we need to do is we do need to be a down on spending. welcome to bbc news, i'm gareth barlow. our top stories: hurricane ian leaves a trail of devastation across south—west florida. president biden warns it could be the deadliest storm that's ever hit the state. the danger is real, to state the obvious. please obey all warnings and directions from emergency officials. moscow prepares a ceremony to mark the annexation of occupied territories in ukraine, but the us says it will never recognise russia's claims. britain's prime minister stands by her chancellor's widely—criticised economic policy but global experts continue to express their doubts. this is something that you see

in galloping countries going through difficulties. you normally do not see this in a g7 economy. and the time and cause of death of queen elizabeth is made public, three weeks on. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a huge rescue effort is taking place in the us state of florida in the wake of hurricane ian. fears are growing that there may have been many deaths, although only one has been recorded so far. president biden said ian could prove to be the deadliest hurricane in florida's history. it is expected to crash into south carolina on friday. our north america correspondentjohn sudworth reports from fort myers. florida had been told to brace for a life—threatening event

and the city of fort myers was the first to feel the hurricane�*s power. boats were piled on top of each other, parts of the harbour pushed up onto the shore. at their peak, wind speeds reached over 150 mph. residents who had ignored warnings to evacuate were told to shelter in place. with the biggest risk coming from the storm surge, well over six feet in places, that left homes and businesses quickly flooded. you're looking at a storm that's changed the character of a significant part of our state. i mean, this is going to require years of effort. some chose to ignore the evacuation warnings, despite the authorities making it clear the hurricane would put emergency help beyond reach... this is a storm surge that we talked about, but weren't sure about. ..with conditions too difficult or dangerous for rescue workers.

ian fits the pattern of increasingly powerful hurricanes in recent years as a result of warming sea temperatures. scientists monitoring them say man—made climate change is having an effect. whoa! never seen that much turbulence before. today's flight was certainly the roughest that i've been on in my six years of doing this. the worst of the onslaught may now be over, but for the state of florida, the task of assessing the cost has onlyjust begun. the property damage may be one thing but there is confusion tonight about the human cost. the sheriff of lee countyjust down the road from here suggested that the death toll could run into the hundreds, although as you say the federal

government are still suggesting that people might want to brace for more grim news. all that we can say from on here on the ground is that there are no credible reports of a rapidly rising death toll. florida's governor ron desantis gave a news conference earlier and described the destruction he had seen. first responders are doing targeted searches, just first responders are doing targeted searches, just going home by home, checking to see if people are ok and then responding to specific reports if they are missing loved ones. there will of course be many more rescues that are added to the italo. we absolutely expect to have mortality from this hurricane, i would just cautioned people there is a process by which that is confirmed and they know that people have said certain things stopping in terms of confirmed, that will be made apparent over the coming days. we can now speak to daniella levine—cava who's the mayor

of miami—dade county and has been helping with florida wide relief efforts. thank you so much for giving us your time, thank you so much for giving us yourtime, how are thank you so much for giving us your time, how are you and how are your fellow floridians? thank you so much, we really dodged a bullet here in miami dade county and we know that our neighbours on the west coast and north of us really bore the brunt. so we escaped with some minor flooding, bore the brunt. so we escaped with some minorflooding, a lot of power outages, rapidly restored by now but it was 120,000 households without power at the peak, so we were great with preparations, we lowered our canals, we checked out the spots where there was poor drainage and there was accumulation in the past, we put out warnings to everybody to stay off the roads and not to stay off the roads and not to overwhelm our water system and so we fared quite well so now we have sent our team of the best, the rescue folks, 96

of them with all the equipment and they have already been deployed by helicopter onto some of these outer islands that were so badly affected and they are there for 1h day shifts and we will be sending more and we will also be providing supplies, so we stand at the ready to support the effort in the worst affected areas. ~ . ., , areas. we have heard these warnings — areas. we have heard these warnings from _ areas. we have heard these warnings from the - areas. we have heard these. warnings from the president, from the governor as well. what are you hearing from your fellow mayors, from people closest to the ground? they are callin: closest to the ground? they are calling for _ closest to the ground? they are calling for help _ closest to the ground? they are calling for help and _ closest to the ground? they are calling for help and there - closest to the ground? they are calling for help and there is - closest to the ground? they are calling for help and there is a i calling for help and there is a way that it is all being co—ordinated and centralised. we also deployed based on the state's request so it is a state's request so it is a state of emergency for the entire state and our state emergency management team is assessing and calling in resources as needed, so we are in touch with our police, with our fire compatriots and mayors and standing at the ready. we also know many will be

