Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News At One 20170911 : compareme

Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News At One 20170911

And try to get them back to a sense of normalcy. Community. With so many areas abandoned, looting has been a major problem. Here the targets are sports shops, boxes of trainers piled into cars. The police say they wont tolerate criminal activity and a number of arrests have been made. Overnight Hurricane Irma has weakened further but continues to cause damage in its path. Today a group of dutch tourist in saint martin were evacuated to the nearby island ofjericho, still traumatised by their experience. Translation we are alive so we should be happy with that. It wasnt nice. Ive never experienced anything like it. Translation five days without water, electricity and supplies, thats a long time. I have left but others havent. Theyve lost their whole existence. Across the caribbean, major relief and rescue operation is underway. Here the French Military are bringing humanitarian aid to communities who have been cut out for days. Hundreds of british troops have also been deployed to uk territories in the region. We are now seeing the final show of strength from Hurricane Irma. These are the over scenes overnight scenes from tampa, where her presence was still felt, but she has lost its bite and now far less powerful. The danger isnt quite over, but Hurricane Irma will continue to weaken as it heads north into georgia. In a moment well speak to our correspondent jane obrien who is in miami. But first lets talk to Gary Odonoghue who is in tampa. Early morning there, how bad is the damage . Its only been light for about 45 minutes and so they are still continuing, beginning to do that kind of assessment, but the mayor of tampa, who is fond of a metaphor, said the city could get a punch in the face and this morning he says they have dodged a bullet. Having said that, there is still as the storm stirred in place because there are stronger winds expected at there are stronger winds expected at the back of the hurricane which could bring water onto shore, so that warning is still in place. The storm itself is heading north west frontier, about 60 miles north west of you, that sort of into the top pa rt of you, that sort of into the top part of the state and it will head into georgia and south carolina, where they are expecting it to weaken, but still to provide large amounts of rain. Now they start counting the cost, thats the issue now. We know that people have lost their lives in florida, as well as in the caribbean, but it will be tens and tens of billions of dollars of damage to property that people will be looking at. Almost 6 Million People were under evacuation orders in this state and that means it could take weeks and weeks and weeks for those who did leave to get back to their homes and get back to some sort of normal life. Lets talk to jane obrien in miami. Extraordinary pictures of miami underwater but also there they will be counting the cost . Indeed, sophie, its hard to believe yesterday i was standing in 90 mile an hour winds but today the initial assessment that we are getting are that miami pretty much dodged a bullet for that you can see falle n dodged a bullet for that you can see fallen trees, debris, but those pictures of downtown miami, the financial district underwater, we are now told there is no standing water in that area, so things seem to be recovering very quickly. However, in the florida keys, at very different story. They of course got walloped very early on, category four, a direct hit, 10,000 people we believe opted to stay and ride it out, and Officials Say a massive airborne Relief Mission is now in the works. They are looking at what could be a potential humanitarian disaster. The other problem is that nobody is getting much news out of the florida keys. We had friends and relatives are people who opted to stay in the hotels here, who said that even by friday, communications we re pretty that even by friday, communications were pretty patchy and they were struggling to make contact with theirand struggling to make contact with their and relatives. So the florida keys could be very bad news indeed, but, at the moment, we just dont know because the curfew only lifted an hourago and know because the curfew only lifted an hour ago and they are still making assessments about whether or not they can get in, because all roads into the florida keys are now closed. Thank you both. Before it hit florida, the storm battered cuba, ripping roofs off houses and causing widespread damage to the countrys northern coast. Flooding also hit the capital havana where residents were warned to stay off the streets. Thousands of tourists were stranded at the countrys tourist resorts as the storm hit. Our correspondent will grant sent this report. Havana streets resemble canals. Forfamilies from its poorest neighbourhoods, the situation is becoming desperate. When Hurricane Irma came crashing into the island, she brought rains and storm surges which flooded entire city blocks. Cu bas picturesque capital today a city of felled trees and debris. Power is out across havana, complicating the clean up operation. People are coping as best they can. Translation i heard that 9096 of the electricity is out in the whole country. We are going to be without power for several days. Thats going to hurt us a lot. Translation thanks to god i have not heard that anyone has died. There have been very big material losses but no human ones. Cubans are thankful to have avoided the loss of life seen elsewhere in the caribbean. But the damage to property and livelihoods here has been huge. Irma may have knocked cubas economyjust as hard as she hit its coastline. And hit it she most certainly did. For almost two days, Hurricane Irma crept along cubas northern shore, thrashing anything in its path, from tiny fishing villages to 5 star resorts. This is the best known fishing village on the island, once the inspiration for ernest hemingway, but now it is struggling to clean up from irmas awesome