i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: hurricane irma slams into the us mainland. strong winds have left 2.5 million homes and businesses in florida without power. there's barely a soul on the streets anywhere in southern florida, due to risk of flying debris. the hurricane has caused widespread destruction across the caribbean. at least 25 people have been killed and thousands have lost their homes. my my mum's room, the roof came off. then my bedroom came off. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme. bangladesh accuses its neighbour myanmar of genocide, as more and more rohingya refugees flee across the border. how the world cup has helped to change attitudes in india. we'll tell you why more young girls are joining cricket clubs. good morning.

it's 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london and 7:00pm in florida, which is bracing itself for the terrifying force of hurricane irma. the storm has just made landfall on the us mainland after smashing its way across the atlantic, destroying thousands of buildings in the carribbean. some small islands have been completely flattened and at least 25 people have been killed. in the us, 6.5 million residents across the state of florida have been ordered to leave their homes, and more than two million buildings are without power. aleem maqbool begins our coverage from miami. they warned miami would flood, and it has. irma's massive downpours and ocean surges combined to inundate the city's financial district. as thousands from the city hunkered

down in hurricane shelters, others captured dramatic footage of the storm coming through. that is the road in front of our house. this surge, i'm going to go with seven feet. this man 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. we are in the eye wall. i'm not sure what category it is. the massive coastal surges were preceded by this extraordinary sight, the tide being sucked away by the hurricane, building up the energy to be smashed back against the shore with full force. there is a serious threat of storm surge flooding along the entire west coast of florida. local officials will let you know when it is safe to go out. the storm surge could rush in, and will kill you. alix perez escaped the keys to shelter in a hurricane—proof building in miami. he is anxious, keeping in touch with those left behind. a bunch of different areas have different levels of housing,

some higher and some lower. some places have floodwaters up to people's waists, some up to people's roofs. up to people's roofs! yeah, very severe flooding. up the florida coast, more are preparing, warned that hurricane irma could make further direct hits. miami is feeling the impact of hurricane irma as well. until a few days ago, these areas were packed with tourists, who have now all fled. with every passing hour, the florida mainland is further affected. more than 1 florida mainland is further affected. more thani million homes and businesses are already without power. well, there rarely a soul on the streets anywhere in southern florida, and that is because of the risk of flying debris. —— there is barely. the risk of power lines and trees coming down. the emergency services say that even for them in the coming hours, it will be near impossible to operate. the bbc was allowed to accom pa ny impossible to operate. the bbc was allowed to accompany the us. air force as it flew into the eye of

hurricane irma, to track its power and direction. she is a bit more violent than the rest of them have been. some storms, like hurricane katrina, that was very big but it was well organised, it was very smooth to fly into. some of the smaller ones are more violent. this one is both big and violent. we are expert in to get bounced around quite a bit. —— expecting to get. expert in to get bounced around quite a bit. -- expecting to get. up the florida coast, morar preparing, warned that hurricane irma could make a direct hit on the most populated areas on its most destructive path so far. this is the scene live in bonita springs, florida. hurricane irma, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the atlantic, lashes florida with powerful winds and rain. it is expected to pummel the low—lying florida keys with winds reaching 130mph, before travelling north—west up florida's gulf coast. joining us now, major richard rand of the north miami beach police department. major, thank you forjoining us. can you tell us how the situation has

changed in the last few hours? we have been speaking to you through the day today, and we have seen how the day today, and we have seen how the storm has really taken hold in the storm has really taken hold in the last hour or so? yes, hopefully at this point we are hoping that the worst of the storm is gone. i can tell you that at the worst part of the storm, my officers went out and rescued, i will hold up this picture, if you can see it, a four—year—old infant child and her mother, who are overtaken by floodwaters in their home. i will hold that picture therefore uc can show it to your viewers. what an absolutely incredible job by the police department in north miami beach. that is just one of the stories that we are just now learning of, of our offices, our brave heroes, going out there and rescuing people in saving lives. —— officers. give us a sense, if you can, of how serious it was, where you are, when you said the storm was

really at its peak? we had sustained 70- 90 really at its peak? we had sustained 70— 90 mph winds. we have the trees, which have been in place for 20 or 30 years, completely toppled over. some of them were lying on vehicles, some of them on homes. we have 5—7 feet of standing water in some places. we are about 80% down in terms of power lines. no working traffic signals, no stop signs, they have all been blown away. we have recently located a bridge which has been compromised which goes over one of the canals in our city. extensive damage. what happens now? well, now we are going to wait for the storm to go by, we are going to send teams of officers out, and they will viljoen assessment. we are going to check to make sure that there are no lives currently that need saving. we will answer all emergency calls, we will answer all emergency calls, we will start the cleanup, we will start ringing back the city of north

