hurricane milton hits florida with wind speeds of up to 120 miles per hour. it's predicted to be one of the most devastating us storms in living memory. at this point it's too dangerous to evacuate safely so you have to shelter in place and just hunker down. a number of people have died after tornadoes hit the state, ahead of the hurricane�*s arrival. this is the scene at the university of tampa. across florida millions of people have been warned that the storm will be extremely dangerous and life threatening. hurricane milton is now a category two hurricane, it will continue to weaken — two hurricane, it will continue to weaken as— two hurricane, it will continue to weaken as we go through today, even when it_ weaken as we go through today, even when it exits florida, it will be a powerful — when it exits florida, it will be a powerful hurricane one and we are looking _ powerful hurricane one and we are looking at — powerful hurricane one and we are looking at the risk of further tornadoes and storms surges on both

coastlines _ the chancellor needs to find billions by the end of the month to keep her promises, economists warn rachel reeves ahead of the budget. new rights for workers. the government unveils a raft of measures but some businesses warn the plans will threaten jobs and growth. would do that... # der—ner—ner, grease lightning, go, grease lightning... before she was famous. kylie takes us back to where it all began, performing in the front room with her brother and sister. it's thursday the 10th of october. our main story. one of the most devastating storms in living memory has hit florida, with many feared dead. hurricane milton brought winds of more than 120 miles per hour, leaving nearly two million people without power. this shows the path of the storm as it hit land in sarasota several hours ago and now heads towards orlando. there are warnings of storm surges and flash flooding over the coming

hours which could be life—threatening. let's take a look at the scene now at the university of tampa. hurricane milton hit florida just after midnight uk time. you get a sense of the strength of the wind from those locked off cameras there. and this is the live scene in fort myers, which is south of sarasota close to where the hurricane first hit. obviously doubtful but you can see the wind offered the landscape —— whether obviously it was night but you can get a sense of the winter there. let's get the latest now from our correspondent steve knibbs. hurricane milton made landfall with its full force and spread slowly across central florida. over the gulf of mexico, the storm showed its strength, ripping up waves nearly 30ft high. in st petersburg the roof was ripped open on a stadium set up to house

thousands of emergency responders. milton was taking hold. now, at this point, it's too dangerous to evacuate safely, so you have to shelter in place and just hunker down. but if you start to get in a situation where trees are snapping, power is popping, you do have to treat it like a tornado. tornadoes hit in several places. the sheriff's office in st lucie said that people there have died as a result. in fort myers earlier, some buildings were destroyed in an instant. these windows blew out. i was about probably right here when it happened. my cat over there on the desk, i grabbed the two dogs and like, run under my bed. that was it. probably, probably one minute total. across florida, hurricane milton's power intensified. strong winds, heavy rain battered the west coast, but it didn't stop some wanting to witness it first—hand. i've had a lot of anxiety over the night about it because it is my first hurricane. but, um, ijust wanted

to see the water and, you know, get the whole florida experience tonight. tonight, the first images now coming in... the us news networks are following milton's progress closely. one broadcaster showed the potential impact of the rising tide. the water is expected to rise even higher at six feet above the height of most people. vehicles get carried away, structures start to fail, just look at this. and it's this and the strong winds combined that are causing the most concern. this is life—threatening inundation. that water is going to violently be pushed onto dry land by the winds associated with milton as it makes landfall this evening. the lethal effects of storm helene a fortnight ago were also worrying many, as milton takes hold here. just a few weeks ago in helene, we lost 11 or 12 people. all were in evacuation zones. and so our message has been, you know, for the last 48 hours to get to an evacuation zone if you're ordered to do so. so far, over a million people have

lost power as milton wreaks its predicted havoc. those still in the path of the storm can now only wait and hope. steve knibbs, bbc news. let's take a closer look at some of the big numbers associated with hurricane milton. around seven million people in southern florida were ordered to evacuate with those choosing to stay being warned that they must fend for themselves. that affects people along a stretch of more than 300 miles of coastline. nearly 2000 flights have been cancelled in or out of the us with two major airports in florida shut. hurricane milton brought with it winds of 120 miles an hour when it made landfall, having seen fluctuations in its strength over the past few days. we can now speak to our north america correspondent tom bateman, who is in orlando for us this morning. good morning, tom. we can get a

genuine sense of what that looks and feels like by looking behind you. yeah, absolutely, charlie. this area over the last hour or so has now been bearing the brunt of milton as it moves its way across the state. as we were heading down here, driving south on the interstate highway, the wind really picked up. this rain began lashing down. we were hearing warnings on the local radio about tornadoes in other parts of florida. as you heard there, this is becoming one of the most devastating part of this. tornadoes that were being spawned from the hurricane itself, earlier on, as the hurricane itself, earlier on, as the hurricane was about to arrive. including of the atlantic coast, on the other side of florida from where the other side of florida from where the hurricane came in. and you had a merchant of the sheriff of st lucie

county who said they had 17 suspected tornadoes in the space of 20 minutes, they have reported fatalities there, they say a number of dead, rescue workers going through the rubble there trying to recover people from what has happened there. so very serious eventin happened there. so very serious event in the run—up to this. and thenis event in the run—up to this. and then is that hurricane slammed into then is that hurricane slammed into the gold —— gulf coast, 120 mph winds and a storm surge of sea water, i think it will be daylight when we get a real sense of the damage. because of the mass evacuations and people have hunkered down, we have seen a lot of desolate emptied areas as people hunker down to wait this out.— to wait this out. tom, on a personal note, to wait this out. tom, on a personal note. you — to wait this out. tom, on a personal note. you are _ to wait this out. tom, on a personal note. you are going _ to wait this out. tom, on a personal note, you are going to _ to wait this out. tom, on a personal note, you are going to be _ to wait this out. tom, on a personal note, you are going to be one - to wait this out. tom, on a personal note, you are going to be one of. note, you are going to be one of the few people who is outdoors when the storm hits, what does it look and feel like to be there, 7 storm hits, what does it look and feel like to be there,?_ storm hits, what does it look and feel like to be there,? well, as you

can tell, is — feel like to be there,? well, as you can tell, is extremely _ feel like to be there,? well, as you can tell, is extremely wet. - feel like to be there,? well, as you can tell, is extremely wet. it - feel like to be there,? well, as you can tell, is extremely wet. it has i can tell, is extremely wet. it has been very windy but the wind comes and goes. a bit earlier we were hearing it whipping around and making a groaning sound between some of the buildings here in orlando. it hasn't felt here like the kind of risk they have had on the coast. people have been moving around close to where we are staying. it has been the coast which has been, particularly in the gulf coast, where there has been the biggest danger, where people have been told to leave over a period of three days in fear of their lives, people were toldliterally they would die if they stayed in the part of this on the gulf coast. further inland there storm has downgraded to category two but it is still very destructive. one of the other big risks will be about. we had a warning of flash flooding about an hour ago, that would peak in the next hour or so. clearly that is going to be one of the big dangers as the hours

progress and this storm moves on. for the moment, tom, thank you. let's speak now to carol. we are hearing directly from talbot what it looks and feels like. the suggestion is it has eased a little bit but not much. it is suggestion is it has eased a little bit but not much.— bit but not much. it is still a category — bit but not much. it is still a category two _ bit but not much. it is still a category two hurricane, - bit but not much. it is still a category two hurricane, andj bit but not much. it is still a - category two hurricane, and the moment you put hurricane before anything regardless of the category, you know it will be big. a lot of devastation from this hurricane as it moves across florida and exit into the atlantic. it will still be a hurricane, this time category one, so still packing a punch. look at the satellite picture, look at the size of this hurricane. it is enormous. and it will continue to drift steadily eastwards, bringing a lot of rain, flooding, as tom was saying, and at the moment storm surges on both the gulf coast and the atlantic coast. in st

petersburg, it was 16 inches of rain thatis petersburg, it was 16 inches of rain that is a lot of rain in a short amount of. tampa bay, for example, that was expected to have a huge storm surge, but the hurricane just drifted a little bit further south so it went into a negative storm surge which means which meets the water is lower that it should be normally. that could pick up again as the hurricane tracks across. the hurricane is losing its source of energy, the warm waters off of the gulf of mexico, as it pushes away. if you are wondering if it comes our way, is often the hurricanes in america get tangled up in our weather systems, america get tangled up in our weathersystems, not america get tangled up in our weather systems, not directly, america get tangled up in our weathersystems, not directly, but it could interfere our modelling which could make the weather forecast here next week a bit more uncertain. you can follow the latest developments about hurricane milton and its impact on florida on the bbc news website. it news website. is still dark there but we will

be it is still dark there but we will be following its throughout the it is still dark there but we will be following its throughout the morning this morning. i think this morning this morning. i think this will be connected to the weather, a will be connected to the weather, a bit closer to home. not so severe, thank goodness. bit closer to home. not so severe, thank goodness. northern france has been struck northern france has been struck by strong winds and heavy by strong winds and heavy rains as storm kirk swept rains as storm kirk swept through the region. through the region. the french weather the french weather authority has issued red and yellow flood warnings. as much as one month's authority has issued red worth of rainfall seen in the space of a day. in the space of a day. the storm also caused flooding in portugal and spain, leaving 300,000 people without power. 300,000 people without power. analysis of the challenges facing analysis of the challenges facing the chancellor ahead of her first the chancellor ahead of her first budget has found the government budget has found the government will need billions from tax rises will need billions from tax rises in order to balance the books. in order to balance the books. ben's been looking at the figures. some of the terms might sound some of the terms complicated but put very simply this is about the decisions on the taxes we pay and how to find the services

we pay and how to find the services we use every day.

that the chancellor has inherited from the last government. taxes are already at an historic high, public debt is rising while interest rates are relatively high. at the same time public services are under strain and in need of more money to meet increasing demand for things like health and adult social care. this number crunching by the ifs and economists at investment bank citi will further fuel speculation about what tax rises the chancellor might unveil in that budget on 30th october. thank you. we will eat talk to —— we will be talking tojonathan reynolds later on in the programme, the business secretary. human activity is continuing to drive declines in wildlife in what the conservation charity, wwf, calls a "catastrophic" loss of species. the organisation's living planet report, which is released every two years, has revealed that global wildlife populations have shrunk by an average of 73% in the last 50 years.

it says the decline has been driven by human activity such as habitat destruction, and further compounded by climate change. the national fire chiefs council has called for restrictions on diy kits which convert pedal cycles into e—bikes. the kits enable a battery and a motor to be fitted to a bike but some websites sell them without batteries or chargers, and buyers have to find their own. the government says it's introducing new laws to regulate the market. the us presidentjoe biden has urged the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu him to "minimise" harm to lebanon's civilians in a 30 minute phone call, which is believed to be their first contact since august. our correspondentjonathan head joins us now from beirut. jonathan, good morning to you. really interesting that this is the first contact between the two leaders which just shows how disparate the attitudes are insolent

times of israel's actions of late. definitely. assuming that is the case is what we believe, a huge amount has changed since the last time they spoke. israel has launched its attacks here against levitt and inflicted enormous damage on —— against lebanon and inflicted enormous damage on hezbollah, killing many of the leaders. the station was about what israel does about iran. the united states does not want israel to escalate the conflict against iran, iran fired missiles at israel last month, many in the establishment in israel believe that with hezbollah so we can to, this might be their best opportunity to attack iran —— with hezbollah so weakened. we don't know how effective the us can be in restraining israel if it wants to attack iran. the defence minister in

israel has one of a devastating and precise attack against iran which will be unexpected. the huge toll of israel's humanitarian —— operations humanitarian wise, israel is saying it is being precise in targeting enemies and doing its best to minimise casualties but five people killed yesterday in a strike in beirut and two people killed in israel, northern israel and some injured in haifa so the strikes carry on. here's carol with a look at the weather. good morning again. tell is a little bit more about a calmer seed at home. i'm glad to say so, charlie. it's a

chilly starts today in the highlands, temperatures are below freezing and it is windy especially down the north sea coastline. gusty winds today. essentially it is a day of sunny spells and feeling cooler, the wind is coming from a northerly direction. we have started with some showers in the north, some wintry in the hills of scotland. further south showery outbreaks of rain and quite a bit of cloud. this will continue to sink south through the course of the day. the brighter skies following behind, some sunny spells, snow levels in scotland go back up into the mountains, but it will be windy down the north sea coastline in particular. it is coming from a chilly direction so if you are close to a windward facing coast, you are likely to see the odd shower. temperatures, eight to 12 degrees. if evening and overnight, clear skies across england and wales, some frost around. we are looking at the

wind changes direction to a west north—westerly, still some showers coming in across scotland infringing into northern ireland. and a chilly night once again, overnight lows four orfive, may be night once again, overnight lows four or five, may be lower than that in some rural areas. tomorrow we start with clear skies by night, a fair bit of sunshine. sunshine showers coming across scotland will continue. some fringing into northern ireland. although the wind direction has changed, the cold air is embedded so it will feel chilly wherever you are. saturday, the north will see some rainy, dry in the south but all looking pretty dry on sunday. thank you, see you later. let's take a look at today's papers. the guardian focuses on scrutiny of the upcoming budget. the paper reports that the institute for fiscal studies says the prime minister's promise to end austerity will need "£25

billion of tax rises". the ifs says the chancellor rachel reeves faces a challenge of finding the tax increases. the daily express reports that pensioners hit with the winter fuel cuts could soon face a "tax raid". the paper claims that a freeze to tax—excluded income means more pensioners will have to "pay up" after the state pension increases. the telegraph's front page includes coverage of the conservative leadership race, which saw kemi badenoch and robertjenrick make it through to the final ballot yesterday. the paper says that their rival james cleverly was knocked out of the race after tactical voting by some mps backfired. and "unmasked" is the headline on the daily mirror, after a judge ordered that the 17—year—old boy who killed his ex—girlfriend must be named. logan macphail stabbed 15—year—old holly newton 36 times. we'll hear more about the case from our correspondent alison freeman later in the programme. another 65 women have contacted the bbc with allegations

against mohamed al—fayed going back as far as the 1970s. their accounts include accusations of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment. they were sent to the bbc in the three weeks since the documentary "al—fayed: predator at harrods" was broadcast. al fayed died last year. our correspondent helena wilkinson has been speaking to some of the women. he seemed to have more hands than a normal human being somehow. sheena, who has waived her right to anonymity, vividly remembers the moment she says mohamed al—fayed sexually assaulted her 47 years ago. she was 25 at the time. so then he came round and he stood behind me and i thought, "oh, what is he doing?" and then he sort of lurched and both hands, both of his hands came down over my shoulders to the front, and then one hand came down and went on my leg. it was 1977, and sheenagh was working in the rapidly expanding gulf port of dubai.

al—fayed asked to meet her about a job, then assaulted her. i just was stunned, really. that's the best word i can think of, i was stunned. and eventually he moved and told me that i would regret it. his parting shot was, "you will regret it." it didn't end there. sheenagh says for months, al—fayed would follow her and continue his threats. sometimes he would grope her again. and in the end i realised that stalking was something that describes beautifully what he was doing to me. that is the perfect word. sheenagh�*s allegation is the earliest against al—fayed that the bbc is aware of. in my experience, he's... with me, it was 1977, so that's a long time before the harrods and the ritz events were going on. so i thought people seemed to be concentrating on these two as being his bad times. no, no, he did it from 1977, in which case he obviously did it from 1977 forever in his life after that. it was at al—fayed's family home

in surrey that another woman says she was the victim of repeated attacks and was held against her will by him. he started to stroke my thigh under my skirt. margot, which isn't her real name, was 19 when she applied for a job as a nanny. she's portrayed here by an actor. one morning before 5am, i was awoken by my bedroom door opening, and al—fayed came in, shutting the door behind him. he sat down on my bed, deliberately squashing me up against the wall. then he got under the sheets with me. his hands were everywhere. he raped me. margot says she was kept prisoner by him for several days at the oxford family home, and was repeatedly sexually assaulted.

like other women the bbc has spoken to, margot believes she was offered the job under false pretences. the job just didn't exist. he didn't need a nanny, he didn't want a nanny. looking back, i believe i was recruited purely as a potential sex partner or plaything for al—fayed. as the number of allegations against al—fayed increases, it's clear his apparent offending was not confined to his time at his best known business, harrods. helena wilkinson, bbc news. in response to our inquiries harrods have said, "since the airing of the documentary, so far there are 200—plus individuals who are now in the harrods process to settle claims directly with the business." if you have been affected by any of the issues raised, information and support is available via the bbc�*s action line.

one of the biggest overhauls to workers' rights and employment law in years will be introduced to parliament today. ben can run through what is going to be in the bill and why. we are talking tojonathan reynolds the business secretary, you have already gone through what the ifs have done in looking how the government is going to spend ahead of the budget, but this is about workers' rights, employer's right and not everyone is pleased about what is being proposed? lilo. and not everyone is pleased about what is being proposed? no, you are riaht, what is being proposed? no, you are right. we will— what is being proposed? no, you are right, we will come _ what is being proposed? no, you are right, we will come onto _ what is being proposed? no, you are right, we will come onto that. - the prime minister has called this the biggest upgrade of workers' rights for a generation, let me talk through it. employment rights were at the centre of the labour party's manifesto during the election campaign and today the first draft of the employment rights bill will be presented to parliament, there are a total of 28 measures so here are a few. the bill will ban what the government calls

exploitative zero hour contracts that currently affect about a million workers, and also so—called fire and rehire policies, that's where someone's contract is terminated and they're rehired on different, often worse, terms and conditions. the current two year qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal will be removed, meaning people have that right from day one of employment. the government estimates that will help about nine million workers. also from day one of anyjob workers will be entitled to bereavement and paternity leave. while the right to flexible working is to be strengthened, making it the default arrangement where it is practical. the government has already reversed laws introduced by the previous administration to prevent strikes as well as agreeing pay deals

with a number of public sector groups. unions are generally pleased with the new bill but the federation of small businesses say their concerns have been ignored. rushed, it feels rushed, it's 28 different pieces of things wrapped up in one. and it's unfair because some of the stuff in here on maternity is very, very good, but it's wrapped up in all these other things, so it's confusing. you know, you've got to think to yourself that most of the businesses in the uk aren't sitting with huge hr teams. you know, they're not like the big businesses and the public sector who can maybe handle things like this. so nowhere on this do i think that they've sat back and thought, what about the small businesses? organisations representing hr professionals say the new laws will promote more inclusive working places but are waiting on the details. so there are some areas which have caused concern for employers in particular. there's been a lot of discussion about the so—called day one

rights in employment, which in particular mean the removal ofan unfair dismissal qualification period. now, we've always had a qualification period of that nature, which helps to reduce a little bit of the risk of recruitment. so a big change and with the budget also looming at the end of this month the government hoping to reshape workers' rights in order to provide that economic growth they have promised. that would ease pressure on the public finances if things go according to plan. the public finances if things go according to plan. the word is enou~h! according to plan. the word is enough! thank— according to plan. the word is enough! thank you _ according to plan. the word is enough! thank you very - according to plan. the word is | enough! thank you very much. coming up on breakfast. she's the pop princess with songs you just can't get out of your head. kylie's been talking to us about her critics, her outfit changes, and performing on stage with madonna. time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria hollins. there's growing pressure for the government to make it mandatory for food outlets to display their hygiene ratings following a bbc london undercover investigation. bbc researchers exposed 27 food outlets in east london misleading the public — with some having zero or one ratings yet claiming much higher scores. the government has not yet responded to the bbc�*s approach for comment.a the government has not yet responded to the bbc�*s approach for comment. a leading public health body says this needs to urgently change to root out bad operators. i think it's also really important that what is displayed is checked by local authorities, because we can't have a situation where people are falsifying the ratings and giving consumers a feeling of trust that's actually not deserved.

