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
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
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most with a dry start on tuesday, temperatures down into single figures. a bit of low cloud for tuesday, eastern scotland at least in england but with easterly winds, plenty of sunshine around in the west, just a few showers across england and wales. most will be dry and in the west it will be worn once again. see you in half an hour. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines at 9.31: mp s accuse some of the internets biggest companies including facebook and google of doing ‘nowhere near enough‘ to remove illegal content. a man who was shot dead by intruders at his home in east dorset, has been named by police as 61 year old guy hedger. labour promise to create new legal minimum standards for tenants in rented homes in england. the conservatives say it would result in higher rents. the front runner emmanuel macron calls for eu reform, ahead of the final week of campaigning for the presidential run off on sunday against marine le pen. now on bbc news i