wendy urquhart reports.ate of anambra, the water is thigh deep and the only way out is by canoe. some locals planted yams and cassava in the hope of getting through the rainy season unscathed. others stocked up on sandbags to keep the water out. but the brute sheer force of the floods made that impossible. flash flooding has displaced at least 1.3 million people in nigeria and some 200,000 homes have been completely washed away. the water released from several dams, which was supposed situation even worse. humanitarian groups are providing shelter, food and clothing for those who've been affected the world food programme and the un's food and with large swathes of farmland waterlogged and crops completely destroyed, rice producers are already warning that prices could soar — not least because rice imports were banned in a bid to stimulate local production. this is the worst rainy season in nigeria for a decade. but despite early warnings, it seems the countryjust wasn't prepared for the level of destruction

wendy urquhart reports.t something horrific had happened in this city of aguascalientes. the situation on the ground was probably much worse than they had even imagined. an oil tanker had smashed into a train causing a massive explosion and a scorching ball of fire was snaking down the railway line, engulfing everything in its path. the emergency services were deployed quickly but the blaze was so fierce the only thing they could do was evacuate those living locally as fast as possible. more than 100 homes were completely gutted and hundreds of families left homeless. translation: the firefighters arrived very quickly _ and were able to evacuate around 300 homes. but at least 120 of them were damaged. those affected by the fire are being put up in local hotels and a shelter has also been set up to caterforfamilies. the charred remains of cars and buildings all around them, a grim reminder of the lucky escape. no—one was injured and, miraculously, the tanker driver walked away virtually unscathed. but he has

wendy urquhart reports.s of frosting and huge dollops of whipped cream. it may make your mouth water, but none of it is real. everything is fake, it needs to look beautiful. i can't go around maintaining everything, i've got to use acrylic instead of sugar, otherwise it'll be ant land, there will be bugs everywhere and we don't want that. the exhibition contains 3,000 cherries and around 250 gallons of frosting, which has been lovingly piped onto the cakes. and the walls are dripping with thousands and thousands of swarovski crystals. scott has never baked a cake in his life, but his childhood obsession with artificial food has led to the creation of one of the strangest installations ever. i love how weird it is, i love the dark rooms and the creepy things mixed with the happy pastel aesthetic of this room. it's bizarre. it's awesome, there is so much detail, the experience is immersive, and it'sjust beautiful experience. cakeland was founded in 2020 and its creator keeps adding more and more pieces. some a

wendy urquhart reports.is verticalfarm. that is six times quicker if they were planted outside and nobody is more surprised than the people in charge of the project. initial results were astonishing to be honest with you. we obviously had to find a prescription for individual species and differences between conifers and broad leaves. but once we got that sorted we were into the really fine tuning stuff. and it has been remarkable really. they did it by tweaking the soil, light, water and nutrition recipe for each different type of tree during every trial. and they got the best possible results. in these machines everything that affects the place is in a recipe. so basically it has all of the lighting events, weather events for example, the watering events, inspections, science events, everything that interacts with the plant is in this recipe. the trees are planted in soil trays then moved around as they grow so that they get exactly the right amount of light and water. this project also uses a lot less wate

wendy urquhart reports.the only way out is by canoe. some locals planted yams and cassava in the hope of getting through the rainy season unscathed. 0thers stocked up on sandbags to keep the water out. but the brute sheer force of the floods made that impossible. in nigeria and some 200,000 homes have been completely washed away. the water released from several dams, which was supposed situation even worse. humanitarian groups are providing shelter, but there are fears that the worst is yet to come. the world food programme and the un's food and agricultural 0rganization have both said that nigeria is one of six countries facing a high risk of a catastrophic level of hunger. with large swathes of farmland waterlogged and crops completely destroyed, rice producers are already warning that prices could soar, not least because rice imports were banned in a bid to stimulate local production. this is the worst rainy season in nigeria for a decade. but despite early warnings, it seems the countryjust wasn't prepar

