hello you're watching bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: nasa calls off the planned launch of its new moon rocket for the second time in a week. officials say it's likely there won't be another launch attempt for several weeks. president zelensky of ukraine urges europe to remain united in the face of russia's use of energy as a weapon. his wife tells the bbc about the continuing impact of the war on the ukrainian people. translation: the prices are coin: translation: the prices are auoin u- translation: the prices are going up in — translation: the prices are going up in ukraine _ translation: the prices are going up in ukraine as- translation: the prices are going up in ukraine as well, l going up in ukraine as well, but in addition our people get killed. so when you start counting pennies in your bank account or in your pocket, we do the same and count our casualties. thousands of people have

paid their last respects to mikhail gorbachev, the man who brought the cold war to an end. 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. mississippi police charge a man with making terrorist threats after a warning that he'd crash a twin engine aeroplane into a us discount store. hello and welcome to bbc news. very good to have you with a's. —— us. nasa tried — and failed again on saturday — to get its space launch system vehicle to lift off from florida's kennedy space center. the countdown had to be halted three hours before launch,

because of a fuel leak. it's the second postponement in a week. the artemis programme aims to once again send humans to the moon in 2025, but the nasa team has suggested there may now be a significant delay to the project. our science editor, rebecca morelle, sent this update latest from kennedy space center in florida. there's a real sense of disappointment here at the kennedy space center, but really the problems started earlier today. while the rocket was being fuelled, a large hydrogen leak was detected. and this is not a good thing. so the team tried to fix it three times but their troubleshooting didn't work and the launch was stopped. over the last few hours, they've been poring over the data to find out what went wrong, and they have announced the rocket is going to need significant repair work. this mission was nasa's first return to the moon in more than 50 years, and the idea was that the rocket was going to launch a small spacecraft called orion, it's perched

at the top of the rocket, and take it orbiting around the moon before it returned to earth. the whole thing was going to take five or six weeks. it was a test flight so no people were set to be on board but for the next mission astronauts were going to join the ride and they would go in orbit around the moon but the ultimate aim was to land astronauts on the moon, and nasa wanted the first woman and the first person of colour walking on the lunar surface. this will take a bit longer now because now the first step to all this getting this test flight, getting this rocket off the ground. it is important to remember, though, that this is a new rocket. rockets are incredibly complex machines and this is the one is the most powerful that nasa has ever built so they are learning about it, they are learning about it with every attempt to get this thing to lift up off the ground, so setbacks and delays aren't uncommon. but it does appear that nasa's ambitions to get back to the moon are going to be delayed by a little while. here's the artemis mission manager describing the options for repairing the rocket.

the first option was to simply remake the umbilical pad, hoping that the soft goods would seal the leak up but our confidence level, given the size of the leak that we saw today, was fairly low that that would solve the problem. the team lead towards a removal and replacement of the soft goods in the quick disconnect, and the options were basically do it at the pad or do it back in the vehicle assembly building. either of those options do not preserve our ability to fly before the end of this launch period which expires on the sixth. the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyy has been speaking day after moscow said it not restart gas exports, he

said that russia was trying to inflict poverty and political chaos in place it cannot strike with missiles. our correspondent, jessica parker, in brussels, explains the anxiety being felt in the eu. well, look, every day that there is less gas flowing into europe, the greater the squeeze on supply that threatens to hit people's pockets, the economy as well, notjust here but in the uk as well. now, the russian pipeline operator has said it is an oil leak that has led to this prolonged closure. they do not believe that here, and they weren't taken by surprise by last night's announcement. eu countries have spent summer trying to build up their gas reserves but i think the last 2a hours, there really has been an added sense of urgency, governments looking at ways to try and protect people, protect businesses from the worst effects of this energy crisis. energy ministers are meeting here in brussels next week to look at ideas around market reform, gas price caps, but not everybody is of one mind. the eu knew that this winter would be a collective test of its resolve to support ukraine. it feels like that test is already under way and it is only early september.

