on twitter and facebook, too. thanks for watching and we will see you soon. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. hurricane irma heads for florida, after causing devastation across the caribbean. millions of people are told to evacuate the state, as forecasters warn that nowhere will be safe when the storm hits. if you're in an evacuation zone, you need to get out now, and get either to a friend, a family, a hotel, a shelter. but get where you need to go, and do not wait. in the caribbean, some islands which have already suffered overwhelming destruction are bracing themselves for the arrival of a second hurricane. good morning, it is saturday 9 september. also ahead: manchester arena reopens tonight with a benefit concert, three months after the terrorist attack. the scores on the doors. calls for restaurants and cafes in england to display their food hygiene ratings. in sport: jimmy anderson makes history. he becomes the first englishman to take 500 test wickets, in the deciding match against the west indies. and louise has the weather. good morning. it is an autumnal start to the weekend. a day of sunny spells and scattered showers. but some of the showers will be heavy, with some hail and thunder, and rather breezy out to the west. more details coming up. good morning. first, our main story: millions of people have been warned to evacuate from florida, as hurricane irma approaches the united states. the huge storm, which has left a path of destruction across the caribbean, made its way along the coast of cuba last night. it is expected to reach florida tomorrow. some of the worst—affected caribbean islands are now bracing themselves for the arrival of a second hurricane. jose is reported to have strengthened with winds of up to150mph. our north america correspondent jane o'brien reports from miami. clouds gather over miami's south beach, all but deserted, as irma lurks on the horizon. millions of people have been asked to evacuate. irma has already devastated parts of the caribbean. barbuda is an island in survival mode, and bracing for hurricane jose. i'm just waiting to get evacuated from here, and then i'm going to come back, and try and salvage something. i don't know. my whole life is here, so... in florida, those images are a stark warning of what may come. miami is putting up shutters and preparing for the worst. these people on the beach are really the few diehards who, for one reason or another, have decided to stay put and wait out the storm. and even if they wanted to leave, at this point, quite frankly, it is probably too late. even those who planned ahead found themselves caught, as airports closed, roads backed up, and hotels ran out of rooms. we care about your safety. you've got to get prepared. if you're in an evacuation zone, you need to get out now, and get either to a friend, a family, a hotel, a shelter. but get where you need to go, and do not wait. this is a storm not seen in a generation, since hurricane andrew laid waste to the state, 25 years ago. irma is bigger, and unpredictable. different projections show various paths, but all life—threatening. on sunday, its full impact will be felt. earlier on breakfast, we spoke tojosephine gumbs—connor, who lives on the british overseas territory of anguilla. irma passed directly over the island on wednesday, and they are now bracing themselves for hurricane jose. i think the biggest fear right now is the amount of debris, loose articles, houses that were demolished, where the galvanised is just in abundance, and all over, unrestricted, the wood of those who had shutters and lost those shutters, you know, the metal that is around, it is in such abundance that the fear that is being echoed by so many of the residents that i've interacted with today is the feeling that, even if you felt reasonably secure, you recognise that these are going to be projectiles, in what is now an upper—category—four hurricane. in a few minutes‘ time, we will be talking to a british virgin islands resident in london who has desperately been trying to contact her family on the island. the manchester arena reopens tonight, just over three months after the terrorist attack which killed 22 people. extra security measures will be in place for the we are manchester benefit concert. headlining the event will be noel gallagher and his band, alongside acts courteeners and rick astley. that venue has had some amazing artists from all over the world come and play there, and i think that has to keep going. and it was absolutely terrible. there are no words for it, what happened. but i do think positive light has to be shone, sometimes, for us to get through things. the united states has called a meeting of the un security council for monday, to push for tougher sanctions on north korea. it wants to impose an oil embargo, ban its exports of textiles, and subject leader kim jong—un to an asset freeze and travel ban. it follows north korea's continued refusal to end its nuclear weapons programme. the united nations is warning of an unprecedented refugee crisis in myanmar. it says more than 250,000 people have fled the country in recent days, a dramatic increase on previous estimates. the muslim rohingya minority says that myanmar‘s military has been attacking them and burning villages. the un says 270,000 people have crossed into neighbouring bangladesh in just a fortnight. the government is being urged to force restaurants, pubs and takeaways in england to display food hygiene ratings. a score of five means hygiene is very good, and zero requires urgent improvement. the local government association wants to see businesses that fail to comply be fined or prosecuted. jon donnison reports. all food outlets, including restaurants, pubs and takeaways, are given hygiene ratings by local councils. the scores range from zero to five. in wales and northern ireland, all food premises are legally required to publicly display those ratings, even if they have received a low score. but the same "scores on the doors" law, as it is known, does not apply in england, meaning a restaurant that might have been deemed to be filthy doesn't have to let its customers know. now, the local government association says brexit should be used as an opportunity to tighten the laws in england. the lga's calling for england to come in line with wales and northern ireland, and scores on the doors, the food hygiene ratings, are published on the premises‘s door, so that you know when you arrive at a restaurant exactly what is rating is. the lga says the change would encourage food outlets to improve hygiene, and reduce cases of food poisoning. florida is bracing itself for what is expected to be the most devastating hurricane to hit the state since hurricane andrew, in 1992. hurricane irma is expected to make landfall in the us sometime tomorrow. but not everyone is heeding the warnings to evacuate, with many florida residents preparing to try to ride out the storm. 