new song called "havana." it is unbelievable. we're going to talk to her as well for the first time. i'm psyched that she's here. it's going to be fun. guys, we also have a very big announcement to make. all next week, october second through the sixth is going to be miley cyrus week on "the tonight show." >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: miley is going to be here all week. she has a new album out called "younger now." she'll be doing special performances every single night. we're going to be talking to her. we have some fun bits planned, some games, some prizes i don't want to talk about. we have amazing guests, adam sandler, dustin hoffman. [ cheers and applause ] the cast of "riverdale," and hillary rodham clinton. i cannot wait. miley week. miley cyrus, baby. it's going to be fun. [ cheers and applause ] set your dvrs. set your -- set your --- set your tivos, set your rokus. [ light laughter ] >> steve: you love your roku. >> jimmy: your ranger hulus. and get it all ready to go. >> steve: get it ready to roll. >> jimmy: yeah. guys, i like to think i'm a a pretty

havana, but i'm hoping we're not going back to 1958, with the majority of cuban companies were owned by american corporations. >> anthony: right. >> hugo: i have got to believe that cuba will want to research some of the value that represents, you know, the hearts and soul of the cuban people. >> anthony: last time i was in havana, a meal at a paladar would have been rice and beans. now, sushi, a certain sign of impending apocalypse. that's good. >> hugo: yeah. ten years ago, this restaurant would have never been allowed. not only because private businesses were not allowed, but the external influence that you're seeing. remember, this is a country where chewing gum or listening to the beatles were prohibited. i don't think we all need to have twitter every day. one things i love about coming to cuba is the fact that i can put my iphone away. who cares. look what we have around us. i hope cubans that continue to have access to free information, they will still want to preserve the family times. ♪ >> anthony: tourists have been coming to cuba for some time. predominantly europeans,

. emergency officials in the capital, havana, rescued dozens of residents in neighbourhoods flooded by huge waves. 0ur correspondent will grant is in havana. havana's streets hava na's streets resemble havana's streets resemble canals. forfamilies from havana's streets resemble canals. for families from its havana's streets resemble canals. forfamilies from its poorest neighbourhoods the situation is becoming desperate. when hurricane irma came crashing into the island she brought rains and storm surges that flooded entire city blocks. cuba's picturesque capital that flooded entire city blocks. cu ba's picturesque capital today that flooded entire city blocks. cuba's picturesque capital today a city of delft trees and debris. power's out across havana, complicated and the cleanup operation and people are coping as best they can. cubans are thankful to have avoided the loss of life seen elsewhere in the caribbean, but the damage to property and livelihoods here has been huge. irma may have knocked cuba's economies just as hard as she hit its coastline. and hit it she most certainly d

, like shawn mendez and touring with bruno mars. now, "havana" is heating up the charts with 1 million hits on spotify. she's about to bring heat to our stage. we're not going to make you wait any longer. ladies and gentlemen, camila cabello. >> this is for the dreamers. let's do it. ♪ ♪ ♪ havana ooh na-na half of my heart is in ♪ ♪ havana ooh na-na he took me back to east atlan atlanta ♪ ♪ all my heart is in havana ♪ing there something about his manners ♪ ♪ he didn't wake up with that how you doing? he said there's a lot of girls i can do with ♪ ♪ i'm doing forever in a minute ♪ ♪ and papa says he's got malo in him ♪ ♪ he got me feeling like ♪ ooh, i knew it when i met him ♪ ♪ i loved him when i left him ♪ got me feeling like ooh and then i had to tell him ♪ ♪ i had to go oh, nananana ♪ havana ooh na-na ♪ half of my heart is in havana ooh na-na ♪ ♪ he took me back to east atlanta ♪ ♪ all my heart is in havana my heart is in havana ♪ ♪ knew i was there when i head the signs ♪ ♪ knew it was him from behind ♪ he go

