this is bbc news, the headlines at 8pm... nasa calls off its second attempt to launch its most powerful rocket, artemis i, to the moon — five days after technical problems scuppered the first. we are going to stress this and test it and test that heat shield, and make sure it is right before we put four humans up on the top of it. moscow blames maintenance problems forfailing to resume the main pipeline that transports gas from russia to europe after a three day closure. mourners have paid their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who was buried in moscow, this afternoon.

for the second time in a week, nasa has called off its attempt to launch a powerful rocket — part of a mission aimed at eventually putting humans back on the moon. the artemis rocket was due to blast off in the past hour — but technical problems forced the team to call for another postponement. here's nasa's administrator bill neilson. the mission management team is meeting this afternoon. they're going to look at it. they're going to see is there still a possibility now or are they going to have to roll back into the vehicle assembly building? if they decide that's the case, then it'll be an october launch. and october, i would say, although the window opens in early, i suspect it'll be more like the middle, because remember

the first week of october, we've got another crew. it's an international crew, two international participants on the crew of four that are going to the international space station. our science correspondentjonathan amos is at the kennedy space center. well, it has been a day of disappointment. a lot of people starting to leave the kennedy space center. we havejust had a floridian tortoise, believe it or not, just tracked by heading home. yes, it has been difficult. we started the day with, you know, great ambition, and it kind of fizzled out. they have to fill this rocket behind me here with almost 3 million litres of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen before they can lift off, it is the propellant is that they used to develop the thrust. the oxygen went into the rocketjust fine, but the hydrogen, as soon as they started to pump it in, they got a leak warning, an alarm went off. they tried all sorts of solutions to close that league

off but it didn't work. and eventually, the launch director here, charlie blackwell thompson, she had no choice but to call a scrub, as they call it, a postponement. we are all wondering when we might be able to try this again. there is the opportunity to do it on monday or tuesday but not much more beyond that and one of the reasons for that is there are constraints on the rocket, and one of them is the flight termination system on the rocket so if this rocket lifts off and it veers off course, they will destroy it and that termination system is battery—operated and it is only good for the middle of next week and then they have to take it back into the engineering shed hair and expected and recharge it. —— inspect it. we are waiting on nasa management to tell us is it monday, tuesday, or are we going back into the engineering shed and going back into

the pad perhaps in the middle of october. ., , . , october. could be potentially quite a wait, jonathan, _ october. could be potentially quite a wait, jonathan, what _ october. could be potentially quite a wait, jonathan, what have - october. could be potentially quite a wait, jonathan, what have the . october. could be potentially quite i a wait, jonathan, what have the nasa a wait, jonathan, what have the nasa bosses being given as as explanations about this? is it a normal part of the process or something more?— normal part of the process or somethin: more? , . , . something more? they are pleading for patience. — something more? they are pleading for patience. i _ something more? they are pleading for patience, i guess. _ something more? they are pleading for patience, i guess. this _ something more? they are pleading for patience, i guess. this is - something more? they are pleading for patience, i guess. this is a - for patience, i guess. this is a brand—new rocket, yes, it contains technologies borrowed from the space shuttle system retired in 2011 but as a full out end to end system, this is brand—new, brand—new for the rocket, brand—new for the caps on the top, they have never lost that combination before and that i had to learn how it behaves. when you pump it full of super cold liquid and liquid hydrogen is down at minus 250 celsius, the metal shrinks, it moves, and you have to learn how that happens, you have to tune the rocket, if you like, as you fill it

with those propellants, and clearly they are not quite on top of it, they are not quite on top of it, they need more time. wejust they are not quite on top of it, they need more time. we just need to kind of understand what they need to do and when they can do it, so we will get a press conference from nasa management at a roundabout for pm local time in kennedy, and we'll discover if we can go in the next few days. russia's main pipeline transporting gas to europe will not reopen as planned. russian state energy firm gazprom say there's an oil leak in a turbine, meaning it would be closed indefinitely. the pipeline, called nord stream 1, has been shut for the last three days for what gazprom described as maintenance work. there are fears people across europe won't be able to afford the cost of heating this winter. claus vistesen is from pantheon macroeconomics . here's his assessment of the impact of closing the pipeline. uk's big problem is that normally

