:00:07. > :00:09.This is BBC World News Today with me, Geeta Guru-Murthy.
:00:10. > :00:11.Our top story - the scale of devastation left
:00:12. > :00:14.by Hurricane Matthew becomes clearer as it continues on its
:00:15. > :00:19.These are live pictures from Florida where the massive storm is battering
:00:20. > :00:22.the coast with huge waves and winds gusting at nearly 200
:00:23. > :00:27.Earlier, the hurricane devastated Haiti, where more than 800
:00:28. > :00:33.people have been killed and thousands displaced.
:00:34. > :00:42.They're calling it the Flash Crash - The Bank of england investigates why
:00:43. > :00:50.the pound plunged 6% on Asian markets before
:00:51. > :00:57.A period of volatility now. Lots of commentary and turbulent markets.
:00:58. > :01:03.Nobel Peace prize for his efforts to end more than fifty years of war
:01:04. > :01:26.We start with a fundraising appeal from aid agencies, as the full
:01:27. > :01:28.impact of Hurricane Matthew on Haiti begins to emerge.
:01:29. > :01:30.More than 800 people are now known to have died.
:01:31. > :01:33.And it's feared the death toll may rise further as rescue teams
:01:34. > :01:35.reach remote areas cut off since the storm.
:01:36. > :01:50.These are the before and after pictures. They give you a sense of
:01:51. > :01:55.the scale of the devastation. Thousands have been displaced.
:01:56. > :02:02.Southern Florida appears to have been spared the
:02:03. > :02:13.... Expected to sweep north next with Georgia next in the line of
:02:14. > :02:16.fire. Millions in coastal states have been told to evacuate.
:02:17. > :02:18.It has been three days since hurricane Matthew hit Haiti, and
:02:19. > :02:21.violent torrents of brown water continued to devastate the poorest
:02:22. > :02:30.In this city, 80% of homes have been lost
:02:31. > :02:32.and the UN has warned of the
:02:33. > :02:34.challenge ahead to restore clean water and sanitation.
:02:35. > :02:36.Right now, most people lost everything,
:02:37. > :02:45.Haiti is already in the grip of a cholera epidemic.
:02:46. > :02:48.In this environment, with sewage
:02:49. > :02:52.ditches for the floodwater, the disease could spread.
:02:53. > :02:58.350,000 people are thought to need immediate help.
:02:59. > :03:02.My son and I are sick and we still haven't
:03:03. > :03:08.I need to go back home because my kids have a fever, so I
:03:09. > :03:14.After leaving a trail of utter destruction across the Caribbean,
:03:15. > :03:17.the storm is stalking the Florida coastline.
:03:18. > :03:18.It has been described by
:03:19. > :03:24.1.5 million people were told to leave
:03:25. > :03:28.coastal areas and find shelter and stay there.
:03:29. > :03:29.Most heeded the
:03:30. > :03:33.A curfew was also in place until Saturday morning in some
:03:34. > :03:41.Wind of over 100 mph crashed with power lines, cutting
:03:42. > :03:45.supplies to tens of thousands of homes.
:03:46. > :03:48.So far, the East Coast seems to have been spared the worst, but
:03:49. > :03:49.officials fear that complacency will set
:03:50. > :03:51.in and people will leave their
:03:52. > :04:02.I want to emphasise to everybody that this is
:04:03. > :04:07.The potential for storm surge, flooding, loss of life and
:04:08. > :04:11.severe property damage continues to exist.
:04:12. > :04:18.storms, but Matthew is proving to be unpredictable.
:04:19. > :04:21.It is also taking its time, as it travels up the coast.
:04:22. > :04:27.Florida is not out of danger just yet.
:04:28. > :04:33.Let's get the latest from the BBC's Liliet Heredero, who's in Miami.