wendy urquhart reports.dea what was about to happen. the american model stood stock still while a team from fabrican ltd sprayed her body with a white liquid, which slowly but surely turned into a chic white slip dress. layer upon layer was added and once the dress was finished off with a sexy split, hadid posed up a storm for waiting photographers in her one—of—a—kind dress. there was drama of a different kind at the valentino show when a model lost a shoe on the runway. but instead of putting it back on, she just discarded the other one and continued strutting her stuff as if nothing had happened. fashion is a fickle business and keeping up with what's in and what's not is a full—time job, but you can always rely on vivienne westwood to shake things up. her spring/summer 2023 collection takes us right back to the punk era and, apparently, sky—high platforms are making a huge comeback. there was also a moment of reflection at paris fashion week as models took to the runway wearing clothes from the issey miy

wendy urquhart, bbc news. the man to help answer those questions is sandro monetti. which highlights futuristic breakthroughs, including flying cars. i asked him if flying cars are going to take. —— take off. yes, science fiction is finally becoming science fact. what we are witnessing here is a race in the skies to get to market first. you been focusing on the package there on the chinese entry but the europeans have been at this longer. aeromobilfrom slovakia have been working since 2010 on their own flying car. it's featured in my movie tech to the future, playing at the newport beach film festival this sunday and coming soon around the world, and what fascinates me about this is because ever since i was a kid, the idea of flying cars seemed so sexy and exciting and now it is coming real. i mean, probably, the european one is going to cost $3 million to buy one, they have an uber—style model coming and it will be interesting to see who gets there first, them, the chinese or somebody else. that raises the question — when is this going to happen? you mentioned this

wendy urquhart reports.ere off like a rocket. this is the 17th annual high heel race at dupont circle in washington, which is one of the most popular lgbtq events in america. i'm a straight male in the gay community, but i participate anyway because i support all them and i support all people. it's my first time here, but it's so much fun, and i wish they would do more events like this because it gets everyone out having a great time. the community, the event itself, the pageantry. i it's fun to go out during - halloween and be with friends and dress up and run in heels. it's a delight. the costumes were as beautiful as they were varied and participants sashayed down the street loud and proud — some sprinting to the finish, others preferring not to ruffle their feathers and a fewjust posing for the crowds. cheering feathers, sparkles and baubles brought a touch of glamour to the night, but by the end of the race, some of the runners were clearly suffering as the painful reality of walking and running in heel

wendy urquhart reports.uth water, but none of it is real. everything is fake, it needs to look beautiful. i can�*t go around maintaining everything, i�*ve got to use acrylic instead of sugar, otherwise it�*ll be ant land, there will be bugs everywhere and we don�*t want that. the exhibition contains 3,000 cherries and around 250 gallons of frosting, which has been lovingly piped onto the cakes. and the walls are dripping with thousands and thousands of swarovski crystals. scott hove has never baked a cake in his life, but his childhood obsession with artificial food has led to the creation of one of the strangest installations ever. i love how weird it is, i love the dark rooms and the creepy things mixed with the happy pastel aesthetic of this room. it�*s bizarre. it's awesome, there is so much detail, the experience is immersive, and it'sjust beautiful experience. cakeland was founded in 2020 and its creator keeps adding more and more pieces. some are stunningly beautiful, others are creepy and bizarre, an

wendy urquhart reports.ir sky—high heels, the runners were off like a rocket. this is the 17th annual high heel race at dupont circle in washington, which is one of the most popular lgbtq events in america. i'm a straight male in the gay community, but i participate anyway because i support all them and i support all people. it's my first time here, but it's so much fun, and i wish they would do more events like this because it gets everyone out having a great time. the community, the event itself, the pageantry. - it's fun to go out during - halloween and be with friends and dress up and run in heels. it's a delight. the costumes were as beautiful as they were varied and participants sashayed down the street loud and proud — some sprinting to the finish, others preferring not to ruffle their feathers and a fewjust posing for the crowds. cheering feathers, sparkles and baubles brought a touch of glamour to the night, but by the end of the race, some of the runners were clearly suffering as the painful realit