in winter the uk imports gas from the continent due to low domestic storage. and as you can imagine, that's going to be very difficult this year, at least at the same rate because, you know, there's going to be hoarding of gas in europe. i mean, basically, europe's gas markets this year is going to be a little bit like the hunger games. everyone's going to want as much gas as possible to make sure that they avoid rationing. the eu will probably try to mitigate that on the continent and to some extent there will be cooperation. but the uk will find it difficult, i think, to import as much gas as it normally does during winter. which means that even though the direct dependence in the uk on russian gas is very small, 5%, you know, there's going to be a follow on effect from the fact that russian sorry, gas supplies in europe are going to be very scarce this year. the funeral of the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has taken place in moscow. the 91—year—old, who helped to end the cold war, died on tuesday. he wasn't given a state funeral, and president vladimir putin didn't attend, saying he didn't have time.

0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports from moscow. there was a guard of honour but no state funeral. a sign that vladimir putin fuzz mccrimmon has little interest in honouring mikhail gorbachev�*s legacy. vladimir putin didn't even come today. many russians blame gorbachev for the collapse of the superpower but out on the streets, muscovites old and young were queueing up to pay their respects. gorbachev had given many hear their first taste of freedom and democracy.

in today's russia, those things are under attack. these people came to gorbachev to say thank you. you gave us a chance, and we lost this chance. the end of an era. we hear that phrase so often, its meaning has almost been diluted, but the death of mikhail gorbachev really does mark the end of an extraordinary era in history, a rare period when russia was opening up to the world, when people here were given freedoms and where east and west pledged to live together in peace. as his coffin was carried from the building, round of applause before

his final journey. most soviet leaders were buried in red square bus for the last leader of the soviet union his final resting place is this moscow cemetery. mikhail gorbachev�*s wish was to be buried beside his wife raisa. he loved power but he loved her more. the medical charity, medecins sans frontieres, says a shortage of clean drinking water in pakistan is causing an increase in water—borne diseases in areas hit by the country's worst ever floods. 33 million people have been affected by the disaster. officials in the southern province of sindh say another quarter of a million people are at risk of more floods, as water levels rose sharply again. andrew macleod served as chief of operations of the united nations emergency coordination centre in the international

response to the 2005 kashmir earthquake in pakistan. thank you for coming on the programme. what is your assessment, right now, as pakistan's infrastructure and ability to respond to this? the pakistan military has — respond to this? the pakistan military has a _ respond to this? the pakistan military has a great _ respond to this? the pakistan military has a great capacity l respond to this? the pakistan | military has a great capacity to respond, they learnt a lot from the 2005 earthquake and responded well then and military structures are very good at responding quicker than many civilian structures can. but we have got to remember this is on massive scale that no country could respond to on their own, not the uk, not the united states. pakistan will absolutely need assistance. and remember this, floods are the worst type of natural disaster to respond to because they take so long. an earthquake is 30 or 90 seconds, a fire passes through an area, a volcano may erupt for a week or so, but floods can go on for months and

you cannot get the recovery until the emergency is over so floods are the emergency is over so floods are the most difficult, this is covering a lot of terrain, the pakistan military can respond very well but no country can do this on their own and people should help pakistan. that is an interesting point but thatis that is an interesting point but that is obvious and simple but we have not heard much of that analysis that have difficulty in responding to flooding is because the time pressure. what are the risks, particularly with water and with flooding? particularly with water and with floodin: ? ~ , ., ., ., ., flooding? well, you get a lot of unusual risks, _ flooding? well, you get a lot of unusual risks, one _ flooding? well, you get a lot of unusual risks, one of— flooding? well, you get a lot of unusual risks, one of which - flooding? well, you get a lot of unusual risks, one of which is l flooding? well, you get a lot of. unusual risks, one of which is the need for snake anti venom. you get a lot of snake bites and you get waterborne diseases and you also get catastrophic destruction of the logistics chains. during the flood and amelia afterwards, you have got to do a lot by air and by boat, many of the bridges and roads are destroyed or have become completely buggy and water is such a destructive chemical, you know, we

