although it has reduced in strength, saola is bringing fierce winds and heavy rain to guangdong provincens of people are sheltering indoors. 800,000 people have been evacuated from the more vulnerable areas of guangdong, which is home to several megacities. saola has caused extensive disruption to transport, business, and education, and is likely to bring storm conditions for much of the weekend. live now to hong kong resident anna adasiewicz, whose home has been damaged by falling debris from typhoon saola. and your home has been damaged, anna. ., ,., ., ., ., ., anna. hello. good afternoon, everyone- _ anna. hello. good afternoon, everyone- i'm _ anna. hello. good afternoon, everyone. i'm standing - anna. hello. good afternoon, everyone. i'm standing in - anna. hello. good afternoon, everyone. i'm standing in the| everyone. i'm standing in the middle here, we are in discovery bay of mentor island, just south of the airport. it is the largest island here in hong kong. we have had extensive damage across all of hong kong, i can show you wadeye have experience here. behind us there are a

saola is bringing fierce winds and heavy rain to guangdong province, where tens of millions of people are sheltering indoors. 800,000 people have been evacuated from the more vulnerable areas of guangdong, which is home to several megacities. now on bbc news, the travel show. from tiny fairy penguins to taking the show on the road. one of the world's most spectacular ecosystems. and maybe the worst customer service experience you might ever endure, all in the name of fun. what is this? i'm not playing charades right now. you use your big girl words. this week we're in australia. it's been a while now since australia officially reopened its borders to tourists and it's been so good to see so many people heading there. and today, we'll be looking back at some of my favourite travel show moments from the country i still call home. of course, australia is a vast country and we can't possibly attempt to cover the whole nation injust this one program. but hopefully we'll give you a flavour. one of my favourite stories saw me back in my home state of victoria way back in 2016 when i headed t

this reporter in guangdong province from the china meteorological administration was trying his besto update viewers on the typhoon. and here it is seen from space on the left of the screen, with another, smaller typhoon, to the right. this reporter in guangdong province from the china meteorological administration was trying his best to update viewers on the typhoon. and here it is seen from space on the left of the screen, with another, smaller typhoon, to the right. anna adasiewicz is a resident in discovery bay in hong kong. she told us more about here experience there. the government told us already yesterday that it will be a day off, all the schools, stock exchange, businesses are closed. it is the closest typhoon we have had in the past 20 years, it is meant to be passing us by at midnight at about a0 kilometres from here. i don't know whetehr you can see it, we have got buckets full of water passing by. we have got literally leaking windows. broken trees. chairs flying. chairs flying, a chair literally just flew away two minutes before we came online. it has been pretty bad.

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saola is bringing fierce winds and heavy rain to guangdong province, where tens of millions of peoplere sheltering indoors. eight—hundred thousand people have been evacuated from the more vulnerable areas of guangdong — which is home to several megacities. now on bbc news...the briefing this is the kashmir the indian government wants the world to see. beautiful, serene, filled with tourists. away from the site is the more grim picture. a painful long running conflict, more recently a clampdown on democratic rights. journalists who can bring out people's voices and the grim realities say they are being silenced by the government. this kashmiri reporter pictured here at one of his court hearings. he has beenin one of his court hearings. he has been injailforfive one of his court hearings. he has been in jail for five years charged under terror laws. been in jail for five years charged underterror laws. his been in jail for five years charged under terror laws. his father mohammed says his son was targeted for this article he wrote about an anti—india militant. translation: everyone know

is expected to strengthen into a typhoon by sunday. 800,000 people have been evacuated in china's guangdong of england without services. members of the aslef union have been involved in a long running dispute over pay. tomorrow, in a separate strike, rail workers will walk out from 1a different train companies, cutting services in half. journeys into scotland and wales will be affected. meanwhile, the future of station ticket offices is under scrutiny. hundreds could close in england, with a public consultation ending at midnight. our transport correspondent katy austin has the latest. a ticket office in surrey open for business today, but for how much longer? under pressure from the government to cut costs, train companies say ticket—buying habits have changed and they want to use staff differently. a public consultation has received at least half a million responses. i buy them on an app, but i understand that there's a lot of people locally who don't have access to that app. personally, it wouldn't make a difference to how i travel, but i understand there are a lot of people who do rely

