the world s fifth oldest zoo bristol zoo gardens is set to close its gates to the public for the final time, with the animals on the move to a new location. in tennis, for the first time in the open era, there are four british men in the third round of the us open. more on our sports bulletin at half past. hello and welcome to bbc news. after more than seven weeks of campaigning, the race to become leader of the conservative party and the new prime minister has entered its final hours. voting for party members to choose between rishi sunak and liz truss is due to close at five o clock this evening. the race started back on 7thjuly, when borisjohnson announced his resignation. byjuly 12th, the eight potential candidates for the top job were confirmed. conservative mps took part in five rounds of voting, to whittle the field down to the final two liz truss and rishi sunak. they then set off campaigning across the country, and taking part in tv debates and live hustings. t
expect to accumulate through the weekend. the dark blue and green colours for parts of northern ireland and south west scotland indicate 50 100 millimetres of rain indicate 50 100 millimetres of rain in places, so that could cause some issues. certainly some heavy, thundery rain at times this weekend, always wettest in the west, often quite windy. dare i say, it will feel a little autumnal. for many today brings some sunshine, scattered showers across england and wales, north east scotland mainly dry but increasingly windy, with rain setting in across northern ireland and south west scotland, highs of 18 25 c. through this evening and tonight, northern ireland and south west scotland, the rain really sets in, some really heavy bursts through the night, some getting into parts of wales, the far south west of england. it stays windy to the far north east, and partly because of the strength of wind and where it is coming from, a mild direction, a mild night, 13-16 c. mild direct
after she knocked out the number two seed at the us open. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 1am in zaporizhzhia, in ukraine where a team of un inspectors have begun their checks on the nuclear power plant which has been caught up in the russian invasion. the team from the international atomic energy agency or iaea had to cross military checkpoints into territory controlled by russian forces. they ll stay on site until at least monday as they assess how safe or unsafe the facility is, after being struck several times by fire. the head of the inspectors, rafael grossi, had this to say about what he had seen. i went into the units. i could visit the emergency systems, the diesel generators, the different parts. so we have the control rooms of some of the nuclear power plants there. so we chose 3 4 key areas that i needed to see first hand, and i was able to do that. with his analysis of the day s events, here
an urgent appeal is launched to help the millions of people affected by the flooding in pakistan. water levels are rising. the south korean government promises to ban seoul s basement apartments after severe flooding kills people and traps thousands in their homes. and fans of serena williams are still celebrating, after she knocked out the number two seed at the us open. hello and welcome to the programme. a team of un inspectors in the ukrainian town of zaporizhzhia have begun their checks on the nuclear power plant which has been caught up in the russian invasion. the team, from the international atomic energy agency or iaea had to cross military checkpoints into the territory controlled by russian forces. they ll stay on site until at least monday as they assess how safe or unsafe the facility is, after being struck several times by fire. the head of the inspectors, rafael grossi, had this to say about what he had seen. i went into the units, i could visit the e