good morning. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather so things are fairly settled. sunny spells, just a few showers, warm it tomorrow and an increased chance of rain for friday. all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday the 30th of august. the united nations will lead a global appeal today to help pakistan cope with the devastating floods which have left a third of the country under water and killed more than 1,100 people. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but mountainous regions in the north west have also been badly hit. the crisis is not over yet as heavy rain continues and water surges down the indus river. our reporter sean dilley has the latest details. in some parts of pakistan, it s been relentless. more than 33 million people have been affected by flooding in the country s heaviest rain for more than a decade. this year s monsoon season has claimed well over 1,100 lives since june. more than 3,500 kilo
and so we re bracing to the west. we have already seen about 33 million people affected, and that s a huge part of the entire population of pakistan, particularly in sindh. if there is more to come that will put more pressure on the response to get out as quickly as we can to people. yens laerke from the un humanitarian office, thank you. yens laerke from the un humanitarian office, thank you. we - office, thank you. thank you. we will speak office, thank you. thank you. we will speak to office, thank you. thank you. we will speak to the office, thank you. thank you. we will speak to the boxer office, thank you. thank you. we will speak to the boxer amir - office, thank you. thank you. we| will speak to the boxer amir khan who has family in pakistan and he, having seen the devastation of the previous floods ten years ago, wants to lend his support to the latest appeal. to lend his support to the latest a- eal. , to lend his support to the latest a. eal, , , ., to lend his
at the 2008 beijing olympics. this year, she is volunteering again. translation: we are just ordinary people working i as assistants as best we can. if we do every little thing well, we can help complete something huge like the olympics. nearly 2,000 volunteers have joined armies of security staff. they will separate categories of people to reduce covid 19 transmission at the games. beijing has been testing entire housing communities following recent outbreaks of the virus. as for the public, they may not be able to buy 0lympic tickets, but at least they can watch the games on television during this lunar new year holiday. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. i m not waving goodbyejust i m not waving goodbye just yet though, we ve got all the top business stories right here