hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. one of the worst storms in florida's history makes landfall. residents are told to evacuate, after hurricane ian strengthened, bringing dangerous winds and heavy rain. there will be catastrophic flooding and life—threatening storm surge and on the gulf coast region. this is the scene live in punta gorda — we'll cross to florida shortly. ian left a trail of destruction across cuba, knocking out the power grid for 11 million people. in other news, the bank of england intervenes to try to calm financial markets — spooked by downing street's economic plan. but ministers are sticking with it:

we think they're the right plans because those plans make our economy competitive. and european countries scramble to protect key infrastructure, following the suspected sabotage of two critical gas pipelines. we start in florida where hurricane ian, a powerful category four storm, is right now making landfall, bringing with it winds of almost 250 kilometres per hour. heavy rain is lashing the west coast. millions of people are braced for catastrophic damage and life—threatening storm surges which could be nearly two metres high this is the scene right now in punta gorda. brutal conditions. it's under a state of emergency. the storm had been stregnthening as it hit florida. these are the latest pictures

from marco island in florida. and here's the state governor speaking in the last hour. ian will produce hurricane stren-th ian will produce hurricane strength winds and massive floodin-, not 'ust winds and massive flooding, notjust where it makes the initial landfall but throughout the state of florida, central and northeast florida will also feel impacts. almost people and the evacuations did leave, there are some that chose to stay. as the storm approached, florida residents were emptying grocery shelves, boarding up windows and fleeing to evacuation shelters. and you can see why. residents in broward county woke up to downed trees and damage to their homes. according to reports, flooding has already reached knee—high levels is the island city key west. and this the sunshine skyway bridge in tampa, which as you can see —

isn't very sunny at the moment. it's been closed to the public but one emergency vehicle had to brave it. presidentjoe biden has confirmed that hundreds of emergency personnel and thousands of members of the national guard have been dispatched. of also developed the search and rescue team and they have already are on the ground array to help as we speak. meanwhile, there are reports that nearly two dozen people are missing in waters off the florida keys after a boat carrying cuban migrants sank. the head of miami's border patrol has tweeted "us border patrol let's go live now to our correspondent azadeh moshiri in st petersburg in florida. we can see the conditions and how is

it? . ., u, , it? the impact of the hurricane is bein: felt it? the impact of the hurricane is being felt already. _ it? the impact of the hurricane is being felt already. across - it? the impact of the hurricane is being felt already. across florida i being felt already. across florida as well there are so many power outage and emergency deployment to fix all of those repairs but it's in the beginning of their work. here in tampa, he visited one of the shelters that is been a school that is been converted into a shelter and housing a lot of the people who were in low—lying areas and homes in the beach that would've been affected by severe floods and staying positive throughout, it's slowly overwhelming because they are receiving people who have had disabilities and will require certain assistance when they're actually searching for a wheelchair but one person who just arrived, there are those from vulnerable communities and require little bit extra help and they were calling for extra social workers to help one person was not willing to be in a room with so many people

around in their different challenges as people were prepared to ride out the storm stopped by people preparing in different ways for people ultimately supporting each other and these really difficult circumstances. i and you have to. a lot of these people left their homes behind and didn't actually know what they're going to come back to. one personjust sold their they're going to come back to. one person just sold their home and it was their home on the beach and now at the contract, they're not going to be sure they come back to what that means their own finances. that is one example but there are lots of dangerous issues as they mentionjoe biden. and being thrown around about how high the storm surges are going to be. but thinking aboutjust have a metre of rushing water, that is about 12 inches and they can take away trucks and suvs and it's only

just begun. away trucks and suvs and it's only just begun-— just begun. people are bracing themselves — just begun. people are bracing themselves and _ just begun. people are bracing themselves and the _ just begun. people are bracing themselves and the painter. just begun. people are bracing i themselves and the painter really vivid picture and i can see that behind you. we had hoped that perhaps it wasn't going to be as strong once it reached st. petersburg but obviously, it is much stronger than we had anticipated initially. it’s stronger than we had anticipated initiall . �* , , , ., stronger than we had anticipated initiall . h , ,, initially. it's interesting you say that. it's something _ initially. it's interesting you say that. it's something that - initially. it's interesting you say. that. it's something that officials have been trying to warn residents of constantly because it doesn't really matter where the hurricane actually makes landfall, where it hits directly, of course the impact is going to be very strong but the areas like tampa, we are talking about abroad hurricane like this. for hurricanes in low—lying regions, they're going to feel the effects of severe flooding and storm surges can actually a very serious impacts for actually a very serious impacts for a week after it happens because of all the damage it causes and so, it is hard to restrict the area to one

particular eye of the storm, one particular eye of the storm, one particular area is whatever broader impact across the southwest coast. each ,.,, florida can expect hurricane ian is with the trail of destruction across cuba. knocking out power to the island 11 million people have been plunged into darkness. the storm knocked power to the island — 11 million people were plunged into darkness. some power has since been restored. here's one resident. we are terrified to say this, we don't even know what to do and everything has been shattered. look at the state of this. our central america and cuba correspondent will grant joins me now from mexico city. that resident at a loss for words given the destruction that cuba will

