welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. millions of residents are told to evacuate florida, as hurricane ian brings dangerous winds and heavy rain. there will be catastrophic flooding and life—threatening storm surge on the gulf coast region. the bank of england intervenes to try to calm financial markets — spooked by the government's economic plan. us vice president kamala harris heads for south korea with a visit to the demilitarised zone as tensions run high on the korean peninsula. pumping iron to prolong your life a new us study suggests lifting weights could help you live longer.

it's six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening across florida where the state is being battered by hurricane ian. there are warnings of catastrophic damage — both from the high winds — which are gusting at up to 240 kilometres per hour, that's around 150 miles per hour. and from the heavy rain. combine that with what experts are saying could be the highest storm surge on record — and there are fears for the safety of thousands of people. let's get the latest now from our correspondent azadeh moshiri — who's in tampa bay. a life—threatening hurricane is now barrelling towards

america's sunshine state. and put millions under evacuation orders across the west coast. ian is unpredictable. it's already caused widespread damage in cuba, wiping out power to the country's entire grid, with some residents killed. but now its hurricane force winds are leaving the gulf of mexico and taking aim at florida's coast. this satellite image shows the eye of the hurricane packed with lightning. clearly, this is a very powerful, major hurricane, that will have major impacts, both on impact in south west florida, so this will be a nasty, nasty day, two days. probably we think now it will be exiting the peninsula some time on thursday. the problem is, while officials are warning of life threatening consequences, with storm surges that could reach as high as 3.5 metres in some areas, they don't know exactly where hurricane ian will hit, and so communities are bracing themselves, unsure of exactly

who will face the worst of the hurricane. every hour counts, as the storm surge begins to build, and when it does hit, there isn't much time to react. that's why the message has been consistent to those in danger. leave, shelter, and ride out the storm. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. that was azadeh moshiri reporting from the ground in florida. this is the view of hurricane ian from orbit, on the international space station. you can see how massive an area the clouds cover — with the spiral at the centre marking the eye of the storm. and we're starting to see pictures of the damage caused by the storm, across florida. these images were compiled by snapmap — and you can see how there is already flooding in some areas, with damage to buildings as well. and bear in mind that these images

have all been filmed before the worst of the storm hits the us mainland. hurricane ian has already struck cuba on its way to the us. and the island is still struggling to recover from the damage caused. there have been country—wide power cuts even in parts of the country which were not badly hit by the storm. some areas have had their power supplies restored. we're hoping to talk to someone live in florida, under hurricane ian, in a few minutes�* time here on newsday. now to the uk and faced with growing alarm on the financial markets — about the government's economic strategy the bank of england has been forced to take emergency action to try to stabilise things. last week's widely—criticised mini budget unveiled by the chancellor, has been followed by a collapse in the pound and a sharp

increase in the costs of government borrowing. our economics editor faisal islam has the latest. what started as an attempt to grow the economy with the biggest tax cuts in half a century led to havoc on currency markets, more importantly on debt markets, and then within days, led to a tidal wave of interest rate rises reaching every corner of the economy. in an emergency statement, the bank of england said, "were dysfunction in this market to continue or worsen, there would be a material risk to uk financial stability." it said it was "seeking to restore market functioning and reduce any risks from contagion to credit conditions to uk households and businesses," and would "intervene on whatever scale is necessary to do so." this explains the intervention. since the mini budget, the effective cost of borrowing long—term for the government has shot up and was spiralling above 5%, a 20—year high. these were rises in two days that would normally take years, increasing the cost of borrowing for the government and everybody. the bank of england intervened today, buying up those debts in unlimited quantities,

which brought down those interest rates, but they remain high. high interest rates mean the value of the government debt decreases. for some long—term loans, they were effectively halved, with severe consequences for one sector in particular. this was a dramatic, surprise intervention by the bank of england to save a trillion pound corner of the pensions industry. ordinarily, these funds buy up government debts because they're safe as house, no risks. but their value fell so rapidly in two days that they had to be saved in this way. but this also helps the government at a tricky time by finding a customer, the bank of england, for the tens of billions of pounds of debt that they have to raise. so this is an emergency intervention, it is a crisis. and, whilst this will help buy some time, it doesn't solve

the underlying problem, which is the government's economic credibility with the markets. so this intervention staved off market turmoil turning but, in terms of growth and the roots of this crisis, they're still there. our economics editor faisal islam reporting. after meeting world leaders injapan following the funeral of prime minister shinzo abe, the us vice president kamala harris is travelling to the south korean capital seoul. once there, she's expecting to visit the demilitarised zone separating north and south korea. tensions are high on the korean peninsula at the moment, with pyongyang firing a missile in response to large—scale naval exercises jointly held this week

