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tragedy that is getting worse by the hour in india. some streets are now lined with make makeshift crematoriums as the count of deaths continues to surge. we ll take you live to new delhi in a moment. but first, let s get to the president s big pitch. cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is traveling with the president in georgia and cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju is getting reaction on capitol hill. kaitlan, to you first. how was the president using this trip to promote and push all that we heard in that first address to congress? reporter: well, of course, it s notable he is here in georgia, the state that has given him that slim majority that he has in the senate so he is there going speak to the carters, who he, of course, has not seen because they weren t able to attend his inauguration because of the pandemic but he ll be here hosting that drive-thru rally, touting that plan, and they ve got the signs up about the 100 days, sayi ....
their trust in liz? voting has just closed in the campaign to be the next tory party leader and prime minister. as more cost of living payments start going out to households, we find out about another scheme to help struggling families. and andy murray is on court right now at the us open, one of four british men through to the third round. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, in their first match since being crowned european champions, england are in austria as they look to qualify for next year s women s world cup. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there are fears of food shortages in pakistan after the devastating floods there washed away nearly half the country s crops. so far around 1,200 people are known to have been killed, but today, unicef said many more children could die from the rapid spread of diseases like cholera and malaria. about a third of pakistan with the worst affected areas are here in red is essentially underwater, accord ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, voting has closed in the conservative party leadership race. after 2 months of campaigning, and 8 initial candidates whittled down to 2, we ll find out on monday whether liz truss or rishi sunak has been chosen by party members to be the next leader and so prime minister. here s our political correspondent ben wright: after a long, rancorous campaign, it s now time to count the ballots. just 160,000 tory party members are picking their next leader, the next prime minister. and the challenges facing them are huge. they were spelt out today by the current chancellor. he is backing liz truss, presumed frontrunner. there are no easy options. we have war on our continent. we havejust come through a pandemic. but this economy is resilient. how will they handle soaring inflation? i borisjohnson s ejection from office injuly triggered a stampede of wannabe successors. tory mps had the job of picking two final candidates. s ....
the government says up to half of the country s crops have been destroyed by the floods. many more children could die, warns the un, because of the high risk that water borne diseases will spread rapidly. the scale of these floods is difficult to imagine. 80% of dadu district is already submerged. the families that you see around me came here hoping they would be safe but they now fear that things are about to get a lot worse. we ll have the latest from one of the worst hit areas of sindh province. also on the programme: russia scraps plans to reopen the nord stream 1 gas pipeline that serves germany tomorrow, sparking fears for european supplies and prices. voting has closed in the conservative leadership election will it be rishi sunak or liz truss moving into number 10 next week? it s been revealed that more than 11,000 government documents were seized by the fbi during their serach of donald trump s florida home last month. and andy murray is out of the us open, ....
you guessed it, it s eurovision time again coming up in the sport on bbc news, europa league and potential champions league prizes both on offer for manchester united ahead of their second leg against celta vigo at old trafford. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. if a leaked copy of labour s manifesto is anything to go by, the party is about to propose some of the most sweeping changes to its policies in a generation. the draft proposals seen by the bbc range from renationalising the railways and parts of the energy sector, an emphasis on workers rights to scrapping tuition fees in england. this afternoon, party chiefs signed off on an amended version of the document. jeremy corbyn, who said the final, fully costed manifesto will be published in a few days, described it as transformative. the conservatives called it the road to ruin. here s our political editor laura kuennsberg. they wondered what exactly was going on, and you might too. this was me ....