have a couple of playstations and a bottom grill, so i think i m winning with the kids. the mum and dads, things like that, they re not agreeing, but if you can get the kids to vote, i think i ll get a couple of votes and you might see me there with the chain on, with the robes permanently. it could be a while before he swaps the boxing ring for the political fray but this honorary mayor seems to have secured the popular vote. liz copper, bbc news, wolverhampton. world trade centre one has been hit by lightning as tropical storm henri battered new york. look at that bolt. it can be seen striking the top of the building in lower manhattan, connecting with the spire 550 metres above ground level. more than 120,000 homes in rhode island are without power because of the storm. time for a look at the weather. here s tomasz schafernaker. thank you. thankfully the storm is
with the president pledging the government will do everything it can to help them respond and recover. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. world trade center one has been struck by lightning as tropical storm henri battered new york. a bolt can be seen striking the top of the building in lower manhattan, connecting with the spire 550 metres above ground level. more than 120,000 homes in rhode island are without power because of the storm. olympic silver medallist ben whittaker has spent the day as mayor of wolverhampton something he said was a dream come true. it came about after he joked that he wanted to be mayor if he won gold in tokyo. he won a silver mdeal, but still got his day in office, as liz cooper reports. it s a golden accolade, a political honour, a source of civic pride. becoming the mayor of wolverhampton. boxer ben whittaker donned the official regalia of the first citizen.
we ve seen a lot of wind damage, trees down and stuff like that, a couple of inches of water on the road. that s about it. and loss of power. henri is weakening, but heavy rainfall is expected to continue with potential for more flooding. disaster relief has already been approved for a number of states, with the president pledging the government will do everything it can to help them respond and recover. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. world trade centre one has been struck by lightning as tropical storm henri battered new york. a bolt can be seen striking the top of the building in lower manhattan, connecting with the spire, 550 metres above ground level. more than 120,000 homes in rhode island are without power because of the storm. the us vice president kamala harris is in singapore as part of a trip to southeast asia
here recognised in last night s presidential address. i want to begin by expressing my deepest condolences for the sudden and tragic loss of life due to this flash flood. i know we have reached out to the community, we stand ready to offer them support. i asked the administrator to speak to governor lee of tennessee right away and we will offer any assistance they need for this terrible moment. tens of thousands of people are still without power. roads and bridges remain impassible in some places, hampering rescue efforts. there were hurricane warnings in the north east of the united states over the weekend but it was here, further south in tennessee, where the extreme weather really hit and took lives. daniela relph, bbc news. world trade centre one has been hit by lightning as tropical storm henri battered new york. a bolt can be seen striking the top of the building in lower manhattan,
world trade centre one has been hit by lightning as tropical storm henri battered new york. a bolt can be seen striking the top of the building in lower manhattan, connecting with the spire, 550 metres above ground level. more than 120,000 homes in rhode island were left without power because of the storm. now it s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. it will be fairly quiet on the weather front this week high pressure in charge of the weather and is here to stay for the foreseeable future. and the weather will be generally dry, lots of cloud at times, you can see on the satellite picture, the recent one, a fair bit of cloud in the centre of that high, but it s not a uniform layer. we have seen hazy sunshine breaking through, and through this afternoon and into this evening some places