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Puerto rico. And calls for the fa to a nswer puerto rico. And calls for the fa to answer questions after the sacking of mark sampson as womens football coach. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Englands cricketers are hoping to beat the weather and the west indies in the Second One Day International at trent bridge. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Rescuers in mexico city are trying to reach a number of people they believe are still alive under the rubble of a school, which collapsed during tuesdays earthquake. A senior official has told the bbc a 13 Year Old Girl is sheltering under a table in the debris and that crews have managed to pass food and water to her. The government has appealed to other countries to provide specialist teams and equipment to help search for survivors. Rajini Vaidya Nathan reports from mexico city. After the horror of the earthquake, there is hope. These Young Children were pulled alive from the rubble of a Primary School in the south of mexico city. Rescuers searched overnight for others who may still be trapped. At least 20 children were killed here. It was on tuesday lunchtime that the powerful earthquake struck mexico. As buildings collapsed, people ran for cover. Across mexico city, the search for survivors is continuing. As you can see, people are going in to try and help with the effort. This six Storey Office block, which you see in the distance, is the focus of the work. Antonio and dolores son, juan, worked on the fourth floor as an accountant. He called his parents everyday. They last spoke hours before the quake hit. For the past day they have watched as rescuers picked through the rubble but theres still no sign ofjuan. Translation we still believe he will make it out alive. I would dig him out myself if i could, antonio tells me. Relief workers have beenjoined by hundreds of volunteers. Many have turned up with their own tools to do their bit. Were building kits with first aid things like alcohol and band aids, and these things, and that kind of stuff, so they can bring these things to the people that need it. Its a good atmosphere, people want to help. All the mexican people here, all american people, english people, british people, a lot of people want to help and i think that its good that a lot of people are here to help. At times the crowd was asked to be silent so rescuers could call out to any survivors still stuck in the debris. More than 20 people have already been rescued from this building, but as time passes the chance of people being reunited with their loved ones is becoming ever slimmer. Our correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan is in mexico city. How much hope is there now that they will find someone under the debris . Officials say they are not giving up hope and rescue workers have spent the night working on flood light in the night working on flood light in the search for survivors. Efforts are continuing at that Primary School which we mentioned in that report, where they believe three people remain trapped in the rubble including the 13 Year Old Girl who is said to be sheltering under a table. But we did get the grim news this morning that relief workers did pull out the dead body of a teacher from that school there. There are still glimmers of hope. I am here at the 6 storey Apartment Building i mentioned in that report. As you can see behind me, there are members of the mexican military arriving here to continue their efforts this morning. What we heard is overnight four people were rescued alive from the rubble here, so a positive story on that front. The Mexican Government has appealed for international assistance, specifically they want more help when it comes to rescue equipment, specialist equipment, that can help recover people from the debris. One of the challenges they face is the risk that buildings may yet collapse, which could hamper the rescue efforts. Theresa may has chaired a meeting of the cabinet to discuss a major speech about brexit, which shell deliver in florence tomorrow. Mrs may has insisted that the government is working together to get the best deal for britain, despite the foreign secretary, boris johnson, setting out his own vision for the country once its left the eu in a newspaper article. Our Political Correspondent ian watson reports. Open and generous, as the Prime Minister arrived in downing street to share the contents of her speech with the cabinet, one minister told the bbc that was exactly the kind of offer theresa may was prepared to make to the eu. It sounded like a strong hint she was willing to cough up strong hint she was willing to cough up cash in future to move the Brexit Process forward. But do all her collea g u es process forward. But do all her colleagues agree . Is the Prime Minister going to make an open and generous offer to the eu . Good morning. Morning. They were remaining tight lipped. This picture from the un suggested borisjohnson was doing some back seat driving, pointing out the direction of policy. His already set out his stall, ruling out long term financial commitments to the eu. His cabinet colleagues didnt exactly give him a ringing endorsement. Borisjohnson give him a ringing endorsement. Boris johnson might have give him a ringing endorsement. Borisjohnson might have felt a little shutout from the Brexit Process but after his intervention, he certainly cannot be ignored now. Nonetheless i think its important