al—kahdimi, has called for calm after at least 15 people were killed in clashes in the highly protected green zone in baghdad. the violence comes after hundreds of supporters of the powerful shia cleric muqtada al—sadr stormed the presidential palace, following an announcement from their leader that he was withdrawing from politics. as you can see here, protesters are taking over the swimming pool. earlier, iraqi security forces declared a total curfew in baghdad and ordered all protesters to leave the green zone. let's hear from some of the protesters. 0ur demands are to dissolve parliament and to hold the corrupt to account and we say, my master, moqtada al—sadr, their pride is under yourfeet,

and we will sacrifice for you. victory is ours. 0ur revolution is solely an iraqi one. it is not sadrist nor tishreen. this is an iraqi revolution. iraq should be returned to its people." a judge is due to deliver the verdict in the murder trial of a former australian school teacher accused of killing his wife in the 1980s. chris dawson's lawyers tried to get the case thrown out, arguing his right to a fair trial had been risked by a podcast called the teacher's pet — which had close to 30 million downloads. i'm joined now by our correspondent phil mercerfrom sydney. phil, for people who are not familiar with the story, what can you tell us about it? this familiar with the story, what can you tell us about it?— you tell us about it? this trial here at the — you tell us about it? this trial here at the new _ you tell us about it? this trial here at the new south - you tell us about it? this trial here at the new south wales| you tell us about it? this trial - here at the new south wales supreme court is the culmination of a0 years

of speculation and questions about leonard dawson, she was a mother of three, a mother of two, 33 years of age and she disappeared in 1982 and her husband, chris dawson, has been accused of her murder. now, this case was serialised in the immensely popular true crime pod cast the teachers patch, it was very popular here in australia and it was immensely popular in other countries as well. crystals and has denied killing his wife, the defence said he had no motive for killing leonard dawson, no trace of her has been found, prosecutions allege that mr dawson had a motive because it wanted to have an unfettered relationship with a teenage baby—sitter, and that gave him motive to kill his wife and dispose of her body. so, we are expecting very shortly the judge in this judge

only case to finally deliver a verdict after two months of deliberations.— verdict after two months of deliberations. , , ., , ., verdict after two months of deliberations. , ., ., deliberations. this case has gone on for decades. — deliberations. this case has gone on for decades, what _ deliberations. this case has gone on for decades, what are _ deliberations. this case has gone on for decades, what are you _ deliberations. this case has gone on for decades, what are you expecting j for decades, what are you expecting to find today, has there been any indication? es, to find today, has there been any indication?— indication? a lot of the focus durin: indication? a lot of the focus during the — indication? a lot of the focus during the trial _ indication? a lot of the focus during the trial and - indication? a lot of the focus during the trial and before i indication? a lot of the focus i during the trial and before was indication? a lot of the focus - during the trial and before was the influence of the teachers pet podcaster. the defence had argued that the podcaster that was listened to by millions of people contaminated the trial by tainting the evidence potentially of witnesses and that is one reason why the case, the murder trial of chris dawson is being heard by a judge only here at the new south wales supreme court in sydney, the prosecution is alleging that mr dawson had the motive and opportunity to dispose of his wife's body a0 years ago. this podcaster came out in may 2018, and chris

dawson was later arrested and charged with murder so lots of speculation about the impact of the publicity around the podcaster on the progress of this case, certainly it gave the case some impetus and in the next couple of hours we will hear the judge's decision in a the next couple of hours we will hear thejudge's decision in a case that has been going on, as we say, for a0 years. phil that has been going on, as we say, for 40 veere— for 40 years. phil mercer in australia. _ for 40 years. phil mercer in australia, thank _ for 40 years. phil mercer in australia, thank you - for 40 years. phil mercer in australia, thank you for - for 40 years. phil mercer in | australia, thank you for that update. you're watching on the bbc. nasa has had to delay its artemis moon test flight — we'll talk live to a former astronaut about how the space agency deals with its setbacks on the way to blast off. she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and that dying in india's slums. the head of

the catholic church that mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to take the coffins _ how to help people in need. we have to take the coffins back— how to help people in need. we have to take the coffins back home. - to take the coffins back home. hostages appeared, some carried, some _ hostages appeared, some carried, some running, they tried to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today. described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. an early morning car crash in an paris underpass ended the life. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm monica miller in singapore.

