this is bbc news i'm annita mcveigh. these are the top stories developing at 11. hurricane florence begins lashing the east coast of the united states. the hurricane is moving towards land with wind speeds of up to 90mph. sea water is flooding coastal streets and a hundred thousand homes are without power. much of the surrounding region looks like a ghost town as people head for shelters or are hunkering down at home. meanwhile thousands of people have begun evacuating from coastal areas of the philippines as a super typhoon heads towards the country. also coming up , prison staff are taking "protest action" over safety concerns. the prison officers association, warns of "unprecedented levels of violence" in jails. the church of england has said it will keep its shares in amazon — after the archbishop of canterbury said the firm was "leeching off the taxpayer". good morning.

it's friday 14th september. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the east coast of america has begun feeling the brunt of hurricane florence. more than a million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, as winds of up to 90 miles per hour start to hit land. the hurricane is currently about 25 miles southeast of north carolina and is due to make landfall at around 5pm our time. 100,000 homes in the carolinas are without power. these are live pictures from wrightsville beach which is already experiencing turbulent conditions. 0ur north america correspondent, laura trevelyan has this report. dramatic scenes as the leading edge

of hurricane florence breaches the north carolina coast. rain and wind pummel the barrier islands exposed to the atlantic. this huge slow—moving storm is now so wide that it's threatening the south—eastern coast of the us from the carolinas to georgia. it is the rain from the hurricane that could pose the greatest threat. forecasters warn that if we get prolonged rainfall over a couple of days, there could be catastrophic flooding as the water levels rise and inundate people's homes. there are fears that millions could be without power across the coastal south—east of the us as the triple hazard of hurricane—force winds, storm surge and flooding become a reality. many have fled their home, seeking shelter in evacuation centres inland. from the vulnerable elderly to the very young. while most people in mandatory

evacuation zones have left, some are determined to see out the storms. my family and everyone has evacuated pretty much, except for my wife and i. but we are setting up crews now to deal with the aftermath, which could take weeks. the track of hurricane florence once it makes landfall is uncertain. but a sustained and damaging assault on the coastline from wind and water is intensifying. in a minute we're hoping to be live in wilmington with cbs correspondent mola lenghi — but first this from paul blake in morehead city, in north carolina and the scene there. as the wind and rain begins to lash this area, morehead city and much of the region look like a ghost town as people move into shelters or hunker down at home. people in this low lying region have

been watching the forecast for days, stockpiling supplies and deciding whether to evacuate from what what many people fear is the storm of a lifetime. officials are concerned many people have decided to ride out the storm at home and have not heeded evacuation orders. there was a palpable sense of relief among residents when the storm was downgraded from major hurricane status. that being said, there is a lot of anxiety as to whether this storm could stall out to bring major flooding in its destructive storm surge to this area. we can speak now to marcia roth — ceo of the partnership for inclusive disaster strategies — who have a team of aid workers in the carolinas. she'sjoins me via webcam from washington. thank you for your time. tell us what europe aid workers are saying about the situation? hello, thank you for having us. the situation for

people with disabilities is particularly complicated because much of the planning has not taken into consideration their needs so oui’ into consideration their needs so our team is ready to assist with getting folks the kind of the systems they are going to need in order to maintain their health and safety a nd order to maintain their health and safety and their independence. 0ur tea m safety and their independence. 0ur team are specialists from across the country who provide support to local disability organisations and those who need our assistance so that they can do theirjobs. so there is not at state or federal level, the planning to take account of the needs of people with disabilities? in fact, according to our centres, there are 61 million americans with

disabilities, 26% of the population and in north and south carolina, that number is even higher. planning has not been adequate to include the needs of carefully one quarter of the population of the 10 million people who are potentially impacted, this means almost 3 million of those people are people with disabilities who need equal access to information and evacuation sheltering. planning has fallen woefully short in meeting the needs of those folks. presumably there are more people who need this kind of assistance than there are volunteers? yes, you're absolutely right. that is where the work that the partnership for inclusive disaster strategies and our response

organisation works to assess bat to assist and make sure the needs of people with disabilities are not disproportionately impacted. your teams who are on the grounds at the moment, obviously florenz is just hours away from landfall, it is close to the coast. is it too late for them to get more people out of the path of the hurricane or are they simply offering advice as to how best to protect themselves? most of our work at this point is our hotline. it is working closely with the folks on the grounds who run local disability organisations and the first responder emergency manager people. so as we get requests for immediate assistance,

we funnel those back to the people in the local area who are able to provide immediate assistance. we work with organisations such as, one new featured recently, to build their capacity to meet the needs as they are brought to our attention. —— one whom the eu featured recently. i hear there to help in the aftermath as well? absolutely. the work of this strategy organisation and our organisation works before, during and after disasters. 0ur works before, during and after disasters. our work is onlyjust beginning as people with disabilities have to begin navigating the process of getting assistance as a result of the impact of the disaster. thank you very much

for your time. we will bring you more on the hurricane of course but let us now bring into this the most powerful typhoon this year which is roaring towards the main islands of the philippines. the most powerful typhoon this year is roaring towards the main island of the philippines, with wind gusts of 160 miles an hour. super—typhoon mangkhut has gathered strength since monday, tearing down trees and power lines and leaving thousands of people homeless, but millions more live in the areas most at risk. howard johnson, reports from one of the provinces expected to be hardest hit by the storm. i'm outside the provincial government headquarters here, where they have just held an emergency briefing. the governor has a plan where he wants people to help their neighbours. if you live in a shack or a flimsy house, move to a more robust house, help a neighbour by letting them stay with you or go to a church, or to a school. that's to stop people from drinking

through this period and potentially get exposed to the weather. i asked him if there were any faults in his plans or any worries, he says that potentially telecommunications could go down, and roads could become impassable. earlier today we saw them stockpiling food here, lots of bread was being loaded into baskets, ready to be taken out around the province. he's also appealing for air support from the national government, to be able to spread that food around the province. now, last time a storm hit here in 2016 there were four casualties in this province. this time round he's hoping for zero casualties, and that seems somewhat optimistic, given the magnitude of this supertyphoon. with me is our weather presenter, chris fawkes. let us talk about these huge storms. florence, first of all, how close is

the hurricane two lines? this storms are wrapping around the eye of the storm. it is just to the east of wilmington in north carolina. computer yesterday, we were looking ata computer yesterday, we were looking at a powerful category to hurricane, it has lost some of its force in terms of wind. then duties, the eye wall surrounding the eye of the storm itself. —— there it is. it will be across the coast of north carolina. it is not so much the wind strength? yes, we talk about the wins swinging around florence at 90 miles an hour but the storm itself is only moving at six miles per hour and that is the problem, it has almost stalled across north carolina. it will drop huge amounts of rain today, saturday and sunday

before it accelerates on monday. something like eight months worth of rain in three days? yes, we're talking about a metre of rain. we saw a talking about a metre of rain. we sawa similar talking about a metre of rain. we saw a similar slow—moving storm last year, hardly in texas. it brought the highest amount of rain in history, 1.5 metres in america. we had catastrophic flooding from harvey and i think we can expect it from the system as well, even as it gets downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm, it will still bring this impact. the wins will bring problems, power lines downing trees down but it is the rain which will cause catastrophic problems and big issues across north carolina and the south—east states. issues across north carolina and the south-east states. consider in the philippines, the winds are 90 mph. we did hear 160 mph

philippines, the winds are 90 mph. we did hear160 mph in philippines, the winds are 90 mph. we did hear 160 mph in our piece. we are no heating up to 180 mph. yes, the storm system is huge, in the next nine hours or so it will hit the north—east in the philippines. we will get in packs in terms of flooding, certainly damaging winds, there will be trees down and there could be landslides. it is a mountainous part of the world. as it passes towards the north of the philippines, it willalso passes towards the north of the philippines, it will also strengthen south westerly monsoon winds. torrential rain is currently heading into the manila region, so it is not just across the north—east tip, there will be a lot of rain elsewhere. 0nce there will be a lot of rain elsewhere. once it has brushed past ben killip —— the philippines, we will get more issues in the weekend, perhaps into the south of china is

mangkut passes very close to hong kong. that is another area we have real concerns about. thank you very much for that update. let us return to the south east of the united states. welljoining me is now from wilmington, north carolina is cbs reporter, mola lenghi. what a difference computer yesterday? yes, absolutely. yesterday was extremely mild compared to this. this is the initial impact of hurricane florence. wind gusts have increased in the last are substantially, as you can see. 0bviously in the last are substantially, as you can see. obviously a lot of rain coming down. not as intense as we initially expected and predicted. the storm has been downgraded in terms of wind speeds are still a lot of damage being done. we have seen some structures are not down and

trees brought down. hundreds of thousands of people in the carolinas are without power. the numbers are expected to rise into the millions. some of those people will be without power and electricity for weeks, officials anticipate. looking forward , officials anticipate. looking forward, is the potentialfor water damage. we look at a potential for storm surge and more torrential rain and widespread flooding. looking forward in the days and weeks ahead, that remains the major concern for emergency officials. how well setup is the east coast do you think to cope with the immediate aftermath of this? the good news is, most of these coastal communities, these vulnerable communities just on the other side, it is quite dark but this is the intercoastal waterway, just beyond that waterway is the