not to overstate the divisions around the cabinet table, at least in the short term. There seems to be agreement there should be a transition period after we formally leave the European Union in 2019, and that we should continue to make contributions to the eu budget during that time. Its also been suggested to keep what are usually oui suggested to keep what are usually our Eastern European allies on side, the Prime Minister could reassure them they wont have to fork out extra cash to cover any funding gap when we leave. Some close observers of negotiations in brussels say the eu want to hear a specific offer of cash. Any number is a good starting point. We are spending too much time on an issue we shouldnt be spending time on so we need to get on with it and thats important to make progress with other stuff. Here are some of the most ardent leave campaigners say the the minister can make an open and generous offer, but on Citizens Rights rather than hard cash. The Prime Minister said actually we havent reached agreement but actually we will say today eu citizens can stay here whatever, then that would be an open and generous offer which i can support but giving billions of pounds the eu after we come out, what will the British Public say to that . The chancellor and foreign secretary dont always see eye to eye, both will be flanking the Prime Minister in florence tomorrow and she will be hoping this show of unity can be maintained. Our Political Correspondent chris mason is in westminster. You have had to stand in downing street the long time today what should we be reading into this unusually long meeting . What is striking is how long the meeting lasted and how limited downing street are in what they are saying afterwards, in fact they are not saying anything at all. Normally afterwards reporters like me will get told the gist of what was kicked around and we know the gist is the speech tomorrow but as far as specifics are concerned we have learned nothing. Clearly there was choreography with the chancellor and Prime Minister leaving almost hand in hand. When you scour the history books as we have been doing the last half hour, i think you have to go back to september 1992 to find a Cabinet Meeting that lasted longer at two hours a5, compared with two hours 30 today. What was that Cabinet Meeting on 25 years ago . On the uk crashing out of what was known as the rem, yes another row about the European Union. Before tomorrow we understand Jean Claude Juncker at the European Commission will speak to the Prime Minister on the telephone this afternoon, that is something he has said in brussels this morning. Thence to the speech itself and the actual detail. We expect to talk about a transition arrangements, cabinet on that does seem agreed that that is something thats required. It looks like the Prime Minister will talk about a two year transition period and then there will be focus on is any detail there will be focus on is any detail the kind of money the uk is willing to pay during the transition and as pa rt to pay during the transition and as part of our divorce. Chris, thank you for now. Ryanairs chief executive, Michael Oleary, has admitted a Significant Management failure at the airline, and says more flights may have to be cancelled. A group of ryanair pilots has rejected an offer of a bonus of up to £12,000 each to work extra shifts and help reduce the number of cancellations. Our Business Correspondent theo leggett reports. Even the boss of ryanair now calls ita even the boss of ryanair now calls it a Significant Management failure. It is certainly more than a little turbulence. The Budget Airline has had to cancel about 50 flights a day until the end of october because it doesnt have enough pilots available to fly them. At todays annual general meeting in dublin, chief executive Michael Oleary had some explaining to do. The company says it is planning to force some pilots to diverse part of their annual leave until next year and says it doesnt need the consent but there are signs pilots themselves are taking advantage of the situation. Ryanair has taking advantage of the situation. Rya nair has offered taking advantage of the situation. Ryanair has offered its pilot a cash bonus of up to £12,000 if they agree to work extra days, but in a letter seen to work extra days, but in a letter seen by the bbc, pilots representatives from bases across the europe say they reject that proposal. They say it is simply inadequate and is meeting with great resista nce inadequate and is meeting with great resistance from the members. They say what they really want is ryanair to come up with new contracts for them with different working conditions. They say that might be enough to stop pilots from looking for Greener Pastures or in other words moving to different airlines. Ryanairs business words moving to different airlines. Rya nairs Business Model words moving to different airlines. Ryanairs Business Model relies on keeping its costs down. Analysts say it can ill afford major concessions to the workforce. Ryanair pilots are regarded as well paid but equally work very hard. There wont be room for any fundamental change. Ryanair said today the crisis has already cost £20 million. The question now is how quickly it can resolve the situation and how much long term damage has been done to its reputation. A sixth arrest has been made by Police Investigating last weeks attack on a London Underground train. A 17 year old boy was detained in thornton heath, in south london, just after midnight. The five other people in custody are all men, aged between 18 and 48. 