evacuating and coming to our community and we are ready to put up a shelter and also we have spoken to the hotel association to have them on the ready. we want to do everything to roll out the welcome mat and make people feel at home. and make people feel at home. and what is your— make people feel at home. and what is your advice _ make people feel at home. and what is your advice to those who are living in areas who have been, whose lives have been upended, what do you say to those people? we been upended, what do you say to those people?— to those people? we have been throu~h to those people? we have been through that — to those people? we have been through that hurricane - to those people? we have been through that hurricane roaring i through that hurricane roaring through that hurricane roaring through here a couple of decades ago and it is really devastating. emotionally as well as physically, financially, we do not know what these communities will look like after, but we want people to just know that we care for them, we are here for them and we want to support them and we want to support them in their rebuilding. and them in their rebuilding. and ou are them in their rebuilding. and you are getting _ them in their rebuilding. and you are getting enough support at the state level, federal level? , . , level? yes, we are very grateful _ level? yes, we are very grateful that _ level? yes, we are very grateful that the - level? yes, we are very i grateful that the resident level? yes, we are very - grateful that the resident came in immediately with a very complete fema package and we experience that has well with the collapse of the buildings, in surfside when the president

announced support within the 2a hours of the disaster and that is what is being deployed here on a much larger scale. and is well we have private philanthropy, so many that are deploying to the scene with supplies, i think there is going to be really a massive response both from the public and the private sector and again our finest have gone there to help immediately with these search and rescue efforts. these search and rescue efforts-_ these search and rescue efforts. . ~' , ., , . efforts. thank you very much, we wish you — efforts. thank you very much, we wish you and _ efforts. thank you very much, we wish you and your - efforts. thank you very much, we wish you and your fellow i we wish you and your fellow states people well. president biden has warned russia that the united states will never recognise its claims to ukrainian territory as moscow prepares to announce the annexation of four occupied regions. mr biden accused russia of pursuing imperial ambitions and called it occupation an absolute sham.

the kremlin says occupied areas will be incorporated into russia and there will be an emergency meeting of security officials to discuss how to respond. russians have been urged to stop president putin before the violence and chaos spreads to russia itself. steve rosenberg reports. and a warning, it contains some graphic details. for months, warfelt so farfrom russia's capital. it's feeling much closer now. moscow mobilised. the special operation advertised on bus stops and billboards. russia calls them heroes, but it needs more, so more men are ordered to the call—up centres and sent to ukraine. conditions are basic.

these draftees have no beds. these do, sort of. and he says his group is being sent straight to ukraine without any military training. and the president? he's escalating this conflict. tomorrow, vladimir putin is expected to start the annexation of 15% of ukrainian territory. there's little excitement about that on the streets of moscow. i feel negative about it because it's the territory of ukraine. i think it is historically russian territory. i think it's a total disaster, not only for ukraine, - but also for the russians. what's more, the kremlin call—up has sparked widespread fear. in all the years i've been covering russia, in all the places i've been, there's one phrase more than any other i've heard from people here — "we must avoid war." this country knows very

well the cost of war. millions of people were killed here fighting nazi germany, and yet today, the russian leadership is calling up and sending its citizens to the front line and annexing large parts of its neighbour. and look what can happen to those who oppose war — like artem, who read out an anti—war poem. police raided his flat and the nightmare began. artem's fiancee, sasha, was there when the police burst translation: they dragged me across the floor by my hair. - they started super—gluing stickers to my face. they threatened to glue my mouth up. then i heard the beating from the room where artem was. they forced him to undress. i heard how they were talking about raping him. they filmed everything they did to artem.

