if this is bbc world news today. our top stories... miami — live — as hurricane irma sweeps in — with three people killed in florida since the storm hit. damage has already been extensive — parts of miami are under water — 2 million homes and businesses are now without power. in cuba, the recovery begins after ferocious winds, floods, rain and power cuts leave1 million people seeking safety. it has just been reported from the us that donald trump has been saying they are on their way to florida. they will be going to florida at some point soon, but hurricane irma has been battering southern florida, as it advances into the us mainland.

it has just been downgraded to a category three storm, but it's still capable of wind speeds approaching 200 kph. the storm has killed three people over the weekend. these are live pictures from florida, where the streets are deserted, as you can see. officials are warning that the emergency services simply cannot help anybody who are still out in that storm. more than 2 million homes and businesses are now without power. the greatest danger is likely to come from storm surges. pushing water inland. much of the financial district of miami is now under water. at least two construction cranes have come crashing down on buildings. curfews will now go into force in tampa and st petersburg in the next couple of hours. only hours before it finally hit florida keys, hurricane irma became more powerful. that rate here is the

road in front of our house. this surge, iam road in front of our house. this surge, i am going to go with seven feet. bryan cooper will is one of those who defied the orders to leave his home. he was live on social media as the eye of the hurricane approached. this is a life—threatening situation. in southwest florida, the storm surge comes after the strongest winds, don't think the winners over when the wind slows down. local officials will let you know when it is safe to go out. the storm surge will rush in and could kill you. alex perez escaped the keys to shout in the hurricane proof building in miami. he's anxious, keeping in touch with those left behind. a bunch of different areas of town that have higher and lower

levels of housing. some of the flooding is the people's wastes, summers on the roof. up to people's riffs? yes, very severe flooding we have got. but miami is feeling the impact of irma too. the tourists have all now fled. with every passing hour, the florida mainland is further affected. more than a million homes and businesses already without power. there is barely a soul on the streets anywhere in southern florida. that is because of the risk of flying debris. the risk of power lines or trees coming down and the emergency services said that even for them in the coming hours it is going to be near impossible to operate. the bbc was allowed to accompany the us air force, as it flew into the eye of irma to track it's power and action. she is a little bit more violent than the

rest of them have been. some storms, like katrina, that was very big but they said it was well organised, and smooth to fly storm. some of the smaller ones are a lot more violent. this one is big and it appears to be quite violent as well. we expect to get bounced around quite a bit. up the florida coast, more are preparing, warned that irma could make a direct hit on the most populated areas on its destructive path so far. we can speak to tomasz schafernaker, who is there in tampa. it looks absolutely horrendous but also quiet. absolutely. it's quiet, the streets are deserted, most people are now riding out the storm in the hurricane shelters, and that could bea hurricane shelters, and that could be a hotel or a designated area that is hurricane proof. we are standing very close to the place we are staying in the hotel. also we are

standing just buy a building, which is sheltering us from the really vicious gusts of wind you can see further out. it is literally in the last ten, 15, 20 minutes that the winds have been really picking up. this is just the winds have been really picking up. this isjust the beginning of hurricane irma here. they have rich tropical storm force. even for me, it is hard to believe that the ai of the storm, the core of the storm, which is expected to pass in this area is eight hours away. so we are going to be getting this weather for at least eight hours, building and building up the hurricane force. and then quite possibly another number of hours once the storm is going to be pulling away. but the biggest concern here apart from the wind of course is also the storm surge, which is affecting the entire coast of florida, but most of all here in the west. closer to the centre of the west. closer to the centre of the storm. we are seeing reports

that the centre of hurricane irma is just inland near naples at the moment. when you talk about that storm surge what are you expecting, and how many people could be affected 7 and how many people could be affected? obviously millions of people live along the coastlines, and this is something that we've been seeing over decades now. people are building communities in low—lying areas. the structure is expanding, it has certainly expanded in miami overthe expanding, it has certainly expanded in miami over the last 20 or 30 yea rs in miami over the last 20 or 30 years since hurricane andrew. a lot more people now living around naples. fort myers and all along the coast. millions of people will be affected by this storm as it rides a parallel almost to the coastline, all the way to tampa. obviously lots of flooding and lots of rainfall, something i haven't been mentioning an awful lot of, but we could be getting up to around 15 or 20 inches of rain in some spots. just very quickly, we are seeing a view cars behind you, how does it actually