power. Thousands of tourists remained trapped at the beach town of varadero. Tensions grew as hopes they would get home quickly look ever more remote. Cubas communist government is on an emergency footing, mobilising all of the resources at its disposal. From the army to the state security apparatus, every bureaucrat, every administrator has been drafted in. The president praised the cuban people for their response and said discipline and hard work would ove ico m e discipline and hard work would overcome the storms devastating effects. For now it is the island s strong sense of community. For now it is the island s strong sense of community. But it is neighbours helping neighbours that will get cuba through this initial crisis. The long term clean up, though, may need International Aid. Will grant, bbc news, havana. Theres plenty more on Hurricane Irma on our website. Theres plenty more on Hurricane Irma on our website. The brexit secretary, david davis, has warned mps that voting against the eu withdrawal bill would amount to backing a chaotic exit from the european union. The commons will vote late tonight, after another day of debate on legislation, which will convert all existing eu laws into domestic ones. Labour says it will oppose the bill, claiming it represents a power grab. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. Its the planned new law that will provide the legal toolkit to compliment brexit. After a day of debate last week, more debate this afternoon, this evening and into the night. Without this bill and this legislation, as cross Party Committees have recognised, there would be significant legal uncertainty and we wouldnt be in the best place to get a deal between the uk and the eu on Market Access so this bill, whether you support or oppose leaving the eu, its a bill people should support because it provides us with continuity and stability and the best chance of getting a good deal through this process. Last week, when the brexit secretary made the case for the bill, oppositions mps and some conservatives said it gave the government too much power. Labour say they accept the result of the eu referendum, but. Our position is we oppose the bill tonight because we want parliamentary scrutiny, we want democratic accountability of an elected government in how it reacts to the result of the referendum and that is why we are voting the way we are tonight and i urge all colleagues to do the same. The governments confident it will get its way tonight. Those conservatives who dont like the look of this bill are likely to back it now and grumble later but there are some labour mps who are nervous about what opposing this will look like. By saying you want to kill it at birth at the beginning of its passage through parliament, i think that sends out the wrong message about our attitude to the result in 2016 and how we want to effectively ensure a smooth brexit. Today is just the latest debate and vote here on brexit. Even after the leaves on the trees are long gone, the issue of our withdrawal from the eu will still dominate. Lets speak to our assistant Political Editor norman smith whos in westminster. Norman, downing street is saying they are confident, but are they right to be . Normally when you get a big europe debate, it provokes a nervous breakdown amongst Government Party managers as they desperately tried to cajole and threatened possible rebels into line, but not so possible rebels into line, but not so today. Because tory critics of theresa may said were not going to rebel tonight. We will keep it until later in the parliamentary process, so later in the parliamentary process, so Government Party managers later in the parliamentary process, so Government Party managers are going, so Government Party managers are going, we are all right tonight. On the labour side, however, the belly to be looming againstjeremy corbyn knock about insistence that labour mps should vote against against this bill and the reason is some labour mps are fearful about the message that will send out in brexit supporting labour constituencies, and they are fearful it may provoke and they are fearful it may provoke a backlash amongst labour supporters who feel a party is going cool on brexit got backtracking. This is after a summer in which it seemed to shift its position to support a long transitional period when the stay in the single market, still have freedom of movement, but what do that does it tell us . It tells us, frankly, both main parties are divided over brexit. The last thing, the vote will be at midnight, so if you want to know it, as soon as it out, dont go to bed early. Norman smith, thank you. That vote in parliament will begin a busy autumn for the brexit process. Christian fraser has been looking at the key dates coming up and considering what the sticking points might be. Here we have our brexit clock, ticking towards that deadline of march 2019, the date the uk is supposed to leave the european union. From june through august, the two sides have had three rounds of face to face negotiations, and as yet, no decisive breakthrough on the so called divorce issue the size of the uks exit bill, the border issues in ireland, and the future rights of eu and uk citizens. All i hear, says michel barnier, is the tick of the clock. And the frustrations on both sides are simmering. It is clear that uk does not feel legally obliged to honour these obligations after departure. How can we build trust and start discussing a future partnership . I think its fair to say, weve seen some concrete progress. Michel referred to one, but theres more than that. But our discussions this week have exposed yet again that the uks approach is substantially more flexible and pragmatic than that of the eu, as it avoids unnecessary disruption for businesses and consumers. Which, all in all, leaves us with a big question mark over the direction of this negotiation. The uk had wanted to be discussing trade and the future relationship with the eu as soon as possible. But has any progress being made . But has any progress been made . The only thing thats shifted