this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. pakistan says a third of the country is underwater after catastrophic floods. the un launches an urgent appeal to help the millions of people affected by the crisis, urging the international community to do more. pakistan is awash in suffering, the pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids. ukraine says its forces have broken through russian lines in a major offensive aimed at retaking parts of the south of the country. calls for calm in iraq as clashes intensify between security forces and supporters of the shia cleric muqtada al—sadr.

uk industry bosses warn of mass pub and brewery closures across the country within months due to rising energy costs. uk's labour opposition criticises chancellor nadhim zahawi's trip to the united states. he says he's seeking solutions for the cost of living crisis, labour call it a junket. and in an interview with a us magazine about her relationship with the british royal family, the duchess of sussex, meghan markle, has discussed the importance of forgiveness. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the united nations is leading a global appeal to help pakistan cope with the devastating floods which have left a third of the country under water — and killed more than 1,100 people.

provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected — but mountainous regions in the north—west have also been badly hit. the crisis is not over yet — as heavy rain continues and water surges down the indus river. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has just released a video statement on the situation in pakistan — squarely blaming climate change, warning that the world could be sleepwalking to catastrophe if more is not done to tackle climate change. let's hear what he had to say. pakistan is awash in suffering. the pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids. the relentless impact of epical levels of rain and flooding. the climate catastrophe has killed more than 1000 people, with many more injured. millions are homeless, schools and other facilities have been destroyed, livelihoods are shattered, critical infrastructure wiped out, and people's hopes

and dreams have washed away. every province of the country has been affected. in my prior position as high commissioner for refugees i witnessed the enormous giving spirit of the pakistani people, welcoming and protecting millions of afghan refugees and, in many cases, sharing their limited resources. it breaks my heart to see these generous people suffering so much. in response to the devastation, the government of pakistan has released funds, including immediate cash relief, but the scale of need is rising like the floodwaters and it requires the world's collective and prioritised attention. the united nations is issuing a fresh appeal for 160 million us dollars to support the response led by the government of pakistan. these funds will provide 5.2 million people with food, water, sanitation, emergency education, protection and other support.

dearfriends, sindh is one of the world's global climate crisis hotspots. people living in these hotspots are 15 times more likely to die from climate impacts. as we continue to see more and more extreme weather events around the world, it is our treasures that climate action is being put on the back burner as global emissions of greenhouse gases are still rising, putting all of us everywhere in growing danger. the government of pakistan has asked for the international community's help. let us work together to respond quickly and collaboratively to this colossal crisis. let us all step up in solidarity and support to the people of pakistan in the hour of need. let's stop sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet by climate change. today it is pakistan, tomorrow it could be your country.

the un secretary—general describing the floods in pakistan as a monsoon on steroids. 0ur correspondent pumza fihlani is in sindh and gave us this update on the arrival of international aid. we are... we know that pledges have been made, that some aid has arrived from neighbouring uae and some from turkey, but as yet, because of the vastness and the infrastructure that has been destroyed throughout the country, distributing that has been a slow process. in communities that we have visited, people are saying that they have been waiting for weeks, they don't know how long it will take, then, for this aid that has started arriving to eventually get to them. just where we are, briefly, people... the people you are seeing here live just across the road, and they have been living here for two weeks because their homes are still underwater, even though it is not raining at the moment and it has not been for some days, the water is not receding fast enough, so their houses

are unlivable. what this has meant, though, is that because they had to flee and leave their belongings and whatever food they have had, they are dependent on local aid agencies daily to come and bring whatever food is still available and distribute it and share it. the parents here have told us that their children sometimes go for a day without eating, or two days, even, and they've got nothing to offer them, not even water in some instances. so that is the sense of devastation that people are seeing, they don't know if help is coming at all and even if it is, they don't know how long it will take for it eventually to trickle down to people in these sorts of conditions. pumza fihlani. we can talk to khuram gondal, who is country director for save the children in pakistan — hejoins us now. i in pakistan — hejoins us now. wasjust seeing child report i was just seeing children in that report behind our correspondents, as far as you know, how is this

affecting the youngest? pakistan is affecting the youngest? pakistan is a hue affecting the youngest? pakistan is a huge country _ affecting the youngest? pakistan is a huge country with _ affecting the youngest? pakistan is a huge country with a _ affecting the youngest? pakistan is a huge country with a population i affecting the youngest? pakistan is a huge country with a population of 400 million. 33 million people have been affected by this. 11 million children now are suffering and have been affected by these floods. in such emergencies and disasters, children are the most affected population. as the correspondence was saying, people are living under the open sky for the past two weeks, which brings us to a challenge of shelter, and then they are struggling with the food, another crisis, pakistan is on agriculture —based economy but around 2 million, more than 2 million acres of crops have been impacted which has caused

a shortage of food. so the challenges are huge, the school buildings albion destroyed, over1 million houses have been damaged —— the school buildings albion destroyed. —— are being destroyed. much livestock has died, the situation is very critical on the ground. situation is very critical on the round. , ., ~ ., ~ , situation is very critical on the round. , ., «u,, ~ ground. lets talk about kids and drinkin: ground. lets talk about kids and drinking water, _ ground. lets talk about kids and drinking water, how— ground. lets talk about kids and drinking water, how long - ground. lets talk about kids and drinking water, how long can - ground. lets talk about kids and i drinking water, how long can they get by without drinking water before they become sick?— they become sick? water is very essential- _ they become sick? water is very essential. the _ they become sick? water is very essential. the supply _ they become sick? water is very essential. the supply has - they become sick? water is very essential. the supply has been i they become sick? water is very| essential. the supply has been a challenge, water and sanitation. with the floodwater, it is all contaminated and unfortunately the

conditions of these areas were not very good, drinking water has been a challenge and these floods have contaminated more resources too. talking about preconditions, cholera and diarrhoea existed earlier and now with the waterlogging and we are anticipating much larger infections because of the waterborne diseases and i think it will go even worse from here. so a continued supply is essential under the circumstances. how do you go about getting aid to the worst affected areas given all we have heard about the landslides and floods destroying roads? lats

we have heard about the landslides and floods destroying roads? lots of engagement — and floods destroying roads? lots of engagement with — and floods destroying roads? lots of engagement with the _ and floods destroying roads? lots of engagement with the local _ and floods destroying roads? lots of. engagement with the local community, the local ngos, the people who know the local ngos, the people who know the area very well, the infrastructure is completely gone, especially in far—flung areas which need more and more support, so with the help of the local community and the help of the local community and the local government, and with all of them coming together, trying to navigate and trying to reach out in these areas we are using the boats, and there is very limited assistance from the government about helicopters, they are short in numbers but the teams are on the ground, they have to walk quite a long distance even for a very, very small support, but support is essential even if it is small at the

moment. ., ., ., moment. khuram gondal from children in need, thank — moment. khuram gondal from children in need, thank you _ moment. khuram gondal from children in need, thank you for _ moment. khuram gondal from children in need, thank you forjoining - moment. khuram gondal from children in need, thank you forjoining us. - in need, thank you forjoining us. —— from save the children. in another indication of the deepening cost of living crisis affecting many countries around the world, there's a warning of mass of pub and brewery closures across the uk within months. according to industry bosses, they are further victims of rising energy costs. they've written an open letter to the uk government urging it to act to avoid what they describe as serious irreversible damage to the sector. but of course, it's notjust pubs feeling the squeeze, as our business correspondent, ben boulos, reports. at simon's pub in essex, the fear is setting in. his yearly bill used to be around £13,000. from this winter, he'll be paying 35,000 a year. we really need to take about another £800 a week to be in the same position on the 9th october this year as we are on the 8th of october. it really is that bad. andrew has been running this bar

in london forfour years. having made it through the pandemic, the continuing rise in costs means he'll soon have to make some tough decisions. we are absorbing a lot of the increases that we have seen, but, you know, there will be come a time where we will start to have to start passing this on to the customer. it is incredibly concerning. you know, this site has 15 full—time members of staff, we don't want to lose any of those. they've been with us for a while. so, you know, it's always in the back of the mind. we grow loads of stuff here. we've got carrots, beetroot, our own fruit. unlike homes, businesses aren't protected by an energy price cap. and it's notjust pubs feeling the squeeze. further back here we've got more stuff, we do a lot of baking, on—site baking. we have our own cattle, sheep, pigs that we use as well to make lots of pies and stuff like that. and then if you can't be bothered to cook it or buy it to take it home, we've got a restaurant with everything in for

people to eat as well. at this farm shop in leicestershire, electricity bills are to soar from £17,000 to almost 76,000 a year. businesses are going to go bankrupt. this is a £50,000 increase on the costs we've got. we can't afford it. you know, long term, it could be catastrophic for a lot of businesses, not just ours. it's an impossible situation to deal with, unless we get help. but unfortunately our politicians are all on holiday. the government says no new policy will be announced until the new prime minister is in place but that it will continue to support businesses through the winter. ben boulos reporting. earlier i spoke to kris gumbrell, chief executive of brewhouse & kitchen, a brewery and pub chain with 22 pubs across england and wales. he outlined the urgent help pubs need in order to survive. several areas, but predominantly a business energy cap as soon as possible. we are an energy intensive sector, it is a big part of what we do,

we provide warm environments, cook food, my business brews on site so it is really important we get some sort of cap or support. we need a business rates change, my business looks like it is having a 9% increase next year. and vat, the government could deploy that very quickly as they did within the pandemic, to support us. vat is one great solution. are you currently in contact with the government? through our trade bodies, we are members of uk hospitality and the british beer and pub association, so we work closely with trade bodies to lobby government and as an organisation my company is writing to every single mp located next to all of our brew pubs to ask for support and help and we will be looking to conduct

a profit and loss review of the accounts for that pub so they can really understand the impact energy will have on the bottom line of the business. and the teams employed there. talk us through some of the bills you're getting at the moment and how they have changed. we have a fix on our electricity bill until february of next year but we have seen that already double, that bill was fixed in february this year. 0ur gas is about to be fixed now and we are still in negotiations but expecting it to treble at the very least for a company of our size, it is not a good situation. we have been investing for two years to mitigate energy costs as part of being a good company that is concerned about the environmental impact, we have always been investing hard, and we brew on site. but it will make a small dent in people coming down the road, and force us to make some difficult

decisions. it force us to make some difficult decisions. force us to make some difficult decisions-_ decisions. it might be ordinary --eole decisions. it might be ordinary peeple struggling _ decisions. it might be ordinary people struggling with - decisions. it might be ordinary people struggling with their i decisions. it might be ordinary i people struggling with their own astronomical bills will find going to the pub a luxury, are you noticing customers cutting back. yes, and people coming more for a drink than food. the one benefit is in tough times, people come to the pub to be together in a community, that is a very important purpose, to make sure we create great environment for people to come to, but we expect people to cut back, we are accounting for that in our forecasting and budgeting. so it is possible. kris gumbrell. well, the cost—of—living crisis continues to dominate the race to become the next leader of the uk conservative party — which has one week to run. whoever wins replaces borisjohnson as prime minister. meanwhile, the uk's chancellor nadhim zahawi is travelling to the united states to look for solutions to the crisis. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster.

he is speaking to bankers in new york today but tomorrow is speaking to us treasury officials in washington, he says he is looking at making the economy more resilient, looking at longer term solutions rather than short—term fixes but labour has a different take on the fact he is out of the country with potentially less than a week to go as chancellor, because the new prime minister will be announced on monday, take over on tuesday and likely to follow—up with a swift reshuffle so we could see somebody else at number 11 downing street by that time. nevertheless, labour is relentlessly attacking nadhim zahawi, saying he is not a taxpayerfunded junkets having an international chinwag at a time when he should be speaking to people here about the cost of living crisis. those close to the chancellor would say he is having these international conversations this week because also if you like he is bequeathing the next prime minister a range of options to offer short—term support for those

spiralling fuel bills. we learned yesterday that one of the leadership contenders, liz truss, pulled out of a bbc interview with nick robinson. what do we learn from this? she has been criticised for what she is not doing, if you look at your tv listings at seven o'clock on bbc one, liz truss was meant to appear. it was not so much that the interview was not fixed up at she has actually pulled out, her team say she has no time for this 30 minute interview any longer. the polls close in the conservative leadership contest at the end of the week so i think she is probably trying to focus more on the target audience, tomorrow night as the final hustings in london along with rishi sunak so she will take questions directly from conservative party members that she has also managed to unite rishi sunak and labour, they are absolutely on the same page and they are saying she is trying to avoid scrutiny and they accuse

her of not be willing to put her plans to tackle the cost of living crisis to scrutiny by the broadcasters. they are saying effectively either she does not have a plan or her plan is inadequate to deal with the scale of the crisis. iain watson reporting. news from the world health organization about the monkeypox epidemic. according to the who's monkeypox epidemic. according to the who's europe expert there are encouraging early signs as seen in france, germany, portugal, spain, the uk and other countries, that the monkeypox outbreak we have reported on for the last few months may be slowing. more on that as it develops. a ukrainian counter—offensive against russia is under way in the south of the country. ukraine's military says it's broken through the first line of russia's defence in several places — and fierce fighting is taking place in the whole of the occupied kherson region. the russian military says ukrainian

troops have suffered heavy losses. neither side's claims have been independently verified. separately, a team of international inspectors have arrived in ukraine — and are expected to visited a nuclear power plant at zaprorizha, which has recently come under fire. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent hugo bachega in kyiv — and asked him how significant the ukrainian counter—offensive is. it is massive, if confirmed, because kherson has been under russian patients into the —— russian occupation since the very beginning of the war and is one of the largest ukrainian cities in russian hands. it is hard to independently verify the claims, ukraine say they have launched operations in multiple areas in the kherson region and for weeks they have been attacking russian supply lines and

infrastructure deep inside russian —controlled territory, away from the front lines, which has only been possible because of the sophisticated weapons supplied by western countries. for quite some time there has been a lot of speculation about whether the ukrainians would launch a counter offensive to retake kherson from the russians, we could be seeing the beginning. it is not yet clear the size of this operation how big it is, how long it will last, but the ukrainians say there is a massive operation happening there. last night president zelensky did not specifically talk about the operation but mentioned ukraine was taken back some territory and he also had a message to russian soldiers —— if you want to survive, it is time to three. soldiers -- if you want to survive, it is time to three.— it is time to three. let's talk about the — it is time to three. let's talk about the zaporizhzhia - it is time to three. let's talk l about the zaporizhzhia nuclear it is time to three. let's talk - about the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in the southern region of ukraine. the iaea, the un nuclear watchdog, has a team together. talk us through its potential visit to zaporizhzhia.

