More than 300,000 Muslim Rohingyas have now fled myanmar, as the un says theyre victims of ethnic cleansing. Bell rings ceremonies are held at ground zero in new york and across the United States, to mark the 16th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. Its 5 00. Our main story is the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, and the extensive damage caused in the state of florida. At least five people have died and millions of homes and businesses in the state are still without power. Parts of miami are under water. The hurricane swept up from the caribbean, where it claimed the lives of dozens of people, and caused terrible damage. Over the weekend, it hit cu bas northern coast. Irma then moved north, battering the islands in the florida keys, before passing by miami and close to the coastal city of tampa. The storm, which has now been downgraded to a category one storm, is heading north towards the state of georgia. Our first report is from andy moore. The aftermath of irma in naples on floridas west coast. No surprise that millions of people are without power. Americans have been told that the full resources of the country are being marshalled. When americans are being marshalled. When americans are in need, americans pull together, and we are one country. And when we face our chip, we emerge stronger, closer, more determined than ever. This was naples at the height of the onslaught. Harry kane armagh has now been downgraded to a tropical storm. Hurricane irma. It did not feel like that for much of florida. Watching from the inside as water gushes through the streets and into some buildings. In the distance is the ocean, the host coast of biscayne bay near miami. In some places, the cu pushed onshore. In others, like youre at tampa bay, it receded, leaving a muddy shore. At fort lauderdale, the sand from the beach was dumped on the coastal road. The clean up isjust starting, and it will take florida weeks to fully recover. Miami dodged the worst of the weather. The top of this crane was blown away in the storm, the wreckage left hanging dangerously in the wind. A curfew remains in place across many parts of the state, the normal rhythm of life has been suspended. We are going to do our best to help all the residents and citizens of this community to adjust and try to get them back to a sense of normalcy. With so many areas abandoned, looting has become a major problem. Here, the targets are sports shops, boxes of trainers piled into cars. The police say they will not tolerate criminal activity. A number of arrests have been made. Hurricane irma wreaked havoc through the caribbean before reaching florida. Nowhere more so than on st martin. Today, a group of dutch tourists we re today, a group of dutch tourists were evacuated to a nearby island, still traumatised by their experience. Translation we are alive, so we should be happy with that. I have never experienced anything like it. It was not nice. Translation five days without water, electricity supplies, that is a long time. I have left, but others have not. They have lost their whole existence. Across the caribbean, a major relief and rescue operation is underway. Here, the French Military bring in human material aid to djoum unities who have been cut off for days. Hundreds of british troops have also been deployed to uk territories in the region. We are now seeing the final show of strength from Hurricane Irma, these the overnight scenes from tampa in florida, where irmas presence was still felt. The storm has now lost its bite and is much less powerful. The danger is not yet over, but irma will continue to weaken as it heads north into georgia. Lets talk to Gary Odonoghue in tampa. Gary, we saw some of the images overnight. Bring us up to date on the situation there today. It is a lot, than it was overnight. There we re lot, than it was overnight. There were strong winds, and there were heavy rain, and this morning the meyler described tampa as having dodged a bullet. We have not had the storm surge here that was a real risk for a city that lies this role and was built right down to the water. That could have been catastrophic error and area that houses around 4 Million People in the bay area. Tampa has survived and is getting back to normal. The cu rfew is getting back to normal. The curfew has been listed here. There is some clearing up to do around the bay, but it has largely escaped some of the devastation that has happened elsewhere in florida. You saw down there in naples, those pictures from andy moores package, the real thing that people are worried about is the florida keys. What happened there are . Nobody has really been able to get proper access there. The governor of florida is flying over this afternoon to take a look, but of course, the florida keys was the first place that irma made landfall yesterday morning, and at that stage, she was a category four hurricane. We heard from the president earlier when he mentioned recently confederal effort that has gone in. Tellers about the scale of that. They declared a state of emergency, and that effectively frees up a lot of federal money and power is to allow florida to draw down the help it needs, and my goodness, like texas with hurricane hardy, florida lead a lot of help. Around 60 of homes and businesses are without electricity, so thatll bea are without electricity, so thatll be a priority to get that up and running, get roads cleared, get municipal buildings open and working. The other big logistical problem is that 6 Million People we re problem is that 6 Million People were under mandatory evacuation orders in florida. Many did not be those orders, but large numbers of people went to shelters, two other states and relatives. They will want to find out what has happened to their homes, and there will be insurance claims from that. Florida is around 5 of the United States gdp. Florida has to be open for business, otherwise america takes an economic hit. Thatll be the driving priority cure. Gary, many thanks. Our correspondentjane obrien is in miami. Lets start with the same point, we have seen lots the images, but it is right to date. This street behind me yesterday was a raging river. Today, it isa yesterday was a raging river. Today, it is a