beach, the north carolina beach. for the carolinas, a lot of those coastal communities which will be impacted were evacuated. by and large most people left town. beyond property, in terms of people, people got out of town and search for higher ground. so these places are well protected in that way. in terms of structures and properties, the coastal carolinas are used to living in hurricane areas. howkins have been coming through here obviously far all of time. been coming through here obviously farall of time. —— hurricane been coming through here obviously far all of time. —— hurricane is. it's storm surge is get really bad and flooding gets really bad, they may not be able to handle it but as far as some of the places along the beach and shore line are concerned,

a lot of these communities have done a lot of these communities have done a lot of these communities have done a lot in the last few years in terms of each development to help mitigate some of the potential storm damage but when you talk about and nine, ten, 12 bit storm surge, that is not a lot you can do. stay safe where you are, thank you very much. moving on to other main use of the day. —— news. —— news. prison officers in england and wales are staging a walkout over concerns about staff safety. it's illegal for prison staff to take industrial action so the ministry ofjustice says it will try to obtain a court prison officers association says its members need better protection against violent inmates. the protest comes after an inspection report yesterday found inmates had effectively taken control at hmp bedford. the minstry ofjustice urged staff to return to work and said in a statement.

speaking on bbc‘s question time last night, prisons minister rory stewart spoke of the vital and important work carried out by prison officers and his commitment to them. ifido if i do not succeed in the next 12 months and turning this around, i will resign. i think that is very important. it is important i am accountable and that you know the government is prepared to come up with the plan and if we do not succeed, we will step down. i prepare to do that because i believe in prison officers and the job they do andi in prison officers and the job they do and i think we can turn prisons around. 0ur correspondent, lisa hampele, is at wormwood scrubs prison in west london. bring us up to date with any signs of protest, it looks quite behind you at the moment. yes, but behind

the portakabin you at the moment. yes, but behind the porta kabin that you at the moment. yes, but behind the portakabin that are protesters. they have been there since seven o'clock this morning. there are have dwindled but they have been out today. around england and wales a p pa re ntly today. around england and wales apparently it is the same. prison officers were told to come out at seven o'clock. we have been told that prisons are safe, there will be somebody available if there are major problems inside but around the country is seems this is happening. this comes after, as you said earlier that bedford prison, the chief inspector said yesterday there was an ardent notifications you ruled, that there were unprecedented levels of violence and problems that these prisons. this is the fourth prison to be put into special measures. we heard from the prison 0fficers measures. we heard from the prison officers association this morning, they said the government and

ministers, the employers are just playing self —— lip service to health and safety measures. the amount of abuse to officers is growing and it has been unprecedented. it has been getting worse over eight years. he says that he's fed up of having about people with smashed eye sockets, broken arms and legs, jaws being broken and being spat out. the prison 0fficers association says enough is enough and they are seeing that officers cannot go on like this. about 25 prison officers are assaulted each day, they say. this is not good enough for prison officers offer the prisons as well. do you get a sense from the protesters that they are prepared to stick with this protest that as long as they absolutely can until the government gets some sort

of injunction against them?|j until the government gets some sort of injunction against them? i think eve ryo ne of injunction against them? i think everyone expects an injunction. they know brazil result less certain amount of time than in to show everybody —— there is only a certain amount of time. prison officers are not allowed to take industrial action. there are 20,000 members of the prison 0fficers action. there are 20,000 members of the prison officers association in england and wales and 90% of them are members of the union so they have very strong feelings. as i see, they are out making this protest around the country. thank you very much. reporting from wormwood scrubs in london. the headlines on bbc news... hurricane florence makes landfall on the east coast of the united states, in north carolina. meanwhile thousands of people have begun evacuating from coastal areas of the philippines as a super typhoon heads towards the country. the church of england has said it will keep its shares in amazon — after the archbishop of canterbury

said the firm was "leeching off the taxpayer". in sport, red bull's daniel ricardo was quickest in first practice ahead of the singapore grand prix with lewis hamilton down in sixth place in his mercedes. hamilton has a 30 point championship lead to take into sandy's race. simon yates reads the race in spain with two stages to go. if he wins, he will be britain's third winner of a grand tour this year. the premier league opened an investigation into whether any rules we re investigation into whether any rules were broken into everton‘s recruitment of their manager. i will be back with more london stories in ten minutes. house prices could plunge by more than a third in the event

of a no—deal brexit, according to the governor of the bank of england. mark carney briefed senior ministers thursday to discuss the potential risks of leaving the eu without a deal. according to sources, the governor said a slump in the pound and a rise in interest rates could mean house prices would fall by as much as 35 percent. the kremlin has said that it will consider a british request to interview the two suspects in the salisbury poisoning. speaking this morning, the russian government's spokesman said they consider it unacceptable to "associate the leadership of russia with what happened in salisbury in any way". it comes after number 10 branded an interview with the suspects as "deeply offensive to the victims" and "an insult to the public‘s intelligence". sergei skripal and his daughter yulia suffered nerve agent poisoning in salisbury in march, and dawn sturgess died injuly after being exposed to the same substance. alexander petrov and rooshlan boshirov told russia's state—run rt channel they had travelled to salisbury as tourists on the recommendation of friends. the journalist who interviewed the two russians hung up

on the newsnight presenter, kirsty wark, when she was challenged over the interview. margarita simonyan, the editor in chief of rt, which is funded by the kremlin, dismissed suggestions that the channel was a tool of russian propaganda. having worked as a reporter for almost 20 years now, for more than 20 years now, i only believe what i see with my own eyes. i saw with my own eyes that they do look completely like the people on the video that was released by the british police. so, for that matter, i do believe they are those people. but, as far as the story goes, i don't have any reasons to believe them. i don't know them, i haven't spent life with them, they are not my friends, but i have no reasons to believe secret services who have been lying previously. hasn't the manner of this interview concerned you and the fact doesn't itjust reinforce the idea that rt is a propaganda tool for the russian state?

you did watch the interview, did you? oh, i watched the interview. did you see my face, did you see the tone? you probably don't speak russian. i don't speak russian, but i also looked at the transcript. yeah. and the questions were quite obviously hard for them and made them nervous and, at some point, they even said something like, "we came here, we thought you would support us and you behave like we were at the investigation in a court." and i said, "well, i'm not here to support you in what you advocate. i'm a journalist." i don't know why you would say that, your question seems completely inobjective to me right now. your question to me is like a typical western propaganda, because of which people actually watch rt. one last point... nothing like what you're saying. nothing like. thank you very much. one last question. you actually looked at the footage of the two men. phone clicks. are you still there?

i think she's gone. margarita simonyan, the editor in chief of rt, talking to newsnight‘s kirsty wark. it's been revealed that the church of england has shares in the online retailer amazon — a day after the archbishop of canterbury accused the firm of "leeching off the taxpayer". the church times claimed amazon was among the 20 biggest global investments last yea r. but a statement from the church of england said it considered the most effective way of seeking change was to be "in the room with these companies" as a shareholder. madeleine davies is from the church times — and was the reporter who broke the news of the church of england's holdings in amazon. if the church thinks that the most effective way of dealing with companies like this is to be in the room with them as a shareholder, why did get rid of his shares in wonga? you could argue that wonga was a

smaller state. amazon has the second—largest in the world. i would have been surprised if the church of england did not have a stake at all. and may just be england did not have a stake at all. and mayjust be the size of the investment and what we take to unwind that. but a mixed message? it isa unwind that. but a mixed message? it is a slow message that they use to fossil fuel is a slow message that they use to fossilfuel companies. is a slow message that they use to fossil fuel companies. the church has invested in those and argues it is better to be in the room. is there evidence the church has managed to influence these companies and their policies by being shareholders? there was a big debate injuly with shareholders? there was a big debate in july with the church shareholders? there was a big debate injuly with the church synod. they quoted a number of pieces of evidence with companies like shell, they had stopped drilling in the arctic, this was used as evidence that perhaps the church of england's involvement had helped that change. is there any scenario in which you can imagine the archbishop was not aware of the holdings of the church in amazon before he talked about the

church —— about the investments?m would be surprising because it's so easy to find the information. ijust looked in the annual report and it is named in their top 20 investments so we is named in their top 20 investments so we be surprising if he was not aware of it or someone advising was not of it. given the publicity around this, this will be a big topic of conversation going forward in the church? that is a healthy and lively debate in the church of england about investing money, it is such a huge amount of money, about £8 billion. that is ongoing debate about how the money is used whether for affordable housing, fossil fuels or whether the companies we invest in pe ethically so it is a much better convert —— bigger conversation. thank you very much for talking to us. let us return to the protests taking place around prisons today. it is over conditions

