a live in an area called clearwater. the military and gabon says it has seized power as ousted president ali bongo calls for help any new video message. i bongo calls for help any new video messa . e. l, bongo calls for help any new video messaue. a, a, , a, a, message. i am to send a message to all the friends _ message. i am to send a message to all the friends that _ message. i am to send a message to all the friends that we _ message. i am to send a message to all the friends that we have - message. i am to send a message to all the friends that we have all - all the friends that we have all over the world to tell them to make noise, to make noise, for the people here have arrested me. find noise, to make noise, for the people here have arrested me.— here have arrested me. and the rare sectacle here have arrested me. and the rare spectacle set — here have arrested me. and the rare spectacle set to _ here have arrested me. and the rare spectacle set to light _ here have arrested me. and the rare spectacle set to light up _ here have arrested me. and the rare spectacle set to light up the - here have arrested me. and the rare spectacle set to light up the skies i spectacle set to light up the skies on thursday. we learn more about the super blue moon. before that, time for a look at the business news with ben thompson. thank you very much. a bun—fight going on in the us — burger king must face a lawsuit that alleges it makes its whopper burger appear larger than it is in reality, a usjudge has ruled. the class action law suit claims the fast food giant cheated customers by showing burgers that "overflow over the bun" — making them appear 35% larger

on its in—store menus. burger king told the bbc that "the plaintiffs' claims are false." but rivals mcdonald's and wendy's are facing a similar lawsuit in the us. a little earlier, i spoke to donna castle — director of communications at the advertising standards authority, the body that regulates advertising in the uk — and i asked her whether the organsiation had encountered such complaints before. it was back in 2005 where we had some complaints about a kfc advert for its mini chicken fillet burger, which people said appeared larger in the advert than it did in real life, and we did investigate that. and we found that the product shown in the ad did have more filling and was significantly thicker than the ones you could actually buy, so we we banned that ad. we also, in 2010, actually banned a similar ad for burger king itself

for one of its chicken burgers. and i know that in that case, some of my asa colleagues did go out to various burger king restaurants and buy the chicken burger in question in order to compare it directly to the advert. and we found, again, in that case that the burger was not as plump and didn't have as much filling as was in the ad. so we did ban that ad. they went out all in the name of research, i'm sure, donna! and just tell me — you've touched on it there about what powers you do have to ban these ads. what else can you do if firms are repeatedly misbehaving, are repeatedly misbehaving? if firms are repeatedly refusing to follow our rules, then we can refer them to our legal backstop. but we do find that there are sanctions in terms of telling people that they they can no longer

show the ad in the form at which it was previously shown is a very effective sanction. german chancellor olaf scholz has announced a range of new laws aiming to strengthen the stuttering german economy and cut taxes and red tape for businesses. the coalition government is keen to end months of internal quarrelling and be seen as effective and unified. scholz announced a "chances for growth law" which is supposed to reduce taxes for businesses by 32 billion euros in the next five years. another law is designed to decrease bureaucratic hurdles particularly for small and medium—sized companies. i asked our berlin correspondent damien mcguinness if it was enough. well, i think a lot of experts, economists and business leaders would say it's the right direction, but not enough. that's what a lot of people say, because you've got two things going on in the german economy right now. on the one hand, you have deep structural issues such as an ageing workforce, difficulty for migrant workers coming in, other things like very high energy costs, which have been exacerbated by crises like russia's full invasion of ukraine. at the same time, you've got these ongoing new crises that

are happening currently with these deep structural issues. i think that's why, as you said, on the one hand olaf scholz is keen to push and stimulate the economy effectively by a series of corporate tax measures, by slashing bureaucracy, they say. but i think a lot of experts would say, even though you need to do that and this will give a bit of faith in the government's actions and hopefully improve faith in the government itself, it's not really enough because you're talking about deep structural issues which need more than the tens of billions that are going to go into this, if you look at the entire size of the german economy. but i think it's certainly what a lot of people want in terms of the direction. the question is, is it enough? i think that's what a lot of business leaders are right now asking. and one of the big criticisms really is, again, looking at that energy cost issue. so there has been a fierce debate here over the last few weeks really about whether the government and the state should subsidise corporate energy costs because germany has one

