now it s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. a fine end to the day with much of the daytime cloud melting away, but glad that it s in place tonight across parts of scotland, particularly, one or two showers continuing higher, and we will see areas of cloud pushing in through east anglia and the south east, maybe also lincolnshire, bringing a greater chance of some rain showers into tuesday morning. temperatures for many in double figures but in rural parts of northern western england and wales, we could get down to five or 6 degrees, but here, it s the sunniest conditions to start tuesday. elsewhere, well, sunshine will come and go. a fair bit of cloud in scotland to begin with, one or two showers, maybe also into the isle of man. that cloud will thin and dissipate a bit through the day. more cloud in east anglia and the south east and lincolnshire, with a future showers may be into south east and midlands and the home counties but the further west you are
time in three years. and, coming up at 8.30pm we meet the members of one of ukraine s top rock bands, who ve become army medics in kharkiv, helping the military to fight invading russian forces. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the devastation caused in pakistan by extensive flooding has been called a crisis of unimaginable proportions by its climate change minister. she says that a third of the country is now underwater. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33 million. international help has begun to arrive but water is still surging down the indus river and will flood low lying sindh even more over the next few days. the province has received eight times its average rainfall for august. the bbc has been filming across the country, including our correspondent pumza filhani who has sent this report from sukkur, a city in sindh. a moment of quiet in the middle of chaos. inside a crowded hall, families that have been displaced by the floods in northern
although this turned out to be frost in a crevice. but it was an issue with an engine that spell the end. launch director charlie blackwell thompson has called a scrub for today. nasa s administrator, bill nelson, was on hand to explain. this is a very complicated machine, a very complicated system, and all those things have to work. and you don t want to light the candle until it s ready to go. they came so close, the countdown stopping at t 40 minutes. there were too many technical problems to contend with. you have to remember, though, that this is a new rocket, and it hadn t really been put through its paces, so it s no surprise the engineers were being extra cautious. the plan is for the rocket to push a capsule, called orion, into deep space, to go into orbit around the moon before it returns to earth with a splash down. if the maiden flight is a success, the next time, astronauts will come along for the ride. but they are not surprised by the delays. this is the first
at d ao minutes. there were just too many technical problems to contend with. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 4am in pakistan where the government says a third of the country is now under water. millions of homes are now destroyed and much of its richest farmland is now flooded. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33 million. and the catastrophe isn t over water is still surging down the indus river, and will flood the low lying sind province even further over the next few days. latest reports say 45% of the country s cotton crop has been washed away. pumza fihlani reports. a moment of quiet in the middle of chaos. inside a crowded hall, families that have been displaced by the floods in northern pakistan have found temporary refuge. for many, it was a narrow escape. translation: our. houses have collapsed because of the floods. we had a home and it was enough for us. now all our belongings a
international where one airline is reeling flights in. kelly o grady in los angeles where folks are saying the hell with it all and hitting the road instead. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your very crowded world today. doesn t casey stegall know it in dallas. casey? yeah, neil. it s been so busy all day long. we got here at 7:00 a.m. local time. steady streams of people. nothing insane. no lines out the door or anything like that. the folks at aaa says that this fourth of july is expected to be the second and busiest in terms of travel since 2000. so more than 20 years, if you can believe that. almost 48 million americans venturing out over the next couple days. for air travel, it s 3.5 million. that s the project, which is a little higher than last year according to aaa. only time will tell whether those holiday passengers will further bog down the airport and the airlines. as of this hour, i just did a quick check. more than 3,900 delays and 374 cancellations are repo