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at d—ao minutes. there were just too many technical problems to contend with. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, and 4am in pakistan — where the government says a third of the country is now under water. millions of homes are now destroyed and much of its richest farmland is now flooded. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33 million. and the catastrophe isn't over — water is still surging down the indus river, and will flood the low—lying sind province even further over the next few days. latest report...

thanked mourners who've gathered to remember the queen, including an unexpected show of unity from princes william and harry. it's sunday, the 11th of september. i'm at the palace of holyroodhouse in edinburgh, the official residence of the british monarch in scotland. the queen's coffin will arrive here from balmoral later today. let's take a look at the route it will take. at around 10:00, her coffin will be carried by six of the gamekeepers from her scottish estate from the ballroom at balmoral to a hearse. from there, it will begin a six—hour, 175—milejourney. the route will ...

north—westerly breeze, a weak front sinking south and the breeze through this afternoon will continue to fed showers into northern and western scotland and the odd one in northern ireland and some rain on the tail end of the front in the south—west. a fine story for most, spells of sunshine and temperatures in the high teens to the low 20s. through the evening and overnight the front clears to the south of the uk. some thicker cloud in northern ireland and western scotland through the small hours. but with clear spells in central and southern england it could be chilly with a low...

some food such as chicken and beef is off the menu for school dinners according to some caterers who blame rising costs. a new species of giant water lily has been discovered despite hiding in plain sight at kew gardens for 177 years. good afternoon. the bbc has received six complaints about alleged bullying or sexual misconduct by the former radio 1 dj tim westwood. at least one of the complaints, which was referred to the police, was made before an investigation by bbc news and the guardian in april, which revealed accounts of the dj's predatory sexual behaviour. the bbc said at th...

dominating the argument. welcome to bbc news. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. he oversaw economic reforms known as perestroika, and political ones known as glasnost or openness, which led to the break—up of the soviet union in 1991, and the end of the cold war. russian president vladimir putin has expressed "deep sympathies". our russia editor steve rosenberg looks back at a historic life. he was the kind of russian leader the world had never seen. mikhail gorbachev smiled, he was relaxed. in the west, he acquired almost pop—star...