:00:00. > :00:08.The latest on the path of Hurricane Irma -
:00:09. > :00:13.as it brings death and destruction to the eastern Caribbean.
:00:14. > :00:15.Images from the island of St Martin show buildings flattened,
:00:16. > :00:19.widespread damage and people desperate for help.
:00:20. > :00:22.The island of Barbuda is described as 'barely habitable'
:00:23. > :00:25.after suffering the full force of the storm.
:00:26. > :00:27.We had cars flying over our heads, 40ft containers
:00:28. > :00:42.and all we had to do was pray and call for help.
:00:43. > :00:44.As it moves north and west, urgent preparations are under way
:00:45. > :00:51.We're in as well prepared a state as we can be,
:00:52. > :00:54.but in the face of Irma, having seen what it's done elsewhere
:00:55. > :00:59.we are far from complacent and people are naturally anxious.
:01:00. > :01:01.We'll have live reports from Antigua and from Miami,
:01:02. > :01:03.where many Britons are trying to get flights out of Florida tonight.
:01:04. > :01:10.Westminster starts debating the government's plans
:01:11. > :01:12.to convert thousands of European laws and regulations
:01:13. > :01:17.A special report on the inhumane conditions in a detention camp
:01:18. > :01:23.I just need to go home, you understand, because
:01:24. > :01:32.And England bowl out the West Indies for 123
:01:33. > :01:34.but then struggled on a remarkable first day
:01:35. > :01:42.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, Premier League clubs vote
:01:43. > :01:44.to close next summer's transfer window before the season starts,
:01:45. > :01:49.with players still allowed to be sold up until the end of August.
:01:50. > :02:16.Hurricane Irma, one of the strongest storms ever
:02:17. > :02:18.recorded in the Atlantic, is sweeping across the eastern
:02:19. > :02:21.At least 10 people are known to have died.
:02:22. > :02:23.The British overseas territory of Anguilla has
:02:24. > :02:26.been badly affected a Royal Navy helicopter carrier
:02:27. > :02:32.The islands of Barbuda and St Martin were the first to feel
:02:33. > :02:42.Then came Puerto Rico and next in line are Cuba and Florida.
:02:43. > :02:44.With phone lines down roads, destroyed by flooding
:02:45. > :02:50.and airports damaged, communication is difficult.
:02:51. > :02:52.Our correspondent Laura Bicker sent this report from Puerto Rico.
:02:53. > :02:55.Hurricane Irma, a storm the size of France, has carved a destructive
:02:56. > :02:58.In Puerto Rico, three people were killed as winds
:02:59. > :03:02.As daylight came and the clear-out began, most felt lucky to have
:03:03. > :03:22.This family told me they felt blessed to be alive
:03:23. > :03:25.and that the only damage was a downed power line and fallen
:03:26. > :03:28.They have kept eight-month-old Aaron safe.
:03:29. > :03:30.There is a collective sigh of relief in Puerto Rico.
:03:31. > :03:34.Up to 30-foot waves threw up debris and downed trees.
:03:35. > :03:37.But when it comes to that catastrophic eye of the hurricane,
:03:38. > :03:40.that only skirted this island, unlike others in the Caribbean.
:03:41. > :03:42.On the tiny island of Barbuda, barely a building
:03:43. > :03:56.Hundreds of families now find themselves homeless.
:03:57. > :04:06.And right now, I don't have nowhere to go to sleep.
:04:07. > :04:13.We had containers, 40 foot containers, flying left and right,
:04:14. > :04:16.and the story that you are getting from most of the residents
:04:17. > :04:22.here is that the eye of the storm came just in time.
:04:23. > :04:26.Persons were literally tying themselves to their roofs with ropes
:04:27. > :04:33.Barbuda's Prime Minister said the island was now barely habitable.
:04:34. > :04:41.I would say that about 95% of the properties would have
:04:42. > :04:47.In neighbouring St Martin, the full force of the hurricane's
:04:48. > :04:56.Winds of 185 mph hammered the island.