call it h20, we call it water, it is hydrogen dioxide, it kills people, it destroys roads and bridges so it is a very difficult context to respond to. waterborne diseases, absolutely, snake bites, absolutely, and then we are coming towards the preparation time for winter. september and october is normally the time people in pakistan people prepared for the winters. we have to be prepared to help pakistan not just for the flood in the immediate relief but we have to help them all the way through winter, three january and february. we the way through winter, three january and february. we have seen in pakistan this _ january and february. we have seen in pakistan this extraordinary - in pakistan this extraordinary extreme weather and the legs to chuck —— climate change, too. without a doubt. there is increased humidity in the ad that increases rain and the other more worrying thing is the melting of the permafrost and the glacier high on our chains. for people who think this doesn't matter to them, if you

are going to go to skiing holiday in switzerland in february, the ski lift is bolted in to the permafrost thatis lift is bolted in to the permafrost that is starting to melt.- lift is bolted in to the permafrost that is starting to melt. going back to that call for _ that is starting to melt. going back to that call for international- that is starting to melt. going back to that call for international help i to that call for international help that you made, saying that no country could do this on their own, they need that response, there are fund—raising efforts and appeals already under way, is this something that pakistan is just going to have to get used to responding in this way or is there anything preventative that can be done? well, bit of both. one — preventative that can be done? well, bit of both. one of— preventative that can be done? well, bit of both. one of the _ preventative that can be done? -ii bit of both. one of the things we did after the 2005 earthquake is we set up a national disaster national authority, so that has been a great step forward, that pakistan realises that natural disasters are a recurring event in their country, earthquakes, floods, they will happen quite a lot. there are preventative mechanisms that you can

put in place by getting your community is ready for any cash and inevitable disaster, but australia doesn't go that well for bushfires, the united states doesn't do it well for floods, the united states doesn't do it well forfloods, look the united states doesn't do it well for floods, look at the rail system in the uk every time there is a weather event so if we in the wealthy countries cannot prepare for disasters, how can we expect pakistan to?— disasters, how can we expect pakistan to? . ., , , , pakistan to? that has been utterly fascinatin: pakistan to? that has been utterly fascinating to _ pakistan to? that has been utterly fascinating to get _ pakistan to? that has been utterly fascinating to get your _ pakistan to? that has been utterly fascinating to get your experience | fascinating to get your experience and your expertise, thank you for sharing it with us. from monday, millions of people in england and scotland will be invited for their autumn covid booster vaccine — with care home residents first in line. although infections have been falling since earlyjuly, health bosses are predicting a resurgence of covid and flu this winter — and are encouraging those eligible to get vaccinated. the headlines on bbc news... nasa calls off its second attempt to launch its most powerful rocket, artemis i, to the moon —

five days after technical problems scuppered the first. moscow blames maintenance problems forfailing to resume the main pipeline that transports gas from russia to europe after a three day closure. mourners have paid their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who was buried in moscow, this afternoon. england have qualified for the 2023 women's world cup with a 2—0 win against austria. alessia russo was brought to the starting eleven in place of the retired ellen white and promptly scored afterjust seven minutes. substitute nikita parris doubled

the lead with just over twenty minutes to go... england still have one more qualifier in front of a sell—out crowd in stoke against luxembourg on tuesday. but the new european champions are favourites to win the world cup in australia in new zealand next year. a hard game but coming out of the euro is not having much rest. but i think after all that, i am very proud of the team that we came out like this and we just, you know, we just won the game. it looks so easy but i think it was pretty hard. in the premier league, manchester city have been held to a draw by struggling aston villa. city looked in control when erling haaland opened the scoring. villa boss steven gerrard was been under pressure after winning just one of their opening five fixtures. the hard earned point lifts them out of the relegation zone — leon bailey the scorer. an out of sorts liverpool were held to a 0—0 draw by city rivals everton with an outstanding performance from goalkeeper jordan pickford. there were wins for tottenham and chelsea.

