welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines... a third of the country under water, farmland and homes destroyed — pakistan braces itself for more flooding. ukraine pushes forward — a southern offensive to try to drive russian forces from kherson. awaiting judgment — the man on trial in australia for a murder in the 19805 made famous by a true—crime podcast. nasa's artemis moon flight is postponed after the rocket suffers engine problems minutes before launch. they came so close. the countdown stopping

at d—ao minutes. there were just too many technical problems to contend with. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, and 4am in pakistan — where the government says a third of the country is now under water. millions of homes are now 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 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 collapsed because of the floods. we had a home and it was enough for us. now all our belongings are buried under 12—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. on 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 is 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 shelter for his family. translation: even when the | water recedes, all we will have are these branches.

our 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 ta ken 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.

chief executive officer of islamic relief worldwide waseem ahmad told me what he saw in some of the worst—affected areas. the situation unfortunately 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 for food, 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. the monsoon season isn't even over, how much worse could

it possibly get? unfortunately, i think as you rightly said, the monsoon season is not over and we are bracing for heavy flooding because the indus river is flowing at the maximum level. and it's going to pass through sindh in the coming few hours, and i was speaking to colleagues who are saying that sindh has to brace for the worst of its flooding. flash flooding in kpk and the mooring on the top of the northern areas of pakistan is not good news. and 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 in the centre province, but kpk, at last

for about four days, they have seen devastation they have never seen before. i saw miles of water, and nothing else, and 110... briefly, i know your organisation has raised money for this, but how much money could you possibly need to get pakistan back on its feet? tens and billions of dollars. i think the government is saying that yesterday they need at least $10 billion to build back livelihoods. about a0 to 45% 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—110 houses are simply not there,

washed away by the water, and people are saying there used to be houses, there used to be a road, there used to be a bridge, but they are not there any more. 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 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 500 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 an exercise 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 during this operation. you can sense the significance of what is happening along this sizeable front line. finally, inspectors will make their way to the nuclear power plant, europe's largest. the iaea chief said he hoped to be there in days. kyiv wants to see a condemnation notjust of russia's 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—kadhimi, 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 nationwide curfew and ordered all protesters to leave the green zone. let's hear from some of the protesters. translation: our demands are to dissolve parliament i 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. translation: our 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 mercer, from sydney. for those in our audience who are not familiar with the story, what can you tell us and why has this been so carefully watched in australia? this trial has — watched in australia? this trial has been _ watched in australia? this trial has been going - watched in australia? this trial has been going on . watched in australia? ti 3 trial has been going on for two months now, and it's the culmination of a0 years of questions and speculation about a woman called lynette dawson. now she disappeared in 1982 — her husband is chris dawson, and he's accused of her murder. he has denied the allegations and has been on trial here at the new south wales supreme court. now this case was serialised in the extremely

popular true crime podcast called the teacher's pet that was produced by the australian newspaper. as you say, it was listened to millions of people notjust here in australia but will be on these chores and many other countries. and the popularity of this podcast did lead chris dawson's defence team to suggest that the trial could never be fair because witnesses had been influenced by the podcast, and it's one reason why the trial is being heard by a judge alone. no chris dawson denies the allegation of murder in the last a0 minutes or so, he arrived with his lawyer to walk into the courtroom to hear his fate. and thejudge is into the courtroom to hear his fate. and the judge is expected to deliver his verdict very, very soon here in sydney. [30 very soon here in sydney. do ou very soon here in sydney. do you have _ very soon here in sydney. do you have any sense of what's to come later today? the you have any sense of what's to come later today?— come later today? the 'udge will begin i come later today? the 'udge will begin summing _ come later today? the 'udge will begin summing uph come later today? the judge l will begin summing up around 10am local time here in

australia, or eastern australia, or eastern australia, we are not sure how long it will take. but at the and of thejudge's long it will take. but at the and of the judge's summing long it will take. but at the and of thejudge's summing up, we'll have a verdict of either guilty or not guilty. the prosecution is alleging that chris dawson murdered his wife a0 years ago in an attempt to have an unfettered relationship with a teenage baby—sitter. chris dawson's defence lawyers are saying this is a man who had no reason, no motive to kill his wife, and they say the case has been tainted by this very popular podcast, as well. we've heard in recent months from the producers of the the teacher's pet podcast, saying their investigations had brought new evidence and new witnesses to light. so this is a case that has intrigued many people. we've been here for the last couple hours and people coming up to us are saying they've listened to the podcast, they want to be in court to hear for themselves the verdict which is expected very soon.