:04:57. > :05:00.More than 70,000 people live in this area, which is made of Dutch
:05:01. > :05:07.Shipping containers were tossed around like Lego bricks.
:05:08. > :05:12.Moored boats were smashed in the harbour and there
:05:13. > :05:17.are warnings that the death toll is likely to rise.
:05:18. > :05:20.France has sent three emergency teams to help with the clear-up
:05:21. > :05:24.and has already set up a reconstruction fund.
:05:25. > :05:26.In the British territory of Anguilla, there was criticism
:05:27. > :05:30.from residents to the UK response to the hurricanes.
:05:31. > :05:32.It was labelled "pathetic" and "disgraceful".
:05:33. > :05:35.A British task force is now on its way there,
:05:36. > :05:38.including the Royal Marines and Army engineers, although it could take
:05:39. > :05:42.Efforts are also underway to try to get supplies
:05:43. > :05:53.The French government say their priority is making sure
:05:54. > :05:57.And the British Virgin Islands, a sought-after holiday destination,
:05:58. > :06:18.She has maintained her wind speeds and is barrelling
:06:19. > :06:19.towards another British territory, the low-lying Turks
:06:20. > :06:24.The US Sunshine State of Florida will be next in her sights.
:06:25. > :06:27.They are nervous, after watching others endure her wrath.
:06:28. > :06:44.Hurricane Irma is now the longest-lasting Category 5
:06:45. > :06:45.hurricane ever recorded, surpassing the record set
:06:46. > :06:47.by Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines in 2013.
:06:48. > :06:50.So how and why has it gathered so much energy?
:06:51. > :06:52.And are these types of storm becoming more frequent?
:06:53. > :06:56.Our science editor David Shukman explains.
:06:57. > :07:00.A menacing swirl of cloud stretching over the Caribbean.
:07:01. > :07:01.This view from space of Hurricane Irma
:07:02. > :07:11.A brave research team flies right inside the eye to gather vital
:07:12. > :07:18.information about temperatures and pressures inside the towering wall
:07:19. > :07:21.of cloud to help forecast where it's heading next -
:07:22. > :07:22.and already there's a
:07:23. > :07:27.new record for dangerous winds for the longest time.
:07:28. > :07:30.On the ground the effect is shattering.
:07:31. > :07:32.This part of the world knows all about hurricanes
:07:33. > :07:35.and early warning has definitely saved lives but this one is stronger
:07:36. > :07:40.So how do hurricanes become so destructive?
:07:41. > :07:43.Well the strongest like Irma form off
:07:44. > :07:56.Warm waters cause the air to rise, industryingering thunder storms,
:07:57. > :07:58.Warm waters cause the air to rise, triggering thunder storms,
:07:59. > :08:01.As the weather system crosses the Atlantic,
:08:02. > :08:06.If the wind is moving in the same direction at all levels, as
:08:07. > :08:07.with Irma, they reached devastating speeds.
:08:08. > :08:09.But then closer to the Caribbean, the hurricane gets
:08:10. > :08:12.another boost as it passes over yet more warm water and ocean
:08:13. > :08:15.temperatures are unusually high this year, making the winds even more
:08:16. > :08:19.On top of all this, the low pressure inside the hurricane
:08:20. > :08:21.creates a storm surge, a huge wave that strikes
:08:22. > :08:29.climate change is raising the level of sea, the impact is all the
:08:30. > :08:32.As the people of the Caribbean cope with the terrible
:08:33. > :08:35.aftermath, many are asking if climate change was behind this?
:08:36. > :08:37.Well, hurricanes have always happened but scientists do think
:08:38. > :08:39.that our warming world may be making them more violent.
:08:40. > :08:42.One of the things we know about climate change is that a warmer
:08:43. > :08:47.That means when a hurricane does hit, more rain can come out of that
:08:48. > :08:56.hurricane and cause a lot more flooding.
