good morning, welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and jon kay. our headlines today: a mother and baby are among five people killed as a brutal storm batters the us east coast. hurricane florence has been reclassified as a tropical storm but forecasters warn that the threat of catastrophic flash flooding remains. on the other side of the world, winds of more than 120 miles an hour have been recorded as a super typhoon hits land in the philippines with early reports of heavy damage. the end of the blame game? ministers set out plans for no—fault divorces in england and wales. simon yates has one foot on the podium in spain. he's increased his lead going into the final stage of the vuelta a espana today. if he wins, british riders will hold all three of cycling's grand tour titles. today looks likely to be the best of the two this weekend. mostly dry with some sunny spells, however there is some clout and patchy rain over the north and west. more

details in half an hour. good morning, it's saturday 15 september. our top story: five people have been killed and hundreds of thousands left without power as tropical storm florence continues to batter america's east coast. a mother and her baby are among the victims. despite being downgraded from a hurricane, florence is still posing a danger to millions of people on its path, with forecasters warning of life—threatening storm surges. evacuation warnings are in place for 1.7 million people across south carolina, north carolina and virginia. our correspondent chris buckler has this report. 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. our correspondent laura trevelyan has been following the latest from wilmington in north carolina, where the tropical storm has claimed two lives. hurricane florence has been downgraded to a tropical storm but she still poses a great threat. the high winds have subsided a bit and so has the storm surge, but now what we are seeing is absolutely torrential rainfall as she pounced is absolutely torrential rainfall as she pounds the coast of north carolina and south carolina. the threat now is coming from flooding, potentially catastrophic flooding. i am speaking to you from the cape fear river here in wilmington, north carolina, it has already broken its banks. we are told that the river won't actually crest until tuesday.

that means that homes and properties are going to flood well into next week. and that is now the worry for people, can they return to their homes if they evacuate only to find that they are going to flood again. across the south—eastern coast of the united states, from virginia maybe all the way to georgia, people are braced to see how much damage this storm can still do. the world's strongest storm this year, super typhoon mangkhut, is blasting the northern coast of the philippines with strong winds and heavy rain. more than four million people are directly in the path of the storm. our correspondent howard johnson has been travelling through the provinces of cagayan and northern isabela, two of the areas which are expected to be hardest hit, and sent this report. typhoon mankhut has made landfall on 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 santa ana, local officials aren't 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 cagayan province, we passed farmers anxious to do the philippines endures about 20 typhoons and storms each year, mangkhut is the strongest storm of 2018 so far. it's more than 500 miles in diameter, with sustained winds of over 160 miles an hour. we're around 100 miles away from where this storm is about to hit hardest. already, the winds are up and it's 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. two extre m e two extreme weather events on both sides of the planet, and louise will have our weekend weather here in the uk where she will explain the forecast is for those two areas as well. couples wishing to divorce could soon benefit from a less confrontational process, under proposals confirmed by the justice secretary david gauke. ina in a consultation, the government is proposing removing fault and the ability for spouses to contest the default. the changes would apply to heterosexual and to gay couples in both civil partnerships and marriages. ministers are to announce a review of the rail industry next week, following extended periods of disruption up and down the country.

details are yet to be confirmed, but the department for transport said it was committed to improving journeys for passengers. labour said it would re—nationalise the railways. tory peer lord heseltine says borisjohnson will become the next leader of the conservatives, but warned the move is likely to divide the party. the former deputy prime minister, an outspoken critic of mrjohnson, told bbc radio 4's ‘the week in westminster‘ that the recent slew of negative headlines had not done the former foreign secretary "irreparable harm". has he done himself irreparable harm ? i don't think he has. what you have to say to yourself is, who is the tory membership of the house of commons going to choose to send to the activists of the conservative party in any leadership campaign? and while there is strong opposition to boris, i find it difficult to think of two names that they would send that don't include him. we will speak to lord has all ——

lord heseltine a little later. the liberal democrats are set to discuss wide—ranging proposals on the future shape of the party when their annual conference gets under way in brighton this morning. the changes, set out by the leader sir vince cable earlier this month, include allowing supporters — as well as fullyjoined—up members — to have a say in choosing who leads the party. the liberal democrats are also urging disillusioned labour and tory support tojoin urging disillusioned labour and tory support to join them to help stop brexit. ariana grande has given an emotional tribute to her former partner mac miller, one week after his death. the us rapper, aged 26, was found dead at his home in los angeles following a reported overdose. the pair performed together at a memorial concert following the 2017 manchester arena bombing, and had also released music together before their split earlier this year. the american space agency nasa is about to put a laser in orbit to measure the condition of earth's ice cover. the satellite mission, called icesat—2, should provide more precise information

