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Britain and ireland are bracing themselves for the arrival of hurricane ophelia. Its the most powerful storm ever to have formed so far east in the atlantic. The met office has warned of potential danger to life with strong winds, heavy rain and storm surges expected. Theres a Severe Weather warning in place, although its hoped ophelia may weaken to a Tropical Storm by the time it makes landfall shortly. Sarah corker reports. With winds of up to 90mph on the way, those living on the galway coast were securing property, tightening boat moorings, and seeking shelter. Irelands southern and wester...

For calm after Iraqi Government forces seized the Northern City of kirkuk and nearby oil fields from kurdish control. The kurdish flag was pulled down in the centre of the city, where it has flown for the past three years. It comes just three weeks after iraqi kurds voted to split from iraq and take the oil rich city with them, and deals a huge blow to kurdish ambitions for statehood. From kirkuk, our middle east correspondent orla guerin and cameraman duncan stone sent this report. Pledging to defend kirkuk. Peshmerga fighters began the day with defiance, but this small band was no match for ...

Zehnder badawi. As the world continues to follow the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in myanmar, condemnation has been hit on the burmese authorities for not doing more to protect them from attacks from buddhist militants. My guess is acclaimed swiss film director barbet schroeder, whose latest documentary is about an influential this monk in myanmar who uses strong anti muslim rhetoric in his speeches and writings. Barbet schroeder has made the subject of evil the focus of many of his documentaries and films. He has worked in hollywood and europe and has been directing films for nearly 50 year...

A battle of words and of wills comes to a head in spain shortly. Madrid has demanded catalonias devolved government confirms whether or not it is declaring independence. The deadline kicks in four hours from now. The Spanish Government has insisted Carles Puigdemont, catalonias leader, retract a unilateral declaration of independence he made last week, even though he also suspended that declaration to allow time for negotiations, which madrid flatly rejected. Tim willcox is in the catalan capital, barcelona. Shocking images of the Spanish Police using violence to stop people voting in cataloni...

Think about releasing me. I thought that was bordering on blackmail. Well hear from eniola alukos best friend former england player leanne sanderson, whos calling for the men at the top to resign. And the former boss of kids Company Tells us she has nothing to be sorry for over the collapse of her charity. You are not going to apologise to the children let down . Money that you wasted . The children let down . Money that you wasted 7 i the children let down . Money that you wasted . I do not think we wasted money. Why are you assuming we wasted money . This is charity money, donations. It is a...