leigh milner, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. of frequent showers, heavy and thundery merging into torrential spells of rain in places. please continue overnight although losing some intensity. driest across central, southern and eastern england and temperatures between 11, 14 degrees. not so many showers tomorrow across england and wales. a good scattering across northern ireland and the heaviest likely to be across scotland once again. in the sunshine around 2a degrees maximum and more like the mid to high teens for scotland and northern ireland. a quieter day for many on thursday but some persistent rain sweeping across the uk on friday and behind that the wind strengthening up behind that the wind strengthening up to gale force for england and wales on saturday. you're watching beyond 100 days. global financial markets are nervous about a trade wars with stocks struggling around the world. amid the tit—for—tat between china and us, germany warns both sides to calm down before the rest of the world gets hit. but donald trump d

here's leigh milner. crying and screaming.ration aboard the migrant rescue boat proactiva open arms. they've been stranded off the coast of the italian island lampedusa for two weeks now, and in the desperate attempt to reach the shore, some have decided to take matters into their own hands. italy's government has reluctantly allowed 27 children and two newborn babies to disembark from the open arms. the rest have been told to stay on board. translation: the two newly-born children i promised to get off, but the presumed minors, the presumed refugees fleeing a presumed war, presumed sick people, no. i am alone against everyone. the prime minister wrote to me to get people off. the court has opened a case. do i need to end up injail because i defended the borders of this country? there are now more than 100 migrants left on board, most of whom are african who were picked up off the coast of libya. following italy's refusal to dock, spain has since offered to take the boat in, but crews say they won't be able to last for another

here's leigh milner. crying and screaming.ration aboard the migrant rescue boat proactiva open arms. they've been stranded off the coast of the italian island lampedusa for two weeks now, and in the desperate attempt to reach the shore, some have decided to take matters into their own hands. italy's government has reluctantly allowed 27 children and two newborn babies to disembark from the open arms. the rest have been told to stay on board. translation: the two newly-born children i promised to get off, but the presumed minors, the presumed refugees fleeing a presumed war, presumed sick people, no. i am alone against everyone. the prime minister wrote to me to get people off. the court has opened a case. do i need to end up injail because i defended the borders of this country? there are now more than 100 migrants left on board, most of whom are african who were picked up off the coast of libya. following italy's refusal to dock, spain has since offered to take the boat in, but crews say they won't be able to last for another

leigh milner, bbc news. bbc news, still to come: the power station that inspired poetry, but the demolition didn't quite go to plan. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the past ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! czechoslovakia must be free! chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we all with them now. with — in our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us", chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well", joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is bbc world news. the lat

leigh milner, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.ernment of ‘off— loading its responsibilities' after a man who fought for islamic state was stripped of his british citizenship. jack letts was captured while trying to reach turkey in 2017, and is currently in prison in northern syria. he also holds canadian citizenship, which allowed the uk government to withdraw his citizenship without making him stateless. parts of india have been hit by severe weather. torrential rains in the north of the country have killed at least 10 people and stranded hundreds more. several roads have been damaged in the states of oo—tra—kaand and him—a—chall pradesh, where rivers have risen suddenly due to the heavy rain. the opposition in sudan, which signed a landmark power sharing deal with military leaders on saturday, has chosen the five people it wants to be part of a sovereign council. it's due to be sworn in on monday, to help pave the way for a transitional government and, eventually, elections. the military is also nominating five names for the cou

here's leigh milner. crying and screaming.grant rescue boat proactiva open arms. they've been stranded off the coast of the italian island lampedusa for two weeks now, and in the desperate attempt to reach the shore, some have decided to take matters into their own hands. italy's government has reluctantly allowed 27 children and two newborn babies to disembark from the open arms. the rest have been told to stay on board. translation: the two newly-born children i promised to get off, but the presumed minors, the presumed refugees fleeing a presumed war, presumed sick people, no. i am alone against everyone. the prime minister wrote to me to get people off. the court has opened a case. do i need to end up injail because i defended the borders of this country? there are now more than 100 migrants left on board, most of whom are african who were picked up off the coast of libya. following italy's refusal to dock, spain has since offered to take the boat in, but crews say they won't be able to last for another six days of sailing

