we could see some rain from storm alex arrived around liverpool around manchester.s way southwards into the weekend, and another area low pressure takes over. a wet start to saturday across england and wales, bright towards the north and west, the rain spread across scotland. wind strengthen here. strong is of the winds of saturday across wales, southwest england. potential for damage or disruption. some parts of northern ireland may stay dry, but the rain will spread. that broad area of low pressure become centred around the uk, and it's around the edges where we see the widest and windiest conditions as we go through sunday. the middle of it, we could see some slow—moving, torrential downpours and they themselves could cause flooding. across areas, this chart turned green and yellow. shows where all areas will see rain, but to the southwest, eastern parts of scotland, over 100 mm of rain as possible. hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. india convulses in anger over violence against women, with a second gang rape leaving another innocent victim dead. it'

storm alex leaves at least 2 people dead and dozens missing in the french and italian alps homes are washed away in the worst flooding in living memory. a michael thanks for joining us u.s. president donald trump has spoken out for the 1st time from the hospital where he's being treated for covert 19 he released a video message on twitter adding that the coming days will be the real test of his fight against the coronavirus earlier the president's doctor also said he was doing well but follow up questions shifted to focus on the timing of trump's in faction and diagnosis. and doing his best to reassure the united states i came here wasn't feeling so well i feel much better. we're working hard to get me all the way back and i have to be back because we still have to make america great again we don't you know out of there but we still have steps to go and we have to very said you know. i'll be back i think i'll be back soon. finishing up the campaign the way we started we are things happening that look like we're miracles but admitted the coming days will be crucial so i just want to t

here's the bigger picture showing storm alex.there. red warnings in force across parts of brittany but even for us there will some disruptions. let's look across the southern half of the country tomorrow because we could see damaging winds in an around english channel areas, particularly for the channel islands. torrential rain in places of southernmost counties to begin with, that could cause some flooding. moving its way northwards and across east anglia, the midlands and wales through the day before brightening up later, contrasting fortunes. let's take a look at the northern half of the country tomorrow because here, that frost, bright start, the cloud in north and west scotland, western and northern ireland with a few showers will gradually break up. lots of sunshine through the day, cloud increasing in northern england later. we could see some rain from storm alex arrive around liverpool, into parts of manchester, sheffield area as we end the afternoon. but where there's this contrasting weather north and south, temperature

it is also now cut off by the aftermath of storm alex, so many are leaving.ave left. what i have on me is not mine. i don‘t have a car anymore. we don‘t have anything anymore, like half the village. translation: i was on the top floor of the hotel, right next to the river. i realised it had doubled in volume, and then it spread out across the entire width of the hotel. it was scary. we could hear the creaking noises, the shaking because the rocks hitting the walls which were falling down, and being in the dark was even worse because we did not know what was going on. many are being evacuated by helicopter here to the city of nice, 55 kilometres south, where aid is being packed and sent out of villages across the region. meanwhile, a ito—minute drive from here along the coast of italy the city of ventimiglia is also cleaning up. with shops and restaurants destroyed by the water, many are asking the government to declare a state of emergency. translation: look. it‘s quite a disaster. i have a lot of goods to throw away. and for the whole market, it is the same.

southern half of the country will stay milder, but it's here where storm alex starts to push its wayl disruption in the morning. here's the bigger picture showing storm alex, named by meteo france because of the impact it expects to have there. red warnings enforced across parts of brittany, but even for us, there will be some disruptions. let's look across the southern half of the country tomorrow, because we could see damaging winds in and around english channel areas, may be up to around 60—70 miles an hour, particularly for the channel islands. torrential rain in places of southernmost counties to begin with, that could cause some flooding. moving its way northwards and across east anglia, the midlands and wales through the day before brightening up later, contrasting fortunes. let's take a look at the northern half of the country tomorrow because here, that frost, bright start, the cloud in north and west scotland, western and northern ireland with a few showers will gradually break up. lots of sunshine through the day, cloud increasing in northern england later. we could see so