further north, 800,000 people have been evacuated in china's guangdong province.o engage in a state of near—war against the storm. india is ramping up security, preparing to host world leaders at the g20 summit in new delhi next week. the country is rolling out anti—drone systems, and has put 130,000 security officers in place. though, there are reports china's president xi jinping will not attend. he had met with india's narendra modi at the brics summit last week, but tensions remain high between the two countries. on tuesday, india lodged a strong protest, after beijing published an official map which appeared to lay claim to a large tract of land in the hamalayas over which india claims sovereignty. beijing responded by saying its neighbour should stay calm, and not �*over interpret�* the issue. well, for more on this, i spoke with democratic us congressman raja krishnamoorthi, who sits on the on the select committee on china. congressman, great to have you back on the show. thanks forjoining us today. is india over interpreting this map, as china has said? no

the governor of guangdong province called for what he called a �*near—war state' to battle the typhoonlandfall along the coast near hong kong sometime late on friday or early saturday. 0ur weather presenter sarah keith—lucas has more. we have seen a very busy spell and the typhoon season with more to come. you can see saola rotating, it is a large typhoon moving gradually closer to the coast of the south—west of china approaching hong kong, it will probably be the worst typhoon to impact hong kong in five years and following closely will be the next typhoon pushing in to taiwan but lets look at the track of typhoon saola and it will move close to the coast of hong kong, could be about 300 millimetres of rain falling over the mountainous areas before moving back to the south china sea. looking at the rainfall, the green colours indicate the torrential rainfall, very close to hong kong over the next 24—hour was but notjust the rain, strong winds from the east pushing up the sea—level in the region so we could see coastal inundation as the sea rises around three metres compared to normal,

although it has reduced in strength, saola is bringing fierce winds and heavy rain to guangdong provincef people are sheltering indoors. 800,000 have been evacuated from the more vulnerable areas there, which is home to several megacities. the system is likely to bring storm conditions for much of the weekend. to south africa now, where relatives have begun identifying the bodies of those who died in the worst building fire the country has seen. 7a people, including 12 children, were killed in the blaze at an apartment block injohannesburg's former central business district on thursday. there have been complaints of delays in the identification process, with some families waiting outside the mortuary for up to two hours. the un has warned of an impending humanitarian crisis in niger, after the new militaryjunta suspended the activities of un agencies. the army took power in a july coup amid islamist militant insurgencies. more than 3 million people already face food insecurity in niger, and prices have increased 20% since the coup. meanwhile, thejunta says it's "dismayed" by remarks from

in china, typhoon saola made landfall twice saturday on the country�*s southern guangdong province.le are bracing for a different storm, typhoon haikui, sunday. 3,000 people were evacuated, and domestic flights have been canceled as torrential rain and strong winds are expected in the island�*s south and east. finally, to a sea otter fit for a talent show. 9—year—old juno, who lives in oregon zoo, is a big fan of basketball. her keepers taught her how to put a ball through a hoop to help keep herjoints moving as she gets older. juno�*s reviews are all conclusive — she�*s �*otterly�* impressive! stay with us here on bbc news. that�*s all from us here in washington, we leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off to our colleagues there. stayed tuned right here on bbc news. hello. the weather is set to feel decidedly summer—like over the next few days but there is one small reminder that we are now into september. a bit of a more autumnal and murky start to sunday with mist and fog patches in places. a completely different type of weather in the far north of the uk. the

they had escaped from a farm that was hit by torrential downpours in guangdong province.ollapse and the reptiles managed to escape through two gaps. residents within a five kilometre radius had been warned not to go into the water. five crocodiles do still remain unaccounted for. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. we've had some pretty big downpours across some parts of the country in the last few hours. thunder and lightning, too, but dry weather as well in one or two spots, in fact. clear spells also expected through this evening and overnight. and very mild conditions. the air still is coming in from the south. so mid—teens expected overnight. in fact, if you look at the motion of the cloud, you can see drifting in, gently drifting in from the south. and these are the storm clouds that affected the south. and then through the evening hours, the storm clouds will have drifted northwards. outbreaks of rain elsewhere across scotland and northern ireland and then early hours of the morning, the possibility of further heavy showers with thunder and lightning across the s

