Leaders manchester city. And louise has the weather. A grey, damp and dull start for england and wales. Leigh good morning. First our main story. A relief operation is under way in the philippines where nearly 200 people are known to have died in flash flooding and mudslides. The president of the philippines will today visit communities devastated by Tropical Storm tembin. Sarah corker reports. In the raging floodwaters, rescue efforts are frantic and dangerous. Ropes are all these villagers have the pull each other to safety. Storm tembin tore through mindanao, the philippines second largest island of home to 20 Million People. Flash floods and landslides have cut off entire communities and washed away homes. And with more than 100 people missing, that death toll may rise. The remote village of dalama has been buried. 0fficial help has been slow to arrive and volunteers use their bare hands to search for bodies. Translation there used to be 103 houses here, but when the flash flood ha
Weeks election to find out what locals here want from the politicians. In sport, two more years for Arsene Wenger. He will extend his 21 year spell as Arsenal Manager with an official announcement to be made today. As Ariana Grande announces she and some of the biggest names in pop will hold a Benefit Concert for the victims of the Manchester Bombing, well speak to the man who had to organise it all injust four days. And carol has the weather. Good morning. To date will be cloudy gcioss good morning. To date will be cloudy across the southern half of the uk, but equally, brightness, Polyanskiy Share across the north of the country with pleasant sunshine. More details in 15 minutes. Carol, thank you. First, our main story. Police say a dangerous prisoner believed to be armed with a razor blade is on the run after escaping from officers in wiltshire. The man had been taken to hospital with a head injury, before escaping from guards yesterday evening. Lets get more on this from our corres
Charity finds one in Saeed Mohammed Al Naboodah Group Trophy Handicap to have been bullied. And a light show and the Southern Hemisphere. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A huge car bomb in the Afghanistan Capital Kabul has killed at least 80 people and injured over 350. The huge explosion happened in the Diplomatic Quarter of the city near the French Embassy during morning rush hour. Our correspondent Harun Najafizada is at the scene and sent this report. This is the scene of the huge bombing which rocked the Afghan Capital kabul. Today we understand it was a water tanker or a lorry full of explosives which hated this strategic location right in the heart of kabul. It is very close to the german embassy, the indian embassy, the french and british embassies. It is also walking distance from the provincial palace. The police have cordoned off the area at the moment and we are not allowed to move further than this for several reasons. One of them is that there might be another
Colson. Reporting live from Prince Georges County headquarters, part of the complex that was attacked, scott broom, wusa 9. Scott, what did Police Suspect or know what the officer was hit by friendly fire . Reporter i think fairly early on they were able to piece together exactly what happened. Now, last night, they described this as an ambush attack but were careful how they phrased it, an ambush attack on the station, and it was described that officer colson died during a gun battle. Its clear from the witness account that you just heard, 40, 50 shots unfolded over a 10 minute time frame and still cars in the streets or. A police car still damaged yesterday is sitting here. It was clearly chaotic and the young officer was in plainclothes responding to location and perhaps was confused as one of the shooter as he ran towards the scene. Oh, another awful development in an awful story. Investigators tell wusa 9 that michael for ford was distraught over a domestic situation and that may
Said on the subject. The Worst Campaign i have ever seen. They are on the wrong issues and on the wrong message. He is not alone. In a column titled trump is giving up. Conservative New York Times columnist accusing the president of disregarding the obvious Fall Campaign strategy. Push more relief money into the economy, try to take the pandemic seriously and promise the country mask wearing and dollars are a bridge to vaccine in 2021. In pennsylvania, the president not taking it seriously even though the first lady pulled out of the appearance because she is still sick. Not only that and regarding his own illness, nothing is deterring him from holding another potential super spreader event in a state where cases are climbing or stopping him from saying what he loves to say about the pandemic even though new polling shows he is not trusted on the subject. The reason poll just came out, 56 of the people want to be here, not four years ago. They want to be here with us, we are rounding t