on the effects of climate change. antarctica, greenland and the ice floating on the arctic ocean have all lost volume in recent decades. it is 7:10 a.m.. we have been looking at a different satellite picture this weekend as we have tracked that hurricane along the east coast. he has been downgraded to tropical storm florence but it is still causing all kinds of damage along america's east coast and has claimed five lives including a mother and her baby. we will hear from a british man in north carolina injust the moment, but from a british man in north carolina in just the moment, but firstly lets hear how the american news outlets are responding to this dramatic emerging story. you have flash flood warnings throughout eastern north carolina, that emergency is a specific life—threatening. .. carolina, that emergency is a specific life—threatening... you have the flash flood warnings that happen further inland and then you get the river flood warnings because

we have the indications that the rivers will come up. if you look at that track right now it is tracking over the centre of south carolina in two western north carolina. if you are on the right side of that storm you are getting those heavy bands because this thing is not falling apart quickly. that is why you will see flash flooding and the river flooding. it is a 1— to step there. if you are under any sort of warning it means that the situation is going to be going downhill pretty quickly. the dangers are still clear. earlier we spoke to brendan mills who is a british man visiting his friend in north carolina. at the moment it is quite bad, we have been getting tornado warnings and tornado watch alerts on our smartphones all through the night because what tends to happen is whether you get hurricane aims it spawns tornadoes, so tonight got a lot worse, it seems to pick up at night for some reason. how strong is the wind where you are and how much rain has there been?

the winds are incredibly strong you can't go out in it, and the rain just has not stopped. during the day he pauses for maybe half an hour, but it has been going like this now since thursday morning, so yeah it has not stopped at all. was there an option to evacuate the area? yes, there was an option to evacuate and a lot of people around us did. my friend's wife and two sons did evacuate but they have two very large dogs that cannot go anywhere. the nearest place that they could have gone was over 2a hours away and it would not have been simple for the dogs, and what tends to happen is if there is any damage that does occur to the house, it might be over a week or more before you can actually get back because of access issues will stop and it can absolutely devastate your house. so we decided the best option for us was the two of us to stay behind and see what we could do.

fair to say you weren't expecting this, were you, when you decided to visit? not at all. i got here on the seventh, and enjoyed two days of holiday, and by the time the monday came, i was doing hurricane preparations and have been doing it ever since. on thursday we basically just got in the house with our supplies and decided to wait it out. but you have communication obviously, do you have electricity? we haven't, we lost electricity on thursday at 9:30, we do have a backup generator at we only have about ten hours left. so we are rationing that, we are only putting it on during the day for a couple of hours to charge our devices, keep the freezer from melting, and that is it. we are not expecting power to return until mid

next week, because there is a curfew in effect, and they won't send out any power teams to reconnect the power until monday, is what we have heard. we are seeing pictures of rescue is taking place and at the moment i am glad to hear you are safe. how frightening has this been, have you experienced anything like this before? no, not really. we get a few storms back in the uk but nothing like this. nothing with the tornadoes that come with it afterwards. in our neighbourhood here, sorry, in tom's neighbourhood, you don't see the tornadoes because they are only happening at night, and we see evidence of it in the day, two tornadoes went through the neighbourhood last night, and you canjust see the path of, it is a straight line of destruction, it is really scary. and what are you doing to pass the time being stuck in the house?

when we do get a chance to charge our devices, i am just watching online videos, streaming netflix and amazon, there is not much more we can do to be honest. we did go out yesterday when the weather was a bit more forgiving, let's say, and we tried to help out the local area, clearing trees from the roads, because the emergency services would not have been able to get through. we went down the street and that is where there was, they are having a massive storm surge right now, the front street normally has quite a bit of beach, or seafront, and it has got to be 10—foot surge there right now.

gosh. loads of power lines down, loads of trees crushing houses, it is quite devastating, but we just tried our best for a good power to try and clear some trees to help the emergency services out, because there is not many of them around this area and they are completely inundated. yes, thank you to brendan, experiencing pretty in extreme conditions he was not expecting on his holiday. indeed. louise has the uk weather for us in a moment. his holiday. indeed. louise has the uk weatherfor us in a moment. let's turn to her now. let's talk about the situation on the east coast of the situation on the east coast of the us. we have been distracted by the us. we have been distracted by the word hurricane, thinking it would be about the wind. it seems it is the least of their war is right 110w. is the least of their war is right now. it wouldn't surprise me if

hurricane florence is a recordbreaker certainly hurricane florence is a recordbrea ker certainly a cross north carolina because it wasn't the intensity of the storm, it is the longevity of the storm, and it will be here through the weekend, so when it made landfall it is very slow moving, and that is going to produce a phenomenal amounts of rain. if we ta ke a phenomenal amounts of rain. if we take a look at the forecast track, look at this, saturday, it is still there, sunday it is still there, the colours denoting the intensity of the rainfall. gradually, by the end of the weekend, it will move up perhaps to virginia and pennsylvania, but still heavy rain here, so the rainfall totals will really top up and i suspect we will see some really phenomenal rainfall totals before the system moves through. mangkhut as well made la ndfall across through. mangkhut as well made landfall across the northern philippines, close to lose on, a powerful, fast moving storm, and it has weakened as it moves across the south china sea. it was a category

