and water is rising. were you looking at the screen? just some of the scenes as hurricane ian made a devastating land fall in southwestern florida. the category 4 storm left a large path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. we ll have a live report for you. rescue crews are busy trying to get to people who decided to ride out the storm and were then stranded by rising floodwaters. and we re still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida at this hour. welcome to way too early on this thursday, september 29th. thank for starting your day with us. it made land fall as a category storm. there is widespread flooding and damage as the powerful storm batters the state with torrential rain and wind. more than two million people are without power across florida. in naples, authorities said that more than half of the streets were not passable. this video released by the naples fire department shows a power line bursting into flames as the hurrican
and matilda the musical makes waves as it opens this year s london film festival. live from our studio in singapore, this is live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. . it s 6am in the morning in singapore, and 5am in thailand where at least 38 people, mostly young children, have been killed by a gunman at a nursery school. he was a former police officer who d been dismissed from his job and was facing trial on drugs charges. he entered the school in the town of utthai sawan in northern thailand with a gun and a knife and attacked teachers and children. he then killed himself, his wife and son. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head is at the scene. and a warning, his report contains some very distressing images. this is a community now consumed by grief and shock. that children so
and meet the first cloned arctic wolf club whose mother happens to be a pet dog. live from our studio in singapore, live from our studio in singapore, this - live from our studio in singapore, this is - live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc| live from our studio in- singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsdav it was a massacre that shocked the nation and the world. thailand s king is expected to visit the town of utthai sawan in northern thailand where at least 38 people mostly young children were killed by an attacker at a nursery school. the man responsible was a former police officer who was facing a trial on drug charges. he carried out the attack with a gun and a knife and killed both children and teachers before killing himself. our south east asia correspondentjonathan head is at the scene. a warning his report contains some very distressing images. this is a community now consumed by grief and shock. that children so young had been deliberately there,
that was the former mail editor in 2012. today s statement from associated newspapers, we utterly and unambiguously refute these preposterous smears which appear to be nothing more than a pre planned and orchestrated attempt to drag the mail titles into the phone hacking scandal, concerning articles up to 30 years old. baroness lawrence had been persuaded to endorse lies, the company said. it is all heading for court and is likely to take years to resolve. if the mail s owners were to lose, the stakes are enormous. cuba has been struggling to restore electricity after hurricane ian knocked out power to the entire island of 11 million people last week. long blackouts and shortages of food and water have led to a rising tide of anger and growing protests. the hurricane hit cuba as it suffers one of its worst economic crises since former leader fidel castro s 1959 revolution. our cuba correspondent
of anger and growing protests. the hurricane hit cuba as it suffers one of its worst economic crises since former leader fidel castro s 1959 revolution. our cuba correspondent will grant reports. the protesters anger may be over there immediate needs, electricity, water, food, but they can be no mistaking the cry on the lips libertad freedom. this latest misery was inflicted on cuba when hurricane ian funded across the western end of the island, leaving widespread destruction in its wake. homes and crops in pinar del rio province were ruined and power was not out to more than a million people. that has drained the rest of the grid, and soon, electricity was lost to the entire nation. 11 million cubans in the dark, where still no power means no water pumped to the taps and valuable food turning bad inside