and later we will take a closer look at the movement to ban certain books in schools and libraries across the u.s. what can be done to fight the bans, that s coming up. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin in the atlantic basin where tropical storm ian continues to strengthen. fueled by warm energizing waters off the caribbean the latest forecast shows it growing to a category 4 hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slamming into florida. now, it would be the first major hurricane to hit the state in four years. president joe biden has declared a federal emergency in the state. florida governor ron desantis declaring a state of emergency as well and residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys are being urged to prepare for storm surge, hurricane force winds and heavy rain. this is the calm before the storm, i ve seen lines at the gas stations and the natural gas, propane. they re taking it serious and i
it s being called the mission to save humanity. we ll take you inside nasa s plan to crash into an asteroid . we begin by tracking two dangerous storm systems. first, tropical storm ian churning across the warm, energizing waters of the caribbean right now. the latest forecast shows it strengthening to a category 4 hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slams into florida next week. it could be the first major hurricane to hit the state in four years. president joe biden has declared a federal emergency in the state. florida governor ron desantis declared a state of emergency as well. residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys are being urged to prepare for storm surge, hurricane-force winds, and heavy rain. we want everyone to ensure that their emergency equipment, their hurricane shutters, their battery-operated radios, battery-powered, that they re all in good working order and that sufficient emergency supplies are on hand. seven days of perishable foo
saying another member of staff was in the company at all times. go slow on motorways around the uk, as convoys of cars take part in fuel protests. beef is off the menu for some school meals, as caterers say rising prices is forcing them to look for cheaper alternatives. cheering. and after his fine for bad behaviour, five sets and some swearing as nick kyrgios goes through to the wimbledon quarterfinals. and coming up on the bbc news channel on day four of the fifth and final test, england are chasing a target of 378 as they look to beat india and level the series 2 2. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. just before the weekend, number 10 said the prime minister did not know of any specific allegations of sexual misconduct against his ex deputy chief whip chris pincher before giving him a job in february. but today, number 10 has admitted borisjohnson was aware of reports and speculation about mr pincher. the mp has been suspended from the conservative p
are in the city of meshhud. this is the hometown of the ayat ayatollah. you see that statue there, it s a symbol of the islamic revolution, being burned by a crowd. extremely heroic. and they are facing an absolutely brutal crackdown in response. amnesty international saying live fire is being deliberately and directly fired into crowds of demonstrators. you have internet restrictions that have been in place now for days, limiting people s abilities to organize, limiting the news coming out of the country. and there are concerns that this crackdown will only intensify, that this brutal repression of dissent will only get worse. we ve seen examples of this in iran, examples of what the iranian state does when it s threatened. 2019 when there were fuel protests. hundreds of people were believed killed by the security forces at the time. and there s fears there may be a