matt mcgrath, our environment _ the wins.ent, thank you for bringing us up to date. lots more on our website. we will be back very shortly with much more on what the situation is on the ground in florida. this is bbc news. welcome back to bbc news. let's recap what's happening with hurricane milton. it has slammed into the western coast of florida with "a number of deaths" reported on the atlantic coast. these are live pictures from tampa. the entire tampa bay region, and areas to the south, are at greatest risk of the storm, which is carrying winds of more than 200 kilometres an hour. the storm ripped the roof off the tampa bay rays baseball stadium in saint petersburg. pieces of the non—retractable roof can be seen flapping in the wind. security camera video at a beach resort in fort myers clearly shows the ferocity of the hurricane. the camera catching the bending trees, the lashing rain and the flooded roads. the governor of florida, ron desantis, said the time for safe evacuation had passed. he warned people left behind

matt mcgrath, bbc news.of the centre for climate repair at cambridge university. welcome to the programme. what's the solution then? because we saw in that report its cost reasons that councils have turned to come of this use of incinerators. it's an interesting situation, because 20 years ago when we started moving away from the landfill because of the methane issue, but the methane was being caused by food waste and other organic stuffed rotting in the landfills and releasing this methane gas. of these days we've got increasingly these anaerobic digester �*s taking food waste in dealing with that methane problem responsibly. these incinerators that were put in place of the landfills still need the food stock. there is a commitment that the local authorities have got to provide fuel for these incinerators and increasingly incinerators and increasingly in that makes more and more plastic, and that is what is leading to the problem of high c02 leading to the problem of high co2 emissions from these emissions.

here's matt mcgrath.low in from the mediterranean are a regular occurrence in the eastern part of spain in autumn and winter, but scientists believe our warming climate is now supercharging these natural events in a number of ways. the mediterranean sea has been exceptionally hot in recent months, “p exceptionally hot in recent months, up to 30 celsius in some places. all that extra heat have added extra energy water vapour and instability to these big storms. let's have a look at how those warmer waters have influenced these floods. this is an image of the valencia region in spain takenjust a image of the valencia region in spain taken just a few weeks ago. compare that, to this image, taken just after the floods. scientists say that climate driven droughts have dried out the soils, likely increasing the speed and the breadth of the rain run—off. from europe to the us to asia, many parts of the world have seen extremely heavy storms and dangerous floods this year. scientists say that over the past two de

matt mcgrath, bbc news, runcorn. there is more on the story on bbc iplayer right now.y tv star and then us president is about to be released in the uk. trump has threatened to take legal action against producers, describing the movie as "fake and classless". 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has been speaking to the cast about the challenges of making it. hello. this is donald trump for mr cohn. thank you so much. donald who? set in the 1970s and 1980s, the apprentice follows the rise of donald trump as a businessman in new york. there's always a level of responsibility when you're playing a real—life character, but with somebody like donald trump, that must be even more challenging. yep, yes. because i think you're fighting upstream in a way, because everyone�*s got very strong feelings about the person, and there's already baggage and projections that audiences are going to come to the theatre with. so it was about clearing all that and trying to get to the truth and have them believe it. the film focuses on his relationship with ruthless lawyer roy cohn. g

matt mcgrath reporting.defy the uk at their summit by agreeing to look at ways of getting financial compensation for the trans atlantic slave trade. it is all developing at the meeting of the commonwealth heads of nations meeting in samoa. the british prime minister sir keir starmer says the issue is not on the agenda. king charles and queen camilla are present for the commonwealth heads of government meeting. the couple will complete a day of engagements before meeting with commonwealth leaders at the end of the week. just a bit of context for you — the commonwealth of nations, often just known as the commonwealth, is an international group of 56 member states, mostly former territories of the british empire from which it developed. british governments of the past, and members of the royal family, participated in the slave trade over several centuries alongside other european nations — it saw millions of africans transported around the world to work on slave plantations in the united states and the caribbea

matt mcgrath, bbc news, runcorn.door" available on bbc iplayer now. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. carol has been telling us it is slightly warmer but there are still rain around, i can tell, there is a clue in your picture! there are no relies on you! it is mild for the time of year despite the rain. we could have 22 celsius in the south—east today. across the board, the ember across our shores. even in the next few day we have yellow and amber with a hint of blue so the mild temperatures continue, but they will be the mildest today the south—east. we have an array of weather fronts coming our way. the south—east. we have an array of weatherfronts coming our way. this one is already producing some rain, some ripples around it. the green and yellow is particularly heavy, surface water on the road if you are travelling, in mind. hide it some brighter breaks. the second weather front coming our way towards the south—east, cloud building but in sunny places, we are getting up to 22. this evening and

