voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. if you're talking to yourself, you have too much time on your hands. you are going 30 miles an hour, you are talking to yourself, you are screwed! lindsey vonn, thank you for joining us and miami. not the most obvious place to find a ski racer. why are we in miami? from all my years of ski racing, finally rolling out. finding warmth. take us back to 2002 which was your first 0lympics, salt lake city. you will already have a redecorated

skier by that stage. what that meant a skinny 0lympics for the first time? you might when i was 17 going to salt lake city was 17 going to salt lake city was right after 9/11, going to this emotional and unifying moment for america and myself. i dream about the 0lympian since i'm an 0lympian at nine old and talking to the stadium at the opening ceremony was so incredible. i remember my little pink hand—held video recorder, my camcorder, and i was so overwhelmed with emotion. it was such an incredible experience and really set the tone for the olympics that followed. it was 0lympics that followed. it was probably one of the most emotional experiences of my life outside of winning the games in vancouver. when he won gold in vancouver when it already won so many medals and you had 70 trophies in your name, was so different winning gold and 0lympics? it name, was so different winning gold and olympics?— gold and olympics? it was really different, _ gold and olympics? it was really different, what - gold and olympics? it was - really different, what olympics really different, what 0lympics there's something very special.

people told me once you're an olympic champion, you always are. it's a really good feeling, the stamp of validation and something that until vancouver i missed. i'd won everything and one world championships and world cup globes and all the titles but not 0lympics, so to be able to do that in north america with the amount of pressure that i had, the injury that i had a leading up to the games, it solidified everything in my career and really set the tone for my awareness in the united states because no—one really follows a ski racing and to have won the olympics in north america was big. did have won the olympics in north america was big.— america was big. did it change our life america was big. did it change your life in _ america was big. did it change your life in terms _ america was big. did it change your life in terms of _ america was big. did it change your life in terms of your - your life in terms of your celebrity, your access to things, the way people saw you? yes, it was pretty crazy. i remember coming home from vancouver and being in the lax

airport and suddenly there was this enormous applause. i was like, magic walks down, he was here? what's going on? they look around and everyone is staring at me. and applauding me in the terminal. i was like, this is insane and crazy. i was on jay leno's first show back from hiatus, i had paparazzi stalking me and it was an explosion that i did not expect because i had 145 or something like that world cups before the olympics but no—one cared about 0lympics but no—one cared about what happened before, they only care that i won vancouver. it was crazy. when you are going down, when you are racing, take me to that moment and it is a minute to 30 or two minutes depending on the race, what is your idealframe of mind during that minute 30? my your ideal frame of mind during that minute 30?— your ideal frame of mind during that minute 30? my ideal frame of mind is _ that minute 30? my ideal frame of mind is the _ that minute 30? my ideal frame

of mind is the same _ that minute 30? my ideal frame of mind is the same state - that minute 30? my ideal frame of mind is the same state i - that minute 30? my ideal frame of mind is the same state i was| of mind is the same state i was and when i won the olympics and i think that was probably the best state of mind i'd been in my career and it is very hard to repeat. i think routine is something that's really important for athletes because you want to try to get in the same state of mind to allow you to be at least from my perspective i always wanted to be aggressive, yet calm. ready and hyper aware but also, it is such a contradiction, you want to be all these things at the same time. to be all these things at the same time-— to be all these things at the same time. , ., ., ., same time. then you are through the starting _ same time. then you are through the starting gate _ same time. then you are through the starting gate and _ same time. then you are through the starting gate and going - the starting gate and going down, are you talking to yourself, ? down, are you talking to yourself,? if down, are you talking to yourself,?— down, are you talking to ourself,? , ., ., ., ~ yourself,? if you are talking to yourself. _ yourself,? if you are talking to yourself, you _ yourself,? if you are talking to yourself, you have - yourself,? if you are talking to yourself, you have way i yourself,? if you are talking l to yourself, you have way too much time on your hands! going 80 miles an hour, if you're talking to yourself, you are screwed!— talking to yourself, you are screwed! ~ ., �* , ., ., screwed! what's going through our screwed! what's going through your mind? — screwed! what's going through your mind? i — screwed! what's going through your mind? i am _ screwed! what's going through your mind? i am literally, - screwed! what's going through your mind? i am literally, it. your mind? i am literally, it is like hyper _ your mind? i am literally, it is like hyper speed, - your mind? i am literally, it is like hyper speed, i- your mind? i am literally, it is like hyper speed, i am i is like hyper speed, i am looking to get ahead, i have visualised and memorised the course a hundred times before i raise it so i know exactly what

