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days so a significant storm surge, flooding rainfall and damaging winds. it s not the only tropical cyclone we are watching because herrick and ian is strengthening in the caribbean, pushing towards western cuba during tomorrow and potentially heading closer to florida, making landfall by thursday. both these storms had the potential for flooding thursday. both these storms had the potentialforflooding rainfall, damaging winds and a significant storm surge so very active at the moment towards the tropics. closer to home in the uk, its typically autumnal. the wind has been whipping up autumnal. the wind has been whipping up the waves, big shower cards around and the next few days, we stick with that theme. call for the time of year, blustery winds and plenty of showers. we have high pressure at the moment sitting in the atlantic, an area of low pressure approaching from the north east, squeezing the ice of that combination is drawing in north westerly winds. following the arro ....
rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, is there and they promise they will bring back the rate of interest tax to fund nhs staff. other news this afternoon. a moment of history in italy georgia meloni looks set to become its first far right leader since the second world war and its first female prime minister. a school shooting in russia has left at least 13 people dead, seven of them children. and nasa prepare to crash a space probe into an asteroid to find out how hard it would be to save the planet. welcome to bbc news, very good to have your company and it is going to be a busy afternoon. the pound fell overnight to its lowest level against the dollar for half a century. asian markets were reacting in part to the government s announcement last week of tax cuts and increased borrowing to pay for them. of course, that had come too late for their trading week on friday. at one stage, sterling plunged to around $1.03, before regaining ground. a weaker pound raises th ....