this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at two. one of the most powerful atlantic hurricanes ever recorded has hit the caribbean, causing major damage. hurriance irma, a life threatening category 5 storm, hit [and a few hours ago in antigua and barbuda, knocking out power and damaging buildings, it could hit sweep into florida by the weekend. the biggest cause for concern right now is we have lost contact with our sister island barbuda, they are getting the full force of this right now. all floridians, keep a key eye on this dangerous storm, don't sit and wait to prepare, get prepared now. after a leak of controversial immigration proposals, the government insists it won't shut the door on eu migration, but says the current system can't continue after brexit. overall, immigration has been good for the uk, but what people want to see is control of that immigration. also in the next hour — protests over nurses‘ pay.

nurses stage a demonstration outside parliament calling for an end to the 1% public sector pay cap. sinn fein calls to resume talks to try to restore a power—sharing government in northern ireland and avoid a return to government in northern ireland. and the unmistakeable voice of football for 50 years — john motson says he's hanging up his sheepskin coat and microphone in may. he will retire next year. i did my first ever commentary for bbc tv from this very gantry and in those days, nobody had heard of the internet, although i can vouch i did say at the time "it's in the net." good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the atlantic has been battering the caribbean islands of antigua, barbuda and anguilla causing major damage.

the category 5 storm — with sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts of up to 225mph — is now heading towards the british virgin islands, puerto rico and then may hit florida by the end of the week. airports have closed on several islands and people have flocked to shops for food, water, and emergency supplies before taking shelter. officials have been warning of potentially catastrohpic effects. a french cabinet minister says it's already caused major damage and flooding while communications have been lost with the island of saint martin. —— a number of islands. richard galpin reports. the leeward islands of the caribbean are now being battered by this huge storm. this unverified video apparently showing winds of more than 180mph hitting the tiny island of saint martin. in the sky above, this special us research plane also takes

a battering as it flies right through the hurricane, collecting vital data. for the crew, it's a wild ride. from higher up, a satellite captures the seething, churning power of this, one of the biggest atlantic storms on record. and from the international space station, a sense of how big an area the storm clouds cover. the islands of antigua and barbuda will be amongst the first to be hit by the hurricance. people here started moving to safety yesterday. here we are on market street, usually a very, very busy street in stjohn‘s. not today, it's a ghost town. while antigua may not have been hit too badly, the situation in barbuda is not known. the biggest cause for concern right now is we seem to have completely

lost contact with our sister island, barbuda. they're getting really the full force of this right now. i think they are currently in the eye and that should be coming to a close soon. and then they are going to get those 185 mile winds happening again shortly. so we will be very grateful when we hear and finally get some news back from barbuda. hurricane irma is steadily moving west and according to latest reports, has already caused major damage. so now, even as far away as florida, people are stocking up with supplies. the hurricane is expected to make landfall here by the weekend. the storm is massive, and the storm surge predicted will go for miles and miles. it's incredibly important that all floridians keep a close eye on this incredibly dangerous storm. do not sit and wait to prepare. get prepared now. and already, the us authorities have ordered everyone living in the very vulnerable area

of key west to leave. richard galpin, bbc news. we will have more on this later on. the prime minister has told the commons that people want to see control of immigration after brexit. she was speaking after a leaked draft home office document suggested that heavy restrictions should be placed on the number of low skilled workers coming to the uk and that employers should be encouraged to hire british people first. but the government's insisting it won't shut the door on eu migration. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. for many voters, it was the key issue on which they made their choice in the brexit referendum. what should britain's immigration policy be for eu citizens? today, a government document leaked to journalists from the guardian newspaper gave some answers. the key philosophy being that immigration should benefit notjust the migrants themselves but also make existing residents better off. those who have campaigned for years for lower immigration are delighted.

it's broadly on the right lines. it's to be welcomed. if implemented, as proposed, then we see a considerable, significant reduction in the sort of numbers coming from the eu, which is what people broadly voted for a year and a bit ago. the document is clearly a recent draft of the home office's long—awaited white paper on immigration after brexit. officials here insist it is not the latest draft, it's very much a work in progress and the cabinet is still arguing over it. that said, it's not back of the envelope stuff either. it is more than 80 pages of proposals. one of the key phrases in the draft says that: "wherever possible, uk employers should look to meet their labour needs from resident labour." but businesses insist they're already doing that. they do everything they can to employ british workers, it's just very difficult. sometimes you have skills gaps you need to fill with people

from outside the uk, and that's just the way it is. the draft proposes that any eu citizen already living here before a certain not yet specified date would be allowed to stay. and even after brexit, there would be a transition period of at least two years. but at that point, the key proposals suggests that free movement for eu citizens ends, they would need passports, not id cards at th eborder, two year work permits would be available for eu citizens, though highly skilled workers could get longer permits. for the holiday and hospitality industry, like butlins in bognor regis, the future could be a real challenge. 30% of their workforce are eu citizens and they may find themselves applying for lots of work permits. i think nationally coastal resorts struggle to recruit, so recruiting from the european market is really important to us. today's leaked document will only fuel the debate about britain's future immigration policy.

