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panhandle and likely to cause disruption with its wind and inundation from floodwater as well. the storm surge the height of a double—decker bus and also a sustained wind of 145 miles an hour and also around eight, ten inches of parts of georgia and alabama and then across into the carolinas tomorrow. so if you have an interest in that part of the world state should do the forecast. back home it is really a mind at the moment, we have already 24 celsius in some places and staying warm for most for the rest of the day. a lovely autumnal day. unfortunately it will not last because overnight we bring in some showers across the channel through the latter part of the evening. there will be some of those
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through the night. it is mild and breezy and already by warning another band of rain waiting in the wings. but again once we cleared those showers await some good spells in sunshine and this next round of rain is only going to be around for a couple of hours and some brightness following on. quite warm in the sunshine, again. just a precursor to what is heading our way on friday, now named as storm calum. gust of wind of 50, 60 miles an hour and mostly bringing rain but we could see some severe gales. but when the rain arrives and both strong and gusty winds it is not a pleasa nt strong and gusty winds it is not a pleasant day at all. so the rain just stays put across some parts of northern england and wales, that is a concern. and then severe gales
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with that, blowing up through the irish sea. so 18, 20, not seeming too bad but obviously tempered a little bit by the wind and rain which is still with us through saturday. again the south east and far north—west may escape but we have to wait until sunday for it finally to clear out of the way. but in the north—west and south—east we again have showers around on sunday. plenty going on with the weather here in the uk as well and we will keep you up—to—date with what is happening with hurricane michael. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime a woman who spent £16 million in harrods is fighting to keep her home, after becoming the first target of a new uk anti—corruption order. a british couple are among nine people who've been killed in flash flood in mallorca — nine others are still missing. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, good afternoon — it's
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1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. england reached 92—2 in theirfirst match of their one day series with sri lanka in dambulla before rain halted play. jonny bairstow and jason roy fell within five balls. england were 51—2, beforejoe root and captain eion morgan combined to move england to within 100. this is one of only three series remaining before england host the world cup on home soil next summer. shane warne said he was left embrassed by the ball tampering scandal that saw former captain steve smith, david warner and cameron bancroft banned from cricket. both warner and smith were given 12 month suspensions and bancroft nine months for the part they played in changing the surface of the ball in the infamous series with south africa six months ago. and. i'm not sure harry gives to the
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stage in a test match where you say we're going to take sandpaper out of the middle and put on the ball. i mean, that was terrible. and it was very embarrassing and disappointing. so the australian cricket team need to gain the respect back of the cricket community, of the australian public especially, and the only way to do that is by the way they conduct themselves. and i hope they don't lose the australian dna which is hard, tough but fair. after less than a year working together british number one johanna konta has split with her coach michaeljoyce konta was as high as four in the women's rankings having reached the wimbledon semi finals last year but has struggled for form this season following early exits in all four of the grand slams. joyce had previously worked with maria sharapova for seven years. kyle edmund's impressive run continues, having reached the semi finals of the china open last week he's into the last 16 of the shanghai 0pen
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following a straight sets win over andreas seppi. edmund the world number 14 closed out the match with his trademark forehand to set up a meeting with nicolas jarry of chile next, who knocked out fifth seed marin cilic. in the doubles jamie murray and his partner bruno soares are through after beating argentina's diego schwartzmann and maximo gonzalez in straight sets. gareth bale is out of wales' friendly with spain tomorrow night. the real madrid forward was withdrawn in the 80th minute of saturday's loss with alaves. manager ryan giggs confirmed he wont feature at the principality and is ‘50—50' for the nations league match with the republic of ireland in six days' time. he will be on the pitch before the game to receive a golden boot for the record 30 goals he's scored for wales. yeah, he's probably 50—50 at the moment. 0bviously
