this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 11. hurricane maria causes widespread damage to the island of dominica after being upgraded to a category five storm. the wind is now predicted once again to top again 100 miles an hour. every piece of this would and this plastic and these metal roofing sheets become potentially deadly airborne missiles. myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, denies reports of conflicts that have led more than 400,000 muslim rohingyas to flee to bangladesh. there have been no conflicts since the 5th of september and no clearance operations. we too are concerned, we want to find out what the real problems are. her comments come as the head of the un fact finding mission on myanmar says his team has received widespread allegations of mass killings, and the burning of entire villages. also, ryanair publishes the list flights which have been cancelled

between now and the end of october. the budget airline is cancelling 40-50 the budget airline is cancelling 40—50 flights every day for the next after admitting to problems managing pilot rotors. a report finds online jihadist propaganda attracts more clicks in the uk than any other country in europe. the bbc learns that the number of abandoned 999 calls to uk police control rooms has more than doubled in the last year. i'm here, i'm waiting, i'm ready! are you ready? rio ferdinand launches a new career as a professional boxer, two years after he retired from football. good morning.

i'm matthew price. welcome to bbc newsroom live. parts of the caribbean are bracing themselves for yet more devastation as hurricane maria has begun to batter the islands with winds of up to 155 miles per hour. here's the path of maria, currently over the leeward islands where she has already struck, ripping roofs off homes, in an area still grappling with the after effects of hurricane irma just over a week ago. these are the latest satellite images of maria. you can see at the bottom of the screen, as she begins her trail of destruction this morning. one of the first places hit is the small island of dominica. the country's prime minister, who himself had to be rescued, wrote: initial reports karin giannone has this report.

sheltering inside from a storm that is close to maximum strength, the tiny caribbean island of dominica taking a direct hit from hurricane maria. it slammed into dominica packing winds of up to 250 kilometres per hour. the prime minister of dominica took to facebook as the hurricane made landfall, writing... he's since added "my greatest fear for the morning is that we will wait to news of serious physical injury and possible deaths as a result of the likely landslides triggered by persistent rains".

the nearby french territory of guadeloupe where much of the aid for hurricane irma has been distributed has urged all residents to take shelter. forecasters say maria is a potentially catastrophic hurricane. this is the predicted route. the island of dominica is the first place to be hit. it is now heading for the us island of puerto rico. many of these islands are still recovering from the devastation of irma, a category five hurricane which left at least 37 people dead. drains are still blocked and many forecasters are warning of life—threatening mudslides. 0n the us virgin islands, people are battening down the hatches again. buildings, houses, businesses, everything is devastated. been there before, done it before and we'll do it again. i'm just desperate to get out of here, so i'm just trying to be as patient as possible. but it's hard not to give up. in puerto rico, which escaped the worst of irma two

weeks ago, the people are stocking up on essentials. as maria is expected to intensify over the coming days. some of the preparations being made. some of the same islands devastated by hurricane irma are now having to brace for yet another hurricane, before the clean—up operation has properly got off the ground. 0ur correspondent jeremy cooke reports from the british virgin islands. it is a race against time. battening down, shoring up, bracing for the storm to come. the fear, the forecast is that hurricane maria is about to sweep through these already devastated islands. if irma was the knockout punch, what's predicted next feels like a low blow. for francine, it's all too much.

because all the shelters are full. and this is the devastation, you notice i have on different shoes, i can't find any clothes. you notice how i'm dressed. we really need help here, because a lot of people are suffering. are you strong enough to take this again, another hurricane? well, no, but what can we do? hope and pray. sorry! but it's terrible. we don't know what to do. i believe that as time goes by, we've got to face it. we wish you all the best, good luck. yeah, thank you so much. the harsh reality here is that all the tonnes of debris can't be fixed down or made safe before the next hurricane is due to hit. the last thing these communities need. they've been doing their best to move these mountains of wreckage to

the side of the roads, to make some sort of sense of what is total chaos. but with winds now predicted to once again top 100 miles an hour, every piece of this wood and this plastic and these metal roofing sheets become potentially deadly airborne missiles. adding to the problems here, the drains are clogged with debris. more flooding seems inevitable. frightening times, aren't they, with this other hurricane coming in? yes, it is, definitely. i am frightened. there's a lot of loose debris all over. the trees, they act like they are case to the strong winds. all of the leaves are gone, some of the trees are fallen. and the trees hold the hillsides, so if we have a lot of rain, we're going to have some erosion and potential mudslides. so, that's a big concern. everyone here is doing all they can to prepare. more than 20,000 british citizens facing their second potentially devastating hurricane

in as many weeks. jeremy cook, bbc news on the british virgin islands. the day just the dayjust dawning in the caribbean and everybody will be asking just how powerful is this storm and what else lies in its path. 0ur weather presenter is here to look at the path of the hurricane. just 36 hours ago, this storm didn't look as strong as it does now. absolutely not, in 36 hours, this storm went from around about a category 170 mph. as i run you this particular sequence —— category one storm. forming in the atlantic, it's gradually working its way further to the west, northwest, moving at nine, ten mph and as it got to dominica, no more 70 miles an hour winds,

got to dominica, no more 70 miles an hourwinds, up to got to dominica, no more 70 miles an hour winds, up to 170 mph, absolutely putting it in the bracket ofa absolutely putting it in the bracket of a category five. that system having wrought its destruction through dominica is moving away, the winds easing as well as the rain, thatis winds easing as well as the rain, that is also a significant factor. you can see the extent of it, probably more widespread than the core of the hurricane winds that make the headlines and cause damage. the extent only around a0 mph or so from the centre, this rain could be up from the centre, this rain could be up to 30 centimetres plus in a number of locations, so flooding an issue as indeed is the storm surge. you can imagine this system banging away on the ocean surface will drive away on the ocean surface will drive a wall of water, up to three metres in some locations, maybe four in exposed locations in towards the coastal waters and the shores of these islands. as we move few the next days, we take it away from

guadeloupe and dominica, later today oui’ guadeloupe and dominica, later today our concerns will be about the british virgin islands and then puerto rico, by thursday i suspect we will look towards the dominican republic. we have heard about the flight republic. we have heard about the flight path of this system being very similar to the previous system, irma. infact very similar to the previous system, irma. in fact it was a real bother to barbuda, being further south but a number of locations at risk another two and with irma although there will be a crossover point and i suspect it will be close to the eastern end of puerto rico and the virgin islands as well. a real double whammy there, sadly. thank you very much for that, i note you will keep us up to date with the storm as it progresses. we've got teams in the newsroom working to get more detail out of the caribbean. with day breaking, hopefully we will get some people on the line to see the damage so far and the fears of perhaps what that storm has yet to do in the way of damage. moving on

the morning's other main story. aung san suu kyi insists she is trying to enter the crackdown of the rohingya muslims into bangladesh. the un is describing it as ethnic fencing and demands full access to myanmar. beating about the crisis for the first time, aung san suu kyi says she felt deeply for all of the people affected. i understand that many of our friends throughout the world are concerned by reports of villages being burnt and of hordes of refugees fleeing. as i said earlier, there have been no conflicts since the 5th of september and no clearance operations. we too are concerned, we want to find out what the real problems are. there have been allegations and counter allegations. and we have to listen to all of them. watching that speech in the capital

of myanmar is correspondentjonah fisher. in the three weeks since this crisis started, aung san suu kyi has said very little. so, there was considerable anticipation before this speech here. she doesn't like talking to the media, doesn't like giving interviews, so when she arrived here, i gave it my best shot and tried to speak to her. have you become an apologist for ethnic cleansing? do you have something to say? what about the people who fled? the speech lasted about 30 minutes, it was in english, clearly tailored to an international audience. and there were a few moments in it that raised eyebrows, some comments about the situation which were, how shall we put it? not exactly in line with the reality on the ground. 0ne moment which particularly struck me

was when she said she didn't know why hundreds of thousands of rohingya are fleeing into bangladesh and she really wanted to speak to them and find out why there were going. there are two ways of looking at that, one is she is out of touch and surrounded by a group of people here in the capital who aren't providing her with accurate information about what is happening and is overly dependent on the burnley ‘s military‘s information. the other, and it's a tough thing to say, is she is being wilfully blind to what she knows is taking place, what the rohingya in bangladesh are saying is they are being driven out bya saying is they are being driven out by a burnley ‘s army offensive. but that she is unwilling to say anything that might damage her relationship with the burnley ‘s military —— burma's military. as the military —— burma's military. as the

military leader arrived today, i also grabbed a word with him. translation: it is not because of the soldiers, the rohingya are lying on purpose, in fact our ethnic people are the ones facing ethnic cleansing. the other ethnics in the region who are a minority there, we re region who are a minority there, were murdered. what will it take to stop the abuses? why have so many people fled and why aren't your soldiers stopping the burning of villages? this is their strategic plot will stop the rohingyas were the ones who started attacking security forces, then ran away in advance. they knew what they did, got worried about it and ran away. it's worth repeating that myanmar has a hybrid political system. the burma army is completely autonomous and doesn't operate under instruction of aung san suu kyi's

civilian government, even if she was to say to the military to stop their actions, it would not have to do so, indeed it probably wouldn't. always, when aung san suu kyi makes a comment that relates to the burma military operations, she acutely aware of the impact it might have of the fragile coexistence between the civilian government and the burma military. if she talks about the army committing atrocities or about investigating them, that will go down very badly with the army and could threaten these debility of her government. that's our correspondent in the myanmar capital, with the view from there. there is of course also the continuing process at the united nations, trying to get some human rights investigators to get onto the ground in the area from which the rohingya have been fleeing. in the past, aung san suu

