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today at 5pm: hurricane irma continues to cut a trail of destruction with a warning it will soon devastate florida. more than a million people have already been affected by the storm. it's one of the biggest ever to hit the caribbean. the storm is on course to hit florida by the weekend. 500,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes. this is a storm of absolutely historic, destructive potential. i ask everyone in the storm's path to be vigilant and to heed all recommendations from government officials and law enforcement. raf planes are loaded with aid for victims. the prime minister has just finished chairing an emergency cobra meeting. we'll have the latest from the caribbean islands and florida. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: dozens of people are killed in mexico — after it is hit by its most powerful quake in a century. a new review finds evidence of racial bias in the way courts treat black and ethnic minority
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offenders in england and wales. are you by yourself? yes, it'sjust me. and elizabeth 0lsen and jeremy renner team up in the thriller wind river. hear mark kermode's thoughts about this, and the rest of the week's cinema releases in the film review hello. welcome to the bbc news at 5pm. the governor of florida has warned the state's population of 20 million people to be prepared to evacuate their homes as hurricane irma tears across the caribbean. about 500,000 have so far been ordered to leave, but the authorities say further mandatory evacuations should be expected.
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president trump warned of the storm's "absolutely historic destructive potential". at least 14 people have been killed and more than a million people have so far been affected. the massive storm, one of the most powerful atlantic hurricanes ever recorded, was over haiti yesterday and caused widespread damage in the british virgin islands overnight. cuba is the next major country in its path. it is due to hit the island later today. irma is then expected to make landfall in the united states over the weekend. the head of the us federal emergency agency has said it will "devastate" either florida or neighbouring states. in ourfirst reportjon donnison has the latest on the destruction across the region. hurricane irma is proving to be relentless. the british territory of the turks and caicos islands among the latest places to be hammered. the wind has dropped, but only slightly. this was the moment irma passed over
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the british virgin islands. and this is what it left in its wake. the major warning was when a skylight was blown off of our roof. you could just hear the wind blasting through the upstairs of the house and, at that point, you thought the roof might go. that was the warning to get the hell downstairs into the basement, the most secure part of the building. a state of emergency has now been declared. all of us have been affected by irma and some more than others. apart from the structural damage, there have sadly been reports of casualties and fatalities. i am truly heartbroken by this news. my thoughts and prayers are with each and every one of you. these pictures from the capital, road town, show the extent of the damage. viewed from space, irma
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looks almost serene, but at 400 miles wide, it's massive and it is now heading north—west to cuba. there, people are doing what they can to secure their homes and bracing themselves. translation: look at the state of the houses that people have here and you will realise the magnitude of the hurricane. what will happen to the town? what will happen to the people? translation: i do feel fear. how can i not feel it? what really worries me is that it will take the whole roof away. just north, in the bahamas, they have also been getting ready for what could be a direct hit. people have been stockpiling fuel and food. hurricane irma has already left a trail of destruction across the caribbean. the island of st martin, which is made up of french and dutch territories, is one of the worst affected areas. dutch troops are now on the streets to try to maintain order. the red cross says 1.2 million
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people have already been affected and that that figure could rise to 29 million by the end of the weekend when the storm is due to hit florida. there 7,000 national guard have been brought in to help, with the national weather service warning large parts of the state could be left uninhabitable for weeks or even months. with a storm surge of up to three metres expected, half a million people have taken to the roads after being ordered to leave their homes. and florida isn't the only us state under threat. this is a storm of historic destructive potential. with gratitude for our first responders and prayers for those in the storm's path, america stands united and i mean path, america stands united and i m ea n totally path, america stands united and i mean totally united. two days after hurricane irma first hit land, the worst