0ur north america correspondent jane 0'brien has been speaking to one couple in miami. well, here in florida, of course, the focus is firmly on hurricane irma, which is why the governor of florida has told people to simply get out. but a lot of people we've been talking to have said, well, where do we go? because this is now a storm that is bigger than the state itself. roads are clogged, hotels are booked up, and although the storm is expected to really make landfall and be as strong on sunday, many have decided to stay. i am speaking to christian and candice. are you two completely mad? maybe, i guess that will be determined. just a little, just a little. but we also don't have a choice. we have rental properties that we manage, we have tenants that we care about. and after the storm, we have to be there to help board up windows, and fix roofs, and things like that. so we need to be in the vicinity. but aren't you scared? not really, we have shutters on the fifth floor. and we were here through wilma, so we have some idea of what the impact is going to be. but this is a storm that is so much bigger. what are you expecting? in the water. there might be some jetskis. there would be music playing. literally thousands of people i don't think we've ever seen the beach this empty. in your home, in concrete? well, you have clearly picked the latter, so thank you very much forjoining me, and good luck. dozens of islands are facing massive clean—up operations, hampered by the approach of hurricane jose. laura elliott lives on the british virgin islands with her fiance and two young children. she was in london on a business trip when the storm hit, and shejoins us from our central london newsroom. so you have had a pretty anxious few days. you had left before the hurricane hit, and you have to make young sons. take us through the last few days for you. my son is ten months old and my daughter is 23 months old and my daughter is 23 months old, so young is just... months old and my daughter is 23 months old, so young isjust... they are very young. just absolute... i cannot believe what they have been through. i really had the most awful thoughts, and i didn't hearfrom them for three days. so i had no idea if they were trapped, if they we re idea if they were trapped, if they were injured, if the house had collapsed on them, if they needed help, just anything like that. most importantly, i was worried about injury, and if they have supplies. because everyone prepared. absolutely everyone prepared, but they cannot imagine, i don't think anyone could imagine, the magnitude and how badly they are going to get hit. and just take us through, there was a period of time when you couldn't get in touch at all. you have made contact now, haven't you? he called me yesterday, just the most wonderful call. this is why i look slightly better than i did yesterday. he called and confirmed that the people they are with a fine and safe. the children are oblivious, can you believe, which is just wonderful. apparently there was a brief moment when my daughter was very scared, but she was with her father, so she was all right. my son has no idea, but apparently, you know, she is back today and she is playing with her toys, and it is absolute armageddon outside. there are absolute armageddon outside. there a re lots of absolute armageddon outside. there are lots of scary stories, and people are looting, and obviously people are looting, and obviously people are looting, and obviously people are walking around with machetes, because they are trying to cut trees down, but where is that going to lead to? as you are speaking we are looking at some of the images which have been recorded, and it is illustrating, as you describe, some huge devastation on the island. it must be very hard for you, watching from a distance now and thinking how it was, and seeing how it is now. it is a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful island. absolutely beautiful. they call it nature's little secret. every single numberplate has nature's little secret written on it, and absolutely unspoiled, beautiful caribbean beaches. 0n unspoiled, beautiful caribbean beaches. on a busy day there are ten people, and they are just literally floating in the sea, drinking rum cocktails. and the lushness, the green. it is very green and usable and tropical. and it looks like someone and tropical. and it looks like someone has burnt the island, the island is lack. i can't even understand how this has happened. and again, we are seeing some of the vehicles you are describing. and it doesin vehicles you are describing. and it does in some ways look like there has been a fire going through, people describing the carnage that has been brought in the area. the british virgin islands is so reliant on... the immediate thing to say as it is so good, we know there has been some loss of life, but not so much as you might expect, given what we are witnessing that, which is one merciful relief, i suppose. 