it took days of intense, difficult negotiations to get to this point, the team of the international atomic energy agency arrived here in kyiv yesterday. four days or even weeks we have spoke about tensions around this facility, tensions which have raised fears of a potential nuclear catastrophe. ukraine russia —— says russia has turned this facility into a nuclear base to launch attacks against ukrainian towns, perhaps known ukrainian forces are unlikely to retaliate. pressure projectors allegations and says russian troops are protecting this plant, but the ukrainian energy minister told me the hope is this visit could create a permanent mission at the station. what we need and what is also very important. — what we need and what is also very important, which should be a goal of the station, — important, which should be a goal of the station, but our staff operating under— the station, but our staff operating

under the — the station, but our staff operating under the pressure of the russians should _ under the pressure of the russians should see — under the pressure of the russians should see the some sources of communication, especially internationally. but it's very important because physically and morally— important because physically and morally they are exhausted and that it's very— morally they are exhausted and that it's very important that they should see there _ it's very important that they should see there are some people you could communicate with, not russian soldiers — communicate with, not russian soldiers with guns. you communicate with, not russian soldiers with guns.— communicate with, not russian soldiers with guns. you believe is a result of this _ soldiers with guns. you believe is a result of this visit _ soldiers with guns. you believe is a result of this visit a _ soldiers with guns. you believe is a result of this visit a permanent - result of this visit a permanent mission could be created to monitor what is happening? that mission could be created to monitor what is happening?— mission could be created to monitor what is happening? that is the issue which should — what is happening? that is the issue which should be _ what is happening? that is the issue which should be discussed. - what is happening? that is the issue i which should be discussed. reporter: that is the ukrainian _ which should be discussed. reporter: that is the ukrainian energy _ that is the ukrainian energy minister, so for weeks there have been calls for russia and ukraine to create a demilitarised zone about this facility. it has been under russian occupation since the beginning of march although ukrainian technicians are still operating it. russia has rejected those proposals but now a mission is headed to the facility and a visit

could take place as early as tomorrow. studio: hugo bachega in kyiv. the first shipment of wheat from ukraine to africa has arrived on the continent. ukraine and russia are the world's biggest exporters of grain but shipments stopped following russia's invasion in february. a recent agreement between the two countries, mediated by the un and turkey, means around 50 ships have been allowed to take stocks from ukraine. the mv brave commander, which is now docked in djibouti, is carrying an aid shipment bound for ethiopia where drought and conflict affect over 20 million people. 0ur africa correspondent catherine byaruhanga sent us an update from djibouti. the mv brave commander doctor here at one of east africa's biggest ports. it is carrying 23,000 tonnes of wheat, it took about two weeks to

travel from the black sea to the sport. what we expect to happen later today is the workers here will start removing and bagging some of this grain, it will be put on trucks and taken to neighbouring ethiopia. in terms of how much is needed, how far will this delivery go? this arain, far will this delivery go? this grain, 23,000 _ far will this delivery go? this grain, 23,000 tonnes, - far will this delivery go? this grain, 23,000 tonnes, is enough to feed around 1.5 million people for a month in ethiopia, it will help refugees there, people affected by drought and also conflict. but this is a drop in the ocean in terms of what is needed in this region. where i am in djibouti there is an ongoing drought that has been on for three years. in other parts of this region like kenya, south sudan, somalia, there is the worst drought for 40

years and millions of people are in need of food assistance. this is a symbolic moment which shows you can take grainfrom symbolic moment which shows you can take grain from the black sea, bring it to the continent but really there are still a lot of people needing help, they need more ships like this to come in. studio: 0ur africa correspondent reporting from djibouti. the prime minister of iraq, mustafa al—kahdimi, has called for calm after clashes in baghdad's highly protected green — or government — zone, in which at least 20 people have been killed. that's after supporters of the powerful shia cleric muqtada al—sadr stormed the presidential palace following his announcement that he was withdrawing from politics. gail maclellan reports. these pictures are the outskirts of the green zone. like many bbc reporters i have been here over the years, it is incredibly well fortified but some of those militia

men are clearly aiming at targets inside that zone or closer to the entry point of the zone were so many government offices are. muqtada al—sadr�*s supporters have made their presence felt amid clashes with rival shia groups and other groups and those pictures vividly illustrate the continuing instability facing the government of that country. for a wider look, here is my colleague gail mcclellan. explosion. the sounds of battle... shouting. ..as protesters storm this government building in iraq, clashes leaving several people dead and many injured. it's the worst violence the capital has seen in years with fighting breaking out between rival shia militias, as well as the police. it all started when the shia cleric muqtada al—sadr announced that he was resigning from politics. translation: before, we were committed - to the orders of our leader.

now, our master took his hand away from us, he withdrew from politics, he is letting the people take the lead. the powerful cleric said he was leaving in response to other shia leaders' failure to reform what he called "a corrupt government." shouting. for his supporters, this was a call to arms. they're a heavily armed militia pushing back against rival shia groups aligned with iran. they charged through baghdad's streets, eventually breaking into this government building, known as the republican palace, even making use of the government pool. outside of baghdad, supporters burned tires and rode through smoke in southern provinces. before these clashes, iraq was already at a standstill. despite muqtada al—sadr�*s political alliance winning the most seats in last year's election,

politicians were unable to form a government, leading to a total deadlock, so his supporters camped outside parliament for weeks. translation: the people are sick of political parties _ and this situation. they're sick of not having any services or right living conditions, and no water or electricity. everything is deteriorating. according to state news agencies, muqtada al—sadr has announced a hunger strike until all sides put down their weapons. and for the country as a whole, this latest violence is yet another setback after struggling to recover from decades of war and corruption. gail maclellan, bbc news. more now on our top story — the devastating floods in pakistan. the un has appealed for aid, after 1,100 people were killed. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected — but mountainous regions in the north—west have

also been badly hit. the crisis is not over yet — as heavy rain continues and water surges down the indus river. sean dilley reports. in some parts of pakistan, it's been relentless. more than 33 million people have been affected by flooding in the country's heaviest rain for more than a decade. this year's monsoon season has claimed well over 1,100 lives since june. more than 3,500 kilometres of road have been damaged, and over 993,000 homes, too. in the northern city of sukkur, temporary retreat for families washed out of their homes. 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.

in other parts of the country, like the province of sindh in the southeast, some relief from the rain — but so much land is still submerged, forcing some families to dry ground wherever they can find it. this farmer and his family have been sleeping in an open field for a week. 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. but the reality is that the country and its government is overwhelmed and besieged. aid agencies are struggling to cope. situation, unfortunately, unfolding is not good. people are desperate for international aid. and yesterday i was out with my team in kpk, district charsadda, where people were

desperate for food, water, shelter. later, the united nations willjoin pakistan's government in appealing to aid agencies in the international community to help raise more than £135 million, to help more than five million of the most affected and vulnerable. the situation is desperate, though. the un says many rivers and dams are at flood levels now — and it expects the situation to get worse as rain continues to fall. sean dilley, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to shandana gulzar khan. she's a pakistani politician — a member of the pti party, which was founded by the cricketer turned politician imran khan. i asked her if help was getting to the areas which needed it. there are many aspects to this problem but there there are many aspects to this problem but there is there are many aspects to this problem but there is a there are many aspects to this problem but there is a simple answer, no, aid is not getting where it should go. pakistan's lifelong

problem has been corruption. we have seen the last three months, we have lost 320,000 bridges, hundreds of dams have been damaged, 5000 kilometres of roads has been damaged which means it is impossible to communicate. we do have navy and army helicopters rescuing people. physical barriers are a huge issue right now and what we have been told, because there is a communication blackout, therefore we don't have comment from the government. there is no way to assess the magnitude. 50 million people in pakistan have been displaced, that is a whole country,

you can imagine the unprecedented scale of the disaster. unfortunately, we are not well prepared. you talk about preparation, there were huge floods in 2010 in the country, or a lessons not learned from what happened back then in order to prepare the country for what has happened the summer? sadly, nothing is typical in this country, than any other country. lessons were learned, but in certain provinces. hincapie k, we had the army, we had water barrages and we had protective embankments made which saved a lot of divisions, which saved a lot of divisions, which was under our control at the time. the only major damage suffered in the area that was under taliban oppression for many years, buildings built in the middle of waterways

have been swept away. all the trees, the mountains had to be shaved off because of the taliban. however, the most damaged province in terms of population, i understand it is a political statement but what we see on social media is not promising, aid is not getting distributed, it is being taken to the houses of certain government employees. it could all be gossip, but that is what the figures are showing. now that kay piquet has fled, we suffered the smallest amount of disaster. —— kpk. the provincial disaster. —— kpk. the provincial disaster management authorities have been more active, but why not a

disaster prevention authority? that is something the thinking people in this country will take notice of. if you can spend billions on repair, why not spend it on prevention? i was speaking to a young woman earlier in the week he was trying to get in touch with her family who were eight hours away. she made the allegation aid being sent to the region is being stopped by local leaders. when aid is being sent to places, is it being held up? this leaders. when aid is being sent to places, is it being held up?- places, is it being held up? this is somethin: places, is it being held up? this is something i— places, is it being held up? this is something i have _ places, is it being held up? this is something i have heard, - places, is it being held up? this is something i have heard, it - places, is it being held up? this is something i have heard, it may i places, is it being held up? this isj something i have heard, it may be places, is it being held up? this is. something i have heard, it may be a month ago the government sent a huge amount of aid materials. before the material left kpk, we were better off giving aid to the aid agencies because if we are going to hand it over to the government, the contractors cannot be trusted and it gets older. which is why we need to

set up accounts. they transferred 5 billion rupees, and that is a huge problem... it is the issue of trust, who do we trust and who did this aid get it? the earthquake in 2005, the un had to get involved to put a stop to corruption. un had to get involved to put a stop to corruption-— to corruption. unused to bring you from the environment _ to corruption. unused to bring you from the environment agency - from the environment agency following the driestjuly in england since 1935. the environment agency has agreed that all of the south—west of england is now in drought, following some of the driest conditions in 90 years. the

areas of bristol, somerset, dorset, south gloucestershire and parts of vulture have all two—day move to drought status. early this month, devon, cornwall and the isles of scilly declared to be in drought. this means 11 of the 14 environment agency areas in england are now in drought status. on other news... the duchess of sussex has spoken of the importance of forgiveness in a wide—ranging interview with a us magazine. meghan told the cut, "it takes a lot of effort to forgive," when she was asked about her relationship with the royal family, and her own relatives. she said, "i've really made an active effort, especially knowing i can say anything." she also spoke about the duke of sussex's relationship with his father, the prince of wales. asked about the impact of her privacy case against the mail on sunday, meghan told thejournalist allison p davis... "harry said to me, �*i lost my dad

in this process.�* it doesn't have to be the same for them as it was for me, but that's his decision." a spokeswoman for the duchess later told bbc news that meghan was referring to her own father, from whom she is estranged, and was saying she hoped the same would not happen to her husband. lets' go to north london now, where we can speak with royal commentator richard fitzwilliams. richard, thanks forjoining us. it is quite a long interview, what did you make of it? j is quite a long interview, what did you make of it?— is quite a long interview, what did you make of it? i was hoping there miaht be you make of it? i was hoping there might be a — you make of it? i was hoping there might be a possibility _ you make of it? i was hoping there might be a possibility of _ might be a possibility of reconciliation between them, after all they are philanthropists and it is only in their interest to have members of the family, certainly not herfamily, apart from her mother, who are basically on friendly terms with them. the royalfamily who are basically on friendly terms with them. the royal family don't want perpetual sniping and criticism. 0prah, it was like exploding a nuclear bomb in the

courtyard of buckingham palace. i can't help feeling that it's highly unlikely. meghan quoted harry as saying, i lost my dad in this process. that is a serious error to appear in an article and it is a controversial piece because when she says, i can say anything, she says she hasn't signed any form of agreement, that i think will be seen tjy agreement, that i think will be seen by a large number of people as somewhat of a threat. flit by a large number of people as somewhat of a threat. of course, prince harry _ somewhat of a threat. of course, prince harry has _ somewhat of a threat. of course, prince harry has his _ somewhat of a threat. of course, prince harry has his own - somewhat of a threat. of course, | prince harry has his own memoirs coming up. did we get a sense from this interview and the semi—cameo appearances made in that, what his memoirs might be revealing? this is a ve , memoirs might be revealing? this is a very. very — memoirs might be revealing? this is a very, very significant _ memoirs might be revealing? this is a very, very significant point. - memoirs might be revealing? this is a very, very significant point. it - a very, very significant point. it was supposed to come out at some point in the year and we certainly get the impression that no holes are likely to be bards on the subject thatis

likely to be bards on the subject that is a success think they have been victims or discriminated against. this is a very strong theme and meghan believes she is speaking out for women and she feels she wasn't given the chance for training in thejob and wasn't given the chance for training in the job and other royals, which he did not specified, she had that half in, half outjobs. there is an extraordinary episode where she quotes, which should have been left out, in my view, a member of the cast from the lion king from south africa, told her marrying into the royalfamily africa, told her marrying into the royal family had the dancing in the streets like when nelson mandela was released from prison. i thought it would have been wise to leave that out. it is unfortunate that there is

this rift and one senses, bearing in mind tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the tragic death of the princess of wales. what she would have made of this, i think she would have made of this, i think she would have made of this, i think she would have been deeply grieved, there is a clear rift between the star sixes and the royal family. thank you forjoining us. britain's biggest warship could miss important tests involving the latest fighterjets and drones after a propeller shaft malfunctioned a few miles after it set sail. the £3 billion warship left portsmouth naval base on saturday heading for training exercises with the us and royal canadian navies. but the carrier broke down and the royal navy says it is investigating the "emerging mechanical issue". the last us troops left afghanistan one year ago today, ending 20 years of military involvement. the last troops to leave were part of the effort to evacuate over 120,000 americans and afghan allies out of the country before the mission ended.

general frank mckenziew oversaw the withdrawal from kabul. he was the commander of the us central command and in charge of us troops in the middle east, central and south asia from 2019 until retiring earlier this year. he's been speaking to the bbc�*s yalda hakim. when you think back to the us withdrawal and what happened just before, when the fall of kabul took place on the 15th of august, what comes to mind? i don't think the fall of kabul was inevitable. we made a series of decisions that brought us to that point, the most significant of which was to actually go to zero, effectively, in afghanistan. and that was actually the fundamental decision that brought us to that point in august. would you say it was a massive intelligence failure? no, i wouldn't. i think we had predicted all along that if we withdrew all our forces from afghanistan and nato left with us, that the fall of the government of afghanistan

was inevitable, that that would happen. if there was a failure, it was only a failure when that would occur. but we've been very clear that we saw that as an inevitable outcome of withdrawing our support, not only our forces on the ground, but also the ministerial support, if you will, the logistic support that helped the afghan supply chain work and provide their forces in the field with equipment to maintain their aeroplanes. we cut that off and reduced it to an over—the—horizon support relationship. and that led to what happened in august. would you say, then, that the united states is less safe now for leaving afghanistan? i believe that we were in afghanistan to prevent i the development of violent extremist organisations that would flourish there, particularly al-qaeda and isis. and i believe we have less capability now than we did before to monitor and suppress the development of those activities. so in that sense, yes, i believe we are less safe now than we were before.

and what was your reaction then when the leader of al-qaeda, zawahiri, was found in downtown kabul? well, i was pleased, i was pleased that we've got him. we've been looking for him for a long time. we've been out of afghanistan a year. that was one strike in a year. i've said publicly and in testimony that counterterrorism operations from over the horizon in afghanistan would be very hard, but not impossible. i'd say a strike in a year probably meets the criteria of very hard, but not impossible. there are a lot of other targets there and a lot of other organisations that aspire to do us ill. and we're going to have to continue to apply pressure, and that's going to be very difficult. do you feel guilt about what happened there? i feel very bad about what happened. i'm the commander. i'm responsible for it. of course i feel very badly about it. we lost americans. we lost... and this was not the only time we've lost americans and allied soldiers, men and women in afghanistan. and i also feel keenly the loss of the afghan soldiers that fought for so long for their country over

a 20 year period, that you mentioned at the beginning of the broadcast. now, as the energy crisis in europe intensifies, leaders from several countries around the baltic sea, together with eu commission president ursula von der leyen, are meeting in copenhagen to draw up plans to boost the region's energy security. the group will discuss working more closely together to reduce energy reliance on russia and are expected to announce an expansion of offshore wind farms. adrienne murray has the details. today, the meetings are all about ending reliance on russian gas. leaders from several countries around the baltic sea region are coming together with energy ministers and also representatives from power companies for talks here today at the danish prime minister's residence in marion. now the main focus is on how they can increase renewable energy capacity by building more wind farms. they'll also be discussing ways to improve energy transmission lines so that the power generated can be more readily shared among countries neighbouring

the baltic as well as more widely across the continent. it's part of a wider eu plan to boost energy security whilst also meeting climate targets. ahead of today's meeting, denmark's prime minister, frederiksen said that russia's invasion of ukraine had changed the security situation and that energy had become a political weapon. it follows on from a similar summit held in may on denmark's west coast, where leaders from denmark, germany, belgium and the netherlands promised a huge ramping up of offshore wind energy in the north sea. europe has relied heavily on russian energy with germany and italy, the biggest importers. last year, 40% of the eu's gas and 27% of its oil came from there and it earned 400

euros billion in return. in march, the eu unveiled a pathway for weaning itself off russian fossilfuels, and a big part of that is shifting to green energy, as well as securing supplies from other countries and bringing in more energy saving measures. 0ther efforts are underway. a new pipeline carrying natural gas from norway, across denmark to poland is in its final stages and is expected to turn the taps on this october. however, russian energy provider gazprom has said that from this wednesday it will shut down the nord stream pipeline for three days of maintenance, prompting some fears of supply disruption. the pipe runs under the baltic and is a major artery carrying gas to germany. it comes amid concerns that europe is on the brink of an energy crisis, especially as winter approaches. fuel and electricity prices have soared and businesses and consumers are already being confronted with higher bills. adrian murray, bbc news, copenhagen.

