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wildfires have killed at least thirty six people in portugal and three in spain firefighters in portugal are struggling to put out about fifty blazes the government has declared a state of emergency in the northern part of the country and asked for international help fires follow an unusually hot summer and were made for a spice strong winds from. we cain ophelia the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has blamed the fires in his country on arsonists well the storm that storm ophelia has killed three people in ireland it's left three hundred sixty thousand properties without power schools have also closed down the irish government has the ploy the army to bolster flood defenses people in northern ireland are being warned to stay indoors as ophelia makes its way to britain barnaby phillips has more from the door and in donegal from space an omen a sight storm ophelia approaching an island at dawn in the skies about the southern coast of the crows knew something unusual was coming no longer a hurricane by the time she hit land but ophelia battered island's coast and inland the winds wreak

will stay where they are at their historic lows europe is slowly on the mend with the likes of portugal spain and greece all growing economically but many experts believe in you debt crisis could hit had any time that's why the head of the european central bank mario draghi says the eurozone still needs its financial support it's purchases pump newly printed money into the banking system in hopes of raising inflation from the current annual one and a half percent for the banks goal of just under two percent which is considered best for the economy let's talk about that with daniel cope at the frankfurt stock exchange of financial correspondent there daniel what's the euro doing it's a real balancing act for mario drug to ensure it doesn't shoot up and to export has what's the reaction after the announcement. yeah you have and you just mentioned the euro we saw the euro yesterday actually rising and now after this news that mario draghi was just giving about forty five minutes ago we see the euro again falling that's also helping the export business and i guess you can see a very good here and

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the debris going into the air from portugal and spain sahara. ected in longer wavelengths, making it appear red. we captured it on camera. the worst of the winds affected the south of ireland. our friends experience winds gusting up to nearly 100 miles an hour that even here in the uk, we had winds in excess of 70, 80 and even 90 mph. here is the ex— hurricane, what is left over. still very powerful winds. gale force winds blowing through the irish sea will still be moving across northern ireland, scotla nd moving across northern ireland, scotland and northern england during the course of tuesday. the nasty weather still with us over the next few hours before it pours out into the north sea and eventually the re m na nts of the north sea and eventually the remnants of that into norway. travel disruption is still very much a possibility first thing on tuesday morning. particularly around the pennines, the lowlands of scotland. we could get us of up to 70 mph. this is the scene around five a.m.. to the south, at different story, winds are much, muc

spain is too risky so you want to buy portugal. i put portugal versus spain. have moved on portugal. this portugal over spain, the you buy that proposition? this intrigued my market -- bond market story. max: mercilessly, versus , that has comed along way. at these levels, where you have peripheral spreads not been affected apart from spanish government bonds themselves, when you look at spreads, there hasn't been a lot of repercussion. if we put that into a wider context, what we can see is, until a month ago, you're talking a european integration. 120 andlooking towards then 125, 130 on euro-dollar. manus: is that gone? when they look at 117 and 118 in europe, that looks a bit fairer. 116 looks a bit fairer than towards 125. not think we will see a simple retracement towards 130. the levels that we are now, the upper end of the range we have been trading since the start of qe, that is a fair level than 125 or 130. anna: the politics have been weighing on the euro. thank you again, max. ."is is "daybreak europe manus: you can turn into bloomberg radio. they ha

miles in portugal and spain portugal is badly hit with half the country in a state of emergency. look tons i continue as it's shopping spree not content with snapping up at the linnet now germany's biggest ally and wants a slice of alitalia also coming up. dima is shaking things up changing its structure to compete against silicon valley up stock and. is the recent political uncertainty in catalonia worrying tourists will take a quick trip to boss alona to find out. i'm daniel winter and this is your business news update there's hardly been time for the dust to settle since love tons of bought a large chunk of bankrupt fly at berlin now germany's largest ally and is eyeing gets another purchase this time alitalia italy's beleaguered flag carrier italian media are reporting the offer could be as high as half a billion euros. there is a new order in the skies above europe italian airline out italia which filed for bankruptcy last may recently received another line of credit from the italian government to help it maintain operations until a new buyer is found. live tons is offering

