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
Way. It was mentioned, 50 senior labour mps, and we saw the list of them, you know they are still to a degree and oppositionist wing within the plp, and they will represent the majority view within that Parliamentary Party as well. There has been criticism that he didnt go to Armed Forces Day as well. Just put that in very quickly because some papers are taking exception to that. The mail on sunday. Quick comment from both of you. I wanted out, says harry, the reluctant prince, saying he considered giving up prince, saying he considered giving up his royal role. Its a very interesting and brave thing for him to say. I think, given the knowledge of the crisis that was caused to his grandmother, she wouldnt take kindly to this. His Great Grandmother his grandmothers background. The reason she became queen was because her dad had to become king. Its about duty, isnt it . Its about duty, but i think prince harry and his honesty over a range of things is refreshing, and has kind of created
Defeating a Labour Amendment to the queens speech. It should also win the final vote on that queens speech tomorrow. So it will then have shown it can survive. But thrive . Not so clear. In the last 2a hours or so, weve seen raggedness of thought and ill discipline of purpose. We thought the goals for this government were to deliver brexit and reduce the deficit, but unity on both those looks to be disintegrating. Chancellor Philip Hammond made a thinly veiled joke at the expense of borisjohnson last night, and appeared at odds with david davis over transitional brexit arrangements. And more confusion today on austerity. There were hints that the Public Sector pay cap would be dropped, and then those hints were played down later on. When a teacher loses control of a class, its hard to get it back. Is that where mrs may finds herself at the dawn of this parliament . Well, nick watt, our political editor, is with me. First, there is Public Sector pay staff and the morning story was one t
Thousands of bombs. But what about civilian casualties . Ploughing a new furrow the Herefordshire Farmer who turned his fields into an art gallery. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, concerns grow over the fitness of andy murray ahead of his wimbledon title defence, as the world number one pulls out of an Exhibition Match tomorrow. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six. Its only a few hours since theresa may named the judge who will chair the Grenfell Tower inquiry, and already sir Martin Moore Bick is facing questions about whether his brief is wide ranging enough. Sir martin promised a vigorous inquiry into what caused the fire, and how it spread so quickly, with such fatal consequences. But many local residents, some of whom met the judge this afternoon, say they want to know who should be held responsible for the disaster. Our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports. Away from the debate about the number of deaths and the risk from cladding, dozens of famili