:08:57. > :08:59.This comes as the people of Texas are still recovering from
:09:00. > :09:03.There are plenty of quiet years but this one is
:09:04. > :09:05.shaping up to be one of the
:09:06. > :09:12.This sequence shows how right behind Irma
:09:13. > :09:15.there is another distinctive swirl of clouds, Hurricane Jose.
:09:16. > :09:18.The research patrols have been kept busier than ever before.
:09:19. > :09:39.Let's go to our colleague, Aleem Maqbool.
:09:40. > :09:42.What can you tell us about the preparations in Florida and the
:09:43. > :09:46.impact it is having on people? Tens of thousands of people have been
:09:47. > :09:53.issued evacuation orders in this part of Florida. You can imagine
:09:54. > :09:56.what this airport, Miami Airport was like today, chaos as people
:09:57. > :10:00.scrambled to get on flights before the hurricane hits. Amidst all of
:10:01. > :10:05.this, we have come agenetically modified crops British tourist, some
:10:06. > :10:09.of whom are supposed to be here until next week but in limbo as they
:10:10. > :10:13.have been told by hotels to evacuate, and then come to the
:10:14. > :10:19.airport but there are no seats on flights left to the UK before the
:10:20. > :10:24.hurricane hits. We found one man who paid more than ?6,000 so desperate
:10:25. > :10:29.he was to get a first-class seat as he was told that was the last one to
:10:30. > :10:34.the UK. The others don't know what to do and are full of anxiety about
:10:35. > :10:38.what the coming days will bring. But of course, there are tens of
:10:39. > :10:44.thousands of people in this area and beyond, millions across the state,
:10:45. > :10:46.who are now being told to prepare this weekend FORCEDCYAN yeah, OK for
:10:47. > :10:57.that once in a lifetime storm. Thank you very much.
:10:58. > :10:59.The House of Commons has started to debate the bill
:11:00. > :11:02.which will reverse the decision taken 45 years ago to join
:11:03. > :11:04.the European Economic Community, as it was called then.
:11:05. > :11:06.The Brexit Secretary David Davis told MPs not to defy
:11:07. > :11:09.But there are deep divisions in the Commons.
:11:10. > :11:12.Some Conservatives who strongly support Brexit want a clean
:11:13. > :11:13.break with Brussels, while others are reluctant
:11:14. > :11:16.to back the legislation, because they say it will give far
:11:17. > :11:20.Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.
:11:21. > :11:22.From Brussels to Westminster, laws have landed here
:11:23. > :11:30.Today's government bill will use 66 pages to try to transfer it all.
:11:31. > :11:34.With 28 clauses, the Withdrawal Bill cuts and pastes the European
:11:35. > :11:41.rule book onto ours - but if the Government
:11:42. > :11:45.riles just six rebels, they'd face defeat.
:11:46. > :11:47.Ministers say it's nothing to worry about, just a paper exercise.
:11:48. > :11:53.Their opponents fear on these harmless looking
:11:54. > :11:55.pages there is a power grab on a huge scale.
:11:56. > :11:58.European Union Withdrawal Bill, second reading.
:11:59. > :12:00.Put simply, this bill is an essential step.
:12:01. > :12:03.Whilst it does not take us out of the European Union -
:12:04. > :12:06.that is a matter for the Article 50 process -
:12:07. > :12:08.it does ensure that on the day we leave, businesses
:12:09. > :12:10.know where they stand, workers' rights are upheld
:12:11. > :12:14.This bill is vital to ensuring that as we leave, we do
:12:15. > :12:30.But there is so much to sort out that affects all of our lives
:12:31. > :12:33.the Government says there is not time for MPs to take over every
:12:34. > :12:35.detail, so ministers will be able to make
:12:36. > :12:38.That gives them the same powers as medieval monarchs, says Labour.
:12:39. > :12:40.The combined effect of the provisions of this bill
:12:41. > :12:43.would reduce MPs to spectators as power poured into the hands
:12:44. > :12:47.It is an unprecedented power grab - rule by decree is not
:12:48. > :12:54.It's an affront to Parliament and accountability.
