emma vardy, bbc news, liverpool.ondon while being arrested by police. officers were flagged down after a man and woman were seen arguing on kingston bridge last night. scotland yard say the man, who was in his 20s, hadn't been handcuffed when he went into the water. thousands of people in areas at risk of flooding in pakistan have been told to evacuate their homes. aid agencies say floods could develop into one of the country's worst disasters as the heaviest monsoon rains in decades continue. nearly 1,000 people have died sincejune, while thousands more have been displaced. southern pakistan has been hardest hit by the rains, particularly sindh province, which has received nearly eight times its average august rainfall. many rivers have also burst their banks in the north—western khyber pakhtunkhwa province. our correspondent pumza fihlani reports from the province of sindh one of the worst hit areas. swathes of land across southern pakistan have been turned into islands. the rains have been unforgiving, and the wat

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. 0ur political correspondent, alex forsyth, is at westminster.s it that the government is waiting for a new leader before laying out how it is going to deal with this cost of living crisis?— going to deal with this cost of livin: crisis? ., ., , ., living crisis? clive, today we have had another _ living crisis? clive, today we have had another set _ living crisis? clive, today we have had another set of _ living crisis? clive, today we have had another set of grim _ living crisis? clive, today we have had another set of grim figures i had another set of grim figures which really reflects the reality that too many people across the country will already be too familiar with. we have heard from the chancellor today, we know the treasury is working up options but we know there will not be any action beyond the support already announced until there is a new prime minister in place. so we have the situation where on the one hand there is an increasing sense of urgency about the economic picture but on the other hand something of a hiatus on decision m

emma vardy, bbc news, liverpool. the headlines on bbc news... are becoming one of the worst disasters the country has ever faced. millions are affected. the united nations calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities in libya after rival factions clash in the capital, tripoli. 12 people have been killed. let's get the sport and from —— a full round—up, here is 0lly foster. we've had an incredible afternoon in the premier league, details of a record score at anfield in a moment, but erling haaland ended up with the matchball at the etihad stadium as the champions. erling haaling has had a huge impact sincejoining the side in the summer. he scored a second half hatrick to turn the game around, he's up to five for the season. iam happy. the i am happy. the first goal in front of the home fans must have been pretty special but to score three in the one game, expand the filling. scoring a hat—trick, even a better feeling. it is trying to continue to what we do. some small adjustments, pep told us, and we did it and it got results so it is about li

emma vardy, bbc news, liverpool.ee movement between their countries. it's one of the issues that has fuelled recent antagonism between the balkan neighbours. in 2008 kosovo, which has an ethnic albanian majority, declared independence from serbia which has been recognised by most, but not all, eu member states until now, serbia has refused to recognise identity cards issued by kosovo. now — in a major breakthrough, the two sides have agreed to allow the use of each other�*s identity cards when crossing the border. the eu foreign policy chiefjosep borrell has appealed to the countries' leaders to continue working together and solving the remaining issues. i respect both leaders and continue to show pragmatism and constructive nests in order to solve the problem. i've said many times, and time of war in ukraine, but the challenges that we are facing, we don't need any more problems. we don't need more tensions. we need solutions. we need solutions and today we have greater solutions. and we have two continue working to

emma vardy, bbc news, liverpool.akistan have been told to evacuate their homes. aid agencies say the flooding could develop into one of the country's worst disasters as the heaviest monsoon rains in decades continue. nearly 1,000 people have died sincejune — thousands more have been displaced. pumza fihlani reports. swathes of land across southern pakistan have been turned into islands. the rains have been unforgiving, and the water is still trapped between people's homes. homes, roads and infrastructure have been destroyed, and some villages completely isolated. this week, authorities issued fresh warnings for people to get to higher ground. for some, that meant beside a road. families left with what they could manage. this man tells us he has lost everything. translation: we've been sitting here for one week. | there are 20 of us in my family, and we don't know where to go. these tents that you are seeing on either side of this main road where people have come to seek temporary shelter. they tell me that something

emma vardy, bbc news.stan — and the country has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. it's feared that food shortages could lead to more deaths, as many families have had to leave for higher ground, abandoning agricultural areas where they were able to support themselves. there are fears that the multiple tributaries that feed down from the mountains into the indus river — as you can see here — will continue to overwhelm it, causing more flooding and landslides in sindh province, which is already the worst—affected region. 0ur correspondent pumza fihlani has the latest. local aid agencies in pakistan say they are doing what they can, but there simply aren't enough resources for everyone, as seen here. within minutes, the food runs out... ..and the team is forced to leave quickly. the picture is the same around the country. translation: we left our homes in a hurry, and couldn't gather- all our supplies to cook. some days, we are able to eat, other days we have nothing. there is heavy flooding a