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yeah, he's probably 50—50 at the moment. obviously we don't want to ta ke moment. obviously we don't want to take any risks. but if he's able to play then good, he's not then so be it. preparing for both scenarios, but obviously my mind is just on spain at the moment and after spain we will start concentrating about ireland. england face croatia in the second nations league match on friday — the first time they will play behind closed doors, because of uefa sanctions against the hosts. that isn't stopping fans making the trip to rijeka. earlier i spoke to one fan who is making the trip despite being unable to get into the stadium to see them play. the england fans, we are not to blame in this. it is the croatia fans. it is them, and asks travelling we are going to try make the best of it. if we can see it, what a story it will be. and geraint thomas, the tour de france champion has
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had his trophy stolen. it was being displayed at the cycle show in birmingham, along with the other two grand tour trophies having been lent by team sky to their bike supplier pinarelo. police are now trying to recover it. thomas said he hopes whoever took it will have the good grace to return it. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. plenty more there about the stolen trophy and the search for it. let's return to news that a family—run bakery which refused to make a cake with a slogan supporting same—sex marriage — because it was at odds with their religious beliefs — has won its appeal against a discrimination ruling. the supreme court overturned a previous ruling that ashers baking company based in belfast had discriminated against the customer, saying the firm should not have been
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obliged to supply a cake iced with a message with which they profoundly disagreed. speaking outside the court, daniel mcarthur from ashers said they were pleased with thejudgement. well, i want to start by thanking god. he has been with us during the challenges of the last four years, and through the bible and the support of christians, he has comforted us and sustained us. he is our rock and all of his ways are just. we are delighted and relieved at today's ruling. we always knew we hadn't done anything wrong in turning down this order. after more than four years, the supreme court has now recognised that and we're very grateful. grateful to the judges, and especially grateful to god. we are particularly pleased the supreme court emphatically accepted what we've said all along — we did not turn down this order because of the person who made it but because of the message itself. the judges gave a clear
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signal today, in fact, it couldn't be clearer. family businesses like ours are free to focus on giving all their customers the best service they can, without being forced to promote other people's campaigns. i know a lot of people will be very glad of this ruling today, because this ruling protects freedom of speech and freedom of conscience for everyone. on behalf of my family, can i say thank you to everyone who has helped us and supported us and prayed for us through all of this. i do want also to thank the whole legal team for all the work that they've put in over the last four years, and also to thank the entire christian institute staff for their help and support, especially simon calvert, sam webster and callum webster. we want to move on from this now, and i'm sure mr lee does as well. let me finish by saying, he'll always be welcome in any of our shops.
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thank you. the customer who bought the cake, gay rights activist gareth lee, said the ruling made him feel like a second class citizen. to me, this was never about conscience or a statement. all i wanted was to order a cake in a shop that sold cakes to order. i paid my money. my money was taken and then a few days later it was refused, based upon the beliefs of the business owners. that made me feel like a second—class citizen and the judgment today tells me that that's ok. i'm concerned not just for the implications for myself or other gay people, but for every single one of us, because do we have to guess when we go into a shop whether we're going to be served or not?
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thank you. indonesian officials say the search for victims of last month's earthquake and tsunami will end tomorrow — despite the fact thousands of people are still unaccounted for. the disaster struck sulawesi almost two weeks ago, with the city of palu worst affected. the official death toll is currently more than 2,000 — but around 5,000 people are still missing, feared dead. 0ur asia correspondent nick beake reports. after the horror, so many survivors fled without looking back. but others say they're going nowhere. that night after night, they will endure the misery inflicted upon them, until somehow it begins to fade. "i have a family." "what can i do?" this man tells us. "but no matter what, i will stay." "i will never leave palu."