feel they are on the ground, in the centre of all this? well, it is a very area experience. you can see centre of all this? well, it is a very area experience. you can see a couple very area experience. you can see a couple of cars here, it is difficult to say why they are out and about. there are some police and emergency vehicles out but most people now should have hunkered down. take a few ta kes should have hunkered down. take a few takes place here within the next hour or so. that is when the tropical storm force winds arrive and they have arrived. in terms of just to describe the weather here to view was, this is a constant wind at a very high spin —— very high speed with occasional higher gusts, and the closer you get the centre of the the closer you get the centre of the the more powerful those winds get. it is almost like a squall in a thunderstorm, with heavy rain and strongest of win but it is constant and comes in sheets of rain. think you very much, we hope that you and the team of course stay safe. coastal communities and tourist

resorts in northern cuba have suffered widespread damage from the hurricane. emergency officials in the capital, havana, rescued dozens of residents in neighbourhoods flooded by huge waves. our correspondent will grant is in havana, here's his latest update. havana's streets hava na's streets resemble havana's streets resemble canals at the moment after hurricane irma brought this storm surge over the sea brought this storm surge over the sea wall that you can see at the end of the street. that is havana's famous seafront boulevard. it has brought all of this storm water right to this point. it must be thrilled four blocks away from the sea thrilled four blocks away from the sea wall. people are beginning to emerge from their houses, and checking on their neighbours, beginning the clean—up operation. obviously the emergency services already here, the red cross, military, the police, so there is quite a big state presents already.

we saw them take away a body in a body bag from but we don't know the details of what happened there. by and large there has not been the loss of life seen elsewhere in the caribbean, that much we do seem to know. but this has been very painful for cuba, in terms of poverty, damage to property and damage the livelihoods. it seems irma may have knocked cuba's livelihoods. it seems irma may have knocked cu ba's economy just livelihoods. it seems irma may have knocked cuba's economyjust as hard as she hit its coastline. will grant in havana. some more stories making the news. italy is also experiencing flooding, at least six people have been killed in flooding and landslides caused by a torrential downpour in the italian city of livorno, including form is of one family when their basement home was flooded. pictures of the city's streets shows debris and wrecked ca rs lifted streets shows debris and wrecked cars lifted and dumped by the force of the floods. health officials in nigeria say the number of suspected cholera cases in north—eastern borno state

has more than doubled in the past five days. it now stands at nearly thirteen—hundred. 35 people have died. the outbreak is concentrated in camps for people displaced by the conflict with islamist militants from the boko haram group. the chief minister of the indian capital, delhi, has ordered an inquiry into the alleged rape of a five—year—old girl at school. arvind kejriwal made the announcement during a second day of protests about the authorities' handling of a separate case in which a seven—year—old boy was murdered at school. he was killed apparently after an attempted sexual assault by a bus conductor. as the crisis continues for myanmar‘s rohingya refugees...the burmese government rejects a ceasefire declaration made by rohingya militants... sylla bishop tutu becomes spiritual

leader. we say to you today, in a loud and clear voice, enough of blood and tears, enough! the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it is an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc world news today. latest

headlines. hurricane irma has reached the united states with the centre of the storm bringing a fierce winds to florida's southernmost islands. damage has origi been extensive as the cities of st and tampa announces emergency cu rfews. we can of st and tampa announces emergency curfews. we can speak to major richard rand at the north of miami police beach apartment —— department. give us an update on what the weather is like there at the moment. sure, i can tell you right now south florida is experiencing a large amount of rain, heavy winds. we are in dire straits at this point, we have a lot of flooding, our canals, our end the coastal waterways, a re flooding, our canals, our end the coastal waterways, are basically over flooding into the neighbourhoods come into the residential neighbourhoods. they