well, it is easier and cheaper. 0k, we will leave it there for now, but thank you very much, leigh milnerd's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has condemned the violence overnight in glasgow. trouble erupted when a planned march in support of a united ireland was met by a counter protest within the govan area of the city. riot police and mounted officers dealt with the disturbance. two men aged 33 and 36 have been charged with the murder of a youth whose body was found at barry docks in south wales. the victim has been named as harry baker, who was 17 and from cardiff. police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen a disturbance in barry between midnight and 1.00 in the morning on wednesday. the us national hurricane centre says a powerful storm threatening the bahamas and florida has gathered strength, and is now expected to be the strongest weather system to hit the us coast in decades. hurricane dorian now has winds of more than 215 km per hour. this is how the bbc weather centre expects the hurricane to develop over the next few days. it's now marked as a category four storm, one

leigh milner, bbc news.angry because his sandwich was not prepared quickly enough. police say a murder investigation has been launched after the incident on friday evening in the east of the city. the suspect fled the scene and has not been caught. ambulance crews tried to save the 28—year—old waiter — who had been shot in the shoulder — but he died at the scene. his colleagues told police that the customer had lost his temper at the pizza and sandwich shop because of the length of time it had taken to prepare his meal. the three remaining didcot power station cooling towers, have been demolished in a controlled explosion earlier this morning. shortly after the demolition, thousands of people in the area said they had suffered a temporary power cut. an electricity supplier has said a power cut in oxfordshire this morning was "probably linked" to the demolition. an electricity pole was also seen to go up in flames seconds after the controlled explosions. louise currie has more. they've watched over didcot for

leigh milner, bbc news.tition laws to help cope with possible shortages if britain leaves the european union without a deal in october. today bbc news is taking a close look at the implications of a no—deal brexit. let's go live to peterhead in north east scotland now and speak to our correspondent james shaw. what's the preparation being made there to cope with a no—deal brexit? that's a very good question, and probably the question a lot of fishermen and people in the fish processing business are asking right now. fish is incredibly important in the north—east of scotland. the value of the fish landed here in peterhead last year was £202 million. there are 110 votes in this harbour, the biggest in the uk, and somebody who can give us a sense of the preparations is jimmy, somebody who can give us a sense of the preparations isjimmy, the head of the scottish seafood association. "110 of the scottish seafood association. —— 110 boats. of the scottish seafood association. --110 boats. since there has been a ch

leigh milner, thank you.rading system has been introduced. headteachers say the new tests have been demoralising for some students. england's exams regulator insists it's keeping standards the same over time. staff at cathay pacific have told bbc news they fear their workmates will report them if they express support for hong kong's pro—democracy protestors. earlier this month the airline warned staff they could be fired if they supported or participated in the protests, which they class as illegal. several workers suspected of getting involved in the rallies have already been sacked. children who travel to the united states illegally could be detained indefinitely under new legislation announced by the trump government. under the current laws, families with children can be held for a maximum of 20 days. critics fear it will dramatically increase the time young people spend in custody and the plans are likely to face a legal challenge. there's just one week left to make a claim for the mis—selling of ppi, pay

leigh milner, bbc news. —— their little girl safe.c. the response from everyone has been amazing. in the committee has some different out. there is someone that has helpful some. i was on tearing leslie. we we re some. i was on tearing leslie. we were just helping people get accommodation. —— iwas were just helping people get accommodation. —— i was helping leslie. that was boris johnson who is at the chapel on the firth evacuation centre and he arrived there some 30 mensa go. —— some 30 minutes ago. charles forrester principle analyst at jane‘s defence weekly magazine joins me now from south london. explain the strategy. one of the strategies has been to use the chinook to bring in aggregate and gravel to stabilise the dam wall. this is one of i imagine many different strategies that the authorities there are using. they have sent that chinook which will be extremely useful to the services of their and stabilising. and a team of royal engineers. why a chin up? h and up is extremely good at getting and up is extremely good at getting

here's leigh milner. chaos and frustration aboard this migrant ship open arms.s now. some decided to take matters into their own hands. italy's government has reluctantly allowed 27 children and two newborn babies to disembark from the open arms, the rest have been told to stay on board. is -- translation: i told the miners they could get off but presumed sick people, no. i am against everyone. the prime minister wrote to me to get people off. the court has opened a case. do i need to end up injail because i defended the borders of this country? there are now more than 100 migrants left on board, most of whom are african who were picked up off the coast of libya. following italy's refusal to dog, spain has since offered to take the but crews they won't be able to last for another six six days of sailing. translation: cup we have been wanting for days, people jumping into the water, fights, panic, anxiety, crisis, what else do we need, dead people? those who did not die at sea have to die here on board the open arms. is that what we need? i hope the public persec

