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terms after a couple of years and even more concerning, 3 million more households could be living in poverty. that's a big challenge for the incoming prime minister. not just a long—term strategy but the short term support required. thank ou ve short term support required. thank you very much. _ short term support required. thank you very much, iain. _ the disasters emergency committee has launched a humanitarian appeal to help millions of people devastated by the floods in pakistan. the country has experienced exceptionally heavy monsoon rains which have triggered flash floods and landslides, leaving a third of the country under water. waseem ahmedhas been overseeing the relief efforts and says people need urgent assistance. i only could see in kpk province near charsadda, miles of roadsides filled with water and they'd no home. all the houses on the way i could see submerged in the water. livestock, whatever left, they brought with them and they were just living in a makeshift small... towels, clean sheets, they were
online and help us with our energy bills. there's no quick fix to the problem that we've got at the moment. so nuclear might provide an energy solution in the long term, but will offer little comfort to those struggling to pay their bills this winter. jon donnison, bbc news. let's speak now to our political correspondent iain watson. morning to you, iain. there are a lot of questions around this announcement. it could happen, the amount of money that the government is prepared to put into what would be very expensive project, and when, evenif be very expensive project, and when, even if it gets go—ahead, these might be in action. i even if it gets go-ahead, these might be in action.— even if it gets go-ahead, these might be in action. i think you have summed it — might be in action. i think you have summed it up _ might be in action. i think you have summed it up very _ might be in action. i think you have summed it up very well _ might be in action. i think you have summed it up very well in - might be in action. i think you have summed it up very well in terms i might be in action. i think you have summed it up very well in terms of| summed it up very well in terms of the uncertainty. what borisjohnson is trying to do today is really issue a statement of intent to his successor. as i understand it in his speech is going to be making in east
but such things take time. a new nuclear power station is likely to take something...at least ten years in order to come online and help us with our energy bills. there's no quick fix to the problem that we've got at the moment. so nuclear might provide an energy solution in the long term, but will offer little comfort to those struggling to pay their bills this winter. jon donnison, bbc news. let's speak now to our political correspondent iain watson. iain, correspondent iain watson. good morning to you. i know iain, good morning to you. 0k, we know there is an energy crisis, we are hearing something but even then, it's the new prime minister that has to deal with it if they want to go along with this plan.— to deal with it if they want to go along with this plan. that's right, it will be their _ along with this plan. that's right, it will be their decision, - along with this plan. that's right, it will be their decision, not - along with this plan. that's right, it will be their decision, not borisj it will be their decision, not boris johnson's. i think what we are getting today is a statement of intent by the outgoing prime minister and perhaps a message to his successor, this 700 million, part of the energy strategy, that
sunak has set out how he would get help to the most vulnerable but he will not say exactly how much and i think people are waiting anxiously to find out what the prime minister will do notjust in the long term but immediately to help with the cost of living.— cost of living. iain, thanks. hannah. — cost of living. iain, thanks. hannah, let's _ cost of living. iain, thanks. hannah, let's park - cost of living. iain, thanks. hannah, let's park some i cost of living. iain, thanks. j hannah, let's park some of cost of living. iain, thanks. - hannah, let's park some of what mr johnson is saying, what we might like to do or could do because we don't know about that. what we know is, bills are going up and people are talking about how that might be addressed in the immediate term. aha, addressed in the immediate term. lot of people as well are already struggling. we keep talking about what might come this winter and the bills will go up further this winter but people are already difficult times right now as we talk about this. we have heard this morning from the boss of one of the uk's largest energy suppliers 0vo. he is not pulling his punches, accusing the government of having waited in the government of having waited in the last 12 months in preparing for this crisis and he says there will be a winter of hardship —— he
they were able to extract him through significant crowds in challenging circumstances to a waiting ambulance. he was taken to a west london hospital, where — despite the best efforts of medical staff — he was pronounced dead. the cost—of—living crisis continues to dominate the race to become the next leader of the conservative party — which has one week to run. meanwhile, the chancellor nadhim zahawi is travelling to the united states to look for solutions to the crisis by speaking to bankers and officials there. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. iain, some eyebrows being raised about the chancellor's decision to head to washington. what is he helping to achieve? he head to washington. what is he helping to achieve?— head to washington. what is he helping to achieve? he says you need international— helping to achieve? he says you need international solutions _ helping to achieve? he says you need international solutions to _ helping to achieve? he says you need international solutions to the - international solutions to the cost—of—living crisis. it is not just about short—term help but
of the conservative party — which has one week to run. meanwhile, the chancellor nadhim zahawi is travelling to the united states to look for solutions to the crisis. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. iain, what's mr zahawi hoping to achieve — —— hoping to achieve? he is speaking to bankers in new york today but tomorrow is speaking to us treasury officials in washington, he says he is looking at making the economy more resilient, looking at longer term solutions rather than short—term fixes but labour has a different take on the fact he is out of the country with potentially less than a week to go as chancellor, because the new prime minister will because the new prime minister will be announced on monday, take over on tuesday and likely to follow—up with a swift reshuffle so we could see somebody else at number 11 downing street by that time. nevertheless, labour is relentlessly attacking nadhim zahawi, saying he is not a taxpayer funded junkets having an
iain watson, is in westminster. iain, what's mr zahawi hoping to achieve and what's been the response to this trip? certainly the treasury are saying he is in the united states because he needs to find longer term solutions to the cost of living crisis, there needs to be international cooperation, it is notjust about short—term fixes but other things that might be necessary to try to get the living costs down in the future and to prove what they call economic resilience. but labour unsurprisingly not buying that explanation. they are suggesting he is on a taxpayer funded junket, as they put it, and having an international chinwag when he should be talking to people here about the pressures they are facing on their energy bills. the treasury would say it is not an either or, he is also going to be bequeathing the next prime minster a range of options to help people in the short—term with those soaring bills. and a week today in fact, he could be
of right wing of the party. but also i think rishi sunak has done a good job, as well. - so i think you need - to go in with an open mind to the hustings. these votes need to connect with absolutely everybody, not just ourselves. the fierce rivalry between the two candidates for number 10 promises plenty of heated debate about what the conservatives want from their leader, and the course they should set to govern the uk. jonathan blake, bbc news. let's speak now to our political correspondent iain watson, who's in westminster. iain, two very different candidates now vying to become the next leader. they now have to show the differences are a good thing. yes. they now have to show the differences are a good thing. yes, a difficult task— differences are a good thing. yes, a difficult task to _ differences are a good thing. yes, a difficult task to show _ differences are a good thing. yes, a difficult task to show how _ differences are a good thing. yes, a difficult task to show how different l difficult task to show how different they are from each other but also claim they can unite the party at the end of the process. the process now of course because of that of the conservative party membership, and while rishi sunak topped a popularity poll among his fellow