puddle, and i think that says it all. Miami seems to have dodged a bullet with irma. The damage we have seen driving around the area after the curfew ended was pretty superficial. It seems to have downed trees, fallen branches, that is what officials are telling us. Even though residents think it is fine, the sun is shining, the storm has gone, please do not go back to your homesjust has gone, please do not go back to your homes just yet because they wa nt to your homes just yet because they want to be sure that the roads are clear and safe. 72 of the city of miami is without power, but again, that seems to be a managed outage, because Power Companies want to make sure that there are not any dangerous fall in that are alive when people can get electrocuted, they are checking the infrastructure, the power lines, making sure everything is back to normal before asking residents to come back. Dont forget, miami went through this with hurricane andrew 25 years ago, they have a plan, and we are seeing the city get back to normal pretty quickly. Jane, thank you. Joining me by webcam is nick kieft, originally from yorkshire, who moved to florida 12 years ago. He and his family decided to wait out the storm in their house in fort myers. Tell us about the last few days. We have been through the apprehension, the anticipation of this storm arriving. The worst part was not when it actually arrived, but the build up that we had to go through getting our supplies together, making sure the house was secure. Just the general build up to what did turn out to be quite an impressive event. When you say the build up, the preparation that may have gone into that, but tells more about it. What you have to do . We had to make sure that we had food, we have got five dogs and two caps, and there are are a four of ours, so we had to stop on food items, cooking material, charcoal, gas, and of water. We have been very lucky, we didnt lose our water. We had to prepare the house, we had to put up boards on some of the more open windows, those that were exposed. And then really, get ready to hunker down. We had petrol for the generator, and we then sat through saturday, slightly bored, waiting for it to arrive. On sunday, it arrived, edited not failed to keep as busy. For those viewers wondering why you and the family did not lead as others did, what would you say . Two reasons, firstly, we have pets, and there are a four of us. We would have had to go in two cars, traffic was bad on 75, petrol was in short supply, was bad on 75, petrol was in short supply, where would be state stay . And secondly, our house . It was good for 140 mile an hour plus wins, that the height of the storm, the noise ofa the height of the storm, the noise of a freight train, we heard it but no rattling, no windows rattled, no doors rattled, it was solid, it was secure. And right now, how would you describe the state of the area . Our house, we have lost four victories, and a load of smaller bushes four big trees. It is now beautiful weather, post harry kane hurricane. It is come, people are going about their business, getting themselves organised. What we are waiting for at the moment is power. Once we get power back, we will be fine. How much damage do you have to sort out on your own property . The backyard is full of the big downed trees. The front yard, we have dragged the waste to the front of the yard, but we cannot actually put by the coward because that is underwater. We have lost three or four big trees, and then a lot have pulled out, we have lost a couple of special trees which my wife is not happy about. When you mention your power, what are the prospects of getting power back . When people are given a warning, as i understand you and others were, saying that he would have no gas or emergency services, no Government Support for 72 hours, that has got to be a scary position. We have got a generator, so we can boil kettles, use slow cookers, we have got a big grill and so forth. It is uncomfortable, we do not have air conditioning, but we have water, so we are good to go. We are set up for 72 hours, and i will be honest, i would prefer to campaign my house than be stuck on the interstate somewhere north of tampa, wondering ifi the interstate somewhere north of tampa, wondering if i can get back. So it is a personal decision, but i think it is the right decision. We will be good to go by the end of tomorrow. We are glad you are safe, and thank you forjoining us. Tomorrow. We are glad you are safe, and thank you forjoining usm tomorrow. We are glad you are safe, and thank you forjoining us. It has been a pleasure, thank you very much. Good to talk to him and get his sense of what is going on. They are some of those who decided to stay put and not travel away from the state. He was explaining that they were in a position where they felt able to do that. As we heard before it hit florida, irma had battered cuba, claiming the lives of at least ten people. Causing widespread damage to the countrys northern coast. Flooding also hit the capital havana, where residents were warned to stay off the streets. Thousands of tourists were stranded at the countrys tourist resorts as the storm hit. Our correspondent will grant sent this report. Havanas streets resemble canals. Forfamilies from its poorest neighbourhoods, the situation is becoming desperate. When Hurricane Irma came crashing into the island, she brought rains and storm surges which flooded entire city blocks. Cu bas picturesque capital today, a city of felled trees and debris. Power is out across havana, complicating the clean up operation. People are coping as best they can. Translation i heard that 9096 of the electricity is out in the whole country. Were going to be without power for several days. Thats going to hurt us a lot. Translation this is terrible. Our homes, our furniture, now we must wait until the water comes down to recover whats been flooded. This has been very painfulfor cuba in terms of damage to property and damage to livelihoods. It seems that Hurricane Irma may have knocked cubas economyjust as hard as she hit its coastline. Hit it she most certainly did. For almost two days Hurricane Irma crept along cubas northern shore thrashing anything in its path from tiny fishing