:12:55. > :12:56.There'll be arguments aplenty, in the Commons
:12:57. > :13:00.Ministers privately concede they will have to give some ground,
:13:01. > :13:03.but they also know that it is far from the only scrap they face,
:13:04. > :13:12.If talks about the overall Brexit deal are going well,
:13:13. > :13:15.the official negotiator in Brussels did a good job of hiding
:13:16. > :13:17.Complaining about the British unwillingness
:13:18. > :13:25.TRANSLATION: I have been very disappointed
:13:26. > :13:37.Closer to home, a letter doing the rounds among Tory MPs has
:13:38. > :13:45.Dozens of Brexit supporters demanding the Prime Minister sticks
:13:46. > :13:50.to a crisp exit and not a longer, softer transition -
:13:51. > :13:53.warning ministers they must not allow the country to be kept
:13:54. > :13:58.And it was circulated, if not signed, by a junior
:13:59. > :14:02.The letter states very explicitly that we are in favour of leaving
:14:03. > :14:06.the Single Market and the Customs Union.
:14:07. > :14:09.We want to take back control of our laws.
:14:10. > :14:12.We want a strictly time-limited transition
:14:13. > :14:15.period, that we want to be able to strike free trade agreements
:14:16. > :14:23.All of that is consistent with government policies.
:14:24. > :14:26.Remainer Tory MPs don't buy that, fearing Conservative
:14:27. > :14:30.In the Tory Party, in Parliament and in the power
:14:31. > :14:36.There's not much chance of keeping the peace.
:14:37. > :14:43.Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.
:14:44. > :14:45.In Brussels, the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier said
:14:46. > :14:48.he was worried by slow progress and by some of the UK's proposals.
:14:49. > :14:51.He told a news conference in Brussels it was Britain that had
:14:52. > :14:54.chosen to leave and so it was up to Britain to come up
:14:55. > :14:57.Our Europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas is
:14:58. > :15:11.Tell us more about that and indeed the other things being said there
:15:12. > :15:15.today? You are right, what Michel Barnier told us today was that he
:15:16. > :15:20.does not believe there's been enough progress in the talks. He wanted to
:15:21. > :15:25.send that stern message, obviously. Now on money, he identified that as
:15:26. > :15:30.the biggest issue. He believes that the UK has both moral and legal
:15:31. > :15:34.obligations to the EU. Moral obligations, he said as there were
:15:35. > :15:40.decisions taken as 28 countries, which could not be left to 27 to
:15:41. > :15:43.pick up the bill for. Things like funding for science and research
:15:44. > :15:49.project, for development for universities. And legally as the
:15:50. > :15:51.budgets were approved, signed by David Cameron, approved by the UK
:15:52. > :15:59.Parliament, that those obligations must be met. So he accused the UK of
:16:00. > :16:05.backtracking, having agreed earlier in the process it had obligation it
:16:06. > :16:09.is would meet, now going through picking everything through line by
:16:10. > :16:13.line. On Ireland, the issue of the border, he was worried as the UK
:16:14. > :16:20.proposals were not good enough, that they had to come back with something
:16:21. > :16:23.better there. And concerns too that arose earlier, Michel Barnier,
:16:24. > :16:27.Jean-Claude Juncker worried about David Davis, whether he was fully
:16:28. > :16:33.committed to the talk, if he would be here for all of them. Today they
:16:34. > :16:35.did not repeat that but laid out about the substance, that they don't
:16:36. > :16:38.believe enough is being done. Thank you very much.
:16:39. > :16:41.BBC News has witnessed around 1,000 migrants, mostly African,
:16:42. > :16:44.being held in detention in Libya in inhumane conditions.
:16:45. > :16:52.The medical charity Doctors Without Borders said today that
:16:53. > :16:54.migrants and refugees who want to cross the Mediterranean
:16:55. > :16:56.to Italy are being detained in nightmarish conditions.