4, the equivalent of a category 4, and it looks likely to hit southern china. details from the storm are a little sketchy at the moment, but i suspect this will cause devastation as well. of course we will keep you updated at the bbc weather centre when we have the news. closer to home i am pleased to say the weekend is quieter. we will see some wet and breezy conditions at times. generally speaking, we will have some sunshine. today looks likely to be the better of the two through the weekend. not a bad start with dry weather and sunshine coming through. fair weather cloud coming through masking the sunshine in central and southern areas in the afternoon. and thick cloud producing the odd spot of rain. 13 to 20 degrees is the high, but behind my head you will see wet and windy weather starting to arrive in northern ireland, gale force winds through the night on the exposed west facing coast of scotland, and some of the rain quite heavy, so it will move across northern ireland and scotland

through the night, perhaps grinding toa through the night, perhaps grinding to a halt for a time through the scottish borders into northern england, so that at dawn it is a north — south divide in the weather, and it looks likely we will see the best of the weather in central and southern england through the weekend. the weather front will continue to move south. it will bring some rain into northern england, gradually the midlands, into wales and south—west england. behind it, breezy, showery conditions, and the south—westerly flow driving warm air up and if we keep the sunshine in the south—east, temperatures could be a degree or so up, so contrasting conditions across the country, highest value of 23 quite likely. it looks as though things could get more interesting across the uk into the early half of next week, all down to the remnants of ex—hurricane helen, which looks likely to bring heavy rain and some strong gale force winds. there is a

level of uncertainty as to the track of the area of low pressure and the storm it will take. you need to watch the forecast. it will really be bonkers in some ways. wet and windy in the north. with the south—westerly flow and the moist tropical air it could be warm in the south—east with temperatures into the mid—20s. more on all of that later on, now it is back to you. bonkers, there we are, we have a new headline, thank you very much. so many of you got in touch when we told you the story of plans to overhaul the divorce laws in england and wales in an effort to end the blame game when it comes to marriages breaking down. well, more details have emerged this morning about what that might mean in practice, so let's discuss this more with james brown, who is a family lawyer. good morning to you. good morning. let's start with the current situation, shelley? we often talk about proving fault. just explain how it works at the moment —— shall

we? at the moment there is only one ground for divorce and that is that the marriage has irretrievably broken down. to establish it you hang your divorce on a peg, of which there are five, adultery, unreasonable behaviour, you wait for two years and need the agreement of another person, or you wait for five yea rs, another person, or you wait for five years, 01’ another person, or you wait for five years, or there is a rather archaic definition called desertion, and no one has used that since 1952. so you are either waiting, waiting for the person for two years, or blame the assigning faults to enable it to happen. what is the issue with divorce where there is blame, what are the consequences of that, on the couple and their children?“ are the consequences of that, on the couple and their children? if you have a couple who are separated, quite often emotions are running high, things are not running well. to get into the legal process, to get the divorce process going, you have to either have adult free, the admission of adultery, and sometimes

you don't have this admission, or you don't have this admission, or you assign blame, you have to throw mud. —— adultery. it is like throwing a hand grenade in. in terms of how to divide the finances, where are the children going.|j of how to divide the finances, where are the children going. i know of a couple who admitted unreasonable behaviour even though both parties agree that there had not been so that they could have the divorce. just to make the fault, yes. sometimes we say to clients, show me a marriage and i will show you a behaviour to division and i could divorce my wife and vice—versa on unreasonable behaviour. it is the window through which a divorce is squeezed when there is no adultery and people don't want to wait years. so you find that happening. this has come into the headlines because of the case of tiny islands who wants a divorce and her husband doesn't want a divorce and so therefore she has been told as the law stands at the moment that she has to wait five yea rs moment that she has to wait five years —— tiny owens. moment that she has to wait five years -- tiny owens. yes, unless he turns around and agrees.|j years -- tiny owens. yes, unless he