brentford had a 5—2 victory. newcastle and crystal palace drew 0—0. plenty of goals in the old firm too where celtic beat rangers a—nil in the scottish premiership. leil abada scored twice to put celtic 3—nil up before half time. the win takes ange postecoglou's side five points clear at the top of the table — with a goal difference of plus 2a already — helped along byjon mclaughlin gifted david turnbull a fourth. it's finals day in the hundred with the men's final between trent rockets and manchester originals being contested right now over on bbc two and the iplayer. in the women's — emily windsor hit the winning runs as 0val invincibles defended their title, beating southern brave by five wickets.

british number one and world number 9, cameron norrie, is through to the fourth round at tennis's us open. norrie defeated the 28th seed, holger rune, of denmark in straight sets. the wimbledon semifinalist has not dropped a set yet in the first week in new york but this is the first time that norrie has reached the last 16 of the us open. and serena williams says she's gratefulfor the moment after playing what is expected to be the final singles match of her career. the 23—time grand slam singles champion was beaten by ayla tomljanovic in the third round of the us open. williams battled throughout the match and saved five match points in the third set but the australian came through to win 7—5, 6—7, 6—1. the supporters in arthur ashe stadium cheered for serena throughout the match and in the end they rose to salute her on the court where she won her first major title in 1999. the ao—year—old reflected on her influence on the game at the press conference afterwards

i feel like i really ifeel like i really brought something and bring something to tennis, you know, just the different look, the fist pumps, the just crazy intensity. like, ithink look, the fist pumps, the just crazy intensity. like, i think that, look, the fist pumps, the just crazy intensity. like, ithink that, you know, obviously, the passion, i think that is a really good word. yeah, just continuing through ups and downs and i could go on and on but ijust honestly and so grateful that, that i had this moment, that i'm serena. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has warned the train operator avanti west coast that it's in the "last chance saloon" , after it made significant reductions to its timetable. yesterday, the firm's managing director, resigned, following criticism of the disruption to services. juliet phillips reports. rail passengers travelling between manchester and london have faced weeks of disruption since avanti west coast reduced trains to just one per hour. greater manchester's mayor welcomed

the news that the company's managing director has stood down, but says the government must now step in to ensure services are restored. the new prime minister needs to instruct the transport secretary to sit down with the mayor of london, to sit down with myself, the company and the unions to sort this out. i would rather get the trains back as quickly as possible, and if they are prepared to do that, then they're in there in the last chance saloon, but they're going to have to show that they can do that. but if they can't, then they should have the contract removed. it's as simple as that. avanti has said drivers who are members of the aslef union have been refusing to do overtime, which has put pressure on services. the union denies this, accusing the company of a lack of recruitment. rail expert tony miles says there's no quick fix. there's a fundamental problem. the railways, right back to british rail days, have relied on train crew working overtime to make up the numbers. if they want to do away with that, it's going to take years to recruit additional workers.

if they want them to work their overtime, at the moment, that means the government's going to have to get involved in sorting out the industrial disputes. for passengers on avanti trains they'll be hoping the issues can be solved sooner rather than later. we've been hearing a lot from passengers about avanti in the last few days. they're talking about crowded trains having to stand for two hours plus. avanti west coast has apologised to customers and said that they're working hard to restore the timetable in a sustainable way. the department for transport has said it's in regular contact with the company regarding its performance. juliet phillips, bbc north west tonight's manchester. a £2 cap on bus fares across england has been announced by the government. the move could save people around 30% on the average fare. up to £60 million is being provided to subsidise the scheme. 0ur reporter mairead smyth brought us more details from huddersfield. the price cap comes in from tomorrow

