welcome to bbc news — i'm gareth barlow. our top stories: a huge rescue effort is under way in south—west florida in the aftermath of hurricane ian. 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 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. and the time and cause of death of queen elizabeth is made public, 3 weeks on.

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. at least ten have been recorded since the storm struck. 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 correspondent john 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. we can now speak to summerna khan, who along with herfour children, have been weathering the storm in tampa, florida where she joins us from now. thank you so much forjoining us. how have the last few hours been? . , ., , ., us. how have the last few hours been? ., ., , ., , been? the last few hours for us have been _ been? the last few hours for us have been better, _ been? the last few hours for us have been better, we _ been? the last few hours for us have been better, we got - been? the last few hours for us have been better, we got it - have been better, we got it yesterday, we did 2a hours earlier without power, now that is back on and we have some level of normalcy returning to our lives. level of normalcy returning to our lives-_ our lives. how have you and our lives. how have you and your children _ our lives. how have you and your children prepared - our lives. how have you and your children prepared for. your children prepared for this? ~ ., , your children prepared for this? ~ , this? we were as prepared as we can, it's this? we were as prepared as we can. it's always _ this? we were as prepared as we can, it's always a _ this? we were as prepared as we can, it's always a last-minute - can, it's always a last—minute effort, we started to prepare

dry food, junk food and some water and we were ready to evacuate should the need arise. we were monitoring and if we had left it would have been a last—minute decision. you had left it would have been a last-minute decision. you said ou had last-minute decision. you said you had 25 _ last-minute decision. you said you had 25 hours _ last-minute decision. you said you had 25 hours without - last-minute decision. you said l you had 25 hours without power, we can see the lights on the oven, does that mean everything is back and back and stable as well? , , well? everything is fine, we last power— well? everything is fine, we last power after _ well? everything is fine, we last power after 530 - well? everything is fine, we - last power after 530 yesterday, a couple of hours after that the storm got especially bad, we weathered through that we expected from seven to 3pm to be awful, we slept through most of it, woke up in the morning there was debris, nothing like they have experienced in port myers, we had trees down and my fence was down but that was the extent of our damage apart from also losing power. slowly walking around the neighbourhood and talking to neighbours we knew that was coming back and being restored. what about friends and family how have they fed? for

what about friends and family how have they fed?— what about friends and family how have they fed? for the most art m how have they fed? for the most part my particular— part my particular neighbourhood where we have a ton of neighbours in the same boat as, we are a tree—lined area, we had debris and lost power, further up north—east from where ba they did not lose as much power and the ones that did it came back on a lot quicker. did it came back on a lot quicker-— did it came back on a lot cuicker. ~ ., ., quicker. we heard from the ma or quicker. we heard from the mayor of — quicker. we heard from the mayor of miami _ quicker. we heard from the mayor of miami dade - quicker. we heard from the l mayor of miami dade county quicker. we heard from the - mayor of miami dade county who said there was all sorts of federal, state and local effort swinging into action to help people in the, have you got everything you need? we have for now, everything you need? we have for now. yes. _ everything you need? we have for now, yes, thank _ everything you need? we have for now, yes, thank you. - everything you need? we have for now, yes, thank you. what | for now, yes, thank you. what is left for _ for now, yes, thank you. what is left for you _ for now, yes, thank you. what is left for you now, _ for now, yes, thank you. what is left for you now, putting - is left for you now, putting everything back together and battening down the hatches? it is not just about our is notjust about our individualised lives, it is about power, i am a realtor, we had clients, we were receiving a deposit on their sale on wednesday, we had to redo the contracts to make sure we