which are described by prison 0fficers which are described by prison officers association is very dangerous. the government says it is responsible for prison officers to ta ke responsible for prison officers to take part in a protests and it is illegal for them to take part in a protests and it is illegalfor them to do take part in a protests and it is illegal for them to do so. it is talking about getting an injunction. ican talking about getting an injunction. i can talk to the chairman of the prison 0fficers i can talk to the chairman of the prison officers association. thank you for taking the time to talk to us you for taking the time to talk to us today. for the benefit of years, tell us what the straw that broke the camel's back and made you call for officers to come out in protest? this has been building for months, the violence statistics that are produced. we're backing that up and members have had enough, enough of the broken bones, fractured skulls andi the broken bones, fractured skulls and i sockets, stabbings, and no action in place or issued by the government and the employer to quell that violence. we go? we are not

allowed to strike. this is a protest. —— we do recall? we want government ministers to sit down with eyes and come up with an action plan which can be enacted immediately. this is about here and now. we do not want plans for the future. we do not want our members who are getting assaulted at the rate of 2a reggae. who are getting assaulted at the rate of 24 reggae. this is also about protecting prisoners. the government is talking about it is double the prison sentence for anyone who is also prison officer, will that have an impact and go some way towards addressing your concerns? that is very welcome but you have to prosecute them. a lot of the time the cps are reluctant to do so the time the cps are reluctant to do so quoting it is not in the public interest. we a re so quoting it is not in the public interest. we are members of the public and deserve to be protected which is why we are calling for the immediate roll—out of an incapacity break to be trialled in prisons. we're fed up with government

ministers and the employer is dithering and messing us about and not telling us what our plans for ruling out this policy. sit down and talked this mess out. you need these methods? there are not enough because we have lost over 7000 experienced staff since 2010 and that has been replaced with 3000 inexperienced officers who do not have the benefit we had when we joined of experienced staff guiding them. they do not have support from managers and they are leaving the job in droves. it is notjust about the spray, but searching mechanism. let's have searches at the gate, reinstate searching teams. if you wa nt to reinstate searching teams. if you want to retain staff, the big issue is reinstate the retirement age of 16. how on earth any officer is

expected to work in a violent and hostile work environment, until they are 68, is beyond me. are you going to stay out until fall is backed by a court order? i think it is a disgrace threatening us with court action instead of sitting around the table sorting the mess out. we want a resolution to the issues we are raising but we want the immediate resolution, not in the future. sit down, let's sort it out and get our members back to work. we have the public on our side. we have membership on our side and also prisoners, because it is about their safety. who is looking after the prisoners? as a responsible union we have ensured there are enough staff on duty to issue medication and we have response teams on standby. thank you very much. we can check out the weather. hello,

it is probably worth keeping the umbrella handy because we have showers around today. and we have sunny spells particularly the further south and east you are and across the north and east of scotland. showers will continue through northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england and some pushing into the midlands and south wales. some sunny spells particularly in the south—east and up particularly in the south—east and up to the north of scotland. maximum temperatures 15, 18 celsius. but it can turn quite cole tonight with templates getting into single figures in the door. —— cold tonight. 0n figures in the door. —— cold tonight. on saturday, for most, a dry day with some sunshine. by

sunday, the rain perhaps more widespread across northern parts of england and wales but still dry weather around as well. goodbye. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... hurricane florence has made landfall with high winds and heavy rain lashing the east coast of the united states. meanwhile thousands of people have begun evacuating from coastal areas of the philippines as a super—typhoon brings powerful winds and torrential rain. prison officers are taking part in widespread protests over safety concerns due to inmate violence. the prison officers association warns of "unprecedented levels of violence" in jails. the church of england has said it will keep its shares in amazon — a day after the archbishop of canterbury said the firm was "leeching off the taxpayer". sport now.

lewis hamilton will take a 30—point lead into this weekend's singapore grand prix. but is expecting a tough weekend at a track that won't really suit his mercedes. red bull's daniel ricciardo was fastest in first practice ahead of the race, leading his team—mate max verstappen. hamilton was only sixth quickest, over a second and a half off the pace, with his title rival sebastian vettel‘s ferrari in third. simon yates is still wearing the leader's red jersey at the vuelta a espana — so he could become the third british cyclist to win a grand tour this year, after the feats of chris froome and geraint thomas. he's 25 seconds ahead of a former winner of the vuelta, alejandro valverde, with two meaningful stages to come before sunday's processional finish in madrid. today's stage is a near—155km road race, with a huge climb to finish

in andorra and there's another brutal stage to come tomorrow. the premier league are investigating whether any rules were broken during everton's recruitment of manager marco silva. watford say everton made an illegal approach for him, while he was still in charge there last season, and that was the "catalyst" behind their decision to sack him injanuary. he was appointed by everton four months later. bbc sport understands an independent law firm has been asked to look into the matter and it's thought everton could face a significant fine or even a points deduction if they're found to have acted improperly. kelly sotherton has been talking about receiving her second bronze medal from the beijing olympics 10 years on. the presentation was at a team gb ball last night — she was upgraded from fifth to third after two of her rivals failed drugs tests. it's actually the second medal from beijing she's been awarded — last year she received a bronze for the 4x400m relay. but rather than harbour "ill—feeling" sotherton says

a "cloud has lifted". i left beijing really disappointed. i went to beijing on the front of the plane, came back in the back, and i remember having an interview with natasha kaplinsky. i was so mortified, so upset, i looked awful, i was moody and so disappointed. so now, ten years later, to get two medals from that games, it would have been a different experience and thought process, leaving that games with two medals. i could be angry and bitter, but i am really emotional and happy and looking forward to the future now. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. facebook is the world's biggest social media platform and, every second, there are 20,000 people using it around the world. but we don't often hear from the people in charge of it. well, last night, in a special

debate for bbc newsbeat, facebook bosses came together in a rare appearance — to take questions from the public. joining me now is newsbeat‘s steffan powell, who chaired last night's debate. tell us about the event. it is rare to get facebook bosses face—to—face with anyone, let alone people who use the site and there were four. various executives with different responsibilities in the uk and europe and they met with listeners from radio1 europe and they met with listeners from radio 1 and wanted to put questions to them. there were a range of topics. listeners asked about mental health concerns. there have been surveys linked with a rising depression with young people tied with social media. they asked pertinent questions that have hit

the headlines about data misuse and one thing was how can we trust facebook? given the power of the news feed and what information we see on a daily basis, how can we trust to make sure the platform is not being used to influence politics. i think we were expecting a clip but i am not sure we have it. give us a sense of how difficult it was from a technical point of view to get these facebook managers together at the same time to talk to you? i have the easy job. i wasjust hosting. the hard work was done by my boss ‘s production team in the weeks leading up to it. it is not a surprise to say it has been a difficult yearfor surprise to say it has been a difficult year for facebook with the cambridge analytica issues early in the year and people losing trust and faith in the platform. they are trying to put a face to it and that

is what the night was about. perhaps we did not learn anything majorly new but we hope speak more openly about the major issues facing them. four example they talked about being open for a form of regulation to make sure the about political bias. they also talked about perhaps being willing to share information about their algorithm that works on what information we see. some big things came out of it. there was frustration, people watching and sending in comments. frustrated a little about the change of pace in facebook. they want it to be better quicker. i think facebook admitted, the head of facebook in the uk admitted they need to do better in order to let people know about how things are changing and how it will impact them. thank you. i am sorry we did not have the clip you were expecting. but you can watch

highlights on the bbc in a special programme tonight at 8:30pm. more now on hurricane florence, which has just started to make landfall on the eastern coast of the united states. david begnaud, from radio island north carolina, is on the coast in beaufort, and sent this update. as night fell on beaufort north, carolina, conditions deteriorated rapidly. i mean i'm talking between 6.30pm and 7pm. wind gusts went from 35, 40mph, to upwards of 80. we're told they could hit 90mph at the height of the storm. so far six inches of rain have fallen, the forecasters are telling us to expect up to 18 in this area where we are right now. and about the storm surge — they could get six feet of water in terms of storm surge here on radio island where we are. i'm 61, so consider that. look, we're at a yacht club, we're in a safe place,

i guarantee you, our rooms are 100 feet off the ground, don't worry. but the boats are gone, they have evacuated the marina. i have been watching a dock behind me rock back and forth and wondering how long that's going to hang on. listen, the storm isn't supposed to make landfall until between six, maybe 8.00am friday morning, so if the conditions are this bad right now, can you imagine how much worse it's going to get overnight? one of the most accurate ways of collecting hurricane data is from the air, our correspondent nada tawfik buckled up on board a us air force reconnaissance plane which gathers storm data. we are flying through hurricane florence and you can see there is zero visibility. in fact, the ride at times can be quite bumpy because we are hitting up against winds over 100 mph. we are on a cargo plane outfitted with the latest weather

equipment. it is a kind of laboratory. we are here with hurricane hunters from the us air force reserve and these pilots and scientists have been flying around the clock since monday. really trying to get the information that has been so vital to determine the storm's next move. not only is the plane outfitted with sensors but they also drop sensors during flight and this is because satellite imagery does not give an accurate picture of the storm. that information gets sent to the national hurricane centre every ten minutes and as long as there is a hurricane threat they will continue this mission. that was nada tawfik — with the us air force hurricane hunters. all this week, we've been reporting on the 10th anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers bank in new york that unleashed the global financial crisis. spain was particularly badly hit — a building boom funded by reckless borrowing rapidly gave way to a bust that cut growth and costjobs.

