the un launches an emergency appeal. it s chief says the region is a climate crisis hotspot. pakistan is responsible only for a tiny proportion of global emissions, but it tiny proportion of global emissions, but it is tiny proportion of global emissions, but it is people here who are paying the price but it is people here who are paying the price for climate change. meghan tells a us magazine thatjust existing was enough to upset the dynamics of the royal hierarchy. and coming up on the bbc news channel: scott parker is the first managerial casualty of the new premier league season, sacked by bournemouth after their 9 0 thumping at liverpool. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there s more evidence today of the depth of the energy crisis. the impact on households is already self evident but what about businesses, especially high street stalwarts like pubs? now bosses of some of the uk s biggest pub chains have spoken out. they ve sent an open letter to the
assess his momentous life. also tonight. in pakistan, 33 million people are now said to be affected in some way by the worst flooding in the country s history. floods happen during the monsoon here every year but not like this. britain s pub chains say that without urgent government help the industry will be devastated by rising energy bills. and the british number one emma raducanu says it s all about positive energy as she prepares to defend her us open title. and as well as the latest from the us open. coming up on the bbc news channel, there s a saints stunner at southampton. we ll have all tonight s premier league action. the former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev, one of the most influential statesman of the 20th century has died at the age of 91. the news was announced by russian news agencies within the last hour. mikhail gorbachev came to power in 1985 and ended the so called cold war between east and west, a process which led to the reunification of germany eventual
from a 23 time grand slam champion, who s still figuring out if she wants to go after all, to the holder of the wildest win in history, who s still figuring out life at this level. last year, emma raducanu was unknown and unshackled. and the teenager s fans hope she can swing freely again, despite her new found fame. hopefully she can be carefree and just enjoy it, like she did last year, which did wonders for her. having endured what she recently labelled a bad year, the 19 year old might find life tough against the french veteran alize cornet tonight, but she says she is going to approach the match with positive energy. joining her in action on day two, the british men s number one, cameron norrie. the in form seventh seed is considered the best chance for britain this time around. well, that proved to be a very one sided opening match for cameron
there was no actual breeze to be found in new york but cameron norrie at least enjoyed a metaphorical one. the in form seventh seeded rattled off six games in 18 minutes, meeting little resistance across the net. belatedly and briefly, benoit paire, who recently spoke of his disgust for tennis, made it a contest, but after norrie came through a second set tie break again, paire turned sour, as norrie raced to a sweeter and swifter victory than he had imagined. i was actually pretty nervous coming out in the first round. obviously, a pretty unpredictable match against benoit. he kind of went away in the third which i will take away every day of the week when it s this hot. another outside court, another brit coping well with conditions. this time dan evans making light work ofjiri vesely to win his opening match in straight sets. well, that is five brits into round two with one more still to play the holder of the wildest win in us open history.