this is bbc news. i'm nuala mcgovern. our top stories: hurricane florence is pounding the carolina coast with powerful winds and devastating rains. the first fatailities are reported, and the worst could be still to come. as far as as farasi as far as i know, the eye is still off the coast and it is heading south, so we could be in this wind for a long time. super typhoon mangkhut has made landfall in the northwestern philippines, with winds of over 200km per hour. thousands of people are being moved to safety. the manager of this hotel has taped up the manager of this hotel has taped up the windows to stop them from blowing in the comes. livelihoods, properties and lives are all at risk tonight. donald trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, agrees to co—operate with an investigation into links between the president and russia as part of a plea deal. one of america's biggest basketball stars visits the uk for a series of exhibition matches.

he tells the bbc why he's an advocate for those who can't speak out for themselves. hello and welcome to bbc world news. four people have died as ex—hurricane florence mauls the east coast of the united states. it's been downgraded to a tropical storm, but is still bringing torrential rain and a powerful storm surge — a wall of water that's pushing—in from the atlantic. some towns have already been swamped — parts of new bern for instance are under three metres of water. emergency services are struggling to rescue hundreds of people trapped in their homes by flood waters. police have told residents to move to upper floors and not to try to leave. more than 600,000 properties in north and south carolina are without power, and energy companies warn up to three million

more are at risk of black—outs. these are pictures of the house where a mother and her baby died after a tree struck their home in wilmington, north carolina. the child's father was rushed to hospital. let's get the latest from our correspondent laura trevelyan, who's in the city of wilmington. that tragedy of the mother and infa nt that tragedy of the mother and infant killed here in wilmington this morning by the falling tree that fell on their house. so many trees have come down today, nuala, and remember there has been a lot of heavy rainfall all summer here, unusually for the east coast, and so that has made the ground very soft. we had the eye wall of the hurricane hit here at 7am and then a little

calm and then it seems like we have the back end of the storm. the ground is loose and yet more trees will fly around tonight. now the greatest risk is not the wind or the storm surge, but the rainfall. this isa storm surge, but the rainfall. this is a huge storm, nuala, and it is hanging around, lingering around carolina, so slowly you could walk with it, five miles an hour, so it is dumping all of this rain and because the ground is saturated we're getting this flooding, nuala, which we are told will continue into next week. here is my colleague, chris barker, with more. the carolinas knew what was coming, but they could never fully prepare for the force of florence. along this coastline, houses found themselves on the front line for a fierce incoming storm. and a surge of water that flooded streets and homes. despite the many days of warnings, there were people caught out, and families who needed to be

rescued from their homes. cool water. there you go. in new bern, in north carolina, the emergency services had to move in as people became cut off. i've never been so terrified in my entire life. it was horrifying. just wondering what was going on and where the water is going to go, how high it's going to go and how we are going to get out. in the town of wilmington, street after street was littered with the debris of the storm. huge trees, no match for the power of the winds. even though this hurricane had weakened before it reached land. this morning, people gathered to see what was left of their neighbourhood. they kept telling us how bad it would be, and we thought we were prepared. but you just can't be prepared for that. there's nothing to do when a tree falls, you know? and this storm has already proved to be deadly. a fallen tree near here

was responsible for killing a mother and her child. hurricane florence is powerful, slow and relentless. it's an uninvited brute who doesn't want to leave. while florence is here, some families have headed to emergency shelters. places where they know they will be safe. what are you worried about? not having a place to go home to or a job. all those practical concerns are shared as florence continues to hover over the carolinas. she's wheelchair—bound, and it's been really rough. i said, "god, throuthesus christ, our lord, please, please, protect our home and everyone else in wilmington." evacuation warnings remain in place, as families steel themselves for another night of wind, rain and damage here on cape fear. and that is my colleague, chris

