Hello and welcome. Tropical storm sally has made landfall along the gulf coast in alabama, bringing historic levels of flooding and cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses. Alabama, florida and mississippi have all declared states of emergency. Mark lobel reports. Striking slowly but mercilessly in alabama, some riding out the storm by clinging on. As day came, signs and trees uprooted and power cut for the residents. Got on the first floor and we started hearing the windows pop and part of the roof started coming off any signage was sweeping and we rated out. My kids were so scared and i told them it would be ok. But we will try to survive these. We will try to go through this. We will try to be safe. This is the view from the third floor of my room. Pocket the street roads now rivers in floridas westernmost city. My goodness mac i have never seen anything like this the third worst storm surge ever to hit he, wins reaching 158km h and up to 80 inches of rainfall. The governors have been spoken to you and its a combination of real spirit and they have a tremendous esprit de corps and they have a tremendous sense of working on hurricane s, they have gotten very good at it and we certainly have had plenty to make things worse, there are more stacking up, threatening other parts of the golf course gulf coast. Other parts of the golf course gulf coast. We have had eight make landfall in september is the key month there were only halfway through, the rainfall and storm surge potential is greater when you have a slow moving system. When you think about selling last night, i was doing the weather last night at out doing the weather last night at our tv station and it was moving about two mph and most of us get on the treadmill and we are probably working walking three or four mph. And look, as the storms back to the coast, see also the grey band of smoke from the California Wildfires drifting east across america, a worrying picture that captures the consequences of extreme weather conditions. In addition to the growing force of these deadly storms, officials are now running out officials are now running out of letters to name you hurricane they are coming so thick and fast. Of naming new hurricanes. Mark lobel, bbc news. Lets speak now to colleen udell, president of Cajun Navy Relief, a group of volunteers who work to provide relief during natural disasters. Thank you very much forjoining us. Thank you very much forjoining us. You are co ordinating effo rts us. You are co ordinating efforts and what attempt telling you what they are dealing with . Our teams are telling us they are coming across downed power lines, trees, debris on the roads. There is flooding. They actually tried to cross a bridge earlier and the bridge is missing a huge section so they are having to be re routed along. It is taking them longer to get to the affected areas to perform rescues. Tell us areas to perform rescues. Tell us about the risk is, boat rescues , us about the risk is, boat rescues, and watches that involve 7 rescues, and watches that involve . Boat rescues involved, we usually use flat bottomed boats with what they call surface drive motors, and they will launch from the side of the road, they will launch in a road and they are able to float the boat. If the boat is fleeting, they can launch but many times it is just from the side of the road from teachers. And and from the ditches. If there is a creek bed, they can launch from there and in some places it can be too swift to launch and they try to find a better location to launch the boat. In terms of the number of people still in their homes you need rescuing by boat, what sort of proportions are we talking . Statewide, we are not 100 sure as far as in that particular area of the vicinity is affected by but i do know there was an apartment complex evacuated earlier today and so the numbers keep coming in. There are several individuals out there, Fire Departments and local Law Enforcement also evacuating, so its hard to say the number of people still who need rescuing. Looking at the list of rescues that Cajun Navy Relief have carried out over the years, such a long list and how does what you are seeing in dealing with at the moment compare . How does it compare . This, the biggest storm we have had recently, we just this, the biggest storm we have had recently, wejust got through hurricane laura, and that was mostly a wind event, barely any flooding so we didnt get to put the boats in the water and we actually cleared debris, and comparing sally with harvey and there we re sally with harvey and there were major differences. Hurricane harvey was a tragedy for houston, beaumont, texas, the surrounding areas and the miles that it covered. Hundreds of thousands of people that we had to rescue. It was, it was com pletely had to rescue. It was, it was completely different, com pletely completely different, completely different. Because the coastal areas were pensacola and mobil, they had the storm surge coming in and it goes back out. Harvey, it stayed there. It took weeks for it to drain. Colleen, we appreciate you talking to us and wish you the best in the relief work you and your teams are carrying out. Colleen, the president of Cajun Navy Relief, joining us from lake charles, louisiana. President trump has insisted a covid i9 vaccine will be ready to roll out to americans within weeks, a claim that entirely contradicts the views of his own Senior Health officials. The director of the us centers for Disease Control prevention has told congress he doesnt believe a vaccine will be generally available to the American Public before the middle of next year. 0ur washington correspondent, nomia iqbal, has this report. President trump says when it comes to a vaccine, he is ready. We are ready to go, as it is the vaccine happens. When you want to see it available . What is the timeframe . We will start distributing it immediately. To the general public very shortly. I mean, to the general public immediately, when we go, we