and here it is seen from space on the left of the screen, with another smaller typhoon, to the right. we've been talking to some residents in discovery bay in hong kong. they told us more about here experience there. the government told us already yesterday that it will be a day off, all the schools, stock exchange, businesses are closed. it is the closest typhoon we have had in the past 20 years, it is meant to be passing us by at midnight at about a0 kilometres from here. i don't know whetehr you can see it, we have got buckets full of water passing by. we have got literally leaking windows. broken trees. chairs flying. chairs flying, a chair literally just flew away two minutes before we came online. it has been pretty bad. the pictures were from actually the main entrance to the block. we have actually had a just a couple of hours ago, a couple of trees falling down, cutting off the access to the residential area. but we have had a very good response from the emergency and fire department. they came literally within15—20 minutes. they cut through the emergency access for any ambulances orjust orjust in case, touch wood, nothing happens. three hours away from midnight where the typhoon is meant to be passing us by. i do not think it will be a night where we speak through. a sleepless night ahead of us. earlier we heard from local photographer and writer, martin williams who began by explaining how the storm is affecting where he lives. went outside, and i was hoping to take my computer outside, but the camera doesn't let me show it. there are trees just behind me that have been lashed by the wind. every so often there are powerful hurricane and plus force gusts that are just whipping through, blasting the trees. so this kind of perpetual noise outside and every so often there's a rush. it's almost like an express train is going past the house. but we're quite sheltered at the moment, so i'm a bit more concerned about what will happen when the wind goes around to the south. i'm going to put on to the screen some pictures that you sent us from a little earlier in the day, because they're wonderful pictures, but it doesn't show really the intensity quite of the super typhoon hitting. how quickly did all of this that is currently on our screen actually change? well, i took a couple of shots last night in in the evening. so it's quite dramatic clouds that looked almost like they spawned a tornado. and then it's been fairly calm since it's been a long time. this is the longest. this is an exceptional storm. it's the longest that we've waited from the gale signal to get gales. that happened this afternoon. and during this afternoon, the gales arrived. by the end of the afternoon, there were gale force winds blowing. then we got the warning. there were hurricane force winds coming. very soon after that, within two or 3 hours, we got we got the hurricane ten signal, it's called in hong kong that says there are hurricane force winds blowing. and i've been looking at some of the figures as well, showing 160 kilometer, that's average, the ten minute average wind speed in eastern hong kong. so they're starting to move across the south of the territory now. it's difficult to actually understand what wind speeds of that dimension is actually like in practice. but you described even the sound of it from inside of your house now in terms of the warnings, the preparedness. take me through that. this time it's been kind of exceptional. we've been hearing quite a bit about it. it's been a weird storm, this one, because it made us sort of loop around near the philippines. no—one knew quite where it would go, in taiwan. then when it started getting close, then we started getting better and better warnings because if we get very hard, if the storm lands and we've also had this in the warnings, if it lands just to the east of us, then it would dissipate and then go over hong kong as just some wind and some rain. a bit dramatic, but not the storm surge that we're starting to hear about now, which is the rising sea level. and that now with the storm place south of hong kong, that's, if you like, the perfect storm for the hong kong situation. it's really close just to the south. the main winds are starting to blow. they're blowing north now. they'll swing around to the east. they'll swing around to the south later and start blowing, blowing the waves and looking. ijust heard you mention about a place in the new territories and i can see there that it's going almost vertical. i'm glancing at my computer screen there and as the tide gauge as the tide really comes in. and many years ago, there was a typhoon that killed about 10,000 people in hong kong, i think a 1937 one. and that was a lot of it because of storm surge. so we make a big fuss about the wind and there can be 200 meter winds blowing 200k an hour, so 100 plus miles an hour. and that's consistent wind. notjust a gust like you hear of in the uk, but when the typhoon has got the surge coming in and this is almost like a little tsunami, but with powerful wind driven waves, that is that can be the killer. and a lot of people really don't know much about this in hong kong. now, i've read about typhoons since i arrived here a lot of years ago, and this is by far the biggest, the strongest typhoon that i've been in. now to washington in the courts, where we're about to get sentencing of two members of the proud boys, the group that were central ring leaders in the storming of the capitol onjanuary 6th 2021 — and the attempt to overturn the results of the presidential election. some of the group's leading figures have received long jail sentences in the last 2a hours. yesterday, the former proud boys leader, joseph biggs, was given 17 years. another, zachary rehl, got 15 years, for his involvement. in the next few minutes we're expecting dominic pezolla — who broke into the capitol building through a window, carrying a riot shield — he'll be sentenced, followed soon after by ethan nordean. nordean, like biggs and rehl, found guilty of "seditious conspiracy" as well as a host of other charges. earlier i spoke to our washington correspondent wyre davies on what we can expect from the sentencing from the sentencing of these two today. a batch of cases, a five in total, which deals, of course, with the aftermath of the 2020 election. the proud boys describe themselves as a pro—western boys drinking club, but of course, they were basically donald trump's foot soldiers. they