this is bbc news. i'm rich preston with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 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 an economic weapon. his wife tells the bbc about the continuing impact of the war on the ukrainian people. translation: the prices are going up in ukraine i 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. donald trump accusesjoe biden of being the real enemy

of the state — days after the president branded him a threat to american democracy. he's an enemy of the state. you want to know the truth, the enemy of the state is him and the group that controlled him. 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. and police in the us have charged a man with theft and terror offences after he threatened to crash a plane into a supermarket. hello and welcome to the programme.

nasa says the launch of its huge new moon rocket is likely to be delayed by several weeks, after lift—off was postponed for a second time. before another attempt can be made engineers have to identify the cause of a fuel leak. artemis, plagued by years of delays and huge budget overruns, is the most powerful rocket ever developed by nasa. it's designed to send astronauts back to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. our science editor, rebecca morelle, sent this update from the 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, in fact, 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.

tariq malik is the editor in chief of space.com. hejoins us now from florida. good to see you. thank you for making this piece for us in your schedule. two failed rocket launchers here, you must be disappointed. you rocket launchers here, you must be disappointed.— be disappointed. you know, it is disappointing. _ be disappointed. you know, it is disappointing. as _ be disappointed. you know, it is disappointing. as you - is disappointing. as you mention, ten years of developing this rocket, billions over budget. this was supposed to fly about five years ago in 2017. so it is years ago in 2017. so it is years later as well. nasa has been touting this mission as there vanguard to return astronauts to the moon in a few years. so they are disappointed, they were expecting record crowds, 400 , 000 expecting record crowds, 400,000 people in florida over a us labour day holiday weekend, but when the rocket is not ready, the rocket is not ready. not ready, the rocket is not read . , ., not ready, the rocket is not read . , . ., . ready. the first failed launch was on monday. _ ready. the first failed launch was on monday. these - ready. the first failed launch

was on monday. these are i was on monday. these are incredibly collocated machines. this is rocket science. are you surprised they tried so soon with this second launch attempt?— with this second launch attempt? with this second launch attemt? ~ �* ., ~ , with this second launch attemt? �* ., ~ , attempt? well, i'm not. why was here for that _ attempt? well, i'm not. why was here for that first _ attempt? well, i'm not. why was here for that first attempt - attempt? well, i'm not. why was here for that first attempt and . here for that first attempt and they had an engine cooling issue that turned out to be solved pretty quickly. they also had a different type of fuel in that attempt and they were able to fix it by tightening up some equipment. but that pretty much wrapped up in pretty quick time, this newly is something that is substantially different. it is a much bigger leak. it's in a connection about the size of a dinner plate, and they have got this gasket they have just got to replace and it is difficult to replace and it is difficult to do that at the pad in the time they had available with this window.— time they had available with this window. when is the next launch window _ this window. when is the next launch window then? - this window. when is the next launch window then? well, i this window. when is the next | launch window then? well, this current window _ launch window then? well, this current window ends _ launch window then? well, this current window ends on - launch window then? well, this l current window ends on tuesday, 6 september, time they can try to launch is in a couple of weeks, 16 september to 4

october. the challenge there is if they think they have to move the rocket back into its giant angen the rocket back into its giant anger, the vehicle assembly building, that will take a long time, takes a long time to do it, and then they have to do the repairs and some other checkouts they have to do for safety reasons. they have to go back again. so they are looking at either the early october or the mid—october timeframe to try to get this done. we the mid-october timeframe to try to get this done.— try to get this done. we can't ianore try to get this done. we can't ignore the — try to get this done. we can't ignore the cost _ try to get this done. we can't ignore the cost element - try to get this done. we can'tl ignore the cost element here, as you said before, massively over budget, expected to be $93 billion in total, about $4 billion in total, about $4 billion per launch. wisely were spending this money on this rocket, this empty rocket, to the moon, when i could be spending it taking care of people? spending it taking care of --eole? ., �* , spending it taking care of n-eole? ., �*, ., spending it taking care of n-eole? . �*, . , people? that's always the big auestion people? that's always the big question when _ people? that's always the big question when it _ people? that's always the big question when it comes - people? that's always the big question when it comes to - people? that's always the big i question when it comes to space exploration. nasa's administrator, bill nelson, who has flown in space himself, has said repeatedly that the spirit of exploration runs really high, notjust with nasa, but with the united states. they

