in the last few moments, mr nethanyahu has been speaking to the talk show host, dr phil. in an interview, he said he hoped that president biden and himself could overcome the disagreements between them. mr netanyahu's comments come after president joe biden confirmed the us had paused a delivery of bombs which could be used in an assault on rafah. but the idf claims they had enough weaponry to finish the rafah mission. there have been mixed reactions to mr biden�*s decision from lawmakers in the us. earlier, i spoke to our state department correspondent tom bateman. you have spoken to members of congress all day, what sort of support or criticism is therefore the decision to hold therefore the decision to hold the shipment of the bombs to israel? l, the shipment of the bombs to israel? a, , , israel? one of the first things that struck — israel? one of the first things that struck me _ israel? one of the first things that struck me coming - israel? one of the first things that struck me coming into i israel? one of the first thingsl that struck me coming into the building today was the sense in which this is a very

significant moments, the levels of energy and the response to this, the way people are feeling about this on both sides is extremely strong. that is because this is the first time in a generation we have had this level of public pressure applied by the white house onto the israelis, trying to change their tactics, and specifically using a hold on us weapon shipments to the israelis to do that. it is why for example hearing from republicans who were have come up republicans who were have come up with a better rebuke over the announcement last night of president biden over this and democrats who eagerly have said they believe this is the right policy and in some cases have asked the question do they think it should have happened earlier? i was outside the relations committee earlier and we caught up with some of the senators during the meeting. they do not need to fight with their— they do not need to fight with their fingernails, this is more political— their fingernails, this is more political rhetoric from the

prime _ political rhetoric from the prime minister. they will and should — prime minister. they will and should fight with modern weapons systems that they have developed and in many cases really— developed and in many cases really with us that are provided in many cases buyers but they— provided in many cases buyers but they should do it in a way that— but they should do it in a way that minimises civilian casualties.— that minimises civilian casualties. , , casualties. the president is absolutely _ casualties. the president is absolutely wrong, - casualties. the president is absolutely wrong, he - casualties. the president is absolutely wrong, he has . casualties. the president is i absolutely wrong, he has been casualties. the president is - absolutely wrong, he has been a wishy-washy_ absolutely wrong, he has been a wishy-washy and _ absolutely wrong, he has been a wishy—washy and contradicting . wishy—washy and contradicting himself— wishy—washy and contradicting himself in_ wishy—washy and contradicting himself in terms _ wishy—washy and contradicting himself in terms of— wishy—washy and contradicting himself in terms of his - himself in terms of his commitment - himself in terms of his commitment to- himself in terms of his commitment to israell himself in terms of his i commitment to israel and subsequently _ commitment to israel and subsequently his- commitment to israel and subsequently his saying . commitment to israel and . subsequently his saying that commitment to israel and - subsequently his saying that we will send — subsequently his saying that we will send weapons. _ subsequently his saying that we will send weapons. he - subsequently his saying that we will send weapons. he lobbied. will send weapons. he lobbied for the — will send weapons. he lobbied for the passage _ will send weapons. he lobbied for the passage of— will send weapons. he lobbied for the passage of the - will send weapons. he lobbied for the passage of the bill, - will send weapons. he lobbied for the passage of the bill, it i for the passage of the bill, it passed, _ for the passage of the bill, it passed, now_ for the passage of the bill, it passed, now he _ for the passage of the bill, it passed, now he says - for the passage of the bill, it passed, now he says never. for the passage of the bill, it - passed, now he says never mind. he says _ passed, now he says never mind. he says it — passed, now he says never mind. he says it is— passed, now he says never mind. he says it is to _ passed, now he says never mind. he says it is to influence - passed, now he says never mind. he says it is to influence the - he says it is to influence the behaviour of israel is not to carry— behaviour of israel is not to carry ground offensive into rafah _ carry ground offensive into rafah. ., ., , carry ground offensive into rafah. ., , ., ., rafah. to me he has mismanaged this whole thing, _ rafah. to me he has mismanaged this whole thing, it _ rafah. to me he has mismanaged this whole thing, it is _ rafah. to me he has mismanaged this whole thing, it is wrong, - this whole thing, it is wrong, they— this whole thing, it is wrong, they have _ this whole thing, it is wrong, they have a _ this whole thing, it is wrong, they have a right _ this whole thing, it is wrong, they have a right to - this whole thing, it is wrong, they have a right to defend l they have a right to defend themselves— they have a right to defend themselves and _ they have a right to defend themselves and do - they have a right to defend themselves and do what i they have a right to defend i themselves and do what they need — themselves and do what they need to— themselves and do what they need to do— themselves and do what they need to do to _ themselves and do what they need to do to protect - themselves and do what they need to do to protect their i need to do to protect their sovereignty— need to do to protect their sovereignty and _ need to do to protect their sovereignty and i- need to do to protect their sovereignty and i support i need to do to protect their i sovereignty and i support the people — sovereignty and i support the pe0ple of— sovereignty and i support the people of israel— sovereignty and i support the people of israel in— sovereignty and i support the people of israel in that. - people of israel in that. benjamin _ people of israel in that. benjamin netanyahu i people of israel in that. _ benjamin netanyahu spokesperson told us on this programme was either the withholding of the shipment would not deter them from a mission into rafah or impact their war effort. is

