Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,30 Aug 2021,49 mins

Hurricane Ida batters Louisiana

Newsday

Available for over a year

The US city of New Orleans has lost power, with only generators working. We'll have an update on how people have been bracing themselves for the storm. Huge tension in Kabul as the US withdrawal deadline approaches with fears of attacks - we'll get the story of one family split between the UK and Herat. And we try to sum up what made the Jamaican producer Lee ''Scratch'' Perry quite so remarkable - The Upsetter has died at the age of 85.

Programme Website
More episodes