typhoon mangkhut — the most powerful storm in the world this year — wreaks havoc in the philippines. at least 1a people have been killed — the true extent of the destruction is still unclear. in the united states president trump declares a disaster in north carolina following storm florence — amid warnings that the worst is far from over. a former british soldier's sentenced to seven years injail in turkey, accused of helping kurdish forces in the fight against the islamic state group. simon yates is set to win the vuelta a espana — the first time british cyclists have won all three grand tours in the same year. good evening. up to m people have now died in a massive storm which has brought destruction to the northern philippines.

typhoon mangkhut has seen violent winds of over 160 miles an hour, torrential rains and warnings of six metre storm surges. more than 4 million people live in its path — thousands have already been evacuated. howard johnson reports. mangkhut has been called by meteorologists the strongest typhoon in the world so far this year. and now the reality of the utter devastation it has caused is becoming obvious. extreme flash flooding. the fragility of human existence laid bare. the road to cagayan province was littered with destruction. electricity posts ripped from the ground, street lamps bent in two, and this man's house torn to shreds. he showed me where the roof had been pulled back like a tin of sardines. fighting back the tears, he told me how he'd spent the night in an evacuation centre worrying about the fate of his home. when we arrived in cagayan province, we saw a line of people queueing

for fuel to power their generators. how did you feel? scared. we were so scared. all the windows are broken. the whole night. the whole night, no sleep. the scene here repeated across this vast region. debris is scattered across the ground. electricity cables dangling dangerously. people wading their belongings through floodwaters. two rescue workers were killed in one of many landslides, and a third person drowned in six metre high storm surges. a team of search and rescue workers — clearly it had been a long night. our evacuees total about 15,000, scattered in more than 500 evacuation centres. we have not really released them yet because of the kind of wind we have. the typhoon is now on its way

to southern china and vietnam. it's expected to pass near hong kong tomorrow. the magnitude of the devastation left behind here in the philippines still isn't known, and more heavy rain is on its way. howard johnson, bbc news, tuguegarao. our correspondentjonathan head is in the philippines in santiago, and jonathan, the scale of the destruction and indeed casualties is still unclear. the problem is, along the north coast of the island where understanding now, there are very small villages with roads which are still blocked and organ indications have been cut. —— and all communications have been cut. the worst is feared in terms of houses being completely flattened and even the evacuation centres damaged, but so the evacuation centres damaged, but so far the death toll is relatively moderate. the authorities were well

prepared and they evacuated anyone who was at risk of tidal surges and we have no big population centres on the coast vulnerable to those tidal surges. there is a lot of flooding, rivers very high, ferociously fast and we are also hearing about landslides so i think it will take some time before the complete picture is very clear and also the economic damage to what is the breadbasket of the philippines, that will take a long time to calculate. jonathan, thank you. and in the united states there've been warnings of the risk of life threatening flash flooding in parts of north and south carolina and virginia. storm florence continues to soak the east coast area downing trees and damaging homes. at least five people have now died as a result of the storm. chris buckler reports. large parts of north carolina's coastline now lie underwater as the rain continues to fall. and as the water levels have risen,

people have had to be rescued from their homes. more people now face imminent threat than when the storm was just offshore. i cannot overstate it. floodwaters are rising and if you are not watching for them, you are risking your life. it's obvious as you drive through this area how much damage has already been done. it will take time to remove the felled trees that block many streets, and repair the downed power lines that have left hundreds of thousands of households without electricity. president trump has declared this an official disaster, freeing up money to help people with repairs. but some families will never recover from this deadly hurricane. a woman and her baby were killed when a tree crashed through the roof of their home here in wilmington.

so many trees downed — you can see them in our neighbourhood and down the street, trees that are barely missing houses, huge trees that have barely missed houses. you know, when you see something like this, you're just really, really lucky. it is awful it has happened to someone, because so many people chose to stay. after days when they were completely deserted, there are signs that towns are cautiously getting back to normal. this was the queue for one of the few petrol stations to reopen after closing for the storm. the effects of hurricane florence are still being felt, and the authorities say as long as the rain falls, there is the danger of further catastrophic flash flooding. and after this week in north carolina, both man and beast are well aware of the impact of that. chris buckler, bbc news, wilmington. a review of the rail industry is to be launched by the government following criticism of the way the franchising system has been run with extended periods

of disruption across the country. our political correspondent chris mason is with me now. chris, tell us more. the government are conscious that with strikes and failed franchises and angry passengers and timetable shambles, they have got to be seen to be doing something because labour have what they say is a solution which is nationalising the railways and which is relatively popular according to polls, so the government wants to sketch out its plans, setting out a review lasting a year, with broad terms of reference, and they are bringing in a dive from john lewis, and that is no accident or stop —— they are bringing ina no accident or stop —— they are bringing in a guy from john lewis. they want to learn from the john lewis model where employees are partners and the owners of the business with the potential that railway workers could be the equivalent within their industry but there is a short—term tactical reason for this becoming news which is that the report into the timetable mess in may, the interim report is coming in the next few