25,000 people live on that island, andi 25,000 people live on that island, and i have seen reports of maybe 45 deaths, i would think —— for all five deaths, i would think that would maybe be older people or people who did not stay somewhere secure. but all i can say is, thank god. —— fouror secure. but all i can say is, thank god. —— four or five. secure. but all i can say is, thank god. -- four or five. i amjust thinking ahead now about relief effort, looking at those images it is hard to imagine things getting back to normal any time soon. what are your thoughts in relation to what happens next? there is a concern to suppliers and how long they will last, —— for supplies. evacuation plans, so many people are trying to evacuate, but there is not one controlled plan is the problem. there are so many different nationalities on that island, that is another problem. a lot of people have lost their documents. i am pleading to governments of different countries, to be lenient on their borders when people are being evacuated, because i davies for instance, i know they don't have their passports. —— my babies. we are british, let us be where we need to be, if we are going to america, nobody knows where they are being evacuated to, i don't know where i need to meet my children. and the people on the ground are very nervous about when they get evacuated, and other people realise that that is a way to escape, what is going to happen in the different areas, ijust hope that, i would say to the different governments that have sent in military and marines, that they need to be controlled evacuations to shore, but it needs to happen now. because it is unliveable, it is carnage. on a personal note, where we started your conversation, you're 23—year—old daughter —— 23 —month—old. have you had a chance, have you had an opportunity? no, i have not seen my children, i have not heard my daughter ‘s voice. i said to my fiancee, is she 0k, she is saying "i miss mum, i miss mum", i hope she is young enough to talk about it later and go "i was there but i do remember", that would be amazing —— don't remember. i spoke to my nanny, than any of the children, she called immediately as the storm had passed, the trauma in her voice is like, it's like she looked at god in the face and shook his hand and he moved on, and it is something i don't think she will ever forget in her life. we are pleased that you have the good news that your family is safe and well, we wish you well and it has clearly been difficult for you, thank you for your time. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, this has been the story so far through the night in actualfact, irma story so far through the night in actual fact, irma has story so far through the night in actualfact, irma has made landfall across the north of cuba, it is the first category five storm to make la ndfall first category five storm to make landfall since 192a. you can just cbi brushing with the north of the coast there, but behind it is ho tze, this is a category four —— jose. it looks likely to brush to the north of barbuda, but it looks likely to continue to track in a north—westerly direction, that means it moves over open water it may well wea ken it moves over open water it may well weaken and not be as significant a threat. but irma we will be talking about over the weekend, it will continue to slowly track its way north and west, it is expected to make landfall into florida on early sunday morning, but it is possible that this storm could change its track and move further west, we will need to keep an eye on that and we will update you if it does so. closer to home things are pretty u nsettled closer to home things are pretty unsettled here is well with an area of low pressure sitting close to the scandinavian countries, and some showers, it is a real autumn dave, blustery with plenty of —— autumn day. plenty of blustery and sharp showers. we will have some sunshine in sheltered eastern areas but through the day it will be a case of dodging those showers. in scotland they will be a little bit of sunshine, tebbutt is not that great, at nine o'clock at the morning it will be around 12 or 13, a scattering of showers across north—west england and wales, and down into the south—west it is not too bad a start, for central and eastern areas, it is 9am, there will be some sunshine first thing, so get out and enjoy it because the showers should gather in intensity as we go through the day. they will be driven further inland by that breeze, perhaps with the winds which will be slow—moving as they arrive in the south—east, you will not get them completely, and top temperatures, 15- 18, it completely, and top temperatures, 15— 18, it will feel pretty disappointing if you get sunshine though, you will be lucky one. the showers will fade away and the skies we re showers will fade away and the skies were clear for a showers will fade away and the skies were clearfor a time, so showers will fade away and the skies were clear for a time, so actually start to the sunday morning, single figures, some patchy mist and fog developing, but the real story for sunday is this area of low pressure which will arrive and bring some wet and windy weather across northern ireland and into scotland. it is a week that as it pushes a steadily eat woods —— week affair as it pushes the steadily eastwards. lighter rain moving through the spine of england, it should stay dry during daylight hours per the bulk of eastern and south—eastern england with highs of 19 degrees. before eating in a cafe or restaurant, do you give much thought to their food hygiene rating? and would you know where to find it? well now the local government association wants all food outlets in england to be made to display their ratings on their doors, by law, which is already the case in wales and northern ireland. so how does the system work? let's take a look at this guide from the food standards agency: the hygiene rating is given by a food safety officer who takes in many aspects of hiding performance. these fall into three main categories. the officer looks at hygiene in the food, it includes preparation and cooking as well as cooling and storage of food product. next is the cleanliness and condition of facilities, this looks at areas such as cleaning, pest control, internet and handwashing facilities. and finally, how the business is managed to make sure that systems and cheques are in place to manage food safety. and that all staff know to follow high generals. all of these things are taken into generals. all of these things are ta ken into account generals. all of these things are taken into account when giving the business of food hygiene ratings. these range from zero at the bottom to five at the top. tony lewis is from the chartered institute of environmental health and is with us now. so do you advise the food standards agency? no, we work with the food standards agency, but we mainly work