the verdict which is expected very soon-— very soon. phil, thanks for that update. _ you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... high spirits in notting hill as the pride parade returns for the pride parade returns for the first time since the pandemic. she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting, and wives are waiting. hostages appeared — some carried, some running — trying to escape the nightmare behind them.

britain lost a princess today. described by all to whom she i reached out as "irreplaceable", an early morning car crash| in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, - warmth and compassion. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm monica miller in singapore. our headlines... pakistan says a third of the country has been left under water by monsoon flooding, with 33 million people affected. ukraine launches a counter—offensive in the south to re—capture kherson, which has been in russian hands since shortly after the invasion began. russia will begin a series ofjoint military exercises

with china today, as relations between the two countries continue to build. the military drills will run for a week and include a number of other nations including india, belarus, and mongolia. it's the second time this year that russia and china have been engaged in joint military drills. for more on this, we are joined now by richard weitz, who is a senior fellow at the hudson institute. thank you so much forjoining us. what can we make of the russia— china relationship in light of the ukraine war? 50 light of the ukraine war? so we've light of the ukraine war? sr we've seen the relationship become much stronger than many people thought possible at the end of the cold war. so in the past 30 years, we've seen their leaderships grow particularly close under president putin and president xijinping. we've

seen the development and the growth of the energy tried to make a trade and some other economic ties. and most importantly, we've seen strength and military ties, represented by these exercises that used to occur every year sort now, now there are several of them each year, some air, some navel, primarily on the ground. we've also seen many russian arms sales to china, sometimes amounting to several billion dollars a year, and we see them act in concert such as the united nations, or in the case of ukraine with china refusing to take any steps to impede the russian invasion of ukraine. �* , , ., ukraine. it's interesting that india is also _ ukraine. it's interesting that india is also participating - ukraine. it's interesting that india is also participating in | india is also participating in this, it has a delicate dance so to speak, notjust with russia and china, but also in the indo—pacific packed made with us. have we heard much from them on these exercises?

this seems to come up in the pentagon which is raised the issue, as well as the white house, and people here understand that russia is still india's primary defence partner, most indian weapons come from the soviet union or russia, they still have exercises. but india's security and defence ties with the us and defence ties with the us and european countries has been growing, and we expect that to continue. but for now, people in washington except that india will try and maintain its ties partly to balance china, if they were to end their defence ties with russia, that might even help russia turn even more to china which is something that most concerns india. bath that most concerns india. both sides, that most concerns india. both sides. china — that most concerns india. both sides, china and _ that most concerns india. both sides, china and russia, - that most concerns india. both sides, china and russia, are saying these are exercises that they've done before and nothing more should be read into this.

is that true, do you agree with that assessment? it’s is that true, do you agree with that assessment?— that assessment? it's difficult to tell because _ that assessment? it's difficult to tell because we _ that assessment? it's difficult to tell because we don't - that assessment? it's difficult to tell because we don't knowj to tell because we don't know precisely what drills. they've always had — we've typically had something new when they tested out new skills last year, for example they did joint integrated units that took place in china, and i think this probably won't in itself display any particularly major military innovation prepared to pass, but what's key here is context occurring in the midst of russia's invasion of ukraine, when other countries are trying to limit their military ties with russia. so the fact that russia will show that it can conduct operations on two france, china's supporting that, that's where the importance of these drills will lie.—

drills will lie. thank you very much for _ drills will lie. thank you very much forjoining _ drills will lie. thank you very much forjoining us. - let's turn to the us now — where nasa has postponed the launch of the most powerful rocket it's ever developed, artemis one. it was scheduled to take off on monday for an uncrewed test flight to the moon. the 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. let's turn to the us now — where nasa has postponed our 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 orion, 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. and before we go — revellers have returned to the streets of west london for day two of notting hill carnival. it's the first time the event is taking place since the pandemic — and people are delighting in its return. celestina olulode has been with them. 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 yea rs. it was back in 18a2 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 platinum jubilee, gibraltar is finally a city. that's all for now. you can get all the latest headlines on the bbc news website — do stay with bbc world news. thanks for watching.

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 celsius. looking at the weather picture for the rest of the uk this week, there will be a lot of drier weather. it turns 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 few 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 an 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.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. not only has ukraine been irrevocably changed by vladimir putin's military aggression, so has russia. putin has used the conflict to crack down harder on dissent and instil an ever more strident brand of nationalism that made life in moscow unbearable for my guest today. pinchas goldschmidt was chief rabbi of moscow till he fled from russia and left his post. his fate has exposed the scale of widerjewish flight from russia and divisions within thejewish community.