we could see some rain from storm alex arrive around temperatures 12 to 15 degrees on the cool side.end, and another area low pressure takes over. a thoroughly wet start to saturday across england and wales, bright towards the north and west, the rain spread across scotland. wind strengthen here. strongest of the winds of saturday across wales, southwest england. potential for damage or disruption. some parts of northern ireland may stay dry, but the rain will spread. that broad area of low pressure become centred around the uk, and it's around the edges where we see the widest and windiest conditions as we go through sunday. the middle of it, we could see some slow—moving, torrential downpours and they themselves could cause flooding. across areas, this chart turned green and yellow. shows where all areas will see rain, but to the southwest, eastern parts of scotland, over 100 mm of rain as possible. you're watching bbc news with me, laura trevelyan, in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories... campaigning for the battleground votes — president trump plans to con

storm alex has been weakening, but it's still a large storm system. will continue to produce strong winds in northeastern europe for the next couple days. some of ththe showers c could develop in parts of france and germany and showers will go into the scandinavian peninsula on tuesday. windy conditions are expected in london, paris, all the way up to stockholm on tuesday. another low pressure system will produce severe thunderstorms in kiev with a high of 20 degrees.. in japan we have a new tropical stormm names janghon. it's moving slowly and it's likely t to movee northwestward the latter part of the week. high waveses are already affectg the pacific coast of japan. as the storm system moves closer to the country, heavy rainfall my hit the kinki, and kyushu regions as we head into the weekend. for the rest of asia a couple of high pressure systems will dominate northeastern china and the korean peninsula, producing calm conditions. sunny skies are expected in beijing and seoul tuesday. meanwhile, some showers will spread into southern china and pla

storm alex is affecting some parts of the uk.ach 65—70 miles an hour down to the channel isles and the south coast, and up to bring trees down. heavy rain pushing slowly north into wales and the midlands. followed by sunshine and showers heading towards the south but a very different day to day. it's a cold and foggy starting places. the far north—west of scotland, some rain working into more southern parts later. to the north of that, expect right conditions. feeling cooler if you have the wind in the rain. when these conditions for wales in the south—west of england. much of the uk will see some heavy rain around on saturday. in the past hour or so, the us president donald trump and first lady melania trump have confirmed they have tested positive for coronavirus. the president hd to be tested after one of the his closest advisors, hope hicks, confirmed she has the disease. she travelled with him to the televised debate in ohio earlier this week. shortly before he got his result, the president spoke to fox news in the us. let's

the rapid development will result in storm alex, it could bring us some disruption through tomorrow.g in the south tomorrow, this is where the wettest and windiest weather will be, windiest in the morning around the english channel and channel islands, potentially damaging gusts of wind, that will have an impact on the ferries. torrential rain in southern counties of england, working northwards, brightening up later in the day but we could see gales developing land. the northern half of the country, much quieter. the frosty start, the mist and fog clearing, one or two showers in western scotland, most will have a dry, bright day. maybe some rain as far north as the m62 before the day is out. when you have sunshine, wind oi’ is out. when you have sunshine, wind or rain, a fairly cool day for early october. the area of low pressure which brings tomorrow's windy weather, it decays and is replaced by the large area of low pressure and that means impact will be felt more widely. a white night across england and wales to take this into saturday, a bright start in many western areas but clo

that is what is happening with storm alex.t will bring a 5plit where the surface it will bring a split in a contra5ty condition to the uk on friday in the south is where we will see the most lively condition. damaging wind5, di5rupt the weather around the english channel. particular supper the china highlands, heavy rain which could cau5e flooding. that will read northwards through the midlands. before things brighten up in the south. in the end we can see gale5. opposite end of the coin further north a bit of a frosty stopper northern england and scotland but a bright star and a lot of sunshine around one or two showers in the far west, most right and cladding over northern england later in the rain from storm alex could get as far north as liverpool and manchester and sheffield. but even with the contrast notes, a cool day for all, particularly with the persistent rain and strong winds will be later. going to friday night, the wet and windy weather become more widespread. alex itself fades away to the south, a broad area of

