we think they re the right plans because those plans make our economy competitive. and european countries scramble to protect key infrastructure, following the suspected sabotage of two critical gas pipelines. we start in florida where hurricane ian, a powerful category four storm, is right now making landfall, bringing with it winds of almost 250 kilometres per hour. heavy rain is lashing the west coast. millions of people are braced for catastrophic damage and life threatening storm surges which could be nearly two metres high this is the scene right now in punta gorda. brutal conditions. it s under a state of emergency. the storm had been stregnthening as it hit florida. these are the latest pictures from marco island in florida. and here s the state governor speaking in the last hour. ian will produce hurricane stren-th ian will produce hurricane strength winds and massive floodin-, not ust winds and massive flooding, notjust where it makes the initial landfall but throu
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This is bbc news. i m tim willcox. the headlines at 8pm the bank of england steps in after the pound collapses and interest rates rocket, but ministers defend last week s mini budget. every major economy is dealing with exactly the same issues. and the bank of england has made this timely intervention, doing what it should do, what the government should do, what the chancellor and i are focused on, is delivering that economic growth plan. lenders withdrew a record number of mortgage products overnight due to rising interest rates. labour say the government s mishandling has led to this crisis.
he has an economy that is looking good right now and he can make it very good. there is one possible snag. if interest rates rocket higher. you can see heigigher rates. you assume he will not have a trade war with china or soften on some immigration. you assume what the markets found scary of the trump campaign won t happen. this week was significant. you saw some real signs that trump is flexible. he won t maybe take the most radical position on the federal reserve and on china. greg, nice to see you. ellis, thank you. thanks for coming in. overnight, a campaign to change the outcome of the election. announced it raised more than $2 million for a recount in three states. jill stein launched that effort in the wake of the report that some computer scientists are urging the clinton campaign to