patrol with the anti romeo squads of india. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. glad you could join us. it is sam world news. it s newsday. glad you could join us. it is 8am in singapore and 10am in north east australia, where residents of queensland are bracing themselves for the arrival of cyclone debbie, a category for storm. it has been described as a monster storm and they are warning of dangerous tidal surges and damaged. the cyclone has winds of 250 kilometres an hour and has already battered holiday houses on the coast. we have the details. cyclone debbie has made itself felt. people living in north east australia in queensland have been battered by high winds. authorities knew it was coming and they have given the advice to get out. knew it was coming and they have given the advice to get outm knew it was coming and they have given the advice to get out. it is clear that the time to move is now to go to family and frie
what s being described as a monster cyclone is now making landfall in northeast australia. tens of thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated from coastal areas,amid warnings of winds gusting up to 250 kilometres an hour and dangerous tidal surges. caroline davies reports. cyclone debbie has already made itself felt. people living along the coast in queensland, north east australia, have been battered by high winds and rain as the storm approaches. authorities knew it was coming, and there advice has been to get out. it is very clear that the time for people to move is now to go to family and friends. this is a severe weather system. move now! don t wait until tomorrow because you will not be able to move. overnight, the storm was upgraded to a category 4, only one level below the most violent possible, with winds of up to 250 kilometres per hour. this is the city of bowen and it has been locked down. popular tourist destinations like the whitsundays and a
a week that brought bloodshed to the streets of westminster and a defiant response from mps. let this be the message from this house and this nation today our values will prevail. this democracy is strong, and this parliament is a robust. this was a horrific crime, and as an act of terror it has failed. mps hold a minute s silence to remember those killed and injured, and members of the scottish parliament sent a message of solidarity to westminster. whatever our disagreements in this chamber or any other, we stand united in our core values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law. it had started as the wednesday much like any other. too many, the first sign that something was very badly wrong came while mps were taking part in a vote, and the deputy speaker, lindsay hoyle, stood up and made this announcement. order, order! i am now going to suspend the sitting of the house. this house is now suspended, but please wait here. outside the chamber, it was slowly becoming
what s being described as a monster cyclone has begun to batter northeast australia. tens of thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated from coastal areas, amid warnings of winds gusting up to 250 kilometres an hour and dangerous tidal surges. caroline davies reports. cyclone debbie has already made itself felt. people living along the coast in north east australia in queensland have been battered by high winds and rain. authorities knew it was coming and they have given the advice to get out. it is clear that the time to move is now, to go to family and friends. this is a severe weather system. move now! don t wait til tomorrow, because you will not be able to move. overnight, the storm was upgraded to a category 4, only one level below the most violent level possible, with winds of up to 250 kilometres per hour. this is the city of bowen. it s been locked down. popular tourist destinations like the whitsundays and airlie beach have also been affected. 30
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