category 4 hurricane bearing down on the us east coast is 500 miles wide. to make landfall late on thursday. the strength in sheer size of the storm have prompted local and national officials to assume dire warnings. the three states in its part, north carolina, south carolina and virginia haven't experienced a hurricane of this magnitude in a generation. this storm is a monster. it's big, and its vicious. it is an extremely dangerous life—threatening historic hurricane. taking heed of the warnings, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the roads to try to escape the danger areas. 0thers try to escape the danger areas. others have decided to stay put, buying up essential supplies and boarding up businesses. we've been here for six years, i haven't been through one this strong, so we're thinking first of our family and trying to repair the house as best we can right now. president trump has pledged to spare no expense in the government's response. any amounts of money com or whatever it ta kes, amounts of money com or whatever it takes, we are going

that. 0ne one of the most savage storms of hurricane season is causing devastation on parts of the us east people have died in seperate incidents in north carolina, including one child killed with its mother. more than 700,000 homes are without power and one meterologist has warned that the slow—moving storm could bring eight months worth of rain in the next three days. 0ur correspondent chris buckler is in wilmington. this storm is continuing to cause real problems for people here. they said time and time again, they warned people, that it could be a deadly hurricane. as we stand here, battling the weather, it is very clear that it continues to threaten property and people. we are just a short distance away from wrightsville beach, whether hurricane made landfall earlier today, and with it, all of that rain and all of that flooding. —— where the. the carolinas knew all of this was coming but they could never fully prepare for the force of florence. along this coastline, houses found themselves on the frontline parade via singh coming storm and a surge of water that flooded streets and hom

the headlines: tropical storm florence continues to batter the us east coast with high winds and rainr forecasters warn of life—threatening flash floods. five people are known to have died, among them a mother and baby. hundreds of thousands of homes are without power. on the other side of the world, the strongest typhoon so far this year has been battering the northern phillipines with violent winds and 20 foot storm surges. two people have died. an overhaul of divorce law — ministers set out plans for no fault—divorce, removing the need to allege blame the liberal democrat conference begins this morning in brighton. the party is expected to vote through changes to allow supporters as well as members to vote for a new leader. now on bbc news, the travel show heads to queensland, australia, to find out why the town encourages tourists to pay for everything with cryptocurrency. coming up on this week's programme, seeing the world bit by bit. i've never done this before, you have to help me. is cryptocurrency the traveller's friend? ijust scan the shop's qr code, and we get the tick. mo

at least five people have died as hurricane florence lashes down on the us east coast. a mother and child were killed when a tree fell on their house in wilmington. emergency workers are battling strong winds and floodwaters to try to rescue hundreds of people trapped in their homes. a super typhoon has hit the north—east of the philippines, making landfall in baggao, with winds of over 200 kilometres per hour. more than four million people are directly in the path of the storm and thousands have been evacuated. president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, has pleaded guilty to two charges, relating to his former role as a lobbyist in ukraine. as part of a plea deal, he will cooperate with the investigation into russian electoral interference. the white house say the new deal has nothing to do with mr trump. earlier this week the archbishop of canterbury criticised the retail giant amazon for paying "almost nothing" in taxes. but it's emerged amazon is one of the church's biggest global investments. our religion editor martin bashir reports. packed full of

one of the most savage storms of the hurricance season is causing devastation on parts of the us east coast. five people have died in separate incidents in north carolina, including a mother and her child. hurricane florence has been downgraded to a tropical storm, which has left more than 700,000 homes without power. 0ne meterologist has warned the slow—moving storm could bring eight months worth of rain over the next three days. 0ur correspondent chris buckler is in wilmington. the carolinas knew what was coming, but they could never fully prepare for the force of florence. along this coastline, houses found themselves on the front line for a fierce incoming storm. and a surge of water that flooded streets and homes. despite the many days of warnings, there were people caught out, and families who needed to be rescued from their homes. in new bern, in north carolina, the emergency services had to move in as people became cut off. i've never been so terrified in my entire life. it was horrifying. just wondering what was going on and where the water is going to go, how high it's going