in the capital, havana, rescued dozens of residents in neighbourhoods flooded by huge waves. our correspondent will grant is in havana, here's his latest update. havana's streets hava na's streets resemble havana's streets resemble canals at the moment after hurricane irma brought this storm surge over the sea brought this storm surge over the sea wall that you can see at the end of the street. that is havana's famous seafront boulevard. it has brought all of this storm water right to this point. it must be thrilled four blocks away from the sea thrilled four blocks away from the sea wall. people are beginning to emerge from their houses, and checking on their neighbours, beginning the clean—up operation. obviously the emergency services already here, the red cross, military, the police, so there is quite a big state presents already. we saw them take away a body in a body bag from but we don't know the details of what happened there. by and large there has not been the loss of life seen elsewhere in the caribbean, that much we do seem to know. but this has been very painful fo

also the front page of the havana times‘ website which declared sunday a day of uncertainty after it was hit by the hurricane. no—one died but lots of damage to property there. french paper le figaro runs a big picture of a street in the french part of the island st martin, announcing new military reinforcements after reports of looting also. a change of tack now and an exclusive on brexit in the independent who report that deportations of eu citizens are at a record high up 14% from last year. in many cases, charities are saying that the deportations are illegal. the telegraph next with their analysis of rafa nadal‘s victory over south african‘s kevin anderson in last night's us open final. it's nada's 16th grand slam. no stopping him! and finally, the pope's had a bit of a bump while in his popemobile in colombia. pope francis is visiting the country where he had helped broker a peace deal last year and accidentally hit his head against the screen you can see just a few splashes of blood there. it took quite a hit but he is still smiling and carrying on. he is great with t

sixty percent of the u.s. embassy staff in havana to leave the island the state department announced the measures following a string of mysterious and specific attacks against u.s. diplomats for more let's go live now to our g.'s man upon my who is in miami for us this development deals a huge blow to the already delicate ties between between the u.s. and cuba how is the state department justifying the decision to pull more diplomats out of the country. well manila the state department says twenty one americans associated with the u.s. embassy in havana have experienced a host of unexplained health problems ranging from hearing loss and visual problems to headaches and cognitive issues this all caused allegedly by mysterious attacks first revealed by u.s. officials in august some experts speculate the injuries are result of sonic attacks or surveillance operation operation gone wrong but f.b.i. investigators have failed to find the cause and perpetrators the state department released a statement saying quote the decision to reduce our diplomatic presence in havana was made

. this is the bbc havana bureau and i am speaking from inside because we simply cannot go outside any more. at least 25 people have died across the caribbean including five on the british virgin islands, where a major relief effort is under way. in mexico at least 90 people are now known to have been killed by thursday's major earthquake. also in the next hour: rohingya muslim rebels in myanmar declare a one—month unilateral ceasefire. they say their aim is to ease the humanitarian crisis but there's desperate need for food and water for around 300,000 rohingya refugees. the stars of strictly pay an emotional tribute to the show‘s former host, sir bruce forsyth, who died last month at the age of 89. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35. the reviewers are rachel cunliffe and the former editor of the sunday times, peter conradi. good morning and welcome to bbc news. after battering its way through the caribbean, hurricane irma, currently a category four storm, is within hours of hitting the us coast. the storm made landfall in cuba late on friday, causing widespre

that the united states is considering shutting down its embassy in havana, cuba. it's a big move. but relations between these countries have already been stranged. this is following an acoustic attack. >> officials are looking into who is responsible while they consider shutting the embassy down on this. our andrew oppmann is in havana. >> reporter: it is an extremely strange story that the united states is taking seriously. rex tillerson threatened to shut down the u.s. embassy in havana, if there isn't clarification on who is carrying out accusic attacks in havana. certainly, it is an escalation of the worsening relations between havana and the united states. they think there are attacks from a mystery sonic weapon, that caused physical harm to them, everything from nausea, to headaches, to concussion-like symptoms. the cuban government has denied any role in these attacks. has allowed the fbi to come to investigate. it's uncertain who is carrying out these alleged attacks and why. but u.s. officials claims they don't believe that cuba knows as little as they are saying. to happen i