matt mcgrath, bbc news.nd he said neither incineration or landfill are suitable mechanisms for removing it is at least 25% carbon and if you burn that, you will generate a lot of damaging greenhouse gases. including carbon dioxide. it was a decision by the previous administration in england to go down this route and we'll took a different approach, and it is now the second best recycling country in the world as a result. fit. country in the world as a result. �* . , country in the world as a result. �* ., , , result. a really interesting contrast then. _ result. a really interesting contrast then. do - result. a really interesting contrast then. do you - result. a really interesting| contrast then. do you think that it should be a policy to move back towards landfill for disposing of rubbish? ida. move back towards landfill for disposing of rubbish?- disposing of rubbish? no, we can't no disposing of rubbish? no, we can't go back _ disposing of rubbish? no, we can't go back to _ disposing of rubbish? no, we c

matt mcgrath, bbc news. to climb the world's14 highest peaks. she started with everest, and finished this month on the summit of shishapangma in tibet. all 14 mountains she climbed stretch across nepa, tibet and pakistan. and they're all are more than 8,000 metres high. so, it all started when i was about eight years old and my father was the one doing mountaineering at the time, and when he came back from his expeditions i thought he was one of the most amazing humans in the world so i wanted to replicate exactly what he was doing in life. so i sat in my primary school classroom one day i wrote a letter to myself saying i wanted to climb up mount everest and i wanted to be famous and inspire other people. so 12 years later, that is exactly what i did. it was a most incredible feeling, coming up towards the summit, it was about an hour before the summit that i knew i was going to do it, because i saw the people that were before us coming back down the mountain and i knew they won so far ahead, so the mountai

matt mcgrath, bbc news.efending yesterday's budget after criticism about the big hikes in taxes. sir keir starmer and the chancellor rachel reeves visited a hospital in the west midlands to mark the new money they are promising the health service. our political editor chris mason reports. the country is absorbing the chancellor's budget. rachel reeves delivered to the budget and the prime minister is involved in selling it. destination coventry and university hospital to talk of the billions extra for the nhs. obviously it was really important yesterday for us to put more money into the nhs to make sure day today we can relieve some of the pressure, allow you to get on with the jobs you need to get on with. you don't need us to tell you how important that is. fin need us to tell you how important that is. :, :, , :, that is. on a day of winners and losers at the — that is. on a day of winners and losers at the health _ that is. on a day of winners and losers at the health service - that is. on a day of winner

let's get more on this with our environment correspondent matt mcgrath.rting with what exactly are greenhouse gases and what they do. ~ ., ., ~' greenhouse gases and what they do. ~ . ., ,, ., do. we are talking about the three key — do. we are talking about the three key greenhouse - do. we are talking about the three key greenhouse gases| do. we are talking about the - three key greenhouse gases that built up in the atmosphere. some of them are soaked up by trees and by the sea, but some of them remain in our atmosphere for decades if not centuries. this report shows that the concentrations have increased to a level not seen increased to a level not seen in between three and 5 million years. what we have also seen in this report is the impact in 2023 of the other activities that humans are doing as well as using fossil fuels. they are burning forest fires. also the b

here's our environment correspondent matt mcgrath.m what she calls the monster next door. look how thick it is. it's blown straight at our houses and we're breathing all that in. her home in runcorn, in the north west of england, is a stone's throw from the uk's largest energy—from—waste incinerator. if you want to sit in the garden and enjoy the sun, you've got the smell, the steam, flies, and then the noise, as well. i have lived to since 1998 and from 2015 they put the incinerator in the front garden. it felt like my front garden. it felt like my front carden. , . ., , , garden. ever since it has been a nightmare- _ garden. ever since it has been a nightmare. the _ garden. ever since it has been a nightmare. the company - garden. ever since it has been| a nightmare. the company say their site is closely monitored by the environment agency and the amount of noise and water vapour remain within permitted levels for the environment and human health. they used to bury rubbish in landfill sites like this, but the government imposed heav

