Hello and welcome to todays verified. We start in florida, bracing itself for what could be the worst storm in 100 years. There are huge Traffic Jams across the state as more than 5 Million people respond to Evacuation Orders ahead of Hurricane Milton. We will be live on the ground in just a moment but i can show you first are the pictures from space. It gives you an idea of the size of this monster storm, officials think it could still double in size before making landfall. This is the live Tracking Shot from the national hurricane center. The category four storm is due to make landfall tonight. It is only brushed past mexico, causing flooding. On the florida peninsula, relative calm but they expect wind speeds of up to 160 mph and 3 4 Metre Storm surges. The pictures from tallahassee, where in the next few minutes we expect to get the latest briefing from the florida governor Ron Desantis and other emergency officials. We will carry that live when it starts. We can start this hour by
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Where israel has warned of grave consequences after iran launched a barrage of missiles across the country on tuesday. Israelis were told to take refuge in Bomb Shelters as explosions lit up the night sky. Israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promiseD Iran would be punished, whilst the iranian government warned it would hit all of Israels Infrastructure if they retaliated. In a new development, the Israel Defense forces says its sending another Military Division including infantry and Armoured Units Tojoin its Ground Operation in southern lebanon. With me is Parham Ghobadi from bbc persian. How does this attack last night compare with what we saw by Iran And Israel in april . Maor differences, D Iran and israel in april . Maor differences, this i Iran And Israel in april . Maor differences, this was i differences, this was definitely more significant and even the pentagon confirmed that it was wider in scope compared to the first iranian Missile Attack back in april. The other maj
Refuge in shelters as explosions lit up the sky. Iran warned it would hit all of Israels Infrastructure if it retaliated. The Israel Defense forces said that around 180 missiles. Were launched towards israel around 5. 30pm local time on tuesday. They were fired across huge areas of israel, including its largest city Tel Aviv, and jerusalem. And, these pictures from iranian State Media show the ballistic missiles being launched from Military Sites. Tehran said the attacks were in retaliation for the killings of senior militant leaders, including the hezbollah chief hassan nasrallah. Well, israel has responded by continuing its aerial assault of beirut s Southern Suburbs. These are live pictures of the lebanese capital. The idf said it had targeted a number of hezbollah sites. Meanwhile, the iranian backed Militant Group says it has clashed with israeli troops in the southern lebanese town of adaisseh. Both the us and uk were involved in helping to protect israel from Yesterdays Missile
Stop welcome to Bbc News now, three hours welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. Ukraines President Zelensky says that a russian Missile Strike has killed more than 41 people. It happened in Poltava a city in the east of ukraine. President zelensky said that more than 180 people were wounded. Speaking in the last hour, he said it was a very difficult day for ukraine. The ukrainian Defence Ministry called it a barbaric strike against an educational establishment. This is what President Zelensky said a short while ago. Translation i have received preliminary l reports on the russian attack on Poltava. According to the information available now, two ballistic missiles hit the territory of an educational institution and a neighbouring hospital. One of the buildings in the institute of communications was partially destroyed. People were trapped under the rubble. Many of them were rescued. More than 180 people were injured. Unfortunately, there ar