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
and 12 after long years of tory failure, didn t they just show their true colours, yesterday? cheering. their driving ideology make the rich richer and do nothing for working people. and how one of the world s most streamed performers bad bunny has used his fame to draw attention to the issues facing his native puerto rico. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. reports from ukraine say armed soldiers have been going door to door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self styled referendums onjoining russia. russian state media says door to door voting is necessary for security reasons. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. the so called referendums have been widely condemned. the us presidentjoe biden described them as a sham and a false pretext to try to i
with the rising cost of living. it will help with millions ofjourneys through the toughest months, the winter when we know things are going to be tough, and i think it will help attract people to the bus, particularly at a time when costs are so high. ready for lift off.again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon five days after technical problems scuppered the first. these are live pictures from cape canaveral ahead of take off, which is hoped to be in the next four to six hours. good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev, the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of moscow s house of uni
end. , ., ., , equal federer record comes to an end. ,., end. everyone here as i say it is a dream come end. everyone here as i say it is a dream come true. and heartbreakfor alfie hewett as tokito oda takes the mens wheelchair singles title, we ll hearfrom him. he promises to be back in the final next year. the 61 year wait for a boys a singles champion as searle wins thejunior title. i m paul scott in salford also coming up on sportsday. australia retain the women s ashes, after the penultimate one day match in southampton goes right to the wire. and with just a week to go in the tour de france, almost nothing separates leader jonas vingegaard from his rival tadej pogacar.
and it has concluded interacts on this final sunday. it certainly has, paul. he feels a little bit like this at the moment is extraordinary that men s singles final that we saw and yet that is not the final thing that we will see on centre court. you to some live pictures because we have got the women s doubles final thatis have got the women s doubles final that is playing out at the moment. good to see people have stayed stayed there including martina rights in the low but she was pretty goodin rights in the low but she was pretty good in the doubles. i think it s fair to say. this is special because she is playing herfinal match here, you can see that elys e martens has her, alongside storm hunter, up a great and this one at the moment. storm hunter on stir but she has had this extraordinary career coming all to you end at wimbledon tonight along with her partner. early stages of that doubles final. you can watch