this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: 1a people have died as the most powerful storm in the world this year wreaks havoc in the philippines. 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. this system is unloading epic amounts of rainfall. in some places, measured in feet and not inches. a former british soldier is jailed for seven years in turkey, accused of helping kurdish forces in the fight against the so—called islamic state group. and overhaul of divorce law. ministers set out plans for no fault divorce, removing the need to a tribute blame. —— attribute. heading for space — nasa launches its most advanced laser satellite ever, the ice sat 2.

the billion—dollar mission is aimed at studying the condition of earth's ice cover. simon yates is set to win the vuelta espana, the first time british cyclists have won all three grand tours in the same year. and at 11:30 we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, political editor of the sunday mirror nigel nelson, and the political commentatorjo phillips. good evening. up to 1a people have died in a massive storm which has brought destruction to the northern philippines. typhoon mangkhut has seen violent winds of more than 160 miles an hour, torriential rains and warnings of 20—foot storm surges. more than four million people live in its path. thousands have already

left their homes. 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. 0ur evacuees total about 113,000, 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. 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 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 been done here.

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 — and 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. well, i spoke to storm hunters mark robinson and jaclyn whittal, who were in wilmington, north carolina, and i started by asking them what they actually do when they are chasing a storm. i , well i mean, if we start out i planning our target zone, where we think the best part of the storm is going to be, as storm chasers that usually means where the strongest windss will be. we target the place to be and find a safe structure to ride out the storm, and usually it

is about the wind damage and aftermath, in this case, the flooding that we will cover for several days. either way you are doing what the authorities do not wa nt doing what the authorities do not want people to do, you are parking yourselves where it is most dangerous. —— in a way. how do you keep safe? we work very hard to keep ourselves safe. we carry a lot of supplies, gasoline, at ourselves safe. we carry a lot of supplies, gasoline, et cetera. if the rescuers have to serve us in any way, we have failed badly. we are here to try to help them to help them know exactly what is going on. we are both meteorologists and we are reporting back to the weather network in canada, to let them know exactly what is going on. tell us what you have seen, described what florence has brought to wilmington? —— describe. florence has brought to wilmington? -- describe. i think florence will be remembered by its size rather than its intensity. the intensity was a high—end category 0ne than its intensity. the intensity was a high—end category one at landfall. that doesn't sound like aid the deal, in terms of a high—end

category five or category for like it was originally forecast. —— category four. what will stand out about this one is that the winfield was so about this one is that the winfield was so large and the weather pattern basically stalled this system, which allowed for a tropical storm or even allowed for a tropical storm or even a category 0ne hurricane to battered this area for hours and hours on end. and of course the rain is still continuing and will continue. so then we have the flooding. that is what i will remember it by. 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 tojoin 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 he has raised the case with the turkish authorities. and of course the family are hoping

diplomats will do everything they can to getjoe robinson back home. richard galpin, bbc news, at the foreign office. 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 government is expected to appoint a senior figure from the retail groupjohn lewis to conduct a review of the railways. the transport secretary chris grayling has asked keith williams, the deputy chairman of the department store, to take a detailed look at how the rail network operates, and how it could improve. here's our politics correspondent, chris mason. labour have what they see as a solution, which is renationalisation. that is something polling suggests is relatively popular. the government wants to sketch out a plan, setting up this

review, lasting about a year. pretty broad terms of reference. they are bringing ina broad terms of reference. they are bringing in a guy from john lewis to do it, and that is no accident. they say they want to learn from the john lewis model, where employees are partners. they are 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 now, which is the report into that timetabling mess in may. the interim report is coming in the next few days and it could be grim reading. this gives the government the chance to be on the front foot. pope francis has delivered an impassioned speech in sicily, appealing to italy's mafia to abandon a life of crime and violence. he visited the island to pay homage to a parish priest who was murdered by the mafia 25 years ago. courtney bembridge reports. 0n on his way to these sicilian capital with a clear message, pope francis

