you could follow her across the atlantic.le were very expectant because she had to go through immigration here. it hasn't had the coverage in the u.s. media as it has had any other parts of the world. >> we are watching these live pictures. she is on the stage there. she has gone up to speed -- speak. we are waiting for that. her activism does have its critics. what two people say who are negative about her. -- what do people say about her? >> criticism has been based on the fact that she has traveled across the atlantic, but how is she going to get home? she is going to the climate summit in chile. she has trips planned to canada and mexico. there has been criticism on how the boat is going to get back to europe. many are flying back to europe. there has been a lot of criticism. what she has said and others who are part of fridays for future said to me was, what they need to do was focus on the fact that she has highlighted the climate crisis. instead of attacking her, she has embarked on this incredible journey, they should

the atlantic ocean to to make a stand in 2 and. this of course is not something that i want everyone to do. the trip was it was very surprisingly good. i did not she will cease each one's so with that was. and i am very grateful for teammates and everyone else who has been making this trip possible and of course for everyone everyone else every activist who fights daily to. just save the world basically but to keep most of fuels in the ground and to create. a safe passage to. my brain is not working correctly. did it. have. the climate and the crisis is a global crisis and the biggest crisis humanity is of the face and if we don't manage to work together to cooperate and to to work together despite our differences then we will fail so we need to. choose band together and support each other. and to take action because otherwise it might be too late so. this is not wait any longer let's do it now again have a out. laughing. ok. they're speaking in new york city and she's just arrived after 15 days of crossing the atlantic. i mean you

also coming up a 16 year old climate activist just sailed across the atlantic and docked in new york harbor on a mission to stop climate change and she didn't leave a single carbon footprint but it is saying that 60 will have to trust the atlantic ocean to make a stand and 2 and. this of course is not something that i want everyone to do. viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and around the world well we begin the day with the u.k.'s new prime minister boris johnson the closer than he's ever been to 2 things britain crashing out of the. paean union and boris johnson out of a job as prime minister today johnson announced that he will suspend parliament for 5 weeks beginning in mid september ending just 2 weeks before breaks it begins on october 31st his request today was approved by the queen and wets westminster there was more anger than approval opposition lawmakers and even conservatives accusing johnson of acting like a dictator showing disregard for parliament especially a parliament that wants to stop a new deal breaks it time is running out for parliament and it could also run

could hit the atlantic about 12 hours quicker. and about to of the primary recovery, the atlantic was your place. that was in december. we around the equator. had the mission slipped, we would have been as far south as uruguay. just based on what the difference in the trajectory was. we did not end up as far south as montevideo and uruguay. the captain of the ship was perplexed as to why he did not have liberty to multi-for deyo -- montevideo, when a series, he had a good end of career tour planned. we interrupted it. at the end of the day, today, people are so used to talking to their friends who are in afghanistan. the communications and 68 -- 1968 were not that. we were on the recovery ship. randy and i were to single guys. -- two single guys. everybody wanted to be with their families, and we were single. we got to the middle of the atlantic and we were told it launched. another one in that checked out ok. -- another one in that checked out ok. another one said they were ok. we had no clue as to what the mission look like. --

was slightly delayed due to rough weather conditions which can happen in the atlantic. for one person who is on terra firma is our correspondent. standing by in battery park in new york city near the place where it is due to. good afternoon to you so when is she expected to drop the anchor. well any minute now that's essentially what we've been told pretty much all day and old morning that everybody here is glued to the seed to see whether we can actually see. boat people can see it and when they originally saw it serve in the distance is quite a gloomy day here near the statue of liberty there were loads of screams of joy and delight lots of chance from many of the protesters here who were part of the fridays for future movements and they were here you know to show their support for and of course loads of media as well from across the world particularly actually from across the world brant almost more than locals yeah i was going to ask you about that good tempered she is a household name here in europe people know who she is but is that really the case there in the un

morgan ——it won't take much for it to cull out into the atlantic.e patterns. for much of later next week, it may be assenting to the south—west, allowing a north—westerly wind which will be strong for northern part of the uk, bringing showers and may be longer spells of rain. further south, closer to the high—pressure, it should be much calmer. a little chilly at night but pleasantly warm by day. hello. this is bbc news with julian worricker. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment with ayesha hazarika and christopher hope. first, the headlines. anger grows at the government's decision to suspend parliament for five weeks as rebel tories and opposition mps accelerate their attempts to block a no—deal brexit. what we're going to do is try to politically stop him on tuesday with a parliamentary process. but one former minister warns that mps are running out of time. parliament does have a responsibility to act, and it may well be that next week is the only opportunity for us to do so.

