this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. 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. 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. and police in the us have charged a man with theft and terror offences after he threatened to crash a plane into a supermarket. 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 one 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 9am 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 week, joe 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 iso,

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. 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 i% of global carbon emissions. 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. 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 is 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 have 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 is 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, 10 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

complicated 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 are 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. 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, climate and gender equality. it's expected to be a tight vote. our south american correspondent, katy watson, has been following the story. it started three years ago with what has become known as the social outburst of chile, mass protests over a rise in subway fares grew to encompass dipping qualities in the region's fares grew to encompass dipping qualities in the region's most stable economy. top of the

protesters demands was to change the constitution of chile, drawn up by a dictator. many saw that is the root of the country's problems and so to modernise the constitution began. it is huge in scope, covering gender parity, abortion rights, indigenous representation and climate issues and if it passes it will be one of the most progressive constitutions in the world. translation: $5 constitutions in the world. translation:— constitutions in the world. translation: as you can see there is order _ translation: as you can see there is order and _ translation: as you can see there is order and tranquillity l there is order and tranquillity in the polling stations as they should be. we guarantee citizens can exercise their right to vote which is the right to vote which is the right thing to do in a democracy. on sunday, we celebrate a tribute to democracy with great peace of mind. translation: ~ ., , ., , ,, translation: we are very happy and very hepeful_ translation: we are very happy and very hopeful and _ translation: we are very happy and very hopeful and we - translation: we are very happy and very hopeful and we believe l and very hopeful and we believe that the big winner this sunday will undoubtedly be democracy. all the conditions are in place for a calm and safe vote in the region. in

for a calm and safe vote in the reuion. . , region. in recent weeks, polls have indicated _ region. in recent weeks, polls have indicated more - region. in recent weeks, polls have indicated more voters i region. in recent weeks, polls. have indicated more voters plan to reject the constitution then voted for it. if that happens, it will be a blow for the president, gabriel boric but he has promised a new constitutional process to make sure that that that was put in place by augusto pinochet is finally replaced. katy watson, bbc news. 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. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines:

ukraine's president zelensky has urged europe to remain united in the face of russia's use of energy as an economic weapon. 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. people in certain parts ofjackson, mississippi, have told bbc news they aren't being supplied with free bottled water. their water supply has been contaminated by flooding, which damaged a local treatment plant. for the second week in a row, the national guard has been distributing bottled water to those in need. our north america correspondent chi chi izundu has been finding out how residents are coping. brown walter comes out. it is not normal and it is not drinkable, so what do we do? it drinkable, so what do we do? it always comes out rust. i would|

always comes out rust. i would never drink— always comes out rust. i would never drink that _ always comes out rust. i would never drink that water, - always comes out rust. i would never drink that water, do - always comes out rust. i would never drink that water, do not | never drink that water, do not brush — never drink that water, do not brush my— never drink that water, do not brush my teeth _ never drink that water, do not brush my teeth with it. - never drink that water, do not brush my teeth with it. i- never drink that water, do not brush my teeth with it.- brush my teeth with it. i can use my phone _ brush my teeth with it. i can use my phone line. - brush my teeth with it. i can use my phone line. a - brush my teeth with it. i can use my phone line. a fire i brush my teeth with it. i can l use my phone line. a fire next door has _ use my phone line. a fire next door has knocked _ use my phone line. a fire next door has knocked out - use my phone line. a fire next door has knocked out as - use my phone line. a fire next door has knocked out as and l door has knocked out as and electricity but he has not had clean water for mums. the water is brown as well. the church for months. you show and cook with it and you drink it? yes. this week's water problem is undamaged to the water plant. some people have no water, others get it discoloured. in the last week, it became dark. marshall lives in west jackson, a largely black area, the poorest part of the city in one

of the poorest states of america. old lead lined pipes and under maintain treatment plans and years of lack of funding has resulted in this, the national guard being called in to hand out bottles of water. it in to hand out bottles of water. , ~ water. it is like we live in cave days- _ water. it is like we live in cave days. we _ water. it is like we live in cave days. we should - water. it is like we live in cave days. we should be| cave days. we should be afforded all these things without having to go through what we are going through. i understand they are having so many issues with pipes and so forth so hopefully they can get that corrected.— that corrected. some parts of the city now _ that corrected. some parts of the city now have _ that corrected. some parts of the city now have their- that corrected. some parts of the city now have their water| the city now have their water restored but any residence still do not trusted. i restored but any residence still do not trusted.- still do not trusted. i have been catching _ still do not trusted. i have been catching rainwater. l been catching rainwater. serena, a law student, has always been fearful about the water quality. i always been fearful about the water quality-— water quality. i am fortunate because i — water quality. i am fortunate because i have _ water quality. i am fortunate because i have a _ water quality. i am fortunate because i have a filter- water quality. i am fortunate because i have a filter so - water quality. i am fortunate because i have a filter so i i because i have a filter so i would never drink the water, do not brush my teeth with it stop i watch my clothes in it but i

do not really have another option. do not really have another otion. ' ~ . , do not really have another otion, ' . ., , ., do not really have another otion, ' , ., , option. officials are still askin: option. officials are still asking the _ option. officials are still asking the people - option. officials are still asking the people of- option. officials are still- asking the people of jackson to boil their water before you but for residents like marshall, evenif for residents like marshall, even if it could, that is not good because without the overall of the hull city this city will continue to battle for the right of clean water. chi chi izundu, bbc news. 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. 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 2,000 metres in height. winds around the dust storm reached over 100 kilometres an hour. there were reports of zero visibility on the ground, and the storm and winds left many in the area without power. 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 it's 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 1 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. 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 events which attracts crowds from across the globe who watch competitors take part in the caber toss, hammer throw, and tug—o—war.

that's it for us for now. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ rich preston see you soon. 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: 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 ukranians 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, in florida. 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