Many roads are under water and nearly Two Million people are without power. Residents are being warned not to go outside. These pictures are from fort myers beach, where boats were sent to rescue those trapped in theirflooded homes. And this was the scene from the Pilots Seat flying in the eye of the storm. Two people have died in georgia while one person has been killed by a falling Road Sign in florida. Our North America Correspondent David Willis reports. Hurricane helene touched down on Floridas Gulf Coast bringing with it winds of around 130 miles an hour. Officials had warned of potentially catastrophic and unsurvivable coastal storms surges, in places the height of a two storey building. Lashing rain proceeded helene s arrival, flooding streets hello, im lauren taylor. In the next few minutes, were expecting to hear the results of the Scottish Conservative leadership race. One of these candidates one of these candidates will soon takeover from douglas will soon takeover from dou
End of the new week. This is Bbc News, the headlines. Benjamin netanyahu addresses Un General Assembly saying that his country is at War Fighting for its life. It isa it is a Map Of It Isa Map Ofa it is a Map Of a curse. It is a Map Of it is a Map Of a curse. It is a Map Of an it is a Map Of a curse. It is a Map Of an arc it is a Map Of a curse. It is a Map Of an arc of it is a Map Of a curse. It is a Map Of an arc of terror it is a Map Of a curse. It is a Map Of an arc of terror that L Map of an arc of terror that iran has created and impose from the Indian Ocean to the mediterranean. Israel continues its attacks in lebanon despite international pressure for a ceasefire. Oscar winning Actress Dame Maggie smith has died in hospital aged 89. Hurricane helene weakens to a tropical storm as It Moves over the us State Of Georgia after battering florida with powerful winds and severe flooding. And could criminals use Ai Clones to steal money . Lets return to that story that has emerged over
Of the country, as fighting between the Idf And Hezbollah continues he warned hezbollah s Backer Iran that there is no place in iran that the long arm of israel cannot reach. Mr netanyahu said hamas has got to go and would have no role in the reconstruction of gaza and he described the united nations as this House Of Darkness mired in antisemitism. Here are some of the key parts from Mr Natanyahus 35 minute speech. The curse of October 7th began when hamas invaded israel from gaza, but it didnt end there. Israel was soon forced to defend itself on six more War Fronts organised by iran. On october 8th, hezbollah attacked us from lebanon. Since then, theyve fired over 8,000 rockets at our towns and cities, at our civilians, at our children. We are focussed on mopping up hamas s remaining fighting capabilities. We are taking out senior Terrorist Commanders and destroying remaining terrorist infrastructure. But all the while, all the while and ill say this one more time, we remain focussed
Were destroyed in lebanon held minister Says that it leads to people have been killed and said that those numbers are likely to rise in the coming hours. Health minister. Thereve reported that hezbollah S Leader was the Target And Source close to hezbollah Says that he is still alive and the united nations expects alarm at israel attacks on lebanon. We are watching the events of Grid Alarm and we will share more information with you. Inert Middle Eastern correspondence and beirut,. We are correspondence and beirut,. Are reporting from a School Thatis are reporting from a school that is receiving people from the south of lebanon and those who fled from Air Strikes in that part of the country and we heard round and round, explosions. First, we thought it was the Sound Barrier being broken Sonic Boom by israeli jets was something that weve gotten use to but it was so strong and continued and moments later, we saw thick smoke rising from behind that school that we are reporting from people
Benjamin netanyahu is cutting short his visit to New York and returning to israel following the attack. Earlier Mr Netanyahu told the Un The Offensive against hezbollah would continue, rejecting calls for a ceasefire. The award winning british Actress Dame Maggie smith has died. She was 89. We start in the Middle East, where multiple blasts have reverberated in the southern suburbs of beirut, sending clouds of smoke into the sky. These are the latest pictures from the scene of the explosions, in a densely populated area. The israeli Defence Forces claim to have targeted hezbollahs central headquarters. In the last half hour, the Reuters News Agency reported comments from the israeli military saying its continuing to Degrade And Dismantle hezbollahs capabilities. A source close to hezbollah told reuters the Groups Leader Hassan Nasrallah is alive. With irans tasnim News Agency also reporting that hes safe. These are pictures of children being pulled out of the rubble of the buildings hi