go. This is a direct contradiction of what this man said hours earlier, the director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention, doctor Robert Redfield. If youre asking me when will it be generally available to American Public, so we can begin to take advantage of vaccine to get back to our regular life, i think you are properly looking at third, late second quarter, third quarter, 2021. He made the comments after the senate hearing. President trump was asked about the disparity. I think you made a mistake when he said that, is incorrect information. And i called him and he did not tell me that and i think he got the message may be confused. Maybe it was stated incorrectly. No, were ready to go immediately as the vaccine is announced and it could be announced in october, could be announced a bit after. The virus is a weak spot for the president who has been accused of mismanaging the pandemic right from the beginning. There are more than 6 million cases of coronavirus and more than 196,000 deaths in the us. He has faced criticism over claims his administration is politicising the Coronavirus Response and trying to rush out a vaccine to boost his re election campaign. A vaccine to boost his reelection campaign. One thing is certain, we cannot allow politics to interfere with a vaccine in any way. Americans have had to ensure President Trump s incompetence and dishonesty when it comes to testing and personal protective equipment. We cannot afford to repeat those fiascoes when it comes to a vaccine, when it occurs. The stakes are too high. American families have already suffered and sacrificed too much. Doctor Robert Redfield denied any political profession saying this scientific integrity of his agency would not be compromised under his watch. Whenever a vaccine is approved to be safe and effective, it will take time to bring out enough supplies to start distributing it across america. Nomia iqbal, bbc news. Lets get some of the days other news new zealands economy has slid into recession for the first time in 11 years. Gross domestic product shrank by a record 12. 2 in the second quarter. The countrys lucrative Tourism Industry has been hit hard by a near total ban on visitor arrivals. More on that in 20 minutes. Another set of local coronavirus restrictions are expected to be introduced in england, affecting around 1. 8 Million People in the north east. Measures reportedly include pubs closing at 10pm and orders not to mix with other households and will affect areas including newcastle, sunderland and county durham. The Us Democratic president ial candidate, joe biden, has said he wont allow peace in Northern Ireland to become a casualty of brexit if hes elected in november. In a tweet, he said any future trade deal with the uk depended on the good friday agreement being protected. Other senior american politicians have raised similar concerns following the governments attempt to override part of the brexit withdrawal deal. As the Global Travel industry remains battered by the coronavirus pandemic, airlines and governments are trying to find ways to allow people to travel, while ensuring public safety. Italy is trialling new compulsory covid testing at rome airport before some domestic flights and for Certain International arrivals in order to avoid mass quarantine. 0ur rome correspondent, mark lowen, reports. Tickets, passport and compulsory negative test result, welcome aboard europes first covert free flight. All these passengers from rome to milan have been tested either at the airport before the flight at the airport before the flight or within the previous 72 hours before being allowed to travel. As my negative test. And all clearfrom to travel. As my negative test. And all clear from the virus and to fly. I think its better than just and to fly. I think its better thanjust going and to fly. I think its better than just going inside an aeroplane without knowing if other people are positive or negative. It is faster and i have to come to the airport with just two hours before the flight. Translation as much as my flight translation as much as my flight turned out to be this one. I did not know what was. The airline called me yesterday. I think its a good idea. It comes everyone down, me and the other passengers. For now, two of the flights demand the negative result to board, using government run Rapid Testing at the airport. These are the guinea pigs of europe, not only to reassure passengers but to help air travel to travel and if successful, this could be rolled out to other domestic and international routes. Could this be a model to help passengers avoid quarantining laws in britain and elsewhere . We think this is a concept that can be applied throughout europe. 0ne can be applied throughout europe. One of the things that did not work out during the last few months is that lack of Co Ordination and its important to join forces and to make a step ahead to make it clea n, make a step ahead to make it clean, sanitised covert free corridors and observe restrictions on arrival. The airport testing unit in rome has been running for a month already for arrivals from croatia, spain, grease and malta and four passengers now to milan and the result from this what comes after a quick half hour wait. Translation this was a political decision that italy made to protect the health of our population as much as possible and to stop positive cases coming through the border and until there is a vaccine available, this will probably be the future at greece. Available, this will probably be the future at greece. And industry crushed by covid is trying to make us all feel safe again. Italy, once the global epicentre, is hoping to lead the way to pandemic safe skies. Mark lowen, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come voodoo voting the peruvian shamans who say they can predict the result of the us president ial election. