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In the us state of louisiana, close to the mouth of the mississippi river. Its already caused major damage to several Central American countries leaving at least 25 people dead. The un secretary general, Antonio Guterres is currently touring the caribbean to see the damage for himself. He spoke to my colleague alpa patel and said hes increasingly concerned by Global Warming and its effect on the weather. Well, it is horrible to see a Paradise Island like barbuda turned into hell. 95 of the houses have been destroyed. Total devastation. The people had to be completely evacuated. This is somethi...

Welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in barcelona, in support of a united spain. It follows the National Governments decision to take direct control of catalonia, after regional leaders voted to declare independence on friday. The sacked separatist leader carlos puigdemont, has called on his supporters to defy direct rule from madrid. But those backing a united spain, say he should go to jail. Our correspondentjames reynolds is in barcelona. Catalonias pro Spain Movement is emerging from its recent quiet. The afternoon in, this anti Independence Movement...

And 2am in the iraqi city of mosul where the Great Mosque Of Al Nuri has been destroyed by the so called Islamic State. The announcement came from Iraqi Forces Close to the mosque as they pushed ahead with the offensive to retake the ias stronghold. The us general called it a crime against the people of muscle and all of iraq. Let me show you some of the pictures taken by a bbc cameraman just about an hour before the mosque was hit. You can see the famous leaning minaret, with the city nickname, the hunchback. In 2014 the eye as leader made his only public appearance there. The is leader. Thes...

And 2am in the iraqi city of mosul where the Great Mosque Of Al Nuri has been destroyed by the so called Islamic State. The announcement came from Iraqi Forces Close to the mosque as they pushed ahead with the offensive to retake the ias stronghold. The us general called it a crime against the people of muscle and all of iraq. Let me show you some of the pictures taken by a bbc cameraman just about an hour before the mosque was hit. You can see the famous leaning minaret, with the city nickname, the hunchback. In 2014 the eye as leader made his only public appearance there. The is leader. Thes...

Time in shenyang china where chinas most famous dissident, liu xiaobo whos dying of cancer, is the centre of a diplomatic row. Germany, whose doctors are treating mr liu, has accused the chinese of leaking pictures of him in hospital. And its called on beijing to show humanity. The chinese says its a matterfor them and no one should interfere in chinas affairs. Julia macfarlane reports. Hes the most famous dissidents in china, held since 2008 for cowriting a Document Calling for Sweeping Democratic reform in china. Liu xiaobo is now dying of cancer and the circumstances of his treatment are ca...