turns around and agrees. i don't think there is any sign of that happening. the government, the justice secretary talking about changing the rules. what could that mean, no—fault divorce, for someone like her? firstly they have been involved in litigation for years in orderfor her to leave involved in litigation for years in order for her to leave i involved in litigation for years in orderfor her to leave i think " loveless" was orderfor her to leave i think "loveless" was the word that was used, so it would have saved enormous amounts of cost, enormous amounts of time, and it will really impact people because you are removing unnecessary conflict. these are couples where you are trying to get them on with their lives as quickly as possible. so it is not helping anyone if we start winding one or other up no matter how gentle you try to be in respect of assigning blame. this could potentially also help victims of domestic violence where there is also an element of coercive control if the other partner, the abusive partner, refuses divorce. it is important to raise that. one of the

objections to no—fault divorce if people have said, this is a forum for victims, to enable victims to air what they have suffered behind closed doors, actually, it is usually the other way around. they are not brave enough, don't want to come out to make allegations against someone who has been abusing them, this is a way to save the marriage is over, this isn't working, let's move on with life. another criticism we have heard from religious groups as well is it would make a divorce too easy and that having a period of time where people can reflect is a good thing rather than just, time where people can reflect is a good thing rather thanjust, ok, move on, it is over. it is interesting that the government have said they will have a consultation. labour have said we don't need it. let's just make it law now. i suspect it is concerns about groups like that. that is why it is only consultation at this stage. you can't ignore their voices. it is important. for some people marriage

is tremendously important. the vows people make they take very seriously so it is quite right they take account of it. what i would say is for those of us on the ground and see it day to day, people who have gone through it, all of us say it's a good thing. well, is there any resista nce a good thing. well, is there any resistance from the legal industry seeing it is such a moneyspinner. there is no resistance whatsoever. firstly, if it was the case, it would be really good. we are walking away from fees. in theory it should bea away from fees. in theory it should be a really good thing. i would also say that divorce lawyers being overly aggressive generating fees is a misconception. 85% of clients are referrals from existing orformer clients and people who refer friends and family and colleagues. clients and people who refer friends and family and colleaguesm clients and people who refer friends and family and colleagues. if you deal with things fairly and efficiently then you get more work. cheaply and quickly with little conflict, that is when you are recommended. after a consultation. quite right. thank you. it was a

pleasure. the occupation of the channel islands during world war two is generally regarded as a dark chapter in history. but every so often a story emerges which demonstrates the humanity shown by some members of the german forces. that's what happened when workmen found a box of personal possessions during a house clearance in guernsey. from the channel islands robert hall reports. a dusty box from a dusty cupboard, but its contents to a transport one guernsey visitor back through the decades to a family story she never knew. a story which unfolded when she was a child. and herfather, doctor albert cobalt, was among german forces occupying these islands. tremendous character. he

came here in january 1943, islands. tremendous character. he came here injanuary1943, he islands. tremendous character. he came here injanuary 1943, he was posted came here injanuary1943, he was posted as an air force stock, and he was posted to look after the luftwaffe troops on the island. and here, carefully packed away, albert co balt‘s here, carefully packed away, albert cobalt‘s medical books, his pistol, his cameras, letters from home and photos of his family. he told us about guernsey, he was very fond of guernsey, but he was very lonely and he was homesick. these are some medical magazine. but albert didn't tell his family everything. since the find, investigations have revealed he risked his own life to help islanders. among those on his trail, at tv sleuth turned occupation historian. the islanders we re occupation historian. the islanders were starving and they were dying and suffering from all kinds of diseases, typhus and so on, for

which they had no medication. and albert cobalt, against the military law, provided the civilians a great deal of help. the entrance would have beenjust deal of help. the entrance would have been just here. albert secretly treated his islander patients at the military hospital where he worked. he even helped them keep in touch with the bbc. he told them that there is a speech from winston churchill and he invited them to hear the speeches, and it was forbidden — they could have shot him. when albert was betrayed and imprisoned by his superiors, islanders wrote letters in his support. and he had left one last surprise for his daughter.m support. and he had left one last surprise for his daughter. it is very special. and it is your father's medals. those are his

medals. and they were left here. father's medals. those are his medals. and they were left herelj give my thanks to him for his life, because it was, for him, it was a bad light outside, but a good life inside. —— life outside. i bad light outside, but a good life inside. —— life outside. lam proud of what he did. robert hall, bbc news, guernsey. what an amazing story. lovely story. yes, those moments just what an amazing story. lovely story. yes, those momentsjust make what an amazing story. lovely story. yes, those moments just make you remember everything, itjust yes, those moments just make you remember everything, it just brings it all home. the time is almost 7:30am. we will have the headlines for you. stay with us. hello, this is breakfast with jon kay

