this is bbc news at 12. the headlines: hurricane irma pounds cuba with winds of more than 150 miles per hour. as the storm approaches florida, nearly six million people have been told to leave their homes, but some are choosing to stay put. now that the path has changed left, we're here for the ride. it's not going to be pretty, we're probably going to be pretty, we're probably going to be pretty, we're probably going to have quite a bit of damage. mexico declares a day of national mourning after the most deadly earthquake its experienced in 80 years kills more than 60 people. also in the next hour, almost 300,000 rohingya muslims have now fled myanmar in just over two weeks. the un calls for urgent action and warns of an unprecedented refugee crisis. and the manchester arena reopens tonight with a benefit concert more than three months after the terrorist attack which killed 22 people. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. hurricane irma is continuing to sweep its way across the caribbean, en route to the us coast, leaving a path of devastation. the category four storm made landfall off the north—eastern coast overnight bringing strong winds and heavy rain. communities have lost power and communication is becoming increasingly difficult in more remote areas. the bahamas have largely been spared after the storm changed course. this is irma's predicted trajectory. it's expected to make landfall with us coast tomorrow, before heading inland. in florida, more than five million people — a quarter of its population — have been told to evacuate. and there's another

hurricane coming. jose has strengthened to a category four, driving winds of 125 miles an hour and forecasters warn it could strengthen still further. alice hutton has this report. the first category five storm cuba has seen in nearly a century begins. a state of emergency has been declared. homes and lives dismantled and preparation —— in preparation. this was what was left in the british virgin islands after hurricane irma hammered its way through the caribbean. at least 20 people have died with the number expected to rise. relief has been in short supply. but soldiers have been

on the ground in saint martin to keep order and prevent looting but aid efforts are being hampered by the expected arrival of a second storm, hurricane jose on the expected arrival of a second storm, hurricanejose on the way. the expected arrival of a second storm, hurricane jose on the way. we know as residents that it's a very high category storm and i can tell you we had all feeling very weary. the uk is stepping up its relief effort, pledging £32 million in aid but the government has been accused of acting too slowly and with hurricanejose of acting too slowly and with hurricane jose expected of acting too slowly and with hurricanejose expected to of acting too slowly and with hurricane jose expected to follow of acting too slowly and with hurricanejose expected to follow in hurricanejose expected to follow in hurricane irma's pass, reaching overseas territories in time becomes even more urgent. 0ne quarter of the population of florida have been evacuated as it

prepares for the arrival of hurricane irma when it is expected to make landfall tomorrow. clouds gather over miami's south beach as hurricane irma looks on the horizon. millions have been asked to evacuate. hurricane irma has already devastated parts of the caribbean. this island is in survival mode and is now bracing for hurricanejose. i'm just waiting to get evacuated from here then i'm going to come back and try to salvage something. i don't know, my whole life is here. in florida, the images are a stark warning of what may come. miami is putting up shutters and preparing for the worst. these people on the beach at a few diehards who for one reason or another have decided to stay put and wait out the storm and evenif stay put and wait out the storm and even if they wanted to leave at this point, quite frankly, it's probably

too late. even those who planned ahead found themselves caught as airports were closed, airports —— roads were backed up and hotels run out of rooms. we can about your safety, if you then an evacuation zone, you need to get out now and go toa zone, you need to get out now and go to a friend, family, a hotel, but get where you need to and do not wait. this is a storm not seen in a generation since hurricane andrew laid waste to the state 25 years ago. hurricane irma is bigger and more unpredictable. projections show various parts but all life—threatening. 0n various parts but all life—threatening. on sunday, its full impact will be felt. i can now speak to brieaunna curry, who lives in orlando, florida. thanks for speaking to us, you robertson got a lot on your mind right now. what preparations have you made for the arrival of