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. There is people alive and there is people not alive. We just can help and give whatever we got. A state funeral has been held for princess grace of monaco, at the church where she married prince rainier, 26 years ago. It looked as though they had come to fight a war. But their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. The governments case has been forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, the justice minister. Hes campaigned vigorously for abolition, having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. Elizabeth seton has spent much of her time at this grotto, and every year hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. Now that she has become a saint, it is expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. The mayor and local businesses regard the anticipated boom as yet another blessing of saint elizabeth. This is bbc news, the latest headlines several states declare an emergency, as Tropical Storm sally causes catastrophic flooding across parts of the us. Donald trump claims an effective Coronavirus Vaccine could be good to go within weeks, contradicting one of his own top health officials. Germany has announced plans this week to take more than 1,500 migrants following the fire at a Detention Centre on the greek island of lesbos which left thousands without refuge. The tragedy was a reminder of the scale of a crisis which has seen vast movements of people fleeing war and poverty. Five years ago at the height of the migrant crisis the bbcs fergal keane reported the extraordinary story of nujeen mustafa, a syrian refugee, who crossed europe in a wheelchair. Today five years on, fergal has met up with nujeen to hear how her life has changed. Whatever happened to Nujeen Mustapha . An extraordinary teenager in a tumultuous time. Id love to be an astronaut, to go out and see. And find an alien, yes. I want to meet the queen, yes. Born with cerebral palsy, nujeen escaped war in syrias aleppo and travelled 1,400 kilometres to reach the greek island of lesbos. When i met her on the hungarian border in 2015, surrounded by other refugees, nujeen was exhausted, but irrepressible, a girl whod learned english by watching soap operas. You should fight to get what you want in this world, so. Yes, its a journey for a new life. Hungary shut its doors to them, so nujeen and her sister nasrine pushed on across the balkans to a Detention Camp in slovenia where i found her at her lowest ebb. Nujeen, do you know where youre going . I dont know. Im lost, really. Five years on, im on my way to meet nujeen in the german city of cologne. Hey hey he laughs delightedly oh, dear i wish i could hug you, but i cant. Oh, my god. Not with social distancing. Memories flooded back. On that border, all those years ago. That moment, that day, where the magnitude of the whole situation just hit me. Germany welcomed a child whod experienced prejudice because of her disability in syria. Even if some dreams have been deferred. I definitely still want to meet the queen, and i definitely still want to be an astronaut. But, you know, since ive been enrolled in school, i found out that im absolutely terrible at math, so i might have to resort to plan b. The experiences of the refugee road defined nujeens life. To help the victims of war and hunger, shes studying to become a psychologist. And shes become a prominent campaigner for disabled refugees, even addressing the un. People with disabilities are forgotten in times of peace. What do you think we expect in times of war . Her calls could not be more urgent. 0n lesbos, where nujeen first reached europe, thousands have been left homeless after the moria refugee camp burned down. Hello. Her own parents are still marooned in turkey. A weekly video call unites those whove made it to germany and those still waiting. Mwah i guess the part that breaks my heart the most is that they dont get to see my life here, so they dont get to see me go to school and have a productive life and see me moving forward with my future. But that might change soon, nujeen hopes, so that her parents can see the life shes building with courage and grace. Fergal keane, bbc news, cologne. Time now to get an update from the bbc sport centre. Hello, im jane dougall with your latest sports news. No dramas for Novak Djokovic as he returned to the tennis court for the First Time Since he was disqualified from the us open. The world number one beat italian wildcard Salvatore Caruso in straight sets at the italian open in rome. Djokovic was disqualified in new york ten days ago after accidentally hitting a line judge with a ball during his fourth round match. He admitted hed struggled in the following days after blowing his chance of an eighteenth grand slam title. Was actually lookir to i was actually looking forward to get the official match as soon as possible after what happened in new york because i feel like the sentiment on the court needs to be positive and i need to kind of remove anything that can possibly cause any kind of issues to me, if there is something. So i didnt feel like i had any mental or emotional blockages orany mental or emotional blockages or any dramas. Thursday morning sees australias cricketers flying home after winning their one day series against england 2 1. Thats the last of mens internationals, where players have been in a bio secure bubble, during the english summer, to allow games to take place. I think at the forefront of everybodys thinking before we bowl the ball is everybodys well being and that has continued and guys have come and gone out of the bubble and selected for certain series. I think if there was another some of the by a secure bubble, we would only have to look at either guys spending more time outside of it or families being allowed to come in. Its one of the most challenging golf courses in the world and in a few hours winged foots west course in new york will host the second major of the year. The course is staging its sixth mens us open and has only produced one winning score under par. Organisers say its designed to get the best out of the