and rachel burden. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. five people have been killed and hundreds of thousands have been left without power as tropical storm florence continues to batter america's east coast. a mother and her baby are among the victims. evacuation warnings are in place for 1.7 million people across south carolina, north carolina and virginia. despite being downgraded from a hurricane, florence is still posing a danger to millions of people on its path, with forecasters warning of catastrophic flooding and life—threatening storm surges. the strongest typhoon so far this year is battering the northern philippines. super typhoon mangkhut made landfall last night, with gusts of more than 150 miles per hour. more than four million people are directly in its path and thousands have been evacuated. officials have warned of storm

surges of up to six metres. mangkhut is expected to clear land by mid—morning. our correspondent howard johnson is in one of the worst affected areas and sent us this report. we are on the road between cagayan and isabela province, two of the areas hardest hit by the storm. overnight this area has been battered by heavy winds, we saw a electricity posts celled. we saw trees ripped to shreds and detritus all over the streets. we have heard reports there have been bridges and roads closed by flooding and landslides. but what most people are concerned about are the coastal areas, these remote areas near the seaboard. what we have heard is that the storm passed directly overhead last night, and the fear is that the devastation will be worse there. more coverage as that story develops

in the philippines and the us as the morning goes on. couples wishing to divorce could soon benefit from a less confrontational process, under proposals confirmed by the justice secretary david gauke. the government is proposing removing fault, and the ability of spouses to contest the divorce. the changes would apply to heterosexual and gay marriages, and civil partnerships. ariana grande has given an emotional tribute to her former partner mac miller, who she called her "dearest friend" and the "kindest, sweetest soul". the us rapper, aged 26, was found dead at his home in los angeles following a reported overdose. the pair performed together at a memorial concert following the 2017 manchester arena bombing. the american space agency, nasa, is about to put a laser in orbit to measure the condition of earth's ice cover. the satellite mission, called icesat—2, should provide more precise information on the effects of climate change. antarctica, greenland and the ice floating on the arctic ocean have all lost volume in recent decades.

we should get some clues about what he is going on and what might happen next. we have some laserlike focus on the vuelta a espana today. because it genuinely could be a historic moment with british cycling is so dominant, three grand tour titles in one year. one by different riders which has never been done by any country. simon yates can keep a school in andorra, —— keep his cool. he lives there, so it should feel like home as he tries to bring the tour of spain home. if simon yates can stay out of trouble in the mountains of andorra, he will ride into history today at

the vuelta a espana. yates increased his lead to beyond one and a half minutes, through the brutal final climb of friday into andorra, where he lives and trains, to finish second. the main thing, is, his nearest rival, in the overall race, alejandro valverde, struggled and finished 8th. he could become the third different briton to win a grand tour this year — that's never happened in cycling before. the premier league is back this lunchtime, with liverpool away to tottenham. the liverpool manager says it can be a challenge for players who've been away on international duty, to adjust back to club football. it's a big challenge but it is the same all of us. it is not that belgium plays exactly like tottenham example, at least three players, denmark is playing completely different to tottenham and ericsson played to them. it is for all of us. life as a premier league manager through the week is never perfect, but we all have the same job to do and it is not a big problem, but we need to be ready. that's how it is. celtic missed the chance to go level with hearts at the top

of the scottish premiership, after drawing 0—0 with st mirren. the scottish champions had to play more than half the match with ten men, after olivier ntcham was sent off for a second booking. britain's vicki holland has been making a strong challenge to win the fight else —— triathlon series on australia's gold coast. holland led out of the water, he/she is in front in the run section. if she can hold on the title will be hers —— here she is. you can see what happens, you can follow it live on the red button. great britain are level at 1—1 going into the second day of their davis cup play—off match against uzbekistan. great britain went one up thanks to dan evan's victory over dennis istomin. it's evans' first match back, in the competition since returning from a drugs ban.

but cameron norrie's defeat in the second singles match, means the tie is level ahead of today's doubles. there was just one hundredth, of a second between kimi raikonnen and lewis hamilton in practice for this weekend's singapore grand prix. the ferrari driver wasjust about fastest yesterday, with hamilton's title rival sebastien vettel only ninth quickest after he hit a wall. hamilton leads the drivers' standings by 30 points, with seven races to go. great britain's charlotte dujardin, has won a second bronze medal at the world equestrian games in north carolina. the triple olympic champion claimed third in the dressage adding to the team bronze. dujardin was riding mount st john freestyle, her new horse, after the retirement of valegro in december 2016. there's live coverage from the games later on the red button and bbc sport website. in the early hours of tomorrow, the showdown that's being called the fight of the century takes place in las vegas. it's gennady golovkin against,