hurricane irma? we've got all sorts of different supplies such as water, flashlights and extra batteries to make sure that everything for my pet is prepared like food and water and making sure she has a collar with identification on it in case she gets separated or lost during the storm. i know that several people have boarded up their windows and made barriers on their entryway and doors and things like that. at that point, that's all we really can do, it's just a matter of waiting for the storm to get here. were you going to be taking shelter?” the storm to get here. were you going to be taking shelter? i live in an apartment so i'm going to be staying in little bit outside of town, not too far away, with my boyfriend's family in their house which is a little bit more sturdier ofa

which is a little bit more sturdier of a place and we're going to hunker down there. they have supplies and everything, they have boarded up their house and it got twice the supplies we do to prepare for the storm. you must have seen all the reports out of the caribbean over the last few days as hurricane irma has made its damaging way across your part of the world. did you at any point think this time i need to get out? i mean, i had mixed feelings about it, definitely an unprecedented storm let you guys we re unprecedented storm let you guys were saying earlier, we haven't seen anything close to this since andrew backin anything close to this since andrew back in 1992 and even then the storm has doubled, it is 400 miles wide

and the severity of the storm started to hate me a few days ago and we need to evacuate, i want to leave. my sister is in south carolina where i have considered evacuating two, but at this point central florida has not been told to evacuate, we're just under heavy one inc. -- evacuate, we're just under heavy one inc. —— under heavy watch. i have extended family in puerto rico. i heard from them briefly and i know that they are safe but i don't know the extent of the damage. it is a loss of electricity and power and i don't know what i will hear from them again. at least you know that they survived the storm, which is some consolation, although as you say, worrying times. you will be watching presumably all the warnings and all the advice in the coming hours in case the changes for you.

yes, absolutely. i know there was at least one death in the family from the storm in puerto rico and she was disabled and i know that there are a lot of people in miami who have just decided to stay and not evacuate but there are some people who are disabled and can't really get out on their own and i'm just concerned for those people who don't really have a choice and don't have the means to evacuate. thanks so much for speaking to us, we'll let you get back to your preparations and keep safe. we'll grant is in havana in cuba. is it possible to get image of the

impact that hurricane irma made? it's still early morning here but we get the feeling it has been pretty powerful down at that end of the island. this vast storm renewed its powers as it hit cuba and actually made landfall as a category five, that's the first time that has happened to cuba since the 1920s, so it really was a very, very powerful hurricane once it hit the island. of course, along coastal zones, power is out a number of places. we are hearing reports of pretty extensive flooding and given what we have seen of the devastation around the caribbean, we fear the worst at this stage. cuba as an island obviously has a strong central government, is able to control activity on the island. how good are they at

preparing for events of this kind? it may be worse than previous hurricanes but it is by no means a new experience. i think we may have lost will grant. we will try and get him back, communications are difficult there at the moment. let's cross to the bahamas and our correspondent nick bryant who is there. rightly, ithink correspondent nick bryant who is there. rightly, i think we can hear from nick bryant who has recorded something for us a short time ago. a profound sense of relief in the bahamas especially in the northern pa rt bahamas especially in the northern part of this archipelago. some outlying islands in the south experienced structural damage and flooding but nothing on the skill of what was initially feared. we're getting a sense of the level of

destruction elsewhere in the caribbean. barbuda was the first island where hurricane irma made la ndfall island where hurricane irma made landfall and 95% of the building there have been destroyed. the island has been evacuated because of the damage proposed by hurricane jose. the us virgin islands and the uk virgin islands, a gigolo destruction, and in st martin, —— a great deal of president emmanuel macron yesterday offered american condolences and practical support. we got hurricane irma which we are

all paying attention to but there is another hurricane in the picture. yes, and they‘ re another hurricane in the picture. yes, and they're a similar strength. you can see them clearly on the satellite picture but that is clearly a size difference. hurricane irma is huge. they actually flew a plane over the hurricane ever read on before it was downgraded andy found that the eye of the storm —— and they found that the eye of the storm was several miles wide. that's why we have other destruction across cuba which we will see a steal at images but hurricane jose cuba which we will see a steal at images but hurricanejose is images but hurricanelese is—— ,- ———— — a similar track at the following a similar track at the moment and unfortunately hurricane jose, a category four hurricane, is getting close to barbuda which got flattened by hurricane irma a few days ago. it's one of a glancing blow to its tracking what are the north and northeast of barbuda. it is close enough that there is going

