welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is duncan golestani — our top stories... the un secretary general tours the caribbean devastated by recent hurricanes. he tells the bbc if he thinks the international community done enough. we launched an appeal and the appeal is insufficiently funded so i strongly ask the international community to increase humanitarian aid to the caribbean states. hurricane nate makes landfall in the us, bringing torrential rain and strong winds to states on the gulf coast. tens of thousands on the streets of spain — as the country faces a critical test — over catalonia's demand for independence. this is horrible — i don't agree with any of it. i hope we reach a solution soon because it's very bad for spain. modern masters — the odd couple who challenged the world of art — we go behind the scenes of a new exhibition in london. hurricane nate has made landfall

in the us state of louisiana, close to the mouth of the mississippi river. it's already caused major damage to several central american countries leaving at least 25 people dead. the un secretary general, antonio guterres is currently touring the caribbean to see the damage for himself. he spoke to my colleague alpa patel and said he's increasingly concerned by global warming and its effect on the weather. well, it is horrible to see a paradise island like barbuda turned into hell. 95% of the houses have been destroyed. total devastation. the people had to be completely evacuated. this is something we are seeing more and more, there is an increasing

intensity of hurricanes and increased frequency and increased devastation. the origin is clear, we are facing the consequences of climate change. we hear the most appalling stories of people who are homeless, without clean water, the hospitals are without electricity. do you think the response to these hurricanes just was not good enough? well... there is an enormous effort, first of all by the caribbean states themselves and the caribbean emergency mechanisms that are working. the un is doing its best to support the islands. we launched an appeal and the appeal is insufficiently funded so i strongly ask the international community to increase humanitarian aid to the caribbean states and especially to be able to support

these states for reconstruction and to build resilience. there will be a very important donor conference for the imf and world bank in their meeting, i appeal for strong solidarity with the people of the caribbean. these people have not contributed to climate change but they are in the first line of victimisation. they need the support of all the international community. you said you had not seen the donations flowing into these countries. why do you think that is? well, i think the world is so focused on so many crises and so many situations that, naturally, these things tend to be forgotten. but this level of destruction and devastation is such that i believe we have all... because we all contribute to climate change around the world, we have a moral obligation to express solidarity with these

first victims of the dramatic increases we are seeing as a consequence of climate change. you talk about climate change and as we speak another hurricane is on its way through this area. what do you make of that? will we be seeing more and more hurricanes? the scientific proof is there. warmer oceans, more heat in the atmosphere and as the oceans warm there is more evaporation and vapour in the atmosphere and that means heavier rainstorms. when a hurricane moves over the ocean its intensity increases dramatically. when it reaches land it has a devastating impact, as we have seen. instead of dissipating over the ocean, the intensity is, indeed, enormously enhanced.

it is clear that a warmer climate means more hurricanes and more devastating hurricanes and we need to do everything to stop this. we need to make sure that the paris agreement on climate change is implemented and more. the paris agreement is not enough. be on hand commitments need to be made by countries around the world in order to make sure we are able to dominate this dramatic evolution. the un secretary general antonio guterres talking to my colleague alpa patel and we'll have more from that interview later in this programme. hurricane nate is expected to bring torrential rain, flooding and winds of 150 kilometres an hour to parts of mississippi, alabama, louisiana and florida. evacuation orders have been issued for some low—lying areas, including parts of the city of new orleans which was devastated by hurricane katrina twelve years ago. julia macfarlane reports.

there which did approach and now it is here. the us facing the full first of hurricane nate storm surge is expected and winds of up to 150, this an hour. it has hit the gulf coast of the states as torrential rain and flooding in parts of mississippi, alabama, florida and louisiana where people have been ordered to evacuate. people in new 0 rlea ns ordered to evacuate. people in new orleans who remembered the devastation i2 orleans who remembered the devastation 12 years ago of hurricane katrina did what they could to prepare themselves for the impact of nate. the central america is already felt it with death in honduras, el salvador, was the rica and nickel raghava where people are now without running water. seems like these have become all too familiar in the last few months after back—to—back hurricane is,

people in the caribbean are left without homes, power or clean water. visiting the islands to see the damage for himself, the united nations secretary general had a stark message. it is horrible to see a paradise island like barbuda transformed into hell. is the scenes that we are seeing more and more. and increasing intensity of hurricanes with an increased frequency and devastation. the origin is clear — we are facing the consequences of i'm a changed. and for those facing the immediate impact, or they can do is watch, weight and repair for the aftermath. john schwartz is a climate reporter for the new york times. he joins us now via webcam from new orleans. first of all, john, how does it look there? it is surprisingly good, actually. the storm is turning out not to be nearly as as was feared.

