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Hurricane irma has slammed into the us state of florida and is moving up its west coast bringing widespread coastal flooding, torrential rain, and winds of about 120 miles an hour. Power supplies have been cut to more than three million homes and businesses. Several cities in the state have declared overnight cu rfews to prevent looting. The storm has been downgraded to a category two, but officials are warning of life threatening storm surges. The streets of miamis Business District have been swamped by a up to three feet of water brought by a storm surge. 0ur correspondent, aleem maqbool, is...

Hurricane irma is now pushing up floridas west coast, bringing with it intense rainfall, severe flooding, violent winds and tornadoes. Three people have died since the storm made landfall in the florida keys on sunday. Power supplies have been cut to more than three million homes and businesses. Six Million People have been ordered to leave their homes in the state, while those remaining in several cities are under night time curfew to prevent looting. Irma has been downgraded to a category two hurricane, but officials are warning residents not to under estimate the dangers of storm surges. Mi...

Millions face weeks without power. After controversy and legal challenges finally australias postal ballot on legalising same sex marriage will go ahead. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 6 30am in myanmar where within the past 2a hours tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled across the border into bangladesh. The un human rights chief has described the situation as a text book example of ethnic cleansing. The Un Security Council is dead to discuss the crisis on wednesday. Expect it. ...

Hurricane irma has left a trail of devastation and claimed at least a0 lives. Its destroyed thousands of homes and has left millions without power and clean water. Now britain, france and the netherlands, which oversee territories in the caribbean, have been criticised for being slow to respond to the crisis. A state of emergency has been declared on the British Virgin islands where an aid operation is under way. The bbcs laura bicker has the latest from tortola, the largest of the islands. There is now a sense of desperation and fear in tortola. People are hungry, tired and in need of basic s...

Hurricane irma has left a trail of devastation and claimed at least a0 lives. Its destroyed thousands of homes and has left millions without power and clean water. Now, britain, france, and the netherlands, which oversee territories in the caribbean, have been criticised for being slow to respond to the crisis. A state of emergency has been declared on the British Virgin islands where an aid operation is under way. The bbcs laura bicker has the latest from tortola, the largest of the islands. There is now a sense of desperation and fear in tortola. People are hungry, tired and in need of basic...