best players. Youve gotta drive it straight, especially at this golf course. You have two hit the fairways. And then once you hit the fairways, it doesnt get much easierfrom there either stopping the rough is not super deep but you just cant play out of it. You cant control the golf ball and you cant get to the greens from its. Its going to be a good challenge but id like it. Four stages to go in the Tour De France with Primoz Roglic leading by 57 seconds. And there are more hills on thursday. Roglic wasnt far behind colombias Miguel Angel Lopez on wednesdays alpine stage. Hell start thursdays 175 kilometre ride from meribel to La Roche Sur Foron third overall. Roglic in the yellowjersey is still the man to catch. His nearest rival is taday pog archer, who is running out of chances to make up ground. And there will be more sport later. There are fewer than fifty days now until america chooses its next president. Both main Political Parties are spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to win the vote in november. But they could apparently save a lot of time and money by simply consulting some shamans in peru, as the bbcs tim allman explains. In this part of lima, political polling is completely unnecessary. Instead, they rely on incense, some maracas and the odd snake. A sacred ritual designed to eliminate the future and predict the next occupant of the white house. So, whos it going to be . Translation joe biden is there to win. He has everything to win. We have seen that they are attacking him with witchcraft. All peruvian shamans are looking for ways to cleanse so that biden will be the next president of the united states. If you happen to be a biden supporter, you may want to hold off with the celebrations. It seems shamanism, like politics, is far from a precise art. The spitting, by the way, is in fact a compliment. Translation today we did a ritual, a ritual to send good vibes and good energy to mr donald trump. Why . Because he is deserving, he needs good energies, good vibes from his followers. We are supporters of the gentleman. He will win. Hes a winner. The verdict from lima theyll both win. Maybe the Electoral College isnt so bad after all. Tim allman, bbc news. Fifty metres up and two apart, diners in belgium with a head for heights can once again enjoy dinner in the sky with a new socially distanced feel. Hoisted by crane above the skies of the capital brussels, diners are strapped into seats at private tables for four, while well known chefs cook from a central platform. The venture has moved to 60 Different Countries since it was launched in 2006. I dont know if they would be able to eat at that height, but it does look good from up there. Thanks for watching bbc news. More to come. Hello there. It will be a notably fresher start to the day, particularly across the southern half of the uk because the transition was taking place further north yesterday. But there will still be plenty of dry weather on offer, some good spells of sunshine will break through the cloud and make it feel pleasantly warm. We have seen the transition as we come behind this cold front through yesterday and overnight to slightly fresher air back to where we should be for the time of year. Quite a brisk easterly wind blowing in the south. Always a little bit more cloud close to the north of scotland with this weak weather front, and there could be some patchy fog elsewhere first thing. The first couple of hours after dawn there could be some dense patches, but then it clears away. As should the low cloud near the north sea coast, and the misty low cloud weve had in southern and Western Areas for the last couple of days. The exception really to seeing that sunshine for most is the north and east of scotland. And with the return of the sunshine elsewhere in scotland and northern england, i think it will feel warmer than it did yesterday, but the 27 we had in the south not being repeated. More like 21, 22, which is where we should be for this time of year. And so under the clearest skies again through the coming night, its going to turn quite cool, and, yes, again, the exception being northern scotland where weve got those weather fronts close by. Down into single figures quite widely in the countryside setting us up for another date with perhaps some patchy mist and fog again first thing. Brisk wind in the south, but otherwise some good spells of sunshine. And even north, as that weather front weakens at times, it will be bright. 19 to 21, around about average for this time of year. And we keep that High Pressure close by into the weekend particularly in the north. But this low pressure in the bay of biscay is giving us a little bit of a headache. It comes northwards, it is likely to tighten the isobars. The winds will strengthen again, and possibly its going to bring some showers close to southern parts of england in particular. So a keen breeze coming in off the north sea, which will make it feel cooler. Some low cloud as well plaguing north sea coasts. So here, temperatures wont be as high, but 19 to 22 further west. And then just the possibility of some showers. The question mark is how far north they will come into the southern half of the uk. They are still be meandering around that area of low pressure into sunday as well. With that breeze coming in off the north sea, also the risk a little bit more cloud around here, but still a good deal of dry and settled weather with High Pressure largely in charge further north. As ever, there is more on the website. