it'll turn fresher in the west behind that cold front. christian fraser is in london our top on the gulf coast of florida — packing winds of 150mph. stories. in from the west. too late for people to of "unimaginable devastation. weather through friday and on into the weekend too. get away. bye— bye. 00:00:14,929 --> 858993220:38:53,829 you're 858993220:38:53,829 --> 1717986441:17:32,729 watching 1717986441:17:32,729 --> 2576979661:56:11,629 beyond 2576979661:56:11,629 --> 3435972882:34:50,529 100 3435972882:34:50,529 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 days. and the buildings aren't made to investigators are claiming was murdered in the saudi consulate. withstand this extreme weather. spanish police say the death toll is likely to rise further. coming up in the has seen in a century. next half hour... hurricane michael is upon us, and now is the time to seek refuge. same—sex marriage. it's a bad situation. also on the will help others to do the programme. same. missing survivors. taylor swift has over 100 million followers on instagram. her call to get out the vote is having quite the effect. a cake, decorated with a message

supporting same—sex marriage. discriminated against the customer. emma vardy was in court. and christian fraser is in london. belfast bakery to the panhandle of place an order. florida. michael is a category four storm with big winds and huge waves. to which businesses can refuse to promote certain views. are not equipped to deal with winds this strong. the cake was to be some four million people iced with the message "support are under a hurricane gay marriage". warning. of florida's gulf coast. to take that order did not it is now too amount to discrimination. late to get out of the way. or express a political opinion in which he does not believe. which right now is in the path of the hurricane. the bakery‘s owners had previously been sued for discrimination. marks a hard—fought vindication vision but it's now so bad that you have sensibly gone indoors. have sensibly gone indoors. of their views. a bit about where

you are and what you've seen. but because of the you've seen. message itself. thejudges have given a clear which is a sort of ireland, signal today. in fact, it couldn't be part of the panhandle. the panhandle. clearer. it is feeling the force of michael landing. force of michael landing. to promote other people's campaigns. the winds now and the costs are gareth lee spoke of his extraordinary. extraordinary. disappointment at the turnaround. i paid my money. been ripped off, power based upon the beliefs of lines dangling. the business owners. in the hotel i'm in... and the judgment today tells me that there are that's ok. substantial leaks. infrastructure is taking a introduced same—sex marriage. real pounding. pounding. about 50% of people are under a mandatory evacuation order. mandatory evacuation order. sides of this debate. i'm so glad today that ashers has won the case and that takes a lot... i'm sure it was

them didn't and we spoke to one of them, he was going to stick it out. a lot of pressure them, he was going to stick on them. it out. he felt his house would stand up to it. it. we'll probably go back would be offended tomorrow and see how also. he did. and see how he did. are there many people out on the streets? people out on the streets? understand about half the people told to evacuate chose not to. told to evacuate chose not to. that's right, about 50% stake here. on their sexual orientation. but that that was not what had happened in this case. around and there were not to print a message with which they disagreed. very few vehicles. vehicles. up, houses and businesses were boarded up. boarded to refuse to promote political up. views in future. emma vardy, bbc news, at the supreme court. now, you had to stay and hunker down. down. and the legal precedents it might

set. look after themselves until the storm passed. storm passed. be able to move back in and see how things are. things are. stay safe, thank you for the update. joining me now is susan powell from the bbc weather team. was a hurricane strength two, and now it's up to four. now it's up to four. it happened really quickly. really quickly. yesterday we thought it would peak at three and it's got even stronger. at three and it's got even stronger. which haven't been seen in 100 yea rs. which haven't been seen

in 100 years. years. glove and the water being pushed into that. the storm surges up to 1a feet. feet. because you can damage from the winds. winds. and is more dangerous in some respects. respects. about michael is it's going to move through at quite a clip. through at quite a clip. it to pull away north—eastwards. away north—eastwards. very slow moving and kept producing heavy rains. there is also the carolinas. carolinas. which have also been battered by florence. battered by florence.

is this isn't an area used to it so they are that much less prepared. they are that much less prepared. such low—lying land across the panhandle. panhandle. rain coming here before it pulls away from the east coast on friday. away from the east coast on friday. by friday, most of it will be offshore. offshore. florence came in from the atlantic and stalled. atlantic and stalled. we've got a metre of rain out of that system. metre of rain out of that system. system we saw with florence, in this respect, anyway. thank you. watch as it turned into a tropical storm. storm. at some of those bottles for the midterms in florida. midterms in florida. path of this hurricane, in a stipe bottle —— tight battle. bottle —— tight battle.

