In lebanon. Have you ever wondered whether an elephants swings left or right . The answer might be wrinklier than you think. Welcome to the World Today. Presiden biden has warned millions of people in florida to leave their homes if they still can, as Hurricane Milton, a lethal category 4 Storm Closes in on the states west coast. Those still left have been warned that miltons impact will be catastrophic. These are images of the storm from space. Its being described as potentially one of the most destructive hurricanes ever to hit the region. These are live pictures from florida. The pictures from florida. Trees are already so windswept. Milton is expected to make landfall in the fort Myers Region in the next 12 hours or so, packing winds of up to 165mph, thats 270 kilometres per hour. The atmospheric conditions have started to trick or tornadoes like this when filmed in southern florida, that could affect areas beyond the reach of the worse of the hurricane. Tidal surges are expected t
Strategist, kelly hyman. First, the latest headlines. The un Security Council has been meeting to discuss the crisis in the Middle East after four days of intensive israeli attacks on hezbollah. The un Human Rights chief Volker Turk said he was appalled by the indiscriminate targeting of thousands of people in lebanon through the explosion of communication devices, saying it violated international law. Its emerged that the prime Minister Sir Keir starmer, deputy prime Minister Angela Rayner and Chancellor Rachel reeves will not accept any further donations for clothing according to a Downing Street source. The Prime Minster has been embroiled in a row after it emerged he had repeatedly accepted gifts including sunglasses, tailoring and personal shopping for him and his wife. Lawyers representing some of the 37 women whove accused Mohamed Al fayed of rape and Sexual Assault say the former Harrods Owner was a monster whose behaviour was enabled by the department store. It comes after a B
Software called apple intelligence is integrated into a host of applications across the iphone. This photo editor allows you to remove people from the background. And this tool helps to rewrite your e mails. There is also an upgrade to the voice assistant which can now take written commands and is said to work better with a natural spoken language. For now, apple intelligence features will not be available in the eu, as executives find themselves in the middle of a dustup with regulators over the digital markets act, but it will be available in the uk. That is, when they are released. The test version will start with a roll out in the us next month, with more coming by the end of the year. When it comes available, analysts say executives are keen to use apple intelligence integration to sell more iphones, which have hit a slump in recent years. Some analysts are not so sure that will happen. 15 years. Some analysts are not so sure that will happen. sure that will happen. Is apple int
Left cyprus three days ago and is carrying 200 tonnes of food supplied by an american ngo. Teams from the ngo in gaza have built a floating jetty to unload the cargo. Food and basic supplies are desperately needed in gaza, and the Israeli Police force is deploying thousands of officers acrossjerusalems old city for ramadan s first friday prayers at the al aqsa mosque, with tensions high amid the war. Lets go live now to anna foster at damascus gate. Welcome to eastjerusalem, this is damascus gate, you are talking about the first friday prayers of ramadan which have passed peacefully. There was really tight security, all the streets were closed by Israeli Soldiers and police. They were only allowing worshippers from certain demographics, there was nobody here between the ages of ten and 50. A huge number of people come here for the first friday prayers and we have seenin the first friday prayers and we have seen in previous years violent clashes in this area and because of that addition
Of the exchequer. President zelensky says hell keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of more than 50 countries ended without agreement. Hundreds of people have been protesting for the right to wild camp in Dartmoor National park in the uk. Last week the Uks High Court ruled that the permission of landowners was required before camping on dartmoor. Millions of people Around The World are preparing for the start of the lunar new year. You are watching bbc news. Political thinking with nick robinson. Hello and welcome to a new series, conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. My guess this week is the leader of britains second largest trade union, Sharon Graham who replaced the rather better known mark. We are at a time restriction on the health service, strikes on the railway, strengths and schools, strikes in the civil service. Foryears, and schools, strikes in the civil