30 people were injured when a homemade bomb partially exploded at parsons green. The Football Association is facing heavy criticism, following the sacking of england womens manager mark sampson. The sports minister, tracey crouch, has described the situation as a mess after sampson was sacked for what the fa called inappropriate behaviour in a previous coaching job in bristol. Our Sports Correspondent Katie Gornall reports. It isa it is a crisis that has forced the departure of the england manager and for the Football Association it doesnt end there. Mark sampsons sacking for Unacceptable Behaviour while in charge of Bristol Academy has turned up the heat on the fa, who have been in accused of lack of leadership. This reflects badly on the structures of the fa. People will say how was it that someone like mark sampson was even allowed to ta ke like mark sampson was even allowed to take up the job of manager when the fa had within their grasp information which, when it became fully known, meant mark sampson couldnt continue in his post. Allegations have been swirling for some time. Shortly after he took the england job, a complaint was made relating to his time at bristol. A panel investigated and cleared him to continue working. In august this year details became public of bullying and discrimination allegations made by chelsea striker, eni aluko. Sampson was cleared of wrongdoing, but the situation intensified last week when they fa says it received the full safeguard a report from 2015 and that information led to the termination of his contract. The fa has since denied it knew of any allegations before hiring sampson and defended its handling of recent events. Previous times you might have tried to bury the issue, we have come out front, self disclosed, and taken eni alukos concerns very seriously with two investigations. The moment we saw the bigger picture, we dealt with it. But serious questions remain as to why it took so long for them to fully looking to sampsons past. Senior fa executives were already set to face the parliamentary inquiry next month, 110w parliamentary inquiry next month, now there every decision will be put under the microscope. Our sport correspondent Richard Conway is here. Do you get the sense there is really mounting pressure on the fa now . L lot of questions about the situation, the chronology of events, who knew what and when, the lack of curiosity into finding out the allegations before last week when this came to light in the mind of the fa chief executive. Further developments today, further questions, and the an Advocacy Group issuing a statement saying they are deeply concerned about the revelations surrounding mark sampson and the fa yesterday made it clear as far as they were concerned the allegations only came to light in early 2014 after mark sampson had been appointed. Today in response to this they say nobody currently employed by the fa is aware of any rumours about mark sampson prior to his appointment. The questions on scrutiny will continue Going Forward because i think theres lots of people wondering exactly what happened when, and why this is all 110w happened when, and why this is all now happening, especially given the pressure mark sampson was already under over other allegations he had denied, investigations that have taken place denied, investigations that have ta ken place regarding denied, investigations that have taken place regarding those situations as well. Richard, for now thank you. Our top story. Theres a race against time as rescuers search for survivors of the mexican earthquake, including children, trapped under a collapsed school. Still to come, jetting off to canada. The uks biggest team yet heads for the Invictus Games. Coming up in sport there are changes to come at the top of well cycling. Brian cookson has lost the presidency of the uci by 37 eight. Hell be replaced. Hurricane maria is continuing on its path of devastation across the caribbean, and is now hitting the dominican republic. On wednesday, it made a direct hit on puerto rico, leaving the whole island without power. Homes have been destroyed and catastrophic flooding has been reported. A curfew has been imposed on the 3. 5 Million People who live there. Our correspondent Richard Lister reports. After the wind, the water. Early this morning puerto rico issued a flash flood warning. The massive quantities of rain mean people have been driven out of their homes again. Theyve been urged to get to higher ground, but thats easier said than done. Streets not already flooded are blocked by the wreckage of fallen trees and telegraph poles. The power is out across the whole island and cellphone towers are down as well. To our fellow citizens in puerto rico, they are front and centre in our thoughts and prayers. We want them to know that the federal response will be there. We want them to know that we are thinking of them first and foremost right now as they combat this very dangerous hurricane. It was the strongest storm to hit the island since the 1920s. With winds over 150 miles an hour forcing thousands to flee to safety. This is one of at least 500 shelters in puerto rico, but even here in this sports arena the sheer volume of water almost led to disaster. After a little while they were afraid that the roof was going to cave in on us, so they ended up moving us to the second floor hallways of the arena, where weve