People are being urged to leave coastal and low lying areas of florida as Hurricane Milton, expected to be the biggest storm to hit the area in a century, moves closer to the states West Coast. President biden has warned evacuating is a matter of life and death. These pictures are coming into us live from the state of florida. This is the sunshine skyway bridge, the gateway to Tampa Bay, normally a very busy road even early in the day but pretty much deserted now, clearly very exposed and certainly not somewhere anyone would want to be as the hurricane approaches. Although those winds and rain not being really fully felt yet, if we look at this picture of some Palm Trees you can see they are moving a little bit in the breeze but those winds will get stronger and stronger. The national Hurricane Center saying that milton is bringing sustained winds of around 155 miles per hour, as we look at this track. It was downgraded a short while ago to a Category Fourfrom Category short while ago
The drc launches its first Vaccination Campaign to fight the virus. Youre with Bbc News. Iam i am lyse doucet, reporting live from israel. The day when hamas fighters went across the territory. In the end 1200 people were killed and 150 taken hostage. We are at the entrance to what had been the day before, a novell Music Festival where a night of celebration turned into a slaughter at dawn. More than 1100 slaughter at dawn. More than 400 people, mostly young israelis, but people who had come to this Music Festival from Around The World where murdered. When hamas went through these trees, kidnapping and killing. At a time when the war is escalating, before we do, let us look at the latest developments in the last 24 hours beginning in lebanon where there was more israeli bombardment overnight. A night described as the most violent yet. Israel carrying out more than 30 Air Strikes, most of them in this other neighbourhoods of beirut where hezbollah does have a strong presence but these a
Im Kasia Madera in london. In other news and as i was saying. Picking up where he left off Donald Trump returns to the very stage in butler, pennsylvania, where he survived an assassination attempt. And as mpox kills nearly 1,000 people this year, the drc launches its first Vaccination Campaign to fight the virus. And here in the uk, the prime ministers top adviser Sue Gray resigns from her position as downing Street Chief of staff. You are watching bbc news. This place turned into a slaughter a year ago. You can see the Memorial Site for nearly 400 young people, festivalgoers, who were murdered in the early hours of october seven. You can hear the 0ctober seven. You can hear the artillery still going off. This will be the Scene Tomorrow of an official commemoration to remember all those who lost their lives here and those who are still held hostage. In a moment we will speak to a photographer who is here that day who is also a survivor of the festival. But first, lets look at the late
Hello, im kasia madera. The escalating crisis in the Middle East began a year ago this monday on October The 7th when hamas gunmen attacked israel. 0n the morning of october 7th, waves of hamas gunmen stormed across Gazas Border into israel, killing about 1,200 people. Hamas took more than 250 others to gaza as hostages. Soon well hear from voices who remember that day. But first, the latest on the war the lebanese capital, beirut, has seen one of its most intense waves of israeli strikes yet with large explosions reported across the south of the city. Pictures from overnight show a large Fireball Lighting up beirut s skyline. And the strikes continued into the morning. Israel has issued fresh Evacuation Orders for residents of several areas in southern lebanon, calling on them to head immediately to the north of the awali river. Lebanese officials have said 23 people died and an additional 93 were wounded as a result of the israeli air Strikes Yesterday and raids across the country. O
Israel said it was targetting hezbollah Weapons Depots in the lebanese capital. Earlier on friday a series of explosions levelled a number of buildings. The israeli defense forces says it was targetting hezbollah s headquarters in beirut s densely populated southern suburbs. Hezbollah s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was reportedly the target of the explosions. Neither Israel Nor Hezbollah has formally confirmed his status. At least six people were killed in the attack and more than 90 have been injured according to lebanese officals. The embassy of iran which backs hezbollah called the attack a dangerous, game changing escalation. 0ur Bbc teams on the ground describe the situation as chaos, with ambulances rushing to the scene through roads packed with people trying to flee. 0ur Correspondent Hugo bachega has the latest from beirut. Explosions. Scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah s conflict with israel returning to its stronghold of dahieh, with a series of massive explosions and an escalat