Good morning. A fairly cloudy start with rain across the North And East but later it will brighten up in the Far North of the Country And North of the far south with a few showers but it will turn Colder for us all. All the details shortly. Its Wednesday 9th october. Millions of americans have been urged to evacuate parts of florida Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. It strengthened again overnight to become a category 5 Storm the highest rating and is expected to make landfall in the next 2a hours. Forecasters say milton has the potential to be One of the most destructive hurricanes ever recorded in the Region And President Joe Biden has described the situation in florida as a matter of Life And Death. Our reporter Steve Knibbs has more. Siren. An Evacuation Siren on the streets of Redington Shores in florida. Debris is still piled up after Storm Helene two weeks ago, and now people are being told they have to leave again. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place for nearly Six
Really strong Europa League this season. Tottenham striker Dominic Solanke is back in the England Squad for the first time in seven years. Interim Manager Lee Carsley has named his 25 Man Squad for the Nations League games against Greece And Finland in next weeks international break. Solanke s been rewarded for a strong start to his first season with spurs, scoring in his last three games. Solanke s only cap came in 2017, when he was at liverpool, coming off the bench to face brazil in a friendly. No place in the squad for harry maguire, Marcus Rashford orjames maddison. Lord herman ousely, founder of the anti discrimination Charity Kick it out, has died at the age of 79 after a short illness. He was chair of the organisation for 25 years. He had been Executive Chairman at the Campaign For Racial Equality in 1993 and was behind the let s Kick Racism out of football campaign, which developed into kick it out. The Group Today describing ousley as a titan in tackling discrimination in fo
In a moment well speak to our Correspondents Nick Beake in Northern Israel and Will Grant in washington. And Anna Foster as well. But lets start with the comments from the us president. Lets head to Will Grant, the president very open about the potential targets and what they could be in the coming days. That is right, these were comments made on the South Lawn of the White House as he boarded Marine One on route to his journey to florida to overlook the devastation from hurricane hitting there, so the comments were straightforward. He was asked if he would support his roads striking Irans Oil facilities, support his roads striking Irans Oilfacilities, he support his roads striking Irans Oil facilities, he said theres a discussions on that, and he was also asked if you would let israel retaliate, what are the plans to allow israel to strike back against iran . He said we dont allow israel, we advise, there is nothing going to happen today. Interesting diplomatic suggestions there. Firs
Rain and strong winds, stay tuned to the forecast. And thats Bbc News at six. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday im jane dougall. Tough times for ten hag can the Manchester United Manager Weather the storm with a win in europe . They play porto tonight, and six other british teams are in European Action, too. One of those is welsh champions the new saints, wholl make history when they kick off later tonight. And away from Football A First Ever Match For Scotland Women In the T20 World Cup, but it didnt end well. Well bring you the highlights. Welcome to the programme. Theres a busy night of football ahead, with seven british teams in European Action some of them have kicked off already, and well bring you the latest on those matches. Manchester united have travelled to portugal, and will take on porto injust over 90 minutes time in the Europa League. And the heat is on for manager eric ten hag. After only drawing at home with
Months Nations League matches agAinst greece and finland. Its the striker s First Call up since his one and only Cap Back in 2017, when he was a substitute agAinst brazil. England Manager Lee Carsley has also recalled kyle walker, Phil Foden and jude bellingham, while harry maguire, tino livramento, Jarrod Bowen and Eberechi Eze all miss out. With the squad that weve got, weve got so many talented players. Always looking at finding the right balance, you know, who complements who in terms of the way that we play. I try not to get too caught up in positions and to positional. Its more the attributes and the way we can potentially attack the opposition. Meanwhile, kylian Mbappe Isnt in the France Squad for their upcoming uefa Nations League matches despite being back to fitness. The Real Madrid forward missed his sides draw with Atletico Madrid last weekend because of a thigh injury, but then did come off the bench in their surprise Champions League Defeat to lille. So hes seemingly read