:16:57. > :16:58.But the EU is still encouraging Libya to prevent migrants
:16:59. > :17:00.leaving its shores and wants the Libyan coastguard
:17:01. > :17:04.The BBC's Orla Guerin has gained rare access to the main
:17:05. > :17:21.Trapped in Libya, a country in chaos, that
:17:22. > :17:28.Most travelled from sub Saharan Africa.
:17:29. > :17:32.Some were stopped at sea, others on dry land.
:17:33. > :17:34.Now they are in Triq al Sika, the largest
:17:35. > :17:43.We were given unfettered access to those suffering here.
:17:44. > :17:45.I just need to go back home. You understand?
:17:46. > :17:48.Because here, it is like, you know, in hell.
:17:49. > :17:52.It is like in hell for me. That's how I feel.
:17:53. > :17:57.Well, this is the reality for those being held in detention in Libya.
:17:58. > :17:59.The men here have asked us to show these conditions.
:18:00. > :18:03.They are very anxious for all of this to be seen.
:18:04. > :18:10.The only hope of release for these men is to be deported back
:18:11. > :18:14.to their home countries, but that can take time to arrange.
:18:15. > :18:16.Some of those here have been languishing in this
:18:17. > :18:26.It's really hot and they close the door, so it really gets that
:18:27. > :18:30.People faint sometimes. It's pretty hot in here.
:18:31. > :18:32.My guide, Hennessy, is 18 and from South Sudan
:18:33. > :18:35.but for three years, he was a London schoolboy
:18:36. > :18:42.Hennessy paid traffickers to get back to London but was kidnapped
:18:43. > :18:49.He escaped by leaping from a moving truck.
:18:50. > :18:53.The time we jumped off, there was a Chad man, an old Chad man.
:18:54. > :18:55.He was shot, so blood went all over my T-shirt
:18:56. > :19:02.I was so scared. I just ran away.
:19:03. > :19:05.Grim as things are here, Hennessy says conditions were far
:19:06. > :19:08.worse in another detention centre where there were daily
:19:09. > :19:19.If people make noise, or if people rush for food, you get beaten.
:19:20. > :19:24.If people want to use the bathroom, or if people want to drink water,
:19:25. > :19:29.they just make you lie down on your stomach, the whole jail,
:19:30. > :19:36.Everyone gets beaten? Everyone gets beaten.
:19:37. > :19:39.And that's only one risk on the migrant trail through Libya.
:19:40. > :19:42.The men are pawns, to be bought and sold by militias.
:19:43. > :19:52.Emmanuel was beaten by a gang linked to the traffickers.
:19:53. > :19:55.But what pained him most is what he heard them do
:19:56. > :20:00.They went into the second room and they raped the girls.
:20:01. > :20:05.And we couldn't do anything because we didn't have anything
:20:06. > :20:15.Staff here call them broken men, starved of hope and nourishment.
:20:16. > :20:19.For breakfast, just bread and butter.
:20:20. > :20:23.Officials tell us they have no funds to pay food suppliers
:20:24. > :20:31.And among those going hungry, women and children, held
:20:32. > :20:39.He was at the mercy of the Mediterranean
:20:40. > :20:47."Police arrested us", said his mother, Wasila.
:20:48. > :20:55."Since then, we have been in five prisons".
:20:56. > :20:58.Outside, the latest arrivals, weary, barefoot, turned around
:20:59. > :21:12.Instead of a new life in Europe, returned to the nightmare of Libya.
:21:13. > :21:15.The green paint daubed on by their traffickers,
:21:16. > :21:37.Is the conclusion of your report that the EU is so determined to stop
:21:38. > :21:41.the flow of people that it is in effect turning a blind eye to the
:21:42. > :21:44.conditions you were reporting on there? The European Union says its
:21:45. > :21:50.main priority in relation to the migrant is to protect them in Libya.