there a hope or expectation there a hope or expectation there it might make some difference to the plans? the first point — difference to the plans? the first point to _ difference to the plans? the first point to say _ difference to the plans? the first point to say is - difference to the plans? tie: first point to say is that the administration is well aware that the israelis have an abundance of munitions because of the scope and scale of the american supply already, that they probably have what they would want to carry out that operation into rafah itself anyway. this appalls, for example, that they have announced last week on a batch of £2000 bombs, these destructive weapons, they already have those and used those in gaza and the review the administration says it is carrying out, there was an awareness this will not make an immediate impact on the battlefield, it will not tie their hands in a sense. in that way this is much more about the political effects of this. the statement by benjamin netanyahu, he said they will go it alone and fight with our

fingernails if we have to do. with me is james jeffrey, former ambassador to iraq and turkey. he is also chair of the middle east program at the wilson center. james, the israeli prime minister saying they don't need the us weapons for their war effort. has this move by the biden administration just annoyed one of this country's allies without actually doing anything that will deter mr netanyahu's actions? thank you for having me. no, the israelis are annoyed but this is more serious. we are two close allies are facing not just iran but a regional set of proxies which hamas is only one and we need to see aligned. the size have differences, joe biden is focused understandably on civilian casualties, and netanyahu believes and most experts agree with him that

they have to do something about they have to do something about the remaining hamas of italians, they have to cut off the rafah cross which is what they have done and they have to close the rows out of egypt to have any victory. there is a possibility that despite the rhetoric the sides can find a way for the israelis you do this in a kinder way, which so far they have done and what the administration almost approvingly because limited operations. i don't know if thatis operations. i don't know if that is possible but what i do know is netanyahu will go forward with some operation and if that is a problem forjoe biden he owns this war and he needs to explain to israelis and americans but most of all to the gazans how does this end, he will come in and take care of these people if hamas still has 10,000 troops? the comments — still has 10,000 troops? the comments from _ still has 10,000 troops? the comments from netanyahu in the last hour or so, saying that israel has to defeat hamas, it