naples, florida, as the storm arrives. in cuba, the recovery is now beginning. havana's streets cuba, the recovery is now beginning. hava na's streets resemble cuba, the recovery is now beginning. havana's streets resemble a river. officials in mexico say that 90 people are now known to have died on thursday's earthquake. a bbc investigation discovered that the bodies of more than 400 children could be buried in a mass grave close to an orphanage in lanarkshire. chris froome wins the prestigious lab welter cycling race, and becomes only the third man to win that and the tour de france in the same year. —— la vuelta. the governor of florida is warning that the entire west coast of the state is at risk of major storm surges as it is battered by hurricane irma. overi million homes and businesses in southern florida are without power and thousands of an storm shelters. irma moved in after causing widespread damage in cuba. it slipped through coastal resorts and tourist resorts, flooding many areas. extreme winds and storm surges continued as the hurricane travelled on, hitting the fl

capital havana, are now under hurricane warning the eye of the storm is now moving towards florida where 6.5 million people have been ordered to leave their homes. the death toll rises to 65 in mexico as emergency workers continue to hunt for survivors of thursday's earthquake. also in the programme — here in britain manchester arena reopens with a benefit concert, more than three months after the terrorist attack that killed 22 people. hello and welcome to bbc news. hurricane irma is battering the northern coast of cuba, lashing towns and villages in its path with strong winds and heavy rain. many areas in the centre of the island have lost power and flooding is expected as far west as the capital, havana. one million people, nearly a tenth of cuba's population, have been evacuated. our correspondent will grant is in havana with the latest on the situation. cubans had hoped they had avoided the worst of the hurricane. they had no such luck. with the full force of a category five storm, the hurricane entered through the island's northern shore. the storm surge almost completely e

in the capital, havana. —— will grant. it is a complex picture across northern cuba. irma made la ndfall across northern cuba. irma made landfall in havana and run along that northern coastline for the best pa rt that northern coastline for the best part of the day and a half, before heading out to sea, and brought similar devastation to what we have seen elsewhere in the caribbean. i'm in old havana, the crumbling colonial heart of the city. bits of masonry are falling as we speak, so the winds have not completely finished. trees have been felled, and so on. and obviously, bringing down power lines, in a country that already has creaking infrastructure, the tourist infrastructure has been damaged cleverly, we understand, in the east of the island. —— damaged further. we wait to see what the full picture is but many resorts will have lots of work to do to get up will have lots of work to do to get up and running and tourism has now become the motor of the economy here in cuba. i can now talk to sophie long about how the travel industry is helping holiday—makers. there are pe

havana, us employees began to report hearing loss and other mystery health problems. the americans now say their diplomats are being attacked. they do not know who, or with what, but they have decided it's no longer safe for them. only a skeleton staff will remain. it will be a blow for us travellers. many were excited by washington's historic opening with cuba in 2015. there's no evidence that private citizens have been attacked, but the state department is warning they could be at risk. president obama took a risk by renewing ties with cuba's communist leaders. he was convinced it was in america's interests. and the cuban government has denied any role in this bizarre and troubling episode. it has been helping with the investigation. but the secretary of state, rex tillerson, has pointedly reminded havana it has an obligation to protect us government employees and their families. relations had begun to strain under the weight of the new president who rolled back some elements of the agreement. you're going to see what's happened in cuba. they did some bad things and you will see what

heading for havana. even the places that were supposed to serve as safe havens are now feeling the impact. 6.3 million people have been ordered to leave their homes. a day of national mourning in mexico after the deadliest earthquake in 80 years. also in the programme: what lies at the bottom of this tomb? we'll have more on a 3,000 year old discovery in egypt. hello and welcome to world news today. hurricane irma is battering the northern coast of cuba, lashing towns and villages in its path with strong winds and heavy rain. many areas in the central region have lost power and flooding is expected as far west as the capital, havana. one million people, nearly a tenth of the population, have been evacuated. these pictures show the eye of the hurricane as seen from a plane flying over the storm. 0ur correspondent will grant is in havana with the latest on the situation. cu ba ns cubans had hoped they would avoid the worst of hurricane irma, but they had no such luck. with the full force of a category five storm, the hurricane tore through the ireland's northern shore. the storm surg