hundreds of homes have been rendered uninhabitable after storm from alex struck the vests to be valley in southern france on saturday. an entire year's worth of rain came crashing down in just 12 hours triggering landslides and causing rivers to burst their banks. as rescuers search the debris for survivors local officials take stock of the damages. even if there are more than 100 houses washed away some partially destroyed or isolate it is. the inhabitants won't be able to live in these houses for a long time. across the border in italy flash floods have forced emergency services to take to the air to reach victims trapped by the water communications networks have also been damaged complicating rescue efforts and cutting many families off from their loved ones. tuscany and companions were hit worst by the storm front. despite flood warnings venice was largely spared from the rising waters thanks in part to its new 1000000000 euro anti flooding barriers. you all caught up on d. w. michael oku in fill in for me in the entire new street new york thanks so much watch. why are people force

storm alex today is mainly affecting the southern half of the uk.e south coast. 70mph down towards the channel islands. an area of heavy rain moving northwards into the midlands and north wales, followed by brighter skies and scattered showers. it is a very different day for the northern half of the uk. it was quite a cold start, with some fog, one or two showers, but for much of this area, you should stay predominately dry with some sunshine. that rain just edging into northern england later on this afternoon. temperatures today, 12—15, feeling colder with the wind in the rain in the south. this evening and overnight, more rain coming in on a brisk easterly breeze. for western scotland and northern ireland, clearer skies, and it is here that the temperatures will fall lowest overnight. further to the south and east, it will be a mild, wetand to the south and east, it will be a mild, wet and windy start on saturday. and that is how it looks through the day. lots more heavy rain tracking westwards. combined with gales or severe gales down towards the

storm alex as it's known swept across southeastern france and into northern italy causing rivers to burst their banks and flooding on both sides of the border. this was rockville year on the outskirts of nice. it's said to be the worst flooding in the area in more than a century. to clear the bodies in the coming days and weeks there will be a massive mobilization in this mountain region which is just experienced devastation without compare and without precedent in the past 100 years. roads and bridges were destroyed high altitude communities isolated with rising numbers of missing and injured. all of ali's collapsing one go so we don't have a boat left to take us back home the best of look you have on. it's blocked on both sides of the road no electricity nothing further up the route to tap water there were many elderly people who needed help to be given shelter lives have been lost in italy's alpine valdosta region a firefighter was killed during a rescue operation in virtually province another body was found. and the toll could well ply with the equivalent to 4 months of rain falling i

at least three people are killed and more than 30 missing after storm alex hits parts of south—easternand northern italy. hello and welcome. president trump is free of fever and improving after being hospitalised with covid—19 but is not yet out of danger, according to his physician, dr sean conley. in a statement released in the last couple of hours, he said mr trump was not yet out of the woods, but his medical team remains cautiously optimistic. earlier, the president released a video in which he said he feels much better, but that the next few days would be a "real test". let's listen to mr trump now. i want to begin by thanking all of the incredible medical professionals — the doctors, the nurses, everybody — at walter reed medical centre — i think it's the finest in the world — — for the incrediblejob they've been doing. i came here, wasn't feeling so well. i feel much better now. we're working hard to get me all the way back. i have to be back, because we still have to make america great again. we've done an awfully good job of that, but we still have steps to go, and we have to

storm alex has moved away to the south but we are left with a further speu south but we are left withted, strong wind to contained with. storm alex moved across france, bringing heavy rain there, more cloud rotating with the next area of low pressure moving in from the east. the radar picture shows almost nowhere has been immune to that rainfall so far today. we have two areas where amber warning have two areas where amber warning have been issued by the met office. vertical is wales, west midlands, southwest, 25 — 50 millimetres of rain likely. more over the higher ground. another amber warning for eastern scotland, aberdeenshire. there could be 120 millimetres of rain falling of the highest ground, enough to cost significant flooding problems. evening and tonight, still got a lot more heavy rain to come. this area available pivot, still affecting parts of scotland, moving across northern ireland into wales, down to the south—east of england. some clearer skies and parts of southern scotland and northern england, some fog patches developing here. for many areas and other wet and wind

