Other western areas, as the wind picks up and there could be gales in exposed coastal spots later in the day. Looking further ahead to monday and tuesday, it remains unsettled. Some spells of sunshine but heavy showers, blustery winds and a cool feel. Good afternoon, this is bbc news. The headlines hurricane irmas made land fall in cuba with heavy rain and winds of over 150mph, hitting the north of the country after devastating several caribbean islands and killing at least 20 people. Officials in southern florida meanwhile have told 5. 6 Million People, a quarter of the states population, to evacuate their homes before the storm arrives tomorrow. If you have been ordered to evacuate, you need to leave now, do not wait. Evacuate. Not tonight, not in an hour, you need to go right now. The United Nations is warning of an unprecedented refugee crisis in myanmar, saying more than 250,000 rohan see ya muslims have crossed the border to reach bangladesh. Hoe rohinga muslims. And tonight a be
And cafes in england to display their food hygiene ratings. In sport Jimmy Anderson makes history. He becomes the first englishman to take 500 test wickets, in the deciding match against the west indies. And louise has the weather. Good morning. It is an autumnal start to the weekend. A day of sunny spells and scattered showers, but some of the showers will be heavy, with some hail and thunder, and rather breezy out to the west. More details coming up. Good morning. First, our main story millions of people have been warned to evacuate from florida, as Hurricane Irma approaches the United States. The huge storm, which has wreaked destruction across the caribbean, made its way along the coast of cuba last night. It is expected to reach florida tomorrow. Some of the worst affected caribbean islands are now bracing themselves for the arrival of a second hurricane. Jose is reported to have strengthened, with winds of up to150mph. Our north america correspondent jane obrien reports from miam
This week, weve been to ifa, the massive tech show in berlin. Well be looking at the big launches and the cool new devices from the fair in a few minutes, and well also hear from the people behind them, who, weve noticed, are once again mostly men. The lack of women in tech has been well documented and its something we run up against every single day working on click and its so frustrating its extremely rare for us to turn up at a tech company and for any of the available spokespeople to be female. Its been suggested that the lack of women in tech starts developing early on. Kids are going back to school this week on the heels of stats from the latest exam results here in the uk showing that girls are turning away from stem subjects thats science, technology, engineering and maths. Only 20 of those who sat the Computer Sciences gcse exam this year were girls. For gcse engineering, it was 10 . Someone who is fighting gender stereotypes is anne marie imafidon. At 11 years old, she took a
Sunday ten september. Also ahead Manchester Arena reopens, amid tight security, three months after the terror attack. Its the overriding emotion of hope, just to show that the events opening again, and what the terrorists did will not overcome us. In sport captainjoe root calls on his england team to do Something Special in the ashes this winter, after wrapping up a series win over west indies. And louise has the weather. Good morning. A North West South east split this sunday. It looks as though we will see heavy rain and strong wind across north west england, that will drift south and east. But, for southern and eastern england, it should stay dry during the Daylight Hours. Good morning. First, our main story Hurricane Force winds have begun to batter southern florida, as irma approaches. More than six Million People have been told to evacuate, and water levels are rising at the coast, where a huge storm surge is expected. Irma had weakened to a category three hurricane, but is likel
Winds of around 130mph. Let us look at the weather here now from louise. A showery afternoon for many today. The showers merging together across scotland and Northern Ireland for longer spells of rain. Some of them heavy, with hail and thunder and a squally wind circulating around. Light and patchy for the south and east. It may stay dry in london until after dark. But the rain and the winds will strengthen through the night, gusting to gale force close to the bristol channel. Plenty of frequent showers being driven in by those blustery winds across those west facing coasts. 9 13 degrees greeting us on monday morning. But its a showery start to our working week. Some showers heavy and thundery. Dodge the showers, you will see a bit of sunshine but its not going to feel particularly warm. 13 19 degrees at the very best. A brief lull in proceedings, proceedings perhaps on tuesday, but not long before we see another spell of wet and very windy weather arriving tuesday night into the early