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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...

The Tropical Storm which hit florida as Hurricane Irma continues to push inland, bringing torrential rain and storm surges to the states of georgia and south carolina. As it hit islands across the caribbean irma, with ferocious winds and torrential rain, left almost a0 people dead. 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 underway. Laura bicker has the latest from tortola, the largest of the isla...

The spotlight on chinese hip hop. Live from singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 5 30am in bangladesh. Many thousands of Rohingya Muslims are spending the night without food and shelter after fleeing persecution in neighbouring myanmar. The Prime Minister of bangladesh has called for myanmar to take back the estimated 400,000 refugees that have poured across the border since an upsurge in violence at the end of august. The un will hold an urgent meeting later on wednesday to discuss the crisis. Justin rowlatt repo...

The spotlight on chinese hip hop. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. It is newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1 00 in the morning in london and 6am in bangladesh, where many thousands of Rohingya Muslims are spending the night without food and shelter after fleeing persecution in neighbouring myanmar. The Prime Minister of bangladesh has called for myanmar to take back the estimated 400,000 refugees that have poured across the border since an upsurge in violence at the end of august. The un will hold an urgent meeting later on wednesday to discuss ...

And the clean up efforts after Hurricane Irma have just begun. In the caribbean, which was hit last week, some areas still need food and basic supplies. In the British Virgin islands, there has been criticism over the uk governments slow response but 1,000 british troops are now there helping with the relief effort. 0ur correspondent laura bicker has been to the Remote Island ofjost van dyke in the British Virgin islands and sent this report. The idyllic shores and secluded bays ofjost van dyke were no match for Hurricane Irmas wrath. She tore through the island, stripping away years of hard w...