Grand slam quarter final, where hell take on the third seed, bulgarian grigor dimitrov. And in a bbc news special, the french president Emmanuel Macron talks to andrew marr about brexit and frances relationship with the uk. Thats at half past eight. Good evening. The authorities in afghanistan now say that m foreigners and four Afghan Nationals were killed in an attack on an International Hotel in the capital kabul. After heavy fighting that lasted 12 hours, Afghan Special forces took control of the intercontinental hotel, killing the gunmen who stormed it yesterday evening. More than 150 people managed to escape, or were rescued. The taliban says it carried out the attack. Our correspondent Zia Shahreyar reports from kabul. Explosion. The final moments of a fight that had lasted all night. Gunfire. Gunfire and explosions, as Afghan Special forces battle to regain control of the intercontinental hotel. One soldier throws a grenade. He moves away, then the explosion. Explosion. The room
The series against the west indies, winning the third test at lords by nine wickets. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Hurricane irma continues to leave a trail of destruction across the caribbean, today hitting the largest island cu bas northern coastline, cutting power and engulfing villages in storm surges. It hit in the early morning, with winds of up to 160mph. More than a Million People have been moved to safety, along with thousands of tourists, many of them british. The hurricane is expected to reach florida early tomorrow, landing initially in the florida keys and then moving across the south west of the state. Millions of people were ordered to leave their homes. Tonight, time ran out and those who stayed are told it is too late to leave. Will grant reports from the cuban capital, havana. Cu ba ns cubans had hoped they might avoid the worst of Hurricane Irma, they had no such luck. With the full force of the category five storm, the hurricane tore through the islands nort
Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First, the headlines. Hurricane irma is battering cuba with heavy rain and winds of more than 150 miles per hour, hitting the north of the country after already devastating several caribbean islands and killing at least 20 people. Meanwhile officials in southern florida have told 6. 3 million people, a quarter of the states population, to evacuate their homes before the storm arrives tomorrow. The United Nations is warning of an unprecedented refugee crisis in myanmar. It says more than a quarter of a million Rohingya Muslims have crossed the border into bangladesh. A special concert has been held tonight at the manchester arena, which has re opened amid heavy security after the suicide bomb attack which killed 22 people in may. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are ruth lea, Economic Advisor at Arbuthnot Banking group and the author and journalist Yasmin Alibha
To what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are ruth lea, Economic Advisor at Arbuthnot Banking group and the author and journalist Yasmin Alibhai brown. Tomorrows front pages starting with the devastation wrought on cuba by Hurricane Irma is marked by the photograph on the observers front page it says caribbean residents are begging for help. The paper also headlines research from the local Government Association which claims some of the poorest families will be 50 pounds a week worse off by the end of the decade. According to the sunday times, former Prime Minister tony blair claims that if the government brought in proper immigration controls it would be possible to take back control of the uks borders without leaving the eu. The mail on sunday headlines news that the independent inquiry into child sex abuse is being widened to examine a separate Police Inquiry which investigated allegations against former Prime Minister sir edward heath. The sunday telegraph reports th
As well as Energy Security or whether its a danger to Public Health as well as to the environment. Energy companies had hoped to extract shale gas by hydraulically fracturing underground rock across large parts of central scotland, a heavily populated area where residents strongly resisted. Campaigners now hope westminster will take similar action. Now england is the last place where the government is advocating the technology. It is being met with enormous resistance, wherever it is proposed in england. This ban, announced today in scotland, will really add weight to that fight south of the border. Shale gas is already being imported into scotland, fracked in pennsylvania and shipped across the ocean. The importers wanted to extract gas in scotland instead. I think this is a hugely negative message for scotland, beyond our interest in shale. This is a message that says that were not going to rest in science, were going to accept Public Opinion as described as being the basis of the de