m storm alex leaves at least 2 people dead and dozens missing of the french and italian alps homes are washed away in the worst flooding in living memory. and get out of has welcomed u.s. president donald trump spoken out for the 1st time from the hospital where he's being treated for covert 19 even released a video message on twitter adding that the coming days will be the real test of his fight against the coronavirus earlier the president's doctors also said trump was doing well but followup questions shifted to the timing of trump's infection and diagnosis of doing his best to reassure the united states i came here wasn't feeling so well i feel much better now working. hard to get me all the way back i have to be back because we still have to make america great again we've yaba there but we still have steps to go and we have to face that you know and i'll be back i think i'll be back soon. finishing up the campaign the way we started we are things happening that look like we're miracles but admitted the coming days will be crucial so i just want to tell you that i'm starting to fee

as we get further south we run into storm alex.inds gusting 40—50 miles an hour inland and across the english channel, including the channel islands, we're looking 60—65 mile an hour gust, this could produce some problems for us. i'll have a lot more detail the forecast on friday and the weekend in about an hour. and i will get naga's name right there as well as charlie's. i'm not talking to her anymore. carry on, carol. thank you. we have a chap in the office cold nana, so, please take it as a compliment. for 12 or 13 years we have worked together and if this now you are mistaking me with a gentleman in the office. i know him, he is a lovely gentleman, but you can't be bothered to say my name anymore, eh? well, we also have nina, good thing you don't have two throw to her? nina is perfect as she is. everyone is happy. aminah, don't be drawn into that! laughter. everyone is happy. aminah, don't be drawn into that! laughterm everyone is happy. aminah, don't be drawn into that! laughter. it is starting to get ugly. let's take a look

we have storm alex to the south but we are still left with spells of heavy, persistent rain for likely rotating around the next area of low pressure which has been moving in from the east and it is slow—moving. the radar picture shows almost nowhere has been immune to that rainfall so far today. we have got to areas where amber warnings have been issued from the met office. the first one across wales, the west midlands and down to the south—west of england, 25—50 millimetres of rain likely here, more over the high ground. and in another amber warning for eastern scotland, aberdeenshire towards fife, they could be 120 millimetres of rain falling over the highest ground, enough to cause significant flooding problems. heading into the evening and tonight, we have still got, as you can see from the blue and green colours, lots more heavy rain to come. this area of heavy rain to come. this area of heavy rain will start pivoting, still affecting parts of scotland, moving across northern ireland, wales and down to the south—east of england too. they will be some clear skies for parts of south

tonight we have this weather front which is linked to storm alex which is bringing wet weather to a goodd of the night. for scotla nd england by the end of the night. for scotland and northern ireland, clear and cool. for such a deal that looks extremely wet for a good portion of england and wales and also eastern scotla nd england and wales and also eastern scotland turning much wetter. a little bit of dry weather for northern ireland but the winds will be strong around irish sea coasts. we could see some brightness into the afternoon for the south—east of england. elsewhere it is going to feel cool. the met office have amber warnings for the rain particularly for wales into south—west england, heavy rainfall could see in excess of 50 millimetres, maybe up to 100 millimetres across higher ground. north—east scotland could also see the risk of some flooding so disruption likely. the new area of low pressure will be with us as we head into sunday. some of

it is also now cut off by the aftermath of storm alex, so many are leaving.e. we don't have anything any more, like half the village. translation: i was on the top floor of the hotel right next to the river. i realised it had doubled in volume and then it spread out across the entire width of the hotel. it was scary. we could hear the creaking noises, the shaking because of the rocks hitting the walls, which were falling down, and being in the dark was even worse because we didn't know what was going on. many are being evacuated by helicopter here to the city of nice, 55km south, where aid is being packed and sent out to villages across the region. meanwhile, a 40—minute drive from here along the coast to italy, the city of ventimiglia is also cleaning up. with shops and restaurants destroyed by the water, many are asking the government to declare a state of emergency. translation: look, it‘s quite a disaster. i had a lot of goods to throw away and for the whole market it is the same. it is a disaster. translation: this is the first time. i have never seen th

