it s six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening across florida where the state is being battered by hurricane ian. there are warnings of catastrophic damage both from the high winds which are gusting at up to 240 kilometres per hour, that s around 150 miles per hour. and from the heavy rain. combine that with what experts are saying could be the highest storm surge on record and there are fears for the safety of thousands of people. let s get the latest now from our correspondent azadeh moshiri who s in tampa bay. a life threatening hurricane is now barrelling towards america s sunshine state. and put millions under evacuation orders across the west coast. ian is unpredictable. it s already caused widespread damage in cuba, wiping out power to the country s entire grid, with some residents killed. but now its hurricane force winds are leaving the gulf of mexico and taking aim at florida s coast. this satellite image shows the eye of the hurricane packed w
but before that, this. the final chance for liz truss and rishi sunak to persuade conservative party members to vote for them the last hustings gets under way here at wembley in under an hour. thejury in the ryan giggs domestic violence trial fails to reach a verdict. he could face another trial. andy murray is in action at the us open. we ll have the latest after emma raducanu falls at the first hurdle in her defence of the title. and on sportsday on the bbc news channel, one month on from winning the women s euros, we ll find out how england s lionnesses are turning their attention to qualification for next year s world cup. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. in what is his last week as prime minister, borisjohnson has been defending his government s record on crime, but it comes on the day a new report commisioned by the centre right policy exchange think tank says police forces ability to solve crimes is woefully low. it follows the bbc s own research sho
enormous potential. let s begin. good evening to you both. nice to see you. lots of different stories, a variety of front pages. we will start with the front pages. we will start with the front pages. we will start with the front page of the metro, one of the ones to carry tyson fury s cousin s killing. geri, talk us through this. this is the knife attack on tyson fury s cousin which has caused him to call for tighter controls on knives and tough sentences for knife crime. we have seen rising knife crime. we have seen rising knife crime notjust in london but across the country, this particular incident is in greater manchester, so we know it is notjust contain to the capital and what he said on social media is he would like to see tighter controls, harsher sentences and he says you don t really understand it until it affects you. i think this is going to be one of the key issues that will be in the new prime minister s entry on september five. new prime minister s entry on