have very large trees down, most of our power lines are down and most of our power lines are down and most of our phone lines are down. the power keeps going on and off here at the police department, even though we are on a generator. there has been reported across miami county about two cranes that have actually come loose and crashed into a building. we have reports of structure damage, and wejust we have reports of structure damage, and we just responded approximately 20 minutes ago to a house that had collapsed onto people. we have an emergency crew out there trying to locate, to see if it is a legitimate call, so we are very busy. how many emergency crews are out there and how difficult is it for them? we don't necessarily respond, we don't respond, once the wind is a0 mph, we don't send anyone out, however north miami beach had the foresight to get a military vehicle, and m wrap, a

vehicle used in wartime case of emergencies. it is a heavy armoured vehicle, we have the vehicle loaded up vehicle, we have the vehicle loaded up with guys from our swat team, medics, and were able to send that the club once it is approved by the commander on catastrophe seems, such as houses collapsing on families. that is the only vehicle we have out right now. we will be sending our teams out as the storm passes. right now it is way too dangerous for us to get out there. and are you happy people have taken the advice to stay inside and indoors, largely? every timei inside and indoors, largely? every time i look outside, one car passers—by into three hours. most people have heeded the warning, we are hoping. what will tell us once the storm passes is what we find afterwards. hopefully we won't have any deaths or of life, but i can tell you that we are very, very, very concerned because we have live wires down all over miami dade county. we have standing water down

all over miami descartes county and once the storm passes people want to get out of the house and we are warning people not to do that because they can get electrocuted. that is one of the number one deaths ina that is one of the number one deaths in a hurricane. we are also experiencing power losses. we have large condos in buildings where the elevator is basically lost power and people can't get out of their buildings. so we are experiencing a lot of different scenarios we are dealing with, minute by minute. major richard rand of the police in north beach miami, thank you so much for your time. thank you. other news today. the bernie ‘s government has said it will not negotiate with the one terrorists, and it seems to have dismissed a unilateral ceasefire by a militant group. nearly 300,000 to ones have now gone the boulder dash. the latest violence was launched when the one militants launched a web attacks. the army went in to try to stop those attacks. our south

asian respondent has been speaking to the rohingya close to the border. the sprawling refugee camps have become mud baths. tens of thousands, now hundreds of thousands of the one refugees now live in filthy hovels on whatever land they can find, yet every day these makeshift camps in bangladesh grow and grow and grow. this man claims he was involved in one of the attacks that started all of this. translation: in the village we agreed if we do nothing the world will never know about our plight. he says he was in charge of a small group of men from his village who wa nted group of men from his village who wanted to take action against what he said was systematic persecution by the government and local buddhists. the militants came to our

village and gave us bombs to plant in the road to attack the army vehicles. every village was given two or three bombs like this. we planted the bombs. one exploded. no soldier died. this is what happened next. the government of me and mark claims there were dozens of attacks on police and army posts on august 25. these pictures were given to the bbc by refugees. they claim to show what me and mark calls its anti—terrorist clearance operation. look, look, says the man, the soldiers are coming in helicopters and injeeps. soldiers are coming in helicopters and in jeeps. they soldiers are coming in helicopters and injeeps. they are going to kill us. we can't verify any of the footage in this report but the story is the refugees tell are remarkably similar. this is what the defect to

leader of the armagh on junction she has to say about surfing. she told an audience in oslo town hall back in 2012 that whenever there is suffering there are the seeds of conflict, because, she said suffering degrades and inverters and in rages. across—the—boa rd suffering degrades and inverters and in rages. across—the—board in the armagh, we saw three big buyers earning today. —— three big fires. border officials told us they saw helicopters hovering before the smoke began to rise, meanwhile the rohingya big continued to pour in to bring the dash, ringing the few belongings they could salvage. a senior un figure told me they are now expecting as many as half a million people will come. justin rowlatt, bbc news. you are watching world news today, let's catch up with all of the sport, starting with the tennis i