saul ‘canelo' alvarez, in a world middleweight championship rematch, but can it live up to the hype? former world heavyweight champion david hayejoins us now. hi david. what makes this one so important and special? you have two guys who are so young. the fighter canelo is 27, he is so fresh and has so much skills are the only fight has ever lost is against floyd mayweather on points. he is undefeated and has such heavy hands, they will both go at him. there has been some extra spice in this particularfight, been some extra spice in this particular fight, canelo got a six—month drug ban for two failed test, so this has added some controversy and drama to what was in the first fight a very gentlemanly affair. it has got quite bitter in the past few months after that first rematch was consul because of the drug rematch was consul because of the d rug test rematch was consul because of the drug test in may. —— cancelled. you

feel golovkin really has a point to prove, he is angry about what he calls the excuses for those failed test. canelo claims he ate some tainted meat, many people have used that excuse in years gone by, he has been given a six—month ban, he has said that ban so as far as i am concerned whether he did or did not do it, that's not to meet a judge, the authorities deemed his excuse worthy to get a six—month ban. many other fighters who had a loss worthy to get a six—month ban. many otherfighters who had a loss —— a lot lesser offences have been given much more lengthy bans. this is boxing, canelo generate hundreds of million dollars in las vegas, so the powers that be just gave him a little slap on the wrist, and here we are ready for that massive fight. but having said that, people feel that canelo's dan was too short. the

longer the ban would have been the more it would have hurt i believe golovkin, he is 36 years old, every month that goes by he gets slower, soiam month that goes by he gets slower, so i am sure people realise that the quicker this fight happens, the more even the playing field will be. we are seeing the usual shenanigans in the buildup to this fight it has been billed as the fight of the century. is that really fair? it does have massive global appeal. century. is that really fair? it does have massive global appealm is massive, i would have loved to have been there, i am here in london working for bt sports on this fight, i wish i could have been there ringside, but i am here. i have never known a fight to have this much hyped. it really has gone into overdrive, everyone is talking about and the fact that it is happening at 4am, in los vegas, and people in england are going crazy about it, the first fight was an epic battle,

it was 12 rounds of amazing action, this time they are both claiming that they will get the knockout, they are going to engage in it will be an absolutely cracking fight. the bar is quite high on pre— match hype. for there never to have been this much before is saying something. who do you reckon, who is your money on? my money is on canelo, he is the younger man, he is naturally faster, golovkin is the slower man but he is a heavy hitter. in the first fight golovkin was not able to sustain any big shots come any bigger tax on canelo. if he cannot do it the first time around, a year later, a year older, a year slower, i don't think he will have what it takes to beat the younger man. if you read between the lines, one failed a drug test for a substance that is performance enhancing, so between the last fight in this fight there has been some

intentional or unintentional distance from performance enhancing drugs use. i am going to edge towards alvarez. but it is interesting because golovkin can set this record of 21 world title defences. can that play on his mind? i think it is the stats really, bernard hopkins got to 20 defences and when he had so many different title defences, i thought no one would be best. and this guy is only 27—year—old so he fight very often, he started fighting when he was 15 yea rs of he started fighting when he was 15 years of age, he is a solid campaignerandi years of age, he is a solid campaigner and i don't believe anything, any statistics or anything will get in the way of this preparation. even this drugs ban that he has had, the negative press and publicity has been heaped on him, he has not fazed —— it has not fazed him one bit. he had the ban

and he served it, and now he is back. he does not let the outside elements that affects him mentally. thank you very much indeed, great to see you. it is on 5 live if you want to get up in the early hours. now we are used to seeing canoes and kayaks racing through the white water against the clock. but until now paddlers haven't battled down the course against each other. that's changing thanks to the new discipline of extreme slalom, otherwise known as boater cross. it is featuring at the british open this weekend at the lee valley centre. i've been to take a look. britain's paddlers are entering uncharted waters. the longer are they just up uncharted waters. the longer are theyjust up against the clock but in the new discipline of boatercross, you are racing against your rivals who are trying to knock your rivals who are trying to knock you off the course. this has been

inspired by the success of sports like polo cross, motocross, because in this pace —— case you have paddled to paddle race ling, jostling for position before they try to get away. it has been this a success it is part of the world cup series at all. here atley valley whether london limpets were stage, boatercross will feature at this weekend's british open and then at next summer's world championships. it is the excitement of the spectators. there are a lot more variables get thrown in but you see that contact, easy everyone at the same time so you don't have to watch a progression of times, you see in formula 1, 1—person overtaking someone is exciting but when you get three orfour someone is exciting but when you get three or four abreast that is where the action is. with friends being a key player in this event, they were select it —— darrou hopes they were collected for its paris limpet debut in 2024. each player must do a eskimo roll in the race or they will be disqualified. they have to come through this gate and as they come

