the status by queen victoria. good afternoon. nasa is to launch a new era of moon exploration. later today the most powerful rocket it s ever built will blast off from the kennedy space center in florida. the artemis test flight will orbit the moon and it s hoped will help pave the way for a crewed mission to the lunar surface in three years. our science editor, rebecca morelle reports. it s almost time. standing on launch pad 39b, the same one used by the apollo missions, the most powerful rocket nasa has ever built is ready for liftoff. the rocket is simply enormous. and it s only when you re standing here that you really get a sense of its size. and this is the last chance we ll see it up close. the launch pad is closing and fuelling is about to begin. because in just a few hours time, this will be blasting off. the first step in our return to the moon for 50 years. we talk about moonshots as things that humans can do when we put our differences aside and we focus on the
an investigation after former manchester united footballer paul pogba claims he s the victim of a blackmail plot by an organised gang. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. pakistan will launch a global appeal to help it deal with the flooding catastrophe that s killed more than a thousand people and affected 30 million. un member states will be asked to contribute. pakistan s foreign minister has estimated the financial impact at $4 billion. bilawal bhutto zardari said he hoped the international community would grasp the sheer level of devastation in his country. and it s not over yet water is still surging down the mightly indus river and will flood the low lying sindh province yet further over the next few days. azadeh moshiri reports. a young boy stranded on a rock as raging waters surround him. you can see a rescue worker edging out of the helicopter, lifting him up to safety. it s but one of the countless rescue efforts that are happening
japanese prime minister, shinzo abe. he was shot dead at a political campaign event last week. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster david davies and anna mikhailova, who s the deputy political editor of the mail on sunday. welcome to you both. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. starting with the conservative leadership race, the ft says rishi sunak will only cut taxes once inflation is under control. the guardian focuses on the uber whistle blower who leaked thousands of company files to uk politicians to help change transport policy in london. the yorkshire post reports that the former chancellor, rishi sunak, will not make any immediate tax cuts if he becomes prime minister. the mail says foreign secretary liz truss urged mps to back her over rishi sunak. the times says mr sunak has vowed to cut taxes, but only once inflation has fallen. the paper also says support for liz truss is growing am
forward to, the met office has extended the amber extreme heat warning for england and wales until next tuesday, with temperatures expected to hit the upper 305. the temperature is coming from europe, where temperatures have been writing to the upper 405. in france, wildfires have forced hundreds from their homes, with more than 1,000 hectares burnt in the area south of bordeaux. meanwhile, seville, in spain s andalusia region, hit 45 degrees today. ju5t just a couple of degrees off spain s all time record. time for a look at the weather. here 5 ben rich. he can fill u5 he can fill us in with the delights to come. we he can fill us in with the delights to come. ~ , ., ,., , to come. we will start in south-west euro e, to come. we will start in south-west euroe, it to come. we will start in south-west eumpe. it has to come. we will start in south-west europe, it has been to come. we will start in south-west europe, it has been extremely - to come. we will start in south-we