kyihas fleeing. in the past, aung san suu kyi has repeatedly denounced that un investigation calling it unhelpful and has vowed the government will not cooperate. at the moment in geneva, the un is holding a press conference saying in the last few minutes, they now have a team of investigators on the ground. we now have a team on the ground to look at the situation more closely than before, a week ago. let mejust the situation more closely than before, a week ago. let me just say that we have had initial reports from the fact—finding mission on a whole range of issues. and it would seem to me that what they have come up seem to me that what they have come up with, reflects in general the reporting of the media so far, the international media, on what is happening there in myanmar. primarily on the border with bangladesh. the rohingya community

being pressured to leave their land and habitat, to seek refuge on the bordering country. that's the latest from the united nations in geneva when they have in giving a press conference and continue to do so on the investigation in ethnic cleansing in myanmar. let's take a look at the headlines. hurricane maria causes widespread damage to the island of dominica after being upgraded to a potentially catastrophic category five storm. as we have reported, myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi denies reports of conflicts that have led to more than ao0,000 conflicts that have led to more than a00,000 muslim rohingyas to flee to bangladesh. ryanair has listed the flights cancelled between now to the end of october following an error managing pilot rotors. mark sampson

says the investigation into his conduct has put him in a difficult position. an enquiry clearing him of racism and bullying may be reopened, england start their world cup qualifying campaign tonight against russia. premier league teams in europe received a bye in the last round but we enter the word around of the league cup this week, totte n ha m of the league cup this week, tottenham face barnsley at wembley. england start at old trafford today, jonny bairstow keeping his place at the top of the order. i will have a full update for you in the next 15 minutes. ryanair has published a full list of the 2,000 flights that it's cancelling over the next 6 weeks. the budget airline has admitted it "messed up" the planning of holidays for its pilots. a00,000 passengers are likely to be affected by the error. the operator faces a compensation bill of more than £17—million.

we will take an in—depth look at what you can do if you want compensation from ryanair but first this report. ryanair has rya nair has been ryanair has been anything but satisfying flying for the huge number of people whose lives have been cancelled. the budget airline has now published a full list on its website, more than 2000 flights cancelled over the next six weeks. ryanair have cancelled over the next six weeks. rya nair have cancelled cancelled over the next six weeks. ryanair have cancelled two of our flights home now which means we are stuck in madrid, we have had to pay hundreds extra to put another hotel and flight back and the communication from ryanair has been atrocious, we don't even know why it's been cancelled and we are desperate to get home. ryanair claimed it made mistakes when allocating live for its pilots. it says it will refund all passengers 01’ says it will refund all passengers or book them on to other flights —— allocating holidays. and pay compensation particularly for those

due to fly in the next few weeks. compensation particularly for those due to fly in the next few weekslj don't think it is appropriate when an organisation is offering you a service, they fail in this way. i don't think it's that is rarely related to a low—cost airline but we need to understand from ryanair precisely how this problem has arisen. ryanair denies a shortage of islets after some left to join its rival norwegian. ryanair flies islets after some left to join its rival norwegian. ryanairflies more people around europe than any other airline but it has more unhappy customers now. the head of campaigns of the consumer group which is here. pete, first of all, you are saying that ryanair should be simply giving people their money now? that's right, they need to book people on flights and refund the money they owe them and needs to be giving them compensation. but they should be going beyond what they have to do

under legal duties and automatically compensating those affected. when you say automatic, just putting money back in the bank account? absolutely, we know they have already e—mailed all customers they say who have been affected so they must have their bank details. they are also talking to a lot of these people on the phone at the moment, so people on the phone at the moment, so when people are calling them to book theirflight so when people are calling them to book their flight again for a refund, they should be given the compensation they deserve automatically. can people get compensation for the intangibles? they have taken the days of work, can they claim compensation for that? there are rules on what they can get compensation law, that can be the time of the delay but also they should be getting money for a range of other factors, hotel costs they face, food and drink costs buying at the airport. but they will have a range of other costs. the last thing we want is for genomic

wa nt to last thing we want is for genomic want to be quibbling with those costs a nd want to be quibbling with those costs and we think if there are additional costs people are facing beyond the legal entitlement, ryanair should be beyond the legal entitlement, rya nair should be entitled beyond the legal entitlement, ryanair should be entitled to that. the company is saying it is admitting mistakes, in some case giving people six weeks notice. we are hearing of hundreds of thousands affected, people talking to which about their holidays being ruined, stranded abroad and many thousands of people worried about whether they will be able to fly at all. so, ryanair needs to do the right in by these passengers. this has been a mess up, these passengers. this has been a mess up, as these passengers. this has been a mess up, as they have said and they need to compensate them, notjust what they are legally entitled to but if there are additional costs faced, they should get that money back as well. if you have a flight cancelled next week as opposed to in five weeks' time, you potentially get more money in compensation? the longer the notice. two weeks is the key dates, so if they give you two

weeks notice, after that date, you are entitled to a refund or rescheduled booking but not compensation. we think those people beyond that period, ryanair should beyond that period, ryanair should be helping them and go to the which website for all the information you need if you are struggling as a result of this mess up by ryanair. thank you very much for coming in. police have been given more time to question two men arrested in the connection for the parsons green attack. they have been held in a police station in south london. searches are continuing at two houses and a restaurant. researchers say people in the uk make more attempts to find jihadist material online than those in any other european country. the think—tank policy exchange has been studying extremist content posted by the islamic state group, as our security correspondent, gordon corera reports. 100 pieces of new propaganda are being created every week by

so—called islamic state. according to the report by policy exchange, whose researchers found the uk ranked fifth in terms of country where the material was most frequently accessed. the government has put pressure on technology companies to do more to remove the contents hosted on or distributed through their platforms, which ranges from propaganda to instructions on how to make home—made bombs of the types team in parsons green last week. and polling for policy exchange suggests a broad public support for this, with 7a% of respondents believing the companies should be more proactive. the report makes a number of proposals to make firms take responsibility, including moving towards a new independent regulator of social media content, with the possibility of financial penalties and even prosecution for those who still fail to deal with extremist material. rochdale council has issued an apology to all those who suffered

sexual or physical abuse while they were children in its care. many of the assaults took place at two schools linked to the late politician cyril smith. the council's chief executive said he couldn't turn the clock back, but said he would make sure the authority did its best to safeguard children and young people in the future. lord haig has become the latest senior conservative to intervene in the brexit debate, one in the approach of senior ministers in the negotiations appears to lack coordination. norman smith has more on this. it's beginning to look as if the old guard in the party simply don't believe the current government has got a grip on all of this. don't believe the current government has got a grip on all of thislj think has got a grip on all of this.” think what we are seeing is some of those veterans of the tory civil war, the european civil war of past decades, have looked at what is

going on now and fear an even greater bust up could potentially be looming over brexit, because we have heard today not just looming over brexit, because we have heard today notjust from william hague, scarred and involved in the in major maastricht treaty years but also ken clarke, a veteran from the thatcher turbulence tussles over europe, this morning launching a very bruising attack on boris johnson over his recent intervention, suggesting that in normal times, if theresa may was in a stronger position, he would have been sacked for his intervention. just have a listen to how he characterised borisjohnson‘s intervention when he was interviewed this morning on radio a. personal publicity and campaigning by the foreign secretary is just an irrelevant nuisance and people have already said quite enough about somebody who is the foreign secretary, justjoining in a somebody who is the foreign secretary, just joining in a few days before and repeating one of the

more simplistic and dishonest arguments of the hardline leaders during the referendum campaign, they use it because it appeals to the public because i don't think it follows closely the details of what parliament and negotiations are engaged in. modern trading deals are complicated, you tell people were giving money to foreigners, and a lot of the public say they are against it. then on top of that, william hague, former tory leader writing in the daily telegraph this morning, suggesting the task facing this government was the greatest any government has faced since 19a5 and yet they risked coming to grief. in other words, of basically making way for ajeremy corbyn other words, of basically making way for a jeremy corbyn government because they might not be able to deliver on brexit and he writes,... my my senses, we are now in something ofa

my senses, we are now in something of a holding position until we get back his speech by theresa may at the end of the week in florence. but the end of the week in florence. but the reaction to that will be absolutely critical, and whether thatis absolutely critical, and whether that is a moment when figures like borisjohnson decided that is a moment when figures like boris johnson decided to that is a moment when figures like borisjohnson decided to break ranks 01’ borisjohnson decided to break ranks or whether theresa may can keep her cabinets together. norman, for now, thank you very much indeed for that. some breaking news coming outjust in the last few moments, a police press briefing has been talking about the grenfell tower fire investigation. and the criminal investigation. and the criminal investigation into the fire, in which you'll remember, more than 80 people died earlier this am. the police are now saying it may well consider individual as well as corporate manslaughter charges —— this summer. having spoken for some time to the relatives of those killed and others in the tower, i

would have thought that is something which would be welcomed by many of those in the area. just to reiterate, the police are saying that the criminal investigation into the grenfell tower fire may consider individual as well as corporate manslaughter charges. not just looking at the companies and bodies involved in the renovation work that was done on that tower but also, the individuals who would have been responsible for its fire safety procedures. another line also coming out of that briefing, police have also said they are investigating, and this is separate from the first line, eight cases of fraud involving people who claimed money following the grenfell disaster and four possible thefts from flats at the lower levels of the tower while under 2a—hour security. you may remember reports of items and indeed a large sum of cash going missing from the tower in the days after the fire. police are now saying eight