there's been a mixed reaction to the leaked draft document on immigration. in the commons this afternoon, the prime minister told mps that overall immigration has been good for the economy. but migration needs to be controlled to ease the impact on infrastructure and to protect those at the lowest end of the income scale. but businesses have been warning of the impact heavy restrictions on immigration could have. here's our political correspondent ian watson. when britain leads the european union, the government wants to reassure businesses that the economy will not add the grated fall off a edge. there would be massive changes teu migration for a couple of years. the leaked document points to a sea change in attitude after that with far more restrictions among skilled workers. in commons today, the snp

asked the payments to restate the benefits rather than the burdens of immigration. does the prime minister agree with me that emigration is essential to the strength of the uk economy as well as enhancing our diversity and cultural fabric? overall immigration has been good for the uk but what people want to see is control of that emigration. that is what people wanted to see as a result of coming out of the european union, we are already able to exercise controls in relation to those who come to this country from outside the countries within the european union and we continue to believe that it's important to have net migration at sustainable levels. theresa may knows the only way she can get net migration down to the tens of thousands is if she cut eu emigration significantly. that said, non—eu migration is way above that level even with tighter controls. some leaves campaigners are hoping the government will officially adopt

some of the ideas in this document for further restrictions. people we re for further restrictions. people were fed up with people coming in from the eu into this country competing public services under pressure. that was the number one issue why people voted to leave. the government is delivering on the promise to end free movement. the document is marked sensitive but restrictions on immigration are far more sensitive in some parts of the than others. this extreme hard brexit is a blueprint for strangling the london economy. on a regular basis i speak to chief executives and employers, to businesses in london, and i know the impact, positive impact, eu workers make. that somebody home secretary commissioned research into the impact of immigration, some mps say she should be floating the idea of new restrictions until she sees the results. they really must wait for the evidence from the migration advisory committee about what the

overall impact is and what the needs are in different sectors of the economy before they take decisions. the cabinet is yet to finalise what restrictions it wants to see an emigration but critics say it's important that skilled workers who might benefit the economy will still feel welcome. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster for us now. there are leaks that are just that and then there are attempts by the government to test the water. is that what is going on? i am not sure, i'm not sure how helpful the timing will be the british government coming as it does the right in the middle of those brexit negotiations. it is likely this will irritate every eu negotiating counterpart, the idea there could be these pretty heavy restrictions on eu migrants. on the other hand, it shouldn't be a massive surprise that theresa may that she would welcome some of the things that are in this

document. downing street by saying they don't comment on leaked documents, especially ones which have been redrafted several times, they say, since this was originally put together. listening to theresa may, she wasn't really pulling back from the idea. she wants to stick to the target that has been missed to many, the target that has been missed to any the target that has been missed to many, many times of getting immigration, net migration, down to the tens of thousands. she seems determined to do it. it is very important to say this is not a final document, it has not been signed off. it hasn't even been discussed by the cabinet. there will be lots of arguments still to come. theresa may seems very clear although there are upside to migration, they have contributed, she is determined to make sure there are jobs and improvements in skills and training for british workers. and certainly on the conservative side and for many voters, particularly those who voted for brexit, this kind of thing will be extremely welcome, saying

that once you become a country no longer in the eu, we are not going to let people in from the eu without any restrictions. we havejust to let people in from the eu without any restrictions. we have just heard peter bowen make that point. it is fairto peter bowen make that point. it is fair to say that for many people on the doorsteps in this campaign this was the issue. that is right. peter bowen and others in the conservative party will be extremely welcoming of these kinds of suggestions. what is going to be interesting is when it comes to what happens during a transition period if we do have one, that'll be the time after we have met the european union but before everything is in place, it is all very well, the home office coming up with what they would like to happen during that time. that'll be subject to negotiation. if as may well happen in the uk government says it still wa nts happen in the uk government says it still wants to have access to the single market during the two years or perhaps longer of the transition period, it is likely we are going to have to accept that pavement —— freedom of movement continues. that'll be interesting to the eu

negotiator, michel barnier, who will be looking at the document and thinking, that is not what we want free eu citizens. thank you very much. joining me now from our westminster studio is sam bowman, executive director of the free market think tank the adam smith institute. you presumably are against any form of migration control. certainly what has been proposed today is going to hurt public services in the uk and hurt public services in the uk and hurt the economy in general. we know that european union immigrants paid more in taxes than they cost the state and lots of very important public services like the nhs and school services rely on workers from europe to make ends meet. if we make it just is difficult europe to make ends meet. if we make itjust is difficult to employ people from europe as it is to employ people from outside of europe, we are in for much, much higher costs for public services, lower receipts for the exchequer and a lot of bureaucracy for british businesses. do you sympathise with politicians who, there has been a

vote, this was very much part of that boat? it needs to be clear that we voted to leave the european union, perhaps part of that was ending freedom of movement, but there are only two options, freedom of movement for a very heart immigration system. we could go for something more liberal, free movement for workers. if you have a job offer in the uk you can come, otherwise no. that would give the european union much more leeway to give us access to the single market. isn't that in this document? no, it is suggesting we impose the immigration system that we give to non—europeans to europeans. that would mean much less emigration, but would mean much less emigration, but would make it much harder to employ immigrants as well. as we have seen from the stories of people resident in the uk for decades been told by the home office to leave, the home office is really bad at running the immigration system already. applying that even in theory to high skilled

