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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 ....
Welcome to bbc news. Britain and europe say decisive steps forward have been made, in talks over brexit, but much more work still needs to be done. Speaking after a fourth round of negotiations in brussels, the eus Michel Barnier, and the brexit secretary david davis, agreed there was now more clarity surrounding their discussions, after what was described as a new dynamic, created by theresa mays speech on brexit, in florence last week. Both david davis and the eus main negotiator, Michel Barnier, describe this, the fourth round of negotiations, as vital. An eu summits just three weeks away and britain had wanted the first phase of the negotiations to be completed by then. Thats looking unlikely but mr davis insisted there had now been significant steps forward. When i look across the full ranges of issues to do with our withdrawal from the eu, im clear we have made consider ....
Also in the next hour, theresa may defends the benefits of a free market economy. In a speech at the bank of england, the Prime Minister said capitalisms faults had to be addressed but abandoning the system would be a backward step. And the founder of Playboy Magazine hugh hefner, has died. He was 91. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Ryanair is being threatened with legal action for persistently misleading passengers, about their rights. The move by the uks air regulator follows the cancellation of thousands more flights, affecting travellers through the christmas period, and well into march next year. The Civil Aviation authority says its launched enforcement action, which is a First Step Towards a law suit. Ryanairs problems are due to a shortage of p ....
Universal declaration that eu citizens in the uk can have their rights protected after exit day. No ifs, no buts, do it today. I urge the Prime Minister to listen to the voices of the devolved administration. We will not accept this legislation as it stands. A complete violation of the scotland act and biggest power grab since the devolution. Indeed. Just last week, mark kerr said that westminster was trying to break the founding principles of the devolution settlement. The snp set up devolution settlement. The snp set up three key tests of brexit for this government. One, as an absolute minimum we want continued membership for the Single Market and Customs Union. Declarer now without delay that eu Citizens Rights are guaranteed and three, the government must accept ....