by the us and south korea, which resumed on monday for the first in five years. let's get a sense of some of this trip�*s key priorities with duyeon kim. she's a senior fellow at the centre for a new american security and shejoins me now from seoul. great to get you back on the programme. this is the latest visit to east asia in a series of very high profile trips from us officials. clearly this is a region of top priority for washington now, but what's kamala harris looking to get out of this trip to south korea particularly? i think vice president harris�*s trip is intended to send a message to south and north korea. south korea to demonstrate and show its commitment security and defence in a message to north korea that the united states again is committed to the south defence and it will not tolerate and accept north korean

provocations. but tolerate and accept north korean provocations-_ provocations. but we are already seeinu provocations. but we are already seeing this _ provocations. but we are already seeing this provocations - provocations. but we are already seeing this provocations in - provocations. but we are already seeing this provocations in it - seeing this provocations in it doesn't look like pyongyang is backing down. it doesn't look like pyongyang is backing down.— doesn't look like pyongyang is backin: down. ., , �* . ., backing down. it doesn't and that will be a challenge _ backing down. it doesn't and that will be a challenge and _ backing down. it doesn't and that| will be a challenge and homework backing down. it doesn't and that. will be a challenge and homework so to speakfor will be a challenge and homework so to speak for both the united states and south korea and evenjapan on how to deal with north korea. how to stop, prevent them for future complications and the biggest challenge has been notjust stopping weapons tests but trying to bring north korea back to the dialogue table. so i think vice president harris's trip as important. notjust among the local leadership but the united states ending its military hardware as you saw. a visit in the

port city and engaged in bilateral naval engagement. both a political message and a security message. that the united states has south korea and japan's back when it comes to north korea but also china. i was 'ust auoin north korea but also china. i was just going to ask _ north korea but also china. i was just going to ask you _ north korea but also china. i was just going to ask you about - north korea but also china. i was just going to ask you about china because that is such a big player in this part of the world. how do you think beijing is viewing all of this? think bei'ing is viewing all of this? �* . ., , ., ., , this? bei'ing certainly would not be ha - this? beijing certainly would not be happy about _ this? beijing certainly would not be happy about this- — this? beijing certainly would not be happy about this. it _ this? beijing certainly would not be happy about this. it would - this? beijing certainly would not be happy about this. it would certainlyj happy about this. it would certainly aggravate and in no way beijing. but the fact of the matter is that the united states presence in the region is not going anywhere. vice president harris's visit clearly seems to be aimed at strengthening and building a united front in asia to not only promote a free and open into pacific but also defend the

border. and also sending a strong message to china that has been increasingly aggressive and courses increasingly aggressive and courses in the region that it is being increasingly provocative tubes. increasingly provocative great in the region that it is being increasingly provocative great to net ou increasingly provocative great to get you on _ increasingly provocative great to get you on newsday _ increasingly provocative great to get you on newsday with - increasingly provocative great to get you on newsday with your i get you on newsday with your thoughts. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. iran's president ebrahim raisi condemns protesters demonstrating over the death of the young woman who died while in the custody of the morality police. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said today would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act, here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility that produced affection from catholics throughout the world.

but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. this man, israel's right—winger ariel sharon, visited the religious compound, and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites, an idea unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. of europe's after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrated the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines. millions of residents are told to evacuate florida, as hurricane ian brings dangerous winds and heavy rain.

let's return to our top story now — hurricane ian has struck the coast of florida. let's speak to someone in the eye of the storm having to deal with the chaos and devastation. we can speak now to barbara tripp is the tampa fire rescue chief shejoins us now from tampa, which is one of the florida towns in the path of hurricane ian. i hope you and your team are safe while you are out there. can you give us a sense of the scale of the damage that you are seeing and how conditions have intensified to us in the last few hours? so conditions have intensified to us in the last few hours?— the last few hours? so here in the tam -a the last few hours? so here in the tampa bay _ the last few hours? so here in the tampa bay area — the last few hours? so here in the tampa bay area as _ the last few hours? so here in the tampa bay area as you _ the last few hours? so here in the tampa bay area as you see - the last few hours? so here in the tampa bay area as you see a - the last few hours? so here in the tampa bay area as you see a lot l the last few hours? so here in the| tampa bay area as you see a lot of wind that has been coming through. the winds have been up anywhere between 130 mph. first responders

are responding to calls. we have a couple calls about being down but overall we haven't seen the aftermath of the storm we know we will get a lot of the rain which will get a lot of the rain which will flood a lot of the low—lying areas of the tampa bay area. since the storm has hit we know there is a lot of flooding down south which is the counties below us and of course with all of the resources we were able to prepare for we have the resources available and ready to assist the other counties down south. we are hurricane ian had a big impact on. just south. we are hurricane ian had a big impact om— big impact on. just listening to what ou big impact on. just listening to what you are — big impact on. just listening to what you are describing - big impact on. just listening to what you are describing there l big impact on. just listening to . what you are describing there how big impact on. just listening to - what you are describing there how do you start to prepare for something like this? what sort of resources do you put in place? 50 like this? what sort of resources do you put in place?— you put in place? so one of the thins is you put in place? so one of the things is of— you put in place? so one of the things is of course _ you put in place? so one of the i things is of course communicating with different partners throughout the national weather service to see what type of storm it will be and what type of storm it will be and what potential damage we will face. if the i actually came through tampa

