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hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with a new update on the devastating toll hurricane ian has taken on florida. at least 64 people were killed across the state. as recovery efforts continue, the number is expected to rise. governor ron desantis at this hour giving a briefing on the storm response and recovery. hurricane ian slamming into florida as a category 4 storm, leveling entire communities. and today severe flooding is complicating rescue and recovery efforts. let s go back to boris sanchez anchoring from ft. myers, florida, for us. reporter: hey, fred. as you reported just a moment ago, the tragic news that the death toll has again climbed earlier today. it was sitting at 45 fatalities. now cnn has confirmed from state officials that it has reached 64 people killed as a result of hurricane ian. and those devastating, nearly category 5, storm force winds. obviously, this is a difficult time for so many across the stat
we ll have the latest from justin rowlatt at the summit, where the prime minister rishi sunak hasjust been speaking. also on the programme. five years after the fire at grenfell tower, which claimed 72 lives, the official public inquiry is drawing to a close. many rail services are still badly disrupted despite a series of planned strikes being called off. how fast could you run in your slippers when you were a kid? laughter. and, peter kay announces his long awaited return to stand up comedy with his first live tour in 12 years. also this hour on bbc london. protests by climate change activists close parts of the m25 this morning, the same day world leaders gather for cop 27. good evening. the global climate summit known as cop 27 has started in egypt, with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. antonio guterres said the world was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down, and that humanity needed to cooperate or perish . he declare
with two against leeds as manchester city won 3 1 to move to second in the table. also coming up: there have been record vinyl sales in the uk as taylor swift tops the charts we ll speak to a long time record store owner. ukraine has been struck by a fresh barrage of russian missiles targeting several major cities. dozens of missiles had been launched from land and sea at the population and civilian infrastructure. several cities from kyiv in the north, odesa in the south, kharkiv in the east and lviv in the west have seen explosions hit their cities. the mayor of kyiv, said 16 missiles had all been shot down by the capitals air defences but at least three people were taken to hospital. in lviv, officials say the city has lost about 90% of its electricity. earlier, ukraine s military intelligence chief told the bbc the conflict was now at a stalemate. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from kyiv. ukrainians have been saying for weeks that this is how russia is re
meanwhile, an attack on ukraine s zaporizhzhia region leaves at least 23 people dead. a mounting death toll in florida after hurricane ian, president biden says it could be deadliest storm ever to hit the state. and saying good bye to sammy the story of a retiring guide dog good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. let us go back to moscow, where we have been listening to president vladimir putin officially, in his view, agreeing to the annexation and signing in the annexation of four regions of ukraine. this follows so called referendums that have been held in those four regions. in the east were talking about dunne esque in law hunts, donetsk and lou hanscombe dott. luhansk, hanscombe dott. lu ha nsk, zaporizhzhia. hanscombe dott. luhansk, zaporizhzhia. these areas supposedly wanting to rejoin russia. i think we might have some pictures of these signing ceremony, which took place in the kremlin in front of members of president putin s government. as you can see there, a