miami beach to an awesome city, which it is, and will always be. we are going to make it safer our community to come back to their homes and for our businesses to open up homes and for our businesses to open up and get back on track as soon as we can. we are grateful for your time injoining us. thank you so much. thank you. well, that was the situation in north miami. in the caribbean at least 25 people were killed by hurricane irma. five of them in the british virgin islands, where a relief effort is underway. homes and boats have been destroyed, and a state of emergency declared as the authorities grapple with repairs to infrastructure and safeguarding supplies. 0ur correspondent laura bicker reports from tortola. the british virgin islands look like they have been hit by the blast wave of a bomb. 0n the biggest island of tortola, houses have been ripped apart and contents scattered for miles. an over 20—foot wave surge crushed boats,

beaching them among the rubble. arron glasgow was at home as hurricane irma hit. this section of my mum's room, the roof came off. then my bedroom came off. we went into the living room. glass everywhere. we had all of this boarded up. you've lost everything? everything. people talk about the winds that came through here as if they were alive, as if they'd come from another world. and now, five days after the hurricane struck, they are in desperate need of food, shelter, and clean water. others are just simply desperate to leave. the shock of seeing this terrifying force of nature is overwhelming. some are trying to fly home to relatives in the uk. this family made it to the shelter after neighbours with machetes hacked through debris to help them hike from their damaged home. we don't know what planes are going or when they're going. literally this morning was the first time we had heard any news

at all of what was happening. some residents have criticised the uk government's response to this crisis as pathetic and slow. there are also reports of looting across the island, as many are desperate for basic supplies. there are large queues for food and for petrol. help has now arrived. the british military have brought aid and are already re—establishing order. they're working on a plan to try and restore power and water. one woman told me she wept with relief as she saw the plane land. hurricane irma's trail of destruction is vast, and yet the caribbean spirit prevails. as our team walked the streets, so many people told us the same message, they are simply grateful to be alive.

laura bicker, bbc news, tortola. breaking news in tennis, and top seed rafael nadal has won the us. 0pen men's final, making it his 16th grand slam title. he did it in style, beating south african kevin anderson in straight, 6—3, 6—3, 6—4. the spaniard is now only three grand slam titles behind the current recordholder, who else, roger federer. more on that in sport later on. the ex—president of georgia, mikheil saakashvili, has successfully crossed from poland into ukraine after two failed attempts earlier in the day. ukraine is mr saakashvili's adopted homeland, but he was stripped of citizenship after accusing president petro poroshenko of blocking efforts to fight corruption. the chief minister of the indian capital, delhi, has ordered an inquiry into the alleged rape of a 5—year—old girl at school. arvind kejriwal made the announcement during a second day of protests about how authorities handled a separate case in which a 7—year—old boy was murdered at school. in mexico, hundreds of thousands

of people have been left homeless by an earthquake in the south of the country. the number of people killed by thursday's quake has also risen sharply to 90. hundreds of families have reportedly been camping in the streets, afraid of more aftershocks. rescuers say there is no hope of finding any more survivors under the rubble. no, it is no longer a search for people. it is now more a support for the community. we're recuperating belongings, whatever can be retrieved. we're assessing the damages and helping the wounded. pope francis has had a minor accident while driving through the streets of cartagena in colombia. he lost balance and hit his head against the popemobile. his security guards are checking if he is all right. the pope is holding his head. you're watching newsday on the bbc.

still to come on the programme, nearly 300,000 of myanmar‘s rohingya refugees have crossed the border into bangladesh. we'll be live in dhaka to get an assessment of the situation on the ground. also on the programme, how the world cup has helped to change attitudes in india. we'll tell you why more young girls are joining cricket clubs. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here — of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites, in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears — enough!

translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: hurricane irma slams into the us mainland. 2.5 million homes and businesses in florida are now without power. the state governor warns water levels could be four metres higher, with the west coast now in the storm's path.