they grabbed me by the hair and showed me a photo of him naked and beaten up, covered in blood. russia's invasion is having devastating consequences for ukraine and for russia, too. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. sweden's coastguard says it's discovered a fourth hole in the nord stream pipeline that runs under the baltic sea between russia and europe. nato says the breaches have been caused by deliberate and reckless acts of sabotage. russia has denied responsibility. let's speak now to dr sara vakhshouri, an energy strategist and consultant. shejoins us live from washington. thank you so much forjoining us. we've seen these incredible scenes of gas bubbling to the surface of the sea, what is this going to do to the markets?— this going to do to the markets? ., .,

markets? the moment that the first leak was _ markets? the moment that the first leak was even _ markets? the moment that the first leak was even reported, i first leak was even reported, the prices started soaring and increasing, especially at the market that they have a significant shortage of supply obviously and we're heading into the cold season.- into the cold season. these pipelines — into the cold season. these pipelines connect _ into the cold season. these pipelines connect russia i into the cold season. these pipelines connect russia to | pipelines connect russia to germany, they are not in operation but were full of gas. how does europe respond to this even though the gas isn't blowing, what can it do to protect itself? if blowing, what can it do to protect itself?— protect itself? if you are talkin: protect itself? if you are talking about _ protect itself? if you are talking about how- protect itself? if you are talking about how does. protect itself? if you are | talking about how does it itself in terms of its energy security and energy resiliency, obviously europe is going to rely on its own gases storages this winter which might not be sufficient but also to import lng from different lng exports, exporters in the market, looking and switching, its power generation is two different types of fuel like liquid petroleum products or coal, so definitely looking for alternative sources of energy and suppliers. but

alternative sources of energy and suppliers-— and suppliers. but the challenge _ and suppliers. but the challenge there i and suppliers. but the challenge there is i and suppliers. but the j challenge there is that alternative sources can't be switched on overnight, it takes time to build that up.— time to build that up. exactly, there is no — time to build that up. exactly, there is no quick _ time to build that up. exactly, there is no quick fix _ time to build that up. exactly, there is no quick fix for i time to build that up. exactly, there is no quick fix for that i there is no quick fix for that but as you mentioned russia already before these leaks have threatened europe and started, stopped the flow of natural gas export from this pipeline so it is going to be a rough europe for winter obviously and as you mentioned there is not a quick fix for that but already european countries are looking for a new benchmark or pricing mechanism to make sure that the prices are not going to go out of control for natural gas in europe. of control for natural gas in euro e. ,, ., ., europe. the us, the eu, nato have all said _ europe. the us, the eu, nato have all said that _ europe. the us, the eu, nato have all said that there i europe. the us, the eu, nato have all said that there is i have all said that there is some deliberate act as sabotaging and they have not named russia directly but it strikes me that surely nobody stands to benefit, if somebody has indeed gone along and caused some rupture to these pipelines, it's not in russia's interest or the eu's interest

either. ., , ., either. no, it is not in no-one's_ either. no, it is not in no-one's interest i either. no, it is not in i no-one's interest because either. no, it is not in - no-one's interest because again no—one's interest because again as we just discussed, russia wanted to threaten europe, it could easily stop the flow of natural gas, it didn't need to puncture or damage the pipeline that it puncture or damage the pipeline thatitis puncture or damage the pipeline that it is taking its oil to its major market share but also europe doesn't benefit from that, no—one really in this energy crisis globally benefits from that, so it is very hard to really find who will benefit from that. to really find who will benefit from that-— to really find who will benefit from that. ., ., , , ., from that. prior to the russian invasion of _ from that. prior to the russian invasion of ukraine, _ from that. prior to the russian invasion of ukraine, prior- from that. prior to the russian invasion of ukraine, prior to i invasion of ukraine, prior to february of this year, we saw russia supplying europe with lots of energy, especially gas and oil. do you think in the future we will ever see that kind of situation replicated or have we gone down an irreversible pathway? it seems we have gone _ irreversible pathway? it seems we have gone down _ irreversible pathway? it seems we have gone down the - we have gone down the irreversible path, however in terms of at least oil experts to europe we see a change of flow. most of the russian gas is now going to asia and most