have seen following hurricane ian. yes, it does not surprise me that such an awful thing for residents and is notjust that there without power were on the west where roofs have been torn off homes, this flooding, crops had been lost and things of that nature, it's the fact that because the entire island has been without power for a long time, that means there is no water running to the taps in many areas where water needs to be pumped through. electricity blackout means that fridges and preachers take freezers are off and as you know, cuba is an island were shortages of basic goods are a huge problem. so, when people get food, when they find frozen chicken and find meat, they have to stockpile for the rest of the pew with know they will not be food around. all of that is going to waste and it is an incredibly tough time for people coming on the back

of exactly the worst possible moment. it was only last month that we were talking about those huge flames, those massive fires and fuelled depot where that fuel depot lost half its capacity to store fuel through those fires and if you put that on top of this, then the mix for an incredibly difficult energy outlook for the island and, of course, the us economic embargo and investment in infrastructure by the government, the combination is particularly bleak in dire. i just particularly bleak in dire. i 'ust want to know i particularly bleak in dire. i 'ust want to know what i particularly bleak in dire. i 'ust want to know what type i particularly bleak in dire. i 'ust want to know what type of h particularly bleak in dire. ijust want to know what type of support people in cuba can expect and hope for? ., ., ., ., , for? the government would do or they can in terms — for? the government would do or they can in terms of— for? the government would do or they can in terms of helping _ for? the government would do or they can in terms of helping the _ for? the government would do or they can in terms of helping the people - can in terms of helping the people who lead directly in hurricane ian's path. all of those western provinces beyond havana. and by the fact that

the powers been knocked out for so long, it's beginning to come back and they're coming to areas that are not coming back online but the very fact that the entire grid was not out by a hurricane which at the west of the island is a sign ofjust how bad things are. that area that i told you about, with the fire took place in august, is a thermoelectric plant that was a ripple effect across the island has been huge. these are the things that the government has been dealing with and turning to old allies like venezuela nicaragua at the time and something they need to deal with very quickly and are stretched to capacity at the very least. and are stretched to capacity at the ve least. ., ~ , ., ., ., ~ , very least. thank you for talking us throu~h very least. thank you for talking us through that- _ very least. thank you for talking us through that. thank— very least. thank you for talking us through that. thank you _ very least. thank you for talking us through that. thank you very - very least. thank you for talking us | through that. thank you very much. just describing the situation and the devastation that we have seen through cuba and we know that it is

now hitting hurricane ian and hurricanes florida and us agencies describing the storm surges, the winds, the floods that we are witnessing and it's causing catastrophic storm surges. and for the people that they're mentioning earlier, they are bracing themselves and trying to support each other but those are difficult conditions as hurricane ian hits florida now. in the uk, we've had another day of instability on the financial markets, as concern deepens about the prospects for the british economy. this all started with the tax—cutting package announced by the uk chancellor last week, which many experts say will lead to higher interest rates and higher inflation. today, saw a dramatic intervention by this institution, the bank of england. it's launched a temporary uk government bond—buying programme in an attempt to stave off

what the bank said was" the move is designed to keep long—term borrowing costs down, they've gone up very sharply since last week's mini budget. and there's been lots of reaction. lets start with the leader of the opposition. the move by the bank of england is very serious. and i think many people will now be extremely worried about their mortgage, about prices going up and how their pensions. the government is clearly lost control of the economy and by the government needs to do now is recall parliament, abandon this budget before any more damage is done. hat before any more damage is done. not eve one before any more damage is done. not everyone agrees. (and this was the response of the financial secretary to the treasury, andrew griffith: we believe they are the right plans because this is ultimately what we've got to do. but the politicians

are responsible for is making the economic decisions that will drive continued growth and we know one of the things that have bedeviled our economy is her inability to reach the top two and a half percent rate of growth it has happened in the pastis of growth it has happened in the past is happened before the 2008 financial crisis. we can get back to that but we are only going to do so with the programme of supply—side reform that was embedded in the growth plan. the impact of the bank's announcement was immediate. at at one stage the pound lost 1.5 per cent of its value against the dollar, making imports of oil and gas even more expensive. this is what it's currently trading at. on monday the pound collapsed to a record low of on dollar, three cents. and is on track for its biggest monthly decline since october 2008, just after lehman brothers collapsed. let's get the analysis of our business editor simonjack: last friday, when the chancellor announced that not so many budget is going to cut taxes and put more

money in peoples pockets and it's meant to make the economy grow. but inflation is already over 10% and what it did was it was extraordinarily and unexpectedly large and left the bank of england a much harderjob to try to bear down inflation that's all we think now that the interest rates which were going to hit between a quarter now, are going to hit four by may next yearin are going to hit four by may next year in may hits six. as i people have been selling and particularly government bonds because as interest rates go up, the value of bonds go down which is why the bank of england has to step in to try to calm what is a very volatile situation. in another development, on tuesday the international monetary fund issued a rare rebuke of the government's tax—cutting plan. the imf said developments in the uk were being and it warned the british government that its plans risk

"increasing inequality". the white house has also criticised the plan, saying it's important to focus on 'fiscal prudence, and fiscal discipline'. adnan mazarei, a former deputy director at the imf, is also critical. these statements are common with regard to emerging market countries with problematic policies but not often about g7 countries. they are afraid that the budget financing needs will go up and they are requiring more borrowing domestically and inflation rising, requiring interest rate increases by the bank of england and there being a policy conflict between the treasury and the bank of england.

