tv BBC News at One BBC News September 18, 2017 1:00pm-1:31pm BST
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police continue to question two men over the parsons green bombing on friday as another property is searched in west london. a 21—year—old syrian refugee was arrested overnight at a fried chicken shop in hounslow — after a device partially exploded on the district line. —— arrested on saturday night. we've got the latest on the investigation. also this lunchtime... the government's top brexit official oliver robbins has left his department to work more directly for theresa may. not backing boris — the head of the uk statistics watchdog stands by his criticism of the foreign secretary over how much the uk pays to the eu. a cyclist who killed a woman while riding a track bike with no front brakes is sentenced to 18 months in a young offenders institution. the former england captain wayne rooney has been banned from driving for two years after pleading guilty to drink—driving. pressure on ryanair to publish a full list of the flights it plans to cancel every day amid growing anger among customers. every day, my alarm has gone off at
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3:30am, iget every day, my alarm has gone off at 3:30am, i get on the bike had four, i ride until 9:30pm riding an average of 140 miles per day. and around the world in under 80 days — the british endurance cyclist mark beaumont is set to arrive in paris and take the world record. and in the sport on bbc news... everton manager ronald koeman says people need to be more realistic about the club's chances this season — after a 4—0 loss against manchester united yesterday. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. police are continuing to question two men who were arrested after a device partially exploded on the tube in south west london on friday leaving 30 people injured.
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police have been searching a fried chicken shop in hounslow in west london, where a 21—year—old man was detained on saturday night on suspicion of terror offences. he's a syrian refugee who appears to have been living in the uk for four years. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. this is a 24/7 investigation. late last night, detectives were still removing potential evidence from a fast food shop in hounslow, west london. it was raided on saturday. they arrested one man here, surrounding him with offices in overalls, a precaution to ensure any potential forensic evidence on his clothes is not contaminated. he is 21—year—old ya hyah farroukh, believed to be from syria. the bbc has been told he worked in the shop searched by detectives. yahyah farroukh lives in this modern development, close to the southern
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boundary of heathrow airport. it's also been taped off, and is being subjected to a close search. he is linked to this house in sunbury—on—thames, about five miles away and still surrounded by metal barriers and tents have been put up to protect evidence. this picture of yahyah farroukh was taken in the street outside of the house, and posted online nearly five months ago. ron and pennyjones, who live here, have fostered teenage asylu m live here, have fostered teenage asylum seekers. he may have been one of them. neighbours say another young man who arrived a few weeks ago appeared desperate to run away and came to the attention of the police. i saw one arguing with him. i went out and asked what was wrong. it was a new kit, 15, didn't want to come into the house, he came from kent and he said he wanted to go to london. police cars were parked outside the house when i drove past, but it's been ramped up over the la st but it's been ramped up over the last 2—3 months, with police coming out to the house. the police get
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called, there will be a police presence at the house. whether it means that the lad has actually caused trouble per se, who is to know? it is speculation. police say an 18—year—old linked to the address was arrested in dover and is being questioned. cctv evidence is at the corner of the investigation. this image obtained by itv news was ca ptu red image obtained by itv news was captured close to the house in sunbury—on—thames. the key question? did this man with a lidl bag place a bomb on the london underground, also ina lidl bomb on the london underground, also in a lidl bag. burning and terrifying innocent commuters. tom symons, bbc news. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner joins us. the investigation seems to be moving quickly? certainly, ithink we the investigation seems to be moving quickly? certainly, i think we are ina quickly? certainly, i think we are in a completely different place, in 2017, compared to 2005 at the time of the london bombings. 0n 2017, compared to 2005 at the time of the london bombings. on one hand, the threat has diversify it into a lot of different areas. bacha khan,
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yes, there there was not syria. the problem of people being radicalised over the internet in the way they are now did not exist. the combined effort of police and intelligence agencies, they have made mistakes in the past, let's not beat around the bush, five terror attacks have got through this year against 19 have been stopped in the last four years. afar been stopped in the last four years. a farfrom been stopped in the last four years. a far from perfect record but the speed with which they have moved is phenomenal. how they were able to act so quickly, to bring the situation under control that they we re situation under control that they were able to bring it down from critical, meaning an attack is imminent, too severe, still not great and highly likely an attack, but there is an improvement. a combination of cctv, human interception, digital interceptions we re interception, digital interceptions were critical investigations, and plain old—fashioned were critical investigations, and plain old —fashioned detective were critical investigations, and plain old—fashioned detective work, trawling through a lot of clues and potential evidence. they've done it all in less than 48 hours. frank gardner, thank you. the most senior official
