the un launches an emergency appeal. it s chief says the region is a climate crisis hotspot. pakistan is responsible only for a tiny proportion of global emissions, but it tiny proportion of global emissions, but it is tiny proportion of global emissions, but it is people here who are paying the price but it is people here who are paying the price for climate change. meghan tells a us magazine thatjust existing was enough to upset the dynamics of the royal hierarchy. and coming up on the bbc news channel: scott parker is the first managerial casualty of the new premier league season, sacked by bournemouth after their 9 0 thumping at liverpool. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there s more evidence today of the depth of the energy crisis. the impact on households is already self evident but what about businesses, especially high street stalwarts like pubs? now bosses of some of the uk s biggest pub chains have spoken out. they ve sent an open letter to the
assess his momentous life. also tonight. in pakistan, 33 million people are now said to be affected in some way by the worst flooding in the country s history. floods happen during the monsoon here every year but not like this. britain s pub chains say that without urgent government help the industry will be devastated by rising energy bills. and the british number one emma raducanu says it s all about positive energy as she prepares to defend her us open title. and as well as the latest from the us open. coming up on the bbc news channel, there s a saints stunner at southampton. we ll have all tonight s premier league action. the former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev, one of the most influential statesman of the 20th century has died at the age of 91. the news was announced by russian news agencies within the last hour. mikhail gorbachev came to power in 1985 and ended the so called cold war between east and west, a process which led to the reunification of germany eventual
with the cost of living crisis. but there s lots more. throughout this week, we ll be looking at some of the key issues they ll need to deal with, starting today with the nhs. our health editor hugh pym is here now. yes, george. the new prime minister will have an overflowing in tray when it comes to the nhs. that will be for england, as health is devolved. top of the agenda will be a&e and ambulance delays. according to the association of ambulance chief executives, handover delays caused harm to thousands of patients. ambulances lost almost 333,000 hours in the year tojuly 2022 18 times more than during the same period two years ago. that s because of logjams across the system, including hold ups discharging patients fit to go home. this may be an extreme example ambulances queueing last week to hand over patients at one hospital, but there were delays at many others. one heart attack patient told us
top of the agenda will be a&e and ambulance delays. according to the association of ambulance chief executives, handover delays caused harm to thousands of patients ambulances lost almost 333,000 hours in the year tojuly 2022 18 times more than during the same period two years ago. that s because of logjams across the system, including hold ups discharging patients fit to go home. this may be an extreme example ambulances queueing last week to hand over patients at one hospital, but there were delays at many others. one heart attack patient told us he waited two and a half hours for an ambulance, and his partner had to take him into hospital. i was told that i wasn t out of the woods, and if i d left it any longer, or my partner had left it any longer getting me in, i wouldn t have made it. and then there are
people. super high-risk people who have not gotten a booster, so the 80-year-old nursing home resident. and then of course unvaccinated people. and if anybody has any ideas for how to get more unvaccinated people vaccinated, i would love to hear them because obviously i think that s going to be one of the most critical things. that is going to be a major part and then protecting the healthcare workers themselves. they re exhausted after two years. and so, making sure that they re getting the support they need so they can continue working is also essential. so, you know what you re looking at and what you re looking for and i wonder what scares you when you look at the omicron wave and perhaps what s next. yeah, i think what makes me most is that we have a lot of vulnerable people still in america, a lot of unvaccinated older people, maybe 15% of older people are still not vaccinated, and a lot of people are not boosted. and what i really worry about is you re going to have hospit