Hurricane irma continues to devastate the caribbean. We have been getting pictures in from all over. What you see here is the caribbean islands being battered by a category 5 hurricane. Thats the highest possible level which makes irma the most powerful atlantic storm in a decade. This is the island of saint martin officials warn most of the area is all but destroyed. This is antigua, very severe, home to 80,000 luckily the islanders escaped major damage to their homes, and there have been no fatalities. In puerto rico, more than half of the islands 3. 5 million residents were without power amid heavy downpours and strong winds. Look at the scene is facing them as irma swept through, heavy downpours and strong winds. And anguilla and the British Virgin islands have also been hit by the extreme weather. The hurricane sustained wind speeds of 285km h, reducing buildings to rubble and left at least ten people dead. Barbuda has been the worst hit. The tiny island there, as you can see. You
Anguilla, thanks for coming in. Much more on that in a moment. Newsday is coming up at midnight but now on bbc news it is time for newsnight with kirsty wark. After antigua and barbuda, in one hour Hurricane Irma will do this to the turks and caicos. Wooden homes versus 180 mph winds and 20 foot waves. Everyone who can has moved to the highest ground, as one of the strongest atlantic storms in history causes havoc. Well ask the islands governor what he can do in the face of such destruction. The eurocrats are ganging up on david davis again, suggesting hes not very good at negotiating with them. Meanwhile the eurosceptics are suggesting it doesnt matter, because Angela Merkel will be the one to cut the deal. It is down to mutti to then actually leave the process. Now, shell say, oh, im not leading this, and officially shell be behind the scenes. But we all know that what germany wants here, germany will get. One of labours most prominent remainers and a tory leaver are here to pick the
Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm on the island of barbuda, where almost all of the buildings have been destroyed by Hurricane Irma. Its one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the atlantic and right now its sweeping across the eastern carribean, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. At least ten people are known to have died. Puerto rico was also in the storms path and its from there that laura bicker reports. Hurricane irma, a storm the size of france, has carved a destructive path through the caribbean. In puerto rico, three people were killed as winds battered the island. As daylight came and the clear out began, most felt lucky to have survived such a terrifying storm. I pray god dont come here no more this family told me they felt blessed to be alive and that the only damage was a downed power line and fallen trees in their street. Theyve kept eight month old aaron safe. There is a collective sigh of relief in puerto rico. There is work to
Its just that hour and a half on stage, thats all. Anyone in a band will tell you that. And the origin of the creativity . The sitting down and writing songs . Does that come as easily now . Well, i dont know if it was ever easy. It was maybe more compulsive when you have nothing to do and youre alone in a room with a guitar, then eventually you will write a song. I never wrote them because i felt i had to or that i should. I felt i wanted to write songs and present them to a band. It was always about the band. Youve obviously gone in new directions, and youve got a new album out, which you recorded in sweden with a guy, a well known musician and producer whom i dont think youd worked with before, so obviously theres a lot of new stuff going on right now, and i just wonder whether youve taken your music in a different direction. Does it feel very different . Not really. No, i dont change very much. Ijust kind of do what i. I write some songs, put them together with the band, record it.
London, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm on the island of barbuda, where almost all of the buildings have been destroyed by Hurricane Irma. Its one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the atlantic and right now its sweeping across the Eastern Caribbean, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. At least ten people are known to have died across the region. Puerto rico was also in the storms path and its from there that laura bicker reports. Hurricane irma, a storm the size of france, has carved a destructive path through the caribbean. In puerto rico, three people were killed as winds battered the island. As daylight came and the clear out began, most felt lucky to have survived such a terrifying storm. I pray god dont come here no more this family told me they felt blessed to be alive and that the only damage was a downed power line and fallen trees in their street. Theyve kept eight month old aaron safe. There is a c