to deliver in by mental health act in the committee, going into business and inspecting them. and they will be the ones that if this put into law would assess food outlets. how they do that? what is the process of assessing whether it isa the process of assessing whether it is a five or zero? they already do that, they do that because it is the law and they go into food businesses every single day, my colleagues do that inspecting food businesses. what we are talking about here is making it mandatory in england, it is already mandatory in scotland, in wales and northern ireland, rather, but it is making it mandatory in england. when my colleagues go into food businesses, they are looking at a range of issues, looking at issues of food safety, obviously, hygiene, but they are looking at the structure of the business and making judgements about the confidence that they have in the management of that food business. do you know, anecdotally or otherwise, whether any of your members have seen a restau ra nt any of your members have seen a restaurant or an outlet which openly displays a zero? yes, but when that happens, the one thing that you will probably find is that those members will have ta ken probably find is that those members will have taken action, they will have already ta ken will have taken action, they will have already taken action against that particular business to improve those standards. but it is not unheard of for in by mental health offices to go into businesses and occasionally score them a zero.|j understand they are scored the zero, just common sense says, it might have been right, but if you own a restau ra nt have been right, but if you own a restaurant and get a zero, which says that urgent attention is required, you would not put that in your window will stop so you have seen your window will stop so you have seen that. realistically you are quite right. a lot of businesses would seriously think about putting that in their business. that is the problem, if that doesn't happen, all of this is redundant, the point is you need to see something visible. that is the whole point about giving confidence to the public, and what they are seeing is a safe premises where they can reasonably expect to buy and consume food that is safety week and that the premises are clean. said it becomes law, a food inspector goes in and the restaurant had a four, and they say you are now zero. what is the time period as a consumer, wendy you know it is a zero, how quickly can do restaurant —— how quickly can the restaurant improve and then go back to four? when an inspector goes in and makes a decision, they will notify a business and issue a sticker than that, if it is a five they will do it, if it is not a score of five and there is a 21 day period in which there is a 21 day period in which there is a 21 day period in which there is an appeals process that can ta ke there is an appeals process that can take place, and one that appeals process has taken place, or the 21 days has lapsed, then they can go ahead and display that particular sticker or indeed... in that interim period, if you are going to the restau ra nt, period, if you are going to the restaurant, you could well be eating ina restaurant, you could well be eating in a place that is rated zero and you have not got a clue. yeah, you could. and that in and of itself is a problem, and we were totally support what the lga has to say about this being mandatory, as it is in wales and northern ireland. thank you very much. some of them are beautiful pieces of elegant victorian architecture — others have perhaps seen better days, but they all serve a valuable purpose, protecting us from the often rather variable weather at britain's coastal resorts. 0ne photographer has become so fond of the seaside shelter that he travels the country cataloguing them — trying to capture the beauty of these fading and often overlooked havens. david sillito reports. the glory of the english summer, thatis the glory of the english summer, that is what we are celebrating. what english summer? look at its! they are little temples. to disappointment let's be honest. they we re disappointment let's be honest. they were not built to protect us from summer were not built to protect us from summer sunshine, were they? they are there to remind us that nowadays out, we might need some protection. a lot of them are quite sad. but photographer will scott is very fond of the british seaside shelter. the appeal is the structures, which are common around coastal towns in the uk, but specifically in england, a kind of relics of former glories of these towns. no one had documented than before as far as i can see, so i sort of started travelling the country, to shoot them. it's a bit scruffy, isn't it? most of them are a bit scruffy. they are. but there is still a kind of beauty in them. and it's not just is still a kind of beauty in them. and it's notjust the beauty, there is history. this one here in margate was, it is said, a place of poetic inspiration. ts eliot's the wasteland. on margate sands i can connect nothing with nothing. the broken fingernails... this is where he sat looking out at the wasteland, and... it's not just he sat looking out at the wasteland, and... it's notjust about what he sat looking out at the wasteland, and... it's not just about what they look like, it's what they symbolise. the seagulls are struggling a bit at the moment, the wind is blowing, there is lots of cloud, and... a few drops of rain. just a few. these little municipal gazebos are a celebration of a very british approach to the british weather. the wind blowing in yourface makes you feel alive. just let it blow through your hair! braving the weather. it is not raining, if it were raining, we would still be here. with our coats on. so forget sitting in a warm car to watch the rain, surely this is a more beautiful, open airway to appreciate the majesty of the british seaside. some charming exa m ples of the british seaside. some charming examples of architecture. you may need a brolly if you are out and about today. we will be back soon, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. coming up before 8:00am, we will take a look at the weather. but first, at 7:30am, a summary of this morning's main news: hurricane