villages to five star resorts. Perhaps the best known fishing village on the island is this one. Once the inspiration for Ernest Hemingways the old man and the sea, now it is struggling to clean up from Hurricane Irmas awesome power. Thousands of tourists remain trapped in the beach town. Tensions gradually rising as the chances of making it out home quickly look ever more remote. Cubas communist government is on an emergency footing, mobilising all the resources at its disposal. From the army, to the state security apparatus, every bureaucrat and every administrator has been drafted in. The president , raul castro, praised the cuban people for their response and said discipline and hard work would overcome the storms devastating effects. For now, it is the islands strong sense of community, neighbours helping neighbours that will get cuba through this initial crisis. The long term clean up though may need International Aid. And there is plenty more on Hurricane Irma on our website bbc. Co. Uk news. Downing street says minister are confident of winning tonights vote on the eu withdrawal bill, despite widespread criticism of the measure for giving too much power to ministers. There are signs of a possible labour rebellion over the legislation, which sets out the path for eu law to be incorporated into british law. Jeremy corbyn has ordered his mps to vote against the bill, but speaking to this programme, the labour leader again declined to clarify whether the Party Supports long term continued membership of the eu single market. Our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is at westminster. Downing street is confident of victory tonight, and i think with good reason. On the first day of debate on this bill, some conservatives were pretty unhappy, and one called the built monstrous. They do now seem to be falling into line, though. The argument of the government is that we are leaving the European Union at the end of march 2019, we have to be ready for that on day one, and that means dragging over 45 years of eu laws and regulations, putting them onto the uk statute book to give certainty to individuals and businesses, ensuring there is no legal vacuum. Conservative mps speaking in todays debate agreed with Cheryl Gillan that this was necessary. We have all heard the rather simplistic attempts to give this process a prejudicial descriptor, the hard and soft brexit that are a product of polarised viewpoints. I prefer a practical approach, and with perhaps a few modifications, this bill does what it says on the tin. It provides a method to facilitate a very complex and legal and constitutional extrication that has resulted from a democratic vote to leave the European Union. I will therefore be supporting the government in the lobbies tonight, and hope many of my colleagues on the other side of the house, as well as my friends on this side of the house, will do the same. The government insists this is a mainly technical exercise, but thats not how labour see it. They say it is a paragraph as ministers will be using so called henry viii clauses, meaning that they commit some changes without full parliamentary scrutiny, without endless debates and lots of votes. They simply do not think there will be time to do it any other way. Labour say it is a paragraph, Jeremy Corbyn ordering his mps to vote against it, and most of them going along with his orders. Mr speaker, if i do vote against the second reading tonight, it is not because i am voting against brexit. That is a huge misrepresentation of the nature of this debate and the nature of the decisions that are contained if we passed the second reading of this bill. Rather, i will be voting against a brexit badly handled, and which threatens to weaken further our long established and hard won democratic traditions. Laughter there from the conservative benches, as they suspect that some in opposition parties are opposing this bill because they want to try and derail brexit. Now, on the liberal side, there have been a few, maybe a dozen labour mps, saleable not go onJeremy Corbyns orders. Some are people who campaigned very much on the side of the weve campaign during the referendum, but others like caroline flint, who was very much a remainer. She says she has to uphold and stand by the result of the referendum, so she says she will be abstaining on the bill tonight, because she thinks it must go ahead in the way that people wa nt must go ahead in the way that people want it. Ido i do not regard this bill as hugely controversial. If it abolished workers rates, abandoning paid holidays, and ending pollution controls, that would be different. But it does not. However, it is undoubtedly the case of the proposed bill needs amending for many of the reasons outlined by my right honourable friend, the member for st pancras. First, the henry viii clauses, transferring lots and regulations into uk law is an unenviable task. It will also be impossible to put every change or update of regulation before parliament in primary legislation. Proceedings in the house of commons have been extended until midnight tonight. There will then probably be three books, so going into the early hours. I think it will be plain sailing for the government s tonight, but that is not to say that further down the parliamentary vote, this bill could run into trouble. Tory mps are currently going along with what the government wants, but you get the sense that they do want changes to this bill ultimately. Today has shown there are divisions not just today has shown there are divisions notjust in the country over this issue, but within the conservative party, and within labour, too. Many thanks, we will have more from the commons later on as the debate progresses. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled myanmar, formerly known as burma, in the past fortnight, to seek refuge in neighbouring bangladesh. The un human rights commissioner has warned that the situation now looks like a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. The un is urging myanmar to end what it calls the cruel military operation in the west of the country , where there are multiple reports of Security Forces burning rohingya villages, and killing the inhabitants. The violence in Rakhine State has meant that more than 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have already fled across the border, with many more still coming. Many of those refugees have settled in makeshift camps near the port city of coxs bazar. Our correspondent Sanjoy Majumder has been to one of them and sent this report. When youre starving, you get desperate and then it becomes dangerous. This aid trucks surrounded by a seething mass of rohingyas. The organisers, private donors, too nervous to distribute their supplies. Theres no sign of the police, and things begin to turn ugly. Fights break out. Volunteers try to enforce a sense of order, but it is futile. The rohingya relief operation is slowly but surely spinning out of control. Most of it at the hand of local groups and individuals, entirely out of their depth. You get a sense of the desperation. People have just climbed onto this little van, trying their best to get hold of little bags of rice that are being handed out. But its utterly chaotic, theres no sense of order, theres nobody actually coordinating it. And then look over here. These are clothes that have just been flung on the ground, thrown from the aid trucks as they rush away from the scene. Well meaning, but an utterly wasted effort. And too many people are getting left out. Translation i have five people in my family, including two small children. Most nights, they just go to bed hungry. This man tries to hand out money to the refugees, and soon realises it is a foolish mistake, unleashing a frenzied response from the mob that soon turns threatening. Translation i live in saudi arabia. I saw on television how they are suffering, so i came here to give them some money. The International Aid groups, including the un, are here, but their operations are restricted to the authorised camps. The tens of thousands of refugees who are outside are entirely dependent on hand outs from locals. Sanjoy majumder, bbc news, coxs bazar. President trump has observed a moments silence at the pentagon, as america marked the 16th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. The president laid a wreath to commemorate those who lost their lives, and addressed the families of the victims in a special ceremony. The attacks saw nearly 3,000 people killed, when alqaida militants hijacked and crashed planes into the world trade centre, the pentagon, and shanksville, pennsylvania. We can never erase your pain or gun battles youre lost, but we can honour our sacrifice by pledging our resolve to keep our people safe. Bring back those you lost. Not only did the world change, that day, but we all change. Our eyes were opened to the depths of the evil that we face, but in that hour of darkness, we also came together with renewed purpose. Our differences never looked so small, our common bond is never felt so strong. To sacrifice grounds on which we stand today are a monument to our National Unity and to our strength. And the sacrifice grounds. President trump at the ceremony to commemorate the lives lost in the 9 11 attacks, 16 yea rs lives lost in the 9 11 attacks, 16 years ago. We will have the at the sports news in a few minutes. We will have more on the aftermath of Hurricane Irma as well. Time now for a look at the weather forecast. As we move through this evening and overnight, a few showers around, but largely confined to the far west. The further east you are, some drier spells and some clearer skies. Temperatures falling to an overnight low of ten or 13 celsius. Still breezy, but less than it has been today. When we had clear skies first thing, we will see some sunshine, parts of eastern scotland and central and eastern parts of england. Further west, more central and eastern parts of england. Furtherwest, more cloud and a few showers, cloud bubbling up as we move through the day. Later in the afternoon, the arrival of this rain into Northern Ireland, that is a sign of things to come, because as we move through tomorrow night, we have this area of low pressure, which will bring some rain and some gusty winds as well. That wind will be quite happy for parts of Northern Ireland and southern scotland could see cost of around 75 mph. Stage and to the forecast, because we could see some disruption moving into wednesday. Stay tuned to the forecast. This is bbc news at 5 30. The headlines us authorities assess the damage caused in florida by Hurricane Irma. At least four people are thought to have died and up to six million homes are without power. Having swept earlier along the north coast of cuba, irma left at least ten people dead and flooded many homes in the capital, havana. Ahead of a key parliamentary vote on brexit the government urges mps to back what it describes as an orderly departure from the eu. More than 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have now fled the unmarked. The un says that they are victims of ethnic cleansing. And now the latest from the bbc sports centre. Will has more. Frank de boer has been the first managerial casualty of the season, sacked by Crystal Palace after four games in charge, four betis, not a goal scored, the worst start in premier league history. Former Crystal Palace playerjohn tulloch disagrees with the decision. Crystal palace playerjohn tulloch disagrees with the decisionm Crystal Palace playerjohn tulloch disagrees with the decision. It is not something the club wants or needs. The turnover of the managers isa needs. The turnover of the managers is a real concern because you need stability and direction. The academy needs addressing, and when youre going to sign players. In this tra nsfer going to sign players. In this transfer window i thought there would be a clearer, let frank bring in up to eight signings, but it didnt happen. To be sitting here now, it is all a bit of a circus. And obviously the talk is that roy hodgson is going to come in, another ex england manager, vastly experienced, weve been through ian holloway, neil warnock, sam alla rdyce, very holloway, neil warnock, sam allardyce, very experienced english managers and roy would fit that bill. Plenty of reaction to the sacking from the world of soccer macro, Jose Mourinho has said that it did not come as a huge shock to him. That is not surprising. I was sacked as a