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Many roads are under water and nearly Two Million people are without power. Residents are being warned not to go outside. These pictures are from fort myers beach, where boats were sent to rescue those trapped in theirflooded homes. And this was the scene from the Pilots Seat flying in the eye of the storm. Two people have died in georgia while one person has been killed by a falling Road Sign in florida. Our North America Correspondent David Willis reports. Hurricane helene touched down on Flor...

Onjuly 19th, a bug infested update was sent to millions of computers running Microsoft Windows Around The World 7 crashing the systems of organisations from banking, to healthca re, and airlines. According to one estimate the Disaster Cost top us firms more than 5 Billion. Microsoft has announced changes to how it interacts with third Party Security firms. Our Technology Editor Zoe Kleinman looks at the effects of the outage. Thousands of flights grounded. Doctors appointments cancelled. Tv chan...

Are those phones? they are phones, yeah. 0k. Meanwhile, laras getting her groove on at a live concert in the metaverse. My avatar, beat engineer, there. Hes ready to dance. My finest dance moves. And we meet the brothers who are trying to replace plastics with plants. But how do they stop those pesky splits? what makes a team quite strong is really these different opinions. One opinion we can all agree on, though, is that you wont want to miss this. Life in plastic, its fantastic. Willkommen. Bi...

This week, were at europes biggest Tech Show to meet this Years Tech movers and shakers. Quivering er. Yeah, we have the lowdown on whats cooking, whats trending, and whats bouncing. Are those phones . They are phones, yeah. 0k. Meanwhile, laras getting her groove on at a live concert in the metaverse. My avatar, Beat Engineer, there. Hes ready to dance. My finest dance moves. And we meet the brothers who are trying to replace plastics with plants. But how do they stop those pesky splits . What ...

Are those phones . They are phones, yeah. 0k. Meanwhile, laras getting her groove on at a live concert in the metaverse. My avatar, Beat Engineer, there. Hes ready to dance. My finest dance moves. And we meet the brothers who are trying to replace plastics with plants. But how do they stop those pesky splits . What makes a team quite strong is really these different opinions. One opinion we can all agree on, though, is that you wont want to miss this. Life in plastic, its fantastic. Willkommen. ...

Animals, stuffed pets. You might even catch a glimpse of a real live pussycat doll. Yes, even nicole scherzinger, lead singer of the aforementioned supergroup, was brought in to bring some bling to the tech discussions. Now, youll find all of the techshow staples here. Robo vacuums and lawnmowers check. Flying car check. Not actually flying. . . Buzzer. . Check. Loads and loads and loads of screens check, check, check. Massagers for the whole body, orjust the ankles. . . Quivering: er. . . No...

Willkommen, bienvenue, hi. Welcome to ifa, europes biggest tech show, where, every year, thousands of people pile into berlins giant exhibition centre to grab a sneak peek at the latest. . . Well, everything. The press, business and the public can zip around more than two dozen halls full of weird and wonderful displays and demonstrations. You can play pingpong with foldable phones to somehow prove how tough they are. You can meet robot animals, stuffed pets. You might even catch a glimpse of a ...

To become the next us president have finally met and finally debated. Donald trump and Kamala Harris strode the stage in the Swing State of pennsylvania, for what turned out to be a fierce clash with claims, many of them false, hurled in each direction. Topics included the economy, abortion and immigration. It was a Prime Time showdown which often turned personal. We have been monitoring the Opinion Polls as the pollsters try to track how the two fared, but both candidates and the campaigns are ...

Particularly for england and wales, but beyond that, it let set to settle down. More detail throughout the morning. Its sunday the 13th of august. The government is coming under pressure from Campaign Groups to manage migrants crossing the channel in small boats. Six people from afghanistan have died after their vessel got into difficulty off the coast of calais. Simonjones has this report. Just hours after yesterdays tragedy in the channel, more migrants were being brought to dover after being ...

For more, heres our correspondent in hawaii, sophie long. This is what remains of lahaina. Cars are banned peoplejumped into the sea to escape the flames. Homes and businesses reduced to charred remains. President biden promised immediate help and said every available asset should be used to provide it, but, days later, people here say its not yet reaching those most in need and people like felicia are desperately trying to get supplies into lahaina themselves. Im frustrated. People are. Were al...