the headlines at 103m: tropical storm florence continues to better the us east coast with high winds and rain — as weather forecasters warn of life—threatening flash floods. today we're getting reports that people are trapped inside their houses because of the high flood waters. five people are known to have died, among them a mother and baby. hundreds of thousands of homes are without power. on the other side of the world, the strongest typhoon so far this year has been battering the northern phillipines with violent winds and 20—foot storm surges. two people have died. also coming up this hour: an overhaul of divorce law. ministers set out plans for no fault—divorce, removing the need to allege blame. and coming up on the travel show in half an hour — seeing the world bit by bit. is cryptocurrency the new traveller's friend? the travel show goes down under to find out. five people are known to have died in the us as tropical storm florence, with warnings of catastrophic flooding in the coming days. the storm, which was downgraded from a hurricane, is moving into eastern south carol

a million people have been told to evacuate their homes as the us east coast prepares for what may bee region in decades. hurricane florence is gaining strength as it approaches the coastline of south carolina. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a monster storm that could bring catastrophic levels of rain and flooding. hurtling towards the us east coast with growing wind speeds, the authorities fear hurricane florence could have a deadly impact on several states, with the carolinas and virginia the hardest hit. it'll be dumping water on us in north carolina, all of which will flow come through south carolina, much of what's in north carolina, so we're liable to have a whole lot of flooding, particularly in the pd area. an estimated one million people are fleeing to safety, not sure whether they'll have homes to return to. we do have a plan to perhaps evacuate. we want to watch it through today and see what's happening. see what happens. hopefully we have a business to come back to. the authorities are taking no chances. this could be the most devastating storm to hit

tropical storm florence is causing catastrophic flooding on the us east coast. five are reported dead so far, as forecasters warn of life—threatening storm surges. but once we get to that nine foot range, this is an absolute life threatening scenario. also coming up this hour, an overhaul of divorce law. ministers set out plans for no fault—divorce, removing the need to allege blame. known as the ‘good doctor‘ to the locals of guernsey, luftwaffe officer dr albert kowald was imprisoned for giving medical supplies to locals. in halfan in half an hour, it is a brexit special on click, as they look at the technology that could be used at the technology that could be used at the borders. the world's strongest storm this year, super typhoon mangkhut, continues to hit the northern coast of the philippines with strong winds and heavy rain. three people have died in the storm. around four million people are in its path. these are the latest satellite pictures of the typhoon as it moves across the north of the island. over the coming days, mangkhut will move away from th

a million people have been told to evacuate their homes as the us east coast prepares for what may ben decades. hurricane florence is currently a category 4 storm, but gaining strength as it approaches the coastline of south carolina. north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a monster storm that could bring catastrophic levels of rain and flooding. hurtling towards the us east coast with growing wind speeds, the authorities fear hurricane florence could have a deadly impact on several states with the carolinas and virginia the hardest hit. it'll be dumping water on us in north carolina, all of which will flow through south carolina, much of what's in north carolina, so we're liable to have an awful lot of flooding, especially in the pdm area. an estimated 1 million flooding, especially in the pdm area. an estimated1 million people area. an estimated1 million people are fleeing to safety, not sure whether they'll have homes to return to. we do have a plan to perhaps evacuate. we want to watch it through today and see what's happening. see what happens, hopefully we have a busin

tibet and east turkestan has been a kind of playground for the pilot programme. you usean and i'm talking about xinjiang. there is a basic difference here for you and some other uighurs, you don't really accept that this chinese province is part of china. you want it to be part of a separate uighur state in east turkestan. east turkestan is an historic name for the uighurs, it has a tremendous significance. the uighurs have had two republics, the first in 1933 and the second in 19114. but they didn't last very long, did they? about a year for the first and at the most five years for the second. a very short period in a very long history. but because of that proud history that uighurs cherish, they like call their homeland as east turkestan but xinjiang can be translated as "new dominion", and "new frontier", and that is a name that has been imposed by communist china and the uighurs resent that name. that is what china says, a lot of this is about problems that have been caused on the ground by uighurs and they give examples. they say there is nothing arbitrary about the