staying with energy — if the idea of nuclear power went out of favour for a while, the energy crisis has put it firmly back on the table. the uk government wants a new generation of nuclear power stations but the big question remains — what to do with the lethal waste it creates? in sweden, they've spent decades looking at ways of burying it deep underground forever. 0ur reporter theo leggett went to find out more. in these deep, clear pools, high—level waste from nuclear reactors is being cooled. it's lethally radioactive, and it'll remain dangerous for 100,000 years. here in sweden, the authorities have spent decades searching for ways to deal with it permanently. the answers may lie far beneath these innocent—looking farm buildings out in the countryside. hundreds of metres underground is a giant laboratory, where techniques for keeping waste secure for millennia

are being put to the test. well, this is what a final resting place for nuclear waste might actually look like. this is a dummy repository, and behind that wall, actual canisters that would contain nuclear waste have been buried for the past 20 years. they'll soon be excavated and the idea is that scientists will look at them and find out what techniques have worked and which ones haven't. it's called geological disposal, and sweden's experiments are being closely watched by other countries — including the uk, which is planning a similar approach. deep underground, at a depth of 200 to 1,000 metres, our geology has remained stable in the uk for periods of millions of years, so we can be confident that placing the radioactive waste into a stable geology with the appropriate engineering will give us the containment, the isolation we need for that time period. much of our own high— and intermediate—level waste is kept here at the sellafield plant in cumbria. for years the government has been

looking for places where a more permanent tomb could be built. recently it's been offering communities in england and wales £1 million a year to consider hosting a geological waste facility. scotland rejects the idea. four so—called community partnerships have already been set up in cumbria and lincolnshire. well, this is a beautiful area. 0ver there you've got morecambe bay to one side and the irish sea to the other. but opponents say the entire strategy is flawed. we have to look after this stuff into the foreseeable future, and that knowledge has to be passed on to future generations — they have to look after the stuff, as well. and by putting it out of sight, out of mind, you're absolutely denying future generations the ability to save themselves from leaking nuclear waste. amid a growing energy crisis — and with pressure to cut carbon emissions mounting, as well — the government's committed to a new generation of nuclear power stations, like this one at hinkley point in somerset, and another due to be built at sizewell in suffolk. but that will mean creating even

more dangerous waste — only adding to the pressure to find a permanent solution. theo leggett, bbc news. ajudge in australia has found a man guilty of the murder of his wife, who disappeared 40 years ago. the case against chris dawson gathered worldwide publicity following the release of a true crime podcast series called �*the teacher's pet�* — which had close to 30 million downloads. lynette dawson's body has never been found and her husband has always maintained his innocence. a study has found that a major sea level rise from the melting of the greenland ice cap is now inevitable. that's even if the world stops emitting greenhouse gases immediately. the research found that global warming to date will cause more than 100 trillion tonnes of greenland's ice to melt, causing sea levels to rise by at least 27 centimetres. that would have severe consequences for billions of people who live in coastal areas. and the problem will only get worse

as emissions continue. nasa chiefs say they hope to launch artemis 0ne later this week after yesterday's blast—off was postponed. the unmanned flight will orbit the moon — in preparation for putting humans on the lunar surface for the first time in 50 years. 0ur science editor, rebecca morelle, has been following developments at the kennedy space center in florida. the moment the artemis launch was cancelled. launch director charlie blackwell—thompson has called a scrub. the problem — one of the rocket�*s engines wasn't cooling properly, and there was no way it could safely lift off. this is a brand—new rocket. it's not going to fly until it's ready. there are millions of components of this rocket and its systems. and, needless to say, the complexity is daunting when you bring it all into the focus of a countdown. they came so close — the countdown stopping at t—minus 40 minutes.

there were just too many technical problems to contend with. you have to remember, though, that this is a new rocket — 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 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're 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 a launch back by weeks or even months. but there's hope an easier fix might be found — which would mean a delay ofjust a few days. we're going to do our best to see where the data leads us, and if we can resolve this operationally out at the pad, there won't be any need for that. and if we can resolve this operationally out at the pad in the next 48 hours, 72 hours, friday is definitely in play. 0ne things for certain — the artemis team wants this rocket to fly. the only question is — when? rebecca morrell, bbc news, at the kennedy space center in florida. he heard the guy say, friday is in play. a recap of the main story this hour. pakistan says a third of the country is under water after

catastrophic floods. the un urges an urgent appeal to help millions of people affected by the crisis and urging the international community to step up and do more. hello again. if you were looking for rain in the forecast, it looks like we will see some as we go through the course of this weekend. what we have at the moment, though, is high pressure firmly in charge of our weather and brisk winds coming down the north sea coastline and the english channel as well, meaning that on the coasts, it will feel that bit cooler, but the wind will be noticeable. now, the cloud continuing to break up across scotland, we could see one or two showers in the west. we could catch the odd shower in northern ireland, wales, and we've already got some across east anglia and the southeast, pushing into the midlands on the brisk wind. but the wind isn't that strong inland, and temperatures inland getting up to about 24 degrees today, but always fresher down the north sea coastline. as we head on through the evening

and overnight, where we hang on to cloud across central scotland, temperatures will remain in double figures, but in some sheltered glens, temperatures could fall away to 3 or 4 degrees. and we have this cloud coming in from the east of england, pushing up towards yorkshire and lincolnshire, taking some showers with it. these temperatures represent towns and cities, so we're looking at overnight lows of 8 to about 14. tomorrow, then, we start off with the cloud and some showers across eastern parts of england. like today, some of those will be blown inland on a brisk wind. but there will be a lot of dry weather around tomorrow and a fair bit of sunshine as well. temperatures up a touch — we're looking at 24 or indeed 25 degrees. on thursday, it'll be chilly start in scotland. remember, the overnight lows of 3 or 4 degrees. but again, a lot of dry weather. the cloud bubbling up through the day. a system coming up across the channel islands could bring you some heavy and thundery showers. and we're looking at highs of 14 to about 25 degrees. and then for friday, that same

system in the channel islands moves over towards the south—east of england. so here too, we're prone to some heavy potentially thundery showers, and a line of rain coming in across northern ireland will drift into western scotland and later parts of wales and the south—west. but in between, again, a lot of dry weather with sunny intervals. it's after that that low pressure starts to drive the weather. it takes over from the high pressure, which moves away, and that brings us in some unsettled conditions and some rain at the weekend. it will also be windy at times as well. the heaviest rain we expect to be in the west and the south—west. and look at those temperatures — they are on this slide.

this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the headlines at 11... pakistan says a third of the country is underwater after catastrophic floods. the un launches an urgent appeal to help the millions of people affected by the crisis, urging the international community to do more. pakistan is awash in suffering. the pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids. industry bosses warn of mass pub and brewery closures across the uk within months due to rising energy costs. labour criticises chancellor nadhim zahawi's trip to the united states — he says he's seeking solutions for the cost of living crisis — labour call it a �*junket�*. ukraine says its forces have broken through russian lines, in a major offensive aimed at retaking parts of the south of the country.

calls for calm in iraq as clashes intensify between security forces and supporters of the shia cleric muqtada al—sadr as he announces he's quitting politics. and in an interview with a us magazine about her relationship with the royal family, the duchess of sussex, meghan markle, has discussed the importance of forgiveness. the united nations is leading a global appeal to help pakistan cope with the devastating floods which have left a third of the country under water and killed more than 1,100 people. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected, but mountainous regions in the north—west have

also been badly hit. the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres, has released a statement on the situation in pakistan, warning that the world could be sleepwalking to disaster if more is not done to tackle climate change. let's hear what he had to say. pakistan is awash in suffering. the pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids. the relentless impact of epical levels of rain and flooding. the climate catastrophe has killed more than 1000 people, with many more injured. millions are homeless, schools and other facilities have been destroyed, livelihoods are shattered, critical infrastructure wiped out, and people's hopes and dreams have washed away. every province of the country has been affected. in my prior position as high commissioner for refugees i witnessed the enormous giving spirit of the pakistani people,

welcoming and protecting millions of afghan refugees and, in many cases, sharing their limited resources. it breaks my heart to see these generous people suffering so much. in response to the devastation, the government of pakistan has released funds, including immediate cash relief, but the scale of need is rising like the floodwaters and it requires the world's collective and prioritised attention. the united nations is issuing a fresh appeal for 160 million us dollars to support the response led by the government of pakistan. these funds will provide 5.2 million people with food, water, sanitation, emergency education, protection and other support. dear friends, south asia is one of the world's global climate crisis hotspots.

people living in these hotspots are 15 times more likely to die from climate impacts. as we continue to see more and more extreme weather events around the world, it is our treasures that climate action is being put on the back burner as global emissions of greenhouse gases are still rising, putting all of us everywhere in growing danger. the government of pakistan has asked for the international community's help. let us work together to respond quickly and collaboratively to this colossal crisis. let us all step up in solidarity and support to the people of pakistan in their hour of need. let's stop sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet by climate change. today it is pakistan, tomorrow it could be your country. 0ur correspondent, pumza fihlani, is in sindh and gave us this update on the arrival of international aid. we are... we know that pledges have been made, that some aid has arrived from neighbouring uae and some

from turkey, but as yet, because of the vastness and the infrastructure that has been destroyed throughout the country, distributing that has been a slow process. in communities that we have visited, people are saying that they have been waiting for weeks, they don't know how long it will take, then, for this aid that has started arriving to eventually get to them. just where we are, briefly, people... the people you are seeing here lived just across the road, and they have been living here for two weeks because their homes are still underwater, even though it is not raining at the moment and it has not been for some days, the water is not receding fast enough, so their houses are unlivable. what this has meant, though, is that because they had to flee and leave their belongings and whatever food they have had, they are dependent on local aid agencies daily to come and bring whatever food is still available and distribute it and share it. the parents here have told us that their children sometimes go for a day without eating, or two days, even, and they've got

nothing to offer them, not even water in some instances. so that is the sense of devastation that people are seeing, they don't know if help is coming at all and if it is, they don't know how long it will take for it eventually to trickle down to people in these sorts of conditions. pumza fihlani. joining us now from islamabad is international policy analyst syed muhammad ali, who works on managing didsa. he contributes to a us think—tank. thank you for coming on the programme. it thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the rorramme. , ., , .,, ., ~ programme. it is a pleasure, thank ou for programme. it is a pleasure, thank you for having _ programme. it is a pleasure, thank you for having me. _ programme. it is a pleasure, thank you for having me. the _ programme. it is a pleasure, thank you for having me. the so - programme. it is a pleasure, thank you for having me. the so vast, i programme. it is a pleasure, thank you for having me. the so vast, it i you for having me. the so vast, it is almost — you for having me. the so vast, it is almost difficult _ you for having me. the so vast, it is almost difficult to _ you for having me. the so vast, it is almost difficult to know - you for having me. the so vast, it is almost difficult to know where l you for having me. the so vast, it. is almost difficult to know where to start but from a big strategic level, what are the priorities right now? this level, what are the priorities right now? �* , , ., , level, what are the priorities right now? a , ., now? as you rightly pointed out, this is perhaps — now? as you rightly pointed out, this is perhaps the _ now? as you rightly pointed out, this is perhaps the most - now? as you rightly pointed out, - this is perhaps the most monumental

challenge that the pakistani nation and the pakistani government has faced in its 75—year—old history. as we know, almost a third of the country is underwater. the main crop, cotton, is washed away. it will be difficult to sell wheat, into months' time. and as we speak, the floods are not receding as of now. we are in the middle of the crisis, so when we talk about reconstruction, it is a sign of tiny as challenge that the modest capability of the government despite its very dedicated and best efforts deserve international support that the un leadership havejust called for. the un leadership have 'ust called for. ., ., .«r , the un leadership have 'ust called for. ., , ., ., for. how do you make this work? you need presumably _ for. how do you make this work? you need presumably fantastic _

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received. numbertwo, community, needs to be timely received. number two, the government is going to allocate and monitor and prioritise where it is most needed and most urgently needed. and then the air force and the district administration, is going to dispute the food, shelter, medicine. this is an ongoing 3—level international, national and district level effort, which will take weeks, if not months. . ~ which will take weeks, if not months. ., ,, , ., which will take weeks, if not months. . ~' , ., , which will take weeks, if not months. ., ,, , ., , . which will take weeks, if not months. . ~ , ., , . ., months. thank you very much for cominu months. thank you very much for coming on _ months. thank you very much for coming on the — months. thank you very much for coming on the programme - months. thank you very much for coming on the programme and i months. thank you very much for- coming on the programme and talking us through the immense challenges there. next, an update on the investigation following the notting hill carnival. a man stabbed to death on the notting hill carnival on monday has been named, 21 years old, a rapper

from bristol. this is according to his manager. we are getting information for the first time on the name of the 21—year—old stabbed to death. the event at the notting hill carnival over the last few days, largely positive, the atmosphere was described as largely peaceful, howeverthere atmosphere was described as largely peaceful, however there were violent incidents that the police had to deal with and this specific one, please describe having to pull the victim out of a huge crowd and providing emergency first aid until paramedics arrived on site. the metropolitan police has started a murder investigation and says hundreds of people were in the immediate vicinity at the time. they will be working through the evidence that those eyewitnesses can put forward. there's a warning of mass of pub and brewery closures across the uk within months due to rising energy costs according to industry bosses. they've written an open letter to the government urging it to act to avoid what they describe as "serious irreversible"

damage to the sector. and it's notjust pubs feeling the squeeze, as our business correspondent, ben boulos, reports. at simon's pub in essex, the fear is setting in. his yearly bill used to be around £13,000. from this winter, he'll be paying 35,000 a year. we really need to take about another £800 a week to be in the same position on the 9th october this year as we are on the 8th of october. it really is that bad. andrew has been running this bar in london forfour years. having made it through the pandemic, the continuing rise in costs means he'll soon have to make some tough decisions. we are absorbing a lot of the increases that we have seen, but, you know, there will be come a time where we will start to have to start passing this on to the customer. it is incredibly concerning. you know, this site has 15 full—time members of staff, we don't want to lose any of those. they've been with us for a while.