cases of fraud they are now investigating and four possible thefts from flats in rental tower. —— grenfell tower. sir vince cable will close his party conference in bournemouth by insisting britain needs political adults from all parties to push against a hard brexit. he will also repeated his call for any deal with the eu to be put to a referendum. 0ur political correspondent is at the conference in bournemouth. vince cable sounding a bit like tory grandees ken clarke and william hague this morning. and sticking to that message that they do want a second referendum. earlier in the conference, members with blue eu hats scored on the beach exit from brexit but despite the lib dems

pudding that message out again and again there has been a lot of soul—searching here as to what they have not been doing as well as they could have. they are the most pro—eu party out there and theoretically they should have the pick of the a8% who voted remain and yet at this yea r‘s who voted remain and yet at this year's election they had a disappointing result and that is pa rt disappointing result and that is part of the challenge for sir vince cable. he has to win over those people who are remain supporters but i think what we will hear this afternoon in his big speech is that the party is notjust about brexit, 01’ as the party is notjust about brexit, or as he put it come ukip in reverse. he wants them to put forward bold and big ideas that will be popular with people but it is a big task he is facing to make the lib dems are relevant in british politics once again. for now, thank you. we will be bringing vince cable's speech at about 2pm this

afternoon. that will be live. let's have a look at the weather now. a fairly quiet day ahead thanks to high pressure, looking forward to some sunshine. a lot of dry weather as well, high pressure is building and if we look at the satellite you can see a lot of blue sky outback am a bit of cloud across east anglia and northern ireland and the potential for a few showers across east anglia and with that cloud the potential for some drizzle. but the bulk of the country is dry and feeling pleasant in the sunshine and light winds with temperatures between 13 and 17 celsius. tonight some rain coming into northern ireland and western scotland but the bulk of the country is dry and feeling less chilly than in the past few nights with temperatures between eight and 1a celsius. tomorrow we have high pressure in the south—east, low pressure in the north and west which is where much of the activity is. wet and windy in

parts of northern ireland and scotla nd parts of northern ireland and scotland and also wales but further south and east it is drier and brighter with temperatures up to 19 celsius. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines... hurricane maria has made landfall, causing widespread damage to the caribbean island of dominica. myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, has said her government does not fear "international scrutiny" of its handling of the growing rohingya crisis. her comments come as the head of the un investigation into violence in myanmar asks for more time to look into allegations of mass killings, torture and the burning of villages. ao0,000 torture and the burning of villages. a00,000 passengers are likely to be

affected by the error from ryanair in planning pilot holidays. they have published a full list of the 2000 flights they will be cancelling in the next six weeks. and a report has found that online jihadist propaganda attracts more clicks in the uk than any other country in europe. let's catch up on all the sport now. the england lionesses manager, mark sampson, says the investigation into his conduct has put him in a difficult place emotionally. they start their world cup campaign against russia this evening. chelsea's eni aluko lodged a complaint against him that was first dealt with by the fa internally then an independant enquiry that cleared him of racism and bullying in march. she was dropped from the squad but was paid £80,000, according to the fa to avoid disruption to their european championhip preparations. fresh player statements may see the enquiry re—opened.

i made it clear the other day that we addressed it at the start of the camp and made it clear to us all that we had the folks on this game and prepare as well as we can. the important thing is to be professional. we understand there is a huge media and public in —— inquest into the investigations but the players have a job to do and we are representing england and these players have worked incredibly hard the whole lives to be given that opportunity. we are focused on that and making sure we produced the best performance possible. that match is live on bbc two later, coverage starts at 6.30pm. kick—off at 7pm. northern ireland's women are also in action later. they take on the republic of ireland. that's on the red button and the bbc sport website. the premier league teams in europe received a bye in the last round but this week they enter the fray in the league cup. it's the third round. tottenham manager mauricio pochettino says he will give his younger players a chance against barnsley at wembley. it could be important in their development, but like most of the top teams,

this competiion is way down the list of priorities. for a player who maybe does not play too much i think it is a good possibility to see them and to watch them and to try to give the possibility to maybe fight to be in the starting xi more regular and consistent. british cyclist elinor barker is back on the road for this afternoon's individual time trial at the world road championships in norway. she's an olympic gold medallist on the track but she's looking to match her accomplishments in the velodrome with victory in bergen. 0ver over 12 miles which is similar to track racing distance so the points race is generally about a5 minutes and it is that kind of intensity as well. the train i was doing full—time trials benefited my points race training and vice versa. i have been on the track a bit recently in

preparation for this which might sound a bit strange but it is a similar kind of effort and intensity and duration. there is no kind of rest, it is a kilometre and a half, a little power climb and that suits me well. and that race is live on the red button and bbc sport website from 2.30pm. the british para athlete bethany woodward says she'll be handing back one of her relay medals because a member of the team was giving them an "unfair advantage". the classification system in para—sport has been criticised for allowing less impaired athletes to compete against those with a greater disability. woodward won sprinting silver in london 2012 and also long jump silver at the 201a commonwealth games. with reference to her relay medal she says, "i feel like we won a medal i don't believe was true. handing back this medal will mean all the medals i won are to do with me, my cerebral palsy and my strength". the former manchester united

and england defender rio ferdinand hung up his boots two years ago, but he's going to be lacing up his gloves for a tilt at professional boxing. he's 38 and his move into the ring is being promoted by a leading bookmaker, betfair, so there has to be a question about how serious he is or whether it's just a big publicity stunt. here is how he has heralded the change in sporting direction. a very glossy video. freddie flintoff dabbled in the sport a few years ago with a one off pro—fight. the former sheffield united defender curtis woodhouse actually did very well at it. he became british light—welterweight champion five years ago. ferdinand would have to obtain a licence to fight before being able to step into the ring. he is holding a news conference this afternoon to outline his plans. i will be back with more sport after 12pm. a hint of a publicity campaign! thank you! myanmar‘s de facto leader, aung san suu kyi, has said her government does not fear

"international scrutiny" of its handling of the growing rohingya crisis. it was her first address to the country about the violence in northern rakhine state that has seen more than a00,000 rohingya muslims cross into bangladesh. hours after her speech, the un human rights council in geneva called for full access to the region so it can investigate the situation "with its own eyes". 0ur correspondent imogen foulkes is at the un in geneva for us. as that statement said, access to the rakhine area is important to assess what is going on but did the un give any indication about whether they will get that access? they have battered what they regard as an invitation from aung san suu kyi right back at her and said, you welcome international scrutiny, we are already in bangladesh and ready to come. i have been listening to

the head of the un fact—finding mission who was asked specifically this and he said, i expect to be granted access, swiftly. they have said, this is what you said, lived up said, this is what you said, lived up to it. but there are other signs as well because the ambassador from myanmar to the un here in geneva said our —— hours after the speech from aung san suu kyi that myanmar does not recognise the fact—finding mission and views it as a unhelpful interference. i think the mood music, if you like, still seems to be no access to un investigators. 0ther be no access to un investigators. other people who perhaps aung san suu kyi meant when she said international scrutiny but it is not clear if the door is open to the investigators yet. do you get the sense that that the un feels that myanmar is playing for time? quite possibly and i think behind the

diplomatic words there is a great sense of disappointment at the nature of her speech. let's not forget that she has been revered within the un for many years as a pro—democracy leader and someone who speaks out for human rights and this particular speech was not really what people here had been hoping for. there was an implicit warning in what the un said this morning, saying that we expect access and $0011 saying that we expect access and soon but we are going to go ahead with this investigation anyway using satellite imagery, promote communication to get testimony from victims and eyewitnesses —— promote communication from —— remote communication. the message from the un to myanmar is, even if you do not let us income of the violations we are hearing reports and allegations of our so great that it is not possible in the 21st century to hide them so they will continue the

investigation and present a verified report to moderator. thank you. -- come what may. i can now speak to benedict rogers, human rights activist with christian solidarity worldwide. he is the author of three books on burma. thank you for coming in. how do you read this complete disconnect before —— between what the un is saint and myanmar was saying? it is a complete disconnect and aung san suu kyi's speech was very disappointing in its denial of what we have known for not just the past several weeks but this had been going on in one form or another for had been going on in one form or anotherfor decades. it had been going on in one form or another for decades. it dates had been going on in one form or anotherfor decades. it dates back particularly to 1982, - poor fl; .- rohingya g rohingya ‘s. they

myanmar —— the rohingya ‘s. they we re myanmar —— the rohingya ‘s. they were living in desperate conditions then. in your mind could there be anything in the myanmar line which is, there is terrorism going on, they say this whole campaign was provoked by the burning of police stationed a few weeks back by revving at muslim what they called terrorists. that is certainly true that this group known as the rohingya salvation army carried out those attacks and also in october last year. it is important to say that they are a very small group and not representative of the whole rohingya population and they are a response to decades of desperate persecution. we condemned the actions, they were deeply counter—productive and wrong but the myanmar army has responded grossly disproportionately to them. and therefore i assume that again, coming out of myanmar, we are told

they are burning their own villages, you would regard that as a convenient excuse making? absolutely, i don't think there is any credible evidence to suggest the rohingyas are burning their own villages. this small armed group carried out attacks against myanmar police posts, but to describe ao0,000 police posts, but to describe a00,000 people who fled for their lives, all of them as terrorists, thatis lives, all of them as terrorists, that is absurd. and indeed with the un calling it ethnic cleansing, we can see where they believe the evidence lies. thank you for coming police have arrested a number of protesters outside a shell gas site in kirby misperton wet fracking is due to start soon in north yorkshire. the company third energy was granted planning permission in may last year. what is the latest?

