Hezbollah the next Conservative Leader will be a choice between Robertjenrick And Kemi badenoch afterJames Cleverly is eliminated from the contest. Well have live reaction from westminster. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Lets start in florida which is bracing itself for what could be the worst storm in A Hundred years. There have been huge Traffic Jams across the state, as more than Five Million people respond to Evacuation Orders ahead of Hurricane Milton. Well be live on the ground in a moment, but let me show you. These pictures from space, officials still think it could double in size before the Monster Storm makes landfall. This is the live Tracking Shot from the tracking centre, already brushing Past Mexico where he calls large scale flooding. These Are the pictures on the Florida Peninsula because there is a relative calm, but they Are expecting Wind Speeds of 155 mph and 3 4 metre high Storm Surges. Lets start this hour by going to our colleague in miami. Lets speak to Sumi Soma
Four becomes three tory mps eliminate Tom Tugendhat from the race to be the next leader of their party. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Presiden biden has warned Hurricane Milton could be the worst to hit the state of florida in a century. The category four storm will make landfAll in the next 48 hours. 51 florida counties are under a state of emergency, residents have been told to get out, fast. On monday, the mayor of the city of tampa said those who remained in areas subject to Evacuation Orders would die. As well as sustained winds of about 260 kilometres an hour, the hurricane is predicted to bring Storm Surges of up to 3. 5 metres to western florida. In the last Hour President biden spoke to the white house. My biden spoke to the white house. My trip to germany and africa, try to work those out later, i just dont think i can get out of the country at this time. Number One, numbertwo, we, we are going to stay focused with whats hitting us right now. Ive been briefed by senior leader
And wet for some but a mild start. Single figures into the far north of scotland. That line of showers will continue to drift its way across the north of england into the scottish borders. More showers piling in from the South West pushing further inland so we keep that showery theme for tuesday but come on the whole, we still have a milder story, particularly down to the South West. 18 and 19 degrees. When starting to swing Round And Cooler in the far north of scotland. It will start to weaken as it pushes across the cooler waters so it will lose its Hurricane Identity but it will be still a significant area of low pressure. Still taking it towards Northern Spain and france so we are going to miss the west there but what it will do as it will change the Wind Direction and it is going to be responsible for introducing this northerly flow, turning colder. So it could be a glancing blow across the Channel Islands in the Kent Coast from kirk at the moment. A rash of showers coming of the
Others express caution. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to todays bbc verify. We start with the crisis in the middle east. Irans Supreme Leader, ayatollah khamenei, has defended his Countrys Missile Attack on israel earlier this week as a minimum punishment in a rare public speech, as He Led Friday Prayers in tehran for the first time in five years. He told a huge crowd of supporters that iran and its allies must prepare for action as He Led commemorations for the Hezbollah Leader, Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by israel last week. Iran fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles into israel on Tuesday Night in retaliation for his assassination, and israel has promised to hit back. Overnight, there were more huge explosions in beirut, close to the main airport. Us officials say israel was targeting the potential successor to nasrallah. There have also been reports of 20 rockets being fired from lebanon into israel. Lets go to the live pictures from beirut. Smoke can be seen rising ov
Horrific Of hamas. And after the horrific attack by hamas carried horrific attack by hamas carried out nearly a year ago today carried out nearly a year ago today the carried out nearly a year ago today the united states sent a clear today the united states sent a clear message to iran. Dont exploit clear message to iran. Dont exploit the situation in ways that exploit the situation in ways that would risk propelling the region that would risk propelling the region into a broader war. The Igc repeatedly ignored this warning. By encouraging and enabling warning. By encouraging and enabling the whole season yemen to disrupt enabling the whole season yemen to disrupt global Shipping And Launch to disrupt global Shipping And Launch attacks against israel, by supporting militant groups in syria by supporting militant groups in Syria And Iraq which repeatedly attacked american forces repeatedly attacked american forces engaged in the fight against isis, and by arming and encouraging hezbolla