has to go into rafah, but he hopes the disagreements between himself and joe biden can be overcome. they have close the border crossing at rafah. sounds like an incursion into is imminent? it sounds like an incursion into is imminent?— is imminent? it is imminent although — is imminent? it is imminent although it _ is imminent? it is imminent although it could _ is imminent? it is imminent although it could also i is imminent? it is imminent although it could also be i although it could also be stopped. netanyahu and the israeli people do not want a major blow up with the us. 0n the other hand, ifjoe biden is going to tell them how it will and, they will and at the way their military advisers think has to happen, which is hamas it needs to be defeated militarily. tt it needs to be defeated militarily.— it needs to be defeated militaril . ., ,, ., militarily. if you talk about joe biden _ militarily. if you talk about joe biden telling _ militarily. if you talk about joe biden telling israel- militarily. if you talk about | joe biden telling israel how these war has to end, netanyahu has been leaving his own war effort for all these months. how much is tojoe biden at this point? fin how much is to joe biden at this point?— how much is to joe biden at this oint? , , , , this point? on the big issue up until now. _ this point? on the big issue up until now, basically _ this point? on the big issue up until now, basically the - this point? on the big issue up until now, basically the us i this point? on the big issue up until now, basically the us and israel have been in agreement that hamas has to be, to quote

joe biden, no longer in control of gaza. ., joe biden, no longer in control of gaza. . ., of gaza. the agreement of the methodology _ of gaza. the agreement of the methodology of _ of gaza. the agreement of the methodology of doing - of gaza. the agreement of the methodology of doing that... l of gaza. the agreement of the | methodology of doing that... it methodology of doing that... it has been a challenge but once again it may be casualties. biden pointed out that our bonsai killing innocent civilians will was on the ground, they killed thousands of innocent civilians, they are not as essential conflicts for us. this is for israel. we have to take a step backwards and see what can be done. it was a middle way he of a more cautious israeli steps by the biden administration will have to go along with that rather than continue to oppose it. if the only solution is israel do the only solution is israel do the raids we did against 0sama bin laden, the israelis you have rather and will not go along. have rather and will not go alonu. ~ have rather and will not go alona.~ ,, have rather and will not go alona.~ , ., have rather and will not go alona.~ ., ., ., along. we spoke a few days ago with ho -e along. we spoke a few days ago with hope that _ along. we spoke a few days ago with hope that a _ along. we spoke a few days ago with hope that a deal _ along. we spoke a few days ago with hope that a deal could i along. we spoke a few days ago with hope that a deal could be l with hope that a deal could be donein with hope that a deal could be done in cairo at those talks.

now the hamas delegation has left, the us delegation has left, the us delegation has left, the us delegation has left, the israeli delegation. we taken left, the israeli delegation. we ta ken steps left, the israeli delegation. we taken steps backwards? there is still confusion, _ we taken steps backwards? there is still confusion, as _ we taken steps backwards? there is still confusion, as much - we taken steps backwards? there is still confusion, as much as i is still confusion, as much as we have tried to suss out what has been going on. the us was strongly supportive of the israeli position, hamas came back with a different issue, a different set of points. including a permanent ceasefire and israeli withdrawal and changes in the number of hostages it would release, dead people rather than live people and less israeli control over the 900 palestinians they would release. the administration then said these are minor changes and we could come to some sort of meeting of the mines. the israelis were shocked, they said this is a major difference. we're not sure what happens but clear point is that hamas achieves the basic offer that was on the table from the us, egypt and a

qatar and israel will not go along with it.— along with it. the world watches _ along with it. the world watches at _ along with it. the world watches at this - along with it. the world watches at this point. l along with it. the world i watches at this point. we will have to leave it there for the moment. thank you forjoining us. problems continue to mount for us aerospace company boeing after another string of international safety incidents. on thursday morning, a boeing 737—300 passenger aircraft crashed during take—off in senegal. 11 people were injured when the plane ran off a runway and caught fire. separately, two investigations involving boeing planes are under way in turkey. when also on thursday, nearly 200 passengers were evacuated from a boeing 737—800 after one of its tires burst on landing. it comes just a day after a fedex airlines boeing 767 cargo plane landed at istanbul airport without its front landing gear. this as a boeing whistle—blower — former quality inspector santiago perades — tells the bbc he found up to 200 defects on plane parts being readied for shipping to boeing.