2—mac arrest here this morning as trucks have been arriving. i think thatis trucks have been arriving. i think that is unrelated, that one, but they have been arriving to deliver some of the equipment that will enable fracking to commence here over the next few weeks and months. when the first of the use of vehicles arrived they found the dates blocked by a group of protesters, about 100 of them who like to call themselves protectors. they say they are here to ensure the safety of the environment in the area and protect water for the communities and ensure that are not issues like earthquakes like we have seen on issues like earthquakes like we have seen on lake small scale with some of the other fracking sites. the company behind this says its methods have been tested and are safe and it has all the legal permission to it needs to carry out this fracking but the protesters who were just down by those gates, they were moved by the police after a polite request and being told they had to move. 0fficers eventually stepped in and

physically lifted people one by one. they have taken them further down the road where the caravan and police vans are, that is where there isa police vans are, that is where there is a line of police officers holding back the majority of the protesters said the drugs can come down and turn into the site to deliver the equipment —— the trucks can come. the first of those lorries arrived just a couple of minutes ago and got in without too much trouble. just two people arrested for obstructing the police but the protesters say they will stay here as the rest of these deliveries happen today and in these deliveries happen today and in the next few weeks as the site gets nearer to actually producing shale gas. thank you, keep us updated. just a bit of breaking news coming out if you are a rail passenger. there will be strikes planned on the 3rd of october and the 5th of 0ctober 3rd of october and the 5th of october in dispute over the role of guards. the rmt union has announced that workers on southern,

merseyrail, a reader rail north and greater anglia will strike —— a reader rail. in a moment we will have a summary of the business news but first the headlines. hurricane maria causes widespread damage to the island of dominica after it was upgraded to a "potentially catastrophic" category five storm. aung san suu kyi denies reports that conflicts that have led to more than ao0,000 conflicts that have led to more than a00,000 muslim rohingya ‘s to flee to bangladesh. her comments come as the head of the un fact finding mission on myanmar says his team has received widespread allegations of mass killings, and the burning of entire villages. these are the top business stories. american toy giant toysrus could file for bankruptcy according to various reports. the company is struggling to recoup debts of around $a00 million. the firm was once a dominant

player in the toy market, but has struggled against larger rivals and online retailers. the firm has nearly 1,600 stores and 6a,000 employees. ryanair has published a full list of the 2,000 flights that will be cancelled over the next six weeks. the budget airline has admitted it "messed up" the planning of pilot holidays. a00,000 passengers are likely to be affected by the error. the operator faces a compensation bill of more than £17 million. 20,000 fewer people are employed on zero hours contracts according to the latest figures. the study from the office for national statistics says 883,000 — or around 2.8% of the workforce — were hired on the contracts between april and june this year. there's been widespread criticism that the contracts fail to provide job security or guaranteed income for staff. more now on the fall in the number of people employed on so—called zero hours contracts.

the office for national statistics says 2.8% of the workforce uses them, even though they don't provide job security or guaranteed income. of those using the contracts, around a quarter of them would like to work more hours. the study says people on zero hours contracts were more likely to be young, part—time, women or in full—time education. joining us now is geraintjohnes, professor of economics at lancaster university management school. it is very easy for us to point the finger and say that employers should not be using these contracts but in many cases they provide flexibility for the employer and the employee. absolutely, they provide flexible at the both ways and employees might well enjoy having that flexibility. there is a large number of younger people that are on zero hours contracts and that allows them to fit in their work around their

education. there is also an older group. two groups for whom most employees are on zero hour contract and those are the 16—2a —year—olds and those are the 16—2a —year—olds and those are the 16—2a —year—olds and those over 65. people in that older group in the workforce are also more likely to be on zero hours contracts and they also enjoy the flexibility. looking at these figures it says about a quarter of people on these contracts would like more hours, suggesting they would like to work more and earn more so how does that compare to the rest of the labour force? broadly across the labour force we saw in the recession and the aftermath of it large numbers of people who wanted to work longer hours which was something that was new and we had this phenomena of large—scale underemployment in the recession. we have seen that go down gradually and we are seeing it more now for people on zero hours contracts than for the rest of the working population. what

we are starting to see the is that the zero hours contract numbers are starting to peak, tailing off, and that accords with the idea that the labour market is turning back gradually to a situation of normality and that has to be good news. i wanted to ask you about that because of italy a lot of controversy about the role of them and whether it is fair that people are employed on this basis but there is more are employed on this basis but there is more awareness now are employed on this basis but there is more awareness now and maybe people did not know that was what they were on but employers are moving away from them if they can?l critical thing was the exclusivity contract. until 2015 it was possible for employers that were offering zero hours contracts to have a clause in their saying that workers could only work for that employer. that was banned in 2015 and that has changed the attitude of people and greater publicity about the nature of zero hours contracts and it has made them a much more acceptable feature of the labour market as we haveit feature of the labour market as we have it now. interesting to see.

good to talk to you, thank you. in a major speech later this week, uk prime minister theresa may will try to break the deadlock on brexit negotiations. but despite the uncertainty, one of india's biggest companies has told the bbc it will remain invested in the uk no matter what. in an exclusive interview, the chief executive of tata communications told us how damaging the uncertainty could be. there is a lot of noise around brexit. there is a lot of concern. and some of those are genuine concerns, largely coming out of the uncertainty of the magnitude, what form will brexit take, timing and so on and so forth. the delays that come in when there is uncertainty — people put business plans on hold and are looking and waiting before they make their next move on expansion — definitely impacts us. that was the boss of pecquer. you

are up—to—date, we will see you later. —— the boss of tata. police at news corp and guard have been briefing journalists. —— new scotla nd been briefing journalists. —— new scotland yard. they are talking about the investigation into the g re nfell tower about the investigation into the grenfell tower fire. that is right, this is an update three months on from the fire about the progress of this massive police investigation, the biggest inquiry the metropolitan police has ever undertaken aside from counterterrorism investigations. the scale is huge, 31 million documents have been recovered by the team, 336 different companies and organisations have been identified as having some involvement with grenfell tower and they have to be looked into. 0ver 1000 statements have been taken and they have identified 2a00 people who detectives need to speak to. in terms of the death toll, it was said

previously that it was thought the number would be at least 80. police have revised that and think it may bea have revised that and think it may be a little less than that, the final death toll. 16 bodies have been —— 60 bodies have been officially identified by the coroner but the process of recovering more remains and identifying them continues, clearly extremely difficult and traumatic task for those involved. 0ne difficult and traumatic task for those involved. one of the reasons why police believe the death toll figure might be slightly lower is because there are few cases where people have potentially fraudulently claimed that they had relatives who died in the fire. police are looking at eight potential cases of fraud involving people who have come forward and said either their relatives died in the fire or they had property that was destroyed in the fire. as well as that, police

are investigating four cases of possible theft, one of which involved a considerable amount of money taken from a flat. the other three are being looked into and police said today they were so disappointed that they were having to deal with that after such a terrible tragedy. and briefly, and i am sorry to throw this to you in case you do not have the information, but that is so shocking, what you are talking about in terms of the fraud and theft. what are the potential penalties for anyone caught, do you have any idea? for people who are prosecuted and convicted of fraud clearly there is a potential hefty jail convicted of fraud clearly there is a potential heftyjail sentence that i would have thought would be a considerable sentence given the circumstances of this particular case. in terms of theft, that could be imprisonment but it depends on the amount taken but we are told

that there was one flat owner who have said they have had a considerable amount of money taken from their flat. investigations are going on to try to establish if that was someone going on to try to establish if that was someone who has come in from the outside and has got into the building, even though it had 20/7 security, or if it was a contractor or someone security, or if it was a contractor or someone working at —— 2a/7 security. thank you. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first we leave you with for a look at the weather. as you have been hearing from a major hurricane has hit the island of dominica and is heading towards puerto rico. quieter conditions across the british isles thanks to high pressure which is in charge of our weather and is building up from the south—west. we do have low pressure to the north—west which is bringing a bit more cloud across northern ireland this afternoon and some rain tonight. a largely dry

story today, plenty of sunshine on offer, the odd shower across east anglia but you would be a lucky to catch one and in northern ireland we have thicker cloud and the potential for some light rain at times. for the majority of the country it is a lovely day, decent sunny spells coming through the cloud. feeling pleasa nt coming through the cloud. feeling pleasant in the sunshine and the light winds with the odd coastal shower in east anglia. a bit more cloud in northern ireland and that could produce some drizzle but further north in scotland, lot of dry weather to look forward to and feeling pleasant in the sunshine with temperatures around 15 celsius. tonight we have some rain coming into northern ireland and western scotland. the majority of the country will be dry with some clear skies and feeling less cold than the past few nights with temperatures between eight and 13 celsius. tomorrow we have this weather front which is slowly tracking eastward, bringing some wet and windy

conditions but further south and east we have this high—pressure hanging on. a bit of a west— east split on wednesday. we are bringing in milderair heading split on wednesday. we are bringing in milder air heading towards the end of the week and it will start to feel mild and muggy. first thing tomorrow morning we have made in northern ireland and parts of scotla nd northern ireland and parts of scotland but for the majority of the country it is dry. heading into the afternoon, rain in parts of wales and devon in cornwall but we hang on to the drier conditions in the east of england and the south—east with temperatures up to 19 celsius. 0n thursday we have this front still with us, slowly moving eastwards with us, slowly moving eastwards with heavy pulses lightly but becoming drier and brighter in northern ireland and scotland with tempered is ranging between 13 and 20 celsius —— temperatures. 0n friday that front players but another one comes in from the west with some intense downpours but the best dry weather in the south and

east. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday. hurricane maria causes widespread damage to the island of dominica after it was upgraded to a "potentially catastrophic" category five storm. the winds now predicted once again to top again 100 miles an hour. every piece of this wood and this plastic and these metal roofing sheets become potentially deadly airborne missiles. myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, denies conflicts have forced more than a00,000 muslim rohingyas to flee, and says she does not fear international scrutiny. there have been no conflicts since the 5th of september and no clearance operations. we too are concerned, we want to find out what the real problems are. her comments come as the head of the un fact finding mission on myanmar says his team has received widespread allegations of mass killings, and the burning of entire villages. also, the metropolitan police says the death toll in the grenfell fire

in london may be a little less than the previous estimate of 80 the criminal investigation into the fire may also consider individual as well as corporate manslaughter charges ryanair publishes the list flights which have been cancelled between now and the end of october, after admitting to problems in managing of pilot rotas. a report finds online jihadist propaganda attracts more clicks in the uk than any other country in europe. i'm here, i'm waiting, i'm ready! are you ready? rio ferdinand launches a new career as a professional boxer, two years after he retired from football. good afternoon. it's tuesday the