europe's energy crisis is closely tied to russia's invasion of ukraine — in particular how the west responded and its implementation of sanctions on moscow. ukraine's first lady, olena zelenska, has been speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg. in an interview recorded in kyiv, mrs zelenska said the economic impact of the war in ukraine may be tough on its allies, but although britons are having to count pennies ukrainians are counting casualties. translation: we hear that ener: is translation: we hear that energy is getting _ translation: we hear that energy is getting pricier, - translation: we hear that| energy is getting pricier, that life is getting pricier, but people should understand that that is not coming through the west's support ukraine, but through the actions of russia. there is no comparison to the suffering of people here, but at home, in the united kingdom, as you acknowledge, people are facing very painful choices because of the soaring cost of

energy that's going to make things very tough for people. what would you say to our viewers watching at home who feel desperately sorry for what is happening to your people, but also who feel desperately worried about their own ability to pay the bills to keep a roof over their head, what would you say to them? translation: ~ ., say to them? translation: ., , translation: well of course they understand _ translation: well of course they understand the - translation: well of course they understand the situation | they understand the situation is very tough. but let me recall the time of the covid—19 epidemic, and it is still with us, when there were price hikes. ukraine is affected as well. the prices are going up in ukraine as well. but, in addition, our people get killed. so when you start counting pennies in your bank account or in your pocket, we do the same and count our casualties. these days a woman was killed walking in a park in kharkiv, many people were injured. if the support is strong, this period will be shorter. and viewers in the uk can watch that full interview

at 9:00am on sunday with laura kuenssberg on bbc one. she'll also bejoined by both liz truss and rishi sunak ahead of the conservative leadership result. let us get some of the day's other stories now. an estimated 70,000 people have been taking part in anti—government demonstrations in the czech capital prague amid soaring energy prices. protesters, from both the political left and right, demanded the resignation of the centre—right coalition, accusing it of paying more attention to ukraine than its own citizens. organisers say prague should be militarily neutral in the conflict. china has warned it'll take counter measures unless the united states revokes a $1.1 billion arms deal with taiwan. it comes amid rising tensions between washington and beijing over the self—governing island. the deal includes anti—ship missiles, air—to—air missiles, and support for taiwan's surveillance radar programme. chileans go to the polls on sunday

to vote in a historic referendum on a new constitution that would radically reshape the south american country. the previous constitution was drafted by former dictator augusto pinochet and the new one would instead focus on social rights, the climate and gender equality. polls predict it will be a tight vote. two south asian hour. aid agencies are warning of food shortages in pakistan after devastating floods washed away nearly half of the country's crops. around 1,200 people are known to have been killed, but unicef says many more children could die from the rapid spread of diseases such as cholera and malaria. orkee village in the southern area of lasbela in balochistan was cut off from the rest of the country for more than ten days. it's one of the least developed parts of the country. people there say they have largely been left to fend for themselves. the funeral has taken place of mikhail gorbachev, who's widely credited with helping bring about the end of the cold war.

he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin did not attend due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. in the columned hall of the house of unions, a last farewell to the man who changed the world. mikhail gorbachev had let the iron curtain crumble and ended the cold war, but saw his own country, the soviet union, fall apart. there was a guard of honour, but no state funeral. a sign that vladimir putin's kremlin has little interest in honouring mr gorbachev�*s legacy. president putin didn't even come today. many russians blame gorbachev for the collapse of their superpower, but out on the streets, muscovites young and old were queueing up to pay their respects.

gorbachev had given many here their first taste of freedom and democracy. in today's russia, both those things are under attack. these people who came to gorbachev to thank him, to say "thank you, mr gorbachev." you gave us a chance and we lost this chance. the end of an era. we hear that phrase so often, don't we? 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 being given freedoms and when east and west pledged to live together in peace. as mr gorbachev�*s coffin was carried from the building,

a final round of applause before his finaljourney. most soviet leaders were buried in red square, but 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. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let us take a look at what is happening in pennsylvania right now. it is ten parr state on the us east coast, and former us president donald trump is holding a rally. mr trump was scathing about president biden after his speech in which he