to be some damage. that is still the idea that there could be some torrential rain and storm surges but i think the worst is probably going to be out at sea. that's not what we are seeing with her on —— with hurricane irma. the actually measured the sea surface temperature and measured the sea surface temperature that hurricane irma is moving over at 31 celsius. what effect does that have? that is the warmest sea it has moved over in its history so what that does, there has been some interaction with the coast of cu ba been some interaction with the coast of cuba so it has battered that and bumped into it and weakened slightly but we're only talking about five miles an hour. that is moved it from category five to category four, but because it is moving over one washer, that feeds it, gives it the

energy, maintains the energy and so could actually strengthen again by those five miles an hour into a category five over the next 12 to 24 hours. the difficulty is the turn to the north and that is the crucial bit. so far it is a steady path over warm waters and has maintained its intensity. it has been stronger for longer than any other but we're expecting it to turn to the north and that means florida is in the firing line. the centre is moving up to florida by sunday morning and then inland over mainland florida later on in the day. when it hits land, is it because it had plans —— because it hits land and buildings and trees that it can contribute to and trees that it can contribute to a shift in the direction, is that what makes it hard to predict? the shift in direction is what is happening in the upper air, so

either side of hurricane irma you have an upperairof either side of hurricane irma you have an upper air of high pressure which is stronger than initially forecast but also the jet stream diving down into the gulf of mexico which will force the change. what happens when it moves over land, it has energy moving into it and you have fictional effects and loses energy is the windsor drops and the hurricane weakens. that's a steady process. on landfall, it is still going to be a category four or category five. busy as we saw there, the winds and rain gets swept northwards. it looks like the tracker is across the western side of florida so that is a slight change and is going to be neither the gulf coast and the atlantic coast. that's the centre. remember, we got category four, category five weakening as it moves overland, a storm surge and torrential rain. it doesn't just stop storm surge and torrential rain. it doesn'tjust stop in florida. by the

tenure in atlanta on monday, is no longer hurricane, it will have decayed to a tropical storm but you still have rain continuing, it's not just georgia, he got into carolina, too. hurricane irma has a lot of history and it's probably going to make history as well. we've never recorded two category four hurricane is making landfall on the continental usa ever and we expect thatis continental usa ever and we expect that is about to change because hurricane irma is going to be hitting as a category four, possibly category five. this isn't being exaggerated, people talk in grand language but when the governor of florida stands up and says, you have got to get out, he isn't exaggerating. of course not. the track is crucial and we have seen some deviation and could still change. these things like to take the path of least resistance and it could be that it wanders along the coast and doesn't actually make la ndfall coast and doesn't actually make landfall until much further north. that could be the worst case

scenario in many ways because it will stay stronger for longer but the track is to take it overland and it does weaken as it does so, but this is major. we don't want to get hung up on whether it is category four or five, you've still got a lot of destruction and we have seen catastrophic damage already and loss of life and we are likely to see more of that. the next 24, 48 hours are critical. thank you, please keep us are critical. thank you, please keep us up to date through the coming hours. there's plenty more about hurricane irma on the bbc news website and you can also pick up the trajectories of hurricane irma and all the latest information from the website. a day of mourning has been declared in mexico when an earthquake left more than 60 people dead. the bbc

travelled to the area where the destruction is widespread. almost 24 hours after the earthquake, rescue operations are still under way because one person is still missing here in oaxaca, a policeman that worked in the city town hall. part of the 19th—century building collapsed. this was the most affected place by the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in almost a century. it was also the biggest experience anywhere this year. a few seconds well enough to leave behind a trail of destruction and reduce part of this city to rubble. this is a tragedy and one of the poorest parts of mexico and many people here are not only grieving over the deaths of