turmoil on the markets which are trying to convey a sense of calm very much singha sticking to their growth plan, no new turns that they're going to leave theirjob and still defending that on friday which unleashed all of that reaction saying that to look at the praises and bring that inflation. you cannot put texas up, and another country is doing that and so, they were right to do that in pointing out that is a lot more to come with this package and so, for example, departments being written to see they can identify savings, spending cuts, we know all about those in the social reforms coming in the childcare sector and in planning, the problem is we talked to tory mps like i've been doing all day, they say this is all too late. and the chances were that up with this would happen, and they've been arrogant in the been too naive what they're saying is they want much more how the chancellor is going to make his numbers add up and they are not

going to wait until november the 23rd hear it. joining me is matthew oxenford, senior analyst at the bank of england had attacked very quickly to diffuse the situation.— very quickly to diffuse the situation. . , , ., ., , situation. that seems to have been accomplished _ situation. that seems to have been accomplished but _ situation. that seems to have been accomplished but the _ situation. that seems to have been accomplished but the markets - situation. that seems to have been accomplished but the markets are l accomplished but the markets are still very much on edge for the variety of other reasons in the many budget and the prime minister launched last week, it's really done nothing but exacerbate the market jitters and is led to a period of it is likely to be sustained volatility for several months. the chancellor adamant that— for several months. the chancellor adamant that this _ for several months. the chancellor adamant that this is _ for several months. the chancellor adamant that this is about - for several months. the chancellor adamant that this is about growth l adamant that this is about growth but we have inflation so high, can it work to have such a huge tax cut?

no economist that i've seen other than every group on her right wing fringe think of this is a portable tactic to reach the levels of growth that they are talking about. 2.5% on an annual basis. at the same time, inflation has gotten worse over the last several months and that means there needs to be a certain amount of credibility in the government for addressing this inflation crisis right now, the budget, the many budget that the chancellor has put out is at the opposite of credible and is led to a significant moving away from the uk assets and financial markets across the world and it has led to this crisis that we have been facing.— and it has led to this crisis that we have been facing. what would you advise for the — we have been facing. what would you advise for the government _ we have been facing. what would you advise for the government to - we have been facing. what would you advise for the government to do. - advise for the government to do. what will the government calm the situation? the what will the government calm the situation? ., ., , ., situation? the government has to resent a situation? the government has to present a plan _ situation? the government has to present a plan for— situation? the government has to present a plan for meeting - situation? the government has to present a plan for meeting the . situation? the government has to i present a plan for meeting the uk's fiscal obligations, how much money

it is spending and how much that it is taking on and i'll be seen as credible by those beyond the inner circle and that means they cannot be assuming this 2.5% growth target lf to be providing some form of tax hikes or spending cuts that will make the books balance and right now, the chancellors been very vague on this and it's not been sustainable until november 23 to provide that. ideally, the trader walked back some of the provisions of the been adding to the deficit but looks like they're digging in on that particular point.— that particular point. thank you very much _ that particular point. thank you very much for— that particular point. thank you very much for your _ that particular point. thank you very much for your clarity. - that particular point. thank you i very much for your clarity. senior analyst at the economist intelligence unit. thank you. european countries are taking urgent steps to protect key infrastructure, following the suspected sabotage of two critical pipelines on tuesday. not many are yet willing to say who they think is responsible but they are clear that this was no accident. here's the danish foreign minister.

we have not attributed this to anybody yet. we are looking at the facts now and we do not know what the motivation is for this, but we are looking carefully into this and this is an attack on the international borders, under european infrastructure and it is something that we very seriously. that we take very seriously. the head of the european commission has warned of the strongest possible consequences if it emerges that sabotage is behind the gas leaks. the nord stream one pipeline stretches more than one thousand kilometres under the baltic sea from the russian coast near st petersburg to north—eastern germany. neither it nor its twin pipeline, nord stream 2, are currently in operation, although they both still contain gas. this footage from the danish military shows one of the leaks in the baltic sea, which on tuesday measured an area of 100 metres diametres. sweden's seismological institute has

reported underwater blasts. here's the bbc�*s damien mcguiness to explain the significance of the russian—owned pipelines. the nordstrom pipelines one two are incredibly controversial in the been accused of the reasons why europe has been too reliant on russian gas and they've been at the centre, really of the war in ukraine to a certain extent and critics of moscow say that russia been using gas as a weapon against europe and really what we have seen the prices shoot up what we have seen the prices shoot up and energy. germany's defence ministry has said the leaks show how vulnerable critical infrastructure is. while norway is beefing up security throughout its oil and gas sector to protect against possible sabotage. so how can leaders be sure that this is an act of sabotage? denmark says pressure in the pipelines is currently too high to allow for the safe inspection of the pipes but some analysts say it's unlikely a fault

is behind the three leaks. one might be an accident and there could be one leakage. and if you look at the fact that we have three leakages simultaneously it's most likely that it is sabotage. ukraine has accused russia of being behind what it described as a "terrorist attack" but without giving proof. latvia's deputy prime minister and minister of defence has also pointed the finger at moscow. putin is raising his stakes in many ways, he is using everything that is in his hands apart from military means to protest european resilience, european response as far as european democracy civil societies. but the kremlin has denied this.

kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov has said. is a big problem for us because, firstly, both lines of nord stream 2 are filled with gas. the entire system is ready to pump gas suzanne lynch, is a political commentator and author of the brussels playbook from the politics news website politico. can you share with me how they can be so certain that this is potentially sabotage? they been clear that they _ potentially sabotage? they been clear that they see _ potentially sabotage? they been clear that they see this - potentially sabotage? they been clear that they see this is - potentially sabotage? they been clear that they see this is no - clear that they see this is no accident and that this is an act of sabotage but most of them blaming moscow for this and in denmark, and norway, which is not in the eu and germany is involved and the pipeline goes from russia to germany and the key means of transport for gas even

at the moment, there is no gas through their but there is gas within those pipelines. and that's why they are concerned and does this evening, we are hearing from danish officials that they expect all this gas to escape the pipeline by sunday and for to be emptied. and the admissions from this week will account for the third of the overall greenhouse missions for the entire year and that gives it a sense of the scale of the issue here. m50 the scale of the issue here. also sa in: the scale of the issue here. also saying this _ the scale of the issue here. also saying this is — the scale of the issue here. also saying this is deliberate - the scale of the issue here. also saying this is deliberate disruption that will lead to the strongest possible response, but realistically, when it comes to the eu, otherthan realistically, when it comes to the eu, other than sanctions, what can they do? eu, other than sanctions, what can the do? . ., , ., ., they do? sanctions remain a weapon when it comes _ they do? sanctions remain a weapon when it comes to _ they do? sanctions remain a weapon when it comes to any _ they do? sanctions remain a weapon when it comes to any kind _ they do? sanctions remain a weapon when it comes to any kind of - when it comes to any kind of retaliation against russia. one of theissues retaliation against russia. one of the issues that the eu is grappling with is that it has this myriad of different energy systems across the

block so, each has different energy structures and the eu doesn't really have a cohesive energy policy and thatis have a cohesive energy policy and that is going to change that now and we are seeing efforts for the 2007 member states to come together and approach the energy crisis but you're absolutely right and that it is limited in how they can respond to this. i think this is really going to feed into fears about your�*s energy security. there's been a lot of concern about price rises feeding into inflation but this is that europe is too dependent on russian gas and has been building over the last few months and that means countries have been reducing their dependence on russian gas over their dependence on russian gas over the next few months but still, this is reminding countries and reminding policymakers to makers in brussels how expose the incomes of energy provision —— expose the are in terms

of energy provision. we provision -- expose the are in terms of energy provision.— of energy provision. we heard some movement on _ of energy provision. we heard some movement on that. _ of energy provision. we heard some movement on that. there _ of energy provision. we heard some movement on that. there already i movement on that. there already ro osina movement on that. there already proposing more _ movement on that. there already proposing more sanctions - movement on that. there already proposing more sanctions and - movement on that. there already i proposing more sanctions and valves in the wake of the escalation of the war in ukraine and the development of the nordstrom will feed into that. but today, eu ambassadors and meeting and they're going to introduce a price cap in conjunction with the d seven. they had already decided this. energy administers have already met in brussels for another meeting and i will be crucial in there looking at other ways in which they're going to move forward with the energy policies in the way of hampering the prices and the way of hampering the prices and the overdependence on russian gas. political commentator and author of the brussels playbook from political website, thank you very much and we'rejust website, thank you very much and we're just getting website, thank you very much and we'rejust getting a website, thank you very much and we're just getting a perspective from brussels in terms of your hearing those eu leaders say this

cannot possibly be a coincidence. what's more coming up an outside sources and do stay with us. do not go away and i'll be back in just a few minutes' time. bye—bye for now. hello. let's see how the weather is looking over the next few days. and thursday is actually not looking too bad for most of us. predominantly sunny spells with a few showers here and there. let's have a look of a satellite picture and the cloud cover across the uk this evening and overnight will be varied. this is the satellite picture from the last few hours. and here's the forecast, you can see clusters of showers moving across england and wales, reaching the south by the early hours of thursday morning and a few showers elsewhere carried on a north easterly breeze. cloud cover will be varied as will the morning temperatures, perhaps four in norwich, ten degrees closer to windward coasts further west. now, here's the big picture across europe on thursday. this flabby area of low pressure, but a more vigorous low—pressure

heading our way for friday and that spells wind and rain. but not on thursday, just a scattering of showers here and there on thursday. here is that weather front approaching us and a decent enough temperature, 17 in glasgow, but i think more typically around 15 to 16 degrees. let's have a look at the pressure chart for friday and there is that low sweeping to the south of iceland, a large area of low pressure with broad weather fronts and that means a broad band of rain sweeping into ireland and scotland earlier on friday and then eventually reaching wales and eastern parts of england, the east by the latter part of the afternoon. and these are wind gusts in the arrows here. over 50 miles an hour and some western coasts, so up to gale force. now, the temperatures could reach 15, i6, 17 celsius. but believe you me, it is not going to feel like it because of the wind and the rain. now, that weather front will set the weather fronts pushing away towards the east

during the course of saturday. it could be another one trailing behind, affecting southern areas of the uk and stronger areas and showers may continue to affect parts of scotland all through the weekend. so, bit of a mixed bag this weekend, yes, there will be sunny spells but there will be a brisk wind and occasional showers. and before i go, i will give you an update on hurricane ian. powerful hurricane which has slammed into florida and will be trekking across central and northern florida and possibly making another land fall in the days ahead. bye— bye.

hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. one of the worst storms in florida's history makes landfall. residents are told to evacuate, after hurricane ian strengthened, bringing dangerous winds and heavy rain. there will be catastrophic flooding and life—threatening storm surge on the gulf coast region. iran launches attacks in northern iraq, as tensions from anti—government protests spill across its border. and lift weights for a long life, thatis and lift weights for a long life, that is the conclusion of a new study. we will be talking live to its author.

iran's revolutionary guards have launched attacks in northern iraq, as tensions from anti—government protests spill across its border. this was the aftermath of one drone and missile attack south of erbil. according to iran's state media the attack was aimed at 'terrorists' based there. this is smoke from another attack in a village, just 15 kilometres from the city of sulay—maniyah. according to the authorities there, 9 people have been killed in attacks in the autonomous region of iraqi kurdistan. now this hasn't come out of the blue. iran is accusing kurdish iranian political and armed groups in iraq of being involved in unrest in iran and the current protests triggered

by the death of this young kurdish woman mahsa amini. she died in the custody of the morality police, after being arrested for allegedly breaking iran's strict female dress code. this is cctv footage of her arrest. police have denied reports officers beat ms amini's head with a baton and banged her head against one of their vehicles. they blame "sudden heart failure". her cousin says that's a lie. he's been speaking from northern iraq. translation: she was dressed normally, like all women in iran, she was wearing the hijab. it is all approved by the republic of iran, she was not dressed inappropriately. the witnesses said at the time that the police beat her in front of her

brother. he saw it happening. when they hit her in the head with the bat on, she lost consciousness and relatives were screaming out loud, she is in a very bad state, she is going to die! half—an—hour after she lost consciousness, and ambulance arrived from the police station and an hour later, they took her to hospital. much of the unrest in iran has been centred in the northwest where 10 milllion kurdish people live. this was the scene in sanan—daj, the capital of iran's kurdistan province overnight. many here are chanting slogans against the supreme leader, the ayatollah. rights groups say over 70 protesters have died in a crackdown in the past 13 days. lets hearfrom mahsa amini's cousin erfan again. meanwhile a british—iranian woman who spent six years in prison in iran hasjoined the protest. we've received this video of nazanin zagari ratcliffe cutting her hair in solidarity with mahsa. many other women have done the same. the amount of protest footage coming out of iran has

reduced in recent days. the government says the internet will be almost shut down until the protests stop. here's rana rahimpour from bbc persian. the reason for that is they don't want the protest is to organise themselves by using social media platforms and it is because they don't want us to see what is going on inside the country. iraq has retaliated to the cross—border attacks. the federal government in baghdad has summoned iran's ambassador. and the un mission in iraq responded saying, "rocket diplomacy is a reckless act with devastating consequences. these attacks need to cease immediately." and there's concern now in washington. state department spokerperson ned price says "we strongly condemn iran's use of ballistic missiles and drone attacks against the iraqi kurdistan region as an unjustified violation of iraqi sovereignty and territorial integrity." bbc persian's jiyar gol joins us.

just focusing on the group that iran is targeting in iraq, who are they? there are several kurdish political groups and some of them armed, based in iraqi kurdistan, for decades. these groups in the early 805, they made large attacks against iranian security forces. you could say any kurdish region of iran, from the beginning of revolution, they neither accept the islamic republic of iran. there has been a conflict ever since but it has reduced drastically because their bases are in iraqi kurdistan and one of the conditions to be able to stay there was do not launch military attacks against iranian security forces. it was kind of unwritten agreement between iraqi kurdish regional government and those kurdish political groups based in iraq. thea;r

political groups based in iraq. they hadn't launched _ political groups based in iraq. they hadn't launched any _ political groups based in iraq. they hadn't launched any attacks though. i had a discussion this morning, if there has been any military activities, any of their armed members across the accommodation at no. but we should remind that when mahsa amini died,... on monday two weeks ago, there was a mass protest and a strike across british region and a strike across british region and i am talking about four major border provinces. they responded to the cause and it was there that the protest sparked and then like wild fire spread to the rest of the country. i think in one hand, some of the analysts i have talked to say may be the revolutionary guards are angry with them. or afraid of them, they may come back if 1000 fighters come in, 10,000 joined them to

fight, or pretty much it is a tactic to draw the attention of what is happening inside a rana plaza via cities, inside universities, schools, they are all protesting against iranian government and women removing the headscarves. it is a decoy, is a plan to draw the attention from inside iran to outside of the country. they say, we are here, to the revolutionary guard, to protect our borders, and accusing this political parties, these kurdish parties, separatists, a group who has been behind all this unrest, but what we are hearing from those leaders, they say absolutely, they are with the movement, the protest in iran, it has nothing to with the separatists. thea;r protest in iran, it has nothing to with the separatists.— protest in iran, it has nothing to with the separatists. they want to deflect attention _ with the separatists. they want to deflect attention but _ with the separatists. they want to deflect attention but that'll - with the separatists. they want to deflect attention but that'll be - with the separatists. they want to deflect attention but that'll be so | deflect attention but that'll be so difficult when you have someone as