at least five people have died as hurricane florence lashes down on the us east coast. a mother and child were killed when a tree fell on their house in wilmington. emergency workers are battling strong winds and floodwaters to try to rescue hundreds of people trapped in their homes. a super typhoon has hit the north—east of the philippines, making landfall in baggao, with winds of over 200 kilometres per hour. more than four million people are directly in the path of the storm and thousands have been evacuated. president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, has pleaded guilty to two charges, relating to his former role as a lobbyist in ukraine. as part of a plea deal, he will co—operate with the investigation into russian electoral interference. the white house say the new deal has nothing to do with mr trump. it is just after 2:30am. good morning. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello there. welcome to our look back at the week in parliament. coming up, at prime minister's questions, jeremy corbyn says the welfare policy, universal credit is flawed

our headlines today: a mother and baby are among five people killed as a brutal storm batters the us east coast. hurricane florence has been reclassified as a tropical storm but forecasters warn that the threat of catastrophic flash flooding remains. on the other side of the world, winds of more than 120 miles an hour have been recorded as a super typhoon hits land in the philippines with early reports of heavy damage. here, is it the end of the blame game? ministers set out plans for no—fault divorces in england and wales. britain has a new world triathlon champion. vicky holland has won the world title, after finishing second in the final race, on australia's gold coast. today looks likely to be the best of the two this weekend, mostly dry with some sunny spells but there is some cloud and patchy rain further north and west. more details in half an hour. good morning, it's saturday the 15th of september. our top story: five people have been killed and hundreds of thousands left without power as tropical storm florence continues to batter america's east coast. a mother and her baby are a

hurtling towards the us's east coast with growing windspeed, the authorities fear hurricane florence could have a deadly impact on several states with virginia and the caroline is the hardest hit. a major and serious event no doubt, but some viewers were struck by the contrast between the coverage given for most of the week to hurricane florence and the super typhoon which at the same time was being forecast to make la ndfall same time was being forecast to make landfall in the philippines on saturday. trevor e—mailed on thursday from hong kong. neverfar never far from neverfarfrom a news bulletin is the former foreign secretary bolan —— boris johnson. on the former foreign secretary bolan —— borisjohnson. on sunday bbc news reported on allegations about his private life which featured him on the sunday paper. —— in one sunday paper. and another article in the newspaper in which mrjohnson claimed the brexit discussions had "wrapped a suicide vest" around the british population. borisjohnson continued boris johnson continued to feature in news bulletins across the week, as did serena

hurtling towards the us east coast with growing wind speeds, the authorities fear hurricane florencee a deadly impact on several states, with the carolinas a major and serious event, no doubt, but some viewers were struck by the contrast between the coverage given for most of the week to hurricane florence and to the super typhoon, which at the same time, was being forecast to make [and for in the philippines on saturday. neverfarfrom a news bulletin is the former foreign secretary, boris johnson. on sunday, bbc news reported on allegations about his private life which featured in one sunday paper. and on mrjohnson's own article in another newspaper in which he claims the government's brexit negotiations has wrapped a suicide vest around the british constitution. robin wells had this response. boris johnson continued to feature in news bulletins across the week, as did serena williams who lost saturday's us open tennis final after a dramatic on court outburst. here is our reporter. incensed at accusations of foul play, she directed her anger at umpire carlos ramos, saying, you will n

let's start with some of the latest pictures coming in from the us east coast. icane florence, a category four storm described by us officials as ‘the storm of a lifetime‘ is on its way and it's already generating winds of over 200kmph. these are that latest satellite pictures — north carolina, south carolina and virginia are in its path. south carolina authorities have turned four motorways into one—way routes because of the volume of people moving away from the coast. some have been told to go — there are mandatory evacuation orders in place for one and a half million people. others are opting to stay put — and are stockpiling — which leads to scenes like this is supermarkets. bottled water in particular is in high demand. we were expecting florence to arrive on thursday morning — but it's slowed — it may arrive on friday now. the more time to prepare the better — given this warning from the federal emergency management agency. this is not going to be a glancing blow, this is not be a tropical storm, this is not what to be one of those storms that hit and then

