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on the united states joint exercises in the region. and this time next week the programme will be in new delhi for the 620 summit. what can we expect from india, who are hosting it for the first time? welcome back. grant shapps has had a very busy year. this is his fifth cabinet appointment. today, he was reassigned again this time, to the ministry of defence. he replaces the outgoing ben wallace, who had previously served in the scots guards. the role of defence secretary has never been more important. just this morning, the royal navy said its warships and raf patrol aircraft were tracking russian vessels in waters close to the uk. here s our political editor chris mason. the wheels of politics are turning with a bit of zip again. before mps return next week, downing street has a spot of housekeeping to attend to finding a new defence secretary. enter then grant shapps the government s utility man has another newjob. it s his fifth yes, fifth cabinetjob in a ....
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. more than 70 people have died, including children, after fire tore through a five storey apartment building injohannesburg in south africa. more than 50 people were injured, and there are fears that the number of fatalities will rise as rescue work continues at the site. the block had been declared unsafe for use, but city officials say it had been taken over by property gangs who rent out the rooms and overfill them. our southern africa correspondent pumza fihlani reports from johannesburg. a warning her report contains distressing scenes from the start. piercing screams as a fire rages through a building in the heart of johannesburg. home to hundreds, residents have described the horror of people clamouring to get to the nearest exit as smoke filled the building s narrow corridors. many were not that building s narrow corridors. many were not that lucky. building s narrow corridors. many were not that lucky. the bui ....
poppy is off this week. sara sidner is with us after a brief tour in florida to cover the hurricane yesterday. we are going to be covering that again today. neighborhoods have been changed forever by hurricane idalia. it is now a tropical storm off the carolina shores. but officials are already assessing the damage in florida and georgia. we will be talking with fema administrator about the latest on the ground in a moment. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell freezes up in front of reporters again. it is the second time in disturbing scene played out this summer. new reporting now about what mcconnell s been doing behind the scenes. and the department of health and human services is recommending that the d.e.a. significantly ease restrictions on marijuana. it is currently a schedule 1 drug the same as lsd and heroin. it wouldn t legalize marijuana federally, could it be a step in that direction? we will explore. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. ....
structure to escape the blaze. and happening right now, remnants of idalia going through north carolina, causing heavy flooding and even spawning tornadoes. in south carolina, just as the storm was barreling through the region, a small twister may have flipped over this car. take a look at that. this after idalia made landfall in florida yesterday as the most powerful hurricane to hit the big bend in over 100 years, packing wind speeds of up to 125 miles an hour. at one point in cedar key, the storm surge surpassing ten feet, entire neighborhoods converted into rivers. right now, just as we approach the hottest point of the day, roughly 300,000 people are without electricity across the south as crews are working around the clock to restore power. joining us now with more is nbc news meteorologist angie lassman and nbc s julia ainsley is in morehead, city, north carolina, and nbc s guad venegas in cedar key, florida. there is an update from the national hurricane cente ....
screen here and he hasjust won he is in red at the bottom of the screen here and he has just won the second set 6 4. and britain s women s number one katie boulter is facing the player who beat seventh seed caroline garcia china s yafan wong. boulter had 3 break points to win the first set but wong fought back to win 7 6. she did break early in the second set and has come back now. 5 1 up as she looks to level the match. uefa president aleksander ceferin has described the behaviour of spanish football federation president luis rubi ales as inappropriate , but he s called for fifa s investigation to be allowed to run its course. rubiales has said he won t resign after he kissed spanish player jenni hermoso on the lips after their world cup win over england. a video has since emerged of hermoso and her team mates laughing and discussing the kiss on the team bus following the game but chelsea women s manager, emma hayes, says such a reaction isn t unnatural. we all do lots of d ....