of the highest energy costs in europe. the chancellor, olaf scholz, has said, no, that's not going to happen because energy costs are coming down anyway. but it's something that business leaders are calling for and some politicians say, well, it's a real difficult thing for germany as a place of business. so that's one of the big issues which i think we're still going to see as a form of controversy really within the coalition and with the opposition as well. damien mcguinness there with the latest from berlin. the normally star—studded venice film festival will have less sparkle than normal as it gets under way later today. the hollywood actors' strike means the festival's 80th edition will be a scaled—down event. a few a—list celebs are expected to attend, but the union is telling actors to steer clear. so, what is this likely to mean for the films that are — and possibly aren't — being screened? joining me now from venice is nancy tartaglione, international editor of online entertainment news site deadline.

thank you for being with us on the programme. talk to me about how much of a shadow this strike casts over something which is normally way a star—studded affair. something which is normally way a star-studded affair.— something which is normally way a star-studded affair. absolutely. we are auoin star-studded affair. absolutely. we are going to — star-studded affair. absolutely. we are going to feel — star-studded affair. absolutely. we are going to feel it _ star-studded affair. absolutely. we are going to feel it over _ star-studded affair. absolutely. we are going to feel it over the - star-studded affair. absolutely. we are going to feel it over the next. are going to feel it over the next ten days. venice has become certainly incredibly in the last ten years, and a little bit more, a giant launch pad for award season movies and there is almost no place better in the world for media opportunities. you have stars coming in on boats and it isjust opportunities. you have stars coming in on boats and it is just so picturesque and that those images get regurgitated throughout the year and years. but given the labour strife in hollywood, we are going to be missing out on some talent. some

films have gotten interim agreements or waivers from the unions from sag-aftra and or waivers from the unions from sag—aftra and will be able to make it. we also have a big name directors, so it will be different to navigate, but we are hopeful, they sun has come out and yesterday was just incredible with the rain. things are looking up slightly. talk to me about _ things are looking up slightly. talk to me about how important this sort of event is. you talked about it being a precursor to award season, the baftas or oscars, and a great opportunity to interview the talent. remind us, the film already been made can be shown, but we know that there are lots of not being made because of the strikes. so there will be a shortage of films? hat will be a shortage of films? not here in venice, _ will be a shortage of films? iirrt here in venice, there will not be a

shortage. when phil moved out that was previously due to open the festival, challengers with the entire starring by luca guadagnino. that was vacated —— with zendaya starring. if that their stars can't promote a film, for some it is not really worth it to put out there into the ether and they can get the full force behind it. find into the ether and they can get the full force behind it.— full force behind it. and so away from the festival _ full force behind it. and so away from the festival itself, - full force behind it. and so away from the festival itself, i - full force behind it. and so away. from the festival itself, i suppose it does mean that there may be a shortage further down the line for the autumn, for releases then, we will see very few films being made. being made or being released? because it is a little bit different. you know, certainly there

have been some films whose release dates have changed and that are being pushed because of the strike and also the writer is' strike, concern over that. the major movie we have had to move off the release schedule for the autumn isjune two, due in part to —— dune part two, which was scheduled for the fall but has moved into next year. but there are still several big ticket films that are so far holding their ground for the rest of the year. it that are so far holding their ground for the rest of the year.— for the rest of the year. it will be interesting _ for the rest of the year. it will be interesting to _ for the rest of the year. it will be interesting to see _ for the rest of the year. it will be interesting to see how— for the rest of the year. it will be interesting to see how it - for the rest of the year. it will be interesting to see how it plays i for the rest of the year. it will be l interesting to see how it plays out. thank you for being with us, in other news... the fallout from monday's air traffic failiure in the uk is still being felt,

with thousands of air passengers stranded overseas or stuck in airports here in britain. many passengers are paying huge bills for extended hotel stays, rescheduled flights and food. the disruption was caused by a data processing glitch that meant that air traffic controllers had to revert to a manual system. switzerland has outlined a series of measures that it says will combat money laundering and increase transparency in its money sector. the government also wants to make it easier to monitor how lawyers from which clients operate. inadequate policing has made the country become a haven for russian money, it is said. the social media platform x, formerly twitter, says it's lifting a nearly four—year ban on political adverts in the united states. x said it was building on its "commitment to free expression" and to "empower users to express their opinions and openly

