Irelands Conor Mcgregor takes on Floyd Mayweather in las vegas. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The most powerful storm to hit the United States for more than a decade is heading towards the gulf coast states of texas and louisana. Hurricane harvey is gathering in strength as it heads towards the coast. Its expected to reach land in the next few hours, with winds of around 120 mph. This is the satellite imagery of the category 3 storm, as it approaches the state of texas. Thousands of residents are boarding up their homes and heading inland, following warnings that parts of the state could be uninhabitable for weeks. Up to a metre of rain is expected to fall. From texas, james cooke reports. The view from space as Hurricane Harvey barrels towards the United States of america. The storm blew up fast in the gulf of mexico, taking texans by surprise. Now time is scarce to prepare for the worst. Its a hurricane that will prove more dangerous than many hurricanes. Not only are we going
Deliberately crashed as insurers try to work out whod be to blame in an accident the motorist or the computer . And one of the most hyped contests in boxing history. Floyd mayweather comes out of retirement to take on Irelands Conor Mcgregor in las vegas. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news ben stokes hits a century for england at headingly but a revitalised west indies dominate the first day of the second test. Good evening. They were Small Businesses that found themselves in trouble during the financial crisis. But instead of helping them, their bank the royal bank of scotland has been accused of systematically mistreating many of them. A leaked report for the Financial Conduct Authority and obtained by the bbc reveals the extent of that abuse. It shows that hundreds of companies which the bank said needed restructuring were treated inappropriately, in many cases deliberately. One Business Owner has told the bbc he considered suicide. Rbs denies the allegations. Heres our Business
Irelands Conor Mcgregor takes on Floyd Mayweather in las vegas. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The most powerful storm to hit the United States for more than a decade is heading towards the gulf coast states of texas and louisana. Hurricane harvey is gathering in strength as it heads towards the coast. Its expected to reach land in the next few hours, with winds of around 120 mph. This is the satellite imagery of the category 3 storm, as it approaches the state of texas. Thousands of residents are boarding up their homes and heading inland, following warnings that parts of the state could be uninhabitable for weeks. Up to a metre of rain is expected to fall. From texas, james cooke reports. The view from space as Hurricane Harvey barrels towards the United States of america. The storm blew up fast in the gulf of mexico, taking texans by surprise. Now time is scarce to prepare for the worst. Its a hurricane that will prove more dangerous than many hurricanes. Not only are we going
Irelands Conor Mcgregor takes on Floyd Mayweather in las vegas. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The most powerful storm to hit the United States for more than a decade is heading towards the gulf coast states of texas and louisana. Hurricane harvey is gathering in strength as it heads towards the coast. Its expected to reach land in the next few hours, with winds of around 120 mph. This is the satellite imagery of the category 3 storm, as it approaches the state of texas. Thousands of residents are boarding up their homes and heading inland, following warnings that parts of the state could be uninhabitable for weeks. Up to a metre of rain is expected to fall. From texas, james cooke reports. The view from space as Hurricane Harvey barrels towards the United States of america. The storm blew up fast in the gulf of mexico, taking texans by surprise. Now time is scarce to prepare for the worst. Its a hurricane that will prove more dangerous than many hurricanes. Not only are we going
In benghazi, libya. Im stephen sackur. This city has been ripped apart by six years of conflict. Thousands have been killed, tens of thousands have fled. Eastern libya and the west are run by rival Political Institutions but there is now something resembling a functioning authority here, imposed by the military strongman in eastern libya, Marshal Khalifa haftar. Can the commander who once served kadhafi pull libya back from the brink . Myjourney to libya starts with a little piece of history. The first scheduled flight bound to benghazi in three years. The citys airport was closed down by heavy fighting in 2014. Back then, jihadists seized most of the city. Those days are over. Thank you. 0k, bye. So here we have one small sign of normality returning to one libyan city. The terminal building is nothing but a shed. There arent many flights. But to the people of benghazi, this feels like the lifting of a siege. This is what the war left behind. Entire neighbourhoods of benghazi deserted,