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
North carolina. Harris is just about to learn from Joint Base Andrews to me me the Residence Hit Hard by helene over a week ago. It is the Vice President second visit in three days to survey the Storm Damage there. Hello Everyone Welcome to Fox News live i am arthel neville, hi eric. Super hello everyone thank you for joining us im eric shawn. One of the hardest Hit Areas in Holiness Path was asheville, North Carolina Break Cruise their racing against time to find more survivors cut off by downed Power Lines and also those impassable roads. Arthel we have live Fox Team Coverage for you Brandy Campbell in asheville on Recovery Efforts there. Lucas tomlinson, he is also in asheville with the reaction from residents to the government responsive. Support lets go to Madison Scarpino is live in North Carolina with the latest on how those Mountain Communities are coping. The majority of the people helping out here on the ground in North Carolina are volunteers from all over the country. And V
sitting australian prime minister to march in sydney s gay and lesbian mardi gras. he has described it as a celebration of modern australia. hello to you in the uk and around the world. votes are being counted in nigeria s tightest presidential election since military rule ended in 1999. the elections are the biggest democratic exercise in africa, with 87 million people eligible to vote. but many polling stations opened late and some not at all, with some incidents of violence. our correspondent mayeni jones reports from lagos. shouting. frustration and anger. many nigerians want to take part in this election but have been disappointed by the lack of organisation. gang violence and threats by militant islamists have made voting difficult in some regions. and in this polling station on the mainland of lagos, electoral officials never even showed up. they will tell us that the area is dead. there is no one here for this election. most people passing through this place were tell
places. and the wind could be slow moving. for many temperatures in the high teens but further east we could get to 23 degrees. pollen levels moderate to high across england and wales, low to moderate across scotland and northern ireland. there may be an odd shower across the south east of england which could affect play at wimbledon at times but there will be a lot of sunshine and a top temperature of around 23 degrees. showers around western areas as we move towards friday and the start of the weekend and then high pressure settle things down with plenty of sunshine for many. and that s bbc news at six, you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up in the programming, candy king of clay reclaim his crown on grass? rough in adults being mad
Where does he get this from its significant that the pope calls abuse a crime and not just a sin because two thousand words its just too much to really have started from a new continent. Also coming up tonight a great city sort of those three years in that Sixty Two Billion euro bailout for greece are over but the pain remain. Static still to continue affecting the population and. So bit of a catch twenty two situation. Or we begin the day with that letter from pope francis the pontiff sent a letter to all members of the Catholic Church to address the growing list of child abuse claims against priests of the popes hand appearing to be forced after last weeks unprecedented report from the u. S. State of pennsylvania. And investigation alleging some Three Hundred priests
molested and raped at least a thousand Boys And Girls and while pope francis has made clear his condemnation of the sins and crimes he has left uncertain how or if he plans to use his authority to bring to justice those