it is being called america's vicious monster and a threat to life. homes evacuated in businesses boarded up as hurricane florence closes in. send them back. in an exclusive interview, the italian deputy prime minister says why he wants to be bought most of their migrants. translation: we can't accept that all migrants get to the italian burst —— coast and we have to pay them. on patrol in the siberian skies as russia holds military exercises with china for the first time. we will have the latest from eastern russia. and we measure how the financial crisis has affected you since the colla pse crisis has affected you since the collapse of lehman brothers. and in business, we will be live to what is called apple park in california, for the launch of the new iphone today.

it's good to have you with us in this programme. we will brief you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport and we would love to hear from you about the stories we are covering today, in particular how you have been affected by the global financial crisis. analysis done to the bbc shows an average in the uk, people's real annual wages are £800 lower. tell us your story. use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. we begin with the most powerful storm in nearly three decades to threaten the california states on the us east coast. 0fficials the california states on the us east coast. officials are warning that

hurricane florence poses a life—threatening risk when it makes la ndfall life—threatening risk when it makes landfall on thursday. mandatory evacuations have been ordered in parts of south carolina, north carolina and virginia. 0ur north american correspondent has the latest. slow—moving but potentially deadly. category 4 hurricane bearing down on the us east coast is 500 miles wide. and likely to make landfall late on thursday. the strength in sheer size of the storm have prompted local and national officials to assume dire warnings. the three states in its part, north carolina, south carolina and virginia haven't experienced a hurricane of this magnitude in a generation. this storm is a monster. it's big, and its vicious. it is an extremely dangerous life—threatening historic hurricane. taking heed of

the warnings, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the roads to try to escape the danger areas. 0thers try to escape the danger areas. others have decided to stay put, buying up essential supplies and boarding up businesses. we've been here for six years, i haven't been through one this strong, so we're thinking first of our family and trying to repair the house as best we can right now. president trump has pledged to spare no expense in the government's response. any amounts of money com or whatever it ta kes, amounts of money com or whatever it takes, we are going to do but we are already set up. we have food for days, we had emergency equipment and generators for many days. we should be in great shape. this is the calm before the storm but officials say they are preparing for a disaster that causes widespread damage and loss of life. italy's deputy prime minister says

the country plans to deport 90% of migrants from north africa. matteo salvini confirm the policy would continue in an interview with hardtalk, part of our series looking at europe's identity crisis over nationalism. we need more lifejackets. take them off people, if you must. let's go. a dramatic rescue of migrants of the libyan coast — on this occasion, 600 aiming for europe, hoping for a better life. previously, they had been taken to italy. but, promising to get tough on immigration, the country's interior minister closed its ports. we can't accept that all migrants get to the european coast and we paper it. are the euro accepts responsibility as well, we don't. under eu rules, the migrants are the responsibility of the first member state where they land,

meaning some countries face a far greater burden than others. translation: 700,000 migrants reached the italian coast over the past four years. half of the citizens arrested or reported to police every day in italy are immigrants, so for social order, we need to reduce these arrivals. italy's populist government swept to power earlier this year on an anti—immigration platform, with tough words and tough actions. it plans to investigate reported rise in violence and racism is against them. others in italy accused matteo salvini of grandstanding. instead of speaking everyday about migrants, he should focus on real issues, but he's not doing that. he is always on facebook, on twitter, making provocative statements which are aimed at raising social tension, so he is unfit to be a minister. migration, though, remains a divisive issue that stretches far

beyond italy's borders. in an effort to broker a solution as part of this state of the union address, jean—claude juncker is expected state of the union address, jean—claudejuncker is expected to reveal details of an external border force of 10,000 staff. caroline rigby, bbc news. you can see more you can see more of you can see more of what matteo salvini had to say on hardtalk, today, if you look the programme's website for the transmission times where you are, it a good listen. but speak you and other stories in the news. a new law criminalising sexual harassment and violence is coming into law in morocco, legislation including a ban on forced marriage following growing concern about levels of abuse against women. 0ne survey found that six in ten women has suffered some kind of violence. recent rape cases have received wide coverage on social media. around a million people have taken place ——