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in the government's brexit department — 0liver robbins — has left his job, after reports of tensions between him and the brexit secretary david davis. he's moving to downing street to work more directly for theresa may. a spokesman for number ten said the appointment would "strengthen coordination" of brexit across the government, as the next round of negotiations with brussels approaches. norman smith is in westminster, why has he moved ? norman smith is in westminster, why has he moved? officially, he has moved because his job has he moved? officially, he has moved because hisjob is too big, running the brexit department and dhekelia brexit negotiations. in future he will be working as an adviser to the prime minister and it is argued that he will be able to bring together different departments to coordinate our approach to brexit. i must say that at face value it looks like a demotion. he was permanent secretary in the brexit department and now he is an adviser to the prime minister. unofficially there is a view that he
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was moved because, bluntly, he simply did not get on with the brexit secretary, david davis. they had a strained personal relationship and it was not working. the political significance though of that move is this. we are on the eve ofa that move is this. we are on the eve of a crucial make or break speech by the prime minister, in florence on friday. there, she will try and break the logjam over brexit talks by setting out clearly what we are prepared to do and, crucially, what we are prepared to pay. the backdrop over that is we have the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, seemingly trying to seize control of the steering wheel, and set out his own course on brexit. now, we have our top brexit official being shunted from his post to another position. you have to say, if you are an eu leader watching all of this, you would have to be scratching your head and wondering, what on earth is going on? that's precisely the moment eu leaders are pretty much
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banging the table and demanding clarity from britain about what sort of we actually want. norman smith at westminster, thank you. the chairman of the uk statistics authority, sir david norgrove, is refusing to withdraw his criticism of the foreign secretary after he accused him of a clear misuse of official figures. sir david intervened after boris johnson — in a newspaper article — revived the controversial claim that the uk stood to regain control of around 350—million pounds a week after brexit. it's understood mrjohnson stands by the figure , and has told the prime minister she must get the whole sum back. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the most eye—catching claim from the referendum campaign, since widely discredited but this weekend, boris johnson. he said that brexit would mean retrieving that amount from the eua mean retrieving that amount from the eu a week, and arguing it would be a fine thing if it was spent on the nhs. it led to the uk's most senior
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statistics official, sir david norgrove, saying he to —— surprised and disappointed that he decided to revisit the figure, saying it was a misuse of figures. sauber —— boris johnson hit back saying it was distorted. are we helping to clarify the big debates of the day? it isn't oui’ the big debates of the day? it isn't ourjob, to tell you what the answer is, but the british public have the right to know what the real answers are and put them into context. i think that is what the uk statistics authority was trying to do on that occasion. what does the argument over the figure centre around? boris johnson and other league campaigners claimed in 2014 the uk gave £350 million per week to the eu. the uk's gross contribution was actually £361 million per week. but crucially, the re bate million per week. but crucially, the rebate is actually removed before any money is sent to brussels. the
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amount sent to the eu in 2014 was £276 million per week after that rebate. brexiteers claims there will be huge sums to get after we leave. it will be discussed how we spend the money after we come out and discuss that point, many of us do not think there is any moral, political or legal reason to go on paying them once we have left. indeed, i think it would be illegal to go on paying them once we have left. the tussle over numbers is a side story to the debate still going on within cabinet about what brexit looks like, just days before theresa may is due to make a major speech to break the deadlock in negotiations. downing street said it was important all cabinet ministers were united around the government's vision. but boris johnson's around the government's vision. but borisjohnson's intervention suggests that he has his own ideas. leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. a former courier who knocked over
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and killed a mother—of—two while riding an illegal 0lympic—style racing bike for the "thrill" has been sentenced to 18 months in a young offenders institution. charlie alliston was travelling at 18 miles—per—hour on a fixed—wheel track bike with no front brakes before he crashed into kim briggs as she crossed a road in east london, in february last year. 0ur correspondent richard lister is outside the old bailey. sophie, thejudge in this case described charlie alliston as an accident waiting to happen. she heard the former by korea had tweeted about the thrill of taking the front brakes of a bike and he had also purchased a track bike that was illegal for use on the road had also purchased a track bike that was illegalfor use on the road but this bike that he was riding, he struck and killed kim briggs with it as she was crossing the busy 0ld street in london, he was coming down not far from her. street in london, he was coming down not farfrom her. when he saw street in london, he was coming down not far from her. when he saw she was in his path, he shouted at her to get out of the way. when she froze to the spot, not knowing what
