Are debating the bill that will transfer eu law into uk law ahead of brexit. Also in the next hour, more than three hundred thousand Muslim Rohingyas have now fled myanmar as the un says the systematic attacks on them amount to ethnic cleansing. The parents of a six year old child threaten to sue their sons school after boys were allowed to come to class wearing dresses. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The us state of florida has been battered by Hurricane Irma causing widespread damage. President trump has described it as a storm of catastrophic severity and added he was marshalling the full resources of the federal government to deal with its aftermath. At least four people have been killed, and more than half of all homes and businesses in the state are without power. Parts of miami are under water. The hurricane has swept up from the caribbean where it killed dozens of people and wreaked terrible damage. Over the weekend it hit cu bas northern coast, then moved north batter
Daybreak europe everybody, this is our flexion morning show from the city of london. I am anna edwards. Lets start to whether dollar has got to. The dollar index and the dollar the risk onyen and attitude coming through on markets, rebounding from the lowest in two years. Different than when we went into the weekend in europe when the conversation was on owning anything but the dollar. The two waiting on the currency lifted a bit, which has to do with Hurricane Irma and north korea. It is clearly deadly and very devastating to those affected, but not quite as powerful as has been feared and it spared miami, meaning some of the protections have been coming down. No missile tests from north korea yet, also lifting Risk Appetite a little bit. We are higher across the asian equity markets,surprise we see strength in the japanese markets, the weakness in the yen , a rest bite for japanese exports as the risk is coming through in Foreign Exchange markets. On the u. S. Markets, suggesting we
The dollar is bouncing back. North Korean Missile test failed to materialize of the weekend but could a human vote on additional sanctions but could a u. N. Vote on additional ctions happen back of happen . Tune in to watch germany decides time 8 30 a. M. Dk u. K. Time. A half hour away from the cash open. We are pretty strong bent this morning, bouncing back into that north Korean Missile test coming through. You can see the mispricing here this morning. London up by around. 5 . You are good to see a decent bounce back in european equities this morning. That is what we are going to get in 25 minutes time. It will be interesting to see how we trade throughout the rest of the day. Got this vote coming up later on in the Security Council. Keep an eye on both of those events. A broader picture on this function. It will show you what is going on, this riskon sentiment. Australia trading up by. 7 over in asia. Youve got the swiss franc. Off. Switch that the dollar Index Trading up by. 2 . W
Worldwide exchange on cnbc, im sara eisen. Im wilfred frost irma has been downgraded to a category 1 hurricane the storm is packing sustained winds of 85 Miles Per Hour right now irma is 25 miles northwest of tampa nearly 5 million homes and businesses across florida were without power and some 12,000 flights have been canceled due to the storm. Weve got full Team Coverage of the monster storm cnbcs Contessa Brewer on the ground in fourt. Lauderdale. Jackie deangelis is standing by. Lets start with cnbc meteorologist david biggar. Good morning. Hurricane irma were watching it very carefully i wanted to show you what the track is still looking like. We have a category 1 storm it will continue to track up and along floridas western coast line weakens as it does so eventually becoming a Tropical Storm. Its eventually starting to shift from more of a wind producer to a rain producer. I wanted to show you the current wind field this is what it looks like right now. All of these colors, that
Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, breaking news. That hurt. Irma barrels toward northern florida leaving a path of destruction in its wake. Torrential rains and heavy winds whipping the southern part of the state. Trees uprooted. Homes destroyed. This morning millions of people without power. Thousands packed into shelters. Uncertain of the damage theyll return to. We dont know what, you know, the next few days is going to bring. Today september 11, 2017. All right. Were back now. Special edition here on a monday morning. Matt lauer with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Irma is no longer a hurricane. We just got an update from the National Hurricane center. Its been downgraded to a Tropical Storm. Take a look at the radar. Impacts still being felt. Atlanta was under a Tropical Storm warning earlier. Weve got complete coverage for you. Thats right. We were looking over our shoulder here because weve got something happening here with Kerry Sanders on marco island. Kerry cant hear me, but he i