think. just about to get underway, the men's us open final at flushing meadows in new york between the world number one rafa nadal and south africa's kevin anderson. nadal isa south africa's kevin anderson. nadal is a two—time winner of this event and victory would give him a 16th grand slam title in what is his 23rd majorfinal. for the big serving anderson, this is a first—ever slam finalfor him. that anderson, this is a first—ever slam final for him. that match anderson, this is a first—ever slam finalfor him. that match is anderson, this is a first—ever slam final for him. that match is about to get underway in the next couple of minutes, they are just warming to get underway in the next couple of minutes, they arejust warming up at present. meanwhile, the newly crowned women's champion, sloane stephens, were still celebrating her victory at central park on sunday morning. she beat her compatriot madison keys to clinch the title at the fresh teddy. chris froome has become britain's's first ever of the la vuelta dyspnoea. only the third writer uth sunday's final was a largely processional stage in the madrid and froome was not challenged for the lead. froome safely cross the line

just behind to confirm his status as one of the sport's all—time greats. andy swiss is in madrid. before the summer began, chris froome at three tour de france titles. he had finished second in the la vuelta on three occasions, that was as big game, to win the double, and he did it in astonishing style, that fourth tour de france win on the champs—elysees and then weeks later, victory in madrid. just to give you an idea of the distances involved, between them, those races involve a200 miles over a2 gruelling days, ultimate test of physical and mental enjoyments. that is perhaps why chris froome was really quite emotional when he spoke last night, talked about the sacrifices he had made, and also how he thought this was his greatest achievement. when you look back in history, only two men have previously achieved that double, the last of them bernardino

backin double, the last of them bernardino back in 1978. so it is nearly a0 yea rs back in 1978. so it is nearly a0 years since any cyclist has managed to co m plete years since any cyclist has managed to complete this double, which is why this will put chris froome right up why this will put chris froome right up there among cycling's all—time greats. now to being with premier league, the castle recorded consecutive victories after beating swa nsea consecutive victories after beating swansea 1—0 in wales, despite their manager being too ill to attend. the captain jamaal cells got the only goal of the game, with binny test recovering from a minor operation. the swans have lost their opening two games of the season for the first time since 1985. there was a 1-0 first time since 1985. there was a 1—0 victory for burnley over crystal palace. chris wood with a goal from a poor backpass. the palace manager frank de boer says he is not sure he will be given time to turn around his side's fortunes. it always sta rts his side's fortunes. it always starts from the heart, with spirit. and that i saw today really well to

the last seconds. the only thing we did not do was score. do you think you will be given the time to get things going here? you will be given the time to get things going here ?|j you will be given the time to get things going here? i do now. the only thing i can control is to work very ha rd only thing i can control is to work very hard with the boys and that i am going to do until the last day. hopefully for a long period with crystal palace. track of road, since there is no stopping mo farah after world and olympic successes, he won the great north run for a fourth time ina the great north run for a fourth time in a row. he took the lead in the half marathon distance of 200 metres to go and cross the line in one hour and six seconds. mo farah retired from the track last month to concentrate on road racing. just enough time to tell you the men's us open tennis final has about to be underway in the next two minutes or so. some of us were we watching, hopefully! pope francis has had a minor accident whilst driving through the streets of colombia. you

can see him herejust through the streets of colombia. you can see him here just waving to the crowd, and then he loses his balance, hitting his head against the pope will appeal. the security guards do check to see if he is ok. he is holding his head, and he was later seen with a band—aid across his swollen eyebrow and i bet he was still smiling and talking to eve ryo ne still smiling and talking to everyone who had turned out to see him. their breeding numbers are now karius lee—lo but a number of ospreys in perthshire, central scotland, have successfully produced chicks for the very first time since being relocated from the top of electricity pylon. an artificial nest, thought to be the host of the world, was created to try and leo the birds off, as kevin kane explains. we all like a bit of fresh fish, but eating it on a high tea perch like this can be quite tricky. in fact this isn't for the adult male holding it, it it is for his new chicks, the first here since the