leigh milner, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's alina jenkins.y by the end of this, you could be forgiven for thinking we have skipped straight to october. a good deal of sunshine across eastern counties of bingen, but for many, frequent showers, heavy and thundery, bringing torrential rain in places, all driven by this slow—moving area of low pressure, going nowhere fast. the showers are concentrated across scotland and northern ireland and the isle of man. and the north—west of ingle. not so many showers across the southern parts of northern ingle, so good news for whaley bridge, the showers few and far between. the showers few and far between. the showers were movies through the afternoon, some getting across to east anglia and south—east england. a better chance here of staying dry with spells of sunshine. where we have the showers, heavy with thunder and lighting. —— lightning. pleasa ntly warm and lighting. —— lightning. pleasantly warm in the sunshine, 23 celsius, quite cool across scotland and northern ireland, where we have the showers.

leigh milner reports from the scene.retch of road which runs through epping forest, and if you just look over my right hand shoulder you can see where the silver bmw m3 collided into a tree just after two o'clock this morning. a 16—year—old girl and a 21—year—old man died at the scene and two girls, aged 16 and 17 are currently in hospital with life—threatening injuries. earlier today, i spoke to counsellor michael stubbings who gave me his reaction. i'm very sad, very sad that young people had to lose their lives and you don't know what happened at the time or what went on. and what caused it. have you seen things like this happen before on this road? yes, many times i've driven down here and i've seen cars in the forest where people have missed their turning and come off the road for whatever reason. it is a road that has to be taken cautiously. a 21—year—old from left and has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and causing injury by dangerous driving and perverting the course of justice. h

leigh milner reports. me and mark but no rush to board them. —— back to myanmar. translation: until now of the families interviewed we have not found anybody willing to go but we expect at any moment they may change their mind to go. this is the second attempt to repatriate some of the wreckage of refugees. the first was just as unsuccessful. —— rohingya myanmar refuses to recognise them as an ethnic group and denies them citizenship. translation: mac we will not go back. we want to go along with armed forces from other countries. i am still cared as they —— scared as they tortured thousands of people and killed many of my relatives and iam and killed many of my relatives and i am scared to go back. i am scared. if they release all our people now in jail then if they release all our people now injail then we will go if they release all our people now in jail then we will go back, otherwise we will not go back. if we get back our homes, land and belongings then we will go. we are ready to go back. the faile

earlier, our correspondent leigh milner, gave this update.y spotted in kent this morning by coastguards trying to cross the english channel. what we don't know is where they've come from. but what we've been told by officials is that they've currently been detained. and also, in fact, several other boats have actually been intercepted. as you can imagine, search and rescue operations will be taking place in that area. so, if you are living in kent today, just expect some activity there. and as you mentioned before, you know, the home secretary said urgent action had to be taken to tackle the migrant crisis. particularly migrants using small boats trying to cross the channel, because that is, as we can see, it's extremely dangerous, extremely choppy waters there. and to be fair, following that announcement, british and french ministers have agreed to work together to try and tackle this problem. and speaking to french officials, they say they have seen a rise, particularly over the past couple of months, possibly because of the warm and hot we

leigh milner reports from heathrow.ng in terminal 5 at heathrow airport. hundreds of passengers queueing at check—in to find out what's happening to their flights. then, at nine o'clock, this happened. unfortunately, i apologise, but we've had an it system failure this morning. we are currently unable to do a number of activities through our it systems. that does mean that any short—haul flights this morning are currently cancelled. we are being told our flight has been cancelled. it's not going to be rebooked today. and we basically were told we either have to book a hotel for the night or go home. our next flight, we've been told, is friday at 5pm. and we are probably going to go home and rebook. we have been at the airport going up and down for about three hours. and we have concluded the best thing to do is to leave because we're going to be rebooked on anything and we will need to book a whole new flight. “ we are —— we are not going to be rebooked. and our bag has gone, so it's a complete nightmare. the problem is

