Justin forsyth says there were claims of inappropriate behaviour was he was out the charity save the children. The Syrian Government continues to bombard the rebel enclave Eastern Ghouta near damascus. Activists say more than 100 civilians were killed today. 127 civilians were killed yesterday. Thousands have died since the siege began five years ago. Eastern ghouta is particularly important because its the last major rebel stronghold near damascus. Those rebels hold most of it. They control another area to the south of damascus. This area though is controlled by the Islamic State group. All of eastern ghoota is surrounded by Government Forces and they want it back. These pictures show how its going about that. The un has issued this statement on the situation there. It says it is blank. In a footnote it says. We no longer have the words to describe childrens suffering and our outrage. Do those inflicting the suffering still have words to justify their barbaric acts . The answer to tha
Houston and other parts of texas will worsen in the coming days and then be slow to reseed. Additional 20an inches of rain could fall in the coming days on two of more than 30 on top of rather more than 30 inches, some areas have received. The acting Homeland Security secretary tells bloomberg it is too early to predict cost estimates on the toll of devastation caused by harvey. She outlined in media priorities for the department. No preliminary estimates at this time. At this point, we are doing what the president asked us to do and said people first, and paperwork later. We are looking at searchandrescue. Secretary duke says officials expect floodwaters to peak thursday, at least 30,000 people are in official shelters, thousands more have and displays. Officials released more water from houston was a bars houston reservoirs. Say ancy officials controlled release could cause additional street flooding, but if steps for not taken, rising water levels and rain could cause the dams to br
Eye on the surf and the potential for flooding and following an accuweather alert for parts of our region as the impact of hurricane jose begins to peak. We have Live Team Coverage tracking the effects at the shore and we begin with cecily tynan with the latest from the National Weather center. Monica and rick hurricane jose remains a category hurricane maximum sustained winds 75 Miles Per Hour. Its tracking 200 miles off coast and you can see the highest winds, the most intense rain right around the center of it, beginning to make the turn to the northnortheast. Moving at 8 Miles Per Hour. Some showers are moving in south jersey and delaware and even a few light showers near philadelphia and the reports show you that we are dealing with gusty winds and one buoy in the mouth of the delaware bay winds sustained at 28 Miles Per Hour and gusting up to 40 Miles Per Hour but the most intense part of jose is the wave action. Its really whipping up the surf wave heights impressive up to 25 fe
Not gotten the message. Lets go over to meteorologist chris sowers with more. You dont like this kind of heat. Reporter i dont like it in october. The normal high for this time of the year is 75 were sitting at 71. You know it will be a scorcher when we are starting out this warm. 62 in millville, millville, 2 in reading, 65 in millville. 71 in philadelphia. Theres a slight increase in humidity this afternoon. With high temperatures in the low 90s you add the humidity it becomes increasingly more uncomfortable as the day wears on. Satellite and radar nothing going on a huge area High Pressure planted over the mid Atlantic States today. Forecast for the eagles taking on the giants. Home opener, it will feel like the milled of july, sunny and hot. First quarter temperature, 87, 4th quarter 90 degrees. The humidity increases, as well. Well focus on Hurricane Maria and her track up the eastern seaboard. President trump is creating more controversy falg following a rant of about the nl and
Ta ke i held my hands up for that. Id take responsibility, i led the campaign andi take responsibility, i led the campaign and i am sorry. The other main news this hour go that way. Get out of here. Video of the Moment Police react to first reports of a gunman in las vegas and the First Responder who knew his daughter was only yards away. I cannot describe it as anything but carnage. There were bodies lying on the ground and there were people running around who were shot. Spains political crisis worsens as catalonia says it will declare independence in a matter of days. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may has struggled to deliver a difficult keynote speech to delegates at the conservative Party Conference in manchester. The Prime Minister suffered coughing fits throughout the speech, repeatedly struggling with her voice. It was not the only difficulty for mrs may, who was interrupted by a well known prankster, who handed her a piece of paper marked p45. In her speech, t