slightly is, the government now wants transition. I think ultimately, their direction of travel has not changed at all. They want us out of the single market, out of the customs union, theres no sign of compromises. But the next few months matters, because its all about sorting out article 50 and the quicker we do that, the quicker we can talk about trade. So, the government wants to try and get agreement with the europeans in october on the article 50 issues, and remember, the eu negotiates in a very specific way nothing happens for ages, and at the 11th hour, everyone panics and starts to compromise and starts to negotiate. I wouldnt expect to see progress now, but i think when we get to the end of september and october, we will see things start to move. David davis will certainly be hoping thats the case but there are plenty of things to get through. So, lets take a look, then, at some of the key milestones in the months ahead. The next face to face meeting is next week, on 18th september, which has become even more important after a summer of slow progress. David davis is getting impatient, and hes now pushing for rolling weekly meetings. Perhaps well get more clarity, though, when the crucial german election is out of the way. There are two big leaders summits before the end of this year, and we can probably expected a showdown at this one in october. And then theres one more in december, if the timetable does slip. Before this, the final brexit meeting of the year, the eu ambassadors meeting on 20th december. And remember, as time ticks by, the Business Leaders here in the uk are waiting on the sidelines, delaying crucial Contingency Planning for the coming years just how long can they wait . The next three months, then, will be critical in shaping a future brexit deal. And at any point in this process, we could well be back to square one. Oh, and from our starting point here, to that final meeting on 20th december . Its exactly 100 days. And christian will be back tonight with katty kay in washington for beyond 100 days, which will be looking at the big issues on both sides of the atlantic. Thats tonight from 7pm, on the bbc news channel and bbc four. News channel and bbc four. And christian will be back tonight with katty kay in washington for beyond 100 days, which will be looking at the big issues on both sides of the atlantic. Thats tonight from 7pm, on the bbc news channel and bbc four. Our top story this lunchtime. Hurricane irma blasts floridas west coast, leaving more death and destruction in its path. Were going to do our best to make sure we help all of the residents of this community to adjust and to try to get them back to a sense of normalcy. Coming up in sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news at one what next for chris froome after his historic double at the vuelta Tour De France . Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have now fled myanmar, formerly known as burma, in the past fortnight to seek refuge across the border in bangladesh. The un human rights commissioner has warned that the situation now looks like a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. The un is urging myanmar to end what it calls the cruel military operation in the west of the country, where there are multiple reports of Security Forces burning rohingya villages, and killing the inhabitants. The bloody violence in Rakhine State has meant that more than 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have already fled across the border, with many more still coming. Many of those refugees have settled in makeshift camps near the city of coxs bazar. Sanjoy majumder has been to one of them, and sent this report. When youre starving, you get desperate. And then it becomes dangerous. This aid trucks surrounded by a seething mass of rohingyas. The organisers, private donors, too nervous to distribute their supplies. Theres no sign of the police, and things begin to turn ugly. Fights break out. Volunteers try to enforce a sense of order, but it is futile. The rohingya relief operation is slowly but surely spinning out of control. Most of it is in the hands of local groups and individuals, entirely out of their depth. You get a sense of the desperation. People have just climbed onto this little van, trying their best to get hold of little bags of rice that are being handed out. But its utterly chaotic, there is no sense of order, theres nobody actually coordinating it. And then look over here. These are clothes that have just been flung on the ground, flown from the aid trucks as they rush away from the scene. Well meaning but an utterly wasted effort. And too many people are getting left out. Translation i have five people in my family, including two small children. Most nights, they just go to bed hungry. This man tries to hand out money to the refugees, and soon realises it is a foolish mistake. Unleashing a frenzied response from the mob that soon turns threatening. Translation i live in saudi arabia. I saw on television how they are suffering so i came here to give them some money. The International Aid groups, including the un, but their operations are restricted to the authorised camps. The tens of thousands of refugees who are outside our entirely dependent on hand outs from locals. For the first time, energy from offshore wind power in the uk is now much cheaper than electricity from new Nuclear Power stations thats according to new government figures. Environmental groups say it shows the government should prioritise investing in the growing offshore industry. But nuclear firms say the uk still needs a mix of low carbon energy, especially when wind power is not available. Our environment analyst Roger Harrabin reports. Offshore wind energy at the cutting edge of technology. Giant floating turbines much higher than big ben being prepared in norway for delivery to scotland. Its conventional offshore wind power which is behind todays news, though, with a truly staggering fall in costs, way better than even the industry itself had hoped for. T

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