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but it s weakened as it passed through florida, and so far there have been no confirmed fatalities. now downgraded idalia to a tropical storm, no longer a hurricane, although they are still warning of the risk of freshwater flooding and storm surges, as it moves inland with georgia and south carolina next in its path. helena humphrey has been witnessing the aftermath of the storm, in cedar key. thanks forjoining us. not as bad as some had feared still a lot of destruction? inaudible. apologies. i am lot of destruction? inaudible. apologies. iam not lot of destruction? inaudible. apologies. i am not sure whether helena can hear us so let s try and get back to helena shortly. earlier i spoke to a special reporter with a tampa bay times who told us the latest there. inaudible. yes, we are seeing trivialities. neighbours today were taking out a break might ruin furniture and the neighbour industry was watching on unscathed. the flooding during the storm was worse than durin ....
particularly for england and wales, but beyond that, it let set to settle down. more detail throughout the morning. it s sunday the 13th of august. the government is coming under pressure from campaign groups to manage migrants crossing the channel in small boats. six people from afghanistan have died after their vessel got into difficulty off the coast of calais. simonjones has this report. just hours after yesterday s tragedy in the channel, more migrants were being brought to dover after being picked up at sea, undeterred by the evident risks of taking to the water in overcrowded, flimsy boats. it was just such a boat that sank, prompting a huge emergency response. the survivor said of them have been trying to bail out water with their shoes. others were in the sea, pleading for help. a harrowing incident for the lifeboat crews. the french minister responsible for safety at sea visited some of those involved in the rescue operation in calais, keen to talk about the people ....
staffordshire and here in portsmouth. we will bring you the details later and introduce you to a very special veteran. good morning. we have frost and fog across the south east and quarter of the country this morning. here it will cloud over with patchy rain arriving later. the patch rain moving out of scotland and northern ireland, leaving brightest skies behind. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday the 27th february. the former post office chairman, henry staunton, will appear before mps later to answer questions about compensation for victims of the horizon it scandal. it ll be the first time mr staunton has spoken publicly since claiming he was told to delay payouts to subpostmasters who were wrongly prosecuted sparking a bitter row with the business secretary kemi badenoch. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. henry staunton was sacked as post office chairman just over a year into the job. but this boardroom veteran didn t go quietly making a s ....
our main story. figures released this morning will show how the uk economy has performed and whether it dipped into recession at the end of last year. the office for national statistics will publish its economic health check for the final three months of 2023 in the next hour. nick eardley is in shrewsbury this morning. it looks bright and lively but not necessarily a reflection of the economy. there are a lot of experts who think we will be talking about the uk having been in recession at the uk having been in recession at the end of 2023. we are entries we market to get some reaction and speak to traders, about how the economy feels to them. in shrewsbury market. it has been a tricky time with rising prices and interest rates and rent going up as well. what it will tell us at seven is about the health of the economy. if the uk did fall into recession it is bad news, it is a bad sense things are not going particularly well for the economy. bad economic news, bad new ....
selected, and i think this shows that this has been a very calibrated response by the americans. they say that the locations hit included command and control centres, weapons facilities, bunkers used by iran s revolution regard and also by members of the militia supported by iran and iraq and syria. there has been strong reaction from iraq, a military spokesman said this was a violation of the country s sovereignty. in syria, a military statement said this was a blatant aggression by the us military. now president biden is walking a fine line here. he wants to give a strong response to what happened on sunday in jordan, response to what happened on sunday injordan, but at the same time he doesn t want to escalate the situation in the region even further, and four days, american officials have been indicating that this response was going to happen, perhaps trying to minimise casualties and reduce tensions with iran. president biden has repeated that he is not interested ....