also use a lot of technology that they have developed from the space programme into our daily lives here. you and i speaking over satellite and internet communications, a lot of that came from this. so they are really hoping to inspire the next generation of scientists, as well as by new technologies and new frontiers to explore. technologies and new frontiers to exnlore-_ to explore. 0k, tariq malik, thank you — to explore. 0k, tariq malik, thank you very _ to explore. 0k, tariq malik, thank you very much. - to explore. 0k, tariq malik, thank you very much. thankj to explore. 0k, tariq malik, - thank you very much. thank you. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, has called for greater european unity in response to russia's use of energy as a weapon. speaking a day after moscow said it would not restart gas exports through the nord stream 1 pipeline, mr zelensky said russia aimed to intimidate and weaken all of europe and was trying to inflict poverty and political chaos in places it can't yet strike with missiles. 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 energy is getting pricier, - that life's getting pricier, but people should understand that that is not coming through the west's support to 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's happening to your people, but also who feel desperately worried about their own ability to pay their bills to keep a roof over their head, what would you say to them? translation: well, of course i understand that the situation | is very tough. but let me recall in the time of the covid—19 epidemic, and it's 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's get some of the day's other news. a cabinet minister in pakistan says the recent devastating floods in his country amount to the world's worst climate change—induced disaster in recent history. ahsan iqbal insisted that pakistan produces less than 1% of global carbon emissions.

and 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. health officials in argentina say an outbreak of infectious pneumonia that's killed four people in a clinic in tucuman province was caused by legionnaires disease. seven other cases have been identified, most of them staff at the clinic. chileans go to the polls on sunday to vote in an 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. former us president

donald trump has been holding a rally in pennsylvania — the first since the fbi raided his mar—a—lago residence. mr trump was scathing about president biden for calling maga republicans and their election denial a threat to democracy. this weekjoe biden came to philadelphia, pennsylvania, to give the most vicious, hateful, and divisive speech ever delivered by an american president, vilifying 75 million citizens, plus another possibly 75, to 150, if you want to be accurate about it, as threats to democracy and as enemies of the state. you are all enemies of the state. he's an enemy of the state. you want to know the enemy of the state is him and the group that controlled him, which is circling around him.

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. ukraine's president zelensky has urged europe to remain united in the face of russia's use of energy as an economic weapon. 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. we're joined from philadelphia by mitchell orenstein, professor of russian and east european studies at the university of pennsylvania. he's also a senior fellow at the foreign policy research institute.

professor, thank you for joining us. 70,000 people, it is a lot of people, the crowds look pretty big. but how representative is this crowd of true opinion across the czech republic?— true opinion across the czech reublic? ~ ., , ,., , , republic? well, absolutely, is not representative. _ republic? well, absolutely, is not representative. the - not representative. the interesting thing is that support for nato is actually increased by 10% in the czech republic since the outbreak of the raw, and the government has been staunchly pro— ukrainian, now support for nato is up to 78% in the czech republic —— wall. so this group represents a minority, a small minority that seeks to embarrass the government at a time when it holds the european union presidency of the council and to make use of the higher energy prices to somehow score some points, at a time when they are really facing some

very substantial setbacks when it comes to the dissatisfaction with the government is this a new development or has it been brewing for a while?- development or has it been brewing for a while? there is no evidence _ brewing for a while? there is no evidence there _ brewing for a while? there is no evidence there is - brewing for a while? there is. no evidence there is increased satisfaction with the government, in fact quite the opposite. fiala and his party have been increasing in the polls lately. i think what this is is an attempt by a group of parties that have lost support recently to reignite some type of — reconnect somehow with the public by using the energy price increases as a kind of beebo. ., ., , beebo. you mention the energy rices, beebo. you mention the energy prices. what _ beebo. you mention the energy prices, what is _ beebo. you mention the energy prices, what is the _ beebo. you mention the energy prices, what is the picture - beebo. you mention the energy prices, what is the picture in - prices, what is the picture in the czech republic with energy prices? the czech republic with energy rices? ,, ., prices? similar across europe. obviously _ prices? similar across europe. obviously there _ prices? similar across europe. obviously there has _ prices? similar across europe. obviously there has been - prices? similar across europe. obviously there has been a - prices? similar across europe. l obviously there has been a huge increase in energy prices, you know, starting because of the war, because of the boycotts.

russia has stopped sending gas through the zero stream one apartment, so energy prices are elevated across the european union, including in the czech republic, but everywhere, also i believe in britain. that isn't popular but i think that in the short—term, russia has a lot of leverage the european union because it cannot control prices byjust cutting off supply. however, in the medium—term russia is the loser here. there european union is getting quite serious about cutting off its dependency on russian oil and gas, and it will be able to do that in a few years. but of course it can't happen immediately, and suresh is trying to play its best hand and remind everybody that they are still needed, trying to shift opinion somehow in a country which has turned quite against russia overall. and cue.