it's one year since a major fire at luton airport's car park destroyed more than 1,300 vehicles. an incident report by the fire and rescue service in bedfordshire said that although a sprinkler system was not mandatory it would have changed and delayed the spread of the blaze. the fire which started in a diesel vehicle which caused a partial collapse of the building. 60?schools in north london are now revising their phone policies to become smartphone free. local headteachers have been meeting with campaign group smartphone free childhood in recent months and are now signing up implement new policies and work towards banning smartphones during the school day. the government guidance is that says that schools should prohibit the use of mobile phones, but they will have autonomy on how to do this.

let's take a look at the tubes now. there's a mixed service on the tubes this morning. there are minor delays on the circle and hammersmith and city lines. london overground is part suspended southbound from willesdenjunction to shepherds bush now onto the weather with kawser. hello there. good morning. well, it's been quite a cloudy night for many of us, with some outbreaks of showery rain, but this will continue to clear this morning and it becomes drier with some decent spells of sunshine, especially by the afternoon. but for the time being, still cloud around. still outbreaks of patchy rain clearing to the south with this northerly breeze and by the afternoon, temperatures reaching around 10 to 12 celsius. just the chance of one or two showers. now for this evening, though, showers fade away and we have clearer skies. and overnight tonight it will be a chilly night. temperatures quite widely dipping down to low single figures. there may be a few spots down to around two or three celsius, maybe even a touch of frost in the outskirts. but as we look ahead, well, friday should be dry with some sunshine as high pressure is still with us. but saturday there is the chance

we could see a few showers around, but it should stay largely dry as well and sunday should be dry too. so overall, not too bad. there should be some decent dry weather, but it will be chilly out there as temperatures remain quite cool by day and by night as well. and that's your forecast for now. that's it — plenty more on our website including the man who lost £20,000 pounds in a rental scam. dont foget you can download the bbcnews app. we're back in half an hour. see you then. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. returning now to our main story. hurricane milton has hit florida's west coast in the last few hours — with winds of more than 120 miles per hour. it is expected to be one of the most devastating storms in a century and has seen millions flee their homes. this map shows the areas most at risk of what's called a storm surge —

a rush of sea water in coastal areas. the combination of a low pressure storm and high sea levels could see floodwaters up to 13 feet in the worst—affected areas. america's weather channel has been warning people about the potential scale of these surges. at scale of these surges. three feet above the normal ground, at three feet above the normally dry ground, water is already life—threatening. it is too late to evacuate, and these waves can knock you off your feet, evacuate, and these waves can knock you off yourfeet, make evacuate, and these waves can knock you off your feet, make cars float and driving impossible. the first floors of home and businesses are flooded on the water is expected to rise higher, and six feet above the height of most people, vehicles get carried away, structures fail and look at this, anything could be in the water. sharp glass, debris, chemicals as well. the scary part is some areas could see surge values at ten or 15 feet and this takes us up to nine, and look what it does. at this level, the first floors of structures are flooded and there are few places that are safe when the water rises this high.

earlier, the governor of florida, ron desantis, warned residents to stay inside, as it was too late to evacuate safely. as the hurricane hit florida, he gave this update. there's already been 116 tornado warnings with 19 confirmed touchdowns throughout the state. nine a flash flood warnings and four additional flood watches with many, many more to come. numerous counties have reported tornado damage. peak storm surge is predicted to be between five and 13 feet depending on where you are on the gulf coast of florida. we'rejoined now by dr nicholas grondin, a professor specialising in atmospheric science at the university of tampa, and florida resident phil peachey who has been helping british holidaymakers in orlando. phil, maybe i can speak to you first. good morning. what is the situation where you are this morning?— situation where you are this

morning? situation where you are this morninu? �*, , ., , morning? it's 'ust gone very quiet. this storm — morning? it'sjust gone very quiet. this storm has _ morning? it'sjust gone very quiet. this storm has probably _ morning? it'sjust gone very quiet. this storm has probably been - morning? it'sjust gone very quiet. this storm has probably been the i this storm has probably been the noisiest and most powerful i've ever seenin noisiest and most powerful i've ever seen in 25 years here in orlando and i've never seen the trees spend so much, really scary, but i guess we must be in the eye right now because it has gone eerily quiet. tell must be in the eye right now because it has gone eerily quiet.— it has gone eerily quiet. tell us about the _ it has gone eerily quiet. tell us about the fears _ it has gone eerily quiet. tell us about the fears we _ it has gone eerily quiet. tell us about the fears we have. - it has gone eerily quiet. tell us about the fears we have. we i it has gone eerily quiet. tell us. about the fears we have. we are looking at one of the live images in tampa, which is giving us a sense of the strength of the wind and rain there and a lot of concern about the storm surges, the flooding. what can you tell us about that? i storm surges, the flooding. what can you tell us about that?— you tell us about that? i think the ictures, you tell us about that? i think the pictures. when — you tell us about that? i think the pictures, when it _ you tell us about that? i think the pictures, when it gets _ you tell us about that? i think the pictures, when it gets light, - you tell us about that? i think the pictures, when it gets light, it's i pictures, when it gets light, it's now a little after 1:30am, but when it gets light i think the pictures of the damage will be horrific, like none of us have ever seen. i think it's probably the worst situation, the worst storm, tampa and all of

those other little places have ever had. the local news stations have been reporting it all day and it's decimated. some of it has gone. i decimated. some of it has gone. i know you have been involved in trying to help people, a lot of british holiday—makers who might be over there and clearly and there is a concern about loss of life in that in terms of preparations have people been sensible precautions have been taken? ., , ., ., taken? no, they have and unfortunately _ taken? no, they have and unfortunately when - taken? no, they have and unfortunately when the i taken? no, they have and - unfortunately when the package holiday brits arrive here they are given very little information, so they are dumped in a budget hotel in they are dumped in a budget hotel in the tourist corridor, getting very little contact from the airlines and tour operators. gone are the days

where you had holiday reps on the ground, and now it is an app, so some of them are getting information via apps and text, but there are no reps helping people out. virgin have a rep, but he is so thinly spread, i'm not sure how he can cope. apparently tui have done a great job, but the poor brits who arrived at the last 48 hours, everything was shot, they didn't know where to go and the major supermarkets was shot so they were stuck without water, so i've done what i could have delivered cases of water, but a few of them have come totally unprepared for this storm. of them have come totally unprepared for this storm-— for this storm. doctor nicholas, let's talk about _ for this storm. doctor nicholas, let's talk about what _ for this storm. doctor nicholas, let's talk about what this - for this storm. doctor nicholas, let's talk about what this storm | for this storm. doctor nicholas, - let's talk about what this storm has actually become. this category one hurricane which has come down from

four, but it doesn't take away the prospect of real devastation of infrastructure and human life. that's 100% infrastructure and human life. that's100% correct. just because the storm has weakened does not mean hazards such as tornadoes and heavy rainfall and flooding disappear. yes, the sustained wind is low and thatis yes, the sustained wind is low and that is normal as a storm makes landfall but the other hazards, particularly rain in areas like orlando where i am right now and daytona beach is a significant concern. in daytona beach is a significant concern. , ., ., . ~ concern. in terms of tracking the storm, concern. in terms of tracking the storm. we _ concern. in terms of tracking the storm. we saw — concern. in terms of tracking the storm, we saw as _ concern. in terms of tracking the storm, we saw as it _ concern. in terms of tracking the storm, we saw as it hit - concern. in terms of tracking the storm, we saw as it hit moving l concern. in terms of tracking the | storm, we saw as it hit moving to orlando, how easy is it to accurately track the intensity of it? in accurately track the intensity of it? , ., ., ., accurately track the intensity of it? , ., ., �*, it? in terms of the location it's fairly easy _ it? in terms of the location it's fairly easy once _ it? in terms of the location it's fairly easy once the _ it? in terms of the location it's fairly easy once the storm - it? in terms of the location it's fairly easy once the storm is i it? in terms of the location it's fairly easy once the storm is in range of radar because you are able to track the circulation using radar. you are relying on a mix of

satellite imagery as well as surface reports on their observations recently from here in daytona beach of hurricane wind gusts and the national hurricane center uses these observations whether they are satellite, radar or ground observations.— satellite, radar or ground observations. , ., ., . observations. this is an area which has seen storm _ observations. this is an area which has seen storm helene, _ observations. this is an area which has seen storm helene, and - observations. this is an area which l has seen storm helene, and florida is familiar with storm season but what does it say in terms of intensity and frequency of intense weather events?— intensity and frequency of intense weather events? obviously helene less than two _ weather events? obviously helene less than two weeks _ weather events? obviously helene less than two weeks ago _ weather events? obviously helene less than two weeks ago made - less than two weeks ago made landfall in north florida and the impact of helene on the west coast where the impacts had been strong was mostly confined to storm surge or significant storm surge damage but as you move into the eastern

suburbs of tampa and orlando, the impact was less from helene but this storm came in on a different angle and instead of running parallel, it made a direct landfall and now it is cutting across the state. the state is used to this but in terms of a direct landfall in tampa bay, at this intensity, we haven't seen something like this since the early 19205 something like this since the early 1920s which is unique in terms of the track. , ., 1920s which is unique in terms of the track. ., . ., .,, 1920s which is unique in terms of the track. ., . ., , ., the track. doctor nicholas grandin, thank ou the track. doctor nicholas grandin, thank you so _ the track. doctor nicholas grandin, thank you so much, _ the track. doctor nicholas grandin, thank you so much, and _ the track. doctor nicholas grandin, thank you so much, and florida - thank you so much, and florida resident, phil peachy for your insights as well and do stay safe. mike hasjoined us with mike has joined us with the sport. it's hardly some awful and tragic news about a football player that many in england will know —— it is sadly some awful news. tonight england will play greece at wembley

so you can imagine how emotion will be for the players on both sides as a team—mate of both of theirs. the football world is in shock, as it mourns the sudden death of a player so popular, amongst fans and players, across the premier league and championship the former sheffield united defender george baldock, who has died, at the age ofjust 31. he was born in buckinghamshire, and played with united until he moved to panathinaikos in greece, in the summer. he had also been playing for the greek national side for two years, thanks to a greek grandmother, baldock, featured in his club side's, league match, as recently as sunday...and it has been reported, that he was found dead in the swimming pool, at his villa near athens. bar tributes have been pouring in.

former sheffield united team—mate and england goalkeeper, dean henderson, said: "a friend, great teammate, great player and also a great family man. sending all my love to all the family. rip brother". and the england national team said "george was close to many of our players, and represented greece — our opponents, on thursday night. we're thinking of george's family, friends and team—mates at club and country at this difficult time." and tributes will be paid at wembley ahead of tonight's england's nations league game against greece. more details on this will be annonced later. manchester city defender john stones, will captain england for the first time, with harry kane injured. both england and their opponents, have two wins from two so far . interim head coach lee carsley, said he'd been careful, not to overwork the players in training . and for stones, after the initial surprise of being named captain it's been back to business. stones was speaking before the tragic news about george baldock emerged. an incredible moment for me. and, it's a bit more normal, actually. today, everything resumes as as normal. the preparation, the training

that we've done and our focus is the same. so, yeah, to be walking out with the armband on is an absolute honour and one that i'll cherish forever. now what a night it was for manchester city in the women's champions league who managed a stunning 2—0 win over the holders barcelona. but in contrast arsenal were on the end of a drubbing in germany asjo currie reports. a night to remember, manchester city backin a night to remember, manchester city back in europe with a bang, the defending champions humbled. right from kick—off, city had been up for the fight. both sides fired warning shots. before the home side took their chance. shots. before the home side took their chance-— their chance. and it is there from manchester _ their chance. and it is there from manchester city! _ their chance. and it is there from manchester city! what _ their chance. and it is there from manchester city! what a - their chance. and it is there from manchester city! what a time - their chance. and it is there from manchester city! what a time for| manchester city! what a time for

naomi helene _ manchester city! what a time for naomi helene to _ manchester city! what a time for naomi helene to score _ manchester city! what a time for naomi helene to score her- manchester city! what a time for naomi helene to score her first | manchester city! what a time for - naomi helene to score her first goal for the club but the side ahead up our time. the second half was all barcelona until city broke. bonnie shaw was too strong and too fast and then to skilful. bud shaw was too strong and too fast and then to skilful.— then to skilful. and she has done it. ci then to skilful. and she has done it- city 2-0 _ then to skilful. and she has done it. city 2-0 winners _ then to skilful. and she has done it. city 2-0 winners and - then to skilful. and she has done it. city 2-0 winners and pulling l then to skilful. and she has done. it. city 2-0 winners and pulling off the biggest _ it. city 2-0 winners and pulling off the biggest shock— it. city 2-0 winners and pulling off the biggest shock of _ it. city 2-0 winners and pulling off the biggest shock of the _ it. city 2-0 winners and pulling off the biggest shock of the opening l the biggest shock of the opening round. elsewhere, a bruising night for arsenal in munich, having gone ahead in the first half, they collapsed after the break. the 13 minute hat—trick from pernille harder saw them capitulate, succumbing to a 5— to defeat. bayern munich brilliant, arsenal simply stunned. now to the cricket and after his record breaking day at the creasejoe root is now aiming to help england build a first innings lead against pakistan. you don't expect to even think about a lead when the other team scores 556 in theirfirst innings, which is what pakistan did but it's a batter�*s paradise in multan. and in reply bothjoe root england's leading run

scorer now and harry brook are still going strong after making their centuries with england 549—3 so not far behind. scotland's women are out of the t20 world cup after a crushing defeat to south africa in dubai which ended their hopes of making the semi—finals. chasing a victory target of 167 — which is the highest in the tournament so far — scotland were bowled out 80 runs short in dubai. they're playing in the world cup for the first time and have one more group game — against england — to come. a plenty of motivation for scotland against england to come. human activity is continuing to drive declines in wildlife in what the conservation charity, wwf, calls a "catastrophic" loss of species. from forest elephants in tropical forests to hawksbill turtles off the great barrier reef, populations are plummeting. the organisation s "living planet report" has revealed that global wildlife populations have shrunk by an average of 73% in the last 50 years. our science correspondent

victoria gill explains. it should be in this direction. searching the limestone hills for signs of life. so we're looking for a fern, just literally poking its fronds out of the rocks. there we go. so that's your holly fern. in this patch of the yorkshire dales, conservationists and volunteers are working to bring nature back, one rare plant at a time. there's maybe about 30 plants. yeah, really very rare. so the national nature reserve is about 1000 hectares, and we've got 30 plants in a tiny little patch of it, and we're just trying to find a way to protect it here, but also see if we can actually get it to spread. as beautiful as it looks, this is just a pocket of recovering natural habitat in a country where nature is in decline. and according to the charity the wwf, the loss of natural spaces globally over the last 50 years has caused wildlife populations,

from the poles to the tropics to shrink by an average of 73%. this isn'tjust a sad story about the loss of wildlife. this has profound consequences for you and i. we know, with having lost so many wild places, that this is putting many ecosystems really on the brink, and many of them from the amazon through to our coral reef system, are really on the edge of very dangerous tipping points. last year, tropical rainforest was destroyed at a rate of ten football pitches a minute. often for agriculture. losing swathes of forest here changes patterns of rainfall, causing droughts that actually make it harder to grow food. intact tropical forest supports a vast array of wildlife, but it also helps fight climate change. so wild spaces aren't just homes for wildlife. scientists say they're the planet's life support system. in less than two weeks, world leaders will meet in colombia

at the un conference on biodiversity to agree a plan to halt this global loss of nature. you can see the green fuzz. conservationists like tim hope that countries will honour their commitment to protect at least 30% of the planet for nature by 2030. for us, this is the first time we've had holly fern growing, and we've... for now, here in yorkshire, there are some fragile signs of recovery. massive achievement for us to get to that point. a few green shoots of evidence that nature can be restored with a little bit of help. victoria gill, bbc news in the yorkshire dales. beautiful where, despite what is going on, carol can tell us more as she has a beautiful scene behind us. you know what i am like, i usually whine a bit about it being cold and rainy but you see what is happening in florida and i am just grateful. we are feeling the seasonal change but it is fine.