individuals i think is going to lead to in practice much more insurgency and much higher costs for the nhs, public services and british businesses. it is bad news right and less tax revenues. that phrase britishjobs for british less tax revenues. that phrase british jobs for british workers harking back to gordon brown, what is that say to you when you hear it? it must understand the way it works. we don't live in else red is a fixed number ofjobs. we don't live in else red is a fixed number of jobs. if were we don't live in else red is a fixed number ofjobs. if were true when women into the workforce men would have been pushed out ofjobs. that didn't happen. we have a number of jobs. the more immigrants come in and supply labour, the also demand labour. we create jobs and supply labour, the also demand labour. we createjobs by and supply labour, the also demand labour. we create jobs by spending the money they earn. we don't need to think of this as fixed. the evidence is very strong that immigrants are mildly positive overall so we just and don't destroy or create jobs overall so we just and don't destroy or createjobs on overall so we just and don't destroy or create jobs on net. overall so we just and don't destroy or createjobs on net. the overall so we just and don't destroy or create jobs on net. the labour market impacts are quite neutral. they don't destroy jobs, market impacts are quite neutral. they don't destroyjobs, they certainly don't harm which is

overall. perhaps there is some pressure at the very bottom, but we are talking about something like £10 or £20 a yearfor some are talking about something like £10 or £20 a year for some workers. it isa or £20 a year for some workers. it is a very small impact. the flip side of that is public sector workers in the nhs who come from europe and much easier to employee. the nhs is very reliant on foreign workers and foreign nurses and doctors. any kind of change that makes it harder for public services and other kinds of important industries like that to hire people from europe who might be skilled or skilled is going to end up hurting ordinary british people. we need to get out of this mindset of thinking there is a fixed number ofjobs are immigrants can steal jobs there is a fixed number ofjobs are immigrants can stealjobs or steel we just need to us. they are not. they are better off, we are better off, the taxman is happier because off, the taxman is happier because of the amount of money that immigrants paean. thanks for your time. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: hurriance irma, a life threatening category 5 storm, hit land a few hours ago — knocking out power and damaging buildings — it could hit sweep into florida

by the weekend. the government insists it won't shut the door on eu migration, but says the current system can't continue after brexit. mps sparred over the subject in this week's prime minister's questions. nurses stage a demonstration outside parliament calling for an end to the 1% public sector pay cap. and in sports, andy murray is likely to miss the rest of this season as he tries to recover from the hip injury which forced him to miss the us open. toby roland—jones has been named in place of chris woakes in the england team for the third test against the west indies and his home ground of lord haas which starts tomorrow. leicester city missed out on signing midfielder silva by 1a seconds after thinking they had completed a £22 million dealfor the sporting lisbon midfielder. and i

will be back with more under stories just after half past two. —— on those stories. sinn fein has called for the resumption of formal negotiations to try to form a power—sharing government in northern ireland. the stormont executive collapsed in january and months of talks have so far failed to overcome a series of disputes between unionists and republicans. our ireland correspondent chris buckler is in belfast. they would say this, wouldn't they, because they are heavily involved in the reasons it has not happened? i am aware it does feel like politics in northern ireland is a series of talks and appreciation is to get to this next step of talks and negotiations. we spoke earlier this week, we had the secretary of state for not and james brokenshire meeting each individual party. the irish foreign minister beenjerked, he was having the same kind of conversations. today's statement by sinn fein indicates they want to get backin sinn fein indicates they want to get back in to proper talks to try to

restore power—sharing cure in northern ireland. there has been no power—sharing government now for a matter of months, since january there has been no real government. asa there has been no real government. as a result they have said we have been talking to the dup behind the scenes of last week and we think some kind of progress has been made there. some kind of agreement could be possible. that is a big statement for them, it indicates some of the party negotiations going on behind the scenes have been successful to an extent. another indication of thatis an extent. another indication of that is that as soon as michelle o'neill, dystonic leader of sinn fein, stopped speaking, there was a steaming from the dup thing that had been involved in negotiations behind the scenes, there is a slightly more muted response from the democratic unionist party. they were saying, let's see if an agreement as possible before we start to get the parties on the table again. there has got to be compromise somewhere and would be over at the issues of the botched green energy scheme. is that the issue of language? what is

it? language is a really big one. the irish language act is what is wa nted the irish language act is what is wanted by sinn fein. they want official status for the irish language. unionists have concerns about what they want. they have concerns about what it will cost and thatis concerns about what it will cost and that is proving to be the really, really big issue. that botched green energy scheme which allegedly follow the assembly back injanuary has not been mentioned by sinn fein at all. there are other issues, for example, the introduction of same—sex marriage in northern ireland. it is still illegal, that has been blocked by the dup in the past. they have given every indication they may well block it again in the future. there are questions about what sinn fein calls right. there is also the relationship between the parties. ultimately, power—sharing relies on two parties being able to do business together, being able to sit in government together and having a common vision. you look at the dup