back of obama policies and here's what he found. ♪ [ music >> reporter: la -- havana, cuba, looks today a lot like it did in the late 1950s when fidel castro seized power. you say this is a havana frozen in time? >> havana frozen in time. >> reporter: what time? >> pretty much from '59 and back. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: following the revolution castro's government seized private businesses for the state. well to do cubans fled to the u.s. their homes were taken over by the state, then given to the masses. >> after revolution when their owners left the house, she took over. >> reporter: the government gave her the house? >> the government gave her that house. if the original owners came back, what is going to happen with her and her family? >> reporter: say many, if not most look like this, falling down or barely standing because the poor have no way of keeping them up. >> you see a lot of old buildings that are falling apart, but people it's really hard to fix these buildings. you can find three different generations live there. >> reporter: despite all the evidence to the con te

. it is very well used and loved. it been there for a century. it's iconic in havana in a million different ways. that's one of the places you can see how hurricane irma left its mark. waves topping -- that same scene, you don't even ski the seawall there. waves topping 20 feet spilled over and disappeared that seawall in havana this weekend, sent sea water gushing into downtown havana. more than 2 million people live in havana but hurricane irma basically turned that city into a salt water pond. authorities are saying it could take days before the water starts to make its way out of the streets of havana. this was the strongest hurricane to hit cuba since the 1930s. at least 10 people have died there already. havana has been in the dark since saturday. with cars wedged inside buildings and trees ripped out of the ground and people just making due with what they can get ahold of, with whatever streets. this is one of cuba's airports. just totally unrecognizable. the whole building looks like it's been put through a shredder. florida and south carolina is having a lot of flooding.

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cuba and pulled half the staff from its embassy in havana after a series of sonic attacks. more than 20 people have suffered symptoms, including deafness, dizziness and brain trauma. the cause remains a mystery. preparations are underway for the start of an agreed ceasefire in colombia between government forces and the national liberation army, or the eln. the commander of the rebel group, known as gabino, issued an order to his fighters to trigger the ceasefire on sunday, to run until mid—january. both sides have been in peace talks in ecuador since february. the united nations is to send war crimes investigators to yemen, after a compromise agreement overcame objections from saudi arabia. the un human rights council unanimously adopted a resolution that will establish, what is described as, a group of eminent regional and international experts to examine all violations committed by all parties in the conflict. ryanair says it's agreed to implement measures ordered by the uk's airline regulator, the caa, to ensure all passengers affected by flight cancellations are aware of their

cuba's capital, havana. he's been assessing how the country has been coping. well, it has been an extraordinary experience being in cuba during hurricane irma and now it is reaching, it has reached havana. this is the bbc havana bureau and i'm speaking from inside because we simply can't go outside any longer. we're boarding in the building. miraculously we still have electricity but much of the rest of the building does not have that. as you can see behind me, the window is flexing with the winds that are buffeting the city and it is raining very, very hard out there. that, of course, is nothing in comparison to what cubans further east on the island have already experienced. these are just the last vestiges, really, of hurricane irma as she moves out of cuban territory and into clear water between cuba and the united states before making landfall in florida. but we are still feeling the effects of the sheer magnitude of this storm. out east along the northern coastal zone, whole villages were hit very hard by the storm. we understand that some were largely submerged under water.

. 0ur correspondent will grant gave this update from the capital, havana they have been very, very badly hit. for example, a fishing village, a well—known fishing village, called caibarien is largely submerged under water. that whole coastline is very popular with tourists, and we understand several quays are now cut off from the mainland. and water has surged over the sea walls in a number of areas along the northern coast here, in havana, where a lot of tourists and cuban people were brought for protection is also now facing a hurricane warning. i can tell you that the winds are whipping up significantly at this stage. a lot of people are worried about the rain being dumped, that can cause storm surges in what is obviously a coastal city here in havana. a short time ago, the defence secretary michael fallon spoke after a chairing a cobra meeting. he outlined the current rescue and recovery effort being rolled out by the government. 0urship 0ur ship has been helping across the islands. there are troops now on the islands, but in total we have 500 troops in the region by tonight.

