welcome to bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: 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 ukranian 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 accuses joe 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 control him. hello and welcome to bbc news. 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 nordstream 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—i9 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 kuenessberg on bbc one. she'll also bejoined by both liz truss and rishi sunak ahead of the conservative leadership result. the former us president, donald trump, has called his successor as an enemy of the state, two days afterjoe biden branded him and his make america great again supporters as a threat to american democracy. addressing a rally in pennsylvania, mr trump called

mr biden�*s address the most vicious speech ever delivered. he condemned the recent fbi raid to recover classified documents from his florida home as a travesty ofjustice and a shocking abuse of power. 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 we want to be accurate about it, as threats to democracy and as enemies of the state. you're all enemies of the state. he's an enemy of the state, you want to know the truth. the enemy of the state is him and the group that control him, which is circling around him.

donald trump speaking at that rally in pennsylvania a few hours ago. you are watching bbc news. 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. earlier i spoke to tariq malik, the editor—in—chief of space.com i asked him if he was disappointed with the failed launch. you know, it 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's years late as well. nasa has been touting this mission as their vanguard, their test flight to return astronauts to the moon in a few years.

and so they're disappointed, they were expecting record crowds, maybe 400,000 people in florida over a us labor day holiday weekend, but when the rocket�*s not ready, the rocket�*s not ready. the first failed launch was on monday. these are incredibly collocated machines. this is rocket science. are you surprised they tried so soon with this second launch attempt? well, i'm not. i was here for that first attempt and they had an engine cooling issue that turned out to be a bad centre — they solved that pretty quickly. they also had a different type of a fuel leak 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 new leak is something that is substantially different. it's a much bigger leak. it's in a connection about the size of a dinner plate, and they've got this gasket they've just got to replace and it is difficult

to do that at the pad in the time they had available with this window. when�*s their next launch window then? well, this current window ends on tuesday, 6 september, the next time that 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 hanger, 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. then they have to go back again. so they're looking at either the early october or the mid—october timeframe to try to get this done. we can't ignore the cost element here, as you said before, massively over budget, expected to be $93 billion in total, about $4 billion per launch. wise is the us spending this money on this rocket, this empty rocket, to the moon, when it could be spending it taking care of people? you know, that's always the big

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 at nasa, but with the united states. they have also used 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're really hoping to inspire the next generation of scientists, as well find new technologies and new frontiers to explore. tariq malik there. let's get some of the day's other news. health officials in argentina say an outbreak of infectious pneumonia, that's killed four people in a clinic in tucuman province, was caused by legionnaire's disease. seven other cases have been identified, most of them staff at the clinic.

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. let us go to russia. 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.

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. earlier i spoke to mitchell orenstein, professor of russian and east european studies, at the university of pennsylvania. i asked him if the crowds at the protests represent the feelings of most people in the czech republic. well, absolutely, it's not representative. i mean, the interesting thing is that support for nato has actually increased by 10% in the czech republic since the outbreak of the war, and fiala's government has been staunchly pro—ukrainian.

now support for nato is up to 78% in the czech republic. 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? there's no evidence that there is increased dissatisfaction with the government, in fact quite the opposite. fiala and his party have been increasing in the polls recently. 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 lever. you mention the energy prices, let's look closer at that. what is the picture with fuel prices in the czech republic? similar across europe. obviously there's 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 nord stream i pipeline, so energy prices are elevated across the european union, including in the czech republic, but frankly everywhere and also i believe in britain. that's not popular. i think that in the short—term, russia has a lot of leverage over the european union because it can control the prices byjust cutting off supply. however, over the medium—term russia is the loser here. the 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 so russia is trying to play its best hand and remind everybody that they're still needed, and try to shift opinion somehow in a country which has turned quite against russia overall. 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 for 10 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, in1952, after being wrongfully found guilty of murder. mahmoot mattan�*s conviction

was quashed 2a years ago, after his family argued he was the victim of institution racism. danielle fahiya reports. they killed my grandfather. they convicted the wrong man and hang him for it. mahmood mattan was accused of an horrendous crime, the murder of a cardiff shopkeeper, lily volpert, in 1952. 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: the family - of mahmood mattan arrived at the court of appeal this morning, hoping forjustice. after over four decades of campaigning, his name was cleared but the effects are still felt by the family. it isn'tjust one life they took, three sons then went

through the stigma of their father being a murderer, and then how troubled they were from their own upbringing. they abused alcohol and sadly died from it. if his father wasn't killed, hanged for the murder that he didn't commit, then i'd essentially still have a dad today. south wales police has issued an apology for policing's role in the miscarriage ofjustice. it is absolutely right that all us who are concerned with criminaljustice and policing should recognise the wrong that was done, and the damage that it did to a family. i know about the apology through somebody at the bbc. on behalf of the family, i do accept the apology. it's quite sad that they're no longer here to accept any apology, and there was no apology given

back, you know, when they were here. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has warned the train operator ava nti west coast that it's in the "last chance saloon" after it made significant reductions to its timetable. on friday the firm's managing director resigned, after 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 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 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. mairead smyth has more from huddersfield. the price cap comes in from tomorrow, in fact, here in west yorkshire. that's because of a deal that's been struck by the combined authority mayor. she's been working with the combined authority to try and bring in that reduction in single fares going to £2 from tomorrow. it should save people around £1.50 per singlejourney. a similar scheme coming into effect in greater manchester tomorrow as well. the single fare again, £2 for adults, just £1 for children. but here in huddersfield, the change has been largely welcomed. to me, it is a no—brainer. there is no point in taking the car and then paying for parking fees and

everything, and so, to me, obviously, the cost of living and the fact it is saving money at the end of the day. right now it is costing us really too much - so if it is going to cost us £2, not more than £2, i that would be really amazing. it is good to come to library to work but it costs, you know, like, more than £4, you know, £4.50 for a day ride, and you know, now we can come every day. i only live five or ten minutes away and it costs me £2.20 l to get into town. you could walk it. so, yeah. i think it is a lot better, - if i am honest, because having to pay for children that, - you know, five years and older, it is costing me £15 normally for a trip, for a day rider for myself and a day rider. for my children, and it is extortionate, . absolutely extortionate, but it is cheaper than petrol. and cheaper than driving, so... as you heard, lots of people really supporting this.

and it's notjust the single journeys that are going to change. you can use a whole day ticket for £4.50, so that should make a big difference as well. and the changes here in west yorkshire will actually last for a whole year and will increase from next september in line with inflation. now, nationally, the change won't come in untiljanuary, they'll 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. thank you for watching stop bye—bye. 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: 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