Near the town Of Ambleteuse, where eight people were declared dead last night after a small boat started to sink not long after leaving the coast of france. Translation the vessel departed from the Slack Sector near the town of wimereux. It quickly ran into trouble and appears to have crashed On The Rocks directly in front of where we are now. Including the eight latest victims, a total of 45 people have now died in the channel this year, the highest reported number since 2021, according to the uns international organisation for migration. Sir Keir Starmer is expected to meet the italian Prime Minister in Rome Tomorrow to discuss italys offshore processing plan, where Asylum Seekers are sent to albania. Speaking to the bbc this morning, foreign Secretary David Lammy said the government was open to using some of the was open to using similar schemes to tackle the issue. Well, they have a comprehensive scheme with albania, understanding that that balkans route, as well as the channel and
spinning toward the west coast of florida this morning. bringing with it life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic winds and flooding. we ll have a live report from tampa in just a moment. and also ahead, a former d.c. metro police officer does not hold back at a sentencing for a capitol rioter. plus, we ll dig into new data that suggests significant covid waves could be coming this fall and winter. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 28th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us and we re going to begin in florida where millions of residents are bracing for hurricane ian as the powerful storm barrels towards the state intensifying every hour. the storm is expected to make landfall on the southwest coast of florida, as early as this afternoon. just moments ago, it reached the status of category 4 hurricane. the center of the storm is then forecast to move over the central part of the state, with winds likely re
Tehran has been threatening to retaliate for a deadly air strike on an iranian diplomatic compound in syria. Daniel hagari the Israeli Military spokesman said dozens of israeli planes were patrolling the sky and israel was prepared very strongly in case of an attack from iran. Translation of the Home Front Command is publishing an update and adjustment in the Defence Policy in these minutes, as of tomorrow morning and during the next few days the educational systems, camps and planned trips will not take place. At six oclock in the morning we will update the directive again, starting tonight and in the coming days no educational activities including overnight stays in parking lots and excursions are allowed. In the last few minutes the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said his country is prepared for a direct attack from iran. In an an address to the nation, he said Defence Systems were deployed and the armed forces were ready to respond in kind. Hes advised israelis to
Talks begin today to take britain out of the european union, well be there live throughout the morning. And while the politicians are talking, iam and while the politicians are talking, i am at Smithfield Markets in manchester to find out what businesses want from the negotiations. As Police Release the first pictures from inside the charred remains of Grenfell Tower, a nationwide minutes silence will take place this morning to remember those who lost their lives. In sport, the american Brooks Koepka equalled the Tournaments Lowing lowest winning score to take his first major. And carols got the weather. Today, for many of us, hot and sunny. Temperatures peaking around 33 celsius in the south. In the north, at different story. There is a Weather Front producing thick cloud and some drizzle. I will have more in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. One man has been killed and eight people have been taken to three separate hospitals after a van drove into a crowd of pede
The latest news from around the world with host Fredricka Whitfield. Lawyer. Hes been lying all week. Hes been lying for years. I mean z now, fred, President Trump has not answered directly cnns questions about Michael Cohens claims, nor about that personal private recording he apparently made of a conversation that he had with President Trump. He has, however, tweeted about Michael Cohen. At one point suggesting that cohen could potentially be making up stories to get him out of legal troubles connected to his taxi business, fred. Boris sanchez, thanks so much. All right, so how did we get here . Lets go back to the week this all happened in june of 2016. Here are the facts. We know the publicist rob goldstone, the man who helped orchestrate the meeting, emailed donald trump jr. To offer incriminating information on hillary clinton. Then just a few days later, then candidate trump offered up this message just two days before
from it. The big question, how much did donald trump know an