and sinn fein and even from normal politics point of view, if i can call it that, if we look at right wing and left wing, the dup are a centre—right party and sinn fein would regard themselves as the left—wing party. there are big differences over what they view as being a whole range of matters. there is the added convocation that the dup also propping up conservatives at westminster. that is something sinn fein are concerned about and you get these really odd, mickley issues throughout all of this as they tried to get this back up this as they tried to get this back up and running again. it is not going to be easy. i will talk to you again at some stage about this. thank you very much for now. a 14—year—old boy has died after two teenagers were shot in east london on monday afternoon. coreyjunior davis — and another boy, who's seventeen — were found with gunshot injuries in forest gate. the second victim is said to have "life—changing injuries". police have launched a murder investigation. no arrests have been made. let's get more on one of our main stories.

the government's insisting it won't shut the door on eu migration but says the current system can't continue after brexit. joining me now is dr emma carmel, a specialist in migration, the labour market and social policy in uk and the eu at the university of bath. just hearing from the eu they are most unhappy with these proposals but then they would be, wouldn't they? yes, i think some of that might be political gameplaying. one of the things you can observe is that the government's desire to manage these very significant political challenges. on the one hand they have to show at the domestic political constituency they are going to restrict immigration, which is pretty difficult even with the kinds of messages they might be considering. on the other hand, they have been facing over the last 12, 15 months significant pressure from

particular economic sectors and organisations that really have relied very heavily on eu migrant labour, both skilled and unskilled. they have to come up with a detailed negotiating position with the eu. i see some things in here that effectively try to manage those three different positions. there are some things here for the european union, there are some things you ca re union, there are some things you care about particular eu nationals having access to a settled status. they are having longer residential rights. above all, there is the implementation period which is a period of two years free eu nationals will continue to have... significantly better rights than non—eu nationals in the uk labour market. what they won't have is right to family unification, many rights to social welfare, which, to

be honest, have been overplayed, they word that significant in the first place, they want to be able to come and look for work, that is one of the key defining features of eu free movement. i think there are nods here and there are two in negotiating position with the eu. what would be the significance and the impact of eu citizens after brexit were treated in the same way as non—eu citizens? brexit were treated in the same way as non-eu citizens? a number of sectors would be very significantly affected in terms of their access to employment. this applies interestingly enough to low skilled and kerry is employment as much as it does to high skill and climate. one of the most obvious places that we hear about that are affected by migration controls and restrictions would be the health sector and domestic care sector. but also our hospitality, tourism, agriculture, food processing and packaging and

manufacturing. a whole range of sectors, some of which are quite geographically concentrated as well, there are some rural regions and some cities, notably london, that would also feel the effects very quickly. perhaps i should have started by trying to define our returns. when we talk about low skilled workers, are we talking about the jobs they are doing either type of people doing then? about the jobs they are doing either type of people doing themm about the jobs they are doing either type of people doing then? it is a very important distinction to make. we are usually talking about the jobs workers are doing rather than the skills that workers bring. one of the things we know for migration studies is that most migrants, for everyday move from or two, will generally suffer a loss of skill, they usually end up working at slightly lower skill levels than they could do. that is a widely acknowledged issue, notjust something about eu migration migration to the uk. thank you. you

are welcome. nearly 2,000 nurses have held a demonstration over pay in parliament square today beginning straight after the first prime minister's questions of the new parliamentary year, the rally is part of a union campaign calling on the government to scrap the 1% cap on public sector pay. the royal college of nursing warns that its members may strike if nothing is done. it is really bad. there are 40,000 vacancies, not only are we not having people come into the profession as many as we would like we are beginning to see those very experienced staff leaving because of the pressure off work but they will a lwa ys the pressure off work but they will always side that lack of their value by not having a pay rise for so long. it is causing them financial problems but also feeling they are not valued anywhere. this is the weather forecast now. hurricane irma is right in. quite a

quiet day in the uk. some sunny spells but the cloud is thick enough to bring some passing showers. across north—west scotland, northern ireland into the north—west of both england and wales, feeling fresher today but pleasant in september sunshine. overnight tonight, clearing skies for a time. share was coming across north—west england. a weather front begins to approach you and the winds will pick up through the night. tomorrow a different day, wet and windy weather pitching into parts of scotland, northern ireland and this really thinking its way into north—west england and wales. across the midlands and eastern counties of england, staying largely dry and bright. feeling quite chilly at times in the north—west. that is your weather. hello, this is bbc news with the headlines.

caribbean islands are being hit by hurricane irma. it's causing major damage with winds of up to 185mph. parts of florida where it could hit later this week have ordered a mandatory evacuation. theresa may has told the mps the government's committed to controlling immigration, because of the impact it can have on low paid workers and public services. it comes after a leaked document suggests ministers are considering restrictions on eu unskilled workers. nurses are staging a protest at the pay cap outside parliament. sinn fein's called for new negotiations to try to restore a power sharing government in northern ireland. the stormont executive collapsed in january and ireland. the stormont executive collapsed injanuary and months of talks have so far failed to overcome a series of disputes.