0ur europe correspondent kevin connolly went back to madrid to look for signs of recovery. not far from bustling madrid, a ghostly spanish road to nowhere. a stretch of highway left unfinished at a time when businesses were losing their money and bankers were losing their nerve. there are ghost towns of empty houses, too, nearby, but in some of these, signs of change. in once deserted val da luz, the mayor says public money spent in once deserted valdeluz, the mayor says public money spent on schools and sports facilities is bringing people in. it was empty. valdeluz, six years ago, was a ghost city. but now it is a star city.

we changed the perception of the outside people. but spain's recovery is patchy. this community group in madrid campaigns against banks that repossess homes when families can't pay their mortgages. they say the poor are being punished for mistakes made by bankers and politicians. i'm sure things have not been fixed at all. people are losing their houses, are fighting for their rights. the depression of the 1930s still haunts spain, too. its new leftist government wants to remove from this memorial site the remains of franco, the dictator who ruled as fascism prospered. there will be nothing like this to mark the fallout of the first financial crisis of the 21st century. the consequences were less violent, less profound. but there were changes on the left and the right in european politics, and it's possible that the final consequences are stilljust working their way through the system. high streets have ticked over as public money has propped up the banking system and borrowing

has been cheap. but some economists warn that policy is meant to fix the last crisis could yet trigger the next one. there is an old spanish saying that goes... he speaks spanish. a pessimist is a well—informed optimist. you say "when" we have the crisis, not if. that's right, when, not if, because i'm sadly sure that we will have another crisis. ten years on, spain can at least see a road to recovery. but this highway to nowhere is a reminder that uncertainty as well as opportunity lies in the future. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... hurricane florence makes

landfall on the east coast of the united states, in north carolina. meanwhile thousands of people have begun evacuating from coastal areas of the philippines as a super typhoon with windspeeds of 180 miles per hour heads towards the country. prison staff in england and wales are taking part in widespread protests over "unprecedented violence" in jails. the business news. the bank of england's governor has warned the cabinet that a chaotic no—deal brexit could crash house prices and send another financial shock through the economy. mark carney met senior ministers on thursday to discuss the risks of a disorderly exit from the eu. a source told the bbc that his worst—case scenario was that house prices could fall as much as 35% over three years. the chief executive of rbs has been accused by mps of withholding information about an investigation into criminal activity

within the bank. ross mcewan had told the treasury committee injanuary that there was not any criminality inside the bank. but, injune, the times reported that police scotland was investigating allegations about a former employee, which mps then asked him to clarify. mr mcewan said he had replied to the committee's questions in "good faith". british steel has announced that it will cut 400 managerial, professional and administrative roles across its uk, ireland, france and the netherlands operations "as part of the company s ongoing transformation." wetherspoons has reported record annual sales and profits, but warned that prices and costs are likely to rise in the coming months. the pub group, which is famous for its rock—bottom prices and no—frills pubs, saw pre—tax profits jump 4.3% to £107.2 million. but it's said that taxes

and the cost of labour will be higher this year and that could have an impact on profits. i think it is sort of pejoratively called no deal, and no deal really means free trade. bt you is a protectionist body with thousands of ta riffs protectionist body with thousands of tariffs that keeps prices in the shops and pubs high for uk consumers so shops and pubs high for uk consumers so if we adopt free trade like singapore, new zealand, australia and others, prices in the shops will fall. the markets. they are taking their lead from asia in particular there is hope there will be renewed talks on trade between the us and china which is lifted spirits are —— across the

board. that's all the business news. a series of gas explosions has set fire to dozens of homes in the us state of massachusetts. the blasts in three separate towns north of boston are thought to have been caused by the rupture of an overpressurised gas line. 0livia crellin reports. 0nfire. flattened. and up in smoke. these are homes from three communities north of the us city of boston, massachusetts. destroyed in the wake of an apparent natural pipe line rupture. a total of 75 fires, explosions or investigations of gas odour were reported. hundreds were evacuated and some 50 fire departments rushed to the scene. the cause of the blast is still unclear and the massachusetts governor charlie baker says that safety and shelter were the first priority. there will be plenty of time later tonight and tomorrow morning and into the next day to do some

of the workaround determining exactly what happened and why and what needs to be done to deal with that. the focus in the short—term is to make sure we do everything we can to provide shelter for people who need shelter. investigators suspect over pressurisation of a gas main lead pressurisation of a gas main led to the series of blasts and fires. the colombia gas company who supply gas to the area say it is investigating what happened. authorities have shut down supplies to prevent the ignition and further blasts. residents supplied by the companies are unable to return to their homes and many are in the dark about the state of their property, it may take days to work out what has happened and weeks for those affected to return. more than one in five children in england are helping to look after a sick or disabled member of their family — according to research carried out by the bbc and the university of nottingham. that figure of 22 % is much higher

than previously thought. caring for a family member can involve doing anything from housework to helping someone get out of bed and dressed. it can also mean giving them their medication and getting up in the middle of the night to help them. so who are these children looking after? the most frequent answer was their mothers, followed by their siblings. physical and long—term illnesses were the two most common reasons they provided care. ricky boleto has been to meet some young carers in blackpool. at the top we've got mum and dad. then we've got anna. she's the oldest and she helps cook sometimes with abi, which is the second oldest. third oldest is ellen, which shares a room with me. the fourth oldest is 0wen, and he's got his own room and then i'm the youngest. poppy is nine years old.

she's a young carer. along with her brother and sisters, they look after their dad. i can put his slippers on when he needs them, or i can take his pills up and help mum organise them. and what's it like looking after dad ? sometimes it can be a bit upsetting, because he can be sick sometimes. andrew is unable to walk. he is awaiting surgery on his back and now suffers from extreme anxiety, which has left him bedbound. his partner, tina, gave up work to look after him but she says she can't do it alone. if it wasjust me and andrew, probably be really hard, because then i don't have anybody that i can rely on to help me, really. for tina and the whole family, some days are really tough. before and after school, the children cook and clean. there is little time for anything else. i have to help the kids with their homework and read books and make their dinner, because i'm just used

to doing it now. but sometimes it is, like, a bit hard. it's also hard for the youngest member of the family. is it sometimes difficult at school, because maybe some of your friends don't know what you do at home, i suppose? yeah. what do you tell them? i don't really tell them anything about what i do at home now. really knead it. once a week, the family does get a break, here at the blackpool carers‘ centre, a charity working in partnership with blackpool council. in the last five years, new legislation was brought in giving more rights to young carers in england. all over the uk, children are now legally entitled to help from the local council. an assessment measures the impact caring on a relative has on a young person, but the level of support is different depending on where you live. in some areas, very, very little support, and actually, the duty is to assess need rather than actually support children, which feels very uncomfortable and,

for me, and doesn't always make sense. whereas in some areas, you've got children who will have support in school and for those children, they say it makes all the difference. charities are now calling for that same level of support for all young carers to help those children who need it the most. ricky boleto, bbc news. paul 0akenfold has become the first dj to play a set at stonehenge . his performance at the world heritage site was a closely guarded secret, with only 50 people allowed to attend the event, which happened as the sun went down. 0akenfold has previously played at venues including the great wall of china and base camp at mount everest. some seriously impressive backdrops

for a dj set. it looks amazing. we can check the weather with simon king. i will get onto the weekend whether in a moment but first we will start with hurricane florence. it has been barrelling towards the coast of north carolina. the out of bounds of the hurricane have affected these areas and the eye of the hurricane has been stalling close to the coast of north carolina. the outer edge of this has made landfall towards the east of wilmington and so still some significant impacts to come over the next few days as it moves further inland. here, we have showers, quite insignificant, really, across scotla nd insignificant, really, across scotland and northern ireland are northern england and moving into the midlands. northern scotland, maybe showers. in these areas i think we will have lengthy sunny spells at

maximum temperature is getting to 15-19. this maximum temperature is getting to 15—19. this evening and tonight, showers across northern and central areas but lots of us will have clear skies which means it can be colder, especially in scotland where temperatures in aberdeen will get down to four and in the countryside lower than that. saturday morning will start for many on a sunny neck. high—pressure starting to keep hold of conditions in many parts. this is sunday's weather out here. saturday, it should be a dry day. sunshine in the morning, cloud into the afternoon and the odd shower. later we will see cloud thickening with rain in northern ireland and western scotla nd rain in northern ireland and western scotland but for most, a dry day on saturday and the temperatures again getting into the high teens, perhaps low 20s in the south. sunday, this

weather system will continue to move across northern ireland and scotland, slow —— slowly moving south and east. it will stay wet in northern england and across wales on sunday and either side of that, largely fine and dry into the afternoon on sunday with sunshine into the south—east, where temperatures will get to 23. elsewhere, temperatures in the high teens to perhaps even 20 celsius. goodbye. this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh. these are the top stories developing at midday. hurricane florence makes landfall on the east coast of the united states, in north carolina high winds and storm surges are battering the area, and more 200,000 home are without power. sea water is already filling the coastal streets

and there are warnings of catastrophic flooding to come much of the surrounding region looks like a ghost town with people heading for shelter or hunkering down at home. meanwhile in the philippines a super—typhoon with winds of 180 miles per hour is headed towards the main island. also coming up — prison staff are taking "protest action" over safety concerns. the prison officers association, warns of "unprecedented levels of violence" in jails. the church of england has said it will keep its shares in amazon — after the archbishop of canterbury said the firm was "leeching off the taxpayer". good afternoon. it's september 14th. welcome to bbc newsroom live.