:21:51. > :21:53.Aid agencies say the EU is so blinded by the single goal of
:21:54. > :21:58.keeping people out of Europe that it is turning a blind eye to the abuses
:21:59. > :22:02.and actually perpetuating them. There's no doubt European and
:22:03. > :22:06.British policy is that Libya must do more to stop the exodus from its
:22:07. > :22:10.shores. It is now the main departure point for people going to Europe.
:22:11. > :22:14.Just last week, the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was in
:22:15. > :22:18.Tripoli, meeting senior officials and emphasising the need for the
:22:19. > :22:22.coastguard to control the departures and the Royal Navy is actually part
:22:23. > :22:27.of the effort to retrain the Libyan coast guard. But the reality of all
:22:28. > :22:31.of that, if you stop people at sea, rescue them at sea, even if you are
:22:32. > :22:35.saving their lives, you are returning them to the kind of
:22:36. > :22:39.conditions that we saw, conditions that have been described by the
:22:40. > :22:43.United Nations, for example, as inhumane. They have complained about
:22:44. > :22:48.the arbitrary detention, the fact people have no access to a legal
:22:49. > :22:53.process, and that they face a long list of abuses. And Libya, let's not
:22:54. > :22:55.forget, is a fragile and unstable country with no central authority,
:22:56. > :22:59.three competing governments and a collapsing economy and there are
:23:00. > :23:04.powerful militias that are heavily involved in the smuggling industry
:23:05. > :23:07.will stop Libyan officials said to us, they are struggling to provide
:23:08. > :23:13.for their own people and they can't cope with the 5000-6000 migrants
:23:14. > :23:17.they currently have in detection and one of them also said they are tired
:23:18. > :23:18.of being your's policeman. -- they currently have in detention. Thank
:23:19. > :23:20.you for joining us. A brief look at some
:23:21. > :23:23.of the day's other news stories. Britain's biggest carmaker,
:23:24. > :23:24.Jaguar Landrover, has announced all its new cars will be available
:23:25. > :23:27.in electric or hybrid The company's first fully electric
:23:28. > :23:32.vehicle will go on sale next year. The government says it wants to ban
:23:33. > :23:36.the sale of new petrol One in five people who are gay,
:23:37. > :23:42.lesbian or bisexual have experienced hate crime in the past year,
:23:43. > :23:46.according to new figures. But the vast majority don't
:23:47. > :23:49.report it to the police. The charity Stonewall says three out
:23:50. > :23:52.of five gay men don't feel comfortable holding their partner's
:23:53. > :24:00.hand in the street. Universities in England could be
:24:01. > :24:03.fined if they fail to justify paying their Vice-Chancellors more
:24:04. > :24:05.than the Prime Minister, The average basic salary
:24:06. > :24:09.for a Vice-Chancellor, in effect the university's chief
:24:10. > :24:12.executive, is ?246,000, A new regulator for students
:24:13. > :24:18.will also force universities to publish details of all senior
:24:19. > :24:22.staff earning over ?100,000 a year. Our education editor
:24:23. > :24:27.Branwen Jeffreys reports. Student loans pay for
:24:28. > :24:33.most of this, so today, High pay for your bosses
:24:34. > :24:39.has to be justified. Higher education has
:24:40. > :24:43.to be accountable. It's really important
:24:44. > :24:47.that there is confidence that resources allocated to it
:24:48. > :24:49.by the taxpayer are being used efficiently and for the purposes
:24:50. > :24:53.for which they are primarily intended and that is the provision
:24:54. > :24:56.of great teaching, and a generation Students are applying to university,
:24:57. > :25:03.or will be very shortly. When are you going to
:25:04. > :25:07.confirm the higher tuition We have already
:25:08. > :25:10.confirmed the policy. There is no new policy