. >>> to the storm watch with hurricane dorian gaining strength in the atlantic. it pounded the u.s. virgin islands and is forecasted to reach florida this weekend. florida is under a state of emergency with millions of people being warned to get ready for the impact and people are stocking up on supplies and fuel at a gas station near miami beach and the pumps were dry this morning and headed out of service signs on them. dorian may reach the utcoearl edy spcentmo bileauncte ahead ofe e cond ithatlantic. very weak wind shear and warm waters over the atlantic and with conditions like that, intensity forecast models are projecting the storm will explode into a major hurricane and this is the enhanced satellite imagery of dorian, a category 1 storm that will strengthen rapidly. right now, 85 miles-per-hour wind moving northwest at 13 miles-per-hour and likely strengthening into a major hurricane by tomorrow or saturday. now, the latest on this as it moves over the atlantic, approaching the florida coast, now, as a possible category 4 hurricane. maximum sustained win

amy: after a two weeklong journey across the atlantic, swedish climate activist greta thunberg arrived in new york city wednesday afternoon on an emissions-free yacht. over 1000 people greeted the 16-year-old, who will now begin a months-long trip to the americas to sound the alarm about the climate crisis. we will play highlights of her first speech in new york and news conference. then, a constitutional crisis in the united kingdom, where prime minister boris johnson has suspended parliament in a move to push forward brexit, with or without a deal. thousands took to the streets of london and across britain with cries to "stop the coup." >> sususpend parliament is not except double. that are doioing as smash anandb on our democracycy. amy: then we remember the legendary peace activist frances crowe, who died at the age of 100 in northampton, massachusetts. >> when people ask me how many times have you been arrested and i say, not enough. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the trump administration i

those weather fronts brought some our coming from the atlantic those weatherfronts brought some rainer on thursday. it will be a cooler start on thursday and for much of england and wales dry and sunny with cloud over maybe a couple of showers in the west. closer to the low pressure we will see the bulk of the show is coming into northern ireland and particularly scotland. temperatures in the central belt a 17 degrees to a high of 24, 25 in the south—east of england. we still have an area of low pressure then drifting to the north of scotland but following the weather fronts there all the way back into the mid—atlantic, little ripples, waves and the weather front will enhance the rainfall and we have a conveyor of cloud and rain stretching across northern ireland and much of scotland for a while and over the irish sea into north—western parts of england on friday. may be a few showers across wales. midlands towards the south—east should be dry, sunny and warm. further north not only do we have the rain could be a bit blowy at times as well. that rain will still be around through frid

dorian is now a major hurricane out in the warm atlantic waters. we've been watching this storm intensify and will continue to intensify and strengthen as we go through the holiday weekend. so right now the enhanced satellite imagery of hurricane dorian. now let's show you the latest stats. right now packing maximum sustained winds with hurricane dorian of 115 miles per hour. it's moving northwest at 10 miles per hour. and then strengthening into a category 4 storm impacting the bahamas by this weekend and still a category four storm as it nears the florida coast. likely making landfall along the florida coast by late monday night into early tuesday as a category 4 storm and we're talking about category 4 storm that is a catastrophic hurricane with a strong storm surge, dangerous flash flooding, hurricane forced winds. this is not a good situation. i'll be watching this very closely for you. nicole killion is in cocoa beach m this storm. >> the storm continues to churn out here in the atlantic and won't make it for a few more days. >> it's hard to

before we look further ahead we need to look at what is happening on the other side of the atlantic.s storm near puerto rico is the heading towards here. and then there is divergences to some people think it will head to florida and others it will track into the atlantic. that increases the uncertainty in our outlook, particularly in regard to high—pressure. it looks like the high—pressure. it looks like the high pressure should be building towards the uk, possibly delayed and it may not of the uk and as it looks at the moment, the northern areas still see strong window may be showers but elsewhere later next week it could turn dry and also a bit warmer. hello. this is bbc news, with geeta guru—murthy. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, first the headlines: the queen approves the suspension of parliament, just days after mps return to work in september, which could deny mp's the time to try to stop a no—deal brexit. the prime minister insists that proruoging parliament would not prevent mps playing their role in the brexit process. we are bringing forward