it was thought it may come in as a category two, in fact it made la ndfall category two, in fact it made landfall as a category one. the explosive deepening that sometimes happens in the gulf of mexico when these storms hit hot water, warm water, has not happened with this storm, partly because it is moving so storm, partly because it is moving so quickly. it is like it is on rails. scrolling through twitter, i noticed many people in new rails. scrolling through twitter, i noticed mar thatiple in new when reasonable. the storm could were reasonable. the storm could have been much worse and bad things could still happen. no—one is out of the woods yet on this. as it goes up into the mainland, as it goes through the land, there could be torrential rain and flooding. bad things could still happen. atal new o rlea ns “ —m————

to have not ha- -en. you are appears to have not happen. you are right, damned if you do, damned if you don't. officials have to give warnings that will let people know the range of risk. if they are not overstating it, they are not lying. they say this is how bad it could be and you need to be prepared for that. we are looking at live pictures from mississippi, from biloxi. nighttime and dad were never evident. which puts into perspective for us. it has been inactive hurricane season, hasn't it? yes. absolutely. some extremely powerful storms and storms that have gained strength with surprising speed. and so... strength with surprising speed. and so... now, the science on climate change is very clear in some ways and still emerging in others. so what the gentleman was saying

before, the wetness of storms, the amount of rain that is coming from these things is clearly being affected by climate change. a storm like harvey over houston firehose water from the gulf of mexm , like harvey over houston firehose water from the gulf of mexico into sea level rise can the city. and the sea level rise can have an effect on storm surge. the question of whether there will be more storms is a little iffy because with climates change you see more wind shear which can prevent storms before they formed. is certainly evidence in the model that is warming ocean and the atmospheric conditions are leading to greater strength for storms that actually make it, but actually achieve very. the problem with that is that it is based, the data will only emerge once we see a lot more really strong

storms. who wants that? indeed. always fascinating to talk to you. thank you very much to let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. an explosion at a fuel station in accra, has killed a number of people. the blast, involving natural gas, sent a giant fireball into the night sky causing panic among residents. it's understood the blaze triggered a second explosion and fire at a nearby petrol station. a car has ploughed into pedestrians outside the natural history museum in central london injuring at least 11 people. police say they are not treating the incident as terrorism—related. a man has been arrested. police in the us state of washington have arrested the rapper nelly after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her on a tour bus. nelly‘s lawyer described the allegation as completely fabricated and motivated by greed. he's best known for his number one hits "hot in here" and "dilemma". tens of thousands of people have been taking part in rallies

across spain, in response to last sunday's controversial independence referendum in catalonia. the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, has insisted that any declaration of independence by the catalan region will have no effect. in an interview for a spanish newspaper, el pais, he said he couldn't rule out suspending catalonia's regional autonomy. james reynolds reports. in spain's capital, demonstrators came out to deliver a simple message, this country should not be broken into pieces. the region of catalonia must give up its plans to declare independence. translation: this is horrible. i don't agree with any of it. and i hope we reach a solution soon, because it's very bad for spain. translation: we have come to ask for the unity of spain.

we don't want spaniards to fight amongst each other. there is a minority of separatists, but i think the majority of catalans want to be with us. these spanish demonstrators in the southern city of alicante are fed up with flag—waving. they choose to wear neutral white. they are from a new movement called shall we talk? the middle ground of spain is now trying to make itself heard. campaigners here want the authorities in madrid and barcelona to end their brinkmanship and begin real talks. translation: i'm here because i want unity for spain. i don't want division for anything in the world, because the most important thing is that we unite with love and help each other. what's the solution? dialogue. dialogue between both parts. madrid and barcelona? yes, of course. will that happen? i don't think so. the campaign for dialogue

extends to barcelona, the heart of catalonia's pro—independence movement. politicians on either side have shown recent signs of wanting to find a way out of the current crisis. these mass demonstrations may help them to make up their mind. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: more from the un secretary general including his view on the tensions over north korea this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize.

