Told to stay indoors. This footage, where residents were being rescued. This was the scene from the Pilots Seat flying in the eye of the storm as It Hurtled towards southern georgia. Our North America Correspondent David Willis reports. Hurricane helene touched down on Floridas Gulf Coast bringing with it winds of around 130 miles an hour. Officials had warned of potentially catastrophic and unsurvivable coastal Storms Surges, in places the height of a two storey building. Lashing rain proceeded helene s arrival, Flooding Streets and leaving more than half A Million florida homes without power. It was very scary. You know, it was coming in very, very fast, but steady across the island, and then all of a sudden, you know, it was outside. We had sandbags, we had prepared but we heard a Big Bang and the Garage Door caved in and the water came rushing into the house like a giant stream. So we grabbed the dogs and ran as quickly as we could with just what we had and our dogs and that was it
Hitting two areas near haifa. Lebanese officials say more than 700 people have been killed in israeli strikes since monday. British prime Minister Sir Keir starmer used his first speech at a un general assembly to call for an end to the fighting. Our diplomatic correspondent James Landale from New York. There is no ceasefire in beirut. This was the aftermath of yet another Air Strike in the lebanese capital. Israel says its Targeting Hezbollah commanders. These were their images of the attack, one that had devastating consequences. At the united nations, the Prime Minister has been meeting key regional leaders. He signed up to an international call for an immediate ceasefire, a call he echoed as he addressed the un general assembly for the first time. I call on Israel And Hezbollah, stop the violence, step back from the brink. We need to see an immediate ceasefire, to provide space for a diplomatic settlement. And we are working with all partners to that end, because further escalation
The paralympic champion. And the Winning Streak continues for Paralympics Gb as they build on the 12 golds they won on super sunday. And on sportsday later on the hour in Bbc News both champions are now out of the Us Open at flushing Meadows Coco Gauff bowing out in the fourth round to fellow american emma navarro. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. Ofsted inspectors will no longer Rate State schools in england with one word grades, like outstanding or inadequate. A new system of School Reports will be introduced from next september. The family of Head Teacher Ruth perry had lobbied for the change after she took her own life in 2023, after her school was given the lowest rating. Our Education Editor Branwen jeffreys reports. The first day back at school and a bit of a surprise. Notjust for these year 1 pupils but for their parents and schools. Headline grades for inspections scrapped. The Education Secretary says they will still step in to maintain standards when neede
mississippi. a trump appointed federal judge has indicated that she is likely to grant a request from his legal team to appoint a special master to review evidence of the search of the mar-a-lago estate. a hearing for a final decision is scheduled for thursday. the application for a special master is seen by many legal experts as having no benefit and possibly a delaying tactic. and an advisory will be made on the possible risks of nag at security. michael cohen has more on that. reporter: new developments this weekend in the investigation of donald trump s handling or possible mishandling of classified documents. the top u.s. intelligence official says intel agencies are conducting a damage assessment of the documents that trump took with him when the white house to mar-a-lago. the director of national intelligence told u.s. lawmakers in a letter that her team and justice department are reviewing the materials recovered from mar-a-lago to see what is still classified. sh
as the cost of living crisis deepens, we look at different approaches adopted in some european countries to ease the pain for consumers. we start in ukraine. a team of united nations inspectors has visited the zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which has been under russian control for six months. this is the moment they arrived. it wasn t an easy journey. this area is close to the front line and the inspectors were forced to stop a checkpoint for over three hours. the inspectors are from the un s international atomic energy agency, the iaea. some have already left, including the director general. here s what he said. we are not going anywhere. the iaea is now there, it s at the plant and it s not moving. it s going to stay there. we are going to have a continued presence there at the plant with some of my experts and of course now we have with my team a lot of work in terms of a detailed analysis of some of the more technical aspects of what we saw. this map shows you just how c