the east coast of america has begun feeling the brunt of hurricane florence as it starts to make landfall. more than a million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, with winds of up to 90 miles per hour battering the area. more than 200,000 homes in the carolinas are without power. and storm surges are predicted to bring catastrophic flooding. these are live pictures from wilmington which is in the path of the storm and already experiencing turbulent conditions. 0ur north america correspondent, laura trevelyan has this report. dramatic scenes as the leading edge of hurricane florence breaches the north carolina coast. rain and wind pummel the barrier islands exposed to the atlantic. this huge slow—moving storm is now so wide that it's threatening the south—eastern coast of the us from the carolinas to georgia. it is the rain from the hurricane

that could pose the greatest threat. forecasters warn that if we get prolonged rainfall over a couple of days, there could be catastrophic flooding as the water levels rise and inundate people's homes. there are fears that millions could be without power it across the coastal south—east of the us as the triple hazard of hurricane—force winds, storm surge and flooding become a reality. many have fled their home, seeking shelter in evacuation centres inland. from the vulnerable elderly to the very young. while most people in mandatory evacuation zones have left, some are determined to see out the storms. my family and everyone has evacuated pretty much, except for my wife and i. but we are setting up crews now to deal with the aftermath, which could take weeks. the track of hurricane florence once it makes landfall is uncertain. but a sustained and damaging assault on the coastline from wind and water is intensifying.

the most powerful typhoon this year is roaring towards the main island of the philippines, with wind gusts of 160 miles an hour. super—typhoon mangkhut has gathered strength since monday, tearing down trees and power lines and leaving thousands of people homeless, but millions more live in the areas most at risk. howard johnson reports from one of the provinces expected to be hardest hit by the storm. i'm outside the provincial government headquarters here, where they have just held an emergency briefing. the governor has a plan where he wants people to help their neighbours. if you live in a shack or a flimsy house, move to a more robust house, help a neighbour by letting them stay with you or go to a church, or to a school. he's also saying there is a liquor ban or alcohol ban in place.

that's to stop people from drinking through this period and potentially get exposed to the weather. i asked him if there were any faults in his plans or any worries, he says that potentially telecommunications could go down, and roads could become impassable. earlier today we saw them stockpiling food here, lots of bread was being loaded into baskets, ready to be taken out around the province. he's also appealing for air support from the national government, to be able to spread that food around the province. now, last time a storm hit here in 2016 there were four casualties in this province. this time round he's hoping for zero casualties, and that seems somewhat optimistic, given the magnitude of this supertyphoon. with me is our weather presenter, chris fawkes. we heard that florence had just made la ndfall we heard that florence had just made landfall in our goal, what is the

latest? the edge of those thunderstorms are just making la ndfall across thunderstorms are just making landfall across northern carolina, about ten miles to the east of wilmington. 0n the latest satellite imagery, the eye of the storm is getting smaller. this storm is starting to use a little of its power. —— to lose. the official forecast will be out in the next couple of hours but whether it does or does not lose force, it is irreleva nt or does not lose force, it is irrelevant because it is not so much about the hurricane although —— so much about the wind because it will bring down trees but it is how much rain will fall. tell us more about that because we have seen respot —— reports already about coastal flooding. yes, that is as a result of the storm surge which pushes the water inland. we have had a lot of rain already, up to 250 millilitres

of water in the jacksonville region. we expect about a metre of rain because, although the windsor spinning around the hurricane strongly at 90 mph, the hurricane is only moving at six miles an hour. that speed is what will cause problems. the rain will remain torrential across north carolina not just for today and saturday but into sunday before it starts to disintegrate and move northwards. when we look at the philippines, we are talking about wind gusts of double what we have on the east coast of the states. yes, it is a much more violent typhoon, something called a super typhon —— super typhoon haiyan gusts of 180 miles an hour. it will brush to the north—east of the philippines. the effects will be more feeds, with a greater risk of landslides given

that it greater risk of landslides given thatitis greater risk of landslides given that it is mountainous terrain. 0nce the typhoon has passed further westwards, we will see torrential rain moving end, also around manila. it may even reach southern parts of china late on sunday and on monday which could bring more problems. thank you very much. let us return to america. laura trevelyan is in wilmington in north carolina. what does it feel like to be the right now? this is the eye wall of the storm. this is a federal shoestring of weather which surrounds the cam at the very centre of the hurricane. —— this is a calm string of weather. winds of 90 miles an hour. absolutely torrential rainfall. the effects are being

felt, 320,000 people are without power in north carolina this morning. many were rescued overnight. just about 100 miles north, people are waiting to be rescued from their homes, flooded up to this second story and they are not on the coast, they are inland but they are beside a river. this article is like a bulldozer. —— this hurricane. it is flooding on the coast and inland. this slow—moving storm will linger here for a few days, bringing historic levels of rain, leading to what looks like being at —— absolutely catastrophic flooding. in the meantime, you can see it is incredibly winding, that is rubbish everywhere. the trees are groaning, the wind is howling, it is the rushes out there. it is all about just getting through the rushes out there. it is all aboutjust getting through the next few days for the people remaining in

the path of the storm, beyond that, how well prepared as the area to recover? the governor of north carolina has brought in manpower and said they are all over the eastern seaboard. in america people come together with hurricane is. people have lent equipment, power companies are bringing people in from all over the country. so yes, the editors well—prepared as the qb butjust look at what is happening. the whole coastline of north carolina is incredibly built—up, people love to live on the coast, they love the sea. live on the coast, they love the sea. but when this happens, the damage isjust sea. but when this happens, the damage is just enormous. sea. but when this happens, the damage isjust enormous. thank you very much and do take care. laura trevelya n very much and do take care. laura trevelyan in north carolina for us. prison officers in england and wales are staging a walk—out over concerns about staff safety. staff are protesting in london, liverpool,

manchester and elsewhere. the prison officers association says its members need better protection against violent inmates. it comes after an inspection report yesterday found inmates had effectively taken control at hmp bedford. it's illegal for prison staff to take industrial action, and the ministry ofjustice has said it will try to obtain a court injunction to bring the protests to an end. it also urged staff to return to work. speaking to me earlier, mark fairhurst, the national chair of the prison officers association, told me why the walk—out was called. this has been building a month after month. the violent statistics that have been produced will back that up. our members have quite simply had enough. had enough of the broken bones, the fractured jaws, the fractured eye sockets, the fractured skulls, the slashings and stabbings and no action plan in place and no protective measures issued by this government or the employer to quell that violence. where do we go? we are not allowed to strike. this is a protest. a protest that will hopefully get resolved by government ministers sitting down

with us and coming up with a viable action plan that can be enacted immediately. this is about the here and now, we do not want the plans for the future. we want our man —— members going in and getting salted daily protected. we want prisoners protected. we want prisoners protected as well. the government has said that prisoners who assault officers will receive double sentence, will that have an effect? that is all very well but they need to be prosecuted. the cps is often relu cta nt to to be prosecuted. the cps is often reluctant to prosecute. we are members of the public as well and we should be protected. the incapacity break which has been child has been

very successful. we're fed up with government ministers and the employer dithering about and not telling us their plans to roll it out. sit down with us and sort this out. sit down with us and sort this out. if you are talking about using that as part of your arsenal to deal with prisoners, are you saying there are not enough officers to deal with prisoners? there are not enough, we have lost over 7000 experienced staff since 2010. that has only been replaced with 3000 very inexperienced officers who do not have the benefit we had of experienced staff guiding them. they have no support from managers are leaving the in droves. this is about search mechanisms. let us reinstate searching teams at the gate which we re searching teams at the gate which were dedicated to that task. if you wa nt to were dedicated to that task. if you want to retain staff, reinstate our retirement at the age of 60. how on

earth a prison officer is expected to work in the most hostile working environment in europe until they are 68 is beyond me. the chairman of the ireland talking to me earlier. we heard from the minister ofjustice earlier seeing prison officers do vital work and he are them to return to their duty station. he said it was irresponsible for prison 0fficers was irresponsible for prison officers association to encourage their officers to take this action. more on today's news stories coming up more on today's news stories coming up live. but now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. this is what rory stewart had to say

