some of them are still underwater. and even though it s stopped raining now the emergency is not over and people here are still scared. the prime minister has allocated 30 million euros to tackle the emergency. but many are urging the government to put in place a national plan to deal with floods caused by climate change which are becoming more and more common in italy. this is a broken community and with more rain expected at the weekend the whole region remains under a red alert weather warning, which means this emergency is farfrom over. sofia bettiza, bbc news. the billionaire space race continues as amazon sjeff bezos wins a contract with nasa to build a spacecraft sending astronauts to the moon. hejoins elon musk, whose company,
of respect for her and i ll always have respect for her. but at the day when the bell goes, she s another opponent. and as soon as i am facing someone, i ve got the winning mentality - where it s, i kind of don t care who you are, i don t i don t care what you done, i m there to win. this is a huge night for ireland and for katie taylor. a win, and she ll become only the second boxer in the modern era to hold all the major belts in two different weight divisions at the same time. ade adedoyin, bbc news, dublin. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. high. whenever we get showers at some places get lucky and other places get a bit less lucky. take a look at this coming reading we had some hazy spells of sunshine and a dry day, a decent day. butjust 15 miles away from that benson in oxfordshire got a direct hit from this really big storm, 19 millimetres of rain in the space of just two hours, a third of the month of rain and instead of it being a
day it was the kind of day nice day it was the kind of day where you needed to paddle to get back to your car. those showers have all pretty much faded out of the way in through the rest of the night england and wales are essentially dry, scotland and northern ireland, there is a weak weather front moving in so you might see some spots of rain but nothing significant and by the end of the night temperatures coming up under those cloudy skies in the north west, ten or ii in the north west, ten or 11 degrees, may be 12 as we start off the weekend. the weekend, for england and wales they will be plenty of sunshine around. scotland and northern ireland will be plagued by weak weather fronts bringing cloudy weather but it will generally be quite bright, just a little rain at times. so this is the big picture. these weather fronts at times. so this is the big picture. these weatherfronts moving in towards high pressure, so they don t really make it all the way across the uk, that s why they
nice day it was the kind of day where you needed to paddle to get back to your car. those showers have all pretty much faded out of the way in through the rest of the night england and wales are essentially dry, scotland and northern ireland, there is a weak weather front moving in so you might see some spots of rain but nothing significant and by the end of the night temperatures coming up under those cloudy skies in the north west, ten or 11 degrees, may be 12 as we start off the weekend. the weekend, for england and wales they will be plenty of sunshine around. scotland and northern ireland will be plagued by weak weather fronts bringing cloudy weather but it will generally be quite bright, just a little rain at times. so this is the big picture. these weather fronts at times. so this is the big picture. these weatherfronts moving in towards high pressure, so they don t really make it all the way across the uk, that s why they are very weak as well, just moving into that high pressu
made a strong start, with the dup currently in second place. 1a people have died and thousands have been left homeless, after heavy rains and flooding in parts of northern italy. the mayor of the city of ravenna, has told the bbc, that it s the worst disaster in a century. the formula 1 grand prix, due to take place at imola in the affected area, has now had to be cancelled. in some places people are running out of food and drinking water, with aid unable to reach them. our correspondent sofia bettiza, has more. an entire village under water. people forced to move around using canoes. others taking refuge upstairs is the ground floors of as the ground floors of their homes are submerged in flood water. this is the devastating reality for dozens of towns in the region of emilia romagna after six months of rain fell in one day and a half. more than 15,000 people had to flee their homes.