A human catastrophe. And brushing loneliness away. We will tell you the story of how painting helped this woman cope with depression. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news, its newsday. Good morning. It is 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 5pm in southern california, which is the scene of horrific mudslides. In the last hour, the official death toll has risen to 17 and another 13 people are missing. Airlifts have been called in to rescue those trapped in their homes and emergency crews are digging through waist deep mud. Our correspondent, james cook, reports from the worst hit town of montecito. On californias pacific coast, ordeal by the elements continues. First, they endured the largest fire in the states history. Next came torrential rain, more intense than anyone here could remember. And then, within minutes, destruction, caused by an unstoppable wall of mud and debris. 14 year old Lauren Cantin survived, but even she doesnt know how. Firefighte
So be prepared. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im dawn timmeney. Iain is off tonight. Scott williams its tracking when the rain is going to move on out and the temperatures going to drop. Yeah, thats right, dawn and lucy. It took awhile but those storms finally started popping here late this evening across the area. As expected, south and east of the philadelphia area so well zoom in a little closer right now and you can see moving out of delaware right now into sections of south jersey. Nothing currently severe but some of these storms could pack a punch gusty winds in excess of 40 Miles Per Hour as well as some pea sized hail. Well move into sections of delaware, moving out of new castle and moving into sections of salem county right now around the piles grove area looking at light rain. Moderate rainfall right now moving around the stow creek area cedarville into down force queue and Cumberland County also lightning headed toward the dennis area eventually back toward the Sea Isle Ci
Some pea sized hail. Well move into sections of delaware, moving out of new castle and moving into sections of salem county right now around the piles grove area looking at light rain. Moderate rainfall right now moving around the stow creek area cedarville into down force queue and Cumberland County also lightning headed toward the dennis area eventually back toward the Sea Isle City area. Now most of the coverage out to see and also reports of potential tornado far south around the maryland and virginia border earlier this evening. Still a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for that particular area. The culprit a cold front moving through. This will likely end the heat wave across the area some of those storms still going around midnight especially south and east of i95 tomorrow morning there could be a leftover shower or thunderstorm down the shore when youre watching sue but most of the action moves out to sea and the humidity starts to drop overnight and early tomorrow morning. Once agai
Ive got a pistol in my hand, shooting at me with a nonemetic rifle. Maria the latest on the investigation coming up this morning. Harvey weinstein is ousted from his own company. Numerous claims but Sexual Harassment. Honoring our flag, Vice President mike hensley is an nfl game yesterday after the players took any during the reaction. The white house takes a stand against this protest. Tesla hitting the brakes on its track, why we will have to wait a little longer. Plus, there has been an awakening. Star wars fans set to go the force of the new trailer for the last jenny tonight during monday night football. The excitement as tickets for the highly anticipated film go on sale today. Feature showing the market like this this morning. The bond market is closed for a holiday, but set to open up about 30 points. In europe the major averages look like this is catalonia moves to go independent. Major averages down across the board. Down a fraction in the dax index. Quarter. Japan and the ni
Have ratcheted up tensions with the United States at an alarming rate. With the knowledge that north korea conducted 20 missile test on over a dozen different occasions between february and september 2017, including tests of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Many Americans and our allies around the globe remain on edge. However, americans may rightly wonder about north koreas ability to threaten the homeland. Intelligence from the kingdom is often inconsistent and limited, despite these intelligence challenges, information that has been gathered is reason enough for alarm. According to media reports, to north korean shipments to a Syrian Government Agency Responsible for the countrys Chemical Weapons Program were intercepted in the past six months. While these reports did not detail what the shipments to syria contained, this is not the first time a north korean ship has been seized carrying suspected Missile System components. In 2013, a north korean ship was intercepted in the pan