character into the atlantic, it looks fairly insignificant at the moment but it will start to push towards iceland over the coming days and started to develop a bit further, bump into the area of high pressure that is dominating at the moment, combine forces with low pressure in france to particularly bring a greater chance of heavy and thundery temples. a scattering of heavy, potentially thundery showers particularly across wales and northern ireland, sunshine in between, pretty windy conditions across the northern half of the uk, parts of north east england and scotland where it will stay dry. showers will try to spread north and east valley erratically, there are still areas where we will avoid some of the rain but maybe on sunday the potential for significant rain pushing across south west wales and ireland. where you cease in china between it will feel warm, but some will stay dry. where you see sunshine in between. isolated showers, if you are a boat in the south coa
good morning. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather so things are fairly settled. sunny spells, just a few showers, warm it tomorrow and an increased chance of rain for friday. all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday the 30th of august. the united nations will lead a global appeal today to help pakistan cope with the devastating floods which have left a third of the country under water and killed more than 1,100 people. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but mountainous regions in the north west have also been badly hit. the crisis is not over yet as heavy rain continues and water surges down the indus river. our reporter sean dilley has the latest details. in some parts of pakistan, it s been relentless. more than 33 million people have been affected by flooding in the country s heaviest rain for more than a decade. this year s monsoon season has claimed well over 1,100 lives since june. more than 3,500 kilo
the un launches an emergency appeal. it s chief says the region is a climate crisis hotspot. pakistan is responsible only for a tiny proportion of global emissions, but it tiny proportion of global emissions, but it is tiny proportion of global emissions, but it is people here who are paying the price but it is people here who are paying the price for climate change. meghan tells a us magazine thatjust existing was enough to upset the dynamics of the royal hierarchy. and coming up on the bbc news channel: scott parker is the first managerial casualty of the new premier league season, sacked by bournemouth after their 9 0 thumping at liverpool. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there s more evidence today of the depth of the energy crisis. the impact on households is already self evident but what about businesses, especially high street stalwarts like pubs? now bosses of some of the uk s biggest pub chains have spoken out. they ve sent an open letter to the