she upset the dynamic of the hierarchy in the royal family just by existing . good afternoon. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal for almost £140 million, to help pakistan deal with devastating floods that have killed hundreds of people. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, says the country was facing a monsoon on steroids that s left millions homeless. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected, but mountainous regions in the north west have also been badly hit. our correspondent danjohnson has the very latest. so much of sindh province now lies under water after weeks of torrential monsoon rain. a third of the country has been affected, and so many people here have lost absolutely everything. translation: our houses - were destroyed by rain and floods. everything sank in water. we couldn t save our household, except for a few things. now we are sitting here in the open. translation: the rainwater came, our houses go
scotland and even in northern ireland and parts of oxygen, below freezing but take a look at what to expect when you wake up tomorrow parts of oxfordshire. some places a good 10 degrees up on what we had this morning. it is all because of the cloud and rain that will spoil the cloud and rain that will spoil the child is the meteor shower. as you can see, moving in is a south westerly wind get a great spoil the chances. it will bring a way start for many for our saturday morning. the rain clearing steadily east, there will be a heavier pulse going into the morning across parts of london, easing away, nine or ten o clock, gradually and quite a clearance behind it but further north, it will be quite a murky and misty and damp start with a few scattered showers around and more frequent showers in northern ireland and scotland pondered the winds is a feature, gus exposed coast up to 50 mph and the blustery star to the weekend. into the afternoon, a case of sunny spells and scat
as more than 50 of his mps call for a ceasefire in gaza. you re watching bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in san francisco, where president biden says real progress has been made at a highly anticipated meeting with his chinese counterpart, on the sidelines of an asia pacific summit. xijinping described beijing s relationship with the us as the most important in the world. this isjust their second in person meeting since president biden assumed office. and during that time, relations have deteriorated significantly. we ll be live with our correspondent in san francisco shortly. but first this report from our north america editor sarah smith. with a warm, personal greeting, the leaders of the world s two most powerful countries look like they want to improve their relationship. simply getting together in the same room is a diplomatic statement when tensions between their nations are very high. i value our conversation because, i thi
of horror every day, including hospitals underfire and an entire population deprived of the basic means of survival. as soon as the news conference starts, we will return to it. time for a look at the business news now with ben thompson. we begin in the us, where world leaders have been arriving in san francisco for the ongoing summit of the asia pacific economic co operation, orapec. but all eyes will be on the high stakes meeting between us presidentjoe biden and his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the leaders of the world s two biggest economies have a lot to discuss including their ongoing disputes over trade, technology, taiwan and the drug fentanyl. for more on this joining me now is drjie yu, senior research fellow on china at the think tank chatham house. thanks for being with us on the programme, and i m looking up the agenda and there are just four hours set aside for the meeting of the two world leaders. the white house already playing down expectations of what t
phillips. labour had ordered its mps to back the party s own amendments which called for a longer humanitarian pause. labour wanted those mps to abstain on the snp proposal. so the language is really important. the labour proposal had simply been a humanitarian pause, the idea a pause in fighting, a longer pause to allow aid in and people out, should they need medical help. the snp proposal was calling for an outright ceasefire. we know internationally there is growing condemnation, growing criticism of the rising death toll in israel s wore in the middle east. so that is at the centre of these discussions and the votes. we know tonight the un security council in new york is voting on a similar proposal around the wording of whether it is a ceasefire or a humanitarian pause. the un proposal is for a humanitarian pause. let s get the latest on what is happening at westminster, iain watson is an central lobby. you are running through some of the logistics and details of how thi