now time for the sport with hugh. britain's andy murray says he is unlikely to play again this season due to a hip injury that forced him to pull out of the us open. the world number two last played at wimbledon injuly where he lost in the quarter—finals. in a post on social media — he said "unfortu nately, i won't be able to compete in the upcoming events in beijing and shanghai, and most likely, the final two events in vienna and paris." venus williams rolled back the years to book her place in the final four in new york in the womens draw. she was playing petra kvitova and won the decider on a tie break. williams will play compatriot sloane stephens in the last four. the 9th seed knew she had to take her chances against a women who had beaten her many times before. it's meant a lot to me playing at

home and it being a major, it means a lot to her coming back and being able to compete in this major and to prove obviously to herself that she could do anything no matter what was thrown at her. it was amazing to see her shine today. england have made a change to their side against west indies. toby roland—jones comes into the team for the match on his home ground. he was dropped for the game at edgbaston in favour of chris woa kes at edgbaston in favour of chris woakes who was returning from injury, however woa kes woakes who was returning from injury, however woakes will sit this one out. the test will be the last before the ashes. leicester city missed out on signing silva by 14 seconds. leicester believe they completed a £22 million dealfor the man from sporting lisbon, however fifa rejected their application to

register the player because it came just after the deadline of the summer transfer window. leicester are appealing against that decision. the labour party has called for a ban on gambling firms sponsoring football shirts. with 25 of the 92 league clubs including nine of 20 premier league sides currently engaged in such sponsorships, the shadow digital culture media secretary for sport said it was time to ta ke secretary for sport said it was time to take action. last year, punters lost £13.8 billion on gambling. that's £5 billion more than in 2008. in the last few years, £1.4 billion has been spent on advertising. kids more than ever are exposed to gambling ads and it's no surprise to me then that gambling addiction's gone up by an estimated third in recent yea rs. gone up by an estimated third in recent years. there's a problem. the current arrangements are not fit for purpose. we are asking football clu bs purpose. we are asking football clubs who've been targeted by gambling adverts to show corporate responsibility, take the lead, scrap

the ads, take them off the tv and show some leadership in a sport that's important to millions. dan biggar will join northampton from ospreys next summer after more than ten yea rs ospreys next summer after more than ten years in south wales. he'll move after completing this season with ospreys. biggar‘s won 56 caps for wales and was a member of the british and irish lions squad which toured new zealand this summer. before i go, just time to let you know that the bbc get inspired unsung hero award is open for nominations. it's designed to recognise those who devote their free time to help people in grass roots activity and sports and it's been expanded this year. you can find everything you need to know on the website. that's all the sport. more later. one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the atlantic has been

battering the caribbean islands of antigua, barbuda and anguilla causing major damage. chris foukes is here. this is the second strongest hurricane ever. hurricane alan in 1980, there was five miles an hour difference. so this one is right up there in terms of ferocity. we are getting hints of damage being caused. the afp is quoting an interior ministry saying government buildings on st martin, the most sturdy buildings there, have been destroyed and they've not heard from barbuda at all. so it seems there are reports of impacts coming in at the moment. we have a clearer idea of its path yes. on the graph ifi clearer idea of its path yes. on the graph if i cans, barbuda was the

first place that got hit. on the satellite picture you can see straightaway in the middle of that, thatis straightaway in the middle of that, that is the island of barbuda going through the eye of the storm. owt of thatis through the eye of the storm. owt of that is antigua. the irony of that picture is that anyone on barbuda who saw that would have thought it was a nice day. yes. and 1 o'clock ourtime, the was a nice day. yes. and 1 o'clock our time, the next place to get hit was st martin. we can see that again passing straight through the eye of the storm. to the north of st martin we have an island, this second most powerful atlantic hurricane going through there. the catastrophic damage is an inevitability really. from here, it's going to crack in a west—north—west direction. the next place on the hit—list is the british virgin islands. there's going to be a land fall within five hours, 220mph. we have talked about the

devastation they can bring but in the middle of this hurricane underneath the low pressure, the sea bulges underneath that low pressure and that bulging water, the storm surge gets washed inland. now around the british virgin islands, they are expected to reach about 11 foot in height. so two of me pretty much. a wall of water being blown inland quickly by this hurricane. then there's the torrential rain on top of that. it's inevitable that the scenes we see coming out from these islands will indeed show scenes of absolute apocalyptic damage. it's an incredible stornl. as it travels over water, does it get stronger? there seems to be an upper limit of how strong hurricanes can be. i've mentioned this is the second most powerful hurricane on record. there are another three storms that had the same 185mph winds. there was a labour day hurricane, it didn't have a name, they didn't bother naming them all the way back then, but

since then we have had gilbert and wilma, so this is as strong as hurricanes could get, it would seem. they've all got a lot worse since we have been naming them? ! who's to say. with global warming, there could be an angle there. if you are putting hurricanes over warmer waters, they get the energy from the warm waters, so you might expect them to get stronger over time. the people of florida, they're on tenterhooks? absolutely. after the british virgin islands, the next place it's going to mow over the top of is the turks and caicos and then the bahamas and then it could be florida's turn, that could be the weekend or early next week. the impact will be massive there as well. thank you very much. since brexit there have been

