sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow.e've reported on hurricane irma and its terrible consequences for some islands in the caribbean. laura bicker covered the story throughout and was part of the bbc team that was first to barbuda as a mass evacuation was taking place. this is an extended special report from laura. we are not coping, we are definitely not coping. my whole life is here. describe your nights, what happened? well, it started off with wind. it wasn't like life—threatening wind, but then it started picking up. the rain came in, the wind picked up harder and harder. at that point in time, iwas harder and harder. at that point in time, i was sleeping and my brothers woke me up. the windows were blown open. he was trying to put in the louvres, and i was holding him and we we re louvres, and i was holding him and we were fighting the wind. a couple of minutes later, this section of my mum's room, the roof came off. then my bedroom came off. we went to the living room, glass... we had all of this boarded up. the br

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. a new £10 note has entered circulation.ify. 0ur personal finance correspondent simon gompertz has more details. early this morning, from a few selected banks and cash machines to start with, the first of the new tenners. immediately you notice the plasticky feel, and the bank of england have persevered with plastic notes despite objections from vegan and some religious groups about the animal fat tallow that is used in making it. but the plastic enables them to have various security features, changing colours, changing shapes, a clear plastic window with winchester cathedral, gold coloured, on it. and that‘s the last resting place of jane austen there. 0n the back of the note. plastic is now the future for banknotes. if it‘s anything like the £5, i‘m not a big fan of it. why? it‘s just the way that you fold them, they don‘t really, i don‘t know, i‘m not a big fan of the £5 note, i‘m not a big fan of the whole plastic note. because of the materials that are used making it. for forgery, what do you use? i'm a vegetarian, and

sarah rainsford, bbc moscow. hashtag bbc os if you want to get in touch about that story.urce, but we haven‘t come across this plan. plan rabbit, before. this is president nicolas maduro urging venezuelans to breed rabbits for food. but there has been a problem with the pilot programme. a government minister gave 15 communities rabbit kittens, only to discover upon returning that, and this is what the president said about this, that people had only gone and put little bows on their rabbits and were keeping them as pets! it was an early setback, i will say that, to plan rabbit. the opposition has called this whole plan a bad joke. but, opposition has called this whole plan a badjoke. but, in a opposition has called this whole plan a bad joke. but, in a country where, as you can see, at least half of the children are malnourished, you can see why this is actually serious. i‘ve been speaking about this story to a bbc correspondent, this story to a bbc correspondent, this is what she said. nicholas monroe made his announcement in front of the rest of his cabinet. and they were

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow.rowing anger among customers. the airline is cancelling dozens of flights every day until the end of october, after it said it "messed up" the planning of pilot holidays. but so far ryanair has only published a list of affected flights between now and wednesday. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott is here. with me now is our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz. how many flights are cancelled? it's towards the end of october these flights are cancelled and what is frustrating is that after wednesday, passengers can't plan for whether theirflight is passengers can't plan for whether their flight is cancelled or not. this is what ryanair is telling us — each day there will be 40 or 50 flights cancelled for the foreseeable future, that's the next six weeks. that adds up to 400,000 journeys. so it's huge, although they'll say it's just 2% of their schedule. ryanair say they've messed up, they link it to a change in the rotas of pilots, which has allowed them to book holid

seemed calm after last night's match between liverpool and spartak moscow, as our correspondent sarah rainsfordspondent manchester as our correspondent united say they have brought manchester united say they have brought up in 1000 supporters to town tonight. it is about comfort and security, having the buses, because after the violence in france last year, some supporters are worried about coming to russia. russia wants to spend a message —— send a message that it is tough on troublemakers so any football fans involved in trouble will face severe punishment but manchester united have told fans to keep a low profile, not a red team colours and not walk around on their own. liverpool were in moscow last night and the match went off without much trouble. there was music and free t—shirts. i think manchester united can expect much the same tonight. a heavy police presence but for prevention rather than anything else. celtic were flashed in the opening champions league match this season and even at the abbey stadium expected a's match in belgium could bea expected a's match in belgium could be a mu

will be ready but we need to be ready because it's a difficult place to win. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsforde is a fairly heavy police presence here ahead of the match as you might expect, spartak expecting a big crowd and liverpool have brought 800 fans into moscow for the game. given the trouble in france last year the club have told liverpool fans they should keep a low profile, not where team colours 01’ low profile, not where team colours or congregate in big groups. just to avoid trouble. but we met a few of them around red square early, they admitted they were apprehensive about coming to russia and expected moscow to be moody but so far so good. certainly i think as far as russia is concerned it's important this match tonight and the match of manchester united tomorrow goes off smoothly without incident is because this is a country gearing up to host the world cup and it wants to send a message it's a safe place for fans from around the world to travel to. this arena here is one of the key stadiums for next year ‘s competition. there are home comforts for manchester city at the etiha

