and nine fire trucks, had been called to the incident. thousands of roman catholics have begun paying their respects to the pope emeritus benedict xvi, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. you re watching bbc news. now, what s killing our rivers? you see herons and dragonflies. you see lots of little fish in the shallow parts, and then, sometimes, you ll see a salmonjumping out of the water. you start to realise how many people don t have stuff like this, particularly in lockdown, when we were very grateful to have it. these school friends have made the most of a record breaking summer, like thousands of others. but there s something wrong with our rivers. what a sad sight to see. it s absolutely devastating, what we re finding up here today. look at the water, look at this. just look at it. this is algae. it s taking over our rivers and waterways. and when human and animal waste gets into a river, not only is it bad for our health, it is also full of nutrients like p
also have a broken immigration system. in particular over the last four years before we came in and it needs to be fixed. we have a secure border in that that is a priority for any nation, including ours and our administration. bill: despite that secure border arrests are on track to surpass 2 million this month which would be another all-time record. dana: greg abbott is not the only governor putting democrats on blast. ron desantis sent two plane loads to martha s vineyard. a vacation spot for wealthy progressives. bill: we start with griff jenkins covering the buses in washington, d.c. at the home of kamala harris. good morning, there. good morning, that s right. you are looking now live at some of the last migrants getting into a bus provided by local ngos helping the migrants to go to a local church. we aren t sure exactly where. from there they will try to coordinate the migrants getting to their final destination. now to recap for our viewers, what happened at
at risk of flooding in pakistan have been told to evacuate their homes. aid agencies say floods could develop into one of the country s worst disasters as the heaviest monsoon rains in decades continue. nearly a thousand people have died sincejune, while thousands more have been displaced. southern pakistan has been hardest hit by the rains particularly sindh province. it has received nearly eight times its average rainfall for august. rivers have also burst their banks in the north west khyber pa ktunkwa province. our correspondent pumza fihlani reports from sindh. swathes of land across southern pakistan have been turned into islands. the rains have been unforgiving, and the water is still trapped between people s homes. homes, roads and infrastructure have been destroyed, and some villages completely isolated. this week authorities issued fresh warnings for people to get to higher ground. for some, that meant beside a road. families left with what they could manage. this
thousands of people in areas at risk of flooding in pakistan have been told to evacuate their homes. aid agencies say floods could develop into one of the country s worst disasters as the heaviest monsoon rains in decades continue. nearly 1,000 people have died sincejune, while thousands more have been displaced. southern pakistan has been hardest hit by the rains particularly sindh province. it has received nearly eight times its average rainfall for august. rivers have also burst their banks in the north west khyber pa ktunkwa province. 0ur correspondent pumza fihlani reports from sindh. swathes of land across southern pakistan have been turned into islands. the rains have been unforgiving, and the water is still trapped between people s homes. homes, roads and infrastructure have been destroyed, and some villages completely isolated. this week authorities issued fresh warnings for people to get to higher ground. for some, that meant beside a road. families left with what
in sport, england take control of the second test against south africa. captain ben stokes leads by example with his first century as captain. ato a to the weekend, warm spells of sunshine a to the weekend, warm spells of sunshine to look forward to. for the afternoon. sunshine to look forward to. for the afternoon. one sunshine to look forward to. for the afternoon, one or sunshine to look forward to. for the afternoon, one or two sunshine to look forward to. for the afternoon, one or two isolated - afternoon, one or two isolated showers for one or two but for most it will stay dry throughout the day. we ll take a closer look at all of the weather details a little bit later. join me then. it s saturday 27th august. our main story: children s charities are warning of the serious risk to young people this winter, as households struggle with the rising cost of energy bills. the government is being urged to offer more financial support, following yesterday s 80% increa