now it s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. a fine end to the day with much of the daytime cloud melting away, but glad that it s in place tonight across parts of scotland, particularly, one or two showers continuing higher, and we will see areas of cloud pushing in through east anglia and the south east, maybe also lincolnshire, bringing a greater chance of some rain showers into tuesday morning. temperatures for many in double figures but in rural parts of northern western england and wales, we could get down to five or 6 degrees, but here, it s the sunniest conditions to start tuesday. elsewhere, well, sunshine will come and go. a fair bit of cloud in scotland to begin with, one or two showers, maybe also into the isle of man. that cloud will thin and dissipate a bit through the day. more cloud in east anglia and the south east and lincolnshire, with a future showers may be into south east and midlands and the home counties but the further west you are
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
although this turned out to be frost in a crevice. but it was an issue with an engine that spell the end. launch director charlie blackwell thompson has called a scrub for today. nasa s administrator, bill nelson, was on hand to explain. this is a very complicated machine, a very complicated system, and all those things have to work. and you don t want to light the candle until it s ready to go. they came so close, the countdown stopping at t 40 minutes. there were too many technical problems to contend with. you have to remember, though, that this is a new rocket, and it hadn t really been put through its paces, so it s no surprise the engineers were being extra cautious. the plan is for the rocket to push a capsule, called orion, into deep space, to go into orbit around the moon before it returns to earth with a splash down. if the maiden flight is a success, the next time, astronauts will come along for the ride. but they are not surprised by the delays. this is the first
agenda or kitchen table issues? our panel will see. a rare agreement between the justice department and former president trump s legal team at the appointment of a special master to review documents sees it mar-a-lago. we will detail. plenty of pomp and circumstance this week as britain s morning the longest reigning monarch, the queens passing now spurring the royal family to mend some fences. prince harry and meghan markle are both back in the u.k. steven hilton will join us to break down the royal drama. we begin with president biden touting on a economic resurgence. white house correspondent kevin corke taking a closer look. good to be with you. the president back on the road again telling a group in boston about what he called an unprecedented investment in his bipartisan infrastructure law. the latest example, he claimed, it s taken america from economic crisis to economic resurgence. jobs and incomes are up. people are back to work. that progress has continued even
at d ao minutes. there were just too many technical problems to contend with. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 4am in pakistan where the government says a third of the country is now under water. millions of homes are now destroyed and much of its richest farmland is now flooded. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33 million. and the catastrophe isn t over water is still surging down the indus river, and will flood the low lying sind province even further over the next few days. latest reports say 45% of the country s cotton crop has been washed away. pumza fihlani reports. a moment of quiet in the middle of chaos. inside a crowded hall, families that have been displaced by the floods in northern pakistan have found temporary refuge. for many, it was a narrow escape. translation: our. houses have collapsed because of the floods. we had a home and it was enough for us. now all our belongings a