more of those pictures to come from around the planet, of course. those are the headlines. now on bbc news, addiction: a mental health crisis? a warning, this programme deals with upsetting themes. hello. hi. tony. jeremy. it is april 2021 and i am in north west england meeting tony. covid rules apply. we still have our masks on. with a bit of luck we re getting the end of it. thankfully we hit it off and that is good news because for the next year or so i will see a lot of him. when we finish with this what would you like people to understand about you and people like you that we do not understand at the moment? we feel love and hate like everybody else, we are people just like everybody else. we are human beings. most drug addicts have a reason that they are addicted. for tony, birkenhead is home. just across the river from liverpool. there are drug problems here, yes, but also an understanding of this inextricable link between addiction and mental health problems. this is
good morning. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather so things are fairly settled. sunny spells, just a few showers, warm it tomorrow and an increased chance of rain for friday. all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday the 30th of august. the united nations will lead a global appeal today to help pakistan cope with the devastating floods which have left a third of the country under water and killed more than 1,100 people. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but mountainous regions in the north west have also been badly hit. the crisis is not over yet as heavy rain continues and water surges down the indus river. our reporter sean dilley has the latest details. in some parts of pakistan, it s been relentless. more than 33 million people have been affected by flooding in the country s heaviest rain for more than a decade. this year s monsoon season has claimed well over 1,100 lives since june. more than 3,500 kilo
richard walker. former cabinet minister andrea leadsom. and the bbc s deputy political editor, vicki young. the chancellors day began like this. this 45p rate was simply a distraction in our mission to achieve higher growth. a u turn on the scrapping the 45p top rate of tax a policy he d announced in his mini budgetjust 10 days ago. now, in a little under 15 minnutes he ll be addressing the party faithful to persuade them that he is the man to be trusted with the economy through turbulent times. welcome to politics live in birmingham. andrea led some, after the market turmoil following the mini budget on the 23rd of september by kwasi kwarteng, and then the dramatic u turn overnight and this morning, on a central plank of that budget, and the economic perspectives of the government, how damaged is kwasi kwarteng s authority? i damaged is kwasi kwarteng s authori ? ~ ., , authority? i think it was really important authority? i think it was really important that author
to protect the economy with government borrowing up and people shopping less a warning the health and social care system in england is gridlocked and unable to cope with the demand putting vulnerable people at risk. and, us chess grandmaster hans niemann is suing a rival or at least 100 million dollars for alleged cheating. welcome to bbc news live from westminster. the leader of the house penny mordaunt has become the first to declare the winner will replace liz truss declare the winner will replace liz truss who declare the winner will replace liz truss who resigned yesterday although she remains in downing street although she remains in downing street until the successor is appointed. street until the successor is appointed- street until the successor is appointed. street until the successor is anointed. ., , , appointed. speaking outside number ten liz truss appointed. speaking outside number ten liz truss said appointed. speaking outside number ten liz truss
england s lionesses, the european football champions, have now qualified for next year s women s world cup. the manager said england s qualification for next year s world cup has made herfeel proud, especially on the back of not having had much rest following their success at the euros. they beat austria 2 0 to book their place at the tournament with a game to spare. natalie pirks reports from veener noyshtad. at the euros, quarterfinalists austria may have won new fans but england won the trophy, albeit fans of the lionesses were a rare breed in wiener neustadt. after the summer we have completely fallen in love with women s football. we are lucky, we live here so there might a few of us here, but i don t think there will be many. i would have preferred it to be in the big stadium in vienna because i think the lionesses deserve a bigger crowd. yes, this tiny stadium was a far cry from wembley, and that wasn t the only difference. unlike her super sub role in the euros, ale