the status by queen victoria. good afternoon. nasa is to launch a new era of moon exploration. later today the most powerful rocket it s ever built will blast off from the kennedy space center in florida. the artemis test flight will orbit the moon and it s hoped will help pave the way for a crewed mission to the lunar surface in three years. our science editor, rebecca morelle reports. it s almost time. standing on launch pad 39b, the same one used by the apollo missions, the most powerful rocket nasa has ever built is ready for liftoff. the rocket is simply enormous. and it s only when you re standing here that you really get a sense of its size. and this is the last chance we ll see it up close. the launch pad is closing and fuelling is about to begin. because in just a few hours time, this will be blasting off. the first step in our return to the moon for 50 years. we talk about moonshots as things that humans can do when we put our differences aside and we focus on the
an investigation after former manchester united footballer paul pogba claims he s the victim of a blackmail plot by an organised gang. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. pakistan will launch a global appeal to help it deal with the flooding catastrophe that s killed more than a thousand people and affected 30 million. un member states will be asked to contribute. pakistan s foreign minister has estimated the financial impact at $4 billion. bilawal bhutto zardari said he hoped the international community would grasp the sheer level of devastation in his country. and it s not over yet water is still surging down the mightly indus river and will flood the low lying sindh province yet further over the next few days. azadeh moshiri reports. a young boy stranded on a rock as raging waters surround him. you can see a rescue worker edging out of the helicopter, lifting him up to safety. it s but one of the countless rescue efforts that are happening
taking up the habit. and after a two year pause due the pandemic, europe s largest street party kicks off its final day at the notting hill carnival in west london. nasa has cancelled today s launch of its most powerful rocket, artemis one, which had been due to take off for an uncrewed test flight to the moon. the us space agency said one of its engines had developed a bleed that couldn t be fixed in time; the next possible launch date is friday the second of september. the artemis programme aims to return humans to the moon. if successful, the plan is for astronauts to be on board the flight in two years time. our science correspondent, jonathan amos told us what went wrong frustrating day today, ben, it really was. we had a number of little issues that cropped up. when we got here, it was pouring with rain and that delayed them tanking, putting all the propellants that they needed to go in this monster rocket over my shoulder. then they thought they had a crack halfway up
carnival in west london is coming to an end this evening. and, coming up a five thirty, we investigate if workers are being exploited and if hustle culture has gone too far in the dark side of direct sales. in the last few minutes, its been announced that the conservative leadership candidate liz truss has pulled out of a bbc one television interview with nick robinson tomorrow evening. it comes after ms truss team hit back at criticism of her economic plans, after the institute for fiscal studies think tank said they were simplistic and warned that proposals to cut some taxes could crash the economy. our political correspondent damian grammaticus is here what more do we know about this interview miss truss will no longer be taking part in? with the bbc office of said is that she pulled out because she could no longer spare the time is what we have been told. this was agreed about two and a half weeks ago or so and so, liz truss of the time was scheduled to happe
with enthusiasm for life but after her death they discovered she had been looking at a huge amount of content on social media sites relating to suicide, relating to self harm. today at the start of proceedings, we saw some of that footage. 17 videos that had been found on instagram, which we know molly had either liked or had a look at. and the coroner took the unusual move of warning everyone in court how very distressing this footage was. he said it was almost impossible to watch. the videos were then played one after another. very brief videos, but showing images of death and ways that people could commit suicide. and the court room was absolutely silent. the coroner said to molly s family they did not need to remain in court to see this footage but they decided to remain within the court and at one point molly s father, ian, looked away from the screen. after that we heard evidence from an executive from mehta, the company which oversees instagram. this was a very importa