down, before the end of the finish line, they have to navigate a full 360, so you have to go upside down, it yourself back the right way up, you can choose the moment you do it. once you get a taste of the fast and furious contact racing, we are going to compete in the 2—man kayak. front or back passenger? you can either powerhouse at the front. the only thing you can't do is an eskimo roll in this. not intentionally, let's see how it works out. there is a huge adrenaline rush at the start, trying to get there first, and you know it is going to be serious. let's go! it is rather like being in a washing machine, and just buy thought we had survived the rapids and had a clear route through the gates, we were rammed. although it was not us losing a man overboard, as chaos followed us to the finish

line. leaving behind one of our cameras. it goes to show how powerful the forces are when you are in deep. we did get the camera back. and you can see that this weekend at the british open. that looks so much fun! thank you very much indeed. how wet are we going to get this weekend? here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. iam i am always a glass half full kind of person, so not a bad weekend for most of us. today is certainly the best of the two days but there is rain around and the wind will strengthen, mostly through the night to night. saturday, not a bad start, patchy rain around at the moment in northern ireland, the irish sea, the north of england, south of that, sunny spells, cloud will develop and u nfortu nately sunny spells, cloud will develop and unfortunately it will impact the sunshine in the afternoon, where we will have the best of the weather. sunny spells in northern scotland,

although not as warm, 13 to 15 degrees, highest values of 20. you can't miss it, the cloud and rain pushing in, the wind strengthens, eventually wind of 30 or 40 mph on exposed coasts, the rain tony heavey through northern ireland, scotland, pushing through the isle of man and then into north wales, so a real north— south divide to start the day on sunday. the best weather will be in central and southern parts of england. here we will see sunny spells continue, and some warmth. the weather front moves steadily southwards. it will take time doing so. it will bring some rain, some heavy at times, into the north of midlands, wales, south—west england. behind it it is a breezy affair by the wind will ease through the afternoon and the risk of an isolated shower, 14 to 18 perhaps in scotland, highest values of 23 if we get the best of the sunshine. now, into the early half of next week it

gets interesting, and it is all down to what's happening in the atlantic. if we look, this is actually will be the remnants of ex—hurricane helene. moving through the atlantic, winds will strengthen, injecting energy into the atmosphere, we still have a significant storm arriving and then it is likely to push north and west and that will bring a real contrast to the weather. wet and windy weather into the north—west. at the same time it is a tropical storm. there is a lot of heat and humidity. temperatures in the south—east could get into the mid—20s in the early pa rt get into the mid—20s in the early part of next week. keep watching that one. i will confirm the details. back to you. thank you very much indeed. we will catch up with you later. we'll bring you the headlines at 8am. but first, newswatch. hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. did you see this interview on the andrew maher show? no, because it's fictional.

as more than a dozen bbc news presenters and reporters appear in bbc1‘s bodyguard, we discuss weather bbc news should be in the business of drama. first, bbc news has been devoting airtime all week anticipating the threat posed by hurricane florence as it approached the east coast of the united states. here is peter bowes reporting on monday night. a monster storm which could bring catastrophic levels of rain and flooding. hurtling towards the us's east coast with growing windspeed, the authorities fear hurricane florence could have a deadly impact on several states with virginia and the carolinas the hardest hit. a major and serious event no doubt, but some viewers were struck by the contrast between the coverage given for most of the week to hurricane florence and the super typhoon mangkhut which at the same

time was being forecast to make landfall in the philippines on saturday. trevor e—mailed on thursday from hong kong. and mark barwick agreed. neverfarfrom a news bulletin is the former foreign secretary boris johnson. on sunday for isntance bbc news reported on allegations about his private life which featured in one sunday paper. and another article in the newspaper in which mrjohnson claimed the brexit discussions had "wrapped a suicide vest" around the british population. robin wells had this response.

boris johnson continued to feature in news bulletins across the week, as did serena williams, who last saturday's us open tennis final after a dramatic on—court outburst. incensed at accusations of foul play, she directed her anger at umpire carlos ramos, saying "you will never ever be on another court of mine." she called him a thief and said he had stolen a point from her, that prompted him to escalate the penalty by awarding an entire game to the eventual winner naomi osaka. after the match, williams claimed she was fighting for a greater cause than simply her own. jenny wilson wondered... if you've been hooked by bbc1‘s

sunday night series bodyguard, and millions have, then, amid the occasionally fanciful plot lines you may have come across some familiar faces and voices. take this scene from the first episode the fictional home secretary appears alongside real—life andrew maher. home secretary, how anxious should we be about this terrorist threat, is there another one around the corner? we are a target, we can't be complacent. i am committed to supporting our security services by giving them greater powers to confront greater threats. the government is intent on forcing through a beefed up regulation of investigatory powers act this year, this... andrew maher is not the only one preparing his best actor acceptance speech.