days and that could be grim reading and this gives the government a chance to be on the front foot. thanks forjoining us. a former british soldier's been sentenced to seven years in prison in turkey. joe robinson was charged with terrorism offences following time he spent in syria. he's accused of being a member of the kurdish ypg whom turkish authorities regard as terrorists — but his family say he was in syria helping civilians. richard galpin has more. joe robinson travelled to syria in 2015 to join a kurdish group known as the ypg, which was fighting against so—called islamic state. the former soldier, who had served in afghanistan, apparently frustrated by what he viewed as the british government's lack of action. although the ypg is backed by the united states, turkey views it as a terrorist organisation — anyone associated with it vulnerable to arrest. so whenjoe robinson and his fiancee, mira rojkan, went on holiday to turkey last year, they were detained and he has now been sentenced to more

than seven years in prison. he was very shocked by the news from yesterday. he's very desperate to come home. he's broken, he's tired. his family say he was only a medic with the ypg, and they say there will be an appeal against the conviction. for the moment, he's not injail but cannot leave turkey. the bbc understands that the foreign office has raised the case with the turkish authorities. and of course the family are hoping diplomats will do everything they can to get joe robinson back home. richard galpin, bbc news, at the foreign office. this coming week across bbc news 7 we're marking six months to go until the uk leaves the european union. we'll be answering some of your questions about brexit. today, jon kay has been to birmingham 7 one of the most polarised areas of the country 7 to find out what people there want to know.

i really can't get my head round what's going on. absolutely no one knows what's happening. so what's brexit7 confusion. it's dominated the news for more than two years but we still have so many questions, wherever we live, however we voted. kimberly is exhausted by the whole thing. how confusing is the brexit process for you? it hurts my brain cells, it irritates my soul. it's like... it hurts, it really hurts. like, on the news, brexit is going this way, brexit is going that way. do you get it? do you understand where we are with brexit7 no. so, we gathered questions from people in birmingham. how's your handwriting 7 elsie's heard all the arguments about tariffs and treaties but she doesn't know what to believe. big question mark. tell us the truth. who is right? which one of you is right? which side7 which side is right. do you think you know?

no. i actually think they should support the prime minister. i really do. instead of all of this division. many had questions about the future of our economy. when are we going to get some transparency so that business can have a sigh of relief and know exactly what's going to happen and when? i'm just saving up. i want to get a new car. eventually i want to get a mortgage. ijust want to move forward in life. so if prices do go up? it will make it a struggle to do that. we had questions about the uk's borders. i think the biggest question is how do you control it without letting all and sundry in. again, is it as much of a massive problem as perhaps we think it is? write it as big and clear as you can. elijah wants to know about northern ireland. the ripple effect from this referendum is going to be colossal, i think. will this woman need a visa to holiday in spain? and what willjohn be able to bring home?

it feels like dragging on. what do you want to know? how soon can we leave? from chequers to the backstop, for oliver... i've just got bored with it, to be honest with you. soft brexit, hard brexit, but there's absolutely no definition of what either one is. i'm ready to just stop reading about brexit. you're exiting the debate? i'm exiting brexit. jon kay, bbc news, birmingham. we'll be attempting to answer some of those questions over the coming week on the six and ten o'clock news. with all the sport now, here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. kate, good evening. britain's simon yates is on the verge of victory at cycling's vuelta a espana. yates finished third in today's penultimate stage to keep his lead in the overall standings as british cyclists head towards a clean sweep of grand tour victories.

joe lynskey reports. just a decade ago this sight seemed impossible, but british riders now rule the roads of the continent. in simon yates this sport has entered unique territory — in one year three men representing one country are set to win all the grand tours. yates nowjoins chris froome and gerard thomas as one of cycling's superstars. he all but sealed this vuelta title in his new home. the man from bury lives and trains in the hills of andorra. with his twin brother adam he's learnt to master these mountains. his job on stage 20, to protect his overall lead, but his approach has been to attack. soon, his nearest challenger could not keep up. commentator: valverde looks a spent force. as valverde fell away yates could start the uphill procession. these supporters saw him dominate may's giro d'italia, then fall away in the final week. in spain, the legs have stayed with him, thejersey has stayed red. and he rides into madrid tomorrow as britain's latest endurance king. joe lynskey, bbc news. it's time to pop out

of the room if you don't want to know today's premier league results as match of the day follows soon. liverpool beat tottenham 2—1 to make it five league wins out of five. while chelsea are top of the table after a 4—1 win over cardiff. hearts are five points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. they beat motherwell i—0. and there were wins for hibs, livingston, and rangers. cricket australia say they are urgently investigating an allegation made by the england all—rounder moeen ali in his autobiography that he was called "osama" by an australian player during the 2015 ashes. ali let his cricket do the talking today. the worcestershire captain took three wickets and scored 41 runs, as they beat sussex at edgbaston to become t20 blast champions for the first time. britain's vicky holland is the triathlon world champion. the olympic bronze medallist took the world title by finishing in second place in the grand final on australia's gold coast.

