and the duchess of sussex tells a us magazine that just existing was enough to upset the dynamics of the royal hierarchy. and coming up: we ll hearfrom one gardener who s successfully grown the world s longest cucumber. it s a lot of fun growing a giant vegetable. you can compete notjust in the uk, you can compete around the world. it s incredible. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal to help pakistan deal with devastating floods. the country s prime minister has said the floods are the worst in the country s history. provinces in the south by the provinces in the south by the worst provinces in the south by the worst affected. but mountainous regions further north have also been badly hit. more than 1,000 people are known to have been killed as roads, homes and bridges were washed away across the country. and officials estimate more than 33 million pakistanis, that s one in seven people, have been affected by the flooding. we have two reports from pakistan. in
banks stocks might run out. 169 food banks have told the guardian that the number of people seeking emergency help has already grown dramatically and they re predicting bleak weeks ahead. itjust dramatically and they re predicting bleak weeks ahead. it just feel like we are facing a bleak winter. the winter doesn t we are facing a bleak winter. the winter doesn t seem deeply worrying and the winter doesn t seem deeply worrying and the position that people have been and the position that people have been thrown into does seem. thabs been thrown into does seem. that s looking at the poorest end of the spectrum. they probably won t be managing the spectrum. they probably won t be managing any more. there was a story on the managing any more. there was a story on the telegraph the other day when the fuel on the telegraph the other day when the fuel price calf lifted in october. 50% of uk families in fuel poverty. october. 50% of uk families in fuel poverty. so
hello, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are are olivia utley, who s assistant comment editor at the daily telegraph, and the broadcasterjohn stapleton. a warm welcome to you both once again. thanks very much for being with us. a glimpse of the front pages. and we begin with the times and that breaking news of mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. the telegraph follows the story, saying gorbachev s reforms set in train a series of events that led to the collapse of soviet communism, and helped to end the cold war. the metro s front page the world mourns a true man of peace the world mourns a true man of peace. back here in the uk, the i newspaper carries a plea from small businesses to whoever becomes prime minister save us from 400% energy hikes, is its headline. as the summer season turns to autumn, the mirror says households back an urgent freeze in energy bills. the ft focu
Despite that, the in form refused to yield. second set to the second seed. norrie was relentless. paire needed his serve to hold up it didn t. norrie s famed for his fitness in the british number and the british number and one had his foot firmly on the frenchman s throat. he ll face much tougher tests this fortnight, but expect his chances to continue to climb. dan glyde, bbc news. british number two dan evans is also through. the number 20 seed encountered few problems againstjiri veseley, winning in straight sets 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. and emma raducanu begins the defence of her us open title shortly against french player alize cornet 12 months ago. raducanu won in new york as a qualifier, but after that, has struggled with form and fitness. she beat victoria azarenka and serena williams in the run up to this tournament, but hasn t managed to win more than two at any