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at the few homes not obliterated by the tsunami in this part of the city, they still won't go back inside. they keep watch, fearful of a repeat. when night falls here in palu, the extent of the destruction is still clear to see, because the wreckage and the rubble is illuminated by these fires, which burn all along the coastline here. but with the darkness comes fear. because it's the time of the day tabita watched the water pummel everything in its thunderous path. translation: it's scary. when night comes, like now, we fall silent and just stare towards the horizon. but it's empty, there are no more buildings. as well as shelter, the people of palu need food, medicine and ongoing psychological support. ten—year—old fasel says he just wants to play with his friends again
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and forget what he witnessed. translation: i am just so sad that i saw people crushed by the buildings, dragged away by the water, and buried by the mud. the remotest of communities with the greatest of need and, as outside attention drifts away, they pray they won't be forgotten. nick beake, bbc news, palu. let's go live now to florida where governor richard scott is holding a press conference ahead of the arrival of the catgeory 4 storm michael that's heading towardsw the south east of the united states. is 90 miles off the coast at the
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moment. the department for transport asia is closely monitoring highway 98 as was all bridges. engineering plans are being developed to redevelop vital errors of highway. we will work round—the—clock to make sure roads and bridges reopened as quickly as possible. we have trucks loaded with tonnes of food, water and other critical supplies ready to move in. we will deploy medical assistance teams and we have hospital augmentation teams to make sure the medical and needy are safe and rookie seeding care. the department did have health currently has three special needs shelter augmentation teams with 22 staff in place. we have a team ambulance strike teams with 90 ambulances. we have three federal disaster medical assistance teams with 105 staff. five disaster management assistant strike teams with 35 staff. three disaster management assistant task
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forces with 42 staff. the florida department of health has also contracted with their international call article core to obtain additional resources for assistance including 15 nurses, to hospital emergency department teams and one emergency department teams and one emergency hospital. the florida agency for health care and restoration is in touch to make sure the health care facilities have the resources they need. you have heard me say all how important it is to get the lights back on after the storm. there are 19,000 personal stage to begin utility restoration and we will be posting power outage numbers from every utility. getting power back on is absolutely critical to our recovery and response effort and isa to our recovery and response effort and is a top priority. we have also focused on keeping all communication lines open and we are not seeing any communication outage is right now. we are also thankfully not seeing any widespread fuel shortages or outages. following the storm, we
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will have resources available to quickly make sure fuel is moving to where it is needed. the emergency response team has been holding regular calls with the field industry and port in florida to make sure they can get gas to all areas safely. floridians can download the app gas buddy to check where fuel is available. president trump has approved the free land for disaster request we made on monday and that will help with resources and response. i just will help with resources and response. ijust spoke will help with resources and response. i just spoke with will help with resources and response. ijust spoke with him, and he again offered all federal resources . he again offered all federal resources. we continue being in co nsta nt resources. we continue being in constant contact with fema and their tea m constant contact with fema and their team in the state emergency operations centre. that includes experts from homeland security, the epa, the department of defence, health and human services, and the army corps of engineers. along our coast communities are going to see unimaginable devastation. think
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about the devastation we have seen before with storms like harry kane the panhandle and big ben will see winds in excess of 145 mph. think about that. 145 miles brow. again, harry kane michael is for coast to be the most destructive storm to hit the panhandle in a century. it will bring torrential rain to most of the panhandle and big bend which means flooding will be a major issue. expect to see 12 inches of rain in some areas of the panhandle. think about that. one foot of rain in some parts of the panhandle. again, prepare for major flooding from this storm. the national hurricane centre is forecasting storm surge to be between nine and 13 feet. that means the water will come miles inshore and could easily rise over the roofs of houses. much of the rest of the gulf will see between two and six
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feet of storm surge which is still life—threatening. remember, we can rebuild your house but we cannot rebuild your house but we cannot rebuild your house but we cannot rebuild your life. take this seriously, keep your family safe. the state is not taking this storm lightly and neither should any family in the state. our state will continue to do whatever it takes to make sure that every family and every visitor in florida is safe after the storm. but i can't say enough, listen to local officials, listen to local officials. you do not want to be the person who survives the storm just put your life or yourfamily ‘s survives the storm just put your life or your family ‘s life at risk after it passes because you didn't listen to local officials. during a storm first responders cannot come out. it is too dangerous. now is the time to prioritise to keep your family safe, do not take chances. so let's all be safe, stay alert to weather updates, watch the storm closely, listen to local officials.