irma is lashing cuba with strong winds and heavy rain, after devastating several caribbean islands. the authorities in the us state of florida have told 5.5 million people, that is a quarter of the state's population, to leave their homes. the storm is expected to gain strength once again before making landfall tomorrow. the manchester arena reopens tonight, just over three months after the terrorist attack which killed 22 people. extra security measures will be in place for the we are manchester benefit concert. headlining the event will be noel gallagher and his band, alongside acts courteeners and rick astley. that venue has had some amazing artists from all over the world come and play there, and i think that has to keep going. and it was absolutely terrible. there are no words for it, what happened. but i do think positive light has to be shone, sometimes, for us to get through things. the united states has called a meeting of the un security council for monday, to push for tougher sanctions on north korea. it wants to impose an oil embargo, ban its exports of textiles, and subject leader kim jong—un to an asset freeze and travel ban. it follows north korea's continued refusal to end its nuclear weapons programme. the united nations is warning of an unprecedented refugee crisis in myanmar. it says more than 250,000 people have fled the country in recent days, a dramatic increase on previous estimates. the muslim rohingya minority says that myanmar‘s military has been attacking them and burning villages. the un says 270,000 people have crossed into neighbouring bangladesh in just a fortnight. those are the main stories this morning. time now to talk to mike, and records have been reached when it comes to cricket. exactly, it is not just about the final, deciding test between england and the west indies. it is james anderson, and he has a few years left in him, he hopes. graeme swann reckons he can play until he is a0. james anderson says he felt emotional and relieved after becoming the first englishman to take 500 test match wickets. he achieved the feat in west indies second innings in the deciding test at lord's. now, before anderson took centre stage, ben stokes pushed england into a first—innings lead of 71, while anderson reached the milestone with the wicket of kraigg brathwaite early into the windies' reply. he is only the third seam bowler in history to go past 500. he didn't stop there, either, helping reduce the windies to 93—3 at stumps on day two. they will resume this morning leading byjust 22 runs. milestones are nice, but that's not what drives me to become as good as i can be. i want to try and help england win games of cricket. that's my motivation, that's what i try and — that's why i turn up every day trying to improve myself, and that's what will keep driving me on. i'm loving playing at the moment, i think i'm bowling well, i feel fit and strong, and i'm enjoying playing in this team, so hopefully that can continue for a while yet. rafa nadal is through to the us open final, after beating juan martin del potro in their semi—final overnight at flushing meadows. nadal lost the first set to his argentinian opponent before taking command, and at one stage won nine games in a row, eventually winning in four sets. the spaniard will aim for a third us open and 16th grand slam title in sunday's final. i played well. i am playing well almost the whole season. so today was the day to play well. that is the real thing. i was playing so—so at the beginning of the tournament, and i have been playing better and better every day. and today was the day to play the best match of the tournament. nadal will meet south africa's kevin anderson in the final, who reaches this stage of a grand slam for the very first time. he beat spain's pablo carreno busta in four sets at flushing meadows. some good news for british tennis, too. jamie murray and switzerland's martina hingis reached the final of the mixed doubles, after a straight—sets semi—final victory. now, it is one of the steepest climbs in spain, and the angliru is all that stands between chris froome and a place in the history books. froome, in the red, is hoping to become the first man in 39 years to win the vuelta a espana and tour de france in the same year, and with a lead of over 90 seconds, barring any mishaps today, it will be a victory parade into madrid tomorrow. after the international break, the premier league returns this afternoon with seven matches. leaders manchester united are in the late kick—off, when they travel to stoke. the game of the day though is this lunchtime, when manchester city take on liverpool, who have left out brazilian forward philippe coutinho, who remember was hoping to go to barcelona in the transfer window. but, even without the brazilian, man city realise liverpool are fellow title challengers this season. he could have played 15, 20 minutes. it was a good conversation. celtic will face the daunting prospect of paris st—germain in the champions league this week, but the scottish premiership continues to provide easier tests for them. the scottish champions beat hamilton 4—1 last night, with psg loanee 0dsonne edouard wrapping up a comfortable win with an impressive effort. they go top for the time being, although aberdeen can overtake them with a win at hearts this afternoon. in the championship, derby have jumped up to fourth after thrashing hull city 5—0. four first—half goals, and that from bradleyjohnson, completed a one—sided night for gary rowett‘s side. in rugby league, the title contenders are flexing their muscles ahead of the play—offs, and castleford extended their lead at the top of super league, with a 38—24 victory over leeds. meanwhile, wigan are up to third, after a thrilling late victory against hull fc. hull had overturned a 14—point lead to be in front going into the final moments, but late tries from anthony gelling and john bateman gave the warriors a 30—22 victory. newcastle made it two wins from two in rugby union's premiership, with a dramatic late win over sale. after beating worcester on the opening weekend, a penalty try awarded just six minutes from time helped the falcons to a narrow 13—12 win. saracens, london irish, bath, and gloucester will hope to join newcastle on two wins this afternoon. in the