alex gulrajani reports. dancing her way into the record books, for vicky holland, a title prize she never expected. itu world champion. that has quite a ring to it, doesn't it? i cannot believe it. i think it will take some time for that to sink in, especially the way the race panned out with that run — i cannot believe i got there. on the start line in australia she knew what was needed. the american katie zaferes led the championship — beat her and take the title. in the water she made her intentions clear as they moved on to the bikes, always looking bright for holland on the course where she helped england win a silver at the commonwealth games. she looked at home. her transition from bike to run so seamless she found herself out in front, but company was not too far behind. her title challenger in her shadow. australia joined the party, but three soon became two, as the pair moved out alone. holland is the world champion!

it was such a great race for vicky. you have to be sensible, conserve your energy, look forward to the run and getting onto the run, she executed and sealed the world title. a day holland says she never expected, and now a new title to get used to. also on the bbc sport website, news of lewis hamilton's pole position for tomorrow's singapore grand prix. that's it. a reminder that the andrew marr show is on at the new time of 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. but from me and the team, goodnight. hello. this is bbc news with me, martine croxall.

the liberal democrats have been discussing a major shake—up of the party at their conference in brighton. the changes, set out by the leader sir vince cable earlier this month, include allowing supporters — as well as fullyjoined—up members — to vote for a new leader. our political correspondent jonathan blake sent us this update. he's been addressing the after—hours rally for party members here in brighton on the first day of the conference, designed to get the party membership fired up. and he got a warm reception for his comments. he addressed in this speech this evening has plans to open up the party, which you mentioned just there, to allow people to join without paying a membership fee, and to potentially have someone lead the party who wasn't one of its elected members of parliament. he focused on that phrase he used in that speech a couple of weeks ago, turning the liberal democrats into a "movement for moderates." now, that has cost a few raised eyebrows and grumbles among the party membership. a lot of people don't necessarily like being labelled a moderate, they think it doesn't sound quite exciting, radical or principled enough, and so vince cable acknowledged that in his speech this evening.

but he also talked about the status of the liberal democrats, who you could argue are going through something of an identity crisis at the moment. he said in an interviewjust a couple of days ago that potentially the name of the party could even change, and with his talk of opening it up and trying to turn it into more of a mass movement than a political party than it is now, there has been some criticism that it doesn't really know what it stands for any more. but he addressed that by saying the liberal democrats were different, they were distinct, and proud of it. so they're notjust the ones in the middle or on the fringes of british politics. so he got a good reception for that, but those proposed changes to the party will be the main focus of the conference in brighton. earlier on tom brake, the brexit spokesman, made a speech where he made a direct appeal to disaffected labour and conservative supporters to come on board, tojoin the liberal democrats, and he also spoke about the potential of the liberal democrats voting against a deal in parliament reached by the government with the eu on brexit. he said there wouldn't be enough time for parliament

to properly scrutinise that, and he again put forward the party policy of allowing the public to vote on a final deal. so day one of the conference, and sir vince cable will be speaking again here in his keynote speech on tuesday. it may well be his last conference as party leader, as he has announced plans to stand down, certainly before the next general election due in 2022, and, as he put it, once brexit has been resolved or stopped. that was jonathan blake that wasjonathan blake in brighton. the government is proposing a significant changes to the law on divorce — removing requirements to allege fault or show evidence of separation.

launching a consultation on the proposals, justice secretary david gauke said he wanted to make the process less acrimonious. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. at present, divorcing couples are forced to blame each other for their marriage breakdown on the grounds of adultery, desertion or behaviour which it's unreasonable to live with, or prove they have been separated for a minimum of two years, even if the separation is mutual. like many, jenny thinks blame can make a difficult process a lot worse. it caused an awful lot of arguments. it caused me obviously to feel very hurt — i got angry, then there were arguments which my children were witness to, it hurt them, and i really think it was completely unnecessary. when couples divorce, they are being torn apart emotionally and financially, often trying to work out sensible living arrangements for their children, so if you throw blame and fault into the process at that stage, most people think you're just making a bad situation a whole lot worse. the government's persuaded, and it's proposing removing the need to show evidence of the other

spouse's conduct or a period of living apart, introducing a new notification process where one or possibly both parties can notify the court of the intention to divorce and removing the opportunity for the other spouse to contest the divorce application. it's right that we try to take the animosity out of this process as much as possible, and we have a system that isn't looking back and trying to play the blame game, but is looking forward to find the best way in which we can have a reasonably constructive relationship between the divorcing couple. the consultation also seeks views on the minimum time between the interim and final divorce decrees, in order to allow couples time to reflect and reach agreement on arrangements for the future if divorce is inevitable. clive coleman, bbc news. the church of england is considering a buy out of the pay—day lender, wonga, after the company collapsed last month.