concerned that continued membership of the european union's main researching funding bodies after brexit could disappear. most of the funding comes from the european union. the decision to leave the eu left that funding uncertain. but now, the government has said it wants to negotiate to have access to those funds after brexit. i think it's very encouraging in both its tone and aspirations, but it's clear that there's going to be a lot of work that needs to be done to hammer out the details of an eventual agreement. the frances crick institute in london is one of the most prestigious research centres in the world, attracting top researchers from across the global. the government said it values the relaceship the eu has with uk research funders. many are concerned though about the restrictions on immigration that'll come into force

after brexit. this group has received £3 million from the eu. their work could lead to much better vaccines. there are 12 researchers working on the project. ten of them are from the european union. it isa european union. it is a concern and it is one that plays on all of our minds and that is possibly leaving to at least some people beginning to contemplate offers elsewhere which they may not have contemplated before. full membership of the main eu research funding body requires free movement of people. that's been ruled out by the government. so campaigners are calling for a quick and simple visa system that'll make it easy for scientists to work here. a big concern is the future of our migration system. it's very important to our scientific companies and universities to be able to attract people from the eu and the rest of the world to work and the rest of the world to work and study in science in the uk.

there are also uncertainties over britain's nuclear research. the government wants to withdraw from the body that regulates it. ministers though want to negotiate a special status for the uk, so that it can continue to have access to eu funds for research and a say in how it's spent. pallab ghosh, bbc news. the bbc has announced that it is launching three wide—ranging reviews into pay following the controversy over presenter salaries this summer. two will look into equal pay across the corporation — the other will be a review of pay and diversity for on—air stars. our media editor, amol rajan is here. so what does this mean? it's a significant because tony hall is giving a speech up in hull which is his first big concerted public announcement since the furore over pay for top talent earlier this summer. he's announced the bbc is undertaking three reviews. the first two are already started, one looks at the gender pay gap across the

bbc, that will be an internal investigation which will take six weeks then be independently audited. there is another looking at equal pay, so people doing the samejob, are they paid the same money. that will be carried out by price care house coopers and evershed and the third one will be a big one looking at on—air talent. so three big reviews, the first will report back in six weeks. how many years has tony hall been director general, theseissues tony hall been director general, these issues have been raised before. there are those and the bbc have been commenting on this saying, why have we waited so long for more reviews, if you like? tony hall would say and indeed did say a few weeks ago when the story first blew up weeks ago when the story first blew up that under his directorship the bbc‘s made great strides on gender, he will say they have got a political editor, doctor who is a female and he'd say more people in

topjobs are females. female and he'd say more people in top jobs are females. it's worth saying there is a group of female presenters who have quite strongly come back today saying they want concrete action. these are reviews, these are internal inquiries, if you like. we haven't actually got specific steps. i think my understanding speaking to people at the top is they want to move quickly but it's not easy to do. equality is a difficult problem. if you raise the people at the bottom up, you are spending more money, if you raise people at the top down, then that is a problem. i have some more questions but i can't ask them because i have to two to florida. the governor's started speaking about preparations. everyone must be repaired. it shifted east in the latest forecast. we all have to understand that this is serious and we cannot take chances. we have got to have evacuations. there are mandatory evacuations. there are mandatory evacuations for all in the florida keys. this will go into effect for

all residents. get out quick. we can expect additional evacuations as the storm continues to come near our state. everyone must listen to their local officials on the evacuations. individuals with special needs will be evacuated from miami, beginning this morning. miami day county are advising residents living in low—lying areas to start evacuating today. i cannot stress this enough. do not ignore evacuation orders. remember, we can rebuild your home but we cannot rebuild your life. real—time traffic information and evacuation rosters are available at www . evacuation rosters are available at www. fl 511. com. all tolls have been waived which should help people to leave quickly.

it's too early to tell exactly where the storm will hit but it's incredibly important that all florida people keep an eye on this storm. do not sit and wait for the storm. do not sit and wait for the storm to come. it's extremely dangerous and deadly and will cause devastation. get prepared right now. yesterday, i activated a hundred members of the national guard to perform preparations for potential impacts of hurricane irma. these are stationed across the state right now. air assets from north carolina national guard have been getting hospital evacuations under way in the florida keys this afternoon. i'm activating 900 guards, a total of 1000 at by the end of the day. additional guard members throughout the week is needed. 130 helicopters

and more than 1,000 technical high water vehicles are on stand—by. florida national guard is coordinating with other states and the national guard bureau to ensure approximately 30,000 troops, 4,000 trucks, 100 helicopters and air evacuation crews. regarding fish and wildlife, the conservation committee are preparing search and rescue teams for potential deployment. regarding utilities, i've been in contact with the providers who're already working on staging an asset allocation so they can return power as quickly as possible following the storm. they're accurately prepositioning resources throughout the state and in neighbouring states. studio: the florida governor underlining the importance there of low—lying areas of miami which are already subject to evacuation particularly and he said, don't ignore these warnings, we can repair

