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these north sea coast. even be a bit of snow over the north york moors and chieveley ats, but for many on wednesday, looking drier with more sunshine around and those light winds. starting to get colder, noticeably sell in the north, temperatures in glasgow only around two. the weather later in the week not as bad. not as snowy either. it looks more likely this area of low pressure will steer to the south of the uk, which is better news. if it moves further north, though, we run the risk of seeing some snow, but at the moment, with that sort of weather pattern, we are still in cold air, and if anything, later this week, it will get colder still, with some very cold air moving down from scandinavia. thanks, darren. and that's bbc news at one. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it's time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday. tributes continue to pour

i remember as a schoolboy being told we'd run out the north sea in 1985 and out of the north sea in 1985ng time on from that. those based that. so those are based on estimate be upgraded estimate s that will be upgraded as people actually do the work. and to the point on energy security, if we're getting a third from nonnay and we're getting a third from our own resource, is anything that we can increase that third by from our own resources is admittedly marginal but is nonetheless a boost to energy security , makes boost to energy security, makes us less dependent on lng marginally maybe, and i'm not ideologically opposed to extracting what remains of the north sea oil and gas for the very reason that there so little of it. >> it's really an irrelevance. and what it is doing, it does two things right. first of all, it stokes a really unhelpful, tribalistic debate between are you or anti fossil you like pro or anti fossil fuels , which is just not helpful fuels, which is just not helpful because it distracts from the question we should be talking about, which is where is the economic gro

i remember as a schoolboy being told we'd run out the north sea in 1985 and out of the north sea in 1985ng time on from that. those based that. so those are based on estimate be upgraded estimate s that will be upgraded as people actually do the work. and to the point on energy security, if we're getting a third from nonnay and we're getting a third from our own resource, is anything that we can increase that third by from our own resources is admittedly marginal but is nonetheless a boost to energy security , makes boost to energy security, makes us less dependent on lng marginally maybe, and i'm not ideologically opposed to extracting what remains of the north sea oil and gas for the very reason that there so little of it. >> it's really an irrelevance. and what it is doing, it does two things right. first of all, it stokes really unhelpful, it stokes a really unhelpful, tribalistic debate between are you or anti fossil you like pro or anti fossil fuels , which is just not helpful fuels, which is just not helpful because it distracts from the question we should be talking about, which

further north, though, some sunny spells again, wintry showers for north sea facing coast.much past three to five degrees celsius. let's take a look at friday because not a lot is set to change. we've got more of an easterly wind possibly feeding some showers through parts of the thames estuary, over the downs, perhaps the higher ground here. but for the most part, i think it should stay dry. again, there'll be some sunny spells and quite a bit of added wind chill as well. as you can see from the temperature anomaly map, temperatures are well below the seasonal average marked in the blue here. all of that cold airjust sweeping down from scandinavia. and there's no real improvement in the temperatures, either, as we head through the weekend and into the start of next week. still feeling bitterly cold. here's the temperature outlook for our capital cities, possibly a bit of wintryness on saturday night, again, into sunday further south. bye for now. newsday reporting live from singapore. let's get the headlines. joy in india is 41 construction workers are rescued from the tun

that low pushes away into the north sea once again.ad through sunday. this is sunday. the focus of the showers will be different with that north—westerly. mostly they will be across northern ireland, western spots here, also western scotland and perhaps across western wales and the south—west of england. further east it is largely dry, but it could be quite cloudy for much of the day with that low still in the north sea there. temperatures ten to 1a degrees. if you're celebrating bonfire night over the weekend, be aware that the ground will be soggy. sunday will be the best night, clear spells with some showers in the west. bye— bye. live from jerusalem — this is bbc news. the us secretary of state reinterates us support for israel — but says everything must be done to protect "civilians caught in the crossfire." the protection of civilians must take place notjust in gaza but also in the west bank, where incitement and extremist violence against palestinians must be stopped. the leader of the iran—backed lebanese group hezbollah delive

