Theyre conducting a campaign of indiscriminate violence, against the rohingyas. Also on the programme fears of an emerging crisis in dentistry. A bbc investigation finds half of dentists in england arent able to provide the kind of care they want. And john motson, with one of the most distinctive voices in football commentary, is calling it a day, hanging up his mic. I did my first ever commentary for Bbc Television from this very gantry and in those days no one had heard of the internet, although i can vouch for the fact that once upon a time i did say, its in the net. Hurricane irma, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the atlantic is now causing major damage on a number of caribbean islands. It first hit Antigua And Barbuda, before moving on to saint martin and st barts. Communications with those islands are down but irma is believed to have caused widespread flooding and damage to buildings. The category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts of up to 225 mph is now heading towards the British Virgin islands, puerto rico and then may hit florida by the end of the week. Airports have closed on several islands, and people have rushed to shops forfood, water, and emergency supplies before taking shelter. Our correspondent laura bicker is in puerto rico. You can see the effects of Hurricane Irma already. We believe the eye of irma already. We believe the eye of irma is currently over the Virgin Islands. It was last recorded with wind speeds of measuring 185 mph. They have not seen a storm like this in the region of this strength since 1928. All the preparations have been made on this island and now the only thing they can do is wait and see what the next few hours will bring. Strong winds gust. This is what it sounds like to be in the heart of one of the strongest storms recorded in the atlantic. The winds, like a jet engine, roar through the eastern caribbean. The category five hurricane ripped roofs off homes, devastating some of the oldest buildings in saint martin. And all communication was lost to 2000 people stuck on the island of barbuda where there are reports of a 20 foot storm surge. Irma has become known as a beast. And as she barrelled towards the Virgin Islands, hundreds tried to get to safer ground. This rare view from the air gives you an idea of the sheer scale of the storm. Around the eye are catastrophic 185 mile an hour winds. And this is what they fear on the island of puerto rico. The aim is to try to save as much as possible. Neighbours in this area are handing out wood boarding and supplies. This shop owner describes them as angels. We are a strong island, you know, we have been through this before. Its a lot of emotions going on, you know . The governor inspects one of the shelters set up for the thousands who are expected to evacuate low lying areas. He says the next few hours of preparation could be the difference between life and death on this island. A big impact, should those hurricane winds hit puerto rico. We are hopeful that it will skid off somewhere north east of puerto rico, but we are prepared for the worst as well. We cant leave anything to chance and our priority right now is to make sure the people of puerto rico are safe. These families hope they will be safe in this school. This woman tells us her house is already filled with water. Irma is closing in and all people here can do now is watch and wait. Laura bicker, bbc news, puerto rico. 0ur weather presenter, ben rich is here. As we have been hearing, causing u ntold as we have been hearing, causing untold damage already. And there is a long way to go before this thing is spent. There certainly is. The warnings were for a catastrophic storm. From the early reports we are starting to get from the eastern side of the caribbean, thats exactly what we are seeing. The storm system made landfall across the leeward islands. The eye of the storm moving across the island of barbuda. In the eye itself the winds are extremely nice. But the edge of the eye of the storm, the wall, thats where we have seen winds of 185 mph, a strong category five hurricane. Next it moved west, over saint martin. We have seen pictures from there with significant damage, no great surprise when you imagine the intensity of the storm. The way developed from you can see on the moving satellite picture, when you see a storm like this with a big cloud shield, a very clearly defined eye, you know we are talking about a major hurricane. The big question is, what happens the Virgin Islands are going downhill rapidly. Then puerto rico, seeing wet weather through thursday and extremely windy weather as well. The north of espanyol, weather as well. The north of espa nyol, parts weather as well. The north of espanyol, parts of haiti and the Dominican Republic. And then the south east of the usa and the bahamas gets in on the action. The track is a little bit uncertain, as so track is a little bit uncertain, as so often with all these weather stories, the track becoming more uncertain the further out we look. Its no great surprise that large swathes of florida have already been evacuated, when you think of the low lying areas there. The storm surge, big waters from the sea rising potentially 12 feet above sea level in a day, could well devastate whole communities along the coast. What is horrific and fascinating about this at the same time, this storm is island hopping. As it hits la ndfall storm is island hopping. As it hits landfall with barbuda, some of the winds might die down a little, but thenit winds might die down a little, but then it gets over warmer water and gets refuelled and goes on. It gets more powerful as it island hops across the caribbean. What you need to break one of these hurricanes up, cooler water can do it, but you will not get that because the sea temperatures are above where they should be in this part of the caribbean. We also have very little land mass. Youre talking about little, smaller islands. You need a big landmass with mountain to break it up. One interesting thing, the track it takes across hispaniola and cubais track it takes across