for the latest on the investigations into boeing, my colleague sumi somaskanda spoke to the us transportation secretary, pete buttigieg. thank you forjoining us in our studio today. let's start with own bbc reporter, we spoke to a whistle—blower who worked for spirit in kansas, a subsidiary of boeing. he said he often found up to 200 defects on a parts being ready for shipping to boeing, and spirit says it strongly denies these allegations, important for us to say that. he told us was finding a lot of missing fasteners, bent parts, sometimes even missing parts. are you confident that boeing is meeting its commitment to safety that your department sets? �* �* , safety that your department sets? �* ~ , , ., sets? the fm is investigating ri . ht sets? the fm is investigating riaht now sets? the fm is investigating right now because _ sets? the fm is investigating right now because when i sets? the fm is investigating right now because when you l sets? the fm is investigating i right now because when you hear about concerns like that they have to be taken seriously. the context for this is we have already been in the process of

putting boeing under a microscope ever since the january incident with alaska airlines. they need to demonstrate they are meeting the quality standards and esafety standard that faa has therefore forward and that is part of why we take these ordinary set of restricting the ability to increase production until they demonstrate they can do that safely. the safety record is an extraordinary thing and you cannot ever taken for granted. maintaining that requires a level of scrutiny and that is what is going on with boeing right now. if and that is what is going on with boeing right now. if they do not merely _ with boeing right now. if they do not merely safety - with boeing right now. if they i do not merely safety standards, what happens? the aeroplanes in the skies in the meantime. the lane is the skies in the meantime. the plane is rrot _ the skies in the meantime. the plane is not safe _ the skies in the meantime. the plane is not safe it _ the skies in the meantime. tt9: plane is not safe it cannot fly. that is why the ground are the 737 point until it was established that each one had been inspected following the incident. they will always be true. the faa holds these aircraft to a standard of a billion to one in better of something going catastrophically wrong, that is why we have extraordinary safety record we do. right now it is clear that extraordinary measures are called for in

order to safeguard and defend the record. we order to safeguard and defend the record-— order to safeguard and defend the record. we saw today there was a boeing — the record. we saw today there was a boeing 737 _ the record. we saw today there was a boeing 737 that - the record. we saw today there was a boeing 737 that crashed i was a boeing 737 that crashed during takeoff and injured 11 people. 0fficials during takeoff and injured 11 people. officials say 190 passengers and crew were safely evacuated from a boeing 737, it had a tiger bursary landing. it is a safe mode of transportation, the record has been strong but you understand why people feel wary at best when they look at getting on a boeing? when they look at getting on a boein: ? :, , boeing? not 'ust safe, the safest by _ boeing? not 'ust safe, the safest by far i boeing? notjust safe, the safest by far that - boeing? notjust safe, the safest by far that we i boeing? notjust safe, the | safest by far that we know. boeing? notjust safe, the i safest by far that we know. the most natural human thing in the world is when you step into a metal tube that will fly hundreds of miles an hour through the sky, you will have concerns that absolutely everything has been checked to make sure that is the same experience. that is not something we can never treat as a destination, it has to be continually renewed and refreshed, and any time a problem emerges or a threat of

a problem, whether in the design, the process, their maintenance or the operation of a flight, we will look at that very closely. a flight, we will look at that very closely-— a flight, we will look at that very closely. you trust boeing to rectify _ very closely. you trust boeing to rectify this? _ very closely. you trust boeing to rectify this? we _ very closely. you trust boeing to rectify this? we don't i very closely. you trust boeing to rectify this? we don'tjust i to rectify this? we don't 'ust trust, there i to rectify this? we don't 'ust trust, there is i to rectify this? we don't 'ust trust, there is auditing, i to rectify this? we don'tjust trust, there is auditing, a i trust, there is auditing, a 90—day clock and we are roughly 60 days in, the administrator has put boeing on this thing they to demonstrate a plan to tackle all these quality issues. they have a responsibility to meet our standards but we do not take on faith. we hope and expect they will and we hold them accountable to do so. in a statement to the bbc, a spirit aerosystems spokesperson said: boeing itself declined to comment, although sources within the company say it is working hard to help spirit address quality issues. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at another story making news. a man who was badly injured during the attack inside his family's hainault home in east london last week has described