:04:34. > :04:42.Give us a picture of what it is like. It is fine today in Miami. The
:04:43. > :04:48.city is returning to normal. We were all in doors and the city was a
:04:49. > :04:54.ghost town. Yesterday, but we have been spared of the worst. The city
:04:55. > :04:58.is returning to normal. It remains a category three hurricane, really
:04:59. > :05:06.strong. It is pounding the North East of Florida. Winds are still 120
:05:07. > :05:10.miles an hour. The latest advertisers from the National
:05:11. > :05:16.hurricane Centre said the storm is around 30 miles of Daytona Beach. It
:05:17. > :05:21.could impact Jacksonville and the north-east cities shortly. If
:05:22. > :05:29.there's something positive, it is that is not made landfall. The eye
:05:30. > :05:34.of the storm has remained overwater. That is what is the most powerful
:05:35. > :05:40.winds so it hasn't impacted Florida yet. That does not mean it isn't a
:05:41. > :05:47.dangerous storm however. The word on everyone pass mouths is the storm
:05:48. > :05:52.surge. That is the main worry, all the coastal flooding that could
:05:53. > :05:58.impact cities on the north-east. Authorities reminding people it is
:05:59. > :06:04.not safe to go back to their homes, millions of people evacuated in
:06:05. > :06:08.Florida, Georgia and North Carolina. 800,000 people are without power in
:06:09. > :06:14.Florida. Still a difficult situation in the north-east of Florida. How
:06:15. > :06:18.quickly is the storm moving? How quickly before people know the worst
:06:19. > :06:26.as? It is not work the Lee moving fast. 30 mph. -- not moving very
:06:27. > :06:32.fast. Friday into Saturday we will do the impact of wind and a storm
:06:33. > :06:35.surge. Then it'll moved to Georgia and South Carolina so it will still
:06:36. > :06:39.have an impact over the weekend. The US Secretary of State,
:06:40. > :06:41.John Kerry, says Russia's actions in support of the Syrian Government
:06:42. > :06:45.demand a war crimes investigation. Mr Kerry accused Moscow
:06:46. > :06:48.and the Government in Damascus of having a targeted strategy
:06:49. > :06:53.to terrorise civilians Russia and the regime owe the world
:06:54. > :07:01.more than an explanation about why they keep hitting hospitals
:07:02. > :07:03.and medical facilities, These are acts that
:07:04. > :07:11.beg for an appropriate And those who commit these
:07:12. > :07:19.would and should be held This is a targeted strategy
:07:20. > :07:39.to terrorise civilians. The UN Security Council is expected
:07:40. > :07:42.to vote on Saturday on a draft Drafted by the French and Spanish,
:07:43. > :07:49.the plan would include an end to all military flights
:07:50. > :07:51.over the city. But Russia has indicated that
:07:52. > :07:56.it'll block the proposal. Will any other countries
:07:57. > :07:59.follow Britain out of Well if Marine le Pen has her way,
:08:00. > :08:04.France will be making a Frexit The leader of the Front National has
:08:05. > :08:13.been speaking to the BBC's Stephen Sakur on Hardtalk
:08:14. > :08:15.and started by explaining just how significant
:08:16. > :09:09.June's Brexit vote in the UK was. But your problem is that
:09:10. > :09:11.all of the polling evidence since the Brexit vote
:09:12. > :09:14.is that the French people do not actually want to leave
:09:15. > :09:16.the European Union. In fact more French people today say
:09:17. > :09:20.that they want to remain inside than before the British vote,
:09:21. > :09:24.so you are actually not expressing And you can see the full interview
:09:25. > :09:52.with Marine le Pen on Hardtalk The Bank of England is looking
:09:53. > :10:14.into what caused a short, but sharp fall in the value
:10:15. > :10:17.of the pound on Asian markets. At one point, sterling
:10:18. > :10:20.briefly hit a low of $1.18. Meanwhile, UK Chancellor Phillip
:10:21. > :10:22.Hammond, who is on a visit to the US, has reiterated
:10:23. > :10:25.there will be "ups and downs" for the economy in the wake
:10:26. > :10:27.of the Brexit vote. He's been speaking to our
:10:28. > :10:29.Economics Editor Kamal Markets respond to noises off and,