been for the past, i dont know, 12 to 15 hours. Dominica was smashed by maria. Its a smaller island than puerto rico and its estimated 70 of the properties here have their roofs blown off. At least seven people were killed and that number is expected to rise. In the British Virgin islands, so devastated by hurricane irma, the official verdict is they escaped the worst from maria. Theres more damage here and rebuilding efforts have been set back, but recovery teams were already in place and hms ocean arrives tomorrow with more people and supplies. Maria hasnt stopped yet. Its heading across the dominican republic, lashing it with hundred mile an hour winds. Storm surges are threatening people along the coast, and as it heads north, maria is gaining strength. Richard lister, bbc news. People wanting to give up smoking are to be officially advised to try e cigarettes despite a lack of evidence about their long term effect. Public Health England is to include e cigarettes in its annual stop Smoking Campaign for the first time. The body says they can be helpful for people who want to give up. Jenny walrond reports. Over1 Million People have used the stoptober challenge to quit smoking. The annual Stoptober Campaign has inspired many people to give up smoking since it started five years ago. The number succeeding is at its highest for at least a decade and success rates among people on low incomes have increased sharply. That may be partly due to e cigarettes. More than half of smokers try vaping when they want to quit, according to research by University College of london. We asked some former smokers why they made the switch. More than anything else, cost, because cigarettes tend to be more expensive than a liquid. You pay more the first time, but when you have your setup and your kit, its paying for liquids and coils, which fundamentally is cheaper. Liquids and coils, which fundamentally is cheaperlj liquids and coils, which fundamentally is cheaper. I saved roughly £2500, from not buying cigarettes. Id had enough of cigarettes. Id had enough of cigarettes. Id had enough of cigarettes. I needed an alternative. Ive tried quitting other ways, cold turkey, other things, it ive tried quitting other ways, cold turkey, otherthings, it never works. In england, last year, roughly one in six adults smoked, thats 15. 5 . Roughly one in six adults smoked, thats15. 5 . Thats an improvement on figures from 2010, when the number of adults smoking was almost 20 , one in five. As they try to reduce that figure further, this year, for the first time, public Health England will use the Stoptober Campaign to recommend people try e cigarettes if they struggled to give up tobacco in the past. Experts say they are significantly less harmful but i admit vaping isnt without risk. They dont contain many of the nasty products that are contained in tobacco, so they are about 95 less harmful than tobacco smoke. But having said that, we all acknowledge that longer Term Research is needed. The number of people who smoke has steadily dropped in recent years, but its still the main cause of preve nta ble but its still the main cause of preventable deaths in the uk. So while experts acknowledge there is little evidence of the long term benefits or harms of vaping, smokers are being advised that they are most likely to successfully quit if they combine e cigarettes with local stop smoking services. Jenny walrond, bbc news. Ten Army Instructors have appeared in court charged with abusing recruits, and they all deny that charges. Our correspondent dan johnson is that Bulford Military Court in wiltshire. Explain whats been happening. This is a large case. It involves 16 defendants in total, but the first ten have appeared here at Bulford Military Court this morning. They we re military court this morning. They were all instructors at the Harrogate Foundation college in north yorkshire, where army recruits go through their initial training. Ms allegation of abuse relates to a Training Camp in scotland back in the summer of 2014. Teenaged recruits alleged they were punched, beaten, dropped from height and spat on. Some have said they had their heads forced underwater by instructors, or forced heads forced underwater by instructors, orforced into the mud. Some have alleged that they had animal manure smeared in their face. One even said he was forced to eat it by instructors. The ten who have appeared here this morning all deny all of the charges that they face. Theyve been told that they will face a military trial here in february next year. The other six defendants are due to appear here at the Court Tomorrow morning. Danjohnson, the Court Tomorrow morning. Dan johnson, many thanks. An inquest into the death of the moors murderer ian brady has been reopened. Brady, who along with myra hindley tortured and killed five children, died at ashworth hospital last year at the age of 79. An earlier inquest heard he died from obstructive pulmonary disease. Our correspondent robert hall is in bootle. Ian brady, born in glasgow in 1938 and one of the most infamous murderers in british criminal history died in room 35 on a side ward at ashford secure hospital at about 6pm on the 15th of may this year. This is the report from the criminal psychologist who certified the death. He told the hearing that brady had, over many years, consistently refused assessment and treatment for his severe mental disorders. In more recent times hed become demanding, narcissistic. Hed had delusions of grandeur. He