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Florida is braced, for what many have described as the storm of the century. Our correspondents are there. We will speak to one resident who has decided to stay. And will they ever fully recover? in the wake of hurricane ian, 95% of the damage assessments, were downgraded by the insurance companies. This could be a disastrous 12 hours, for tens of thousands of american families. Welcome to the programme. There is driving wind and torrential rainfall that has already arrived in florida, several h...

Progressing to the semi—finals of the women s t20 world cup were extinguished after an 80—run defeat by south africa in dubai. Katherine fraser top scored for scotland with m — she was one of only two players to reach double figures. They now take on england in their final pool match in sharjah on sunday, while south africa face bangladesh in dubai on saturday. Meanwhile, india eliminated sri lanka with a much—needed 82—run victory to boost their hopes of a semi—final spot. Jurgen kl...

Could be too late. Joining me tonight on the panel we will get to our panel shortly, but before we do that, lets get to the latest bbc news. President biden and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, have held a telephone conversation in which theyre thought to have discussed israels response to irans missile attack last week. In israel today, two people were killed by his brother rockets in the northeastern town of kiryat shmona. The israeli military said it had struck more than 180 ta...

A bit of mist and fog possible across some western areas early in the morning. Those temperatures not changing a great deal — again, typically a cool 11 or 12. This is bbc news. The latest headlines: hurricane milton, the biggest storm to hit florida in a century, heads towards the coast. President biden warns residents to leave for safety. Already, dangerous tornadoes are developing over florida as the storm continues to approach. Deaths following air strikes on both sides of the border, as i...

Saying that it should be restarted. He also discussed the imperative of getting people back to the north of gaza. We told you in the last hour theres a huge operation on the ja palyer refugee camp. They agreed to remain in close contact over the coming days. Most directly through their national security teams. That was interesting because were waiting for that response to the iranian ballistic missile attack. Note mentioned that in the readout from the white house. Youre up to speed with that. I...

Storm of the century. Benjamin netanyahu speaks with president biden as a senior israeli minister says this countrys response will be precise, deadly and surprising. And a record—breaking day forjoe root as he becomes englands top test match run scorer ever. On newsnight at 10. 30pm tonight — well bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day, with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters — and of course, look at what the papers are saying about tomorrows news. Good evening...

Taking aim at the state of florida. Residents are now being urged by authorities to shelter in place. Milton is projected to be a category three storm when it makes landfall. Forecasters say its currently on track for the city of sarasota. The city of tampa is also near the path of the storm. Heres a live look now. This is fort myers beach in florida, you can see those powerful winds and lots of rain already striking the close there, and very large waves as well napping across the beach, you can...

Strength. Lets have a look at fort myers. You can see the sea level warnings of the storm surge that will come as a result of the high winds as a result of the heavy rainfall that is expected, and you can see already just rainfall that is expected, and you can see alreadyjust how wild of those conditions look right there. It is on course to strike just out of the of sarasota. You can see it here beneath tampa bay on floridas west coast. Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive ...

Well ask why a political battle over the massive storm has started. And shock at westminster as james cleverly is knocked out of the tory leadership contest. Kemi badenoch and robertjenrick are the final two. What does it tell us about the future direction of the conservative party? good evening. Welcome to newsnight. In florida, time has run out for more than 5. 5 million people who were ordered to leave their homes as hurricane milton closes in. As we go on air, the storm surges have already b...

Federal response to these lifethreatening hurricanes political yet again despite officials saying misinformation has made the disaster relief all the more difficult. Plus new information tonight on multiple phone calls between vladimir putin and former president trumps since he left office. The detail from bob woodward in his latest book. Good evening. We start tonight with hurricane milton gaining strength at this moment and headed toward tampa, florida a region still reeling from hurricane hel...