we are feeling the seasonal change but it is fine-— but it is fine. absolutely right. at the moment _ but it is fine. absolutely right. at the moment hurricane _ but it is fine. absolutely right. at the moment hurricane milton - but it is fine. absolutely right. at| the moment hurricane milton has but it is fine. absolutely right. at - the moment hurricane milton has been downgraded to category one but has sustained _ downgraded to category one but has sustained wind speeds of 90 mph and imagine _ sustained wind speeds of 90 mph and imagine if— sustained wind speeds of 90 mph and imagine if we had that on our shores — imagine if we had that on our shores. what we have today is a cold start to _ shores. what we have today is a cold start to the _ shores. what we have today is a cold start to the day in the north of scotland — start to the day in the north of scotland with temperatures falling below _ scotland with temperatures falling below freezing. it is windy in the north— below freezing. it is windy in the north sea — below freezing. it is windy in the north sea but we have sunny spells and it's— north sea but we have sunny spells and it's feeling cooler as we go through— and it's feeling cooler as we go through the next couple of days. as you can _ through the next couple of days. as you can see, — through the next couple of days. as you can see, we are pulling on the northerly— you can see, we are pulling on the northerly air— you can see, we are pulling on the northerly air stream and the weather front has— northerly air stream and the weather front has produced cloud and rain and will— front has produced cloud and rain and will sink southwards of the morning — and will sink southwards of the morning and behind it it brightens up morning and behind it it brightens up and _ morning and behind it it brightens up and there will still be showers around, — up and there will still be showers around, particularly on windward coast, _ around, particularly on windward coast, so — around, particularly on windward coast, so the west, the east and north— coast, so the west, the east and north but— coast, so the west, the east and north but we could even see a few getting _ north but we could even see a few getting into the midlands through the afternoon but they will be fairly— the afternoon but they will be fairly isolated. temperatures today ranging _ fairly isolated. temperatures today ranging from seven in the north to 12 or— ranging from seven in the north to 12 or 13— ranging from seven in the north to 12 or 13 as — ranging from seven in the north to 12 or 13 as we push further south. if 12 or 13 as we push further south. if you _ 12 or 13 as we push further south. if you are — 12 or 13 as we push further south. if you are exposed to the wind, it will feel— if you are exposed to the wind, it will feel cold. as we head through

the evening and overnight, a lot of clear— the evening and overnight, a lot of clear skies— the evening and overnight, a lot of clear skies and we are looking at a touch— clear skies and we are looking at a touch of— clear skies and we are looking at a touch of mist and fog forming across parts _ touch of mist and fog forming across parts of _ touch of mist and fog forming across parts of england and wales and some frost and _ parts of england and wales and some frost and showers coming in across scotland _ frost and showers coming in across scotland and these are the overnight lows but _ scotland and these are the overnight lows but in _ scotland and these are the overnight lows but in rural areas it will be lower— lows but in rural areas it will be lower than— lows but in rural areas it will be lower than this. that takes us into tomorrow — lower than this. that takes us into tomorrow. tomorrow you can see how the cold _ tomorrow. tomorrow you can see how the cold air— tomorrow. tomorrow you can see how the cold air is— tomorrow. tomorrow you can see how the cold air is represented by the blue across us all but there is a change — blue across us all but there is a change in — blue across us all but there is a change in wind direction to a more westerly— change in wind direction to a more westerly across the north of the country — westerly across the north of the country which doesn't mean it will san -- _ country which doesn't mean it will san -- turn — country which doesn't mean it will san —— turn milder because we still have _ san —— turn milder because we still have the _ san —— turn milder because we still have the cold air but it will perhaps _ have the cold air but it will perhaps be a bit less cold but we will still — perhaps be a bit less cold but we will still have the showers coming in across— will still have the showers coming in across scotland, fringing into northern — in across scotland, fringing into northern ireland but in england and wales, _ northern ireland but in england and wales, a _ northern ireland but in england and wales, a lot of dry weather around and some — wales, a lot of dry weather around and some sunny intervals and some fair weather— and some sunny intervals and some fair weather cloud floating around as well _ fair weather cloud floating around as well. temperatures ranging from seven— as well. temperatures ranging from seven in— as well. temperatures ranging from seven in the north to 13 in london and maybe — seven in the north to 13 in london and maybe 15 in the channel islands and maybe 15 in the channel islands and for— and maybe 15 in the channel islands and for saturday we have a weather front moving southwards but a ridge of high _ front moving southwards but a ridge of high pressure builds on sunday

and that— of high pressure builds on sunday and that is— of high pressure builds on sunday and that is effectively keeping the weather— and that is effectively keeping the weather fronts at bay, so on saturday _ weather fronts at bay, so on saturday it is england and wales starting — saturday it is england and wales starting off and we have a weather from _ starting off and we have a weather from singing south bringing the work -- the _ from singing south bringing the work -- the rain — from singing south bringing the work -- the rain "— from singing south bringing the work —— the rain. —— sinking south. there will be _ —— the rain. —— sinking south. there will be wintering us on the top of the hills— will be wintering us on the top of the hills and it will be colder on the hills and it will be colder on the hills— the hills and it will be colder on the hills between seven or 8 degrees and further south we are into higher temperatures but no heatwave in prospect~ — temperatures but no heatwave in prospect. as we move into sunday, another— prospect. as we move into sunday, another chilly start to the day and another chilly start to the day and a lot of— another chilly start to the day and a lot of dry— another chilly start to the day and a lot of dry weather, fair bit of sunshine — a lot of dry weather, fair bit of sunshine around, fair weather cloud again— sunshine around, fair weather cloud again bubbling up through the day but the _ again bubbling up through the day but the rain is waiting in the wings in the _ but the rain is waiting in the wings in the west— but the rain is waiting in the wings in the west and these are our temperatures, between eight and 12 degrees, _ temperatures, between eight and 12 degrees, maybe 15 in the channel islands _ degrees, maybe 15 in the channel islands |— degrees, maybe 15 in the channel islands. ., ., degrees, maybe 15 in the channel islands. . . , ., degrees, maybe 15 in the channel islands. . ., , ., ., , islands. i have a question with lots of --eole islands. i have a question with lots of people getting _ islands. i have a question with lots of people getting in _ islands. i have a question with lots of people getting in touch - islands. i have a question with lots of people getting in touch and - islands. i have a question with lots of people getting in touch and i'ml of people getting in touch and i'm sure you will be aware of the weather centre, the bbc app is giving some confusing information. can you explain? brute giving some confusing information. can you “plain?— can you explain? we are having a technical glitch _ can you explain? we are having a technical glitch at _ can you explain? we are having a technical glitch at the _ can you explain? we are having a technical glitch at the moment i can you explain? we are having a technical glitch at the moment asj can you explain? we are having a l technical glitch at the moment as it is showing — technical glitch at the moment as it

is showing wind speeds far too fast, in fact— is showing wind speeds far too fast, in fact hurricane strength and that is not _ in fact hurricane strength and that is not the — in fact hurricane strength and that is not the case at all, so don't be alarmed by that and we are aware of it and _ alarmed by that and we are aware of it and we _ alarmed by that and we are aware of it and we are — alarmed by that and we are aware of it and we are on it and trying to fix it— it and we are on it and trying to fix it right now, so hopefully that will fix _ fix it right now, so hopefully that will fix itself up. you fix it right now, so hopefully that will fix itself up.— fix it right now, so hopefully that will fix itself up. you are going to net back will fix itself up. you are going to get back with _ will fix itself up. you are going to get back with your _ will fix itself up. you are going to get back with your screwdriver i will fix itself up. you are going to | get back with your screwdriver and your welding torch. i've got the image there. you get back to it. it will be sorted soon if you are in charge. thanks, carol. shalli will be sorted soon if you are in charge. thanks, carol. shall i take over? she's the popstar with songs you just can't get out of your head — from starring in neighbours nearly 40 years ago to taking tiktok by storm — kylie shows no sign of slowing down. next year, she'll embarks on her 15th world tour. our music correspondent mark savage sat down with her to take a step back in time. a warning, this report contains flashing images. # camera. # action. # that's it. kylie minogue is no

stranger to the camera. this is the video for her 83rd single, and it comes a year after the global smash, "padam padam" put her back at the top of the charts. # padam, padam. # i hear itand i know... she says she doesn't take success for granted. it's so weird because i never stopped working. but then there's these peaks and i really look at it like, not that i'm a surfer, but i have caught a wave once in my life, so i understand the principle. a lot of paddling. we're paddling, paddling, paddling. you've caught a lot of waves in your career. sometimes... i've taken a few stacks, i reckon. i've been dumped a few times by some waves, but, i guess part of the thrill is in the chase and the search. neighbours theme. you're disturbing the whole street with your carry on, and it is sunday morning! i don't hear anyone else

complaining, you old bag! kylie found fame as charlene, the tomboy mechanic in the soap opera, neighbours, but her musical ambitions pre—dated that show. you and your brother and sister used to perform "grease lightning" in the front room. we would do that. # nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. # grease lightning! # go, grease lighting! the same front room where the record player was, so we could do that along to the vinyl and then i made a demo cassette when i was 17, with three songs on it. i did cry in the studio because i was kind of overwhelmed and nervous. # i should be so lucky. # lucky, lucky, lucky. in the beginning, kylie was not taken seriously. newspapers called her a singing budgie and spread scandalous stories about her love life. how did you deal with that when you were growing up and learning the ropes? one of the blessings is that i had a job and i had responsibilities, and i had to show up to work. there were definitely times where i would have liked to just hide. you've got to earn your

stripes, and that's cool. it wasn't cool that people were.. ..some of them were as nasty as they were. and especially... that's not some kind of invisible person behind a keyboard. these were journalists... these were grown adults who kind of should have known better. # yourdisco... no matter what the press said, the public was always on kylie's side. when she was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after this show in earl's court in 2005, the outpouring of love kept her going. i got letters and letters and letters, and drawings and messages, and i kept them all and they really, really made such a difference to me. envelopes that just said "kylie minogue, pop star" or "kylie minogue, australia". and they got to you? and i would think the post department have bothered to... i just felt like there was just a trail of love and support.

and it was just beautiful. kylie got the all—clear from cancer in 2006. since then, she's played a record breaking show at glastonbury, won a global icon award at the brits... thank you! ..and duetted with madonna. # i will survive... come on, sing it with us! the reasoning for that is she lost her mother to breast cancer. she knows of some of my story, and i suppose even more relevant for that, in the moment, for her and i, we're women who have survived the industry. # when i go out, i want to go out dancing... now she's preparing for her first world tour since 2019. you have seven or eight outfits per show. that's stressful. and sometimes you're in and out of them in under a minute. how does that happen, practically? i'm going to confess,

a lot goes on in the quick change. i might swear a lot. i actually apologised not that long ago. like, its frantic. it's really stressful. and itjust takes one thing to go wrong. and it did pass by wardrobe on a gig i did recently, and ijust said, "i'm a despicable human being. i'm s orr y and they're like, "what happens in quick change stays in quick change." and i heard a rumour that sometimes in the quick change you down a couple of oysters. i've tried all sorts of different things. someone mentioned an oyster one time. so, yeah, i have downed oysters. it's just for time and ease. but you need something with lots of energy. it's like a runner in a marathon, right? it's got to be fast. maybe i should get those packs. yeah. the things that astronauts have. mental note. yes. yeah. i want astronaut food. and guess what? she's already got the outfit to go with it.

mark savage, bbc news. # you're gonna put yourself... and you can watch the full interview on iplayer, just search for kylie, behind the glamour. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. there's growing pressure for the government to make it mandatory for food outlets to display their hygiene ratings following a bbc london undercover investigation. bbc researchers exposed 27 food outlets in east london misleading the public with some having zero or one ratings yet claiming much higher scores. the government has not yet responded to the bbc�*s approach for comment. a leading public health body says this needs to urgently change to root out bad operators. i think it's also really important that what is displayed is checked by local authorities, because we can't have a situation where people are falsifying the ratings and giving consumers a feeling of trust that's

actually not deserved. it's one year since a major fire at luton airport's car park destroyed more than 1,300 vehicles. an incident report by the fire and rescue service in bedfordshire said that although a sprinkler system was not mandatory it would have changed and delayed the spread of the blaze. the fire which started in a diesel vehicle which caused a partial collapse of the building. 60?schools in north london are now revising their phone policies to become smartphone free. local headteachers have been meeting with campaign group smartphone free childhood in recent months and are now signing up implement new policies and work towards banning smartphones during the school day. the government guidance is that says that schools should prohibit the use of mobile phones, but they will have autonomy on how to do this. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's a mixed service on the tubes this morning. there are minor delays on the hammersmith and city lines. thejubilee line is part suspended

north greenwich to stratford because of a faulty train. now onto the weather with kawser. hello there. good morning. well, it's been quite a cloudy night for many of us, with some outbreaks of showery rain, but this will continue to clear this morning and it becomes drier with some decent spells of sunshine, especially by the afternoon. but for the time being, still cloud around. still outbreaks of patchy rain clearing to the south with this northerly breeze and by the afternoon, temperatures reaching around 10 to 12 celsius. just the chance of one or two showers. now for this evening, though, showers fade away and we have clearer skies. and overnight tonight it will be a chilly night. temperatures quite widely dipping down to low single figures. there may be a few spots down to around two or three celsius, maybe even a touch of frost in the outskirts. but as we look ahead, well, friday should be dry with some sunshine as high pressure is still with us. but saturday there is the chance we could see a few showers around, but it should stay largely dry

as well and sunday should be dry too. so overall, not too bad. there should be some decent dry weather, but it will be chilly out there as temperatures remain quite cool by day and by night as well. and that's your forecast for now. that's it — plenty more on our website including the man who lost £20,000 in a rental scam. we're back in half an hour. see you then. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today. hurricane milton hits florida with wind speeds of up to 120 miles per hour. it's predicted to be one of the most devastating us storms in living memory. at this point it's too dangerous to evacuate safely so you have to shelter in place

and just hunker down. a number of people have died after tornadoes hit the state, ahead of the hurricane's arrival. this is the scene at the university of tampa. across florida millions of people have been warned that the storm will be extremely dangerous and life threatening. the hurricane is still a category one, it will continue to push into the atlantic, but even so it will still be category one when it does so. it's still like to produce some tornadoes and storm surges on both coastlines. the chancellor needs to find billions by the end of the month to keep her promises, economists warn rachel reeves ahead of the budget. new rights for workers. the government unveils a raft of measures but some businesses warn the plans will threaten jobs and growth spacesuits at the ready. tim peake will be here looking

for the astronauts of the future. it's thursday the 10th of october. our main story. one of the most devastating storms in living memory has hit florida, with many feared dead. hurricane milton brought winds of up to 120 miles per hour, leaving nearly two million people without power. this shows the path of the storm as it hit land in sarasota several hours ago and now heads towards orlando. there are warnings of storm surges and flash flooding over the coming hours which could be life—threatening. let's take a look at the scene now at the university of tampa. hurricane milton hit florida just after midnight uk time. it is of course still dark there so it is a little hard to work out but

i think you get the sense of the strength of the wind and the rain. and this is the live scene in fort myers, which is south of sarasota, close to where the hurricane first hit. you can still see significant wind there, buffeting the infrastructure, and the landscape, and the rain coming down as well. let's get the latest now from our correspondent steve knibbs. hurricane milton made landfall with its full force and spread slowly across central florida. over the gulf of mexico, the storm showed its strength, ripping up waves nearly 30ft high. in st petersburg the roof was ripped open on a stadium set up to house thousands of emergency responders. thousands of emergency responders. milton was taking hold. milton was taking hold. now, at this point, it's too now, at this point, it's too dangerous to evacuate safely, dangerous to evacuate safely, so you have to shelter in place so you have to shelter in place and just hunker down. and just hunker down. in st lucie said that people but if you start to get but if you start to get in a situation where trees in a situation where trees are snapping, power is popping, are snapping, power is popping, you do have to treat you do have to treat it like a tornado. it like a tornado. tornadoes hit in several places. tornadoes hit in several places.

the sheriff's office the sheriff's office in st lucie said that people there have died as a result. in fort myers earlier, some buildings were destroyed in an instant. these windows blew out. i was about probably right here when it happened. my cat over there on the desk, i grabbed the two dogs and like, run under my bed. that was it. probably, probably one minute total. across florida, hurricane milton's power intensified. strong winds, heavy rain battered the west coast, but it didn't stop some wanting to witness it first—hand. i've had a lot of anxiety over the night about it

just look at this. and it's this and the strong winds combined that are causing the most concern. this is life—threatening inundation. that water is going to violently be pushed onto dry land by the winds associated with milton as it makes landfall this evening. the lethal effects of storm helene a fortnight ago were also worrying many, as milton takes hold here. just a few weeks ago in helene, we lost 11 or 12 people. all were in evacuation zones. and so our message has been, you know, for the last 48 hours to get to an evacuation zone if you're ordered to do so. so far, over a million people have lost power as milton wreaks its predicted havoc. those still in the path of the storm can now only wait and hope. steve knibbs, bbc news. let's take a closer look at some of the numbers associated with hurricane milton. around seven million people in southern florida were ordered

to evacuate with those choosing to stay being warned that they must fend for themselves. that affects people along a stretch of more than 300 miles of coastline. nearly 2000 flights have been cancelled in or out of the us with two major airports in florida shut. hurricane milton brought with it winds of 120 miles an hour when it made landfall, having seen fluctuations in its strength over the past few days. we can now speak to our north america correspondent tom bateman, who is in orlando for us this morning. good morning. iwonder what good morning. i wonder what sense you can give us of the damage that has been wreaked so far, as we understand it, the storm possibly not quite as strong as we might have

expected? not quite as strong as we might have exected? ., not quite as strong as we might have exected? . , , expected? charlie, remember, this was a category _ expected? charlie, remember, this was a category five _ expected? charlie, remember, this was a category five storm - expected? charlie, remember, this was a category five storm when - expected? charlie, remember, this was a category five storm when it l was a category five storm when it was a category five storm when it was out in the gulf of mexico, the highest possible, most destructive storm there is. as it made landfall, it had downgraded to a category three, still very, very forceful, still an extremely dangerous hurricane. it has been downgraded again as it barrels its way across the state of florida to category two, but that's still a storm that can be very severe damaging to buildings. one of the big risks is flooding. we have seen the rain and wind ease off the last ten or 15 minutes since we last spoke to an hour ago but we have seen a huge amount of rain here and the last few minutes flashing up on our phones, we have had another flash flood warning, talking about life—threatening risks from the amount of rainfall and flooding that is hitting the central parts of florida. the other big risk, what is

there a lot of damage here, has been tornadoes. as we were driving down south on the interstate highway, we saw the sky moving in, darkening in front of us as the wind and rain whipped up. you could really see the thing moving in. we were hearing warnings on local radio of the sheer numbers of tornadoes in other parts of this state. and as we have been hearing, a sheriff in st lucie county on the atlantic coast has said that there were 17 suspected tornadoes in the space of 20 minutes there, one of them hitting a leisure resort in that county. a number of fatalities he said, and the rescue and recovery work being carried out there now. for and recovery work being carried out there now. ., ., ., there now. for the moment, tom, thank you- — i saw you listening with interest there to what tom was saying, carol,

those pictures of tornadoes earlier, they are extraordinary images and lots of life lost there. also with the storm surges and flooding, there is a lot of risk. absolutely, hurricanes will spawn tornadoes. it is a category three storm to begin with, now it is category one, 90 miles an hour winds. the gusts are more than that. you can see the track that it is taking, the eye definition has gone as it makes landfall and it will continue to push east. it is the third most rapidly developing atlantic hurricane on record. if you follow the track of it, it continues to push out into the atlantic. we still think it will be a category one hurricane doing so, but as we go into the cooler waters of the atlantic, it will start to lose its energy source so it will weaken. the

energy source so it will weaken. the energy source so it will weaken. the energy source has been above average temperatures in the gulf of mexico feeling it. even as it moves away, the east coast will be whipped by those winters. the amount of rainfall we have had, 90 to 100 millimetres, in st petersburg there have been 17 inches of rainfall. that is classed in a one in 1000 year rainfall event for this area. the storm surges another worry in the west and the east as well. so lots still to contend with.- lots still to contend with. thank ou, lots still to contend with. thank you. carol- _ you can follow the latest developments about hurricane milton and its impact on florida on the bbc news website. there news website. is a theme developing this morning there is a theme developing this morning in connection to the weather because we are looking closer to

home in europe. not as bad as what we are seeing in florida but still significant. northern france has been struck by strong winds and heavy rains as storm kirk swept through the region. the french weather authority has issued red and yellow flood warnings. as much as one month's worth of rainfall was seen in the space of a day in some parts. the storm also caused flooding in portugal and spain, leaving 300,000 people without power. analysis of the challenges facing the chancellor ahead of her first budget has found the government will need billions from tax rises, in order to balance the books. ben's been looking at the figures. simply, this is about decisions on the taxes we pay and how to fund the services we all use. what we have here is a very influential and respected think tank setting out the challenge for the chancellor. the institute for fiscal studies says the chancellor needs to raise £25 billion in extra taxes to avoid making cuts to some public services

when she reveals her first budget at the end of this month. rachel reeves has already set out £9 billion in planned tax rises during the election such as making private schools pay vat and windfall tax measures on energy companies. but where will the other £16 billion come from? well, the government promised not to raise the main taxes paid by workers — that's income tax, national insurance and vat — and corporation tax which is paid by businesses. that leaves little wriggle room. you may have heard talk of the chancellor changing the rules so she can borrow more, but that would only be to invest in big projects like new roads and rail schemes, not to cover day to day spending on services. so all of this will stoke speculation about the tax rises that haven't yet been ruled out, such as capital gains tax and the rate of national insurance paid by employers,

as well as stamp duty and the amount of tax—free pension you can withdraw early. all speculation, but against a backdrop of public finances that the ifs says is an "unenviable" one that the chancellor has inherited from the last government. taxes already historically high, public debt rising and public services in need of more money to meet increasing demand for things like health and social care. we'll be speaking to the business secretary, jonathan reynolds, just after 7.30am. the former sheffield united defender george baldock has died at the age of 31. baldock, who was born in england but played for greece, was found dead in the swimming pool at his house in southern athens. attempts to rescuscitate him were unsuccessful. his family said they were "in shock at this terrible loss". another 65 women have contacted the bbc with allegations against the former harrods owner

mohamed al fayed, going back as far as the 1970s. it follows the broadcast of the documentary "al—fayed: predator at harrods" three weeks ago. in a statement, the london department store said that "200—plus individuals" are now in the process "to settle claims directly with the business." human activity is continuing to drive declines in wildlife in what the conservation charity, wwf, calls a "catastrophic" loss of species. it says the global wildlife populations have shrunk by an average of 73% in the last 50 years, with habitat destruction one of the causes, further compounded by climate change. the us presidentjoe biden has urged the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu to "minimise" harm to lebanon's civilians in a 30 minute phone call, which is believed to be their first contact since august. our middle east correspondent yolande knelljoins us now from jerusalem.