coast. flooding also hit the capital havana where residents were warned to stay off the streets. thousands of tourists were stranded at the country's tourist resorts as the storm hit. our correspondent will grant sent this report. havana streets resemble canals. forfamilies from its poorest neighbourhoods, the situation is becoming desperate. when hurricane irma came crashing into the island, she brought rains and storm surges which flooded entire city blocks. cu ba's picturesque capital today a city of felled trees and debris. power is out across havana, complicating the clean—up operation. people are coping as best they can. translation: i heard that 9096 of the electricity is out in the whole country. we are going to be without power for several days. that's going to hurt us a lot. translation: thanks to god i have not heard that anyone has died. there have been very big material losses but no human ones. cubans are thankful to have avoided the loss of life seen elsewhere in the caribbean. but the damage to property and livelihoods here has been huge. irma may have knocked

end of the street there. —— havana's streets. people talk about the wins that came through heroes if they we re that came through heroes if they were alive, as if it had come from another world. five days after the hurricane struck, they are in desperate need of food, shelter and clean water. 0thers desperate need of food, shelter and clean water. others are simply desperate to leave. a bbc investigation discovers that the bodies of more than 400 children could be buried in a mass grave close to an orphanage in lanarkshire. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the west coast of florida is braced to be in the eye of the storm as hurricane irma makes its way from the caribbean into the united states. its already flooded parts of downtown miami and left two million homes and businesses in southern florida without power. it moved in after causing widespread damage in cuba, as it swept through coastal communities and tourist resorts. extreme winds and storm surges continued as it travelled on, hitting the florida keys. now it's the gulf coast of florida that is braced for the worst, wit

extended its maximum alert to more provinces, as well as havana. fierce winds from hurricane irma have ripped off rooftops, uprooted trees and torn down power lines. one million people, nearly a tenth of cuba's population, have been evacuated. our correspondent will grant is in havana with the latest on the situation. cubans had hoped they might avoid the worst of hurricane irma. they had no such luck. with the full force of a category 5 storm, the hurricane tore through the island's northern shore. the storm surge almost completely engulfing several small fishing villages. electricity and communication links are out across swathes of the country. as some communities along the coast are wondering how they will ever rebuild, others are bracing themselves for irma's impact. even in the big cities, people are getting nervous. translation: i'm really worried. my home is not in a good state so i hope the hurricane stays away and moves out to sea. translation: it's one of the bigger storms we have ever seen so we have to get ready. as hurricane irma rumbles along the coast of cuba, even thos

is in the cuban capital havana. now they know what's coming it must be getting quite tense there. now they know what's coming it must be getting quite tense therem now they know what's coming it must be getting quite tense there. it is, i think that's exactly right. because they've seen exactly what irma has done to the eastern caribbean, because they've heard those testimonies we saw injohn‘s report, people know the full power of this vast storm and what it can do to these countries in the caribbean. cubans are getting nervous, trying to take steps to do what they can, stock up on drinking water, fuel for generators, to board up water, fuel for generators, to board up their homes. they think nervousness captures the spirit exactly about what people are feeling at the moment. how is that manifesting itself, what are people able to do? be seen quite long queues for a gas station, at supermarkets, basic goods. drinking water is of real concern here. of course, people are trying to secure their homes as best they can. it's worth remembering the country is already economically in a

minister rushing to washington, telling tillerson cuba was not behind it. the fbi and cia in havana now investigating what experts are calling targeted attacks from small sonic devices. how do these devices work, these acoustic devices? >> we're likely talking about something where you have no idea it's happening. it's beneath your ability to hear or actually above the sound frequency that you would hear it audibly. >> reporter: the bizarre attacks coming two years after the u.s. reopened its havana embassy, ending a half century cold war. supporters of diplomatic relations suggest russia could be to blame, trying to break up havana's fledgling relationship with the u.s. >> if we were suddenly to leave, russia benefits by that a great deal. >> reporter: today's travel warning could hurt cruise ships and airlines, but although some of the attacks took place in hotels, american tourists tonight were unfazed. >> everything is safe. nobody is trying to hurt us or get us or threaten us or anything. >> reporter: and tonight still no idea who is behind the attacks. cuba calling the u.s. de