high—profile as nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe cutting her hair. thank you forjoining us. brazilians are going to the polls on sunday in the first round of presidential elections. the leading contender is former leftist leader luiz inacio lula da silva, and trailing him by around 10 percentage points is far—right presidentjair bolsonaro. our south america correspondent, katy watson, reports from brazil's north—east on bolsonaro's appeal. a man who disdains democracy or a great leader? brazilians are split. but for his supporters, he's a myth. elevating this manner to legendary status. bolsonaro sings from the same song sheet as these evangelicals. preaching the importance of family. congregations like this one got him elected in 2018, and he's hoping

for the same again. for this pastor, mixing prayer with politics is natural. the run—up to the elections is a chance to convince a congregation that he's the man for brazil. "whenever people are suffering, when they believe in an all—powerful creator, i think god raises up a saviour," she says. i ask her if she thought that saviour was bolsonaro. "yes," she says. "today in brazil, i think that's him." here in brazil's north—east, it's true, people are looking for someone to save them. save them from increasing hunger and economic struggles. half of brazil's poor live in this region alone. this inequality and poverty mean that of all the regions in brazil, it's here that the left has been the strongest. lula was born here, he's been associated with the north—east for all of his political life.

it's the only region that bolsonaro lost in 2018 so it's become the ultimate ambition of his campaign to gain ground here. adilson's lived here all his life. he benefited from the welfare benefits lula offered during his time in power. but bolsonaro, too, has offered generous help to millions, especially during the pandemic. translation: i'm in the middle. because my president was lula but he left and bolsonaro came. it's very hard. prices have gone up — it's chaos here in brazil. bolsonaro's thrown lots of resources into this region. gilson machado is running for senate in pernambuco but is also head of bolsonaro's national campaign in the north—east. and he's a great friend of the president. he's an old uncle. he doesn't drink.

so bolsonaro's the man for brazil? bolsonaro's the man for the world. the voting system. katy watson, bbc news, in pernambuco. scientists in switzerland have recorded the worst ice melt of its glaciers in the swiss alps since measurements began. in less than a year, they've 6% of their volume. a new report by the swiss cry—ospheric commission paints a stark picture. it says about three cubic kilometres of ice have melted this year, which amounts to about three trillion litres of water. this is all that's left of one glacier in central switzerland. there's almost no ice.

according to scientists the scale of the ice melt has been so drastic that several bodies and a plane buried deep for decades have been discovered. and just compare these images. this was a picture of the feesher glacier in 1928. well, this is the same glacier last year. it's completely retreated. scientists say this year's dry winter and hot summer accelerated the ice loss dramatically. more from bbc�*s imogen foulkes in geneva. when you think that, you know, these icecaps are a source of freshwater for europe, they are a source of the reservoirs which create hydropower, a big focus on battle of the winter coming up and the energy challenges we are facing. this is a really serious situation. according to scientists, the ice melt injuly and august alone would have provided enough

water to fill all the reservoirs in the swiss alps from scratch. matthias huss is the head of the swiss glacier monitoring network, known as glamos, which is behind the study. 2022 is being described as a disastrous year for swiss glaciers, in just a single year, over 6% of the remaining ice volume removed. there is the speed that is of such concern. ~ ,,., y there is the speed that is of such concern. ~ ,,., , ~ concern. absolutely. we were absolutely _ concern. absolutely. we were absolutely surprised - concern. absolutely. we were absolutely surprised when - concern. absolutely. we were absolutely surprised when we | concern. absolutely. we were - absolutely surprised when we came into the fields, onto our galatians, to the measurement sites and we discover this enormous ice loss during this one single year. we were measuring for a long time, more than 100 years old, and we —— we have never seen anything like that. glaciers are often thought of as the water towers of europe. what does it

mean for us as you mark at the moment, it is a benefit to the streams, coming from the alps, during the drought conditions we had in the summer, the water that came from the melting glaciers was very good to maintain the streamflow, so the situation at the moment is not yet a big problem, but it will be in the future because if we repeat the same year as now in 20 years from now, with much smaller measures, will be much more difficult to be maintained. i mentioned that statistic, the ice melt, july and august, would have provided enough water to fill all the reservoirs in the swiss alps from scratch. thatjust put it into context, what we are looking at here. , , . ., ., , . ,, ., here. yes, it is an enormous mass of water that is — here. yes, it is an enormous mass of water that is getting _ here. yes, it is an enormous mass of water that is getting lost _ here. yes, it is an enormous mass of water that is getting lost and - here. yes, it is an enormous mass of water that is getting lost and this - water that is getting lost and this loss is actually forever. this water has been stored in the glaciers for