yolande, good morning. this phone call, it is believed to be the first one in a couple of months. itjust shows the gulf between agreement of strategy, israel's strategy. yes. strategy, israel's strategy. yes, definitely it — strategy, israel's strategy. yes, definitely it shames _ strategy, israel's strategy. yes, definitely it shames the - strategy, israel's strategy. use: definitely it shames the strained relationship between the two leaders. remember of course the us is israel's closest ally. when it comes to this conversation, we have got the official account coming from the us side with the white house spokeswoman saying that this was a direct and very productive conversation. obviously wide—ranging because you now have fighting going on in multiple fronts in this region. when it comes to gaza, first of all, we are told that president biden was talking about the need for diplomacy, to bring home those remaining israeli hostages held by hamas. but also bringing up the humanitarian situation which has

really deteriorated in recent days, especially in the north of the strip as israel has issued these new evacuation orders forcing people to flee from their homes under fire there. when it comes to lebanon, also the us pressing ultimately for diplomacy there to be able to return israelis to their homes in the north of the country and lebanese to their homes on the other side of the border but we know in the past 24 hours, this fighting has been raging on the israeli military saying it has killed another hezbollah senior figure, in theory at this time. otherwise, it was really about the options for israel in retaliation to the massive iranians missile attack that came through last week. the us has very much been trying to shape and moderate, perhaps limit israel's response to that, knowing that there could be an iranians counter retaliation which could tip us into an even wider regional war. thank

you, yolande. a landmark las vegas casino has been given a spectacular send off before being demolished. talk about going out in style! a firework and drone show was used to say farewell to the tropicana, one of the last symbols of vegas�*s golden era. in its heyday, it was visited by frank sinatra and the rest of the rat pack but is now making way for a new baseball stadium. just like that, it's gone. there we 90, just like that, it's gone. there we go, carol. what do you think about that? quite spectacular, charlie, a bit of history has vanished. good morning, everybody. a chilly start this morning if you have not ventured out. i cool day generally, northerly

winds across our spots sunny spells to enjoy as well. a weather front is moving steadily south through this morning taking cloud and patchy rain with it. it will still be across the southern counties of england, perhaps the odd shower is getting into the midlands and parts of wales, but north of that dryer with some sunshine for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, except for a round windward coast where we will see some showers driven in on that cool northerly wind. gusty winds on the north sea coastline. you might have heard naga talking about the storms in the near continent, that is due to x hurricane kirk, which has swallowed up hurricane kirk, which has swallowed up the low pressure which brought us rain the other day, but i don't moves away we get strong winds down the north sea coastline. —— but as it moves away we get strong wind. overnight clear skies across england and wales, cold enough for a touch of frost, mist and fog patches

forming showers coming across scotland and the north coast of northern ireland. a chilly start to the day tomorrow, but where we have had clear skies by night we will start with some sunshine. the showers persisting across scotland, getting into northern ireland, we could see one or two developing across england and wales, they will be the exception rather than the rule. temperatures, seven to 13 degrees. although the wind changes to westerly tomorrow it will feel cold wherever you are. thank you, see you later. it has been revealed that a 15—year—old girl stabbed to death in northumberland last year was killed by her ex—boyfriend who was 16 at the time. ajudge has now allowed holly newton's killer to be named as logan macphail, saying the nature of the relationship was a key factor in the case. macphail was found guilty of murder last summer and will be sentenced at the end of the month. our reporter alison freeman has been speaking to holly's family.

as soon as we got the phone call, we knew who'd done it. he didn't like her having otherfriends, he didn't like her going out without him. he needed to know where she was all the time. this is the face of the teenager who murdered holly newton. # i'll be the one you won't forget. logan macphail had been her boyfriend for 18 months before he stabbed the 15—year—old to death in an alleyway because she'd ended their relationship. herfamily say he killed her because he was obsessed with her and thought if he couldn't have her, no one could. we haven't been able to name logan macphail or say that he was holly's ex—boyfriend until now. that's because there was an order in place protecting his identity because he's under 18. but after we made an application to the judge, he's lifted that order because of what he calls the public concern about murders by young people carrying knives and violence against women and girls. macphail�*s obsession with holly had been clear during their relationship.

he was ringing her so many times throughout the day. she wanted to have her friends over and things, and he didn't agree with that. there was arguments over that as well. it was all just control. everything was control and when he couldn't control, then there was an issue. i think herfriends kind of told her, "this isn't normal, you need to tell him that you don't want to be with him any more." and i think at first that was a bit of a shock to holly. holly had found it difficult to end their relationship. macphail continued to contact her and her friends after they broke up. was there anything that made you think he was going to threaten her life at all? no, nothing. if i'd have thought that for one second he wouldn't have been allowed anywhere near her. the night before he killed holly, macphail travelled by bus to her home in haltwhistle,

claiming he wanted to get his playstation back. he sat for hours in the cold, repeatedly voice messaging one of her siblings, asking to be let in through a window. he was eventually taken away by the police. her mum arranged a meeting with officers for the following afternoon. she'd said, "but i was supposed to be going out with my friends tonight" and she'd begged me for a good, i don't know, half an hour, 45 minutes. "but, mam, i want to go out, he ruins everything for me." on friday, 27th january last year, holly finished school and went into hexham with herfriends. what she didn't know was that macphail had left his school in gateshead early and had caught the bus to the northumberland town. he tried ringing her more than 30 times because, he said, he wanted to know if the relationship was really over. he then followed holly without her knowing for 45 minutes. this cctv shows the killer

in the red box at the bottom of the screen, holly in the yellow box in front of him. eventually, he spoke to her in a bus stop. less than 15 minutes later, he persuaded her into the alleyway next to it, where he carried out such a frenzied attack that the knife broke during it. in just one minute, she suffered 36 stab and slash wounds, including to her head and neck. another boy attempted to stop him, but he too was stabbed. the attack only stopped when passers by intervened. emergency services arrived quickly and holly was taken to hospital, but she died shortly after. throughout the trial, macphail had claimed he'd been carrying the knife for more than a week because he planned to hurt himself, not her, and that he'd gone blank during the stabbing. he was arrested at the scene. holly's family say she was the victim of domestic abuse,

but because in the eyes of the law she was a child, it can't be classed as that. they want to see a change in the law. one thing i would like to see is the domestic violence age reduced where it can be classed as a crime, especially with children getting into relationships younger. because he's 16, so he's at the age where he can be in an abusive relationship. but because she was only 15, it goes down as knife crime. so it kind of goes in that category, which i don't personally think it should sit. i mean, the only connection it's got is the fact that he killed her with a knife. but in all honesty, i think he would have killed her with anything just so she couldn't be with anyone else because it was all about control, obsession and passion. logan macphail will be sentenced for holly's murder

at the end of the month. alison freeman, bbc news, newcastle. alison is with us now, good morning. he spoke at length to the family, and it is a truly dreadful situation they have been through. they are interested in how her death has been classified, aren't they, and they are interested in the notion of whether it was domestic abuse. if you could explain that a little bit? when it went down in police statistics, it had to be recorded as knife crime because holly was under 16, she was 15 so cannot be considered to be in an abusive relationship. what herfamily considered to be in an abusive relationship. what her family say is that it sounds like when you hear about knife crime and things like that, you think of perhaps gangs on the street. someone in the wrong place at the wrong time. the whole point of this is that she was targeted by somebody who was upset that she didn't want to be with him any more. this was very much a case of, he sought her out, followed her,

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behaviour is unacceptable. he threatened to kill himself several times because she finished the relationship. she kept going back to him because she felt guilty about her mum repeatedly told her, that isn't him, that is —— that is not on you, it is on him. isn't him, that is -- that is not on you, it is on him.— you, it is on him. i'm not being done to educate _ you, it is on him. i'm not being done to educate children - you, it is on him. i'm not being done to educate children aboutj done to educate children about coercive control but more needs to be done on the family needs to highlight this in light of what they have suffered, are basic for them to talk to you and have this story out there. ., ., talk to you and have this story out there. . ., ., ., ., ,, there. -- amazing for them to talk to. this crime _ there. -- amazing for them to talk to. this crime happens _ there. -- amazing for them to talk to. this crime happens 18 - there. -- amazing for them to talk to. this crime happens 18 monthsl to. this crime happens 18 months ago, and we have not been able to report it. his defence team initially tried to get him unfit to plead due to some learning difficulties he had, eventually the judge said he was fit to plead but when we were reporting the crime we could not say he was her ex boyfriend and could not report his

name. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria hollins. there's growing pressure for the government to make it mandatory for food outlets to display their hygiene ratings following a bbc london undercover investigation. bbc researchers exposed 27 food outlets in east london misleading the public — with some having zero or one ratings yet claiming much higher scores. the government has not yet responded to the bbc�*s approach for comment.a leading public health body says this needs to urgently change to root out bad operators. it's one year since a major fire at luton airport's car park destroyed more than 1,300 vehicles. an incident report by the fire and rescue service in bedfordshire said that although a sprinkler system was not mandatory it would have changed and delayed the spread of the blaze. the fire which started in a diesel vehicle which caused a partial collapse of the building.

we make no criticism of the airport for not fitting sprinklers in that building because the regulations don't require them to. so they were fully compliant. the benefit of sprinklers is it allows us valuable time to, first of all, for people to evacuate. and secondly, for the fire and rescue service to get there quickly and control and extinguish the fire. 60?schools in north london are now revising their phone policies to become smartphone free. local headteachers have been meeting with campaign group smartphone free childhood in recent months and are now signing up to implement new policies and work towards banning smartphones during the school day. the government guidance says that schools should prohibit the use of mobile phones, but they will have autonomy on how to do this. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's a mixed service on the tubes this morning. there are minor delays on the hammersmith and city lines. thejubilee line is part suspended

north greenwich to stratford because of a faulty train, and there are severe delays on the northern line. now onto the weather with kawser. hello there. good morning. well, it's been quite a cloudy night for many of us, with some outbreaks of showery rain, but this will continue to clear this morning and it becomes drier with some decent spells of sunshine, especially by the afternoon. but for the time being, still cloud around. still outbreaks of patchy rain clearing to the south with this northerly breeze and by the afternoon, temperatures reaching around 10 to 12 celsius. just the chance of one or two showers. now for this evening, though, showers fade away and we have clearer skies. and overnight tonight it will be a chilly night. temperatures quite widely dipping down to low single figures. there may be a few spots down to around two or three celsius,

maybe even a touch of frost in the outskirts. but as we look ahead, well, friday should be dry with some sunshine as high pressure is still with us. but saturday there is the chance we could see a few showers around, but it should stay largely dry as well and sunday should be dry too. so overall, not too bad. there should be some decent dry weather, but it will be chilly out there as temperatures remain quite cool by day and by night as well. and that's your forecast for now. that's it — plenty more on our website, including the man who lost £20,000 in a rental scam. dont foget you can download the bbc news app. we're back in half an hour. see you then. returning now to our main story. hurricane milton has hit florida's west coast in the last few hours — with winds of more than 120 miles per hour. it is expected to be one of the most devastating storms in a century and has seen millions of people flee their homes. this map shows the areas most at risk of what's called a storm surge — a rush of sea water in coastal areas.

the combination of a low pressure storm and high sea levels could see floodwaters up to 13 feet in the worst—affected areas. the us's weather channel has been warning people about the potential scale of these surges. that three feet above dry ground water is already life—threatening and it's too late to evacuate. water like this can knock you off your feet, make cars float and make driving impossible. the first tours of homes and businesses are flooded on the water is expected to rise higher at six feet above the height of most people, vehicles are carried away and structures fail. look at this. anything could be in the water. sharp glass, debris, chemicals as well. the scary part is, some areas could see surge values of ten or 15 feet. and this takes us up to nine feet, and look what it does. the first floors of structures are completely flooded and there are few places that is

safe when the water rises this high. it is worth saying the severity of the storm surges, we don't know as they occurred. earlier, the governor of florida, ron desantis, warned residents to stay inside, as it was too late to evacuate safely. as the hurricane hit florida, he gave this update. there already been at 116 tornado warnings with 19 confirmed touchdowns throughout the state. nine flash flood warnings and four additional flood watches with many, many more to come. numerous counties have reported tornado damage. the peak storm surge is predicted to be between five and 13 feet, depending on where you are on the gulf coast of florida. a welsh family of six are among those who are sheltering from the storm in orlando. anna—jayne and matthew davies were on holiday with their children when they were forced to move to safety. we can speak to them now. good morning to both of you. anna,

how are things this morning? goad how are things this morning? good morninu. how are things this morning? good morning- still _ how are things this morning? good morning. still quite _ how are things this morning? good morning. still quite calm _ how are things this morning? (13pm morning. still quite calm but it's really windy and rainy outside but it's not set to hit us until about 6am. it's not set to hit us until about 6am, , .,, it's not set to hit us until about 6am. , .,, , ., 6am. so people understand in the uk, what time is — 6am. so people understand in the uk, what time is it — 6am. so people understand in the uk, what time is it now _ 6am. so people understand in the uk, what time is it now and _ 6am. so people understand in the uk, what time is it now and how _ 6am. so people understand in the uk, what time is it now and how long - what time is it now and how long have you got until it is at its worst? it have you got until it is at its worst? , g: ii . have you got until it is at its worst? , 9:1. ., ., [m worst? it is 2:30am and now. i'm sor i worst? it is 2:30am and now. i'm sorry i couldn't — worst? it is 2:30am and now. i'm sorry i couldn't hear _ worst? it is 2:30am and now. i'm sorry i couldn't hear that, - worst? it is 2:30am and now. i'm i sorry i couldn't hear that, matthew. 6am it is due to hit us, so we are awake _ 6am it is due to hit us, so we are awake and— 6am it is due to hit us, so we are awake and waiting for it to pass over _ awake and waiting for it to pass over do — awake and waiting for it to pass over. y ., awake and waiting for it to pass over. ,, . awake and waiting for it to pass over. i. ., ., ., ~ awake and waiting for it to pass over. ., ., .«r , ., over. do you want to take us through how it has worked _ over. do you want to take us through how it has worked for _ over. do you want to take us through how it has worked for you. _ over. do you want to take us through how it has worked for you. you - over. do you want to take us through how it has worked for you. you are i how it has worked for you. you are there on holiday and have landed right in the middle of a really dangerous weather situation. what have you been told and what are your circumstances? where are you? it’s circumstances? where are you? it's what happens when you come to florida _ what happens when you come to florida in— what happens when you come to florida in hurricane season, you draw— florida in hurricane season, you draw the — florida in hurricane season, you draw the cards as they coming out. we had _ draw the cards as they coming out. we had an— draw the cards as they coming out. we had an e—mail from the holiday provider— we had an e—mail from the holiday provider tui — we had an e—mail from the holiday provider tui while we were visiting

the parks — provider tui while we were visiting the parks and they offered to put us in this— the parks and they offered to put us in this hotel for the two main reasons _ in this hotel for the two main reasons. one was for structural support, — reasons. one was for structural support, what they call hurricane proof _ support, what they call hurricane proof but — support, what they call hurricane proof but secondly for power, the back-up — proof but secondly for power, the back—up generator that the hotel has .ot. back—up generator that the hotel has got we _ back—up generator that the hotel has got we are — back—up generator that the hotel has got. we are currently on the tenth floor— got. we are currently on the tenth floor and — got. we are currently on the tenth floor and we can't feel any wind but we can— floor and we can't feel any wind but we can certainly see it coming across— we can certainly see it coming across the _ we can certainly see it coming across the window.— we can certainly see it coming across the window. anna, we were heafina across the window. anna, we were hearing from _ across the window. anna, we were hearing from the _ across the window. anna, we were hearing from the governor- across the window. anna, we were hearing from the governor about i hearing from the governor about people being told what to do and where to go. do you feel like you have been well looked after? yes. our phones _ have been well looked after? yes. our phones have _ have been well looked after? yes. our phones have been _ have been well looked after? jazz our phones have been going off have been well looked after? 19:3 our phones have been going off with an alarm so everybody�*s phone goes to warn you about the hurricane and we had won a couple of hours ago telling us about the flood walls but also in the car on the way to the hotel the radio started going off like an alarm and it was telling you there was a tornado and you needed to seek shelter so the communication has been really good, to be fair. brute has been really good, to be fair. we wish you well and stay safe is the obvious thing to say and we will