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could still be to come. another storm, jose, is sweeping in from the atlantic. the storm, which has been downgraded to a category four, it is currently moving between cuba and the bahamas. our correspondent nick bryant reports from the bahamas on the preparations there. overnight this monster storm hit the turks and caicos and now it is starting to hit the bahamas as well. no longer a category five, category four but it still packs winds of over 150mph and brings the storm surges 20—feet high. now five low—lying islands here are particularly under threat which is why the bahamas has mounted the biggest evacuation operation in its history, hundreds brought here to the capital, nassau. it seems especially cruel that they are being hit again because less than 12 months
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ago they were pummeled by hurricane matthew. we will be live in the region in the next little while. let's assess where the storm is and where it is heading. matt taylor has joined me. you have been following this. give us you have been following this. give usa you have been following this. give us a sense you have been following this. give us a sense of the latest first of all. i will do. it us a sense of the latest first of all. iwill do. it has us a sense of the latest first of all. i will do. it has been a major storm. you have seen the damage that's been caused. the latest to feel the wrath of that storm has been the turks and caicos. the storm has been pushing westwards. it has weakened slightly to a category 4 storm, but it is packing a punch and could strengthen further. the forecast track over the next 2a hours, takes it westwards. the core of the storm will be pushing along the north coast of cuba. a big
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tourist destination along the north coast. the storms will feel the full strength of those winds. when we talk about it being downgraded, i mean, four is still very strong. max is the maximum, it is a four. you made the point that it can strengthen. so what does that tell us strengthen. so what does that tell us about what might be happening over the course of the weekend particularly as it goes over florida? if it stays over the water, it will strengthen even more in fact potentially because if ijust show you the sea temperatures in the region. we have got cuba and florida, the yellows, we have got sea temperatures of 27 t 28 celsius, you need that to fire the storms. as it pushes into these areas, the orange colours, this is where the sea is warmer. it adds extra fuel to the fire. that could help strengthen the fire. that could help strengthen the storm even more and that storm will gradually turn northwards and certainly through the weekend this is where the greatest risk of a storm pushing northwards into florida comes. the forecasts take
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the track between key west and miami. of course, residents in florida increasingly concerned, the strength of the storm, the last category 5 was a major one, hurricane andrew. that struck 25 yea rs hurricane andrew. that struck 25 years ago. it was the strongest and most devastating storm, the state has seen. the winds may not reach that peak, but irma is a bigger, bigger storm. we will have to keep a close eye on where the storm is going. goodness. matt, thank you very much. matt taylor there. let's talk to the mayor of miami beach. give us a sense of what's happening right now and what people are being told to do in your district? we have been preparing for this for the last five or six days. before there was a mandatory
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evacuation, i told our residents and visitors to please leave miami beach. the streets are empty. it is becoming a ghost town which is a good sign because people are listening to our warning. we have put up portable pumps and portable generators for residents that wanted to put sandbags. in miami beach, you have the calm before the storm. for any listeners of the bbc that happen to be in miami beach, we urge you to leave miami beach. we have buses that are taking people to shelter, but the spirit of miami beach is strong and people are listening and they know it will pass and we will get through it. from your prospective, i suppose it's good news that people appear to be heeding your advice. so, when the worst does happen, will peel be prepared, they have been stockpiling
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food, water, is your sense that i guess it will be very frightening, but people are broadly as far as you can tell they are prepared? absolutely prepared and i can tell you that our first responders, our fire people, our police, our emergency operations folks, have been around everywhere and they plan on being in to miami beach as soon as the storm passes. they will be all over the streets until the actual hurricane hits and then they will need to protect themselves. we don't want to put their lives in danger, but we have a plan and protocol to re—take the beach, open up protocol to re—take the beach, open up the roads, clear the roads to make sure that we can create life as we know it again as soon as possible. and all of this preparedness, is this simply because asa preparedness, is this simply because as a city, as a district, you have all these plans ready to go? i'm interested in this because while you're not a stranger to big weather events, this is the biggest. this is enormous, isn't it? this is massive.
