anguilla, thanks for coming in. much more on that in a moment. newsday is coming up at midnight but now on bbc news it is time for newsnight with kirsty wark. after antigua and barbuda, in one hour hurricane irma will do this to the turks and caicos. wooden homes versus 180 mph winds and 20 foot waves. everyone who can has moved to the highest ground, as one of the strongest atlantic storms in history causes havoc. we ll ask the islands‘ governor what he can do in the face of such destruction. the eurocrats are ganging up on david davis again, suggesting he s not very good at negotiating with them. meanwhile the eurosceptics are suggesting it doesn t matter, because angela merkel will be the one to cut the deal. it is down to mutti to then actually leave the process. now, she ll say, oh, i m not leading this, and officially she ll be behind the scenes. but we all know that what germany wants here, germany will get. one of labour s most prominent remainers and a tory leaver
good morning. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm on the island of barbuda, where almost all of the buildings have been destroyed by hurricane irma. it s one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the atlantic and right now it s sweeping across the eastern carribean, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. at least ten people are known to have died. puerto rico was also in the storm s path and it s from there that laura bicker reports. hurricane irma, a storm the size of france, has carved a destructive path through the caribbean. in puerto rico, three people were killed as winds battered the island. as daylight came and the clear out began, most felt lucky to have survived such a terrifying storm. i pray god don t come here no more! this family told me they felt blessed to be alive and that the only damage was a downed power line and fallen trees in their street. they ve kept eight month old aaron safe. there is a collective sigh of relief in puerto rico.
it s just that hour and a half on stage, that s all. anyone in a band will tell you that. and the origin of the creativity? the sitting down and writing songs? does that come as easily now? well, i don t know if it was ever easy. it was maybe more compulsive when you have nothing to do and you re alone in a room with a guitar, then eventually you will write a song. i never wrote them because i felt i had to or that i should. i felt i wanted to write songs and present them to a band. it was always about the band. you ve obviously gone in new directions, and you ve got a new album out, which you recorded in sweden with a guy, a well known musician and producer whom i don t think you d worked with before, so obviously there s a lot of new stuff going on right now, and i just wonder whether you ve taken your music in a different direction. does it feel very different? not really. no, i don t change very much. ijust kind of do what i. i write some songs, put them together with the
london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm on the island of barbuda, where almost all of the buildings have been destroyed by hurricane irma. it s one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the atlantic and right now it s sweeping across the eastern caribbean, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. at least ten people are known to have died across the region. puerto rico was also in the storm s path and it s from there that laura bicker reports. hurricane irma, a storm the size of france, has carved a destructive path through the caribbean. in puerto rico, three people were killed as winds battered the island. as daylight came and the clear out began, most felt lucky to have survived such a terrifying storm. i pray god don t come here no more! this family told me they felt blessed to be alive and that the only damage was a downed power line and fallen trees in their street. they ve kept eight month old aaron
flattened or flooded. deaths are reported in the us and british virgin islands and anguilla. haiti and the turks & caicos islands are now making frantic preparations. the islands of barbuda and st martin were the first to feel the full force of the winds and storm surge. then puerto rico, cuba and florida still lie ahead. with phone lines down, roads destroyed by flooding, airports damaged, communication and getting aid in is difficult. our correspondent laura bicker sent this report from puerto rico. hurricane irma, a storm the size of france, has carved a destructive path through the caribbean. in puerto rico, three people were killed as winds battered the island. as daylight came and the clear out began, most felt lucky to have survived such a terrifying storm. i pray god don t come here no more! this family told me they felt blessed to be alive and that the only damage was a downed power line and fallen trees in their street. they ve kept eight month old aaron safe. there