the hurricane has caused widespread destruction across the caribbean. at least 25 people have been killed and thousands have lost their homes. a state of emergency has been declared in the british virgin islands. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the front page of the international edition of the new york times reports on the plight of civilians caught in fighting in the de—facto capital of the so—called islamic state in syria. it says civilians trapped in raqqa face air—strikes if they stay and land mines if they go. the south china daily post is reporting on a surge in the number of people quitting hong kong for a new life in canada. apparently over 12,100 hong kong residents became permanent citizens of canada last year. and the gulf news reports on the latest in the diplomatic

crisis over qatar. saudi arabia has insisted it would keep pressuring doha until the anti—terrorism demands of a bloc of arab states are met. and that brings you up—to—date with all the papers. new zealand has the highest rate of youth suicide in the developed world and now the families and friends of victims are trying to do something about it. we've been to meet fi perez who lost her husband to suicide. she's started a shoe project to help draw attention to mental health issues and suicide in new zealand. this is fi's story. hi, i'm fi perez. 0n the 28th of march, 2008, i lost my husband to suicide. my husband was a0 and 26 days and had a young son who just turned eight. 0ne days and had a young son who just turned eight. one year after my husband died, i laid on his grave with my suicide note. the stigma, the shame, the guilt, why didn't we

stop them, why didn't we know? it's horrible. the shoe project is a project of displaying 600 shoes around new zealand to raise awareness of the people who have been lost. i believe you are part of the solution or part of the problem. the solution to the problem of mental health. we need to treat it like physical health. i'm a legacy holder, as all who have suffered

these are. i have a duty to live the life of myself and my loved one. "genocide." that's how the foreign minister of bangladesh has described the treatment of myanmar‘s rohingya community. three weeks ago a major military crackdown sparked the mass movement of thousands of refugees across the border. and now, the bbc has gained access to one of the rohingya millitants who attacked the police posts which led to the military action. 0ur south asia correspondent, justin rowlatt, has been talking to rohingya refugees in teknaf, close to the border. the sprawling refugee camp have become bloodbaths. tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, of rohingya muslim refugees now live in filthy hovels on whatever land they canfind. filthy hovels on whatever land they can find. every day these 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 you 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 wanted to take action against what he says was systematic persecution by the government and local buddhists. translation: the militants came to oui’ translation: the militants came to our village and gave us bombs to plant on the road to attack the army. every village was given to all three bombs like this. we planted the bomb is. —— two or three. 0ne exploded but no soldier died. this is what happens next. the government of myanmar claims dozens of attacks happened on august 25. these pictures were given to the bbc by refugees. they claim to show what myanmar calls its anti—terrorist clea ra nce myanmar calls its anti—terrorist clearance operation. look, says the

man, the soldiers are coming in helicopters and in jeeps. man, the soldiers are coming in helicopters and injeeps. they are going to kill us. we cannot verify any of the footage in this report, but the stories the refugees tell are remarkably similar. so, this is what the de facto leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, has to say about human suffering. the nobel peace prize winner told an audience at 0slo town hall in 2012 that wherever there is suffering there are the seeds of conflict. she said suffering degrades and bitters and enrages. across the border in myanmar, we saw three big fires burning today. border officials told us burning today. border officials told us they had seen helicopters hovering before the smoke began to write. meanwhile, the rohingya continued to pour into wrangler dash, bringing the few belongings

they could salvage. a senior un figure told me they are now expecting as many as half a million people to come. justin rowlatt, bbc news, teknaf. pavlo kolovos, head of mission in bangladesh for charity, medcins sans frontiers, joins me via webcam from dhaka. welcome to the programme now. as we saw and that report, the scale of the crisis, just the sheer number of refugees coming through the border to bangladesh, how does this compared to how you in the organisation have had to deal with this before? the scale of this crisis is unprecedented for msf. in bangladesh, the number of refugees coming over on a daily basis is incredible. what is your number one

priority in treating these refugees? well, we are seeing... we are seeing a number of violence related injuries, gunshots, stab wounds, burns, so we are getting immediate medical claire for those people. that is essential. —— care. but with tens of thousands of people coming over, they are extremely vulnerable. the risk they have two hygiene related diseases, you know, they are just out in tents. some don't even have tents. the weather is not cooperative. we don't know where they are going to go. there is measles already. the nutrition situation is absolutely precarious.