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i call it a nuclear hurricane. a nuclear hurricane because of the damage and devastation it created to the entire caribbean as it has gone through some of the islands. the bottom line is you can only be so prepared. you can't predict where the hurricane will actually make land fall, but we are obviously planning for the worst. we're hoping for the best. but you know our residents are very, you know, resilient. they understand flooding. they understand issues like this. but we just want to make sure that no one wants to be a hero. we want them to be alive. that's why we need them to be alive. that's why we need them to be alive. that's why we need them to vacate and evak watt miami beach. you sound calm and resolute. are some people scared?” beach. you sound calm and resolute. are some people scared? i have got to tell you, people of miami beach are strong minded. i left a 92—year—old senior in a senior home who refuses to vacate. i tried everything, i said mrs lopez you need to leave and she said no. and i
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said here is my cellphone number and she said mayor, here is my cellphone number. you call me if you need me! is she going to be all right? is her home not in the path of this? these are folks that live in high rises that have hurricane resistant windows. we don't recommend it, it isa windows. we don't recommend it, it is a mandatory evacuation, we tried to get them to come to a shelterment evenif to get them to come to a shelterment even if you have pets, we have shelters that accept pets and we have transportation and buses that will take you there and trolleys to ta ke will take you there and trolleys to take you to the bus to take you to the shelters. with, it is le really good that you could talk to us. that's the mayor of miami beach. we wish you the best for the coming days. thank you very much for your time. that's the view there in miami in florida. three raf flights have been despatched to the caribbean
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as the government steps up the relief effort to the british overseas territories that have been devastated by hurricane irma. a royal fleet auxiliary ship which has delivered six tonnes of aid to anguilla is now travelling to the british virgin islands, where a state of emergency has been declared. it follows criticism that the uk hasn't respond quickly to the disaster. duncan kennedy reports from raf brize norton. the first raf flight from britain left at lunch time ahead a nine hour journey to the caribbean as the world's military response to the crisis gets under way. the loading operation at brize norton included tents, water and medical supplies. 30 pallet loads at first with more to come. everything from readymade meals to an industrial refrigeration unit. around 70 royal marines are also on board with a range of skills and experience of working in
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disaster areas. the base commander rejects claims that britain has been slow to respond. it's very important that we understand the effects of the hurricane, where is open to us, where we can get into safely and that's what we have been doing over the past 2a hours. now we are ready to make the rightjudgments about where we can most effectively deliver the aid and we will be doing that as quickly as possible. the french have already established a base and its military operation does appear more advanced than britain's. british naval helicopters have been working off a navalfleet british naval helicopters have been working off a naval fleet auxiliary vessel, but it is the speed and scale of britain's input that's been criticised today. what we definitely need to see is a sustainable, if not continued and permanent commitment to support the development. at present we have had precious little support of significant quantities and we need that now. britain says it has responded as
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rapidly as possible and is now offering more than £30 million of help. the fact is we had a royal naval vessel mounts bay in the region because we knew the hurricane was coming. this is hurricane season and we are always prepared. this is one of a number of rafjets heading to the region. in all there will be 300 royal marines on the ground over the space of the next two or three days. but even when they arrive there, no one is fully clear yet what their operational role is going to be and where they can get to. the race to get help to the people of the caribbean involves operations from more than a dozen countries. we will talk more about the british response in a moment. haiti is still recovering from hurricane matthew that devastated the south of the country a year ago
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and is facing considerable problems again. let's talk to the director of care. explain for our viewers what the wages facing haiti is right now? what we saw overnight was a lot of flooding and especially in the eastern part of the country. a large bridge has been washed away and there is significant flooding. we arejust being there is significant flooding. we are just being able to get out to the areas in the northern part of the areas in the northern part of the country where we are seeing people in hurricane shelters and some damage to holes and other public structures. so last, with the last hurricane it was the south. this time, so far it is the north and the east. does haiti have enough
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infrastructure, enough shelters to try to help everybody? something that haiti doesn't have is a shelter system. we have buildings are that designated by the government as shelters, schools, a church or a building in the community, but some of those may not have toilets or rubbing water so the conditions that can develop in the shelters after an emergency like this can be quite unpleasant. of course, well, again we wish you all the best. laura, thanks for your time ata all the best. laura, thanks for your time at a very busy time for your organisation. apologies, a difficult line there to laura, but you will appreciate the circumstances again that they are dealing with. that's the picture there. the prime minister has been chairing an emergency cobra meeting this afternoon. our correspondent matthew thompson is at westminster. given that there has been this