of the asian supply of crude oil like saudi arabia, iraq, most of the opec producers have now diverted the oil exports to europe. this is not a natural way because of the distance, natural flow of oil but it seems it is a reversible unless there is some major changes in russia, it may take some years, that european countries will want to go back and forget what happened in terms of russia attacking ukraine and threats to europe, so we're that alternative sources, particularly nuclear power generation, however that will take some time, it is going to take some time, it is going to take a decade to be construct it but definitely different sources of natural gas, different sources of energy, are going to be part of europe's energy security and energy basket. but again russia's export to europe is so huge that there is not a quick, complete 100% alternative for that in the short term. it is complete 100% alternative for that in the short term.- that in the short term. it is a situation _ that in the short term. it is a situation we _ that in the short term. it is a situation we will _ that in the short term. it is a situation we will follow i

situation we will follow closely here as well, thank you for your time. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the queen's death certificate is made public, confirming the monarch died of old age. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said the day 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 that's unthinkable to palestinians.

after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. search and rescue efforts continue in florida in the destructive wake of hurricane ian. as russia prepares to announce the annexation of occupied regions, the us says it will never recognise its claims to ukrainian territory. britain's prime minister is standing by her government's economic policy despite widespread criticism. liz truss was speaking for the first time since the mini—budget was announced by her chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, last week, which led to a collapse in the value of the pound, higher interest rates and extreme volatility

on the financial markets. she insisted that her tax—cutting plans are right for the british economy and that the volatility is part of a �*global crisis' caused by the war in ukraine. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has the latest. an engine factory in darlington. the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, out and about for the first time since his mini budget stalled, britain's currency slumped and borrowing costs surged. what do you say to people whose mortgage interest rates are rising as a result of your economic policy? so, we're absolutely protecting people right across the country. if you look at our energy intervention, people were potentially facing bills of £6,500 next year, and because of the intervention we've limited the average household bill to £2500. that is a huge saving, that people on normal incomes are benefiting from. but they're being wiped out by the increasing cost of mortgage borrowing? i think that if you look at the government's plan,

we've got the growth plan, we've got the energy intervention. the chancellor and the prime minister, too, in a tense set of regional interviews, more keen to talk about the energy rescue, than the surging mortgage costs seen since the mini budget. it sounds like you're saying, crisis, what crisis? i'm not saying that at all. i think we're in a very serious situation. it's a global crisis which is being brought about by the aftermath of covid and putin's war in ukraine. 0n the point of interest rates, i completely understand that people are concerned, but it's very important that we have an independent monetary policy run by the bank of england. another day of see—sawing government borrowing costs. these are huge moves by the standards of this ordinarily calm market for lending over two years. and rates did go up again as the pm stuck to her guns, but then they settled. however, this is what it looks like over the past week, a significant and rapid rise that's now working its way into the borrowing costs of companies and for mortgages, too. we have a stand—off between the government in westminster and the markets

in the city, and how that works out will determine when this interest rate shock ends, or if it's prolonged and worsened. what we learned from the government today is that despite everything we've seen over the past week, that in their view, there is no challenge, there's definitely no crisis, there isn't a problem. and if there's no problem, there's no need to change course. but the tidal wave of rising borrowing rates coming from city trading floors is far from normal, says one of the world's most noted experts. i have seen it, but never in a g7 economy. never in a mature economy, with respected institutions. this is something that you see in developing countries going through difficulties. you normally do not see this in a g7 economy. the former governor of the bank of england, mark carney, made a rare intervention, saying the turmoil was down

to the mini budget and a pattern of undermining economic experts. there was an undercutting of some of the institutions that underpin the overall approach, so, not having an 0br forecast, and certainly a budget that is based on an acceleration of growth, or would appear to be based on that, certainly that's the aim, but if that's what's necessary for the numbers to add up, it's important to have it subject to independent and, dare i say, expert scrutiny. today, amid global falls in stock markets, the value of british consumer brands tumbled in particular, with retailers next, 0cado and pets at home down over 10% had traders expected a squeeze on consumers and the housing market. despite a recovery in stirling today, the weaker pound is increasing prices further for everyone from clothes retailers to this kids' bike manufacturer.