decades, even centuries, and now it has gone for ever. it is good at the moment but it will be missing in the future. , , ,, , future. this is in keeping with the evidence that _ future. this is in keeping with the evidence that europe _ future. this is in keeping with the evidence that europe are - future. this is in keeping with the evidence that europe are possibly future. this is in keeping with the i evidence that europe are possibly as glaciers are stringing. can you directly link what we are seeing with global warming?— with global warming? yes, absolutely. _ with global warming? yes, absolutely. global- with globalwarming? yes, | absolutely. global warming with globalwarming? yes, i absolutely. globalwarming is absolutely. global warming is changing and shifting the levels of air temperatures, changing and shifting the levels of airtemperatures, or changing and shifting the levels of air temperatures, or precipitation, and what we are seeing this year is and what we are seeing this year is an extreme year that is superimposed on this trend but in past years, we are seeing more and more extreme years, more years with strong melting and now this is just on top of everything. it doesn't mean that next year is going to be the same again, but we are a strongly increasing trend... making our glaziers disappear. that's glaziers. thank you very much for bringing

your study to our attention. stay with us on outside source. still to come... is this the key to a long life? we are going to be talking to the author of a new study which concludes that weightlifting could be part of an older person's exercise routine. the uk must prepare for a big, early wave of flu, experts are warning, based on what australia has just experienced during its winter. public health officials are urging millions of people to have flu and covid vaccines becuase of concern about the expected spike over the coming months. dr sarah pitt is a virologist at the university of brighton. we always watch what is happening in the southern hemisphere in their winter, so if australia and new

zealand and so on have a bad time with nasty strain of flu, that virus travels around the world and comes back to us in europe in our winter. and that is what has happened. we are expecting a lot of cases of influenza this winter, partly because there is a nasty strain during the rounds and also because the last two winters, we have actually had precautions in place to stop the spread of covid, which did not work tremendously well against covid, but they worked very well against other coughs and colds, including flu. we have not actually had very much flu in the world really until this year. those two things and also, sorry, we have reduced our coat —— precautions against covid, therefore we are coming into contact with each other and we are likely to come into contact with people who may have

flu, may be giving it to you before they get sick, and therefore anyone who is eligible to have their flu vaccine, i think it has changed a little bit compared with last year, but everybody who has been called to have their vaccine must definitely go and have it, for their own protection and also to try and help stop the spread of flu in the population as we say with covid as well. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... one of the worst storms in florida's history, hurricane in —— hurricane ian eight —— is making land. we will keep the focus on that because we have such dramatic pictures coming

in. we will cross over to orlando to speak to the red cross spokesperson, joining us live now. as we monitor these very dramatic pictures of these very dramatic pictures of these incredibly strong winds, talk us through your —— you are based in orlando, how is the red cross helping people, preparing people for what is taking place right now? early on is because we were asking people to prepare for the storm and encouraging them to evacuate. we are now at a stage where it is too late. you either have had to have a plan or plans to stay evacuation centre or plans to stay evacuation centre or somewhere else. we did have 2.5 million people told to evacuate the state of florida. of course, it is “p state of florida. of course, it is up to them, even though they are told to evacuate. last night, in a little more than 200 shelters, we

had 13,000 people who we assisted with sheltering, along with our government partners. hat with sheltering, along with our government partners. not everybody can evacuate. _ government partners. not everybody can evacuate, not _ government partners. not everybody can evacuate, not everyone - government partners. not everybody can evacuate, not everyone has i can evacuate, not everyone has somewhere to evacuate to, but overall, people are listening to your warnings and we are also getting these reports ofjust huge power outages as well? thousands of people affected. power outages as well? thousands of people affected-— people affected. indeed. much of the south-west portion _ people affected. indeed. much of the south-west portion of— people affected. indeed. much of the south-west portion of the _ people affected. indeed. much of the south-west portion of the state i people affected. indeed. much of the south-west portion of the state is i south—west portion of the state is without power. and luckily, in orlando, so still have power. we are expecting to see the storm really intensify while it comes to the orlando area by about six or seven o'clock tonight, again we want to keep our volunteers safe, just like we do the public, so we are keeping our volunteers inside tonight and probably through friday. many of our volunteers working the shelters are here at headquarters and are making

plans for what happens after landfall is over.— plans for what happens after landfall is over. these are really difficult conditions _ landfall is over. these are really difficult conditions but _ landfall is over. these are really difficult conditions but i - landfall is over. these are really difficult conditions but i guess . difficult conditions but i guess just any kind of advice that you are offering to people, what is that kind of one piece of advice when people are just facing when they look out side these incredibly strong winds question mark first of all, you should not be looking outside at that point. the all, you should not be looking outside at that point. the winds are deadl . outside at that point. the winds are deadlv- there _ outside at that point. the winds are deadly. there is _ outside at that point. the winds are deadly. there is no _ outside at that point. the winds are deadly. there is no getting - outside at that point. the winds are deadly. there is no getting around. deadly. there is no getting around it. the smallest thing becomes a projectile. as it moves up the coast and into orlando, the winds are still going to be excessive. 90 mph. that is a prediction. it could even be more than that. i think what we need to remind folks is that if they have chosen to shelter in place, they need to stay in place, they need to make sure that their windows are closed, they need to make sure that they don't go outside to see what the wind is doing. they also need to make sure they let their

