top gusts so far, 81 miles an hour across in shetland.hour across the very, very peaks. now the centre of storm pia is actually quite a long way to our east and it will be bringing some very, very strong winds into denmark as we go through the next 12 hours or so. meanwhile, for us, those very strong winds will very gradually begin to fade away through the afternoon. but that said, we're still looking at gusts of wind well into the fifties or even sixties of miles an hour through the rest of the afternoon. so there still could be a few issues in terms of power cuts and a bit of transport disruption through the rest of today. then overnight, it stays quite windy. outbreaks of rain across the north and the west, starting to turn colder in shetland, where we are looking at some snowfall here. could be a few centimetres, leading to some icy conditions. and for a time with those strong winds, blizzard conditions in shetland seem likely as well. 0n into friday's forecast, we've got some rain pushing in from the north and west. still quite a blu

maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland.hing its way in through friday night into saturday, we could see some significant snow in the mountains of scotland, icy conditions around as well. but you can see just how limited that cold air is. place to the blue colors on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weather front, significant snow, as is said in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees as we go into sunday. well, we've got a weather front which willjust str

top gusts so far, 81 miles an hour across in shetland.some very strong gusts of wind elsewhere, 76 in inverbervie, which is in aberdeenshire and over the tops of the pennines. the winds have been gusting quite close to 80 miles an hour across the very, very peaks. now the centre of storm pia is actually quite a long way to our east and it will be bringing some very, very strong winds into denmark as we go through the next 12 hours or so. meanwhile, for us, those very strong winds will very gradually begin to fade away through the afternoon. but that said, we're still looking at gusts of wind well into the fifties or even sixties of miles an hour through the rest of the afternoon. so there still could be a few issues in terms of power cuts and a bit of transport disruption through the rest of today. then overnight, it stays quite windy. outbreaks of rain across the north and the west, starting to turn colder in shetland, where we are looking at some snowfall here. could be a few centimetres, leading to some icy conditions. and for a time w

in scotland the shetland isles were hit _ damage.d isles were hit by _ damage. in scotland the shetland isles were hit by 80 _ damage. in scotland the shetland isles were hit by 80 mph - damage. in scotland the shetland isles were hit by 80 mph windassj isles were hit by 80 mph windass last night and across the whole of scotland more than 7000 homes are still without power. fiona trott, bbc news, stalybridge. i spoke to louise salomon. ijust thought, "oh, it's blowing a bit of a gale out there," like you do. and then the hail started hitting the window and ijust looked out the window and it was just white, the wind was just going that fast and i couldn't see anything. i thought my windows were going to come through. it was that loud. and itjust was like one lightning strike. and it lasted about 30 seconds, a minute, and stopped. and then all the alarms started and all the neighbours came out and there was just so, so much damage. we've got so many trees around us that were just all snapped. so do you think the actual fast wind, the t

maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland.nt pushing its way in through friday night into saturday, we could see some significant snow in the mountains of scotland, icy conditions around as well. but you can see just how limited that cold air is. place to the blue colours on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weatherfront, significant snow, as i said in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so, there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees. as we go into sunday, well, we've got a weather front which willj

mild for large parts of the uk. 9—13, but barely above freezing in shetland.re down towards the south, the weather front starting to reinvigorate and it is a dividing line, between the mild air and the cold air, mould of a —— most of will be in the milder zone. some significant snow to begin with in the mountains in the north—east. on saturday there will be some sunny spells and temperatures up to about 12. warm christmas eve, back to you, i2. warm christmas eve, back to you, sophie. thanks, matt. and that's bbc news at ten. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. are the machines about to take over? that basic fear seems to underpin much of the discussion about artificial intelligence, and parallel developments such as synthetic biology. the latest wave of tech advances offers us extraordinary new possibilities, but do we flawed human beings have the will and the means to contain and control them? well, my guest is mustafa suleyman, ceo of inflec

maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland.nt pushing its way in through friday night into saturday, we could see some significant snow in the mountains of scotland, icy conditions around as well. but you can see just how limited that cold air is placed — the blue colours on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weatherfront, significant snow, as i said, in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so, there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees. as we go into sunday, well, we've got a weather front which willj

staying cold for shetland with further wintry showers working on here and temperatures barely getting further southwards notice we have the temperature is running well into double figures, so real change to the feel of the weather i suspect. on into friday night and into saturday, a weather front starts to bump into some of the cold air that we have across northern scotland, so i don't think it's just going to be shetland that sees snow. we'll probably cease no doubt some low elevations across northern scotland for a time saturday morning, then milder air pushes in so any snow should turn back to rain. further southwards something a bit brighter and drier, there will be some sunny spells coming through the cloud and add temperatures for the most part around 12—13 , still quite cold across the north—east of scotland. what about the big day? through christmas eve it stays quite blustery with further patches of rain across the north and the west. christmas day for most of us, we've got a relatively mild flow of air so it's more likely to be a great christmas than a white one but across n

maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland.d see some significant snow in the mountains of scotland, icy conditions around as well. but you can see just how limited that cold air is. place to the blue colors on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weather front, significant snow, as is said in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees as we go into sunday. well, we've got a weather front which willjust straddle the country bringing more cloud outbreaks of rain. so

and a site in the shetland islands has become the uk's first spaceport for vertical rocket launches.hello, i'm tanya beckett. in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation in gaza, crowds of people have mobbed and looted aid trucks entering the besieged strip through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it's hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel kept up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunday, reportedly killing at least a0 people. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has dismissed growing international calls for a "sustainable ceasefire". but the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a new ceasefire and hostage release — but still disagree over details. our correspondent lucy williamson has more. the target for israel in gaza is hamas, for palestinians it is

temperatures about celsius two in shetland, mild further south.areas on friday. some outbreaks of rain across england and wales with fairly cloudy skies. we will keep the generally milder conditions here, temperatures 10—12. again, feeling a bit chilly across scotland and the far north. christmas weekend and christmas day, for many it will be fairly unsettled, some dry weather around but those temperatures 7—11, about average for this time of year. goodbye. live from london, this is bbc news. colorado's supreme court bars donald trump from the state's primary ballot in the 2024 election. the former president says he'll appeal to the us supreme court. they want to silence me because i will never let them silence you. and in the end that they are not after me there after you. ijust happen to be standing in their way. the head of hamas arrives in egypt for expected talks on a fresh pause in the fighting in gaza, to allow aid to reach civilians. israel says it's willing to agree to another pause — in exchange for more hostages. patients in england are

and a site in the shetland islands becomes the uk's first spaceport for vertical rocket launches.hello i'm, tanya beckett. in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation in gaza, crowds of people have looted aid trucks entering the besieged strip through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it's hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel has kept up its bombardment of gaza, killing dozens more people. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says 90 people were killed injust the jabalia area of gaza city. in a change of tone, the uk and germany havejoined calls for a "sustainable ceasefire". prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel will fight to the end, but the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a ceasefire, but still disagree over details. our correspondent lucy wi

and a site in the shetland islands becomes the uk's first spaceport for vertical rocket launches.from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. you're watching bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in gaza — where, in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation, crowds of people have scrambled for food from aid trucks entering the besieged strip, through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it's hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid agencies have only been able to access the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel says the three hostages it mistakenly killed in gaza on friday used leftover food to write signs pleading for help. in a change of tone, the uk and germany havejoined calls for a "sustainable ceasefire". the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a ceasefire, but still disag