wendy urquhart, bbc news.re which highlights futuristic breakthroughs, including flying cars and hejoins me now from los angeles. good to see you, sandro, and thank you for being with us. these are been part of the public imagination from the jetsons to back to the future to blade runner. itruiiiiii jetsons to back to the future to blade runner.— to blade runner. will this happen? _ to blade runner. will this happen? yes. _ to blade runner. will this happen? yes, science - to blade runner. will this. happen? yes, science fiction to blade runner. will this- happen? yes, science fiction is finally becoming science fact. what we are witnessing here is a race in the skies to get to market first. you been focusing on the package there on the chinese entry but the europeans have been at this longer. aeromobilfrom slovakia have aeromobil from slovakia have been aeromobilfrom slovakia have been working since 2010 on their own flying car. it is in my film tech to the future, coming soon, and what fascinates me is that

wendy urquhart reports.ience had no idea what was about to happen. the american model stood stock still while a team from fabrican ltd sprayed her body with a white liquid, which slowly but surely turned into a chic white slip dress. layer upon layer was added and once the dress was finished off with a sexy split, hadid posed up a storm for waiting photographers in her one—of—a—kind dress. there was drama of a different kind at the valentino show when a model lost a shoe on the runway. but instead of putting it back on, she just discarded the other one and continued strutting her stuff as if nothing had happened. fashion is a fickle business and keeping up with what's in and what's not is a full—time job, but you can always rely on vivienne westwood to shake things up. her spring/summer 2023 collection takes us right back to the punk era and, apparently, sky—high platforms are making a huge comeback. there was also a moment of reflection at paris fashion week as models took to the runway wearing clothes from

wendy urquhart reports.d no idea what was about to happen. the american model stood stock still while a team from fabric unlimited sprayed her body with a white liquid, which slowly but surely turned into a sleek white slip dress. layer upon layer was added, and once the address was finished off with a sexy split, she posed up a storm for waiting photographers in her one—of—a—kind dress. there was drama of a different kind at the valentino show, when a model lost a shoe on the runway, but instead of putting it back on, she just discarded the other one and continued strutting her stuff as if nothing had happened. fashion is a fickle business, and keeping up with what's in and what's not is a full—time job. but you can always rely on vivienne westwood to shake things up. her spring summer 2023 collection takes us right back to the punk era, and apparently sky—high platforms are making a huge comeback. there was also a moment of reflection at paris fashion week, as models took to the runway wearing clothes from

wendy urquhart, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello again.ere will be large parts of the uk that stay dry with plenty of sunshine around. one of the sunniest places so far today have been across north wales and there's more of that sunshine to come, but it's not been like that everywhere. this is dover where we've seen some thick cloud and some damp and drizzly weather. well, that damp weather is from our weather fronts that worked in across east anglia and south east england overnight. and at first during the morning, that front is really reluctant to clear away. so a bit more drizzle to come for parts of kent and sussex. meanwhile, for scotland and northern ireland, we've got this area of rain that's starting to encroach at the moment and that will continue to work its way in with one or two heavier pulses. but that still leaves large parts of the country dry and sunny. temperatures on the mild side for many of you, although like in recent days, scotland, a little bit cooler than average. overnight tonight with light winds, there could be o

wendy urquhart reports.ch seedlings are growing to between a0 and 50 cm tall and just 90 days at this verticalfarm. that is six times quicker if they were planted outside and nobody is more surprised than the people in charge of the project. initial results were astonishing to be honest with you. we obviously had to find a prescription for individual species and differences between conifers and broad leaves. but once we got that sorted we were into the really fine tuning stuff. and it has been remarkable really. they did it by tweaking the soil, light, water and nutrition recipe for each different type of tree during every trial. and they got the best possible results. in these machines everything that affects the place is in a recipe. so basically it has all of the lighting events, weather events for example, the watering events, inspections, science events, everything that interacts with the plant is in this recipe. the trees are planted in soil trays then moved around as they grow so that they get exactly

wendy urquhart, bbc news. would you climb on board? do tell.ints tribute has been a prestigious hollywood honour for the past 95 years. she signed the date as october 31, halloween, rather than the day's date in homage to the film that launched her movie career. all the top business stories next. i will see you soon. hello there. 0ur weather story is becoming a little bit more unsettled as we head towards the weekend. no two days the same at the moment, not only in terms of weather, but also the feel of things, both by day and night. now, for thursday, many of us will see some sunny spells, but there will be some blustery, squally showers developing in the far north—west. over the next few hours, we'll start to see this weather front easing away from channel coasts. it mightjust continue to bring a little bit of early—morning rain on thursday. look at the temperatures — double digits because of the cloud and the rain around. further north, though, it's going to be a chilly start, with a touch of light frost in rural parts. but as we go through

