We start in the united states, where hurricane milton has re strengthened to a category five storm, as it barrels straight towards florida. People there are evacuating en masse, ahead of wednesday s projected landfall. The national hurricane center says the storm has doubled in size since tuesday. Local authorities and weather experts say milton will bring you a destructive storm surge, and some areas will not be survivable. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled. It s expected to bring strong winds of up to 165 mph or 270 kph. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the south eastern us; 225 people were killed across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlantic ocean. President biden has postponed a trip to germany to oversee preparations and prepare a federal response. He urged those in milton s path to evacu
And wales for the first time in nine years. Campaigners in favour welcome the move whilst others remain cautious. Donald trump is set to hold a rally in the same location of pennsylvania where he survived an Assassination Attempt three months ago. We examine key questions about what happened on that day injuly. Hello. We start with Irans Supreme Leader addressing Friday Prayers In Tehran for the first time in nearly five years. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced irans enemies for trying to sow the seeds of division in the islamic world. World. He told a huge crowd in the grand Mosalla Mosque that iran and its allies should roll up its sleeves and prepare for action. The ceremony can with commemorations for Hassan Nasrallah killed by as well last week the ceremony began. Let us speak to our bbc persian correspondent in israel. Hello. Thank you for joining us. You have been listening. Take us through the key points of the addresses so far, a call to unity among islamic nations. Islamic nat