the carolina states, on the us east coast, is expected to strengthen over the next few hours. officials are warning that hurricane florence poses a threat to life when it makes landfall. mandatory evacuations have been ordered in some areas. russia has begun its largest military exercise since soviet times. it's taking place in eastern siberia, on land and sea, with 300,000 russian soldiers involved, as well as troops from china, and mongolia. chinese president xijinping has stressed the importance of his country's relationship with russia. brazil's jailed former president, lula da silva, has obeyed a court order and stepped aside before next month's presidential election. the head of his worker's party announced the decision to crowds of supporters outside the police headquarters where lula is serving a 12—year sentence for corruption. welcome to hardtalk, i am stephen sackur and today, i am at the ambrosetti forum which is the gathering of the italian political lea k gathering of the italian political leak on the shores of lake como. there is no doubt who the dominant figure

there are fears that millions could be without power across the coastal south—east of the us, as thee force winds, storm surge and flooding become a reality. many have thread their homes seeking shelter inland from the vulnerable elderly, to the very young. while most people in mandatory evacuation zones have left, some are determined to see out the storm. my to see out the storm. my family to see out the storm. myfamily and to see out the storm. my family and everyone has evacuated pretty much except for my wife and i but we are setting up crews now to deal with the aftermath which may ta ke deal with the aftermath which may take weeks. the track of hurricane florence once it makes landfall is uncertain. but a sustained and damaging assault on the coastline from wind and water is intensifying. and the real risk from this storm is not the hurricane force winds, not the storm surge of 20 feet, it is this rainfall. this is an incredibly slow—moving hurricane. it is forecast to linger off the coast of the carolinas for several day, and thatis the carolinas for several day, and that is w

the headlines at 2pm: in the us, tropical storm florence is causing catastrophic flooding on the east coast — five are reported dead so far, as forecasters warn that storm surges remain a dangerous threat. once we get to that nine foot range, this is an absolute life threatening scenario. the strongest typhoon so far this year has been battering the northern phillipines — with violent winds and 20 foot storm surges. thousands have been evacuated. there will be need for water and hygiene kits and kitchen essentials to make their lives more tolerable in the evacuation centre. also coming up this hour... an overhaul of divorce law. ministers set out plans for no fault—divorce, removing the need to allege blame. nasa is poised to launch its most advanced space laser ever — and in half an hour, a journey into the controversial world of live animal exports — bbc scotland investigate the dairy industry. in a moment, we'll bring you the latest on storm florence and typhoon mangkhut, but first nasa is about to launch its most advanced laser ever into space. let's cross to the vandenberg air fo

the headlines: tropical storm florence continues its devastating path across the us east coast, knockingd. meanwhile, more than four million people are directly in the path of super typhoon mangkhut, a huge storm making it's way across the northern philippines with winds of up to 160 miles an hour. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. just as i was wavering about putting the heating on, it is warming up a little bit. just take extra layers in the bag because it will be different with every day of the week. but we can't moan given what is happening with storms across the globe. this weekend is not looking bad. they will be some rain around but not for eve ryo ne will be some rain around but not for everyone and not for long. today is certainly the better of the two days. we are starting with sunny spells around. the cloud will thicken across the day. it has been a beautiful start in central and southern england and showery rehman. sunny spells to end the day in eastern scotland but also ready plant gathers towards the north—west. that will bring heavier rain and strong gus

in the us — tropical storm florence is causing significant flooding on the east coast — five are reported far. it will produce catastrophic flooding over parts of north and south carolina for some time. also coming up this hour, an overhaul of divorce law. ministers set out plans for ‘no fault—divorce‘ — removing the need to attribute blame. nasa has launched its most advanced space laser ever, the ice satii, a billion dollar mission aimed at studying the extend of the earths melting ice. 1a people have died in the philippines — where the strongest typhoon so far this year has brought violent winds and torrential rains. map typhoon mangkhut hit the country's main island , luzon , early this morning blowing down trees, ripping off roofs and knocking out electricity supplies across the north. tens of thousands have been evacuated from coastal areas. typhoon mangkhut hitjust before to me an last thursday, wreaking havoc in the predawn darkness. this is what people woke up to. almost every building is damaged in the city in some way. downed trees, crushed cars, debris including fallen power l