buckler, reporting from here in wilmington north carolina. now, president trump at the white house has said that he will visit the scene of this natural disaster sometime next week. meanwhile his secretary of state mike pompeo has been speaking about the hurricane, here is what he had to say. been speaking about the hurricane, here is what he had to sayli been speaking about the hurricane, here is what he had to say. i want to let our fellow americans know, who are affected by hurricane florence, that our prayers are with them, i understand it might have beena them, i understand it might have been a loss of life, our heart goes out to them, and thank you to the first responders, military, civilians and the like, doing such good work, that our government is around and we encourage every american in the threatened path to listen to government officials and ta ke listen to government officials and take heed to their words. and that was the us secretary of state, mike

pompeo, speaking a little earlier. now, as you can see, even though hurricane florence is now a tropical store, the wind is still high and so are the reins, but if you want to find out what the hurricane is like you moscow into the very centre with the hurricane hunters and that is what my colleague has done, she went ina plane what my colleague has done, she went in a plane ride to the very centre of the hurricane with pilots of the us air force reconnaissance mission. another mission complete, but there is no time to waste to ready the next. with millions vulnerable to the force of florence these hurricane hunters have been flying around the clock right into the eye of the storm. the team of pilots and scientists from the us air force reserve will pass through florence five times during the exhaustive eight hour mission. dropping sensors to collect the temperature, pressure and wind speed of the storm. this cargo plane with its cutting—edge technology is essentially a laboratory with wings. an hour after take—off we enter the storm. we are flying through

hurricane florence now, and you can see that there is zero visibility. on top of that, we are hitting winds of up to 100 mph. now, these pilots are experienced with flying in danger situations, but they know that the information they collect will be critical to determining the storm's next move. we'll now release one in the eye wall and another one on the eye wall on the way out as well. sensors get dropped at specific points in the storm. he gave me the command, so i am launching it. that was the drop, that sound, that was the drop, the capsule being released from the plane. the information gets sent back to the national hurricane centre every ten minutes. it's used to constantly update the storm model and can improve forecasts by 20%.

when we reached the eye of the storm, it is clouded over. hurricane florence has been weakening, but it's no less destructive. we're out here with boots on the ground, eyes on the scene. i've had other storms i've gone through where on the side—line it looked like a tropical storm, but actually, when you went into the storm and all the wind it turned it to category two hurricane. after a long day they turned for home in darkness. 0n the ground, the next team of hurricane hunters prepare theirjourney back into the storm. what an incredible trip that our colleague was on, seeing the storm from that perspective. you mentioned it isa from that perspective. you mentioned it is a slow—moving tropical storm now, what can the people that live where you are expecting the coming days, can they go about their business, do they have a weather forecast that they can know when this will end? well, nuala, what we

are hearing from forecasters is we won't be able to say goodbye to florence until sunday, it is going to dump rain on us in north carolina until then, but it is also heading towards south carolina, even george, the state below, potentially in the threat zone and the flooding could go as north as virginia, there is even a state of emergency there. so it is still unclear because she is so it is still unclear because she is so huge and breaking up, it has become unpredictable. the director of the national hurricane centre, nuala, described this slow—moving storm as his nemesis. it is the same thing i saw last year when i was reporting from hurricane harvey in houston, in texas, just the same thing, a massive slow—moving storm. so in answer to your question what do people do, well, if they have

evacuated, do they really want to go back now when potentially the flooding won't recede from their homes until sunday, it is really such a difficult dilemma, agonising to think that their homes may be ruined while they are away. thank you very much to my colleague laura trevelya n. meanwhile, a super typhoon has hit the north—east of the philippines, with winds of over 200 kilometres per hour. millions of people are directly in the path of the storm and thousands have been evacuated. officials have warned of storm surges of up to six metres. 0ur correspondent howard johnson has been travelling through the provinces of cagayan and isabela — two areas weather forecasters say are likely to be hardest hit. within the last few hours typhoon mankhut has hit the northern tip of the main island of luzon. 5 million people are thought to be in the path of this potentially deadly storm. authorities had already urged thousands of people to move inland from vulnerable coastal areas. in nearby centre and a local officials are not taking any chances. this