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criticism, matthew, bring us right up—to—date with what the government says it's doing. yes, you're right, a until of criticisms levelled at the government response today most notably from the likes of baroness amos criticised the speed of the government's response and labour mp, who sits on the international development committee crit sighing the level of preparedness of the government. the government has been quick to respond to the criticisms you heard in duncan's piece, the international development secretary responding, but the prime minister has just finished chairing a meeting of cobra, the government's emergency response committee in the cabinet office behind me and just as soon as that finished she gave a short statement. troops are now assisting the governor of the british virgin islands who has declared a state of emergency there. they are working to
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ensure that the airfield there is serviceable so military aircraft can be flown in with further supplies. every effort is being made to ensure that what can be done, as much as possible, can be done in advance of hurricane jose reaching that area. we have heard from the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, he is not here, he is in the capital of estonia. he said that hurricane irma caused devastation in a number of islands. he said that the foreign office would be sending a team, that's a team that would be joining a team that we've heard today is being sent by the development of international development to assess the damage there. they have also been helping with the evacuation of antigua and barbuda. it is worth reminding you that the foreign office has set up a hot line for
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anyone that might be affected or concerned about the welfare of friends and relatives. 02070080000, the foreign office hot line number. and you can keep up with all the latest on hurricane irma on our website :at bbc.co.uk/news some quite significant news about the m6 in cheshire because we're hearing that it is closed in both directions after a tanker crash that spilled thousands of litres of chemicals across the carriageways. so this happened earlier on this
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afternoon actually, after ipm, if you're in the area, this happened between junctions i8 and i9, you're in the area, this happened between junctions i8 and 19, south of manchester and cheshire fire service telling us that 18,000 litres of a possibly corrosive chemical has leaked from a tanker. lots of people at the scene trying to tackle this as you would expect. they are describing it as a major incident. two casualties, but we are told their injuries are not serious. still no identification on the chemical, but it is possibly corrosive. so, all the emergency services telling us that other roads in the auria are grid locked and police are advising drivers not to travel in that area unless absolutely necessary. so just to recap on a friday night there, is possibly significant information, this is the m6 motorway closed this both directions between junctions 18 and 19, very, very difficult driving conditions in that whole area we're
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told and a possibly corrosive chemical has leaked and the emergency services are still there and still trying to deal with the situation. we will keep an eye on that as well. that's news about the m6. a review of the criminaljustice system in england and wales has found bias and discrimination in its treatment of people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. the inquiry, commissioned by the government and led by the labour mp david lammy, raises particular concerns about the treatment of young people. the report calls for some prosecutions to be dropped if suspects complete a drug or alcohol rehabilitation programme. elaine dunkley reports. noel williams was 11 when he first got involved in gangs. by the age of 13, he was imprisoned for robberies and drug dealing. i was in and out of the system. i went there three times. a lot of bullying goes on,
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and as we say, a lack of prison staff, so they don't really pick up on certain things. people are self—harming. if they're not cutting their arm, they are trying to kill themselves. he has now turned his life around but believes race and ethnicity play a part in how you are treated and punished within the criminaljustice system. i feel it's unjust. of course, it's unjust. and if you look at the sort of sentences that we get, they are longer, harsher, and people are coming out not rehabilitated. sometimes they're coming out and reoffending at a more accelerated rate than their counterparts. the lammy review makes a number of key recommendations which includes allowing some prosecutions to be deferred and possibly dropped if a treatment programme for issues such as drug or alcohol problems is successfully completed. removing identifying information about ethnicity when cases are passed from police to prosecutors so racial bias doesn't influence charging decisions. and not declaring criminal records for minor offences when applying forjobs. i am very concerned about the youth justice system, and that's
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the pipeline into our adult prison system, so it's very, very serious that the figures are quite as bad as they are. i'm very worried about our prison system, where i do think there are still prisons where it is clear that there is an overt discrimination going on, and some of the treatment is just unacceptable. the government says it will look very carefully at the review‘s findings. what struck me about the report too was the reality that very large numbers of british people from our black and ethnic minority communities lack confidence in the criminaljustice system. it's one of the largest reviews of its kind and highlights that radical reform is urgently needed to bring fairness to the justice system. let's talk to peter herbert from the society of black lawyers. thank you very much for coming in, peter. i think the ultimate aims of
