:00:00. > :00:09.broadcasting in the UK and around the world.
:00:10. > :00:12.After hours of confusion, confirmation that one of Asia's most
:00:13. > :00:18.Karimov Islam Karimov has ruled Uzbekistan with an iron fist
:00:19. > :00:22.We'll look at what it means for the country and its appalling
:00:23. > :00:30.A total recall of Samsung's flagship phone, the Galaxy Note 7,
:00:31. > :00:36.Hurricane Hermine lashes Florida - the storm is now heading up
:00:37. > :00:55.NASA releases spectacular new images of Jupiter taken by it Juno probe.
:00:56. > :01:13.It is jaw-dropping. You see these images looking down the pole.
:01:14. > :01:17.President Kariomov of Uzbekistan has died according to national TV.
:01:18. > :01:19.The 78-year-old led the central Asian country for more
:01:20. > :01:22.than a quarter of a century with an iron fist, often repressing
:01:23. > :01:25.The death of Islam Karimov could mean a power vacuum
:01:26. > :01:32.He hadn't been seen in public since mid-August.
:01:33. > :01:34.President Karimov will be buried in the city
:01:35. > :01:37.The Russian delegation at his funeral will be headed
:01:38. > :01:40.Uzbekistan - a landlocked country in central Asia -
:01:41. > :01:44.has spent most of the past 200 years as part of Russia, and then
:01:45. > :01:47.the Soviet Union, before it emerged as an independent nation in 1991.
:01:48. > :01:51.With a look back at his life, here's Rayhan Demetrie.
:01:52. > :01:54.Islam Abdug'aniyevich Karimov's election as president of independent
:01:55. > :01:59.Uzbekistan followed the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991.
:02:00. > :02:02.Those were the only elections when a genuine opposition figure
:02:03. > :02:06.stood against the former Communist Party leader.
:02:07. > :02:08.His critics and opponents were swiftly imprisoned
:02:09. > :02:13.Mr Karimov jailed thousands of devout Muslims, suspected
:02:14. > :02:15.of ties to radical Islam, and insisted that Uzbekistan
:02:16. > :02:21.was following its own version of democracy.
:02:22. > :02:23.But this was a democracy in which free speech and freedom
:02:24. > :02:32.After surviving an assassination attempt in 1999, President Karimov
:02:33. > :02:34.started a new wave of oppression against his opponents,
:02:35. > :02:42.Human rights organisations have said that hundreds of peaceful protesters
:02:43. > :02:44.were killed by government troops after an uprising
:02:45. > :02:53.The question now is - who will replace him?
:02:54. > :02:55.President Karimov's eldest daughter Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva was once
:02:56. > :02:58.a favourite to succeed her father but she fell out of grace over
:02:59. > :03:00.business scandals and an extravagant lifestyle and is currently
:03:01. > :03:07.The country's long-serving Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev
:03:08. > :03:10.and his deputy, Rustam Azimov, are among the possible successors.
:03:11. > :03:13.Loathed by his critics and described as one of the most brutal dictators
:03:14. > :03:16.of our time, President Karimov's death leaves Uzbekistan facing
:03:17. > :03:32.President Karimov's health had sharply deteriorated in recent days
:03:33. > :03:42.- on Monday his daughter said he'd suffered a brain haemorrhage.
:03:43. > :03:50.heard from the Turkish Prime Minister, sending his condolences
:03:51. > :03:53.before the official announcement, and also the Georgian President.
:03:54. > :04:08.Something peculiar going on. We do now have that official
:04:09. > :04:10.statement. It was read out on state television in Uzbekistan by a very
:04:11. > :04:14.sombre looking newsreader. Talking on but half or reading a statement
:04:15. > :04:20.on behalf of the government and Parliament. Talking of their huge
:04:21. > :04:31.grief. They wanted to inform the country of the death of their dear
:04:32. > :04:34.President. They described him as a great historic leader. They said his
:04:35. > :04:39.name was synonymous with peace and stability. He has led Uzbekistan for
:04:40. > :04:47.25 years and now he has gone, the big question over who will succeed
:04:48. > :04:48.him. Potential for significant uncertainty and instability in
:04:49. > :05:11.Uzbekistan because he never pointed the successor.