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to do, the court heard he did not try to stop that tried to weave around her. they collided and she suffered such severe head injuries she died in hospital one week later. the difficulty for police was knowing exactly how to prosecute charlie alliston because much of the legislation designed to protect pedestrians is designed for car drivers. not those on bicycles. he was acquitted of manslaughter originally, he was the first cyclist to be charged with manslaughter in such a case but he was convicted of causing harm by wanton orfurious driving. that is victorian legislation aimed at drivers of horses and carriages, this is something kim briggs‘s woodwork matthew noted when he spoke outside of the old bailey minutes ago. —— widower. this case has illustrated there's a widower. this case has illustrated there'sa gap widower. this case has illustrated there's a gap in the law when it comes to dealing with death or serious injury dangerous cycling. to
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have two rely on either manslaughter at one end, or a victorian law that does not even mention causing death at the other end, that tells us that there is a gap. the fact that what happened to kim is rare is not a reason for there to be no remedy. now, mr briggs says that good progress is being made on updating the law but he wants to ensure that the law but he wants to ensure that the kind of bike that killed his wife is kept off the roads. richard, thank you. the former england captain, wayne rooney, has been banned from driving for two years, and sentenced to 100 hours of community service after admitting a charge of drink—driving. the everton striker was arrested earlier this month after being pulled—over by police officers in cheshire. 0ur sports editor dan roan was in court. what happened there? sophie, wayne rooney was stopped by police while driving a woman he met at a bar in
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alderley edge home after a night out while his pregnant wife and three sons were away on holiday. the court he heard that rooney was about three times over the drink—drive limit. riding with a small entourage, wearing a dark blue suit, he spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth, issuing a guilty plea through his lawyer, michael rainford, to —— asking thejudge to consider his genuine remorse. but thejudge did say consider his genuine remorse. but the judge did say that this was a serious crime that was committed, placing himself and other road users at risk as a result of his poor judgment that night. i want to make it clear that i've read a bundle of character references that speak of you very highly and a letter to me, i accept your remorse is genuine but iam not i accept your remorse is genuine but i am not convinced a hefty fine would be as punitive a sentence as a community order. so, he ordered rooney to do 100 hours of unpaid work. he
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was also handed a two—year driving ban and £170 worth of court costs, which it is estimated he will take about 12 minutes to earn. his club, everton, the club heard are also going to hand him a two—week fine amounting to £300,000. in a statement after the hearing, rooney apologised for what he called was an unforgivable error of judgment. apologised for what he called was an unforgivable error ofjudgment. dan, thank you. president trump will press his case for reform of the united nations when he makes his first address at its headquarters in new york shortly. it's one of several initiatives to cut costs and streamline the world body's bureaucracy. the un secretary—general has warned that the threatened cuts to washington's un budget would create an unsolvable problem. 0ur north america correspondent laura trevelyan is there in new york for us. pressing for reform, what kind of reform does he want? well, sophie, a former un secretary—general, when
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asked how many people work at the united nations, replied about half of them. donald trump was very much on that theme, and thinks that the un isa on that theme, and thinks that the un is a talking shop, and inefficient one. he wants more streamlined processes and more efficiency. of course, sophie, the fa ct efficiency. of course, sophie, the fact is president trump, elected on an america first policy, very isolationist really, he has found the un has been useful to him in recent weeks, especially on north korea. there have been two sets of tough sanctions and resolutions passed here by the un at the behest of the united states. really, all eyes a re of the united states. really, all eyes are on his tone this morning, sophie. 0ne un diplomat said to me that hurricane trump is about to make landfall at the un. thank you. coming up, success for brits at the
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emmys last night. in russia, concern is growing over a wave of violent attacks linked to a film about the love life of the country's last tsar. matilda is based on the true story of nicholas romanov‘s romance with a young ballerina. but russia's 0rthodox church considers nicholas ii — who died in 1918, an orthodox saint and some russians claim the film is blasphemous. sarah rainsford reports from moscow. it's the love story of a ballerina and a future tsar. but this film about nicholas romanov and matilda has ignited passionate debate in russia. some want it banned as insulting.
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now, that campaign's turned violent. in one attack, a man drove a truck full of gas canisters into an empty cinema. in another, the film director's studio was fire bombed. and in moscow, his lawyers were targeted. 0ne showed me cctv footage of arsonists torching cars outside their office. they left notes saying "burn for matilda". it's dangerous, of course it's dangerous and, if the state do nothing with that right now, the situation could be much worser. after all this, russia's main cinema chain has said it won't screen the film because it's too worried about security. but the director told me that decision creates a threat to the arts. it's a stab in the back because this is not just about my film. if we give into this small but aggressive element, then the same thing can happen to any play or any film.
