live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore, and 6 pm in the us, where the state of florida has been hit by one of the most powerful hurricanes in the history of the united states, with winds of up to 150 miles an hour. hurricane ian has torn a path of destruction through towns and cities, leaving more than 2 million homes and businesses without power, and experts warning of life threatening flooding. it could cause more damage as it heads north into the carolinas, the storm system has regained hurricane strength. our north america correspondent, john sudworth, reports from fort myers. florida had been told to brace for a life threatening event and the city of fort myers was the first to feel the hurricane s power. boats were piled on top of each other, parts of the harbour pushed up onto the shore. at their peak, wind speeds reached over 150 mph. residents who had ignored warnings to evacuate were told to shelter
british prime minister, liz truss, has defended her government s chaos, and a sharp drop in the value of the pound. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejessica elgot, deputy political editor at the guardian and emma wolf an author and journalist. we usually start with newspaper front pages, but the economist magazine s cover is so eye catching, we thought we d kick off with it: under a banner of how not to run a country it shows liz truss and kwasi kwarteng in a sinking rowing boat named great britain . the i newspaper continues the theme with the banner: tories fear wipe out after three weeks of truss as pm, also highlighting the yougov poll which they suggest shows more than half of voters would back the opposition in a general election. the times picks up with new bad news. the daily mail echoes the sentiment trust i am not for turning. the guardian looks ahead to tomorrow s meeting between liz truss and br