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we all have families. i'm a dad and a grandfather. my family is most important thing to me and i cannot imagine anything happening to them. i don't want anything to happen to anyfamily and i don't want anything to happen to any family and estate. during disasters floridians take care of each other, we have seen that time and again. we saw this after, matthew, and maria. floridians are strong, resilient, there is nothing our state cannot recover from because there is no state that ca res, loves all comes because there is no state that cares, loves all comes together... governor richard scott there with worrying warnings about what is about to hit the united states, the most destructive storm to hit that area ina most destructive storm to hit that area in a century. it will bring unimaginable devastation, he said. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. the supreme court rules that a bakery, which refused to make a cake with a slogan supporting same—sex marriage, did not discriminate against the customer. at least eight people have died in flash flooding on the spanish island of majorca,
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two victims are believed to be british. —— at least nine people. hurricane michael approaches florida with winds of 140 miles an hour — half a million people are ordered to evacuate. hello, the business headlines: the uk economy grew by 0.7% in the three months to august, the three months to august, boosted by retail, food and drink sales during the hot summer. the figure is better than had been predicted by economists who had been forecasting a rise of 0.6%. it comes as the international monetary fund downgraded uk growth forecasts for this year. the uk government expects thousands of financial services jobs to have moved to the european union by the time of the uk's exit from the bloc. shares in patisserie valerie have been suspended after the cafe chain discovered ‘significant, potentially fraudulent, accounting irregularities'.
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the company said these could cause a ‘potential material‘ mis—statement in its accounts. more now on those growth figures for the uk economy the economy stalled in august, but if you take the quarterly figure — looking at the last three months as a whole, the picture is slightly brighter... in the three months to august, the uk economy grew by 0.7%, buoyed by retail, food and drink during the hot summer. this was the he fastest pace of growth since february 2017. it comes as the international monetary fund downgraded uk growth forecasts for this year — from 1.3% to1.1%, as brexit uncertainty weighs on trade and investment. earlier, we spoke to the chief economist at santander —
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about those gdp figures all three sectors have seen positive results for the three months. which is busy very positive. and it is a shame ina is busy very positive. and it is a shame in a way that august did flat line. but we do know that because of consumer spending is obviously starting to decline after the very strong summer months, that that was a lwa ys strong summer months, that that was always a possibility that we would see a fall going forward. three of the uk's biggest banks and eight of the uk's top law firms have joined together in an unprecedented alliance to change avoidable working practices which can cause mental health and wellbeing issues for employees. the mindful business charter, developed by barclays alongside law firms pinsent masons and addleshaw goddard, is the first time banks and their legal services providers have come together to reach a shared agenda for supporting mental health and wellbeing. joining us now is clare francis, director of savings & investments at barclays. why is this so important? as we know
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it is world mental health day. 0r mental health is an increasing problem and one thing we want to create about his is a culture where people feel that they have an open culture that they can —— we can protect their well—being at work and offer them support if they encounter a poor mental health period. getting the banking industry and the law industry are often associated with stressful jobs, long industry are often associated with stressfuljobs, long working hours, so we are trying to change that culture so that colleagues feel that they are empowered to have that right full time between the work life balance. a lot of it i think has been exacerbated by technology, technology is amazing in terms that it enables us to work flexibly but equally it can mean you don't switch off and we don't want people to feel the pressure to have to respond to e—mails in the evenings and weekends, and if they are on holiday they shouldn't have to feel that
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they shouldn't have to feel that they are checking e—mails. it is things like that we want change. how realistic is that in a world where it is so hard going out there in the financial and legal world to get ahead, to make money, to be seen to be someone who will work hard whatever the weather?” be someone who will work hard whatever the weather? i think there isa whatever the weather? i think there is a balance and there will be periods where perhaps you have to work longer hours. but we want that to be seen as the exception rather than the norm. and to be encouraging a culture whereby well—being, your health, physical and mental, a culture whereby well—being, your health, physicaland mental, is of paramount importance to people. so it is really important that initiatives like that are supported by large institutions are supported from the very tops of those organisations. and this isjust one ofa number of organisations. and this isjust one of a number of initiatives that at berkeley is we are doing to try and help raise awareness of mental health and give people the confidence. good to talk to you, thank you very much indeed. 0ur assistant political editor is in