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. well done, her. thank goodness they don't do that here. who are the winners and losers from the battering the british pound has been taking as the sterling struggles. here in england, the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire, which killed at least 80 people injune, has opened with a minute's silence to remember the victims. the man leading the inquiry, sir martin moore—bick, said he acknowledges ‘the great sense of anger and betrayal‘ felt by survivors, and he wants to provide answers about how the disaster could have happened in 21st century london. i'm well aware that the past few months have turned the world of those who live in north kensington upside down, and that former residents of the tower and other local people feel a great sense of anger and betrayal. that is entirely natural and understandable. but if the enquiry is to get to the truth of what happened, it must seek out all the relevant evidence and examine it calmly and rationally. the solicitors acting for the enquiry will approach the task in that way, as i hope will

our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, explained russia's position.t of china. they have put forward a road map for resolving the crisis on the korean peninsula. president putin has made clear that whilst russia sees the latest nuclear test when north korea as provocative, as he puts it, and he has condemned those, he does not think sanctions are the way forward. in fact, he said the north korean leadership would prefer to eat grass than to end their nuclear programme. sanctions he said where a dead—end road but also he was very strong in terms of what he called the military hysteria that he said was being whipped up over the crisis on the korean peninsula. he said that was a road to nowhere, that this kind of rhetoric needs to end and that all sides need to return to the negotiation table. as russia sees it, that means all sides including pyongyang. and like china is pushing for a return to talks and says the only way to resolve this is through diplomacy. it is difficult at this point to note what influence russia can bring to bear on the situation.

summer as a large contingent of foreign supporters mingle with locals. 0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsfordred square. it isjust time liverpool band made for red square. it is just time for russia, as it gears up it is just time for russia, as it gears up to host the world cup. this is what it is anxious to avoid: russian football hooligans fought pitched street battles in france last year at the european championship. so some liverpool fans don't mind admitting that they were nervous about coming here. we have all seen the way the russians betray themselves as being fit, fighting men. it is a little bit scary, so you know, you bear that in mind. english fans have been advised to keep a low profile in moscow, and avoid tim pallas. they are not quite sticking to that. meanwhile, the football union he has warned that any fans causing trouble won't enjoy their stake in any fans causing trouble won't enjoy theirstake ina any fans causing trouble won't enjoy their stake in a russianjail. any fans causing trouble won't enjoy their stake in a russian jail. they are old school hooligans. we will se

sarah rainsford has been to see it.but in russia, this exhibition hails him as a hero. his life story as a soviet spy is on display. along with a glimpse of his home life. his widow was at the opening, greeted by the head of russia's external intelligence agency. it is the successor to the kgb that kim philby served for three decades. translation: kim philby is a legendary man, an outstanding spy, a man who did much for the victory over fascism in the second world war and contributed to the fight for peace, justice and freedom. bit is what kim philby is honoured for here. handing over a huge number of classified documents from british and american intelligence. some, including one describing an attack on hitler's life. for over half a it has been over half a century since kim philby was exposed and sent to moscow. where you the third man? know i was not. the committed communist denied he was a soviet mole and he fooled everyone. his story is being revived and retold here just as story is being revived and retold herejus

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. grenfell tower fire has begun. the chair, sir martin moore—bick says the inquiry must answer "pressing questions". a prisoner who was given a 10—month sentence for arson, more than 11 years ago, is to be released. james ward was given a sentence that meant he wouldn't be released until a parole board decide he isnt a danger to the public. president trump is on his way to florida to see the damage caused by hurricane irma. the bank of england's monetary policy committee has voted to hold the interest rate at its historic low of 0.25%. we'll have more on this shortly. the first rise in more than a decade was likely to be needed in the coming months. fox's bid to take control of sky will be referred to the regulator. culture secretary karen bradley has confirmed she will seek advice from the competition and markets authority. it now has six months to investigate the merger and its implications for the media market before a final decision is taken on whether or not the merger can proceed.

our correspondent sarah rainsford has been to see it.ut in russia this new exhibition hailed him as a hero. his life story as a soviet spy is on display here. along with a glimpse of his home life. his widow was at the opening, greeted by the head of russia's external intelligence agency. it is the successor to the kgb that kim philby served for three decades. translation: kim philby is a legendary man, an outstanding spy. a man who did much of the victory over fascism in the second world war and contributed to the fight for peace, justice and freedom. and this is what kim philby is honoured for here, handing over a is what kim philby is honoured for here, handing overa huge is what kim philby is honoured for here, handing over a huge number of classified documents from british and american intelligence. some, including one describing an attack on hitler's life, are revealed here for the first time. it is over half a century since he was exposed and escaped to moscow. if there was a third man, were you in fact the third man, were you in

sarah rainsford reports from moscow. it is the love story of a ballerina and the future is our.s dangerous. if the state do nothing, right now the same situation could be much worse. after a ll same situation could be much worse. after all this, russia's main cinema chain said it will not screen the film because it is worried about security. the director told me that decision creates a threat to the arts. it isa creates a threat to the arts. it is a step in the back because this is notjust about my film. if we give in to the small but aggressive element then the same thing can happen to any play or any film. we have to fight this. the campaign to ban matilda is led by orthodox russians acclaimed as an insult to theirfaith. by orthodox russians acclaimed as an insult to their faith. extremists are now using threats and violence. the kremlin calls that unacceptable but officials here have spent years stressing this country's orthodox roots and its values. in some beer religious hardliners will not be difficult to contain. orthodox activists bought their protest to this religious p