:10:30. > :10:36.as I said earlier this week, we're going to go through a period
:10:37. > :10:38.of volatility now. There will be lots of
:10:39. > :10:40.commentary going on. We can expect to see markets
:10:41. > :10:43.being more turbulent The Government should take
:10:44. > :10:50.the necessary measures to be able to respond to it to keep the economy
:10:51. > :10:54.going during this period. Aren't markets saying
:10:55. > :10:57.they are hugely concerned about the uncertainty,
:10:58. > :11:02.the lack of transparency over how Britain will actually
:11:03. > :11:04.negotiate its exit There's bound to be uncertainty,
:11:05. > :11:08.but the important thing is, to look through the movements
:11:09. > :11:12.of currency markets, the short-term movements
:11:13. > :11:15.of sentiment at the fundamentals The fastest growing economy
:11:16. > :11:20.in the G7 this year, record high employment rates
:11:21. > :11:27.and very high levels of growth We go into this period of turbulence
:11:28. > :11:31.fundamentally strong and that should There's been a lot of talk
:11:32. > :11:35.about your approach to spending, some people have said that you're
:11:36. > :11:41.looking to spend a huge amount more on infrastructure and
:11:42. > :11:43.borrow more to do that. Can we expect a spending splurge
:11:44. > :11:45.ahead? What we have said we're
:11:46. > :11:50.going to do is create, within a new fiscal framework,
:11:51. > :11:53.enough space for the Government to be able to respond
:11:54. > :11:57.to the turbulence in the economy As we go through this period,
:11:58. > :12:03.we want to be able to provide fiscal At the moment, I can't predict
:12:04. > :12:08.whether that will be necessary at the time
:12:09. > :12:16.of the Autumn Statement in November. Now a look at some of
:12:17. > :12:19.the days other news. The brother of a man accused
:12:20. > :12:22.of attacking two Brussels police officers with a knife on Wednesday
:12:23. > :12:24.has been charged with One officer was stabbed
:12:25. > :12:28.in the neck and another The Belgian authorities have said
:12:29. > :12:33.they believe the attacker has links India says it will completely
:12:34. > :12:38.seal its border with It says the border would be secured
:12:39. > :12:43.using new technology although a specific plan
:12:44. > :12:46.was still being formulated. Relations between India and Pakistan
:12:47. > :12:52.have been deteriorating since the start of a security
:12:53. > :12:54.operation in Indian-administered The South African Nobel laureate,
:12:55. > :12:57.Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has said that when the time comes
:12:58. > :12:59.he wants the option Writing in the Washington Post,
:13:00. > :13:04.he said he did not want to be Archbishop Tutu, who's 85,
:13:05. > :13:07.has been in and out The peace award that bears the name
:13:08. > :13:19.of founder Alfred Nobel has gone this year to the Colombian
:13:20. > :13:22.president, Juan Manuel Santos, for his efforts to end
:13:23. > :13:24.Colombia's long civil war. The chair of the Norwegian committee
:13:25. > :13:26.which chose the winner from a record 376 nominations,
:13:27. > :13:29.said Mr Santos had initiated negotiations that resulted
:13:30. > :13:31.in a peace accord with FARC guerillas aimed at bringing more
:13:32. > :13:34.than 50 years of conflict to an end. Our Chief International
:13:35. > :13:36.Correspondent, Lyse Doucet, reports. It had been one of the world's
:13:37. > :13:41.longest, most brutal wars. A byword for kidnappings,
:13:42. > :13:49.disappearances, murder. The peace deal signed last
:13:50. > :13:57.week by President Santos and his oldest enemy the FARQ
:13:58. > :14:04.was a historic, emotional moment. World leaders came to
:14:05. > :14:06.Colombia to salute it. Then, days later, Colombians
:14:07. > :14:08.rejected its narrowly A shocking setback after years
:14:09. > :14:11.of negotiations and secret talks. But today, for President Santos,
:14:12. > :14:15.a vote of confidence. The world's most prestigious
:14:16. > :14:20.prize for a peacemaker. Not in my name, but in the name
:14:21. > :14:28.of all Colombians, and especially the millions affected by this