wendy urquhart, bbc news. to evacuate their homes and many roads are completely blocked. the storm also brought down trees and damaged houses and businesses. typhoon nesat is now heading for the south china sea. emergency warnings are still in place in parts of australia after a massive storm dumped a month's worth of rain in rochester, 200km north of melbourne. more than 340 roads were closed across the state of victoria, leaving hundreds of people stranded. thousands have no electricity. over 3,000 people have already applied for aid and meteorologists say more rain is on the way. the auction of a 150 million—year—old dinosaur fossil takes place in paris later this week. zephyr was an iguanodon, and its remains were found in what is modern—day colorado. it's estimated this dinosaur skeleton could sell for around $500,000, as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. meet zephyr. the dinosaur who will fit in your front room. well, it would have to be quite a big front room but, as dinosaurs go, zephyr is fairly diminut

wendy urquhart, bbc news. to look silly by tomorrow. no indication as to what that might be and it's obviously an anonymous source who is being referred to thereby the newsnight political editor, but that suggestion is there could be something coming up. another u—turn. there's also been a u—turn on the 45p tax rate and liz truss at the end be no spending cuts to pay for those key tax cuts announced in the mini budget totalling £a5 billion and it's a question then of wait and see. the one o'clock news is coming up see. the one o'clock news is coming up but right now time for a look at the weather with carol. goodbye. hello again. in the next few days, we are looking at sunny intervals and blustery showers or indeed some rain. we have had some heavy rain this morning moving across the south—east, the weather front bringing that clearing away onto the near continent, and we have got an array of weather fronts lining up to come in across the north and west, where we have got brisk winds. brisk winds across scotla

wendy urquhart, bbc news. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news.england and wales very mild weather and parts of sussex we had temperatures as high as 20 degrees. but even though he has sunshine across the north of the uk and scotland, here it was much cooler temperatures and shetland reaching just 10 degrees. the reason we have this cooler air mass underneath this cooler air mass underneath this area of high pressure that will be sleeping eastwards over the next few days. this area of low pressure to our south—west is going to dominate and will be very slow moving. so mainly transitioning to unsettled conditions in that transition is taking place right now. we have seen outbreaks of rain arrived with strengthening wins and look at this, towards the start of wednesday morning at the end of the night we are looking at temperatures of 16 degrees in plymouth. those temperatures are higher than they should be in the middle of they should be in the middle of the afternoon let her know the end of the night. these bands of rains are going to work their wa

wendy urquhart reports.emely special because many millions of hindus chains and seats all over the world were forced to put their celebrations on hold during the covid—19 pandemic. the number of states and india have banned fireworks this year because of the surge with air pollution they cause, but that's unlikely to dampen the testable spirit. hindus celebrate the festival of light as it is known in different ways depending on where they live, no matter where they live, no matter where they live, no matter where they are they all celebrate the power of light over darkness, good over and knowledge over ignorance stop there are many different diwali traditions but they all involve lavish feasting, lots of candles and stunning floor design made with coloured sand. during the five—day festival devotees offer our prayers to hindu gods and take blessings from burning elephant lamps. diwali is a celebration of brotherhood, and we observe it with much pomp and glory. . this day is conceded very auspicious, the lamp

wendy urquhart reports. nearly two years or scrimping and saving to the covid pandemic, cities across spain are sizzling in the autumn heatwave, and business owners are optimistic the extended season will help them balance the books at last. but while hundreds stretch out on the beach for a day in the sunshine, those who have to work are not so happy about the hot weather. translation: i hot weather. translation: �* , . translation: i didn't expect it to be so hot- — translation: i didn't expect it to be so hot. this— translation: i didn't expect it to be so hot. this year- translation: i didn't expect it to be so hot. this year it - translation: i didn't expect it to be so hot. this year it is - to be so hot. this year it is too hot to work in the sun, that's why i'm wearing a cap. we usually have a southerly wind — we usually have a southerly wind and _ we usually have a southerly wind and a nice temperature, but this— wind and a nice temperature, but this year it's excessively hot — but this year it's exc