about the problem. prison officers not turning up to work endangers their colleagues. it endangers their collea g u es their colleagues. it endangers their colleagues in prisoners and ultimately the public which is why there are strong laws in place saying strike is not appropriate for prison officers. we have put in a lot of investment bringing in new prison officers, body cameras and a new purpose straight and a new law to support prison officers. i'm joined now by alex hewson prison reform trust thank you for coming. the minister said there was a lot of investment in the prison system, where do you stand on that? the chairman of the prison 0fficers stand on that? the chairman of the prison officers association was talking about the cuts recently. that is right. it is correct to

acknowledge that they are trying to do with the consequences of the cuts which were made by the previous secretary of state. it has led to huge instability in prisons over the last six or seven years and ministers are trying to turn around the situation in prisons. i think pa rt the situation in prisons. i think part of the problem now is there is a huge loss of experienced staff. 0nly yesterday at bedford prison was given urgent notification by the chief inspector of prisons who found that over three quarters of staff had been imposed for less than one year so making sure you have experienced staff is so going to ta ke experienced staff is so going to take time. i think the action today is regrettable because safety in our prisons has really plummeted in recent yea rs. prisons has really plummeted in recent years. today's actions, u nfortu nately, recent years. today's actions, unfortunately, i think the immediate consequence. . . unfortunately, i think the immediate consequence... when i asked prison 0fficers consequence... when i asked prison officers association who was looking after prisoners, he said they have

enough staff and therefore example to give medical treatment should be needed. but do you feel it is a sense of being driven to the limit thatis sense of being driven to the limit that is producing these protests? absolutely. i completely sympathise with staff who are facing incredibly challenging situations to work in. 0ur safety in prisons has deteriorated over the last six yea rs, deteriorated over the last six years, assaults, and self harm are all too common. that report about bedford prison which you mentioned, prisoners were effectively in control of the prison. do you think as part of the government response, it mentions increasing the prison term for anyone who assaults a prison officer, that something like that will help? i think it is dealing with the symptoms rather than the cause of the problems. the prisons face huge instability. people need to be able to get out of cells and spend their time

constructively. we spend far too many people to prison for short sentences which achieves little. do you think prisoners would be supportive of the action prison officers are taking? i'm sure there will be some. it is in the interests of everyone that our prisons are safe which means for people in there and those working there. we have a huge churn of people flowing in and out of prison system on a daily basis first short sentences. there needs to be a concerted effort to reduce the number of short sentences so reduce the number of short sentences so the prisons like birmingham, bedford and exeter are not facing this huge churn of instability every single day. there needs to be a concerted effort into producing these short sentences. some people might save people commit a crime, they need to do the crime —— do the time. so we should not reduce the

number of prisoners going to present a short offence. we speak to people who say they do not want it to happen to other people. you can fall of the evidence, short sentencing does little to turn lives around whereas for people, community sentences have much lower region offending rates. are you working with the government to improve the circumstances? absolutely, we have an ongoing dialogue with ministers and officials. we're trying to improve the situation. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... hurricane florence makes landfall on the east coast of the united states, in north carolina bringing high high winds, storm surges and lashing rain. meanwhile thousands of people have begun evacuating from coastal areas of the philippines as a super typhoon with windspeeds of 180 miles per hour heads towards the country. prison staff in england and wales are taking part

in widespread protests over "unprecedented violence" in jails. sport now. simon yates is still wearing the leader's jersey. before the procession of finish in madrid. he's 25 seconds ahead of a former winner of the vuelta, alejandro valverde, and if he holds on, he'll become the third british cyclist to win a grand tour this year, after the feats of chris froome and geraint thomas. the premier league are investigating whether any rules were broken during everton's recruitment of manager marco silva. watford say everton made an illegal approach for him, while he was still in charge there last season, and that was the "catalyst" behind their decision to sack him injanuary. he was appointed by everton four months later. bbc sport understands an independent

law firm has been asked to look into the matter and its thought everton could face a significant fine or even a points deduction if they're found to have acted improperly. great britain's dressage team have won bronze at the world equestrian games in north carolina — earning them qualification for the olympics in tokyo 2020. charlotte dujardin was riding her new horse freestyle, who she says reminds her of the famous valegro, the partner who won her two olympic gold medals. germany took gold. there's live coverage from the games later, on the red button and bbc sport website. kelly sotherton has been talking about receiving her second bronze medal from the beijing olympics — 10 years on. the presentation was at a team gb ball last night. she was upgraded from fifth to third after two of her rivals failed drugs tests. it's actually the second medal from beijing she's been awarded — last year she received a bronze for the 4x400m relay. but rather than harbour "ill—feeling" sotherton says

a "cloud has lifted". i left beijing really disappointed. i went to beijing on the front of the plane, came back in the back, and i remember having an interview with natasha kaplinsky. i was so mortified, so upset. i looked awful, i was moody and so disappointed. so now, ten years later, to get two medals from that games, it would have been a different experience and thought process, leaving that games with two medals. i could be angry and bitter, but i am really like emotional and happy and looking forward to the future now. that's all the sport for now. hugh woozencroft will have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much. the kremlin has said that it

will consider a british request to interview the two suspects in the salisbury poisoning. speaking this morning the russian government's spokesman said they consider it unacceptable to "associate the leadership of russia with what happened in salisbury in any way". alexander petrov and rooshlan boshirov told russia's state—run rt channel they had travelled to salisbury as tourists on the recommendation of friends. it comes after number 10 branded an interview with the suspects as "deeply offensive to the victims" and "an insult to the public‘s intelligence". the journalist who interviewed the two russians hung up on the newsnight presenter, kirsty wark, when she was challenged over the interview. margarita simonyan, the editor—in—chief of rt, which is funded by the kremlin, dismissed suggestions that the channel was a tool of russian propaganda. having worked as a reporter for almost 20 years now, for more than 20 years now, i only believe what i see with my own eyes. i saw with my own eyes that they do look completely like the people on the video that was released by the british police. so, for that matter, i do believe they are those people. but, as far as the story goes, i don't have any

reasons to believe them. i don't know them, i haven't spent life with them, they are not my friends, but i have no reasons to believe secret services who have been lying previously. hasn't the manner of this interview concerned you and the fact doesn't itjust reinforce the idea that rt is a propaganda tool for the russian state? you did watch the interview, did you? oh, i watched the interview. did you see my face, did you see the tone? you probably don't speak russian. i don't speak russian, but i also looked at the transcript. yeah. and the questions were quite obviously hard for them and made them nervous and, at some point, they even said something like, "we came here, we thought you would support us and you behave like we were at the investigation in a court. and i said, "well, i'm not here to support

you in what you advocate. i'm a journalist." i don't know why you would say that, your question seems completely inobjective to me right now. your question to me is like a typical western propaganda, because of which people actually watch rt. one last point. nothing like what you're saying. nothing like. thank you very much. one last question. you actually looked at the footage of the two men. phone clicks. are you still there? i think she's gone. our correspondent sarah rainford is in moscow. let us talk about this offer from the kremlin, saying it will consider a british request to interview the two suspects in the salisbury poisoning. do you think that is likely to happen? this was actually a question i put two president

putin's spokesman. i said if i request were to come from britain, given the suspects have appeared before a tv camera and are in russia, with the kremlin consider that? his response was to say that they would, if that were to happen but that russia has not yet had any cooperation as he sees it from britain in terms of letting russia hour be involved in the investigation so i kind of confused and so. essentially what he said if there was a request, it would be considered. whether it might happen and that met lead to police coming to russia to directly interrogate and question these two men, i think thatis and question these two men, i think that is a big leap. there has been no official request made. it is worth remembering back in 2006 if you remember the case of alexander litvinenko who was poisoned in the

uk, a former kgb agent. there were two suspects in russia facing a similar situation. two suspects in russia facing a similarsituation. police two suspects in russia facing a similar situation. police did, and we re similar situation. police did, and were able to interrogate the suspects but they did talk about a lot of obstruction by the russian authorities. we obviously have two versions of reality and no meaningful communication between the uk and russia over this? no, watching state television here in russia, it is clear that the official narrative as these are two innocent men, simple tourists who have been accused wrongly by britain of involvement in a nerve agent attack. they are being presented as men who know fear for their lives who have vanished as quickly as they appeared. they gave new —— no information about themselves because allegedly be worried for their lives. it is very convenient but difficult to find them. the

information they gave, does not match the allegations and story that has come from the uk. it is the question where this goes now. will british authorities be able to speak to them in and ask for more probing questions or will they be rejected by moscow? that is the next key moment in this process. thank you very much. ten greater manchester police officers are under investigation following the death of a man who was arrested near oldham. the officers, who are all police constables, arrested 30—year—old andre moura attended the scene of mr moura's arrest prior to his death. mr moura was arrested after officers responded to reports of a domestic incident in earlyjuly, at an address in lime side, near oldham. following his arrest, mr moura was taken via police van to ashton—under—lyne police station where he was found to be unresponsive. a postmortem proved inconclusive and further tests are being carried out to help determine the cause

of mr moura's death. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben good afternoon, it seems like those behind me will be part of our weekend. we have had some rain moving across the north—west today but as we head into the afternoon and evening, that brain will fizzle away. most areas will be left clear and dry. some spillage in northern ireland and england. not cold on the south but parts of north—east scotla nd south but parts of north—east scotland could get cold in after a touch of frost. spells of sunshine tomorrow morning across many central and eastern parts of the uk. it will cloud over from the west as the date moves on with outbreaks of rain in northern ireland, perhaps south—west scotla nd northern ireland, perhaps south—west scotland with a strengthening breeze. 15 degrees in glasgow, up to

