in the next few hours will be critical for islanders on norfolk island, they have been issued with a the strongest part of their house. winds of up to 155 kilometres an hour are forecast along with very heavy rain and abnormally high tides. administrators on the island say they are well prepared, but australia's bureau of meteorology says in the last 30 or 40 years only three cyclones have come within 50 kilometres of norfolk island. so for many people in this tiny community, this is uncharted territory. and the cyclone is expected to hit or come very close to norfolk island in the next few hours. �* , . ., norfolk island in the next few hours. �* ,~ ., , hours. and cyclone gabrielle is also due to _ hours. and cyclone gabrielle is also due to hit _ hours. and cyclone gabrielle is also due to hit new— hours. and cyclone gabrielle is also due to hit new zealand, i also due to hit new zealand, many are still reeling from the recent floods that happened there. when is it expected to reach new zealand? ifiisriii reach new zealand? civil defence _ reach new zealand? civil defence officials

meteorology says in the last 30 or 40 years, only three cyclones have come within 50 kilometres of norfolk islandealand's north island also preparing for the arrival of the cycling. it is estimating to hit new zealand on sunday. 0nce estimating to hit new zealand on sunday. once again, parts of new zealand on alert for nature's fury. the brit awards, celebrating uk music, are taking place on saturday for the first time since they began in 1977. harry styles and the indie band wet leg, lead the way with four nominations each. but there has been controversy about the all—male shortlist for british artist of the year. 0ur music correspondent mark savage has been speaking to some of the nominees. and the winner is... the winner is... the brit awards, the biggest night of the year for uk music. ..adele! i want to thank everybody, everyone over there, i love you all. ..sam fender. by now, we're used to seeing pop's guest stars lifting trophies but for a brand new act... shut up! you're joking! ..finding out you've been nominated can be life—changing. # keep on running through these red flags# _ this ye

gabrielle buffeted australia's norfolk island overnight and forecasters have now issued "red" heavy wind i30kph expected. the storm — which has been downgraded from a cyclone — comes weeks after torrential rain inundated the city of auckland, which remains under a state of emergency. rio dejaneiro has been gearing up for its iconic carnival by performing a spiritual cleanse of the sambadrome, where the parades will take place. the cleanse is designed to bring good energy to the event, which is due to take place for about a week from the 17th of february. around 80,000 tourists from abroad are expected to travel to rio for the carnival. the rain might have helped with the cleaning, but the revellers will be hoping it holds off next week. lets hope it does. you have been watching bbc news, thank you very much indeed for watching. hello. in many parts of the uk cloud was hard to shift and sunday sunshine was in short supply. but there were some brighter spots to point out. northeast scotland saw some sunshine, at least for a time. it brightened up across a good part of wales and into the fa

so norfolk island and it'll push down towards new zealand as we go on through the next couple of days. brisbin my hottest a day since around the 2021. october 2021 here. 36 celsius. as at wet weather across a northern past, it was more the same as we go on into monday. much of australia will be fine and dried, little cooler down towards the southeast and it turned increasingly wet for the north, allegheny zealand. ah. 30 money into african go exclusive own to 0 investigation coming soon on counting the cost, the green subsidy, race accelerate. can europe compete with the u. s. and china president loosens the past ratings and demand lower interest rates in brazil, but we're at work plus hong kong faces the highest rate of homelessness in a decade. counting the cost on al jazeera lou lou watching al jazeera with me in the prom and don't. hi, romando vall, top stories, the sal, it's been 6 days since too powerful earthquakes had turkey and syria. more than 24000 people have been killed, survive as a now homeless facing harsh went to temperatures. and syria is facing both destruction from

residents of the australian pacific territory of norfolk island have been urged to take shelter, as cyclone. the storm is also expected to trigger heavy rains in new zealand's north island. forecasters say high tides and very heavy surf could cause local damage and coastal erosion. the us military says it has shot down an unidentified object flying at high altitude over alaska. the craft appeared nearly a week after a chinese surveillance balloon was brought down as it travelled through american airspace. here'sjohn kirby — spokesman for the white house national security council. we are calling this an object because that is the best description we have right now. we do not know who owns it, whether it is state owned or corporate owned or privately owned. we just don't know. john kirby there. we've also heard from our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, she gave us this update. the details so far on this are vague, but the white house spokesman, john kirby, said that this unidentified object was flying at an altitude that was lower than the chinese spy balloon and therefore it posed a

residents of the australian pacific territory of norfolk island have been urged to take shelter, as cyclone new zealand's north island. forecasters say high tides and very heavy surf could cause local damage and coastal erosion. finally, the biggest names from the world of music, from stormzy to harry styles, to lizo and sam smith, from stormzy to harry styles, to lizzo and sam smith, are at london's o2 arena for the annual brit awards. watching the ceremony is our music correspondent, mark savage. and the winner is... harry styles kicked off the show with an energetic performance of as it was, but for some of the year. the isle of wight do a wet leg won two awards. they also brought a spot of maurice dancing to the stage. although there were performances from female acts like becky hill and lizzo, there was a backlash with the perceived sexism in the nominations, when the women in the running for best arctic �*s. charlie asked cx was one of those overlooked. i'zre best arctic 's. charlie asked (x was one of those overlooked. i've heard a lot of chat — one of those overlooked. i've heard a

residents of the australian pacific territory of norfolk island have been urged to take shelter as cyclone the storm is also expected to trigger heavy rains in new zealand's north island. forecasters say high tides and very heavy surf could cause local damage and coastal erosion. a large crowd has stormed a police station in pakistan, lynching a man being held there on an allegation of committing blasphemy. social media pictures said to be from the scene showed people scaling the gates of the station in nankana sahib, in punjab province. the bbc�*s umer draz nangiana in lahore gave us more details. this person, he was captured by some people early in the morning today, and they informed the police, accusing him of committing blasphemy. the police got to the site and they arrested the person, and brought him to the police station. he was locked up there. then, a large number of people gathered outside the police station, and they continuously demanded the police to hand over the suspect to them. the police officials locked the gates of the police station, and they tried to negotiate with th

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