This bill simply brings European Union law into uk law, ensuring that, where ever, possible the rules and laws are the same after exit as before. Tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees continue to pour into bangladesh from neighbouring myanmar. And Prince George is dropped off for his first day at school by his dad. And coming up in the sport on bbc news an early wicket forjames anderson in the deciding test against west indies at lords, as he edges ever closer to becoming the first englishman to take 500 test wickets. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. One of the most powerful storms on record Hurricane Irma is continuing to devastate parts of the caribbean. It has almost completely destroyed the islands of barbuda and st martin ten people, including a child, have been killed and its feared that number will rise. The storm has now moved past puerto rico, where it knocked out power for around a million people. It is currently heading for the Dominican Republic, a
Paying their leaders large salaries under new regulations, unless they can under new regulations, unless they ca n prove under new regulations, unless they can prove they are worth the money. Also, growing up fast. Prince george starts his first day at school with a handshake, escorted by prince william. Good morning. Its thursday the 7th of september. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Hurricane irma has caused devastation across the caribbean, killing at least nine people. The small island of barbuda has been severely hit, making it, in the words of its Prime Minister, ba rely habitable, while the islands of anguilla and st martin have also suffered loss of life and significant damage. The storm is currently passing north of puerto rico, where more than half of the islands three million residents are without power. Officials have said it could be cut off for several days. Projections suggest the storm could hit the us state of florida by sunday. Authorities in the Frenc
Picture, irma offshore from the ricoh and the Dominican Republic. Torrential rain. There is an island here and i think it could be hit by Hurricane Irma and it could make la ndfall Hurricane Irma and it could make landfall here as we get on towards midnight. The damage from the storm is not done. It is notjust the 220 mile an hour gusts of wind, but it is the massive storm surge. Up to 20 foot high in places, that will cause further catastrophic damage over the coming days. It is then heading to florida later this weekend. Satellite picture in the uk, showing quite a bit of cloud across the north west. Slippery slide to something rather more unsettled the next few days. A band of rain sinking south into Northern England from scotland and northern ireland. Turning down with patchy rain in wales and the south west. The odd showerfor wales and the south west. The odd shower for the southeast and east anglia. Feeling cool in the winds. 0vernight tonight, this band of rain sinking south. He
We leave is not. This bill invites us we leave is not. This bill invites us to surrender all power and influence over that question to the government and to ministers. That will betray everything we were sent here to do. Were following that debate through the afternoon as it emerges dozens of tory mps have signed a letter warning the government not to keep the country in the eu by stealth. Also in the next hour the crisis in myanmar continues. Tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees continue fleeing the country to bangladesh after nearly two weeks of violence and Prince George starts his first day at school with a handshake, escorted by his father prince william. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. One of the most powerful storms on record Hurricane Irma is continuing to devastate parts of the caribbean. It has almost completely destroyed the islands of barbuda and st martin ten people, including a child, have been killed and its feared that number will rise. The storm has no
Ties with brussels. After more than eight hours of debate late into monday night, lawmakers voted by 326 to 290 in favour of the eu withdrawal bill. It will now go on to face days of line by line scrutiny. Ministers rejected the labour partys claims that the legislation amounted to a power grab. Heres our Political Correspondent alex forsyth this was one of the first big parliamentary tests for the government. This was a bill they wa nted government. This was a bill they wanted to introduce to bring all existing European Union law into uk law. When the uk leads the eu they would not be a big black hole and things could continue as usual. What was contentious was the government wa nted was contentious was the government wanted to allow ministers to make changes to some of those laws without full parliamentary scrutiny. Now, some opposition labour mps, including the labour party leader, said that was a power grab, that it was trying to bypass parliamentary scrutiny and it was not accepta