19th of september, welcome to bbc newsroom live. parts of the caribbean are bracing themselves for yet more devastation as hurricane maria has begun to batter the islands with winds of up to 155 miles per hour. here's the path of maria, currently over the leeward islands where she has already struck, ripping roofs off homes, in an area still grappling with the after effects of hurricane irma just over a week ago. these are the latest satellite images of maria. you can see at the bottom of the screen, as she begins her trail of destruction this morning. one of the first places hit is the small island of dominica. the country's prime minister, who himself had to be rescued, wrote:

he was later on rescued. karin giannone has this report. sheltering inside from a storm that is close to maximum strength, the tiny caribbean island of dominica taking a direct hit from category five hurricane maria. it slammed into dominica first, packing winds of up to 250 kilometres per hour. the prime minister of dominica took to facebook as the hurricane made landfall, writing... he's since added "my greatest fear for the morning is that we will wait to news of serious physical injury and possible deaths as a result of the likely landslides triggered by persistent rains".

the nearby french territory of guadeloupe where much of the aid for this is the‘predi'cted'routs it is now heading for the us island of puerto rico. drains are still blocked and many forecasters are warning of life—threatening mudslides. 0n the us virgin islands, people are battening down the hatches again. buildings, houses, businesses, everything is devastated. been there before, done it before and we'll do it again. i'm just desperate to get out of here, so i'm just trying to be as patient as possible. but it's hard not to give up. in puerto rico, which escaped

the worst of irma two weeks ago, the people are stocking up on essentials. coming days. the storm would be bad enough if it was the only one to hit this year but it isn't, as we already know. some of the same islands devastated by hurricane irma are now having to brace for yet another hurricane, before the clean—up operation has properly got off the ground. 0ur correspondent jeremy cooke reports from the british virgin islands. it is a race against time. battening down, shoring up, bracing for the storm to come. the fear, the forecast is that hurricane maria is about to sweep through these already devastated islands. if irma was the knockout punch, what's predicted next feels like a low blow. for francine, it's all too much.

because all the shelters are full. and this is the devastation, you notice i have on different shoes, i can't find any clothes. you notice how i'm dressed. we really need help here, because a lot of people are suffering. are you strong enough to take this again, another hurricane? well, no, but what can we do? hope and pray. sorry! but it's terrible. we don't know what to do. i believe that as time goes by, we've got to face it. we wish you all the best, good luck. yeah, thank you so much. the harsh reality here is that all the tonnes of debris can't be fixed down or made safe before the next hurricane is due to hit. the last thing these communities need. they've been doing their best to move these mountains of wreckage to

the side of the roads, to make some sort of sense of what is total chaos. but with winds now predicted to once again top 100 miles an hour, every piece of this wood and this plastic and these metal roofing sheets become potentially deadly airborne missiles. adding to the problems here, the drains are clogged with debris. more flooding seems inevitable. frightening times, aren't they, with this other hurricane coming in? yes, it is, definitely. i am frightened. there's a lot of loose debris all over. the trees, they act like they are a barricade to the strong winds. all of the leaves are gone, some of the trees are fallen. and the trees hold the hillsides, so if we have a lot of rain, we're going to have some erosion and potential mudslides. so, that's a big concern. everyone here is doing all they can to prepare. more than 20,000 british citizens facing their second potentially devastating hurricane in as many weeks.

jeremy cook, bbc news on the british virgin islands. that's the latest on the preparations. let's get up to speed on preparations. let's get up to speed o n exa ctly preparations. let's get up to speed on exactly where this dorm is and what it is doing. 0ur weather presenter gave me an update, one thing that is noticeable is in the last 36 hours, this storm has significantly strengthened and that is something philip told us about. in 36 hours, this storm when from a category one, 75 miles an hour or so, and as i run you this sequence, that's probably where we pick it up forming in the atlantic. with time, it has gradually worked its way towards the west, north west, moving at around 9—10 miles an hour or so and as it got to dominica, no more

those winds, up to around 155—160 mph, absolutely putting it into the bracket of a category five. that system having wrought its destruction through dominica is moving away, the wind and rained is easing there, the rain is also a significant factor. there you see the extent of it, more widespread than the core of the hurricane strength reads emacs that make the headlines and cause damage. they extend only around a0 miles an hour from the centre. this rain could be up from the centre. this rain could be up to around 30 centimetres plus in a number of locations so flooding a real issue as indeed is the storm surge. you can imagine this vast system banging away on the ocean surface, will drive a wall of water up surface, will drive a wall of water up to three metres in some locations, maybe four in exposed locations, maybe four in exposed locations, in towards the coastal waters and ashore in these islands. moving through the next few days, we will take it away from the areas of

guadeloupe and dominica, later today our concerns will be about the virgin islands, then puerto rico and by thursday, we'd be looking up towards the dominican republic. we heard a bit about the flight path of this system being similar to the previous system, irma. in fact it was a real bother to barbuda, that being further south, it puts a number of locations at risk now as well as risk with irma although there will be a crossover point and i suspect it will be close by to the eastern end of puerto rico and the virgin islands as well, a real double whammy there, sadly. philip avery on the latest on hurricane maria. we hope to speak to people in the caribbean during this hour and bring you up to date with any information we get. let's move on now to myanmar. myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, has insisted her government is trying to end the crackdown on the rohingya muslims. more than a00,000 have fled to neighbouring bangladesh.

the un has described the exodus as "ethnic cleansing" and is demanding "full and unfettered" access to myanmar. speaking about the crisis for the first time, she said she felt deeply for all of the people affected. i understand that many of our friends throughout the world are concerned by reports of villages being burnt and of hordes of refugees fleeing. as i said earlier, there have been no conflicts since the 5th of september and no clearance operations. we too are concerned, we want to find out what the real problems are. there have been allegations and counter allegations. and we have to listen to all of them. that's aung san suu kyi in myanmar. the head of the fact—finding meeting

in the country has said his team have received widespread reports of mass killings and the burning of entire villages and his team intends to investigate these allegations. he was addressing the un human rights council in geneva, repeating demand for their access to myanmar but said the fact of their fact—finding mission would go with or without it and his team have been gathering evidence on the bangladesh side of the border. we do have now an advanced team there on the ground, to look at the situation much more closely than before, a week ago. let me just say that we've had initial reports from the fact—finding mission on a whole range of issues. and it would seem to be that what they have come up with reflects in general the reporting of the media so far, the international media on what is happening there in myanmar, primarily on the border with bangladesh. the exodus of the rohingyas,

the rohingya community being pressured to leave their land and habitat to seek refuge in the bordering country. the latest out of the nations in geneva. britney you date with politics here. lord hague has become the latest senior conservative to intervene in the brexit debate, warning that the approach of senior ministers to the brexit negotiations appears to lack co—ordination. norman smith reports. some of those veterans of the tory civil war, the euro civil war of the past decades have a look at what's going on now and fear an even greater bust—up could potentially be looming over brexit, because we've heard today not just from william hague, who was sort of scarred and involved in the major maastricht

years, but also from ken clarke, a veteran of the thatcher turbulence tussles over europe. this morning, launching really a very bruising attack on borisjohnson over his recent intervention, suggesting that in normal times, if theresa may was in a stronger position, he would have been sacked for his intervention. butjust have a listen to how he characterised boris johnson's intervention when interviewed on this morning's today programme on radio a. personal publicity and campaigning by the foreign secretary is actuallyjust an irrelevant nuisance, and i think people have already said quite enough about somebody who is the foreign secretary, just joining in a few days before and repeating one of the more simplistic and dishonest arguments of the hardline leavers during the referendum campaign. they use the money because it appeals to the public who don't, i think, followed very closely the details

of what parliament and the negotiations we are engaged in, modern trading deals are extremely complicated. you tell people we're giving money to foreigners a lot of the public say they are against it. and then on top of that, of course, william hague, former tory leader writing in the daily telegraph this morning, suggesting that the task facing this government is the greatest any government have faced since 19a5, and yet they risk coming to grief, he said. in other words, of basically making way for a jeremy corbyn government because they might not be able to deliver on brexit. and he writes in the telegraph that... my sense is, matthew, we are now in something of a holding position until we get that key speech by theresa may at the end of the week in florence. but the reaction to that will be absolutely critical on whether that is a moment when figures like borisjohnson decided to break ranks or whether theresa may can

