The Us State Of Florida is bracing itself for what could be the worst storm in A Hundred years. There are huge trafficjams across the state as more than Five Million people respond to Evacuation Orders ahead of Hurricane Milton which is expected to hit tonight. Flights between the uk and florida have been cancelled, with the Foreign Office urging britons already in the state to follow instructions from local authorities. Its moving across the Gulf Of Mexico, where warmer waters have contributed to its intensity. So far, milton has reached a Wind Speed of 160mph. Its already brushed past mexico where it caused coastal flooding. These nasa images from space show the eye of the storm as it heads towards the florida peninsula. With the latest, our correspondent Phil Mccann reports. So right now on seven news. Florida is bracing for Hurricane Milton this morning. Milton continues to be a dangerous category five hurricane, expected to bring life threatening Storm Surge and dangerous winds al
Good morning. A fairly cloudy start with rain across the North And East but later it will brighten up in the Far North of the Country And North of the far south with a few showers but it will turn Colder for us all. All the details shortly. Its Wednesday 9th october. Millions of americans have been urged to evacuate parts of florida Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. It strengthened again overnight to become a category 5 Storm the highest rating and is expected to make landfall in the next 2a hours. Forecasters say milton has the potential to be One of the most destructive hurricanes ever recorded in the Region And President Joe Biden has described the situation in florida as a matter of Life And Death. Our reporter Steve Knibbs has more. Siren. An Evacuation Siren on the streets of Redington Shores in florida. Debris is still piled up after Storm Helene two weeks ago, and now people are being told they have to leave again. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place for nearly Six
Crashes into the side of a house and bursts into flames. Welcome to bbc newsroom. The Foreign Secretary has become the latest member of the cabinet to put pressure on the chancellor to relax the Public Sector pay cap. The limit is due to be in place by 2020, that a Government Source says borisjohnson 2020, that a Government Source says Boris Johnson strongly 2020, that a Government Source says borisjohnson strongly believes pay writers can be achieved without putting undue pressure on public finances. How would this pay cap be paid for. I think what it tells us is the chances of being able to stick by the Public Sector pay cap for the next couple of years looks increasingly remote because we have now had up to six Cabinet Ministers weather themselves through their intermediate trees, saying that they need to look again at this i intermediate trees, saying that they need to look again at this 1 cap. Borisjohnson suggesting this can be done without what he calls fiscal pressure, without
But they dont automatically get the minimum wage. But could that be about to change . Ill look at what it means for workers. Good morning from wimbledon. It all went well yesterday, didnt it . Injury fears prove unfounded as andy murray breezes into the second round at wimbledon with a straight sets victory on opening day. Carol has the weather. Not much of a brief today. It will be dry and sunny but we have persistent rain gcioss sunny but we have persistent rain across the central area of the uk breeze. If you come to wimbledon, only 10 chance of a shower. And we only 1096 chance of a shower. And we might play tennis something to look forward to. Good morning. First, our main story. A plan to revolutionise the treatment that Cancer Patients receive, through individually mapping their dna, is being proposed by the Chief Medical Officerfor england. The proposals would mean millions of patients would have treatments that were directly targetted at the particular strain of cancer they ha
Them women, have been killed in jerusalem after a man drove a truck into them. Israel says it was a terror attack, carried out by A Palestinian who was then shot dead at the scene. The israeli Prime Minister claims the attacker was a supporter of the so called Islamic State. The victims were three army cadets and one officer. They were Standing Ina Cadets and one officer. They were standing in a popular beauty spot, which overlooks the old city of jerusalem,. A warning, this report contains to stressing images. A hazy view ofjerusalem. This is what Israeli Soldiers on a Training Course had come to see. Security camera footage shows two groups. The one in the background has just got off a coach when this happens. Look at the top left of the screen. The lorry drives at the soldiers at high speed and hits them. Then it backs up quickly, apparently trying to crush more people before the driver is shot dead. He is said to have been A Palestinian from a nearby area of eastjerusalem. Witnesse