champion, Claudio Ranieri was sacked as a champion, Frank De Boer is sacked after four matches. And next season something incredible will happen again. Nothing surprises me. The only club below palace in the premier league is west ham, who face huddersfield tonight and they are desperate to avoid a fourth Straight Defeat themselves. Manager slaven bilic isnt concerned about speculation that he could be sacked. My job is to raise the performance of the team and we start with a game on monday night. That is a good opportunity, a good chance for us to start winning games and the comeback on the right track, and that is where i am putting my work and concentration. Senior fa executives will face questions about the investigation that cleared the england womens tea m that cleared the england womens team manager of allegedly making racist remarks if a player eni aluko. The fa, in two separate reviews cleared mark sampson and said he was guilty of no wrongdoing whatsoever, but eni aluko said she was unhappy with the way those investigations had been conducted. She said that key witnesses had not been interviewed by the fa or the independent barrister asked to conduct an independent external investigation. This will make it ha rd investigation. This will make it hard for the fa to move on because that select committee does intend to courel fa executives to explain themselves. I understand that both aluko themselves. I understand that both alu ko and another themselves. I understand that both aluko and another former player will be asked to give evidence and that hearing is to take place in mid october. Hearing is to take place in midoctober. Scott brown, the captain, has signed a new two Year Contract with celtic that will keep them there until 2019. He led the tea m them there until 2019. He led the team to an unbeaten domestic treble last season. His team mate Jozo Simunovic has also signed a four Year Contract. There is more in sports day at 6 30pm. Lets return to one of our main stories, the vote tonight in Parliament Marks the beginning of a busy autumn for the brexit process. Christian fraser has been looking at the key dates coming up and considering what the parliamentary obstacles might turn out to be. Here we have our brexit clock, ticking towards that deadline of march 2019, the date the uk is supposed to leave the European Union. From june through august, the two sides have had three rounds of face to face negotiations, and as yet, no decisive breakthrough on the so called divorce issue the size of the uks exit bill, the border issues in ireland, and the future rights of eu and uk citizens. All i hear, says michel barnier, is the tick of the clock. And the frustrations on both sides are simmering. It is clear that uk does not feel legally obliged to honour these obligations after departure. How can we build trust and start discussing a future partnership . I think its fair to say, weve seen some concrete progress. Michel referred to one, but theres more than that. But our discussions this week have exposed yet again that the uks approach is substantially more flexible and pragmatic than that of the eu, as it avoids unnecessary disruption for businesses and consumers. Which, all in all, leaves us with a big question mark over the direction of this negotiation. The uk had wanted to be discussing trade and the future relationship with the eu as soon as possible. But has any progress been made . The only thing thats shifted slightly is, the government now wants transition. I think ultimately, their direction of travel has not changed at all. They want us out of the single market, out of the customs union, theres no sign of compromises. But the next few months matters, because its all about sorting out article 50 and the quicker we do that, the quicker we can talk about trade. So, the government wants to try and get agreement with the europeans in october on the article 50 issues, and remember, the eu negotiates in a very specific way nothing happens for ages, and at the 11th hour, everyone panics and starts to compromise and starts to negotiate. I wouldnt expect to see progress now, but i think when we get to the end of september and october, we will see things start to move. David davis will certainly be hoping thats the case. But there are plenty of things to get through. So, lets take a look, then, at some of the key milestones in the months ahead. The next face to face meeting is next week, on 18th september, which has become even more important after a summer of slow progress. David davis is getting impatient, and hes now pushing for rolling weekly meetings. Perhaps well get more clarity, though, when the crucial german election is out of the way. There are two big leaders summits before the end of this year, and we can probably expect a showdown at this one in october. And then theres one more in december, if the timetable does slip. Before this, the final brexit meeting of the year, the eu ambassadors meeting on 20th december. And remember, as time ticks by, the Business Leaders here in the uk are waiting on the sidelines, delaying crucial Contingency Planning for the coming years just how long can they wait . The next three months, then, will be critical in shaping a future brexit deal. And at any point in this process, we could well be back to square one. Oh, and from our starting point here, to that final meeting on 20th december . Its exactly 100 days. And christian will be back tonight with katty kay in washington for beyond 100 days, which will be looking at the big issues on both sides of the atlantic. Thats tonight from 7pm, on the bbc news channel and bbc four. We will have more on that issue in a short while because we hope to be talking to stephen kinnock, the labourmp. Talking to stephen kinnock, the labour mp. Also we will have the latest on hurricane omar. We were talking to our correspondent in tampa, earlier. Florida is the key target area in the last few days. A category four hurricane on sunday, now downgraded to the level of tropical storm, cutting a devastating track across ten caribbean countries and territories in the last few days, claiming the lives of at least 20 people overall. And one of the islands hit hardest by the storm was tortola, the largest of the British