were among the first to be involved in that march on congress on january the 6th, just after the those presidential elections where they and others, which they and others, of course, believed had been stolen. now, they, in their defence, say they were acting on donald trump's implicit instructions in a tv debate in the run up to the election. mr trump had famously told the proud boys to stand back and stand by. and on the day, including the morning ofjanuary the 6th as well, mr trump was seen to use what prosecutors have described as inflammatory language, encouraging people like the proud boys, 0ath keepers and other groups who thought the election had been stolen to march on the capitol. now, we all saw the riotous events on the capitol itself. and over the last few days and indeed into next week, members of the proud boys, leaders of the proud boys movement, have been sentenced or will be sentenced to long term imprisonment. joe biggs, as you say, who was a leader from florida, he was sentenced to 17 years in prison as zachary rehl was sentenced to 15 years. and today we've got two more members of the proud boys organisation who are facing long sentences and critically next week. and enrique tarrio, who was the proud boys leader. he will also be sentenced and perhaps can expect the longest sentence of all. in terms of those two sentences we're expecting in the next little while, i mean, pezolla, he was the only one of that group who was found not guilty of that charge of seditious conspiracy. but the prosecution is still looking for a sentence of around 20 years, aren't they? yeah. the prosecutors have actually looked for longer sentences given by what was handed down yesterday, 17 years and 15 years. perhaps the two today can receive similar length sentences. prosecutors have said biggs viewed himself and this movement as a second american revolution, where he and the other patriots would retake the government by force. and prosecutors say the harsh sentences are indeed long, but they say they're also an important example, mindful of the fact that, of course, america is facing another presidential election in just over a year's time. no picture from inside the courthouse, we are expecting that the sentencing to start, we thought it would have started by now, running slightly behind schedule but as soon as word from inside the courthouse we will obviously return and get more on this important story. a second sentencing for the proud boys going on within 24—hour is. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. one of the uk's biggest mortgage lenders say house prices have seen their biggest annual fall since 2009. the figures from nationwide show prices dropped by 5.3% lower than the year before. it said higher borrowing costs for buyers had led to a slowdown in activity in the housing market. concerns are being raised that blood cancer patients are facing round trips of 200 miles or more to access some of their care in argyll. charity blood cancer uk said vulnerable patients are making long journeys after the loss of some local services in 0ban. nhs greater glasgow and clyde say virtual consultations are available, but in—person appointments are at a centre in glasgow. a welsh rally has been recognised for its environmental sustainability by formula 0ne�*s governing body. race organisers said it's the first event to fully offset the emissions of all competing vehicles. it is the only uk rally to receive fia's environmental accreditation, two years in a row. you're live with bbc news. in the uk, the government is facing calls to "come clean" about the scale of the problems facing school buildings in england after some were forced to close, because they were made with concrete prone to collapse. more than a hundred schools are scrambling to put emergency measures in place, before children return from their summer holidays for most that will be in a few days�* time. the closures were announced, after ministers said they had seen "new evidence" on the type of concrete , known as raac and the dangers that posed. so far, a full list of the schools affected has not been made public. worth taking a moment to find out a bit more about the concrete at the centre of all this. raac, to give it's full name, is reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete. it's a lightweight concrete, that was used in roofs, floors and walls between the 1950s and 1990s. it's a cheaper alternative to standard concrete because it's aerated, or "bubbly". however, it's less durable with a limited life span of around 30 years, and its structural behaviour differs "significa ntly" from traditional reinforced concrete. the health and safety authority says, raac is now beyond its life span and may "collapse with little or no notice". so how have schools across england been affected. 0ur correspondent helena wilkinson spoke to us earlier on how schools are troubleshooting amid news their buildings may not be safe enough to teach in. this is one of the schools affected, the corpus christi catholic primary school, which is in brixton in south london. but matthew, the parents here at this school were actually told that there was an issue here a couple of weeks ago. there was a statement put out on the 18th of august. and so what they were told was that the type of concrete that you have just described, the concrete that's been causing issues across many schools in england, that has been found on a roof in the junior part of the schooljust behind us on one of the roofs. and so what they are having to do is, at the start of term, the start of the academic year next week, some of the pupils or all of the pupils from this junior school are going to have to relocate to another school, which is about 20 minutes away, a mile and a half away from where we are. and they're going to have to start the start of the term there. in terms of the impact this is having on parents, well, yes, they are aware of it here. the parents of the school, they've had two weeks to come to terms with it, if you like, but clearly it is going to cause disruption for parents. 