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the house of commons. theresa may has urged mps to "put the national interest first" when deciding whether to approve a brexit deal in a crunch vote likely later this year. asked about the issue during prime minister's questions, mrs may said she was working to secure the best possible agreement that respected the 2016 vote a lot focused on mrs mayes pledged to end austerity after brexit. jeremy corbyn repeatedly challenging her back different as of public services where he said austerity was not ending. let's mull over all things austerity. i am james by... isn't there a danger here that you end up mimicking the language of jeremy corbyn without actually putting in place policies to end austerity? back in 2010 at £1 in every four the government was spending was borrowed and it has beena hard spending was borrowed and it has been a hard road over the last eight years to get public spending under control and get borrowing to a
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position where it will start coming down. clearly we have now set out from that platform that we will put in extra £450 million into the nhs, an extra 2 billion into schools by the end of the decade, but i think the end of the decade, but i think the point here is that we want to do it in the point here is that we want to do itina the point here is that we want to do it in a balanced way. and clearly what jeremy corbyn is setting out and what rachel's party is advocating is an extra trillion pounds in debt, and a situation where it will take us back to square one and young people will end up paying the tab. clearly the tories are just making paying the tab. clearly the tories arejust making up paying the tab. clearly the tories are just making up figures. everything labour is proposing is fully costed as we go forward. the prime minister can'tjust fully costed as we go forward. the prime minister can't just announced that austerity has ended out without putting policies in place and the many people they are facing cuts to services today after that announcement and continue to suffer real hardship. stephen, the snp have claimed to end as austerity and we see the deficit in scotland by the growth position compared 8% 2% of
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the of the uk. it simply adds to the bills. even under the gross commissions austerity would not be in as bad in scotland as it is at the moment in the uk. the uk is responsible for the overwhelming majority of the we spend in scotland and the impact on education, health service budgets, other public services. we debate austerity in here but it has a real impact on people's everyday lives in the public services on which they rely. 0ne public services on which they rely. one of the key areas cited in the argument is the issue of universal credit. time for a pause to think again before it is rolled out two more claimants. no. universal credit is delivering. it is helping people notjust get into is delivering. it is helping people not just get into work or more people get into work but it is helping people who need to do more hours. clearly when people going to universal credit they will be better off. but what we are doing to make sure those people have been migrated
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onto universal credit to make sure they have been protected, there are transitional arrangements and £31 billion is put into those arrangements to support those people. where is labour on this? are you going to scrap it? we say either ditch it because the reality is people are £200 a month off worse off on universal credit. they come to my surgeries and they cannot afford to pay the bills. they are in desperate situations. the prime minister talked about mental health, this is a major cause of... we have to scrap it. it is impacting on the poorest and most vulnerable in society. look at the rise in food banks. thank you very much. that was the austerity pmq ‘s. banks. thank you very much. that was the austerity pmq 's. now the weather. whilst we have some very stormy weather elsewhere around the world, here in the uk today it has been dry, bright and warm for this time of year. through the evening
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overnight it will be subtle changes. this takes quite warm but we start to pick up some showers. many areas have a splattering of rain through the night, temperatures dip very little, ten to 14. already more rain is waiting in the wings of thursday. as one band of showers clears and we see dry spells for several hours with some sunshine, there will be a period of two or three hours of fairly heavy rain moving through. again it brightens and rise behind and ahead the rain takes a while to arrive. that is just the precursor to what is heading our way. this has now been named as storm callum, step to bring us autumnal gales and wet weather through friday into saturday. more later. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown.
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today at 2.00pm the bodyguard who shot dead the westminster attacker tells a court how he warned khalid massood to drop his knives before firing at him three times. cracking down on dirty money in britain — the wife of a former banker from azerbijan is told to prove where her wealth came from in the first case of its kind. a british couple are among nine people who've been killed in flash floods on the tourist island of mallorca. the uk's highest court rules that when a christian bakery refused to ice a cake with the slogan "support gay marriage" it did not break discrimination laws. family businesses like ours are free to focus on giving all their customers the best service they can without being forced to promote
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