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this report is to find solutions. it is to make the situation better. it is to make the situation better. it is to make the situation better. it is to make the system work better. what are some of the key things that your organisation feel really should be happening now, that the government should be acting on? well, i think, government should be acting on? well, ithink, now government should be acting on? well, i think, now this is a report that in a sense comes off the back of 30 years of evidence. we campaigned for these type of changes to be implemented in 1991 with the criminaljustice act when figures we re criminaljustice act when figures were regularly published. now, it is time the detailed residential training for all full and part—time judges has to be implemented, for all magistrates, but once the training is done, you have to test if the system works and remove the bias and the only way to do that is by monitoring every court centre, basil down crown court, wood green and newcastle and the magistrates‘ court centres to see where the
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disparity lies. only by drilling down into the system will you see where retraining is needed or the worst case scenario, individual judges have to be removed or suspended until they can sentence fairly. it's fairly. it‘s interesting that you talk about the fact that there was in the 19905, the fact that there was in the 1990s, compulsory residential training. a lot of people watching won‘t know that happened. is the point that didn‘t work or was it that the people who went through the training have retired and we need to training have retired and we need to traina training have retired and we need to train a new batch ofjudges, what‘s going on? a number of reasons. we took the foot off the pedal in 1995 and the assumption that race is done. well, it is never done. bias never goes away and therefore what was needed which didn‘t happen, you didn‘t have compulsory monitoring, nor did you have the sort of diversery schemes that david lammy is talking about. if you have a system where a young black person is
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nine times as likely as his white counterpart to go to prison, the whole system is undermined. this is not an add—on. not something that you can just put to one side or forget about. it is a fundamental difference which has to be corrected if we are to suggest as many do that the british justice system if we are to suggest as many do that the britishjustice system is if we are to suggest as many do that the british justice system is the best in the world. when you learnt some of the statistics that were in the report, you quoted just one of them there, were you at all surprised? were you disheartened obviously, but were you surprised that the disparity is still as it is in 2017? not really. anyone who works in the justice system knows in anecdotal evidence that this problem has never gone away and issues of poverty, austerity, exclusion from school, and a lowerfigures poverty, austerity, exclusion from school, and a lower figures of unemployment all sound and have a conclusion somewhere and one of the things... it is a build up of nose factors ? things... it is a build up of nose factors? and one of the things
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people might say this is whinging and get on with it. if say for insta nce and get on with it. if say for instance you are a foreign national and you commit a crime, you face automatic deportation if you get a sentence of imprisonment of 12 months or more. whether or not you‘re sentenced to nine months or go to prison at all, is of crucial importance. not only to you, but your dependants and therefore, whether we respect international treaties such as the geneva convention for the treatment of asl lum seekers or our right to family and private life is triggered by the unfairness in our justice and private life is triggered by the unfairness in ourjustice system. you are convinced if the money could be spent, that training makes a difference? it is one of the factors, but it is the commitment of our people such as the lord chief justice and the home secretary and theresa may to actually make a difference and the question is will they now make a difference? thank you very much for coming in. thank you very much for coming in. thank you. time for a look at the weather.
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here‘s matt taylor. it isa it is a weekend where you might want to grab thejumperand it is a weekend where you might want to grab thejumper and the it is a weekend where you might want to grab the jumper and the water proof. turning wetter through parts of north england and north wales and across western areas we could see showers come and go. the further east you are, the more likely you are to have drier spells with clear skies. maybe in the northern half of the country a chance of seeing the aurora. a chilly start to saturday. showers in the west initially. many areas starting dry and bright. showers develop through england and wales through the day. pushing through quickly in the south thanks to the breeze. wherever you see showers on saturday could be heavy and with hail and thunder. northern ireland and scotland, a drier and brighter day compared with today. it might feel warmer. a cool night will
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follow. sunday follows the same vain. this is bbc news at 5 — the headlines. hurricane irma continues its path of destruction across the caribbean with widespread damage to several islands. more than a million people are affected so far. in florida, half a million people have been ordered to leave their homes. the storm is due to hit this weekend. president trump has warned that it has historic, destructive potential. raf planes are loaded with aid for victims. the prime minister has finished chairing an emergency cobra meeting. a powerful earthquake has hit southern mexico and killed dozens of people. the country‘s president said the tremor was the strongest to hit mexico in a century. a review of the criminaljustice system in england and wales has