0ne mother we spoke to who was here with her two children, she's going to have to do a double drop—off and a double pick—up because one of her children will still be able to go to the safe part of the building at the school. and we also spoke to a nine year old girl who goes to the junior part of the school here. and she told us and it was very clear what she said, that she had felt anxious because she thought they might have to do online schooling once again following on from the pandemic. and that was something that had worried her when she heard about the issue at her school. but she did say she's excited to be going to another school and hopes it will be fun there. but this is just one example of the schools that you've mentioned there that have been impacted. and schools had teachers, teachers, local government authorities having to scramble in the last few days before term starts next week to try to find alternative accommodation. deputy general secretary of the national education union, niamh sweeneyjoined us earlier and said the union has been pushing the government to be more forthcoming on which schools are affected. this could've been avoided. the government really should have been contacting these schools as soon as they knew that they had this information. the national audit office published data injune, and we've been pushing for the government to make that public, saying that a third of our school buildings are past their life span, and that includes this raac. we have been trying to get the list of the schools that are affected so that we can offer support to our members and school leaders dealing with these issues. yes. how important is that? because the government saying earlier today it was be for the schools to contact the parents involved and only then would the government published a list. is that the wrong way round, do you think? well, i think theyjust could have done it much more quickly. and of course, they could have avoided this altogether. this government made the decision not to invest in our school infrastructure, in our school buildings. they have cut the budget. they cut the school building schools for the future budget and has now left us with the situation where many of our school buildings are not fit for purpose. they are draughty, they are cold. they have poor windows, they have poor ventilation. we know about raac. we also know about asbestos. this is another thing for headteachers to deal with. they are changing the guidance. they are changing information daily to headteachers and telling them to deal with it. just two days, for some people, before the beginning of term and that isjust a complete disregard and is disrespectful to those people trying to do their best for children and young people at this difficult time. ministers have said they acted properly once they received new information. they've also talked about the amount they've put into funding in terms of the point you were making there. but on a separate point, ministers were saying on the radio this morning that actually the government would fund any of these contingencies and the costs that would fall on the schools and not the schools themselves. do you accept that? because i think some unions have been suggesting that it was the out of school budgets. well, that isn't clear. the guidance published yesterday by the government has since changed. they originally said that they wouldn't pay for additional temporary accommodation, that has now been revised, but that isn't the only thing that schools will need to pay for. and i've heard from two headteachers that have already gone through this process. one has spent up to £30,000 on fitting out temporary accommodation to make it suitable for classrooms, being able to provide whiteboards, it equipment, all of that sort of thing. and another teacher who has spent up to £170,000. so it doesn't appear to us that that money is coming from the department of ministers. ministers were clear about that this morning. just time to ask you one more question, because in terms of pupils having to learn remotely, do you have any sort of estimation about potentially how many numbers we're talking about? just briefly, if you could. until we know how many schools and school buildings are affected, we won't know that. but the national audit office estimated that up to 700,000, 700,000 pupils were in buildings that were past its life span. south africa's president, cyril ramaposa, has called for urgent action, to tackle the problems of housing in inner—city areas after 7a people died in a fire injohannesburg. the cause of the blaze, has not yet been established. many of the residents were migrants, who were renting rooms from criminal gangs who had taken over the former industrial building. the process of identifying bodies is continuing. 0ur correspondent shingai nyoka sent us this update from johannesburg. a day after the fire broke out emergency services are still at the scene conducting one final sweep in search of remains. and the families are also still here in search of answers. and some of that trauma is visible on their faces. some of them bear the physical scars of the events of yesterday broken bones, head injuries. over 70 people are now confirmed to have died, and the grim task of identifying them is underway. but many of the relatives here say that their relatives are still missing and they don't know whether they made it out alive. the south african government has pledged to assist the survivors, but it's a very difficult situation for many of them because they are undocumented migrants and so it's unclear whether they will come forward to get that assistance. and so in the second day after the fire, a lot of people here are unsure about what happens next. let's take you to pakistan now, where several members of the family of a man who police in the uk want to question over the death of his daughter say that they have been illegally detained. the investigation in pakistan centres on the death of ten year old sara sharif — who was found dead in woking in the uk on the 10th of august. herfather urfan, his partner and brother travelled to pakistan the day before sara's body was found. police in pakistan have been searching for the trio — and have now been accused by their relatives of holding them without any legal justification. 0ur correspondent caroline davies has more. paris has become the first european capital to ban electric scooters for public hire. it introduced them just five years ago, but when parisians were asked to vote, on whether they wanted to keep them, last april, they said n0. it's meant the three companies which operate the e—scooters have been withdrawing them from paris — and redeploying them to other european cities. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield sent this update. yeah. over the last few weeks, the three operating companies have been getting rid of their 15,000 or so e—scooters. they're disappearing off to other european cities and to london, for example, where they'll they'll still be used. but here in paris, there will be no more of these free—floating machines. it doesn't mean you won't see e—scooters, you will. but they'll be privately owned ones, or possibly ones that are rented by the day, by kind of by shops, by other operators. but the free floating fleets, if you like, are gone. and it follows if, of course, this referendum back in april, which was engineered by the mayor of paris, who from having been a great advocate of e—scooters, became an enemy of e—scooters and staged this this referendum in which very, very few people voted. but the people who did vote were all older people, very much motivated against the e—scooters. younger people who use them didn't turn out. and when that came through, the results came through, the die was cast really. and now at the end of august, 1st of september, they're out. the reaction of people? well, of course, it's mixed. you know, many people, older people in particular who didn't use the e—scooters are extremely relieved for them. they were an utter nuisance and they cluttered up the pavement. they weren't properly stored or stacked. and everyone had a story about having narrowly missed one coming careering down than the pavement or with two people on it, and the dangerous driving and so on. the people who missed them, though, of course, are there as well. people who did really use them. and there was you know, there were thousands and thousands of people in paris who did use them, particularly late at night. and it became a real standby for people who are going home after late night parties or drinking in bars and so on. you know, it was a very, very useful way of getting back home when the buses had stopped. they're going to be annoyed, but too bad and they're gone. and we'lljust have to see what alternatives these people turn to now. stay with us here on bbc news. two court cases we are keeping an eye on, in washington i will show the pictures, we expect sentencing of two more proud boys members, behind the uprising of the capital onjanuary the 6th. we are expecting dominic pezolla to have a prosecution pushing for a 20 year sentence. and then ethan nordean will be sentenced. that is in washington, we will keep an eye on that, in the uk there is a court case going on in leicester. the pictures they are very briefly. that is to do with a court case over to talk influencer and her mother being sentenced for murdering two men when their car was rammed off the road. her and her mother were both found guilty of murder back in august. the judge said tiktok and instagram are at the heart of this cold—blooded murder. his comments have started but we wait for sentencing. more on those stories here in the next little while. don't go away. hello there. meteorologically speaking, the first day of september is the first day of autumn and, with the changing of the season, we are changing the weather, something drier and warmer on the way through the weekend with some spells of sunshine. still some showers around through the rest of today. and a band of thicker cloud affecting parts of northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. a little bit of rain with that, best of the sunshine across the northern half of scotland. temperatures between 1a and 23 degrees. so already turning a little bit warmer down towards the south—east. and then, as we head through tonight, we will see some areas of cloud, some mist and fog will start to develop as well, especially across england, wales and northern ireland. it is going to be another rather chilly night across the highlands. temperatures once again could drop quite close to freezing in a few locations, milder further south. but the story of saturday is one of high pressure which is set to build across the uk. now, underneath this area of high pressure, we will have some mist and fog to start the morning — that will tend to lift and click. take a while to do so in places, particularly in northern ireland, one or two light showers are possible, but most places will be fine with some sunshine. a bit more cloud will get into the far north—west of scotland with a strengthening breeze. but temperatures 21 degrees for aberdeen, glasgow and belfast, 2a degrees in london through saturday night. 0ur area of high pressure will still be with us. this frontal system grazing into the north of scotland — that will bring some outbreaks of rain during sunday, especially across the northern isles. but some other northern and north—western parts, more of a breeze here as well. but further south, some good spells of sunshine and some real warmth. even parts of eastern scotland, up to 22 or 23 degrees, 25 or 26 down towards the southeast of england. and that's a warming trend is set to continue into the new week. 0ur area of high pressure looks set to move a little further eastwards. areas of low pressure trying to squeeze in from the west. and this, broadly speaking, will bring us a southerly flow of air, bringing something warmer in our direction from the continent. so temperatures as we head through the middle parts of the week could well get into the mid to high 20s, maybe somewhere touching 30 degrees. it is likely to turn more unsettled from the west by the end of the week. hong kong has issued its highest storm alert as a super typhoon approaches the city. there are warnings that winds could reach up to 200 kilometres an hour. two members of the proud boys — the group — central to the storming of the us capitol are due to be sentenced. journalists in the indian—administered region of kashmir raise concerns over press freedom, as they talk about threats and intimidation from authorities. and the clock is ticking on premier league transfer deadline day— liverpool reject a 150 million pound offerfrom saudi arabia for mo salah. we'll have all the latest. straight to breaking news coming from us from leicester. a social influence her and her mother have been sentenced to life in prison after two men died in a high—speed car chase. they were found guilty of motoring 21—year—old... the men died when the carbs were around on the dual carriageway in 2022. the victims were initially chased by a masked gang recruited by the mother and daughter. thejudge said that tick—tock and instagram were at the