bay and we noticed that the storm will produce a lot of water. so we reached out to the state forest and he called in additional first responders for extra manpower. we have communicated with our utility services to call in different you utility services from out of the area as well. so we have been working with the local and state agencies to help out with whatever we need. since those are here we are ready to employ the down south to neighbouring counties. just looking at the pictures _ neighbouring counties. just looking at the pictures of _ neighbouring counties. just looking at the pictures of the _ neighbouring counties. just looking at the pictures of the scene - neighbouring counties. just looking at the pictures of the scene right i at the pictures of the scene right now while we have been talking to you, just heavy rain and those gusts of wind that we have been talked about on the programme. talk us through the big challenges that you are facing in trying to help people. and what people have been saying few? we and what people have been saying few? ~ ., .,

and what people have been saying few? ~ . ., ., ., ., few? we had an evacuation that was ut in few? we had an evacuation that was put in place — few? we had an evacuation that was put in place and _ few? we had an evacuation that was put in place and we _ few? we had an evacuation that was put in place and we still _ few? we had an evacuation that was put in place and we still hold - few? we had an evacuation that was put in place and we still hold that i put in place and we still hold that evacuation order due to the fact that even though some of the areas have a little tight right now we know that there will be a high tide soon. so we happy evacuation which we ordered a few days ago we have been communicating through e—mails as well as websites as well as social media to get the information out. we provided sandbags for individuals that wanted to help secure their homes. we have also over 46 shelters that are open throughout the county. we have special needs shelters and pet friendly shelters. we also reached out to the vulnerable community as well to assist them with placement throughout the store.— well to assist them with placement throughout the store. thank you so much forjoining — throughout the store. thank you so much forjoining us _ throughout the store. thank you so much forjoining us on _ throughout the store. thank you so much forjoining us on the - throughout the store. thank you so i much forjoining us on the programme barbara i wish the very best in your efforts going forward.—

let's turn to iran now, where in a national president ebrahim raisi has accused protesters of misusing the death of mahsa amini to cause riots. as protests continued for a twelfth day, mr raisi said the death of the young woman while in the custody of the morality police had saddened everyone and was being investigated with transparency. at least 75 protesters are reported to have been killed so far, as police have fired live ammunition to try to break up the demonstrations, which have taken place across the entire country. other protests are taking place around the world. rana rahimpour reports.

she names her former she names herformer inmates one by one. also her mother and her daughter. one. also her mother and her daughter-— one. also her mother and her dau:hter. �* ., ., ., ., daughter. and for the women of iran for freedom — daughter. and for the women of iran for freedom and _ daughter. and for the women of iran for freedom and justice _ daughter. and for the women of iran for freedom and justice she - daughter. and for the women of iran for freedom and justice she says. i for freedom and justice she says. for nearly two weeks women in iran have been protesting the death of the 22—year—old by cutting their hair and the 22—year—old by cutting their hairand burning the 22—year—old by cutting their hair and burning their hijab. it has sparked the largest protest since 1979. here a woman mourning the death of her brother was killed in the protests is cutting her hair. from new york to spain, women are showing their support. iranians demand forfreedom has been heard, “as: but iran in his tel”???

x . , the president said everyone is today the president said everyone is saddened by her death but warns that protests will not be tolerated. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. there are heightened fears over europe's energy security following explosions that ruptured major undersea gas pipelines. officials say the leaks in nord stream one and two appear to have been caused deliberately. europe's biggest gas supplier norway is beefing up security at its energy installations, which experts say could be vulnerable targets. earlier, the eu commission president, ursula von der leyen, stopped short of accusing russia of sabotage but said deliberate disruption would be met with a strong response. the eu has proposed an eighth set of sanctions against moscow over its latest escalation in ukraine. moscow has held self—styled referendums in four—occupied areas of ukraine to join the russian federation, they've announced that

mobilization of reservists and issued nuclear threats. the eu says the latest measures would include new import and export bans, as well as a price cap on russian oil for developing countries. police in the pakistani city of karachi say unidentified gunmen have opened fire inside a dental clinic, killing one chinese national and seriously injuring two others. they said the deceased had been identified as a chinese doctor who also had a pakistani nationality. he had been running the clinic for a long time. no group has admitted responsibility for the shooting. guinea's former leader moussa dadis camara is going on trial for his alleged role in a stadium massacre 13 years ago. an international commission accused him of personal criminal responsibility for the killing of more than one—hundred—and—fifty people during an opposition rally. mr camara, who says he is innocent,

