anti government protests continue in the sri lankan capital as the new prime minister names his cabinet. and the more you look at the stars, the more you discover! we ll explain how a powerful new space telescope is expanding our view of the universe. hello and welcome. the former trump strategist steve bannon has been found guilty of contempt of congress by a court in washington. the charges were brought after he defied a summons to testify at the congressional hearings into the january the 6th riots at the us capitol building. he ll be sentenced in october he could face up to two years in prison. but, speaking outside the courtroom, he remained unrepentant. i want to start by thanking the jury. we respect their decision today. i really want to thank the hard working citizens that had to take an entire week off. we respect their decision. we may have lost a battle here, but we re not going to lose this war. in the closing argument, the prosecutor missed one very important
time in three years. and, coming up at 8.30pm we meet the members of one of ukraine s top rock bands, who ve become army medics in kharkiv, helping the military to fight invading russian forces. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the devastation caused in pakistan by extensive flooding has been called a crisis of unimaginable proportions by its climate change minister. she says that a third of the country is now underwater. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33 million. international help has begun to arrive but water is still surging down the indus river and will flood low lying sindh even more over the next few days. the province has received eight times its average rainfall for august. the bbc has been filming across the country, including our correspondent pumza filhani who has sent this report from sukkur, a city in sindh. a moment of quiet in the middle of chaos. inside a crowded hall, families that have been displaced by the floods in northern
been injured in a series of incidents involving a firearm on the isle of skye and the kyle of lochalsh, in scotland. all children in london aged between one and nine will be offered a polio booster vaccine after more traces of the virus are found in the capital s waste water. four days of extreme weather is forecast in england and wales. # we re walking in the air. the author and illustrator raymond briggs, best known for the 1978 classic, the snowman, has died, aged 88. hello, good evening. with fresh warnings about soaring energy bills over the next few months, the chancellor nadhim zahawi says the treasury is preparing options for the next prime minister. but there are concerns that households could fall further behind in paying for their gas and electricity. at the moment, annual energy bills for an average household are £1,971. but those bills are predicted to soar to around over £3,500 in october. and forecasters say they could rise to more than £4,200 injanuary wh
as monarch this morning, before travelling to scotland. it s monday 12th september. people here in edinburgh will be the first members of the public to file past the coffin of queen elizabeth ii this evening, as scotland bids it s final farewell. evening, as scotland bids its final farewell. king charles iii will accompany the queen s coffin as it travels from here at the palace of holyroodhouse, along the royal mile to st giles cathedral where it will remain under continuous vigil for 2h hours. yesterday thousands of mourners lined the route as the coffin made the 175 mile journey from balmoral down to edinburgh, as judith moritz reports. balmoral was the queen s most beloved home. scotland her place of refuge. how fitting, then, that it s across this land that she is beginning her finaljourney. these were the hills she knew. the forests she enjoyed. and the communities she felt closest to. all along the route, crowds returned that affection. and then, a majestic sight, as
in premier league history. good morning. there is a lot of dry weather to come today although some light and patti went across the north west first thing in the morning. forthose north west first thing in the morning. for those that are desperate to see some heavy rain, i think i can see someone at the distant horizon. i will tell you more about that a little bit later on. good morning. it s sunday, 28th august. our main story: the prime minister has said whoever succeeds him will announce another huge package of financial support to help people cope with soaring energy bills this winter. writing in the mail on sunday, boris johnson acknowledged that the next few months would be difficult, as households face sky high costs, but he added that the uk will emerge stronger on the other side . the price cap set by the regulator 0fgem will rise by 80% in october. that means the typical annual energy bill, paid by direct debt, will increase from 1,971 pounds to more than 3,500 poun