called maga republicans and their election a threat to democracy. their election a threat to democracy-— their election a threat to democracy. their election a threat to democra . , ., , ., democracy. there is only one -a democracy. there is only one party that _ democracy. there is only one party that is _ democracy. there is only one party that is waging - democracy. there is only one party that is waging war - democracy. there is only one party that is waging war on i party that is waging war on american democracy by waging war on free speech, criminalising descent, disarming law—abiding citizens, issuing lawless mandates and unconstitutional orders, imprisoning political processes, that is what they are doing. rigging elections. weaponising thejustice weaponising the justice department and the f vi like never ever before. —— fbi. and raiding and breaking into the homes of their political opponents. i wonder who that could be... republicans and the maga movement are not the ones trying to undermine our democracy. we are the ones trying to save our democracy.

very simple. very simple. mrtrump has mr trump has been speaking for about 13 minutes and we will keep you posted on what he has to say. police in the us state of mississippi have charged a man with grand larceny and making terrorist threats after he threatened to crash a twin—engine aeroplane into a branch of the discount store, walmart. the police chief of tupelo explains what happened. at 5:08am this morning, cory paterson stole a beechcraft twin—engine aircraft and took off from two below airport today. we do know patterson has some flight instruction. we do not believe he is a licensed pilot, that is still ongoing to discover that. pilot, that is still ongoing to discoverthat. he pilot, that is still ongoing to discover that. he is an employee of two below aviation and has been 1a years, so he has access to these aircraft. at approximately 5:23am, alison from the aircraft called lee

county 911 to tell them that he is going to crush this aircraft into the west main walmart in two below, mississippi. soon thereafter, two below police department and fire department evacuated it and the surrounding areas. negotiators from the police department made contact with the pilot and were able to convince him to not carry out this and land the aircraft arts tupelo airport. the pilot did not have experience to learn as a crop. a proper pilot assisted us in helping this pilot complete this. however it was not completed. upon finalapproach, completed. upon final approach, the completed. upon finalapproach, the pilots aborted the landing and travelled in a north—west direction away from tupelo. at approximately 9:32 a.m., the pilot posted on facebook a

message that in essence said goodbye. at this time we know he was getting close to running out of fuel. at 10:08 a.m., faa lost radar contact with the aircraft. at 10:12am our negotiator re—established contact with the pilot, the pilot confirmed he had landed in a field and he was uninjured. soon thereafter the pilot was taken into custody and is in custody currently. he is being charged with grand larceny and making terroristic threats. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: nasa has called off the planned launch of its new moon rocket for the second time in a week. officials say it's likely there won't be another launch attempt for several weeks. ukraines president zelensky has urged europe to remain united in the face of russia's use of energy as an economic weapon. thousands of airline passengers in germany have been dealing with flight disruptions this

weekend, after a strike by lufthansa pilots on friday. the industrial action followed the breakdown in pay negotiations, affecting hundreds of flights at frankfurt and munich airports. wendy urquhart reports. with inflation soaring and food and energy prices through the roof in europe, strikes are becoming more common, but passengers had little or no sympathy for lufthansa pilots who walked out on friday, causing some 800 flights to be grounded at frankfurt and munich. translation: ., , translation: people were basically faced _ translation: people were basically faced with - basically faced with cancellations one day in advance. pilots are not in the low income group, they are definitely not as hard—hit by the energy crisis as other groups who do theirjobs every day. translation: i day. translation: ., ., , translation: i am not sure i will arrive — translation: i am not sure i will arrive on _ translation: i am not sure i will arrive on time, _ translation: i am not sure i will arrive on time, it - translation: i am not sure i will arrive on time, it is - translation: i am not sure i will arrive on time, it is a - will arrive on time, it is a bit annoying to make plans and have them change without being told until the day before, by