so, you know, it's always in the back of the mind. we grow loads of stuff here. we've got carrots, beetroot, our own fruit. unlike homes, businesses aren't protected by an energy price cap. and it's notjust pubs feeling the squeeze. further back here we've got more stuff, we do a lot of baking, on—site baking. we have our own cattle, sheep, pigs that we use as well to make lots of pies and stuff like that. and then if you can't be bothered to cook it or buy it to take it home, we've got a restaurant with everything in for people to eat as well. at this farm shop in leicestershire, electricity bills are to soar from £17,000 to almost 76,000 a year. businesses are going to go bankrupt. this is a £50,000 increase on the costs we've got. we can't afford it. you know, long term, it could be catastrophic for a lot of businesses, not just ours. it's an impossible situation to deal with, unless we get help. but unfortunately our politicians are all on holiday. the government says no new policy will be announced until the new prime minister

is in place but that it will continue to support businesses through the winter. st austell brewery is one of those companies and their chief operating officer, andrew turner, joins me now. thank you very much forjoining us on the programme. just how worried are you at the moment? yes. on the programme. just how worried are you at the moment?— on the programme. just how worried are you at the moment? yes, a lot of words being — are you at the moment? yes, a lot of words being used _ are you at the moment? yes, a lot of words being used like _ are you at the moment? yes, a lot of words being used like catastrophic i words being used like catastrophic spiralling energy costs, it is a really worrying time on the back of coming out of two and a half years of turmoil through covid, sort of surviving that, rebuilding, staff shortages, to then come into this is pretty horrendous. hf shortages, to then come into this is pretty horrendous.— shortages, to then come into this is pretty horrendous. if the government could do one — pretty horrendous. if the government could do one thing _ pretty horrendous. if the government could do one thing for _ pretty horrendous. if the government could do one thing for you, _ pretty horrendous. if the government could do one thing for you, what - could do one thing for you, what would you want that to be? thea;r could do one thing for you, what would you want that to be? they need to introduce — would you want that to be? they need to introduce an _ would you want that to be? they need to introduce an energy _ would you want that to be? they need to introduce an energy price _ would you want that to be? they need to introduce an energy price cap - would you want that to be? they need to introduce an energy price cap for. to introduce an energy price cap for small businesses and in the small term, they need to prop up many small businesses with grants to

offset these costs. fishd small businesses with grants to offset these costs.— small businesses with grants to offset these costs. and what about eo - le offset these costs. and what about people saying _ offset these costs. and what about people saying we _ offset these costs. and what about people saying we cannot _ offset these costs. and what about people saying we cannot keep - offset these costs. and what about i people saying we cannot keep bailing out industries? we have provided loads of support through covid and this —— there is not an endless amount of money. l this -- there is not an endless amount of money.— amount of money. i totally understand _ amount of money. i totally understand those - amount of money. i totally understand those views i amount of money. i totally| understand those views but amount of money. i totally i understand those views but i amount of money. i totally - understand those views but i think the industry we work in provides the real heart of community for many communities, it is notjust about going and having a pint in a pub, albeit that is an important part of albeit that is an important part of a lot of people's lives, and the part —— a part of british social catch —— culture. without support, there will be hundreds, if not thousands of pubs closing because their costs are simply wiped out. we cannot going from paying £30,000 of energy costs £150,000 across one year, which has happened to one of our tenants recently. it year, which has happened to one of our tenants recently.— our tenants recently. it does not add u -. our tenants recently. it does not add up- those — our tenants recently. it does not add up. those numbers - our tenants recently. it does not add up. those numbers are - add up. those numbers are extraordinary. is there anything the industry itself should be doing? brute industry itself should be doing? we are industry itself should be doing? - are trying everything we can. coming

out of covid, it has been a rocky road and we are trying to put some stability back into alice doctor was not —— back into our sector. the on that, we are trying to intrusive active measures of using less energy and finding greener ways of providing energy into the sector but fundamentally, we need to keep the tabs, we need the lights on, the kitchen uses a lot of electricity comedy pubs as well, and the energy is notjust affecting the rights that our pubs pay, but glass, aluminium, everything that goes into the brewing process, it is all significantly increased costs from this. it is coming from all angles at the moment.— this. it is coming from all angles at the moment. ., ~ , ., , . at the moment. thank you very much for cominu at the moment. thank you very much for coming on — at the moment. thank you very much for coming on the _ at the moment. thank you very much for coming on the programme - at the moment. thank you very much for coming on the programme and i for coming on the programme and talking us through the challenges. well, the cost—of—living crisis continues to dominate the race to become the next leader of the conservative party, which has one week to run. meanwhile, the chancellor nadhim zahawi is travelling to the united states to look for solutions to the crisis. 0ur political correspondent,

iain watson, is in westminster. iain, what's mr zahawi hoping to achieve and what's been the response to this trip? certainly the treasury are saying he is in the united states because he needs to find longer term solutions to the cost of living crisis, there needs to be international cooperation, it is notjust about short—term fixes but other things that might be necessary to try to get the living costs down in the future and to prove what they call economic resilience. but labour unsurprisingly not buying that explanation. they are suggesting he is on a taxpayer funded junket, as they put it, and having an international chinwag when he should be talking to people here about the pressures they are facing on their energy bills. the treasury would say it is not an either or, he is also going to be bequeathing the next prime minster a range of options to help people in the short—term with those soaring bills. and a week today in fact, he could be

intentionally reshuffled out of number 11 and those decisions could be taken by somebody else. interestingly, liz truss, the frontrunner in the leadership contest is being criticised for what —— not what she's doing but what she is not doing. she was supposed to be on bbc television this evening with a 30 minute interview, she has pulled out because he is too busy and interestingly enough, in doing so, she has managed to unite her leadership rival rishi sunak with the opposition labour party as well because they are both saying that she is trying to avoid scrutiny and they are questioning whether she really does have a viable plan to tackle the cost of living crisis. joining me now is andy burnham, mayor of greater manchester. we have seen lots of detail, more starting numbers about the increase in energy costs, increasing cost of living for businesses and people right across the country. if labour

were in power, in westminster, what do you think they should be doing? they have already said that they would take action to freeze energy prices and obviously that would be a great help, properly more than that will be needed. i have been going around the weekend talking to people, at one of our wholeness organisation yesterday on the truth of the matter is people are scared about what is coming their way and what is what they are already going through. from the government we are hearing that they are not taking the opportunity to say what they would do, which doesn't feel right to me because it is adding to people's anxiety. they can see the pressures upon them but they are not clear at the moment as to how they are going to make things work and we are really in a very difficult place right now. and the people who want to be prime minister actually should be coming on in saying this is exactly what i will do. there is a huge vacuum there right now. l am

huge vacuum there right now. i am still not clear _ huge vacuum there right now. i am still not clear on _ huge vacuum there right now. i am still not clear on the _ huge vacuum there right now. i am still not clear on the detail of what exactly... what more help you think that labour would provide. l think that labour would provide. i am not on to speak for the labour front bench. you would have to ask them. they have taken a good first step, from my perspective, more is going to be needed. i think we need to approach the cost of living crisis in the same way that the country approached the first stages of the pandemic, where party politics is put to one side and we come together because i think that is the scale of it. this is huge, what we are facing and what we need to see is those key workers, who are currently taking home payback that won't be enough to live on, we need to see the government sit down with those trade unions and work—out a fair pay deal that will get us through this period. that is what i am calling for. and i think we need to see an end to the culture of high and excessive pay in the top half of organisations, that has grown and

grown over recent years, to the point where research last week said in the ftse 100, point where research last week said in the ftse100, on average, the pay of those top organisations is 195 times more than those at the bottle. how would you do that? politicians frequently talk about that. what in practical terms would you do to limit that top pay? i practical terms would you do to limit that top pay?— limit that top pay? i am very directly talking _ limit that top pay? i am very directly talking about - limit that top pay? i am very directly talking about a - limit that top pay? i am very i directly talking about a freezes, even pay cuts for people in the top 50% of organisations, people on hundreds of thousands of pounds, so that we can give pay increases to people lower down to make their pay enough to live on. is anybody watching this comfortable with the idea that in britain today your pay packet is not enough to live on, that you have to go to a food bank to supplement your pay packet? no, definitely not. and i have heard all summerfrom definitely not. and i have heard all summer from the leadership contenders speaking to their own party that they will just take it in the wrong direction. more thatcherism and privatisation. that

is what got us into this mess in first place. all of that sent the prices of things soaring to the point where ordinary people can't afford them. point where ordinary people can't afford them-— afford them. your answer is to renationalise _ afford them. your answer is to renationalise all _ afford them. your answer is to renationalise all those - afford them. your answer is to | renationalise all those thinkers mark i think we need more public ownership of the essentials. i’m mark i think we need more public ownership of the essentials. i'm not auoin to ownership of the essentials. i'm not going to shy — ownership of the essentials. i'm not going to shy away — ownership of the essentials. i'm not going to shy away from _ ownership of the essentials. i'm not going to shy away from saying - ownership of the essentials. i'm not going to shy away from saying that. | going to shy away from saying that. in greater manchester, i have taken the decision to end 36 years of deregulation of our buses and put them back into public control and on sunday, we will introduce a fair cap in greater manchester, so that an aduu in greater manchester, so that an adult single fare is no more than £2 and a child more than £1.a&,hd adult single fare is no more than £2 and a child more than £1.— and a child more than £1. and you would do the _ and a child more than £1. and you would do the same _ and a child more than £1. and you would do the same with _ and a child more than £1. and you would do the same with the - and a child more than £1. and you. would do the same with the energy companies? i would do the same with the energy companies?— companies? i think if you are going to make sure _ companies? i think if you are going to make sure the _ companies? i think if you are going to make sure the essentials - companies? i think if you are going to make sure the essentials are - to make sure the essentials are affordable to everybody, which is what they should be in any decent country, you have to take more public control because what we have seen is, i think, public control because what we have seen is, ithink, privatisation public control because what we have seen is, i think, privatisation has failed. we have seen this summer the

trains in chaos, raw sewage being pumped onto our beaches, is anybody going to say that those services are good enough? and yet, for the trains, people are expected to pay sky—high prices to use them. i don't believe that has served the public in the pre—pandemic times, the so—called good times, they were charging big fares and then they got billions in bailout from the government. how exactly is privatisation helping us? chancellor nadhim zahawi _ privatisation helping us? chancellor nadhim zahawi is _ privatisation helping us? chancellor nadhim zahawi is in _ privatisation helping us? chancellor nadhim zahawi is in the _ privatisation helping us? chancellor nadhim zahawi is in the united - nadhim zahawi is in the united states at the moment. he says he is trying to come up with international solutions for the cost of living crisis. is that a valid use of his time? ~ ., , , ., �* ~ ., time? well, i honestly don't know because i don't _ time? well, i honestly don't know because i don't know _ time? well, i honestly don't know because i don't know his - time? well, i honestly don't know because i don't know his itinerary| because i don't know his itinerary is but i am doubtful because i think there is a vacuum here, a void here, thatis there is a vacuum here, a void here, that is what i said at the start. people are genuinely terrified about

what is happening and what is coming and i am speaking to people who have turned off every appliance in their house and are only using the microwave to cook. it is that serious. and yet, from the governing party, we have had no clarity at all all summer. i think people should be here, they should be in this country now, starting to spell out what they will do to help people. and the lack of that, i think, is adding to people's anxiety and i don't think people's anxiety and i don't think people should be swanning around different international capitals at this moment in time. there is a more pressing media to speak to the british public about what is going to be done to help them through the autumn and winter.— autumn and winter. thank you very much for coming _ autumn and winter. thank you very much for coming on _ autumn and winter. thank you very much for coming on the _ autumn and winter. thank you very i much for coming on the programme. joining me now is conservative mp and minister of state at the department for digital culture media and sport, matt warman. good morning. we are speaking to you because borisjohnson is on a tour

of dorset, is it? and championing his digital roll—out success. can you tell me exactly what boris johnson is doing about the digital roll—out? johnson is doing about the digital roll-out? ~ ~ , roll-out? when the prime minister took over we _ roll-out? when the prime minister took over we had _ roll-out? when the prime minister took over we had 696 _ roll-out? when the prime minister took over we had 6% coverage - roll-out? when the prime minister took over we had 696 coverage of. took over we had 6% coverage of gigabit capable broadband, the best kind of broadband. it is now at 70%. still more work to do, of course, but a huge amount of progress seen in a very short of time at a pace that people previously said would not be achieved and we all know after the pandemicjust how after the pandemic just how important after the pandemicjust how important connectivity is, especially in rural areas, that historically have not had as good access as urban areas. the prime minister there today marking the next phase to take us beyond 70%, to really get round those rural areas such as dorset, where it is not going to be primarily the commercial sector that will be rolling out broadband but state—supported, so the first contract signed very

recently, that is why he is in dorset and many more to come to get as well be that 70% we are at today. you are pleased with his delivery, what he has managed to achieve, you must be frustrated he has been prime minister over the summer and has not seemingly done anything to help people with the cost of living crisis? i people with the cost of living crisis? ., ., _ ., , ., crisis? i would not say that. if you look at the _ crisis? i would not say that. if you look at the £37 _ crisis? i would not say that. if you look at the £37 billion _ crisis? i would not say that. if you look at the £37 billion that - crisis? i would not say that. if you look at the £37 billion that is - crisis? i would not say that. if you look at the £37 billion that is in i look at the £37 billion that is in the process of being rolled out, thatis the process of being rolled out, that is significant help. it was devised before we knew quite the lie of the land with the current energy cap, so i am sure...— of the land with the current energy cap, so i am sure... which we do now know and things _ cap, so i am sure... which we do now know and things could _ cap, so i am sure... which we do now know and things could have _ cap, so i am sure... which we do now know and things could have been - cap, so i am sure... which we do now know and things could have been set| know and things could have been set in place weeks ago. i know and things could have been set in place weeks ago.— in place weeks ago. i think it is riaht that in place weeks ago. i think it is right that his _ in place weeks ago. i think it is right that his successor - in place weeks ago. i think it is right that his successor has - in place weeks ago. i think it isj right that his successor has the final say over what that will look like because it will be coming into effect over the coming months and into the new year. i think having had a leadership contest not yet having seen the conclusion of it is right that we let the next prime minister make those crucial decisions and... minister make those crucial decisions and. . .—

minister make those crucial decisions and... andy burnham describing _ decisions and... andy burnham describing very _ decisions and... andy burnham describing very complete - decisions and... andy burnham describing very complete void i decisions and... andy burnhaml describing very complete void in leadership because yes, we have the two candidates, they could tell us an awful lot more about what they can do and they have not. i an awful lot more about what they can do and they have not.- can do and they have not. i think ou have can do and they have not. i think you have seen — can do and they have not. i think you have seen very _ can do and they have not. i think you have seen very different - can do and they have not. i think. you have seen very different visions for how things will be funded under rishi sunak and liz truss but what you have seen from both of them is an acceptance that more will need to be done. i think you have seen an acceptance that it is the most vulnerable that neither mo support also, an acceptance that this is a problem that is going to be felt far higher up the... farmerwidely higher up the... farmer widely across higher up the... farmerwidely across society than perhaps people would have originally feared. brute would have originally feared. we know exactly that. we know the fears, pubs today, energy bills going up 300%, 400%. they are asking for a cap, going up 300%, 400%. they are asking fora cap, similarto going up 300%, 400%. they are asking for a cap, similar to domestic energy bills. and with a prime minister in power not saying yes or no, not giving any kind of hint. i

think what the government has been doing and why you have seen a team —— see nadhim zahawi in the us is making sure that all the options are therefore the new primary set to assess very quickly alongside their own plans that they will have been drawing up in the course of the contessa that they can't get those plans out there as quick is possible —— prime minister. ultimately, it would be wrong for someone to pre—empt or to tie the hands of that future prime minister who as i say is less than a week away from —— from being appointed. the is less than a week away from -- from being appointed.— is less than a week away from -- from being appointed. the next time ou walk from being appointed. the next time you walk into — from being appointed. the next time you walk into a _ from being appointed. the next time you walk into a pub _ from being appointed. the next time you walk into a pub and _ from being appointed. the next time you walk into a pub and they - from being appointed. the next time you walk into a pub and they say - from being appointed. the next time you walk into a pub and they say our| you walk into a pub and they say our energy bills have gone up 300%, 400%, don't you have any sense of how we should have done a bit more sooner? i how we should have done a bit more sooner? ~' ., , ., sooner? i think there does need to be real support _ sooner? i think there does need to be real support for _ sooner? i think there does need to be real support for businesses - sooner? i think there does need to be real support for businesses but| sooner? i think there does need to | be real support for businesses but i think it needs to be part of a comprehensive package that is assured of the support of the person who is going to be prime minister as of less than a week from now. hugely important to support both those