the centre of that way out into the atlantic. they will bring rain across atlantic. what we saw there wednesday. outbreaks of rain, some of which will be heavy side, particularly across england and wales, more especially towards the south—west. that means parts of scotla nd south—west. that means parts of scotland and northern england will brighten up as well is that, we will see some strong winds across the board, touching gale force around hills and coasts and it all adds up. even though those winds are coming from the south—westerly direction, the origin is not particularly warm. temperatures in the teens forjust about all of us. i call into the week and start the weekend, the weather front being the more persistent rain across england and wales never quite clears the south—east corner of the start of saturday so early risers may be a bit cloudy and wet. sunshine comes out before turning hazy later on. further north, sunshine and showers, maybe northern england weather could be heavy in bunbury and we stick with that cool theme as well, even though temperatures ar

lots of isobars, so atlantic on friday.und weston and coasts. the rain probably won't reach the east of the country until later in the day, so that means places like brighton, london, norwich, hull 30, will get away with a decent first half to friday and the rain might not reach london until friday night, for example, but for wales and the south—west, looking pretty wet on friday and the temperatures only around 17—19 at least for most. 0n temperatures only around 17—19 at least for most. on friday night, the low pressure continues to make its journey to the east and come saturday and send a, turning lusty in the uk with gusts of wind in some areas could be approaching 50 mph. another very windy weekend potentially on the way. bye—bye. our top story: there have been clashes between riot police and demonstrators at hong kong's international airport where flights were disrupted for a second day running. police tried to storm the terminal building, only to withdraw after facing heavy resistance. at one point, a suspected chine

despite the technology -- the atlantic ocean for the next two weeks.te the technology, little luxury and even less privacy. this teenager, a beacon for young climate crisis activists, now prepared to brave the challenges of the open ocean in the hopes of her message being heard and understood. 's trip isberg expected to take two weeks. she aims to be in new york for next month's u.n. climate action summit. the crossing will not be easy. august is peak hurricane season. says new york, thunberg she will travel to canada and mexico. she plans to attend the u.n. climate crisis in chile in december. despite is doing this the criticism she has experienced from climate change deniers. >> i am not concerned about reactions. what i am concerned about is whether we will do something or not. whether people in power will react and act with necessary force. >> the determination of 116-year-old schoolgirl to spark off a global movement. greta thunberg has been urging politicians to do something more than say the right words, but put it in action as well. all over th

the atlantic as boris said. what do you say to the rest of the world ? doing this because i want to do this. myself. and i am one of the very few people in the world who actually can do this so i think i should take the chance to do this. the guardian. you have come a very long way. how big a challenge is this? notjust crossing the ocean but going to those climate conferences. how big a challenge as that? what else will you do in the americas because you are there nine months. two climate summits. will you go to brazil? of course this is about challenge. i don't think, i am not the one who is going to take us there. —— a big challenge. boris is taking us. of course it will be challenging. for eve ryo ne course it will be challenging. for everyone on the boat. that is what you have to expect. and i mean there are always going to be people who don't understand or don't accept united science and i willjust ignore them. because i am only acting and communicating on the science and if they do not like that then what have i got to do with that? i am then what

source of air, and that cooler atlantic air will make more inroads over the next couple of days.front here, things will turn a bit cooler. this big dangling weather front in the atlantic will eventually bring some much cooler air for all of us around the middle of the week. so, those temperatures gradually, slowly but surely, dipping away, will be a slow process, though, particularly in the east. and with that change we'll see some outbreaks of rain and perhaps some thunderstorms for a time. through monday morning, some quite poor visibility. a mixture of mist and murk, and low cloud, some fog patches too, especially through wales, the west midlands, north—west england, south—west scotland. it is a bank holiday for most, but if you are travelling early, bearthat in mind. that should clear, then we see some long spells of sunshine again, the odd shower in the far south—west, some rain and the strengthening breeze across the western isles, and generally it will be a cooler day in scotland, northern ireland, the western side of england and wales. further east, though, in the sunshin

