this is bbc news with the latest headlines. a catastrophe on a scale never seen before. pakistan s foreign minister assesses the flooding that s swept across his country. the flooding doesn t quite seem to encapsulate the ongoing devastation and disaster that we are still witnessing. mission to the moon america prepares to test launch a rocket, heralding a new era of space exploration. the head of the institute for fiscal studies labels some of liz truss s tax cutting policies as worrying and inadequade for dealing with rising energy costs. new figures show that chain store closure in the uk dropped by 30% in the first half of this year, compared to the same period last