Wasting coastlines. Nine to 30 degrees to greet us first thing on monday morning but a showery start to hour working week. Some of the showers heavy and thundery. Dodge them and you will see some sunshine but it will not feel very warm out there. 13 to 19 at the very best. A brief lull in proceedings perhaps on tuesday that it will not be long before we see another spell of wet and windy weather that will arrive on tuesday night into the early hours of wednesday morning. This is bbc news. Hurricane force winds have begun smashing into southern florida as irma approaches. Its expected to make landfall in a matter of hours. More than six Million People have been ordered to leave their homes. Property is replaceable. Lives are not. Safety has to come first. Just get out of its way. The storm is moving slowly away from cuba after causing significant damage to the countys north coast. Across the caribbean, at least 25 people have died including five in the British Virgin islands. In mexico
In myanmar declare one month unilateral ceasefire. They say their aim is to ease the humanitarian crisis, but there is desperate need for food and water for around 300,000 Rohingya Muslims refugees. The stars of strictly pay an emotional tribute to the shows former host sir Bruce Forsyth, who died in august at the age of 89. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. After battering its way through the caribbean, Hurricane Irma, currently a category four storm, is within hours of hitting the us coast. The storm made landfall in cuba late on friday, causing widespread damage and leaving whole communities homeless. The hurricane is now inching towards the Southern Coast of florida, where a huge storm surge is expected. Water levels are already flooding roads in the florida keys and more than 200,000 people have lost power. 0ver six Million People, almost a third of the states population, had been urged to evacuate, but the state governor told residents yesterday, its now too late for anyone r
Are now known to have died in thursdays earthquake. A bbc investigation has discovered that the bodies of more than 400 children could be buried in a mass grave close to an orphanage in lanarkshire. And certain mo farah becomes the first athlete to win the great north run four times in a row. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. After battering its way through the caribbean, Hurricane Irma currently a category 4 storm has slammed into the lower florida keys, lashing the island chain with winds up to 130 miles per hour. The hurricane made landfall in cuba late on friday. It engulfed villages, causing widespread damage and leaving whole communities homeless. The eye of the storm has now reached the florida keys, bringing winds that are expected to last in the next few hours. The storm is expected to move north to mainland florida and hundreds of millions of homes are reported to be without power and hundreds of people have taken refuge in shelters. Hurricane irma is bearing down on th
Unconscious passengers who were on board. Is he breathing . I can see his chest rising and falling, right before i left, it was first time we could see he was actually breathing. It may be a deal where depending on how fast they descend he may regain consciousness once the aircraft starts descending for fuel. Its believed the two passengers lost consciousness potentially due to deappreciate yourization and condition known as high poxia, his son ken confirms to cnbc, that mr. Glazer and his wife jane were the only passengers on board. Joining me on the phone is retired nbc news correspondent and aviation specialist, bob hager. The first thing that came to mind when i heard this was Payne Stewart, the golfer who died in a similar situation where the plane actually lost pressurization and was escorted to a field out in the plain states in the u. S. Is that what happened here, that theres a depressurization in the cabin and the plane eventually crashes. It looks like that is what happened
Have been observing things is this actually a coup that we are witnessing . Reporter we are seeing a lot of activity on the streets here which does in the words of the information minister seem in her mind to amount to completion of a coup which she says has begun yesterday. Let me explain what that means. Weve heard from her and from two interior Ministry Officials at the president ial palace the key symbolic building of power in yemen, was surrounded this morning. Apparently the houthis have moved in and taken over that entire compound. It seems to be in their hands now. She says there was a period of shooting outside the house of the president of yemen. He didnt leave the building. He is said to be safe. But that is certainly a cause for great concern. And it led the information minister a member of his cabinet, to say he had no control in the control at this particular time. The question is, what do the houthis want . They said yesterday they were attacked first. We are supposed to