and the duchess of sussex tells a us magazine that just existing was enough to upset the dynamics of the royal hierarchy. and coming up: we ll hearfrom one gardener who s successfully grown the world s longest cucumber. it s a lot of fun growing a giant vegetable. you can compete notjust in the uk, you can compete around the world. it s incredible. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal to help pakistan deal with devastating floods. the country s prime minister has said the floods are the worst in the country s history. provinces in the south by the provinces in the south by the worst provinces in the south by the worst affected. but mountainous regions further north have also been badly hit. more than 1,000 people are known to have been killed as roads, homes and bridges were washed away across the country. and officials estimate more than 33 million pakistanis, that s one in seven people, have been affected by the flooding. we have two reports from pakistan. in
welcome to the programme. iraq s president has said an early election could resolve the political unrest gripping the country. to those who have taken their eye off iraq, the violence that broke out in baghdad yesterday, might have looked like a sudden eruption of rage. in fact, the sectarian anger has been simmering for years. the country is riddled with corruption, it has not had a functioning government since the october elections and the spiralling cost of living is pushing iraq towards an existential crisis. the spark that ignited these protests yesterday was the sudden announcement by the shia cleric, muqtadr al sadr, that he was withdrawing from political life. sadr has been a major player in iraq since 2003, when his supporters known then as the mehdi army, began attacks on coalition troops. in october, the sadrists won the most seats in parliament but refused to form a coalition with the mostly shi ite iran backed parties. injune, sadr asked all of his mps to resign
New guidelines for staff and freelancers relating to social media use. It follows controversy over a tweet made by Star Presenter gary lineker earlier this year. The bbc appointed the former ceo of itn john hardy to review the policy and those findings have just been hardy to review the policy and those findings havejust been made public. With me now is our Media Correspondent. First of all, i note you have got a big wad of documents, talk us through these findings, what they say, what changes how we seeing . I they say, what changes how we seeinu . They say, what changes how we seein . , they say, what changes how we seeinu . Ii seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it would seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it would be seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it would be simple . Seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it would be simple . It | you