maintained those contracts and didn't fall out of any of those obligations, just getting the momentum back of work and school other things we will be focusing on we have a normal life. ~ ., focusing on we have a normal life. ~ . , ., focusing on we have a normal life. ~ ., y ., . life. we are delighted you and kids are safe _ life. we are delighted you and kids are safe and _ life. we are delighted you and kids are safe and will, - life. we are delighted you and kids are safe and will, thank. kids are safe and will, thank you for sharing your time with us on bbc news. 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 the referendums it staged in occupied areas an absolute sham. the kremlin says president putin will hold a ceremony on friday to incorporate occupied areas into russia. at the same time, the un security council will vote on what they are going to do about the referendums in russian—held areas of ukraine while president volodymr zelensky will hold an emergency meeting of security officials to discuss how to respond.0ur russia editor 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. the us senate has approved more than $12 billion in new economic and

military aid for ukraine. it had already authorized $54 billion in two previous packages. the measure is part of a short—term extension of the federal budget which the house is expected to pass quickly, because it's needed to keep the government in kyiv funded past a friday deadline. iran's president has warned that he will not accept "chaos", as authorities continue to crack down on protests over the death in custody of a young woman. ebrahim raisi said mahsa amini's death two weeks ago, after she was detained by morality police, had "saddened all". state media claims 41 people have died and 1,200 have been arrested. 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 chaos" caused by the war in ukraine. our 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, 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. on 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 obr 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 next, ocado and pets at home down over 10% had traders expected a squeeze on consumers and the housing market. despite a recovery in sterling today, the weaker pound is increasing prices further for everyone from clothes retailers to this kids' bike manufacturer.

it's really painful. our 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. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll find out how much this iconic set of wheels driven by james bond was sold for at auction. 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. an investigation by the bbc has uncovered the scale of undeclared emissions of greenhouse gases by the oil industry. bbc news arabic and the bbc climate and data teams have found dozens of sites involving major companies where millions of tonnes of emissions from gas �*flaring' from oil drilling have gone unreported. the companies say it's standard practice to only declare emissions where they're the official operator, even if they own the field. esme stallard reports. these oil fields in southern iraq are amongst the worst culprits for gas flaring in the world. this professor and environmental scientist has seen the impact this flaring has had on his home. translation: when i was a child, this was really beautiful.

if we continue to pollute at this rate, we'll see more climate change. flaring is when oil companies burn off the gases released from oil drilling. it wastes an expensive natural resource and contributes to climate change. the five major oil companies — bp, annie, exxon mobil, chevron, and shell — are all committed to end routine flaring on their oil fields by 2030. but these oil giants say that in fields where they get another company to run the day—to—day operations, it is the other firm's responsibility to report flaring emissions. the bbc found the rumaila oilfield in southern iraq has more flaring than any other site in the world. bp's annual report makes it look to investors and the public like its flaring emissions are going down overall. but because it doesn't count emissions from sites where it's not the official operator, those aren't included. this is the case with rumaila.

bp, the lead contractor here, doesn't declare the emissions. neither does the operator which they've jointly founded. bp's global admissions from gas flaring in 2021 were four million tons of c02. but if rumaila were included, it would be double. bbc news arabic and the bbc climate and data teams investigated how many more sites there were globally where neither the oil company nor the official operator were declaring the emissions. using satellite data, we found dozens of sites globally belonging to the five major oil companies, where flaring emissions are not being reported. this amounted to almost 20 million tons of carbon dioxide — that's as much as four million cars would produce in a year. in response to our findings, the oil companies said they followed the standard approach to take it across the industry. in addition, shelland eni said they do include

all of theirflaring in their official emissions reports, but don't report flaring separately where they're not the operator, and they've not committed to producing that flaring. there are a range of solutions to tackle gas flaring. the first and most obvious is to cap the gas and put into a nearby gas pipeline, which can be initially expensive. but if all the gas was captured, it would be nearly as much as the eu's total gas imports from russia. back in iraq, those living under the polluted skies hope the burning will end. you can find the full bbc news arabic investigation on the bbc website. just go to bbc.com and search under poisoned skies. 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. our 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.

