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stream of traffic, a scene leaving the tampa area. this happened overnight. people trying to get inland from the coast taking cover. the storm, perhaps, testing their patience. one tampa resident waited three hours to get free sandbags. a u.s. military insulation, moving aircraft can and naval ships out of the tampa and jacksonville areas. an idea how big the storm is, nasa released this video of hurricane ian from the international space station. >> all right. i want to bring in micha...

tonight with the context, ron christie former adviser to george w bush and ayesha hazarika journalist and former labour adviser. welcome to the programme. its the first day of the new us congress and its already one full of drama. the new us congress and its after the swearing in of the new members, the new house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle, choosing a new speaker of the house. weve already had rounds of votes. the latest kevin mccarthy received. short of the 2...

more now on the day ahead in the uk, and we could know as early as this afternoon who the next leader of the conservative party is and therefore our prime minister. as youve been hearing, borisjohnson has pulled out of the contest, saying the time isnt right and would not lead to much needed party unity. this leaves two contenders — former chancellor rishi sunak and the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt, with mr sunak currently the front runner. by 2pm this afternoon if ...

theyre great people, beautiful state. you know about their football team? >> bill: a little bit. >> dana: governor desantis will give a update any moment now and bring it live. florida is bracing for what could be a once in a century storm. >> bill: the current storm track shows landfall sometime on thursday, maybe in tampa. if that were a direct hit, it would be the first major storm to hit tampa in more than 100 years. >> dana: forecasters are predicting storm sturge. people are boar...

ukraines military says heavy fighting is continuing in the largely destroyed eastern town of soledar, near bakhmut. a spokesman said ukrainian forces were fighting what he described as the best—prepared units of russian wagner mercenaries. now on bbc news, click. as cop27 winds up in egypt, this week well look at some of the latest tech that is trying to clean up our planet. well muster up a mass of moss thats mopping up the mess in the air. thats easy for you to say! we will find ou...

my some mps have called for a u—turn. my advice to the prime minister would be to do it, do it now, something that will be firm, bold and convincing. liz truss has faced growing calls from within her own conservative party to rethink her economic plans. labour, the principal party of opposition in the uk, says a u—turn would mean liz truss has to resign. liz truss who got us into all this trouble, rowing backwards desperately, not knowing where shes going, what would —— what go...

by huge increases in borrowing. cubans give their verdict on legalising same—sex marriage and whether gay couples can adopt — in a landmark referendum thats divided the nation. as hundreds of russians flee the country to avoid president putins partial military mobilisation, we go live to moscow to speak to nikita khrushchev�*s granddaughter about the conflict in ukraine. and nasa prepares to crash a probe into an asteroid to see how difficult it would be to stop a space rock from...

jeremy hunt, is now tasked with bringing the financial turmoil under control. and im lukwesa burak in the studio. also in the programme... all chanting. irans supreme leader warns no—one can overturn the islamic republic, as protesters again fill the streets of zahedan. communities in three australian states have been ordered to evacuate as torrential rain brings major flooding. and the actor robbie coltrane, who played hagrid in the harry potter films, has died aged 72. welcome to d...

u—turn this afternoon, possibly abandoning plans for lower corporation tax. shes due to hold a news conference in about half an hour. kwasi kwarteng has confirmed his being sacked in a letter to the prime minister which begins by saying he had asked him to set aside and that he had accepted amongst the other quotes in a letter saying that the situation he faces is incredibly difficult with raising global interest rates and energy prices and following the status quo was not an option....

at ten oclock, clive myrie will be here with a full roundup of the days news. first, the media show. hello. this week im talking with michelle donelan, the secretary of state for digital culture, media and sport. she is the 11th conservative in the role since the party took power, and she has a huge remit — everything from the tech companies to museums and art galleries to broadcasters like channel 4, whose privatisation she halted last week and even eurovision. but before we get ont...