the good news is people are unpacking in places in spain, portugal, italy and greece after flying outding flights to come back as scheduled. everything is fine today but i cannot speculate if it will be ok tomorrow. more generally, what are monarch's problems? it has been unlucky. it was committed to sean al sheikh in egypt and the foreign office two yea rs egypt and the foreign office two years ago said no airlines could fly there any more because of security concerns. it had applied to turkey. demand over there has declined because of terrorism concerns. it had to do what everybody else did, but in capacity into short—haul into spain and portugal. competition has been intense and at the height of the summer you have flights from leeds — bradford to ibiza for £40 return in the middle of august. unheard—of. with prices like that, every airline has had a tough summer. every airline has had a tough summer. going into the winter, these kinds of prices that they were able to get looked even more impossible. and it seems the investors, grey born capital, who came up with restructuring a ye

catalans leader fails to answer yes or no on whether the region has the cleared independence from spain portugal's prime minister declares a state of emergency is raging wildfires leave at least thirty two dead and angering more that mogadishu following the deadliest single attack in somalia's history. we begin the program with major developments out of iraq where government forces have taken control of the city of kirkuk according to security forces troops moved inside the provincial government building with no one position from kurdish forces deployed in the city iraqi lead forces arrived at the building and took position in the vicinity well thousands of civilians have fled the kurdish district of the city heading in buses and cars towards kurdish controlled areas in northern iraq stratford is an air village in northern iraq but charles you were in kirkuk up until a few hours ago you saw a lot of this actually unfolding just talk us through exactly what you saw what you what you saw and also why kirkuk is so strategically important for the iraqi government. we arrived on the outskirts of kirkuk

in portugal and spain portugal is badly hates with half the country in a state of emergency. he's young he's always been a politician and he always wins yesterday voters in austria paved the way for sebastian courts to become their chancellor and the youngest leader in the world tonight the canned speaking the far right so language sounding like a millennia old man i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. like we could talk is that he's the one issue so day it's a historic day it is our chance to take the leadership of our country and to carry out real changes therefore thank you. to here been to both sides i'm convinced that the new chancellor if it turns out to be sebastian quotes will remember the great europeans from australia get in on their top yes and i congratulate it's about in quotes nice night and i hope it will then be able to whet well together on the european stage. based on the economy the president of the european commission reiterated in his letter the wish for the formation of a stable pull your opinion government own behalf of the government be of course co

authorities in portugal have declared three days of national mourning after at least 35 people died in forest fires. across the border, in northwestern spain at least anotherfour lives, as a lengthy drought has created ideal conditions for flames to spread. alison roberts reports from lisbon. 6000 firefighters were in action in portugal on monday as forest fires devastated the centre and north of the country. sunday had been the worst day so far this year with more than 500 separate fires. the number of debt has risen steadily, even at some places have been brought under control. in many cases local suspect arson. but the severe drought of recent months means even accidental fla mes recent months means even accidental flames can recent months means even accidental fla mes ca n start recent months means even accidental flames can start rapidly. translation: it is very windy and the fire is rekindled on many sites. the firefighters are not able to control the fire. my house is ok but my neighbour's house is not, sol need to help him. we need to help each other. firefighters cannot be everywhere. portugal's prime minister acknowledged poor ma

yellow glow after hurricane ophelia brought dust from the sahara and debris from wildfires in spain and portugalo britain. that is all over the front pages. lots of different photographs. very special. street lights on at three o'clock in the afternoon. i went for a run. it was like end is near. it was a bit biblical. with me is hussein kanji, co—founder of venture capital fund hoxton ventures. where hoxton ventures. were you when it was happening yesterday where were you when it was happening yesterday afternoon? in the office, watching it is all glass. you get a great view in the city of london. let's start with the autonomous region of hercog. deeply troubled because any think that it may lead to the actual breakup of modern—day iraq. the kurds have struggled so long for some full independence. what do you make of the fact that iraqi tricks —— troops and their militias managed to get in without a fight. it looks like some sort of deal was struck between these two competing factions full. the arab news is specifically reporting that they have kind of defected in a loud —— and allow the militar