your homes, we cannot repair your lives. don't sit and wait for it, get out when you are told to do so. so hurricane irma continues as part of the devastation across the caribbean heading for florida later this week and 100 members of florida's national guard stationed in readiness. more from florida lateren. in a moment, a summary of the news but the headlines: that is the news but the headlines: that is the main story, hurricane irma, a life—threatening category 5 storm hit land a few a hours ago in the caribbean knocking out power and damaging buildings. it could hit florida by the weekend. the government insists it won't shut the door on eu migration but says the current system can't continue after brexit. mps sparred over the subject in prime minister's questions. nurses demonstrate outside parliament calling for an end to the 196 parliament calling for an end to the 1% public sector pay cap. hello, i'm rachel horn. in the

business news, keith halliwell has survived a shareholder vote and won re—election to his post for the support of 53% of independent shareholders. 46% voted against. the firm faces criticism for its treatment of workers and the influence of founder and chief executive, mike ashley who owns 61% of the company. no frills airline ryanair says of the company. no frills airline rya nair says many customers of the company. no frills airline ryanair says many customers will no longer be able to the take two pieces of luggage into the cabin. in a bid to cut delays it's encouraging passengers to check in bags by reducing the cost. it says those without priority boarding would have to put their second bag into the hold free of charge previously allowed on board. the changes will come into force in november to ease delays. bell pottinger has put itself up for sale after a controversial campaign in south africa that sparked an exodus of clients. it's appointed bdo

a ccou nta nts clients. it's appointed bdo accou nta nts to clients. it's appointed bdo accountants to look at the business. hsbc is the latest firm to sever ties with the company. billions are being invested in the future of autonomous car s so the stakes are high, particularly when it comes to the rules governing safety a nd when it comes to the rules governing safety and ethics. later today, law—makers in the us will vote on a bill that would allow the likes of ford, google and uber— to test thousands more self—driving vehicles on the road. the self—drive app would give car—makesers and tech giants certain exemptions from federal rules which currently govern everything from steering wheels to seat belts if they can prove their techis seat belts if they can prove their tech is as safe as traditional cars. samira hussain is at the stock exchange for us in new york. explain what is the time scale on this bill, if it passes today how long before we see if it passes today how long before we see the self—driving cars? if it passes today how long before we see the self-driving cars? really what this bill is going to be doing is, itjust

what this bill is going to be doing is, it just governs what this bill is going to be doing is, itjust governs what car makers can do with regards to autonomous ca rs. can do with regards to autonomous cars. there really hasn't been any sort of legislation. law—makers haven't been paying attention to this new kind of technology up until now. so what this legislation will allow companies to do, it will give them some firm guidelines in terms of what can and cannot happen with regards to autonomous cars. it gives them some pretty important exemptions when it comes to testing and, most importantly, what this federal regulation does is that it prevents individual states from putting up their own roadblocks against autonomous cars. so what has been happening, is that you ‘ll see that in each individual state, it will have different rules. this federal rule will be over arching and it will not allow for states to create rules that contradict this federal rule. makers would have to prove their technology in the self—driving cars are just as safe as what's happening with a

traditional car. how ‘re they going to do that? right, so in that way, it's going to take a lot of testing and one example law—makers have brought up is the example of tessler and what happened with the accident in terms of their use of the auto motive pilot function. it was deemed after lots of testing and studies that it actually wasn't the fault of the company, it wasn't faulty come putterisation. speaking of computerisation, one thing i would note is that the law—makers have made clear that all of the cars will have to have some association of protection when it comes to cyber security. there's been a lot of attention being paid to being able to hack things, lots of concerns about hacking cars, so cyber security is a big concern for law—makers. security is a big concern for law-makers. thank you very much. in other business news, nissan has released details of its revamped

electric car amid tough competition from tessler. the base model will have a longer range. the firm's chief executive says the car will no longer be a niche model and will become a major part of nissan's portfolio. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, says britain's economic model is broken as the gap between the rich and poor widens. britain standses at a watershed and must make choices about the choices of the economy, he says. barratt has announced a rise of 12% in profits. the chief executive said it was the highest completion volume for nine years. the international air transport association says that global demand forair association says that global demand for air travel rose nearly 7% in july compared to the same time last year. iata says all regions supported solid growth. let'sjust look at the markets before we go. barratt reported strong growth in pre—tax profits. highest completion

volumes for years. look at the share price which is down because they talked about ongoing concerns over brexit concerns. the chairman has survived the shareholder vote in sports direct, keith halliwell. royal mail's share price is down, looking like there might be a vote on possible strike action by the communications workers‘ union. all the geopolitical tensions and concerns about north korea there. that is it from me. go and get your breath. and a cup of tea! thank you very much. for 50 years he has been the voice of football. but nowjohn motson has decided to hang up his microphone and sheepskin coat. ‘motty‘ — as he‘s famously known — has covered ten world cups, 200 england games and 29 fa cup finals. our sport‘s editor dan roan went to meet him. and there it is! the crazy gang have beaten the culture club.

