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Picture, irma offshore from the ricoh and the Dominican Republic. Torrential rain. There is an island here and i think it could be hit by Hurricane Irma and it could make la ndfall Hurricane Irma and it could make landfall here as we get on towards midnight. The damage from the storm is not done. It is notjust the 220 mile an hour gusts of wind, but it is the massive storm surge. Up to 20 foot high in places, that will cause further catastrophic damage over the coming days. It is then heading to florida later this weekend. Satellite picture in the uk, showing quite a bit of cloud across the north west. Slippery slide to something rather more unsettled the next few days. A band of rain sinking south into Northern England from scotland and northern ireland. Turning down with patchy rain in wales and the south west. The odd showerfor wales and the south west. The odd shower for the southeast and east anglia. Feeling cool in the winds. 0vernight tonight, this band of rain sinking south. He
We leave is not. This bill invites us we leave is not. This bill invites us to surrender all power and influence over that question to the government and to ministers. That will betray everything we were sent here to do. Were following that debate through the afternoon as it emerges dozens of tory mps have signed a letter warning the government not to keep the country in the eu by stealth. Also in the next hour the crisis in myanmar continues. Tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees continue fleeing the country to bangladesh after nearly two weeks of violence and Prince George starts his first day at school with a handshake, escorted by his father prince william. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. One of the most powerful storms on record Hurricane Irma is continuing to devastate parts of the caribbean. It has almost completely destroyed the islands of barbuda and st martin ten people, including a child, have been killed and its feared that number will rise. The storm has no