joseph centre of mafia activity to send it. translation: today we need men and women of love, not men and women of honour, of service, not of overpowering. we need men and women to walk together, not to chase power. the catholic church has had a chequered history of relations with the mafia in southern italy, but the pope says people cannot believe in god and belong to the mafia at the same time. a mafioso does not live asa same time. a mafioso does not live as a christian, because he blaspheme is with his life in the name of god. the event was held to mark 25 years since parish priest giuseppe puglisi was shot dead on his doorstep why the italian mafia. it was his 56 birthday, and reportedly he said to the gunman, i have been expecting you. the priest was known to being outspoken against injustices, with little support from the church hierarchy in sicily, he preached against the mafia and worked with

young people to keep them away from the group. translation: we hope that something will change, bit by bit. there are many youths who are arriving here at the social centre. they are beginning to realise that life is not only about violence and degradation. he ignored their threats and banned mafia members from leading religious processions. in the months before his murder, the mafia planted several car bombs throughout italy, killing at least ten people. it was part of a bloody offensive against the state and anyone who threatens the group's existence, which also claimed the lives of two much stress. giuseppe puglisi was shot in the neck at point—blank range. two mafia hitmen we re point—blank range. two mafia hitmen were among six point—blank range. two mafia hitmen were among six men point—blank range. two mafia hitmen were among six men charged over the murder. large crowds attended giuseppe puglisi's funeral. why did the mafia kill him? i don't know, maybe because he wanted to destroy the mafia, and he could do it.

giuseppe puglisi was beatified in 2013, the last step for sainthood in the church. —— before. the headlines on bbc news — 1a people have died as the most powerful storm in the world this year wreaks havoc in the philippines. the true extent of the destruction is still unclear. in the united states, president trump declares a disaster in north carolina following its tom cutler florence and the warnings that the worst is far from over. florence and the warnings that the worst is farfrom over. —— —— hurricane florence. the accusations are former soldier has acted against islamic state. looks sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jeanette. good evening. simon yates is set to become only the second britain to win the vuelta a espana. he's extended his overall lead to one minute 46 seconds after the 20th and penultimate stage today, and will be crowned champion after the processional

finale in madrid tomorrow. really proud. incredibly proud of the team. they carried me from this entire three weeks. the grand tour for the team. just unbelievable. the premier league has returned today after a two—week international break. both chelsea and liverpool still have 100% records. watford had also made a perfect start to the season going into the evening game with manchester united — butjose mourinho's side have put the brakes on that start with a 2—1 victory at vicarage road. the last time jose the last timejose mourinho ventured south, he embarrassed and we fell over at wembley. this evening as manchester united travel to inform watford, he would be hoping his side would be more surefooted. it was sure hands required early on. david

de gea proving once again why he is best. alexis sanchez hasn't scored a way from home until signing in january, until now. but no, flag is up, off side. someone not willing to wait any more was romelu lukaku, showing you don't need your feet when your stomach will do. just three minutes later, it was two. chris smalling providing relief to the man who used to call himself a happy one. singh was a sting in the tail as andre gray gave watford one. the united defence has stood tall. maybe they are starting to find their feet this season. so chelsea and liverpool have both maintained their perfect starts to the season with wins against tottenham and cardiff respectively. there were also victories for bournemouth and crystal palace. manchester city maintain their unbeaten start to the season with a 3—nil win over fulham while arsenal won for the third time in a row against newcastle. in the scottish premiership rangers thrashed dundee 4—0. steven gerrard's side sit fourth in the table.