0ur headlines... pakistan says a third of the country has been left under water by monsoon flooding — with 33 million people affected. waseem ahmad is chief executive officer of islamic relief worldwide, and joins me from peshawar. you are visiting a badly part nash hit part of the country, what are you saying on the ground? the situation is _ you saying on the ground? the situation is not _ you saying on the ground? tue: situation is not good, you saying on the ground? he situation is not good, people you saying on the ground? tt2 situation is not good, people are desperate for international aid and yesterday, i was out with my team where people were standing alongside the motorway, the main motorway connected with islamabad, the capital city, they were desperate forfood, water, shelter, hygiene

care, and the sanitation facilities are not out there. this is a horrible picture to say. i was comparing it with 2010 floods, i can easily say that this is unfortunately turning out to be worse than what happened in 2010. we are seeing the monsoon season isn't even over, how much worse could it possibly get?— possibly get? unfortunately, ithink as ou possibly get? unfortunately, ithink as you rightly _ possibly get? unfortunately, ithink as you rightly said, _ possibly get? unfortunately, ithink as you rightly said, monsoon - possibly get? unfortunately, i think| as you rightly said, monsoon season is not over and we are bracing for heavy flooding because the river is flowing at the maximum level. it is going to pass through the same and are coming few hours and i was speaking to colleagues who are saying that indus river has to brace for the worst of its flooding. flash flooding and mooring on the top of the northern areas of pakistan is

not good news. unfortunately, monsoon season for the last 30 years is going to be the worst ever in the history of monsoon season of pakistan. we saw that injune, things started getting worse in balochistan and centre province about kp k, at last for about four days, they have seen devastation they have never seen before. i saw waters miles of water and nothing else, and 110... t waters miles of water and nothing else, and 110...— else, and 110... i know your organisation _ else, and 110... i know your organisation has _ else, and 110... i know your organisation has raised - else, and 110. .. i know your i organisation has raised money else, and 110. .. i know your - organisation has raised money for this but how much money could you possibly need to get pakistan back on its feet? , ., , ., , ., on its feet? tens and billions of dollars. on its feet? tens and billions of dollars- i _ on its feet? tens and billions of dollars. ithink— on its feet? tens and billions of dollars. i think the _ on its feet? tens and billions of dollars. i think the government| on its feet? tens and billions of i dollars. i think the government is saying that yesterday they need at least $10 billion to build back livelihoods. about a0 to a5% of crops, livestock, and the means of income, people havejust simply lost

it. basically, food commodities, vegetables are not available in the market, if they are available, prices have gone up 200, 300%, and in some cases, these vegetables are simply not there. this is a situation that is unfolding and it is just the tip of the iceberg, unfortunately. i saw villages where 30 to a0 houses are simply not there, washed away by the water, and people are saying they used to be houses, they used to be a road, they used to be a bridge, but they are not there any more.— used to be a bridge, but they are not there any more. waseem ahmad, aood luck not there any more. waseem ahmad, good luck and — not there any more. waseem ahmad, good luck and be _ not there any more. waseem ahmad, good luck and be safe, _ not there any more. waseem ahmad, good luck and be safe, thank - not there any more. waseem ahmad, good luck and be safe, thank you - not there any more. waseem ahmad, good luck and be safe, thank you for. good luck and be safe, thank you for joining us. to the uk now, where liz truss, one of the two contenders in the conservative leadership race, has pulled out of a bbc interview that was due to go out on tuesday. earlier, her team defended her economic plans after a leading think tank institute for fiscal studies said they were "simplistic". 0ur political correspondent