in west yorkshire, because of a deal that has been struck by the combined authority rare —— mayor tracy brabin, she has been working to try and bring in the reduction in single fares down to £2 from tomorrow. it should save people around £1.50. a similar scheme is coming into effect in greater manchester tomorrow. the single fare again £2 per adult and just £1 for children but here in huddersfield, the change has been largely welcomed. that huddersfield, the change has been largely welcomed.— largely welcomed. that to me is a no-brainer. _ largely welcomed. that to me is a no-brainer, there _ largely welcomed. that to me is a no-brainer, there is _ largely welcomed. that to me is a no-brainer, there is no _ largely welcomed. that to me is a no-brainer, there is no point - largely welcomed. that to me is a no-brainer, there is no point in i no—brainer, there is no point in taking — no—brainer, there is no point in taking a — no—brainer, there is no point in taking a car— no—brainer, there is no point in taking a carand no—brainer, there is no point in taking a car and paying for parking fees _ taking a car and paying for parking fees the — taking a car and paying for parking fees. the cost of living and it is saving — fees. the cost of living and it is saving money at the end of the day. it is saving money at the end of the day. it is costing — saving money at the end of the day. it is costing us really too much so if it is going to cost us £2, not more than £2, that would be really amazing. it more than £2, that would be really amazinu. , ., .., ., amazing. it is good to come to the libra to amazing. it is good to come to the library to work _ amazing. it is good to come to the library to work but _ amazing. it is good to come to the library to work but it _ amazing. it is good to come to the library to work but it cost - amazing. it is good to come to the library to work but it cost more - library to work but it cost more than _ library to work but it cost more than 54, — library to work but it cost more than £4, you know 4.50 p for a day

ride, _ than £4, you know 4.50 p for a day ride, and _ than £4, you know 4.50 p for a day ride, and how— than £4, you know 4.50 p for a day ride, and now we can come every day. i ride, and now we can come every day. i only— ride, and now we can come every day. i only live _ ride, and now we can come every day. i only live five — ride, and now we can come every day. i only live five or ten minutes away and it cost me two points £50, japan 20 to get into town. it cost me £15 normally to get a day ride for myself and then a day ride from my children, it is extortionate. absolutely extortionate, but it is cheaper than petrol and cheaper than driving so... cheaper than petrol and cheaper than driving s0- - -— driving so... lots of people really sunporting _ driving so... lots of people really sunporting this. _ driving so... lots of people really supporting this, and _ driving so... lots of people really supporting this, and it _ driving so... lots of people really supporting this, and it is - driving so... lots of people really supporting this, and it is not - driving so... lots of people really supporting this, and it is notjust| supporting this, and it is notjust the single journeys that will change. you can use a whole day to get £4 50 so that should make a big difference as well, and the day —— changes here in west yorkshire will last for a whole year and will increase from next september in line with inflation. nationally, the change won't come in untiljanuary, the lastjust change won't come in untiljanuary, the last just three change won't come in untiljanuary, the lastjust three months, but the government says the idea is to

really give people direct help when the cost of living is spiralling. so, changes here in west yorkshire, a lot earlier than the rest of the country from tomorrow, and the same goes for greater manchester. and a reminder that we'll be look at tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are benedicte paviot from france 24 and eleanor langford from politics home. the actress jane fonda has revealed she has cancer and is having chemotherapy. the 84—year—old said she had a very treatable form of lymphoma, and would not let the illness interfere with her climate activism. prince charles and the duchess of cornwalljoined thousands of spectators at the highland games this afternoon, an annual celebration of scottish sports. it was announced yesterday that the queen would miss the event, which she attends most years. it is understood that the decision was taken for the comfort

