fergal keane, bbc news, mandalay.wan is bracing for more typhoon talim, bringing winds that could reach up to i70km/h. the typhoon is expected to gain power as it sweeps towards taiwan's northern cities. it could then strengthen into a super typhoon as it moves towards china's mainland, and then north—east towards japan on friday. a us senator for the state of florida has described it as inexcusable that eight residents at a nursing home died after air conditioning was lost in the aftermath of hurricane irma. senator bill nelson said the deaths following sunday's storm could have been prevented. 115 other residents of the home were evacuated, a number of them in critical condition. police are conducting a criminal investigation into the deaths. at this time we have other patients in critical care. right now the building has been sealed off and we are conducting a criminal investigation inside. then we believe that this may be related to the loss of power in the storm but we are conducting a criminal investigation are

fergal keane, bbc news, mandalay.: trapped in hell — with no way out. we report on the plight of thousands of civilians, in the syrian city of raqqa. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here — of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites, in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears — enough! translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news. our main headline: florida police have launched a criminal investigation into the deaths of eight residents at a nursing home hit by hurricane irma. let's go to syria now, and the battle for raqqa, the main stronghold of so—called islamic state. coalition air strikes are

fergal keane, bbc news, mandalay.and tonight we brought you two sides of the story. the view from myanmar and that of the rohingya here in bangladesh. it's a story where the two sides contradict each other entirely. but the plight of the refugees has touched many and with the un secretary general to night accusing myanmar of ethnic cleansing, i think there is little doubt where the weight of world opinion lies. reeta chakrabarti with the latest on the rohingya crisis in bangladesh. the latest employment figures show the number of people out of work fell again in the three months to the end ofjuly — taking the unemployment rate to its lowest level for 42 years. the office for national statistics says average pay has increased by 2.1% — but with inflation higher than it's been for four years people are actually earning less than they were a year ago. in the commons the prime minister said there needed to be greater flexibility on public sector pay, and the government would consider its options in the budget in november.

fergal keane, bbc news. in pakistan at least 20 million children are not in education.ely or. we have been finding a group of schools in karachi aiming to change that by bringing lessons to the streets. in the middle of four lanes of busy traffic, a school for some of pakistan's most vulnerable children. many of the pupils here are barely in their teens. but practically all of them used to work for a living. 11—year—old nahar used to be a maid. now she hopes one day to be a doctor. translation: i used to have to sweep, mop and dust other people's houses. my father died, so my mother said i needed to work. and how do you feel coming to school now? i like it a lot. there are said to be hundreds of thousands of street children in the city of karachi. many live and work in the shadow of this religious shrine where local charities and devotees distribute free food. that is where one local businesswoman decided to start a school — opposite the shrine, underneath a flyover. translation: we are here because we do not have enough funding for a proper building and because this is

fergal keane, bbc news, mandalay. is bracing for more typhoon talim bringing winds that could reach up to 170 kilometres per hour. the typhoon is expected to gain power as it sweeps towards taiwan's northern cities. it could then strengthen into a super typhoon as it moves towards china's mainland, and then north—east towards japan on friday. eight residents of a florida nursing home have died after hurricane irma knocked out its power and air conditioning when it hit the state on sunday. the senator said that the death following the storm that knocked out power and following the storm that knocked out powerand air following the storm that knocked out power and air conditioning could have been prevented. 115 other residents of the home were evacuated, a number of them in critical condition. police are conducting a criminal investigation into the deaths. at this time we have other patients in critical care. right now the building has been sealed off and we are conducting a criminal investigation inside. then we believe

fergal keane, bbc news. let's get more on hurriance irma now.and barbuda. thank you very much for your time. antigua seems to have escaped. how ha rd antigua seems to have escaped. how hard is it on barbuda? thank you for having me on your show. we were fortu nate having me on your show. we were fortunate in antigua. the first report came from the prime minister today when he took his first trip as telecommunications went down. said 90% of the island is damaged or destroyed. the devastation is not like we have never seen before. we are talking about the entire population of barbuda being significantly destroyed. it seems they faced absolutely ferocious winds and a very high storm surge. what can you do to help quickly? the first thing we need to do is to get the damage assessment done. resources will be going over to barbuda tomorrow to get a picture of what the immediate and long—term needs are. we will start the relief effort based on that. we have met with the government. we just came out of a meeting with cabinet to identify what kind of res

fergal keane, bbc news.has been repeatedly highlighted by ministers as they consider britain's future outside the european union. so how could brexit affect the scientific community here? it receives eu funding and it does collaborate with european scientists on many important projects. today, the government outlined its vision for science and brexit and our science editorm david shukman, has been taking a closer look. european funding underpins much of british science. it supports the search for a new, clean source of energy, with this experimental fusion reactor near oxford. it helps the exploration of graphene, an astonishing material with huge industrial potential, and it contributes to research into flooding and how best to predict it. and because of links like this, a new government paper recognises that a deep relationship should continue after brexit and research leaders are relieved. it's very encouraging in both its tone and its aspirations, but it's clear that there's going to be a lot of work tha

our special correspondent fergal keane has been to the country‘s second—biggest city, mandalay, to assesssense of a buddhist country is powerfully felt in mandalay, so too are the echoes of current events. this collection was ostensibly for all refugees in rakhine state, but we heard the line repeated all over myanmar now — muslims were being burned out by muslim terrorists. translation: they are not only destroying buddhist homes, but also muslim houses. i don‘t want all the terrorist groups. this is a war about the occupation of the territory. they are killing all the people they see, and destroying all the houses they see. it was meant to be very different. a year ago, the pro—democracy, pro—human rights party of aung san suu kyi became the government. but the country‘s de facto leader has refused to either condemn the security crackdown or call for military restraint. in mandalay, her party‘s spokesman sees rakhine buddhists as the victims. what do you believe is happening in rakhine state? "i just want to say what my own view is," he told me. "i only see that rakhine ethnic people ha