further north, though, some sunny spells again, wintry showers for north sea—facing coast.ee to five degrees celsius. let's take a look at friday because not a lot is set to change. we've got more of an easterly wind possibly feeding some showers through parts of the thames estuary, over the downs, perhaps the higher ground here. but for the most part, i think it should stay dry. again, there'll be some sunny spells and quite a bit of added wind chill as well. as you can see from the temperature anomaly map, temperatures are well below the seasonal average, marked in the blue here. all of that cold air just sweeping down from scandinavia. and there's no real improvement in the temperatures, either, as we head through the weekend and into the start of next week. still feeling bitterly cold. here's the temperature outlook for our capital cities, possibly a bit of wintriness on saturday night, again, into sunday further south. bye for now. live in washington, this is bbc news. the israeli government tells the bbc they've received a list of potential hostages that could be rele

but in many ways i'm actually agreeing with you because north sea oil, let's get the best of it. to us. don't let's kid ourselves because north sea oil, we sell off because it's a different type of oil. we don't use it ourselves. fracking a bit of a load of old nonsense, but it doesn't matter. think doesn't matter. i think the government and large, government is by and large, right. try and stick right. we should try and stick to net zero as much as we possibly can, but don't bankrupt the it. the country doing it. >> and that's where i agree with gerry that you can get to it at a sensible pace as technology evolves . yes, some of the evolves. yes, some of the technological developments are really it really interesting and make it potentially affordable. there's going to be a flight on synthetic fuel , a virgin synthetic fuel, a virgin atlantic flight on synthetic fuelin atlantic flight on synthetic fuel in the next few days. synthetic fuels, if you take into account the tax charged on petrol oil, could actually be competitive. if you could manage to produce them at the right quan

and the north sea is it's beautiful. it's a symbol of green energy. right now the world is going through. it's great is transformation since industrialization. 150 years ago. to beach climate change, fossil fuels will need to be phased out for renewable energy. but is that even possible? and if it is, what do we need to do to successfully make it happen? the, it looks a bit like giants performing a dance routine. these rotor blades are among the largest in the world soon they'll be turning to the coastal winds of denmark's north sea, providing energy from a source that can never run out. al board is a key location for the transition in energy production engineer. even nielson is helping make this transition possible. i remember my 1st a 1st time i saw a plate moving, it was lifted from the north, moving the under the roof. i imagined that the new to us like us is that was as a ship and just moving a both me because it was so huge and douglas i sent in to face me the wrong place. and now we have 115 meters, the i think it's in chris. when i go in produ

and the north sea is it's beautiful. it's a symbol of green energy. right now the world is going through. it's great is transformation since industrialization. 150 years ago. to beach climate change, fossil fuels will need to be phased out for renewable energy. but is that even possible? and if it is, what do we need to do to successfully make it happen? the, it looks a bit like giants performing a dance routine. these rotor blades are among the largest in the world soon they'll be turning to the coastal winds of denmark, north sea, providing energy from a source that can never run out. al board is a key location for the transition in energy production. engineer eva nielsen is helping make this transition possible. i remember my 1st a 1st time i saw a plate moving, it was lifted from the mold and was moving the under the roof. i imagined a 3 was was like us is that was as a ship. and just moving a both me because it was so huge and douglas, assuming surprised me the long play that now we have 115 meters the i still get some chris when i go in producti

the majority of europe's new wind turbines are currently in the north sea, off the coast of germany and england. in a few years. the power generated is set to be able to supply half of the used population just a few years ago. these sorts of magnitudes were barely imaginable, but things have changed a development which also benefits german, wind farm operators. offshore into the flu, and offshore wind was an asset class. everyone used to laugh about, see if you wind turbines, off shore and the german nor see or the u. k. the today that has completely changed all the backbone over energy transition standard rivaling large power plants are offshore. wind farms are comparable to coal fired plants, even nuclear plants, full cost exclusive, the north sea, but also the baltic sea outs. fantastic potential, especially if off showing is this. i know most of it was a, it's a huge expense of ocean z, as always, potential to build a 300 gigawatts, the following 300 gigawatts of power from the wind farms in europe's northern seas alone equivalent to over $200.00 nuclear power plants. it could suppl

