business. hsbc promises £10 billion infunding for business. hsbc promises £10 billion in funding for small firms, but what difference will it really make? i will speak to the boss later. in sport, england s paul casey is the pick of the european challengers at the us open. a first round of six under par sees him just a shot off the leader rickie fowler at golf‘s second major of the year. and sarah has the weather. thatin that in about ten minutes. first, our main story: police are warning they may never be able to identify some of those who died in the fire at grenfell tower in west london on tuesday night. 17 bodies have been found so far, but the number of fatalities is expected to rise significantly. andy moore reports. the first victim of the fire to be officially named is mohammed alhajali, assyrian refugee who came to britain for a better life. his brother was led to safety by firefighters but in the chaos and confusion bahama got left behind. firefighters but in th
the australian needed nearly two and a half hours to get the better of croatia s ivo karlovic taking it 6 4, 6 7, 7 6 to set up a last 16 match against either david goffin or diego schwartzman. czech number 10 seed tomas berdych is into the fourth round after he saw off the challenge of luxembourg s gilles muller, winning in straight sets 6 3, 6 4 and will next play france s adrian mannarino. andy murray was meant to be playing in miami but had to withdraw because of injury. he s now unlikely to be fit for great britain s davis cup tie against france next week. his brotherjamie has revealed that the world number one has a tear in his elbow and needs rest. we already knew about the injury but not the severity. the scotsman had hoped to return for the start of the clay court season in about three weeks time. 0n the wta tour, world number one angelique kerber is through to the quarter finals of the miami 0pen. the number one seed breezed past japan s risa ozaki in straight sets,
what s being described as a monster cyclone is now making landfall in northeast australia. tens of thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated from coastal areas,amid warnings of winds gusting up to 250 kilometres an hour and dangerous tidal surges. caroline davies reports. cyclone debbie has already made itself felt. people living along the coast in queensland, north east australia, have been battered by high winds and rain as the storm approaches. authorities knew it was coming, and there advice has been to get out. it is very clear that the time for people to move is now to go to family and friends. this is a severe weather system. move now! don t wait until tomorrow because you will not be able to move. overnight, the storm was upgraded to a category 4, only one level below the most violent possible, with winds of up to 250 kilometres per hour. this is the city of bowen and it has been locked down. popular tourist destinations like the whitsundays and a
what s being described as a monster cyclone has begun to batter northeast australia. tens of thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated from coastal areas, amid warnings of winds gusting up to 250 kilometres an hour and dangerous tidal surges. caroline davies reports. cyclone debbie has already made itself felt. people living along the coast in north east australia in queensland have been battered by high winds and rain. authorities knew it was coming and they have given the advice to get out. it is clear that the time to move is now, to go to family and friends. this is a severe weather system. move now! don t wait til tomorrow, because you will not be able to move. overnight, the storm was upgraded to a category 4, only one level below the most violent level possible, with winds of up to 250 kilometres per hour. this is the city of bowen. it s been locked down. popular tourist destinations like the whitsundays and airlie beach have also been affected. 30
i m philippa thomas. from here in the world s newsroom, we send our correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the world. in this week s programme. football on the front line. richard conway reports on syria s world cup dreams, and asks whether soccer can help to unite a country at war. football coming back to syria provides the people with a chance to forget about their worries. at least for 90 minutes. the plight of the people of western mosul. orla guerin reports from the camps in iraq, struggling to feed up to 500,000 survivors of the so called islamic state. they say they have no running water, no electricity, no access to medical supplies, and people in the queue are really afraid that the food is going to run out before they have been able to get some. returning to crimea after three years after vladimir putin annexed the region. steve rosenberg finds out how people feel about russian rule and sanctions. moscow insists that most of the people who live her