experts say storm ophelia picked up saharan dust from north africa, and dust from wild fires in spain and portugalproducing an eerie effect which made the sun appear red — and provided plenty of people with opportunities to take some memorable photos. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. welcome to sportsday. mahrez strikes as leicester salvage a draw at home to west brom in the premier league. anthonyjoshua's opponent is named ahead of the defence of his world titles. and the changes in welsh by titles. and the changes in welsh rugby which could affect one of the team's biggest stars. it has not been the start to the premier league that leicester would have hoped for as they were held to a 1-1 have hoped for as they were held to a 1—1 draw with west brom. the former champions remain in the bottom three with one win from eight league matches will not long ago the king power stadium was the home of the champions but the summer of 2016 now feels a distant memory, leicester started this game in the bottom three, and to climb up the table they must s

wildfires have killed at least thirty six people in portugal and three in spain firefighters in portugal are struggling to put out about fifty blazes the government has declared a state of emergency in the northern part of the country and asked for international help fires follow an unusually hot summer and were made for spice strong winds from hurricane ophelia the spanish prime minister my honor a hallway has blamed the fires on in his country on arsonists well storm ophelia has killed three people in ireland and left about three hundred sixty thousand properties without electricity schools have closed in the irish government says the boy the army to bolster flood defenses ophelia has now started hitting southern scotland northern england bringing winds of more than one hundred kilometers an hour. al jazeera journalist mahmoud hussein has now been in prison in egypt for three hundred days human rights and media organizations have joined the network in denouncing his incarceration and are calling for his release natasha of the name spoke to his family about how he's coping. in the three

will stay where they are at their historic lows europe is slowly on the mend with the likes of portugal spain and greece all growing economically but many experts believe a new debt crisis could hit at any time that's why the head of the european central bank mario draghi says the eurozone still needs its financial support its purchases pumped newly printed money into the banking system in hopes of raising inflation from the current annual one of the half percent toward the bank's goal of just under two percent let's talk to daniel about this daniel first of all this is quite a balancing act mr draghi he doesn't want the euro to shoot up too high that would hit export if he does want to start easing the eurozone off its drip how's he actually doing well this is a very complicated process you're right he doesn't want the euro to be strong and this result we are already seeing after this news we saw again the euro dropping which as you know helping at the export business you can see it here clearly at this point we had this news of the reduction of the bond purchasing program shares here at the

scientists but sunlight filtered through dust pulled up from the sahara and the forest fires in spain and portugal barnaby phillips al-jazeera on islands west coast wildfires have killed at least thirty six people in portugal and three in spain the state of emergency is in force in the areas firefighters battle a blaze worsened by a storm ophelia journal reports. a prolonged drought plus i'm usually high in mid october heat already deadly combination was. the wildfires pairings through the parched forests of central and northern portugal have claimed dozens of lives and made many more homeless of the rhythms of humans but. obviously we would like to present our deep condolences to the families of these victims as you know sunday was a day when all records registered this year were beaten we reached the maximum of five hundred twenty four fires and today since midnight we've already registered a total of one hundred ten. and over the border fires raged in spain's northwestern gully theories. more than one hundred separate blazes they've been a number of fatalities including two people who died when

hello there most of europe is looking rather autumnal now but not across spain and portugal here it's still very dry for most of us and it's also still pretty hot these pictures out of portugal showing the latest batch of wildfires that we're seeing here actually this fire has been crossed with a dust devil you can see it stretching up there looks like a fire tornado pretty scary if you saw that coming towards you now unfortunately for spain and portugal no new rain is on the horizon so it doesn't look like we're going to get and help with the weather in fighting those fights instead you can see whether wetter weather is that's working its way here of course the eastern parts of europe giving us some heavy rain and it does look pretty wet as well so for stockholm ten degrees will be our maximum and rather brisk winds and then that gradually edging its way eastwards away from stockholm as we head through chews day behind it though the winds are generally flowing down from a northerly direction so it's not that warm that's why stockholm's dropped to nine and for kiev we won't get any ho