of next week, as the atlantic starts to exert more of an influence.eak out almost anywhere across england and wales but the main band of rain coming off the atlantic will still be slow—moving, affecting western areas of the uk during tuesday, bringing some fresher air in. so, temperatures will be dropping away across north—western areas. but it is still pretty warm at this stage on tuesday across central and eastern parts of england. in mid week we are going to start to see troughs in thejetstream across the north of the country, steering areas of low pressure across the north of the country. so we are going to see some pretty unsettled weather, with rain at times and brisk winds. ultimately, for all of us the temperatures will be easing. there is the chart in more detail for wednesday. it looks like more rain pushing eastwards across the uk. there could be some showers and thunderstorms breaking out ahead of that. further west is where we have got the fresher air. quite warm air holding on across the far east of england. wednesday is probably the las

this, a big dangling weather front in the atlantic will eventually bring some much cooler air for all away, will be a slow process, though, particularly in the east. and with that change we'll see some outbreaks of rain and perhaps some thunderstorms for a time. through monday morning, some quite poor visibility, and mix of mist and murk, and low cloud, some fog patches too, especially through wales, the west midlands, north—west england, south—west scotland. and it is a bank holiday for most, but if you are travelling early, bearthat in mind. that should clear, then we see some long spells of sunshine again, the odd shower in the afr south—west, some rain and the strengthening breeze across the western isles, and generally it will be a cooler day in scotland, northern ireland, the western side of england and wales. further east though, in the sunshine, it could again get to 32 or 33 degrees. now a lot of dry weather and clear skies to take us through monday night into the early hours of tuesday, there is the ongoing chance of a shower across the south—west, maybe up into wales as wel

but come thursday, we'll be looking again towards the atlantic to see progress of more atlantic weatherof the british isles. so it's wet and windy fare for the western side of scotland, through to northern ireland too. generally speaking, quite a bit of cloud across england and wales, but a lot of dry weather. and again, that temperature just about pushing to 23 or 2a at best, on notable south—westerly breeze. thursday on into friday, we're just going to follow the line of the front back into the atlantic. a little ripple in that weather front thickens the cloud, and eventually, another pulse of pretty wet weather gets into the western part of scotland, initially, then right across scotland, through northern ireland, into the northern parts of england and maybe just flirting with the north—western quarter of wales. again, thanks to the influence of a bit of a high pressure, the south should be that wee bit drier. friday on towards the weekend, we've still got that same weather frontjust weaving its way across the british isles but, once that front has made its way down and across us, no

through breaks it and regret it when bag is welcomed by crowds in new york city after crossing the atlantic on a 0 carbon emissions yacht she immediately called on people to work together to cooperate in the fight against climate change. it's good to have you with us and we start tonight with politics new and old in italy there has been a breakthrough in attempts to form a new government the anti-establishment 5 star movement and the center left democratic party have agreed on a deal to form a coalition government which includes reappointing to set because take as prime minister the coalition's sidelines matteo cell vini the hard right leader who dominated italy's politics for more than a year but will all of this prove any more stable or harmonious then the government it's replace it. after talks with the italian president this evening both the 5 star movement and the social democrats made clear an ounce meant one wants to stay in power the others still want to be involved. today we inform the president of the republic that the 5 star movement and great democratic party will reach a politi

but come thursday, we'll be looking again towards the atlantic to see progress of more atlantic weatherand, through to northern ireland, too. generally speaking, quite a bit of cloud across england and wales, but a lot of dry weather. and again, that temperatures just about pushing to 23 or 2a at best, on notable south—westerly breeze. from thursday on into friday, we're just going to follow the line of the front back into the atlantic. a little ripple in that weather front thickens the cloud, and eventually another pulse of pretty wet weather gets into the western part of scotland, initially, then right across scotland, through northern ireland, into the northern parts of england and maybe just flirting with the north—western quarter of wales. again, thanks to the influence of a bit of a high—pressure, the south should be that wee bit drier. friday on towards the weekend, we've still got that same weather front just weaving its way across the british isles but, once that front has made its way down and across us, notice how those colours really begin to drain away, and here we are into

another low pressure comes off the atlantic and this one is a big area of low pressure. us an increase in window and outbreaks of rain, particularly across western areas on friday. temperatures still around about 18—20 degrees, this is relatively humid air coming in out of the south. and then that low pressure is still with us through the weekend, you can see how big it is stretching from the central north atlantic in fact all the way to scandinavia and further weather fronts will swing around it and bring us some wet weather. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news. i'm duncan golstani. our top stories: hong kong airport says operations have resumed, after a huge protest stopped all passenger flights. the trump administration continues to clamp down on immigration, this time targetting people who need government aid. a norwegian man appears in court in oslo, accused of terrorism in connection with a gun attack on a mosque. and 50 years on, we'll hear from the couple who came to represent the spirit of woodstock.