Virgin islands. Olga osadchaya is a resident of the island. She had to be rescued from her home over the weekend and flown to safety in sanjuan in puerto rico, where shejoins me now. Good to have you with us and glad that youre safe. Can you tell us about your experience in recent days . Good afternoon. Thank you very much. It has been absolutely horrifying. The hurricane was nothing any one of us could have predicted. It has decimated the island and devastated it completely to the extent that people are. Every day, getting more and more desperate and we need a lot of aid. Iam very desperate and we need a lot of aid. I am very lucky to have had the option of getting out but lots of people do not have that option and they are stuck without electricity and running water, temperatures are strictly hot during the day. There are issues with sanitation and waste management. There have been electricity problems, pilots are falling down and trees have fallen down and the roads. It is a very hilly island. It is very difficult to get around. Especially with all of the debris as houses have either fallen apart completely to a large extent, and people dont have anywhere to live, and communication isa anywhere to live, and communication is a massive issue as i am sure you have up already. Not only with the island that itself, but within the island. The reception, telephone and data, is extremely patchy and mostly around the main town and although the island doesnt look very big, it is so hilly it is difficult to get around and a lot of people are still stuck and looking to the uk and the International Community to help, as quickly as possible. There has been lots of talk about the effectiveness of the kind of help that has gone m, of the kind of help that has gone in, and some criticism of the British Government for not responding quickly enough. What is your perspective on that . While i was on the island, i was able to leave on saturday. It was impossible for me to tell what was happening. Even the radio station, all of us had battery operated radios, and they were useless, because there was nothing to listen to. So it is very difficult. I had no time to catch up on the chronology of what has happened. Since then, we can talk about, we can debate these issues, but it is important to concentrate on doing something now and getting the fax from the island. There are still a lot of people there and we need more satellite phones are there so we can get Accurate Information. It is important to face the facts and react accordingly. And i think it is just important to put that aside for the moment and just get things done. That is understood. Lets talk about what is getting done and what is not. What is your sense of the help that is going in right now . I have listened to the latest statements from the governor, augustus jasper, and i understand that much of the aid is coming in and is being coordinated. Again, there are lots of obstacles in the way, both physical, because the roads are not functioning properly and potentially bureaucratic as well. I understand there is an navy ship there. I understand there are lots of private boats coming in with supplies and it is important very much to stress that the British Virgin islands is notjust tortola or necker island, there are many islands on which there are people who are in need, and we have not heard from a lot of them. They are small, but there are people there who need our help. Just one final question. What are your plans for returning . We said that you are in puerto rico. At the moment i am going to go and see my family in washington, dc, in a few days, but while i am here, i am just try to make a point of relaying Accurate Information as much as possible. Good to talk to you, thank you for letting us know what went on there. It is very useful. Thank you. Description they are of the dreadful conditions on the British Virgin islands. She was one of those who managed to get out to safety and she described what she had learned about what had gone home. It is about a quarter to six. I want to return to the parliamentary debate on brexit. The vote tonight may around midnight. It will be the bill that will in effect incorporates eu law into british law after brexit. It is a significant piece of legislation. There are concerns around it. Jeremy corbyn has ordered labour mps to vote against it because he believes it gives ministers too much power and bypasses Power Parliament and he thinks the power would be swallowed up by ministers rather than being shared out democratically. That is how he would sum it up, i suppose. Joining me now from westminster is the labour mp stephen kinnock. How would you characterise the debate so far which . It has been a very interesting debate. The conservative members who are saying they will vote in favour of the bill keeps saying that it is because they do not want to block brexit. That has ashley got nothing to do with it. On the labour side of the house we voted to trigger article 50. We accept absolutely that the will of the people must be done. But we do not think the way to do that is to give a massive, sweeping powers to ministers. It would be a terrible irony if the idea of voting to leave the eu was about strengthening the sovereignty and power of this parliament and, instead of doing that, we hand the powers that should be parliamentary powers to the executive and allow them using things like the henry viii clause deride echogenic horses through parliamentary democracy. We are not prepared to allow that to happen. We accept the principle that a bill like this is required but this is the wrong bill, it is not fit for purpose, and therefore our side of the debate is perfect is prevailing this evening. It is interesting. This debate is revealing divisions notjust along party lines. I noticed your colleague callington saying that she did not think this bill presented huge problems and, for that reason, she probably took a different view to yours. What did you make of that case . Caroline, of course, has her view on this, but the basis of her case was concerns that we might somehow be blocking brexit, being perceived as such. That is the piece of narrative that we have got to jettison. We have to understand that this is not