it is also now cut off by the aftermath of storm alex, so many are leaving.. what i have on me is not mine. i don't have a car anymore. we don't have anything anymore, like half the village. translation: i was on the top floor of the hotel, right next to the river. i realised it had doubled in volume, and then it spread out across the entire width of the hotel. it was scary. we could hear the creaking noises, the shaking because the rocks hitting the walls which were falling down, and being in the dark was even worse because we didn't know what was going on. many are being evacuated by helicopter here to the city of nice, 55 kilometres south, where aid is being packed and sent out of villages across the region. meanwhile, a ito—minute drive from here along the coast of italy, the city of ventimiglia is also cleaning up. with shops and restaurants destroyed by the water, many are asking the government to declare a state of emergency. translation: look. it's quite a disaster. i have a lot of goods to throw away. and for the whole market, it's the same. it's a d

at least 2 people have died and dozens are missing after storm alex hit southern france in northwestern italy the storm brought record rainfall in places causing heavy flooding and washing away houses around the southern city of nice its mayor described it as the worst flooding in living memory. germany has been marking 30 years of national reunification the previously divided east and west were officially brought back together on october 3rd 1900 it was an event that transformed europe and the world but the celebrations planned for this year's anniversary were scaled back to the pandemic. a lay on market day out celebrating 30 years since a divided germany became once again the film studios in potsdam just outside berlin provided the stage for the official ceremony a toned down event due to the coronavirus pandemic only 230 guests were present about one 5th of the audience originally planned plans for a big street party had to be abandoned. in this keynote speech german president. said the pandemic couldn't blunt the country's pride in the achievement of reunification he paid tribute t

and earlier today, this morning, we had some very windy weather through the english channel from storm alexas weakened and is getting consumed by a larger area of low pressure that will move northwards into the uk and spread that rain and the stronger winds to more areas. so, we've got more rain at the moment across parts of england in particular. it stays wet for central and eastern areas. maybe just a bit drier through wales, the south west later on, but still windy here. and the winds will blow in more rain into eastern parts of scotland. western scotland, though, and northern ireland largely dry, some clearer skies, but chilly here. maybe some early sunshine tomorrow. but generally it's cloud and rain on the way as the rain sets in for more of england and wales. we've got gales still in the south west. it turns wetter across scotland. largely dry for northern ireland, and after the rain clears, we could get sunshine in the afternoon for the south east of england, giving temperatures a boost. but underneath the cloud and rain, it's a chilly 11—13 degrees. and that rain is going to be hea

people missing after a massive storm front that's at the region at least 2 people died as the storm called alex ford's torrential rain that collapsed bridges and closed monson posses . hanging on for dear life. hundreds of homes have been rendered uninhabitable after storm from alex stuck the vests to be valley in southern france on saturday. an entire year's worth of rain came crashing down in just 12 hours triggering landslides and causing rivers to burst their banks . as rescuers search the debris for survivors local officials take stock of the damage is something that meets all but there are more than 100 houses washed away some partially destroyed or isolated. the inhabitants won't be able to live in these houses for a long time be of all before. across the border in italy flash floods have forced emergency services to take to the air to reach victims trapped by the water communications networks have also been damaged complicating rescue efforts and cutting many families off from their loved ones. tuscany and companion were hit worst by the storm front. despite flood warnings venice was la

wet and windy — all courtesy of storm alex — and it looks like all areas willjoin in with the heavy rainhern ireland. could cause some transport disruption, some flooding in places, and the winds will be quite a feature too. so for saturday, it looks thoroughly wet to start the day across much of england and wales, eastern scotland, that rain also drifting a little bit further westwards at times. but meanwhile, it will be clearing a little bit from the south—east, so here, we could see some brightness into the afternoon, but it stays windy. south wales into south—west england, those temperatures pretty disappointing — the low teens for most of us, could see 16 in the south—east. but it's the rainfall amounts we are most concerned about this weekend. saturday into sunday morning, amber warnings issued for parts of wales, the south—west of england and also for the east and north—east of scotland. areas here, certainly over the high ground, could see in excess of two inches of rain, so flooding is likely to be an issue here. as we move through saturday night then, that rain really piles its