their relatives, their friends, their relatives, their friends, their neighbours, but also deeply distressed by the destruction of their hometown and concerned about their hometown and concerned about their own immediate future. they simply don't know where they're going to live. the united nations is warning of an unprecedented refugee crisis in bangladesh. it says more than 250,000 people have fled the country from myanmar in recent days, a dramatic increase on previous estimates. the muslim rohingya minority says that myanmar‘s military has been attacking them and burning villages. the un says 270,000 people have crossed into neighbouring bangladesh in just a fortnight. 0ur correspondent sanjoy majumder met with some of the refugees and saw the conditions they're facing. relief trucks are bringing in food,

medicine, clothes and the latest batch of refugees have come in. because there is no more space in the camps, they‘ re because there is no more space in the camps, they're sitting by the side of the road. if you come over here, you can see that they are even cooking a mealjust even attempted a kitchen that they have set up —— here in this temporary kitchen. it has been raining overnight so conditions are difficult. there is so much mind and water everywhere —— mud, and you can see women and childrenjust sitting mud, and you can see women and children just sitting here, mud, and you can see women and childrenjust sitting here, no protection, just by the side of the busy road. 0ver protection, just by the side of the busy road. over the last 24 hours, 18,000 refugees have come in and the situation is becoming close to a crisis point. i've been travelling up crisis point. i've been travelling up and down this road for the past seven days and have never seen it so crowded. it's getting to a point where bangladesh's prime minister said yesterday she wants pressure to be put on myanmar to take these

people back home. the manchester arena reopens tonight, just over three months after the terrorist attack there which killed 22 people. extra security measures will be in place for the we are manchester benefit concert. headlining the event will be noel gallagher and his band, alongside acts courteeners and rick astley. we can speak now to kate sweening who's in manchester. what sort of interest has there been in this concert? well, a lot of interest. it's just over 100 in this concert? well, a lot of interest. it'sjust over 100 days since a suicide bomber detonated a device in crowds, leaving an ariana grande concert here at manchester arena. 22 people were killed, 59 injured, many of them children, the youngest victim just eight years old, but tonight is about celebrating manchester and remembering those victims. the band is playing tonight from the city, noel gallagher is headlining, rick astley is also playing and it's expected that some of those coming

tonight will have been at the ariana grande concert and they will be hoping to replace some of those horrific memories of something more positive. james allen is from the arena. he was speaking to the bbc yesterday. i think it's going to be emotional for everybody. not only will we have our staff here, we will also have people that were here on the night that have bought a ticket and came back. i think this is emotional for the whole of manchester. what we are hoping to do is really give people back to the arena and not just is really give people back to the arena and notjust for is really give people back to the arena and not just for tomorrow night but going forward, and finding that they will have a safe environment to come into and we're asking people to bring us little stuff with them because the security process will be different to it has been done before. as you heard there, they will be extra security measures in place. sniffer dogs have already been out here this morning. what this concert is about is showing that manchester is about is showing that manchester isa is about is showing that manchester is a safe place to come and bring theirfamily

is a safe place to come and bring their family although people is a safe place to come and bring theirfamily although people here will be supported by specialist mental health trauma teams if anyone is struggling. that'll be on hand to help. the nhs in england has issued new guidance to terror attack victims after some were subjected to vile and upsetting abuse online. it warns about the pitfalls of using social media and also says people need to be wary of journalists. but it adds that social media can also play a positive role in helping victims and families after attacks. a trust which runs 21 schools across yorkshire has said it can no longer manage them. two years ago wakefield city academies trust was described by ministers as a top—performing sponsor of academies. now it's asked the government to find a new sponsor. it's believed to be the first time an academy chain has done so. more homes and businesses in remote parts of the uk are set to gain