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Keeping the cash flowing the Federal Reserve signals borrowing costs will stay close to zero for years to come. Plus, let battle commence. Playstation 5 to take on xbox series x but is this the final round in the console wars . We start with the cost of borrowing because it looks set to stay at a record low for years to come. The us Federal Reserve, the worlds most powerful central bank, has pledged to continue supporting the economy until its back to maximum employment. Almost all of its policy makers now see Interest Rates staying close to zero until 2023. The bbcs Samira Hussain reports from new york. It has been six months since the Federal Reserve slashed Interest Rates to nearly zero and at that time, the full Economic Impact of the coronavirus pandemic had not yet been felt and at that time, some people on wall street thought the decision by the fed was a bit hasty. Fast forward to now, and the Federal Reserve is saying it is going to keep this Monetary Policy well into 2023. By keeping Interest Rates low, what the fed is trying to do is encourage people to keep spending money by making it cheaper to borrow money. So businesses and individuals can purchase big ticket items and borrow the money at a rate that is really pretty low. Now the question is how long is the fed going to keep Interest Rates low . It was actually pretty clear, in fact, low . It was actually pretty clear, infact, more low . It was actually pretty clear, in fact, more clear than it usually is. The fed says it wa nts to it usually is. The fed says it wants to see the us economy really chugging along with stea m really chugging along with steam before it makes any changes to Monetary Policy. Samira hussain, bbc news. Dory wiley is president and ceo of commerce Street Holdings in dallas, texas. Welcome and what do you are what we heard therefrom the fed . We dont have any surprises from the fed, i think it was pretty predictable they we re it was pretty predictable they were going to come out this way. I guess the Biggest Surprise is that the fed is trying to draw a picture for us and they came out and said not only are we moving rates but we re only are we moving rates but were not doing it until 2023. That is a long time to be forecasting what the fed is going to do. I think it is a symptom of the underlying damage that has been caused by the coronavirus pandemic. They quote in this statement is that the pandemic is causing tremendous human and Economic Hardship and the path of the economy will depend significantly on the course of the virus. So, just like they did in march, they gave the Pontius Pilate wash our hands, lower rates and we cant do anything more than purchase bonds, they are putting up the statement they did injuly that we will continue on the same course and path of bond purchases, basically putting the hands back into congress for fiscal issues and whether they are going to do a stimulus package. Exactly on that matter, i was going to say, is what we are thing happening to the economy, jobs being added, does that reduce pressure in any sense on congress to release the deadlock over further stimulus . Well, i think it relieves some pressure in predictable markets and markets like predictability. They say 0k, we will have support and im not sure weve ever had ten or 12 Central Banks all in unison supporting world economies like we have right now, and now really kind of gets back to if we dont have the coronavirus lifted and it doesnt look like that will happen anytime soon because we keep having flareups, and we have this selection and Congress Really needs to have another stimulus package and nancy pelosi does not want that to happen. There were 50 congressmen they got together from both sides coming up with a compromise of 1. 5 trillion stimulus package and nancy pelosi summarily dismissed it, causing one of the democratic congressmen to comment that he was ashamed to be a democrat. So there is a lot of frustration and politics are certainly taking a hold here in getting blocking any stimulus packages so i think he was syd ney packages so i think he was Sydney Markets stay volatile between now and november or the results of the election. And i think you will see the markets. What about the election . 0r markets. What about the election . Or that put that on hold until it is all done and dusted . Absolutely. It will put things on hold but it doesnt mean there will not be volatility. I think we will continue to have volatility through the election and resolution of the election. This mailing ballot because the election to have a post election hangover like it did with the george bush, al gore election in 2000. We appreciate you joining us there from dallas, texas. Thank you. Those promises from the fed didnt do much to boost wall street. Despite a positive start us stock markets were dragged down by renewed selling of technology shares. They have taken a battering in recent days. Lets just show you how wall street closed 0nly only one green arrow, the others heading downward. Fiona cincotta is a market analyst at city index here in london. What you make of the reaction or non reaction . What you make of the reaction or non reaction . Not how we we re or non reaction . Not how we were necessarily expecting the reaction in the stock market. The tech stocks, the tech stocks sell off is something not really being shaken off at the moment, its been hanging over the market now coming up a few weeks and it is concerning investors as to whether it is actually something more serious or whether its a natural pullback because these are the big stocks that we have seen it that had, really thought across the coronavirus. Has really taken off during the period. That took away from the reaction from the fed reserve. We have seen some strength in the us dollar. That is on the back of the improved forecast that we have seen from the fed. We saw the fed saying there was a slightly less, the gdp was actually going to be contracting to around 3. 7 as opposed to 6. 5 , much more upbeat than we were expecting and the Unemployment Rate was going to be slightly better at the end of the year then what we we re the end of the year then what we were initially expecting, so that has boosted the dollar. The us tech stocks were more focused on the actual markets. 