here is gascoigne. .. brilliant! yes! oh, yes! goal! platini for france! it‘s dramatic, it‘s delightful, it‘s denmark! they are the european champions. what was, for you, the secret, the keys, to be able to call those moments in time so quickly? it‘s like saying to your postman, how do you prepare the letters? you know, people don‘t have do know that, do they? and people didn‘t need to know that i was spending two days in this office banging myself over the head with who the substitute was going to be for this team on saturday. they were only concerned with the end product, and i had to make that as good as i could. that‘sjohn motson, reporting for us tonight of course on the southend and liverpool match, looking there rather like an orphan in the storm. your big breakthrough was the 72 cup match? oh, ronnie‘s goal...

without that, would you be here? it changed my life. newcastle winning1—0 with five minutes to go. radford. .. now tudor has gone down for newcastle. radford again! what a goal! when i see ronnie radford, i always say "you changed my life, ronnie!" and he said, well, "that goal changed my career", which it did. and when i see it again, as i have hundreds of times, i still think to myself, please go in. don‘t hit the post. because if that had not nestled in the newcastle net, i would not be here now. i‘m afraid that mark west and martin o‘neill are going to have to wait a few days longer if they are to add another chapter to wycombe‘s famous cup history. the sheepskin coat, it has sort of entered folklore now. did you ever think at the time it would become a trademark? no, ididn‘t. i bought it for the warmth, because you could not buy a sheepskin full—length coat. it was only a jacket that you could get in the shops, so i started having these made—to—measure. people started saying "oh, you are the bloke in the sheepskin." "where were you when you were in the snow?"

and that‘s when it grew. i didn‘t set out to make that a trademark, honestly. but it hasn‘t done me any harm. so we can‘t get down there to actually find out what‘s happened. but i think trevor brooking‘s is next to... well, he is next to me. and i think... laughter i did my first—ever commentary for bbc television from this very gantry, and in those days, nobody had heard of the internet, although i can vouch for the fact that i did say once upon a time, it‘s in the net. what do you think made you a great commentator, looking back now? i think you‘ve got to be passionate about it. i also feel you‘ve got to remember as well that it‘s only part of life, you know. i mean, while people are listening to football matches or commentating on them, there are people going to the theatre, and the cinema, and reading books. i think one or two people tend to forget that. i was going to say it was like being paid for your hobby, that‘s what people always say to me, but there is a little bit of hard work involved. you know, the preparation and the homework, and watching players and going to see games so that you could do the one that

you are doing next a bit better... it was a challenge, but it was a challenge that i always enjoyed. i want to show you some pictures coming in from st martin east of puerto rico. these pictures came in a short time ago, showing hurricane irma hitting the harbour area. devastation there and an 11—footwall of water is forecast as the storm surges hit other parts of the caribbean. pictures are fairly scarce at the moment. we have had those in. let‘s get a weather forecast from cricks. —— chris. a full uk forecast in a moment but firstly a look at hurricane irma. now, irma roared right over the top of barbuda about 7 o‘clock our time. this is a category 5 hurricane, the

second strongest there‘s ever been in the records. now, from here it‘s working west north—west. it‘s going to mow over the top of st martin and thenit to mow over the top of st martin and then it will make its presence felt across the british virgin islands as well. the winds on this brutal storm gusting up to 225mph, it is the second strongest hurricane ever. there‘s only allan that‘s been stronger and we are going to see catastrophic damage, notjust from the winds but in the 11—foot storm surge. catastrophic damage is expected there. here in the uk, we have got partly cloudy skies with some sunny spells. one or two showers for north—west england, getting in towards the midlands. one or two for northern ireland and north—west scotland. for many, it‘s a dry—looking day. the temperatures range between 15 and 20. overnight, the cloud will tend to

break upa overnight, the cloud will tend to break up a little bit as we go through the night. still a few showers coming and going. western scotla nd showers coming and going. western scotland and northern ireland where the cloud will tend to thicken up later in the night. temperatures 12-15. later in the night. temperatures 12—15. chilly in rural parts of north—east scotland. on thursday, the winds will start to blow more strongly across the north—west of the uk, as the rain pushes into northern ireland and scotland, getting into the north—west of england and wales, as we go through thursday afternoon. still leaves a good swathe of the midlands and eastern england with a largely bright day. temperatures on the low side for glasgow at 14. feeling cooler in the wind. a windy day on friday, potentially gales towards the south—west. rain in the south. uncertainty how far north it will get. to the north of the general area of rain, a mixture of sunshine and showers. temperatures 14—18. feeling on the cool side across the north—west. this weekend with low

pressure in charge, widespread showers often quite cloudy and becoming increasingly windy especially through sunday night. they are getting the full force of the storm right now. mandatory evacuation in effect. this order will go for all residents. if you are told to evacuate, get out quick. after a leak of controversial immigration proposals, the government insists it won‘t shut the door on eu migration, but says the current system can‘t continue after brexit. overall, immigration has been good for the uk, but what people want to see is control of that immigration.