damian grammaticas has more. the director has said that liz truss's plans, which essentially involves cutting lots of taxes, she thinks that is the way to help people through the current situation, he says that it simplistically is the idea that you cut taxes and get economic growth as a result does not always follow that way and in fact in the current situation with high inflation cutting tax rates could just push inflation even higher and make the problem even worse, he has warned. he also says it is very worrying because cutting taxes, and that would be if you went through with all the things that has been talked about, tens of billy's pounds, i would be less money going into government coffers and that is very worrying, it could crush the public finances. herteam worrying, it could crush the public finances. her team say this is challenging orthodoxy, it is a bold plan that could help create jobs and

deliver long—term economic growth but in the light of the cancelling of her tv interview, what others have said, her rival rishi sunak, the opposition labour party, they had that she is trying to avoid scrutiny because economic plans don't stand up to it is what they say. this was an interview that was arranged about ten days ago, it was meant to be a proper sit down one—on—one face—to—face interview, the anyone they would do with the interview —— with the bbc about her ambition is to be prime minister. her rival, rishi sunak, the other candidate in the race, he did 12 and a half weeks ago or so and after that, liz truss confirmed she was doing it, she has now said is cancelling. nasa has postponed the launch of the most powerful rocket it's ever developed, artemis 0ne. it was scheduled to take off on monday for an uncrewed test flight to the moon.

the us space agency had a two—hour window for lift—off, but one of its engines couldn't cool down to the required temperature in time. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle has been following developments at the kennedy space centre 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 spelled the end. launch director charlie blackwell—thompson has called a scrub. 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 minus a0 minutes. there were just too many technical problems to contend with. you have to remember, though, that this is a new rocket, and it hasn'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 0rion, into deep space, to go into orbit around the moon before it returns to earth with a splashdown. 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're doing the test. we won't go till we're ready, but i really hope we're ready. data from the rocket is now

being pored over to find out exactly what went wrong. a complicated problem could set everything back by weeks or even months, but there is hope an easier fix might be found, which would mean this friday could see the next attempt at a launch. rebecca morelle, at the kennedy space center in florida. i'm joined now by former astronaut scott kelly. he's a veteran of four space flights and commanded the international space station on three expeditions. thank you forjoining us on the programme. there aren't many people who have been on that launch pad, you are one of them, a0 minutes shy of left off, what is going through the astronaut�*s mind, the engineers, all the people that have put their blood, sweat and tears into this for so many years. t blood, sweat and tears into this for so many years-— so many years. i actually have that articular so many years. i actually have that particular launch _ so many years. i actually have that particular launch pad _ so many years. i actually have that particular launch pad 39 _ so many years. i actually have that particular launch pad 39 b - so many years. i actually have that particular launch pad 39 b at - so many years. i actually have that particular launch pad 39 b at the i particular launch pad 39 b at the kennedy space center which used to

be a shuttle launch. this rocker didn't have a crew on it, it is the first flight of this specific rocket so the crew isn't thinking anything because there was no crew, the engineers and technicians, and all the managers involved were just doing theirjob and this is business as usual, it is not as dramatic an event as i think your correspondent that made it out to be. itiui’hat event as i think your correspondent that made it out to be.— event as i think your correspondent that made it out to be. what can you tell us, in terms _ that made it out to be. what can you tell us, in terms of— that made it out to be. what can you tell us, in terms of this _ that made it out to be. what can you tell us, in terms of this engine? - that made it out to be. what can you tell us, in terms of this engine? do i tell us, in terms of this engine? do you have any insight into why it couldn't call down on time? yes. you have any insight into why it couldn't call down on time? yes, so, these are space _ couldn't call down on time? yes, so, these are space shuttle _ couldn't call down on time? yes, so, these are space shuttle main - these are space shuttle main engines, the one that had an issue had actually flown on the space shuttle before multiple times, i'm not sure of the other one had, but it had an issue with a valve not being cool to the proper temperature. these engines use

liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen and liquid hydrogen is one of the coldest materials there is and they have to be pre—cooled, so that, when the propellant is exposed to that valve, the valve doesn't experience a crack or some other problems so they have to be pretty chilled and that didn't happen for some reason but they will figure it out, hopefully they won't have to roll the rocket back to the building to fix the problem but it they do, that is, you know, that is what we do, we do really hard things, we identify issues and we go out and fix them. t issues and we go out and fix them. i mean, scott, the mission managerwas mean, scott, the mission manager was saying it is too soon to tell what the next steps are but what is going on in the next couple of days with nasser as they look into this? well. nasser as they look into this? well, i think the ground _ nasser as they look into this? well, i think the ground teams _ nasser as they look into this? well, i think the ground teams had - nasser as they look into this? -tt i think the ground teams had a really long day yesterday and today so they took the rest of the day off

and they are going to come back tomorrow and my understanding is they still have a small chance to maybe launch on friday but if they don't, they don't, and you know, the next flight of this rocket is going to have people on it around the moon so we need to make sure we do this perfectly, do it exactly right, don't take any extra risks, and that is what the teams are doing. scott kell , a is what the teams are doing. scott kelly, a pleasure _ is what the teams are doing. scott kelly, a pleasure having _ is what the teams are doing. scott kelly, a pleasure having you on the programme, thank you forjoining us. that is all we have now. stay with bbc world news, thank you very much forjoining us, i am monica miller.

hello there. well, it was a fine bank holiday monday in wales. we had plenty of sunshine and, in porthmadog in the northwest, we had temperatures up to 25 degrees. looking at the weather picture for the rest of the uk this week, there will be a lot of drier weather. it is quite breezy, though, at times in the south, perhaps a bit warmer over the next couple of days, but there's a big change in our weather patterns on the way as we head into the next weekend. high pressure stays to the north of the uk at the moment, and it's that that's driving in these north—to—northeasterly winds, bringing in quite a bit of cloud across scotland and down these eastern coastal areas of england. the cloud thick enough for an occasional light shower, a few mist patches as well over the next two hours, and temperatures similar to what they've been over recent nights. so, this is how we start off tuesday morning.

a bright start across much of england, wales, northern ireland with some sunshine. as we go through the morning, cloud will bubble up and develop and spread across the skies, so certainly towards the early part of the afternoon for quite a few of you, it will turn rather cloudy. and that cloud thick enough to squeeze out an odd light shower — east anglia, south—east england, maybe one or two across wales and northern ireland as well — but the emphasis is on a lot of dry weather. quite breezy around our coasts, and it's those onshore winds that will keep the temperatures a little bit fresher and lower across eastern scotland, eastern areas of england. again, the warmest spots are likely to be across wales and southwest england, where we'll see temperatures, again, pushing on towards the mid—20s. now, for wednesday, again, there could be and odd isolated shower around. for the both of you, though, it's another dry day with some sunshine and temperatures just starting to lift up a little bit across parts of the south. 2a, maybe 25, but still into the high teens across scotland and the far northeast of england. the weather stays quite quiet, really, through thursday and friday. no great changes in the weather forecast. temperatures in the warmest spots climbing into the mid—20s.

however, it's as we head into the weekend that we see a big change in our weather as this area of low pressure moves in. now, it is forecast to become quite slow—moving, and so will probably be around about to the west or southwest of the uk for the first week of september or so, throwing up bands of rain. the heaviest rain is likely to be across probably southern and western areas, but they are some of the places that we've got those water and hosepipe restrictions and problems at the moment. so, of course, we do need this rain to fall, and it's on the way for the weekend.

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this is bbc news. the headlines... the pakistani government says recent floods have left a third of the country under water. more than 33 million people have been affected by the heaviest monsoon floods in a decade. ukraine says it has launched a counter—offensive to re—capture kherson. the city, which is around a hundred kilometres north of the crimean peninsula, was over—run by russian forces shortly after the invasion began. at least 15 people are reported to have been killed in clashes in the centre of baghdad. unrest broke out in the iraqi capital, after an influential cleric, moqtada al sadr, said he was leaving politics following months of deadlock. nasa has been forced to postpone the launch of its test flight to the moon.

officials say a problem with the engine meant they had