:05:12. > :05:29.How brutal were those years? It was indeed one of the most brutal
:05:30. > :05:32.regimes. What stands out is the massacre of 2005. I remember it very
:05:33. > :05:34.well because I was in Aber 's Irish am right after it happened when
:05:35. > :05:39.hundreds of children were gunned downed by the troops. There were
:05:40. > :05:45.peaceful protesters sitting there, waiting for him to come and talk to
:05:46. > :05:52.them. But that was just the culmination of the repression that
:05:53. > :05:57.was happening before and after. For years and years. He was shutting
:05:58. > :06:04.down any opposition and threw in jail anybody who he believed could
:06:05. > :06:10.challenge the regime. Torture, unfair trials, defined the criminal
:06:11. > :06:21.justice system. Just this year, there
:06:22. > :06:24.is a new report about unfair trials in Uzbekistan were without
:06:25. > :06:27.exception, convictions were based on torture. Despite the documentation
:06:28. > :06:35.of human rights abuses and the massacre in 2005, President Karimov
:06:36. > :06:38.never faced any international justice? He never faced any justice.
:06:39. > :06:43.That leads us to a very important point about the fact that all these
:06:44. > :06:46.abuses were allowed to continue unabated without any accountability
:06:47. > :06:59.by his international counterparts, including Russia. It included the
:07:00. > :07:01.United States, which for a very long time has had interests related to
:07:02. > :07:11.the operations in Afghanistan and particularly the European Union. But
:07:12. > :07:16.then they lifted them. All of that was happening pretty much place in
:07:17. > :07:22.the international community, who chose to ignore it. His supporters
:07:23. > :07:25.say these curbs on freedom and brutality kept up the law and order
:07:26. > :07:28.in a country that might otherwise have been split apart by rivalry
:07:29. > :07:40.between clans and different factions. For sure. That is the
:07:41. > :07:42.excuse they use for years. Almost everybody thrown into prison was
:07:43. > :07:46.charged with some activity. After the global war on terror was
:07:47. > :07:53.announced, that played very well into his international agenda. But
:07:54. > :08:04.that cannot hide in anyway and justified the abuses that his regime
:08:05. > :08:07.is responsible for. It is not just him. It is pretty much anybody who
:08:08. > :08:09.took office and said of him, marred by this record of human rights
:08:10. > :08:23.violation. Would this change anything at all? Will it
:08:24. > :08:27.change the regime? It is very unlikely to change the regime. There
:08:28. > :08:29.is one hope, though, that it might change the international attitude.
:08:30. > :08:31.It is a moment for the international community to rethink its
:08:32. > :08:33.relationship with the dictatorship in Central Asia.
:08:34. > :08:35.The electronics giant Samsung is recalling millions of its latest
:08:36. > :08:37.top-of-the-range smartphone, after reports that a small number
:08:38. > :08:43.2.5 million Galaxy Note 7s have been sold worldwide just a fortnight
:08:44. > :08:48.The flagship product was due to be rolled out in the UK today.
:08:49. > :08:51.Our correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones is at a technology show in Berlin,
:08:52. > :08:56.At Europe's biggest technology show, it's Korea's Samsung
:08:57. > :09:03.And its star product this year is the Galaxy Note 7.
:09:04. > :09:06.This super size smartphone has won rave reviews in the US
:09:07. > :09:10.and Asia and was due to go on sale in the UK today.
:09:11. > :09:17.This American man posted a video on YouTube claiming his Galaxy Note
:09:18. > :09:23.Similar reports arrived from around the world.
:09:24. > :09:26.Be careful out there, everyone rocking the new Note 7.
:09:27. > :09:32.Samsung held a press conference to announce a radical move.
:09:33. > :09:37.The company was halting sales and recalling the Note 7.
:09:38. > :09:39.A battery issue was behind the Note fires, although just 35 out
:09:40. > :09:44.of 2.5 million customers had reported problems.
:09:45. > :09:48.35 is a big number and I think Samsung is doing the right thing
:09:49. > :09:51.in siding on caution and taking the devices off the market,
:09:52. > :09:54.figuring out why there is an issue with the cells in the battery,
:09:55. > :09:59.This news could hardly come at a worse time for Samsung.
:10:00. > :10:02.Not only does it overshadow the launch of the Note
:10:03. > :10:04.7 and the many other products on display here,
:10:05. > :10:07.but it comes just a week before its deadly rival
:10:08. > :10:14.At an event in California next week, Apple is expected
:10:15. > :10:20.Its sales have disappointed lately, allowing Samsung to pull ahead
:10:21. > :10:28.But will such bad publicity affect the way the Samsung brand is seen?