keep her cabinets together. norman smith at westminster for us. looking at the headlines, hurricane maria causes widespread damage to dominica after being upgraded to a category five storm. aung san suu kyi insists her government is trying to enter the crackdown on rohingya muslims and says she does not fear international scrutiny. the metropolitan police says the death toll in the grenfell tower fire in london may be less than the previous estimate of 80. the police have also said the investigation may consider individual as well as corporate manslaughter charges. let's get up—to—date with all the

sport. mark sampson says that the investigation into his conduct has put him in a very difficult place emotionally. they start their world cup campaign against a rush at this evening at tranmere rovers. a complaint was lodged against him first dealt with by the fa internally, then an independent enquiry cleared him of any racism and bullying back in march. fresh layer statements may see that inquiry reopened but for the moment, sampson is focusing on to nights match. it will be tough, on paper, this will be difficult and we come here knowing any positive result, either a draw or victory, puts a great price on the group and we have to go out and we know, looking at russia in depth. we have to be at our best. the match against the russians is live on bbc two. northern ireland's women take on the

republic of ireland, you can see that match or the red button or the bbc sport website. british cyclist eleanore ba ka competes bbc sport website. british cyclist eleanore baka competes in the individual time trial at the road world championships in norway. she is an olympic champion on the track, looking to match her accomplishments on the velodrome. it is only 25 miles, similartoa on the velodrome. it is only 25 miles, similar to a track race distance. a points race is generally 25 minutes and that kind as ‘ effort ‘effort and ‘ effort and intensity and is no kind of situation. there is no kind of arrest, it's one kilometre and a half, a little power client which i think suits me well. plenty of sport on the bbc, that time trial is live on the bbc, that time trial is live on the bbc, that time trial is live on the red button as well and the sport website from 2:30pm. former

manchester united and england defender rio ferdinand is seemingly about to embark on a boxing career, 38 and retired from football two yea rs 38 and retired from football two years ago. his move into the ring is the motive by a - bookmaker the motive by a leading bookmaker betfair so it the motive by a leading bookmaker betfairso it might the motive by a leading bookmaker betfair so it might be a big publicity stunt. here he is how he heralded the change, a glossy video released today, i remember freddie fli ntoff released today, i remember freddie flintoff dabbled in this, former sheffield united defender curtis woodhouse was successful, became successful at light welterweight. ferdinand will have to obtain a licence to fight before facing anybody in the ring. quick update with the cricket, england students. their one—day series against the west indies in the next ten minutes at old trafford. it's being delayed because of a very wet outfield. there will be an inspection at one o'clock. it will be back after the one o'clock news with hopefully an update on the runs scored. what do

they expect, september in cricket? thanks. i want to take is over to the united nations headquarters in new york. we have been talking about the latest on the crisis in myanmar. but the de facto leader of myanmar aung san suu kyi is not present. she has insisted her government is trying to end the crackdown on the rohingya muslims and does not fear international scrutiny. correspondent lyse doucet is there for us. you could really sense the frustration from the un when held in a press briefing a couple of hours ago out of geneva from the man tasked with looking into the allegations over myanmar. is that frustration shared where you are? look at the timing, aung san suu kyi

speaking from far away from this world body, just hours before the delegates are arriving. as i speak to you, i can see the delegates filing in, with anticipation about one of the big speeches this morning from president trump. also lots of discussion about what aung san suu kyihas discussion about what aung san suu kyi has to say. of course, she has been revered for years, a nobel laureate, held up as a voice of conscience around the world, and now that reputation is being tarnished. with me here is the secretary general of amnesty international. you stayed up to watch that speech. does it do anything to restore aung san suu kyi's international reputation over what's happening in her country? i think, to me it came across as a speech her country? i think, to me it came across as a speech about denial. hundreds of thousands are suffering, amnesty staff on the ground are seeing it. women are being raped, it's a scorched earth policy nothing short of ethnic cleansing. the way

it came across was aung san suu kyi was saying yes, we have a problem but it's not that serious, after all, half the people have not left. 0n the whole, it was quite shocking. her silence itself has been deafening. 0ne her silence itself has been deafening. one of the good things, she said there will be no impunity, these violations are unacceptable. but the fact is they are not letting fact—finding missions from the united nations into the country, the aid is not reaching people and the military campaign is going on as we speak. when she said it stopped on the 5th of september, why are people fleeing? her speech was very defensive but also defiant, saying she doesn't fear international scrutiny and she has accused the international community of exaggerating the situation on the ground. but i mean, amnesty international hires hard data, not eyewitness accounts, we are using satellite imagery and we can see the fires burning from bangladesh, the

situation is so bad from myanmar. the whole world is telling her there isa the whole world is telling her there is a serious crisis and cheese is not to worry, everything is under control, it's not that it's a long—term problem and people are suffering discrimination, stripped of their citizenship. i don't know what she tried to establish. —— and she said not to worry. world leaders are meeting today at the un headquarters in new york with anticipation over president trump's speech, what do you hope people say about the world's shared responsibility. his credibility is weak on these questions, on what he has been doing, to attack muslims and to deny the rights of those fleeing from war and persecutions. he says he is not attacking muslims. all the evidence is that they have been targeted. diminishing the importance of the media, international law. this in bold and is so many countries and what we are seeing in myanmar with the

government there, particularly the military, they know the us has no legs to stand on. how can they asked questions about holding them to account when they are doing the same in theirown account when they are doing the same in their own country? he has slashed by more than half the intake of refugees into this country. it's also crushing civil society, all these people are doing the same thing and what he is doing here in the us, let's see what he does. even the us, let's see what he does. even the united nations, there is no sense there is international pressure anymore. i hope today when leaders meet here, they understand that the state is burning, humanitarian aid is not reaching people and the burmese government is not succumbing to pressure. thank you forjoining us. as the day begins here in new york and the situation will be on the agenda but so situation will be on the agenda but so will i whole range of other issues, the situation in yemen with

the cholera crisis, south sudan, central african republic, syria, the list goes on and we stood here last year and asked the world what it would do, in fact all of these countries didn't get any worse. let's hear what they say today. thank you very much indeed, we will be back with you as the day progresses. we have been telling you this morning about hurricane maria, it has hit overnight the island of jenny mac tree in the caribbean will stop more islands are now in the path of the storm as it progresses —— the island of dominica. that comes —— the island of dominica. that co m es after —— the island of dominica. that comes after the devastating previous hurricane. jeremy cooke is on the british virgin islands, hit badly by hurricane irma. we saw earlier in the hour from your report, people are very the hour from your report, people are very worried about this second hurricane. matthew, people are very worried and really they have good

reason to be. the problem here apart from the obvious one, a hurricane heading towards these islands in the next couple of hours is of laws, this island has already suffered catastrophic damage from hurricane irma two weeks ago. that means from around the whole of the virgin islands, every island is coated with debris. whether that be reading sheets, splinters from buildings, all of it lying around these islands. if we get winds as predicted, the fear is pretty much every single piece of that could become potential ammunition for the hurricane through the air in a couple of hours and that is causing huge concerns for the safety of the people here. that is why the governor said the curfew that has beenin governor said the curfew that has been in place overnight as extended into the daylight hours now. it is

7:30am on these islands now and the cu rfew 7:30am on these islands now and the curfew is still in place. presumably there is still a british military presence on the island? there is, there are over 200 royal commanders here and they have been doing all they can, to get aid, food and water to people who desperately need it. frankly, the whole island, the locals and the british police who are here and british military, have been racing against time. they have needed to try and make things safe and secure before hurricane maria barrels in in two or three hours. it's a race that simply couldn't be win because the task as the huge and where i am looking now, i can see roofs blown off, i can see lots which have been put up on the land by the power of the hurricane, twisted wreckage everywhere. i think there is a great sense of our knees

and a lot of people are very fearful now that this, after the knockout blow of hurricane irma is a low blow for these islands who have hardly managed to get back on their knees in the last couple of weeks. where are people going to shelter, jeremy? ok, are people going to shelter, jeremy? 0k, there are official shelters and people will be going to those shelters. i think there is some encouragement there that the death toll in hurricane irma, which was less tha n toll in hurricane irma, which was less than ten, shows the shelters have and do work. but of course, the situation this time around is a danger the shelters will be absolutely full because so many people here have been made homeless by hurricane irma. so many chose to sit that one out in their own homes and don't have that option any more. i think it's beyond doubt that some people will be facing these difficult hours to come in houses with either low roofs or tarpaulin roofs, pretty much open to the elements and that of course is a

major fear. jeremy cooke in the british virgin islands, already hit so british virgin islands, already hit so badly in this hurricane season, thanks so much forjoining us. the governing body of the labour party, its national executive committee is meeting today for preparation of its party conference. it is thought it will discuss proposals to lower the number of mps and meps needed to nominate a party leader. ian watson is at the labour party headquarters in westminster. what is this all about? basically, what is happening, jeremy corbyn went in ten minutes ago remaining tight—lipped but he will present a review of the labour party's structures to the ruling national executive community and hopefully they will then agree something recommended to the conference next week. in essence, what is being discussed is another attempt to take power away from mps and shift its towards the party leadership and

growing party membership which tends to be increasingly left wing. at the moment, it would take 15% of mps and meps to nominate someone to become party leader. it is thought by those on the left is too high a threshold for a successor tojeremy corbyn to ta ke for a successor tojeremy corbyn to take over when the time comes, they wa nts to take over when the time comes, they wants to see the threshold reduced to 5% putting more power in the hands of party members. i am told a compromise is being discussed and it is likely in the short—term, they will agree to reduce the threshold from 15 to 10%. but opponents of that move say it is not much of a compromise at all. they say it will not solve the problems thatjeremy corbyn her and it could also allow somebodyjust as left—wing as jeremy it could also allow somebodyjust as left—wing asjeremy corbyn to take over. those who oppose the 5%

threshold still oppose the 10% threshold still oppose the 10% threshold but this will be presented asa threshold but this will be presented as a compromise and he is hoping that will diffuse any row about this at the conference next week and they can doesn't rate on setting out their stall and trying to present themselves as an alternative government —— they can concentrate. let's ta ke government —— they can concentrate. let's take a look at the weather. good afternoon. we will have an update on hurricane maria in the next half hour but in the uk it is a quiet day, the driest and sunniest day of the week. we have some low cloud and frog which has now broken up cloud and frog which has now broken up —— cloud and frog which has now broken —fog. cloud and frog which has now broken up —— fog. there will be some sunny spells. some splashes of rain in northern ireland but mostly dry with sunny weather. it will feel warmer, 15-18d. this sunny weather. it will feel warmer,

