sophie long has more.tion the most powerful quake to hit mexico in decades had delivered. in less than a minute, yucatan‘s town hall was reduced to rubble. at least 17 of its citizens were killed. translation: it was all horrific. everything collapsed, everything. the truth — i have no words to explain what happened. look at my home, everything is destroyed. this is the moment it hit a bowling alley in chiapas, the closest state to the quake's at epicentre. 600 miles away, the tremors rocked mexico city. as people pick through the remnants of their lives, there are fears that there could be more strong aftershocks to come. translation: so far, there have been 65 aftershocks. the strongest was magnitude 6.1. however, it's possible that, over the next 2a hours, we could see a shock that's as strong as the earthquake. this is a country used to earthquakes, but not of this magnitude. it has left families devastated, and infrastructure destroyed. sophie long, bbc news. now it is time for newsnight, with emily m

sophie long has more.exico in decades had delivered. in less than a minute, yucatan‘s town hall was reduced to rubble. at least 17 of its citizens were killed. translation: it was all horrific. everything collapsed, everything. the truth, i have no words to explain what happened. look at my home. everything is destroyed. this is the moment it hit, a bowling alley in chiapas, the closest state to the quake‘s at epicentre. 600 miles away, the tremors rocked mexico city. as people pick through the remnants of their lives, there are fears that there could be more strong aftershocks to come. translation: so far there have been 65 aftershocks. the strongest was magnitude 6.1. however, it is possible that over the next 2a hours we could see a shock that is as strong as the earthquake. this is a country used to earthquakes, but not of this magnitude. it's left families devastated and infrastructure destroyed. sophie long, bbc news. the use of potentially addictive painkillers across england has doubled in the last

sophie long is at winson green in birmingham.t people have to step over or swerve in their cars to avoid, it's the smell and the rats which have sniffed it out which people here are really fed up with. some of them have been putting up with it for months. for them the lorries cannot come soon enough. weeks of waste festering on street corners across britain's second city. while union leaders and the city council fought it out in the high court, this is what people in birmingham have been living with. rising piles of stinking, rat infested rubbish. when were your bins last emptied? it will be about four weeks now. it needs to be collected now because it's really smelling now. there is too much mess. they've got rat droppings everywhere. cat droppings. and there's maggots going at the rubbish and that. it's not good. it began back injune when the council announced plans to restructure its waste management services. there was a pause in august when it looked like a deal might be reached. but the strike resumed in september after the

sophie long, birmingham. merge their european operations, in a move that threatens thousands of jobs. the two companies have been in negotiations since last year, when tata abandoned plans to sell its uk operations. the deal includes britain's biggest steel works at port talbot in south wales. our correspondent brian neetham is in port talbot. it has been a turbulent few years for the workers here in port talbot. there was an abandoned sales process and they had to take a reduction in pension benefits. this merger shows some certainty for them. however, pension benefits. this merger shows some certainty forthem. however, it does mean they will have to look to the long—term as well. that is why the long—term as well. that is why the unions are calling for investment here including the refurbishment of one of the blast furnaces, to show a long—term commitment from this new merger. they want to see that workers will have jobs they want to see that workers will havejobs here, they want to see that workers will ha

sophie long, bbc news, birmingham.t at a recycling plant in nottingham. the emergency services were called to the bio dynamic site, which recycles food waste and turns it into electricity, on the collick industrial estate this morning. the fire service says the blast was caused by a gas tanker which collapsed. nearly a quarter of 1a year old girls in the uk have felt symptoms of depression — according to a study. it looked at data from more than 10 thousand young people. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. down and lonely and a little bit hopeless. i couldn't see a future. this is how catherine perrin describes her 14—year—old self, struggling with anxiety and depression, and desperately trying to hold her life together. you have to pretend you're ok every day. the only reason you have to do that is because you don't really know why you are sad and it's easier than making an excuse. but you get caught in a web of lies and eventually someone finds you out. then it makes your situation worse. now a long—te