taken part in a huge pro—independence demonstration in barcelona to mark catalonia national day, the first such event since separatist politicians were thwarted in their attempt to declare catalonia independent last year. that was ruled illegal by the spanish constitutional court. and a court in peru has given a second life is —— a second life sentence to the shining path group, abimael guzman, found will give orchestrating a bomb attack which killed 25 people in lima in 1992. nine otherformer maoist killed 25 people in lima in 1992. nine other former maoist leaders we re nine other former maoist leaders were given life sentence is. nearly 17 -- were given life sentence is. nearly 17 —— is nearly 70,000 bruneians died in the insurgency that lasted two decades, launched by shining path. —— peruvians. ten yea rs ten years ago this week, the financial services firm lehman brothers collapsed, triggering a chain of events that pushed the

global economy to the brink. 0ver the next few days, we will look at what has changed in that decade and what has changed in that decade and what lessons have been learned since, if any. ithink what lessons have been learned since, if any. i think this system asa since, if any. i think this system as a whole is fair, we are setting up as a whole is fair, we are setting up the banks, having hold their own funds against potential future failures in such a way so that if there is a failure in the future, there is a failure in the future, the cost is borne by the investors are not the taxpayers. so the system has changed fundamentally. could something like this happen again? could there be a trigger for a crisis and if we are complacent, of course they could. history teaches us course they could. history teaches us that there are financial crises from time to time. we can come up with 60 or 70 examples over the

course of the last century. that is mark carney taking a look back. let me share one statistic with you. analysis done for us by an institute of fiscal studies show people aged between 30 and 39 now are earning 7.296 between 30 and 39 now are earning 7. 2% less between 30 and 39 now are earning 7.2% less than the same age group backin 7.2% less than the same age group back in 2008. in terms of the eye of this analysis. james uses with us. the morning, james. you remember it well. i do indeed. a lot of sleepless nights and long days were happening ten years ago and you can often say, have we moved on and asked the question is, is there much difference. yes, there may be a difference. yes, there may be a difference in terms of how the economy is performing, more people

are injobs, but in terms of the money in people's pockets, that's the bit that you can reallyjudge on how well we have recovered. i think thatis how well we have recovered. i think that is the issue. how well having recovered ? that is the issue. how well having recovered? not are we in a similar situation. yes, the economy is better but the debt levels in the country, and we are talking about personal debt, not government, government debt has reduced. but personal debt, household debt is at almost record levels. with wages not increasing, as you just showing, it shows that there are still growing issues with the electorate in the amount of money they have in their pockets. we are talking about many economies around the world, not least in europe. if we look at the bbc news, the institute of fiscal studies research that we commissioned, it gives you all the details, and we mention some of the headline statistics but this financial crisis ten years ago, i

remember it well. i was reporting on it. watching markets reacting very extreme manners but it triggered other things, the eurozone debt crisis, the bailout of greece and portugal and ireland. it was enormous. you could almost say that situation ten years ago, we are still feeling the effects and former monotreme policy on what the central bank are doing in terms of interest rates, we are still coming out of a low rate environment. quantitative easing. everybody learned how to pronounce quantitative easing at the time. it was a massive change in what happened in this country. james will be back later. the news briefing with james bird lot more on that story in business briefing. moore to come. let's focus on russia. by thursday, the wargames in

eastern siberia will see 300 sowd —— 300,000 russian soldiers involved. what really stands out is that for the first time, troops from neighbouring china and mongolia will also be taking part, something that may alarm western countries. our correspondence steve rosenberg said this update from eastern russia. these are military exercises on an epic scale. russia is claiming more than 30,000 tanks and other armoured vehicles are taking part, along with 300,000 troops. just under 300,000 russian soldiers, which is about one third of the entire russian armed forces. some military observers have suggested those figures are inflated, exaggerated but even so, if that is

the case, the fact that these are the case, the fact that these are the numbers being officially quoted here, that says a lot. they send a message that moscow wants to send. that message is that russia is a military superpower, it is well equipped and well trained and ready to mobilise and when you consider the growing tension right now between moscow and the united states, between russia and nato, that message is designed primarily for the west, for western governments. the chinese troops will be taking part in the domestic russian military exercise. what moscow and beijing called a strategic partnership. the two countries growing closer. in terms of economic co—operation and political cooperation. the message from moscow is, russia is under pressure from the west, from western

sanctions, moscow saying, look, we can find other friends and allies in the east. steve rosenberg in eastern russia brothers. plenty more to come. including... we will be finding out why this raven has got a lot to crow about. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes the spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. enough! translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage.