was out there filling bags with sand. sand. so close to election then you're in real trouble. real trouble. this is what he said to donald trump. to donald trump. trash about my city while we are preparing for a hurricane. preparing for a hurricane. we need a partner right now not a partisan. partner right now not a partisan. that tells you what's at stake. i think it's the kind of tweak that can help a politician. can help a politician. that's what he was tweeting out. he was tweeting out. really launched his political career. career. if you get it right it can work for a politician. work for a politician. another race in florida for the senate seat. senate seat.

republican governor rick scott against bill nelson the democrat. against bill nelson the democrat. emergency, so he too has a hurricane effect happening right now. effect happening right now. those men looking at the politics of this storm. journalist jamal khashoggi. at the highest level and he's describing it as a "bad situation. we cannot let this happen. to reporters, to anybody, we can't let this happen. and we're going to get to the bottom of it, ok? but you may want to speak to the first lady's office about it. mr president, who did you talk to in the saudi government? i'd rather not say. but at a very high level. the highest level. let me say this, it's the highest level. consulate in istanbul.

dismembered by saudi agents inside the building. mr khashoggi was a contributor to the washington post. regime but adds this... of the united states. so, how does this affect us saudi relations? former us defence secretary william cohen joins us. advisor also spoken to mohammed bin salman. salman.

saudi regime over this disappearance? disappearance? burden on the white house to take aggressive action on this. aggressive action on this. labelled the media to be the enemy of the people. of the people. will become targets, of physical attack, of abuse, of intimidation. will become targets, of physical attack, ofabuse, of intimidation. attack, ofabuse, of intimidation. perhaps he did but under suspicious circumstances. circumstances. they have proof, where he went in and when he came out. and when he came out. i think that burden has to be borne by them. burden has to be borne by them.

this and effectively acting with impunity? that's possible. support them both in yemen and elsewhere. elsewhere. misapprehension they can do anything. anything. behaviour it will have an impact on their relationship going forward. their relationship going forward. was off to view intel documents at the department of defence. the department of defence. hazard a guess that the americans know more than they are letting on? know more than

they are letting on? out what can be obtained in the way of evidence. of evidence. allies in the region to determine exactly what happened. exactly what happened. the world and asking people to invest in their economy. invest in their economy. at least suspicions prove to be true. true. relationship, so what are the implications? implications? what could the americans do? they cancel defence co ntra cts ? they cancel defence contracts? contracts?

members of the house, the membership might change. might change. members coming in than those sitting there currently. there currently. impact on what happens after the elections. elections. i think they have to be concerned about this. concerned about this. thank you for coming in tojoin us. coming in tojoin us. lindsey graham has come out and spoken about this. has come out and spoken about this. killed mr khashoggi, there would be hell to pay. hell to pay. game changer in the relationship between washington and riyadh. between washington and riyadh. see what that means in practical terms. terms. you're getting more republican voices speaking out. republican voices speaking out. american ambassador who is the younger brother of the crown prince. younger brother of the crown prince. over the relationship between the us and saudi arabia.

and saudi arabia. hill, which donald trump tends to pay more attention to. pay more attention to. way that lindsey graham might steer it. it. kushner and mohammed bin salman is known to be very close. known to be very close. they have cultivated each other. cultivated each other. white house chose to put on its mist of foreign countries to visit. of foreign countries to visit. they have been flattered by the saudis. have been flattered by the saudis. trump in the buildings in saudi arabia when he arrived. arabia when he arrived. he liked that and so they will be reluctant. that and so they will be reluctant. summoned the saudi ambassador to the white house to give an explanation. white house to give an explanation. the washington post is really pushing this. from the paper's headquarters now.

what is the reaction there at the post? post? that was printed, what are you hearing from top people at the post? hearing from top people at the post? here, from the state department and from the white house. from the white house. separate channel bundling news—gathering operation. news—gathering operation. that i and others are engaged in. others are engaged in. be any consequences in the us saudi relationship. relationship.