of cloud in western europe now but it's your standard frontal cloud it's done some good in portugal and spain has had to help dampen down the fires are no longer a significant problem but that strong up frontal system in close is what is really becoming a very warm area it's nearly twenty in northern germany much the same in london and even the other side of that cold drugs still talk about seventeen in madrid and that's light of warm up i think in the next day or so but the rain on the front itself will age in to that western side of mediterranean southern france the riviera included but notice the wind southerly so the water is still traveling north with it back out through belgium towards probably holland you have around the twenty mark there until the cow digs in a bit more even then it's not cold sixty seventy the real warm to sitting down and remain your bug area and greece where we see temperatures slowly rising up into the middle twenty's with the sun in the sky now it's not much of a wind on the eastern side of the meds is fine and sunny not too hot twenty four in benghazi so a bit m

there is a lot of politics happening in europe with the german story, portugal, spain.re is a whole bunch of factors. let us talk about fundamentals. this is a chart that showed earlier, the u.s. german, the two-year spread widening out with a 17 year high with interest rate differentials pointing for the stronger dollar, and you started to see it reflected in the risk reversals. gone negative when it comes to the euro. where do i stand near short-term on the euro-dollar rate? the structural story is longer term. neil: what we have seen mostly this year has been dollar weakness. trump has done nothing. people are over positioned in the dollar and therefore, we are seeing income come to europe and emerging markets, which has been fueled by the weakness of the dollar. when it comes to the euro, the election for president macron and france is a real talisman because it is very pro-europe. some of the strength has been a lessening of the political risk. i was in milan last week. the italians are not talking about their election. the electoral reform bill makes it hard for t

or less lose all its impetus in that part of europe and so we end up with a much drier day in spain in portugal this is friday's forecast as little cooler in spain in fronts and the seventeen in france but otherwise generally speaking bright because all the excess and she's going to that spinning circle just west of all yes it's a little storm system quanta major one running through quickly probably fairly windy weather as a result and it will throw some windy weather north in france and of course that green is rain on the old cold front but the rest of europe for the most part is still enjoying rather late you warm. the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has criticized the four arab countries imposing a blockade on qatar for refusing to engage in talks to ease the crisis he's kicking off a week long overseas trip with stops in saudi arabia and qatar the british prime minister tourism a is seeking to expand that negotiations to include trade as the e.u. summit resumes in brussels but leaders what more progress on citizens' rights and european leaders are backing

this firenado happened during the recent wildfires that had been spreading in portugal, and spain. >> have you ever seen a firenado? >> not up close. we had them out west a couple of times. they're pretty rare. i'd seen them a couple of times, i think out in colorado. >> that couldn't happen around here? >> no. not here. but in colorado, in parts of the rockies, it could. >>> was it just perfect for you today? perfect hair day? >> yeah. >> we have more of those in store. >> g, too. if you made it this far, you're going to make it the rest of the week. let's start with the 3-degree guarantee. i didn't think i would be sweating this one out, but i am. went for a high of 75 today. seemed very ran. -- reasonable. live look outside. just a gorgeous evening. 71 right now. 72. come on. dew points in the low 50s. not quite as comfortable as it has been. but still pretty nice. winds are out of the south at about 9. chilly tonight north and west. but just cool downtown. if you're inside the beltway, you're talking lows in the 50s. pretty nice. bus stop temps 64. the weekend still looks warm and

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or less lose all its impetus in that part of europe and so we end up with a much drier day in spain in portugal this is friday's forecast is a little cooler in spain in france and the seventeen in france but otherwise generally speaking bright because all the excess and she's going to that spinning circle just west of all yes it's a little storm system quanta major one running through quickly probably fairly windy weather as a result and it will throw some windy weather north in france and of course that green is rain on the old cold front but the rest of europe the most part is still enjoying rather late you warm. as we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was people started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was related to the time it was a job and investigation reveals how even the smallest devices. for a mental health we think ok will center us to china but you have to remember that air pollution around the globe death by design at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick l

easyjet, there is a certain amount of overcapacity in the market, particularly to places like spain and portugaly, airlines have moved seats towards spain and portugal. it is also part of ryanair‘s network, and they have been putting in more capacity and lowering prices. the failure of monarch should even out the supply and demand problem? failure of monarch should even out the supply and demand problem7m failure of monarch should even out the supply and demand problem? in a small way. moloch was flying about 6 million passengers per year. if you look at the volumes that easyjet and ryanair fly, look at the volumes that easyjet and ryanairfly, it look at the volumes that easyjet and ryanair fly, it was a minnow. look at the volumes that easyjet and ryanairfly, it was a minnow. that capacity will be taken up by those other carriers almost without being noticed. the price pressures will still be there which will lead to good fares from a traveller's point of view, and from the airlines' point of view having to work hard to keep costs down to make a profit. are these problems just concerning the bu

