jane corbin, bbc news.ase in customers and sales because of the cost of living crisis. aldi, which recently overtook morrisons to become the fourth biggest supermarket in the uk, claims it�*s gained more than a million customers in the last few months. last year, aldi�*s profits fell sharply but its boss has told the bbc customers are now switching to it in droves. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. three, two, one. a new aldi store comes to town in new milton, hampshire. this chain is opening another 16 supermarkets before the new year. so how does it feel to be the fourth biggest grocer in the uk now? well, it�*s an honour and it�*s been a 30—yearjourney. aldi had a tough pandemic. unable to ride the online grocery boom, profits tumbled, but sales are soaring now. well, over the last 12 weeks, we welcomed over 1.5 million new shoppers to our store. what we're seeing is an unprecedented shift in customer behaviour and we're seeing customers reprioritising value like never before and switching

jane corbin, bbc news.k doesn't pose any danger to the earth, but this mission will test whether an asteroid could be diverted if it was heading for our planet. our science editor rebecca morelle has more. it's the stuff of hollywood — an asteroid threatening to wipe out the earth and a mission to stop it, like in the film, armageddon. but now, nasa is turning science fiction into science fact. they are about to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid to try and change its path. this space rock poses no threat, but it's a chance to show how we could deal with one on a collision course with the earth. the double asteroid redirection test is, first and foremost, a test. it is a test on an asteroid that is not a danger to earth. there is nothing we can do to it that will make it a danger to earth, and we are doing this now when we don't have to do in order to develop the capabilities to deflect an asteroid if we ever should need to in the future. three, two, one... and lift off, of the falcon 9 and dart. the space

jane corbin, bbc news.in whats known as the family code. but conservatives and the catholic and evangelical churches oppose the moves which would also allow gay couples to adopt. will grant has more. among the first to vote was the cuban president miguel diaz canel and his wife, who came out in support of this raft of changes to the country's family code. the most noteworthy change would be the legalisation of same—sex marriages or civil unions. it also would give the right to gay couples to adopt. president diaz canel said he expected the motion to pass, although he did recognise there could be a strong anti—government vote and said that, whatever the result, he felt it had been to the benefit of the nation to hold the conversation. this long document had been through more than 22 changes and been debated at community level town hall meetings. nevertheless, there will be significant opposition to these measures coming from a variety of quarters. one is the growing strength of the evangelical church notjust

jane corbin, bbc news.oking at these terrible events in asia in the philippines? that's right, we have got the typhoon. it deepened quite quickly, as it crossed lausanne, it lost intensity so the wind dropped, but now it is back into the south china sea, it is picking up intensity once again it is heading in the direction of vietnam as a strong typhoon and again, the strong surge, the winds, that kind of thing as well as its rich rain will have an impact, and the strong list of these will be in the strong list of these will be in the northern side of the typhoon. also looking at hurricane ian, affecting part of the caribbean, it will move across cuba as a major hurricane, then it goes across florida so that will also have impacts with a strong surge in wind and heavy rain. so a lot going on with the weather around the world. back on our shores, things are a lot quieter although today it scooped going to be fairly wet and windy, and it will be cool as well, temperatures for much of this week will be below av

jane corbin, bbc news.ghbourhoods in this area. as soon as you come off the main road, much of these small alleyways are flooded and it started around one or two in the morning neighbourhoods and they were swept away in the rising floodwaters. in total, around 74,000 people were evacuated from their homes and taken to shelters. the red cross had shelters set up right across the country as this super typhoon crashed into the philippines. many were put up in small tents in churches and community centres, but as they woke up this morning this was the result. this is the main road to san miguel and as you can see, many people are out of their houses, they are spending time by the side of the road. they are all sharing food, they are all sharing information, people are going to relatives�* houses. i have been through some of the other neighbourhoods where we have had to wade through chest deep and many people there are on the roofs. they are passing food from roof to roof. that is the way they say they are going