village school has been turned into an emergency shelter. translation: there is a tendency for landslides in this area in the past, so a village council has advised them to get out early. on the road out of caviar and province we passed farmers anxious to do what they can to salvage their harvest. —— cagayan. the philippines endure is about 20 typhoons we're and storms each year and typhoon mankhut is the strongest of 2018 so far. it is more than 500 miles in diameter with sustained winds of over 160 miles an hour. we are around 100 miles away from where the storm is about to hit ha rd est. from where the storm is about to hit hardest. already the winds are at and it has been raining heavily. as you can see, most people have heeded the warnings to stay inside and wait for this potentially devastating typhoon to pass. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: ten yea rs

ten years after the collapse of lehman brothers bank, marking the beginning of the global financial crisis, how is middle america coping with the fallout from the financial meltdown? 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. there is people alive, and there is people not alive. we just can help and give them whatever we've got. it looked as though they had come to fight a war, but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. the government's case has been forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, the justice minister. he's campaigned vigorously for the abolition, having once witnessed one of his

clients being executed. elizabeth seton spent much of her time at this grotto, and every year, hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. now that she has become a saint, it is expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. the mayor and local businessman regard the anticipated boom as just another blessing of st elizabeth. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: hurricane florence is pounding the carolina coast with powerful winds and devastating rains. the first fatalities are reported, with predictions of worse to come. super typhoon mangkhut has made landfall in the north—western philippines, with winds of over 200 kilometres per hour. thousands of people are being moved to safety. president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, has agreed a plea bargain with the prosecutors investigating claims russia meddled with the 2016 election. it means he will co—operate with the team led by special counsel robert mueller —

and in return will see some charges dropped. but the exact nature of that co—operation has not been revealed. here's mr manafort‘s lawyer outside the courthouse in washington. it isa it is a tough day for mr manafort. he has accepted responsibility. and he wanted to make sure that his family was able to remain safe and live a good life. he has accepted responsibility and this is for conduct that dates back many years. and everyone should that. so thank you, everyone. earlier i spoke to our north america correspondent david willis, in los angeles. i asked him why this latest move by mueller is significant. just three weeks ago donald trump was heaping praise on paul manafort, calling him a brave man for resisting the temptation to give evidence to robert mueller, the

special counsel's enquiry. it will be interesting to see ought to know what donald trump makes of paul ma nafort what donald trump makes of paul manafort now, now that he has agreed to talk to the special prosecutor stea m to talk to the special prosecutor steam prosecutor's team. paul ma nafort steam prosecutor's team. paul manafort has agreed to plead guilty to two charges of conspiracy, one in relation to his work for pro— russian ukrainians and the other for alleged witness tampering. —— prosecutor's team. he is a man, paul manafort, who has undergone one trial for manafort, who has undergone one trialfor bank manafort, who has undergone one trial for bank and tax fraud charges, he was found guilty of eight of those charges and is looking to spend quite a few more yea rs looking to spend quite a few more years in prison. it is highly significant, i think, years in prison. it is highly significant, ithink, that years in prison. it is highly significant, i think, that he has agreed now to talk to the special prosecutor's office. not least

because in his nearly six months on the trump campaign paul manafort was present at some key moments, not least that now fateful meeting at trump tower in june least that now fateful meeting at trump tower injune 2016, when also present were donald trump trump tower injune 2016, when also present were donald trumer, the president's son and his son—in—law jared kushner, as well as a russian lawyer who was offering to dig the dirt on hillary clinton. with this, it seems to be an awful lot of people have been in the news or have accepted some sort of deal. can we expect things to move quickly? well, thatis expect things to move quickly? well, that is a very good question. there area that is a very good question. there are a lot of people here who are saying that this really has essentially changed the dynamic of the investigation as far as robert mueller is conferred —— concerned. ma nafort mueller is conferred —— concerned. manafort is a big gates, if you like. we have seen key former