hopefully keep in touch with you and see how it goes. thank you for your time this morning. the government has set out details of new rights for workers — including plans to ban zero—hours contracts and provide stronger protections from unfair dismissal. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, has called it the biggest upgrade of workers' rights in a generation. let's speak now to the business secretary, jonathan reynolds. good morning. thanks very much for joining us on breakfast. shall we go through some of the things proposed in the employment rights bill so you can clarify some things? shall we start with flexible working? the idea is that bosses, if you ask your boss to have flexible working, they have to or are expected to say yes unless it's absolutely not practical. so where is the

guidelines or who says what is practical and what is acceptable? good morning. lovely tojoin practical and what is acceptable? good morning. lovely to join you today from the north—east of england. this is a substantial upgrade of workers' rights and it's about more security for everybody in the workplace and making sure everybody benefits from the strong economy we will deliver, specifically on your question on flexible working this has existed for several decades in the uk but we will change the process by which you are able to request it and to simply ask —— answer your question on who will decide where it is not possible, there will be statutory guidance with grounds on which it would be possible meaning you have to trainjunior members would be possible meaning you have to train junior members of staff or you have management responsibilities but it will be straightforward and we should recognise what is agreed between an employer and employee that there are business benefits for the employee of the flexibility and keeping more people in work for longer and having more people in the labour market, so those are good things but it doesn't work for

everyone in the process will be improved by the legislation. but the can improved by the legislation. but they can still say no. yes, - improved by the legislation. but they can still say no. yes, if- improved by the legislation. but they can still say no. yes, if it's| they can still say no. yes, if it's for a legitimate _ they can still say no. yes, if it's for a legitimate business - they can still say no. yes, if it's i for a legitimate business reasons but it will be more straightforward and available to more people because it will be more straightforward and it will be more straightforward and it always a balance when you have legislation like this but we should recognise flexible working delivers benefits when it can be agreed between the employer and employee. shall we talk about unfair dismissal protections. you wanted the probation period for employees to be six months but now you say your preference is nine. what skewed your decision there? first preference is nine. what skewed your decision there?— decision there? first of all there are 9 million _ decision there? first of all there are 9 million british _ decision there? first of all there are 9 million british workers - decision there? first of all there | are 9 million british workers who have no protection against unfair dismissal right now because they've been with their employer for less than two years and they will get that right on day one. the probation period you are talking about are the process by which we will streamline in the early part of employment the

process by which a fair dismissal, legitimate dismissal can take place. we have never previously put a time limit on it but we've been working closely with businesses and will recommend nine months and there will be consultation around it but we want to make sure businesses of every size can continue to hire with confidence. sometimes it doesn't work out in the early period and i think the probation period is there to reflect that but we will do that alongside giving the 9 million workers greater protection from unfair dismissal and workers greater protection from unfair dismissaland i workers greater protection from unfair dismissal and i think that is the right balance to strike but there will be detailed consultation on taking it forward. i am there will be detailed consultation on taking it forward.— on taking it forward. i am 'ust concerned youri on taking it forward. i am 'ust concerned your earpiece h on taking it forward. i am just | concerned your earpiece might on taking it forward. i am just - concerned your earpiece might have run out. is it all right? ok, jonathan reynolds. we will get the technical crew. this is what our brilliant people who are never on camera do. we are getting the earpiece sorted out and i will try out. , earpiece sorted out and i will try out, , ., earpiece sorted out and i will try out. , :, earpiece sorted out and i will try out, , ., . ~' : earpiece sorted out and i will try out. :, :, earpiece sorted out and i will try out. , :, : :, :, out. sorry, i am back. we are at the front line here, _ out. sorry, i am back. we are at the front line here, so _ out. sorry, i am back. we are at the front line here, so sorry _ out. sorry, i am back. we are at the front line here, so sorry if— out. sorry, i am back. we are at the front line here, so sorry if it's - front line here, so sorry if it's different to the studio but good to

talk to you. hot different to the studio but good to talk to ou. :, :, different to the studio but good to talk to yon-— different to the studio but good to talk to ou. :, :, , :,, ~ :, talk to you. not a problem. another auestion talk to you. not a problem. another question when _ talk to you. not a problem. another question when it _ talk to you. not a problem. another question when it comes _ talk to you. not a problem. another question when it comes to - talk to you. not a problem. another question when it comes to what - talk to you. not a problem. another. question when it comes to what going on with your bill and your employments right bill. employers rights bill. there are concerns from business groups that you are going to cripple small businesses. the federation of small businesses used the word, saying he will cripple small businesses and this is being rushed. what is your response to that? , :, �* , :, ,~ that? this morning i've been asked is it happening _ that? this morning i've been asked is it happening too _ that? this morning i've been asked is it happening too quickly - that? this morning i've been asked is it happening too quickly and - that? this morning i've been asked is it happening too quickly and why| is it happening too quickly and why is it happening too quickly and why is it happening too quickly and why is it not happening quickly enough. you have to strike the balance around that. we've worked closely with businesses of all size and we have to recognise a lot of businesses in the uk operate to a higher standard than we would increase the floor with on this legislation but for small businesses, the point about probationary periods and listening and allowing them to hire with confidence, confidence of the greater burden on them as they won't have big hr departments and will find it hard to implement change and

we understand that and we have listened on that part —— is part of the bill. we promise this legislation in the first hundred days and that's exactly what we have been able to do. of course there is a process through parliament to make sure it is taken forward. foretell a process through parliament to make sure it is taken forward.— sure it is taken forward. well done with the earpiece. _ sure it is taken forward. well done with the earpiece. let _ sure it is taken forward. well done with the earpiece. let me - sure it is taken forward. well done with the earpiece. let me talk - sure it is taken forward. well done with the earpiece. let me talk to l with the earpiece. let me talk to you about the upcoming budget. as the prime minister said yesterday, there we go... you got me? i can there we go... you got me? i can hear you- — there we go... you got me? i can hear you- as — there we go... you got me? i can hear you. as the _ there we go... you got me? i can hear you. as the prime _ there we go... you got me? i can hear you. as the prime minister i there we go... you got me? i can i hear you. as the prime minister said esterda , hear you. as the prime minister said yesterday. he _ hear you. as the prime minister said yesterday, he will _ hear you. as the prime minister said yesterday, he will not _ hear you. as the prime minister said yesterday, he will not pre-empt - hear you. as the prime minister said yesterday, he will not pre-empt the| yesterday, he will not pre—empt the budget and that is not what i'm asking you to do. however he was very clearly asked, especially as you are aware, the iss has said that rachel wreaths will need to raise tax in this months budget by £25 billion —— rachel wreaths. she wants to make sure we do not return to austerity. one of the rays —— ways of raising money to pay for the debt

you've inherited from the conservative government is perhaps through national insurance. the prime minister said he is not going to raise taxes on working people. however, he was asked yesterday if national insurance employer contributions would increase and he would not answer. why wouldn't he answer? as business secretary must hearing from businesses who are saying, how are we going to be hit? the budget is 20 days away and i won't pre—empt that on morning tv. it has to be presented to parliament. the ifs are right to say what we've inherited is an unenviable and that the previous government's on add up own you have to reconcile that situation but we will stick to the manifesto commitments and the chancellor has been clear she will put forward a budget for growth. and that means first of all responsibility, serious nurse with public finances that is not been present for the last few

years and it means making sure money for longer—term investment, not raiding the money for short—term revenue budgets. we will have to wait a short period of time for the detail of that. but no one should be in doubt about the strength of the commitment. but in doubt about the strength of the commitment-— commitment. but that is not the cuestion, commitment. but that is not the question. it's — commitment. but that is not the question, it's about _ commitment. but that is not the question, it's about how - commitment. but that is not the question, it's about how you - commitment. but that is not the question, it's about how you willj question, it's about how you will carry out your commitment. businesses today will be getting in touch with you saying, hold on, our employer contributions, are they going to rise? i need to prepare for my business. they will say this to you as business secretary. do you say to them you are not going to pre—empt the budget? is that your answer? pre-empt the budget? is that your answer? , ,, :, , :, , :, , answer? they know, they are serious --eole and answer? they know, they are serious people and they _ answer? they know, they are serious people and they will _ answer? they know, they are serious people and they will have _ answer? they know, they are serious people and they will have to - answer? they know, they are serious people and they will have to wait - people and they will have to wait for the budget to have the details of what is in the budget. what they ask is for his seriousness, long termism, stopping the frequent policy changes which is a feature of the last government and we have an investment summit in the uk where we will announce a pipeline of billions of investment brought by the stability and policies of the new

government so i'm incredibly encouraged by that of the relationship we have with business, the pro—business platform that labour was elected and will continue in government and we will have candid conversations where they like what they see and will invest in the uk and be in no doubt that the uk will be one of the best places to invest under the new labour government. thanks forjoining us on breakfast. carroll, have you got your earpiece sorted out? mil carroll, have you got your earpiece sorted out?— sorted out? all under control? all under control, _ sorted out? all under control? all under control, as _ sorted out? all under control? all under control, as is _ sorted out? all under control? all under control, as is the _ sorted out? all under control? all under control, as is the weather. | sorted out? all under control? all. under control, as is the weather. we have a _ under control, as is the weather. we have a cold _ under control, as is the weather. we have a cold start to the day, —1 in the highlands and prestwick is freezing — the highlands and prestwick is freezing and wheeze —— as we move into belfast, — freezing and wheeze —— as we move into belfast, comes all the way south _ into belfast, comes all the way south and _ into belfast, comes all the way south and looking for a milder starting — south and looking for a milder starting 11 degrees, so what is happening? we have a weather front drifting _ happening? we have a weather front drifting south and areas cloud and

rain and _ drifting south and areas cloud and rain and to— drifting south and areas cloud and rain and to the north clear skies and more — rain and to the north clear skies and more of a northerly wind which is why— and more of a northerly wind which is why it _ and more of a northerly wind which is why it is — and more of a northerly wind which is why it is cold. the weather front continues— is why it is cold. the weather front continues to — is why it is cold. the weather front continues to drift south through the course _ continues to drift south through the course of— continues to drift south through the course of the day taking its cloud and showery rain with it and you will find — and showery rain with it and you will find you will see a lot of dry weather — will find you will see a lot of dry weather and fair weather cloud bubbling up gusty winds down the north— bubbling up gusty winds down the north sea coastline and showers are likely— north sea coastline and showers are likely to _ north sea coastline and showers are likely to blowing the north and west and in _ likely to blowing the north and west and in the _ likely to blowing the north and west and in the east. it will feel quite raw across — and in the east. it will feel quite raw across the north of scotland and in aberdeen and lerwick it is only 7 degrees _ in aberdeen and lerwick it is only 7 degrees and then the cold wind penetrates through the course of the day in _ penetrates through the course of the day in london and in cardiff we are looking _ day in london and in cardiff we are looking at— day in london and in cardiff we are looking at 12 or 13 in plymouth and st helier~ — looking at 12 or 13 in plymouth and st helier. through the evening and overnight— st helier. through the evening and overnight you see the cloud break and there — overnight you see the cloud break and there will be clear skies around and there will be clear skies around and for— and there will be clear skies around and for england and wales, a touch of mist _ and for england and wales, a touch of mist and — and for england and wales, a touch of mist and some frost around but showers _ of mist and some frost around but showers coming in on the north—westerly wind now across parts of scotland _ north—westerly wind now across parts of scotland and northern ireland. these _ of scotland and northern ireland. these are — of scotland and northern ireland. these are the overnight lows,

between _ these are the overnight lows, between four and 7 degrees and a bit higher— between four and 7 degrees and a bit higher in— between four and 7 degrees and a bit higher in st _ between four and 7 degrees and a bit higher in st helier. the cold air represented by the blue is embedded but the _ represented by the blue is embedded but the wind changes to a westerly which _ but the wind changes to a westerly which is _ but the wind changes to a westerly which is why you see the yellows but it will— which is why you see the yellows but it will still— which is why you see the yellows but it will still feel cold despite the change — it will still feel cold despite the change in the wind direction and we still have _ change in the wind direction and we still have a — change in the wind direction and we still have a fair few showers packing _ still have a fair few showers packing in across scotland and northern — packing in across scotland and northern ireland. for england and wales, _ northern ireland. for england and wales, drierand brighter, sunny intervals— wales, drierand brighter, sunny intervals and the chance of an isolated — intervals and the chance of an isolated shower but not much more than that— isolated shower but not much more than that and temperatures tomorrow, it will feel— than that and temperatures tomorrow, it will feel chilly between seven and i3— it will feel chilly between seven and 13 degrees. rain will clear by the time — and 13 degrees. rain will clear by the time we get to sunday with high pressure _ the time we get to sunday with high pressure building in effectively blocking the weather fronts so england — blocking the weather fronts so england and wales start on a dry note with — england and wales start on a dry note with sunshine and the weather front sinks— note with sunshine and the weather front sinks south and the weather front— front sinks south and the weather front kicks — front sinks south and the weather front kicks in behind and we see wintering — front kicks in behind and we see wintering us on the top of the hills

and in _ wintering us on the top of the hills and in the — wintering us on the top of the hills and in the north it will feel cold and in the north it will feel cold and we — and in the north it will feel cold and we are _ and in the north it will feel cold and we are looking at highs of seven to 8 degrees and south, eight to 14. sunday— to 8 degrees and south, eight to 14. sunday starts on a nippy note, and windy— sunday starts on a nippy note, and windy again — sunday starts on a nippy note, and windy again on the north sea coastline and ahead of this weather front which being blocked by that area of— front which being blocked by that area of high pressure and these are our temperatures, area of high pressure and these are ourtemperatures, so eight area of high pressure and these are our temperatures, so eight in lerwick, _ our temperatures, so eight in lerwick, nine in newcastle, 12 in london — lerwick, nine in newcastle, 12 in london and _ lerwick, nine in newcastle, 12 in london and cardiff but the top of the table — london and cardiff but the top of the table will be st helier at 15 degrees — the table will be st helier at 15 degrees. we the table will be st helier at 15 decrees. ~ :, the table will be st helier at 15 decrees. : :, :, :, :, , :, degrees. we love a weather map and information but _ degrees. we love a weather map and information but there _ degrees. we love a weather map and information but there is _ degrees. we love a weather map and information but there is a _ degrees. we love a weather map and information but there is a problem i information but there is a problem this morning. we can illustrate now, and it is on the bbc weather app, and it is on the bbc weather app, and it is suggesting that hurricanes style winds are coming all over the uk, which is clearly manifestly not true. no, it is not true at all. we have a technical glitch at the

moment. believe you me all hands on deck trying to sort this out quickly so do not believe that. we do not have hurricane strain —— hurricane strength winds or anything like it in the country today. or in future, hopefully. in the country today. or in future, hoefull . in the country today. or in future, ho efull . :, :, hopefully. ever again. it will never ha en hopefully. ever again. it will never happen again- _ hopefully. ever again. it will never happen again. don't _ hopefully. ever again. it will never happen again. don't say _ hopefully. ever again. it will never happen again. don't say that, - happen again. don't say that, charlie. you _ happen again. don't say that, charlie. you know _ happen again. don't say that, charlie. you know that - happen again. don't say that, charlie. you know that old i happen again. don't say that, - charlie. you know that old saying, never _ charlie. you know that old saying, never say — charlie. you know that old saying, never say never. i charlie. you know that old saying, never say never.— charlie. you know that old saying, never say never. i thought you were caettin never say never. i thought you were getting your — never say never. i thought you were getting your welding _ never say never. i thought you were getting your welding boots - never say never. i thought you were getting your welding boots on - never say never. i thought you were getting your welding boots on and l getting your welding boots on and all of your gear and fixing it properly. boufalthis all of your gear and fixing it properly. boufal this is a big problem, it's not a fix like that, it's a big problem. the chaps are working on it as quickly as possible and a normal service will be resumed as quickly as possible. in the meantime, we have you, which is all we need. you have a perspective on this that none of us have, because you have seen weather from space. storm like this one, for example,

you can see that from where you are in the space station? safer? you can see that from where you are in the space station?— in the space station? very clearly and the crews _ in the space station? very clearly and the crews have _ in the space station? very clearly and the crews have taken - in the space station? very clearly i and the crews have taken incredible photos of hurricane milton. we see about 2000 kilometres from the international space station so when a storm is forming, the crew might be one of the ones asking the photographers to track the data and then the date of the same to sneeze. it is absolutely that kind of image. and that is the classic view from the international space station. every day nasser will send a request, can you photograph these landmarks —— nasa. request, can you photograph these landmarks -- nasa.— landmarks -- nasa. were you surprised _ landmarks -- nasa. were you surprised when _ landmarks -- nasa. were you surprised when he _ landmarks -- nasa. were you surprised when he saw- landmarks -- nasa. were you surprised when he saw your i landmarks -- nasa. were you i surprised when he saw your first storm from space?— surprised when he saw your first storm from space? what surprised me more than the — storm from space? what surprised me more than the storm _ storm from space? what surprised me more than the storm as _ storm from space? what surprised me more than the storm as i _ storm from space? what surprised me more than the storm as i was - storm from space? what surprised me more than the storm as i was there i more than the storm as i was there when the fires in alberta were occurring and to see how quickly that fire, the smoke and smog spread over the continent of north america, and a reminder that our atmosphere is incredibly thin. the troposphere

is incredibly thin. the troposphere is about 20 kilometres, so there's not much of a band of gas that for the fire to spread into. you not much of a band of gas that for the fire to spread into.— the fire to spread into. you are a livin: the fire to spread into. you are a living science — the fire to spread into. you are a living science experiment, - the fire to spread into. you are a living science experiment, aren't you? i living science experiment, aren't ou? :, �* ~' living science experiment, aren't ou? :, �* 4' :, living science experiment, aren't ou? :, �* ~' :, i, living science experiment, aren't ou? :, �* 4' :, i, ~' you? i don't think of myself like that. but you? i don't think of myself like that- but you — you? i don't think of myself like that. but you are. _ you? i don't think of myself like that. but you are. we _ you? i don't think of myself like that. but you are. we haven't i you? i don't think of myself like i that. but you are. we haven't had that. but you are. we haven't had that many — that. but you are. we haven't had that many people _ that. but you are. we haven't had that many people fly _ that. but you are. we haven't had that many people fly for - that. but you are. we haven't had that many people fly for long - that many people fly for long periods in space so we are being monitored throughout our life to see what the effects of long duration space flight might be. fire what the effects of long duration space flight might be.— what the effects of long duration space flight might be. are you well? when ou space flight might be. are you well? when you came _ space flight might be. are you well? when you came back, _ space flight might be. are you well? when you came back, muscle - space flight might be. are you well? i when you came back, muscle atrophy, you have to work on things like that and it's been a while now, but how are you now? i know you have ambitions to go back up. absolutely. i can safel ambitions to go back up. absolutely. i can safely say _ ambitions to go back up. absolutely. i can safely say i'm _ ambitions to go back up. absolutely. i can safely say i'm going _ ambitions to go back up. absolutely. i can safely say i'm going through i i can safely say i'm going through the normal ageing process but we keep ourselves healthy as astronauts and the one thing we cannot reverse is the radiation dose, but it is in the safe limits.— is the radiation dose, but it is in the safe limits. where has it come from? we are _ the safe limits. where has it come from? we are slightly _ the safe limits. where has it come from? we are slightly outside - the safe limits. where has it come from? we are slightly outside of i the safe limits. where has it come i from? we are slightly outside of the earth magneto _ from? we are slightly outside of the earth magneto sphere _ from? we are slightly outside of the earth magneto sphere so _ from? we are slightly outside of the earth magneto sphere so we - from? we are slightly outside of the earth magneto sphere so we are - earth magneto sphere so we are getting about the equivalent of eight chest x—rays a day on the space station but it is actually