the moment he woke up to find a man with a sword in their bedroom. henry de los rios polania spoke to the bbcjust hours after leaving hospital, after leaving hospital, where he'd had surgery on his right hand. where he'd had surgery on his right hand. i feel so helpless. seeing i feel so helpless. seeing ifeel so helpless. seeing my ifeel so helpless. seeing my hand cut and looking around, hand cut and looking around, how to protect myself. all they see is pillows and teddy bears. there was nothing that i could use. to stop him from attacking news around the world. us. 14—year—old daniel anjorin was killed in the attack on his way to school outside. several others were also hurt. 36—year—old marcus arduini monzo is accused of the schoolboy�*s murder, and faces other charges including two counts of attempted murder, two counts of causing grievous bodily harm, aggravated burglary and possession of a bladed article. you're live with bbc news.

let's turn to some important ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky fired the head of the department responsible for his personal protection. it comes after two of its officers were detained this week over an alleged russian plot to assassinate mr zelensky. the announcement did not state a reason for sergiy leonidovich rud's dismissal or name a replacement. the death toll from heavy rains across southern brazil has risen to 107 people. rescue efforts are continuing as 136 others are still missing. more than 160,000 people have been displaced by flooding, with some regions completely destroyed by water. officials are urging those recused not to return home as more intense rainfall is expected to hit the region in the coming days. a general strike against austerity measures in argentina brought most of the country to a halt. schools, banks and most shops in the capitol of buenos aires shut down thursday. and train and metro

services were suspended. the strikes were lead by major trade unions against presidentjavier milei's economic policies. this is the second nationwide union strike since milei came to power in december. the former adult film star, stormy daniels, clashed with donald trump's lawyers as they cross—examine her in his ongoing hush money trial in new york. prosecutors have charged the former president with falsifying business records over a payment to ms daniels in 2016 before the november election. ms daniels' testimony prompted mr trump's lawyers to lodge a second mistrial request whichjustice merchan denied. donald trump maintains his innocence and denies the alleged affair, calling the case a "witch hunt." with me now is ankush khardori, an attorney and former federal prosecutor who specialized in financial fraud and white—collar crime. ankush is also a senior writer for politico magazine. we are also joined by our north america correspondent nada tawfik.

it was another busy day in court, stormy daniels in the box for a second day but her evidence was different to what we heard on tuesday. can you fill us in?— fill us in? that is right, this was the _ fill us in? that is right, this was the most _ fill us in? that is right, this was the most intense i was the most intense cross—examination we have had yet in this trial. while tuesday was filled with very vivid details of the alleged sexual encounter the donald trump tonight, today was really an effort by his lawyers to essentially discredit stormy daniels. what we saw was them are going through and meticulously asking her about several interviews she had done, going through her social media history. stormy daniels, the first time she was on the stand, she spoke at length, spoke quickly, she was very

composed this time. in fact, responded to attempts to discredit her with humour, indignation. at one point when they asked her about her career, essentially making up fake sexual stories in porn films, she hits back, saying that desex in those films was a very real as was her encounter with donald trump. if she had made it up she would have written a better story. when she claimed he had tried to profit off of his indictment, showing for example a candle called the saint stormy candle, she said look, defiantly, if i have tried to profit off of it, so has donald trump. stormy daniels certainly not being intimidated on the stand, she had a casual body language, but the real question was whether jurors think her answers ring

