BBC World Service

BBC World Service Radio

World Service Radio

Migrated podcast image for: Weekend Break

Weekend

News

A review of the week with the latest news.

Weekend: Powerful typhoon hits the Philippines

Magazines & Reviews

Powerful typhoon hits the Philippines

01/11/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Powerful typhoon hits the Philippines

Typhoon Goni: Philippines hit by year's most powerful storm

A super typhoon has made landfall in the Philippines with wind speeds of up to two hundred and twenty five kilometres an hour.

Also in the programme: The British prime minister, Boris Johnson, has announced a second lockdown in England for a month to control a fast rise in coronavirus cases; and Biden and Trump in last weekend dash round swing states.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues: Amin Maalouf, Lebanese-born French author, and Karin von Hippel, Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute in London.

(Photo: Residents in Legaspi, Albay province, shop before the typhoon hits. Credit: Getty Images)

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Weekend

Powerful typhoon hits the Philippines

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service

About BBC World Service