Good morning. A fairly cloudy start with rain across the North And East but later it will brighten up in the Far North of the Country And North of the far south with a few showers but it will turn Colder for us all. All the details shortly. Its Wednesday 9th october. Millions of americans have been urged to evacuate parts of florida Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. It strengthened again overnight to become a category 5 Storm the highest rating and is expected to make landfall in the next 2a hours. Forecasters say milton has the potential to be One of the most destructive hurricanes ever recorded in the Region And President Joe Biden has described the situation in florida as a matter of Life And Death. Our reporter Steve Knibbs has more. Siren. An Evacuation Siren on the streets of Redington Shores in florida. Debris is still piled up after Storm Helene two weeks ago, and now people are being told they have to leave again. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place for nearly Six
This is bbc news, the Headlines Defiance from irans supreme leader. In a rare speech he praises his Countrys Missile Attack on israel and hints there could be more to come. Overnight huge blasts in Beirut Close to the Airport Reports suggest israel was targetting hezbollah s next leader. More Air Strikes in Southern Beirut and across lebanon as israel continues to attack what it says are hezbollah targets. We have been looking at the road from Beirut To Damascus that was struck overnight. Israel said it was being used to transport weapons. Mps will get a vote on assisted dying in england and wales. We will talk to campaigners on both sides of the argument. Researchers say the worlds first vaccine for ovarian cancer, being developed in the uk, could wipe out the deadly disease. Now with all the latest sport heres hugh. Hello from the Bbc Sport centre. The highest court in the European Union has said that Fifa Rules which govern the way some Football Transfers work break the eus laws, in
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The Met Office has issued an Amber Warning for more Heavy Rain in central and Southern England today. Hitchin, luton and dunstable were some of the worst affected areas last night, with roads underwater. Vehicles were partially submerged there. Bedfordshire has reportedly seen a Months Worth of rain in a day. Our correspondent Nicky Schiller is in the village of Marston Moreteyne in Central Bedfordshire with the latest. This is the main road behind me. I will turn the camera around so you can see it is completely and utterly flooded. The road has been closed. In the middle of your screen you can probably see a car that has been submerged. It looks like the back of the car has come up. We dont know what has happened to the people who were in that car but you can see the amount of water that has fallen on this road. This is the main road between Milton Keynes and bedford. You can see that the road is completely closed. You can see that the traffic is having to be diverted and the water,
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