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setting, great space. you're live with bbc news. let's just run you through the latest pictures we're getting from hurricane idalia in florida. it's weakened to a hurricane two storm, but it's still a very serious threat to life. these are the latest pictures from perry # one man has died after losing control of his vehicle and striking a tree —— one man has died after losing control of his vehicle. a catastrophic tidal surge is occurring in florida's big bend region. although the storm has continued to weaken, it is bringing sustained winds of up to 105 mph, 165 kilometres an hour. evacuation orders are enforcing more than 20 counties and the state governor has outlined a wide range of measures to deal with the aftermath of the

storm. the hurricane is fuelled by the unusually warm waters of the gulf of mexico. the president of gabon is under house arrest after army officers seized power and said they were annulling the results of saturday's election in which ali bongo was declared the winner. the army has nominated the head of the presidential guard as the leader during a transition period. the head of the african union commission has strongly condemned the attempted coup. this is the moment the military made the announcement of the takeover on national television. in a video uploaded to social media, president ali bongo has appealed for help. it appears to be from his residence, and we believe it was recorded after the coup. take a listen. i'm ali bongo ondimba, president of gabon, and i'm to send a message to all the friends that we have all over the world to tell them to make noise, to make noise for the people here have

arrested me and my family. my son is somewhere. my wife is in another place. and i'm at the residence right now. i'm in the residence and nothing is happening. nothing is happening. i don't know what is going on. so i'm calling you to make noise. to make noise. to make noise, really. i'm thanking you. thank you. the video message from the ousted president. earlier we spoke to remadji hoinathy, a senior researcher at the institute of security studies. he started by explaining how we got to this point in gabon. compared to the other central african countries,

gabon seems very stable. but then the political climate in anticipation of the actual elections was riddled already with fear and political tensions from both citizens and also the opposition. and those fears were mainly centred around a repeat of the violent post—electoral crisis that we have seen in 2016. when ali bongo was reelected amid accusations of rigged elections by his main opposition at the time. so following elections on saturdays, we see a kind of very fast evolutions in terms of a curfew that has been set and also internet that have been cut in some areas, broadcasting that have been suspended in the country. and then this was automatically followed by the opposition claiming victory, as we seen in 2016, and calling president bongo to concede his defeat. and then the surprise came then from the timing of the announcement of the elections results — coming to early in the morning and automatically

followed by a military coup. and up to date, the one that appear to be the new strongman in government is the general. that is someone that is very known by the bongo system because he served under bongo, the father, and then he is up to date the head of the presidential guard. if i could just ask you perhaps to go give us a bit of context, a bit of wide context in terms of who has carried out the coup and who they're trying to install in power in place of ali bongo. exactly as i said, the people that appeared on the tv announcing that the military is taking over the actual regime, canceling the elections and setting a new transitional process are mainly people from the army,

but also from the presidential guard and the army. so these are all the people from the security apparatus and people serving, some of them following the system. and as i said, general oligui is a very well known actor of the system. at some point, at the beginning of ali bongo's reign, there have been some distances between the too, general oligui being affected out of the country, but then he get back in the country and regain this position of trust. the duke of sussex has described his emotional "unravelling" after he returned from military service in afghanistan in 2013. in a netflix documentary series about the invictus games, prince harry says he found the deployment triggering, bringing to the surface the trauma of losing his mother, princess diana, at the age of 12. let's hear some of what he had to say:

look, i can only speak from my personal experience. my tour of afghanistan in 2012 flying apaches. somewhere after that, there was an unravelling. the trigger to me was actually returning from afghanistan, but the stuff that was coming up was from the age of... ..from 1997, from the age of 12. losing my mum at such a young age. i spoke earlier to kevin porter, a hypnotherapist and coach and author of a book, the diary of an 18—year—old at war. it of a book, the diary of an 18-year-old at war.- of a book, the diary of an 18-year-old at war. it is very difficult to — 18-year-old at war. it is very difficult to find _ 18-year-old at war. it is very difficult to find the _ 18-year-old at war. it is very difficult to find the root - 18-year-old at war. it is very i difficult to find the root cause, but talking, hypnotherapy, unconscious mind therapy, etc, and what i use, sanotherapy, can get to that root cause and find what