members of the trump administration switching sides, if you like, michael flynn has been talking to the mueller team, so too has the formerforeign policy the mueller team, so too has the former foreign policy advisor, george papadopoulos, but paul ma nafort george papadopoulos, but paul manafort is the man, it is thought, who knows, really, whether there was a conspiracy and whether there was some sort of agreement to conspire between the trump campaign team and russia. thanks very much to david for that. north and south korea have opened a joint liaison office on the north's side of the heavily militarized border. that may seem a small step but it means a lot, it'll let the two sides communicate on a regular basis for the first time since the korean war. from seoul, here's our correspondent laura bicker. this building is in essence a de facto joint korean embassy, it is the first time since the korean war where the two sides will be able to talk 2a hours a day for 365 days a year. how it will work is officials from the north and the south,

about 15 — 20 each, will be in the building, a floor each, and there will be meeting floor where they can talk about various tensions. in the part, communication came via fax or phone lines but during tension those lines were often cut so this is a structure where they could both talk at any time, even when there are tensions. this comes ahead of president moon, south korea's leader, heading to pyongyang next week. he will be 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,

tells us that even if things are not going well between the united states and north korea, the two koreas — north and south — seem determined to find a path to co—operate. very interesting. this weekend is the 10th anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers bank, which marked the beginning of the global financial crisis. the seeds of the problems had been planted in the years before, including the selling of subprime mortgages in the united states — when too many people were given mortgages they couldn't afford to repay. our north america correspondent correspondent nick bryant has been to one of the areas affected, in south—west florida. fort myers in florida was once the home of the american dream. affluent dream suburbs, where more than 40% of properties were repossessed.

everything in this area was in foreclosure. this estate agent witnessed the mystery of the great, saw the tears are people who not only lost their homes, but also their faith only lost their homes, but also theirfaith in the only lost their homes, but also their faith in the economic promise of america. that whole dream of working hard and actually reaping the benefits of working hard, i think, for me, the american dream was that that was not the reality. the dream would have been that i would have been retired ten years ago. not so many americans and property any more. hr's answered earning more than their parents has plunged from 90% after the war to just 50%. as lyn williams and her daughter emma will tell you, the children of the financial crisis are finding it harder to leave home. children of the financial crisis are finding it harder to leave homelj have two jobs plus an internship and iam have two jobs plus an internship and i am probably getting about 4—6 hours of sleep. maybe three. maybe three some notes. it depends on when i get off work. and you still can't afford to move out? no. it's not any

more that you can go and get a degree and get a well paying job. it is not how it runs any more in this country. what we didn't anticipate ten yea rs country. what we didn't anticipate ten years ago was how the financial earthquake would upend the american political landscape. how voters like brenda biddle, who lost two luxury homes, would become donald trump's forgotten people. i had a really horrible eight years ofjust trying to get back on my feet. for a couple of years it was hard to feed my children, to be honest with you, especially when i did become single. and so your feeling when donald trump came along? excitement. i think hope was instant, day one. i think everybody was lifted. much of the us economy has rebounded. unemployment is at an 18—year low. but even in the sunshine state, 2008 continues to cast long shadows. and its sprawling suburbs are no longer such a symbol of american upward mobility. nick bryant, bbc news, florida. in the world of basketball, steph curry looms large.

at six foot three he may not be the tallest in the sport but he's the highest paid player in the nba and is considered by many to be an all—time great. the superstar of american sport has been shooting hoops in east london, and our sports editor dan roan went to meet him. he's the sharpshooting superstar of american basketball. steph curry from downtown! twice voted the most valuable player in the nba, steph curry‘s become one of the biggest names in world sport — king of the long—range three—pointer. today he was the main attraction at a court in london's east end. he told me that basketball will soon grow this side of the atlantic. how big do think this sport could be in britain in the future? i think it'll be extremely huge and aspiring for kids to play, especially at earlier ages. to get that instruction and develop their own passions for the game. curry‘s helped his team, the golden state warriors, dominate the nba, winning the title in three of the last four seasons. the californian franchise recently awarded him a record—breaking contract worth $200 million.