vulnerable individuals who need it most and businesses, because it is, but it is more than anything else important to get that package right for the long and the medium—term as well as the short—term. for the long and the medium-term as well as the short-term.— well as the short-term. thank you very much — well as the short-term. thank you very much for— well as the short-term. thank you very much for coming _ well as the short-term. thank you very much for coming on - well as the short-term. thank you very much for coming on the - very much for coming on the programme. a ukrainian counter—offensive against russia is underway in the south of the country. ukraine's military says it's broken through the first line of russia's defence in several places — and fierce fighting is taking place in the whole of the occupied kherson region. the russian military says ukrainian troops have suffered heavy losses. neither side's claims have been independently verified. separately, a team of international inspectors have arrived in ukraine — and are expected to visited a nuclear power plant at zaporizhzhia — which has recently come underfire. earlier our correspondent hugo bachega in kyiv gave an update on the significance of the ukrainian counter—offensive. it is massive vivid is confirmed

because kherson has been under russian occupation since the start of the war. it is very difficult to independently verify the claims. the ukrainian say they have launched operations in multiple areas in the kherson region. for weeks, the ukrainians have been attacking russian supply lines, infrastructure, deep inside russian —controlled territory, away from the front lines and this has only been possible because of the sophisticated weapons being supplied by western countries. for quite some time, there has been a lot of speculation about whether the ukrainians would launch a counteroffensive to retake kherson from the russians and we could be seeing the beginning of it. it is not yet clear, the size of this operation, how big it is, how long this is going to last, but again, the ukrainians are saying that there is a massive operation happening there. last night, president zelensky did not specifically talk about the operation, but he mentioned that ukraine was taking

back some territory and he also had a message to russian soldiers, if you want to survive, it is time to flee. hello again. it looks like most of us will see some rain as we head through the weekend, but for now things are fairly settled with high pressure in charge. the cloud across scotland continuing to break, the drizzle also fading. we've got some showers across eastern england, some of them drifting inland, and brisk winds down the north sea coastline and the english channel keeping things here a bit cooler. but in london, in the sunshine, looking at highs of up to 23 or 24 degrees. tonight it could well prove to be cold in sheltered glens, with temperatures falling away to three or four degrees. we also have cloud across central parts of england with some showers drifting up towards the north, bringing some further showers into yorkshire and lincolnshire, and these are our overnight lows in towns and cities. tomorrow, then, we start

off with those showers across eastern parts of england. 0n the brisk winds in the south, some of those will push inland. but a lot of dry weather generally with a fair bit of sunshine and temperatures up to 25. hello, this is bbc news with lewis vaughanjones. the headlines: pakistan says a third of the country is underwater after catastrophic floods. the un launches an urgent appeal to help the millions of people affected by the crisis, urging the international community to do more. industry bosses warn of mass pub and brewery closures across the uk within months due to rising energy costs. uk's labour opposition criticises chancellor nadhim zahawi's trip to the united states — he says he's seeking solutions for the cost of living crisis — labour call it a �*junket�*. ukraine says its forces have broken through russian lines

in a major offensive aimed at retaking parts of the south of the country. and in an interview with a us magazine about her relationship with the royal family, the duchess of sussex, meghan markle, has discussed the importance of forgiveness. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly foster. four games into the season we've had our first managerial sacking in the premier league. scott parker has lost his job at newly promoted bournemouth. despite winning their first game back in the top division, they've lost their last three, the 9—0 thrashing at liverpool proved to be parker's last in charge. 0ur sports correspondent. andy swiss is here. andy, they've had a tough run of games, parker paying the price for that and also his public criticism of the club's lack of investment. it has been a torrid couple of weeks, losing four nil to manchester

city and then three nil to arsenal and then the nine nil thrashing by liverpool at the weekend. it is not just the results that have done for scott parker but the fact he has publicly questioned the results from the transfer window. after the defeat he said we need to make a decision and help this young group who are at time struggling for air. we have been trying to get more quality n and there are a million reasons why it has not happened. in their statement today the club suggested that chrysostom was part of the reason for his sacking. some telling courts from the owner of the club who said in order for us to keep progressing it is unconditional we are aligned in our strategy to run the club sustainably and must also show belief in and respect for one another. the club seem to suggest that invoicing his frustrations at scott parker was not showing that sort of respect.

like bournemouth, dundee united also lost 9—0 over the weekend and that has also seen their manager, jack ross, sacked today as well. he had only taken over in the summer, and their thrashing by celtic was just his seventh game in charge the record home defeat was the club's fifth successive loss. they also lost 7—0 in the europa conference league to az alkmaar. united are bottom of the scottish premiership, their only point coming on the opening day of the season. emotions were running high on the first day at the us open. the tournament is expected to be serena williams last before she retires and she says she was overwhelmed by the reception she received from a packed arthur ashe stadium. but it's not godbye yet, because she's through to the second round. it was also a good opening day

for most of the british players including andy murray. from new york, here's our sports news correspondent laura scott. andy murray... a decade since his first title, andy murray's hips might have changed, but his hopes haven't. fighting back from an early break down, he showed he has still got it. while the 24th seed showed a touch of class, confessing this ball bounced twice before he reached it. andy murray had to keep his cool to come to a tight first set, and from their life became easier, even if it didn't feel like it. that felt like five sets to me. it's very, very tricky conditions, very humid and hot. but, here, i was really happy with the way i got through that one. at the top of the screen, that is another brit, harriet dart, who pulled off the performance of her life to shock the tenth seed. the rapidly rising jack draper

joined them in round two with a straight set win. you only have to look at the programme to see there is only one story in town and that surrounds serena williams' decision to make this herfinal tournament. the 23—time grand slam champion is who many of these fans are here to see. doesn't give up, enthusiastic and she just goes for what she wants. i love that about her. amazing player, the best female player of all—time. i think she is super—great and i am really sad is - retiring. if this was to be her swansong, she made sure it was going to be sparkling. diamonds in her hair, the same beads she wore in 1999, donned by her daughter. emotions were running high as every point was greeted like it was her last. by a star—studded crowd that included a president, a pooch and martina navratilova sitting next to mike tyson.

while danka kovinic struggled to find support and has —— her serve. serena's fans were not ready for this to be the end. clearly, neither was she. i think when you are passionate about something and you love something so much, it is always hard to walk away. that has been the case for me and i have been trying decide for a little while what to do. she is not walking awayjust yet, she is twirling her way to the second round. emma radacanu starts a defence of her us open title tonight.

that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. more now on our main story. aid is starting to arrive in pakistan to help tens of millions of people affected by devastating monsoon floods that have submerged a third of the country. bridges and roads have been washed away, millions of homes have been damaged or destroyed and much of the richest farmland flooded. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst—affected — but mountainous regions have also been badly hit. we've just reciecved this report from our correspondent secunder kamani from the northern city of nowshera. we're seeing residents, families trying to make their way back to their homes for the first time today since the floods struck. that's because the water levels might still be high — up to my knee here. and in fact, further down, i'm told they're coming all the way up to your neck. but if you look at the wall over there, that mark shows

you the high point that it had reached. and so people are now trying to get inside their homes, salvage what they can, see what kind of damage has been done. millions of people have been left homeless in this country. bridges and roads have been badly damaged as well. livelihoods have been lost. possessions have been lost. it's going to cost pakistan billions of dollars to try and recover from these floods. there are heavy monsoon rains here every year, but they don't have anywhere near this kind of an impact. and we know that climate change is making extreme weather patterns more common. so in the future, unfortunately, pakistan is likely to be confronted with more scenes like these. at least 20 people have been killed overnight in serious violence in the iraqi capital, baghdad. supporters of the powerful shia cleric moqtada al—sadr stormed a government palace after he said he would quit politics. the un has called for calm describing the fighting as a dangerous escalation. let's talk now to sajad jiyad, a fellow at century international and director of the shia politics working group. he's an iraqi political analyst.

before we get to the policy and the politics, a word on the violence. what do you know about what has been happening there? it what do you know about what has been happening there?— happening there? it started off esterda happening there? it started off yesterday around _ happening there? it started off yesterday around 5pm - happening there? it started off yesterday around 5pm in - happening there? it started off. yesterday around 5pm in baghdad happening there? it started off- yesterday around 5pm in baghdad and spread to some of the other cities. there were supporters filing back at who they believed was shooting at them from their opponents and overnight use of rockets and heavy machine—gun fire, drawn is even used, continuing up until about ten minutes ago. —— mark drones. we have had a reduction in the amount of noise i can hear and we hope this will be the end today. brute noise i can hear and we hope this will be the end today.— noise i can hear and we hope this will be the end today. we have had a line through — will be the end today. we have had a line through from _ will be the end today. we have had a line through from afp _ will be the end today. we have had a line through from afp news - will be the end today. we have had a line through from afp news agency i line through from afp news agency saying that the iraq army left curfew after moqtada al—sadr calls

for an end to the protest. tell us why this figure is still significant and a ratty politics and the significance of him saying he will quit. —— mike in politics in iraq. his father—in—law was involved in setting up a lot of the political establishment we have from shia our perspective and he was executed by saddam and his father was killed. he has participated in every government since then and lately is felt he should have the right given the number of seats in parliament to form a government. he has been frustrated by that and has therefore called on his supporters to protest against the ruling system so it may be changed to his advantage. unfortunate is descended to violence and he does not want to be the cause

of further bloodshed.— of further bloodshed. where do you see thin . s of further bloodshed. where do you see things going — of further bloodshed. where do you see things going from _ of further bloodshed. where do you see things going from now? - of further bloodshed. where do you see things going from now? i - of further bloodshed. where do you see things going from now? i think| see things going from now? i think there has to _ see things going from now? i think there has to be _ see things going from now? i think there has to be some _ see things going from now? i think there has to be some sort - see things going from now? i think there has to be some sort of- there has to be some sort of compromise. either he may agree to form a coalition government and may be his opponents from other shia political parties agree a compromise with some do not enter government and others are acceptable. there may be elections taking quite a few months a year to organise but at the moment i don't think there is a very clear indication of what will happen. hopefully the violence will go away for at least the next two or three weeks and we have an important pilgrimage coming up so we don't want millions of people at the risk of violence. the want millions of people at the risk of violence-— of violence. the pictures we were seeinr of violence. the pictures we were seeing were _ of violence. the pictures we were seeing were pictures _ of violence. the pictures we were seeing were pictures on - of violence. the pictures we were seeing were pictures on the - of violence. the pictures we were i seeing were pictures on the streets outside the green zone in baghdad.

you saw pictures of violence and as a result of that curfew was in place but now the iraq army have lifted that cu rfew was curfew was lifted after moqtada al—sadr called for an end to the protest. two 16—year—old boys have died after getting into difficulty in a lough in county londonderry. police

say officers were called to enagh lough on monday evening after reports of a number of people in difficulty in the water. the boys had stopped off at the lough while cycling in the area. nasa chiefs say they hope to launch artemis 0ne later this week after yesterday's blast—off was postponed. officials say a problem with the engine meant they had to stop the mission, just minutes before it was due to take off. the unmanned flight will orbit the moon — in preparation for putting humans on the lunar surface for the first time in 50 years. the first shipment of wheat from ukraine to africa has arrived on the continent. ukraine and russia are the world's biggest exporters of grain but shipments stopped following russia's invasion in february. a recent agreement between the two countries, mediated by the un and turkey, means around 50 ships have been allowed to take stocks from ukraine. the mv brave commander, which is now docked in djibouti, is carrying an aid shipment bound for ethiopia where drought and conflict affect over 20 million people. 0ur africa correspondent catherine byaruhanga sent us an update from djibouti. the mv brave commander doctor here at one of east africa's

biggest ports. it is carrying 23,000 tonnes of wheat, it took about two weeks to travel from the black sea to the sport. what we expect to happen later today is the workers here will start removing and bagging some of this grain, it will be put on trucks and taken to neighbouring ethiopia. in terms of how much is needed, how far will this delivery go? this grain, 23,000 tonnes, is enough to feed around 1.5 million people for a month in ethiopia, it will help refugees there, people affected by drought and also conflict. but this is a drop in the ocean in terms of what is needed in this region. where i am in djibouti there is an ongoing drought that has been on for three years. in other parts of this region like kenya, south sudan, somalia, there is the worst drought for 40 years and millions of people are in

need of food assistance. this is a symbolic moment which shows you can take grain from the black sea, bring it to the continent but really there are still a lot of people needing help, they need more ships like this to come in. the headlines on bbc news: pakistan says a third of the country is underwater after catastrophic floods. the un launches an urgent appeal to help the millions of people affected by the crisis, urging the international community to do more. industry bosses warn of mass pub and brewery closures across the uk within months due to rising energy costs. uk's labour opposition criticises chancellor nadhim zahawi's trip to the united states — he says he's seeking solutions for the cost of living crisis — labour call it a �*junket�*.

the duchess of sussex has spoken of the importance of forgiveness in a wide—ranging interview with a us magazine. meghan told the cut "it takes a lot of effort to forgive" when she was asked about her relationship with the royal family, and her own relatives. she said "i've really made an active effort, especially knowing i can say anything," she also spoke about the duke of sussex's relationship with his father, the prince of wales. asked about the impact of her privacy case against the mail on sunday, meghan told the journalist allison p davis "harry said to me, �*i lost my dad in this process.�* "it doesn't have to be the same for them as it was for me, but that's his decision." a spokeswoman for the duchess later told bbc news that meghan was referring to her own father, from whom she is estranged, and was saying she hoped the same would not happen to her husband. let's get more now with our royal correspondent, what do you make of this interview? what do you make of this interview? what does one say about this interview?

i think opinion will be divided whether you are a supporter of meghan are not. ifeel many, particularly younger people will feel these are legitimate views and she is a strong independent woman and they will feel she is completely entitled to express these views and speak out and so on. those who are less sympathetic to her may feel that a period of prolonged dignified silence would be more helpful. there was the oprah interview and other contributions. the rule of the royal family is to be a unifying force and many will feel these views are stirring the pot again and not terribly helpful. because they're not working members of the royal family there is no reaction from many of the palaces but i suspect there would be a sense of rather

weedy resignation as they read these comments and try to understand them because in some instances they are somewhat ambiguous. but many people will be fascinated to hear these views and many people, her supporters in particular, will feel she has every right to express them. one of the lines coming out of it is the duchess of sussex says she upset the duchess of sussex says she upset the dynamic of the hierarchy of the royal familyjust by existing. i suppose it is those kind of comments you are referring to that won't be particularly well received by some. that, almost to use the kind language she would use, is her truth, that is how she perceives it and how she is entitled to perceive it in that way. this i have witnessed, buckingham palace put together a very carefully selected hand—picked team of advisers and there were several women amongst

them and at least one from north america because they really, really did want it to work and this was an imaginative hand—picked team of advisers around the duke and duchess of sussex and i know how hard they tried to make it work. 0ften of sussex and i know how hard they tried to make it work. often in these situations there is an element of fault on both side and there was no coming together between the palace and the sussexes and perhaps meghan in particular, coming from north america as an actress, and it seems she upset the dynamic of the hierarchy. as i say, that is how she perceives it. as the queen said at one point, recollections may vary.