it's really painful. 0ur cost prices effectively increased by nearly 5% in the space of a few hours last week, on top of having already gone up by over 20% since january and because we buy all our bikes in us dollars, we are at the whim of the exchange rates. so, the financial markets have stabilised, for now. but such an interest rate shock is still likely to put the brakes on, both for businesses and consumers. faisal islam, bbc news. three weeks after queen elizabeth died, her death certificate has been published, with the cause of death given as "old age". it records that the queen died at ten past three in the afternoon of the 8th september at balmoral castle — that's three hours before the death was announced. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. an extract from an entry in the register of deaths, the equivalent in scotland of a death certificate. it refers to elizabeth

alexandra mary windsor. her occupation is given as her majesty the queen. the document discloses that the queen died at 1510 hrs, 3:10pm on the afternoon of 8 september. for cause of death, it simply says, "old age". the disclosure of the time of death confirms that the group of family members who flew to scotland that afternoon arrived too late. the aircraft, carrying prince william, the earl and countess of wessex and prince andrew, arrived at aberdeen airport at 3:50pm, a0 minutes after the queen had died. the party travelled onto balmoral by road, arriving there just after 5pm. the duke of sussex, who'd travelled separately, arrived later still. two days before her death, the queen had been photographed inside balmoral castle looking frail but alert as she waited for the arrival of the new prime minister.

she was photographed again as she invited liz truss to form a new government. the next day, we were told that she was too tired to host a virtual meeting of the privy council. the day after that, she passed away peacefully. at windsor, the castle reopened this morning to allow visitors to enter st george's chapel. it was here on 19 september that the committal service took place and where, later that evening, the coffin was placed in the small king george vi memorial chapel. there it rests, alongside those of her late husband, herfather, king george vi, and her mother. nicholas witchell, bbc news. let's get a reminder of our top story. a huge rescue effort is taking place in the us state of borrowed it in the wake of hurricane ian, rescue teams

assessing shattered communities by land, boat and air. an official in charlotte county has told the bbc ten people are known to have died as the hurricane struck. more online. hello. well, it's fairly clear and calm across most of the uk right now, but later on, we are expecting wind and rain to sweep right across the country. a big autumn low is on the way, and here it is on the weather map. a lot of isobars there, and that does mean some very strong winds, especially in northwestern parts of the uk. let's have a look at the forecast for the early hours. you can see that broad band of rain sweeping into ireland and western parts of scotland, a good squeeze in the isobars here. that means strengthening winds. but further east and south, it's a completely different picture — light winds, calm, mist and fog in a few places and really quite chilly. 0n those winds, gusting

through the morning up to 70 mph in the western isles of scotland, and really very windy around the irish sea coasts and down towards the south—west as well. now, here's that band of rain around lunchtime, and then later on in the afternoon, it'll reach other parts of the uk. but the weather will improve out towards the northwest later on in the afternoon. within the band of rain, it'll be very windy and temperatures will be 12—14 celsius. then, friday night, that rain turns heavy in east anglia and the south—east, and eventually, it'll sweep into the near continent by the time we get to early saturday. and here is saturday. that low pressure is very broad and it's still driving our weather. in fact, the winds will remain brisk on saturday, although not quite as strong, but they will blow in some showers off the atlantic. they will be most frequent out towards the north—west here. hail and thunder is quite possible. in southern parts of the uk, given a bit of sunshine, it actually shouldn't be too bad at all. and later, saturday night into sunday, we are expecting another weather front to just brush

southern parts of the uk. some uncertainty exactly how quickly that rain will clear away on sunday, but the thinking is by the time we get to the afternoon, most of us should have a dry day. just before i go, an update on tropical storm ian — it's out in the atlantic, but the second landfall is now expected on the south carolina coast. and the storm surge around the south—east of the united states, again, is likely to cause problems and heavy rain inland as well. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: a huge rescue effort is taking place in florida in the wake of hurricane ian. fears are growing about the death toll, although only one has been recorded so far. --at ——at least ten deaths have been recorded since the storm struck. president biden said ian could prove to be the deadliest hurricane in florida's history. president putin is due to hold a ceremony on friday to officially incorporate occupied areas of ukraine into russia. but the us has warned moscow it will never recognise russian claims to ukrainian territory. president biden has called the recent referendums russia staged in four occupied areas an �*absolute sham.�* britain's prime minister has responded to widespread criticism of her plans for the british economy.

she's defended her government's policies to try to boost the economy, despite the turmoil it's