:10:29. > :10:31.We asked some phone owners in Leicester.
:10:32. > :10:35.You don't know if it could happen again, or any other phone.
:10:36. > :10:39.I am not opposed to Samsung products.
:10:40. > :10:41.I think they make good TVs and even good cellphones, until I read
:10:42. > :10:46.But I think that would put me off purchasing it, for sure.
:10:47. > :10:49.It probably wouldn't put me off, and the reason being that large
:10:50. > :10:53.In Berlin today, Samsung continued to show off the capabilities
:10:54. > :10:58.of the Note 7, which even works underwater.
:10:59. > :11:00.But customers will now need reassurance that they won't need
:11:01. > :11:04.to take drastic action with a phone that catches fire.
:11:05. > :11:11.Now a look at some of the day's other news.
:11:12. > :11:13.A large explosion in the southern Philippines has killed at least
:11:14. > :11:16.12 people and injured several dozen more.
:11:17. > :11:19.The blast took place in a busy night market in Davao, the hometown
:11:20. > :11:23.of the Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte.
:11:24. > :11:25.Pictures from the scene appear to show a street
:11:26. > :11:27.littered with broken glass and overturned restaurant chairs.
:11:28. > :11:30.The cause of the explosion has not yet been identified.
:11:31. > :11:33.Several hundred Syrians have been evacuated from a rebel held town
:11:34. > :11:35.near Damascus in the first stage of a deal between rebel
:11:36. > :11:43.The agreement to move the people out of Moadamiyeh gives the rebels
:11:44. > :11:51.amnesty and restores the area to government control.
:11:52. > :11:54.More than 2.5 billion people around the world live
:11:55. > :11:56.in areas that may be vulnerable to outbreaks of Zika -
:11:57. > :11:59.that's according to a new study into the spread of the virus.
:12:00. > :12:01.Researchers found that people in countries like India, Pakistan,
:12:02. > :12:03.Indonesia and Nigeria could be particularly vulnerable
:12:04. > :12:13.For the first time in more than a decade, Florida is in a state
:12:14. > :12:24.The storm system, called Hermine, hit the coast just before 6am GMT,
:12:25. > :12:30.that's two in the morning local time, east of Tallahassee.
:12:31. > :12:33.As the hurricane moved inland, it's been downgraded to a tropical
:12:34. > :12:35.storm but its heavy rains and high-speed winds
:12:36. > :12:46.have already left tens of thousands without power.
:12:47. > :12:53.The worst of the wind and waves hit in the early hours of this morning.
:12:54. > :12:59.The tide was the highest since records began. It may not been the
:13:00. > :13:04.most powerful the state has ever seen but she packed a punch. Towns
:13:05. > :13:19.across Florida were beaten a battered for hours. The historic
:13:20. > :13:21.village bore the brunt of her wrath. Vanessa Edmonds has lived through
:13:22. > :13:24.dozens of hurricanes. She was prepared for the worst. There is a
:13:25. > :13:29.lot of clearing up to be done at her home and businesses in tax. It was
:13:30. > :13:44.really bad here. I have lived here all my life. It was pretty bad. Work
:13:45. > :13:46.is underway to restore power and clean water to this part of Florida.
:13:47. > :13:49.Tens of thousands of homes lost supplies but there is an added risk.
:13:50. > :13:57.This state is also fighting the Zika virus and standing water can help
:13:58. > :14:06.infected mosquitoes breed. It is incredibly important that everybody
:14:07. > :14:08.does their part to combat the Zika virus by dumping standing water, no
:14:09. > :14:11.matter how small. The tropical storm is barrelling its way from Georgia
:14:12. > :14:21.to the Carolinas, threatening further flooding. In some places,
:14:22. > :14:23.the hurricane has left in her wake trail of utter devastation but
:14:24. > :14:25.warnings were in place for days. The people of this state no storm could
:14:26. > :14:43.have been a lot worse. Still to come: we hear how Mrs Trump
:14:44. > :14:49.is suing Britain's Daily Mail online over claims she worked as an escort
:14:50. > :14:58.in the 1990s. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in India's slums. Mother
:14:59. > :15:02.Teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. We help
:15:03. > :15:13.to identify the bodies. We took them back home. Hostages appeared. Some
:15:14. > :15:28.running tried to escape the nightmare bind them.
