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showers and breezy, cooler towards north sea facing coasts. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the government says middle income earners will need more help to pay their energy bills, notjust the poorest with families facing tough choices. it is going to be a choice of, you know, the kids need to eat, obviously. i don t. and that is the stark reality that we are facing at the moment. two men arrested on suspicion of murdering nine year old olivia pratt korbel, who was shot dead in her home in liverpool, have been released on bail. a national emergency has been declared in pakistan after millions of people were forced from their homes. it follows the heaviest monsoon rains in decades. the us state department has announced that president biden is planning to appoint an ambassador to the arctic region. the move comes as russia increases its military activity in the area. now on bbc news, weather world, record heat, drought and the fire that ripped through people s h ....
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. aid agencies say the flooding in pakistan is one of the worst disasters in the country s history. nearly a thousand people have died and hundreds of thousands have seen homes and livelihoods destroyed by the flood waters. southern pakistan has been hardest hit by the rains particularly sindh province. it has received nearly eight times its average rainfall for august. rivers have also burst their banks in the north west khyber pakhtunkhwa province. our correspondent pumza fihlani reports from sindh. swathes of land across southern pakistan have been turned into islands. the rains have been unforgiving, and the water is still trapped between people s homes. homes, roads and infrastructure have been destroyed, and some villages completely isolated. this week, authorities issued fresh warnings for people to get to higher ground. for some, that meant beside a road. families left with what they could manag ....
i m t.j. holmes. take a look, we got a new advisory and some new information to tell you about. tropical storm lee. in the gulf of mexico. yes, indeed, it is getting stronger. we ll have the very latest from our meteorologist alexandria steele standing by. keeping an eye on politics as well. a major tea party rally in just a few hours and the headliner is not in the presidential race. at least not yet. sarah palin. what will she say? will she say she s getting in? we ll take you there live. also, another apology from another comedian for something he said on stage that people are calling insensitive and racial remarks. you will hear for yourself. start with this tropical storm, tropical storm lee, that s already got states of emergency in place in several places including louisiana, mississippi, some cities as well, new orleans, yes, under the gun right now. they re preparing for possible flooding and we re talking about some 20 inches of rain expected in some spots ....