true. :, , true. on that, it is extraordinary i true. on that, it is| extraordinary when true. on that, it is- extraordinary when we think this is the former president and possible future president of this country, and we hear so many salacious details, but what will the most impactful from the evidence be? it what will the most impactful from the evidence be? it seems like she had _ from the evidence be? it seems like she had an _ from the evidence be? it seems like she had an aggressive i like she had an aggressive cross—examination but sometimes it is possible for some of us observers to lose the forest from the trees because the key fact that the jury needs to take away from this testimony is that she had a sexual relationship with donald trump. the cross—examination seems to have focused on some inconsistencies in her story over time and he suggested she was motivated by money. i don't think anyone doubts this encounter occurred. 0f think anyone doubts this encounter occurred. of good faith and honesty. thejury will take that away and the prosecutors will see if they need to, maybe she was not the perfect witness but we did not pico, donald trump picked her. they were his own actions. his

team have _ they were his own actions. his team have tried to see a lot of her evidence is irrelevant, are they asked for a second mistrial application today? their central argument is this is a case about books and records, not about alleged sexual encounter, in they complained once again it to the judge that some of the evidence that came out in her original testimony was prejudicial to donald trump, they took issue with some of the characterisations of her smacking him with a rolled up magazine, they also said that she had changed her story to make it seem as though the encounter was not quite consensual and there was a power dynamics at play. the judge ultimately decided that her story had not changed over time and that she had just given interviews and extra details were given over time or

those interviews had selectively quoted her. 0nce selectively quoted her. once again, thejudge decided a mistrial was not warranted. it was interesting that he was one of the onus on the defence, saying he would have expected them to object a few more times to some of her testimony but he also added he wished the prosecution had not asked certain questions. it was interesting to see how the judge is trying to balance these when he said he went back, mia shaw that neither side had disregarded the guard rails he put in place, he said he could not find any instance where they have.— where they have. does the difference _ where they have. does the difference have _ where they have. does the difference have a - where they have. does the difference have a point i where they have. does the l difference have a point they about relevance? you make the point that this establishes a release tries to establish that someone accounted it happen, how does that feed into the broader issue of the alleged financial crime?— broader issue of the alleged financial crime? definitely in theory would _ financial crime? definitely in theory would have _ financial crime? definitely in theory would have been i financial crime? definitely in | theory would have been away financial crime? definitely in i theory would have been away for theory would have been away for the prosecutors to put this case on without even having to take a position whether the affair occurred because the court conduct concerns the alleged falsification of

business records surrounding the payment to stormy daniels. donald trump and his lawyers made that impossible because he has been denying they had sex for years and his lawyer in his opening statement repeated that denial. this is the beginning of a series of events that is part of the prosecution. practically speaking, the prosecutors had no choice, they had to call her to prove this happens, to prove the donald trump is a lie, to prove that his legal counsel attempted to mislead the jury during his opening statement and they should not trust him. these are standard prosecuted tools. it is ironic that his lawyers are complaining. not surprised because trump is like this when he brought this upon himself. are they laying the ground for a potential appeal should he be found guilty? trio a potential appeal should he be found guilty?— found guilty? no doubt about that if he is — found guilty? no doubt about that if he is found _ found guilty? no doubt about that if he is found guilty i found guilty? no doubt about that if he is found guilty they| that if he is found guilty they will appeal. that if he is found guilty they willappeal. i that if he is found guilty they will appeal. i am sure this will appeal. i am sure this will be one of the grounds. i don't expect it to have much in the way in the appeals court

because trump effectively invited this testimony. if he had admitted or stipulated that this had occurred and try to move his relative focus on the falsification of the records, she may not have had to testify at all or a must have been narrower. they did not in the way that someone establishes this credibility that only two people were involved in is to provide a lot of details on the other present in isa.- other present in isa. beyond stormy daniels, _ other present in isa. beyond stormy daniels, can - other present in isa. beyond stormy daniels, can you i other present in isa. beyond i stormy daniels, can you recover for us what other evidence was given today? t for us what other evidence was given today?— given today? i should add the 'udue given today? i should add the judge didn't _ given today? i should add the judge didn't mention - given today? i should add the judge didn't mention the i given today? i should add the judge didn't mention the fact| judge didn't mention the fact that prosecutors did mention in the opening statement the denial of the encounter. as you mentioned, there was a key reason why he thought prosecutors were able to their testimony. after that, we did hearfrom testimony. after that, we did hear from a publisher with harpercollins as she was called onto the stand essentially to introduce some excerpts of one