leigh milner has the story. duke and duchess of sussex. but the trip to eltonjohn‘s home has proven to be pretty costly — for their reputation, at least. the couple flew there in a private jet, a controversial choice for prince harry, who often talks of the importance of tackling climate change. looking after our environment is a lifelong commitment. we are all part of a global family and we share the understanding and universal privilege of being able to inhabit this earth. it's been reported they've taken four private jetjourneys in 11 days. but sir eltonjohn, who, as we all know, was very close to harry's mother, princess diana, has defended the pair. in a message posted on social media he said: "i am deeply distressed by today's distorted and malicious account in the press surrounding the duke and duchess of sussex's private stay at my home in nice last week. prince harry's mother, diana, princess of wales, was one of my dearest friends. to maintain a high level of much—needed protection, we provided them wi

leigh milner has more. lurking beneath the water in the scottish hebrides, a basking shark. seven tonnes and grow to ten metres long, making them the second largest fish in the world. every year between may and october, large groups gather here. why? well, no one really knows. to find out, scientists have used an underwater torpedo—shaped robot, which follows the sharks and records a 360—degree high—definition video. the sharks first of all have to be tagged, so that shark—cam can track the device and follow their movements underwater. it's hoped the footage will reinforce case for conservation in the area. one of the key tools to protecting our marine wildlife is marine protected areas. these are areas that are protected from the different human activities that could cause damage to marine wildlife. and wwf is working to support the protection of the seas and encourage the government to make sure they are properly looking after the marine wildlife in these areas to make sure they are actually working. so far, footage has shown the sharks moving through the water, potentiall

leigh milner, bbc news.on by counterterrorism police in southeast. she was 27 yea rs police in southeast. she was 27 years old, arrested at an address in brentwood alters vision possessing material likely to be of use to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. officers also searching a residential address in reading, berkshire, at the local committees in brentwood and reading are being thanked by the police for their cooperation. nothing to suggest that there is any imminent threat to the public, it was a preplanned operation. we are keeping an eye out for a press conference that the foreign secretary dominic raabis that the foreign secretary dominic raab is due to hold very soon. with his canadian counterpart, so we will bring you that as soon as we see them appear. time for a look at the weather. here's matt. you can bring up a stool. we are looking at a picture, i remember that. seven years ago, the london olympics. 2012, perfect weather conditions, lovely summer, we could be catching olympi

leigh milner has more.chie, it's time for a family holiday for the duke and duchess of sussex. but the trip to eltonjohn's home has riven to be pretty costly for their reputation at least. —— proven to be pretty costly. the couple through there in a private jet, a controversial choice for prince harry, who often talks of the importance of climate change issues. looking at our environment is a lifelong commitment. we are all part ofa lifelong commitment. we are all part of a global family and we share the understanding and universal privilege of being able to inhabit this earth. it's been reported they've taken four private jet journeys in 11 days. but sir elton john, who, as we all know, was very close to harry's mother, princess diana, has defended the power. in a message posted on social media he says "i am deeply distressed by today's distorted and malicious account in the present surrounding the duke and duchess of sussex's private stay at my home in nice last week. prince harry's mother, was one of my

government there had approved the return of more than 3,000 but what happens next is unclear, as leigh milnert no rush to board them. translation: until now, of the families interviewed, we have not found anybody willing to go. but we expect that, any moment, they may change their mind to go. this is the second attempt to repatriate some of the rohingya refugees. the first one was just as unsuccessful. since 2017, around 700,000 rohingya muslims have fled persecution in the northern rakhine province of myanmar from neighbouring bangladesh. myanmar refuses to recognise them as an ethnic group and denies them citizenship. translation: we will not go back. we want to go but along with armed forces from other countries. i am still scared, as they tortured thousands of people and killed many of my relatives, so i am scared to go back. lam scared. translation: if they release all our people now injail, then we will go back, otherwise we will not go back. if we get back our homes, land and belongings, then we will go. we are ready to go back. the failed repatriation efforts come as a un report revea

leigh milner reports. lurking beneath the water in the scottish hebrides, a basking shark.well, no one really knows. to find out, scientists have used an underwater torpedo—shaped robot, which follows the sharks and records a 360—degree high—definition video. the sharks first of all have to be tagged, so that shark—cam can track the device and follow their movements underwater. it‘s hoped the footage will reinforce case for conservation in the area. one of the key tools to protecting our marine wildlife is marine protected areas. these are areas that are protected from the different human activities that could cause damage to marine wildlife. so far, footage has shown the sharks moving through the water, potentially searching for food, feeding near the surface, and swimming close to the sea bed. it is suspected that basking sharks may even breed here — an event no one has ever captured on film. it turns out that these waters here are probably one of the most important places on the planet for them and what we are really hoping to confirm is, this is the place they breed. wi