it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! iorwerth the briefing on bbc news. the headlines —— your weaker. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, italy's at the prime ministers set out his plans to deport most of their migrants. and our top story, and america's east coast prepares for can florence, the category four storm heads towards the carolinas, with wind of up to 225 kilometres per hour were. —— came to. is a

familiar story in developing countries where women work in fields but are not allowed to own land or any other property. at best, their rights depend on the relationship to men, husbands barbers or brothers. but despite these challenges, a women only coffee cooperative is helping them enjoy the fruits of their labour. tending to the crop is mostly women here, but they have no claim to the land the crop stands on, or the proceeds from the harvest. here it is against local culture for women to own land. this county in kenya is one of the major producers of tea and coffee in the country, thousands of acres in this land have been reserved to solely grow crops. but

in this village, change is slowly happening, they allocate their wives 50 coffee bushes to ten to. our men do not believe that you can share your assets while they are still alive. it took time, specifically two years, until i started myself by giving my wife 800 bushes of coffee and everybody else started. we say that we do not touch the land because it is very critical issue. this initiative was launched to help solve the countless family feuds and family break—ups that are happening because the weather now not taking ca re of because the weather now not taking care of their families. rosemary, because the weather now not taking care of theirfamilies. rosemary, a mother of ill omen, is one of the lucky woman who owns coffee bushes, she made 70 goal —— $34 from her first harvest. translation: life was

very hard, i did not even have sent. i could work in the coffee farm but my husband pockets all of the money. even taking tea with sugar was a problem. but then life changed, i got money. the children went to school and for once, i wore a nice dress and play that my hair. —— plaited. the woman have formed a cooperative which has 300 members. they take are harvested beans to the local copy mills. their copy is made separately from the men, it is there a hope that one day they will have not only trees, but also land to their names. you are with the briefing. let's ta ke you are with the briefing. let's take a look at some of the other key events that are happening around the world today. mourners in ghana will be paying their respects to katie anand. —— kofi annan. his cough and

is lying in state for a second day before moving to the capital on thursday. later this morning in germany, the consumer protection association will present a class action lawsuit against volkswagen over the carmaker ‘s manipulation of emissions software. it is seeking compensation for some 2 million drivers. in california, apple is preparing for another big launch. it is thought new iphones and possibly a budget macbook could be a mum the offerings of. —— among the. in ten minutes we will be live to offerings of. —— among the. in ten minutes we will be live to apple park. now, let's talk you through the sport is a gender. —— agenda. welcome to your wednesday sport briefing. stage 17 of the vuelta a espana heads out later as the finishing line approaches, spain thrash

croatia 6—0 in the uefa nations league, and james anderson becomes the most successful fast bowler in test history. there are just five stages left in cycling's final grand tour of the year, the vuelta a espana, with alejandro valverde's hopes of winning it for a second time fading. britain's simon yates increased his lead over the spaniard to 33 seconds, despite finishing stage sixteen's time trial more than a minute and a half behind the winner, australia's rohan dennis. later the first of three mountain stages gets underway before the finish in madrid on sunday. this weekend sees the wba, wbc and ibo middleweight titles put on the line as the much anticipated rematch between gennady golovkin and canelo alvarez takes place in las vegas and the fighters made their grand arrivals on tuesday. the first bout ended in a controversial draw and since then the mexican alvarez has twice tested positive for the banned substance. absolutely right now it is a different story and every situation.

right now i m reddy, i hope he is ready, right now will bring another beautiful day, beautifulfight. ready, right now will bring another beautiful day, beautiful fight. —— ready, right now will bring another beautiful day, beautifulfight. —— i am ready. in case you missed it, marco asensio scored his first goal for spain as they demolished world cup finalists croatia 6—0 in the uefa nations league on tuesday. luis enrique's side scored three in each half in elche as they made it two wins from two in league a — group 4 — having beaten england at wembley on friday. belgium finished third at the world cup and kicked off their league a — group 2 campaign with a 3—0 win in rekjavik over iceland. eden hazard scored the first from the penalty spot before romelu lukaku picked up the second and third in what was a straightforward win for roberto martinez‘s side. i think it was a slow start, fought 15 minutes we adapted a little bit and we knew iceland came off a very difficult game off the back of