and for a time with those strong winds, blizzard conditions in shetland seem likely as well.ill quite a blustery kind of day. the coldest air still across parts of northern scotland, where temperatures not getting much above freezing. in lerwick, the mildest weather. further southwards for northern ireland, england, wales, where temperatures typically be around 11 or 12 degrees celsius. it continues to be relatively mild across most of the uk on saturday. the cold air really confined to northern scotland. but as the weather front bumps into that cold air, we probably will see a spell of snow friday night and into the first part of saturday across northern scotland, even potentially down to low levels. but, ultimately, the milder air will push its way in, so any snow will tend to turn back to rain as we go through the day on saturday across northern scotland. and we'll finish with these kind of temperatures — 12 or 13 degrees celsius. it will end up being pretty mild for most of us. staying mild, then, as we head into the weekend. for christmas day itself, might see the weathe

maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland.in through friday night into saturday, we could see some significant snow in the mountains of scotland, icy conditions around as well. but you can see just how limited that cold air is placed — the blue colours on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weatherfront, significant snow, as i said, in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so, there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees. as we go into sunday, well, we've got a weather front which willjust straddle the co

maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland.tland, icy conditions around as well. but you can see just how limited that cold air is. place to the blue colors on the chart elsewhere, place to the blue colours on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weatherfront, significant snow, as i said in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so, there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees. as we go into sunday, well, we've got a weather front which willjust straddle the country bringing more cloud outbreaks of rain. so

maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland.ould see some significant snow in the mountains of scotland, icy conditions around as well. but you can see just how limited that cold air is placed — the blue colours on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weatherfront, significant snow, as i said, in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so, there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees. as we go into sunday, well, we've got a weather front which willjust straddle the country bringing more cloud, outbreaks of rai

maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland.ee some significant snow in the mountains of scotland, icy conditions around as well. but you can see just how limited that cold air is placed — the blue colours on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weatherfront, significant snow, as i said, in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so, there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees. as we go into sunday, well, we've got a weather front which willjust straddle the country bringing more cloud, outbreaks of rain. so

maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland.turday, we could see some significant snow in the mountains of scotland, icy conditions around as well. but you can see just how limited that cold air is. place to the blue colours on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weatherfront, significant snow, as i said in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so, there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees. as we go into sunday, well, we've got a weather front which willjust straddle the country bringing more cloud outbr

top gusts so far, 81 miles an hour across in shetland.s of the pennines. the winds have been gusting quite close to 80 miles an hour across the very, very peaks. now the centre of storm pia is actually quite a long way to our east and it will be bringing some very, very strong winds into denmark as we go through the next 12 hours or so. meanwhile, for us, those very strong winds will very gradually begin to fade away through the afternoon. but that said, we're still looking at gusts of wind well into the fifties or even sixties of miles an hour through the rest of the afternoon. so there still could be a few issues in terms of power cuts and a bit of transport disruption through the rest of today. then overnight, it stays quite windy. outbreaks of rain across the north and the west, starting to turn colder in shetland, where we are looking at some snowfall here. could be a few centimetres, leading to some icy conditions. and for a time with those strong winds, blizzard conditions in shetland seem likely as well. 0n into friday's forecast,

maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland.ee some significant snow in the mountains of scotland, icy conditions around as well. but you can see just how limited that cold air is placed — the blue colours on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weatherfront, significant snow, as i said, in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so, there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees. as we go into sunday, well, we've got a weather front which willjust straddle the country bringing more cloud, outbreaks of rain. so

maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland. around as well. but you can see just how limited that cold air is. place to the blue colors on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weather front, significant snow, as is said in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees as we go into sunday. well, we've got a weather front which willjust straddle the country bringing more cloud outbreaks of rain. so christmas eve, there will be some scattered rain, a little bit of brigh

i thought i'd start off with this winter sun rise across the snow—covered shetland isles at the moment's the winter solstice today. for most of the uk today, a lot of cloud around but these north—westerly winds blowing across the mountains of the republic of ireland and wales knocking a few holes into the cloud so a bit of sunshine for wales, the south midlands and southern england, otherwise quite cloudy with rain across north—western areas, cold air across north—western areas, cold air across the far north of the uk and that continues to bring some snow showers into shetland, we seen some in the last hour, temperature struggling to get much of anything above freezing here but otherwise it's a mild day and the mild air flow continues overnight tonight. we've got this weather front that starts to bump into some of the cold air and it starts to bump into some of the cold airand it could starts to bump into some of the cold air and it could start to turn to snow across northern most areas of scotland. meanwhile, western scotland. meanwhile, western scotland you will see outbreaks of rain