well within the safe limit for radiation. well within the safe limit for radiation-— well within the safe limit for radiation. :, :, : well within the safe limit for radiation. :, :, , :, : radiation. how does that affect you? you know, radiation. how does that affect you? you know. when _ radiation. how does that affect you? you know, when you _ radiation. how does that affect you? you know, when you get _ radiation. how does that affect you? you know, when you get an - radiation. how does that affect you? you know, when you get an x-ray, i radiation. how does that affect you? i you know, when you get an x-ray, you you know, when you get an x—ray, you see the medical staff stand behind a screen because you are told this is not good for you and you are getting eight per day. how does it affect you? eight per day. how does it affect ou? :, :, :, , :, eight per day. how does it affect ou? :, :, :, ': you? radiation is a difficult thing to determine _ you? radiation is a difficult thing to determine what _ you? radiation is a difficult thing to determine what the _ you? radiation is a difficult thing to determine what the effect - you? radiation is a difficult thing to determine what the effect is i you? radiation is a difficult thing i to determine what the effect is and for some people it can be quite serious with a small dose and other people can receive a large dose and have no effects which is why we are being monitored throughout our lives the nasa have a rule that we are not allowed to be exposed to a greater than 3% risk of any cancer compared to the average population. it than 3% risk of any cancer compared to the average population. iii than 3% risk of any cancer compared to the average population.— to the average population. if i had one of those _ to the average population. if i had one of those metres _ to the average population. if i had one of those metres pointing - to the average population. if i had one of those metres pointing at i to the average population. if i had i one of those metres pointing at you now, would it kick off massively? no, i'm not glowing green. you are not radioactive. _ no, i'm not glowing green. you are not radioactive. not _ no, i'm not glowing green. you are not radioactive. not at _ no, i'm not glowing green. you are not radioactive. not at all, - no, i'm not glowing green. you are not radioactive. not at all, it's - no, i'm not glowing green. you are not radioactive. not at all, it's in i not radioactive. not at all, it's in the safe limits _ not radioactive. not at all, it's in the safe limits set _ not radioactive. not at all, it's in the safe limits set but _ not radioactive. not at all, it's in the safe limits set but that's - not radioactive. not at all, it's in the safe limits set but that's the | the safe limits set but that's the one kind of medical aspect we cannot control. everything else, we can exercise, our bone density, muscle

mass, the immune system cardiovascular system, all the things that change in space, they are an amazing way of studying the ageing process so we can help our elderly population. that ageing process so we can help our elderly population.— elderly population. that is reassuring _ elderly population. that is reassuring for _ elderly population. that is reassuring for people - elderly population. that is reassuring for people who | elderly population. that is - reassuring for people who might elderly population. that is _ reassuring for people who might want to go to space in the future which is what your new book is all about. it seems like a great time to be talking about space exploration again as we are on the cusp of a new era and the artemis programme is well under way and four of my colleagues are training to launch next year, which will be a bit like apollo eight, going into the orbit of the moon and then the following year are to miss three, we will see humans walking on the surface of the moon again which is incredibly exciting. what are the qualities required of somebody who might want to be an astronaut?— to be an astronaut? people might be thinkin: to be an astronaut? people might be thinking instinctively, _ to be an astronaut? people might be thinking instinctively, you _ to be an astronaut? people might be thinking instinctively, you have - to be an astronaut? people might be thinking instinctively, you have to i thinking instinctively, you have to be a scientist, i don't know, you have to be a geologist, geographer, what are the qualities question what you have to be interested in science but you don't have to be a scientist.— but you don't have to be a scientist. : : :, :, , scientist. and so much of our “0b is

about studying i scientist. and so much of our “0b is about studying and i scientist. and so much of our “0b is about studying and science h scientist. and so much of ourjob is about studying and science but - scientist. and so much of ourjob is about studying and science but you j about studying and science but you have to ultimately be someone who gets on well with other people. that is the main role, you are going to spend a long period of time confined with other people in a spacecraft, so personality and character is so important, in addition to those academic studies. space agencies can train you to do the jobs you need to do but they cannot change your personality and character. you have written a few _ personality and character. you have written a few books _ personality and character. you have written a few books for _ personality and character. you have written a few books for children - personality and character. you have| written a few books for children now to engage them with the idea of space. when you talk to them, and they ask you questions, do you ever spot one and go, you would be good at this? , : ,:, spot one and go, you would be good at this? , : �* spot one and go, you would be good atthis? , : �* , at this? very much so. i've spoken to 3500 children _ at this? very much so. i've spoken to 3500 children this _ at this? very much so. i've spoken to 3500 children this week- at this? very much so. i've spoken to 3500 children this week alone i to 3500 children this week alone being inundated with questions and it's great to see how passionate and excited they are but occasionally you meet people who you think, you really have got the qualities that are required. for really have got the qualities that are required-— really have got the qualities that are required. for when things go wront. are required. for when things go wrong- we _ are required. for when things go wrong- we had _ are required. for when things go wrong. we had a _ are required. for when things go wrong. we had a few _ are required. for when things go wrong. we had a few problems i are required. for when things go - wrong. we had a few problems moments ago with communication going down with a government minister, but when

you are in space, do you have times when the comms stopped and you are not able to talk to earth? yes. when the comms stopped and you are not able to talk to earth?— not able to talk to earth? yes, we have comms _ not able to talk to earth? yes, we have comms blackouts _ not able to talk to earth? yes, we have comms blackouts on - not able to talk to earth? yes, we have comms blackouts on the - not able to talk to earth? yes, we i have comms blackouts on the space station and it hands over to satellites and sometimes there is an eight or ten minute gap between satellite handovers. that eight or ten minute gap between satellite handovers.— eight or ten minute gap between satellite handovers. that means even if ou want satellite handovers. that means even if you want to — satellite handovers. that means even if you want to do. _ satellite handovers. that means even if you want to do, you _ satellite handovers. that means even if you want to do, you wouldn't - satellite handovers. that means even if you want to do, you wouldn't be - if you want to do, you wouldn't be able to contact? absolutely. does that mess with your head a little bit? you are up there anyway and you think, i not even speak to them. yes, but we are trained to work independently as a crew on the space station and it's good for us not to be too dependent on mission control. there is an emergency on the space station where if it starts to tumble, we would lose electrical power and full communication and thermal control. that situation, the crew members on board have to be able to deal with without any help from anybody else.— able to deal with without any help from anybody else. what do you make about what is — from anybody else. what do you make about what is happening _ from anybody else. what do you make about what is happening with - from anybody else. what do you make about what is happening with space i about what is happening with space x, not coming back until next year, the astronauts. they seem really

happy. the astronauts. they seem really ha . . , :, �* :, the astronauts. they seem really ha . . , :, : :, , , happy. they went on the boeing style line a test flight _ happy. they went on the boeing style line a test flight expecting _ happy. they went on the boeing style line a test flight expecting it - happy. they went on the boeing style line a test flight expecting it to - line a test flight expecting it to be about eight days and they will now come back in february next year. and space x are rescuing them. thea;r and space x are rescuing them. they sent u- a and space x are rescuing them. they sent up a spacecraft _ and space x are rescuing them. tt9: sent up a spacecraft that and space x are rescuing them. tt91 sent up a spacecraft that has and space x are rescuing them. t“t91: sent up a spacecraft that has gone up sent up a spacecraft that has gone up with two crew and two spare seats to bring them back down. as an astronaut you enjoy time and space. but not that much time? t astronaut you enjoy time and space. but not that much time?— but not that much time? i don't think there _ but not that much time? i don't think there will _ but not that much time? i don't think there will be _ but not that much time? i don't think there will be sad - but not that much time? i don't think there will be sad about. but not that much time? i don't i think there will be sad about their time in space. they will be getting on with the rest of the crew and mucking in and they will come back in february next year.— mucking in and they will come back in february next year. when you are here on earth. _ in february next year. when you are here on earth, sitting _ in february next year. when you are here on earth, sitting on _ in february next year. when you are here on earth, sitting on our - here on earth, sitting on our sofa at home, doing normal things, here on earth, sitting on our sofa at home, doing normalthings, do here on earth, sitting on our sofa at home, doing normal things, do you get homesick for being up there? you do miss it, get homesick for being up there? tm. do miss it, absolutely. what, specifically? if you of earth from spaceis specifically? if you of earth from space is one thing you really miss and also looking on the other direction into the milky way. space walking is an incredible experience, it is like entering a whole other

realm and you miss the environment. it's a real privilege to work on the space station. every day you are dealing with cutting—edge technology, science experiments, multiple space agencies around the world, and that's an amazing environment to work in. latte world, and that's an amazing environment to work in. we are talkint environment to work in. we are talking later — environment to work in. we are talking later this _ environment to work in. we are talking later this morning - environment to work in. we are talking later this morning about shackleton and his voyages in a very different era, 1914. do you consider you and your ilk, those who go into space, do you consider yourself a modern version of those early explorers who were literally going to places where no one had been before? ~ , , , :, before? absolutely in terms of where we are about — before? absolutely in terms of where we are about to _ before? absolutely in terms of where we are about to go _ before? absolutely in terms of where we are about to go now, _ before? absolutely in terms of where we are about to go now, we - before? absolutely in terms of where we are about to go now, we are - we are about to go now, we are starting that new era. back in the 60s, the apollo era, that was cutting—edge, going to the moon for the first time and exploring a new celestial body and if we go to the south pole of the moon, it will be pioneering a new way of doing thing

and that will pave the way to the first human mars mission which is very much cutting edge of human exploration at the moment. t very much cutting edge of human exploration at the moment. i didn't know it was — exploration at the moment. i didn't know it was called _ exploration at the moment. i didn't know it was called a _ exploration at the moment. i didn't know it was called a shackleton - know it was called a shackleton crater, why is it that? just because he was an explorer?— crater, why is it that? just because he was an explorer? yes, south pole ofthe he was an explorer? yes, south pole of the moon. — he was an explorer? yes, south pole of the moon. so _ he was an explorer? yes, south pole of the moon, so that's _ he was an explorer? yes, south pole of the moon, so that's a _ he was an explorer? yes, south pole of the moon, so that's a crater- he was an explorer? yes, south pole of the moon, so that's a crater that i of the moon, so that's a crater that is interesting and there is water ice and areas on the crater rim in permanent sunshine so you can put out solar panels and have permanent energy. t out solar panels and have permanent enert . ,:, :, out solar panels and have permanent enert . :, :, i. energy. i will say the name of your book, but energy. i will say the name of your book. but give _ energy. i will say the name of your book, but give me _ energy. i will say the name of your book, but give me a _ energy. i will say the name of your book, but give me a fact _ energy. i will say the name of your book, but give me a fact for- energy. i will say the name of your| book, but give me a fact for anyone watching who will say, i want to know more about space. the watching who will say, i want to know more about space. the scale of the universe. — know more about space. the scale of the universe, we _ know more about space. the scale of the universe, we look— know more about space. the scale of the universe, we look up _ know more about space. the scale of the universe, we look up and - know more about space. the scale of the universe, we look up and see - the universe, we look up and see billions of stars in our milky way galaxy with about two —— 200 or 400 billion stars but the nearest star is 2.5 billion light years away, and it would take voyager one 77,000 years to get to the nearest star, so i think that helps put the scale of the universe into perspective. always fascinating hearing your stories. it does make you feel very, very small. tim, thank you so much.

tim's book, the cosmic diary of a future space invader, is out now. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria hollins. there's growing pressure for the government to make it mandatory for food outlets to display their hygiene ratings following a bbc london undercover investigation.

live from london. this is bbc news. hurricane milton makes landfall on the western coast of florida,

bringing winds of around 200kph. several people are reported to have died. millions fled the path of the storm — some chose to stay behind. at this point, it is too dangerous to evacuate safely, so you have to shelter in place and just hunker down. live in tampa, heavy rain and wind, even as the hurricane weakens. authorities in lebanon say an israeli air strike has killed at least five health workers in the south of the country. another 65 women have contacted the bbc with allegations against mohamed al fayed, going back as far as the 1970s, before his time at harrods. hello.

hurricane milton has slammed into the western coast of florida with a number of deaths reported on the atlantic coast. these are live pictures from tampa. heavy rain and wind there. the entire tampa bay region and areas to the south are at greatest risk of the storm, which is carrying winds of more than 200kph. the storm ripped the roof off the tampa bay rays baseball stadium in st petersburg. pieces of the non—retractable roof can be seen flapping in the wind. according to a local tv station, there were no reported injuries at the site. security video camera at a beach resort in fort myers clearly shows the ferocity of the hurricane. the camera catching the bending trees, the lashing rain and the flooded roads. and lightning briefly cut power to the hillsborough region of tampa bay. the traffic cameras capturing the moment the lights went out on the highway.

the governor of florida, ron desantis, said the time for safe evacuation had passed. he warned people left behind that they shouldn't go outside until officials told them it was safe to do so. bridges have been closed because of fears of a 4m—high storm surge. before the hurricane made landfall, strong winds ripped up trees and damaged mobile homes. more than two million people and businesses have been left without power. let's get the latest now from our correspondent, steve knibbs. hurricane milton made landfall with its full force and spread slowly across central florida. over the gulf of mexico, the storm showed its strength, ripping up waves nearly 30ft high. in st petersburg, the roof was ripped open on a stadium set up to house thousands of emergency responders. milton was taking hold. now, at this point, it's too dangerous to evacuate safely, so you have to shelter in place

and just hunker down. but if you start to get in a situation where trees are snapping, power is popping, you do have to treat it like a tornado. tornadoes hit in several places. the sheriff's office in st lucie said that people there have died as a result. in fort myers earlier, some buildings were destroyed in an instant. these windows blew out. i was about probably right here when it happened. my cat over there on the desk, i grabbed the two dogs and, like, run under my bed. that was it. probably...probably one minute total. across florida, hurricane milton's power intensified. strong winds, heavy rain battered the west coast, but it didn't stop some wanting to witness it first—hand. i've had a lot of anxiety over the night about it because it is my first hurricane. but ijust wanted to see the water and, you know, get the whole florida experience.

tonight, the first - images now coming in... the us news networks are following milton's progress closely. one broadcaster showed the potential impact of the rising tide. the water is expected to rise even higher at 6ft above the height of most people. vehicles get carried away, structures start to fail, just look at this. and it's this and the strong winds combined that are causing the most concern. this is life—threatening inundation. that water is going to violently be pushed onto dry land by the winds associated with milton as it makes landfall this evening. the lethal effects of storm helene a fortnight ago were also worrying many, as milton takes hold here. just a few weeks ago in helene, we lost 11 or 12 people. - all were in evacuation zones. and so our message has been, i you know, for the last 48 hours, to get to an evacuation zone if you're ordered to do so. i so far, over a million people have lost power as milton wreaks its predicted havoc. those still in the path of the storm

can now only wait and hope. steve knibbs, bbc news. returning to the scene live over florida and that is fort myers. more than 2 million homes and businesses are without power and there have been a number of reported deaths on the coast. hurricane milton has been downgraded to category one, but with the rain down over tampa, it is still wreaking havoc. viewers in the uk and elsewhere may have seen on the bbc weather app it was mistakenly said there was a hurricane in the uk. for anyone who spotted that, it was of course a data error. crystal lives just north of tampa and decided to stay there.

here she is describing what it was like when the storm hit. we lost power about 30 minutes before it made landfall. it made landfall a little bit south of where i am located. so the wind started picking up shortly after that and for my specific location the concern was the wind. we are not a storm surge area so we heard a lot of the wind howling and you'll hear gusts coming through. the rain was pretty steady, which we're pretty used to rain... sorry, we've already lost power! so the rain was kind of steady so we had heavy rainfall and a lot of the wind, you could hear transformers blowing as people continue to lose electricity. and then later on i think we actually had trees cracking, branches falling and we had two trees come down in our yard. fortunately it was not towards the house, it was safely in the front yard. so, we saw the impact of the storm. crystal, it sounds really terrifying. some people would want to know why

you did not heed the warnings from joe biden and the governor of florida, ron desantis, to leave for a safer place? they encourage you to leave, if you are in an evacuation zone. me, specifically, i was not in an evacuation zone because i was not in danger of any storm surges. that was a really, really scary part of this storm, the storm surges coming up. but where i am located, there wasn't a chance of flooding, i am in a concrete block home, which is very safe for high winds. they are made throughout florida because they are safe for high winds. and the location i am in was not as dire in need of evacuation as other places. places that needed to evacuate, i definitely agree they should evacuate, but i did not see the purpose of taking resources from people who should evacuate. tell us now, obviously you explained about your house and that you are not in an evacuation zone, we appreciate you taking

the time to talk to us, i just want to know now what you think comes next. are you worried about rising floodwaters? i hope you have enough supplies to keep you going as well. it's kind of breaking up. i kind of got what you said. we stocked up prior to this. we are florida natives here, me and my husband are both native so we know what to expect for hurricanes, so we made sure we stocked up and we have probably a month's worth of supplies right here in case we get a long period without power. we also have a recreational vehicle that we are able to run the generator with. so, basically, for us personally... having a bed, fridge, sink, a rest room to use, all that sort of stuff, and as for my concerns, it's going to be a lot of clean—up for me, specifically, but for the tampa area,

it's going to be devastating for the floodwaters in some parts and the clean—up and the degree after that. i know there is already a bunch of trees down and there will be a lot of clean—up for that. ok, just quickly, crystal, it's only a couple of years ago since it was hurricane ian hit some of that area. how has your area bounced back from that? how do you think you will bounce back from the devastation of this current hurricane of milton? honestly, florida has a great pattern of when it happens cleaning up and trying to rebuild as quickly as possible. neighbours here, 90% of my neighbours do not evacuate... they say if you need help with anything, i'll be happy to help. we go through this cycle here, we know the next part is to clean up and to help your neighbour and move on and rebuild and be prepared if it happens again.