has returned from exile in burkina faso to stand trial. activists in the philippines say they are fighting a wave of misinformation which aims to whitewash one of the darkest periods of the country's history. it's now 50 years since president ferdinand marcos declared martial law in the country. thousands of people were arrested, tortured, forcibly disappeared, and killed during that decade. but since the former dictator's son came to power earlier this year, there have been a series of false and misleading claims posted online. laura bicker has been speaking to the victims of that time who fear their stories will be lost. 50 years on, these victims of the time of trauma and fear are no longer worried about being heard. they are worried about being believed. santiago kept records

after he was dragged off the street in 1977 by soldiers who demanded he falsely confess to being a communist. translation: l was beaten - using a cane, and they hit to my body many times. they used ice and let water dripped through my nose. i went through almost all kinds of torture, even my genitals were tortured by the military just to make me confess, but you should not confess. yet santiago's son is one of millions who helped vote in another president. translation: you want me to just disregard what i i went through, that cannot happen. the sufferings i went through are already embedded in my mind. president ferdinand marcos

declared martial law in 1972, a response to what he described as a communist threat. he and his glamourous wife, amassed a fortune. her decadent shoe collectionjust one symbol of their accrued wealth. public anger at ongoing abuse and corruption led to an uprising in 1986. the family were forced to flee. golden era. i haven't read all of the stories. the written accounts of more than 11,000 victims of martial law are in this archive. i tremble every time i try to read their stories. fears the past may be rewritten have led to a push to preserve the stories and hope they can be placed in a museum. it's for the younger generation,

that this happened to our country, and if we can come together, they can determine what type of country consists of a government and rules of liberty and democracy they want for the future. searching for the truth about the country's dark past is tricky for generation z. it can be a struggle to pin down the facts on social media. historians now run games and tours to help people navigate the maze of martial law myths. and many find it emotional. they've lost their dreams, their lives, and i wanted to recognise that, i wanted to tell my fellow friends that. in order for us to have the liberty and democracy that we are having today, in order for us to speak freely, there were actual people who sacrificed their lives and their dreams. so it seems voices from the past, however painful are keeping this country's collective memory alive. laura bicker, bbc news.

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even once or twice a week they are even better. so never say we don't give you all the best advice here on newsday. you heard it here but for now that takes us to the end of the programme thanks so much forjoining us. hello. yesterday was a day of sunshine and showers. today, it's a pretty similar theme, but if anything, i think more in the way of sunshine and fewer in the way of showers. still quite a cluster around first thing on thursday on the tail end of this weather front that's sliding off towards the continent, but actually this little finger, a brief finger of high pressure is going to try and settle things down for this thursday. so, there's some showers to start the day across the south—west of england and pembrokeshire, gone through the morning, but winds in off the north sea will feed some scattered showers into northern england, the north midlands, perhaps the north of east anglia through the afternoon, a few across scotland, too. but predominantly, i think, dry and sunny and temperatures up

a degree or so on wednesday, 15—17. through the evening and overnight, it's going to turn quite chilly across eastern areas of england, winds fall light light and the skies stay clear. different picture towards north—west, winds kick up, cloud comes in and rain by the end of the night for northern ireland and western scotland. so, 10—11 the overnight lows here. perhaps the odd three across the south—east of england. friday, we are going to be dominated by low pressure. we start the day fine with some sunshine across central and eastern england, but wet towards the north—west. and this whole system will swing its way through during the course of the day, brighter but with some showers through the afternoon for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures dipping behind the weather system yet again, and then it's a wet end to the day across eastern england. that whole frontal system, though, does push away quite quickly, and in time for the weekend, we're left with low pressure, yes, but i think more in the way of sunny intervals again. some showers, justthe chance of some more persistent rain running into the south of the uk later on on saturday. so, in comparison to friday, well, yes, it's still quite breezy

on saturday, but we shouldn't see so much cloud around and outbreaks on in the day on saturday. and that could linger on overnight saturday into the early part of sunday, too, but sunday daytime, of the two days, perhaps the one offering up less many of our west coasts, but in the east, with some shelter, it should feel pretty pleasant again. temperatures getting up into the mid—teens.

this is bbc news. florida is being battered by the force of hurricane ian which has now made landfall. there are warnings of life—threatening storm surges and heavy rain expected to cause flooding. the hurricane has already left a trail of destruction across cuba. after accusations of sabotage of nord stream's baltic sea pipelines, europe's biggest gas supplier norway is beefing up security at its energy installations, which experts have singled out as vulnerable targets. after more turmoil in the uk economy, the bank of england is intervening to buy government bonds. it's trying to calm

financial markets spooked by downing street's economic plan. us vice president kamala harris is set to travel to south korea