Hurricane irma has left a trail of devastation and claimed at least a0 lives. Its destroyed thousands of homes and has left millions without power and clean water. Now, britain, france, and the netherlands, which oversee territories in the caribbean, have been criticised for being slow to respond to the crisis. A state of emergency has been declared on the British Virgin islands where an aid operation is under way. The bbcs laura bicker has the latest from tortola, the largest of the islands. There is now a sense of desperation and fear in tortola. People are hungry, tired and in need of basic supplies. This was the line of traffic trying to get into the main town on the island. Most are heading to the supermarket for the First Time Since the hurricane, now that more roads have been cleared. Have you got enough food, water . No, cause everybodys fighting, and stealing and a lots going on right now. People are breaking into peoples homes, going with what they have. Its a state of emerge
The Tropical Storm which hit florida as Hurricane Irma continues to push inland, bringing torrential rain and storm surges to the states of georgia and south carolina. As it hit islands across the caribbean irma, with ferocious winds and torrential rain, left almost a0 people dead. Now britain, france and the netherlands, which oversee territories in the caribbean, have been criticised for being slow to respond to the crisis. A state of emergency has been declared on the British Virgin islands where an aid operation is underway. Laura bicker has the latest from tortola, the largest of the islands. There is now a sense of desperation and fear in tortola. People are hungry, tired and in need of basic supplies. This was the line of traffic trying to get into the main town on the island. Most are heading to the supermarket for the First Time Since the hurricane, now that more roads have been cleared. Have you got enough food, water . No, cause everybodys fighting, and stealing and a lots g
To stay in power, experts warn prolonged Political Uncertainty will ta ke prolonged Political Uncertainty will take its toll on sterling and the economy. Not so in france the euro strengthens as macrons new Party En Marche takes control of french politics. This is World Business report, where we will now focus on the business and economic implications of the elections in the uk and france. Lets start with the uk. The Prime Minister, theresa may, has formed a new government but without a majority in parliament she is relying on an alliance with Northern Irelands largest political party, the Democratic Unionist Party. But while the dup insist their relationship with mays team has been close since she became Prime Minister, 11 months ago, any alliance will come at a price, as joe lynam explains. An economic terms, they are less developed than the Republic Of Ireland or the uk. It has low levels of productivity and is heavily dependent on the state. Those sectors apart from the state that
And locked up for 23 and a half hours a day a court will rule today whether the detention of a teenage boy with Significant Mental Health issues at a Young Offenders institute is unlawful. Well bring you the story. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Throughout the morning, the latest Breaking News and developing stories and as always keen to hear from you. A little later well be talking about Snapchats New feature snap maps which allows users to track where other people are. Lots of you are worried about the safety of your kids if other people can check where they are do get in touch and tell us your views. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. A plan to revolutionise the treatment that Cancer Patients receive, through individually mapping their dna, is being proposed by the Chief Medical Officer for england. The proposals would mean millions of patients would have treatments that would be
For sportsday and the latest from wimbledon but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. The North Korean Communist Regime celebrates after it claims to have successfully launched a long range ballistic missile. Well bring you the political fall out worldwide in half an hour in one hundred days plus. After its claimed that a personalised Cancer Treatment could be available to patients in five years, well be speaking to an expert from Cancer Research uk at 7. 45. And our guests tonight in the papers at 10. 40 are laura perrins, whos co editor of the website, the conservative woman and torcuil crichton, Westminster Editor of the daily record. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to wimbledon sportsday, im katherine downes. Injury crisis on Centre Court Fans miss out on a full Afternoons Entertainment With Djokovic And Federer as their opponents pull out. The world number one whos Under The Radar Angelique Kerber started her bi