that was crystal in florida who rode out the storm there and as he could hearin out the storm there and as he could hear in the interview has been in and out of power. —— as you could hear. now, let's speak to minreet kaur. minreet is a journalist who is currently in orlando. tell us where you were when the storm hit and what you saw and heard. t storm hit and what you saw and heard. :, :, :, :, :, heard. i am an orlando at the moment. _ heard. i am an orlando at the moment. 20 _ heard. i am an orlando at the moment, 20 minutes - heard. i am an orlando at the moment, 20 minutes away i heard. i am an orlando at the i moment, 20 minutes away from heard. i am an orlando at the - moment, 20 minutes away from the disney resort, the storm is still going really strong, actually getting worse. i can hear the wind bashing against the resort window of the room. i have tried to open the balcony door because i wanted to bring in the furniture motor the corner, the door would not open. i try to open it a little bit more and i could feel if i had let go, the door would have come wide open and probably come off, i could feel how strong the wind is, the flow has

moved slightly. the biggest thing is seeing the rain. it is really, really heavy rain, it feels like a mix of a tornado and a hurricane in one. i have never seen anything like it. the window so strong. really scary. trees bending over. i have never seen anything like it before —— the wind is so strong. people who go through this and live here... being here, ifeel very anxious go through this and live here... being here, i feel very anxious and scared, i am with my mum, 73, she is elderly. latte scared, i am with my mum, 73, she is elderl . ~ :, , scared, i am with my mum, 73, she is elderl . 9 :,, i. :, scared, i am with my mum, 73, she is elderl .~ :, elderly. we hope you and your mum sta safe, elderly. we hope you and your mum stay safe. as — elderly. we hope you and your mum stay safe, as the _ elderly. we hope you and your mum stay safe, as the storm _ elderly. we hope you and your mum stay safe, as the storm continues i elderly. we hope you and your mum stay safe, as the storm continues to j stay safe, as the storm continues to wreak havoc. you, like so many other people in orlando and in the wider area are there on holiday, loads of people who have also gone to visit disney who will be stuck in hotels like you. what kind of support are

you getting? not like you can go anywhere else. latte you getting? not like you can go anywhere else-— anywhere else. we had a letter throuth anywhere else. we had a letter through our— anywhere else. we had a letter through our door _ anywhere else. we had a letter through our door a _ anywhere else. we had a letter through our door a couple - anywhere else. we had a letter through our door a couple of i anywhere else. we had a letter i through our door a couple of days ago, we were getting prepared. the hotel said to us, that cafe would be open today and the time it would be open today and the time it would be open until, and oversee everyone is stocking up from the shop in the resort. they have given us a number of someone we can speak to and we can go to the lobby to speak to somebody. they prepared us a couple of days ago to say what would be available for us. there may be a power cut. the power has cut out a few times. we have to write it out. i have had two emergency alerts on my mobile to say do not leave the area until 4:30am. my mobile to say do not leave the area until4:30am. it my mobile to say do not leave the area until 4:30am. it is wait and watch. the staff do not know what is going to happen today, in the morning. we do not know what the damage is and when people can get back home. we were supposed to leave the resort and go to another one. i

am not sure we can do that. stat;r am not sure we can do that. stay safe and send _ am not sure we can do that. stay safe and send your _ am not sure we can do that. stay safe and send your mum our best. speaking to us just after the storm. let's speak to our correspondent tom bateman who's in orlando. just tell us about the rescue operations and the relief efforts that are being spearheaded by the state and national government. leafett. state and national government. well, the have state and national government. well, they have been _ state and national government. well, they have been very _ state and national government. 9tt they have been very extensive in terms of readying themselves for what was anticipated. we had ron desantis, governor of florida, who announced nearly 10,000 national guard troops had been deployed on his request. readying around the areas where the storm was due to hit. a very big federal deployment as well. the federal emergency management agency, they already had

many hundreds of people here because of storm helene which rolled through here in the last couple of weeks and they were still clearing up the damage and helping people after that. they deployed another 1000 agency workers over the last few days and on top of that bringing down a lot of ready packed meals, millions of those, we were told, in the run up. and 40 million litres of clean water, drinking water. actually, that already may be needed because we were hearing one water line had first in one area on the gulf coast. the water was out on that particular community. a very big deployment under once we get into daytime and we see exactly the extent of the damage, we will get a clearer picture of how it will be rolled out. t clearer picture of how it will be

rolled out-— clearer picture of how it will be rolled out. :, :, :, :, rolled out. i wanted to ask about this. president _ rolled out. i wanted to ask about this. president biden _ rolled out. i wanted to ask about this. president biden has - rolled out. i wanted to ask about this. president biden has talked| this. president biden has talked about what he describes as the responsible and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies when it comes to the government's hurricane response. he said it was undermining confidence in rescue and recovery efforts. tell us more about some of the disinformation he is referring to and your take on why he said this. :, :, :, :, , ::, said this. yeah, a lot of this came durint said this. yeah, a lot of this came during what _ said this. yeah, a lot of this came during what were _ said this. yeah, a lot of this came during what were in _ said this. yeah, a lot of this came during what were in effect - said this. yeah, a lot of this came - during what were in effect emergency broadcast by the president and the federal emergency authority. we had two of those today and the first one was very lengthy. the second part of it was very much about mr biden talking about this issue of misinformation. he castigated donald trump, his former opponent, running

against kamala harris, she was also on the call, about this issue of conspiracy theories and rumours circulating in the run—up. there have been quite a few of these, but mr trump has spread some of them, as well as his supporters, including a claim, for example, that emergency funds made available for people who had damaged properties would be limited to only $700 and people would not be able to get any more. one of the claims being made was the rest of the money was being diverted to migrants and going to the border. that is completely untrue. immigration has been a big theme for donald trump, we have seen that ideas circulate online. another one of mr trump's key loyal supporters, marjorie taylor greene, house of representatives, from georgia, she tweeted suggesting the government was controlling the weather and this was controlling the weather and this

was around a conspiracy theory republican areas were being hard hit by the hurricane recently. president biden called it outright lies, he said it was irresponsible and as far as he was concerned he said it was having a real effect on preventing people in some cases going to the authorities and asking for the funds and help. you already seen how this, and help. you already seen how this, a natural disaster, is playing into the election campaign with the vote for another presidentjust a few weeks away. t for another president 'ust a few weeks “av-h for another president 'ust a few weeks away. for another president 'ust a few weeks awa . :, :, :, :, weeks away. i wanted to ask you a tersonal weeks away. i wanted to ask you a personal question, _ weeks away. i wanted to ask you a personal question, if _ weeks away. i wanted to ask you a personal question, if i _ weeks away. i wanted to ask you a personal question, if! may. - weeks away. i wanted to ask you a personal question, if! may. i - weeks away. i wanted to ask you a personal question, if! may. i havej personal question, if i may. i have covered hurricanes but i think it is useful for viewers to know how you stay safe and keep going with the broadcast because it is not an easy position to be in.— position to be in. well, one of the main things _ position to be in. well, one of the main things has _ position to be in. well, one of the main things has chosen _ position to be in. well, one of the main things has chosen the - position to be in. well, one of the i main things has chosen the location we would go to. clearly, a lot of the warnings and evacuations were around coastal areas and very placed to the coast. authority saying even

moving a little way in land, a few miles, it can keep people safe. we came to orlando. one of the biggest reasons was when we got here we only had a short amount of time before nightfall. it would not have been safe to drive at night time and as it was beginning to get dark in fact, the rates were very treacherous, we made the decision to stop in orlando, we had a picture of what was happening here. we stayed close to the building with an overhang, we got really good cover in case anything starts flying around. good common sense things that anyone would do if we were out and about in a hurricane. and also as we would in any kind of hostile environment to make sure we have emergency packs and first aid kits with us as well. so we can help the rest of our team and others if we need to. obviously, it is being able to retreat when things pick up and now we have a safe place and cover

to go to which we do have here. hopefully someone will bring you a cup of tea soon. stay warm in dry, john bateman, in orlando. let us take you to the live tracking of hurricane milton, the tracker from the naoa, tracking the eye of the storm. hurricane milton was category five, it has been downgraded now to category one. but the impact of that is still being felt. a quick mention, if you have been on the bbc weather app, you may have mistakenly seen it was saying briefly there was a hurricane in the uk, just to say that was a data error. around the world and across the uk.

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let us return to continuing coverage in the aftermath of hurricane milton. it has slammed into the western coast of florida with a number of deaths reported on the atlantic coast. these are live pictures from tampa. the entire tampa bay region, and areas to the south, are at greatest risk of the storm, which is carrying winds of more than 200kph. even though it has been downgraded from category five, the highest level, to category one, it continues to wreak havoc. as you can see in these images, the storm ripped the roof off the tampa bay rays baseball stadium in st petersburg, florida. pieces of the non—retractable roof can be seen flapping in the wind. security camera video at a beach resort in fort myers clearly shows

the ferocity of the hurricane. the camera catching the bending trees, the lashing rain and the flooded roads. the governor of florida, ron desantis, said the time for safe evacuation had passed. he warned people left behind that they shouldn't go outside until officials tell them it was safe to do so. bridges have been closed because of fears of a 4m high storm surge. before the hurricane made landfall, strong winds ripped up trees, damaged mobile homes and left hundreds of thousands without power. more than 2 million do not have power now. at least ten tornadoes were reported and millions of people fled the areas most at risk, but some have chosen to stay behind. our weather presenter helen willets explains how significant a weather event this is. if you use the word hurricane around any storm, its major. just to have a hurricane still on land is incredible. it really is a big storm.

it's really huge, the satellite picture shows it covering most of the state of florida. it is moving quite quickly. so, it's nowjust a 10, 20 miles south southwest of orlando, expected to move out into the atlantic in the next few hours close to cape canaveral. so, the gusts of wind already around cape canaveral close to 70 miles an hour. so about 100—plus kilometres an hour. similar sort of wind speeds as we've been seeing in orlando. it's still obviously affecting many parts with its rains, a lot of the rains are to the north of it. so they're not just affecting florida, but affecting parts of georgia and south carolina, where, of course, absolute devastation from helene and previously from debby. so that's how it is at the moment. yes, it has weakened to a one, but it's still a hurricane and it made landfall as a major hurricane, which is, you know, quite incredible. they've had over 18 inches of rain at st petersburg, in tampa bay.

that's a one in 1000—year rainfall event for that area. indeed, now, of course, this is a time where we see a lot of hurricanes. what are the possible forecasts in the coming weeks? can we look as far ahead as that? because it was only a couple of weeks ago that we were talking about hurricane helene. absolutely, it is. and we're still in hurricane season, this is one of the most significant ones so late in the season. but the season does run into the middle of november so, you know, obviously we will keep... and there is another storm but it's out in the atlantic at the moment, leslie. so, we'll be keeping a close eye on developments through the gulf of mexico as well as the atlantic and the pacific as well at this time of year. and one of the consequences is that the gulf of mexico at the moment is warmer than it normally is. the waters are 1 to 2 degrees above normal, which is fuelling these massive storms that are coming in. and just briefly, i wanted to ask you while you're here, helen, was this expected to be this strong, did we predict that? yeah, it rapidly intensified, but it was forecast. it started in the gulf

of mexico on saturday. so, it's one of the most rapidly intensifying storms on record. in fact, i believe the third. and in terms of its wind strengths, it's in the top—ten strongest storms from the atlantic. top ten strongest storms in the atlantic, helen willetts saying. the aftermath of hurricane milton, you can see the winds continuing to bend trees, as it continues to cause havoc across florida. 2 million homes and businesses without power and a number of deaths reported on the atlantic coast. the hurricane has now been downgraded from category five to category one but the impact is still being felt. stay with us for continuing coverage. our weather has started to turn a little bit cooler. you might have

noticed the change. the trend is set to continue. north yorkshire, signs of the change, driven onto the beaches by the strengthening north north—easterly wind. temperatures on tuesday, 17 degrees. atjust 12 on wednesday. the drop in temperatures came as the northerly winds worked in. the next few hours, still some patches of cloud and rain to come across england and wales with clearing skies further north in scotland and northern ireland. it is here we have the cellist started the day on thursday. temperatures low enough for frost and sheltered glands in scotland. start on thursday, damp weather full southern england and wales, that should clear through the morning. elsewhere loads of sunshine draped around coastal fringes, a scattering of showers, they will come and go through the day a chilly wind. temperatures below where they have been. they are

closer to average for the time of year. the colder weather is still going to be with us on friday. we could have a touch of frost to start the day and southern portions of england and wales. further north in scotland, cloud were taken on friday as the weather system moves and bringing outbreaks of rain. some of the rain could skirt into the far north of northern ireland. further southin north of northern ireland. further south in england and wales, beautiful day with barely a cloud in the sky. the weekend, still rain left over from this area of low pressure affecting northern areas, sunday looks to be the better of the days of the week and has high pressure builds. saturday, rain in northern ireland, scotland, northern england, and accompanying the rain, some pretty strong and gusty winds, another blast of mostly air dropping temperatures. —— another blast of northerly air. high pressure builds

in for the second half of the weekend, cold start in the morning, mist and fog patches, but mostly dry with sunny spells coming and going. temperatures for most, 10—13. goodbye for now.

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of florida, bringing winds of around 200 kilometres per hour, several people are reported to have died. millions of people have fled the path of the storm — but some have chosen to stay behind. in the middle east — authorities in lebanon say an israeli air strike has killed at least five health workers in the south of the country. israel s defence minister promises lethal, precise, and surprising retaliation against iran's recent missile attacks on his country. in the uk — the government sets out details of its plan for new rights for workers in one of the biggest overhauls of employment law. and another 65 women have contacted the bbc with allegations against mohamed al fayed going back as far as the 1970s, before his time at harrods. let's get more on

hurricane milton now — more than 2.5 million homes and businesses across florida are without power after milton made landfall bringing with it winds of around 20 miles per hour. there's been false claims swirling on the internet that the storm there has been a controversial link. in the last week or so we've had a study on hurricane helene, rapid attribution study, as it's called, which looked at the causes and the impacts of climate change on that storm and it found the warming of the seas, the gulf of mexico, which helen willetts alluded to a moment ago, the warming of the seas in the gulf of mexico has played a crucial part. that has made it about 500 times more likely, those temperatures

by human induced climate change, than it would naturally be. so the heat that drives those hurricanes, that drove helene and also milton has been in place, in some respects by climate change. but it's also notjust the heat coming from there it's the amount of moisture these storms can carry as well and we saw with helene, about 10% more rainfall due to climate change added to it. we are seeing lots of rainfall from milton now and seeing flooding and i think scientists in the next couple of days will be looking very intently at that to see if they can link that to human induced warming as well. and just very briefly, matt, you talk about the link between global warming and hurricanes. as we were saying with helene just now, there are hurricanes usually at this time of year, what is history showing us about how climate change is changing the intensity or the regularity of those, or is it not anything on that front? i can say with some certainty or at least some confidence that climate change is making hurricanes faster, stronger and wetter. and i think we've seen that with milton in the last couple of days. it intensified incredibly quickly going from what is called a pipsqueak to a monster in 24 hours. i think scientists will be looking now in the next couple of days for more evidence of those

fingerprints of climate change. let's go back to the scenes in florida. it is important to note that hurricane milton was a category 5 hurricane, the highest categorisation for a hurricane. it has now been downgraded to a category one but it continues to wreak havoc and there are continuing high winds as well. the white house has said president brydon was briefed on hurricane milton after it made landfall. the briefing on the initial impact of the storm was conducted by homeland security and the federal emergency management agency in the united states. the president has said earlier before

the call there were 20 million meals and 40 million litres of water ready to be delivered and the pentagon has pre—positioned search and rescue teams, helicopters and water vehicles, so a huge state, government and national government operation to try and ensure that people have the help and the relief that they need. but what is interesting around all of that is there have been false claims swelling on the internet saying the storm was engineered and that the weather is being manipulated. with more on that, let's join marco silva. what have you been seeing online when it comes to false statements about the hurricane? that is the bit statements about the hurricane? “trngt is the big trend we have observed in the last 48 hours, the suggestions

that hurricane milton was engineered and the weather in the state of florida is being manipulated for a variety of reasons. mostly sinister reasons, some saying it has something to do with the fact that we are less than a month away from the presidential election. but let's be clear, there is no technology to create or control hurricanes. it is important to say that weather manipulation techniques have been used in the past and that it is possible to manipulate some types of weather. for example, in the uae, united emirates, a technique called cloud seeding has been used in the past to help make it rain. but there is no evidence that any of these techniques have been used in the state of florida. and nothing, again, no technology that could create something of the magnitude of what we have seen in the last 48 hours. ::, 9 :, , :,,

hours. marco, the white house has been responding — hours. marco, the white house has been responding to _ hours. marco, the white house has been responding to this, _ hours. marco, the white house has been responding to this, president| been responding to this, president biden made some remarks, what was he saying? biden made some remarks, what was he sa int? :, , :, biden made some remarks, what was he saint? :, , :, saying? indeed, in a statement last nitht he saying? indeed, in a statement last night he responded _ saying? indeed, in a statement last night he responded with _ saying? indeed, in a statement last night he responded with rather- saying? indeed, in a statement last| night he responded with rather stark words and i'm quoting, "it is beyond ridiculous, it is so stupid, it's got to stop". he was responding to claims the us government is somehow manipulating the weather in the state of florida. he was also commenting on remarks made by congresswoman marjorie taylor green from georgia, who, in recent days has tweeted several times to suggest indeed, but the us government is somehow controlling the weather. she has tweeted that on a number of occasions. you mention marjorie taylor green, a republican on the right of the party, but who more broadly is spreading these falsehoods online, who do we think

is behind this? that falsehoods online, who do we think is behind this?— is behind this? that is an excellent toint. is behind this? that is an excellent point- marjorie _ is behind this? that is an excellent point. marjorie taylor _ is behind this? that is an excellent point. marjorie taylor green - is behind this? that is an excellent point. marjorie taylor green is - point. marjorie taylor green is hardly the only person pushing these claims. this is a story i have been looking into for the last 48 hours and i have seen posts making the same claims, being shared thousands and thousands of times. videos containing these claims being viewed millions of times. they are reaching large numbers of people and many of the accounts that are sharing this claim are accounts that i have observed and followed in the past and i know they are known or famous for spreading conspiracy theories often about covid—19, about vaccines and many of these accounts are very well known for denying the basic science of climate change. marco, briefl , science of climate change. marco, briefly. what _ science of climate change. marco, briefly, what can _ science of climate change. marco, briefly, what can be _ science of climate change. marco, briefly, what can be done - science of climate change. marco, briefly, what can be done to - science of climate change. marco, briefly, what can be done to stopl briefly, what can be done to stop this? 9 :, , :,

this? well, that is the million dollar question, _ this? well, that is the million dollar question, really. - this? well, that is the million - dollar question, really. companies, social media companies have questions to answer. some might say about moderation policies, they need to be put in place. but from a usehs to be put in place. but from a user's point of view, the basic tips, ask yourself questions about what you are seeing on social media and ask questions about the source. don't necessarily trust something thatis don't necessarily trust something that is sent to you, video that is sent to you. take your time to do reverse image searches. there are basic techniques, questions you can ask that can help you navigate a complicated question system out there. 9, .. complicated question system out there. 9, ~' i. , complicated question system out there. 9, ~' , : the tampa bay region, which was the

