To help find her. More than a Million People are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits chinas east coast. And in half an hour here on bbc news protecting our planet explores how best we can take care of our environment. Good evening. The billionaire businessman and convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, has died in prison in new york. Hes believed to have taken his own life. Epstein once counted among his friends bill clinton, donald trump and prince andrew, and was charged last month with trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. He was due to stand trial next year. From new york, our correspondent, nada tawfik reports. Jeffrey epsteins extravagant lifestyle saw him party with us president donald trump. Once a mans teacher in manhattan, the finance youre accumulated a fortune that gained him access into high society. Once Close Friends with in santry, he hosted a vacation with but that mask his accusers crimes. He sexually assaulted young girls who he had to give
The country has seen, in almost a decade. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers martin lipton, chief Sports Reporter at the sun, and jane merrick, whos the policy editor at the i stay with us for that. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The fbi is to investigate the death of the multi millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his cell, in a jail in new york. The 66 year old is believed to have taken his own life, while awaiting trial on new charges, of trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. Epstein had once counted among his friends bill clinton, donald trump and Prince Andrew. He was due to stand trial next year. Our north america correspondent neda tawfik reports from new york. The body ofJeffrey Epstein is taken away from a New York Hospital this evening. The multimillionaire sex offender was found dead in his prison cell as he awaited trial for sex trafficking. Once, epsteins extravagant lifes
I had very bad anger issues because of obviously what happened to me, i didnt trust anybody at all, which led me to get into trouble, self destruct. Well be speaking to the local mp whos been campaigning on behalf of some of the victims. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Borisjohnson urges Political Parties in Northern Ireland to step up their efforts to restore power sharing, during a visit to belfast. Clearly the people of Northern Ireland have been without a government, without stormont for two years and six months, so my prime focus this morning is to do everything i can to help that get up and running again, as i think that is profoundly in the interest of people here. Ryanair warns of job cuts in the coming weeks, saying the airline has 900 too many pilots and cabin crew. Bridges collapse and hundreds of homes are flooded in North Yorkshire, as almost a months rain falls in four hours. Research shows the effect of Climate Change on the uk the met office says the ten warmes
And it does look like snow. It is good afternoon. Coming up on afternoon not quite what it seems because i play is under way at the all england club, was not actually a metre of hail before we go to sport, i want to should be a terrific fortnight, accumulating in any one location, plenty to cheer for the british live, all the sport. Ta ke before we go to sport, i want to take you back to hong kong because the thinking is that because it is a tennis fans already, this is the scene live there right lets get the very latest warm climate, a lot of that hale from wimbledon. Melted when it reached the ground now. We understand that protesters afternoon, wimbledon is under way and then youve got a lot of flash have smashed their way into the and Novak Djokovic has just started john watson is there. The defence of his title. You will flooding, and then the additional Legislative Council. You can see the be back there later in the hour. I hail that was falling was almost pictures there. Protest
In the semis today. Talking of rain, edgbaston may see a shower today as good wimbledon although it is an outside chance. There are showers in the forecast, the heaviest from lincolnshire northwards. Its thursday the 11th ofjuly. Our top story. Iranian boats have tried to intercept a British Oil Tanker in iranian waters but reportedly withdrew after a british warship trained its guns on them. The incident happened in the strait of hormuz a strategically important stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the united arab emirates. Lets get more details now from simonjones who is outside the ministry of defence for us this morning. Peter bowes. Growing tensions in the gulf of. A British Oil Tanker should be seized, steady run, if the iranians ship is not released. It was expected of carrying oilfrom not released. It was expected of carrying oil from iran not released. It was expected of carrying oilfrom iran to not released. It was expected of c