told doctors that in the event of his death he was not to be resuscitated. Alongside his deteriorating mental condition, his body was failing, and he eventually succumbed to terminal Heart Disease exacerbated by a lung disease that was also terminal. He had over many years staged a series of hunger strikes, but the coroner gustavus sumner said in his view neither neglected nor self neglect tom bradys part had contributed to the death. Right up to the end brady had refused to answer questions and locked briefcases that were in his room do not appear to have contained clues as to the whereabouts of the last victim unaccounted for, 12 year old keith bennett. So the last act, the disposal of the remains of ian brady, is still unknown. This dark and terrible story, that chapter will remain a mystery to all authors. Robert hall, thank you. The former conservative mp and eurosceptic sir teddy taylor has died at the age of 80. His wife, sheila, said sir teddy, who had been ill for some months, died in Southend Hospital late last night. He was stripped of the tory whip because of his opposition to the maastricht treaty. He represented constituencies in glasgow and southend before retiring from parliament in 2005. Nearly half of fridges and freezers on the market have flammable plastic backs. Thats according to research by the Consumer Group which, who are advising people to stop buying them and asking manufacturers to stop making them because of the potential fire risk. Our correspondent Simon Gompertz is here. What precisely is which concerned about . As you say, they are worried about . As you say, they are worried about fridges that have usually plastic, but a non fire retardant backing, which can allow fires to spread more quickly. Not necessarily starting a fire, but allow an existing fire to spread. Heres a video that the london fire brigade did two years ago of a test are illustrated. On the right you can see a fridge freezer that has a metal backing. On the left, fridge freezer that has a plastic non fire reta rda nt freezer that has a plastic non fire retardant backing. You can see that a fire is spreading much more quickly on the left hand side. This isa quickly on the left hand side. This is a concern and which has tested more than 500 current fridges and freezers on the market and found nearly half of them, they are the unhappy with the fire retardant nature of the backing, which as you can see is allowing the fire took spread more chris grube. They are mentioning hotpoint, ikea and in different. All the fridges they have tested a re different. All the fridges they have tested are ones that comply with current standards and they are not suggesting you shouldnt, that you should throw out the fridge that you have, just that you should be cautious about buying new ones. This is from two years ago. Standards have been raised since then. But the london fire brigade is still concerned about even improved fridges and freezers on the market, saying that with improved fire reta rda nt saying that with improved fire retardant backing is they are still leaving spaces where an outside fire might get in and spread more quickly. Simon gompertz, thank you. Three years after prince harry founded the Invictus Games, the uks biggest team yet is on its way to toronto in canada to compete in this years event. The athletes will be joining more than 500 men and women from 17 nations whove served in the military and have been wounded in action. Our correspondent tim muffett has been to meet members invictus, a latin word meaning unconquered. At Heathrow Airport this morning, the 90 strong uk team heading to the Invictus Games in toronto were in bullish mood. It gives you that purpose, it gives you that goal. It gives you something thats been missing for so long. Something that gets you up in the morning. What impact does taking part in the Invictus Games have . Because you took part in 2016, didnt you . Yes, it had a huge impact on me. It basically taught me to believe in myself. It taught me to just focus on what i can do and take as many opportunities as i can. Devised by prince harry, the event was first held in london in 2014. A chance for injured, sick and Wounded Service personnel from across the world to compete at the highest level. Lets be honest, no one really knew how big 2014s games were going to be. We honestly thought it was going to be some soldiers playing a bit of sports, and we had no idea of the magnitude of it. We had no idea it was going to be a sell out crowd. The second Invictus Games were held last year in florida. Craig winspear picked up a silver medal in the wheelchair basketball. Hes hoping the uk team can go one better in toronto. Definitely a gold this time, yes. Craig was injured serving in afghanistan in 2011. My role was to go in search of ieds and dispose of them. Unfortunately i was badly injured, i lost both my legs. Taking part in an event like this, you are not sitting on the couch, you are pushing yourself, driving forwards. You want to do more, notjust in a sporting aspect in life. With 17 nations taking part, this will be the largest Invictus Games so far. The sporting action gets under way in toronto on saturday, but for these 90 uk competitors, the journey begins right now. Tim muffett, bbc news, at Heathrow Airport. Time for a look at the weather. Hurricane maria has destroyed the power grid of puerto rico. The mayor asked said they could be looking at four to six months

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