earlier today we have had the strongest winds round storm alex, named by the french met service, gustsnel islands, 60 or 70mph. as the storm weakens the winds will ease down, by this evening lighter winds on the eastern side of the channel. gusting gale force at times in south—west england, perhaps the channel island and we still have that rain round as well i is only moving slowly northward so still dry this evening in scotland and northern ireland and these are temperatures by then. the rain may start to ease off overnight, in wales and the south—west, still going to be windy here mind you, but wetter weather continuing in the south—east, develops further north and the wind will push the rain into the eastern side of scotland. western scotland, northern ireland, largely dry, some clearer skies and it will turn chilly overnight, there could be early sunshine here tomorrow. but on the whole it is cloud and rain on the whole it is cloud and rain on the way tomorrow, that rain pushes its way westwards, developing more widely across england, wales and into scotland. gales still in the sou

earlier today and this money we had windy for the english channel from storm alex, that's weekend andng consumed by a larger area of low pressure that will move northwards into the uk and spread that rain and the stronger winds to more areas. we've got more rain at the moment across parts of england in particular, estates about first central and eastern areas a bit drier through wales and southwest later on but still windy. in the winds will rain towards ethan parts of scotland. western scotland and northern ireland largely dry and clear skies, but chilly here maybe some early sunshine tomorrow. generally cloud and rain on the way as the rain sets infor and rain on the way as the rain sets in for more of england and wales, the gaels is still in the southwest and turns weather across scotland. largely dry for northern ireland and after the rain clears we could get sunshine in the afternoon with the southeast of england giving temperatures a boost. underneath the cloud and rain it's a chilly 11 to 13 degrees. that rain is going to be heavy at times especially over the hills, we do have

potential flooding rains around some southern counties as well as this storm alex winds itself up.and parts of the midlands. may edge a bit further northwards may still a bit further southwards. but the general story for the northern half of the country after some early rain in northern scotland is for a dry day with some sunshine. that will change as we go through to the weekend after a wet night in england wales. the rain spread northwards into scotland for saturday. hello this is bbc news, the headlines. new restrictions announced for parts of the north of england including liverpool and middlesbrough following a rise in infections. we've had to take difficult but necessary decisions to suppress the virus. the only alternative to suppressing the virus is to let it rip. and i will not do that. in the largest study of coronavirus cases in england — scientists suggest the spread of the virus is slowing — but warn that levels of infection reamain high in all areas of the country. the eu begins legal action against the uk government — because of its plans to override parts of the bre

on friday, the strongest winds were around storm alex.miles an hour in the northwest of france, gusts of 60—70 miles an hour in the channel and the channel islands. alex has weakened considerably and is essentially getting swallowed up by another area of low pressure, which will drift closer to the uk and push rain in and strengthen the winds as well. so over the weekend, wet and windy weather quite widely. i think it's going to be the rain that the issue, though. there is likely to be some flooding and some travel disruption, but there will be some areas of stronger winds, too. and of the windiest weather probably on saturday is going to be towards the southwest of england. we've got rain developing more widely across england and wales, and it's turning much wetter in scotland as well. northern ireland looks largely dry, and we may actually get some sunshine in the afternoon for the southeast of england as the rain starts to clear northwards. but a lot of rain in many areas by the end of the afternoon, and temperatures struggling to arou

says he still faces a critical next 2 days in this fight against the coronavirus also coming up storm alex leaves at least 2 people 2 people dead and dozens missing in the french and italian alps homes are washed away in the worst flooding in living memory. and turkey's president calls the night watchman to make neighborhood safer but the opposition says there are secret police in waiting we'll find out why the pictures are becoming more powerful and dangerous. and get out of us welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has spoken out for the 1st time from the hospital where he's being treated for covert 19 he released a video message on twitter that the coming days will be the real test of his fight against the coronavirus earlier the president's doctors also said trump was doing well but followup questions shifted to the timing of trump's infection and start gnosis in the world doing his best. to reassure the united states i came here wasn't feeling so well i feel much better now working hard to get me all the way back have to be back because we still have to make america great

