to flee their homes and are in need of shelter, food and medicine. the floods have also submerged vital infrastructure and farmland, killing livestock and destroying millions of acres of crops. the situation is likely to get worse as heavy rains continue. it's easy to feel powerless in the face of so much devastation, but you can help. the disasters emergency committee represents 15 of the uk's leading aid charities. many of its members are already working in pakistan and are preparing to scale up their operations. they can provide food, water, medicines and shelter. £10 could provide essential hygiene supplies, like soap and mosquito nets, for two people. £25 could provide emergency shelterfor a family. £50 could provide emergency food for a family for a month. you can give now... or you can send a text... or you can write a cheque... thank you. hello there. first day of meteorological autumn and its going to feel like that as we head into this weekend thanks to low pressure, some wet and windy weather particularly across western areas. the rain will be heavy at times. a ridge of high pressure across us, two weather fronts trying to approach from the south and from the north. this one across the south will bring increasing showers to central and southern england. some of these could be heavy and thundery at times. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather around. a slightly warmer airmass, too, so it wont be quite as chilly across scotland as what we've had for the last few nights. so, for friday a lot of dry weather from central northern areas increasing showers for western scotland, and northern ireland, some of these heavy. otherwise in the sunshine, it's going to feel quite warm the top temperature of 26 celsius in south—east. it's more unsettled for the weekend heavy rain at times, particularly across northern and western areas. strong winds, even gales in the south—west, and there'll be plenty of showers dotted around too. iaea hello i'm christian fraser you are watching the context on bbc news. ukraine is punching through russia's "thin" defences in the south of the country. but what about the east? we will bring you a special report tonight from the front line. the un's nuclear inspectors have made it through to the russian—occupied plant in zhaporizia — with shells still falling in the near vacinity. tonight we will hear from former chelsea star andriy shevchenko, one of ukraine's best known exports, who is now at the forefront of the relief effort. and the british prime minister bows out with a massive investment in nuclear energy, accusing previous governments of a myopic approach to energy security. tonight with the context, the democrat and former adviser to hillary clinton — amanda renteria and brian taylor, political commentator and columnist