climate activist greta thunberg arrives in new york, after 15 days crossing the atlantic under sail,astings,

here's the low pressure swinging in off the atlantic on friday.tern and coasts. the rain probably won't reach the east of the country until a lot later in the day, so that means places like brighton, london, norwich, hull, will get away with a decent first half to friday. the rain might not reach london until friday night, for example, but for wales and the south—west, looking pretty wet on friday and the temperatures only around, say, 17—19 degrees at least for most of us. friday night, that low pressure continues to make its journey to the east and come saturday and sunday, it's going to turn blustery in the uk with gusts of wind in some areas could be approaching 50mph. so another very windy weekend potentially on the way. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news. i'm mike embley. our top stories: after days of violent protests and thousands of cancelled flights, calm descends upon hong kong airport, but can it last? sailing to the summit, teenage climate change campaigner greta thunberg prepares to sail across the atlantic to attend a un summit in new yo

on the other side of the atlantic, this community is also opening its doors to strangers.new way of tackling the housing shortage. according to the oregon centre for public policy, two thirds of the states low income renters spend more than 50% of their income on housing. there are more than, there are the sleeping outside in the emergency shelter or in transitional housing. there probably three times that may people an additional night for those living in basements and garages and trying to stay housed that way. when officials plan to build small living spaces and homeowners backyards, at no cost to the owner, more than 1000 people signed up to register. four we re people signed up to register. four were ultimately selected to be a pa rt were ultimately selected to be a part of the pilot project. the test is to work with four homeowners to build an accessory dwelling unit in the backyard where families who are homeless can live for up to five yea rs homeless can live for up to five years and at the end of that five—year period of time, the homeowner gains ownership and ac

and the teenage climate activists great to work on a voyage across the atlantic ocean taking a campaign against global warming to the u.n. in new york the 16 year old is making the 2 week rossing on a 0 emissions yatta company by her father and 2 of the crew so you're going to go has more from plymouth where tim burke began her transatlantic journey. the preparation had been tough but greater to him burke is now undertaking the journey of a lifetime at the soul of an english port of plymouth the racing yacht the mallets year to a professional crew and her father awaiting them all the challenges of the atlantic ocean for at least the next 2 weeks despite all the technology designed to make this a carbon neutral journey there is little luxury and even less previous e this teenager who has become a beacon for so many young climate crisis activists now prepared to brave the challenges of the open ocean in the hope that her message will be heard and understood rated trip across the atlantic is expected to take 2 weeks she aims to be in new york for the next month's un climate action summit b

somebody on the other side of the atlantic living a completely different life from you can write songsyou in this particular in the world you live in. and even if you are not a bruce springsteen fan... nothing against him. i only know of born to run. let's talk about the best dvd. wild rose, which is this lovely film about a glaswegian single mum who is a country western singer and dreams of going to nashville. titanic central performance byjesse buckley. she's recorded a country album, she's fantastic. it has its feet on the ground, but its head in the stars. again, it understands how music can transport you from one place to another. gritty and realistic, but also romantic in its romantic view of the world. the idea that you can dream large and such a great central performance. i thought it was really good. her singing voice is outstanding. yeah, she can really sing, and i did an onstage interview with her and i asked if she would mind singing a song and she did and i said, "fine, you are the real deal!" she can make it, but she can also act. i thought it was a really lovely film. go

racing across the atlantic to fight climate change in the yachts that leaves no carbon footprint. on a mission to change the world and get to the u.n. climate summit in new york. without flying. but it's not all been plain sailing. we're doing believe in. love. love love love. love love the moslim over the thing from the highway. the 16 year old set off from the southwest of england 2 weeks ago some criticized what they saw as a publicist stunt but to make no apology i mean i am not telling anyone what to do or what not to do i'm just doing this because i want to do this myself and i am one of the very very few people in the world who actually can do this and then i think i should take that charles to do this. last year gretta to newburgh began fridays for a future each friday the swedish teenager would skip school in order to campaign against climate change from outside the country's parliament has school strike soon spread around the world. and so did her message she is now the young face of environmental activism. it's been quite a journey for 2 in bag and with the united state