:15:29. > :15:38.Britain lost a princess today. Described by all to whom she reached
:15:39. > :15:40.out is irreplaceable, an early-morning car crash in Paris
:15:41. > :15:42.underpass ended a life with more than its life of courage and
:15:43. > :16:07.passion. After hours of speculation,
:16:08. > :16:09.Uzbekistan's state TV has confirmed the President Karimov is dead.
:16:10. > :16:11.Samsun has recalled its flagship galaxy model after reports of
:16:12. > :16:15.exploding batteries and suspended sales of the device.
:16:16. > :16:17.Melania Trump - the wife of the Republican presidential
:16:18. > :16:19.candidate Donald Trump - is suing the Daily Mail Online
:16:20. > :16:22.for libel, saying the newspaper alleged that she was an escort
:16:23. > :16:25.Her lawyer says the claims are 100% false.
:16:26. > :16:27.The Mail Online has published a statement in which it
:16:28. > :16:29.retracted any suggestion that the allegations were true.
:16:30. > :16:38.Melania Trump, the wife of Donald Trump has,
:16:39. > :16:40.like most other prospective First Ladies, faced a good
:16:41. > :16:46.There was that speech to the Republican convention
:16:47. > :16:48.which bore more than a few similarities to one
:16:49. > :16:57.You work hard for what you want hard in life.
:16:58. > :17:00.In the Daily Mail today, there was a retraction of another
:17:01. > :17:02.story which had asked questions about her immigration status
:17:03. > :17:08.Given Mr Trump's position on immigration, it was a highly
:17:09. > :17:15.They also looked at allegations that she had worked as an escort.
:17:16. > :17:25.Today, in a statement, the Daily Mail said this...
:17:26. > :17:28.His lawyer is the man who recently represented the wrestler Hulk Hogan
:17:29. > :17:34.Charles Harder, here on the right, said the accusations were 100% false
:17:35. > :17:42.It is not just the Daily Mail, another blogger has been cited
:17:43. > :17:44.in court papers with a warning to other media outlets.
:17:45. > :17:47.Of course, it is not the first time Donald Trump has taken
:17:48. > :17:50.issue with the press, banning some papers from his rallies
:17:51. > :17:56.His stance on immigration is a central pillar of his campaign.
:17:57. > :18:00.He also needs to enthuse conservative America.
:18:01. > :18:04.Melania Trump's reputation is an important electoral asset.
:18:05. > :18:20.It is not just the Daily Mail, another blogger has been cited
:18:21. > :18:30.Marin Cilic has lost a third-round stage at Flushing Meadows, beaten by
:18:31. > :18:41.the American. He is the seventh seed in this year's tournament and lost
:18:42. > :18:44.in straight sets. He won the mixed doubles gold in the Olympics in Rio
:18:45. > :18:46.and has reached the fourth round at the US Open for the first time in
:18:47. > :18:49.his career. There, he will play Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the first man
:18:50. > :18:56.through to the last extreme today after a straight sets victory. Novak
:18:57. > :19:05.Djokovic is playing against the Russian. In the women's draw, last
:19:06. > :19:13.year's runner-up has made it through as well. The seventh seed eventually
:19:14. > :19:21.came through 6-3 in the decider. There was a shock once a walkover
:19:22. > :19:29.went out. She was beaten by the Ukrainian in three sets. That is in
:19:30. > :19:39.part to her 54 unforced errors. Also through, Joe Hanna can't. She isn't
:19:40. > :19:43.around four. You can keep up-to-date with the progress of Novak Djokovic
:19:44. > :20:04.and all the others on the BBC sport website.