starting to turn colder in shetland, where we are looking at snowfall.conditions in shetland seem likely. into friday's forecast, some rain pushing in from the north and west. still quite a blustery kind of day, the coldest air still across parts of northern scotland, where temperatures are not getting much above freezing in lowick and the mildest weather further south for northern ireland, england and wales, where temperatures typically above 12 or 13 celsius. it continues to be marked relatively mild across most of the uk on saturday. the cold air confined to northern scotland. as a weather front bumps into that cold air would probably see a spell of snow friday night and into saturday across northern scotland. even potentially down to low levels. but ultimately, the milder air will push its way and so any snow will tend to turn back to rain as we go through the day on saturday across northern scotland. and we will finish with these kind of temperatures. 12 or 13 celsius, pretty mild for most of us. staying mild into the weekend. for christmas day itse

top gusts so far, 81 miles an hour across in shetland.berdeenshire and over the tops of the pennines. the winds have been gusting quite close to 80 miles an hour across the very, very peaks. now the centre of storm pia is actually quite a long way to our east and it will be bringing some very, very strong winds into denmark as we go through the next 12 hours or so. meanwhile, for us, those very strong winds will very gradually begin to fade away through the afternoon. but that said, we're still looking at gusts of wind well into the fifties or even sixties of miles an hour through the rest of the afternoon. so there still could be a few issues in terms of power cuts and a bit of transport disruption through the rest of today. then overnight, it stays quite windy. outbreaks of rain across the north and the west, starting to turn colder in shetland, where we are looking at some snowfall here. could be a few centimetres, leading to some icy conditions. and for a time with those strong winds, blizzard conditions in shetland seem likely as wel

top gusts so far, 81 miles an hour across in shetland.eenshire and over the tops of the pennines. the winds have been gusting quite close to 80 miles an hour across the very, very peaks. now the centre of storm pia is actually quite a long way to our east and it will be bringing some very, very strong winds into denmark as we go through the next 12 hours or so. meanwhile, for us, those very strong winds will very gradually begin to fade away through the afternoon. but that said, we're still looking at gusts of wind well into the fifties or even sixties of miles an hour through the rest of the afternoon. so there still could be a few issues in terms of power cuts and a bit of transport disruption through the rest of today. then overnight, it stays quite windy. outbreaks of rain across the north and the west, starting to turn colder in shetland, where we are looking at some snowfall here. could be a few centimetres, leading to some icy conditions. and for a time with those strong winds, blizzard conditions in shetland seem likely as well. 0

in shetland, the evidence of gusts reaching 83 mph was obvious.was higher than what was actually forecast. they were about 10 mph higher, which can actually cause more disruption to the network.

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as shetland seeinyis a to lower levels, so afternoon as well as shetland seeinyis a snow lower levels ice warning there is a snow and ice warning in force here. it will be a cold breeze across north easterly areas. staying mild areas. by contrast, staying mild in the far south—west that band of rain then pushes further east throughout the course of the night , and as throughout the course of the night, and as it pushes into the colder air, it brings a risk of some snow to lower levels for north eastern scotland, parts of caithness, for example, and we'll quite persistent we'll see some quite persistent rain central rain across many central and northwest areas of scotland. staying dry though further south and another fairly mild night with a breeze. the breeze still continuing a further risk continuing with a further risk of snow continuing on saturday morning for the far north—east of scotland. further south, though, it should stay dry once again, perhaps some early sunshine in the south and east. but the afternoon that rain but by the afternoon that rain does sink does slowly start t

maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland.ll. but you can see just how limited that cold air is placed — the blue colours on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weatherfront, significant snow, as i said, in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so, there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees. as we go into sunday, well, we've got a weather front which willjust straddle the country bringing more cloud, outbreaks of rain. so christmas eve, there will be some scattered rain, a little bit of brightness, but

maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland.well. but you can see just how limited that cold air is placed — the blue colours on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weatherfront, significant snow, as i said, in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so, there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees. as we go into sunday, well, we've got a weather front which willjust straddle the country bringing more cloud, outbreaks of rain. so christmas eve, there will be some scattered rain, a little bit of brightness, bu

top gusts so far, 81 miles an hour across in shetland.ps of the pennines. the winds have been gusting quite close to 80 miles an hour across the very, very peaks. now the centre of storm pia is actually quite a long way to our east and it will be bringing some very, very strong winds into denmark as we go through the next 12 hours or so. meanwhile, for us, those very strong winds will very gradually begin to fade away through the afternoon. but that said, we're still looking at gusts of wind well into the fifties or even sixties of miles an hour through the rest of the afternoon. so there still could be a few issues in terms of power cuts and a bit of transport disruption through the rest of today. then overnight, it stays quite windy. outbreaks of rain across the north and the west, starting to turn colder in shetland, where we are looking at some snowfall here. could be a few centimetres, leading to some icy conditions. and for a time with those strong winds, blizzard conditions in shetland seem likely as well. on into friday's forecast

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reporter: in shetland, the evidence of gusts reaching 83 miles per hour was obvious.s been here and the northeast that has been worst hit. >> we were aware of the weather. but it was higher than what was forecasted, which can actually cause more disruption to the network. reporter: disruption on the real network -- rail network, too. damage to trains and train lines have left routes closed. many are now back on. >> the vast majority is back open, but we do expect some disruption. check before you travel, because unfortunately there is more bad weather on the way. reporter: not good news as roads that were closed slowly begin to reopen. flooding and landslides mean some smaller routes still remain impassable. garrett is gone but it's effects will be felt in scotland for some time to come. lauren: around the world and across the u.k., this is bbc news. let's take a look at some more stories making the news. a man who died after a car collided with a group of people yesterday has been named as father of two. he was with his wife and two young sons when he went to provide

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later on in the night across shetland and orkney , but for shetland and orkney, but for many temperaturesee a touch of frost across scotland , where of frost across scotland, where we still will see a little bit of sleet and snow into new year's eve itself. german a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers. showers mainly focussed across the west initially before transferring their way eastwards during the course of the day . some heavy, course of the day. some heavy, possibly thundery showers too and note across shetland and orkney that rain continuing to persist . best of the conditions persist. best of the conditions as we see at 2023, it looks likely to be across the far north of scotland . new year's north of scotland. new year's day itself for many southern areas, actually a much better day to come. some sunshine here, good opportunity to get out and about further north. continuation of the sunshine and showers theme and that continues as we go through the first days of year . of the new year. >> goodness me, it's a pretty gusty few days after the storms of recent days and week

top gusts so far, 81 miles an hour across in shetland.nines. the winds have been gusting quite close to 80 miles an hour across the very, very peaks. now the centre of storm pia is actually quite a long way to our east and it will be bringing some very, very strong winds into denmark as we go through the next 12 hours or so. meanwhile, for us, those very strong winds will very gradually begin to fade away through the afternoon. but that said, we're still looking at gusts of wind well into the fifties or even sixties of miles an hour through the rest of the afternoon. so there still could be a few issues in terms of power cuts and a bit of transport disruption through the rest of today. then overnight, it stays quite windy. outbreaks of rain across the north and the west, starting to turn colder in shetland, where we are looking at some snowfall here. could be a few centimetres, leading to some icy conditions. and for a time with those strong winds, blizzard conditions in shetland seem likely as well. on into friday's forecast, we've got s