15—18d. this evening, eastern scotla nd 15—18d. this evening, eastern scotland and eastern england, initially chilly but temperatures rising as south—westerly winds develop. the rain spread into western scotland, the odd bit in other parts of the country but temperatures higher than this morning and milder by and large. much as england and eastern scotland, cry with sunny spells, the cloud will come and go but northern ireland, the rain keeps going, the west of scotland when they particularly on the hills and later on, wales and some parts of western england will see that may as well. a full update in half an hour. —— that rain. this is bbc news. the headlines... hurricane maria has made landfall causing widespread damage to the caribbean island of dominica. myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, has said her government does not fear international scrutiny of its

handling of the growing rohingya crisis. her comments come as the head of the un investigation into violence in the country asks for more time to look into allegations of mass killings, torture and the burning of villages. the metropolitan police have said the death toll in the tower buyer may be under the previous estimate of 80 also they are also investigating several cases of fraud connected to the fire as well as allegations of theft. ao0,000 the fire as well as allegations of theft. a00,000 passengers are likely to be affected by ryanair‘s error in planning pilot holidays. the ellen has published a full list of the 2000 flight they will be cancelling —— the airline. and the report has found that online jihadist propaganda attracts more clicks in the uk than any other country in europe. as you heard, the de facto leader of

myanmar, aung san suu kyi, has said her government does not fear international scrutiny of its handling of the growing rohingya crisis. it was herfirst handling of the growing rohingya crisis. it was her first address about the violence in the northern rakhine state that has seen more than ao0,000 rakhine state that has seen more than a00,000 rohingya muslims cross into anger desperate hours later the un human rights council called for full access to the region so it could investigate the situation with its own eyes. watching her speech was our correspondent, jonah fisher. in the three weeks since this crisis started, aung san suu kyi has said very little so there was considerable anticipation for this speech here. she does not like talking to the media, she does not like giving interviews so when she arrived here i gave it my best shot and tried to speak to her. have you become an apologist for ethnic cleansing? do you have something to say? what about the people who fled?

the speech lasted about 30 minutes, it was in english, clearly tailored to an international audience. and there were a few moments in it that raised a few eyebrows, a few comments about the situation in rakhine state which work how can we put it, not exactly in line with the reality on the ground. 0ne put it, not exactly in line with the reality on the ground. one moment that particularly struck me was when she said she did not know why hundreds of thousands of rohingya we re hundreds of thousands of rohingya were fleeing into bangladesh and she wa nted were fleeing into bangladesh and she wanted to speak to them and find out why they were going there. there are two ways of looking at that, one is that she is out of touch and surrounded by a group of people here in the capital who are not providing her with accurate information about what it actually happening and she is overly dependent on the burmese military‘s information. the other, and it is a tough thing to say, is

that she is being wilfully blind to what she knows is taking place, what the rohingya in bangladesh are saying is that they are being driven out by a burmese army offensive but she is unwilling to say anything that might damage her relationship with the burmese military. as the defence minister arrived here today, i also tried to grab a word with him. translation: it is not because of the soldiers, the rohingya are lying on purpose. in fact our ethnic people are the ones facing ethnic cleansing. the other ethnics in the region who are a minority, including those in rakhine, were murdered. what will it take to stop the abuse is? why have so many people fled and why are you are not sold is not stopping the burning of villages? —— your soldiers. this is the strategic

plot, the rohingyas started attacking security forces and then they ran away in advance. they knew what they did and then got worried about it and ran away. it is worth repeating that myanmar has a hybrid political system. the burmese army is completely autonomous and does not operate under the instruction of aung san suu kyi's civilian government. even if she was to say to the military, stop your actions in rakhine state, it would not have to do so and indeed it probably would not. always when aung san suu kyi makes a comment that relate to the burmese military or its operations, she is acutely aware of the impact it might have on the fragile coexistence of the civilian government and the burmese military. if she talks about the burmese army committing atrocities or investigating them, that will go down very badly with the army and

could threaten the stability of the government. that was jonah fisher bringing us up—to—date with the latest from myanmar and we will keep you up—to—date throughout the day with the latest from the un general assembly at which they are talking about that issue. moving on now to ryanair. ryanair has published a full list of the 2,000 flights that it's cancelling over the next six weeks. the budget airline has admitted it "messed up" the planning of holidays for its pilots. a00,000 passengers are likely to be affected by the error. the operator faces a compensation bill of more than £17 million. tom burridge has more. ryanair has been anything but satisfying flying for the huge number of people whose lives have been cancelled. —— flights. the budget airline has now published a full list on its website, more than 2000 flights cancelled over the next six weeks. rya nair have cancelled two of our flights home now which means we are

stuck in madrid, we have had to pay hundreds extra to book another hotel and flights back and the communication from ryanair has been atrocious, we don't even know why it's been cancelled and we are desperate to get home. ryanair claimed it made mistakes when allocating leave for its pilots. it says it will refund all passengers or rebook them on to other flights. and pay compensation particularly for those due to fly in the next two weeks. i don't think it is appropriate when an organisation is offering you a service, they fail in this way. i don't think it's that is related to low—cost airlines but we need to understand from ryanair precisely how this problem has arisen. ryanair denies it has a shortage of pilots left tojoin its rival, norwegian. ryanairflies more people around europe than any other

airline but it has more unhappy customers now. police have been given more time to question two men connected with the parsons green attack. they are being held at a police station. searches are to continue at two houses and a restau ra nt. are to continue at two houses and a restaurant. researchers say people in the uk make more attempts to find jihadist material online than those in any other european country. a think tank has been studying extremist content posted by the islamic state group as gordon cabrera reports. a hundred pieces of new propaganda are being created every week by so—called islamic state. according to the report by policy exchange whose researchers found the uk was ranked fifth in terms of countries where the material was most frequently accessed. the government has been putting pressure on technology companies to do more to remove the content hosted on oil distributed

through their platforms which ranges from propaganda to instructions on how to make home—made bombs of the type seen at parsons green last week. and polling for policy exchange suggests there is broad public support for this with 7a% of respondents believing the companies should be more proactive. the report makes a number of proposals to make firms take responsibility, including moving toward a new independent regulator of social media content, with the possibility of financial penalties and even prosecution for those who still fail to deal with extremist material. gordon cabrera, bbc news. watched council has issued an apology to all those who suffered sexual or physical abuse while they we re sexual or physical abuse while they were children in its care —— rochdale. much of the abuse took place in two schools. the chief executive of the council said he could not turn back the clock but said he would make sure the

authority did its best to safeguard young people in the future. the lawyer for the rochdale abuse victims said although the apology would mean a lot to those who suffered abuse, they had waited a long time to receive it. this apology is welcome as far as it goes but of course it is very long overdue. the evidence of abuse at both cambridge house and noble view has been available for decades so this is a very overdue apology and the people who support this abuse have had to wait a long time for it —— noel view. it is good as far as it goes but not before time. have you spoken to any of the victims you represent? give us a sense of how important it is for them.” represent? give us a sense of how important it is for them. i think the biggest issue for the many victims of abuse at both cambridge house and noel view was not only that they suffered appalling abuse but that the perpetrators were allowed to get away scot—free and

particularly so with cyril smith who was the subject of numerous police investigations in his lifetime and the first police investigation into cyril smith in relation to cambridge house took place in the 1960s and there was a recommendation he should be prosecuted at that time and he was not. that failure to hold to account individuals responsible for this has added insult to injury over many years. and looking ahead to the independent enquiry into child sex abuse next month, how significant is that statement today and the recognition by the council ahead of the inquiry? we have to be honest about what is happening here, the reality is that we stopping hearings shortly and the inquiry and it is clear there is a lot of evidence that will come out that will show significant failings in rochdale council that is the context of the apology that we have had overnight. it is because of the evidence that will come out that this apology has been made in my view. in the last hour we have been

getting more updates from the police in the investigation into the g re nfell tower. in the investigation into the grenfell tower. they say they suspect that some people may have fraudulently claimed they lost family members or property in the disaster and as a consequence the police now say they believe the final death toll could be slightly lower than their estimate of around 80. 60 bodies have been officially identified so far. the search for human remains continues. detectives say they may bring manslaughter charges against individuals as well as organisations thought to be responsible for the fire. this detective superintendent from the met police have been giving an update. charges would be way too early at the moment but the offences we are investigating at the moment range, they are everything from corporate manslaughter, manslaughter or via gross negligence, all the way through to fraud, misconduct in

public office and obviously health and safety. there is nothing that is off the table as far as i am concerned. but i know for many people it will feel like three months is a long time, for us it is still so new and until we have really had an opportunity to look through that, i don't know if there are other offences out there i have not spoken about. so there could be individuals who are responsible for manslaughter as well as corporate? absolutely, yes. until we have had that opportunity, we will not know. and you are investigating the response of the emergency services as well as part of the criminal investigation? yes, one of the things that both ourselves and the public inquiry will be looking at is how the emergency services performed all the way through what we call the fire response which is up to 8pm on the 1ath. it has been something that the 1ath. it has been something that the families would really like us to look at and something they have

