We start in the united states, where hurricane milton has re strengthened to a category five storm, as it barrels straight towards florida. People there are evacuating en masse, ahead of wednesday s projected landfall. The national hurricane center says the storm has doubled in size since tuesday. Local authorities and weather experts say milton will bring you a destructive storm surge, and some areas will not be survivable. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled. It s expected to bring strong winds of up to 165 mph or 270 kph. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the south eastern us; 225 people were killed across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlantic ocean. President biden has postponed a trip to germany to oversee preparations and prepare a federal response. He urged those in milton s path to evacu
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Hello, im samantha simmonds. We start with the situation in gaza. And a ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend, as part of a planned maritime aid corridor. Its a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and United Arab Emirates aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. Organisers hope the plan could allow large amounts of extra aid, but say it will be complex and continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. The European Unions ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. Hopefully the first pilot try to get aid over the weekend but it takes some time to make sure that its not only once in a time but it has a Sustainable Way to supply aid to the people in gaza and palestine to make sure we ease the situation in the region. Cyprus for a long time
but first let s focus in on nottingham and the deadly stabbing of three people in the early hours of tuesday morning. this was the scene a short time ago at the university of nottingham where hundreds of students joined the familes of the two 19 year olds who were killed in the city in the early hours of yesterday morning. grace o malley kumar was a first year medical student and a talented hockey player. barnaby webber, also 19, was studying history and played cricket for his university team. the third victim was named today as 65 year old ian coates a primary school caretaker. our midlands correspondent, navtej johal, reports from the vigil. thousands united in grief. these students have come to express their shock and share their sadness at the loss of two of their own. it s hard to find the words to express their shock and grief felt across our institution at the senseless loss of two talented students who have had their bright future brutally curtailed. barnaby webber