i want to go. but i avoid looking ahead, searching for speed, it's like i'm in this timewarp and just focused on the next, how do i get to the next gate faster? it's forward drive and i'm always thinking over here. i'm thinking to myself what i'm doing at the moment, i am already late. flan moment, i am already late. can ou moment, i am already late. can you describe — moment, i am already late. can you describe what it feels like to go that fast? to somebody who is not sdr, what is the closest anyone else comes to that? i closest anyone else comes to that? ., ,_ _, ., that? i would say when you are nondriving _ that? i would say when you are nondriving but _ that? i would say when you are nondriving but on _ that? i would say when you are nondriving but on the - that? i would say when you are nondriving but on the highway, j nondriving but on the highway, as the passenger, and going 70 miles an hour, stick your head out the window. that's what it feels like except you are in control, you are the one that, you don't have anything protecting you, you are the one that's bobbing down the hill and again that's part of the fun of it. i have this conversation with a lot of formula one drivers, they always say your spot is so much

more dangerous because you are going though speed without protection. we have a crabby back projector that pretty much does nothing and otherwise it is just our helmet and a skintight speed set. three millimetres. literally, so if you crash it really hurts. what are the adrenaline _ you crash it really hurts. what are the adrenaline do - you crash it really hurts. what are the adrenaline do for- you crash it really hurts. what| are the adrenaline do for you? adrenaline is kind of like oxygen for me. i needed and it is actually the hardest thing for me now in this next chapter of life without ski racing is that i don't have it and i have to figure out a way to find that excitement and adventure without racing downhill. adrenaline is something that i feed off of, my love, i need it, it is what gets me going. it is like, i don't know, i need a challenge, i need something to push me, and life without ski racing is pretty boring, to be honest! to

without ski racing is pretty boring, to be honest! to us it looks from — boring, to be honest! to us it looks from the _ boring, to be honest! to us it looks from the outside - boring, to be honest! to us it| looks from the outside almost easy for you. you were glamorous and winning everything, so do you think people didn't realise how hard it was for you, how hard you worked physically, emotionally, mentally? i worked physically, emotionally, mentall ? ., �* ~' worked physically, emotionally, mentall ? ~ ., , mentally? i don't think many --eole mentally? i don't think many people in _ mentally? i don't think many people in the _ mentally? i don't think many people in the world - mentally? i don't think many people in the world really - people in the world really understand what it takes to be at the top of a sport for a long period of time. roger federer, he was always my inspiration and idle and good friend, but he makes the same thing, takes everything look so easy, he does not even sweat when i'm caught, it is so annoying, but it takes hundreds of thousands of hours of training on the court, in the gym, to do what he does and make it look effortless. it is very similar in skiing. i pride myself on how hard i worked. i was that my pride before my injuries, i was looking up

three times a day, before breakfast, after breakfast, afternoon, my world revolved around how can i be a better and faster athlete, what is it going to take to be the competition and when you are number one is actually a much harder position to be in because everyone is chasing you. and you have to set the tone and if you stop working hard for one second, someone is going to pass you by.— going to pass you by. when you started having _ going to pass you by. when you started having injuries, - going to pass you by. when you started having injuries, and - started having injuries, and crashing, was there any part of your body that didn't feel pain when you are racing?- when you are racing? when i had, when you are racing? when i had. you _ when you are racing? when i had, you know, _ when you are racing? when i had, you know, i _ when you are racing? when i had, you know, i was - when you are racing? when i had, you know, i was injured when you are racing? when i. had, you know, i was injured a lot before i had my first surgery. there was a lot of partially torn mcl is, partially torn mcl is, partially torn mcl is, partially torn acl, i had a lot of injuries leading up to that big crash, but it was all manageable. and when i crashed in 2013 and 12 my mcl and acl and had the tim loh plateau fracture, it was a domino

effect where it set me on a totally different path and from then on i have been playing catch up, trying to keep my body in working order and it's been a huge challenge. my ribs were popping up because i had all of these different compensations with my hip because of my knee, i can't straighten money all the way, there are so many things that i was constantly working on and i would say it was a major game of mark hamill, when i got one thing fixed, something else would pop up. and i'd crashed again and something else would happen and it was a really long road and it made success very challenging and i think the front end of my career, before my injuries was amazing, but what i was able to do after was ten times harder than what i did before. aha, ten times harder than what i did before.— ten times harder than what i did before. �* , ., ., did before. a surgeon who look to the x-rays — did before. a surgeon who look to the x-rays of _ did before. a surgeon who look to the x-rays of your— did before. a surgeon who look to the x-rays of your knee - did before. a surgeon who look to the x-rays of your knee said | to the x—rays of your knee said 35 you have the needs of a

