Hurricane milton has re strengthened to a category five storm as it barrels straight towards florida. People there are evacuating en masse, ahead of its projected landfall on wednesday night local time. The national hurricane center says the storm has doubled in size since tuesday. You can see this timelapse, here shared by american astronaut matthew dominick, showing how this storm looks from space. Local authorities and weather experts say milton will bring a destructive storm surge, in which some areas will not be survivable. Hundreds of flights have been canceled ahead of its landfall, which is expected to bring strong winds of up to 165 mph or 270 kph. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the south eastern us; 225 people were killed by the natural disaster across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlan
Four becomes three tory mps eliminate Tom Tugendhat from the race to be the next leader of their party. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Presiden biden has warned Hurricane Milton could be the worst to hit the state of florida in a century. The category four storm will make landfAll in the next 48 hours. 51 florida counties are under a state of emergency, residents have been told to get out, fast. On monday, the mayor of the city of tampa said those who remained in areas subject to Evacuation Orders would die. As well as sustained winds of about 260 kilometres an hour, the hurricane is predicted to bring Storm Surges of up to 3. 5 metres to western florida. In the last Hour President biden spoke to the white house. My biden spoke to the white house. My trip to germany and africa, try to work those out later, i just dont think i can get out of the country at this time. Number One, numbertwo, we, we are going to stay focused with whats hitting us right now. Ive been briefed by senior leader
Is this the launch of a wider War In the Middle East . Iran fired some 180 ballistic Cruise Missiles at israel last night. Revenge, it says, the strikes on lebanon. For strikes on Lebanon And Israels killing of leaders of Armed Groups it supports. Translation if they remove their evil from this region, without a doubt these conflicts, these wars, these clashes will disappear completely. While most missiles were brought down by israels sophisticated air defence system, the entire population was told to stay in bomb shelters. Afterwards, inspecting the damage, many agreed with the prime minister that iran must pay the price. My feeling is that it was an attack, but we are very strong, we trust our army, that it will do and complete itsjob, and it will do whatever it takes to finish whatever it needs to finish what they started. Today, instead of getting ready for the upcoming jewish new year holiday, many israelis are cleaning up. Emergency restrictions have been eased, life looks largel
israel has the most far right government in its history. palestinian disillusion with the status quo seems to be stoking militancy. my guest is palestinian politician, physician and civil rights activist mustafa barghouti. what, if anything, can the palestinians do to improve their situation? mustafa barghouti, in ramallah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be with you. thank you. good to have you on the show. let s start with the situation in the west bank, where you sit, in ramallah. is there any semblance of political authority or control in the west bank right now? unfortunately, the existing authority is the authority of occupation, israeli military occupation, which is really, from security perspective, controlling the whole area. the palestinian authority has been weakened dramatically by the israeli side. since 2002, when the israeli army re invaded all palestinian cities and all the so called area a, which is supposed to be under palestinian authority, since th
earlier, the uk, the us and the european commission announced similar bans over security concerns. the chinese owners bytedance deny passing users information to the chinese government. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. ever since the failure of the so called oslo process to deliver a lasting israeli palestinian peace, that conflict has been a matter of mutual recrimination and sporadic violence. but now, the conditions seem ripe for something different, something worse. israel has the most far right government in its history. palestinian disillusion with the status quo seems to be stoking militancy. my guest is palestinian politician, physician and civil rights activist mustafa barghouti. what, if anything, can the palestinians do to improve their situation? mustafa barghouti in ramallah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be with you. thank you. good to have you on the show. let s start with the situation in the west bank, where you si