who s on trial for alleged corruption clash with police outside her home. europe s biggest carnival returns to the streets of london after a three year break caused by covid. pakistan has made a fresh appeal for international aid to deal with what it describes as overwhelming flooding, which has killed more than a thousand people. an estimated 33 million people, or 15% of the population, are affected in the north and south of the country, after unusually heavy monsoon rains. pakistan s prime minister, shehbaz sharif flew over one affected area, jaffarabad baluchistan, in a helicopter distributing relief. a massive aid operation is under way but the government says it s unable to cope. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters from the north flow downstream. from sindh, pumza fihlani reports: local aid agencies in pakistan say they are doing what they can, but there simply aren t enough resources for
and japan declares war on retro technology after discovering almost 2,000 government processes are still carried out using mini disks, floppy disks and cds. hello and welcome to the programme. in the last couple of hours, police in argentina have arrested a man. the country s vice president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, was threatened with a gun outside her home in the capital, buenos aires. a gun was held just inches from her head, but no shots were fired and she was unharmed. argentina s economy minister has called the incident an attempted assassination. with me is our bbc reporter louisa pilbeam. tell us what happened. what we know is that video has emerged, and absolutely terrifying video if you are watching this, terrifying for anyone in public office for any politicians, and what happens in this video is that a gun is literally put to cristina fernandez de kirchner s face, her head, and it clicks as if somebody is pulling the trigger. so she then puts her hands to h
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
also this lunchtime: president biden accuses donald trump and his supporters of threatening us democracy and the american way of life. the assassination attempt that failed a would be killer points a loaded gun at the head of argentina s vice president, but the weapon jams. and the animals moved out two by two after 186 years, bristol zoo is closing. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: england have named their squad for the t20 world cup. butjason roy has paid the price for a poor summer with the bat he won t be going to australia. good afternoon. it is very nearly over voting in the conservative party leadership contest ends this afternoon. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a historic setting for a speech that pulled no punches, a prime time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life thatjoe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. we must be honest with e
from hong kong have taken up the british government s offer of a new visa route to start a new life in the uk. 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. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president biden has made an impassioned speech in defence of american democracy. he warned that donald trump and what he termed maga republicans represent a form of extremism that threaten the american way of life. he also urged all americans to come together to defend american democracy, regardless of their ideology. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has this report. an historic setting for a speech that pulled no punches, a prime time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life thatjoe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. we must be honest with each other and with oursel