Introducing Phylecia Jones, our resident meteorologist who guides us through Hurricane Ida and gives us a general overview on where in the US Paul should live to avoid extreme weather.

Our Paralympics coverage begins with a discussion on the medal table and how Team GB beat the USA at Wheelchair Rugby. Paralympic sport is another level.

The last two weeks has seen quite the crisis over the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, but in the UK there are feelings about the US and Joe Biden and where we sit in the 'special relationship'. It's clear where all the power is now - and it's not with the West.

Is the failure down to strategy or just that we just don't seem to learn that imposing one's way of life on another's culture does not work?