nest was relocated. it sat for 30 yea rs on nest was relocated. it sat for 30 years on top of this electricity pylon until engineers wanted to upgrade the network, so experts were called in. we have got pretty good at, you know, moving nests that are in very difficult positions. ospreys are a really easy bed for you to work with, if you are an expert, so we designed that poll, put it up, and the birds went straight to it when they came back from africa. and they have nested in it each summer since. this is the pile and that was the birds original home. the challenge was to find an alternative site that was close enough to lure them off but far enough away to allow engineering work on here that wouldn't disturb them. and so a site was chosen in the furthest corner of this field. it sits at a height of 25 metres, possibly the highest artificial osprey nest in the world, and they do use it, honestly. the

first year it was put up there, they had a choice of the old nest or the new nest, and thankfully they have news “— new nest, and thankfully they have news —— used the new one every year and it has been really great to see the results. we are rarely proud of the results. we are rarely proud of the outcome. the ospreys have now reached the time of the year where they think about flying south, but after living in this field for more than 30 years, everyone expects there will be back. then you just remind you of the top story this hour, hurricane irma has slammed into the us state of florida, bringing much destruction. these are the latest live pictures coming into us. the latest live pictures coming into us. and it is being reported that the centre of a hurricane is just inland near naples in florida. donald trump has said he will be going to florida very soon. these are the latest live pictures from the state at the centre of that hurricane. thank you for watching. thank you forjoining me. i will

update you on the uk weather seen in just a second, first to take you back towards the caribbean and florida. we will speak about irma the second but, jose, although in open waters at the moment, may become a significant player in the weather in the caribbean over the next few days or so. then the shorter term, the real dangers come from irma, torrential rains, very strong winds, significant storm surge and the prospect in some areas too of tornado activity. by contrast, the in the uk, sunday brought some fine dry weather for a time in some areas. then once the rain cleared from others, so we saw a great raft of showers rattling in, and will continue over the forthcoming week to see some heavy downpours in what will be a fairly cool and windy week. that certainly is the way it starts on monday, simply because that area of low pressure is very close by, feeding a really copious supply of showers in the many central and western areas

during the course of the night. souquet into the first part of monday, strong winds, a real problem for southern parts of wales and the south—west of england too. we could see gusts up to around 50 mph or so and showers aplenty, right from the word go, spread liberally. you could imagine being that bit closer to the heart of the low pressure, there will be showers, if not longer spells of rain to be had across a good part of scotland and northern ireland. the more persistent rain will plague i think the northern isles and the north—eastern corner of scotla nd isles and the north—eastern corner of scotland for a good portion of the morning. on we go through the day, perhaps though showers at times ganging up down across the heart of the midlands over towards east anglia and the south—east late in the afternoon. all the while there is that persistent rain. at times, having have a strong winds in the north—westerly coming down through the irish sea and into the north—west of england and wales also could be a concern, if you are on

the move. any good news to report about the weather? it comes in the form of tuesday, which should see fewer showers until later in the day when the cloud will fill in. we will see a new area of cloud and rain piling in towards northern ireland, and that becomes more widespread across the ireland and wales during the course of wednesday. take care, goodbye. this is bbc world news. the headlines... hurricane irma has slammed into the us state of florida, bringing widespread coastal flooding and winds of 200 kph. in the west, the cities of st petersburg and tampa have announced emergency curfews. to the east, much of miami is deserted as residents take shelter. roads in the city are already flooded, and two million homes and businesses have lost power. the storm is now advancing towards naples, in south—western florida. cuba is also counting the cost, after irma moved along its northern coastline, causing flooding in havana. streets in the city now resemble canals. a million people were also forced

to seek safety from waves several metres high. the government says it caused significant damage.> and the government of myanmar appears to have rejected a ceasefire declaration made by muslim rohingya militants. the spokesperson for myanmar‘s de facto leader, aung san suu kyi,