we start in florida, where the state is being battered by hurricane ian. this is the scene live in tampa bay, showing the sunshine skyway bridge, which is getting battered by the heavy wind and rain. there are warnings of catastrophic damage, both from the high winds, which are gusting at up to 235 kilometres per hour, that s around 145 miles per hour, and from the heavy rain. combine that with what experts are saying could be the highest storm surge on record, and there are fears for the safety of thousands of people. azadeh moshiri is in tampa for us. a life threatening hurricane is now barrelling towards america s sunshine state. and put millions under evacuation orders across the west coast. ian is unpredictable. it s already caused widespread damage in cuba, wiping out power to the country s entire grid, with some residents killed. but now its hurricane force winds are leaving the gulf of mexico and taking aim at florida s coast. this satellite image shows the eye of the
it s six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening across florida where the state is being battered by hurricane ian. there are warnings of catastrophic damage both from the high winds which are gusting at up to 240 kilometres per hour, that s around 150 miles per hour. and from the heavy rain. combine that with what experts are saying could be the highest storm surge on record and there are fears for the safety of thousands of people. let s get the latest now from our correspondent azadeh moshiri who s in tampa bay. a life threatening hurricane is now barrelling towards america s sunshine state. and put millions under evacuation orders across the west coast. ian is unpredictable. it s already caused widespread damage in cuba, wiping out power to the country s entire grid, with some residents killed. but now its hurricane force winds are leaving the gulf of mexico and taking aim at florida s coast. this satellite image shows the eye of the hurricane packed w
protesters. we start in florida where the state is being battered by hurricane ian. there are warnings of catastrophic damage both from from the high winds which are gusting at up to 235 kilometres per hour, that s around 145 miles per hour. you can see the image that this is the seen life in florida at the moment. the gusts of wind that are blowing throughout that are blowing throughout that state as i was saying at around 230 kph that is around 145 mph and also the damage thatis 145 mph and also the damage that is being caused by the heavy rain. combine that with what experts are saying could be the highest storm surge on record and there are fears for the safety of thousands of people. azadeh moshiri is in tampa for us a life threatening hurricane is now barrelling towards america s sunshine state. and put millions under evacuation orders across the west coast. ian is unpredictable. it s already caused widespread damage in cuba, wiping out power to the country s entire gri
That they hope to spook kim jong un by making this meeting so public and putting the eyes of the world on him and on this travel, that he will decide it is just too dangerous to go, and by thwarting the meeting they probably hope they can thwart the arms deal. The us priority in this right now seems to be to stop these weapons getting to the front line of ukraine. But here in south korea the concerns run much deeper. It is, what does this mean for the future of russian and korean cooperation . Russia is desperate and it is expected that kim jong un would put a high price on any weapons he would sell the russian leader. The things he will broadly worry about are, could this increase Military Cooperation in this region between north korea and russia . Could we see Military Drills between the two sides . Another fear is that kim jong un might ask for russian weapons at some point far in the future when north korea needs them most. So by far the biggest worry is if he could demand from Vla
reception and signed a mutual defence agreement with leader kim jong un. the pact would see russia and north korea help each other in the event of aggression against either country. north korea s leader called the agreement a new high level of alliance , sparking concerns in western countries. but the full details of the pact, and its consequences, remain unclear. you during those talks, kim jong un supported moscow s moscow s invasion of ukraine. in response, kyiv has called for a more rigorous global effort to isolate russia and north korea. the bbc sjean mackenzie has more on the view from ukraine. mahela pareja moeaki x10 president zelenskyyclosest advisers and has come out saying this meeting is proof north korea is now providing russia with the resources it needs to kill ukrainians. now what he is referring to is what the ukrainians but also the us, the ukrainians but also the us, the uk, south korea have been saying for some time now, which is that north korea is p