60—year—old stop it never occurred to you before that to think my body is telling me i can't do this anymore? did you resist that feeling of your body saying, lindsey, time is up? i body saying, lindsey, time is u . ? ., , body saying, lindsey, time is u? ., , ,, body saying, lindsey, time is u? ., , , , ., , up? i generally resist anything that tells me _ up? i generally resist anything that tells me can't _ up? i generally resist anything that tells me can't do - up? i generally resist anythingj that tells me can't do anything that tells me can't do anything that even if it's my own body, i'm like, you won't tell me what to do.— i'm like, you won't tell me what to do. , ., , what to do. they need does it matter? i— what to do. they need does it matter? i always _ what to do. they need does it matter? i always knew- what to do. they need does it matter? i always knew it - what to do. they need does it matter? i always knew it had | matter? i always knew it had come to that. _ matter? i always knew it had come to that. my _ matter? i always knew it had come to that. my dad - matter? i always knew it had come to that. my dad has - matter? i always knew it had | come to that. my dad has had matter? i always knew it had i come to that. my dad has had a knee replacement, he was a skier was 18 and became a lawyer. i knew i'd had down that path the matter what i did. so i said i'm going to match my body out and do as much as they can with the time i have, hopefully medicine will progress and i'll be bionic before you know it, i already have had a partial knee replacement, so i am well on my world to be more bionic. life isn't fun unless you take a couple of risks, right, so i

don't have any regrets. i maximise what i had and i had some aches and pains but i think everyone does. you won't donachie wrote _ think everyone does. you won't donachie wrote you _ think everyone does. you won't donachie wrote you wanted - think everyone does. you won't donachie wrote you wanted to i think everyone does. you won't i donachie wrote you wanted to be a great skier and since you read the essay at 80—year—olds see you want to be the greatest ski in the world but you are not particularly fast as a child when you are training. i'm always fascinated by this, people who are great athletes, is that nature or nurture, the odd question. you are known as a total which is not massively complementary to a skier, i'm thinking. complementary to a skier, i'm thinkina. , complementary to a skier, i'm thinking.- ma - complementary to a skier, i'm thinking.- did you - complementary to a skier, i'm| thinking.- did you know thinking. exactly. did you know ou'd be thinking. exactly. did you know you'd be great? _ thinking. exactly. did you know you'd be great? what - thinking. exactly. did you know you'd be great? what made - thinking. exactly. did you know| you'd be great? what made you so confident even at the young age when you knew this is what you want to do? i age when you knew this is what you want to do?— you want to do? i don't know, i alwa s you want to do? i don't know, i always love _ you want to do? i don't know, i always love ski _ you want to do? i don't know, i always love ski racing - you want to do? i don't know, i always love ski racing and - always love ski racing and tried other sports, i was bad at all of them. gymnastics, horrible. i'm not built to be a gymnast. i tried horrible. i'm not built to be a gymnast. itried ice—skating, i tried a lot of sports and my passion was always in skiing.

although i wasn't fast in the beginning and my coach called to be a total and i was made fun of, i loved it. ijust had this goal of making it to the olympics and i never lost sight of that, i believe that everything that i was doing and i think that's a referendum year old. but my dad always the story that he kind of went along with my goal of the olympics but when he saw me 0lympics but when he saw me trading in mount hood, it was lightning and raining and the lifts were shut down, everyone else was inside, i was out there by myself hiking up the hill, skiing because down and hiking backup by myself when my dad said maybe she does have what it takes to make it to the olympics, so i don't know, i 0lympics, so i don't know, i always had the drive, i've always had the drive, i've always had the passion, i always had the passion, i always believed in myself when no—one else did. i don't know where that comes from but it is something that's always been inside me. something that's always been inside me— something that's always been inside me. ~ ., ., . inside me. when you are a child and our inside me. when you are a child and your family _ inside me. when you are a child and your family moved - inside me. when you are a child and your family moved around | inside me. when you are a childj and your family moved around a and yourfamily moved around a lot to accommodate your skiing, was that another form of

