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World Business Report: First broadcast 2017/09/11 00:06 GMT: Hurricane Irma Hits Mainland US

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Hurricane Irma Hits Mainland US

First broadcast 2017/09/11 00:06 GMT

First broadcast 2017/09/11 00:06 GMT: Hurricane Irma Hits Mainland US

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The centre of Hurricane Irma has hit mainland Florida, amid warnings of storm surges.

The centre of Hurricane Irma has hit mainland Florida, amid warnings of storm surges as high as 4.5 meters.
The BBC's Tomasz Schafernaker has the latest from Tampa, and Robert Hartwig,professor of risk management insurance at the University of South Carolina, assesses the potential financial impact. 

As China plans to ban the sale and production of petrol and diesel cars, Professor David Bailey from Aston University in the UK looks at the potential impact the move could have on the global motor industry. 

And, could there really be driverless cars on the roads of London within two years? Stan Boland from FiveAI project behind the scheme thinks so and tells us why. 

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