officials in portugal and spain say at least eight people have been killed by wildfires. loyed to tackle more than a hundred blazes in central and northern portugal, and across the border in the spanish region of galicia. officials have blamed arsonists for starting many of the fires. britain and ireland are bracing themselves for the arrival of hurricane ophelia. it‘s the most powerful storm ever to have formed so far east in the atlantic. the met office has warned of "potential danger to life" with strong winds, heavy rain and storm surges expected. there‘s a severe weather warning in place, although it‘s hoped ophelia may weaken to a tropical storm by the time it makes landfall. sarah corker reports. with winds of up to 90mph on the way, those living on the galway coast were securing property, tightening boat moorings, and seeking shelter. ireland‘s southern and western coasts will be the hardest hit as ophelia moves in from the atlantic. forecasters have warned the storm will be potentially life—threatening, causing widespread disruption and power outages. we are expec

over 30 people have died in fires in spain and portugal, as well.to turn to a science story that has been getting a lot of attention, this is a recreation of the moment that two neutron stars collide, they create ripples, known as gravitational waves, through the fabric of the universe, and this happened 130 million years ago. einstein said he believed it happened but only now we have been able to see and hear it. this report explains. it's the longest straight line in the world. a 2.5 mile pipe containing a laser that can detect powerful explosions in space. inside, a technician fine—tunes the instrument. it has made a discovery that has shaken the scientific world. two stars colliding in a galaxy far, far away. around 800 billion billion miles from earth. the two stars got closer and closer until they merged, resulting in a huge shock wave that rippled across the universe. the massive explosion led to the production of rare elements, such as gold and platinum. neutron stars are what is left over when giant suns die and collapse in on themselves. t

yesterday it came past spain and portugal, and since thenit past spain and portugal, and since then itstrong winds around but others have been marvelling at the red sun today, this was sent in by one of our weather watchers. and ahead of 0phelia had some saharan dust which is what caused those red skies, but centre stage is the wind. 0vernight in across western parts of wales and northern ireland and western parts of scotland, the wind reaching 80 mph. that is strong enough to cause some disruption to travel. we have seen that already, trees may be brought down so dangerous travel conditions on the roads. keep up—to—date with local conditions via your local radio station. it will be a fresher kind of night compared with recent nights, temperatures around 11 or 12 degrees so certainly not cold. tomorrow, bear in mind the winds will be very strong still, across the central belt of scotland strong enough to bring speed restrictions the bridges and still strong enough to bring down some trees so the weather pretty nasty in the morning. those gusty winds will gradually be easing through the

making a little loop and saying hello portugal and spain.rricane and end up as a remnant low. perhaps spain or portugal. so they get a taste of the tropics. for us, let's break down the next several days. we're going into the 70s. 74 by 9:00. should be beautiful if you want to get out and take a walk and enjoy the weather. we could see see the showers before dawn in delaware. then we get up into the 70s tomorrow. so we do take a drop by 10 degrees across the area. here comes the steadier rain. the models are putting that rain into delaware and south jersey. that's where the heavier totals will be. winds out of the east and southeast. it keeps it much cooler along the shore. for all of us tomorrow, we go into thursday. still scattered showers and head into the morning we have a northeast wind who could see the scattered showers lingering. and then they are out of here. only the 60s. low to mid-60s for your thursday. for tonight we're looking at 63 in philadelphia. you'll see 58 in the suburbs. 57 in the lehigh valley. 63 in south jersey. 63 i

joining quite a bit of cloud behind it as well this actually is fairly good news because in spain and portugal we've had a lot of wildfires recently and fortunately it looks like the rain will help against those then because this area of cloud should bring us a fair amount of rain and some of that's going to be quite heavy that's where the center on wednesday on thursday begins to pull away towards the east but ahead of it we've got this huge area of high pressure so for most of us in europe especially fine and settled and pretty warm at the moment as well vienna all the way up at around twenty degrees the fine sunny weather also extends a bit further south so most of us along the northern parts of africa seeing that settled spell too but not quite all of us because the rain that's working its way across spain and portugal is also just nudging its way into the northwestern parts of africa too so expect a fair amount of cloud a few showers there in parts of our area wednesday and it turns heavier on thursday . she was the society hostess in be in the 1940's she was in touch with a lot of people

