Thank you all for being here this morning. Thanks to All Of You for joining us as well. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn news central starts right now Hurricane Milton is now a category five Storm Closing in on on Floridas Gulf Coast hours away from landfall, possibly one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit that west central coast. One official warning residents in the Evacuation Zone this is not survivable. We have the latest up to the Minute Storm Track as some Gas Stations are running out of fuel and exclusive cnn reporting the cia struggling behind the scenes, facing allegations of sexual Assault And Harassment at The Agency. Im Kate Bolduan with john berman, Sara Sidner is out today this is cnn new central breaking news Hurricane Milton is closing in on florida as a catastrophic category five storm. It is poised to be one of the most destructive Natural Disasters in florida is history. Officials at just forecast the storm will hit as a category four along the West C
Been cancelled, ahead of its landfall, which is expected to bring strong winds of up to 165 mph, 270 kph. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the southeastern us; 225 people were killed by the natural disaster across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlantic ocean, making the sunshine state the only one to be affected twice. President biden has postponed a trip to germany to oversee preparations and prepare a federal response. He urged those in milton s path to evacuate, calling it a matter of life and death. Our correspondent gordon corera sent this report from tampa in florida. An exodus from tampa. Long lines of traffic snaking out of the city tell you that the warnings are being taken seriously here. Florida is used to hurricanes, but the message has been that this time is different. The city is still
Live from london, this is business today. We start with uber, the us Tech Firm that has become a global transport giant. Around The World some 6 Million people work as drivers and couriers through the uber app, and their services are used by 150 Million people at least once a month. Well, the boss of uber, dara khosrowshahi, has been talking to our business editor simonjack, about their plans to make the firm greener and get more of their drivers using Electric Cars. But hes worried that trade tensions with china are getting in the way. The us and europe are hitting chinese Electric Cars with hefty Import Taxes or tariffs to protect their own auto makers, making them more expensive. I think cheap chinese vehicles are a good thing for the environment. And i would tell you that china is transitioning from notjust being cheap but also being high quality and for us, we want to electrify our fleet and make sure it is affordable for our drivers to switch over to evs. The political considerat
The worlds biggest Trade Blocs is deepening with china announcing new tariffs on Brandy Imports from the european unIon. It follows last Weeks DecisIon by the eu to push ahead with Import Taxes of its own on Electric Vehicles from china. Last Year China imported about 1. 8bn of brandy from the eu with the vast majority coming from france. From Friday Companies that import will have to pay a tariff of up to 39 to the chinese government after they decided their own producers were being unfairly harmed. It follows the eu pushing ahead with tariffs of up to 45 of chinas Electric Vehicles which it says have benefitted unfairly from government help. Last Year Trade between the Eu And China was worth about 811 BillIon after it fell last year. With more tarfffs under consideratIon, it could fall further. Im joined now by Dr Deborah elms, head of Trade Policy at the Hinrich FoundatIon in singapore. It describes itself as a philanthropic organizatIon that works adavance sustainable trade. So the
A typical temperatures to end the week, will be around 11 or 12 degrees. Over the weekend, temperatures will rise just a little, most of the rain is coming into Western Scotland and northern ireland. Much of england and wales, it should be a dry weekend. Some early mist and but otherwise some sunshine. China slaps new tariffs on brandy from the European Union are two of the worlds biggest Trade Blocs heading for full blown Trade War . More than a dozen Us States say that tiktok is dangerous and addictive for children. Welcome to business today. A row between two of the worlds biggest Trade Blocs is deepening with china announcing new tariffs on Brandy Imports from the European Union. It follows last Weeks Decision by the eu to push ahead with Import Taxes of its own on Electric Vehicles from china. Last Year China imported about 1. 8bn of brandy from the eu with the vast majority coming from france. From Friday Companies that import will have to pay a tariffs of up to 39 to the chinese