i know it's very sizeable, but it's fewer than 2 million people on the atlantic coast of africa.abon for you? you'd had no connection there. as a biologist, i was looking for the place where i would see the gorillas and the elephants and the chimpanzees and wildlife, something like it would've been like before humans had high—powered rifles and started eliminating everything. and so it really was random drift in a way, i decided to do a phd, i wrote to all of the eminent scientists around the world who were studying how forestry impacts wildlife which is the subject i decided to study, and i got one letter back and it was from a british woman, called caroline chuton, who had been in gabon for about ten years. the railway had opened up the rainforests of central gabon to forestry and caroline wrote back to me and said, "come along, we really need to understand what the impact of this increased pressure on the forest is going to have." by 2009, a decade ago, you had been appointed to be the chief, the boss, of the gabon national parks agency. a very, very sizeable operation. becaus

of atlantic derived air, thejet stream thinking a trough there quite a marked 12, just to the westernther towards the east and no longer do we sit on the warm side of the jet stream, we are very much in the firing line of a succession of low pressure areas firing their way, particularly towards the north—western quarter of the british isles, i have pressure for the second half of the we very much confined to the southern counties. says we get on through will find yet more wet and windy fair driving its way across the british isles, some brighter skies following on behind, but everybody just about at risk of a sharper burst of rain at some stage. temperatures in the low teens. certainly, i think we'll find the rain at this stage is largely confined to parts of scotland and northern ireland, perhaps just getting across the border later on into the north—west of both england and wales. i'm rico hizon with bbc world news. our top story: the g7 summit has drawn to a close in biarritz. president trump is considering the prospect of meeting his iranian counterpart, though state media in tehr

the atlantic council hosted this event. >> hello and welcome to the atlantic council. i am abbas kadhim, resident senior fellow at the atlantic council and the director of the iraq initiative. and this is anorak initiative event. it is on record, so feel free to tweak, quote are excellent guest, and enjoy the event. we look forward to a timely, great conversation with our guest, and we will carry this live and you are welcome for, if you're not here and you're watching us, you are also welcome to tweak using the hashtag aciraq and this is to the middle east center here. here is the format. sarkawt will give his brief remarks once i finish her, and then i will ask him some questions and then we opened it to the audience for questions. so that's how we're going to proceed today. our esteemed guest, sarkawt shamsulddin, is a member of the iraqi council of representatives. he is a member of the future parliamentary group, deputy chairman of the civil society committee, a very important committee in the iraqi parliament, and he is a member of the iraqi united states friends

but now atlantic temperatures are 85-plus.e dry air entrenched around this area of high pressure that is a steering mechanism pushing this towards the state of florida, that dry ainot killed the storm. as a matter of fact, it is growing and intensifying. it looks like a labor day weekend for the state of florida is going to be something that we really are going to have to watch. laura: whashould people along the florida coastline be bracing themselves for? >> absolutely batten down the s and get ready. listen to local government. when they say get out, get out. start putting up storm shutters. start getting your hurricanes evacuation kitgether. a lot of us in the state of florida and anywhere in the w tropichave hurricane kits and bags ready to go that have been packed all year. if you don't have one ready to go, now is the time to get that ready. laura: do you expect that the hurrice could strengthen as it approaches the coast and hits the warm water? a olutely. you are talking about the eastern side of the state of florida,

teenage climate activist press a turn back has set sail on a voyage across the atlantic ocean taking a message on global warming to the united nations in new york a 16 year old is making the 2 week long crossing on missions yacht accompanied by her father and 2 crew members sun a gaggle has more on this now from plymouth where began her transatlantic journey. the preparation had been tough but greater to him berg is now undertaking the journey of a lifetime at the solemn english port of plymouth the racing yacht the mallets year to a professional crew and her father awaiting them all the challenges of the atlantic ocean for at least the next 2 weeks despite all the technology designed to make this a carbon neutral journey there is little luxury and even less previous ie this teenager who has become a beacon for so many young climate crisis activists now prepared to brave the challenges of the open ocean in the hope that her message will be heard and understood right it didn't trip across the atlantic is expected to take 2 weeks she aims to be in new york for the next month's un clima