thank you very much for that. it's exactly a week since most of us awoke to the horrendous news that a nine—year—old girl, 0livia pratt—korbel, had been shot dead in her own home in liverpool. she was killed when a complete stranger barged into her house as he was being chased by a gunman — who then continued firing into the property. 0ur correspondentjohn maguire is in liverpool. just over a week now since the news of 0livia's death broke. it had happened the night before, just behind me here in kingsheath avenue. you can see police officers still here, streets still cordoned off because the police have still been working here up until very recently. and behind me, all of the floral tributes, at both ends of the police cordon, by the way, that have built and built over the past seven days, notjust flowers, cuddly toys, toys, notes, and again, not

just from people here in the city of liverpool, but right across the uk. and what i've noticed also is several tributes, several notes from young children. can you imagine what it must be like trying to explain to those young children exactly what happened here a week ago? it has, of course, prompted a massive police investigation. there have been three fatalities, three people have been shot here in the city over recent weeks. apart from 0livia, also sam rimmer and ashley dale in three separate incidents. and police say that they have arrested around 200 people in a wider investigation into organised and serious crime here in the city. what a lot of people have been telling me here in liverpool is that they're surprised, if you like, that there hasn't been a major breakthrough in as much as there doesn't seem to have been an arrest whereby 0livia's killer, the net tightened to a certain extent, but but not to the extent where there's

been that massive breakthrough. people think that members of the community have been coming forward and giving names to the police. i spoke earlier to the local mp, ian byrne, who said that the police themselves had said there had been a great deal of information coming from local people. you know, wherever there's criminality, there's fear, you know, across the lines, that's always been and always will be. but i think barriers are being broken down because of the sheer brutality and senselessness of this killing, you know, an innocent young girl's life taken. so unbelievable what's happened.

the information is coming in, but we need more. so if anybody knows anything and they're still sitting on it, they need to come forward. so they've got to do that moving forward. but yet the community have come together magnificently well. so a lot of information, but more information obviously to come in to the police. and they have been very stark in the sort of messages that they're putting out there. merseyside police there saying silence is not an option and they're relentless in the hunt for 0livia's killer. in a statement from her family last week, you'll be familiar with some of those wonderful photos of her. she's clearly a bright, fun—loving, chatty young girl. the family said that she was unique, chatty, nosy, and she broke the mould when she was born. the family then went on to say, it's not about being a grass or a snitch. some of the terminology that the police have been using as well. but it's about who took our baby away from us. that's certainly the sentiment from the family echoed by the police.

echoed as you hear as you heard there from everybody, certainly in the community here that we've spoken to. foremost in everyone's mind is to try to find exactly who is responsible for what happened here last week, not only who pulled the trigger, but perhaps who ordered it as well. so that at the very least, there'll be some small sense of solace, some justice for 0livia's family. ami mclennan's teenage son william needed a new kidney recently but doctors were refusing to operate. she launched a legal appeal against that decision — which she won — and william has now had the transplant. tomos morgan has been looking back at what the family has been through. this is william. he's 17, loves golf. he's also autistic with adhd, and was diagnosed with end—stage renalfailure. initially, his doctors at the royal manchester children's hospital weren't prepared to undergo the life—saving kidney transplant needed, due to his autism. but mum, ami, wasn't prepared to take no for an answer. he's amazing. we first spoke to ami in february — as she took the case to court, challenging the medical decision. and in march this year, a judge ruled the teenager would be given the chance

to have his operation. i've no words. she said yes. she said yeah. since our story was broadcast, several altruistic donors had come forward, including kim mcgowan, whose son — also called william — has autism and adhd. i think when you're a parent of a child with any additional need, you will be very familiar with the feeling of having to fight. you shouldn't have to fight for it. nobody should have to fight for it. everybody's the same. you shouldn't be judged on having a disability. i it's wrong. tomos morgan, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. if you were looking for rain in the forecast, it looks like we will see some as we go through the course of this weekend. what we have at the moment, though, is high pressure firmly in charge of our weather and brisk winds coming down the north sea coastline and the english channel as well, meaning that on the coasts, it will feel that bit cooler, but the wind will be noticeable.

now, the cloud continuing to break up across scotland, we could see one or two showers in the west. we could catch the odd shower in northern ireland, wales, and we've already got some across east anglia and the southeast, pushing into the midlands on the brisk wind. but the wind isn't that strong inland, and temperatures inland getting up to about 24 degrees today, but always fresher down the north sea coastline. as we head on through the evening and overnight, where we hang on to cloud across central scotland, temperatures will remain in double figures, but in some sheltered glens, temperatures could fall away to three orfour degrees. and we have this cloud coming in from the east of england, pushing up towards yorkshire and lincolnshire, taking some showers with it. these temperatures represent towns and cities, so we're looking at overnight lows of eight to about 14. tomorrow, then, we start off with the cloud and some showers across eastern parts of england. like today, some of those will be blown inland on a brisk wind. but there will be a lot of dry weather around tomorrow and a fair bit of sunshine as well.

temperatures up a touch — we're looking at 24 or indeed 25 degrees. on thursday, it'll be chilly start in scotland. remember, the overnight lows of three orfour degrees. but again, a lot of dry weather. the cloud bubbling up through the day. a system coming up across the channel islands could bring you some heavy and thundery showers. and we're looking at highs of 14 to about 25 degrees. and then for friday, that same system in the channel islands moves over towards the south—east of england. so here, too, we're prone to some heavy, potentially thundery showers, and a line of rain coming in across northern ireland will drift into western scotland and later parts of wales and the south—west. but in between, again, a lot of dry weather with sunny intervals. it's after that that low pressure starts to drive the weather. it takes over from the high pressure, which moves away, and that brings us in some unsettled conditions and some rain at the weekend. it will also be windy at times as well. the heaviest rain we expect to be in the west and the south—west. and look at those temperatures —

they are on the slide.

this is bbc news. the headlines... pakistan says a third of the country is underwater after catastrophic floods. the un launches an urgent appeal to help the millions of people affected by the crisis, asking the international community to do more. pakistan is awash in suffering. the pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids. industry bosses warn of mass pub and brewery closures across the uk within months due to rising energy costs. labour criticises chancellor nadhim zahawi's trip to the united states. he says he's seeking solutions for the cost of living crisis. labour call it a �*junket�*. calls for calm in iraq as clashes intensify between security forces and supporters of the shia cleric muqtada al—sadr, as he announces he's quitting politics.

and in an interview with a us magazine about her relationship with the royal family, the duchess of sussex, meghan markle, has discussed the importance of forgiveness. the united nations is leading a global appeal to help pakistan cope with the devastating floods which have left a third of the country under water and killed more than 1,100 people. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected — but mountainous regions in the north—west have also been badly hit. the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres, has released a video statement on the situation

in pakistan, warning that the world could be �*sleepwalking to disaster�* if more is not done to tackle climate change. let�*s hear what he had to say. pakistan is awash in suffering. the pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids. the relentless impact of epical levels of rain and flooding. the climate catastrophe has killed more than 1000 people, with many more injured. millions are homeless, schools and other facilities have been destroyed, livelihoods are shattered, critical infrastructure wiped out, and people�*s hopes and dreams have washed away. every province of the country has been affected. in my prior position as high commissioner for refugees i witnessed the enormous giving spirit of the pakistani people, welcoming and protecting millions of afghan refugees and, in many cases, sharing their limited resources. it breaks my heart to see these

generous people suffering so much. in response to the devastation, the government of pakistan has released funds, including immediate cash relief, but the scale of need is rising like the floodwaters and it requires the world�*s collective and prioritised attention. the united nations is issuing a fresh appeal for 160 million us dollars to support the response led by the government of pakistan. these funds will provide 5.2 million people with food, water, sanitation, emergency education, protection and other support. dear friends, south asia is one of the world�*s global climate crisis hotspots. people living in these hotspots are 15 times more likely to die from climate impacts. as we continue to see more and more extreme weather events around the world, it is our treasures that climate action is being put on the back burner as global emissions

of greenhouse gases are still rising, putting all of us everywhere in growing danger. the government of pakistan has asked for the international community�*s help. let us work together to respond quickly and collaboratively to this colossal crisis. let us all step up in solidarity and support to the people of pakistan in their hour of need. let�*s stop sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet by climate change. today it is pakistan, tomorrow it could be your country. we�*ve just received this report from our correspondent, secunder kamani. we�*re seeing residents, families trying to make their way back to their homes for the first time today since the floods struck. that�*s because the water levels might still be high — up to my knee here. and in fact, further down, i�*m told they�*re coming all the way up to your neck. but if you look at the wall over

there, that mark shows you the high point that it had reached. and so people are now trying to get inside their homes, salvage what they can, see what kind of damage has been done. millions of people have been left homeless in this country. bridges and roads have been badly damaged as well. livelihoods have been lost. possessions have been lost. it�*s going to cost pakistan billions of dollars to try and recover from these floods. there are heavy monsoon rains here every year, but they don�*t have anywhere near this kind of an impact. and we know that climate change is making extreme weather patterns more common. so in the future, unfortunately, pakistan is likely to be confronted with more scenes like these. islamabad—based international policy analyst syed muhammad ali told us the challenges facing pakistan are momumental

this is perhaps the biggest issue they have faced in their history. almost a third of the country is underwater. the main cash crop, which is cotton, is washed away. it will be very difficult to sow wheat. the floods are not receding as of now. if we are in the middle of the crisis, so when we talk about relief, reconstruction, it is a sign attaining challenge that the modestly ability of the government despite its very dedicated and best efforts deserve international support that the un leadership have just called. how do you make this work?

you need presumably fantastic cooperation between local aid operations on the ground right across the country, working with governmental departments and organisations, funnelling international funds and help. is there the infrastructure, the knowledge, to make that huge system work? i think it is a huge challenge. it is unprecedented pakistan has faced similar challenges in 2005, the earthquake, and also in 2010, the floods. the state structure, the law enforcement agencies, the local, you know district administration have the experience but the scale and the magnitude is unprecedented. that is why there are three stages at which this challenge has to be surmounted. first is the international level, that whatever financial or material help that pakistan can get from around the world, international community, needs to be timely received.

number two, the government is going to allocate and monitor and prioritise where it is most needed and most urgently needed. and then the air force and the district administration, is going to dispute the food, shelter, medicine. this is an ongoing 3—level international, national and district level effort, which will take weeks, if not months. thank you very much for coming on the programme and talking us through the immense challenges there. later in the programme, we will be speaking to the british high commissioner to pakistan. there�*s a warning of mass of pub and brewery closures across the uk within months due to rising energy costs according to industry bosses. they�*ve written an open letter to the government urging it to act to avoid what they describe as "serious irreversible" damage to the sector. and it�*s notjust pubs feeling the squeeze, as our business correspondent,

ben boulos, reports. at simon�*s pub in essex, the fear is setting in. his yearly bill used to be around £13,000. from this winter, he�*ll be paying 35,000 a year. we really need to take about another £800 a week to be in the same position on the 9th october this year as we are on the 8th of october. it really is that bad. andrew has been running this bar in london forfour years. having made it through the pandemic, the continuing rise in costs means he�*ll soon have to make some tough decisions. we are absorbing a lot of the increases that we have seen, but, you know, there will be come a time where we will start to have to start passing this on to the customer. it is incredibly concerning. you know, this site has 15 full—time members of staff, we don't want to lose any of those. they've been with us for a while. so, you know, it's always in the back of the mind.

we grow loads of stuff here. we�*ve got carrots, beetroot, our own fruit. unlike homes, businesses aren�*t protected by an energy price cap. and it�*s notjust pubs feeling the squeeze. further back here we�*ve got more stuff, we do a lot of baking, on—site baking. we have our own cattle, sheep, pigs that we use as well to make lots of pies and stuff like that. and then if you can�*t be bothered to cook it or buy it to take it home, we�*ve got a restaurant with everything in for people to eat as well. at this farm shop in leicestershire, electricity bills are to soar from £17,000 to almost 76,000 a year. businesses are going to go bankrupt. this is a £50,000 increase on the costs we�*ve got. we can�*t afford it. you know, long term, it could be catastrophic for a lot of businesses, not just ours. it�*s an impossible situation to deal with, unless we get help. but unfortunately our politicians are all on holiday. the government says no new policy will be announced until the new prime minister is in place but that it will continue to support

businesses through the winter. and we will have plenty more on what the government is doing and not doing a little later in the programme to try and help with the cost of living crisis. back to our main story, the flooding in pakistan. we can go live to islamabad to speak to the british high commissioner to pakistan. thank you for coming on the programme. given the awful scenes we have seen of that flooding, the devastation that goes along with it, what do you think is the most important health thatis think is the most important health that is needed right now. the scenes are absently — that is needed right now. the scenes are absently heartbreaking _ that is needed right now. the scenes are absently heartbreaking and - that is needed right now. the scenes are absently heartbreaking and our. are absently heartbreaking and our sense of solidarity with the people of pakistan goes without saying. the immediate assistance that is most needed is basic services, humanitarian need. i havejust came —— come from a launch of an appeal, talking about the various items of shelter, food, the things you would expect in this kind of disaster. the

worrying thing that we are watching closely is a course that these rains, it is not raining in islamabad where i am comedy flash floods we saw over the last 48—hour is in the north, that rainwater is moving down the country to the south, where the river system is also already completely saturated with three times the average 30 year rainfall. this really is unprecedented in scale and impact. and we heard from the united nations, linking this directly to climate change and saying this is pakistan albert warning people it could be your country next. that is wh i could be your country next. that is why i agree _ could be your country next. that is why i agree with — could be your country next. that is why i agree with the _ could be your country next. that is | why i agree with the unprecedented nature of this. of course, this is a country where earlier in the summer we saw 53 degrees on the thermometer. that kind of warming, followed by the annual monsoons, these are the kind of extreme weather events which the climate scientists have always predicted we will see more of. many people don�*t

know that pakistan has more glacial ice than any country outside the polar regions will topically only have 1.5 degrees of warming, around a third of those glaciers will have melted and that will exacerbate these kind of flooding events. gieeh these kind of flooding events. given these kind of flooding events. given the aloball these kind of flooding events. given the globally comic _ these kind of flooding events. given the globally comic situation we are in right now. how confident are you are getting enough international aid in? it are getting enough international aid in? , ., ., are getting enough international aid in? ., . ., ., ., in? it is a real challenge and that i think is in? it is a real challenge and that i think is why _ in? it is a real challenge and that i think is why you _ in? it is a real challenge and that i think is why you are _ in? it is a real challenge and that i think is why you are seeing - in? it is a real challenge and that i i think is why you are seeing people making the calls and diane pleased to see the british government on saturday announced immediate assistance of £1.5 million for that kind of basic need for those wanting and needing immediate relief. we are considering urgently options for additional support, those are being drawn up, so i think we have to help in this situation, when a country like pakistan was already on the brink of real economic difficulty,

indeed globally of course, all countries facing the tough economic headwinds. bud countries facing the tough economic headwinds. �* ., ., ,., headwinds. and what about the infrastructure _ headwinds. and what about the infrastructure on _ headwinds. and what about the infrastructure on the _ headwinds. and what about the infrastructure on the ground? i headwinds. and what about the i infrastructure on the ground? you need that international aid but it needs to work closely with local organisations to actually get the help to where it is needed? that is absolutely right. _ help to where it is needed? that is absolutely right. there _ help to where it is needed? that is absolutely right. there is - help to where it is needed? that is absolutely right. there is a - absolutely right. there is a logistics challenge. the united nations system and the government machine does pretty well at that sort of coordination but i go back to the scale of the challenge. we are talking £33 million —— 33 million people affected. 500,000 people in camps and any livelihoods that will flow after this urgent relief with 2 million acres of farmland flooded, that means the crop will not amend. the livestock killed and that is before we get to the road infrastructure, the bridges that have been washed away. the task ahead is really difficult ahead of us. . ~' ahead is really difficult ahead of us. . ~ , ., y ahead is really difficult ahead of us. . ~' , ., , . the headlines on bbc news:

pakistan says a third of the country is underwater after catastrophic floods. the un launches an urgent appeal to help the millions of people affected by the crisis, asking the international community to do more. industry bosses warn of mass pub and brewery closures across the uk within months due to rising energy costs. uk�*s labour opposition criticises chancellor nadhim zahawi�*s trip to the united states. he says he�*s seeking solutions for the cost of living crisis. labour call it a �*junket�*. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre here�*s 0lly. good afternoon. just four games into premier league season, scott parker has been sacked by newly promoted bournemouth. they lost 9—0 to liverpool over the weekend, despite getting them back into the top division and winning on the opening day, the thrashing at anfield followed defeats against manchester city and arsenal. bournemouth have thanked him

for his efforts but say everyone needs to be alligned in their strategy to run the club sustainably. that follows parker�*s post match interview on saturday in which he criticised the clubs lack of investment in the playing squad. in terms of players on the pitch, in terms of where we are as a squad, the depth that we have... i was alarmed goals were going and very easily and also understood, we are trying our hardest. i feel sorry for the group of players in that sense, they are an honest group of players but they need some help at this present moment in time. like bournemouth, dundee united also lost 9—0 over the weekend and that has also seen their manager, jack ross, sacked today as well he had only taken over in the summer, and their thrashing by celtic was just his seventh game in charge. the record home defeat was the club�*s fifth successive loss. they were also beaten 7—0 in the europa conference league to az alkmaar.