pro1li, leinster earned a bonus—point win over cardiff blues to go top of conference b. they scored three tries in eight second—half minutes, in a 37—9 victory. cardiff are bottom of conference a. edinburgh, meanwhile, made it two straight wins as well. scottish international sam hidalgo—clyne scored the pick of the tries as they beat dragons 35—18. sojimmy anderson joins a select bunch of international bowlers who have reached 500 test wickets for their national team. at the end of yesterday's play, jimmy had reached 501 for england. he will fancy his chances of catching west indies legend courtney walsh's tally of 519 wickets in the ashes series this winter. but he has got some way to go to pass anil kumble, who racked up over 600 wickets for india. australia's glenn mcgrath is the leading fast—bowler, on 563, while that other scourge of england, shane warne, with his spin, is second on the leaderboard, with 708 wickets. butjimmy still has a lot more wickets to take if he is to get near the sri lankan magician muttiah muralitharan and his record of 800 test wickets. he was 38 when he retired. but could he still do it? of those record holders, most of those not... up all of them not playing any more? that's right. he is the only one currently scoring, but you have to say the spinners tend to go on longer, because of wear and tear. so it would be really good if he could overtake glenn mcgrath‘s record and become the most successful fast bowler of all time. it is not easier to get wickets. no, it depends on the style of game on the type of pitch it is. we will have a look at the weather in just a moment. but we will talk about rod brown. —— broadband. you travel around, and broadband connections va ry around, and broadband connections vary so much. even in the field, i was getting quite good speed. that has improved since last year. but some areas of the uk are still struggling to get up to speed. now, the government says more than 900,000 extra homes and businesses will benefit from a superfast broadband rollout, thanks to the reinvestment of up to £645 million from the scheme. for more, let's speak to the digital minister, matt hancock, who is in our london newsroom. good morning. thank you for talking to us on breakfast. where is this £645 million extra money coming from? this is a reinvestment, because when we set up the initial subsidies for rural broadband we set it up so that the more people who sign up, the more money comes back into the contracts, which can then be spent on getting more superfast broadband to more people. because increasing numbers are signing up and we set up a contract in that way, we have £645 million which can reach almost 1 way, we have £645 million which can reach almost1 million more homes and businesses. so it is a good news story, and it is great to hear in the intro that clearly the rollout is getting to more and more parts. can you explain something to me. the government says superfast broadband is 2a megabits per second. the industry regulator, 0fcom, says it is 30, and the average megabits per second for homes in the uk is something like 29. why do your numbers differ from what 0fcom says we should be experiencing? well, the faster it is, the better. 0fcom say that the basic level people need to for example what this programme on the internet is about 10 megabits per second. there are two definitions of superfast. ultimately what matters is getting faster broadband to people across the country. no, if you have a regulator, you should surely listen to the regulator's advice. it says 30, use a 24. the reason we measure this target at 24 megabits per second is because we set a target a few years ago that we would get 90% of the country able to get 24 megabits per second by the end of this year. that is almost at 94% as we speak. we are on track to get to 95%. but we didn't want to change that target halfway through getting i think it is really important to hold ourselves to account, and for the businesses we work with to be held to account to get to that target. so i hope that we will reach that target at the end of the year. we are on track, and maybe that is the time tojiggle we are on track, and maybe that is the time to jiggle with the definitions. at the key thing is, what we have to focus on, is that building a modern economy, a modern society, where everybody can have the chance to participate in this new digital economy, is all about getting as high speeds as possible to everybody and making sure everybody can get connected. you see, i don't need to be difficult here, but what i hear is that you set a target a few years ago which doesn't match up to the modern economy. we have multiple devices to strea m economy. we have multiple devices to stream the internet, to be able to access businesses, and do business online. so use that this target of 24. we need more now, the regulator says, but it is easier to stick to that last target as it is easier to reach it. i think that is unfair, because 0fcom say that ten is what is needed to participate, to get streaming and to access websites. so superfast is actually better than that. it is needed by a lot of people, especially if you have a family with teenagers, all on devices. but ultimately we have also... you know, that is a debate about whether superfast should be a 24 or30, we about whether superfast should be a 24 or 30, we also have to prepare for the next generation of technology, full fibre, where we get fibre all the way into the home, which can get you hundreds of megabits, up to a gigabit of speed. and that is... so it is important to make sure everybody gets this basic level of broadband, and that is what this money will help with. we also have more than £1 billion into getting the next generation of full fibre broadband rollout. but at the moment is only available to about 2% of the country, but that is... you know, that is the next stage. that is where we have to go next. and if we wa nt is where we have to go next. and if we want to have a modern economy, you can't concentrate just on getting today's technologies to everybody. you have to concentrate on working on the next generation of technologies as well. minister for digital, matt hancock thank you for your time. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. irma is approaching florida now? it may not be until sunday, she made la ndfall across may not be until sunday, she made landfall across the north coast of cuba, the first category five hurricane to make landfall are crossed cuba since 1924. this is jose, not quite as powerful, category four, that one may move to the north of barbuda. but irma will hopefully —— jose will hopefully wea ken hopefully —— jose will hopefully wea ke n off hopefully —— jose will hopefully weaken off to the north. but it continues to track its way in a northerly direction towards florida in the early hours, she mayjust change track and push towards the west of florida so we will need to keep a close eye on that over the next day. closer home, low pressure a cross to scandinavia, we have a north—westerly breeze which is driving plenty of showers across the north—west coast and that will continue to be at issue i suspect through the day. 0ver continue to be at issue i suspect through the day. over the next few hours if you are up and offer early you will see some sunshine across central and eastern areas, to the north and west we have a scattering of showers and these will become more widespread as we go through the day. i 9am some sunny spells, some isolated showers, showers sharp and frequent, we will have a rash of showers into north—west england and wales as well during the morning and these will be pretty rapidly moving through with that breeze, and the exposed west facing coast. further inland it is a cool start but we have some sunshine around, as showers develop as we go through the day. as we push steadily north and western showers drift eastward as we go through the day, and they will continue to be a feature, some hail and thunder, and with lighter winds in the south—east corner they could be pretty slow moving. 15— 18 likely to be the high, if you dodge the showers, it won't feel too bad, at the showers will be frequent. with winds falling light it will be a chilly start the sunday, more wet weather developing in the north—west. we'll be back with the headlines at 8:00. but first it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up... after recent nuclear missile tests, is this a good time for the bbc to launch a new language service targeted at north korea? should bbc news be covering a story about an unfortunate incident in a toilet? first, many of those interviewed on news and current affairs programmes now have been advised by public relations professionals on what to say and how to behave. if you are appearing on tv as a pr person yourself, what could possibly go wrong? 0n monday's newsnight, tim bell, the co—founder of bell pottinger, which had been expelled by the pr trade body for unethical behaviour in south africa, demonstrated the answer to that question. you were the man who went out to south africa to secure this deal... yes. phone rings. sorry about that. don't worry. you went out to secure the deal. it must be something you were very excited about. no, the company submitted a proposal to the guptas, or the people who represented the guptas. he knew of all the conversations, what was involved in it. phone rings. for god's sake. you are a very popular man tonight. one of the key things that seems to have been said about this, the problem with the account... gillian johson reacted on twitter, calling it... there was more embarrassment on tuesday for the home office after the guardian published a draft document it obtained containing proposals aimed at cutting the numbers of low skilled migrants from europe following brexit. the bbc followed up the story but one viewer rang us with his concerns over the journalistic ethics. how do the bbc and other media sources justify broadcasting information to the public from so—called leaked documents? they're not leaked, they're stolen. the media should be forced, by law, to divulge their informant‘s details so that they may be prosecuted and lose theirjobs, which they're obviously not fit to be in any way. it is theft. we've had reaction this week to monday's panorama, showing distressing footage from an immigration removal centre, brook house, run by g4s, which had been filmed secretly by a member of staff there. bbc news picked up on the story last friday. the undercover investigation alleges some staff mock, abuse or even assault detainees. the incidents picked up by the hidden camera worn by another officer. callum tully has worked at brook house for two years and he approached panorama after becoming disturbed about the working practices he saw. viewers applauded the documentary with trachenson calling it: the bbc‘s motto going back 90 years has been: "nation shall speak peace unto nation. " but which nations? the bbc is updating its provision of language services by adding several new ones, including one in pidgin. the language is spoken by 75 million people in nigeria and many more elsewhere in africa. the introduction last month of audio updates in pidgin with daily video bulletins due to be added in november, has already had an impact on social media and it is part of what the bbc world service is calling its biggest expansion since the 1940s, with 1,400 staff being hired, backed by £289 million of government funding. 12 new language services are launching over the next few weeks. most controversially, they include one targeted at north korea, where, particularly at this time of heightened international tension over nuclear missile tests, it seems unlikely the bbc will be greeted with open arms. to talk about what the bbc‘s changing with its language services and why, i'm joined byjamie angus, the deputy director of the bbc world service group. we mentioned korean and pidgin, talk me through what you're expanding and why? we are opening 11 new language services. some in india, some in african languages. and of course the korean service for the korean peninsula and korean speaking audiences around the world. we've done this because there's never been a greater need for the reliable and independent international news that the bbc provides. a lot of audiences want to consume that in their own language. in some countries where some news is freely available, but in many countries where there actually isn't very much, or any, freely available reliable international news, it has always been part of