:25:11. > :25:13.to be announced. With inflation, fees would rise
:25:14. > :25:19.next year to ?9,500. Universities have spent money
:25:20. > :25:24.on facilities but average Vice-Chancellor pay is ?250,000
:25:25. > :25:32.and a few earn as much as ?400,000. Vice-Chancellors' salaries
:25:33. > :25:35.are a tiny fraction of the budget of a university, but with living
:25:36. > :25:38.costs going up and tuition fees continuing to rise,
:25:39. > :25:41.it just makes universities look out of touch with the
:25:42. > :25:46.concerns of students. It clearly looks extraordinary
:25:47. > :25:48.and it's really difficult It would be a major mistake for us
:25:49. > :25:55.not to understand the public mood. There's a lot of noise about this
:25:56. > :26:00.and we clearly need to be able I don't want to read about VC pay
:26:01. > :26:06.in the newspapers any So the minister told them
:26:07. > :26:10.a new office for students Obviously, we welcome more
:26:11. > :26:16.scrutiny on Vice-Chancellor pay and in many ways,
:26:17. > :26:19.these proposals don't go far enough but you've got to look at the timing
:26:20. > :26:26.of these announcements. The government has been under a lot
:26:27. > :26:29.of pressure since the election over student funding and student debt
:26:30. > :26:31.and these proposals will do absolutely nothing to change
:26:32. > :26:33.the reality for students On campus, students
:26:34. > :26:36.are asking more questions. A sculpture celebrates
:26:37. > :26:39.this university's past. The question now, what will secure
:26:40. > :26:43.its financial future? This week, we've been
:26:44. > :26:50.reporting from Bangladesh, where more than 160,000
:26:51. > :26:53.Rohingya Muslims have been fleeing the violence in the mainly
:26:54. > :26:57.Buddhist country of Myanmar. The authorities there have
:26:58. > :27:00.blamed the Rohingya people for provoking the crisis
:27:01. > :27:04.by attacking police stations. Our correspondent
:27:05. > :27:09.Justin Rowlatt has been to a refugee camp in Teknaf,
:27:10. > :27:12.near the border with Myanmar. They arrive barefoot,
:27:13. > :27:16.their shoes lost in the mud This is an exodus on a
:27:17. > :27:24.truly massive scale. Rohingya Muslims have been pouring
:27:25. > :27:28.into Bangladesh from Myanmar. They say the military
:27:29. > :27:31.and local Buddhists are destroying their villages,
:27:32. > :27:34.after Rohingya militants attacked The current estimate is that
:27:35. > :27:41.164,000 have crossed over, but the truth is no one knows
:27:42. > :27:47.for certain how many have come. So we've just joined this kind
:27:48. > :27:51.of river of humanity, because we've been told a refugee
:27:52. > :27:58.camp has sort of erupted in the fields here, and thousands
:27:59. > :28:01.and thousands of people have A UN official was told
:28:02. > :28:06.there were 15,000 people here. She told the BBC she couldn't say
:28:07. > :28:13.how many refugees have Everyone needs food,
:28:14. > :28:25.everyone needs water. And everyone has
:28:26. > :28:30.a horrific story to tell. TRANSLATION: My three
:28:31. > :28:32.sons were taken. Villages burning, allegedly torched
:28:33. > :28:49.by soldiers from the Myanmar army. TRANSLATION: Lots, lots,
:28:50. > :28:52.lots of people died. First they set it on fire, and then
:28:53. > :28:57.they shot us from helicopters Mr Shafiq saw some appalling
:28:58. > :29:05.scenes on his long trek. Bodies floating in the river,
:29:06. > :29:08.Rohingya refugees drowned the barbed wire fence that marks
:29:09. > :29:20.the border with Bangladesh. The BBC cannot verify
:29:21. > :29:24.any of this footage, but the stories the refugees tell
:29:25. > :29:28.are remarkably similar. They have been driven
:29:29. > :29:35.from their homes into this, into what is a rapidly
:29:36. > :29:41.escalating humanitarian disaster. Prince George had his first
:29:42. > :29:56.day at school today. The four-year-old is attending