let's speak to louise, who joins us with this morning's weekend weather. let's look at the eastthe perfect storm, the wind, the pressure, the rain and it's just not moving. storm, the wind, the pressure, the rain and it'sjust not moving. this one potentially is going to be a record breaker through north carolina in terms of rainfall totals. the reason is the fact that it is so slow moving. it was only category 1 when it it is so slow moving. it was only category1 when it made landfall yesterday lunchtime uk time but it is not going anywhere very fast and it is going to stay close to north carolina right through the weekend. already we've seen 23 inches of rainfall that we are a way off, that has been recorded. we could see another couple of days of heavy rain. it has to be harvey in texas to beat the most rainfall which needs to be over 60 inches. we are really going to see some substantial rainfall totals. let's just take a look at mankhut as well, in the north of the philippines, close to luzon, this was a stronger beast in terms of the strength, equivalent to category 4 when

us in a moment. let's turn to her now. let's talk about the situation on the east coast of the situation on the east coast of the us.we have been distracted by the word hurricane, thinking it would be about the wind. it seems it is the least of their war is right 110w. is the least of their war is right now. it wouldn't surprise me if hurricane florence is a recordbreaker certainly hurricane florence is a recordbrea ker certainly a cross north carolina because it wasn't the intensity of the storm, it is the longevity of the storm, and it will be here through the weekend, so when it made landfall it is very slow moving, and that is going to produce a phenomenal amounts of rain. if we ta ke a phenomenal amounts of rain. if we take a look at the forecast track, look at this, saturday, it is still there, sunday it is still there, the colours denoting the intensity of the rainfall. gradually, by the end of the weekend, it will move up perhaps to virginia and pennsylvania, but still heavy rain here, so the rainfall totals will really top up and i suspect we will see some really phenomenal rainfall totals before the system

the headlines: at least five people have died as hurricane florence lashes down on the us east coast. a mother and child were killed when a tree fell on their house in wilmington. emergency workers are battling strong winds and floodwaters to try to rescue hundreds of people trapped in their homes. a super—typhoon has hit the north east of the philippines, making landfall in baggao, with winds of over 200 kilometres per hour. more than four million people are directly in the path of the storm and thousands have been evacuated. president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, has pleaded guilty to two charges, relating to his former role as a lobbyist in ukraine. as part of a plea deal, he will cooperate with the investigation into russian electoral interference. the white house say the new deal has nothing to do with mr trump. now on bbc news, our world: colombia, a fragile peace. on the ground, up india, and off the coast, i've been travelling all around colombia to observe a flight ——fight around colombia to observe a flight —— fight for the future of this country. lazy nar

, we get to see some sunshine, particularly through the east and south—east of england, 2a, 25 celsius could be yours but many of ust across northern ireland and scotland. as we see this weather front moving east across the uk, not much in the far south of england but further north, heavier and maybe thundery downpours out of that. becoming dry during the second half of the night and again, temperatures are holding up into double figures as wednesday begins. so the next area of low pressure on wednesday, the concern about this is that it will produce even stronger winds. it will be a very windy day across the uk on wednesday, widely some gusts around a0, 50mph or so but some of them will be strongest through parts of wales, northern england, northern ireland and scotland and into western scotland, we could well see some up to 75mph so again, that risk of disruption on wednesday and associated with that, another spell of rain pushing north and east across the uk though again, not very much the further south you are — still some warmth here. elsewhere, it will be turning cooler. winds ease later in the week. this is

headlines: the most powerful storm in nearly three decades to threaten the carolina states, on the us eastt to life when it makes landfall. mandatory evacuations have been ordered in some parts. russia has begun its largest military exercise since soviet times. it's taking place in eastern siberia, on land and sea, with 300,000 russian soldiers involved, as well as troops from china and mongolia. chinese president xijinping has stressed the importance of his country's relationship with russia. brazil's jailed former president lula da silva has obeyed a court order and stepped aside before next month's presidential election. the head of his worker's party announced the decision to crowds of supporters outside the police headquarters where lula is serving a 12—year sentence for corruption. you're up to date with the headlines. it is just it isjust gone

