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
hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, voting has closed in the conservative party leadership race. after 2 months of campaigning, and 8 initial candidates whittled down to 2, we ll find out on monday whether liz truss or rishi sunak has been chosen by party members to be the next leader and so prime minister. here s our political correspondent ben wright: after a long, rancorous campaign, it s now time to count the ballots. just 160,000 tory party members are picking their next leader, the next prime minister. and the challenges facing them are huge. they were spelt out today by the current chancellor. he is backing liz truss, presumed frontrunner. there are no easy options. we have war on our continent. we havejust come through a pandemic. but this economy is resilient. how will they handle soaring inflation? i borisjohnson s ejection from office injuly triggered a stampede of wannabe successors. tory mps had the job of picking two final candidates. sunak,
and a swimming cap designed for athletes with black or afro hair gets approval for use in top level competitions. hello, and welcome to the programme. there are fears of food shortages in pakistan, after the devastating floods washed away nearly half of the country s crops. so far around 1,200 people are known to have been killed but today, unicef said many more children could die from a rapid spread of diseases like cholera and malaria. our correspondent pumza fighlani is in pakistan. meet this boy, he s two days old, her sixth child. as he sleeps under a tree that s become this family s only shelter, his mother is anxious. this is no place for a baby. translation: we don t even have a tent, just this tree. . we spent the whole night in the rain running away from the flood, trying to get to safety. when we arrived, this was the only space we could find here. it gets really hot and he starts crying and won t stop. it s very difficult. the baby was born in a nearby hospital,
griff jenkins and for todd piro. in south carolina as the administration officials here to release a report defending failed withdrawal from afghanistan. but some say it is way past time for the biden biden white house in afghanistan when year ago yer ago. carley: alexandria hoff with more details, alexandria, good morning. 118 pages of the investigation done by house foreign affairs committee, it argues the choices of power of d.c. to get avoidable outcomes. 13 dead service members from american lives at risk and threats to homeland security. in years to come and embolden the enemy across globe. the community criticized the biden administration with kabul at risk of falling to the taliban. the congressman. they told us they got it right so there is no failure on the intelligent site nor the pentagon. the problem was, the white house and state department put their head in the sand not wanting to believe what they were saying and therefore not adequately planning. even
ahead of a supreme court decision that is expected to overturn the country s long established right to abortion. thank you for supporting ukraine, this victory is for every ukrainian, slava ukraini! and ukraine wins the eurovision song contest. favourites from the start, they won the public vote to take the title. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news from new york state ten people have been killed in a shooting at a supermarket in the city of buffalo three others have been injured. the fbi say they are investigating the incident as both a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism. 11 of the 13 victims were african american. an 18 year old man has been arrested at the scene he s not been officially named by the authorities. police say the suspect entered the busy grocery store before opening fire. he also used a camera to live stream the attack online. he was described as very heavily armed and had a tactical helmet and ge