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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, well 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. heres our political correspondent ben wright: after a long, rancorous campaign, its now time to count the ballots. just 160,000 tory party members are picking t...

supercharged this summers weather extremes. theyll show me a0 degrees in the uk is virtually impossible without climate change and why hotter heatwaves matter. we have 40 degrees. many more people die than if we just have 36 degrees. and that is... that is a huge difference. also on weather world — devastating drought for east africa, facing an unprecedented fifth consecutive failed rainy season. and how the same weather pattern could bring yet more flooding rain to eastern australia...

— the government says up to half of the countrys 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. well have the latest from one of the worst hit areas o...

to the island after fleeing abroad in the face of massive anti—government protests. and spectators gather in rwanda for its annual gorilla naming ceremony. hello, and welcome. its good to have your company. the russian energy giant gazprom says it has scrapped plans to reopen a key gas pipeline to europe. the company claims it cant restart nordstream one because of an oil leak in a turbine, and that it will remain closed for an indefinite period. that will have implications for europ...

torres feared the voters have more household help us in provided. the telegraph says the front runner may set out her plans to tackle the energy crisis on day one according to that paper. she is the headline on most of the papers on saturday. meanwhile, the times covers russian president putin cutting off a major european gas pipeline indefinitely — which he blames on an an oil leak. none of the papers seemed very convinced by that explanation. the ft reports on how the worlds leadin...

and a swimming cap designed for athletes with black or afro hair gets approval for use in top level competitions. hello, and welcome to the programme. there are fears of food shortages in pakistan, after the devastating floods washed away nearly half of the countrys crops. so far around 1,200 people are known to have been killed — but today, unicef said many more children could die from a rapid spread of diseases like cholera and malaria. our correspondent pumza fighlani is in pakist...

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 dont. 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 s...

deaths outside of africa. spains one of the worst hit countries — around a quarter of the roughly 20,000 global infections were diagnosed there. now on bbc news, the art of cutting carbon. the power of invention will protect us from climate catastrophe, say the optimists. smart technologies will reduce the clouds of carbon dioxide emissions from the industries that make the materials surrounding us. at least, thats the hope. im now going to introduce you to an invention that is so bo...

the congresswoman is one of donald trumps fiercest critics, and lost to a candidate hand—picked by mr trump. now on bbc news — click. this week, were getting in tune with nature. yeah, were having a high—tech chat with our plants. i love that youre breaking it down to talking to plants, because a lot of people do that in their own greenhouses. but what do you do when your grapes arent happy? pauls looking at how vineyards are adapting to climate change. right, so shall we...? sha...

>> in paris, arkansas, some people still do not have power, following strong storm under ant warning. >> it was miserably hot. >> all ud down all night because it was too hot. i sweat so bad. >> the heat also building in the northeast, new york, philadelphia, and boston are expected to see a heat index around 100 degrees today. >> this is serious heat and were really concerned about those, particularly with pre-existing respiratory conditions. >> heat is the number one cause of weat...