leigh milner reports.h to board them. translation: until now, of the families interviewed, we have not found anybody willing to go. but we expect that, any moment, they may change their mind to go. this is the second attempt to repatriate some of the rohingya refugees. the first one was just as unsuccessful. since 2017, around 700,000 rohingya muslims have fled persecution in the northern rakhine province of myanmar and neighbouring bangladesh. myanmar refuses to recognise them as an ethnic group and denies them citizenship. translation: we will not go back. we want to go but along with armed forces from other countries. i am still scared, as they tortured thousands of people and killed many of my relatives, so i am scared to go back. iam scared. translation: if they release all our people now injail then we will go back, otherwise it will not go back. if we get back our homes, land and belongings then we will go. we are ready to go back. the failed repatriation efforts come as a un report revealed the ext

flights are returning to normal, however there knock—on operational disruption." 0ur correspondent leigh milnerjust told us they've managed to fix the problem and flights will be returning back to usual this afternoon into the evening. however, as you can imagine there will be some knock—on delays but the main news is that people were a debtor might be able to catch their flight this afternoon. we were told earlier today there was a possibility that all short—haulflights are going to be cancelled. i was here this morning at half past eight and when i walked through the door i saw hundreds of passengers queueing up at check—in, desperately trying to find out what was going on with their flights. i was talking to one family, actually, who told me that they managed to check—in online the night before, but when they came here and saw the departure board, they were told to check with their airline. if you've been watching social media, you'll see there have been plenty of people complaining that they couldn't get in touch with ba for the rest of the day. now you have it, the update. if you are trave

let's get the latest now from our reporter leigh milner, who's at the evacuation centre in chapel—en—le—frith? some residents have stayed at this school overnight, while evacuating from chapel and also whaley bridge. they have stayed here overnight, especially vulnerable people, especially vulnerable people, especially friends and family, and they could be spending several days here. with me is a counsellor. david, how real is the risk that some of these residents might not have i hope to go to in the next few days? i will hope that the council can find some accommodation for them. they worked very hard yesterday to accommodate people in nearby towns. a lot of residents have been put up with friends and neighbours, who have not been evacuated. hopefully we can sort out the situation as fast as possible, but we don't know what is happening. what is going to be done to ensure that this doesn't happen again? we have seen the pictures of that damn. it is collapsing slowly. what is going to be done? obviously there is vast amounts of stone going in to divert water away from the reservoir. it will

earlier, i spoke to correspondent leigh milner from heathrow.e, and when they checked the board, it said a check with your airline. they phoned british airways, and this particularfamily didn't have a great experience with ba, they had communication problems and didn't know what was happening. after about ten minutes of being there, around 9am, we heard an announcement on the tannoy system, telling everybody who had a short—haulflight telling everybody who had a short—haul flight with ba to go home immediately. either go home or check ina immediately. either go home or check in a nearby hotel, which they will be reimbursed for, but no flights are going out today if it is a short—haulflight. are going out today if it is a short—haul flight. there will be an update at about three o'clock, but it isn't looking likely that you will travel today. passengers are then trying to book for this evening, some of those flights are already booked up. this doesn't affect people who have long haul flights, this is affecting people across airports across the co

leigh milner has more.tay at my home in nice last week. prince harry‘s mother, diana, princess of wales, was one of my dearest friends. to provide a high level of much—needed protection, we provided them with a private jet flight." sir elton has also said that he paid for the flight to be carbon offset, extra money to fund environmental projects. buckingham palace has declined to comment. this year‘s group of contestants for the great british bake off has been announced, ahead of the programme‘s return to channel 4 next tuesday. a geography teacher, vet, and fashion designer are amongst this year‘s hopefuls. they‘ll be battling it out to impress paul hollywood and prue leith with their baking skills. it‘s the third series of the programme since it moved to channel 4 from the bbc. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with susan powell. after yesterday‘s showers, more in the way of sunshine to come across the way of sunshine to come across the uk and the weather watchers have been sending in some beautiful