0n focused on the actual markets. On that note of tech stocks, would you describe that as a bubble created during lockdown when people were really seeing tech as the absolute future in all sectors . Thats a really good question. What we have seen is the lockdown really drove or accelerated the dependence on tech and as he said, that boosted the share prices of docs like apple, amazon, netflix and the big faang stocks but tech stocks in general as well. But whether this is a natural pullback because they shut up high very quickly so we would expect to see a natural pullback but if it does continue and it becomes a prolonged sell off then that will actually become more concerning. We were discussing his earlier, what you make of the date 2023 is the date until which Interest Rates may remain close to zero . That is a very long. To be forecasting out for. A lot can happen in that time. But if it is cheap money available for businesses to pick themselves up over that period, then that is good news for the economy. If that is able to be sustained. That could be good news. Would have expected stocks to have had a slightly more positive reaction to such comments. Fiona, thank you very much. Lets turn to the Computer Games business now. Its been enjoying record sales during the pandemic and in the last few hours sony has been revealing launch details of its new playstation 5. It will go on sale around the world from november 12 taking on the new xbox series x from microsoft in a battle for Holiday Season sales but will this be the last ever console war as expensive games hardware gets replaced by cloud gaming, streamed direct onto phones and smart tvs . Louise shorthouse is a Research Analyst at the Technology Research company 0mdia. Shejoins me via skype from london. What you are what we may be seeing very from sony . Well, i think sony are really well positioned. They are currently the biggest player in terms of the console is based on sales and data indicates that playstation has outsold xbox by two to one in the latest generation and they are focusing on exclusive content and the generational leap which is different to this strategy we have seen from xbox and microsoft. How close are we to the end of the era of actually gaming consoles . Absolutely not, certainly not. Cloud, as you mentioned is a growing area of the games market but were not expecting any sort of wholesale shift to the thought of playing certainly within the three years. Cloud is actually more of a complimentary offering, not that constructive or ballistic and if there was a major cloud presence in six yea rs major cloud presence in six years time you could certainly still sell can you do hardware because fans still want that. What hardware offers that streaming doesnt . What do they haveis streaming doesnt . What do they have is an advantage to key people buying them . Have is an advantage to key people buying them . have is an advantage to key people buying them . I think console gamers are the least price sensitive. They tend to be very dedicated to their brand and platform of choice. People just enjoy being part of the club. I think that is definitely something that will persist regardless of cloud. There were rumours that sony revised the pricing of the playstation five when they saw what microsoft had on offer. With winning the battle of the consoles . At the moment, it is certainly playstation. I really mentioned they have a bigger in store base in the current generation versus ex boss a knock on effects are much stronger this time around xbox, improved backwards compatibility in other words, people will be able to play a large number of their playstation 4 games on the new console which gives the more reason to upgrade but microsoft may be better positioned for the long term because it has much better Cloud Infrastructure and they are more invested in cost platform experiences. The pandemic has been very good news for gaming and people doing a lot more of it if they are at home. Do you think that that growth is sustainable . I think it varies quite a lot across platforms. In terms of pc and console we have seen quite significant spikes in terms of usage and spend. 0n mobile, we have seen a more gradual, gentle lift. So, in that regard, we will see a return to preach pandemic levels were console and pc whereas with mobile we will see a new baseline in terms of users. Louise, thank you very much. Thank you for getting up so early in london lets go to asia now and new zealand has become the latest nation to confirm it has fallen into recession. Its National Statistics agency says the economy contracted more than 12 in the three months to june, calling the slump by far the largest on record. It coincides with a Strict Lockdown and closure of the countrys borders from late march. Shara njit leyl is looking at this for us. Sharanjit, a lot of controversy over this . Yes, you can imagine, it really is new zealands First Official recession in 11 years. The country s gdp shrank, no big surprise, all due to the covid 19 lockdown surprise, all due to the covid 19lockdown and border closures which have hit its economy as it has done for eve ryo ne economy as it has done for everyone elses it is the second successive quarter of negative growth which constitutes a technical measure of recession. What is unusual about new zealand is that it had been hailed as one of the early Success Stories of the pandemic, got control early and was briefly even declared virus free but cases have reemerged in auckland last month and nonetheless there has only actually been 25 deaths so far ina actually been 25 deaths so far in a population of 5 million. The country has had a Strict Lockdown, began in late march and easing in may and the Economic Cost has been huge as it has been elsewhere. Trade has been hit. New zealands lucrative Tourism Sector is at a standstill and its Economic Stimulus Programme like wage subsidies but it is a crucial time for the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern and the clock is ticking for her to provide clear direction to revive the economy. She is heading into a general election last month and she will likely win and the economy will make her second term particularly challenging. Meanwhile, you talked about the Us Central Bank at the start of the programme but we heard from the programme but we heard from the world Third Largest economy it has come out with his central bank decision, i am talking about japan, no surprise, the bank ofjapan kept Monetary Policy steady, slightly upgrading view on the economy but whats interesting is it is the first date that the Prime Minister has his term in office and investors are keen to see how he works with the central bank to support the economy there. Thank you. