Been cancelled, ahead of its landfall, which is expected to bring strong winds of up to 165 mph, 270 kph. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the southeastern us; 225 people were killed by the natural disaster across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlantic ocean, making the sunshine state the only one to be affected twice. President biden has postponed a trip to germany to oversee preparations and prepare a federal response. He urged those in milton s path to evacuate, calling it a matter of life and death. Our correspondent gordon corera sent this report from tampa in florida. An exodus from tampa. Long lines of traffic snaking out of the city tell you that the warnings are being taken seriously here. Florida is used to hurricanes, but the message has been that this time is different. The city is still
Countrys year long Military Campaign as a Sacred Mission which will continue so long as its existence is threatened. Benjamin netanyahu said the operations in gaza, lebanon and elsewhere in the region must not be stopped as he put it prematurely. His remarks came in a televised address at The End of commemorations marking the first anniversary of the deadly attacks by hamas. This morning and through the night, Rocket Warnings have continued to sound in northern israel. Israels military says Suhail Hussein husseini the target of its latest Air Strikes on beirut oversaw logistics and Weapons Transfers with iran. Hezbollah has not confirmed hes been killed. Lets Ta Ke lets take you live to the region, these are the latest pictures we have coming in at Bbc London of the skyline over beirut. More strikes in recent hours. Our Correspondentjoe Inwood has the latest. Beirut plunged into darkness by this spreading war. Huge swathes of the city illuminated only by the explosions of incoming miss
Countrys year long Military Campaign as A Sacred Mission which will continue so long as its existence is threatened. Benjamin netanyahu said the operations in gaza, lebanon and elsewhere in the region must not be stopped as he put it prematurely. His remarks came in a televised address at The End of commemorations marking the first anniversary of the deadly attacks by hamas. Israel says Suhail Hussein husseini the target of its Beirut Air Strike oversaw logistics for hezbollah which is designated a Terrorist Group by countries including the us and the uk. Hezbollah hasnt confirmed hes been killed. In a televised statement its Deputy Leader claimed hezbollah s capabilities were intact and that Israel Israel was, in his words, deluded to think otherwise. Here are the live pictures. This is the capital, beirut. We know from israels military that its Ground Troops had started operations in south west lebanon, that is a change, they tend to focus on the South East of the border but now the
On the lebanese capital, where there have been further Air Strikes today. Israel further Air Strikes today. Says it is expanding its Ground Israel says it is expanding its Ground Invasion of lebanon. The target, according to israel, was suhail hussein husseini. He played a crucial role in Weapons Transfers from iran. Hezbollah, designated a Terrorist Group by countries like the uk and us, have not confirmed his death. Meanwhile, the decalitre of hezbollah has made a televised statement here insisting his organisation s capabilities remain intact and said israel was deluded to think otherwise and that the group had fulfilled all of its senior positions after the strides of recent weeks. This is the scene just across the skyline of beirut, the capital of lebanon. You can see the thick smoke there above the capital. In the last few minutes, israel has said that 25 projectiles were fired from lebanon, that is the israel defense force, saying they have identified projectiles which usually
Four becomes three tory mps eliminate Tom Tugendhat from the race to be the next leader of their party. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Presiden biden has warned Hurricane Milton could be the worst to hit the state of florida in a century. The category four storm will make landfAll in the next 48 hours. 51 florida counties are under a state of emergency, residents have been told to get out, fast. On monday, the mayor of the city of tampa said those who remained in areas subject to Evacuation Orders would die. As well as sustained winds of about 260 kilometres an hour, the hurricane is predicted to bring Storm Surges of up to 3. 5 metres to western florida. In the last Hour President biden spoke to the white house. My biden spoke to the white house. My trip to germany and africa, try to work those out later, i just dont think i can get out of the country at this time. Number One, numbertwo, we, we are going to stay focused with whats hitting us right now. Ive been briefed by senior leader