access to super fast broadband, according to the government. up to £645 million from the superfast broadband roll—out scheme will be made available for reinvestment. it means up to 98% of the uk could have access to higher speeds roll—out scheme will be made available for reinvestment. it means up to 98% of the uk could have access to higher speeds in the next few years. the government is being urged to force restaurants, pubs and take—aways in england to display their food hygiene ratings. five means hygiene is very good, zero requires urgent improvement. the local government association wants to see businesses that fail to comply fined or prosecuted. all food outlets, including restaurants, pubs and takeaways, are given hygiene ratings by local councils. the scores range from zero to five. in wales and northern ireland, all food premises are legally required to publicly display those ratings, even if they have received a low score. but the same "scores on the doors" law, as it is known, does not apply in england, meaning a restaurant that might have been deemed to be filthy doesn't have to let its customers know.

now, the local government association says brexit should be used as an opportunity to tighten the laws in england. the lga's calling for england to come in line with wales and northern ireland, and scores on the doors, the food hygiene ratings, are published on the premises's door, so that you know when you arrive at a restaurant exactly what the rating is. the lga says the change would encourage food outlets to improve hygiene, and reduce cases of food poisoning. time for a look at the weather. hello. a blustery weekend of sunshine and showers for many of us. the showers into the afternoon are more widespread across england and wales and some of them are slow—moving. after dismal start, fewer shower was in scotland and northern ireland, ice of to 19

celsius. this evening and overnight, temperatures soared to ease and the winds will follow later allowing patchy mist and fog to form but it will be long before another area of low pressure starts to show its hand in the far north and west and that will bring windy weather into scotla nd will bring windy weather into scotland and northern ireland first thing. the fund moves steadily deadliest was weakening all the time as it moves through the spine of the country but it will cool disappointing in the little changed for the new working week. blustery showers are set to continue, heavy and thundery. let's ta ke let's take a look at the headlines. hurricane irma has been lashing tuber with heavy rain —— lashing

tuber with heavy rain —— lashing tuber with heavy rain. it has killed at least 23 people. 0fficials tuber with heavy rain. it has killed at least 23 people. officials in southern florida have told a court of the state's population that they need to evacuate their homes before hurricane irma arrives tomorrow. mexico has declared a day of national mourning after the most deadly earthquake it has experienced in 80 years kills more than 60 people. the united nations is warning ofan people. the united nations is warning of an unprecedented refugee crisis in myanmar. more than quarter ofa crisis in myanmar. more than quarter of a million muslims have crossed the border to bangladesh. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. it didn't take england's jimmy anderson to get another wicket today, to add to his record breaking total of test wickets for his country, as england try to restrict the west indies lead in the final and deciding test. four balls, that's all it took forjames anderson to strike a huge blow. roston chase is the man to go, giving a simple chance to wicketkeeperjonny bairstow.

both manchester city and liverpool will have the chance to move can see that the west both manchester city and liverpool will have the chance to move to the top of the premier league table for a few hours at least when they meet in the day's early kick off. extra incentive might be the opportunity to move above rivals manchester united. liverpool managerjurgen klopp has decided to leave out brazilian forward philippe coutinho, who's returned to training following liverpool's refusal to allow him to move to barcelona. he could have played 15 or 20 minutes, but again in the city game, maybe longer, but i think really it makes sense and by the way he agreed completely. it was not that he said no, i don't need training, i want to play or whatever. it was a good conversation. i play against a european club, jurgen klopp's team show me a lot and he is a top manager so the team is well organised to defend

well and the conditions. when they regain the ball, they had amazing. strikerjodie taylor was named england's player of the year, at the football association's women's football awards yesterday. taylor finished euro 2017, as the tournament's golden boot winner with five goals, as england reached the semi finals. arsenal'sjordan nobbs won the wsl players‘ player of the year award. rafa nadal remains on course to win his 16th grand slam title after he reached the us open final, beating huan martin del potro, in their semi final overnight, at flushing meadows. nadal lost the first set before taking command and at one stage won nine games in a row, eventually taking the match in four sets. the spaniard will be aiming for a third us open crown