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almost two million people are ordered to leave their homes, as hurricane florence approaches the us eastused by britain of attempting to murderformer spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia are not criminals. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the front page of the japan times, which has russian president vladimir putin suggesting that moscow and tokyo should sign a deal that solves their long running territorial dispute by the end of the year. in response to putin's comment, the chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga said japan stands by its long standing position that the territorial dispite must be resolved before the two nations can ever sign a peace treaty. the south china morning post has a story about foreigners possibly being banned from using the internet in china. it says they could all be banned from surfing the internet, under draft new rules to promote and preach religions on the mainland. the international edition of the new york times has a story regarding isis. it reports that the militant group has lost all but 1% of the land it

our top stories: hurricane florence is expected to strengthen as it approaches the us east coast.ties are prepared. vladimir putin insists two men accused by britain of attempting to murderformer spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia are not criminals. a nine—year—old schoolgirl sparked intense debate in australia after refusing to stand for the national anthem to protest alleged institutional racism. student harper nielsen was given detention last week for notjoining classmates in a rendition of advance australia fair, a song she says ignores the nation's indigenous people. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. on the front page of the japan times, russian president vladimir putin has suggested that moscow and tokyo should sign a deal that solves their long running territorial dispute by the end of the year. in response to putin's comment, the chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga said japan stands by its long standing position that the territorial dispite must be resolved before the two nations can ever sign a peace treaty. the south china morning pos

headlines: the most powerful storm in nearly three decades to threaten the carolina states, on the us easthat hurricane florence poses a threat to life when it makes landfall. mandatory evacuations have been ordered in some areas. russia has begun its largest military exercise since soviet times. it's taking place in eastern siberia, on land and sea, with 300,000 russian soldiers involved, as well as troops from china and mongolia. chinese president xijinping has stressed the importance of his country's relationship with russia. brazil's jailed former president lula da silva has obeyed a court order and stepped aside before next month's presidential election. the head of his worker's party announced the decision to crowds of supporters outside the police headquarters, where lula is serving a 12—year sentence for corruption. wages grew faster than expected as they outstripped the cost of living for the fourth month in succession. 0fficial for the fourth month in succession. official statistics show that pay rose by 2.9% in the period while unemployment has continued to fall, remaining at it

there are fears that millions could be without power across the coastal south—east of the us, as thee winds, storm surge and flooding become a reality. many have fled their homes, seeking shelter inland, from the vulnerable elderly, to the very young. while most people in mandatory evacuation zones have left, some are determined to see out the storm. my family and everyone has evacuated pretty much, except for my wife and i, but we are setting up crews now to deal with the aftermath which may take weeks. the track of hurricane florence once it makes landfall is uncertain. but a sustained and damaging assault on the coastline from wind and water is intensifying. there's a major storm on the other side of the world as well. hundreds of thousands of people are having to leave their homes on luzon in the philippines, as typhoon mangkhut approaches with winds of more than 160 miles an hour. the typhoon is due to make landfall on the north of the main island over the weekend. more than 5 million people are directly in the storm's path. alexandra mckenzie has the latest. several million peo

five people have been killed as hurricane florence continues to batter the us east coast. it has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, but forecasters still fear it may cause catastrophic flooding in parts of south and north carolina. our correspondent laura trevelyan is in wilmington. hurricane florence has been downgraded to at optical storm but she still poses a great threat. the high winds have subsided a bit and so high winds have subsided a bit and so has the storm surge, but now what we are seeing is absolutely torrential rainfall as she pounds the coast of north carolina and south carolina. and the threat now is coming from flooding, potentially catastrophic flooding. i am speaking to you from the cape fear river in wilmington north carolina. it has already broken its banks. and we are told that the river won't actually top onto a tuesday. that means that homes and properties are going to flood well into next week. and that is now the worry for people, can they return to their homes if they evacuated, only to find that they are going to flood again? so, across t