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concluded that people from black, asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are still facing bias and overt discrimination we will talk more about the hurricane in the next few minutes. right now we catch up with the sports news. good afternoon. james anderson has taken his 500th test wicket this afternoon, joining an exclusive club, becoming the sixth cricketer to take so many wickets. joe wilson is at lord‘s on day two of the third and final test today. joe, i guess with the way that the english wickets were falling earlier, in favourable bowling conditions, it was something ofan bowling conditions, it was something of an inevitability that james anderson would get the special 500th wicket today? yeah, definitely. i also think there was a sense of relief when it finally came. because
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there was an a danger that the anderson 500 thing was becoming a side issue over this match and this series. of course, he wouldn‘t have had it that way. now, look, any wicket is great when it‘s your 500th, but if you have to choose a way to get that wicket, to clean bowl an opening batsman, way to get that wicket, to clean bowlan opening batsman, in way to get that wicket, to clean bowl an opening batsman, in the way anderson did, 15 minutes ago, that is about as good as it gets. that‘s the kind of memory, the kind of wicket anderson will take with him into retirement, when that comes. of course, he insists that will be a long way off. that kind of delivery, well, that‘s the kind of anderson trade mark, with that movement, a shiny red billion and brathwaite was gone. in terms of the list of bowlers who got to 500, anderson is the first englishman to do it. top three in the world, all spin bowlers. when you look at fast bowlers. when you look at fast bowlers it‘s only glenn mcgrath and kourtney walsh ahead of him. to go
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on year after year, delivery after delivery as a fast bowler, that is a mammoth achievement. in terms of deliveries bowled, anderson‘s well over 28,000 now in test matches. that is quite some figure. quickly, anderson will rightly take the headlines, how does this play in the context of the match? very low scoring. ben stokes‘ 60 was invaluable in the first innings. so a late order 38 from stuart broad which enabled england to build a lead of 716789 the way wickets are tumbling, that could be a winning kind of lead. because at the moment, every ball looks like a potential wicket—taking ball. we could be playing for some time yet under lights. 500 plus we expect forjames anderson, possibly today. jurgen klopp says there is no issue with midfielder phillipe coutinho, after leaving him out of liverpool‘s squad to face manchester city tomorrow. he scored as brazil beat ecuador 2—0 in a world cup qualifier last week, but is still returning to full fitness following his back injury. he came in yesterday
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accepted 100% the situation, it was not that i even had to say something about. it it‘s just the situation. now, i really think we all should use the situation, with a wonderful player in our squad who wants to get fit and play for this club. we know nobody how long he will play for the club. sometimes we want to send players away. sometimes players think about their future also, that‘s a normal situation, so it‘s absolutely no problem. i‘m really completely fine with the situation. chris froome stands on the brink of history, after safely negotiating today‘s 19th stage of the vuelta a espana. he maintained his lead, and remains on course to become only the third man to win the tour de france and vuelta in the same year. it was a day for the breakaway today, with belgium‘s thomas de gendt taking the win. froome finished alonside his rivals in the peleton. with two stages remaining, one largely ceremonial, he leads vincenzo nibali by 1.37. if he comes through tomorrow‘s stage then he will become the first man
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to win both grand tours in the same season since 1978. that‘s all sport for now. lizzie greenwood—hughes will have more in sportsday at 6.30. let‘s talk more about our top story and the destruction left by hurricanes irma and harvey have left people wondering whether we should expect more violent storms in the future. let‘s ask professor sir brian hoskins. #6 a very good evening. good evening to you. when we look at the sheer scale of this, the power of this, a lot of people look at it and say, oh, it‘s climate change, we didn‘t used to have storms of this severity. what is the truth of that? well, storms like this have happened before, category five hurricanes, we have a category
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five, it shows they have happened. what‘s been really dramatic here is the difference. there was harvey that behaved rather unusually, certainly dropped an incredible amount of rain. then there‘s these tropical cyclones making it across the west indies, the islands and into florida. irma is going to be followed by another one, jose. it‘s not totally unparalleled, but it‘s certainly very active. the question whether climate change is making this more likely clearly is uppermost in our minds. and is the severity of those that you mentioned, is that a result of global warming? mentioned, is that a result of globalwarming? globalwarming, there‘s no doubt it will have contributed because if the climate system is warmer, then the atmosphere can hold more water. if it‘s six degrees water it can hold 50% more water. so the same storm will give you 50% more rain. the