idea of holding up arms sales is very much alive and capitol hill. very much alive and capitol hill. democrats saying so today i'm including bob corker. including bob corker. has gone missing, what are you hearing from them? hearing from them? it has started to change in the last day and a half. change in the last day and a half. get answers from both the saudis and the turks. the turks. and shouldn't happen to anyone, not to reporters, not anyone. to reporters, not anyone.

to be somewhat more forthcoming today. today. case of one of its own citizens and someone else's soil. someone else's soil. resident of the us but not a citizen and so forth. and so forth. powerful figure in saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman. mohammed bin salman.

legal duty might have been or not been in this case. been in this case. comments earlier and was also talking about the hurricane. talking about the hurricane. to keep on the campaign this evening. evening. to an area where he needs to do well in the midterms. in the midterms. focused on this disaster pending in florida. florida. yeah, every president faces a version of this. a version of this. season and he has rallies scheduled three nights a week. three nights a week.

the people and as if you don't care about it. about it. get going and organised around the president's visit. president's visit. they are actually pulled away from the crisis at hand. pulled away from the crisis at hand. which is what prompted in the case of north carolina. of north carolina. he said today that is more likely what he will do. that is more likely what he will do. thought he should get on a plane and go today. go today. dammed if you do, downed if you don't. good to get your thoughts. the weather has been pretty awful in southern europe as well. the spanish island of majorca.

received up to nine inches of rainfall in around four hours. from majorca gavin lee reports. a sudden and deadly torrent of water. the worst flash flood ever to hit the holiday island of majorca. down flooded streets. eight inches of rain fell in just four hours last night. three times the usual amount for the whole of october. translation: everything is destroyed. destroyed. it's a tragedy what's happened here. ijust can't believe it. translation: it's a disaster. services to tell us what to do. travelling by taxi when caught in the flood. there are also reports of a five—year—old child still missing. and says it is now supporting the families of the british victims. rescue teams began a thorough

search at daybreak. every vehicle washed away is checked. spain's military has been drafted in to help. for itv‘s love island, has been declared a disaster area. with those affected. hundreds who live in sant llorenc were evacuated from their homes. destroyed by the flood. it's going to take months for the town to recover. gavin lee, bbc news, majorca. their conclusion by a summit in brussels next wednesday.

border in ireland. the territorial integrity of the uk. to avoid a hard border. customs procedures, the respect of the eu standards for products. services, health care, or social or environmental policy.

who has an inquest in having these details hammered out? details hammered out? is it downing street or europe? street or europe? knows what happens with the british government. government. the one party you've left out is the dup. left out is the dup. they really want it hammering out. want it hammering out. arlene foster was in brussels saying exactly that. was in brussels saying exactly that. no—confidence and would have brought the government down. the government down. but it brings more jeopardy for theresa may. tricky details. when we do we ‘fess up. katty‘s mea culpa.

let's let that hangar and settle! not four hours! would have "only limited effect" on the mid term elections. had surged by 102,000, 70% of them below the age of 24. the star herself continued her get out the vote campaign. we'll listen to that while katty formulates her defence. thank you so much for this. on by the people. and you know what else is voted on by the people? cheering. is the mid—term elections on november six. get out and vote, i love you guys. 0k.

ok. i have two points in my defence. might expect a boom in registrations. registrations. get out and vote, which makes it a kind of mea culpa! this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. the doctor who abused her. that's still to come. good evening.

here in the uk, we'll take a quick look the other side of the atlantic. because hurricane michael has made landfall, a major hurricane. the eye of the storm here. this is a very dangerous, life—threatening storm. system makes its way gradually further north—eastwards. of our weather watchers this afternoon in leicestershire. beautiful, blue skies and autumnal colours out there. i think today has been the last day of widespread warmth, though. 0vernight, still quite mild, humid, in fact. as things turn more unsettled over the next few days. clear end to the day.

of thunder because it's very warm and humid. in fact, those temperatures holding up in the mid teens. so quite a sticky start to your thursday morning. and then the next band of rain moves on from the south—west. rain through the day. still quite warm, particularly in the south and east, 21 or 22. things will turn cooler for the west behind that cold front. through thursday night and into friday. this storm system is storm callum. the end of this week. so this is how friday is shaping up. and wales initially. heavy, too, for northern england into southern scotland. look at those gusts. particularly around exposed coasts and hills in the north and west. but a very windy day on friday, really, wherever you are. still pretty warm in the south—east, 20 degrees

or so. northern and western areas, through into saturday, too. though, during sunday. bye for now.