coastal areas of north and south carolina to leave their homes, as hurricane florence bears down on the us east map shows the path the storm is expected to take when it makes landfall on thursday, with the two carolinas, along with virginia, likely to bear the worst. many are getting away from the coast, but some are not heeding the warnings. gary 0'donoghue reports. this is the calm before the storm, a storm that is barrelling towards the carolinas with winds of up to 130 mph, expected to make landfall overnight thursday into friday. this storm is a monster. it's big, and it's vicious. it is an extremely dangerous, life—threatening, historic hurricane. more than1 million people have been ordered to leave coastal areas in both north and south carolina. some highways have been made one—way, to smooth the flow of hugely increased volumes of traffic. people don't understand that when they say it's time to evacuate, there's no emergency services, the restaurants are closed, there's nothing else open. you need to go back and get back to the mainland, so you've got some comforts. but, for those who h

also making news today: evacuations have been ordered as the us east coast braces for hurricane florencehit the region in decades. officials say florence is now a category four storm, and is gaining strength. south carolina's governor ordered the evacuation of its entire coastline, while north carolina and virginia declared states of emergency. the united states has ordered the closure of the palestine liberation organisation's office in washington. a senior palestinian official called the decision a dangerous escalation. it comes as the white house's national security adviser, john bolton, accused the plo of not supporting peace talks with israel. the world meteorological organisation has warned there's a 70% chance of another el nino weather event before the end of this year. the last one occurred in 2015 and 2016 and impacted weather patterns around the world. it was one of the strongest ever recorded, creating heatwaves, droughts and floods. but researchers say they are not expecting this new one to be as intense. sri lanka's national airline has found itself in trouble with the coun

meanwhile parts of the us east coast are continuing to experience intense rainfall, with at least 14h and south carolina. with further flooding expected, those who evacuated their homes are being urged not to return. if you look behind me you can see the start of a very, very long queue, stretching right the way down the road, then another, and then i got back, looping until you get to the petrol station over here. that isa the petrol station over here. that is a priority for people because they needed for generators, because so many homes, hundreds and thousands of households are without power at the moment. take a look at this queue at the moment, there is around 400 cars, and it is taking about 2.5 to three hours to actually manage to get fuel. that is a problem for people. but beyond that the other issue is the rain continues to fall, already there has been a huge amount of rainfall, and as hurricane florence that is now just a storm, continues to move west, she is continuing to dump huge amount of rainfall trickling down, causing flooding in inland areas, and asa causing floodin

four people have died as hurricane florence lashes down on the us east coast. a mother and child were killed when a tree fell on their house in wilmington. emergency workers are battling strong winds and floodwaters to try to rescue hundreds of people trapped in their homes. a super typhoon has hit the north east of the philippines, making landfall in baggao — with winds of over 200 kilometres per hour. more than four million people are directly in the path of the storm and thousands have been evacuated. president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, has pleaded guilty to two charges, relating to his former role as a lobbyist in ukraine. as part of a plea deal, he will co—operate with the investigation into russian electoral interference. the white house say the new deal has nothing to do with mr trump. now on bbc news — click. facial recognition, x—ray vision, and a brexit mission. we are almost six months away from the uk starting its transition period to leave the eu. the details of which, in case you haven't heard, are still a bit sketchy. as the

the cost of the damage caused by hurricane florence on the us east coast is still being counted, ande rain is still falling. flooding is driving hundreds of people from their homes, with many having to be rescued as the waters continue to rise. from north carolina, our north america correspondent chris buckler sent this report. in north carolina, they need boats to race down many of the streets in this state. water levels continue to rise, leaving more people trapped in their homes. they had to do a swift—water rescue for someone who refused to leave and that... there is no way short of handcuffing someone that you can make someone leave during an evacuation. the decision to leave behind pets and possessions is always difficult, but storm florence has taken away any choice — and so much more. this house here, i lost everything, all the appliances. i never even dreamed something like this would happen. how do you recover from this? going to take a long time. initially as a hurricane, florence tore down the coast. now, having dumped months of rainfall in days, it's flooding which is th