parts of hong kong and macau, typhoon saola has made landfall in the southern chinese province of guangdong so far one person has been killed in the dangerous storm, with severe winds leaving a trail of devastation and stranding hundreds of hong kong travellers. former un ambassador, congressman and new mexico governor bill richardson has died. president biden called richardson a patriot and true original in a statement. us secretary of state antony blinken said in his own statement richardson dedicated his life to public service. richardson helped negotiate the release of americans detained abroad. he bargained for the release of hostages and detainees held by regimes in north korea, cuba, iraq, myanmarand sudan. most recently he helped secure the release last year of marine veteran trevor reed from russia in a prisoner swap. representatives say he died in his sleep at his massachusetts home. richardson was 75 years old. ll cool], eltonjohn, and the beach boys�* brian wilson are among the fans of american singer—songwriter jimmy buffett paying tribute to the creator of margaritaville. he d

hundreds of flights were cancelled in china's guangdong province and hong kong as super typhoon saola raise a strong storm advisory. three tropical cyclones have formed in the northwest pacific ocean and south china sea, with saola and haikui already labelled typhoons. another one — called kirogi — is the most distant from land and is still classified as a tropical storm. with more on this here's sarah keith lucas. we have seen a very busy spell and the typhoon season with more to come. you can see saola rotating, it has a large typhoon moving gradually closer to the coast of the south—west of china approaching hong kong, at will probably be the worst typhoon to impact hong kong in five years and following closely will be the next typhoon pushing in to want taiwan but lets look at the track of typhoon saola and it will move close to the coast of hong kong, could be about 300 millimetres of rain falling over the mountainous areas before moving back to the south china sea. looking at the rainfall, the green colours indicate the torrential rainfall, very close to hong kong over the next

and you can see why — this reporter in guangdong province, from the china meteorological administration seen from space — on the left of the screen, with another smaller typhoon to the right. we've been talking to some residents in discovery bay, in hong kong. they told us more about here experience there. the government told us already yesterday that it will be a day off, all the schools, stock exchange, businesses are closed. it's the closest typhoon we have had in the past 20 years, it's meant to be passing us by at midnight at about a0 kilometres from here. i don't know whether you can see it, we have got buckets full of water passing by. we have got literally leaking windows from the terrace, broken trees, etc. chairs flying. chairs flying, a chair literally just flew away two minutes before we came online. so it's been pretty bad. the pictures were from actually the main entrance to our block. we have actually had, just a couple of hours ago, a couple of trees falling down, cutting off the access to our residential area. but we've had a very good response from the emergency and fi

they had escaped from a farm that was hit by torrential downpours in guangdong province.e through two gaps. residents within a five kilometre radius had been warned not to go into the water. five crocodiles though still remain unaccounted for. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. it is shaping up to be a very unsettled and autumnal week of weather with some strong winds and some heavy rain. and talking of heavy rain on sunday, parts of south west england had localised flash flooding because of some really intense downpours and thunderstorms that drifted up from the south. you can see the shower clouds there on our earlier satellite picture. we've also got a couple of different frontal systems pushing in from the west. so whichever way you slice it, quite a wet start to monday for many of us. still some hefty showers across parts of eastern england first thing. then here comes our band of rain, some particularly wet weather across parts of scotland. behind our rain bands, we see a mixture of sunny spells and showers. some of those could be on the heavy side. and

this reporter in guangdong province from the china meteorological administration was trying his best

the next few days it's going to move its way close to the coast here of hong kong, hong kong and guangdongillimetres of rain falling over the mountainous areas there before it then curls back probably in towards the south china sea, affecting hainan and the peninsula as well. so let's take a look at the rainfall associated with this system. you can see the green colours here indicating the torrential rainfall. it's going to move very close to hong kong over the next 2a hours or so. but of course, notjust the rain. these really strong winds coming in from an easterly direction. they're going to be pushing up the sea level across the region so we could see coastal inundation as the sea rises by around about three metres compared to normal around the hong kong region, pushing off then gradually towards the southwest. but you can see already the next storm system lining up and that's going to push its way across taiwan and potentially make a second landfall around a similar area in southern china into next week as well. so it's that combination of the heavy rainfall, those strong winds and als