the idea was suggested by frank field, the chair of the work and pensions committee, who said he hoped the church might lead what he called a group of "good" people willing to run wonga without charging high interest rates. the us space agency nasa has successfully launched a satellite designed to measure changes in the world's ice sheets and provide precise information on how they are being eroded by global warming. the billion dollar project will put a satellite almost directly over the north and south poles and from there it will fire a laser at sea and land ice to take measurements. our science correspondent jonathan amos reports. five, four, three, two, one... a hot and fiery start for a mission that will study the coldest places on earth. a new nasa satellite was launched safely onto a path that takes it almost directly over the poles. its quest — to determine precisely how global warming is affecting the planet's ice.

icesat—2, as it's known, is equipped with a green laser that'll fire down on glaziers and sea ice. the faster the beamed pulses of light bounce back to the satellite, the thicker the ice must be, and if the heights are seen to drop over time it'll indicate the ice is melting. previous observations have shown that both antarctica and greenland are losing mass as warm ocean water erodes their edges, and in the arctic the floating sea ice has lost two thirds of its volume since the 1980s. but the changes that are occurring are often quite subtle, and scientists say only the most exacting measurement tools can tell us what's really happening. it'll be a few weeks before icesat is ready to start work. nasa is reassuring everyone that the laser cannot itself melt the ice its monitoring — but look up on a dark night and you mightjust catch a green dot passing across the sky. jonathan amos, bbc news.

the actor dudley sutton, know for his role as tinker dill in the tv series lovejoy, has died aged 85. his other tv appearances included the bbc soap eastenders and channel 4 teenage drama skins. sutton served in the royal air force as a mechanic before enrolling in the royal academy of dramatic art. it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello. things turn increasingly windy for many of us over the next few days, and that process has already begun across northern ireland and scotland, strengthening winds here overnight, some rain, some of which will be heavy. that will extend its way down into parts of northern england and north wales. further south and east, mainly dry. a mixture of variable cloud and clear spells. these are the average wind speeds overnight, but gusts will be higher, perhaps touching a0 or 50 miles an hour along irish sea coasts and for the western isles of scotland. but it is a mild night for all of us, temperatures only

dropping to between 11—14 celsius. so here is how it's looking through sunday. we have an area of high pressure to the south of the uk, and to the north and west, an area of low pressure. these fronts sinking their way south eastwards across the uk. as they run into the area of high pressure, any rain on it will tend to fizzle out, but it's a damp start across parts of scotland, northern england, the midlands and into wales. notice how through the afternoon it just really becomes a band of cloud, with the odd patch of light rain across the midlands, wales and south—west england. for the north and the south of that cloud bands, some spells of sunshine, but quite a breezy day for all of us, although not as strong as the winds were overnight. still quite gusty for the western isles of scotland. some patchy rain at times here. where we have the sunshine, temperatures up to between 17—23 celsius, warmest for east anglia and south—east england. we are keeping an eye on this area of low pressure because it's the remnants of what was hurricane helene. by this stage, certainly not a hurricane but still bringing some very strong winds later on monday. and also some warm, tropical air. so by tuesday, we could see

temperatures across east anglia and south—east england getting up to 2a or 25 celsius. on monday, for most of us it's mainly dry through daylight hours. a fair amount of cloud across wales, central and southern england, but some sunshine through the afternoon. outbreaks of rain arriving into northern ireland, parts of scotland and north west england and the winds starting to pick up. again, these are the average speeds but the gusts will be strengthening through the day. overnight monday into tuesday, gusts getting up to 70 miles an hour for scotland and northern ireland. but again, some warmth around in parts of england and wales but a very messy and unsettled picture monday night into tuesday. see how that isobars are tightly packed together. some really strong winds for a time as we go into tuesday. through the early part in next week, strong winds, very warm in the south and east, some rain for the north and west. hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines.

14 people have died in a massive storm in the northern philippines. it's the strongest typhoon so far this year, with 20—foot storm surges. in the us, tropical storm florence is causing catastrophic flooding on the east coast — five people have died, as forecasters warn that storm surges remain a dangerous threat. a former british soldier is given a seven—and—a—half—year jail sentence in turkey for helping kurdish forces in the fight