—— thank you. the funeral has taken place of mikhail gorbachev, the last president of the soviet union, who's widely credited with helping bring about the end of the cold war. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russia's 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. 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 wayne patterson stole a beechcraft king air c90a twin

engine aircraft and took off from the tupelo 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. he is an employee of tupelo aviation and has been 14 years, so he has access to these aircraft. at approximately 5:23am, patterson, from the aircraft, called lee county 911 to tell them that he is going to crash this aircraft into the west main walmart in tupelo, mississippi. soon thereafter, tupelo police department and fire department evacuated west main walmart in tupelo and all the surrounding areas. negotiators from tupelo police department made contact with the pilot and were able to convince him to not carry out this deed and to land the aircraft at tupelo airport. the pilot did not have experience to land an aircraft.

a private pilot assisted us in helping this pilot complete this, however it was not completed. upon final approach, the pilot aborted the landing and travelled in a north—west direction, away from tupelo. at approximately 9:32am, the pilot posted on facebook a message, and in essence it said �*goodbye'. at this time we know he was getting close to running out of fuel. at 10:08am, 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.

here in the uk, police in south wales have apologised for the first time to relatives of a somali immigrant who was executed in cardiff in 1952 after being wrongfully found guilty of murder. mahmoot mattan's conviction was quashed 24 years ago after his family argued he was the victim of institution racism. danielle fahiya reports. they killed my grandfather and they convicted the wrong man, they convicted the wrong man, they hang them for it. mahmood mattan was accused of an horrendous crime, the murder of a cardiff shopkeeper, lily volpert. my volpert. my grandfather was picked up because he was a somali immigrant. he couldn't speak much english. the police withheld a lot of the evidence. just six months after the

attack he was the last man to be hanged at cardiff prison. reporter:— be hanged at cardiff prison. reporter: ., , ., reporter: the family of mahmood mattan arrived _ reporter: the family of mahmood mattan arrived at _ reporter: the family of mahmood mattan arrived at court _ reporter: the family of mahmood mattan arrived at court this - mattan arrived at court this morning, hoping forjustice. after over four decades of campaigning, his name was cleared but the effects are still felt by the family. it still felt by the family. it isn't still felt by the family. it isn'tjust one life still felt by the family. it isn't just one life they took, isn'tjust one life they took, three sons then went through the stigma of their father being a murderer, then how troubled they were from their own upbringing. they abused alcohol and sadly died from it. if his father wasn't. .. alcohol and sadly died from it. if his father wasn't... killed, hanged for the murder that he didn't commit, then i would essentially still have a dad today. south wales police has issued an apology for their role in the miscarriage ofjustice. it is absolutely right that all those concerned with criminal justice and policing should

recognise the wrong that was done and the damage that it did to a family. i done and the damage that it did to a family-— to a family. i know about the a olo: to a family. i know about the apology through _ to a family. i know about the apology through the - to a family. i know about the apology through the bbc. . to a family. i know about the j apology through the bbc. on behalf— apology through the bbc. on behalf of the family i do accept _ behalf of the family i do accept the apology. it is sad they— accept the apology. it is sad they are _ accept the apology. it is sad they are no longer here to accept _ they are no longer here to accept the apology, and no apology— accept the apology, and no apology was given back when they — apology was given back when they were here. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall have joined thousands of spectators at the braemar highland games in aberdeenshire. it was announced on friday that the queen would miss the event, which she attends most years. it's 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. a quick look at pennsylvania.

donald trump is holding a rally, his first since the fbi raided his monologue a residence, and his first since president biden made a speech the other day, in which he branded donald trump and his supporters a threat to democracy. donald trump said joe biden is the real enemy of the state antidote at the fbi raid on his property, and called it a corruptjudge who authorised it. you can keep up—to—date on our stories on the website, including nasa saying the aborted launch of the artemis rocket means it would be another term for at least a couple of weeks. the top was postponed after elijah fueler was detected than the one that prevented the first attempt on monday. that is all on the website. you can download the app. you can reach me on twitter. from everyone on

the team, thank you for watching. 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, 24, 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 14 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 the allies but ukrainians are counting casualties rather than pennies. donald trump has accused joe biden of being the real enemy of the state days after the president branded him a threat to american democracy. the former us president, was holding a rally in pennsylvania — the first since the fbi raided his mar—a—lago residence.