:20:05. > :20:17.The club appealed the FA charge. It was rejected today by an independent
:20:18. > :20:36.disciplinary panel. Pep Guardiola has left the at the city's 25 man
:20:37. > :20:38.squad. He will not be able to play. Clubs are only allowed 17 overseas
:20:39. > :20:43.players in their squad. The Ivorian would have been in 18th. He has been
:20:44. > :20:50.out of favour so far this season. He has been included in Manchester
:20:51. > :20:56.United's 25 man squad. The 32-year-old had said he will be
:20:57. > :20:58.ready if the team needs me after turning down possible moves away
:20:59. > :21:04.from Old Trafford before the transfer deadline Bernie Ecclestone
:21:05. > :21:12.has announced that monster will be retained as the head of the Italian
:21:13. > :21:14.Grand Prix for the next three years. The site has been a permanent
:21:15. > :21:24.fixture since back in 1950. On the track today, Lewis Hamilton was
:21:25. > :21:26.fastest. The world champion is aiming to extend his lead in the
:21:27. > :21:31.driver's standings of the Nico Rosberg. The Tour de France champion
:21:32. > :21:39.Chris Froome remains 54 seconds behind the leader. The British rider
:21:40. > :21:52.stayed in the peloton to keep tabs on him. Valerio Conti broke away to
:21:53. > :21:55.win the stage. Tomorrow's stage to the Pyrenees could see Chris Froome
:21:56. > :22:03.launch an attack on the Columbia leader. More than 1 million
:22:04. > :22:09.applications have been received for next year's world athletics
:22:10. > :22:12.Championships are been received. The Olympic Stadium will likely be using
:22:13. > :22:19.Bob's last before retiring. NASA has released spectacular
:22:20. > :22:21.new images of Jupiter The pictures show the swirling
:22:22. > :22:24.clouds of the planet at both its poles -
:22:25. > :22:27.views that no previous mission has Scientists say the mission will give
:22:28. > :22:33.an unparalleled understanding of the largest planet
:22:34. > :22:35.in our solar system, as our science correspondent
:22:36. > :22:51.Rebecca Morelle reports. Jupiter is never seen before. For
:22:52. > :22:53.the first time, its South Pole is revealed. Covered in swirling
:22:54. > :22:58.storms, many even bigger than they are. In the north, it is thick
:22:59. > :23:03.atmosphere is far bluer than scientists imagined. Now they want
:23:04. > :23:08.to find out why. Here, and infrared view. At the top, you can see
:23:09. > :23:20.Jupiter's Northern lights. And this sound? It was captured as Nasa's
:23:21. > :23:22.spacecraft at through the charged particles that created the
:23:23. > :23:29.spectacular light show. Look at these images! There are coming from
:23:30. > :23:38.Jupiter. It is jaw-dropping. You see these images from over the pole.
:23:39. > :23:53.Lift. Nasa's billion-dollar mission blasted
:23:54. > :23:57.off in 2011. The start of a 3 billion kilometre voyage to the
:23:58. > :23:58.solar system. The spacecraft reached its destination in July, grabbed
:23:59. > :24:00.into orbit by Jupiter's gravitational pull. Jupiter
:24:01. > :24:07.dominates our solar system. It is located at past Mercury, Venus, the
:24:08. > :24:10.Earth and Mars. It is fast. More than 1000 earths would fit inside
:24:11. > :24:14.it. This mission will last for 20 months. It takes Juno two weeks to
:24:15. > :24:34.orbit Jupiter so it will only go around 37 times before it burns
:24:35. > :24:38.up in the atmosphere. It means, for the first time, we can peer into the
:24:39. > :24:40.thick clouds. We will study Jupiter's features including the
:24:41. > :24:42.great red spot and storm that has been raging for centuries and
:24:43. > :24:45.because Jupiter has hardly changed the billions of years, this mission
:24:46. > :24:47.could tell us about the origins of the solar system. This mission is
:24:48. > :24:49.the latest to inspire a new generation at Leicester's National
:24:50. > :24:52.space Centre. Nasa is now inviting people to go on to the Juno website
:24:53. > :25:00.to get involved. From early November, visitors can go onto the
:25:01. > :25:02.website and vote for targets they want the image. We can see certain
:25:03. > :25:04.areas that have never been photographed before. This is the
:25:05. > :25:08.first batch of images to be sent back to work. Many more will soon
:25:09. > :25:13.follow. Their remarkable detail will now be pored over by scientists.
:25:14. > :25:21.They say Jupiter is like nothing they have ever seen before.
:25:22. > :25:25.After hours of speculation Uzbekistan state television has
:25:26. > :25:29.confirmed that President Islam Karimov has died.
:25:30. > :25:31.The authoritarian leader has ruled the country for more
:25:32. > :25:35.President Putin has offered his condolences.
:25:36. > :25:37.And Smartphone giant Samsung has recalled its flagship Galaxy Note 7
:25:38. > :25:41.model following reports of exploding batteries.
:25:42. > :25:44.It's also suspended sales of the phone.