e—mail or anything else. told until the day before, by e-mail or anything else. they are demanding _ e-mail or anything else. they are demanding a _ e-mail or anything else. they are demanding a 5.596 - e-mail or anything else. they are demanding a 5.5% pay - e—mail or anything else. they are demanding a 5.5% pay rise, along with automatic compensation, and better terms for entry—level pilots. translation: for entry-level pilots. tuna/mom- for entry-level pilots. translation: ~ ., translation: we are emerging from a crisis _ translation: we are emerging from a crisis which _ translation: we are emerging from a crisis which was - translation: we are emerging from a crisis which was very - from a crisis which was very tough on everyone. pilots made a lot of concessions during this crisis. for individuals it meant financial cuts of up to 50% and the threat of being fired was looming. i think it is obvious that pilots now have certain expectations from the company. certain expectations from the coman . ., certain expectations from the company-— company. talks between the union and — company. talks between the union and lufthansa - company. talks between the union and lufthansa broke . company. talks between the - union and lufthansa broke down after the airline said the union's request was unrealistic, and would increase islet personnel costs by 900 million euros. wendy urquhart, bbc news. the un estimates that 7% of sea—grass habitat is being lost globally every year because of industrial and agricultural pollution along with unregulated fishing

and climate change. so what impact is that having on the wildlife in those environments? kim mccoy is the founder of the hong kong animal law and protection organisation, and joins us now from hong kong. thank you for being with us. 7% seagrass losses quite substantial, what effect is a tabbing in areas you at? you can see one _ tabbing in areas you at? you can see one of— tabbing in areas you at? you can see one of the _ tabbing in areas you at? gm. can see one of the greatest news pieces that has come out is that dugongs are now essentially extinct in china. the population makes a huge contribution to the population, these are majestic, vegetarian mammals that feed on the seagrass beds. and without this abundance of seagrass, then the

population is a slowly dwindling, and what we have seen our due to this report that has come out very recently is that they are functionally extinct — although there are dugongs in the wild we don't see them in china anymore because the population — they just aren't any left. because the population - they just aren't any left.— just aren't any left. when the news came — just aren't any left. when the news came out _ just aren't any left. when the news came out that - just aren't any left. when the news came out that the - just aren't any left. when the i news came out that the dugongs were considered functionally extinct, is it surprising to people like yourself who watched the climate and environment to have this news? i think the issue for us is that we are largely reactive to news like this, so while this comes as a shock, it is sad that we haven't thought about this before this has happened. extinction often exists or happens before conservation can even kick in, so that is really the take—home message for a lot of us, we need to be more proactive about how we conserve our oceans and animal life

because often times by the time we react it is too late. the sad reality _ we react it is too late. the sad reality about - we react it is too late. the sad reality about stories . we react it is too late. the sad reality about stories of climate change are that they are so negative, overwhelming, whether it is floods, wildfires or habitat wiped out, what is the general awareness like in your area when it comes to habitat loss like this? i your area when it comes to habitat loss like this? i think it is quite — habitat loss like this? i think it is quite poor. _ habitat loss like this? i think it is quite poor. we - habitat loss like this? i think it is quite poor. we don't - it is quite poor. we don't place enough emphasis on the issues of anthropogenic measures like fishing, because those are the reasons why we are losing a large proportion of this habitat. i mean, we recognise there are animals that need protection and it is great we have laws there to protect animals but we are forgetting about the marina, ecology, the habitat that they live in, because they are interconnected. without protecting that as well, then there is no real point in

protecting the animals because essentially they will be left with nothing to live. practically, what can be done? more proactive action, don't be reactive, be conscious of how we are living. make better decisions. recycle, reuse. don't you so much plastic. there are a lot of things that we as humans can do to ensure that our children and children's children can enjoy this world as well. kim children's children can en'oy this world as well. kim mccoy, thank you _ this world as well. kim mccoy, thank you for— this world as well. kim mccoy, thank you for your _ this world as well. kim mccoy, thank you for your time. - in the us, a massive wall of dust has moved across arizona, consuming several neighbourhoods. the wall of dust, which is sometimes called a �*haboob', was around 80 kilometres wide and almost 2000 metres in height. winds around the dust storm reached over a hundred kilometres an hour. there were reports of zero visibility on the ground, and the storm and winds left

many in the area without power. now it's time for the latest sports news with lizzie greenwood hughes. starting with football, and it has been a busy day in the english premier league with eight games. defending champions manchester city missed out on going top, held to a 1—1 draw with aston villa, erling haaland opened the scoring for city, and then leon bailey got a point that takes aston villa out of the relegation zone. elsewhere, an out of sorts liverpool were held to a goalless 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 was goalless, nottingham forest were 2—0 up at half—time, but three second—half goals have given bournemouth a 3—2 victory. and wolves had their first league win of the season, 1—0 over southampton. england have qualified for the 2023 women's world cup with a 2—0 victory away to austria. eight times world cup winners germany have also guaranteed their place in next year's tournament by beating turkey 3—0.