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. our business editor, simonjack, is with me now.e terrible. things only seem to be getting worse. what wonders what levers if any of this government or any government can pull to try to make things better.— any government can pull to try to make things better. there are two urou -s make things better. there are two arou -s of make things better. there are two grouns of peeple _ make things better. there are two groups of people who _ make things better. there are two groups of people who have - make things better. there are two groups of people who have big - groups of people who have big decisions to make. the first is the bank of england. normal procedure when you see runaway inflation like this is theyjacked up interest rates. the idea is you make it less attractive to borrow and spend and you make it more attractive to save and you suck money out of the economy. that's what the playbook has always been. some will wonder if actually whether the problem is there is not too much money sloshing around the economy. the problem is the

emma bardhi reporting from liverpool. —— emma vardy.e to rise in line with soaring gas prices. russia is reportedly burning off natural gas as it sharply cut deliveries to the european union. chancellor karl nehammer said it was time to finally stop the "madness" taking place in energy markets. austria is heavily dependent on russian gas, and mr nehammer said the eu must not allow president putin to determine its energy price every day. more than 1,000 people have now died after extensive flooding in pakistan as the country issues a fresh appeal for more international aid. it's feared that food shortages could lead to more deaths, as many families have had to leave for higher ground, abandoning agricultural areas where they were able to support themselves. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters from the north flow downriver. 0ur correspondent pumza fihlani has the latest. local aid agencies in pakistan say they are doing what they can, but there simply aren't e

emma vardy reporting.hudgell, who is now seven, was so badly abused he needed to have both legs amputated. his birth parents, anthony smith and jody simpson, were jailed for 10 years in 2018. tougher sentences for child abusers came into force injune under "tony's law", following campaigning from the youngster�*s adoptive family. dutch police say at least six people have been killed and several more injured after a truck crashed into a street party near rotterdam. it's understood the lorry veered off the road and rolled into a neighbourhood barbecue just south of the city. the driver has been arrested. the cause of the crash is not yet known. there have been angry protests across india following the government's decision to cut short the sentences of 11 men who were convicted of brutally gang—raping a muslim woman. men and women held placards and shouted slogans, urging the government to reverse the controversial decision. wendy urquhart reports. chanting. this is one of many protests on the streets of ind

the process of britain, the exploitation of detainees for political purposes, bbc correspondent emma vardyhat is known about three britons in captivity of separatists, they all came to ukraine in slightly different ways. ukrainian units and when the invasion began he was heavily involved in the fighting fought as part of the ukrainian army regarding andrew gill he went there at the beginning of the invasion as well as many other foreigners in order to join the international legion, which was created to fight together with the ukrainian army. this is already a special case. they say that he was an employee of the prizidium network, which helped evacuate people when he was detained by all three russians, and the so-called dpr considers them mercenaries. of course this is not the first trial that we have seen of british people who were captured during this conflict a few months ago, aiden asling and sean pinner, who fought on the side of the ukrainian army , were also captured, they were also tried in this the judge who recognized them as mercenaries accused them of other crimes such as terro

a 36—year—old man was also arrested on thursday. 0ur correspondent emma vardy is in liverpool for us. police investigation here has been moving pretty swiftly, with two arrests now, in the past its—hours, and that second man was arrested yesterday, just a few streets away from here, there was quite a come motion with local resident, families as armed police restrained the man in the street before he was taken away. there really is still quite a sense of shock here at the outbreak of gun violence which led to nine—year—old 0livia's death earlier in the week. still people coming down to pay tribute to lay flowers and teddies but police say despite the two arrests, the investigation continues, they are still appealing for people to come forward with information that may help them to build a case, now yesterday we also saw a visit from the home secretary, priti patel, who was here at the scene. she pledged 500,000 of extra funding to try to take weapons off the streets and provide mental health support, the metro mayor for liverpool said that is not enough and off the back of this there s

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. let's speak to pollyjones from the trussell trust. good evening. i don't know whether we can hear you or not. i will try and speak to you and we should be fine to hear you. some awful details coming through about how people are being hit by this. what are the impacts urc? irate being hit by this. what are the impacts urc?— being hit by this. what are the imacts urc? ~ , ., ., ~ ., impacts urc? we support a network of 4000 food banks — impacts urc? we support a network of 4000 food banks right _ impacts urc? we support a network of 4000 food banks right across - impacts urc? we support a network of 4000 food banks right across the - impacts urc? we support a network of 4000 food banks right across the uk i 4000 food banks right across the uk and every day we hear stories people who have not been able to switch on their cookers, have turned off their fridges and are making really impossible decisions about what they can spend their money on because people who come to food banks often, their income is at the security and thatis their inc

let's speak to emma vardy, who's in liverpool for us this lunchtime. emma.ard—hitting messages for people police clearly believe there may be those people in communities who may know more about these shootings, and that video was to get people to appeal to their conscience, and to say that silence is not an option, and people in liverpool have been very shocked and concerned by those three gun deaths that took place in seven days. this morning at liverpool's anglican cathedral, the dean has been saying prayers for a nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel, who was killed earlier this week when a gunman burst into the family home. prayers, too, for anyone impacted by that recent outbreak of gun violence in the city. meanwhile, this morning the police investigation remained very active. there were sniffer dogs at the home of olivia in the dovecot area of the city, two menu had been questioned in that investigation were yesterday released on bail, and today police will be hoping that that fresh appeal video mayjust will be hoping that that fresh appeal video may just