as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but even as divers work to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the un secretary—general is touring caribbean regions devastated by recent hurricanes. he has asked the international community for a greater commitment to affected regions.

hurricane nate makes landfall in the us, bringing torrential rain and strong winds to states on the gulf coast. more now from our interview with the un secretary—general, antonio guterres. my colleague alpa patel began by asking him how concerned he was with the growing tensions between the us and north korea. i believe it is very important above all to preserve the unity of the security council, to keep all the countries together. i think the sanctions were a very important step. that unity — on one hand, it puts enormous pressure on north korea that is necessary to keep. but on the other hand, i believe it opens the possibility and the opportunity for diplomatic engagement. i am a believer there is no military solution for this crisis. a military solution would be devastating. i'm a believer that the opportunity created by the unity of the security council must be put in place,

and that we must have an effective diplomatic engagement. on iran, donald trump is expected next week to withdraw his support from the nuclear deal. do you think that will harm the future security of that deal? well, it depends, of course, on what the congress will decide, and there are other important partners to the deal that corresponds to a resolution. i am a strong believer that the deal was an important step forward for all collective security and i hope the new deal will be able to stand. moving on to the rohingya muslims. the un has repeatedly asked myanmar for access to rakhine state. will you be able to access this area where there has been alleged human rights abuses? i hope that will be possible. we have insisted on the need to stop

military operations, on the need to have unrestricted humanitarian access access to the areas impacted by the violence, and also to affirm the right of return of the people that fled in huge numbers — more than 500,000 — to bangladesh. a return that needs to be voluntary, in safety, in dignity, and to their areas of origin. and i strongly hope that this, together with the recommendations of the group led by kofi annan, trying to find a solution to this dramatic problem, i hope what i have asked for will be implemented by the government of myanmar. we have heard the most horrendous stories of the rohingyas in neighbouring bangladesh, of rape and murder. will the un be pushing to hold those people responsible for these abuses accountable? the human rights council has appointed a commission of enquiry

and they will be travelling soon to bangladesh. they asked to be allowed to visit myanmar. until now, that authorisation was not given. i strongly urge the government of myanmar to allow the commission of enquiry to be able to enter and to witness what has happened, and that is a basic condition for accountability to be a reality. moving on to the un itself. president donald trump had said he wants to see the organisation reformed and i believe you have expressed support for that. what can we see in the future when it comes to the un and reforms? since the beginning of my presence in the un, i have said that we needed a number of very important reforms to make the un more effective, more cost effective, more nimble, more quick in responding to the different situations of emergency we face in the world, more able to have preventative and mediation

capacities facing the enormous conflicts we have. we launched a number of processes in related to the peace and security architecture, the management aspects of the reform. making the un development system more able to respond to the needs of the member states and implementing the agenda 2030. all of these aspects are now presented to the member states, to the general assembly, to the different bodies of the un, and hope that countries will come together and be able to support these reforms that i think are essential for the un also to regain full confidence of the peoples of this world. we are here to serve, to serve the people. and it's necessary that the people see the un as an instrument to support them and for that, we cannot be bureaucratic, we cannot be slow.

we need to be effective and we need to respect taxpayers around the world that support our activity, making sure that money is well spent. there have been clashes in the russian city of st petersburg between police and supporters of the opposition leader, alexei navalny. the protests were the culmination of rallies across russia demanding that mr navalny, one of president putin's main critics, be allowed to stand in next year's election. —— that mr navalny, one of president putin's main critics, be allowed to stand in next year's election. most are unauthorised, including one taking place in moscow, from where our correspondent sarah rainsford sent this report. these are really extraordinary scenes for russia. this crowd is now heading down russia's main street towards the kremlin, and they are chanting slogans against president putin, calling him a thief and corrupt. they are now heading to the kremlin. the riot police are

accompanying them. for the moment, though, they are not intervening, they are just escorting them down the street. you're not afraid to be here? we have no choice. we must be here. we have no future with putin. the only chance for us in this country, not to live abroad, is alexei navalny. the whole point of this protest is to support alexei navalny‘s right to run for president. he has been gathering crowds in support of his bid for the presidency. officially, he is not allowed to run because he has a criminal sentence. but he says he has huge support and wants to prove that by being allowed to run. they are heading to the underpass and the police have moved in to block the way through to red square and the kremlin. they have done the same above ground, too. they're trying to keep protesters as far away as possible from the seat of power.