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and a site in the shetland islands becomes the uk's first spaceport for vertical rocket launches.. in afghanistan, this is the third winter since the taliban takeover, and its expected to be the worst in recent decades because of staggering cuts in humanitarian aid. aid revenue is falling due to difficult global economic conditions and international sanctions on the taliban government, but the taliban's harsh restrictions on women have also played a major role. for those relying on international hand—outs, it means millions are now going hungry. 3 million children in afghanistan are now malnourished, with 90% of afghans not having enough food to eat. one third of the population, around 15 million people, are suffering from acute levels of hunger and food insecurity. the bbc has been documenting the collapse of health and humanitarian structures in afghanistan since the taliban seized power and this is our latest report from kabul by south asia correspondent yogita limaye. nearly all the people in this country live on less than $2 a day. half of those are women, but you wouldn't kn

the strongest reports at shetland, 81mph gusts.ver the tops of the pennines as well, so very blustery conditions bringing that disruption. the core has been working out towards scandinavia in recent years and through the night time and into friday, strong winds across denmark could get gusts of 80 to 90mph bringing further maybe even bringing further maybe even bringing roofs off buildings. for us in the uk, a north—westerly wind for friday and feeding to plenty of cloud and feeding to plenty of cloud and bits and pieces of rain. it won't be wet everywhere. could be drier and bright. central england and southern won't be too bad. and at times, northeast scotland should see some sunshines. for most, relatively mild. but shetland, treaches not much about freezing and snow here thursday night and into friday, bringing icy stretches and blizzard conditions for a time. through friday night and into saturday a battle zone between the mild air in most of the uk and something colder that's affecting parts of northern scotland. so through f

site and the shetland islands becomes uk's first spaceport for vertical rocket launchers.ive from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. we begin in gaza, where in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation, crowds of people have scrambled for food from aid trucks entering the besieged strip, through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it's hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid agencies have only been able to access the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel has kept up its bombardment of gaza, killing dozens more people. in a change of tone you can generally have joined calls for a sustainable ceasefire. prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists benjamin neta nyahu insists israel will fight benjamin netanyahu insists israel will fight to the end but reuters is quoting egyptian circularity sources as saying israel and hamas are open to a ceasefire but disagree over th

in shetland, the evidence of gusts reaching 83 mph was obvious. worst hit. we were aware of the weather, but the wind speeds were higher than what was actually forecasted. they were about 10 mph higher, which can actually cause more disruption to the network. disruption on the rail network, too. damage to trains and train lines had left routes closed. many are now back on. the vast majority of the network is back open for business, but we do expect some disruption into friday morning, and the advice to passengers is to check before you travel because unfortunately there is more bad weather on the way. not good news as roads that were closed slowly begin to reopen. flooding and landslides mean some smaller roads still remain impassable. gerrit is gone, but its effects will be felt in scotland for some time to come. chris mclaughlin, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a man who died after a car collided with a group of people in sheffield yesterday has been named as father—of

unst in the shetland isles, home to around 700 people, and now the uk's first licensed spaceport fort, but getting the green light from regulators is a big moment. disbelief in a way that it's finally come through because we've been waiting for it for so long and then just waiting for it to sink in because it has been such a journey and so yet to finally have it, it is a huge sense of relief. the licence allows up to 30 launches a year, with rockets taking small satellites into space. from a business perspective, that's huge. that's probably twice as many as any other prospective spaceport in europe, and it's certainly over three times as many as some of the spaceports in the us. so it gives us a real fighting chance at building a sustainable business. the caa say rigorous safety and environmental conditions were a key part of their approval. it's an important milestone for the uk space industry that exist, it's a verse in western europe and paves the way from rocket launchers from uk soil and uk soil. suborbital launches will begin next year with full launches planned for 2025. laur