united are bottom of the scottish premiership, their only point coming on the opening day of the season. serena williams is into the second round of the us open, after a straight sets win over montenegro�*s danka kovinic. after a nervy start on an electric night in new york serena steadied herself to take the first set 6—3, and that near capacity crowd of 25,000 on arthur ashe, most of them willing serena on, got the moment they were waiting for here when the 23 time grand slam champion completed a straight sets win. she has a really tough match on wednesday against the second seed annett kontaveit. only when her run is over will she probably firm up herfuture, for now she�*s keeping everyone guessing.

i have been pretty vague about it, right? you never know. the more tournaments i play, the more i feel i can remain out there and that is a tough feeling to have. and to leave knowing that the more you do it, the more you can shine. but it is time for me to evolve to the next enforcer by thing it is important because there are so many other things i want to do. i don�*t see myself not a part of tennis. i don�*t know how i am going to be a part of tennis. as of right now, i don�*t know how, but ijust feel like we have come to fire together to just not have anything to do with it. that�*s all the sport for now. well, the cost—of—living crisis continues to dominate the race to become the next leader of the conservative party — which has one week to run. meanwhile, the chancellor nadhim

zahawi is travelling to the united states to look for solutions to the crisis 0ur political correspondent iain watson says the government is presenting the chancellor�*s trip as part of efforts to lower prices. certainly the treasury are saying he is in the united states because he needs to find longer term solutions to the cost of living crisis, there needs to be international cooperation, it is notjust about short—term fixes but other things that might be necessary to try to get the living costs down in the future and to prove what they call economic resilience. but labour unsurprisingly not buying that explanation. they are suggesting he is on a taxpayer funded junket, as they put it, and having an international chinwag when he should be talking to people here about the pressures they are facing on their energy bills. the treasury would say it is not an either or, he is also going to be bequeathing the next prime minster a range of options to help people in the short—term with those soaring bills. and a week today in fact, he could be intentionally reshuffled out of number 11 and those decisions could be taken by somebody else. interestingly, liz truss, the frontrunner in the leadership

contest is being criticised for not what she�*s doing but what she is not doing. she was supposed to be on bbc television this evening with a 30 minute interview, she has pulled out because he is too busy and interestingly enough, in doing so, she has managed to unite her leadership rival rishi sunak with the opposition labour party as well because they are both saying that she is trying to avoid scrutiny and they are questioning whether she really does have a viable plan to tackle the cost of living crisis. earlier i spoke to andy burnham, mayor of greater manchester on how the cost of living crisis is affecting people — and some solutions. i have heard all summer the two

leadership contenders speaking to their own party, and things will just take us in the wrong direction. more thatcherism, more privatisation, that is what got us into this mess in the first place. all of that sent the prices soaring to the point where ordinary people cannot afford. your answer is to renationalise all those thinkers mark i think we need more public ownership of the essentials. i�*m not going to shy away from saying that. in greater manchester, i have taken the decision to end 36 years of deregulation of our buses and put them back into public control and on sunday, we will introduce a fair cap in greater manchester, so that an adult single fare is no more than £2 and a child more than £1. and you would do the same with the energy companies? i think if you are going to make sure the essentials are affordable to everybody, which is what they should be in any decent country, you have to take more

public control because what we have seen is, i think, privatisation has failed. we have seen this summer the trains in chaos, raw sewage being pumped onto our beaches, is anybody going to say that those services are good enough? and yet, for the trains, people are expected to pay sky—high prices to use them. i don�*t believe that has served the public in the pre—pandemic times, the so—called good times, they were charging big fares and then they got billions in bailout from the government. how exactly is privatisation helping us? chancellor nadhim zahawi is in the united states at the moment. he says he is trying to come up with international solutions for the cost of living crisis. is that a valid use of his time? well, i honestly don�*t know because i don�*t know his itinerary is but i am doubtful because i think there is a vacuum here, a void here, that is what i said at the start.

people are genuinely terrified about what is happening and what is coming and i am speaking to people who have turned off every appliance in their house and are only using the microwave to cook. it is that serious. and yet, from the governing party, we have had no clarity at all all summer. i think people should be here, they should be in this country now, starting to spell out what they will do to help people. and the lack of that, i think, is adding to people�*s anxiety and i don�*t think people should be swanning around different international capitals at this moment in time. there is a more pressing media to speak to the british public about what is going to be done to help them through the autumn and winter. earlier i spoke to matt warman a rishi sunak supporter, conservative mp and minister of state at the department for digital culture media and sport.

there is also an acceptance that this is a problem that is going to be felt far higher up, farmer widely across society than perhaps people would have originally feared. taste would have originally feared. we know exactly that. abs today, energy bills going up 300%, 400%, they are asking for a car, similar to domestic energy bills and with a prime minister in power not saying yes or no, not giving any kind of hint. i yes or no, not giving any kind of hint. ~ ., ., hint. i think what the government has been doing _ hint. i think what the government has been doing and _ hint. i think what the government has been doing and why - hint. i think what the government has been doing and why you - hint. i think what the government has been doing and why you are i has been doing and why you are seeing nadhim zahawi in the us today for instances making sure that all

the options are therefore the new prime minister to assess very quickly alongside their own plans that they will have been drawing up in the course of the contest so they can really get those plans out there as quickly is possible but i do think ultimately it would be wrong for someone to pre—empt or to tie the hands of that future prime minister, who as i say is less than a week away from being appointed. the next time you walk into a pub and they say our energy bills have gone up 300%, 400%, don�*t you have any sense of how we should have done a bit more sooner? i think there does need to be real support for businesses but i think it needs to be part of a comprehensive package that is assured of the support of the person who is going to be prime minister as of less than a week from now. hugely important to support both those vulnerable individuals who need it most and businesses, because it is, but it is more than anything else important to get that package right

for the long and the medium—term as well as the short—term. at least 20 people have been killed overnight in serious violence in the iraqi capital, baghdad. supporters of the powerful shia cleric moqtada al—sadr stormed a government palace after he said he would quit politics. he has since called for calm, as has the united nations. to understand what�*s happening now, we must go back to iraq�*s elections last year(gfx)back in october, back in october, moqtada al—sadr�*s shia bloc won the most seats in national elections — but couldn�*t agree on the formation of a new iraq fell into in a state of political paralysis — al—sadr refused to work with his shia rivals saying they were too close to iran — instead seeking a coalition with the main kurdish party and a sunni muslim group. but he failed to get support and injune he told his mps to resign. injuly his supporters stormed the parliament building — opposing the nomination of a rival candidate for prime protests escalated on monday

when al—sadr announced he would retire from politics. earlier i spoke to the iraqi political analyst sajad jiyad. he started by telling me where the unrest began — and why it�*s started to calm down. initially, it was around the green zone, supporters firing back at oh they believed were shooting at them from their opponents and then overnight, use of rockets, heavy machine—gun fire, overnight, use of rockets, heavy machine—gunfire, drones overnight, use of rockets, heavy machine—gun fire, drones even used, continued all the way up until about ten minutes ago and because of moqtada al—sadr�*s speak around half an hour ago, moqtada al—sadr�*s speak around half an hourago, we moqtada al—sadr�*s speak around half an hour ago, we have had a reduction in the amount of noise and the explosions and gunfire and we hope that will continue. fin explosions and gunfire and we hope that will continue.— that will continue. on exact that oint, we that will continue. on exact that point. we have _ that will continue. on exact that point, we have had _ that will continue. on exact that point, we have had a _ that will continue. on exact that point, we have had a line - that will continue. on exact that i point, we have had a line through from afp news agency backing up what you said there. just first of all,

remind us why this figure is so significant in iraqi politics and the significance indeed of him saying that he will quit. moqtada al-sadr comes _ saying that he will quit. moqtada al-sadr comes from _ saying that he will quit. moqtada al-sadr comes from the - saying that he will quit. moqtada al-sadr comes from the family i saying that he will quit. moqtada i al-sadr comes from the family who al—sadr comes from the family who have a rich history in iraq. his father—in—law was involved in setting up a lot of the political establishment that we have. he was executed. his father was fascinated in 1999 because again he was quite active against the saddam regime. and recently, he has felt that he should have had the right due to the fact that he won a majority of seats in parliament to form a government. he has been frustrated by that and therefore has called on his protest supporters to protest. unfortunate, it has descended into violence and thatis it has descended into violence and that is why he is putting them back.

he does not want to be the cause of further bloodshed.— he does not want to be the cause of further bloodshed. where do you see thins aoian further bloodshed. where do you see things going from — further bloodshed. where do you see things going from that? _ further bloodshed. where do you see things going from that? i _ further bloodshed. where do you see things going from that? i think - things going from that? i think there has to _ things going from that? i think there has to be _ things going from that? i think there has to be some - things going from that? i think there has to be some sort - things going from that? i think there has to be some sort of. there has to be some sort of compromise. he may need to form a coalition government with his opponents was his opponents from the other political parties could agree some sort of compromise where some of them do not enter the government and some do, the ones that are acceptable moqtada al—sadr. there may be an option having early elections that will take quite a few months to organise at the moment, there is no indication as to what will happen but hopefully the violence will go away for at least the next two to three weeks. we have an important pilgrimage coming up and we don�*t want millions of people in the risk of further violence. now it�*s time for a look at the weather. a very good afternoon. there are one or two showers dotted around. the

order one in scotland and northern ireland. quite a bit of cloud in place but some of that wealth then and break this afternoon. the temperatures will be boosted a little bit. i keen breeze across the south. and it will always feel that little bit cooler. temperatures 24, 20 5 degrees towards the south—west of england. the cloud we do have in place this evening will fade away for most tonight. 0ne place this evening will fade away for most tonight. one area where we will see it increase, parts of north—eastern land and yorkshire. with clearer skies, a cold and like to come. mildest in the south. some good sunny spells. more cloud over the north of england tomorrow. greater chance of one or two showers many will stay dry. much more sunshine tomorrow for scotland and northern ireland, it will feel warmer with lighter winds and more sunshine. in the breezy conditions in the south, a warm unreasonably sunny day.

hello, this is bbc news with lewis vaughanjones. the headlines: pakistan says a third of the country is underwater after catastrophic floods. the un launches an urgent appeal to help the millions of people affected by the crisis, asking the international community to do more. pakistan is awash in suffering. the pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids. industry bosses warn of mass pub and brewery closures uk�*s labour opposition criticises chancellor nadhim zahawi�*s trip to the united states — he says he�*s seeking solutions for the cost of living crisis — labour call it a �*junket�*. calls for calm in iraq as clashes intensify between security forces and supporters of the shia cleric muqtada al—sadr.

ukraine says its forces have broken through russian lines in a major offensive aimed at retaking parts of the south of the country. the duchess of sussex has spoken of the importance of forgiveness in a wide—ranging interview with a us magazine. meghan told the cut "it takes a lot of effort to forgive" when she was asked about her relationship with the royal family, and her own relatives. she said "i�*ve really made an active effort, especially knowing i can say anything." she also spoke about the duke of sussex�*s relationship with his father, the prince of wales. asked about the impact of her privacy case against the mail on sunday, meghan told the journalist allison p davis "harry said to me, �*i lost my dad in this process.�* "it doesn�*t have to be the same for them as it was

for me, but that�*s his decision." a spokeswoman for the duchess later told bbc news that meghan was referring to her own father, from whom she is estranged, and was saying she hoped the same would not happen to her husband. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell told me what he made of this interview. what does one say about this interview? i think opinion will be divided whether you are a supporter of meghan or not. i feel many of her supporters, particularly younger people will feel these are legitimate views and she is a strong independent woman and they will feel she is completely entitled to express these views and speak out and so on. those who are less sympathetic to her may feel that a period of prolonged dignified

silence would be more helpful. meghan or not. i feel many of her supporters, particularly younger people will feel these are legitimate views and she is a strong independent woman and they will feel she is completely entitled to express these views and speak out and so on. those who are less sympathetic to her may feel that a period of prolonged dignified silence would be more helpful. there was the oprah interview and other contributions. the role of the royal family is to be a unifying force and many will feel these views are stirring the pot again and not terribly helpful. because they�*re not working members of the royal family there is no reaction from many of the palaces but i suspect there would be a sense of rather weedy resignation as they read these comments and try to understand them because in some instances they are somewhat ambiguous. but many people will be fascinated to hear these views and many people, her supporters in particular, will feel she has every right to express them. one of the lines coming out of it is the duchess of sussex says she upset the dynamic of the hierarchy of the royal familyjust by existing. i suppose it is those kind of comments you are referring to that won�*t be particularly well received by some.