officials in portugal and spain say at least eight people have been killed by wildfires. nd across the border in the spanish region. officials have blamed arsonists for starting many of those fires. this week the chinese communist party holds its five yearly congress at the great hall of the people in beijing. the climax will be the revealing of the new leadership team behind president xijinping. at a time like this the authorities believe they must do everything in their power to stamp out anything potentially embarrassing for the government. so the censors are in full swing, as our beijing correspondent stephen mcdonell has been finding out. in order to land the 2008 beijing olympics, china made some promises in terms of opening up and freedom of expression. at the time, it seemed like things were getting better and better in that regard. but as we get further and further from the games, the censors have been cracking down hard. phone apps are powerful tools for control. pretty much everyone in china uses wechat. at sensitive times, like during the party congress, keywor

the season has changed it's still nice and warm if you're in spain and portugal you expect nothing from the sky and satellite reveals big hole so blue sky and temps is the order of twenty eight degrees thereabouts in madrid since we're still in the southwest corner but of course the everywhere else in europe is a different story we've had wind and rain fairly frequently have for all the north countries it has plunged dance all the way to the g. and to turkey for the time being were pushed back up again so the wednesday and thursday is really going to be germany is the lower limit even austria the sun's out a good twenty degrees is the forecast in vienna and rome still far behind all this time it's still pretty woman sunday in madrid and the rest of spain portugal in southern france it also means that the recent windy weather in the east and meds more or less disappeared as a thing of the past that is it in the forecast is a bit of a breeze at miss lee and it's a northerly chance of a few showers to the gulf of sit where there is a chance quite likely to cause or come on land further eas

officials in portugal and spain say at least eight people have been killed by wildfires. soldiers have been deployed to tackle more than 100 blazes in central and northern portugal, and across the border in the spanish region of galicia. officials have blamed arsonists for starting many of the fires. election officials in venezuela say the socialist party of president nicolas maduro has won a crushing victory in polls to choose governors for the country's 23 states. the national elections council said the socialists had won seventeen governorships while the opposition democratic unity coalition took five. but opposition leaders have alleged fraud. and now sally is here with all the business news. good morning. you fa ncy business news. good morning. you fancy snapping up an airline? not alitalia. ok, maybe monarch. alitalia is up for sale, but who will save italy's nationalflag carrier? the airline currently flies to over 80 destinations around the world and its fate is being closely watched with bids for the airline coming to an end today. in february this year, alitalia

people are unpacking in lovely places in spain and portugal, italy and greece, having flown out this i honestly cannot speculate if it will be happening 0k tomorrow. i honestly cannot speculate if it will be happening ok tomorrow. more generally, what are the problems of monarch? it has been very unlucky. it was committed to sean al sheikh in egypt. and now no british airline can in egypt. and now no british airline ca n fly in egypt. and now no british airline can fly there any more because of security concerns. they had many flights into turkey. demand in that pa rt flights into turkey. demand in that part of the world has declined because of terrorist concerns. it really did have to do what everybody else did, ploughing capacity into short—haul routes into spain and portugal. com petition has been intense. at the height of the summer, intense. at the height of the summer, you intense. at the height of the summer, you had flights to ibiza £40 return in the middle of august. unheard—of. every airliner has had a tough summer. going into the winter these kinds of prices they were able

the way of rain i have to say that cloud is just the top of a warm dome this running up from spain and portugal through france twenty degrees today in paris sixteen in london that's above where it should be may not last because there is cold air tucked in there it's only thirteen in berlin and this breeze quite obviously is telling and i think it will dig down i will win so we're down to about forty in vienna rain coming in as you can see for sixteen in paris fourteen in london definitely a northerly breeze there the way it doesn't look quite as good as it is currently except in spain portugal now those storms there are still showers around they've been running around the gulf and there has been typically twenty thirty millimeters reported in libya there drifting slowly eastwards in the mud even hit the far north of egypt as it was circulation carries on the same is true of cyprus and maybe the south of turkey otherwise it's fine in north africa relatively warm the big showers in tropical after moving slowly south to disarm cameroon is typical and gab all of the west is places in the last two d