perhaps the strangest thing about all of this is that it appears to have ended without mass arrests. the riot police normally move in quickly in situations like this but this time, the police seem to have stood back and let the protest take place. he's one of the biggest names in the history of art, famous for his surrealism and flamboyant character. now salvador dali's work will feature in an exhibition at the royal academy of arts in london alongside marcel duchamp, the father of conceptual art. the show reveals an unlikely relationship between the two artists. wendy hurrell has been to take a look. two famous works — the lobster telephone and the bicycle wheel — by two artists challenging how we see life. salvador dali and marcel duchamp made an odd couple.

they were very different characters. dali, the surrealist showman, running around proclaiming his own genius. duchamp, much more quiet and reserved. but they shared beliefs, artistic values, and had a similar sense of humour. i think if they wouldn't have met, if they wouldn't have had struck up a friendship, if they wouldn't have adored playing chess with each other and holidaying, i don't think we would have seen contemporary art as it is today. they really forged the way forward and they bounced off of each other. and both, of course, went on to produce some of the 20th century's most important artworks. film reel: most impressive of all is dali's crucifixion. those great paintings, seen through duchamp's glasses, gives us a new perspective on both artists. it's the scale, it's the proportions, it's the perspectives, it's the division up and down, the rather ambiguous body. and i find the connection

completely fascinating. alongside the major works, films, books, photographs and letters between the two men are lesser—known paintings. the two portraits of the artists' fathers, both done when they were young men. quite similar in presentation but very different in character. i mean, dali's portrait of his father has a very forbidding and sceptical expression, largely because his son had just been expelled from the madrid academy of fine art and he was very disappointed. you can ponder the paintings and this peculiar friendship at the london's royal academy of arts. wendy hurrell, bbc news. don't forget, you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. hello.

the month of october can offer up a real mishmash of weather types. in fact, you can get a real mix in just one day. that was certainly the case on saturday. the north—east of scotland, clouds parted eventually. not sure they ever did in the south—west. it wasn't just plymouth. a lot of cloud around across the british isles. at least it's helping to keep temperatures up. the first part of sunday, not great for most, it has to be said. sunshine across the western side of scotland. more in the way of cloud in the north of ireland. the last of the overnight showers affecting the far north—east of scotland. more cloud running in the irish sea to the north of wales, through merseyside, off to greater manchester. generally speaking, the further south and east you are, the more likely you will have a dry start to the day. as the day goes on, that cloud just beginning to break up. central and eastern parts

of scotland, faring nicely. the south—east and east anglia as well. generally more cloud in western areas. but don't give up hope of seeing sunshine in sheltered south—eastern parts of wales. with the sunshine, you could get a boost of temperatures to possibly i6, 17, possibly 18 degrees. through the later part of the afternoon, northern ireland, filling in the cloud again. the same in central scotland. the rain becoming more widespread. perhaps scotland is seeing some of the better weather. slovenia. it could be wet for england as they take on lithuania. back to monday, not a bad day again. the rain i am showing you is not especially intense. ramping up later on in the day. as we see a more active weather system coming in from the atlantic, and gradually through the day on tuesday, it will push this area of cloud and wind and some really

quite heavy rain at times ever further towards the south—east. but at least that opens up the opportunity following on behind of some drier and brighter weather. showers in the west of scotland. feeling a tad cooler as well. at least that is some decent and proper sunshine. another set of fronts moving in through wednesday. that leads us into a breezier midweek period through all parts of the british isles. this is bbc news. the headlines: the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres, has urged the international community to give more aid to caribbean countries devastated by a series of powerful hurricanes this year. speaking to the bbc, mr guterres said the level of devastation was such that everybody had a moral obligation to help the victims.

hurricane nate has made landfall in louisiana bringing torrential rain and strong winds to states on the gulf coast. five ports have closed to shipping as a precaution and evacuation orders have been issued for some low—lying areas. nate had been gathering strength as it crossed the gulf of mexico. the spanish prime minister, has insisted that any declaration of independence by the catalonia region will have no effect. he was speaking after a day of rallies around the country in favour of national unity. now on bbc news — it's time to click. this week, click is injapan where we will be rolling,