dealing with rising energy costs. after a two year pause due the pandemic, europe s largest street party kicks off its final day at the notting hill carnival in west london. nasa has cancelled today s launch of its most powerful rocket, artemis i, which had been due to take off for an unmanned test flight to the moon. the us space agency said one of its engines developed a bleed that could not be fixed in time. the next possible launch date is not until friday. the artemis programme is aimed at returning humans to the moon. if successful, the plan is for astronauts to be on board the flight in two years time. let s show you some live pictures from the scene right now. huge disappointment, really, with nasser cancelling artemis i. the window for the launch had begun about half an hour ago, but the us space agency said one of its engines had developed a bleed, which could not be fixed in time. let s talk to dr becky smethurst, astrophysicist at the university of oxford and aut
this is bbc news. lam ben i am ben brown. the headlines. nasa has cancelled its launch to the moon due to last minute technical hitches. the next opportunity for the launch is not until friday. this is the scene at cape canaveral. the united states space agency says there is an issue with one of the rocket s engines. pakistan is set to launch a global appeal for the flooding catastrophe that s killed more than 1,000 people and affected 30 million. the head of the institute for fiscal studies labels some of liz truss tax cutting policies as worrying and inadequade for
the army before retiring. i have around 12, 13 children. we don t have anyone i looking out for us and we don t know any of the officials to refer to. l we only have god to watch over us. if you can see here, officials are there, people are complaining to them. people are talking to them. they are actually asking them to write their names so that a relief operation could reach them. joining us now, the programme s directorfor the charity muslim hands, umar rashid, who has just returned from pakistan, where his team are assisting relief efforts. thank you for being with us. just describe for us the scale of this disaster. tens of millions of people affected. i disaster. tens of millions of people affected. ., disaster. tens of millions of people affected. ~ ., . , ., disaster. tens of millions of people affected. ,, , ., affected. i think, exactly what you said in terms affected. i think, exactly what you said in terms of affected. i think, exactly what you said in terms of the aff
turmoil surrounding his government, prime minister shahbaz sharif was seen distributing relief items. while poor planning and infrastructure has played a role in all this, climate change is also to blame. pakistan only produces 1% of global emissions, yet the country is dealing with some of its worst consequences. facing monsoons and floods that are far more frequent and severe than the norm. sindh province has seen nearly nine times its usual august rainfall. so, the country is urgently asking others for help. we re working with 35 donors right now. but, you know, the responses are in principle very, very positive. but we do need technical assistance. we need a lot of mobilisation on the ground. pakistan was already facing an economic crisis.
for the launch is on friday. pakistan is set to launch a global appeal for the flooding catastrophe that s killed more than 1,000 people and affected 30 million. the head of the institute for fiscal studies labels some of liz truss tax cutting policies as worrying and inadequade for dealing with rising energy costs. now on bbc news, weather world. this time on weather world record heat, drought and the fire that ripped through people s homes at the end of the uk s hottest day. as temperatures hit 40 celsius for the first time, i ll hear about london fire brigade s busiest day since world war two. and why wildfires are a growing problem. and i m talking to the scientist whose near real time analysis has shown how climate