hispaniola and cuba is crucial to its future development. They are big islands with big mountains and a direct hit would take out some of its energy. But at the moment the track doesnt give a direct hit, it takes just to the north, remaining over the warm waters so it gathers more fuel and it is likely to remain a major hurricane, perhaps category three or four as it arrives at the usa. We saw what happened with hurricane harvey, downgraded to a storm, but thats when the trouble began because it simply sat over parts of louisiana and texas and dump its reign. Harvey was a much weaker storm, briefly a hurricane and then weakened back to Tropical Storm status. The wind wasnt really the story, but it sat there very long pulling in tropical moisture and dumping more and more rain. This storm is moving more quickly. It will take a few days to get to its final destination, but it is moving more quickly. The big question will be, how quickly does it move up the east coast of the usa. How quickly does it continue itsjourney . Given that talking so many days ahead, well have to keep a close eye on that. At the moment it looks like a different storm to harvey. Much stronger in terms of wind, but its moving much quicker. We can show you these live pictures from puerto rico. This is in sanjuan, the capital. You can see the wind, and the hurricane is heading towards the British Virgin islands. It hasnt actually reached puerto rico yet, but the outer edges there and you can already see the surf building up. The wind is pushing the palm trees over. The overall weather picture there is grey. The people of puerto rico, we heard from laura bicker earlier, they are braced for irma to do its worst, sadly. Lets talk to david 0valle, a hurricane reporter for the miami herald. He joins us from there now via webcam. Good to see you, thank you for being with us. First of all, lots of preparation where you are to try to combat this thing when it could perhaps hit over the weekend. Year, this will be my 16th storm that i have covered. Most of them in florida. Most of them have a different feel about it. People have had a lot of time to look at the different tracks and general direction. Its impossible to find water. The very few stations that still have gas are backed up for hours. I got back from the park next door to the office where they are giving away sandbags. The line there is three hours long. People are definitely taking this very seriously. Now its just a couple more days of fear and loathing and anxiety. Are there shelters that the public can get to, and if there are shelters, one assumes they are filling up quickly. So far they are opening a couple of shelters. I suspect they will open up more in the coming days. Right now they are urging people who live in the coastal areas to find other places to ride out the storm. The mandatory evacuations are not in place yet, but a lot of people will be leaving from the florida keys, that low lying chain of islands directly to the south. They have already started doing mandatory evacuations for visitors to the florida keys. A lot of moving parts still underway in miami. This is your 16th storm, is this the most powerful you have come across . I have been in a lot. Inaudible david, can you hear me . Inaudible david, can you hear me7|j inaudible david, can you hear me . I can. You we re david, can you hear me . I can. You were saying you have been in a lot of storms but this one is different. Hurricane dean in mexico was category five. But if you look at the track of this one, as the guest before was explaining, there is very little to weaken the storm before it hits our area. The way we are going right now, it could go up the spine of florida, which will affect everybody. People talk about evacuations, but there really isnt anywhere to go. Its sort of a wait and see situation. To see how best we can ride it out. The florida keys could be the first hit as far as florida is concerned. Thats correct. The florida keys will definitely start to feel it first. They are directly to our south. For a while it was aimed directly at key west. Even in key west where people are notoriously lax about these things and shrug it off, the attitude there is very worried. I will be down there in key west starting friday morning. Good luck to you david and keep safe. The miami herald hurricane reporter. We were showing the pictures from the latest radar on the Weather Service from the us. The eye of Hurricane Irma is to the right of the screen, beginning to whip its way across the caribbean. We have heard from laura bicker in puerto rico, which will be one of the places next hit by Hurricane Irma. Its approaching the British Virgin islands. It has already caused destruction in antigua, barbuda and saint martin and st barts. After puerto rico, according to the satellite imagery and the forecasting, it will head a bit further west to cuba. 0ur correspondent will grant joins us from havana. All the folk across the caribbean used to hurricanes the problem is, this is the biggest that has been recorded in the atlantic basin. This is the biggest that has been recorded in the atlantic basinlj think thats the issue, isnt it, that the whole region knows how they should react in the face of a hurricane, or a Tropical Storm, should react in the face of a hurricane, ora tropicalstorm, but one this magnitude really is a different experience altogether. So for now they are sticking to the regular drill, if you like. They are going and trying to find sufficient clea n going and trying to find sufficient clean drinking water. They are trying to find enough fuel for generators and taping up windows and boarding up homes. But we wait and see whether that will be sufficient for something that is this size and magnitude, irma. We are looking again at the satellite imagery showing the ferocity of this thing as it heads east to west across the caribbean. Are there public shelters people can get into . Whats the level of preparedness as far as the authorities are concerned . What are they doing . Cuba is slightly different to the rest of the caribbean in that people tend