pressure for you knowing that all your siblings and family were out to colorado, did that ever way i knew, was that something you kind of were conscious of? i something you kind of were conscious of?— conscious of? i don't think i really grasped _ conscious of? i don't think i really grasped the - conscious of? i don't think i j really grasped the sacrifices that my family was making until everyone moved out to colorado and my siblings, my sister was in middle school, the triplets were in elementary school, and they had a really hard time transitioning. i knew the financial burden it was putting on my family, we were not living in remotely the same type of house we were renting in minnesota, it was hard. i realised that everything was being put on my plate. i was the hopes and dreams of my family, there were riding on my shoulders, and i don't think it got to me in my performance. i think it made me more hyper

focused on working hard and making sure that everything that i did was to be successful at ski racing. when there was a party, i had partied in my neighbour's house two doors down, i only went once, it was something ijust didn't do. because i knew that my family was sacrificing everything for me and i can't let that go to waste. i can't put that in jeopardy by having fun. beyond the physical— jeopardy by having fun. beyond the physical pressure, - jeopardy by having fun. beyond the physical pressure, what - jeopardy by having fun. beyond| the physical pressure, what was the physical pressure, what was the mental pressure like being at the top of your game and it keep at the top of your game and you think that athletes are as prepared for that as they are for the physical side? i are forthe physical side? i think the mental pressure that athletes have is so much more challenging than the physical pressure. as athletes we are always in great shape. it would be hard—pressed to find an athlete that in prime physical condition but it is the mental

aspect that changes everything. everyone has pressure. but i feel like pressure is a privilege at it's also my perspective that i think helped me and guide me in my career. but i think comes from my mother. she had a stroke when she had me and she was physically disabled because of it. she never got to ski with me, she couldn't ride a bike, all the things that mothers do with their kids, my mum really struggled with. adds every time i got injured or i felt this feeling of pressure, i would think my mum never complained, she overcame her adversity and never got the ability to come back from it. here i am and i have a great surgeon, great therapist, i can come back from my adversities and i should do it with a smile on my face and i did. the pressure is the same thing, use pressure to your advantage. it could be a huge driving force but it is so easy to let it get to you. especially now with social media, when i won the olympics

in vancouver, facebook was just kind of heading its prime and we were i don't think i was faced with as much criticism as athletes are now. in my career, my personal life became a huge topic of conversation and that really hurt me personally, but the amount of pressure that athletes have is quite incredible.— athletes have is quite incredible. ., ., ~' incredible. how do you think ounuer incredible. how do you think younger athletes, _ incredible. how do you think younger athletes, you - incredible. how do you think| younger athletes, you know, there are teenagers going to there are teenagers going to the olympics, right? there are 16—year—olds. how do you think they could prepare themselves, it's interesting what you say about social media, how can they prepare themselves to deal with all of that, to have their life so under a microscope? i honestly don't know the answer. i know that the olympics is working on different a! programmes like the ioc and it will help eliminate that hate speech online because no

athlete, you could say that you are not going to look at your social media during the olympics, but let's be real, 0lympics, but let's be real, it's never gonna happen. every athlete is gonna look. all it takes is one comment that you read that will just takes is one comment that you read that willjust play in your head over and over again, it's happened to me many times. something came up on social media and it impacted your physical performance? just get annual had. — physical performance? just get annual had, you're _ physical performance? just get annual had, you're not - physical performance? just get annual had, you're not good i annual had, you're not good enough, you are too bold, washed—up, almost things especially towards the end of my career where it was hard, it became harder to to block out the noise. and it's harder to teach a 17—year—old going to be a mix for the first time you have to compartmentalise this, you can't let it affect you, it's really a lot easier said than done. so i think having resources for young athletes is really important, having therapists on hand so that people have someone to talk to, a lot of times for me i had

depression i never told anyone until i was in my mid 20s and had it when i was a teenager. i did not really have those resources and did not feel like they had anyone to talk to and with social media it's so much more important now to have those resources for athletes and kids for that matter. someone they could talk to, and unbiased opinion or someone they can vent you.— unbiased opinion or someone they can vent you. 2019 when he retired, they can vent you. 2019 when he retired. he _ they can vent you. 2019 when he retired, he said _ they can vent you. 2019 when he retired, he said you _ they can vent you. 2019 when he retired, he said you were - retired, he said you were scared that he would find something so what we're going to fill the hole from skiing that you wouldn't find something you loved as much. has the process of leaving professional skiing behind been what you expected it to be? i think it is harder than i expected it to be.- think it is harder than i exected it to be. ., , . expected it to be. you expected be hard. yellow _ expected it to be. you expected be hard. yellow mark _ expected it to be. you expected be hard. yellow mark still - be hard. yellow mark still hard. it's been five years and there is nothing, i realised there is nothing, i realised there is nothing that will fill there is nothing that will fill the whole of ski racing. i am never going to go 85 miles an hour again. never going to go 85 miles an

