liz truss is expected to start appointing her new cabinet later today. one of the most pressing issues she will face is how to deal with soaring energy bills. details are beginning to emerge of a plan that could see energy bills frozen at their current levels for 18 months. we ll hear from voters about what they want from the new prime minister. i feel like there needs to be somebody who is a little bit more honest, a bit more transparent, and has a goal which is going to be to make the world a better place for this generation, because as a mother, i m really worried, with the cost of income with everything. and coming up on the bbc news channel. rafa nadal is out of the us open after losing to american frances tiafoe in the spaniards first grand slam defeat this year. good afternoon from downing street. in the last half hour, liz truss has met the queen at balmoral and been formally appointed as the country s new prime minister. this afternoon she will address the nation fro
in the week. with the start of meteorological autumn the weather is going to reflect that with even a warning of dale s coming out in the short cost more south western parts of the country. meanwhile we have high pressure bringing fine and settled weather for the afternoon and into tomorrow. most places will be dry and also quite breezy across parts of england and wales. despite that the mid 20 is likely to the south and the south east and up to the high teens in the north. largely fine tonight, quite chilly across scotland and northern ireland and tomorrow we start off in the north on a chillier note. some showers around but most places dry. 21 degrees through the central belt. then thursday and friday we start to see the changes with these areas of low pressure merging together. and we see things turning more unsettled. for friday was central and western areas could see some showers and thunderstorms around. turning windy across scotland and north east england. temperatures
thousands of royal mail workers in the uk stage a second day of strike action in a row over pay, disrupting deliveries of packages and letters. a new study shows the impact of climate change on the shrinking glaciers of switzerland. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, or around the world. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war. he was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. world leaders have been paying tribute. the un chief antonio guterres said he changed the course of history . president biden described him as a man of remarkable vision , who created a safer world . however, in a stamement this morning the kremlin said his romanticism about better relations with the west had been misplaced. our moscow editor, steve rosenberg, looks back at his life. he was the kind of russian leader the world had never seen. mikhail gorb
time in three years. and, coming up at 8.30pm we meet the members of one of ukraine s top rock bands, who ve become army medics in kharkiv, helping the military to fight invading russian forces. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the devastation caused in pakistan by extensive flooding has been called a crisis of unimaginable proportions by its climate change minister. she says that a third of the country is now underwater. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33 million. international help has begun to arrive but water is still surging down the indus river and will flood low lying sindh even more over the next few days. the province has received eight times its average rainfall for august. the bbc has been filming across the country, including our correspondent pumza filhani who has sent this report from sukkur, a city in sindh. a moment of quiet in the middle of chaos. inside a crowded hall, families that have been displaced by the floods in northern
about britney spears comeback single with eltonjohn. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the usjustice department has made public some of the information which led the fbi to search donald trump s florida home. it s published a redacted version of the sworn statement or affidavit, outlining the evidence which the department produced to get a search warrant. these documents are normally kept sealed. the affidavid says there was probable cause to believe that there are additional documents with classified information still at mar a lago and there is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the premises, . the affidavit s conclusion makes the case that there is probable cause to believe that evidence of contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed in violation of three federal statutes would be found on the premises. donald trump has denied any wrong doing. our north america correspondent a