mississippi are told to close their mouths and they have a shower after floods contaminate the water supply. coming up later in the hour, they start in the forgiven, find out what mark thinks of that and the rest of the week s big releases in the film review at 545. hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, the conservative party leadership contest has come to an end. on monday, the country will know who will takeover as prime minister rishi sunak or liz truss. it s been an often bitter contest, lasting almost two months. whoever wins, faces an agenda that includes a cost of living crisis and soaring energy bills. our political correspondent helen catt reports. good evening, thank you. it s fantastic to be here. for weeks, liz truss and rishi sunak have toured the country. good evening, it s fantastic to be here. here in darlington. it s fantastic to be here. here, in eastbourne. gosh, it s fantastic to be here. in birmingham. racking up miles, and, they hope, v
their trust in liz? voting has just closed in the campaign to be the next tory party leader and prime minister. as more cost of living payments start going out to households, we find out about another scheme to help struggling families. and andy murray is on court right now at the us open, one of four british men through to the third round. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, in their first match since being crowned european champions, england are in austria as they look to qualify for next year s women s world cup. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there are fears of food shortages in pakistan after the devastating floods there washed away nearly half the country s crops. so far around 1,200 people are known to have been killed, but today, unicef said many more children could die from the rapid spread of diseases like cholera and malaria. about a third of pakistan with the worst affected areas are here in red is essentially underwater, according to
hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, voting has closed in the conservative party leadership race. after 2 months of campaigning, and 8 initial candidates whittled down to 2, we ll find out on monday whether liz truss or rishi sunak has been chosen by party members to be the next leader and so prime minister. here s our political correspondent ben wright: after a long, rancorous campaign, it s now time to count the ballots. just 160,000 tory party members are picking their next leader, the next prime minister. and the challenges facing them are huge. they were spelt out today by the current chancellor. he is backing liz truss, presumed frontrunner. there are no easy options. we have war on our continent. we havejust come through a pandemic. but this economy is resilient. how will they handle soaring inflation? i borisjohnson s ejection from office injuly triggered a stampede of wannabe successors. tory mps had the job of picking two final candidates. sunak,
the government says up to half of the country s crops have been destroyed by the floods. many more children could die, warns the un, because of the high risk that water borne diseases will spread rapidly. the scale of these floods is difficult to imagine. 80% of dadu district is already submerged. the families that you see around me came here hoping they would be safe but they now fear that things are about to get a lot worse. we ll have the latest from one of the worst hit areas of sindh province. also on the programme: russia scraps plans to reopen the nord stream 1 gas pipeline that serves germany tomorrow, sparking fears for european supplies and prices. voting has closed in the conservative leadership election will it be rishi sunak or liz truss moving into number 10 next week? it s been revealed that more than 11,000 government documents were seized by the fbi during their serach of donald trump s florida home last month. and andy murray is out of the us open, beate
and a swimming cap designed for athletes with black or afro hair gets approval for use in top level competitions. hello, and welcome to the programme. there are fears of food shortages in pakistan, after the devastating floods washed away nearly half of the country s crops. so far around 1,200 people are known to have been killed but today, unicef said many more children could die from a rapid spread of diseases like cholera and malaria. our correspondent pumza fighlani is in pakistan. meet this boy, he s two days old, her sixth child. as he sleeps under a tree that s become this family s only shelter, his mother is anxious. this is no place for a baby. translation: we don t even have a tent, just this tree. . we spent the whole night in the rain running away from the flood, trying to get to safety. when we arrived, this was the only space we could find here. it gets really hot and he starts crying and won t stop. it s very difficult. the baby was born in a nearby hospital,