of the queen, who has been suffering from mobility problems. the braemar gathering is a popular highland games event which attracts crowds from across the globe who watch competitors take part in the caber toss, hammer throw, and tug—o—war. tributes are being paid tonight to the musician drummie zeb, the lead vocalist and drummer for the british reggae band aswad, who's died at the age of 62. aswad were the first reggae band in the uk to sign for an international label in the 1970s — going on to release dozens of albums. ali campbell from ub40 is amongst those paying tribute to drummie zeb calling him a "uk reggae pioneer". i'm joined now by good friend of drummie and manager of the band aswad, les spaine. thank you so much forjoining me this evening and coming on the

programme, clearly a different —— difficult moment for you. what are your reflections this evening of the man himself and what he was like to work with? mr; man himself and what he was like to work with? g . ., , ., work with? my reflections, i have sat and thought _ work with? my reflections, i have sat and thought about _ work with? my reflections, i have sat and thought about it - work with? my reflections, i have sat and thought about it because | work with? my reflections, i have i sat and thought about it because we only lost him 24 hours ago, and it was quite sudden so we are all still in shock. and we were travelling at the time. but i have managed them for over 30 years and the one thing that i always remember about drummie is when he walked into a room, he literally lit it up with sunshine. he was a very handsome man, a great singer, and people were drawn to him. he was x—trail —— he was also extremely funny. aswad are a touring band, they have had lots of hits. they were very conscience before conscious was being cool. they were

involved with cnd, they were involved with cnd, they were involved with cnd, they were involved with the early anti—apartheid things, i believe that abc did a documentary 50 years at glastonbury and aswad played there at least three times. they were always conscious about the state of the world, about writing and supporting the downtrodden and the environment. it is and supporting the downtrodden and the environment.— the environment. it is so interesting _ the environment. it is so interesting you - the environment. it is so interesting you mention | the environment. it is so - interesting you mention those the environment. it is so _ interesting you mention those causes that were important and that the band has been vocal about. what about the cultural impact of the band itself? such a huge part in the musical history of this country now. absolutely, they were the first major band to be signed to a huge label, island records, chris blackwell, and in the days when aswad were signed to island records, reggae came one—way from jamaica, they didn't really take anything

else that was recorded outside of jamaica is serious. and i think most people would accept that aswad was the first band that jamaicans and caribbean people look at and took very seriously. technically, drummie and the others are excellent musicians and producers and they produced things by banksy priest, janet kay, drummie played on what i would call bob's first pop hits, which was baked before no woman no cry. he has worked with all sorts of people and they play all around the globe, in the last year he has just —— he wasn't well, he got sick, and, you know, we lost him quite quickly.

but he hasn't been on the road for this year. we were hoping he would convalesce and come back to join us. the band has been performing without drummie. it is like any band of that ilk will tell you when you use —— lose a major force, ilk will tell you when you use —— lose a majorforce, you keep looking to one side and you still think they are there. me, personally, he was like my baby brother, even though he was 62 this year, he had the youthful way of, like, a playful teenager but then when he would get behind those drums, he was awesome, he was technically very good. about two years ago, we were approached by channel 4, they were doing a special on drums and they went to stewart copeland and other dramas around the world, and he was one of the dramas they included as well. but you have to understand, he was an incredible vocalist. yes. with things like

don't turn around, we changed the way pop reggae sound. my recollections of him are just of him laughing and joking. when you are on the road most of your life, you spend more time with these people than you would with your family. so, it is like we have lost an arm. les. it is like we have lost an arm. les, i am so it is like we have lost an arm. les, i am so sorry _ it is like we have lost an arm. les, i am so sorry to — it is like we have lost an arm. les, i am so sorry to hear _ it is like we have lost an arm. les, i am so sorry to hear you - it is like we have lost an arm. les, i am so sorry to hear you say - it is like we have lost an arm. les, i am so sorry to hear you say that and i know it has been such a shock because it is such sudden news and i can't tell you how much we appreciate you coming on and talking to us and sharing those wonderful memories, thank you so much. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. a slow—moving area of low pressure to the west which stays with us this weekend and next week and it is responsible for this rain, heaviest in western areas but some century shells pushing eastwards which will tend to fade overnight and the band

of rain continues to push north