wendy urquhart looks back at her life and career. well i was born a coal miner �*s daughter...t happened in her own life or to someone she knew. the second of eight children, she was born in a i—room cabin in kentucky in 1932. the family were a 1—room cabin in kentucky in 1932. the family were dirt poor and her dad worked in the fields by day and the coal mines by nightjust to make ends meet. music was their saviour, with her mum on guitar, dad playing the banjo and loretta singing her heart out at every opportunity. when she was just 15 years old, she married oliver lynn and they stayed together when italy died nearly 50 years later despite his relentless drinking and womanising. don't come home a—drinkin' went to number one in 1956 and was followed by a raft of hit songs that were inspired by cheating husbands, divorce and alcoholism. coal miner's daughter, which told the story of her life was turned into an oscar—winning film starring sissy spacek. loretta lynn told her stories from a woman's point of view and that went down a storm with her fans. and that went down a storm

wendy urquhart looks back at her life and career. # well, i was born a coal miner's daughter...#.ing that happened in her own life or to someone she knew. the second of eight children, she was born in a 1—room cabin in kentucky in 1932. her family were dirt poor and her dad worked in the fields by day and the coal mines by night just to make ends meet. music was their saviour, with her mum on guitar, her dad playing the banjo and loretta singing her heart out at every opportunity. when she was just 15 years old, she married 0liver lynn and they stayed together until he died nearly 50 years later, despite his relentless drinking and womanising. # and don't come home a—drinkin�*...#. don't come home a—drinkin�* went to number one in 1966 and was followed by a raft of hit songs that were inspired by cheating husbands, divorce and alcoholism. coal miner's daughter, which told the story of her life, was turned into an 0scar—winning film starring sissy spacek. loretta lynn told her stories from a woman's point of view and that went down a storm with her fans. she recorded 60 albums, whi

wendy urquhart reports. within minutes of the election commission?hen they started burning tires and rubbish, setting fires to bushes and throwing rocks into the road, the police retaliated with tear gas. the protesters are furious at imran khan being banned from public office for allegedly public effice fer allegedly" ~~ , , , ,. selling gifts worth illegally selling gifts worth more than $60,000, which he received from foreign leaders and dignitaries during his time in office. . ., ., , , in office. imran khan has been disqualified — in office. imran khan has been disqualified for _ in office. imran khan has been disqualified for the _ in office. imran khan has been disqualified for the time - disqualified for the time being, now it is up to him to find ., mm m— has yet to be confirmed but under pakistani �*found guilty of �* aged—guilt off �* aged—guilt of public corruption or misuse of public office can be disqualified for “p office can be disqualified for up to five years. the former pakistani prime minister denies the charges and vowed to chall

wendy urquhart reports. energy down till nine days ago ringing operations at two refineries and two storage facilities to a grinding halt, strikes are also affecting two exxonmobil refineries in france. cgt union representatives talking for a 10% wage increase a massive io% wage increase a massive investment plan an extra temporary workers but so far totalenergies is refusing to give in to demands. translation: the french are beginning to see the consequences at the pumps, the refineries have shut down and we are beginning to see a shortage of petrol, diesel at all service stations. the french _ all service stations. the french government - all service stations. the french government has| all service stations. tue: french government has already been forced to tap reserves to top up supplies but ministers continue to insist there is no need to panic. continue to insist there is no need to anic. �* ,, �* need to panic. translation: we are closely _ need to panic. translation: we are closely monitoring _ need t

wendy urquhart, bbc news. plenty more stories on our website. you can also find me online.bonfire night, just around the corner, and if you're thinking about grabbing the scarf and gloves, think again. it's going to stay very mild indeed. these are temperatures that we should be seeing around the end of october, but what we are likely to get today is widespread mild weather, with above average temperatures, even as far north as scotland. but we could see highest values of 22 degrees somewhere across the southeast — that's 72 fahrenheit. and why? well, because of the wind direction. coming all the way up from the south, it's dragging in this warmer air all the way from africa. and it's notjust the uk. large area of high pressure keeping things very dry, very settled and very mild across central europe. we unfortunately won't see the drier weather because all the time, these areas of low pressure will bring outbreaks of rain and strong winds from time to time. so first thing in the morning, there'll be outbreaks of rain across southwest england and wales, a lot of low cloud a

