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
eastern areas and it will be another cool day. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday the 11th ofjune. the conservatives will promise to cut a further two pence from employee national insurance when they publish their election manifesto today. the prime minister will claim his government would let working people keep more of the money they earn, while labour branded the plans a desperate series of unfunded commitments. our political correspondent hannah miller has the latest. thank you! hoping for a warm welcome. katherine, i m rishi. ..as rishi sunak prepares to set out his party s plans for another five years in government. on the eve of his manifesto launch last night, the prime minister hinted at tax cuts to come. we will have a manifesto that builds on all the things that you ve just gone through that we ve already announced in this campaign that, yes, does continue to cut people s taxes, because i believe in a country where people s hard work is rewarded. aft
so we ve still got that breeze overnight preventing any mist and fog. a bright start on wednesday morning. plenty of sunshine around. still have that breeze tomorrow so we could see one or two isolated showers. but it s largely dry on wednesday and in that sunshine, perhaps feeling a little bit warmer with a maximum of around 24 celsius. now, the high pressure stays with us for thursday, but things start to change as we head towards the end of the week. seeing the feature coming up from the continent could bring some spells of rain on friday, and it turns progressively more unsettled as we head through the weekend. and we could see a bit more rain through sunday and through monday. that s it, but there s lots more on our website, including the story of the student fighting for better access at her university. i m back in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. coming up on today s show. we ll be catching up with ami mclennan, who won a legal
entry into the channel islands from france. into friday, you can see further showers coming in across the south east which could prove to be heavy and thundery. here is the weather front coming in from the west, introducing some rain. move away from these areas and we have dry weather and sunshine with highs up dry weather and sunshine with highs up to 24 degrees. into the weekend, we start to see some heavier rain coming our way. we start to see some heavier rain coming ourway. i we start to see some heavier rain coming our way. i will show you quickly before i go this pressure chart, the low pressure is coming in from the west and the south, they will mix together and merge so this is where we will see the rain but the heaviest is going to be more likely in the west, should all see a period of it and by then temperatures will be on the slide. thank you, see you soon. awesome is on its way. autumn is on its way.
but around the outside we ve got this northeasterly breeze and it s fairly keen as well. so it s blowing in some cloud. the risk there today of one or two isolated light showers, but still some spells of sunshine and temperatures still reasonably warm. 23 celsius, the maximum. now into this evening and overnight, the cloud breaks up again. so we should get some late evening sunshine. but you ll notice the isobars still fairly close together. so we ve still got that breeze overnight preventing any mist and fog. a bright start on wednesday morning. plenty of sunshine around. still have that breeze tomorrow so we could see one or two isolated showers. but it s largely dry on wednesday and in that sunshine, perhaps feeling a little bit warmer with a maximum of around 24 celsius. now, the high pressure stays with us for thursday, but things start to change as we head towards the end of the week. seeing the feature coming up from the continent could bring some spells of rain on friday, and i