suffered widespread damage from the hurricane. emergency officials in the capital, havana, rescued dozens of residents in neighbourhoods flooded by huge waves. 0ur correspondent, will grant, is in havana. the streets of havana resemble canals after the hurricanes brought the storm surge over the sea wall at the end of the street, halycon. it brought all of the stormwater right here, three or four blocks away from the sea wall. people are beginning to emerge from their houses to check on their neighbours and begin the clean—up operation. people are coping as best as they can. people are thankful they avoided the loss of life seen in the caribbean. but the damage to property and livelihood has been huge. it hit the economy as hard as the coastline. she definitely hit it. for almost two days it crept up to the northern shore thrashing anything in its path from tiny fishing villages to five—star resorts. thousands of tourists remain trapped at beach towns. the chance of getting out quickly look ever more remote. the communist government of cuba is on emergency footing, mobilising all reso

havana cuba with our travel expert, dana rebmann. live look outside... san francisco international airport. dry and pleasant weather will continue through the weekend. by monday some blustery winds may develop coast and hills as a front reaches far northern california but dry weather will continue for the bay area. a secondary dry cool front may reach the area by about thursday but then a warm ridge will build by next weekend. (marty) after years of being off limits, cuba is open to american travelers. but questions still remain about planning a trip. especially now in the wake of hurricane irma. travel enthusiast dana rebmann joins us now..((2shot)) the idea of traveling to cuba can be overwhelming. it's different than anywhere else in the caribbean. it's confusing, but it's doable. there are just some things you need to know((vo tape 1)) cg1= havana, cubato get to views like this.. all americans have to comply with the people-to-people us travel requirement, which essentially requires educational interactions between groups of travelers and cuban people. one of the easiest and mo

damage. 0ur correspondent, will grant, is in cuba's capital, havana. he's been assessing how the country has been coping. well, it has been an extraordinary experience being in cuba during hurricane irma and now it is reaching, it has reached havana. this is the bbc havana bureau and i'm speaking from inside because we simply can't go outside any longer. we're boarding in the building. miraculously we still have electricity but much of the rest of the building does not have that. as you can see behind me, the window is flexing with the winds that are buffeting the city and it is raining very, very hard out there. that, of course, is nothing in comparison to what cubans further east on the island have already experienced. these are just the last vestiges, really, of hurricane irma as she moves out of cuban territory and into clear water between cuba and the united states before making landfall in florida. but we are still feeling the effects of the sheer magnitude of this storm. 0ut east along the northern coastal zone, whole villages were hit very hard by the storm. we understand

per hour. many homes in the capital, havana, have been flooded. a crucial vote in parliament tonight on britain's eu exit. the government urges mps to back an orderly brexit. more than 300,000 muslim rohingyas have now fled myanmar, as the un says the systematic attacks on them amount to ethnic cleansing. a row overjen —— gender identity at school. the parents of a six—year—old child threaten to sue their sons‘ school, after boys were allowed to come to class wearing dresses. 0n the anniversary of 9/11, president trump appears alongside the first lady to pay tribute to the nearly 3,000 who died. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the us state of florida has been battered by hurricane irma, which has destroyed more homes and caused widespread damage. at least four people have been killed and more than half of all homes and businesses in the state are without power. parts of miami are under water. the hurricane has swept up from the caribbean, where it killed dozens of people and wreaked terrible damage. over the weekend, it hit cu ba's northern coast. irma then moved no