the headlines: four people have died as hurricane florence lashes down on the us east coast, knocking out power to 600,000 homes. a mother and child were killed when a tree fell on their house in wilmington. a super typhoon has hit the north—east of the philippines, making landfall in baggao, with winds of over 200 kilometres per hour. more than 4 million people are directly in the path of the storm and thousands have been evacuated. officials have warned of storm surges of up to six metres. president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, has pleaded guilty to two charges relating to his former role as a lobbyist in ukraine. as part of a plea deal, he will co—operate with the investigation into russian electoral interference. the white house say the new deal has nothing to do with mr trump. now on bbc news, the investigative journalist samantha poling takes a journey into the controversial world of live animal exports. she uncovers some shocking truths about what happens to the male calves the scottish dairy industry has no use for. and she goes on the trail of a live cattle

hurtling towards the us east coast with growing wind speeds, the authorities fear hurricane florence dly impact on several states, with the carolinas and virginia the hardest hit. it'll be dumping water on us in north carolina, all of which will flow come through south carolina, much of what's in north carolina, so we're liable to have a whole lot of flooding, particularly in the pd area. an estimated one million people are fleeing to safety, not sure whether they'll have homes to return to. we do have a plan to perhaps evacuate. we want to watch it through today and see what's happening. see what happens. hopefully we have a business to come back to. the authorities are taking no chances. this could be the most devastating storm to hit north carolina since hurricane hugo ravaged the state and claimed many lives almost 30 years ago. north carolina is taking hurricane florence seriously, and you should too. get ready now. close on the heels of florence, two other storms are expected to increase in ferocity in the coming days. the atlantic hurricane season is proving relentless. peter b

the headlines: four people have died as hurricane florence lashes down on the us east coast, knocking the philippines, making landfall in baggao, with winds of over 200 kilometres per hour. more than 4 million people are directly in the path of the storm and thousands have been evacuated. officials have warned of storm surges of up to six metres. president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, has pleaded guilty to two charges relating to his former role as a lobbyist in ukraine. as part of a plea deal, he will co—operate with the investigation into russian electoral interference. the white house say the new deal has nothing to do with mr trump. now on bbc news, the investigative journalist samantha poling takes

the category four hurricane bearing down on the us east coast is 500 miles wide and is likely to makeay. the three states in its path, north and south carolina and virginia, haven't experienced a hurricane of this magnitude in a generation. this storm is a monster. it's big and it's vicious. it is an extremely dangerous, life—threatening, historic hurricane. taking heed of the warnings, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the roads to try to escape the danger areas. others have decided to stay put, buying up essential supplies and boarding up businesses. we've been here for six years, i haven't been through one this strong, so safety first, family, and just trying to prepare the house as best as we can right now. president trump has pledged to spare no expense in the government's response. any amount of money, whatever it takes, we're going to do it. but we're already set up, we have food for days, we have emergency equipment and generators for many days, we should be in great shape. this is the calm before the storm, but officials say they're preparing for a disaster that c

the carolina states, on the us east coast, is expected to strengthen over the next few hours. officials are warning that hurricane florence poses a threat to life when it makes landfall. mandatory evacuations have been ordered in some parts. russia has begun its largest military exercise since soviet times. it's taking place in eastern siberia, on land and sea, with 300,000 russian soldiers involved, as well as troops from china and mongolia. chinese president xijinping has stressed the importance of his country's relationship with russia. brazil's jailed former president lula da silva has obeyed a court order and stepped aside before next month's presidential election. the head of his worker's party announced the decision to crowds of supporters outside the police headquarters where lula is serving a 12—year sentence for corruption. you're up to date with the headlines. it is just it isjust gone it is just gone to 30 am. —— 2:30am. now on bbc news, it's time for tuesday in parliament. hello, and welcome to tuesday in parliament. on this programme, the chancellor announces mar

tropical storm florence is causing catastrophic flooding on the us east coast. storm surges. but once we get to that nine foot range, this is an absolute life threatening scenario. also coming up this hour, an overhaul of divorce law. ministers set out plans for no fault—divorce, removing the need to allege blame.