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we have to fight this. the campaign to ban matilda is led by 0rthodox russians who claim it's an insult to theirfaith. religious extremists are using threats and violence. the kremlin calls that unacceptable. 0fficials here have spent years stressing this country's 0rthodox roots and values and some fear religious hardliners will now be difficult to contain. 0rthodox activists brought their protest to this religious procession last week. they're so upset because nicholas ii is an orthodox saint, a banner called the film a slap in the face, though the romance with matilda is historicalfact. andre insists his group is not linked to the violence but he does want the film banned. he is shown sub as letch rows.
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his wife is shown as a witch. it's a desecration of 0rthodoxy, so we oppose it because it's a blasphemous lie, insulting the memory of holy people. despite everything, the gala premier of matilda is set for next month, but the fight over this film and over artistic freedom here is set to rage on. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. ryanair is under pressure to publish a full list of the flights it plans to cancel over the next six weeks, amid growing anger among customers. the airline is cancelling dozens of flights every day until the end of october, after it said it "messed up" the planning of pilot holidays. but so far ryanair has only published a list of affected flights between now and wednesday. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott is here. with me now is our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz. how many flights are cancelled? it's towards the end of october these flights are cancelled and what is
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frustrating is that after wednesday, passengers can't plan for whether theirflight is passengers can't plan for whether their flight is cancelled or not. this is what ryanair is telling us — each day there will be 40 or 50 flights cancelled for the foreseeable future, that's the next six weeks. that adds up to 400,000 journeys. so it's huge, although they'll say it's just 2% of their schedule. ryanair say they've messed up, they link it to a change in the rotas of pilots, which has allowed them to book holidays in september and october unexpectedly, but others are suggesting that perhaps there's are suggesting that perhaps there's a shortage of pilots, for instance, norwegian arrival carrier's said it's recruited 140 pilots from ryanair so it's recruited 140 pilots from ryanairso far it's recruited 140 pilots from ryanair so far this year. it's all very short notice for people who've booked flights. what are passenger's rights on this? those affected will find that rya nair offers rights on this? those affected will find that ryanair offers them a refu nd find that ryanair offers them a refund or to be booked on to another ryanair flight. refund or to be booked on to another rya nair flight. if they refund or to be booked on to another ryanair flight. if they are stranded and delayed overnight, they can
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claim meals and accommodation. they can also ask for compensation, so for each flight, they might qualify for each flight, they might qualify for around £200 compensation. the grey area is what they say in their terms and conditions which i've been checking is that you are entitled to re—routing under comparable conditions at the earliest opportunity. ryanair conditions at the earliest opportunity. rya nair doesn't seem conditions at the earliest opportunity. ryanair doesn't seem to be offering this on their website, but the civil aviation authority is saying that means if it's significantly sooner on a rival carrier, they should be rebooking you. that is what some passengers will be trying to get. thank you. a bbc investigation has revealed there's been a big increase in the number of prosecutions for the online sexual grooming of children using evidence supplied by so—called paedophile hunter groups. material gathered by such groups was used in 11 % of prosecutions in 2014. last year that figure had risen to 44%. jon cuthill has this report. the police say paedophile hunters are vigilantes. they pose as children online,
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online film their meetings with people who groom them and post their videos on social media. you've arranged to meet a 14—year—old boy here today for sex? no. yes, you have, mate. do you want me to get the stuff out and show you? the police are on their way right now. i am a paedophile hunter, mate, that's what i do. i afraid you're under a citizens arrest, so i am not going to let you go anywhere, 0k? in 2014 in england, wales and northern ireland, 11% of cases for meeting a child following sexual grooming contained paedophile hunter evidence. two years later that has grown to 44%. i think that is an embarrassing figure for british policing. look at the success that is being achieved. recognise, of course, the dangers of vigilante behaviour. but then do something about it. bring it within the criminal justice system. you wasn't. mate, you were talking to me the whole time. it was me messaging you the whole time. stevie, the boy, right? we are trapped. you are going to send the police? you've got to go. they will know where i am. yeah? have you got a sexual crime prevention order and are you on the register?