getting enough food and especially clea n water getting enough food and especially clean water for these people is going to be very essential.m clean water for these people is going to be very essential. it does sound like a really desperate situation over there. presumably, your staff are overstretched trying to cater to all of these issues. are you getting the support you need from all the local authorities, and what has been the international attention and support you have been getting for your organisation? so, umm,i getting for your organisation? so, umm, i mean, there has been a tremendous amount of attention to this. and everybody is looking to help. we as well have added dozens of new staff and are expanding with local clinics. the local authorities have been quite cooperative with permissions and allowing us to scale up. but it needs to continue because these needs are ongoing. all right,

thank you forjoining us, pablo, the head of mission for msf. india's women cricketers may have lost to england in the final of the world cup but they still won a major victory on home turf. cricket clubs across the country are reporting a surge in interest from young girls. we've been to one cricket academy in hyderabad to see the next generation in training. i will make a record for india. translation: the girl playing here is my daughter. she is showing a lot of interest in cricket. as a parent, i feel that girls should play cricket as well. notjust i feel that girls should play cricket as well. not just the i feel that girls should play cricket as well. notjust the boys. translation: people made fun of my decision to send my daughters to play cricket. the perception about women's cricket

was totally uncalled for before. they used to ask us questions like you play with the same rules and bats. i am sure those things will not be repeated henceforth seeing the girls play in the matches in the world cup. translation: i had doubts whether people would respect women playing cricket, but after watching women's cricket on television and seeing the indian women's team in the finals, i knew i had made the right decision. and the very best of luck to them. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we look at how businesses in india are being urged to develop solutions to tackle the effects of global warming. and before we go, let's take a look

at these pictures of our top story on hurricane irma, which slammed into the us state of florida on sunday. this is the scene in miami. 7:30pm. the sunset. there are still filling the aftermath of the full terrifying force of that hurricane. —— feeling. parts of miami have been swamped by a metre of water brought by a storm surge and a construction crane in the city has collapsed onto a building. it is now a category two storm. there has been an indefinite curfew declared by the governor. stay with us on declared by the governor. stay with us on bbc world news. as irma continues north across the

state of florida, we in the british isles have experienced an unsettled weekend. that thing continues into the forthcoming week. we will see cool and windy weather. heavy downpours as well. the concern sta rts downpours as well. the concern starts as early as monday morning, especially in wales and the south—west, where some of the wind could easily get to around 60 mark per hour. —— miles. those conditions could be exacerbated as well. the british isles. the start of the new week. the wind is notjust us a concern as in wales and the south—west. but the wind will be ever present for western scotland and northern ireland and a good part of england and wales. there will be plenty of showers to go around as well. at times, some will merge to

give longer range. nowhere more so than this north—eastern corner of scotland. quite close to low pressure. showers, they will have hailand pressure. showers, they will have hail and thunder. mid to upper teens. closer to 10— 11. hail and thunder. mid to upper teens. closerto10— 11. monday hail and thunder. mid to upper teens. closer to 10— 11. monday and tuesday. high pressure working across the british isles, tending to settle things down. this is a quiet day of the week, at least to start with. it will feel pleasant with less wind. 16— 19. with. it will feel pleasant with less wind.16—19. something like that. later in the day and overnight into wednesday, we could see the emergence from the atlantic of a very vigorous emergence from the atlantic of a very vigorous area emergence from the atlantic of a very vigorous area of low pressure gradually going right across the heart of the british isles. there are already warning from the met 0ffice about the intensity of the rain in england and wales and the strength of the wind. the system has the good grace to move on into the north sea, leaving behind for the

bulk of us another showery day. and do you know what, we continue that beam into wednesday. —— theme. the wind from the north—west still a feature. not much done for the temperature 12—13 in the north. 17-18 in temperature 12—13 in the north. 17—18 in the south. thursday and friday, a tantalising teasing prospect of some high pressure just beginning to work and to the west. it will keep those fronts at bay probably for the northern parts of britain. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. our top story: hurricane irma has slammed into the us state of florida, with winds up to 200km/h. millions of homes and businesses are without power. the hurricane is predicted to create a catastrophic storm surge, which could be up to four metres high in places.

the west coast now in the storm's path. bangladesh has described myanmar‘s treatment of its rohingya muslim community as "genocide." nearly 300,000 rohingya refugees have fled into bangladeshi territory. and this story is trending on bbc.com. details of new iphones and other forthcoming apple devices have been revealed via an apparent leak. the code refers to an iphone x, in addition to two new iphone 8 handsets. apple is holding a launch event on tuesday. it could be the biggest leak of its kind to hit the firm. it is 12:30 a.m.. i will