but now atlantic temtures are 85-plus.e dry air entrenched around this area of high pressure that is a steering mechanism pushing this tards the state of florida, that dry air has not killed the storm. as a matter of fact, it is growing and intensifying. it looks like a labor weekend for the state of florida is going to be something that we really are going to have to watch. laura: what should people along the florida coastline be bracing themselves for? >> absolutely batten down the hatches and get ready. listen to local government.t when they say t, get out. start putting up storm shutters. start getting your hurricane evacuation kits together. a lot of us in the stad of florida ywhere in the tropics, we have hurricane kits and bags ready to go that have been pked all year. if you don't have one ready to go, now is the timreto get that y. laura: do you expect that the hurricane could strengthen as it approaches the coast and hits the warm water? >> absolutely. you are talking about thede eastern f the state of florida, a

she chose to cross the atlantic on a racing yacht, to avoid creating more greenhouse gas emissions.s all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, hardtalk. can the west african state of gabon save its environment? welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. our planet is haemorrhaging natural resources at an alarming rate. biodiversity is under threat as forests are felled, wild animals illegally hunted. my guest today is on the frontline of the effort to conserve and protect what remains. lee white is the newly—appointed environment minister in the west african state of gabon. a country famed for its tropical forests, its elephants and gorillas. but also notorious for systemic corruption and inequality. so can gabon find a sustainable balance between the needs of man and nature? theme music plays. lee white, welcome to hardtalk. hello. you first went to gabon as a research zoologist, a young student. you became a conservationist, an environmental campaigner and yet here we sit with you as a government minister, minister for the environment in gabon. how did you get seduced, if i ma

where the north sea and the atlantic ocean meats.lands, beset by winds and gales. about 20 of the islands are inhabited at the very location is one of the remote settlements in the uk means it's an ideal place to test new forms of energy such as wave, wind and tide. wave energy is literally the energy in the waves but ultimately that's been driven by the wind. in orkney, because we've got the full force of the atlantic ocean, it is very windy, so we get lots of very big waves crashing against our shores. tidal energy is driven by gravitational forces, where we get the biggest opportunity for tidal energy is the stream and thatis for tidal energy is the stream and that is concentrated around the islands of orkney and a few other places. orkney was once dependent on the scottish mainland for power but today, it fulfils its own energy needs. this tidal turbine pioneered by an orkney —based marine energy firm is being tested by seawater moving its blades. technology takes energy from sea and converts it to a city. the principle behind it

but come thursday, we'll be looking again towards the atlantic to see progress of more atlantic weatherhe british isles. so it's wet and windy fare for the western side of scotland, through to northern ireland, too. generally speaking, quite a bit of cloud across england and wales, but a lot of dry weather. and again, that temperatures just about pushing to 23 or 2a at best, on notable south—westerly breeze. from thursday on into friday, we're just going to follow the line of the front back into the atlantic. a little ripple in that weather front thickens the cloud, and eventually another pulse of pretty wet weather gets into the western part of scotland, initially, then right across scotland, through northern ireland, into the northern parts of england and maybe just flirting with the north—western quarter of wales. again, thanks to the influence of a bit of a high—pressure, the south should be that wee bit drier. friday on towards the weekend, we've still got that same weather frontjust weaving its way across the british isles but, once that front has made its way down and across us,

climate activist greta thunberg arrives in new york, after 15 days crossing the atlantic under sail,o minimise carbon emissions. there's fierce criticism here of the decision to suspend parliament for more than four weeks. requested by the prime minister and approved by the queen, it means members of parliament who want to prevent the uk leaving the european union without a deal, have even less time to do that. for some, it's a constitutional crisis, some critics use the word "coup". for others it's a way to shortcut years of prevarication about brexit. borisjohnson says it means he can get on with his agenda for the future. this from bbc political editor laura kuenssberg. shutting up shop — at the prime minister's request, the gates will clang shut here for an extra few days next month. debates won't take place, mps won't vote or stand in the way of borisjohnson. we are bringing forward a new legislative programme on crime, on hospitals, and making sure that we have the education funding that we need. and there will be ample time on both sides of that crucial october the 17th summit

