And the us are called off. President trump blames a deadly attack in the afghan capital, kabul. Ships and aircraft evacuate thousands of people from islands in the bahamas worst hit by Hurricane Dorian aid agencies say the situation is desperate. British Airways Pilots prepare to go on strike for the first time in the airlines history. And coming up at 12. 30, click travels to new mexico, to ask the team at virgin galactic, about plans to put tourists into space. Good morning. Amber rudd has been giving more details about why shes resigned from the government. She told the Bbcs Andrew Marr she hasnt seen enough evidence that downing street is doing enough to get a brexit deal. And shes angry about the expulsion of what she called good and moderate conservative mps. The chancellor sajid javid said he was saddened by her resignation and he did not agree that the government wasnt putting serious effort into getting a new deal. Heres what amber rudd had to say on the Andrew Marr Show this
Destroyed an israeli tank. Hello and welcome to world news today. Hurricane dorian has made landfall in the bahamas as the worst ever storm to hit the islands. The latest pictures were getting show the hurricanes effects already being felt on the bahaman abaco islands. The Us National Hurricane centre has warned of catastrophic conditions with winds of 260 kilometers an hour, and storm surges of up to seven metres high. Heres bbc weathers nick miller. It looks like the worst Case Scenario for the bahamas as Hurricane Dorian moves in with its destructive winds. Of course, it has strengthened. You can see the eye on the satellite picture, always an indication of the power of a hurricane. Its slow moving, too, and that means its destructive winds last longer, along with the rain. Huge amounts of rainfall. And a storm surge. The amount of water above normal tide level coming to the bahamas, particularly the northern islands, the abaco islands into grand bahama. Now, after the bahamas, wher
They are gathered together for the white house Correspondents Dinner without the president. Comedians getting in their own jabs as thousands of trump critics protest his stance on climate change. And festival fail. We have got new details on that luxury weekend in paradise that turned into a disaster. The events cofounder speaking out this morning. We took a big jump. A big risk. And d1 has failed. And celebrity bella hadid shares her feels on the Fyre Festival fiasco. Good sunday morning, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us. Overnight, we did see the split screen. On one side, the president marking his 100th day in office with a raucous rally in pennsylvania. On the other side, members of the national media, dressed to the nines, partying at the annual white house Correspondents Dinner. A soiree the president decided to skip the this year. We have full coverage of that coming up. We want to start with the breaking news here. A powerful and deadly storm barrelling through the ce
In washington. They are gathered together for the white house Correspondents Dinner. Without the president. Comedians getting in their own jabs as thousands of trump critics protest his stance on climate change. And festival fail. We have got new details on that luxury weekend in paraties that turned into a disaster. The events cofounder speaking out this morning. We took a big jump here and a big risk. And d1 has failed. Where hes putting the blame. And celebrity bella hadid is sharing her feelings on the Fyre Festival disaster. Good sunday morning, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us. Overnight, we did see the split screen. On one side, the president marking his 100th day in office with a raucous rally in pennsylvania. The national media, dressed to the nines, partying at the annual white house Correspondents Dinner, a soiree the president decided to skip this year. More on that coming up. We wart to start with this. A powerful and deadly storm barrelling through the central p
Second try this morning at launching a satellite for classified u. S. Mission. Before attempting to land the rocket back on the launch pad. Sensor problems scrubbed yesterdays launch attempt. Those are just some of our top stories on monday, may 1st. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you all. Start this half hour with a Severe Weather warning in effect for millions of americans across much of the eastern u. S. Here is the reason why. We fake a look at the latest weather radar. It shows a loon of powerful storms marching northeastward. Triggering warnings from North Carolina into new york. And over the weekend, those storms brought downpours and deadly floods and spawned powerful tornados. Killing at least 14 people across four states. The tornados flattened homes, uprooted trees, flipped cars, carved out dozens of miles of devastation along the way. Abcs Marci Gonzalez was there for the worst in texas. Reporter at least four people dead after four powerfu