emergency services have been deployed to search for those missing in the wake of storm alex's trail of destruction. >> [speaking french] reporter: the mayor sayays thiss town will take yrsrs to recover. [speaking french] reporter: evacuees are being airlifted to nice. in a nearby valley, around a thousand firefighters backed by air support are helping those whose homes are in accessisie, handing out food and bottled water. in another town,n, buildings and vehicles submerged in mud. cleanup efforts are underway, but it is slow going. >> [speaking french] reporter: the french government preparing to declare their region a national disaster zone. anchor: we wish everybody down there a very speedy recovery and consolations to those who have lost so much. we will keep a close eye on the situation. time for business and kate joins us. guest: more than 650 movie theaters are being temporarily shut in the u.s. and u.k.. 45,00000 people risk losing ther jobsbs. bodie on has said it is cutting back hours at mamany of itsts 10 cinemas in the u.k. in ireland, opening only on weekends. reporter: th

at least three people are killed and more than 30 missing after storm alex hits

on friday, we felt the effects of storm alex in the south, more persistent rain and strong winds on saturdayre could be further disruption to transport and travel, flooding expected and for some places, some strong winds around as well. the reason for all of this wet and windy weather is this slow—moving area of lower pressure, rainfall rotating around a low pressure over the next 2a hours or so. we've still got two amber rain warnings enforced from the met office, the first one in wales, the west midlands down to parts of southwest england as well. 25 to 50 mm of rain likely here, more than that of the high ground and for eastern scotland, another amber rain morning valid until sunday morning, a0 to 70 mm of rain for the high ground, certainly some areas are going to be seeing some flooding is to start the day on sunday. still some rain to come for the high ground, certainly some areas is going to be seeing some flooding is to start the day on sunday. still some rain to come to the north of scotland. it should tend to ease though, but northern ireland down to its wales, parts of an england

of people missing after a massive storm front basket the region at least 2 people died as the storm called alex brought to rancho rain that collapsed bridges and closed mountain passes. hanging on for dear life. hundreds of homes have been rendered uninhabitable after storm from alex stuck the vests to be valley in southern france on saturday. an entire year's worth of rain came crashing down in just 12 hours triggering landslides and causing rivers to burst their banks. as rescuers search the debris for survivors local officials take stock of the damage is something that is all there and more than 100 houses washed away some partially destroyed or isolated. most of the inhabitants won't be able to live in these houses for a long time be a little. across the border in italy flash floods have forced emergency services to take to the air to reach victims trapped by the water communications networks have also been damaged complicating rescue efforts and cutting many families off from their loved ones. tuscany and companions were hit worst by the storm front. despite flood warnings venice was large

storm alex as it's known swept across southeastern france and into northern italy causing rivers to burst their banks and flooding on both sides of the border. this was rockville year on the outskirts of nice. it's said to be the worst flooding in the area in more than a century. but. to close the bodies in the coming days and weeks there will be a massive mobilization in this mountain region which is just experienced devastation without compare and without precedent in the past 100 years. roads and bridges were destroyed high altitude communities isolated with rising numbers of missing and injured. all of ali's collapsing one go so we don't have a boat left to take us back home the best of look you have on it's blocked on both sides of the road no electricity nothing further up there out of tap water there were many elderly people who needed help to be given shelter lives have been lost in italy's alpine valdosta region a firefighter was killed during a rescue operation in virtually province another body was found. and the toll could well ply with the equivalent to 4 months of rainfall i