it weakened a bit as it came past portugal and spain. we are talking about the hurricane coming past portugal and spain. why are we? it started off life in the azores, to the south—west of the azores. the temperature is about 2k celsius, about a degree and a half normal, but that is not enough to form a hurricane. but we had cold air in high levels in the atmosphere and that over the unusually warm seas created the temperature contrast that is similar to the temperatures you get in the tropics where hurricane ‘s are normally found. it is a bit of a freak one in the ingredients that came together to create it in the first place. since then it is now working to the south—west of ireland. that is the pressure chart. in the centre of that we have got low pressure. pressure chart. in the centre of that we have got low pressurelj pressure chart. in the centre of that we have got low pressure. i had twea ked that we have got low pressure. i had tweaked a moment ago saying, i had no idea what he is talking about. that is the question?” no idea w

ophelia, on saturday, it was a major category three hurricane, it weakened as it came past spain and portugalibly powerful. the strongest winds have been to the south of the republic of ireland, near cork, 97 mph gusts, and in the last couple of hours in west wales, gusts of up to 90 mph. for some of us, the story has been strong winds but for others it is about the red sun, ophelia picking up about the red sun, ophelia picking up dust from the sahara and smoke from forest fires burning in spain and portugal to turn the sky bred for some. but tonight, fierce winds coming across northern ireland, west wales and western scotland. a met office amber warning in force for wind gusts of up to 80 mph, strong enough to bring down trees. overnight, we are likely to see further transport disruption. we have seen some of that with trees blown over in places. that could affect the roads, power cuts are possible too. through the second half of the night, strong winds blowing to the east of the pennines and rattling through the central belt. winds picking up here, but it will be a mild night, temperatures

plenty of cloud in western europe navvies your standard frontal climates done some good in portugal and spain has had to help dampen down the fires are no longer a significant problem but that strong up frontal system in close is what is really becoming a very warm area it's nearly twenty in northern germany much the same in london and even the other side of that cold drugs still talk about seventeen in madrid and that's lighter warm up i think in the next day or so but the rain on the front itself will age in to the western side of mediterranean southern france the riviera included but notice the southerly so the water is still travelling north with it back out through belgium towards probably holland's attempt just hover around the twenty mark there until the cow digs in a bit more even then it's not cold sixty seventy the real warm to sitting down and remain your bug area and greece where we see temperatures slowly rising up into the middle twenty's with the sun in the sky now there's not much for wind and the eastern side of the meds is fine and sunny not too hot twenty four in benghazi s

were pivoting away from places like egypt and tunisia and turkey, going to be mediterranean, to spain, portugalourse, monarch is a relative minnow compared to people like easyjet and ryanair. i was surprised it was the country's fifth largest airline. the first aeroplane i went on on a package holiday. where did you go? the costa del sol. the package holiday has been going away, people are buying flights and sorting out there on holiday. that has hit them as well. the ft has said 1800 people will lose theirjobs but only further into the story. that was confirmed by the liquidators today. focusing on the passengers but in the end they are coming back. most of them are protected, thankfully, but 1800 people have lost their jobs. monarch are saying they will try and help find newjobs. but businesses have said that before. my question is this may help ryanair after this staff shortages. they may suddenly find they have enough pilots! talking about people losing their jobs, pilots! talking about people losing theirjobs, although pilots! talking about people losing their jobs, although in pilots! tal

scientists but sunlight filtered through dust pulled up from the sun harra and the forest fires in spain and portugal barnaby phillips al-jazeera on islands west coast or i still ahead on the program we're going to report from the philippines where the government says its battle against feiss is nearing its. end good crop bad crop zambia has a bunch. of fallen as the weather can still hold. so clear lovely weather across central and eastern parts of europe they've got a big area of high pressure keeping things settled but we are still feeling the effects of what remains of aurukun a fairly i just about the far northwest of the continents pass of olland and scotland as we go on through tuesday feeling very disturbed by the little hook of cloud that will make its way just to the far north of northern ireland running across the northern half of scotland as we go through choose day temperatures back where they should be so no more twenty three celsius for london than we was for paris sixteen degrees there for london just noticed some useful right there will come into spain and western parts of portugal p