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be honest with me. they will know where i am. you are not going away. the reason why i keep you and hold you is so you don't go back and delete everything off your laptop and things like this, yeah? you don't understand how paedophile hunters work, no? these videos get uploaded to social media. what do you expect me to do, then? wait here for the police, get yourself nicked and go to jail. paedophile hunters have been criticised for showboating. and posting their videos online before court cases. would there ever be a situation where they could work together with police? i think that is something we are going to potentially have to look at, yes, but it comes with some real complexity, not least of all the psychological screening that the professionals go through to make sure that these people are still not being adversely affected by this. whilst i'm going to have to look at it, those risks are really significant and they cannot be understated. i am not going to condone these groups and i would encourage them to stop but i would recognise that i am not a winning that conversation, and i am not winning that moral argument. the man caught by this southampton—based hunter pleaded guilty and is injail awaiting sentencing. jon cuthill, bbc news. and you can watch more on this
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on ‘inside out at 7.30 tonight on bbc one in the south of england, and it will be on the iplayer afterwards. the annual american television awards, the emmys, have been handed out in los angeles. "the handmaid's tale" won best drama while ‘veep' was named top comedy. but as our correspondent peter bowes discovered, it was a politically charged evening, with references to president trump being made a number of times. # everything is better on tv... a song and dance routine to celebrate television, from streaming services to mainstream tv. but this was a show rich in political satire. there were constant digs at donald trump. the host, stephen colbert, even ridiculed the former reality tv starfor not winning an emmy himself. this will be the largest audience to
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witness an emmy. the president picked up an award, sort of, his impersonator alec baldwin won for best supporting actor in a comedy. impersonator alec baldwin won for best supporting actor in a comedylj suppose best supporting actor in a comedy.” suppose i should say at long last mr president here is your emmy. british winners included the comedian john oliver, charlie brooker, for the dark satirical drama black mirror, and riz ahmed for the drama the night of. big little lies was one of the big winners. nicole kidman took best actress, and her co—star reese witherspoon accepted the award for best limited series. and can ijust say — bring women to the front of their own stories. for donald glover, two awards for
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directing and acting in the comedy about the atlanta. i want to thank trump for making black people number one on the most oppressed list. he's the reason i'm probably up here. the emmy goes to the handmaid's tale. the night's top award for a totalitarian society won eight emmys for the streaming service. with hollywood films struggling to find an audience, viewers are turning to the small screen, from the tv set to the small screen, from the tv set to the tablet, television on all of its platforms is enjoying a golden age. peter bowes, bbc news, la. a british endurance cyclist is set to reclaim the world record for circumnavigating the globe a day ahead of schedule. mark beaumont is due to arrive in paris a little later this afternoon 79 days after he set off. inspired and now beating jules verne's classic adventure novel around the world in eighty days, mr beaumont needed to cycle an average 240 miles a day,
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and only slept five hours a night. 0ur correspondentjon donnison has the story. the road has been long. very long. and with many a winding turn. but after 18,000 miles injust 79 days, mark beaumont‘s 0dyssey after 18,000 miles injust 79 days, mark beaumont‘s odyssey is at an end and he's going to smash the world record. keeping in mind the current record. keeping in mind the current record is 239 days, i'm not trying to pip that. my dream was to live out that fiction, can you get around the world in 80 days and today is day 79. i'm 200 kilometres south—west of paris and what feels like a never ending race is about to end. imagine cycling 240 miles a day for two—and—a—half months. it's like going every day from london to leeds ona going every day from london to leeds on a loop. refry day the alarm's gone off at 3. 30, i'm on the bike
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until 4, i ride gone off at 3. 30, i'm on the bike until4, i ride until 9. 30 gone off at 3. 30, i'm on the bike until 4, i ride until 9. 30 each night, riding 240 miles a day. it's been amazing. it's a beautiful way to see the world. i'm basically covering a thousand miles every four days, so you see the world like a slide show. after starting in paris, mark headed east through russian, mongolia and china. next, the vastness of australia and new zealand before a long flight up to alaska and heading down through north america before embarking on the home stretch, up through spain and back towards paris. he took on all weathers and had to push on throughjuriry all weathers and had to push on through juriry and accident. -- injury. i had a crash near moscow, gave myself a hair line fracture and broke my tooth. i don't think you need to explain how difficulties to ride a bike when you've got an injury like that. he got back on the bike and battled on. he's had a substantial support team to try to ease the pain. so what's he most
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looking forward to? my four-year-old harry's already bagcied the first cuddle. he said mum's not going to get to me. i can't wait to see my two little girls. the only question now is, where on earth does he go from here? jon donnison, bbc news. another hurricane warning has been issued across much of the eastern caribbean just a week after many islands in the area were devastated by hurricane irma. american forecasters say a storm that will hit the leeward islands tonight is strengthening into a dangerous major hurricane. hurricane maria is expected to affect the british and us virgin islands and puerto rico by the middle of the week. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. maria's
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