england boss sarina wiegman was pleased to see the lionesses performing at their best, after a break since becoming european champions in july. again, a hard game, but coming out of the euros, not having that much rest, some of the players were in the champions league, other players didn't play many minutes, i think austria had that same problem a little bit, but i think after all that, i am very proud of the team that we came out like this and we just won the game. it looks so easy but i think it was pretty hard. max verstappen delighted his fans to claim pole for his home race — the dutch grand prix, for the second year in a row. sergio perez crashed his red bull on the final corner leaving britain's lewis hamilton unable to improve on fourth on the grid. i'm really happy that the cars finally felt alive this weekend. to be going through 01 and q2 and only be a tenth behind a red bull was a great feeling and it really gave me a lot of hope that i could

fight for the front row. but obviously the yellow flag at the end was a bit unfortunate but that's motor racing. and that's all the sport for now. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall have joined thousands of spectators at the highland games, in aberdeenshire. it was announced on friday 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's 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. more pictures are available on the website if you are interested. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @richpreston.

from us, see you next time. hello. the second half of this weekend continues with this mixed picture across the uk, warm sunshine for some, heavy rain for others, the heavy rain tied in with this slow—moving area of low pressure which stays with us as we go into the new working week. and we start sunday with some heavy rain initially across northern ireland and northern england, pushing its way north and eastwards across scotland, not reaching the northern isles until much later in the day. the showers elsewhere will fade through the morning, some spells of sunshine, but likely to see some heavy showers developing across south—west england through the afternoon. showers are likely to crop up almost anywhere, could be heavy and thundery where we do see them but quite well scattered, east anglia and south—east england staying mainly dry. quite a breezy day, particularly for irish sea

coasts where we could see stronger gusts for a time, but a warm day for most of us, especially across east anglia and south—east england where we see the best of the sunshine, 2a, 25, maybe even 26 celsius here, and the low to mid 20 celsius for many of us. through sunday night, we see another band of heavy rain pushing up from the south, and that is likely to affect a large swathe of the uk. heaviest across england and wales, perhaps not reaching the far north of scotland until much later in the night. once again, it is a warm and muggy night with temperatures not much lower than 1a or 15 celsius. so, then, we start the new week still with this area of low pressure to the west of the uk, it is going nowhere fast. notice the squeeze on the isobars, so still some stronger gusts of wind, particularly across south—west england and for irish sea coasts, and further showers as well on monday. the rain initially heavy across northern england and scotland through the morning, it will be easing away, and actually behind it, a good deal of sunshine but there will be some showers cropping up, and where we see them, again they could be heavy and thundery, somewhat hit and miss, some will have a largely dry and warm day, again

temperatures in the low if not mid 20 celsius as we start the new working week. this area of low pressure really isn't going to go away through much of next week, slow—moving eastwards across the uk and it is going to bring showers or longer spells of rain on most days, some much—needed rain, but we need to keep an eye on the south of england because we could see some very heavy rain here for a time through the week. one way or another, most of us are going to see some showers or some longer spells of rain in the week ahead, and the temperatures will be slowly coming down, too. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: nasa has called off the planned launch of the artemis mission to the moon for the second time in a week. the lift—off of the giant rocket was postponed after the discovery of a much larger fuel leak than the one that prevented the first launch. ukraine's president zelensky has urged europe to remain united in the face of russia's use of energy as a weapon. his wife has told the bbc the economic impact of the war is tough on ukraine's allies but ukrainians are counting casualties rather than pennies. the burial of the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has taken place in moscow. the 91—year—old, who died on tuesday, was buried next to his wife. the funeral was not a state event and president vladimir putin did not attend.