lingering across shetland, where it':the south, but ndy, breezy lingering across shetland, where it':tland, where it':the south, but some good in the south, but some good spells and spells of sunshine here and across east anglia up towards lincolnshire. places dry in lincolnshire. most places dry in the south, a bit of brightness, 12 degrees but further 12 degrees likely, but further north, eight, nine, ten celsius, feeling chilly when the showers come along, of which there will be plenty and more heavy ones to come this evening, particularly for scotland. parts of for southern scotland. parts of northern then down for southern scotland. parts of nothe rn then down for southern scotland. parts of nothe south—west. then down for southern scotland. parts of nothe south—west. anotherdown for southern scotland. parts of nothe south—west. another bout to the south—west. another bout of rain comes swinging in as we head into the weekend. that'll keep temperatures keep the temperatures up overnight with clearer skies across scotland as the across northern scotland as the winds fall light. so

in shetland, the evidence of gusts reaching 83 mph was obvious.en worst hit. we were aware of the weather, but the wind speeds were higher than what was actually forecasted. they were about 10 mph higher, which can actually cause more disruption to the network. disruption on the rail network, too. damage to trains and train lines had left routes closed. many are now back on. the vast majority of the network is back open for business, but we do expect some disruption into friday morning. our advice to passengers is to check before you travel because unfortunately there is more bad weather on the way. not good news as roads that were closed slowly begin to reopen. flooding and landslides mean some smaller routes still remain impassable. gerrit is gone, but its effects will be felt in scotland for some time to come. chris mclaughlin, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news in the uk. a man who died after a car collided with a group of people in sheffield yesterday has been named as

in shetland, schools were closed. ferries were cancelled.e midlands faced power cuts this morning. there's been a knock—on to travel too. ba has grounded two dozen flights, planes here at birmingham airport were finding take—off and landing challenging. 0n the roads, a lorry on the barton bridge on the m60 was blown over. happily again, no—one was injured. the rac has told people to be extra vigilant about trees coming down. the aa has issued its own amber traffic warning for tomorrow and saturday, with more than 16 million carjourneys expected on both days, as people do their driving home for christmas. and on the trains, scotrail, transpennine express and avanti services have all been affected. so the old adage, check before you travel, is back in play. it applies to all of us, though father christmas will always find a way. aside from the strong winds, storm pia has also brought the right atmospheric conditions for this rainbow—like phenomenon. every cloud... europe's highest court has ruled that football authorities were wrong to block c

temperatures about celsius two in shetland, mild further south. friday. some outbreaks of rain across england and wales with fairly cloudy skies. we will keep the generally milder conditions here, temperatures 10—12. again, feeling a bit chilly across scotland and the far north. christmas weekend and christmas day, for many it will be fairly unsettled, some dry weather around but those temperatures 7—ii, about average for this time of year. goodbye. live from london, this is bbc news. patients in england are warned to expect major disruption as junior doctors staged a seven to a two hour strike over pay. colorado's supreme court bans are donald trump from their primary ballot in their 2094 election. the former president says he will appeal to the us supreme court. the head of hamas arise in egypt for an expected talk in the ceasefire in gaza. to allow aid to reach civilians. israel is willing to agree to another pause for an exchange of more hostages. uk inflation fell to 3.9% in november hitting its lowest rate in two years. hello, iam lucy hello

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temperatures about celsius two in shetland, mild further south.eaks of rain across england and wales with fairly cloudy skies. we will keep the generally milder conditions here, temperatures 10—12. again, feeling a bit chilly across scotland and the far north. christmas weekend and christmas day, for many it will be fairly unsettled, some dry weather around but those temperatures 7—11, about average for this time of year. goodbye. patients in england are expecting major disruption as junior doctors stages 72 hour strike over pay. colorado's supreme court bar is donald trump from the primary ballot in the 2024 election. the former president says he will appeal to the supreme court. the head of hamas has arrived in egypt for talks on a fresh ceasefire in gaza as israel says it is willing to agree to another pause in exchange for more hostages. uk inflation fell to 3.9% in the year to november hitting its lowest rate in more than two years. warned more on oui’ warned more on our top story. nhs bosses are warning of disruption, as junior doctors begin

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