reason we were fearful of what the effects of b, it has dodged a bullet once again that the hurricane making landfall about 3040 miles south of the tampa bay region is siesta key. the big fear was a storm surge that would move into tampa bay and be funnelled up to create 15 feet of storm surge, fortunately that worst—case scenario has been avoided at this stage. th worst-case scenario has been avoided at this stage-— at this stage. in terms of natural hazards, there _ at this stage. in terms of natural hazards, there is _ at this stage. in terms of natural hazards, there is concern - at this stage. in terms of natural hazards, there is concern about. hazards, there is concern about storm surges, so once the storm has hit they are still threats, can you outline what you see is the greatest threats now?— outline what you see is the greatest threats now? absolutely, the threat ofthe threats now? absolutely, the threat of the storm — threats now? absolutely, the threat of the storm surge _ threats now? absolutely, the threat of the storm surge has _ threats now? absolutely, the threat of the storm surge has gone, - of the storm surge has gone, politically for the west coast. the key things will be the wind and the rainfall. what is the hurricane is reduced to a category one, it still

means wins in about 76 mph, which have the potential to rip buildings and roofs of buildings, bring down trees and power lines. that coupled with intense rainfall, estimates up to 30, 40, 50 centimetres of rainfall. so those... extreme winds and 30 to 40 centimetres of rainfall, where will it go? it will cause inland flooding. destroy housesis cause inland flooding. destroy houses is some of the key issues at the moment. i understand the police in orlando have stopped answering any emergency calls. any emergencies will go unanswered until the winds died down. fithd will go unanswered untilthe winds died down. : 9, will go unanswered untilthe winds died down. : :, died down. and when we have looked at trevious died down. and when we have looked at previous hurricane _ died down. and when we have looked at previous hurricane is _ died down. and when we have looked at previous hurricane is in _ died down. and when we have looked at previous hurricane is in america, i at previous hurricane is in america, is resilience improving to deal with these kinds of hazards? to is resilience improving to deal with these kinds of hazards?— these kinds of hazards? to an extent, these kinds of hazards? to an extent. yes- _ these kinds of hazards? to an extent, yes. a _ these kinds of hazards? to an extent, yes. a big _ these kinds of hazards? to an extent, yes. a big wake-up i these kinds of hazards? to an i extent, yes. a big wake-up call these kinds of hazards? to an - extent, yes. a big wake-up call was extent, yes. a big wake—up call was hurricane irma in 2017. hurricane ian a couple of years ago, this

region had been a bit lax, perhaps. but since those two events, resilience has increased. but the tampa bay region has been one of the fastest growing regions of the united states. there have been a lot of development, a lot of lax planning regulations, said buildings have been built without much thought to hazard preparation. it is fine to build a massive apartment block and new housing developments, but if it is hard to evacuate the people from those because you haven't added roads and infrastructure to get those people out, those are the things that in future these regions will have to think about. so things that in future these regions will have to think about.— will have to think about. so there is still a long _ will have to think about. so there is still a long way _ will have to think about. so there is still a long way to _ will have to think about. so there is still a long way to go. - will have to think about. so there is still a long way to go. let's - is still a long way to go. let's take you to the live track at which shows you the path of hurricane milton. it has already made landfall, but it has been downgraded from a category 5 to category one, but it is still having a huge

impact. that is the national hurricane center's live track showing you the path of that storm hours after it made landfall. we will have more coverage on the latest developments from the united states on hurricane milton in a short moment. let's turn to another story in the uk. one of the biggest overhauls to workers' rights and employment law in years will be introduced to parliament today. the plans, including a ban on what it called the exploitative use of zero—hours contracts. the employment rights bill also proposes making workers eligible for paternity, parental and bereavement leave from their first day in the job and statutory sick pay as soon as they fall ill. ministers say it's the biggest upgrade to pay and productivity in a generation. let's speak to our political correspondent iain watson, who joins

me from westminster. whether it is quite as much they promised before the election is a different matter. one of the areas which we haven't yet focused on is getting rid of some of the law is that the previous administration had enacted. so that the previous administration had enacted. :, , :, :, , :, enacted. so conservative laws, for exam-le, enacted. so conservative laws, for example, specifying _ enacted. so conservative laws, for example, specifying the _ enacted. so conservative laws, for example, specifying the minimum| example, specifying the minimum turnout for strike ballots, minimum service levels during strikes, all of that is going to be swept away. what is going to be introduced is some new rights from they want in employment for sick pay and against unfair dismissal. although the government stuck to its promise, its pre—election promise to bring forward a law within100 days, workers may have to wait up to 1000 days to get these new rights. trying to get the balance right between pro—trade union and pro—employer, pro—business and pro—worker. it is a different balance to strike. a lot of that details going out to consultation, this right to claim

for unfair dismissal from day one will not be introduced until autumn 2026. they are also bringing in something of a compromise, it is called the statutory probation period. what does that mean? it basically means that employers will be able to get rid of people fairly, rather than unfairly, but get rid of people much more quickly during the probation period than they could be on that probation period. it is trying to reassure employers, if they take someone on, if it isn't working out, then they won't have to keep those staff there necessarily on a permanent basis. but how long will it last? the government says it is preference for nine months but that goes out to consultation. the union is pushing one way for a shorter period and businesses pushing the other for a longer period. a lot of the things we see today, a direction of travel for the government but you and enforceable

rights for people, they are still some way off. th rights for people, they are still some way off-— rights for people, they are still some way off. in boston -- iain watson. _ some way off. in boston -- iain watson, thank _ some way off. in boston -- iain watson, thank you _ some way off. in boston -- iain watson, thank you very - some way off. in boston -- iain watson, thank you very much i some way off. in boston -- iaini watson, thank you very much for that. this is bbc news.

the lebanese authorities say five health workers were killed by an israeli air strike on wednesday in the south of the country, bringing the total number of emergency workers to at least 115 since october last year. israel's defence minister, yoav gallant, has said that his country's retaliation against iran for its missile attack this month will be lethal, precise and surprising. his remarks follow a phone call between president biden and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, during which they discussed lebanon, gaza and retaliation against iran. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem and gave us the details of that phone call between biden and netanyahu. the official account we have got of this conversation is coming from the white house. it says the two men speaking, for the first time in seven weeks, had a conversation they say was direct and very productive.

it was wide—ranging and reflecting how israel is fighting on multiple fronts in this region. when it comes to gaza, first of all, we are told the americans again talked about the need for diplomacy to bring home the remaining israeli hostages from gaza. also some talk about the humanitarian situation which has really deteriorated in recent days, particularly in the north of the strip where israel has issued these new evacuation orders. and the need for diplomacy ultimately to get lebanese back to their side of the border, with israel and israeli citizens back to their homes in the north of the country as the fighting rages on. but most attention being given and that that much detail, the talk of the two men had about israel's forward is when it comes to responding to the massive missile

attack by iran just last week. the us has been supporting israel's right to retaliate but it looks like it has been trying to limit a shape its response, very aware that whatever israel does could lead to counter retaliation from iran and spiral into a wider regional war. earlier on, our correspondent jonathan head who is in beirut gave us this update on reports of lebanese healthworkers being killed by an israeli strike yesterday this particular attack as renewed calls comes from lebanese authorities really to the international community to say, please put pressure on israel to stop targeting health workers. the statistics have something like 115 health and emergency workers killed in the last year. a lot of them, around 50 injust in the last year. a lot of them, around 50 in just the past week or so. in this particular case, they say these five civil defence, health workers stroke paramedics were in

the church hall that is acting as an emergency shelter. it was struck by a bomb and the five that were killed, and there may be others in the rubble, they say it is contrary to war and their excuse to that. israel says it is very precise in its targeting and it has accused hezbollah in the past of using medical services affiliated with hezbollah for carrying military supplies or military personnel. no explanation has been given from israel at the stage for this particular attack. we have had air strikes continuation of them in beirut over night, just two last night and these really say they are targeting military and weapons storage facilities. the pattern we have seen over the past two weeks. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, is set to visit britain, france and italy today, on a whistle stop mission to secure continued support against russia's invasion. mr zelensky will start in london, meeting prime minister sir keir starmer, as well as the new nato

chief mark rutte. mr zelensky�*s whirlwind tour was planned to culminate with a key meeting of ukraine's supporters, including joe biden in germany on saturday, but the us president has cancelled his trip to deal with hurricane milton. let's get to downing street as the anticipation of the meeting between president zelensky and sir keir starmer. we will keep watching the door for the starmer. we will keep watching the doorfor the meeting starmer. we will keep watching the door for the meeting and also, starmer. we will keep watching the doorfor the meeting and also, after he has met with sir keir starmer, he will be meeting with the new head of nato. it is important to say that the head of nato isn'tjust in london today, he is also going to be appearing on the bbc news channel as

well. he will be in his first live media interview since taking up his new post. you can watch that live with annita mcveigh from one o'clock bbc news. another 65 women have contacted the bbc with allegations against mohamed al fayed. they are accusations of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment and they have been sent to the bbc in the three weeks since the documentary was broadcast. mohamed al fayed died last year. helena wilkinson has been speaking to some of the women. he helena wilkinson has been speaking to some of the women.— helena wilkinson has been speaking to some of the women. he seemed to have more hands _ to some of the women. he seemed to have more hands than _ to some of the women. he seemed to have more hands than a _ to some of the women. he seemed to have more hands than a normal- to some of the women. he seemed to | have more hands than a normal human being. have more hands than a normal human beint. ,, :, :, :, being. sheena, who waived her right to anonymity. _ being. sheena, who waived her right to anonymity, vividly _ being. sheena, who waived her right to anonymity, vividly remembers - being. sheena, who waived her right| to anonymity, vividly remembers the moment mohammed alf i had sexually assaulted her 47 years ago, she was

25 at the time. tie assaulted her 47 years ago, she was 25 at the time-— 25 at the time. he then came round and stood behind _ 25 at the time. he then came round and stood behind me. _ 25 at the time. he then came round and stood behind me. i _ 25 at the time. he then came round and stood behind me. i thought, i 25 at the time. he then came round i and stood behind me. i thought, what and stood behind me. ithought, what is he doing? he sort of lurched and both of his hands came down over my shoulders to the front. and then one hand came down and went on my leg. it was 1977 and she was working in the rapidly expanding gulf port of dubai, and mohamed al fayed asked to meet her about a job and then assaulted her. t meet her about a “0b and then assaulted her.— meet her about a “0b and then assaulted her. :, , , :, �* , assaulted her. i was stunned, that's the best word _ assaulted her. i was stunned, that's the best word i _ assaulted her. i was stunned, that's the best word i can _ assaulted her. i was stunned, that's the best word i can think _ assaulted her. i was stunned, that's the best word i can think of, - the best word i can think of, stunned. eventually he moved and told me i would regret it. his parting shot was, you will regret it. tt parting shot was, you will regret it. �* , it. it didn't end there, she said four months — it. it didn't end there, she said four months mohammed - it. it didn't end there, she said four months mohammed al- it. it didn't end there, she said i four months mohammed al fayed it. it didn't end there, she said - four months mohammed al fayed would follow her and continue his threats. sometimes he would grope her again. and then i realised stalking was something that describes beautifully what he was doing to me. it is the perfect word. her

what he was doing to me. it is the perfect word-— what he was doing to me. it is the perfect word. her allegation is the earliest against _ perfect word. her allegation is the earliest against al _ perfect word. her allegation is the earliest against al fayed - perfect word. her allegation is the earliest against al fayed that - perfect word. her allegation is the earliest against al fayed that the i earliest against al fayed that the bbc is aware of. th earliest against al fayed that the bbc is aware of.— earliest against al fayed that the bbc is aware of. in my experience with me, it _ bbc is aware of. in my experience with me, it was _ bbc is aware of. in my experience with me, it was 1977 _ bbc is aware of. in my experience with me, it was 1977 so _ bbc is aware of. in my experience with me, it was 1977 so that - bbc is aware of. in my experience with me, it was 1977 so that is - bbc is aware of. in my experience with me, it was 1977 so that is a i with me, it was 1977 so that is a long time before the harrods and the ritz events are going on. people seem to be concentrating on these two being his bad times. no, he did it from 1977, so obviously he did it from 1977 for ever in his life after that. tt from 1977 for ever in his life after that. 9, , 9, from 1977 for ever in his life after that. :, , :, �* , that. it was at the el fired's family home _ that. it was at the el fired's family home in _ that. it was at the el fired's family home in surrey - that. it was at the el fired's family home in surrey that| that. it was at the el fired's - family home in surrey that another woman said she was the victim of repeated attacks and was held against her will behind him. he started to stroke my thigh under my skirt~ _ started to stroke my thigh under my skirt. margot, which isn't her real namei _ skirt. margot, which isn't her real name. it— skirt. margot, which isn't her real name. it was— skirt. margot, which isn't her real name, it was 19 when she applied for a 'ob name, it was 19 when she applied for a job as _ name, it was 19 when she applied for a job as a _ name, it was 19 when she applied for a job as a nanny. she name, it was 19 when she applied for a job as a nanny-— a job as a nanny. she is portrayed here by an _ a job as a nanny. she is portrayed here by an actor. _ a job as a nanny. she is portrayed here by an actor. one _ a job as a nanny. she is portrayed here by an actor. one morning i i a job as a nanny. she is portrayed i here by an actor. one morning i was awoken by — here by an actor. one morning i was awoken by my _ here by an actor. one morning i was awoken by my bedroom _ here by an actor. one morning i was awoken by my bedroom door- here by an actor. one morning i wasl awoken by my bedroom door opening and alf— awoken by my bedroom door opening and alf fayed came in, shutting the

door behind him. he sat down on my bed, deliberately squashing me up against _ bed, deliberately squashing me up against the wall. then he got under the sheets— against the wall. then he got under the sheets with me. his hands were everywhere. he rigged me.- everywhere. he rigged me. margot sa s he everywhere. he rigged me. margot says he -- — everywhere. he rigged me. margot says he -- she _ everywhere. he rigged me. margot says he -- she was _ everywhere. he rigged me. margot says he -- she was kept _ everywhere. he rigged me. margot says he -- she was kept hidden - everywhere. he rigged me. margot says he -- she was kept hidden up| everywhere. he rigged me. margot i says he -- she was kept hidden up by says he —— she was kept hidden up by him at the family home and was repeatedly sexually assaulted. like many women, margot believe she was offered the job many women, margot believe she was offered thejob under many women, margot believe she was offered the job under false pretenses. offered the 'ob under false pretenses.— offered the 'ob under false tretenses. :, , , �* pretenses. the 'ob 'ust didn't exist. "eh pretenses. the job 'ust didn't exist. he didn't _ pretenses. the jobjust didn't exist. he didn't need - pretenses. the jobjust didn't exist. he didn't need a - pretenses. the job just didn't| exist. he didn't need a nanny. pretenses. the job just didn't - exist. he didn't need a nanny. he didn't— exist. he didn't need a nanny. he didn't want— exist. he didn't need a nanny. he didn't want and was repeatedly sexually — didn't want and was repeatedly sexually assaulted. like many women, margot— sexually assaulted. like many women, margot believe she was offered the 'ob margot believe she was offered the job under— margot believe she was offered the job under false pretenses. the job 'ust job under false pretenses. the job just didn't — job under false pretenses. the job just didn't exist. he didn't need a nanny _ just didn't exist. he didn't need a nanny he — just didn't exist. he didn't need a nanny. he didn't want a nanny. looking — nanny. he didn't want a nanny. looking back, i believe i was recruited _ looking back, i believe i was recruited purely as a potential sex partner— recruited purely as a potential sex partner or— recruited purely as a potential sex partner or plaything for al fayed. as the _ partner or plaything for al fayed. as the number of allegations against al fayed increases, its clear his apparent offending was not confined to his time at his best known

business, harrods. helena wilkinson, bbc news. in response to our inquiries, he has said since hearing of the documentary, so far there are 200 plus individuals who are now in the harrods process to settle claims directly with the business. let's go to the live shot of downing street and we are showing you that because in a few moments we are expecting to see ukrainian president, zelensky woke up the red carpet and enter number ten downing st to meet the prime minister, sir keir starmer. after that, prime minister, sir keir starmer. afterthat, he prime minister, sir keir starmer. after that, he will head to meet the chief of nato, mark rutte. it is a world where on mr zelensky because he will be meeting key supporters, including in france. we will have more on that and the latest on the hurricane. hello, our weather has turned

cooler. the trend is set to continue. in north yorkshire we had signs of the change, waves being driven onto the beaches by the strengthening north to north—easterly wind. temperatures on tuesday in real got to 17 degrees, but 12 on wednesday. a drop of five celsius. it came as these northerly winds worked in. over the next few hours we have patches of cloud and rain to come across england and wales with clearing skies. further north in scotland and northern ireland. it is here we will have the chilly start to the day on thursday. temperature is low enough for a nip of frost in shelter glens in scotland. starting the date of thursday, expect a bit of damp weather for southern parts of england and wales. logically out of the way as we go through the morning. elsewhere, loads of sunshine draped around coastal fringes and they will be a

scattering of showers and they will come and go through the day. the chilly wind, temperature is below where they have been, ten to 12 celsius although cooler, these temperatures are closer to average for the time of year. the colder weather will be with us into friday and we will have a touch of frost to start the day across southern portions of england and wales. further north in scotland, cloud will thicken on friday as a weather system moves in bringing outbreaks of rain. some of the rain could skirt into the far north of northern ireland but that south in england and wales, it will be a beautiful day with barely a cloud in the sky. for the weekend, rain left over from this area of low pressure affecting northern areas. sunday looks to be the better of the two days of the weekend as high—pressure building. on saturday, rain across northern ireland, scotland and northern areas of england and accompanying the rain

there will be strong and gusty winds. a blast of northerly air coming down and dropping the temperature is, just seven or 8 degrees in scotland and for northern ireland, england and wales we are looking at temperatures of 14 degrees, which is close to average. as high pressure we are looking to a cold start of the mornings, but mostly dry day with sunny spells coming and going. temperatures for most of us between ten and 13 degrees. bye for now.

live from london, this is bbc news. hurricane milton makes landfall on the western coast of florida, bringing winds of around 200 kilometres

per hour, several people are reported to have died. millions fled the path of the storm, some chose to stay behind. this point it is too dangerous to evacuate safely, so you have to evacuate safely, so you have to stay in place and hunker down. live in tampa, heavy rain and wind, even as the hurricane weakens. in the middle east authorities in lebanon say an israeli air strike has killed at least five health workers in the south of the country. here in the uk the government sets out details of its plan for new rights for workers in one of the biggest overhauls of employment law. and another 65 women have contacted the bbc with allegations against mohamed al fayed going back as far as the 1970s before his time at harrods.