:14:29. > :14:30.conflict over 52 years. Colombians, this prize
:14:31. > :14:36.is for all of you, for the victims When I met the president in Colombia
:14:37. > :14:41.last week, he admitted winning real peace would be
:14:42. > :14:44.as hard as waging war. The signature of the deal is simply
:14:45. > :14:47.the end of conflict. Reconstructing our country,
:14:48. > :14:54.a country at war for 50 years. It is a country that has destroyed
:14:55. > :14:59.many of its values and principles. Even the peace prize divides
:15:00. > :15:08.a people who have lived Paolo, an engineer, says
:15:09. > :15:16.it is excellent that Santos It will help the peace
:15:17. > :15:23.process, he says. The critics demand tougher
:15:24. > :15:31.punishments for the Farq. Supporters say President Santos
:15:32. > :15:39.offered the best deal he could. 50 years of war means
:15:40. > :15:42.decades of distrust. The peace prize has gone to a nation
:15:43. > :15:47.that isn't at peace. A British member of the European
:15:48. > :15:51.parliament, who was involved in an incident that left a fellow
:15:52. > :15:53.MEP in hospital In his first account of the events
:15:54. > :15:58.in Strasbourg on Thursday, Mike Hookem, said that he acted
:15:59. > :16:02.in self-defence when a fellow member of the UK Independence party,
:16:03. > :16:07.Steven Woolfe, came at him. There was no punches thrown,
:16:08. > :16:10.there was no face slapping, As people in Hull would say,
:16:11. > :16:40.it was handbags at dawn. new Russian journalist was done is
:16:41. > :16:46.done ten years ago. It took two trials seven years to bring her
:16:47. > :16:56.killers to justice. But the investigation into her death is not
:16:57. > :17:04.complete. Around 4pm in 2006, October, the journalist was shot at
:17:05. > :17:09.home in her left. She wasn't the first and wooden spoon the last to
:17:10. > :17:22.be shot. But she was writing about the war and a strong critic. The
:17:23. > :17:29.killers were from Chechnya. Who ordered the killing? Will paid for
:17:30. > :17:37.it? We still do not know. By coincidence, this week saw the start
:17:38. > :17:44.of another murder trial. Those accused of giving him from Chechnya.
:17:45. > :17:53.Then the case goes cold, who ordered the killing? We don't know. Anna
:17:54. > :18:05.Politkovskaya was the Russian journalist remembered at the moment.
:18:06. > :18:13.When US forces arrived in the Philippines this month
:18:14. > :18:19.The president says he wants to be less dependent on America.
:18:20. > :18:21.When US forces arrived in the Philippines this month
:18:22. > :18:23.for the start of what had become annual joint exercises,
:18:24. > :18:26.they appeared to be cementing a military relationship that goes
:18:27. > :18:28.back decades and is one of the closest the US
:18:29. > :18:37.But with the election of this man, Rodrigo Duterte, as president, this
:18:38. > :18:44.Shockingly outspoken, and aligning himself
:18:45. > :18:49.with the anti-American left in the Philippines, he has already
:18:50. > :18:52.said he wants the exercises to end and that he wants closer ties
:18:53. > :18:57.And he has bristled with indignation at US criticism of his
:18:58. > :19:06.Instead of helping us, the first to hit was the State Department,
:19:07. > :19:15.The US has responded by insisting that the alliance is still strong
:19:16. > :19:17.and ignoring Mr Duterte's explosive comments.
:19:18. > :19:20.After all, the two countries only recently signed a ten year agreement
:19:21. > :19:25.allowing the US to operate military bases here once again,
:19:26. > :19:30.and stipulating joint patrols in the South China Sea.
:19:31. > :19:34.That is where the Philippines is currently struggling to bat off
:19:35. > :19:44.But comments by Mr Duterte's Defence Secretary today
:19:45. > :19:46.suggest he is already downgrading military relations.
:19:47. > :19:52.Delfin Lorenzana told journalists that the US had already been
:19:53. > :19:54.informed there would be no joint patrols.
:19:55. > :19:56.He also reiterated that his country was seeking
:19:57. > :20:01.Speaking about equipment in China and Russia.
:20:02. > :20:09.Let's check out what they are offering to us.
