More than 20 allegations. Waterspouts and flooding in Louisiana Residents of new orleans are urged to leave the city or take shelter as a powerful Tropical Storm bears down on the coast. And englands commonwealth champion netballers start their World Cup Campaign tonight with a match against uganda in liverpool. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im Rachel Schofield the American Military says its trying to put together a coalition to protect commercial shipping in the gulf after the royal navy had to intervene to help a british tanker which was being confronted by iranian vessels. The foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has promised to reverse cuts to the size of the royal navy if he becomes Prime Minister. Rising tensions with iran have led to uk merchant vessels being placed on the highest security alert near the strait of hormuz. ani on one side are the arab states including a number of key allies. On the other iran. Between them the strait of hormuz at its narrowest point its onl
Accused of killing her baby we have a special report from el salvador, where there are calls for a change in the nations strict abortion laws. And federer through again. The eight time champion overcomes rafael nadal to reach his 12rh wimbledon final. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. We start in the us state of louisiana, which has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm barry approaches hurricane strength and nears landfall. New orleans is bracing itself as the storm approaches shore. The city has already seen severe rain and flooding. New Orleans City Council says its as prepared as it can be and has told residents to say indoors from tonight. Our correspondent sophie long is in new orleans. What we are experiencing at the moment are sudden downpours and gusts of strong winds. Forecasters are predicting that Tropical Storm barry could turn into hurricane strength before it makes landfall over the next few hours. That is wind speeds of over 7a mph. People here have been br
Officials are worried about landslides and major flooding. The last Tropical Storm to hit california was in 1939, over 80 years ago. This map shows the predicted path this storm might take. As of early friday, the centre of the hurricane was located roughly 400 miles, thats 615 kilometers, south of mexicos southern edge. President joe biden spoke about the preparations underway. I also want to note that my team is closely monitoring hurricane hilary, which has the potential to bring significant rain and flooding to southern california. Fema has prepositioned personnel and supplies in the region, and they are ready to respond as needed. I urge everyone, everyone in the path of the storm, to take precautions and listen to the guidance of state and local officials. Were tracking multiple wildfires in canada as the country faces what is being called its worst fire season on record. Fires in the kelowna region of British Columbia and 1200 miles or 2000 kilometers north in the countrys North
players in seven years but all of them have been incredible, supportive and a good environment. so, i have everything and ifeel good and of course, one day is going to finish and i don t think about that right now. the quarterfinal line up at the africa cup of nations is almost complete. the final game of the round of 16 is under way with world cup semi finallists morocco taking on south africa. 0 0 there from san pedro. earlier, mali beat burkina faso 2 1 to make the last eight, which sets up a clash with hosts ivory coast on saturday to make the semi finals. south korea are into the quarter finals of the asian cup after a dramatic penalty shoot out win over saudi arabia, jurgen klinsmann s side were trailing i o until the ninth minute of injury time cho gue sung with the equaliser. with the scores level the game went to spot kicks. south korea goalkeeper jo hyeon woo effectively won it for them with some crucial saves and it was left to wolves forward hwang hee chan t
hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. to some breaking news now, and nottinghamshire police have announced murder charges against a 31 year old man after tuesday s events in which three people died in nottingham. they were stabbed to death. valdo calocane who is 31, has also been charged with the attempted murder after three people were hit with a van and injured. live now to simon jones in nottingham. valdo calocane will appear in front of magistrates tomorrow morning here in nottingham. the three back charges of murder relate to two students who were studying here in the city. they were found stabbed to death at about four o clock on tuesday morning. the third charge of murder relates to a school caretaker, 65 year old ian coates. he too was found stabbed to death. it is then alleged that the suspect used his van to plough into three other people, who are out on the streets. that is