family and friends know that they have chosen to stay at home, so after the storm and once everything is restored, folks can find each other. i am truly concerned for the state of florida. i think that the amount of water that is coming here with 20 inches of rain predicted, is going to be catastrophic. understood. thank you very much and stay safe. a new study suggests that activities which strengthen the muscles, like weightlifting, can ward off early death. that's according to a new study, published in the britishjournal of sports medicine, which asked more than 100,000 people in their 605 and 705 about their exercise routine. researchers found that people who took the recommended 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week lived longer than those who didn't. and had a 47% lower risk of dying from any cause, apart from cancer than those who were not active at all. the author of the study drjess gorzelitz, is a professor

at the university of iowa. what difference did weightlifting make? . ~' ,, what difference did weightlifting make? . ,, ., . make? thank you for having me toniaht. make? thank you for having me tonight- we _ make? thank you for having me tonight. we found _ make? thank you for having me tonight. we found that - make? thank you for having me i tonight. we found that weightlifting alone wasn't so sated with a lower risk of death but weightlifting in combination with aerobic exercise had the most benefit. it really depends on the combination of activities that the older adult does. ~ . , ~ activities that the older adult does. ~ . , ,, ., activities that the older adult does. . ., , ~' ., ~ ., does. what is the kind of mix? what is it about this _ does. what is the kind of mix? what is it about this combination? - does. what is the kind of mix? what is it about this combination? that i is it about this combination? that is it about this combination? that is a treat is it about this combination? that is a great question. _ is it about this combination? trust is a great question. this is one study that was able to look specifically at weightlifting but generally, the consistent finding we found was that any activity was better than none. the strongest association with found for those who were meeting the physical activity guidelines, around 2.5 hours of at least moderate intensity exercise per week and in combination with weightlifting, one to two times a week. these are very consistently

public health body evidence of what adults should be doing. fight! public health body evidence of what adults should be doing.— public health body evidence of what adults should be doing. and not much time, ou adults should be doing. and not much time. you are — adults should be doing. and not much time. you are a _ adults should be doing. and not much time, you are a weightlifter _ time, you are a weightlifter yourself, you must be pleased with this but ijust wonder, is there any logic? stronger muscles, so you do more exercise, better exercise? igrate more exercise, better exercise? we can onl more exercise, better exercise? - can only look at the association but thatis can only look at the association but that is one of the hypothesis. weightlifting is generally a social endeavour, so it could be for older adults they are not in isolation and i working with others but muscle is metabolically active, it uses a lot of blood and other activities to help your physiology improve as well. that is an area of future study. well. that is an area of future stud . . ~ well. that is an area of future stud . . ,, i. well. that is an area of future stud . . ~' ,, , well. that is an area of future stud. . , . ., study. thank you very much for brinuain study. thank you very much for bringing the — study. thank you very much for bringing the study _ study. thank you very much for bringing the study to _ study. thank you very much for bringing the study to us. i study. thank you very much for bringing the study to us. as i study. thank you very much for bringing the study to us. as we j study. thank you very much for- bringing the study to us. as we were discussing, weightlifting is one of those activities combined with aerobics, combined with exercise, that could potentially make you live longer. thank you very much to the team and thank you for watching. i will see you tomorrow.

hello. let's see how the weather is looking over the next few days. and thursday is actually not looking too bad for most of us. predominantly sunny spells with a few showers here and there. let's have a look of a satellite picture and the cloud cover across the uk this evening and overnight will be varied. this is the satellite picture from the last few hours. and here's the forecast, you can see clusters of showers moving across england and wales, reaching the south by the early hours of thursday morning and a few showers elsewhere carried on a north easterly breeze. cloud cover will be varied as will the morning temperatures, perhaps four in norwich, ten degrees closer to windward coasts further west. now, here's the big picture across europe on thursday. this flabby area of low pressure,

but a more vigorous low—pressure heading our way for friday and that spells wind and rain. but not on thursday, just a scattering of showers here and there on thursday. here is that weather front approaching us and a decent enough temperature, 17 in glasgow, but i think more typically around 15 to 16 degrees. let's have a look at the pressure chart for friday and there is that low sweeping to the south of iceland, a large area of low pressure with broad weather fronts and that means a broad band of rain sweeping into ireland and scotland earlier on friday and then eventually reaching wales and eastern parts of england, the east by the latter part of the afternoon. and these are wind gusts in the arrows here. over 50 miles an hour in some western coasts, so up to gale force. now, the temperatures could reach 15, 16, 17 celsius. but believe you me, it is not going to feel like it because of the wind and the rain. now, that weather front will set of weather fronts pushing away towards the east

during the course of saturday. it could be another one trailing behind, affecting southern areas of the uk and stronger winds and showers may continue to affect parts of scotland all through the weekend. so, bit of a mixed bag this weekend, yes, there will be sunny spells but there will be a brisk wind and occasional showers. and before i go, i will give you an update on hurricane ian. powerful hurricane which has slammed into florida and will be trekking across central and northern florida and possibly making another land fall in the days ahead. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox. the headlines at 8pm — the bank of england steps in after the pound collapses and interest rates rocket, but ministers defend last week's mini budget. every major economy is dealing with exactly the same issues. and the bank of england has made this timely intervention, doing what it should do, what the government should do, what the chancellor and i are focused on, is delivering that economic growth plan. lenders withdrew a record number of mortgage products overnight due to rising interest rates. labour say the government's mishandling has led to this crisis.