Oui serving our nation and protecting our safety in our hour of need. And today isaac continues to do exactly that. Isaac still works at the pentagon, now as a sergeant. He is on duty right now and he is he hasjoined us is on duty right now and he is he has joined us today for the ceremony. And this morning all of us and all of america thank isaac for his service. Where is isaac . Applause thank you. Thank you, isaac. Thank you. Applause to isaac and to every First Responder and survivor of the attack you carry, on the legacy of the friends you lost, you keep alive the memory of those who perished and you make america proud. Very, very proud. To the family members with us today, i know that its with a pained and heavy heart that you come back to this place, but by doing so, by choosing to persevere through the grief, the sorrow, you honour your heroes. You renew grief, the sorrow, you honour your heroes. You renew oui grief, the sorrow, you honour your heroes. You renew our courage gri
Are debating the bill that will transfer eu law into uk law ahead of brexit. Also in the next hour, more than three hundred thousand Muslim Rohingyas have now fled myanmar as the un says the systematic attacks on them amount to ethnic cleansing. The parents of a six year old child threaten to sue their sons school after boys were allowed to come to class wearing dresses. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The us state of florida has been battered by Hurricane Irma causing widespread damage. President trump has described it as a storm of catastrophic severity and added he was marshalling the full resources of the federal government to deal with its aftermath. At least four people have been killed, and more than half of all homes and businesses in the state are without power. Parts of miami are under water. The hurricane has swept up from the caribbean where it killed dozens of people and wreaked terrible damage. Over the weekend it hit cu bas northern coast, then moved north batter
And try to get them back to a sense of normalcy. Community. With so many areas abandoned, looting has been a major problem. Here the targets are sports shops, boxes of trainers piled into cars. The police say they wont tolerate criminal activity and a number of arrests have been made. Overnight Hurricane Irma has weakened further but continues to cause damage in its path. Today a group of dutch tourist in saint martin were evacuated to the nearby island ofjericho, still traumatised by their experience. Translation we are alive so we should be happy with that. It wasnt nice. Ive never experienced anything like it. Translation five days without water, electricity and supplies, thats a long time. I have left but others havent. Theyve lost their whole existence. Across the caribbean, major relief and rescue operation is underway. Here the French Military are bringing humanitarian aid to communities who have been cut out for days. Hundreds of british troops have also been deployed to uk ter
Lets begin in the us, where Hurricane Irma has now been downgraded to a Tropical Storm as it passes over florida. But its left 6 million homes without power 62 of the state. Four people are also believed to have been killed. This shows the predicted path of the storm. Right now its sitting over the north of florida and southern georgia. Miami managed to dodge the worst but there was still severe flooding and high winds. Lets give you a sense of what happened in various places. These are pictures from the city of miami. It missed the worst of irma when it changed course at the last minute but as you can see there was still significant flooding in parts of the city. Jacksonville to the north of florida also suffered serious flooding. A lot of the flooding there had to do with storm surges overwhelming parts of downtown and other areas. This is naples on floridas west coast. It was one of the worst hit. This is where the eye of hurricane eventually made landfall on the us mainland. It was
Future Space Tourism. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. In florida and the caribbean, government officials and aid agencies are gearing up for one of the biggest relief operations the region has seen. Hurricane irma has been downgraded to a storm but as it travelled across the caribbean to florida it left at least 30 people dead and cities flooded. In a moment, well be hearing from cuba, which was battered by massive waves reportedly 36 feet high. And well be in the British Virgin islands, where the aid operation is finally beginning. But first to florida, where up to 6 million homes thats more than half the population are without power. Aleem maqbool is in miami. After a day of darkness and fury, miami opened its eyes to the aftermath. This city is now littered with the hurricanes debris. Boats were even lifted clean out of the bay and dumped on the shore. People here are emerging from their shelters and barricaded homes to try to start clearing up. So, you got up this morning, an