switzerland and there was a little bit of rebellion in the first 15 minute andi bit of rebellion in the first 15 minute and i think we took control of the match once we started him all precise in the passing, more precise in defending and then it was a good performance from us. james anderson took the final wicket in tuesday's win over india to become the most successful fast bowler in test history. the 36 year old helped secure a 118—run victory in the fifth match of their series at the 0val by taking his 564th test wicket, moving him past australia's glenn mcgrath and sealing a 4—1 series triumph for the hosts. now, what has this little critter got to do with sport? well this is a chafer grub and it can cause havoc to turf, so much so it lead to a whole day's racing being cancelled at a course in england. salisbury racecourse tweeted that safety was the most important consideration in their decision. the track was found to be unfit for racing due to chafer grub damage. they live in soil and some species attract badgers and foxes,

who then feed on them, damaging the ground. as a result of the cancellation, hundreds of left—over sandwiches were donated to a homeless charity. at least something good came out of it. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team, that is your wednesday sport briefing. now, in the past we have bought you various reports about talented and extraordinary animals, dogs that go surfing, cows that fight like gladiators, we even had a raccoon scaling the side of a skyscraper. but now we can add to the list a raven that speaks. but only when it wa nts to. raven that speaks. but only when it wants to. tim altmann explains. —— tim allmann explains. rebecca 0stenfeld assures us that this bird is something special.

translation: suddenly i heard a voice, and it was like there were kids playing outside, just like people talking to each other, and i thought, who is coming to visit me now? it was this raven. with a crooked legged, it can't fly, but it can apparently talk and talk and talk. translation: one of the first things it said was, "hi, mama." it can say a lot of funny stuff when it wants to. i can't say, "hey, raven, say something." itjust talks when it wants to. unfortunately, when the local television crew arrived, it didn't want to. this was a raven playing hard to get. but a one—to—one with the cameraman, and suddenly, you couldn't shut it up. it is not entirely clear what the bird is actually saving, and this might make more sense if you speak icelandic. but we were promised a talking raven, and a talking raven is what we got. tim allman, bbc news. you see? we told you it would be

extraordinary and it was. i will be back very soon, we have business briefing injust a back very soon, we have business briefing in just a few moments where we'll be looking at or detail at the lessons, if any, that have been learnt from the global financial crisis as we approach the 10th anniversary of the collapse of one of the oldest and well—known investment banks in the world, lehmann brothers. all of that is coming up, including your comment. many of us have —— many of you have beenin many of us have —— many of you have been in touch to tell us how it affect you. see you soon. —— affected. hello there.

this is hurricane florence, with sustained winds of up to 140 mph of an extra before ours it will strengthen further. wind gust making la ndfall strengthen further. wind gust making landfall on friday morning, with the impact help up and down the mid— atla ntic impact help up and down the mid— atlantic coast as well, flooding and damaging wind on the way. here in the uk we have a cold front pushing its way southwards through the day today and that —— what that is is drop the temperatures. yesterday we saw highs of 20 in london, whereas today we are looking at highs of 18 degrees. 0ver over the next few hours we will see in staying on the mild side, 15 degrees or so in london, the caller

ain degrees or so in london, the caller a in scotland, northern england and also northern ireland with cabbages in the countryside getting down to single figures of. is the weather picture to thursday morning, the weather pushing southwards, rain becoming light and patchy but could lead into the afternoon across south—east england. at the same time there will be further showers working into western scotland, in between these areas of rain a fair bit of dry weather and sunshine. cooler conditions particularly in the south, temperatures reaching a high of 18 degrees. for wednesday evening will see that band of rain clearing away from the south—east but another one reason to the north—west of the uk with fresh wind here. one of the cooler nights the september with temperatures getting well down figures to start the day on thursday. is cold front pushing southwards, a few showers into parts of cumbria into thursday afternoon,

showers for western scotland but dry weather elsewhere, feeling warmer in london with temperatures reaching a high of 21 degrees. that is elitist with a. —— that is your latest weather. this is your business briefing with me, sally bundock. apple's instructed to move production to the us by president trump as the tech giant prepares to launch its latest iphone. and, as the 10th anniversary of the colla pse and, as the 10th anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers approaches, we measure how the financial crisis has affected you. and financial markets around the world a re and financial markets around the world are struggling to find direction today, we have seen losses in the asian markets, that's the close on the dow the night before.