Eight different people. Well speak to someone who received an organ transplant from Jemima Layzell, whose parents say they are proud of her special legacy. And, on track to do the double can chris froome add the vuelta a espana title to his Tour De France victory earlier this year . Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. At least 1a people have been killed and more than a Million People have been affected by the destruction wrought by Hurricane Irma as it barrels through the caribbean. Millions of people are still under threat. The storm one of the most powerful Atlantic Hurricanes ever recorded was over haiti yesterday and caused widespread damage in the British Virgin islands overnight. Cuba is the next country in its path. Its due to hit the island later today. Irma is then expected to make landfall in the United States over the weekend. Jon donnison has the latest on the destruction across the region. Hurricane irma is proving to be relentless. The british territory of the turks C
Fine for google. Also, fine for google. As packets of weetabix are inhabited also, as packets of weetabix are inhabited new zealand, we want to know what you cant live without when you go on holiday. Is it your pot of marmite or your tea bag . Its the tea bags for me. Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start with more problems for British Airways. Thousands of passengers are learning that their flights have been cancelled because of an unprecedented 16 day strike by some cabin crew, which begins tomorrow, july 1st. On thursday, ba said most flights will operate as normal, but it has cancelled a number of long haul departures to and from heathrow. Short haul and flights from other uk airports are unaffected. So whats it all about . The unite union says cabin crew who have taken industrial action over pay in the past have been blacklisted losing benefits like staff Travel Concessions and bonuses. Ba estimates around 8 of its total cabin c
State. And a race to reach floodhit areas of india and pakistan, where hundreds of people have already died. Also in the program, aaron is here with more on those eu sanctions against russia. The eu has endorsed those sanctions and they should kick in the next few days, so now it is all eyes on moscow. Will the kremlin retaliate and ban airlines from flying through Russian Air Space . And if so, what impact will that have on global carriers and what will it mean for passengers . Hello there. Thanks for being with us. Its midday here in london. 7 00 a. M. Here in washington, and 1 00 p. M. In the netherlands, where a team of experts has released the first report into the Malaysian Airlines crash of a rebel held territory in ukraine in the summer. According to to the report, the crash was probably caused by the aircraft being struck by multiple high Energy Objects. This picture lifted from the report shows a part of the plane just below the left cockpit window. The arrows point to punctu
Liberia. Boats packed with migrants arrive in Southern Spain in just 24 hours. Immigration Officials Say they cant cope. Well take you live to madrid for the latest. Aaron joins us and a crackdown on european car rentals. Lucy, the European Commission says drivers are being charged different prices for exactly the same rental, depending on where they live in the eu. They say thats discrimination and against the policy. But the Car Companies say, hang on, were not doing anything wrong. It is simply supply and demand. It is midday in london. 7 00 a. M. In washington. And 2 00 p. M. In Northern Iraq, where the u. N. Has warned of a humanitarian disaster. One official saying that everything must be done now to avoid a potential genocide within days or even hours. International support efforts to contain the i. S. Militants is growing. In the past hour, france announced it too will send a shipment of arms to kurds in Northern Iraq within hours. With more, here is the bbcs nick charles. Repo