to obey the orders given out by the state quite closely. This is obviously a very controlled state. Its a government with a lot of people on the ground in the forms of what are called the committees for the defence and the revolution, among other entities, like the police and so on. So if there is an order that a certain region needs to be evacuated, people will turn out to make sure its carried out. Its also complicated in terms of being cuba by the fact its under at us economic embargo, things like building materials, Construction Materials to board up those homes, they are harder to come by. Nevertheless, cuba has a strong track record with this, and i think the authorities are confident they can duck this one as they have done in the past. Will grant in havana, thank you. The top stories on bbc news. Hurricane irma has caused major damage as it sweeps across the caribbean. You can see pictures from saint martin and the devastation thats already been wrought. A lea ked thats already been wrought. A leaked government document shows eu citizens could face tighter border controls with cuts in the number of low skilled workers allowed in. Tens of thousands of rohingyas are fleeing to bangladesh, but the government in myanmar rejects activation is its military is currently conducting a campaign of indiscriminate violence. Its a leaked document of an early draft, but the revelation of the governments thinking on immigration after brexit has produced both political opposition and business concern. Today ministers have been explaining why they believe low skilled immigration from the eu should be restricted. Theresa may said Free Movement hurt some of the lowest paid workers in the uk. Heres out Political Editor laura kuenssberg. There in black and white, a plan for immigration after we leave the eu. Leaked ideas to answer the demand the Prime Minister believes millions made when they voted to go. Prime minister, is your immigration policy going to hurt the economy . A draft of a tighter system of control that could come with its own costs. Overall, immigration has been good for the uk, but what people want to see is control of that immigration. That is, i think, what people want to see as a result of coming out of the european union. We are already able to exercise controls in relation to those who come to this country from outside the countries within the european union, and we continue to believe as a government that it is important to have net migration at sustainable levels. The document from august says freedom of movement, where unlimited eu citizens can come here, will end when we leave. New arrivals after 2019 would have to register to stay long term. There will be tighter rules for lower skilled workers, to prioritise british employees, perhaps even with a cap on numbers. And for eu citizens who do come to the uk, itll be harder to bring family along. This Birmingham Food factory is already losing one italian chef whos worried about brexit. And boss rosie is concerned it will make it harder to attract new arrivals, the staff she needs. It will definitely hinder ourjob as an employer but actually as a food manufacturer. We do have chefs from all over the world. It will impact our ability to recruit people. Officially, labour is rather silent on the leak, not yet government policy, but prominent voices fear cutting off low skilled immigration could choke business. The idea that we stop eu citizens coming here, the lower skilled ones, who are important in hospitality, construction and social care, will somehow lead to us being more prosperous, is ridiculous. Thats why im hoping this leak is not genuine government policy, and if it is, i hope the government rethinks. Is it not time we took back control of our immigration policy . The government wont budge on its view that the referendum was an instruction from the public to control immigration. Exa ctly how . Well one minister admitted it wont be an easyjob. Since this draft was put together only last month, there have been six more versions of the plan. With notjust the home office but the treasury, the Brexit Department and number ten all determined to chip in. And dont forget, whatever they decide here, they have to try to persuade the eu. Leaving the eu is notjust about obscure negotiations in the back rooms of brussels, but Government Departments right now engaged in rewriting the countrys rules. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent vicki young at westminster. This was a leak of a draft. So we are not 100 sure if its government policy, but we know a lot of issues have been raised as a result of this week. Not least the suggestion from business that if this is government policy, then it will hit the economy hard. They have come out fighting, saying the kind of things i suppose you would expect them to say, and they have been saying throughout the referendum on brexit and since the result. They fear they will not be able to fill the jobs that they have. The answer from the government and from theresa may on all of that is that you have to train british workers. Her argument is being able to dip in, if you like, to cheap immigrant labour has meant they havent done enough to train up and give skills to those who are already here. Youre right, this is a leak, its a draft. Downing street says there have been several more versions since that one in august. Nevertheless, significant and it shows a sense of direction. I didnt feel today that theresa may in Prime Ministers questions, when she was asked about it, disowned it completely. If you listen to things she said as home secretary and since the brexit result, we know she feels strongly it. Today she pointed the repeated the pledge to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands. A pledge that has been missed many times by the conservative government. So she is sticking to that, i think. Whats interesting as well, during the Referendum Campaign there was a lot of talk about immigration and many people felt it was a central issue. But we were talking generally. This shows some of the ideas, and even if it doesnt make it