here's the low pressure swinging in off the atlantic on friday.nd coasts. the rain probably won't reach the east of the country until a lot later in the day, so that means places like brighton, london, norwich, hull, will get away with a decent first half to friday. the rain might not reach london until friday night, for example, but for wales and the south—west, looking pretty wet on friday and the temperatures only around, say, 17—19 degrees at least for most of us. friday night, that low pressure continues to make its journey to the east and come saturday and sunday, it's going to turn blustery in the uk with gusts of wind in some areas could be approaching 50mph. so another very windy weekend potentially on the way. bye— bye. this is bbc news, the headlines: after days of violent clashes, sit ins by protesters, and hundreds of cancelled flights it appears that hong kong airport — one of asia's busiest transport hubs — has calmed down. authorities have used new powers in an attempt to get flights departing and arriving largely on schedule. pres

she chose to cross the atlantic on a racing yacht, to avoid creating more greenhouse gas emissions.

now, here's the low pressure that swings in off the atlantic on friday.tty strong as well, gusting to around 40mph around these western and southern coasts. now the rain probably won't reach the east of the country until a lot later in the day, so that means places like say brighton, london, norwich, hull, may actually get away with a fairly decent first half to friday. the rain may not reach london until friday night, for example. but for wales and the south—west, it's looking pretty wet on friday and the temperatures only around, say, 17—19 degrees at least for most of us. then friday night, that low pressure continues to make its journey towards the east and come saturday and sunday, it's going to turn very blustery in the uk. gusts of wind in some areas could be approaching 50mph. so another very windy weekend potentially on the way. bye— bye. in the search efforts, and explained how the family is coping. this is bbc news, the headlines: after days of violent clashes, sit ins by protesters, and hundreds of cancelled flights, hong kong airport, one of

if they had looked, if a german engineer had looked at the atlantic he would have laughed. that is just my guess. >> and if you can boil that down into two a nutshell, tell that to your wife.>> my question was, is there any difference between how the confederate and federal soldiers have built trenches like in the scale or style, and if there is, why? >> that is an interesting question, and i think the answer is yes. brings up another interesting point that i wanted to say and i forgot, that if you want to look at trenches in the atlantic, you are very lucky, you could probably walk along 5 to 6 miles of preserved confederate trench, literally. it is red clay, they are held together, they are well preserved. one of the interesting things, there are several sections that preserved the line, where you can see quirky little designs that only appear on this unit sector. quirky little design features that i have never seen anywhere else. those are examples of a guy in the company of the 20th tennessee, having an idea in their mind about how to rearrange the trench a little bit d

our weather is coming in from the atlantic ocean and we know how u nsettled the atlantic ocean and wehow unsettled that means our weather is going to be. a lot of cloud coming in on some fairly brisk south—westerly winds and the weather front focusing the thickest of the cloud and bringing rain to northern ireland and scotland. the rain in highland scotland, but not as windy as yesterday. for many parts of england and wales, still dry, rather confused skies here in norfolk. mostly high cloud so some hazy sunshine for much of the midlands, southern england, quite warm towards the south—east, highs of 25, 26. those temperatures depressed further north with more cloud and rain continuing through this evening and overnight across northern ireland. the rain developing more widely across scotland, so heavy rain particularly into the hills. beginning to work its way to england and wales, where it should be largely drier overnight, fair bit of cloud and quite warm as well, temperatures 12—14 degrees. we saw earlier on a weather front on the scene, it is bringing the rain and there it is as we

climate change activist, greta thunberg, has arrived in new york after sailing across the atlantic oceanattend two climate change summits in the us. she wanted to travel by sea to minimise her carbon footprint. along the way, miss thunberg gave updates about her trip on social media. the bbc‘s chris buckler, reports from new york. when world leaders travelled to the united nations, they rarely get a reception like this. the un brought out a flotilla of boats to welcome a 16—year—old schoolgirl — it's a sign of how much of a figurehead greta thunberg has become. greta has come to new york to raise concerns about climate change but even the journey itself was intended to send a message. she would not fly, because of the environmental impact, instead she spent two weeks on a yacht, powered only by the wind and sun. the ground is still shaking for me so, but i want to thank everyone so much, everyone who is here and everyone who is involved in this climate fight because this is a fight across borders, across continents. the whole trip was designed to attract publicity. from the online map tr