they've launched a video appeal for information. 0ur correspondent emma vardy has been in liverpool forll people out there who know more about the shootings, and today we saw a fresh attempt to persuade people to come forward. now, in the case of nine—year—olds 0livia's death, the two men who were being questioned have now been released on bail. one of them was recalled to prison for breaching the terms of his licence. and the investigation goes on. we've got parents who've lost their children. we've got a nine—year—old girl who won't celebrate her 18th birthday. after three gun deaths in seven days, an appeal to peoples�* conscience. if you've got information, and you're withholding it, you're protecting the killers. the recent spate of gun crime has had devastating consequences. sam rimmer was gunned down in the street. a few days later, ashley dale shot in her garden. police say she was not the intended target of the attack. and nine—year—old 0livia shot when a gunman burst into herfamily home in pursuit of someone else. it's led to a huge police response and a crackdown on organised

our correspondent emma vardy has more from liverpool: we've got parents who've lost their children.r 18th birthday. after three gun deaths in seven days, an appeal to peoples�* conscience. if you've got information, and you're withholding it, you're protecting the killers. the recent spate of gun crime has had devastating consequences. sam rimmer was gunned down in the street. a few days later, ashley dale, shot in her garden. police say she was not the intended target of the attack. and nine—year—old olivia, shot when a gunman burst into herfamily home in pursuit of someone else. it's led to a huge police response, and a crackdown on organised crime. there was fresh activity on olivia's street this morning. arrests have been made in all three murder investigations, and officers believe they're making progress. but they still need more information, and hope that message to people not to protect the killers will strike a chord. at liverpool's anglican cathedral today, prayers were said for olivia, and all those affected by the city's recent spate of violence. itjust seems as if we're

let's cross over to liverpool and our correspondent, emma vardy. what is the latest?ideo this morning, not only appealing for information about the death of olivia pratt—korbel, but also because of the deaths of two others. there was a spate of gun violence in liverpool in which three people were killed inside seven days. olivia pratt—korbel, the nine—year—old who was shot when a gunman burst into herfamily home, ashley dale, he was shotin herfamily home, ashley dale, he was shot in her garden, not the intended victim of the attack, police say. sam rimmer was also shot in the street. that merseyside police video released on youtube this morning had strong messages appealing to people to search in their conscience and to come forward with information if they had it. they said, we have parents who have lost their children and if you have information and you are withholding it, then you are protecting the killers. so a pretty tough message for people and itjust shows the police investigation in terms of olivia's death and the others are still very active and they believe

have repeated their appeal for people to come forward with any new information. 0ur correspondent emma vardyrrived on his residential street and a man was restrained and taken away. the second arrest in this investigation took place not far from the scene of 0livia's murder. took place not far from the scene of olivia's murder.— olivia's murder. what did you say? e es saw olivia's murder. what did you say? eyes saw a — olivia's murder. what did you say? eyes saw a lot _ olivia's murder. what did you say? eyes saw a lot of _ olivia's murder. what did you say? eyes saw a lot of armed _ olivia's murder. what did you say? eyes saw a lot of armed police. - olivia's murder. what did you say? eyes saw a lot of armed police. i i eyes saw a lot of armed police. i was bit alarmed but i was glad for the all i'm thinking about to be honest with you is a levy as a family. honest with you is a levy as a famil . ,, ., , honest with you is a levy as a famil . ,, , ., honest with you is a levy as a famil _ ,, ”i , ., ., family. six days on from the shooting _ family. six days on from the shooting in _ family

those details from our correspondent emma vardy have just come through.d from entering the country. among those blacklisted are labour party leader sir keir starmer, former prime minister david cameron, members of the house of lords and journalists including piers morgan and the bbc�*s huw edwards. the prime minister of pakistan has arrived in the southwestern province of balochistan — which has seen heavy floods — to oversee the relief operations. the area has been badly hit by recent heavy monsoon rains. almost 140 people have died there sincejune, and there has also been damage to local roads and infrastructure. saher baloch has been to the area and has the latest. i'm on a street in the outskirts of quetta, where heavy rain's destroyed many homes. recent rains have caused havoc across balochistan, where weak infrastructure continues to be a challenge and remains inaccessible to authorities and media outlets. the met office has forecasted more rains in the coming days, for which the province does not seem prepared. balochistan is one of the least devel

emma vardy has the latest.join the international legion of ukraine, fighting alongside the ukrainian army. dylan healy was quite different. he is said to be an aid worker. somebody who is doing aid worker. somebody who is doing aid work out of their with the presidium network. they have told me he was involved in helping evacuate people when he was captured. but it seems all three of them are being seen as mercenaries by russia. and by the donetsk people's republic, a breakaway region of ukraine controlled by russian backed separatists. this is not the first trial we have seen a british men who have been captured in the conflict. a few months back, aidan aslin and shaun pinner, also fighting with ukrainian army, were captured by russian separatists and sentenced in the same court and found to be mercenaries, accused of other crimes like terrorism. they were given the death sentence. now it is expected that we don't expect that will be carried out. there are negotiations under way between ukraine and russia to t