:29:57. > :29:58.Thomas's School in Battersea, South London, where fees
:29:59. > :29:59.are ?17,000 a year. He was dropped off by
:30:00. > :30:02.Prince William, but the Duchess of Cambridge missed the occasion
:30:03. > :30:04.as she's suffering from severe morning sickness
:30:05. > :30:07.due to her pregnancy. The prince will be known
:30:08. > :30:13.to classmates as George Cambridge. Cricket, and the wickets have
:30:14. > :30:16.tumbled at Lord's today in the third Test between England and the West
:30:17. > :30:18.Indies. With the series level at 1-1,
:30:19. > :30:21.England bowled the West Indies out for 123 before struggling
:30:22. > :30:25.to 46-4 in reply. James Anderson began
:30:26. > :30:29.the match trying to reach 500 wickets in Test matches,
:30:30. > :30:32.needing just three more, This man prepared for the match
:30:33. > :30:38.with no plans for retirement. This man arrived at Lord's knowing
:30:39. > :30:41.it was his final Test. Henry Blofeld of Test Match Special,
:30:42. > :30:45.dressed to stop the traffic Will you hope for something of
:30:46. > :30:54.a West Indies revival to continue? It would be lovely if
:30:55. > :30:57.they won the series. It would do their cricket
:30:58. > :30:59.so much good, wouldn't it? There's widespread goodwill
:31:00. > :31:01.towards sportsmen representing the Caribbean, especially at this
:31:02. > :31:04.time, but runs in a Test match are hard earned, especially
:31:05. > :31:06.with James Anderson bowling. Test wickets number 498
:31:07. > :31:10.and 499 came before lunch. The thing is, there were other
:31:11. > :31:16.England bowlers excelling. Ben Stokes was making the ball
:31:17. > :31:21.swerve and swing like never before. As wickets fell to others, Anderson
:31:22. > :31:27.was desperately trying to get one. Anderson helped Stokes -
:31:28. > :31:34.nice catch - but before he could bowl again,
:31:35. > :31:38.West Indies were all out for 123. The biggest compliment was that it
:31:39. > :31:46.reminded Lord's of Anderson. Very good but now it was England's
:31:47. > :31:49.turn to bat and in conditions which were floodlit and autumnal,
:31:50. > :31:52.you had to watch England lost four wickets in reply,
:31:53. > :32:01.including Cook and Captain Joe Root. They will resume 77 runs behind
:32:02. > :32:20.but guess who's now batting? Before we go, let's try for a quick
:32:21. > :32:23.update on the damage caused by Hurricane Irma. Laura Bicker has
:32:24. > :32:29.managed to travel to Antigua, one of the islands affected. Tell us what
:32:30. > :32:32.the situation is there? In Antigua, they have managed to keep the
:32:33. > :32:39.infrastructure intact but the real worry is the island that lies just
:32:40. > :32:42.off the coast, Barbuda. When it came to Hurricane Irma, for many hours,
:32:43. > :32:48.people could not get in contact with the island and when finally they
:32:49. > :32:51.did, they heard of tales of massive destruction, 95% of the buildings on
:32:52. > :32:56.the island have been destroyed. People are now suffering without
:32:57. > :33:01.food, shelter and clean water. Today, the Red Cross has managed to
:33:02. > :33:04.get some supplies in. They have been aired dropping it with helicopters
:33:05. > :33:09.and getting some boats in but they badly need more at the moment. They
:33:10. > :33:11.are trying to get people off the island but in your aftermath of the
:33:12. > :33:17.hurricanes, the weather has been too bad. -- in the aftermath of the
:33:18. > :33:21.hurricane. But the problem is still out in the Atlantic basin. While
:33:22. > :33:28.they are still recovering, and other hurricane is forming, pose a is on
:33:29. > :33:30.his way -- Jose is on his way and they are trying to get people into
:33:31. > :33:35.shelter before that happens. Thank you for joining us. Laura Bicker,
:33:36. > :33:39.there, who has managed to travel to Antigua with the latest on the
:33:40. > :33:41.hurricane. More on the BBC News Channel