about blocking brexit, at all. We have triggered article 50. We are leaving the eu. The government is conducting those negotiations in a shambolic man, but we are leaving the European Union. This bill is about something that is even bigger than brexit in some ways. It is about what is the role of this parliament, the mother of democracy . Parliament were we know that the relationship between the legislature and executive only works if it is a relationship of equals. We cannot allow democracy to move to rule by decree and so, what we are debating is about the role of this institution, the role of murmurs of parliament, vested in the powers that we have by the people that voted for us to come to this place, to actually come and carry out proper scrutiny and how this government to account. That is, caroline is entitled to her view, but we have to see that this bill is not about blocking brexit or whatever that might be, it is actually about the fundamental role and identity of this parliament. Let me talk about how this bill might be amended to the liking of people like you and others who support your point of view. As i understand it you put forward an amendment that you put forward an amendment that you then withdrew, because, im assuming the main Labour Amendment is when you agree with. That is right, the amendment the front bench put forward was absolutely the right one. It ticked all the boxes. The reasoned amendment that i had put down and i hope we can secure in Committee Stage around things like inserting a clause to ensure that the rights and protections of british citizens cannot just the rights and protections of british citizens cannotjust be summarily dispatched, extinguished by ministers, ruling by decree. It is also about institutional parity. So if we have functions carried out by eu agencies, those functions must continue, until such time as there was a British Agency with equivalent power and capacity to take that over. There are also things like devolution, vitally important to me asa devolution, vitally important to me as a welsh mp. We have presumed competence. A clause that says that any powers currently devolved to the welsh assembly, the Scottish Parliament and to Northern Ireland, am that must be the default position. Westminster is trying to conduct a power grab here, trying to bring powers from brussels to london rather than continuing the process of devolution. These are rights that we fought hard for, that we voted through, we debated for very long time. We cannot just through, we debated for very long time. We cannotjust allow eu withdrawal to make a bonfire of all of those rights, protections and very important distribution of power across our country. That is why this bill is so vitally important to the future of our democracy and why i truly hope that well get some of these amendments through in Committee Stage. You mentioned the will the people. Ministers say that if this bill is amended made a mess of in some way, that could create chaos and confusion around this process and that is not what people voted for. I dont agree with that. That is almost saying that every time you have parliament scrutinising something that the government has brought forward, that that causes chaos and confusion. What does that say about peoplesview of parliament . Surely what you need, actually, is a proper scrutiny process where things are properly debated, where members who are democratically elected bring the views of their expertise in particular areas and abuse of their constituents, all of the cocktail of things that parliament brings to the table, that enables us to legislate properly. And if you just have a stea m properly. And if you just have a steam roller approach to this, that will lead to bad legislation and it will lead to bad legislation and it will be to unintended consequences. Sol will be to unintended consequences. So i think what gives more stability and certainty to business and the economy is when you have a system that you can trust and believe in. That system is called democracy. The democratic voice of the people is articulated by parliament. And if we allow the government to just railroad through, to ram through different source of legislation at the whim of a particular minister who may be influenced by particular lobbies, that gives the opposite of what we need. It creates more uncertainty and more instability and, indeed, it starts to look like and, indeed, it starts to look like a silent coup detat. Stephen kinnock, thank you. But was his perspective on the Brexit Debate happening today and the amendments labour is trying to present. The vote in parliament will take place around midnight tonight. The tuc general secretary Frances Ogrady has said the Public Sector pay cap must be lifted for all workers and notjust specific groups. She was responding to bbc reports that the government is likely to award pay rises of more than 1 to police and prison officers. Ms ogrady warned ministers against what she called cherry picking. The Prime Minister has spoken. She talked about the sacrifice that Public Service workers have made. As if they had a choice. Public serva nts if they had a choice. Public servants were not given a say in the matter. They have had seven years of pay freezes and pay cuts imposed on them. They have been forced to work harder, for less, while this government has lined the pockets of corporate britain with tax giveaway after tax giveaway. So much for a country that works for everyone. On october 17, we will rally in Parliament Square and we will send a message to mrs may. 5 million hard working message to mrs may. 5 million ha rd working Public Servants message to mrs may. 5 million hard working Public Servants need it, the public backs it, now, just tell the treasury to get on with it. No cherry picking. All public serva nts no cherry picking. All Public Servants deserve a pay rise, and they deserve it now. That was Frances Ogrady speaking at the tuc annual congress. She is the general secretary of the trades union congress. The parents of a six year old child are to sue their son s school after the children we re son s school after the children were to School Wearing a dress. The boy was taken out school on the isle of wight because