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come never mind working from home, how about working from beach or mountain . We report from india. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. There is people alive and there is people not alive. We just can help and give whatever we got. A state funeral has been held for princess grace of monaco, at the church where she married prince rainier, 26 years ago. It looked as though they had come to fight a war. But their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. The governments case has been forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, the justice minister. Hes campaigned vigorously for abolition, having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. Elizabeth seton has spent much of her time at this grotto, and every year hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. Now that she has become a saint, it is expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. The mayor and local businesses regard the anticipated boom as yet another blessing of saint elizabeth. This is bbc news, the latest headlines several states declare an emergency, as Tropical Storm sally causes catastrophic flooding across parts of the us. Donald trump claims an effective Coronavirus Vaccine could be good to go within weeks, contradicting one of his own top health officials. Since facebook bought Virtual Reality headset maker 0culus for 2 billion back in 2014, it has been trying to push vr as the next big thing. But six years on and the technology has still to hit the mainstream, even during a pandemic that has kept people at home and forced us to stay in touch virtually. In the last few hours facebook has begun its annual vr conference. It says its launching its own smart glasses next year to complement its 0culus headsets. And its business applications, rather than games and entertainment, that are beginning to look the most promising areas for vr. Dr aaron elkins is professor of Management Information systems at the Fowler College of business at san diego university. A warm welcome to you. Why do you think vr is still yet to hit the big time . Thats a great question, and thank you very much for having me, it is a pleasure to be with you. You know, i think, a pleasure to be with you. You know, ithink, truthfully, it just hasnt been ready. It is not as polished, even though you can do demonstrations and things that will really impress you, just isnt as reliable, theres the software, and frankly that is changing now with facebook getting involved and really developing a consumerfriendly and really developing a consumer friendly version, but leading up to even this version of their hardware, it was really defined by a set of compromises. Uncomfortable, sometimes made you nauseous, there wasnt really a lot of softwa re there wasnt really a lot of software that is out there, so truthfully, that hardware stuff has been worked out and you can see that in the polish of facebooks technology, but really it is about a killer app, and there isnt a piece of softwa re app, and there isnt a piece of software that has differentiated itself on this platform that really brings people in, theres not a thing that you cant do anywhere else. And how close do you think we are to getting that killer app, as you describe it, to really propel it into everyday use that people are getting completely dependent on like they are on, say, meetings on zoom or other ways of doing Virtual Meetings . Since this vr resurgence, developers, facebook, htc, sony, microsoft, all of apple now, have been working on this problem, and it hasnt been solved. What they initially did was take games that were really interesting on consoles and theyjust sort of ported them. Its first person, you can shoot people, those kinds of things, but it didnt, for a lot of people, necessarily provide a big enough difference to really justify the effort, putting it on, getting isolated in the environment, all the things that you have to trade to use it, the bargain still isnt there but frankly i think facebook knows and they will be revealing shortly that it is social, and is a kind of a chicken and egg situation to get social to work it has to have a Critical Mass of users, but there is no users so there is no social, but theres no social because there is no users so that is what facebook is trying to right now. The difference between someone putting on a headset and say, wearing glasses, facebook is announcing that it is going to launch its own smart glasses. We have heard about glasses before, how do you rate this as a prospect . Is this going to make all the difference . Augmented reality rather than com pletely augmented reality rather than completely being isolated in a Virtual World . Truthfully, i think they are converging on right now you are seeing separate product because they dont really have the technology to have them as one but you have seen cues from all these companies, they are building things, even the 0culus has a feature where it will bring and your world is an overlay over it and its kind of crude but ive found it a little nicer for of crude but ive found it a little nicerfor longer of crude but ive found it a little nicer for longer term rather than being in, as you say, in india or on a spaceship or something. Good to talk to you, professor of management and Information Systems at san diego university. Thank you very much for your time. Lets go to india now, like much of