hibernian beat kilmarnock 3—2. hamilton beat livingston 1—0, while hearts remain top and are five points clear after a 1—0 win at motherwell. saintjohnstone and aberdeen drew 1—1. lewis hamilton will be on pole for tomorrow's singapore grand prix after a first lap in qualifying he described as magic. that lap from the mercedes driver was enough despite failing to improve on his second run. hamilton's title rival sebastian vettel was third behind red bull's max verstappen. great britain have taken a 2—1 lead in the davis cup afterjamie murray and dom inglot beat denis istomin and sanjar fayziev in four sets. britain and uzbekistan were tied at 1—1 as they went in to the doubles but murray and inglot have given great britain the advantage in glasgow. if they win one of the singles fixtures tomorrow they will be seeded in february's preliminary world group round. worcestershire are celebrating winning the t—20 blast

for the first time. moeen ali's side had beaten lancashire in the first semi—final of the day at edgbaston and beat sussex by chasing down a target of 158 with nine balls to spare. so a first t20 title and not surprisingly impressive scenes in the crowd at the end. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. 21 people had to be rescued after a rollercoaster became stuck at a theme park in warrington. the incident happened around 1:00 at gulliver's world. fire crews used ladders and scaffolding to rescue the passengers from the ride, which was stuck 50 feet in the air. cheshire fire & rescue service say no—one was injured. 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. this coming week across bbc news, we're marking 6 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, one of the most polarised areas of the country, 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 brexit? 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 brexit? no. so we gathered questions from people in birmingham. how's your handwriting? 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 side? 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 got questions about the uk's borders. i think the biggest question is how do you control it without letting alland 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.

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 see 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. now it's time for a look at the weather. things turn increasingly windy for many of us over the next few years and that process has a ready begun across northern ireland scotland will stop strengthening winds here overnight. rains, some of which will be heavy and it will extend out to northern england and wales. further south and east, mainly dry with a variable cloud and clear spells. average wind speeds overnight. that is touching a0 or 50 mph along irish sea coasts. a mild night for all of us, temperatures and the dropping to around 11 and 1a. here is how it is looking through sunday. an area of south —— low pressure to the south—west. these fronts sinking south—east across the uk. as they

run into the high pressure, any rain will fizzle out. a damp start for scotland, northern england, the midlands and wales. in the afternoon, it becomes a band of cloud with the odd patch of light rain across the midlands, wales and south—west england. the north and south—west england. the north and south of the cloud band, some spells of sunshine. quite a breezy day some of sunshine. quite a breezy day some of that although not as strong as overnight. still gusty but the wester isles of scotland. —— western isles. tops of 17 and 23. wallace to east anglia in south—east england. keeping a night on the area of low pressure because it is the remnants ofa pressure because it is the remnants of a hurricane. at this stage, certainly not a hurricane. bringing strong winds later on monday and also some warm topical air. by tuesday, you could think of which is across east anglia and south—east england getting up to 2a or 25 celsius. on monday, for many of us, mainly dry. a fair amount of cloud through wales and the central and southern england but some sunshine through the afternoon. outbreaks of

rain coming into northern ireland, parts of scotland and north—west england. the winds are picking up again. these are the average speeds but the gusts will strengthen through the day. overnight monday and into tuesday, we could see gusts getting up to 70 mph for parts of scotla nd getting up to 70 mph for parts of scotland and northern ireland. again, walked around the parts of england and wales but a messy, u nsettled england and wales but a messy, unsettled picture monday night introduced a. see how the ice above a tightly packed together? some really strong winds for a time as a going into tuesday. the early part of next week, strong winds, very warm in the south—east and some rain in the south and the north. hello, this is bbc news. iam martine i am martine croxall. we are just exploring the breath of language here and what we can get away with. —— breadth. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines.

1a 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 yearjail sentence in turkey for helping kurdish forces in the fight against so—called islamic state. andthe english cyclist simon yates secures victory in la vuelta, crowning an extraordinary year for british cycling. co nsta nce constance were stars as a naive professor trying to win over herb oyster and's the wealthy family in crazy rich asians. find out what mark kermode thinks of that and the rest of the big releases in this week's film review. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political editor

of the sunday mirror, nigel nelson, and the political commentatorjo phillips.