governments to tackle the causes of global warming are wildly off track. 0ur environment correspondent, matt mcgrathgreenhouse gas bulletin looks every year at concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. and those concentrations are the amounts that are left after the gas has been soaked up by the seas or by trees and those are the ones that do the damage in terms of warming over the decades and centuries to come. now they will say that every year is a record year, because we're adding more to it every year. but what they say in this analysis is that over the last 20 years those concentrations have gone up by about 11%, and that means they're at the highest level in human recorded history. and they're likely to stay for quite a long time and concentrate, those concentrations will increase warming across the planet. and i guess the question remains then, what are the efforts that are being called on to try and reverse this? yeah, there are a whole range of things that countries are doing, but i think in the wmo would point to 2023 as being a particularly difficult year because not only did

let's speak to our climate correspondent, matt mcgrath. welcome to you.ering findings, aren't they? staggering findings, aren't the ? ~ , , ., they? absolutely. it is a rather foggy _ they? absolutely. it is a rather foggy morning i they? absolutely. it is a rather foggy morning in | they? absolutely. it is a - rather foggy morning in south london. i am standing outside the beddington lane waste facility which i hope you can see in the background. as you are saying, energy from waste has become the main way we deal with rubbish across the uk, burning half of our waste. the premise sounds good, you can get rid of waste and make energy, electricity as a result but our investigation shows essentially, burning waste is the same as burning coal, its impact on the climate and electricity made an incinerator like this is essentially five times more carbon intense than electricity on the national grid. the main reason for all this is of course we are burning and throwing away more plastic than ever before. that is made from fossil fuels which are carbon intense a

matt mcgrath, bbc news.is evening. tomorow, we'll be looking into this issue more — looking at where these giant furnaces are built and how the companies that run them operate. england's health watchdog has "significant failings" in how it works, according to a damning independent review on the care and quality commission. the government says the system for protecting nhs patients and care home residents is too complicated and needs to be overhauled. our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson, has this report. hospitals, gps and care homes are all inspected for safety, among other standards, by the watchdog, the care quality commission. it gives them a rating from outstanding to requires improvement. but today, it's the inspectors themselves who've been rated by an independent review. it says there are significant failings with the cqc�*s operational effectiveness, including poorly conducted inspections and an inability to deliver improvements. we recognise that the inspections have been poorly led, that th

mcgrath joins us. also joining us political strategist, msnbc senior analyst, the man who has become my human xanax in these days. mattto pick up on that last bit of audio we played from general kelly about trump feeling like being around wounded warriors and amputees, quote, doesn't look good for me. >> it's all about him. he's all about self. and it's the opposite of the leadership values that we were all trained in in the military. that's why so many of these retired generals are calling out his character. leadership at its core is about sacrifice. and that's something that trump fails to do. you can't help but also compare it to the fact that his kids are not that far away in age from kelly's kids. his kids could have served. his kids could have died in afghanistan. and they didn't. so it draws that contrast. but the contempt he has for the disabled, for just about everybody is an insight into who he truly is. but it's also really, really important because he continues to be focused on such important -- strangely important -- like vanessa guillen. vanessa guillen, who he calls detestable things, sparked a movement

let's speak to our climate correspondent matt mcgrath. latest warning.— latest warning. the un emissions _ latest warning. the un emissions gap - latest warning. the un emissions gap report l latest warning. the un | emissions gap report is latest warning. the un i emissions gap report is in latest warning. the un - emissions gap report is in its 15th year and highlights the difference between where the world needs to be to keep temperatures under that 1.5 and under 2 degrees, as agreed at the paris agreement, and where we really are. what we have seenin we really are. what we have seen in the last year in 2023 is a take up those emissions. emissions have grown globally ijy emissions have grown globally by 1.3%. emissions have grown globally by1.3%. it emissions have grown globally by 1.3%. it doesn't sound like a lot but compared to the previous decade it is considerably more. we have seen people returning to the skies and taking two aeroplanes and flying. aviation has increased. people are using their cars more and we have seen industry

matt mcgrath, bbc news, runcorn.e uk, you can watch more on this story in the nightmare next door, available on bbc iplayer, now. retailers are warning that organised gangs are becoming more sophisticated and are behind the recent rise in shoplifting. a bbc investigation has gained exclusive access to the work of an organisation that tracks these criminals, for some of these criminals, for some of the biggest retailers in the country. jim connolly reports. marauding gangs, violent tactics. but the reality is often much more sneaky. gangs evolving, going under the radar. we are told this woman wears a fat suit to sneak out more items. organised crime gangs fuelling the rise in shoplifting. this affects all of us. the crime adds more than £100 to a family's shopping bill each year. generally not violent, but that does not mean they are not scary. to get a sense of the scale of the problem and how these gangs operate, we have been given exclusive access to the workings of an organisation that follow these gangs for some