:20:10. > :20:13.Just how far president Rodrigo Duterte intends to break
:20:14. > :20:19.After seeing his ruthless anti-drugs campaign,
:20:20. > :20:21.though, people are learning to take his dramatic
:20:22. > :20:32.But the Philippines Armed Forces are fully equipped
:20:33. > :20:36.Without strong US backing, they offer little in the way
:20:37. > :20:38.of bargaining strength to the president when he starts
:20:39. > :20:41.but will surely be very tough negotiations with China
:20:42. > :20:55.Now is it just a prank or simply plain creepy?
:20:56. > :20:57.Police are warning pranksters who are posing as "killer clowns"
:20:58. > :21:00.and terrifying children and young adults that they could face arrest.
:21:01. > :21:02.The sightings, which started in the United States,
:21:03. > :21:04.now appear to have come to Britain with several reports
:21:05. > :21:06.of people having frightening encounters involving clowns.
:21:07. > :21:08.The sinister craze has been encouraged on social media
:21:09. > :21:14.where people have shared photos and videos of the scary sightings.
:21:15. > :22:10.Could London learn a thing or two from Amsterdam
:22:11. > :22:12.when it comes to boosting its night-time economy?
:22:13. > :22:14.The Dutch capital says business is booming -
:22:15. > :22:17.and crime is down - thanks, in part, to the appointment
:22:18. > :22:21.of a special mayor to champion its 24-hour culture.
:22:22. > :22:24.It's an idea the British capital is now adopting.
:22:25. > :22:32.Is this the new city that doesn't sleep?
:22:33. > :22:39.Amsterdam, a 24-7, or for its residents
:22:40. > :22:52.I am the night time mayor of Amsterdam.
:22:53. > :22:55.His role for the last two years has been to boost
:22:56. > :22:57.the night-time economy, a job London is now copying.
:22:58. > :23:00.We joined him on an evening out to listen to what
:23:01. > :23:08.It proved tricky at times in this party capital.
:23:09. > :23:15.We introduced a lot of things and this is what you get.
:23:16. > :23:18.In nightlife, this is people having fun.
:23:19. > :23:22.Amsterdam's so-called nightmare bridges the gap between pub and club
:23:23. > :23:27.owners and City Hall officials worried about anti-social behaviour.
:23:28. > :23:30.When there is a problem, the first reaction of city officials
:23:31. > :23:32.is often that we have to stop this now.
:23:33. > :23:35.We explain to the Mayor and politicians that nightlife
:23:36. > :23:38.is something which has value for the city for social,
:23:39. > :23:46.Well, while some London clubs have been shut down, Amsterdam has been
:23:47. > :23:55.They get extra opening hours if they keep the square more safe
:23:56. > :24:05.Their benefit is they can stay open longer, which of course
:24:06. > :24:09.And despite more people out and about for a longer,
:24:10. > :24:15.And they say these so-called hosts have helped.
:24:16. > :24:18.Basically what we do, we help people in Amsterdam.
:24:19. > :24:21.We help drug people getting home in the taxi and a lot of the time,
:24:22. > :24:26.people want to fight, we try to get between them and sold
:24:27. > :24:30.the problem and get them in another club.
:24:31. > :24:33.20 are on patrol tonight in what is the city's
:24:34. > :24:36.Jointly paid for by the council and bars.
:24:37. > :24:38.A big part of the Dutch idea is to create more 24-7
:24:39. > :24:44.And they think London should do the same.
:24:45. > :24:50.Some people would love the idea of a 24 hour party paradise.
:24:51. > :24:53.For others, it will fill them with dread, thinking it will bring
:24:54. > :24:56.more violence, more noise and just generally more problems.
:24:57. > :24:59.But Amsterdam's night mayor says London's borrowers must stop killing
:25:00. > :25:03.the night-time economy and open their eyes
:25:04. > :25:08.Introducing the role of the night mayor in London would be a really
:25:09. > :25:14.good first step to help with the dialogue about nightlife.
:25:15. > :25:17.But you can't wave your magic wand around and change it all,
:25:18. > :25:22.so it will be small steps, building it up, which is really
:25:23. > :25:25.important - and make Londoners proud of their nightlife again.
:25:26. > :25:33.So, because everybody knows nobody is moving to London for the better.
:25:34. > :26:00.Extort the satellite images of the hurricane. 800 killed in Haiti. Live
:26:01. > :26:02.pictures from Florida, and update coming up for you.