Hi there, everyone. Its 4 00 in New York. At this hour, millions of people along Floridas Gulf Coast are bracing for one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in The Atlantic basin. The outer bands of Hurricane Milton are already hitting parts of the state. It is forecast to make landfall some time tonight between 10 00 p. M. Eastern and 2 00 a. M. And is expected to double in size before making landfall. This is the scene right now in ft. Myers, florida, being battered by high winds and rain. The top concern for officials at this moment is making sure that residents get to safety. The window for evacuating is now rapidly closing. Even as the storm is already complicating those efforts. This video shows a tornado touching down near i75 in south florida, thats hundreds of miles from Hurricane Miltons core. Just a few hours ago, president Joe Biden called Hurricane Milton, quote, the storm of the century. And made a plea to people in the Storms Path to please evacuate. First, man
Quote, you will not survive the dark and dire warnings aimed at millions in the path of hurricane milton. Now strengthening again to an extremely dangerous category five plus the kremlin calling legendary journalist bob woodward with new reporting tonight, that trump and putin have shared as many as seven secret calls after trump left the white house and that trump gave putin peculiar gifts. Kamala harris tonight, seizing on this new reporting, and k file, striking again, on earth thing and interviewed jd vance did not want trump to see, but he ll see it tonight. Let s go outfront i m erin erin burnett outfront tonight. We are following several breaking stories, including bombshell, new details about donald trump s secret calls after he left office it is peculiar gifts to vladimir putin, details on that in just a moment, i want to begin though first with what is shaping up to be the worst hurricane to hit florida in 100 years. This hour, hurricane milton gaining strength now back to ca
Herere the thoughts of former united Manager David moyes. Well, ive been there, and i know it is an unbelievable club with a lot of pressure. A lot of people want to talk about it. For me is the biggest club in the world which is talked about, whatever city you go into. It comes with the territory, and Manchester United want to win, the supporters want to win, and every manager who goes into the job wants to win as well. I think he showed brilliant resilience with the situation hes in. As far as i know i dont see him ducking any questions or Media Interviews that you people put forward to him. I think you have to give him. I think you have to give him great credit for that. Its a job which is going to attract immense pressure, people talking. I think i have to say hes done a brilliantjob. The group stages of the womens Champions League get under way later. Womens super league champions chelsea face Real Madrid in one of the standout ties. Chelsea Head Coach Sonia bompastor is the only
By a court in germany. And in the uk, conservative mps prepare to eliminate another candidate from the party Leadership Contest. Hello, im annita mcveigh, and welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We start in the Middle East where israel says it has killed the commander of hezbollah S Headquarters in an Air Strike on the lebanese capital, beirut. It comes after Benjamin Netanyahu described his Countrys Year long Military Campaign as a sacred mission which he said will continue so long as israel S Existence is threatened. In a moment, we ll go to southern israel for the latest from our chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet. But first, let S Briefly Recap the latest events including, as we ve been reporting in the last few hours, that claim from israel that it has killed the leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation, hezbollah. It follows a Televised address by israel s Prime Minister who said the operations in gaza, lebanon an