world service's mission since the war. this is a continuation and extension of that. in deciding what languages you offer, a lot of countries, which are unstable and don't have independent news. i'm wondering how you decided in the end which ones to do. we talk a lot about audiences and news needs. those audiences who don't have a lot of other choices. a number of the new language services, we are opening a number of languages to cover ethiopia and eritrea because we see a lack of free access to independent and reliable news in that market. we've also got three additional nigerian languages. audiences watching newswatch might be thinking, "we pay a licence fee, where is the money for this coming from?" the extension for the language services is coming from new government investment wholly. that was done because it was felt there wasn't a commercial case, you could never run these services on a commercial basis. there wasn't a case for the licence fee payer to pay for that expansion. the licence fee payers pay for the existing world service? they pay for a certain amount of it and the government has come in with an injection of money to finance the expansion of these language services. the bbc is supposed to be independent and when you are expanding into places like the korean peninsula with government money, doesn't it look political? the bbc historically has had grant in aid funding from the government over a long time to pay for the world service. in that time, we were confident our own editorial independence. we wouldn't take money from the government if it had editorial strings attached. the government understand that and they don't want the bbc services to be viewed with suspicion as the voice of the uk government. people understand internationally that the bbc‘s news services are independent and although the government had paid for the expansion of the services, crucially it was the bbc who decided which languages we added. although the government retains a role in deciding if any future services are closed, the bbc has editorial independence on what goes on those services. at the same time the bbc aren't professional diplomats. we already know the north korean government has told the bbc via its uk embassy that it is not happy about this new language service. is it provocative to go ahead? we think there is a value in areas of geopolitical tension for there to be access to impartial and reliable and independent news. we think that helps de—escalate points of international tension. our view is actually the bbc will help in the long—term with access. there is a huge amount of concern internationally about fake news and how it is being manipulated by countries to ferment into ethnic problems in different territories around the world. the bbc has an important mission to get into that space and make sure that free and impartial and accurate information is available as a gold standard, if you like. we think overall that helps de—escalate geopolitical tensions, not the other way around. what about the journalists providing the services, obviously some will be based in london, but in places like north korea, where you have no presence on the ground, how dangerous it might be to try and provide a service tailored for a local market? we won't have an operational base in north korea, obviously, but the bbc does periodically get access inside north korea, albeit under restrictive and... you're monitored and surveiled by the authorities all the time. but the issues of who are the journalists providing that language service, who may be nationals from there? the important thing is the objectives of this service is not political. we do languages, not countries. it is a korean language service for all korean language speaking services. we're not setting the radio or digital sercvices up we're not setting the radio or digital service up as a platform for dissidents or to destabilise the north korean government. if we did do that, in that political way, it would debase and devalue the bbc‘s international operations around the world. it would be wholly counter—productive and we would not do it. we are doing it on the same basis as other international news services, to provide independent, trusted, free news, but for our values as journalists and not as a political objective. jamie angus, thank you. thank you. a light—hearted story that has been fascinating but also disgusting some viewers this week because it concerns a toilet mishap. it's about an unnamed woman from bristol on a first date, and what happened when she went back to his house and needed the loo. are you ready? here's her date, liam smith, taking up the story. unfortunately it wouldn't flush and she decided to throw it out of the window. my house is a bit quirky and the bathroom window doesn't open out to the outside garden. it opens to an air gap and there is a double glazed window between that and the outside garden. unfortunately, her business got stuck in the gap between the two windows. she was reaching into the window with a plastic bag over her hand to try and reach the poo out of the window. fortunately at that moment she asked me help to get out and she was stuck. embarrassing, certainly. unpleasant, undoubtedly. but newsworthy? some people had their doubts, including michael payne, who emailed: thank you for all your comments, if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs or appear on the programme, you can call us on: or e—mail: or appear on the programme, you can call us on: or email: you can find us on twitter: do have a look at our website: that's all from us, i'll be back in a fortnight and roger bolton will be here again next week to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage. hello this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. hurricane irma heads for florida after causing devastation across the caribbean. millions of people are told to evacuate the state as forecasters warn that nowhere will be safe when the storm hits. if you're in an evacuation zone, you need to get out now, and get either to a friend, a family, a hotel, a shelter. but get where you need to go, and do not wait. in the caribbean some islands, which have already suffered overwhelming destruction, are bracing themselves for the arrival of a second hurricane.