21 in london. temperatures will continue to climb on sunday. by the north and west will see wet and windy weather at times. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... hurricane florence has made landfall with high winds and heavy rain lashing the east coast of the united states. meanwhile, thousands of people have begun evacuating from coastal areas of the philippines as a super typhoon brings powerful winds and torrential rain. prison officers are taking part in widespread protests over safety concerns due to inmate violence. the prison officers association warns of "unprecedented levels of violence" in jails.

the church of england has said it will keep its shares in amazon — a day after the archbishop of canterbury said the firm was "leeching off the taxpayer". let's get more now on our main stories today — the weather is dominating the headlines. as hurricane florence hits parts of the eastern coast of the united states, areas of new bern in north carolina are already under several feet of water. meanwhile, in asia, a super typhoon is approaching the philippines. it's bringing winds of more than 180mph. five million people could be affected by typhoon mangkhut. joining us now is richard allan, professor of climate science at the department of meteorology at the university of reading. thank you for your time, perhaps it

is useful to remind ourselves of why we have hurricanes at this time of year. it is the warmth of the ocean that gives these hurricanes and tropical cyclones like mangkhut and florence the energy needed to spin up florence the energy needed to spin up into these monster storms. tell us more up into these monster storms. tell us more about how that process happens. it is to do with the energy imparted from the ocean into the atmosphere. storms are produced, so the energy is transferred to the atmosphere by releasing the energy through condensation of water and it is the spin of the earth, as systems move away from the equator, the earth's spin spin is the systems into hurricanes and tropical depressions we know. if we look at the detail with florence, as we have

reported, it has made landfall on the east coast in north carolina. it is not the wind that is the biggest issue with florence, it is about the potential for flooding. that is right and it comes in two ways. on the one hand a swell from the ocean because of the low atmospheric pressure, but also winds move it over the coastal region so a storm surge can be produced and in addition you have heavy rainfall from the storm that is iran dating river catchments and causing flooding over land. and the potential for damage flooding over land. and the potentialfor damage in flooding over land. and the potential for damage in the philippines —— it is in non—dating river catchments. 180 mph, why is mangkhut more powerful in terms of the wind? some of this is the

weather. it depends on how and when they formed. florence is an extremely severe hurricane, mangkhut is stronger, in the warm pacific and can cause more damage from the winds because more infrastructure can be damaged by this. talk to us about how we expect mangkhut to track perhaps towards hong kong. according to the forecast, it will be less strong as it passes over the northern philippines because it loses the energy source and then will likely reinvigorate over the south china sea, possibly hitting hong kong, which gets typhoons but not often severe typhoons. thank you. professor from the not often severe typhoons. thank you. professorfrom the university of reading. a former member of the pop bandjls — oritse williams — has been charged with rape over an alleged attack on a fan in a hotel room after a concert. the singer, from london, was arrested in december 2016,

the morning after performing at the gorgeous club in wolverhampton. a second man has also been charged in connection with the incident. both men are due to appear before magistrates on 11 october. it's been revealed that the church of england has shares in the online retailer amazon — a day after the archbishop of canterbury accused the firm of "leeching off the taxpayer". the church times claimed amazon was among the 20 biggest global investments last year. but a statement from the church of england said it considered the most effective way of seeking change was to be "in the room with these companies" as a shareholder. i spoke earlier to madeleine davies from the church times — the reporter who broke the news of the church of england's holdings in amazon. i asked her why the church of england got rid of its shares in wonga but says staying invested in amazon helps influence the company to change. i think you could argue that wonga was perhaps a smaller stake, so we know that amazon is the second largest company in the world and in a sense i would have been

surprised if i looked at the annual report and found that the church of england did not have any stake at all. so it may come down to the size of the investment and what it would take to unwind that. but a slightly mixed message, perhaps? yes, so i think it's a very similar message to the one they use for fossil fuel companies. so the church does invest in those and it's always argued that it's better to be in the room. is there evidence that the church has managed to influence any of these companies in their policies by being shareholders? so there was a very large debate in july about whether it was working or not with the general synod, which is like the church of england's parliament. they did cite a number of pieces of evidence from companies like shell, the fact that shall have stopped drilling in the arctic was cited as evidence that perhaps the church of england's shareholding engagement had contributed towards the change. is there any scenario in which you can imagine the archbishop was not aware of the church's holdings in amazon before he talked about the company, or his advisers not knowing about these shareholdings? i think it would be surprising, because it was so easy to find the information.

so ijust looked in the annual report of the church commissioners. it is named and listed in their top 20 biggest investments, so in a sense i think it would be surprising if he was not aware of that, or somebody advising wasn't. presumably, given the publicity around this, it will be a big topic of conversation going forward? i think there is a healthy, lively debate in the church of england about how we invest our money so it is such a huge amount of assets, about £8 billion, and there is ongoing debate about all sorts of ways in which that money is used, whether for affordable housing, fossil fuels, whether the companies we invest in behave ethically. so it is part of a much bigger conversation. north and south korea have opened a joint liaison office on the north's side of the heavily militarized border. this will allow the two sides to communicate on a regular basis for the first time since the korean war. from seoul, laura bicker explained the significance.

this building is in essence a de fa cto this building is in essence a de factojoint korean this building is in essence a de facto joint korean embassy, this building is in essence a de factojoint korean embassy, it is the first time since the korean war where the two sides will be able to talk 24 hours a day for 365 days a year. how it will work is officials from the north and the south, about 15-20 from the north and the south, about 15 — 20 each, will be in the building, a floor each, and there will be beating floor where they can talk about various tensions. in the communication came fire fax or phone lines but during tension those lines we re lines but during tension those lines were often cut so this is a structure where they could both talk at any structure where they could both talk atany time, structure where they could both talk at any time, even when there are tensions. this comes ahead of president moon's south korea's leader, heading to pyongyang next week. the first south korean to

visit pyongyang in over a decade. he has a job to do. president moon the mediator will try to get concrete steps from kim jong—un to get some kind of concrete promise out of him with regards to disarmament. he will try to break the diplomatic deadlock existing between the us and north korea currently. what this building, the launch of this building, it tells us that even if things are not going well between the united states and north korea, the two koreas seem determined to find a path to cooperate. all this week, we've been reporting on the 10th anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers bank in new york, which unleashed the global financial crisis. spain was particularly badly hit — a building boom funded by reckless borrowing rapidly gave way to a bust that cut growth and costjobs. our europe correspondent kevin connolly went back to madrid to look for signs of recovery. not far from bustling madrid,

a ghostly spanish road to nowhere. a stretch of highway left unfinished at a time when businesses were losing their money and bankers were losing their nerve. there are ghost towns of empty houses, too, nearby, but in some of these, signs of change. in once deserted valdeluz, the mayor says public money spent on schools and sports facilities is bringing people in. it was empty. valdeluz, six years ago, was a ghost city. but now it is a star city. we changed the perception of the outside people. but spain's recovery is patchy. this community group in madrid campaigns against banks that repossess homes when families can't pay their mortgages. they say the poor are being punished for mistakes made

by bankers and politicians. i'm sure things have not been fixed at all. people are losing their houses and are fighting for their rights. the depression of the 1930s still haunts spain, too. its new leftist government wants to remove from this memorial site the remains of franco, the dictator who ruled as fascism prospered. there will be nothing like this to mark the fallout of the first financial crisis of the 21st century. the consequences were less violent, less profound. but there were changes on the left and the right in european politics, and it's possible that the final consequences are stilljust working their way through the system. high streets have ticked over as public money has propped up the banking system and borrowing has been cheap. but some economists warn that policies meant to fix the last

crisis could yet trigger the next one. there is an old spanish saying that goes... he speaks spanish. a pessimist is a well—informed optimist. you say "when" we have the crisis, not if. that's right, when, not if, because i'm sadly sure that we will have another crisis. ten years on, spain can at least see a road to recovery. but this highway to nowhere is a reminder that uncertainty as well as opportunity lies in the future. a series of gas explosions has set fire to dozens of homes in the us state of massachusetts. the blasts in three separate towns north of boston are thought to have been caused by the rupture of an overpressurised gas line. olivia crellin reports. onfire,

flattened and up in smoke. these are homes from three communities north of the us city of boston, destroyed in the wake of an apparent natural—gas pipeline rupture. 12 people are reported to be injured and one person has died. a total of 70 fires, explosions or investigations of gas odour were reported. local authorities responded, evacuating hundreds, and some 50 fire departments rushed to the scene. with the cause of the blast still unclear, the massachusetts governor charlie baker said that safety and shelter were the first priority. there will be plenty of time later tonight and tomorrow morning and into the next day to do some of the work around determining exactly what happened and why and what needs to be done to deal with that. but the focus in the short—term is to make sure we do everything we can to provide shelter for people who need shelter. investigators suspect

overpressurisation of a gas main led to the series of blasts and fires. the columbia gas company who supply gas to the area say it is investigating what has happened. in the meantime, authorities have shut down gas supplies to prevent the ignition of further blasts. with residents supplied by the company unable to return to their homes and many are in the dark about the state of their properties, it may take days to work out what has happened and weeks for those affected to return. british steel is cutting 400 jobs as part of what it calls a streamlining process to ensure the long—term growth of the business. the decision affects managerial, professional and administrative staff at its operations in the uk, ireland, france and the netherlands. the national trade union steel co—ordinating committee says it will challenge everyjob reduction the headlines on bbc news.