. >> across the waters in mainland china, guangdong along the south coastline has also issued its highest alert with residents to be evacuated and trains suspended overnight. the powerful tropical cyclone packs the force of a category four hurricane. authorities say it could weaken as it approaches but warned it could still be the strongest storm to hit the area in decades, and it is not the only storm threatening the region this weekend. a second typhoon is forecast to make landfall in taiwan before heading towards china which could see heavy rain, flooding, and travel disruptions through monday. >> it is time now for our daily fact checking segment. in regards to the coup in niger, protests in the capital are ongoing. they are calling for france to remove troops and military bases from the country. you have found a viral video claiming that nigerian troops have already forced the french troops and also united nations out of the country, so tell us -- is it truth or fake? and how did you manage to check this video? >> yes indeed, the withdrawal of french troops from niger -- that is what

something but i went through archives in gwangju so i had help with with that from someone from the guangdongmuseum and found really nothing disappointingly nothing so no record of her family. i did find one little notice though in the archives that indicated that the months so around the time when i found my was leaving gwangju was a very bad flood and there were huge challenges to feed people and many parents were at their wits end not knowing how they were going to feed their children. and i kind of if perhaps what happened was that after moyes parents who had probably some affiliation with the maybe they were shopkeepers associated somehow with america and merchants just that this was the best thing they could do for her because of the really difficult situations financially in china at the time definitely wonderful that were able to sort of travel to gwangju as well sort of do the history research on the ground. we had another question which is wonderfully phrased so you mentioned, nancy, that a significant number of imports to us were chinese. so to extent to this day, these objects in

further north, 800,000 people have been evacuated in china's guangdong province.prime minister narendra modi's decision to strip indian—administered kashmir of its semi—autonomy. new delhi took direct control in 2019, and now the security forces are being accused, of a campaign of arrests and intimidation of journalists. india and pakistan both claim the kashmir region and each control part of it. the area under indian control, has seen insurgencies by several militant groups, and the security forces are accused of cracking down on those reporting events. the bbc has spoken to several journalists with stories of serious abuse. our south asia correspondent, yogita limaye, has more from the city of srinagar. this is the kashmir india's government wants the world to see. beautiful, serene, full of tourists. away from sight is the more grim picture. a painful, long—running conflict. more recently, a clampdown on democratic rights. and journalists say those reporting on the realities of the situation are now being silenced. asif sultan, a kashmiri reporter, pictured he

number of debt obligations due over the coming months, that was issued by a unit of country garden, guangdongn. what a country garden ones to do is stretch of the payment, not just by a better -- a matter of months, we are talking three years. we have actually seen this group or note is the last known group of eight notes in total, and the other seven have been delayed. around $1.5 billion in total based on previous successes, even though we saw bondholders initially pulling back and votes extended for those nodes in question. it does seem country garden could be successful here. any sort of delay or any sort of delay on extension would leave the company facing sizable repayment pressures, and that could have a big ramifications for the china property market more broadly, because we spoke so much about evergrande when it defaulted back in the end of 2021. country garden has four times as many projects as evergrande, and a lot of those are in lower tier cities that suffered from that rout in the property market. haidi: country garden hasn't shown more signs of progress when it comes to managin

landfall in the small hours but back into the sea, reading west would towards the other parts of guangdongther landfall so it has weakened a lot and we expect rain and all that but it may not be as bad as expected.— rain and all that but it may not be as bad as expected. martin, thank ou so as bad as expected. martin, thank you so much- _ martin yip. rail passengers in england are facing a second day of disruption as 20,000 members of the rmt union go on strike. it follows a walk out by train drivers in the aslef union yesterday, as both unions continue their disputes with rail operators and the government over pay. here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown. today's rail woe shifts from the working week to leisure travel. whether it's trying to visit friends or family over the weekend or travelling to a sporting fixture, would—be rail passengers are likely to be disappointed. up to 20,000 rail workers at the rmt union — typically station staff or guards — are on strike for 2h hours. it's part of a long—running dispute over pay, jobs and working practices. the rail delivery group, whi