storm alex has left more than 100,000 people without electricitity in france. e storm has mididland fallen e u.k. now. residents are bracing for heavy rain this weekend. you have already been a number of power outages along being list coast. this weekend, germany marks 30 years since the heart of the once divided nation can together. it was hailed as a historic achievement. the former west spent billions reviving the old east, which had been left bankrupt the communist rulers. -- bankrupt by its communist rulers. but, some relations remain unhealed. reporter: there was no master plan, no example worldwide for the historic event. german reunification. not even a year before the berlin wall had come down, after months of peaceful protests in the former east germany. the u.s., the u.k., france, and the soviet union gave the green light, pavaving the way toto uny the two germanys. they had t to adapt to many this , new mononey and a new economic system and lifestyle, soon with disillusionment kikicking and. -- kicking in. >>>> what wawasissing was public detete abou

know, it's october now, and here comes the rain, initially from this area of low pressure, named storm alexrts of the uk are also going to see some very wet and windy weather from that during friday. particularly in england and wales, where it starts very wet in southern england and south wales. the rain moves northwards across the rest of wales, the midlands and east anglia during the day. it clears from parts of southern england, though, to further showers, and it's windy with those strong easterly winds gusting on the south coast, perhaps nearer 60 mph at times, especially the coast of south—west england, nearer70 mph in the channel islands. now, for scotland and northern ireland, well, there are a few showery bursts of rain in north—west scotland to the west of northern ireland to start the day. that will slowly fade, staying damp in shetland, but much of scotland and northern ireland, sunny spells and a dry afternoon after a chilly start. a chilly start in northern england, a few fog patches around. cloud increasing from the south. the further south you are in northern england, you cou

they've named the storm alex. it's brought strong winds to france.usts of over 180 kilometers per hour. so hurricane-force winds are blowing across western europe. alex is explosively developing. it will continue to cause veryl powerful winds and heavy rainfall and also snow is expected for the alps. we might see up to 80 centimeters of snow in the higher elevations, up to 300 millimeters of rain could fall in switzerland and portions of france. dangerous weather into the weekend in western europe. temperatures will drop to the mid teens in london as well as paris. sunny weather in madrid, but rome will see thunderstorms on yourur saturday. now, it's going to be another warm day across many p places o south america. in factct, on thursday we saw record high temperatures in parts of southern brazil as well aspa raguay. that's it for me. stay safe. ♪ ♪ >>> that's all for this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. thanks for watching and do stay with us for more. ♪ >>> this is "newsline biz." i'm gene otani. trading resumed on the tok

wet and windy — all courtesy of storm alex — and it looks like all areas willjoin in with the heavy rainding in places, and the winds will be quite a feature too. so for saturday, it looks thoroughly wet to start the day across much of england and wales, eastern scotland, that rain also drifting a little bit further westwards at times. but meanwhile, it will be clearing a little bit from the south—east, so here, we could see some brightness into the afternoon, but it stays windy. south wales into south—west england, those temperatures pretty disappointing — the low teens for most of us, could see 16 in the south—east. but it‘s the rainfall amounts we are most concerned about this weekend. saturday into sunday morning, amber warnings issued for parts of wales, the south—west of england and also for the east and north—east of scotland. areas here, certainly over the high ground, could see in excess of two inches of rain, so flooding is likely to be an issue here. as we move through saturday night then, that rain really piles its way westwards, affecting northern ireland as well. winds will

still faces a critical next 2 days in this fight against the corona by also coming off the 1st storm alex leaves at least 2 people 2 people dead and dozens missing in the french and italian alps.

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the french met service have named it storm alex and it is going to bring some heavy rain and also some southern england and also wales. it could be disruptive. north of that, northern england, scotland and northern ireland seeing some sunshine. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... in the largest study of coronavirus cases in england — scientists suggest the spread of the virus is slowing — but warn that levels of infection reamain high in all areas of the country. liverpool looks set to face stricter local measures — after a big spike in infections in the city. a further half a million people in north wales will come under local lockdown restrictions this evening — from 6pm. as more people reached the uk illegally by boat in september than in the whole of last year — the government is understood to be considering plans to house asylum seekers on disused ferries — while their claims are assessed. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. what have you got for us today? first... gareth southgate will need all the england player