created it, what help created that trauma. what harry said was his trigger was coming back from afghanistan. and the events of trauma were not so much about the afghan war itself, it was about losing his mother. so sitting somewhere in his amygdala and unconscious mind there is the memories of everything that went on, sadly, that september day way back when. and that created the trigger, helped expand the triggers and help to create more of his traumas. it is known that the traumas can be created at an early age, even when you're in the womb, as simple as you are living in that beautiful loving cocoon and then you certainly hear a loud voice, voice is raised,

arguments,, that loud noise outside. and the foetus, the baby will react to that. and then later, when something terrible happens, that then creates the reactions it does with ptsd. we have an update for you on hurricane idalia. it has now weakened to a category one storm, the information that we are getting. it is now crossing into southern georgia and weakened to a category one storm. more for you here on bbc news as we get it. to stay with us. you're watching bbc news. campaigners are warning thousands of households in england, scotland and wales are having their universal credit payments cut because of tax credit debts they didn't know they owed. data obtained by the bbc reveals more than 800,000 households had benefit deductions last year. charities say more households will be alerted to historic

debts as universal credit expands from september. adam eley reports. ijust find it shocking and it makes me very depressed. for nancy, a former nurse in somerset, life can be difficult financially. i'm having to go to food banks. i went to payday loans. nancy owes the department for work and pensions £5,000. this is because for several years, she was overpaid in tax credits, and now that money needs to be paid back. her sole income is around £400 a month in benefits. from this, around £50 a month is being automatically deducted. it makes me feel absolutely shocked. i'm suffering, according to my doctor, from stress and anxiety. you think, "how am i going to do this?"

one in three tax credit claimants are overpaid each year, often caused by change in work and family circumstances. this has meant 800,000 people in britain, like nancy, are currently facing deductions to repay that money. campaigners say the true scale won't be known until 1.5 million people are moved on to the universal credit system from september. we will see more people who are moving to universal credit to find that they have a tax credit overpayment they didn't realise they had. and that's why this would be an excellent time for the government to act. so we'd like to see them reduce the amount that they take of someone's monthly benefit payment down to 5% and, more generally, making sure that they are showing flexibility when people contact them to say a deduction is unaffordable. the government says it's committed to supporting those struggling with repayments, adding that deductions help recover taxpayers' money. nancy is challenging the amount

she owes in deductions, but she says it's a difficult process. it's humiliating, really, um, to have to deal with them. it makes me feel very powerless. you basically are fobbed off and told to talk to a different office. organisations like ours are oversubscribed with people desperately waiting for help. debt advisers say those affected should seek support. you could end up being liable for thousands of pounds. so it's really important that you get advice and find out whether that overpayment is actually correct, because it might not be. adam eley, bbc news. a super blue moon will be visible on thursday night, treating stargazers to a phenomenon that will only happen once this year. the blue does not refer to the colour, but instead it refers to the second full moon in one calendar month —

an event which only happens once every two or three years. it won't be happening again until 2037 so get out there tonight. you don't need binoculars or a telescope — cloud permitting, you should see it with just your eyes. and if you also spot what looks like a bright star next to the moon, its not a star its the planet saturn. professor kathleen havens, the astronomer royal for scotland told us more. ~ ., astronomer royal for scotland told us more. ~ . .,~ , , us more. what makes this particularly _ us more. what makes this particularly rare _ us more. what makes this particularly rare as - us more. what makes this particularly rare as it - us more. what makes this particularly rare as it is - us more. what makes this particularly rare as it is a l us more. what makes this - particularly rare as it is a super blue moon —— professor catherine heymans. it orbits the moon once every 27 days, and that is like an ellipse, so sometimes the moon is closer to earth than at others, and when it is at the closest point, we call it supermoon. and at the blue men, the astronomical description roughly works out as two —— blue moon. and it roughly works out as a

