Hi there, everyone. Its 4 00 in New York. At this hour, millions of people along Floridas Gulf Coast are bracing for one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in The Atlantic basin. The outer bands of Hurricane Milton are already hitting parts of the state. It is forecast to make landfall some time tonight between 10 00 p. M. Eastern and 2 00 a. M. And is expected to double in size before making landfall. This is the scene right now in ft. Myers, florida, being battered by high winds and rain. The top concern for officials at this moment is making sure that residents get to safety. The window for evacuating is now rapidly closing. Even as the storm is already complicating those efforts. This video shows a tornado touching down near i75 in south florida, thats hundreds of miles from Hurricane Miltons core. Just a few hours ago, president Joe Biden called Hurricane Milton, quote, the storm of the century. And made a plea to people in the Storms Path to please evacuate. First, man
Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. The head of the security service, mi5, has given a rare public Speech Warning that russia is on a mission to bring mayhem to The Streets of the uk. Ken mccallum says there has been a marked rise in the threat from Russia And Iran. And he spoke of a staggering rise in children being investigated for terrorism with very young people are being drawn into what he called poisonous online extremism. Our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner reports. State back to sabotage and other plots in britain late today at the door of Iran And Russia according to mis. Door of Iran And Russia according to mi5. From the russian embassy In London the last remaining military Intelligence Officer has been expeued Intelligence Officer has been expelled This year. But russian State Subversion according to mi5 continues. The gru, the same russian organisation are blamed for the 2018 salisbury Nerve Agent Attack is on a mission to generate mayhem on british and Eu
Involved in either. There are so many layers of complexity to what is going on in seven lebanon at the moment. As hezbollah sends those missiles towards israel for that and the idf tries to push for that you heard Antonio Guterres defending the palestinian refugees and the work that they are doing for the place talking about the number of people displaced, 60,000 In Northern Israel for the more than1 million here in lebanon for the people who had to flee their homes because of the fighting. You listen to what is being said and you listen to whats going on, hes talking about diplomatic solutions, ways to try and solve theirs. None of those seem to be getting any closerjust yet. And he had some pretty blunt things to say also about israel is conducting the campaign in gaza. He said there is something fundamentally wrong with the way israels war in gaza is being conducted. He also said they are ordering civilians to evacuate does not keep them safe if there is no safe place to go. That wi
And in the uk, conservative mps prepare to eliminate another candidate from the party Leadership Contest. Hello, im annita mcveigh, and welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We start with all the latest developments in the middle east, and more than 100 rockets have been fired by hezbollah into the northern israeli city of haifa. Ma ny were intercepted by israeli defences. By israeli defences. But some did get through. But some did get through. Israel says it fired back at israel says it fired back at the launch is used for the the launch is used for the beirut, israel says it has attack. Attack. The latest salvos came the latest salvos came after a separate announcement after a separate announcement by israel that it had by israel that it had expanded its Ground Invasion expanded its Ground Invasion into south west lebanon. Into south west lebanon. In Lebanons Capital in Lebanons Capital beirut, israel says it has killed the commander of he
Attacks by hamas gunmen took place. More than 300 young people attending the festival were killed others were taken hostage. It has been called israels 9 11 by some, and like the attack on the world trade center, its had massive repercussions around the world in both politics and economics. Michelle fleury has more on the global impact one year on. The middle East Conflict could add to the risks already facing the global economy. The escalation comes at a time of uncertainty around the upcoming us election and as china tries to stabilise its struggling economy. Economists warn the war could push up inflation if Trade Routes are disrupted, causing the cost of Oil And Shipping to rise. A big concern is whether any escalation could block the strait of hormuz, a major shipping channel. A third of Oil Tanker Traffic and one fifth of lng frozen gas passes through there. The Oil Markets are already reacting. The price of Brent Crude jumped 5 last thursday after President Biden said the us was