Hi there, everyone. Its 4 00 in New York. At this hour, millions of people along Floridas Gulf Coast are bracing for one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in The Atlantic basin. The outer bands of Hurricane Milton are already hitting parts of the state. It is forecast to make landfall some time tonight between 10 00 p. M. Eastern and 2 00 a. M. And is expected to double in size before making landfall. This is the scene right now in ft. Myers, florida, being battered by high winds and rain. The top concern for officials at this moment is making sure that residents get to safety. The window for evacuating is now rapidly closing. Even as the storm is already complicating those efforts. This video shows a tornado touching down near i75 in south florida, thats hundreds of miles from Hurricane Miltons core. Just a few hours ago, president Joe Biden called Hurricane Milton, quote, the storm of the century. And made a plea to people in the Storms Path to please evacuate. First, man
By a court in germany. And in the uk, conservative mps prepare to eliminate another candidate from the party Leadership Contest. Hello, im annita mcveigh, and welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We start in the Middle East where israel says it has killed the commander of hezbollah S Headquarters in an Air Strike on the lebanese capital, beirut. It comes after Benjamin Netanyahu described his Countrys Year long Military Campaign as a sacred mission which he said will continue so long as israel S Existence is threatened. In a moment, we ll go to southern israel for the latest from our chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet. But first, let S Briefly Recap the latest events including, as we ve been reporting in the last few hours, that claim from israel that it has killed the leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation, hezbollah. It follows a Televised address by israel s Prime Minister who said the operations in gaza, lebanon an
That reality means for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Now im Kate Bolduan with John Berman, Sara Sidner is out today. Erin burnett joins us from Tel Aviv. This is Cnn News Central from the national Hurricane Center Hurricane milton is getting stronger and fast now a powerful category three storm, as it is churning in the gulf of mexico, the storm is forecast to take an incredibly dangerous path headed for highly populated areas of the West Coast of florida. Evacuation orders are now in place in three counties. There. Tampa mayor is telling residents to get out now please heed the warnings if you can go now, go. You cannot wait and see you have been told whats going to happen. Were fortunate if it wobbles one way or the other and we dont take the direct impact but lets plan on that absolutely. Lets get to cnns derek Van Dam for the very latest, weve had a lot of updates, just this morning. Derek, whats the latest . People in florida are waking up to a completely different storm than 24
Hello. Welcome to the programme. Lets begin with some breaking news. In the past hour, the Israeli Army says its struck Hezbollah Fighters inside a mosque in the south of the country. Hezbollah fighters are also said to be engaged in fierce clashes with israeli troops in lebanons Southern Border area. There have also been more explosions in the Hezbollah Dominated Suburbs of the lebanese capital, beirut. It comes just hours after the Israeli Army issued an Evacuation Order for dozens of areas in the city. An Apartment Building was hit in the Northern Port Of Tripoli where a hamas commander, saeed atallah, was reportedly killed, along with three members of his family. This is the scene live in beirut. As you can see in the distance, smoke continues to hang in the air as we have seen fresh strikes targeting the lebanese capital through the night. Our reporter Will Vernon has more. At lebanons capital, pummelled by explosions yet again. This was the scene overnight, one Week on since the
To return to butler, the city in pennsylvania where he survived an Assassination Attempt injuly. And Parkrun Marks 20 years of community spirit. The amateur Saturday Morning Run Event has grown from 13 runners in londons Bushy Park to millions around the world. Hello, im rajini vaidyanathan. More explosions have been reported during the night in the Hezbollah Dominated Suburbs of the lebanese capital, beirut. Theres also been an israeli strike on an Apartment Building in the northern lebanese city of tripoli. Israel also confirmed a strike on what it called a hezbollah Command Centre near a hospital. And hezbollah fighters are said to have clashed with israeli troops in lebanons Southern Border area. Hezbollah has said it has fired rockets at an Air Base near the city of haifa. We have yet to hear coming from israel on the latest attacks but sirens have been standing across Northern Israel this morning. More foreign nationals have been evacuated from beirut On Board Military Transport