0phelia dragging in tropical error along with dust from the sahara and debris from fires in spain and portugal storm battered parts of britain with strong winds and waves to the times records that new peerages will have a 15 year time limit undera plan peerages will have a 15 year time limit under a plan to shrink the house of lords. the mirror reports on the royal mail, claiming shareholders are paid half £1 million a day. the guardian says theresa may's attempts to open talks ona theresa may's attempts to open talks on a transition period are doomed to fail as brussels hardens its approach to the express says the chancellor has been warned to give up chancellor has been warned to give upa chancellor has been warned to give up a budget plan that would raid pensions to fund tax relief for young voters. and the financial times records a new dawning in science as research ‘s record a that's a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight — now on bbc news it's time for newsnight. this is going to be a tremendous success, tremendous success. well... at least he has a paddle. as the foreig

be much more concerned maybe two years ago but now all of the european countries are growing spain portugal ireland cyprus are out of the monitoring become newsman of the year same european stability mechanism only greece is still. working in this context but i'm sure in spring time greece results will come out of these problems and greece economies are also the situation economically is now much better what we see today is kind of a political challenge to the decision of the british electorate one year ago to vote with a slight majority in favor of of exit of leaving the european union this is something which concerns us and this is of course something which will be an enormous problem for the brits themselves but those who for europe do you support the idea of two speed europe to support what. is proposing right now that those who want to move faster should move faster and have different type of economic zone and then those who want to stay where they are you know then stay in a different kind of this is the present situation of the treaties that you came up for more cooperation or you ca

be much more concerned maybe two years ago but now all of the european countries are growing spain portugal ireland out or for the monitoring because of the european stability mechanism only greece is. working.

we have seen across the uk thanks to hurricane ophelia drawing up some smoke particles from spain and portugalome saharan dust in the atmosphere as well. here's a picture from the bbc earlier on. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: thousands of civilians flee the iraqi city of kirkuk after the goverment‘s army seizes control from kurdish forces. well, we've suddenly had to pull back. there was a sustained outburst of gunfire at the position up ahead. we can't be sure where it came from. a journalist who investigated corruption amongst politicians, officials and business people is killed by a car bomb in malta. three days of national mourning in portugal after at least 35 people are killed in deadly forest fires. and watching over the waves, shark—detecting drones take to the skies in australia to try and make surfing safer.

or less lose all its impetus in that part of europe and so we end up with a much drier day in spain in portugal this is friday's forecast is a little cooler in spain in france and the seventeen in france but otherwise generally speaking bright because all the excess and she's going to that spinning circle just west of all yes it's another little storm system quanta major one running through quickly probably fairly windy weather as a result and it will throw some windy weather north in france and of course that green is rain on the old cold front but the rest of europe the first part is still enjoying rather late year warm. add to your journey with a free hotel stay in transit fees when you fly with qatar airways to any of our one hundred fifty destinations kids are always going places together. in slave abuse a mommy or even. the flight to many of these good after a lifetime of service a remarkable young woman breaks free. to lead the abolitionist movement of electrifying force was. driven by her favorite recollections of so keep me in my memory is my power with this documentary but this time o

from spain instead catalyst bridge the mount has asked for more dialogue in a letter to the central government. at least twenty seven people have been killed in wildfires ravaging parts of portugal three people have died as a result of fires that broke out across the border in spain a state of emergency has been declared as firefighters continue to battle the flames which have been worsened by hurricane ophelia john a whole reports. the prolonged drought plus unusually high mid october heat already deadly combination. the wildfires bearing through the parched forests of central and northern portugal have claimed dozens of lives and made many more homeless of the rhythms of humans but. obviously we would like to present our deep condolences to the families of these victims as you know sunday was a day when all records registered this year will be eaten we reached the maximum of five hundred twenty four fires and today since midnight we've already registered a total of one hundred ten fires. and over the border fires raged in spain's northwestern gully theory to. more than one hundred separate blazes they've been a number of fatalities including two people who died when their car