hurricane florence makes landfall on the east coast of the united states, in north carolina. meanwhile, thousands of people have begun evacuating from coastal areas of the philippines as a super—typhoon with windspeeds of 180 miles per hour heads towards the country. prison staff in england and wales are taking part in widespread protests over "unprecedented violence" in jails. more than one in five children in england are helping to look after a sick or disabled member of their family, according to research carried out by the bbc and the university of nottingham. that figure of 22 per cent is much higher than previously thought. caring for a family member can involve doing anything from housework to helping someone get out of bed and dressed. it can also mean giving them their medication and getting up in the middle of the night to help them. so who are these children looking after? the most frequent answer was their mothers,

followed by their siblings. physical and long term illnesses were the two most common reasons they provided care. ricky boleto has been to meet some young carers in blackpool. at the top, we've got our mum and dad. then we've got anna. she's the oldest and she helps cook sometimes with abi, which is the second oldest. third oldest is ellen, which shares a room with me. the fourth oldest is owen, and he's got his own room and then i'm the youngest. poppy is nine years old. she's a young carer. along with her brother and sisters, they look after their dad. i can put his slippers on when he needs them, or i can take his pills up and help mum organise them. and what's it like looking after dad ? sometimes it can be a bit upsetting, because he can be sick sometimes. andrew is unable to walk. he is awaiting surgery on his back and now suffers from extreme anxiety,

which has left him bedbound. his partner, tina, gave up work to look after him, but she says she can't do it alone. if it wasjust me and andrew, probably be really hard, because then i don't have anybody that i can rely on to help me, really. for tina and the whole family, some days are really tough. before and after school, the children cook and clean. there is little time for anything else. i have to help the kids with their homework and read books and make their dinner. because i'm just used to doing it now, but sometimes it is, like, a bit hard. it's also hard for the youngest member of the family. is it sometimes difficult at school, because maybe some of your friends don't know what you do at home, i suppose? yeah.

what do you tell them? i don't really tell them anything about what i do at home now. really knead it. once a week, the family does get a break, here at the blackpool carers‘ centre, a charity working in partnership with blackpool council. in the last five years, new legislation was brought in giving more rights to young carers in england. and all over the uk, children are now legally entitled to help from the local council. an assessment measures the impact caring on a relative has on a young person, but the level of support is different depending on where you live. in some areas, very, very little support, and actually, the duty is to assess need rather than actually support children, which feels very uncomfortable and, for me, doesn't always make sense. whereas in some areas, you've got children who will have support in school, and for those children, they say it makes all the difference. charities are now calling for that same level of support for all young carers to help those children who need it the most. ricky boleto, bbc news.

we are getting official confirmation from the national hurricane centre in the us that hurricane florence has made landfall in carolina, north carolina. we had been telling you that the hurricane had made landfall but that is official confirmation from the national hurricane centre in the us. the conditions are so bad there, you can barely make out the detail, as the camera angle moves. you can see trees buffeted by the winds, of up to 90 mph, we are told, in north carolina. a british diver who was one of the first to reach 12 boys trapped in a thai cave has been honoured by the scout association. john volanthen, a cub leader from bristol,

was awarded the bronze cross for his role in the rescue. the medal is the scouts‘ highest honour and is given for "heroism or action in the face of extraordinary risk". i'm very, very humbled, because i started caving in the scouts, so it's kind of a full circle, really — from brighton scouts. i still take scouts caving, so it's an honour to be given this kind of medal. tilly griffiths was inspired to study in the us after watching high school musical and now, after achieving three as and an a* in her a—levels, she's on her way there. the 18—year—old staffordshire student, who has spinal muscular atrophy, has won a four—year scholarship to stanford university. she's the first student to receive nhs funding for 24—hour care while she is in the us. it has always been my dream to

attend university in america and now it is happening. i think my ambition to study in america honestly probably started with high school musical and the dream of attending an american couege dream of attending an american college but as i got older and looked into it, i decided... a great attitude and wishing her luck in her new adventures in the us. black women are ditching chemical relaxers and straighteners in favour of embracing their naturally afro—textured hair.

ahead of world afro day tomorrow, our reporter elaine dunkley has been to meet its founder. it's a celebration of super curls, textures and twists. whether it's high on top or short crops, world afro day is about embracing natural beauty. and it's much more than that. it's about heritage, history, identity and being proud of your roots. so year 6, this morning, we are in for an extremely special treat because we are learning a little bit about world afro day. at this primary school in south london, an important lesson about inclusion and acceptance. world afro day was really inspired by my daughter, who was really positive in celebrating her hair. she was singing one day and i thought, "i really want every little black girl or every little child with afro hair to feel that great".

the other reason was, there was a lot of the negative dialogue all around the world. you always have to believe in yourself to know that your hair is unique. not all schools are as encouraging as this one when it comes to appearance. black children have been sent home for having their hair in locks, twists and afro. these conversations are about awareness. it's just special for the black people who are not accepted for who they are, especially when they are wearing dreadlocks, braids. every hair should be noticed because it's all unique. if people say they don't like your hair, you look ugly, don't listen to them. the politics of black hair is deeply rooted in history, from signifying status in african tribes to struggles against slavery and social injustice. i think there's been people who've been kicked out of school, have not being able to get certain jobs. i think the relationship with our hair as black woman with our hair as black women is incredibly complex because one, we've been taught that we don't

entirely belong to our own selves. it means that people often approach us with the intention to inspect us, and often that intention is laced in compliments, like, "oh, it's so big, it's so fluffy. "can i touch it?" most times, "can i touch it" is not even asked. it'sjust touched. i think we've definitely come a long way. the advancement of social media has had a huge impact because, once upon a time, you would not see people on tv who looked like you, and in music videos and magazines. now we've created this space online where not only are you seeing people in your circle who look like you with their hair out, their afro out, but you are seeing people across the world celebrating their natural hair. there is power in positive imagery, a subject that rapper ghetts is tackling head—on with his music. i'm known for a lot harder music, so i've never had anybody tell me they have played my music to their children. daddy, how come there are no girls that look like me in the shop?

the standard of beauty starts from that age. there is no representation from them and she grows up feeling like she wants to be, what? something that she's not? as the first man that she's going to love, i have to empower her. world afro day is a growing movement, challenging and changing mainstream perceptions of beauty, embracing your natural hair and empowering minds. # keep doing you # don't let the world ruin you, no matter what they say # you are beautiful # beauty's in the eye of the beholder.# elaine dunkley, bbc news. in a moment it's time for the one o'clock news with jane hill but first it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon, a scene like the one behind me here are part of the weekend weather story. there will be western breezy weather at times but very little of that rain is expected to reach the south—east with some parts of the south staying

com pletely parts of the south staying completely dry. you can see band of rain sinking east. we have brightness across northern scotland with a scattering of hefty showers. in the evening, most of the rain will fade away to leave clear skies overhead and especially across the north and east of scotland. notice green and even blue colours on the chart. in the countryside temperatures dipping lower than the four degrees in aberdeen. not especially cold further south, particularly where we have cloud over northern ireland and northern england but we start tomorrow on a fine note with sunshine in the north—east of scotland in central and eastern parts of england but generally cloud streaming in from the west through the day and northern island of western scotland, cloud will thicken to bring rain and strengthening breeze. up to 21 in london. in the second half of the

weekend, frontal systems will try to push in from the north—west bushing outbreaks of rain and breezy weather but there is uncertainty how far south and east the weather fronts will get but it looks like we will bring in rain across northern england, wales, perhaps the midlands. east anglia and the south—east are expected to stay dry with sunshine. however, beginning to warm up in the south—east corner. the start of next week, this is the remnant of what was hurricane helene and it looks like the pressure is heading our way but uncertainty as to when and where it will arrive but it looks like western parts of the uk could see wet and windy weather but remember, it used to be a hurricane and there is some warm tropical air within it and we will start to feel the effects in eastern areas. perhaps temperatures in the

south up to the middle 20s. hurricane florence makes landfall on east coast of the united states, with high winds and torrential rain. storm surges of nearly ten feet are hitting the coast — the state's governor urges people to remain calm. surviving this storm will be a test of endurance, teamwork, common sense and patience. this is the scene live in wilmington, north carolina — we'll have all the latest from there. also this lunchtime. five million people are in the direct path of typhoon mangkhut, due to make landfall in the philippines. prison officers begin protest action across england and wales — after a damning report described a dangerous lack of control at bedford prison.