And welcome to the bbc news at six. In florida, in the caribbean government officials and aid agencies gearing up for one of the biggest relief operations the region has seen. Hurricane irma has been downgraded to a storm but as it travelled across the caribbean to florida it left at least 30 people dead and cities flooded. In a moment, well be hearing from cuba which was battered by massive waves reportedly 36 feet high. And well be in the British Virgin islands where the aid is finally getting through. But first to florida where up to six million homes thats more than half the population are without power. Aleem maqbool is in miami. Hurricane irma surprised a lot of people again. Its projected path saw it going off the west coast of florida but instead it cut inside and travelled up the length of the state. Now the Tropical Storm is affecting neighbouring states. Here in florida, more than 60 of homes without power and many tens of thousands of people are still in shelters. After a d
Overseas territories affected, where troops have just arrived to help. In the house of commons tonight, mps prepare to vote on the first major brexit legislation. Offshore wind power why some experts say theres never been a better time to invest. And Crystal Palace break a premier League Record by sacking their manager afterjust four games. And coming up in sportsday bbc news, find out if west ham could get a much needed win against huddersfield tonight with their manager, slaven bilic, under huge pressure to keep hisjob. Good evening. Whats happening to the Rohingya Muslims in myanmar seems to be a textbook example of ethnic cleansing, according to the top human rights official for the united nations. But the government of myanmar the mainly buddhist country formerly known as burma says its been provoked into using military force. The violence began over a fortnight ago after rohingya militants were accused of attacking police stations in rakhine state. After the military response, mo
Victims of ethnic cleansing. Rohingya muslims. Hello. You are watching bbc news. We have reached the end of the debate in the commons on the great repeal bill and the vote will be coming up in the next few minutes or so. These are live pictures of the various mps heading to the Division Lobbies to cast their votes. Lets go to our political correspondence alex forsyth. Alex, we had at the end of that debate, david lidington, the justice secretary, focusing on the importance of the great repeal bill and why it needed to go through in order to, in his words, and and why it needed to go through in orderto, in his words, and in and why it needed to go through in order to, in his words, and in the words of david davis, the brexit secretary, and the rest of the government, to have an orderly brexit process. But also focusing on the concerns of some conservative mps. We heard from dominic greene, the former attorney general, about these extra power is written into these extra power is written
Future Space Tourism. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. In florida and the caribbean, government officials and aid agencies are gearing up for one of the biggest relief operations the region has seen. Hurricane irma has been downgraded to a storm but as it travelled across the caribbean to florida it left at least 30 people dead and cities flooded. In a moment, well be hearing from cuba, which was battered by massive waves reportedly 36 feet high. And well be in the British Virgin islands, where the aid operation is finally beginning. But first to florida, where up to 6 million homes thats more than half the population are without power. Aleem maqbool is in miami. After a day of darkness and fury, miami opened its eyes to the aftermath. This city is now littered with the hurricanes debris. Boats were even lifted clean out of the bay and dumped on the shore. People here are emerging from their shelters and barricaded homes to try to start clearing up. So, you got up this morning, an
Ties with brussels. After more than eight hours of debate late into monday night, lawmakers voted by 326 to 290 in favour of the eu withdrawal bill. It will now go on to face days of line by line scrutiny. Ministers rejected the labour partys claims that the legislation amounted to a power grab. Heres our Political Correspondent alex forsyth this was one of the first big parliamentary tests for the government. This was a bill they wa nted government. This was a bill they wanted to introduce to bring all existing European Union law into uk law. When the uk leads the eu they would not be a big black hole and things could continue as usual. What was contentious was the government wa nted was contentious was the government wanted to allow ministers to make changes to some of those laws without full parliamentary scrutiny. Now, some opposition labour mps, including the labour party leader, said that was a power grab, that it was trying to bypass parliamentary scrutiny and it was not accepta