are you at the peak of your powers now? i think so, but i'll hopefully stay there for a very long time. i've learned a lot about myself in the game. like you said, accomplished a lot. but i feel like there's more in the tank. but it's notjust on the court that curry‘s made an impact. last year he made a stand against the policies of the trump administration by snubbing an invite to the white house. the president himself then telling curry the invite was withdrawn. i said how i felt. i tried to provide reasons why i felt those ways and let it be. obviously i'm not going to waver off of that. even if it comes with a risk or some fallout? for me, i know that you're not going to please everybody in this world. we have an opportunity and a platform to speak for those that can't speak for themselves. curry‘s also backed serena williams after her claims of sexism

in the sport following an outburst during the us open final last weekend. the way that she handled it post match and how eloquently she put her sentiments around gender equality in her sports, and created that conversation that i think we can all assess for ourselves. another athlete activist who curry supports is colin kaepernick, the american footballer whose kneeled protests during pre—match national anthems became a movement that divided the nation. we wanted to shine light on police brutality, on racial inequality and things like that. that's what the nfl players have stood for, and i definitely respect that. on and off court, curry‘s a man who rarely looks like missing. an athlete whose influence extends well beyond his sport. dan roan, bbc news. that is it from this bulletin of the news. thank you for spending time with us. goodbye. hello again, before we look at the

weather in the uk let us have a round—up of what is happening with the storms elsewhere in the world. northern parts of the philippines battered by typhoon mangkhut, that is heading out into the south china sea, not far away from hong kong on sunday, not as powerful by this stage. the pacific, into north america, where we find florence. that will weaken overland. this weekend it will continue to bring flooding rains to the carolinas. this area of cloud contains remnants of annex hurricane that could be heading our way next week. this weekend, bit of a mixed bag —— axa hurricane. in the north—west it will start to push its way into england and wales next sunday. the best of the weather will be in the south—east. we have this link of drizzly rain across northern england. perhaps even into north wales. the wet weather a rise as the

winds picked up in the afternoon across northern ireland and into western scotland. —— pick up. elsewhere dry weather. the difference in temperatures in the sunshine. through the evening and overnight you can see how this rain develops more widely in northern ireland, in scotland, pretty heavy rain. quite windy out there as well. some of that will edge of the i received. the south—east dry and clear —— irish sea. the wretched move away from scotland and northern ireland. being replaced by sunshine and showers in the north—west. the rent get stuck across northern england, wales, not far from rent get stuck across northern england, wales, not farfrom the south—west. the east midlands, east anglia, the south—east likely to be warm but towards the north—west of uka warm but towards the north—west of uk a different story, quite a bit coolah with the show is coming in was the south—east, the temperatures continuing to creep up and up —— caller. into the early part of next

week, remnants of ex— hurricane helene. it will dry its way quickly northwards over the northern side of the uk. uncertainty about the detail. the winds will collect really picking up as it sweeps its way northwards and is threatening to bring heavy rain briefly as well. the system has come from a long way south and contains tropical air. that will be felt across the east and south—east of the uk for monday and south—east of the uk for monday and tuesday. it will be not as warm in the north and west of the uk. stronger winds. rain for in the north and west of the uk. strongerwinds. rainfora in the north and west of the uk. stronger winds. rain for a while. towards the south—east this is where temperatures will continue to climb into the mid—20s. this is bbc news. the headlines: four people have died as hurricane florence lashes down on the us east coast, knocking out power to 600,000 homes. a mother and child were killed when a tree fell on their house in wilmington. a super typhoon has hit the north—east of the philippines,

making landfall in baggao, with winds of over 200 kilometres per hour. more than 4 million people are directly in the path of the storm and thousands have been evacuated. officials have warned of storm surges of up to six metres. president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, has pleaded guilty to two charges relating to his former role as a lobbyist in ukraine. as part of a plea deal, he will co—operate with the investigation into russian electoral interference. the white house say the new deal has nothing to do with mr trump. now on bbc news, the investigative journalist samantha poling takes