there is also laura kuenssberg, gordon corera and simon michael. we simply do not know... in the second, for many months have been deepening divisions between her and the prime minister, the two at odds over their approach to security. home secretaryjulia montague was among those injured in the blast at st matthew's college. i heard that there were security breaches from the word go. the attack on home secretaryjulia montague was carried out by a sniper firing from the roof of the nearby office building. the government appears to have gained access to the roof by posing as a tradesman but took his own life before he could be questioned. the emergency services were alerted at around five o'clock yesterday. there is now speculation that the initial findings suggest... the use there of the familiar bbc news studios and branding and the presence of ten other bbc news presenters and reporters in the series so far no doubt adds

to the authenticity of the story we are watching, but therein lies the problem for some viewers. sean o'neill is... while dugald mcdonald says... enjoying the show, but is the line crossed with this kind of content? can you clarify editorial position, please? of course this is not the first time that dramas or films have used genuine news reporters in this way and the bbc does have some editorial guidelines on those, which say... the guidelines go on...

to discuss this further, i am joined by gavin allen, the bbc‘s controller of daily news programmes. thank you for coming on newswatch. under your own editorial guidelines, if it is causing concern, why do you allow it? people might disagree with the use of it but it is not causing concern. there is no question that everyone is clear this is a drama, not a documentary. the concern would be if you thought this was actually happening, that it was a real news event. nobody thinks that. high profile presenters should not be used in their usual news setting, that is what viewers say is wrong

with the bbcjournalists. there are two things to this. there are visual clues, very clear visual and audio clues, in the clips you have just showed, if you look at the andrew maher example, yes, he is on set but it is not filmed in any way you would ever see on his show, the tv screens are over someone's shoulder, you are looking at the background and people in the background around the set. it is very clear... was that deliberate? absolutely. there is radio reports where music is played over it. you would not get that on our programme. it is all in compliance with the guidelines. it is a bit subtle, isn't it? i don't think it is at all subtle. nobody actually thinks she is the home secretary. no one thinks the bloke playing the prime minister is... no, no, we are not talking about that. it is very important, this is a drama, you are trying to enhance the drama,

having people like andrew maher and others in it allows you to lose yourself in that drama. the other way to see it is that so far we have had 14 bbc news figures appearing, including today programme presenters and radio presenters. was this a public strategy to build the brand of the bbc news presenters as celebrities? no. when these requests come in it is the head of department and often me who assesses the script, assesses the content, is a reputational damage, are you causing confusion or concern, is it undermining the credibility of the presenter, you make a judgement on whether it is reasonable for this person to be in a bbc production and in this case, myjudgement was yes. the whole news element of this runs through all the episodes, the bbc runs a campaign only recently to tackle fate news, —— the bbc runs a campaign only recently to tackle fake news, and this does not help. it does any viewer actually think this is news?

—— does any viewer actually think this is news? fake news about intentionally misleading or skewing the news. this is an skewing the news, it is enhancing the drama, they are very different. it is trying to have a certain realism. like any drama, to be clear. we have learnt that people caught up in recent terrorist attacks have said that they stopped watching bodyguard because they found the presence of all these real bbc news journalists so unsettling. i think it would be unsettling if you have been caught up, i don't want to minimise that, but if you have been caught up in a real terrorist incident, seeing a drama about a terrorist incident is going to be upsetting. they said they were able to watch it but it was the presence of the bbc news journalists who they knew from reporting real scenarios, that is what bothered them. it is very difficult to take that into account when you are trying to enhance a drama and put into that something that makes it more credible and allows you as a viewer to lose yourself within it. to take into account every individual person's reaction to the drama. what viewers who are concerned are saying is, we know

there is a long history of abc news appearing on other programmes and having some fun with it, there is doctor who, morecambe and wise, but it is not confusing to people when it is sci—fi or comedy, but this was a drama. at the very least, people feel uneasy about playing along by the drama. who is being confused by it? name one person who actually confuse this was a news event and naturally there is an ethical unease about it. is there? ethically, yes, if you feel you are undermining trust in bbc news, but i absolutely adamantly don't think this diminishes trust in bbc news in any way. gaven allen, thank you. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs or appear on the programme you can call us... or e—mail us... you can find us on twitter and do have a look at our website.

the address is... that is all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts next week. goodbye. good morning and welcome to breakfast our headlines today: hundreds of people have been killed

and thousands left without power as tropical storm florence continues to battle america's east coast. a mother and baby are among five people killed and forecasters are warning of frightening storm surges. on the other side of the world, a super typhoon is hitting the philippines. in other news, changes to the divorce laws in england and wales. the government comes up with proposals which could end the blame game.