denmark's queen margrethe, who is europe's only reigning queen and the continent's longest serving monarch, has decided to strip four of her eight grandchildren of their titles. they are the children of the queen's second son, princejoachim. the official reason given was to allow the four children to live more normal lives, but countess alexandra, the mother of two of the boys, said she was shocked, adding that the children couldn't understand why they were losing their royal identity. when you think ofjames bond, you probably think of action, adventure, beautiful women and, of course, cars. to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the cinematic release of �*doctor no', a charity auction's been taking place in london. among the items up for grabs, one of bonds famous aston martins, as the bbc�*s tim allman explains.

the theme tune almost as iconic as the man himself. he 007, licensed to kill, you know the rest. its 60 years since james bond first on the silver screen and a secret agent can collect quite a lot of stuff in that time. so an auction in london of clothes, props and a very special automobile. it’s of clothes, props and a very special automobile.- of clothes, props and a very special automobile. it's one of eiuht special automobile. it's one of eight aston — special automobile. it's one of eight aston martin _ special automobile. it's one of eight aston martin replicas - eight aston martin replicas that were made especially for no time to die and used in the tower on location in italy for the chase scene, so it is one of the stunt car is with some gadgets on it as well. find of the stunt car is with some gadgets on it as well. and so we come _ gadgets on it as well. and so we come to _ gadgets on it as well. and so we come to the _ gadgets on it as well. and so we come to the sensational i we come to the sensational aston — we come to the sensational aston martin db five replica stunt — aston martin db five replica stunt car. aston martin db five replica stunt car-— aston martin db five replica stunt car. ., , , , ., stunt car. there was plenty of interest with _ stunt car. there was plenty of interest with kids _ stunt car. there was plenty of interest with kids coming - stunt car. there was plenty of interest with kids coming in l interest with kids coming in from all around the world. eventually the price reaching is not an all—time high but

close enough. is not an all-time high but close enough. 2,400,000, is auainst close enough. 2,400,000, is against you — close enough. 2,400,000, is against you in _ close enough. 2,400,000, is against you in the _ close enough. 2,400,000, is against you in the uae, - close enough. 2,400,000, is against you in the uae, if- close enough. 2,400,000, is against you in the uae, if you j against you in the uae, if you want — against you in the uae, if you want to— against you in the uae, if you want to come back and, last chance. _ want to come back and, last chance, the cameras are up. it's — chance, the cameras are up. it's not — chance, the cameras are up. it's not quite gone. it is now. sold — it's not quite gone. it is now. sold to — it's not quite gone. it is now. sold to you. it's not quite gone. it is now. sold to you-— it's not quite gone. it is now. sold to ou. �* ., ,, ., sold to you. and on commission this rather— sold to you. and on commission this rather battered _ sold to you. and on commission this rather battered stunt - sold to you. and on commission this rather battered stunt car . this rather battered stunt car sold for more than $3 million. as for the bond franchise, it will continue and soon with a brand—new leading man. after all, nobody does it better. the name's allman, tim allman, bbc news. a huge rescue effort is taking place in florida in the wake of hurricane ian. rescuers are assessing shattered communities by land, boat and air. you can get all the latest details on our website. there is a live

page running their 24/7. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @garethbarlow. but for the moment, thanks for watching bbc news. 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. on 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, 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 economy. she's defended her government's policies to try to boost the uk economy, despite the turmoil it's created in the markets.

liz truss will now meet the head of britain's independent financial forecaster on friday. now on bbc news, panorama. record numbers are risking their lives in the channel to get to britain. it's kind of a desperate journey. they dream of a new life, better life. i've been on the south coast as asylum seekers arrived... i've counted more than 100 people coming off the boat and still they are arriving. ..to the migrant camps of northern france... you get to the uk and you use this leaflet. these phone numbers will help you. ..and to turkey to investigate the criminals smuggling people to our shores. translation: each i person pays the same.

a trip to britain will . cost $17,000 in total.