classmates came to school one day as a boy and one day asa girl, school one day as a boy and one day as a girl, and they arranged home schooling for their children as a result. The school at the centre of this story on the isle of wight is not being identified to protect older children involved, including the children of nigel and sally ro, the children of nigel and sally ro, the parents who have withdrawn their six year old son. They say he was confused when another male pupil came to School Wearing a dress. They say it is wrong to encourage very Young Children to embrace transgender is and that it offends their christian values. We want to protect our children. We want a good dialogue about it so that it is not just pushed into schools and accepted. We can see how that could influence of children. We dont know what the full repercussions of that could be. Let childrenjust be children. The church of England School wrote to mr and mrs rowe urging them to accept it when male children came to school in dresses. They have the backing of the dice is a portsmouth, which said. The diocese of portsmouth. Campaigners for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and tra nsgender rights say for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights say that mr and mrs rowe have misjudged this, as the children with gender issues need sympathy, to avoid being bullied. Ive had a child who took a lot of bullying on my behalf, and that bullying on my behalf, and that bullying was exactly the same. It was parents saying we have a right to have an opinion and they told the children their opinion and having told the children the opinion the children thought it was open season on building my son. Mr and mrs rowe who are devout christians say that they have received lots of hate m essa g es they have received lots of hate messages on social media. They say that this is about the rights of pa rents that this is about the rights of parents and those christian values, both of which they now want testing in the course. Two years ago the couple withdrew another of their sons when a different male pupil arrived wearing a dress. They say that they are not trans phobic and they will teach their two sons at home, even though the school and the church say that their attitude is lacking in modern day understanding and sensitivity. Before we go, a quick look at the house of commons again. The debate on the main brexit bill will be continuing for several hours and we will have continuing coverage on bbc news channel throughout the evening, leading up to the vote which we think will take place around midnight. We can see the opposition benches more heavily populated than the government ones on the left at the moment. We will be dipping in and out of the debate as the evening progresses. Stand by for bbc news at 6pm. Is coming up soon. In the meantime, lizzie has the weather. A mixture of sunny spells and showers today. Our weather watchers with their cameras taking photos of the weather near them. We have seen some heavy showers sent in. And, as we move around the country there have been some good spells of sunshine. This photo sent in by our weather watcher in edale. We have low pressure in charge on the charts, which means showers pushing across, and they have been fairly widespread and quite heavy. Here are the charts i wa nted quite heavy. Here are the charts i wanted to show you. The low pressure, clearing towards the east then we see this next area of low pressure pushing in. That will bring wet and windy weather on tuesday and overnight into wednesday. Through tonight we will see showers persisting, particularly the further west you are. Today the east, clearer spells with temperatures reaching an overnight low of between 1013dc. It reaching an overnight low of between 10 13dc. It will be breezy but not as windy as it has been today. That ta kes as windy as it has been today. That takes us into tomorrow. We will see some sunshine, particularly the further east you are. More on the way of cloud and the risk of a showerfor way of cloud and the risk of a shower for South West England and parts of wales. As we head further east, more in the way of sunshine with some sunny spells first thing and temperatures creeping into double figures. Again, as we head further west, the risk of one or two showers, with scattered showers across Northern Ireland and scotland, the best of the brightness, the further east you are tomorrow morning and showers, further west. Through the day we will start to see the cloud pushing across and bubbling up from the west. Some showers gradually making their way to the east, but those will be few and far between from what we have seen today. Later in the afternoon we start to see rain pushing into Northern Ireland. That isa sign pushing into Northern Ireland. That is a sign of things to come. As we move through tomorrow evening, we will see that rain pushing east. It will see that rain pushing east. It will move through fairly quickly, this area of low pressure, bringing some heavy bursts of rain for Northern Ireland and southern parts of scotland. We will also see the wind picking up and we could see gusts of up to 75 mph. Be through a simple swathe of the uk. Windy start bursting, with some local disruption but the wind will start to ease the mixture of sunny spells and spells and showers, and temperatures reaching a maximum of 18 celsius. Into thursday, a mixture of sunny spells and showers, still fairly breezy and returning to more of a north westerly with highs of 18 celsius. We have some breezy and wet weather on the way so stay tuned to the forecast, and we will keep you up to date. Its left behind becomes clearer. Its still lashing floridas west coast and causing flooding. Half the homes in the state are without power. Sheer devastation every way you look. The parking lot is flooded. Sheer devastation every way you look. The parking lot is floodedm florida and the caribbean governments prepare for the clear up. Mps are debating the eu repeal bill ministers say opposing it is voting for a chaotic brexit. More than 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have now fled myanmar a top un official calls it ethnic cleansing. 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