sophie long reports.in west cornwall, when he wandered into a horizontal mine entrance. about 25 metres in, he suddenly shot down the shaft, a ledge, breaking his fall, and his pelvis, more than 15 metres down. members of his walking group alerted the emergency services, and a multi—agency rescue was activated. it wasn't long before he could see the light at the end of a very long, dark tunnel. but it was some hours before a paramedic and technical rescue supervisor were able to reach him. the critical concern at this point, not his injuries, but the passage of time, and the temperature. we recognise, obviously, being down there for a while, hypothermia quickly does set in, especially when somebody is shocked. so quickly, we made verbal contact, which is also reassuring, and then we got blankets and also watered down to the casualty. again, really giving them that vital life—saving requirements before, obviously, extricating them. after hours of waiting, cold, alone and in pain, the complicated operation

i can now talk to sophie long about how the travel industry is helping holiday—makers.ibbean not happy with the level of support or lack of it they have had from tour operators and airlines. there has been quite a lot of criticism of thomas cook. thousands of people in the dominican republic and cuba and florida, up to 15,000 customers, so it is a huge operation for them, as you can imagine. they have some criticism. about 2000 people were taken from cuba ahead of the hurricane. thomas cook evacuated them to a place called varadero which is still on the coast and in the path of hurricane irma. lots of customers of thomas cook there said that, why we re thomas cook there said that, why were they not flown out of their com pletely were they not flown out of their completely at? people are also saying that flights were still going into the region on wednesday and should there have been thomas cook flights, and they said they had offered all their customers the chance to cancel their trips for refunds. we have been speaking to the retail and customer experience director of

sophie long reports. 50 feet underground. it's thought the man, who is believed to be in his 50s, was walking along the coast path in west cornwall, when he wandered into a horizontal mine entrance. about 25 metres in comedy suddenly shot down the shaft, a ledge, breaking his fall, and his pelvis, more than 15 metres down. members of his walking group alerted the emergency services, and a multi—agency rescue was activated. it wasn't long before he could see the light at the end of a very long, dark tunnel. but it was some hours before a paramedic and technical rescue supervisor were able to reach him. the critical concern at this point, not his injuries, but the passage of time, and the temperature. we recognise, obviously, being down there for a while, hypothermia quickly does set m, while, hypothermia quickly does set in, especially when somebody is shocked. so quickly, we made verbal contact, which is also reassuring, and then we got blankets and also watered down to the casualty. again, really giving

welcome to sophie and go on sophie shevardnadze they rocky kurdistan referendum has been a long time coming for this but it's making all the talk of us region neighbors a lazy what could in the pandan so kurdistan unleash well today a top tonight you're bound barzani the prime minister of kurdistan regional government of iraq. surrounded by civil war and the fight against terror the middle east political system is nearing collapse and it could make way for an independent kurdistan something its people have wanted for their kids but with neighbors wary of the emergence of a new nation could lead to your tour of violent conflict will signal the end of the middle east. we know it's or is it the beginning of a brighter future. that you run barzani prime minister of kurdistan regional government of iraq welcome to our show it's really good to have you with us now from mr i have heard reports they had of the kurdish. under the united states. the process of. the. process. a . nuke . absolute . on's . today did you do . i'd be. etter .

hello welcome to sophie and go on sophie shevardnadze they rocky kurdistan referendum has been a long time coming for the people but it's making all the autonomy's region neighbors uneasy but couldn't the pandan so kurdistan on a leash well today atop tonight you're bound barzani of the prime minister of kurdistan regional government of iraq. surrounded by civil war and the fight against the middle east political system is nearing collapse and it could make way for an independent kurdistan something its people wanted. but with neighbors weary of the emergence of a new nation could it lead to get more violent conflict signaled the end of the middle east as we know it's or is it the beginning of a brighter peaceful future. that you run barzani prime minister of kurdistan regional government all for iraq welcome to our show it's really good to have you with us now from azhar i have heard reports from they had of the kurdish news network t.v. saying that the independence referendum will be delayed under pressure from aidan and the united states is this true. until this very moment there i

and if you throughout the day on friday on sophie on co here on r t international sanctions unfortunately do not work first they ignore secondly they have been long time fact that of the certainly new set of sanctions may be not an invitation to the negotiating negotiating table but that of the new new further tests we facing on the political and diplomatic solution. of the chad and russia has already proposed even in july an action. to solve the crisis with an initiative on double suspension which was kind of distaste criticized by mickey haiti i don't know what she found so insulting in that then she is in that as she said if she has something better than the new sanctions maybe the united states could come up with it we would only welcome it. but exploring the other options open no two donald trump when it comes to north korea here's our tease and if you richard. the u.s. and north korea stuck in a behavioral rut neither seemed willing to back down it looks so bad you might think a third world war was imminent but surely no one wants that so how does the world tackle north korea what are the options while option number one twitter war. preside