. havana two thousand and fourteen. the world tour of the others man's inhumanity series arrives in cuba. they are does offer you say exactly that the how it makes me very happy that these words can now be seen in cuba. and they result in something of like an illiterate dialogue conclaves president language one that you can actually communicate only in pictures showing us. the music. as artists in havana was the last foreign stop of this work. over two decades the artist had taken his troubling exhibition around the world some viewers were disturbed by it and once there were even street riots but in all that time it never left people untouched. everywhere it went booker laid his work out himself and constantly saw it in a new light he was interested in places where societies were in up evil where people could directly understand the message of this work. because in the game it turns out that this theme of man's inhumanity and the threat to man from man continues to this day and this time and the success of this exhibition has actually terrible because the issue has remained the same righ

is in the capital, havana. we are hearing that a lot of places, a lot of communities along that north coastline have been affected. storm surges bringing flooding into, for example, the picturesque, or certainly once picturesque, fishing village of caibarien. and further along the coast in the central province of camaguey. we understand there are a lot of blackouts there. people trying to survive without power. we're still trying to find out broader details, but we know that whole area took a real battering. and of course, irma is still moving along that coastline, causing damage as she goes. and as you were saying yesterday, despite the good military infrastructure that there is, the strong military infrastructure in cuba itself, when you've got a natural disaster of these proportions, there is only so much preparation you can do. it's more about, i guess, what that infrastructure can do to help afterwards. so how quickly do you think help will get to the areas where it's needed 7 i think the government's mind is very clearly focused on this, and this alone at the moment. it's been i

. richard galpin, bbc news. our correspondent will grant joins us from havana. it looks lovely there, but to the for much longer. that's right. there isa for much longer. that's right. there is a bit ofa for much longer. that's right. there is a bit of a sense of calm, you know, ahead of the storm. i know it isa know, ahead of the storm. i know it is a cliche, but it really does feel like thatment havana looks like there is nothing going on, but people on the streets are beginning to get ready, they are trying to find water and hardware to board up their homes and particularly trying to find fuel, but this doesn't reveal what's going on elsewhere m the caribbean which is we can see from richard's report there, is that it isa from richard's report there, is that it is a much more serious situation with the same storm just barrelling its way in this direction. so how are they preparing? what are you seeing around you? well, by and large i think most people are concentrating specifically on their families. they are just trying to make sure those who live in low lying areas or are in more rem

. we know 21 people who work at the u.s. embassy in havana have suffered a variety of injuries, including hearing loss, dizziness and headaches. today, the state department ordered all non-emergency embassy staff to leave the island. hari sreenivsan has the story. >> sreenivasan: the order, issued by secretary of state rex tillerson, says that the state department still does not have a definitive answer on the cause or source of the illnesses, but described them as coming from an "attack of unknown nature." joining me for more on this is josh lederman, the associated press reporter who broke today's news on this; and marÍa de los angeles torres, a professor of latin american and latino studies at the university of illinois in chicago. she has written about cuba and cuban politics extensively. josh, let me just start with you. the latest on this, you know, there seems to be a difference in the word choice. we're now calling it an attack. just a week ago, we were calling these incidents. >> that's right. and the united states hasn't exactly explained what has changed. it was onl

there, but the bbc‘s will grant in havana says there's been significant damage along the north coast. large swathes of the city is without power, that's essentially why i'm on the phone. we can't get internet up and running. it's a come flex picture across northern cuba. irma made land fall in havana and ran through the coastline for really the best part ofa coastline for really the best part of a day and a half. then it headed out to sea and brought similar devastation as what we saw in the caribbean. i'm in the crumbling clonian heart of the city and bits of masonry are falling as we speak. the winds still haven't completely finished. trees have been felled and so on. finished. trees have been felled and so on. obviously bringing down power lines ina so on. obviously bringing down power lines in a country that already had creeking infrastructure, the tourism infrastructure is being damaged heavily, we understand, in the further eastern region of the island. so we await to see what the full picture is. a lot of resorts will have a lot of work to do to get up will have a lot of work