the world its seen working from home become the norm for many people. That has led to a large reverse migration of white collar workers who are choosing to leave the city for their home towns, or even the mountains or beaches. Nikhil inamdar has more. It has been five months since this tech entrepreneur left bangalore and moved back home, a pensioners paradise in southern india. It was an opportunity to live in close proximity to nature and be near his parents. Almost all employees of the small establishment agreed to relocate as well. There is a massive opportunity for the company to grow faster because we have much less operating costs, be it in terms of salaries or rents or other overheads. All of our employees also have a great worklife balance here compared to a lot of the metro cities. He says the move allowed him to cut costs by up to 50 , and he is not alone. With Flexible Work from home policies and cheap mobile data penetrating small towns, an estimated 10 20 of indias white collar workers have left polluted cities and headed back to their small towns, according to migration expert. Zoho, a billion dollar start up has been pioneering this concept since 2011. The company has five satellite village officers and plans to set up more to meet the demands of employees who wish to work from the village. Meanwhile, concepts such as work from the mountains are gathering steam as Young Professionals use the flexibility to work from home to retreat to homestays in the himalayas for extended in the last 50 years, india has seen educated people migrating to the big city in search of opportunity, but even with technology, the pandemic could mark the reversal of that trend, at least for some. A reminder of our top story several states declare an emergency, as Tropical Storm sally causes catastrophic flooding across parts of the us. Sally made landfall overnight near gulf shores, alabama along the border with florida as a category 2 hurricane. Winds slowed since sally made la ndfall winds slowed since sally made landfall but the storm continues to batter florida and alabama as it moves as a very, very slow pace over the area and that is the problem. It is moving so slowly that it is dumping so much rain, pensacola florida, particularly badly hit and weve been hearing terms like it has brought four months of rain in four hours to pensacola, florida, according to the local fire chief though it is doing a lot of damage even though it is moving at a snails pace along the southern united states. We will keep you up united states. We will keep you up to date with that situation and all the other stories here on bbc news. From me and the rest of the team, goodbye for now. Hello there. It will be a notably fresher start to the day, particularly across the southern half of the uk because the transition was taking place further north yesterday. But there will still be plenty of dry weather on offer, some good spells of sunshine will break through the cloud and make it feel pleasantly warm. We have seen the transition as we come behind this cold front through yesterday and overnight to slightly fresher air back to where we should be for the time of year. Quite a brisk easterly wind blowing in the south. Always a little bit more cloud close to the north of scotland with this weak weather front, and there could be some patchy fog elsewhere first thing. The first couple of hours after dawn there could be some dense patches, but then it clears away. As should the low cloud near the north sea coast, and the misty low cloud weve had in southern and Western Areas for the last couple of days. The exception really to seeing that sunshine for most is the north and east of scotland. And with the return of the sunshine elsewhere in scotland and northern england, i think it will feel warmer than it did yesterday, but the 27 we had in the south not being repeated. More like 21, 22, which is where we should be for this time of year. And so under the clearest skies again through the coming night, its going to turn quite cool, and, yes, again, the exception being northern scotland where weve got those weather fronts close by. Down into single figures quite widely in the countryside setting us up for another date with perhaps some patchy mist and fog again first thing. Brisk wind in the south, but otherwise some good spells of sunshine. And even north, as that weather front weakens at times, it will be bright. 19 to 21, around about average for this time of year. And we keep that High Pressure close by into the weekend particularly in the north. But this low pressure in the bay of biscay is giving us a little bit of a headache. It comes northwards, it is likely to tighten the isobars. The winds will strengthen again, and possibly its going to bring some showers close to southern parts of england in particular. So a keen breeze coming in off the north sea, which will make it feel cooler. Some low cloud as well plaguing north sea coasts. So here, temperatures wont be as high, but 19 to 22 further west. And then just the possibility of some showers. The question mark is how far north they will come into the southern half of the uk. They are still be meandering around that area of low pressure into sunday as well. With that breeze coming in off the north sea, also the risk a little bit more cloud around here, but still a good deal of dry and settled weather with High Pressure largely in charge further north. As ever, there is more on the website. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today around 2 million more people in england and wales face more restrictions as covid rates continue to rise. Testing troubles. Borisjohnson admits there are not enough tests to go around. We will be live at a Testing Centre today. Hes already raised millions for charity, but captain tom isnt stopping there. Hell tell us about his new foundation to help people with Mental Health problems. The foundation is out there to help all sorts of people where
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