houragain. but never going to go 85 miles an hour again. but things like for example red bull did a really cool thing with me where i got to ski the hardest man's track in the world and i always wanted to ski against the man when i was competing but never got the chance. i got to go fast again. i got to ski on the hardest because in the world and i was so happy. it made me so, to my core, so happy. and then i got died and i was like, 0k, then i got died and i was like, ok, i then i got died and i was like, 0k, iam back to not then i got died and i was like, ok, i am back to not doing that don't like this anymore. it was almost one of the worst things for me because i got a sprinkled over what i used to have and i don't have that anymore. i'll never have that, and that's really hard, that's just not something that goes away easily. so what are skiing mean for you when it is not on the man's course? what does it mean to you today, what part of your life is it?— your life is it? today's skiing is like it was _ your life is it? today's skiing is like it was when _ your life is it? today's skiing is like it was when i - your life is it? today's skiing

is like it was when i was - your life is it? today's skiing is like it was when i was a i is like it was when i was a kid. i love the man with my family, with my friends, i got to ski with my dad this winter and had so much fun. he still refuses to listen to be unaware of helmet but that's another issue. but i love experiencing skiing with people. i love seeing other people enjoy the mountain the way i enjoy the garden. i always tell my friend it doesn't matter how good you are, a lot of my friends get nervous skiing with me, i'm not competing with you, trust me, i would win! i'm just out here to have fun and i have that same experience when i was a kid and that's what drew me to the sport and it's different but i still love it.— sport and it's different but i still love it. these machines look fairly — still love it. these machines look fairly like _ still love it. these machines look fairly like torture - look fairly like torture machines.— look fairly like torture machines. , ., ., look fairly like torture machines. , . . , ., machines. they are great, you have the rope _ machines. they are great, you have the rope fall, _ machines. they are great, you have the rope fall, the - machines. they are great, you have the rope fall, the butt . have the rope fall, the butt exercises, you know. you start with their weight.— with their weight. does it give ou a

with their weight. does it give you a sense — with their weight. does it give you a sense of _ with their weight. does it give you a sense of satisfaction - you a sense of satisfaction still, do you still, as was being physically strong, ? still, do you still, as was being physically strong,? it’s being physically strong,? it's not so much _ being physically strong,? it�*s not so much being physically strong, i need to accomplish something. in ski racing or any sport, you work hard, you have a result. you are getting faster in your sport, getting better. you are getting stronger. i don't have that type of sense of accomplishment in business. by making investments, i don't know if my investments, i don't know if my investments will pay off in five years or ten years or 15 years, i need something that is giving me a response right away and when i woke at the gym i feel like i'm getting stronger, i accomplish something, i feel about myself, i have let our manager, i have been focused, it's my meditation so it is kind of a lot of things. [30 it's my meditation so it is kind of a lot of things. do you think there _ kind of a lot of things. do you think there will _ kind of a lot of things. do you think there will be _ kind of a lot of things. do you think there will be a - kind of a lot of things. do you think there will be a time - kind of a lot of things. do you | think there will be a time when your body feels like a kind of age—appropriate body? do you think your body will ever be fully recovered from what you've put it through? i 'ust

