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
Welcome back to bbc news. Lets get more on our top story. Hurricane milton which is making its way towards the West Coast of florida. Five million people have been told to get out of its way. President biden says leaving was a matter of life and death. Nicole maul is the national spokesperson for the American Red Cross. Nicole is in tallahassee, florida and told us how theyve been preparing for something of this magnitude. Ican i can tell you that the American Red Cross has been on the ground in florida and the South East for more than two weeks in response first to Hurricane Helene and now milton. We need to understand what the impacts will be across florida. There are shelters across the state for folks who are evacuating and i cannot stress enough how important it is, if you are being told to evacuate you absolutely need to follow his orders. We do not know what the storm can bring, we know it will be dangerous and they want folks to stay safe as possible. I5 and they want folks to
Well tell you who each of the four british clubs involved will face in the womens Champions League Group stage, with celtic becoming the first Scottish Side to ever get this far. Good afternoon. Welcome to the Bbc News at one. Two boys, both aged 13, have been detained for at least eight and a half years after becoming the uks youngest ever Knife Murderers. The boys were 12 when they used a machete to kill 19 year old Shawn Seesahai In Wolverhampton. The pair, who cant be named because of their age, are the youngest convicted murderers since the killing of James Bulger in 1993. Our Midlands Correspondent Phil mackie is at nottingham Crown Court. Phil, what happened at sentencing . This was the day where the two boys who are now 13 learned they will serve a minimum of at least eight and a half years in custody before they were eligible for parole, but this is probably one of the most shocking cases of the scourge of Knife Crime that has hit this country over recent years where even more
And coming up on sportsday later in the hourt on Bbc News. A new era beckons for everton as an American Billionaire agrees a deal to become the new Majority Owner of the club. Good evening. In whats become the bloodiest day in lebanon, since hezbollah fired rockets into israel following last years October 7th attacks, the lebanese government says more than 270 people, including 21 children, have been killed in heavy israeli bombardments. The Israel Defense Force says it was targeting hundreds of hezbollah positions, while the iranian backed group, which is a proscribed terror organisation, says it fired dozens of rockets at israel. America says it is sending additional troops to the area. Orla guerin, is the in the lebanese Capital Beirut for us now. A massive bombardment began this morning at about 7am local time. Initially it was targets in Southern Lebanon that were being pounded, but by this Evening Israel was striking targets in the Bekaa Valley in the east. The idf is saying it h