wendy urquhart, bbc news. well. that's it from me — thanks for your company this hour. you can keep in touch, as always, on twitter, i'm @annitabbc. stay with us on bbc news. hello again. in the next few days, we are looking at sunny intervals and blustery showers or indeed some rain. we have had some heavy rain this morning moving across the south—east, the weather front bringing that clearing away onto the near continent, and we have got an array of weather fronts lining up to come in across the north and west, where we have got brisk winds. brisk winds across scotland, gales with exposure in the north—west but for the rest of us, we are looking at light winds. behind the rain in the south—east we will have residual cloud but it will brighten up and for most it is going to be a dry day with some sunny intervals. this rain taking its time to get over to the east of scotland and clearing from northern ireland. temperatures, 12—18. this evening and overnight, you can see how the rain makes it into the east and

wendy urquhart reports.n france. cgt union representatives are asking for a 10% wage increase, a massive investment plan, and extra temporary workers, but so far totalenergies is refusing to give in to demands. translation: the french are beginning to see the consequences at the pumps, the refineries have shut down and we are beginning to see a shortage of petrol, diesel at all service stations. the french government has already been forced to tap reserves to top up supplies but ministers continue to insist there is no need to panic. translation: we are closely monitoring the situation with industry actors, we have drawn from the strategic stockpiles here and there, in order to supply stations and allow people to fill up their vehicles and go to work or take children to school. petrol stations are running dry all over the country, especially in the north where one in three stations are suffering shortages. the authorities have slapped a ban on people filling up jerry cans and other containers, with petrol or

wendy urquhart reports.eaking the soil, light, water and nutrition recipe for each different type of tree during every trial. and they got the best possible results. in these machines, everything that affects the plants is in a recipe. so that recipe has all of the lighting events, the weather events, environmental events — for example, the watering events — inspections, science events, everything that interacts with the plant is in this recipe. the trees are planted in soil trays then moved around as they grow so that they get exactly the right amount of light and water. this project also uses a lot less water than plants grown in poly—tunnels or glass houses. and the water on the vertical farm is recycled so nothing is wasted. when the seedlings are ready, they are transferred to a nursery and eventually planted out in the forest. igs and forestry land scotland reckon they can grow between 3 and 5 million trees every 90 days. which is great news for the environment and a huge step forward in the fight agai

wendy urquhart has the details.ked away virtually unscathed. but he has been arrested amid claims that the accident happened because he was trying to cross the tracks before the oncoming train arrived but did not make it in time. wendy urquhart, bbc news. dramatic images from mexico. more calm images coming from you? it is relatively calm for some of us this morning. i will take you right to the far north of the uk, this is how it looks in shetland, with a bit of cloud overhead but relatively calm conditions over the water. through this weekend, what we have in store is a lot of different types of weather. there will be some spells of sunshine, but also some rain at times. some of that will be heavy, throughout that will feel mild. low pressure is in charge of the moment, we have one low still bringing rain in the north of the uk at the moment, another in the south. a slightly drier zone of weather in between. what we will have is some very warm, certainly very mild air in place. the orange colours here in our air m

wendy urquhart reports.d and clothing for those who have been affected, but there are fears that the worst is yet to come. the world food programme and the un's food and agricultural programme have both said nigeria is one of six countries are facing a high risk of a catastrophic level of hunger. with large swathes of farmland, waterlogged and crops completely destroyed, rice producers are already warning that prices could soar. not least because rice imports were banned in a bid to stimulate local production. this is the worst rainy season in nigeria for a decade. despite early warnings, it seems the countryjust wasn't prepared for the level of destruction that the rainy season has caused. typhoon nesat brought 120 kilometre an hour winds and driving rain to the northern philippines on sunday. flash floods forced at least 900 people to evacuate their homes and many roads are completely blocked. the storm also brought down trees and damaged houses and businesses. typhoon neset is now heading for the south ch