of donald trump's books and the busily highlighted try to portray how much he valued loyalty. the exits included parts were he said there was nothing he values more than someone's loyalty and that everyone in his organisation was aware of that anew would be rewarded for their loyalty. giving a business guidance, donald trump in the book for those who are not loyal, you should not hesitate to go after them. that was to establish in his own words how he feels that then we also have a white house aide who worked with donald trump who spoke far more glowingly about him. we always out of time- _ glowingly about him. we always out of time. briefly, _ glowingly about him. we always out of time. briefly, do - glowingly about him. we always out of time. briefly, do you i out of time. briefly, do you think donald trump will or should take the stand himself? he should not take the stand himself. will he? i don't know, he has previously, they went poorly for him so i am sure his lawyers advised him not to do it again. lawyers advised him not to do it aaain. ~ ., :,

lawyers advised him not to do itaaain. ~ ., :, , it again. we will wait to see that. incubator _ it again. we will wait to see that. incubatorjoining i it again. we will wait to see that. incubatorjoining us. | that. incubator joining us. that that. incubatorjoining us. that is it for the moment. thank you for watching. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. our settled week of weather is set to continue. in fact, thursday, it was warmest day of the year so far. we reached a high of 24.6 celsius in st james�*s park, london. when you round that up to 25, that is 77 fahrenheit. we could see similar values over the next couple of days with high pressure staying with us, but this weak weather front will continue to bring some showery outbreaks of rain and a cooler feel across the northern isles. it'll be a relatively mild start to our friday morning. double digits, some early morning mist and fog quickly melting away, a lot of sunshine coming through. we'll get a little bit of fair weather cloud developing into the afternoon, but on the whole, a promising day. more sunshine as well for scotland in comparison to thursday. top temperatures here of 20 to 22 degrees. we could see 2a further south. into the start of the weekend, we continue with this

warm, sunny theme. however, the risk of some sharp showers will start to increase. now, as we go through the early hours of saturday morning, we could see some fog coming in off the north sea, anywhere from the vale of york down into lincolnshire, over into the southeast. again, double figures to greet us first thing on saturday morning. so, could be a pretty murky start across eastern england, but we'll expect that sunshine to get to work — it's quite strong at this time of year. a lot of sunshine coming through. risk of a few scattered showers anywhere north of manchester, up to the scottish borders, but top temperatures generally at around 23 or 2a celsius once again. now, as we move into sunday, we've got this weather front which will enhance the risk of some sharp, thundery downpours and some showers moving up from the near continent. now, if we get some sunshine across east anglia and south east england, we could see temperatures as high as 26 degrees.

a lot of uncertainty about the detail for sunday, but at the moment, there's a greater chance of seeing some sharp thundery, downpours developing. and so out to the west, not quite as warm. then into monday, an atlantic influence is set to return, low pressure will start to push in from the west as the high drifts away, and that means that it will turn wetter and windier. and that is going to stay with us throughout the week, so it looks likely to see showers or longer spells of rain returning.

chinese president xijinping wraps up his visit to europe. we'll look at what he has achieved. plus, why this advertisement by apple promoting its latest ipad is drawing criticism from celebrities and users around the world. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. chinese president xijinping is currently in hungary, where he will wrap up his european tour after stops in france and serbia. mr xi has been on a mission to boost trade and diplomatic relations. on thursday, he met hungarian prime minister viktor orban and said the two countries had upgraded their ties

to an "all weather" partnership.