two full moons in a month. the combination of these two full moons and this supermoon, which will not happen again until 2038. but you can see a full moon every month, it is when the half of the moon at the sun is shining on that can be seen... this idea of blue mislabelling, it will not be blue. it is just a term used for these real events. it will look quite super if you see it at men rise, so when it isjust coming up men rise, so when it isjust coming up over the horizon. if you're in the uk, that is about 8pm, 8:30pm, depending on whether you're in the south or north, and it will be rising on the horizon opposite to where the sun sets. when you see the moon on the horizon, you can see

relative to buildings and trees, and it really looks super on at the sky because it looked so big compared to things you can see on the horizon. a, things you can see on the horizon. a super tip on things you can see on the horizon. a supertip on how things you can see on the horizon. a super tip on how to spot it at the best time, so thanks for that. just how rare is it? put best time, so thanks for that. just how rare is it?— how rare is it? put this into context for _ how rare is it? put this into context for us. _ how rare is it? put this into context for us. well, - how rare is it? put this into context for us. well, these | context for us. well, these astronomical events, i worry that we must label things! these are technical terms —— miss label things. it is a supermoon and a blue moon, but will only look 10% brighter than you would normally see a moon. as astronomers, we like it to get some media attention because it means we can encourage people to go out and look. —— go out and look at the moon. donald done at your smartphone, some of the camera technology is so fantastic you can use it to zoom in on the craters of the moon —— don't look down at your smartphone. now it's time for a

look at the weather. hello. it's a day of sunny spells and scattered cumulus clouds, with a few showers as well. overall, not a bad day, and for many of us, actually, skies like this, so a fine day. however, tomorrow, we are expecting some thicker cloud and rain in one or two places. so here's the forecast, then, for the rest of the day. you can see just a scattering of showers here and there. these are the temperatures into the afternoon — around 18 for glasgow and about 20 or so in london. it's just a fraction below the average. now tonight we've got the super blue moon on the way. why is it a super blue moon? well, super because it's very close to the earth and it'll appear large, and it's a blue moon because it's the second full moon of the month, which happens once in a blue moon. so, of course, we want some clear weather tonight. it won't be completely clear. there is a weather front approaching, and here it is on the satellite picture. we're just ahead of this weather system and i think there's enough of a gap, enough of a weather window to catch that super blue moon.

so let's have a look at the forecast for this evening. here's the weather front approaching ireland. at this stage, you'll be able to see the super blue moon, particularly across central and eastern areas. but then, by the early hours of the morning, it turns wet across southwestern parts of the uk. 12 in plymouth, but elsewhere for the north and east there will be a nip in the airfirst thing on thursday. now, lots of sunshine across northern and eastern areas, but out towards the west we've got thicker cloud and also outbreaks of rain for a time across southern areas. some of this rain, at times, could be heavy, could even be thundery, and it will be a cool day, disappointing — 15 maybe in the midlands, a little bit warmer there, i think, in northern scotland because we'll have more sunshine. and it will take time for this rain to clear away. in fact, it's still hugging the south coast of england on thursday. here's friday afternoon. eventually it pulls away towards the east and then we're left with sunny spells and, again, a scattering of showers. temperatures around the high teens or 20 degrees. now, here's the weekend. this jet stream loops around the uk, through scandinavia and back towards the south, and in the middle

we have an area of high pressure building and that does bode well for the weekend at least. here's the outlook, then. so the end of the week a little unsettled with a few showers, but then saturday, sunday, monday and into tuesday, the weather is looking not bad at all. bye— bye. live from london, this is bbc news. hurricane idalia makes landfall in florida,

this is the live scene in tampa — evacuation orders are in force in more than 20 counties — as strong winds and a storm surge batter the coastline. we bring you an exclusive report from quentin sommerville on ukraine's eastern front, as russian drones target ukrainian forces. there are vicious battles going on here in the east and the north. in the south, they're making progress bit by bit, but here in the east, it's russia that's advancing. tougher eu style equal pay protections will stay for women in the uk. hello, i'm nancy kacungira, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start in the united states. hurricane idalia claims his first death making landfall in florida are now a category one hurricane. still

bringing fierce winds and water searches.