damage that was taken there. the flooding then went into havana. some video from havana. this storm surge came in about five blocks. it came into the u.s. embassy. it surrounded that entire area. and it's waist deep water at the very least for five blocks into the city of havana. here's what i don't like. we haven't heard specifics out of cuba. we haven't heard a death toll or anything from the florida keys. marco island. we haven't heard cape coral. we're not seeing those images. so we have this lag time here, and while it's 2017 and the technology is instantaneous and we want it right away, the storm was incredibly powerful. and, bill, it probably weakened. we should be looking at cuba and be a little thankful, right? >> in a weird sort of way. the forecast for this to be a cat 5 when it hit florida was assuming it didn't go into cuba. and instead it went into cuba for 12 to 24 hours. so the damage, you know, as extreme as it's going to be in florida, could have been a lot worse. and at the expense of what you're seeing. >> this video is incredible. this is the first time we've been abl

the very vulnerable area of key west to leave. our correspondent will grant joins us from havana. how long before it hits? we think by the weekend it should begin to make land fall along cuba's north coast and there are a lot of low lying kind of coastal communities there too. obviously we've heard in richard's report there that the smaller islands in the caribbean have been hit hard again in those lie lowing coastal plains and so on and that they are very, very concerned about the storm sturj. i think it is a similar story here. that's the thing that most people are most worried about and i heard now that the us state department is revising its travel advisory to cuba and telling its citizens to re—think planned travel to the island. some suggestions this storm surge could be anything up to ii—feet which would be obviously devastating anywhere let alone somewhere like cuba? right, ablutly. you can see perhaps behind me that is an inlet to the coast here in havana. havana isa to the coast here in havana. havana is a city that already has a lot of crumbling and damaged buildings be

people dead. many homes in the capital havana have been inundated. and on the anniversary of 9/11, president trump attends ceremonial events to pay tribute to the nearly 3,000 who died. a crucial vote in parliament tonight on britain's exit from the eu. this is the scene live in the commons where mps are debating the bill that will transfer eu law into uk law ahead of brexit. also in the next hour, more than three hundred thousand muslim rohingyas have now fled myanmar as the un says the systematic attacks on them amount to ethnic cleansing. the parents of a six—year—old child threaten to sue their sons‘ school after boys were allowed to come to class wearing dresses. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the us state of florida has been battered by hurricane irma causing widespread damage. president trump has described it as a storm of "catastrophic severity" and added he was marshalling the full resources of the federal government to deal with its aftermath. at least four people have been killed, and more than half of all homes and businesses in the state are without pow

inundated. rescue workers has been evacuating residents. we have this report. havana for all famous seaside boardwalk now completely underwater. only a few dozen braved the high tide and violent waves. the sea has turned avenues into rivers. >> in 49 years living here, this is the first time it has reached this level. workers: emergency struggled to answer calls across the hearing, -- across the city, continuing on foot where trucks could not go. these water levels, [indiscernible] hurricane irma swept through saturday night. to ad been downgraded serious hit. in the u.s. embassy, opened just teed of years ago, it was damaged. >> it scared me. , you heard the trees falling, because i never heard anything like that. even thatin havana, will not keep holiday goers away from the beach. hurricane irma has caused devastation on a number of caribbean islands. humanitarian aid has arrived in british virgin islands of st. maarten. reporter: really finally for residents of st. maarten. the naval vessels finally docked on the hurricane stricken island. guadahat a loop -- in plane carrying electricity

havana seemed like it wouldn't go well. that that rare face-to-face in our top diplomat there wasn't because anybody and castro not to voice a complaint, he did it to express his concern and according to the u.s. officials familiar with what happened at this meeting, president castro seemed baffled by the attacks as baffled as the united states has been. he denied responsibility for whatever has been happening to u.s. diplomats in havana. u.s. officials were taken aback by the way he addressed the matter. cuba reportedly offered to let fbi agents come to havana to investigate this thing. cuba is not usually psychoed about inviting fbi agents anywhere. the fbi did send additional fbi personnel to cuba to investigate the sonic attacks but unclear if they are there now. cuban sources tell nbc news the cuban government allegedly sent a diplomat note they would help investigate the incident part of a by lateral investigation with the united states into this matter. cuban sources tell nbc news they sent this note to the u.s. state department, never got a response back. i understand they ar