or paying for our utility hills which which have doubled. how scotland bounced back after the disappointment of missing out on a world cup play off spot with eyes on euro qualification. and will it be glasgow or liverpool receiving douze points as they become the final two cities in the running to host eurovision 2023? good morning. another day of sunshine and showers but the less frequent and widespread than yesterday. the other thing is the wind will not be as strong so it won t feel as cool as it did yesterday. all the details later in the programme. it s wednesday the 28th september. our main story. the international monetary fund which is responsible for stabilising the global economy has criticised the government s plans for tax cuts, warning the measures will increase inequality . it follows the chancellor s mini budget last week, which saw the value of the pound slump to an all time low. now, some of the country s biggest lenders have suspended mortgage deals a
she upset the dynamic of the hierarchy in the royal family just by existing . good afternoon. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal for almost £140 million, to help pakistan deal with devastating floods that have killed hundreds of people. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, says the country was facing a monsoon on steroids that s left millions homeless. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected, but mountainous regions in the north west have also been badly hit. our correspondent danjohnson has the very latest. so much of sindh province now lies under water after weeks of torrential monsoon rain. a third of the country has been affected, and so many people here have lost absolutely everything. translation: our houses - were destroyed by rain and floods. everything sank in water. we couldn t save our household, except for a few things. now we are sitting here in the open. translation: the rainwater came, our houses go
and the duchess of sussex tells a us magazine that just existing was enough to upset the dynamics of the royal hierarchy. and coming up: we ll hearfrom one gardener who s successfully grown the world s longest cucumber. it s a lot of fun growing a giant vegetable. you can compete notjust in the uk, you can compete around the world. it s incredible. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal to help pakistan deal with devastating floods. the country s prime minister has said the floods are the worst in the country s history. provinces in the south by the provinces in the south by the worst provinces in the south by the worst affected. but mountainous regions further north have also been badly hit. more than 1,000 people are known to have been killed as roads, homes and bridges were washed away across the country. and officials estimate more than 33 million pakistanis, that s one in seven people, have been affected by the flooding. we have two reports from pakistan. in
With the leaders of the uk, canada, france, germany and italy. Frances president , emmanuel macron, and the dutch Prime Minister, mark rutte, have also now announced theyll also visit on monday and tuesday. At the rafah Border Crossing , several trucks from a second convoy at the rafah Border Crossing, several trucks from a second convoy carrying humanitarian aid from egypt have crossed into the gaza strip. The convoy had earlier been detained at the rafah crossing for several hours so that they could be searched to ensure they were carrying only aid. The us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken, has warned iran against any escalation of the israel gaza war. He was speaking on cbs news, after irans foreign minster warned israel and the us, The Middle East may go Out Of Control if Israel Military action continues, and blamed the us for providing Military Support to israel. With more on all of this, heres our correspondent wyre davies injerusalem. Israeli air strikes against what it says ar
Week once things may turn more unsettled next week once again. Joined me later for the details its sunday 22nd october. Our main story israel says its intensify airstrikes against hamas in gaza, as it prepares its troops for a Ground Assault. Hamas is regarded as a Terrorist Organisation by the uk and this latest escalation in tensions in the language follows its attack on israel two weeks ago. Twenty lorries carrying humanitarian aid have been allowed through the Rafah Crossing, on the border with egypt, and a second convoy could enter gaza today, but un agencies say this represents a drop in the ocean of what is needed. Greg mckenzie reports. Yesterday, the Rafah Crossing that connects egypt to the Southern Gaza strip opened for the First Time Since hamas launched its assault on israel to allow 20 trucks to carry aid in. Today, the humanitarian chief of the un for the second convoy of 20 30 trucks could enter the region, delivering much needed aid but admits the un and israel are hav