wasting coastlines. nine to 30 degrees to greet us first thing on monday morning but a showery start to hour working week. some of the showers heavy and thundery. dodge them and you will see some sunshine but it will not feel very warm out there. 13 to 19 at the very best. a brief lull in proceedings perhaps on tuesday that it will not be long before we see another spell of wet and windy weather that will arrive on tuesday night into the early hours of wednesday morning. this is bbc news. hurricane force winds have begun smashing into southern florida as irma approaches. it s expected to make landfall in a matter of hours. more than six million people have been ordered to leave their homes. property is replaceable. lives are not. safety has to come first. just get out of its way. the storm is moving slowly away from cuba after causing significant damage to the county s north coast. across the caribbean, at least 25 people have died including five in the british virgin islan
rains which are causing flood warnings across this eon. that s on top of the deadly storm surge that is almost certainly going to happen. cuba was battered overnight. there s been significant damage as the recovery process begins. in other news: officials in mexico say at least 90 people are now known to have died in thursday s earthquake now on bbc news it s time for inside out: terror by text. hello. i m sean fletcher. welcome to a new series of inside out. over the coming weeks we ll be bringing you surprising stories from the capital. westminster, london bridge, manchester and the recent attacks in barcelona have brought condemnation and sympathy from around the world. in a survey conducted exclusively for inside out by yougov, nine out of ten people said further attacks in britain are likely. while the current threat level for international terrorism in the uk remains at severe. prime minister theresa may has vowed to shut down the extremists operating online. and it
and the luxury fashion brand gucci will go fur free from next year joining a growing number of fashion houses amid pressure from animal rights activists. good morning. it s thursday 12th october. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. whitehall officials have refused to deny reports that a british woman, who travelled to syria to support the so called islamic state group, has been killed in a drone strike. sally annejones, formally a punk musician from kent, went to syria in 2013 and joined is. she became a high profile supporter and propagandist for the group, using social media to encourage western girls to join, and posted messages threatening britain online. a convert to islam, her british husband junaid hussain, also an is militant, was killed by a drone in 2015. it s thoughtjones was killed by the us air force injune but her death has only been made public news now. in their set, but whatever you tell us in their set, but whatever you tell us about the de
second chance, i hope. the hollywood producer harvey weinstein responds to the claims of sexual miscounduct, as police in new york say they re investigating. they are also investigating in london. and gordon strachan leaves hisjob as scotland manager, after the team s failure to qualify for next year s world cup. it s 5pm. our main story is the warning from michel barnier, the negotiator for the european union, of a disturbing state of deadlock in the brexit talks with the united kingdom. the main obstacle is what s called the divorce bill the uk s financial commitments after brexit. he said the latest round of negotiations had made no major progress, and it wasn t possible to move on to talk about a future trade deal. but the brexit secretary, david davis, insisted significant progress had been made, though he added that the uk was preparing for all possible outcomes, including no deal. our correspondent richard galpin reports. the brexit secretary, david davis, heads ou
until at least 2020. and the national trust votes on banning hunting with hounds on its land even when they re not chasing a fox. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, scotland begin the search for a new manager, after gordon strachan leaves the role, following their failure to qualify for next year s world cup in russia. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. brinkmanship or genuine frustration? whichever it was, there was no doubting the downbeat assessment of the state of the brexit talks by the eu s chief negotiator. michel barnier said there remains a disturbing deadlock over how much the uk is prepared to pay when it leaves the eu. he said as a result he can t recommend to eu leaders next week that trade talks begin. brexit secretary david davis however talked of the significant progress that has been made. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. this contains some flash photography. she wasn t there to help. eu super girl and anti brexit campaigne