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sophie raworth who was at parsons green, who we spoke to earlier, not long after this attack had happenedaworth. let's have a listen to what she told us. ididn't i didn't show it for obvious reasons, but i have seen a woman stretchered off. her legs have been wrapped up and she has been burned. she had burns to herface. she was taking oxygen and pain relief as well. people have clearly sustained nasty burns. she seemed to have burns all over her body, from top to toe. her legs wrapped up in some sort of protective sort of plastic film. she definitely had burns to herface as film. she definitely had burns to her face as well. so very clearly, people have been injured. we can bring you another update from our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford, who has told us that parsons green is being treated as terrorism. parsons green is being treated as terrorism. the incident, the explosion we have been reporting on this morning that was reported at 8:20 this morning, a white container inside what looked like a supermarket carrier bag, and a fire will stop the associated reported injuries, we

sophie hutchin5on, bbc news. the coronation street actre55 liz dawn, who played the character vera duckworth for more than 30 years, has died. she was 77. she first appeared on the longhad been, "the love, light and inspiration" in their lives. judith moritz looks back on her life and career. to many they were coronation street. the duckworths. jack and vera. the perm, the gravelly voice, funny and fiery. she was eight coronation st fixture for more than 30 years. you'll laugh on the other side of your face! liz dawn made vera her own, but the actress who began life in leeds a5 sylvia butterfield first worked in a variety of otherjobs, from cinema usher it to shoe 5ales girl before getting her break as a nightclub singer. the money were good. i had three children of school age. i actually really did it for money to sing at the weekend. age. i actually really did it for money to sing at the weekendm meant that she was believable. an authentic character on the cobbles. liz had lived a life before coronation street, singing and having children and being a mother and wife. she had left this life. she brought all that to her character because she was such a beautiful huma

sophie. let's get first word news now. >> south korea says the rising geopolitical risks created by the north's latest nuclear test could have a longster will an eye on the markets for the foreseeable future and will take measures to stabilize if necessary. pyongyang claims it has miniaturized a nuclear weapon and fitted it to an icbm, although the claim is doubted. the chief brexit negotiator is said to be running out of patience with the u.k. after the second round of negotiations ended last week with little progress. italyd the conference in that the british people must be "educated" up up the costs of leaving the eu and the serious consequences of the splint, which he says has not been made clear. resolving start by the issues that are on the table, then we will think about our future relationship. it is no secret that we think that we need to have a very , butg trade relationship first things first, again. after president trump asked congress for $8 billion to clean up after harvey the governor of texas says the ultimate film a top the one hundred $20 billion spent on hurricane katrina. governor greg abbott said the initial am

kathleen: sophie kamaruddin, with a big central-bank meeting ahead for new zealand, not surprising to see the kiwi taking notice. leading republicans are announcing their long later on wednesday. theces telling bloomberg corporate rate will be cut to 20% from the current 35%, with businesses allowed to immediate we write off capital expenditures for at least five years. been brodie is tracking this and joins us on the line from washington. thank you. a lot to digest year. -- digest here. tell us more about what we should be watching in the hours ahead, the flexibility on the top rate. there is political and budgetary realities. what should we be most waiting to hear as we get more official details? >> thanks for having me on. that flexibility on the top rate, we don't know exactly what it means. there has been some talk that the white house is going to leave it to congress to create a fourth bracket above the 35%. 39.6%it will come back to , maybe it comes back to something else. it gets to those clinical realities you are talking about. the president has made clear he wants this to be a middle-class tax-cut. a lot of tax cuts are sold as middle-class but b