countless homes have been destroyed and rain just won t let up. it has been catastrophic rain that just won t stop. we ve seen that last tail of the storm linger over the island and continue to dump excessive amounts of rain. the first responders, the local responders, the responders of the government of puerto rico are not able to get out and help those that need it or assess the damage. parts of puerto rico are still recovering from the damage inflicted, of course, by hurricane maria in 2017 and it appears fiona could be even more destructive. pedram javaheri is tracking the storm from the cnn weather center in atlanta. what s the weather update, pedram? reporter: major hurricane, category 3 with 100-mile-an-hour winds. it s not far away from cochran town, capital of turks and caicos. it is passing across the region right now. you ll notice very symmetrical. a wind field that expands 150 miles away from the center where tropical storm forced winds are still going to b
the head of the agency says he believes russia is strategically reducing supplies now to prevent european countries from stockpiling gas. now on bbc news, in a new series of take me to the opera, zeinab badawi travels to la scala in milan, italy, to follow four young singers as they are put through their paces. i have been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you. so i am on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i have come to italy, the home of opera, and to its leading opera house, la scala in milan. every aspiring opera singer dreams of performing here. i am meeting four young opera hopefuls reaching for the stars as they train at the prestigious la scala academy. i had to come to europe, especially italy, to develop my career, so i can achieve my goals and my dreams. i was the first female chinese singer in this academy. i was very, very proud of myself. if you are here in the academy of la scala, it s because you i w
between the two air masses. it will continue to give showers into southern england into the evening. monday, it tends to drift away to the south. wind is far light across scotland and in sheltered spots, temperatures dipped down as low as three or 4 degrees. a fresher night. first thing monday, lots of sunshine, the winds in the east will continue to far light, to the north west, the weather front will push mask allowed into scotland, some rain on and off for orkney and shetland. call here. elsewhere, the low 20s. more fine weather to come, anticipate across england and wales we could reach the mid to high yet again. hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines. the transport secretary accuses union leaders of punishing millions of innocent people by pressing ahead with rail strikes this week. itjust seems the union is determined to go out on strike, the rmt, come what may, and i think it is a very sad situation and i call on them to reconsider. voting is under way
this is bbc world news, the headlines. union leaders say that talks to try to prevent rail strikes next week have failed and the walk outs will go ahead. the government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats to be electronically tagged. thousands of people march in central london calling on the government to do more to help tackle the cost of living crisis. police in brazil confirm a body found in the remote amazon rainforest is the missing british journalist dom phillips. now, ina now, in a new series of take me to the opera, zeinab badawi travelled to la scala in milan italy to follow four young singers being put through their paces. i have been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you. so i am on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i have come to italy, the home of opera, and to its leading opera house, la scala in milan. every aspiring opera singer dreams of performing he
south lawn at columbia university last night. they popped up more than a month after the first encampment set off a domino effect on campuses across the country. and chaos at the brooklyn museum in new york city last night 34 arrests reported at anti-israel event there. meantime israeli president benjamin netanyahu respond to address congress as cease-fire talks ramp up again. good evening i m jon scott and this is the fox report. jon: our cb kotton live with anti-israel demonstration there is. cb. reporter: small group of protesters showed up here to encourage and celebrate the latest student encampment at columbia university this is all happening jon as university alumni return for reunion weekend and it appears at some point campus public safety officers tried to dismember the latest round of tents on friday inc. shortly after they went up and student paper report as of saturday several remained after students slept on the lawn overnight the new is revolt for rafah w