Irelands Conor Mcgregor takes on Floyd Mayweather in las vegas. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The most powerful storm to hit the United States for more than a decade is heading towards the gulf coast states of texas and louisana. Hurricane harvey is gathering in strength as it heads towards the coast. Its expected to reach land in the next few hours, with winds of around 120 mph. This is the satellite imagery of the category 3 storm, as it approaches the state of texas. Thousands of residents are boarding up their homes and heading inland, following warnings that parts of the state could be uninhabitable for weeks. Up to a metre of rain is expected to fall. From texas, james cooke reports. The view from space as Hurricane Harvey barrels towards the United States of america. The storm blew up fast in the gulf of mexico, taking texans by surprise. Now time is scarce to prepare for the worst. Its a hurricane that will prove more dangerous than many hurricanes. Not only are we going
Health organization declares ebola pretty much contained. And the battle in eastern ukraine. How separatists are fighting to keep the gas flowing. Have Houthi Rebels are celebrating in sanaa, fireworks are lighting up the skies a day after a peace deal was signed. But houthi raiders, now control large parts of the country and key areas of the capital. Lets take a closer look at their positions. The main strong holds are in the mountainous north of the country. They began pushing out from sada, and five days ago the houthis began their assault on the capital. Parliament and the defense ministry. Sanaas central bank and after heavy fighting, yemen, state tv building. From sanaa, mohamed val reports. It is clear who is in control. These arnolding Houthi Rebels. They have these armed Houthi Rebels. Keeping guard in front of major institutions such as this one iman university. , deployed on hills surrounding the sixth military zone which they took over on sunday. There appears to be no sign
Israel accuses three teenagers of an act of spying in the gaza war. What goes up must come down work begins on a spaceport in texas. The news this morning is that the United States carried out air strikes in syria for the first type. The targets fighters from i. S. I. L. , the Islamic State of iraq and levant. Saudi arabia, jordan, bahrain and the u. A. E. Have been involved, and qatar has been involving support. The pentagon says u. S. Fighter jets started hitting the tarts on monday. You look at the map. The areas in yellow, the fighters or parts held by the i. S. I. L. Fighters in the air strikes they hit the city of raqqa, a stronghold for the i. S. I. L. Fighters, the center of their operations until they captured mosul. It struck on the border with iraq, buildings, checkpoints and weapons Stores Coming under fire. Here is what we heard from john kirby lets start the coverage with events being followed from amman in jordan, and well talk specifically about jordan. First, what happ
Teenagers. Plus im faiz jamil, in indian administers kashmir. Coming up well see how people are coping with the worst flooding in over a century. Top story, the u. S. And five of its arab allies have launched their first air strikes in syria. The group has taken over large parts of syria and iraq and wants to establish an Islamic State in the region. Several areas were targeted. The pentagon says the operation involved war planes, drones and tomahawk missiles. And the u. S. Lead the attacks with support from jordan, saudi arabia, the uae, qatar, and bahrain. At least 17 Islamic State fighters were killed. Were joined in this action by our friends and partners, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, jordan, bahrain, and qatar. Americas proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with these nations on behalf of our common security. The strength of this coalition makes it clear to the world that this is not americas fight alone. Above all the people and governments in the middle east are rejecti
Into yEastern Ukraine after days of being held up at the border. And contemporary artist provide a unique incite into their experiences. Gaza Security Officials say 18 suspected israeli collaborators were executed on friday. It comes a day after israeli strikes killed three senior hamas members. Who more palestinians died on a farm in central gaza on friday morning. The attacks follow the United Nations warning that the situation in the strip for children is dire. Unicef says 469 children have died in the conflict, and the toll is expected to rise. Jane ferguson joins us live. Tell us what you found out about the executions, jane . Jane, the area were in is where the most recent executions took place. 11 took place late last night. It was about 3 00 or 4 00 in the morning. It is believed that six men were executed right here in this street. You can still see remanents of that. These bags were placed over peoples head and there is still blood in the streets. Just further down the street