have to be i you've put it through? i 'ust have to be smart * you've put it through? i 'ust have to be smart and h you've put it through? ijust have to be smart and use i have to be smart and use resources i have to recover and to try to slow down the ageing process as much as possible because my knees are already 50 or 60 years old, i'm kind of spirit. or 60 years old, i'm kind of sirit. �* ,, a' or 60 years old, i'm kind of sirit. �* ,, ., ,, ., or 60 years old, i'm kind of sirit. �* ,, ., spirit. i'm speaking to you recently — spirit. i'm speaking to you recently had _ spirit. i'm speaking to you recently had another - spirit. i'm speaking to you recently had another kneei recently had another knee surgery. recently had another knee surue . �* , ., surgery. but it feels great! i feel like a — surgery. but it feels great! i feel like a new _ surgery. but it feels great! i feel like a new woman! - surgery. but it feels great! i feel like a new woman! you | surgery. but it feels great! i i feel like a new woman! you are bionic at this _ feel like a new woman! you are bionic at this point. _ feel like a new woman! you are bionic at this point. i _ feel like a new woman! you are bionic at this point. i have - feel like a new woman! you are bionic at this point. i have to i bionic at this point. i have to turn titanium _ bionic at this point. i have to turn titanium in _ bionic at this point. i have to turn titanium in my - bionic at this point. i have to turn titanium in my arms i bionic at this point. i have to | turn titanium in my arms and knees, tomball, but ready for it. i have no fear of surgery so i am not nervous about what surgeries are needed. i now need more, i'll need a full meal replacement on both sides, there are so much i could do now to help myself recover as long as i stay strong and fit and keep the active lifestyle, that will keep me up.- that will keep me up. keep workin: that will keep me up. keep working in _ that will keep me up. keep working in the _ that will keep me up. keep working in the gym, - that will keep me up. keep working in the gym, no i that will keep me up. keepl working in the gym, no days off. thank you.

hello there. we had a lot of cloud during tuesday and again the weather quite disappointing, not too much will change the rest of the week. westerly breeze could well strengthen. it will bring some rain at times and keep it cool for this time of year. what has changed from a couple of weeks ago when temperatures were 30 degrees? the position of the jetstream is much further south and we are in the cooler side of the jet, hence lower temperatures and with the jet going over the uk it picks up areas of low pressure and these weather fronts and steers them our way. wet weather on tuesday night will clear away quickly in the morning, leaving cloudy conditions, patchy rain

and drizzle here and there, quite misty and murky for a while in wales and the southwest but after the rain clears we get sunshine in northern ireland, sunshine and showers in scotland and late sunshine after the rain in wales and western parts of england. the temperatures though not really changing very much at all from what we had on tuesday afternoon. as we move into thursday, we will find the weather fronts are out of the way but low pressure to the north of the uk, feeding in those caller winds, stronger winds actually, for thursday. the strongest of them in northern england, northern ireland and scotland where we will see frequent showers particularly in scotland, maybe thunder as well. further south, but a chance of staying dry with welcome sunshine as well this time, the temperatures may be a degree or two higher on thursday. but still rather cool. we will have another area of low pressure moving in for friday, moving quickly from the atlantic and will bring cloud and rain into england and wales. the winds are likely to strengthen in southern england and through the english

channel and winds will be lighter further north in scotland and northern ireland where there will be some sunshine but still a few showers around as well. those temperatures still typically 15—19 degrees to end the week. let's head into the weekend. anything better? well, low pressure is essentially going to be with us, that weather front will take rain away from the southeast of england first thing in the morning and following on from that there may be some sunshine but we're going to these clusters of showers affecting northern england, northern ireland, perhaps into scotland as well, further south somewhat drier and some sunshine so temperatures are going to reach 19 degrees and 16 covers most of scotland. the area is moving away slowly, west or north—westerly breeze on sunday and that's essentially keeping us in this cooler air stream. there will be some sunshine around, where the sun is out this time of year it feels warm but the cloud will increase,

more showers will develop, very few places perhaps staying dry. some of the showers will be heavy and those temperatures 16—20 degrees. let's have a look further ahead. you need to look at the position of the jetstream because for the outlook we will find this jetstream digging down into this position to the south and west of the uk. in the dip of the jetstream or trough as we call it that you see areas of low pressure developing and because the trough is sharper, these areas of low pressure are deeper but tracking more to the north of the uk rather than right their way across the uk. still very unsettled as we head into early next week, most of the rain will be out towards the west with stronger winds, best of the sunshine and somewhat drier weather in the east. looks like it should be a little bit warmer.

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hurricane beryl barrels towards jamaica, bringing potentially life—threatening conditions. the hungarian prime minister visits ukraine as the us announces new security assistance for the war—torn country. president biden speaks at a fundraising event about his debate performance, as the white house works to reduce the fallout. hello, i'm carl nasman. several caribbean nations are trying to reach the worst—affected areas after hurricane beryl made landfall over their territories. the hurricane weakened on tuesday but is still an "extremely dangerous" category 4 storm. at least three people have died, although the authorities have said that number could rise. thousands of people are in temporary shelters and without power after strong winds battered the islands of st vincent and the grenadines, grenada and st lucia. the storm is now

heading towards jamaica with maximum sustained winds of up to 150 miles,