asked us to do. i am not saying at all that anyone has done anything wrong in that time but it would be remiss of me not to look at what we have all done. that was detective chief superintendent fiona mccormack from the metropolitan police on the latest on the grenfell tower investigation. 0ne latest on the grenfell tower investigation. one man who lost his uncle in the fire said he was reassured by how thorough the investigation was expected to be. they seem to be sincere in what they are saying and they're saying that we are going to follow the evidence, it does not matter who it takes us to or what organisation. they have said that before and again today. i wa nt to said that before and again today. i want to believe them. we want justice and i think that criminal investigation is hopefully going to do that for us. i want individuals charged, prosecuted and sent to prison, that is what i want. and finally, it is more than three months on now and you just had the

latest update soon do you think it is moving quickly enough and you feel like you have enough from the services? as time goes on, you understand the scale of everything andi understand the scale of everything and i think it would be wrong to wa nt and i think it would be wrong to want things done quickly. we want things done properly. just because there is loads of people, they have a lot of power and resources, it does not mean things will move quickly. i would does not mean things will move quickly. iwould prefer they does not mean things will move quickly. i would prefer they take their time so it is done properly. i don't want anything rushed, people getting away with anything because they were rushed into being questioned or investigated. it would be very naive of me to believe that this will be a quick thing, it is not, it is going to be a long time before we get anyjustice. that not, it is going to be a long time before we get any justice. that was a gentleman who lost his uncle in the fire. the relatives of the victims were briefed last night before journalists were briefed today and one of the journalists who was there is our home address correspondence danny shaw who is at new scotland yard. it sounds

potentially very significant that the police have said they are widening their investigation and not just looking at corporate manslaughter but there could be individuals focused on as well. that was one of the key developments from today. it was one of a range of possible offensive they are looking at. you heard fiona mccormack spelling out the others, breaches of health and safety laws, fire safety regulations, misconduct in a public office and fraud. i think it is still far too early to say what possible charges are going to be brought, if any. possible charges are going to be brought, ifany. because possible charges are going to be brought, if any. because the investigation is still in its early stages, gathering evidence stage them and give you a sense of the scale, there are over 31 million documents that have been recovered by police. 31 million. they are now buying in some specialist software to go through those documents to try to go through those documents to try to narrow them down to the ones that are relevant because there are hundreds of organisations and companies involved in some way in g re nfell tower.

companies involved in some way in grenfell tower. there are well over 2000 individuals they need to speak to, about the causes of the blaze, the construction of the building and refurbishment of it and also the emergency response. the other aspect thatis emergency response. the other aspect that is taking a lot of time is the forensic examination of the building which is different from the body identification process. specialists are going in and searching every single bit of grenfell tower, looking at fire doors, escape routes, where piping is all that kind of thing, photographing and filming it and examining kind of thing, photographing and filming itand examining it in minute detail. when that is completed, and it will not be before the start of next year, they will do a reconstruction of all the fire safety issues and it will not be probably after that process has been completed when detectives have all the evidence they need, that they may start bringing people into interviewed them and question and possibly arrest them. we are still a long way off from possible charges.

thank you very much indeed for bringing us up—to—date. these are the headlines. hurricane maria causes widespread damage to the island of dominica after it was upgraded to a potentially catastrophic that revived storm. aung san suu kyi has insisted her government in myanmar is trying to end the crackdown on rohingya muslims and says she does not the international scrutiny will stop as we have heard, the metropolitan police say the death toll in the g re nfell tower police say the death toll in the grenfell tower fire in police say the death toll in the grenfell towerfire in london may be less tha n grenfell towerfire in london may be less than the previous estimate of 80 and police also say the investigation might consider individual as well as corporate manslaughter charges. police call handlers are struggling to deal with a rise in emergency calls, according to figures obtained by the bbc. a freedom of information request has revealed the amount of 999 calls has increased by a third since january.

figures also suggest the number not being answered has doubled in the last year. the national police chiefs' council claims people are using the 999 system incorrectly. sean dilley reports. hello metropolitan police, what's your emergency? police control rooms like this one are the nerve centre of every force. it is where 999 and 101 calls are connected and where officers and staff resources are deployed. but the bbc has learned that many forces are struggling to cope with an increase in demand. this has been intensified after recent terrorist attacks. results of a freedom of information request show that the number of 999 callers in the uk who disconnected before being answered by a police operator more than doubled from june 2016 tojune 2017. two of the forces most affected were the metropolitan and greater manchester police. the met saw the number of unanswered emergency calls increase from more than 2600 in 2016 to over 7700 in 2017. the police federation of england and wales say

officers are not coping. police staff are having to be replaced by police officers in non—operational roles. that has got to have an effect on the front line resource that is attending 999 calls. it's not fit for purpose at this moment in time. safety of the public needs to be paramount and unfortunately we cannot meet the demand at this moment. right, so you're reporting your daughter is missing, is that correct? in london the met are fielding 2000 extra calls each day than they were at the same time last year. when demand outstrips available operators, called are diverted to other forces around the country like this in hertfordshire and that puts strain on them. the body that represents elected police commissioners says forces need to be innovative with technology. it's about how we take the information and use it so that's about trying to get people to text more, to e—mail more, to use web—based forms more, to do all the those things. that's the way that eventually we will get there. but if abuse of the 999 system stopped, the problem

could be reduced. what i would ask the public of course is to remind themselves that it is a 999 emergency system. currently about half of our calls are not for emergency police assistance. 0pinion is divided on police funding and whether more money is the solution to help meet increased demand. but for now we can all help by only calling 999 in an emergency. sean dilley, bbc news. it is thought more than 1 million set top tv boxes in the uk have been adapted to elite league stream movies and sport. there are now also warnings that using dodgy devices could lead to viewers being hacked. john maguire reports. when sabiha khan bought a set—top box, she got more than she bargained for. cooking in the kitchen while her young daughters watched television in the lounge, she became aware that her children had changed channel and found some highly unsuitable footage. they were watching adult content, basically. you know, they are far too young

to see anything like that. as soon as that happened, you know, i was uncomfortable with them being around that sort of box and i would not let them access it by themselves. i eventually got rid of it because i thought... because that was quite disturbing. in simple terms, a set—top box — perfectly legal — allows you to stream and view footage from the internet on your home tv. the problems come if you use software, specialist software — it's known as being ‘fully loaded' — if you use that to access illegal sites, watching a high—profile boxing or football match, maybe a latest release movie without paying for it, then you are in trouble. we often see there are organised criminal gangs working behind this and making a lot of money out of this as well. and of course organised criminal gangs are involved in other criminalities so it is a serious problem. today, a report details the size and scale of the issue. over the past two years, 1 million fully loaded illegal

boxes have been sold, although that is a best guess. the technology may contain malware which can hack into and damage your home computer system. but offenders could face up to ten years in prison following the introduction of tough new laws. this type of cyber crime is sophisticated but removing the demand is seen as a vital tactic. i think the message is clear to consumers. take the time as you would do with most purchases, get it from a reliable source, and do not put yourself in a position when you hand over your ha rd—earned cash to criminals to use for illicit lifestyles and other illicit activities. the technology of internet streaming opens up a world of possibilities and opportunities, notjust for entertainment and education, but also for criminal exploitation. john maguire, bbc news. ina

in a moment we will get the news but first the weather. good afternoon, an update on hurricane maria coming up but now the uk weather, a quiet day at the moment, starting with autumn mist and a chill in the air. temperatures down to three degrees this morning, 12 degrees tomorrow is a big change. the rest of today, the driest and sunniest day of the week in the country, some cloud in the afternoon, the thickest in the west of northern ireland. most will stay dry and with the lighter winds it should feel pleasant in the sunshine with highs of 15—18. tonight, clear skies in the east will mean it will be chilly but some cloud, patchy rain in eastern scotland and northern england, a bit wetter in western scotland later. and temperatures on the rise, many in

double figures to start wednesday. the cause of this area of low pressure pushing up, the front into ireland in front of that the increase in the south—west winds bring sunshine and cloud and a different feel. the best of the sunshine is likely to be across england, some cloud, particularly in the morning, the odd bit of rain in north—east england but western scotla nd north—east england but western scotland and northern ireland continue to seek rain with some heavy bursts victory in the hills. increasingly in wales and parts of cornwall. away from that in the sunshine, temperatures in the high teens, may be low 20s. the rain in the west will come and go, moving eastwards, always heaviest on the hills. extensive hill fog as well, turning pressure in northern ireland later but in eastern part we start ona mild later but in eastern part we start on a mild note and on thursday we have the best in the south—east and east anglia. biker in western scotla nd east anglia. biker in western scotland and northern ireland, it is in between where there will be

outbreaks of rain —— brighter in and western scotland. that is the uk, a quick update on hurricane maria. it has gone across dominica, back over open waters it will remain either category four or category five as it moves category four or category five as it m oves a cross category four or category five as it moves across the us virgin islands and puerto rico before decaying, bringing those in the dating rains, a large storm surge and some catastrophic flooding for some. the british virgin islands — still reeling after hurricane irma a fortnight ago — are next in its path and could be hit again late tonight. with winds predicted to once again top 100 mph, every piece of this wood and plastic and these metal roofing sheets become potentially deadly airborne missiles. it's terrible. we don't know what to do. i believe that the last time,