Been downgraded bringing dangerous wind and heavy rain. Looking at these latest pictures out of carolina where wins are heading across the beach there as idalia heads across the coast. Early wednesday idalia lashed florida, making landfall as a category 3 storm. At least two people have died due to driving accidents in wet conditions, and more than 500 thousand are without power across florida and georgia. Floridas Governor Ron Desantis warned 1. 5 milion people to evacuate tuesday night, but not everyone chose to leave. These are the latest pictures now that we can look at coming out of South Carolina where the wind is whipping across the beach there is Tropical Storm idalia continues along the coast. 500,000 people are without power across several of the state so lets go live now to our reporter in florida. Helena, what is the situation where you are . In this area where you are . In this area where i am, the hard hit area of cedar key it is also without power tonight. Of cedar key i
health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. an agonising goodbye. at least 14 people were killed in an israeli strike on a school where they had been seeking safety in khan younis in southern gaza, the family say. crushed by the rubble, mohammed lost his mum, dad and his unborn brother. what we want is to stop the bloodshed. every day we are losing our loved ones, says this bereaved man. those who lived and even though still in the womb. those who lived and even those still in the womb. nearby, the rumble of tank fire amid fierce street fighting continues. further south, the town of rafah is now a sprawling campsite for displaced palestinians, but even here by the egyptian border aid distribution is difficult. un officials are now warning of mass starvation and despite a us veto for a resolution on friday, they are demanding action by the security council. i r
child marriage is a global issue and has devastating consequences all over the world. at least 80 million girls under 18 will be married by 2030. stopping it isn t easy. we believe that when we educate just one girl, that one girl can be able to change her community. and changing cultural practices is even harder. in 2022, michelle obama, amal clooney and melinda french gates came together to announce a collaboration with the aim of ending child marriage. we ve been invited to their first field trip together, and they ve come to ludzi secondary school, in malawi. when i was your age, there were people in my community that didn t think a girl like me, who didn t have money or wealth or connections, could do the things that i did. i even had my second form teacher tell me that i shouldn t apply to the colleges i applied to because she didn t think i could get in. so i ignored herand i applied to princeton. i got in and i went to law school and became a lawyer. and i ve worked a
there s been heavy bombardment of the territory overnight; the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up. israeli tanks are reported to be slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis and there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. the head of the world health organization has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on healthcare there. tedros adhanom ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest. this is nasser hospital in khan younis, and the aftermath of another night of unrelenting israeli attacks. in the chaos, a father desperately searches for his son. mohamed abu shihab says a sniper opened fire when he was in his house giving water to his two sons. the oldest was wounded. the youngest killed. the sniper killed my son, i want to see my son, he says. this footage from the
of the territory on saturday night. the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up. meanwhile, israeli tanks are reported to be slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis and there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. the head of the world health organization has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care there. tedros ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest. this is nasser hospital in khan younis, and the aftermath of another night of unrelenting israeli attacks. in the chaos, a father desperately searches for his son. mohamed abu shihab says a sniper opened fire when he was in his house giving water to his two sons. the oldest was wounded. the youngest killed. the sniper killed my son, i want to see my sons, he says. this footage from the israeli army shows