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warm waters provide the fuel for a tropical cyclone. so it doesn‘t mean that every storm is going to realise all that fuel. there‘s other things that take place as well. but if there‘s more fuel available then some of the storms are going to be more intense than they would have been. and the waters were pretty warm around here. the other conditions were favourable as well. so the storms have wreaked their havoc. of course, the global warming has meant that the sea level has risen. it‘s risen about 20 centimetres over the last 100 years. it's centimetres over the last 100 years. it‘s rising now about three millimetres per year. the damage from a surge is just that much greater if you add 20 centimetres onto it. yes, and so, all those factors that you‘re describing, that‘s what governments and authorities need to be cognisant of? absolute. the us has had catriona,
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sandi wreaked havoc in new york and now irm. sometimes rich countries think it‘s a problem for poorer countries and we can cope with it. now and then the environment says no, you can‘t. you have to respect the planet and if we‘re doing something to our climate system we have to limit it, like the paris agreement, where countries agreed they would try and do this. 0h, that‘s really interesting. because the president in the oval office at the president in the oval office at the moment is no fan of the paris climate agreement, as we well know. that‘s right. it will be interesting to see whether he has any second thoughts on that one. whether he does or not, the rest of the world is going to do it and most of the us is. the us companies want to be involved in the new technologies. california is one of the leaders in going to a low carbon world. he
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can‘t hold it all up, but maybe he‘ll come along as well. can‘t hold it all up, but maybe he'll come along as well. thanks so much for your xer tease tonight. —— xer tease tonight. 32 people have been killed after an earthquake with a mag any tut of eight struck southern mexico. it struckjust off the pacific coast, shaking buildings in mexico city hundreds of miles away. it‘s reported to have lasted about a minute. snment mexico is a country used to earthquakes. but not of this magnitude. this was a bowling alley. 600 miles away in mexico city the tremors lasted for up mexico city the tremors lasted for up to mexico city the tremors lasted for uptoa mexico city the tremors lasted for up to a minute. some people left buildings, preferring to stay
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outside on the street. many could still remember the last massive earthquake in 1985, which killed thousands. it was pretty, pretty violent. i was a child when this earthquake in 1985 happened. this was the biggest one and it was pretty violent. a lot of panic on the streets and in my building also. so really this earthquake was something huge. as pictures start to emerge from the worst hit areas, the death toll has continued to rise. the fear is there may be more to come. translation: so far there have been 65 aftershocks, the strongest was magnitude 6.1. however 65 aftershocks, the strongest was magnitude 6. 1. however it‘s possible over the next 2a hours, we could see a shock that‘s as strong as the earthquake. the epicentre was
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ho miles down off the southern mexican coast. tsunami warnings have been issued. as daylight arrives the extent of the damage will be all too clear. this is bbc news. the headlines: hurricane irma leaves a trail of destruction across the caribbean with more than a million people now affected. in florida, hoovera million people have been ordered to leave their homes. the storm is due to hit the state this weekend. president trump has warned that the hurricane has historic, destructive potential. and a new review finds evidence of racial bias in the way courts treat black and minority ethnic offenders in england and wales. now let‘s have a look ahead to sportsday coming up at 6. 30pm. we have a busy programme, including a lock ahead to the weekend‘s premier league fixtures with former
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england defenderjoelian lescott. we are talking transfer sawing yaz as philippe coutinho is left out of his liverpool side. we‘ll have the latest from lord‘s and the deciding test between england and west indies. all that and much more in sportsday at 6. 30pm. now though on bbc news, it‘s time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week‘s releases, welcome back, mark. what have you watched in the last few weeks? very interesting. we have wind river. we have insiriated, a
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tough and tense drama, set in damascus. and it, stephen king‘s classic comes to the big screen. it may be a classic. we‘ll talk about that later. you're such a horrorfan! about that later. you're such a horror fan! let's start with wind river. i watched the trailer for this in awe when i saw detroit. even the trailer is visually stunning. but so stark. yeah, written and directed by taylor sheridan, saying it‘s the conclusion of a trilogy about the american frontier. it‘s set in wyoming on a native american reservation. there‘s the death a young women at the start, which brings together two characters. one is the hunter, tracker, who is dealing with his own issues of grief and guilt. the other is an fbi agent who is basically — she‘s in vegas beforehand — she arrives completely unprepared, a total outsider, not even the right clones for the job.
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immediately everybody thinks what‘s she doing here. here‘s a clip. immediately everybody thinks what‘s she doing here. here's a clip. i'm june banner. are you by yourself? yeah, just me. i'm the tribal police chief. that's cory lambert. he found the body. this is his father—in—law, dan. we got the same job hey. i'm sorry to meet under these circumstances. do you want to show me the body? i don't mean to be rude, i'm just freezing me the body? i don't mean to be rude, i'mjust freezing my me the body? i don't mean to be rude, i'm just freezing my as off here. the quicker the better. that's going to get a lot worse if you go out there dressed like that. the bodyis out there dressed like that. the body is five miles in snow mobile.

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