dealing with rising energy costs. after a two year pause due the pandemic, europe s largest street party kicks off its final day at the notting hill carnival in west london. nasa has cancelled today s launch of its most powerful rocket, artemis i, which had been due to take off for an unmanned test flight to the moon. the us space agency said one of its engines developed a bleed that could not be fixed in time. the next possible launch date is not until friday. the artemis programme is aimed at returning humans to the moon. if successful, the plan is for astronauts to be on board the flight in two years time. let s show you some live pictures from the scene right now. huge disappointment, really, with nasser cancelling artemis i. the window for the launch had begun about half an hour ago, but the us space agency said one of its engines had developed a bleed, which could not be fixed in time. let s talk to dr becky smethurst, astrophysicist at the university of oxford and aut
taking up the habit. and after a two year pause due the pandemic, europe s largest street party kicks off its final day at the notting hill carnival in west london. nasa has cancelled today s launch of its most powerful rocket, artemis one, which had been due to take off for an uncrewed test flight to the moon. the us space agency said one of its engines had developed a bleed that couldn t be fixed in time; the next possible launch date is friday the second of september. the artemis programme aims to return humans to the moon. if successful, the plan is for astronauts to be on board the flight in two years time. our science correspondent, jonathan amos told us what went wrong frustrating day today, ben, it really was. we had a number of little issues that cropped up. when we got here, it was pouring with rain and that delayed them tanking, putting all the propellants that they needed to go in this monster rocket over my shoulder. then they thought they had a crack halfway up
carnival in west london is coming to an end this evening. and, coming up a five thirty, we investigate if workers are being exploited and if hustle culture has gone too far in the dark side of direct sales. in the last few minutes, its been announced that the conservative leadership candidate liz truss has pulled out of a bbc one television interview with nick robinson tomorrow evening. it comes after ms truss team hit back at criticism of her economic plans, after the institute for fiscal studies think tank said they were simplistic and warned that proposals to cut some taxes could crash the economy. our political correspondent damian grammaticus is here what more do we know about this interview miss truss will no longer be taking part in? with the bbc office of said is that she pulled out because she could no longer spare the time is what we have been told. this was agreed about two and a half weeks ago or so and so, liz truss of the time was scheduled to happe
we ll be live in westminster. and nasa postpones its mission to the moon after engine issues emerge on its huge rocket during countdown. pakistani authorities say a third of the country is underwater. and that a majority of the country is affected. this map shows the regions that are worst hit. international aid has begun to arrive. pakistan s foreign minister gave the bbc this update. international the bbc this update. organisations are working international organisations are working on the ground in our own ngos are working on the ground, but i think everyone s resources are stretched to the limit. everyone s capacity is stressed to the limit and we look at the human resources of those involved in rescue and relief, those teams involved in waterfrom relief, those teams involved in water from various areas, they re exhausted, they their own homes there are also devastated. there is a calamity that everyone is facing a experiencing of same time. we re getting more detail all