that, almost to use the kind of language perhaps she would use, is her truth, that is how she perceives it and she is entitled to perceive it in that way. this i have witnessed, buckingham palace put together a very carefully selected hand—picked team of advisers and there were several women amongst them and at least one from north america because they really, really did want it to work and this was an imaginative hand—picked team of advisers around the sussexes and i know how hard they tried to make it work. but it didn�*t. often in these situations there is an element of fault on both sides and there was no coming together between the palace and the sussexes and perhaps

meghan in particular, coming in from the west coast of america as an actress, and it seems she upset the dynamic of the hierarchy. as i say, that is how she perceives it. as the queen said at one point, recollections may vary. let�*s speak to mikhaila friel. she�*s a senior lifestyle reporter with a focus on royals at insider. what did you make of this interview? first of all i found it interesting meghan would choose that format to share her beliefs because in recent years she has been very precise in particular how she chooses to share information so they have done plenty of ads and the interview with 0prah but i don�*t think anyone saw this coming. but i don't think anyone saw this comina. ,, ,

but i don't think anyone saw this coming-_ the - but i don't think anyone saw this coming._ the report| but i don't think anyone saw this l coming._ the report at coming. she is giving the report at the creative _ coming. she is giving the report at the creative control— coming. she is giving the report at the creative control and _ coming. she is giving the report at the creative control and if- coming. she is giving the report at the creative control and if you - coming. she is giving the report at| the creative control and if you read the creative control and if you read the interview, it is very long and the interview, it is very long and the reporter and saps own opinion in certain places and makes lots of observations about meghan and her family home and that is opening the door a little bit, her home life that she is kept very close up till now she has given the public a glimpse and allowing that reporter to form her own opinion whereas in the past they have done questions and answers and op eds and things like that so it seems to be what is to come in terms of media coverage for the duchess.— for the duchess. what stood out for ou? for the duchess. what stood out for you? there — for the duchess. what stood out for you? there was _ for the duchess. what stood out for you? there was plenty. _ for the duchess. what stood out for you? there was plenty. during - for the duchess. what stood out for you? there was plenty. during the l you? there was plenty. during the school run — you? there was plenty. during the school run with _ you? there was plenty. during the school run with archie _ you? there was plenty. during the school run with archie and - you? there was plenty. during the school run with archie and the - school run with archie and the reporter was in the car and i was

very surprised to see she would give the reporter that glimpse of their family life and time together. itruthat family life and time together. what sense do you _ family life and time together. what sense do you have _ family life and time together. what sense do you have of— family life and time together. what sense do you have of the _ family life and time together. what sense do you have of the reaction in the united states and the uk? here in the uk i the united states and the uk? here in the uk | think— the united states and the uk? here in the uk i think there _ the united states and the uk? haze: in the uk i think there has the united states and the uk? f122 in the uk i think there has been a pretty negative reaction from some of the headlines i have seen but thatis of the headlines i have seen but that is not so much of a surprise because you have probably seen the reaction the couple have received since stepping back has not been the most positive. in the united states, and still to speak to my united states friends about it but i think overall they have a much more positive reaction there. many more nurseries have closed during the summer term than previously — that�*s according to the national day nurseries association. and with fuel bills soaring and inflation predicted to hit 18% next year,

the ndna is warning the government that this academic year could see a catastrophic reduction in nursery places. with me now isjonathan broadbery, director of policy and communications at the national day nurseries association. how bad things out there? we are really worried, _ how bad things out there? we are really worried, we _ how bad things out there? we are really worried, we have _ how bad things out there? we are really worried, we have reported i how bad things out there? we are i really worried, we have reported on the increase which is 65% higher this year than last year and we know that summer is generally a busier time for nurseries and preschool with the more difficult months to come in the autumn when the number of children dropped off as children go to school. it is a really worrying picture. 0bviously, what the ministries are facing is the same as every other business which is energy bills more than doubling in some cases so there are tougher times to come ahead and the government needs to act no to

safeguard these businesses because they are crucial to local economies. the biggest customer to nurseries as the government and the government sets the rate on behalf of parents when offers them funded places. that rate has been historically low and increase this year was less than 4% and in some areas it did not go up at all so were talking about nurseries facing steepling energy bills going up to 18% and the government are willing to pay by 3.5 to 3.8%. that is not good enough and the numbers don�*t add up. in early years children learn about numbers and it is clear to every child what

is happening and they will come to learn that lesson themselves, the government, are nurseries will close at a faster rate.— at a faster rate. what you want the to do? step _ at a faster rate. what you want the to do? step in _ at a faster rate. what you want the to do? step in and _ at a faster rate. what you want the to do? step in and increase - at a faster rate. what you want the to do? step in and increase the - at a faster rate. what you want the | to do? step in and increase the rate that they pay?— that they pay? there is the rate that they pay? there is the rate that they pay? there is the rate that the pair— that they pay? there is the rate that the pair which _ that they pay? there is the rate that the pair which is _ that they pay? there is the rate that the pair which is the - that they pay? there is the rate | that the pair which is the biggest factor altogether but there are other things health care settings have to deal with that schools don�*t have to deal with that schools don�*t have to deal with that schools don�*t have to deal with in the same way which is vat and business rates, those are tax rates are nurseries that don�*t get passed on to parents and that is having a real problem effect. 0ur and that is having a real problem effect. our data tells us for the average nursery can be £12,600 in business rates alone and one provider told us that is basically the first 13 children she gets through the door covers that cast

before she has even turn on a light switch and heated up some food and prepared any meals just on that tax so that is something they can do from day one. two 16—year—old boys have died after getting into difficulty in a lough in county londonderry. police say officers were called to enagh lough on monday evening after reports of a number of people in difficulty in the water. the boys had stopped off at the lough while cycling in the area. a ukrainian counter—offensive against russia is underway in the south of the country. ukraine�*s military says it�*s broken through the first line of russia�*s defence in several places — and fierce fighting is taking place in the whole of the occupied kherson region. the russian military says ukrainian troops have suffered heavy losses. separately, a team of international inspectors have arrived in ukraine — and are expected to visited a nuclear power plant at zaporizhzhia — which has recently come underfire.

earlier our correspondent hugo bachega in kyiv — it is massive ifit is confirmed because kherson has been under russian occupation since the start of the war. it is one of the largest ukrainian cities in russian hands. it is very difficult to independently verify the claims. the ukrainian say they have launched operations in multiple areas in the kherson region. for weeks, the ukrainians have been attacking russian supply lines, infrastructure, deep inside russian —controlled territory, away from the front lines and this has only been possible because of the sophisticated weapons being supplied by western countries. for quite some time, there has been a lot of speculation about whether the ukrainians would launch a counteroffensive to retake kherson from the russians

and we could be seeing the beginning of it. it is not yet clear the size of this operation, how big it is, how long this is going to last, but again, the ukrainians are saying that there is a massive operation happening there. last night, president zelensky did not specifically talk about the operation, but he mentioned that ukraine was taking back some territory and he also had a message to russian soldiers, if you want to survive, it is time to flee. the headlines on bbc news: pakistan says a third of the country is underwater after catastrophic floods. the un calls for urgent international action to help the millions affected by the crisis. industry bosses warn of mass pub and brewery closures across the uk within months due to rising energy costs. uk�*s labour opposition criticises chancellor nadhim zahawi�*s trip to the united states — he says he�*s seeking solutions for the cost of living crisis —

labour call it a �*junket�*. it�*s exactly a week since most of us awoke to the horrendous news that a nine—year—old girl — 0livia pratt—korbel — had been shot dead in her own home in liverpool. she was killed when a complete stranger barged into her house as he was being chased by a gunman — who then continued firing into the property. 0ur correspondentjohn maguire is in liverpool. just over a week now since the news of 0livia�*s death broke. it had happened the night before, just behind me here in kingsheath avenue. you can see police officers still here, streets still cordoned off because the police have still been working here up until very recently. and behind me, all of the floral tributes, at both ends of the police

cordon, by the way, that have built and built over the past seven days, notjust flowers, cuddly toys, toys, notes, and again, not just from people here in the city of liverpool, but right across the uk. and what i�*ve noticed also is several tributes, several notes from young children. can you imagine what it must be like trying to explain to those young children exactly what happened here a week ago? it has, of course, prompted a massive police investigation. there have been three fatalities, three people have been shot here in the city over recent weeks. apart from 0livia, also sam rimmer and ashley dale in three separate incidents. and police say that they have arrested around 200 people in a wider investigation into organised and serious crime here in the city. what a lot of people have been telling me here in liverpool is that they�*re surprised, if you like, that there hasn�*t been a major breakthrough, in as much as there doesn�*t seem

to have been an arrest whereby 0livia�*s killer, the net tightened to a certain extent, but but not to the extent where there�*s been that massive breakthrough. people think that members of the community have been coming forward and giving names to the police. i spoke earlier to the local mp, ian byrne, who said that the police themselves had said there had been a great deal of information coming from local people. you know, wherever there�*s criminality, there�*s fear, you know, across the lands, there�*s always been and always will be. but i think barriers are being broken down because of the sheer brutality and senselessness of this killing, you know, an innocent young girl, life taken. so, unbelievable what�*s happened. the information is coming in, but we need more. so if anybody knows anything and they�*re still sitting on it, they need to come forward. tell the police, local community stakeholders, there�*s the ability to do that in confidentiality, so they�*ve got to do that moving forward. but yeah, the community have come together magnificently well. so a lot of information, but more information obviously

to come in to the police. and they have been very stark in the sort of messages that they�*re putting out there, merseyside police, saying silence is not an option and they�*re relentless in the hunt for 0livia�*s killer. in a statement from her family last week, you�*ll be familiar with some of those wonderful photos of her. she�*s clearly a bright, fun—loving, chatty young girl. the family said that she was unique, chatty, nosy, and she broke the mould when she was born. the family then went on to say, it�*s not about being a grass or a snitch. some of the terminology that the police have been using as well. but it�*s about who took our baby away from us. that�*s certainly the sentiment from the family echoed by the police. echoed as you heard there from everybody, certainly, in the community here that we�*ve spoken to. foremost in everyone�*s mind is to try to find exactly who is responsible for what happened here last week, not only who pulled the trigger, but perhaps who ordered it as well.

so that at the very least, there�*ll be some small sense of solace, some justice for 0livia�*s family. the last us troops left afghanistan one year ago today, ending 20 years of military involvement. the last troops to leave were part of the effort to evacuate over 120,000 americans and afghan allies out of the country before the mission ended. general frank mckenzie oversaw the withdrawal from kabul. he was the commander of the us central command and in charge of us troops in the middle east, central and south asia from 2019 until retiring earlier this year. he�*s been speaking to the bbc�*s yalda hakim. when you think back to the us withdrawal and what happened just before, when the fall of kabul took place on the 15th of august, what comes to mind? i don�*t think the fall of kabul was inevitable. we made a series of decisions that brought us to that point, the most significant of which was to actually go to zero, effectively, in afghanistan.

and that was actually the fundamental decision that brought us to that point in august. would you say it was a massive intelligence failure? no, i wouldn�*t. i think we had predicted all along that if we withdrew all our forces from afghanistan and nato left with us, that the fall of the government of afghanistan was inevitable, that that would happen. if there was a failure, it was only a failure when that would occur. but we�*ve been very clear that we saw that as an inevitable outcome of withdrawing our support, not only our forces on the ground, but also the ministerial support, if you will, the logistic support that helped the afghan supply chain work and provide their forces in the field with equipment to maintain their aeroplanes. we cut that off and reduced it to an over—the—horizon support relationship. and that led to what happened in august. would you say, then, that the united states is less safe now for leaving afghanistan? i believe that we were in afghanistan to prevent i

the development of violent extremist organisations that would flourish there, particularly al-qaeda and isis. and i believe we have less capability now than we did before to monitor and suppress the development of those activities. so in that sense, yes, i believe we are less safe now than we were before. and what was your reaction then when the leader of al-qaeda, zawahiri, was found in downtown kabul? well, i was pleased, i was pleased that we got him. we�*ve been looking for him for a long time. we�*ve been out of afghanistan a year. that was one strike in a year. i�*ve said publicly and in testimony that counterterrorism operations from over the horizon in afghanistan would be very hard, but not impossible. i�*d say a strike in a year probably meets the criteria of very hard, but not impossible. there are a lot of other targets there and a lot of other organisations that aspire to do us ill. and we�*re going to have to continue to apply pressure, and that�*s going to be very difficult. do you feel guilt about what happened there?

i feel very bad about what happened. i�*m the commander. i�*m responsible for it. of course i feel very badly about it. we lost americans. and this was not the only time we�*ve lost americans and allied soldiers, men and women in afghanistan. and i also feel keenly the loss of the afghan soldiers that fought for so long for their country over a 20 year period, that you mentioned if the idea of nuclear power went out of favour for a while — the energy crisis has put it firmly back on the table. the uk government wants a new generation of nuclear power stations but the big question remains — what to do with the lethal waste it creates. in sweden, they�*ve spent decades looking at ways of burying it deep underground forever. 0ur reporter theo leggett

went to find out more. in these deep, clear pools, high—level waste from nuclear reactors is being cooled. it�*s lethally radioactive, and it�*ll remain dangerous for 100,000 years. here in sweden, the authorities have spent decades searching for ways to deal with it permanently. the answers may lie far beneath these innocent—looking farm buildings out in the countryside. hundreds of metres underground is a giant laboratory, where techniques for keeping waste secure for millennia are being put to the test. well, this is what a final resting place for nuclear waste might actually look like. this is a dummy repository, and behind that wall, actual canisters that would contain nuclear waste have been buried for the past 20 years. they�*ll soon be excavated and the idea is that scientists will look at them and find out what techniques have worked and which ones haven�*t. it�*s called geological disposal, and sweden�*s experiments are being closely watched by other countries — including the uk, which is planning a similar approach. deep underground, at a depth of 200 to 1,000 metres,

our geology has remained stable in the uk for periods of millions of years, so we can be confident that placing the radioactive waste into a stable geology with the appropriate engineering will give us the containment, the isolation we need for that time period. much of our own high— and intermediate—level waste is kept here at the sellafield plant in cumbria. for years the government has been looking for places where a more permanent tomb could be built. recently it�*s been offering communities in england and wales £1 million a year to consider hosting a geological waste facility. scotland rejects the idea. four so—called community partnerships have already been set up in cumbria and lincolnshire. well, this is a beautiful area. 0ver there you�*ve got morecambe bay to one side and the irish sea to the other. but opponents say the entire strategy is flawed. we have to look after this stuff into the foreseeable future, and that knowledge has to be passed on to future generations — they have to look after the stuff, as well. and by putting it out of sight, out of mind, you�*re absolutely denying future generations the ability to save themselves from leaking nuclear waste.

amid a growing energy crisis — and with pressure to cut carbon emissions mounting, as well — the government�*s committed to a new generation of nuclear power stations, like this one at hinkley point in somerset, and another due to be built at sizewell in suffolk. but that will mean creating even more dangerous waste — only adding to the pressure to find a permanent solution. theo leggett, bbc news. nasa chiefs say they hope to launch artemis 0ne later this

week after yesterday�*s blast—off was postponed. the unmanned flight will orbit the moon — in preparation for putting humans on the lunar surface for the first time in 50 years. the royal navy�*s newest aircraft carrier is heading back to the south coast of england after breaking down. the portsmouth—based hms prince of wales left the city on saturday, to take part in training exercises in the us. but it soon anchored off the isle of wight, because of what the royal navy called a "mechanical issue". it�*s now coming closer to shore for further inspections. do join us for a special edition of your questions answered — broadcast here on the news channel and on bbc radio 5—live on thursday morning. nicky campbell will be putting your questions to the labour leader sir keir starmer. it�*s your chance to send in your questions to sir keir — and to hold him to account. and you can watch that live from just after 9 o�*clock on thursday morning. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with matt most m ost pla ces

most places it staying dry but by the weekend changes. staying dry and one or two showers dotted around particularly the eastern england and southern scotland. attempt is very similar to yesterday with highs across the south and south—west with highs of 20 or 25 degrees. through the ceiling and overnight some cloud of this form to the day melt away again. in north england and yorkshire closed work in. in scotland some parts of the highlands down to 4 degrees at 5 degrees. meld us in the south but we still have a breeze. the southern edge of the area of high pressure tries to keep things like the moment but it has been cooler down some of these course and for wednesday will bring claude a bit more extensively across northern england with a greater chance of showers. much more sunshine across parts of england and wales and scotland and northern ireland and temperatures should start to creep up a little bit. the

wins across southern areas is a touch into thursday. a sunny start from any other could be missed and low cloud across the south and south—west and fog patches across scotland and northern ireland which will clear. sunny spells for much of the day and temperatures widely into the day and temperatures widely into the low and mid 20s. friday and into the low and mid 20s. friday and into the weekend at this area of low pressure from iceland combines with one pushing out to france and brings the greater chance of rain. exactly where that will be will be farmed out over the next few days. friday looks like a scattering of showers developing, maybe the odd heavy and thundery one towards the south and the greater chance of rain scotland and northern ireland later in the day. in the south pleasant in the sunny spells and winds speaking up further and they will pick up further and they will pick up further in the weekend with 40 mph gusts across parts of scotland. showers develop more widely but some areas stay largely dry particularly

the north of especially some southern and eastern areas and showers dotted around on sunday as well.

today at one. .. pub bosses fear a wave of closures across the uk because of skyrocketing energy prices. they�*re calling for immediate government help, saying costs could shoot up,300%. we are still in negotiations, but we are expecting our gas bill to treble at the very least for a company of our size. the industry wants the household energy price cap, extended to businesses. also this lunchtime: the head of the un says pakistan is facing a "monsoon on steroids," as it launches an appeal, for millions hit by devastating floods. ukrainian forces claim to have broken through russian lines, in their major counter offensive, in the south. not tough enough — that�*s the criticism of government plans to limit water companies emptying sewage into the sea.