but in many ways i'm actually agreeing with you because north sea oil, let's get the best of it. to us. don't let's kid ourselves because north sea oil, we sell off because it's a different type of oil. we don't use it ourselves. fracking a bit of a load of old nonsense, but it doesn't matter. think doesn't matter. i think the government and large, government is by and large, right. try and stick right. we should try and stick to net zero as much as we possibly can, but don't bankrupt the it. the country doing it. >> and that's where i agree with gerry that you can get to it at a sensible pace as technology evolves . yes, some of the evolves. yes, some of the technological developments are really it really interesting and make it potentially affordable. there's going to be a flight on synthetic fuel , a virgin synthetic fuel, a virgin atlantic flight on synthetic fuelin atlantic flight on synthetic fuel in the few days. fuel in the next few days. synthetic fuels, if you take into account the tax charged on petrol oil, could actually be competitive. if you could manage to produce

the uk hasjust approved a new north sea oilfield.s of oil over the next 20 years. the government says it's cutting emissions faster than any other major country and that north sea expansion will help secure the uk's energy supply. the uk government recently approved licences and more drilling in the north sea. what did you make of that? i think countries have to really see the big picture. in my view, we don't need a major amount of new oil production — this is number one. the german research shows british companies will also overshoot the international energy agency target — bp by almost a billion barrels of oil and gas, shell by 1.5 billion. for the russian company gazprom, it's 2.7 billion barrels. and for petrochina, it's almost 3 billion. the figures seen by panorama paint a pretty grim picture of the world. everywhere — middle east, us, uk — we're getting more and more carbon out of the ground instead of leaving it. the german research shows almost every energy company is planning new oil and gas fields. there is a huge gap bet

that storm pulls out into the north sea.ome gusts of around 60 to 65 mph possible for exposed coastal areas, especially towards the east. bands of showers and heavy rain swirling around that very deep area of low pressure, as it gradually tracks its way further northwards and eastwards. so the winds easing towards the west but still very strong for the next couple of hours. we are going to see more heavy rain, another a0 to 60 millimetres perhaps, over the higher ground, the pennines. some more rain for eastern scotland, where we have seen the recent flooding, bands of showers again further south. northern ireland, western scotland, not seeing too bad a day. there will even be some sunshine here with temperatures peaking between ten and i2, 13 degrees celsius. still strong winds overnight tonight, across north—east england and eastern scotland. further showers here but gradually, as that low pulls away, the showers are expected to appear across england and parts of wales as well there will even be some clear spells. temperat

further north, though, some sunny spells again, wintry showers for north sea facing coast. to five degrees celsius. let's take a look at friday because not a lot is set to change. we've got more of an easterly wind possibly feeding some showers through parts of the thames estuary, over the downs, perhaps the higher ground here. but for the most part, i think it should stay dry. again, there'll be some sunny spells and quite a bit of added wind chill as well. as you can see from the temperature anomaly map, temperatures are well below the seasonal average, marked in the blue here. all of that cold air just sweeping down from scandinavia. and there's no real improvement in the temperatures, either, as we head through the weekend and into the start of next week. still feeling bitterly cold. here's the temperature outlook for our capital cities, possibly a bit of wintryness on saturday night, again, into sunday further south. bye for now. live from washington, this is bbc news. the israeli government tells the bbc they've received another list of potential hostages that could b

still strongest along those north sea coasts, where there still could be the odd shower, particularlyy not feel quite as cold because it's not going to be as windy. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine around as well. a sunnier day likely on saturday than we saw on friday. but after a frosty start, temperatures are going to be slow to rise and probably sitting at five or six degrees for large parts of the uk. second half of the weekend, i mentioned more cloud. it's going to come in from this weather system here, this low pressure pushing these weather fronts very slowly in from the atlantic, bringing more clouds into northern ireland, some patchy rain as well. and that will head into the southwest of scotland over the irish sea as well. ahead of that, though, it's likely to be dry and after a frosty start, we've got that cloud coming over. so even though the winds are light, it is going to feel cold once again with the best of the sunshine probably across north eastern parts of scotland. and those temperatures again, only five or six degrees. so it's really quite a chill

still strongest along those north sea coasts, where there still could be the odd shower, particularlyt feel quite as cold because it's not going to be as windy. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine around as well. a sunnier day likely on saturday than we saw on friday. but after a frosty start, temperatures are going to be slow to rise and probably sitting at five or six degrees for large parts of the uk. second half of the weekend, i mentioned more cloud. it's going to come in from this weather system here, this low pressure pushing these weather fronts very slowly in from the atlantic, bringing more clouds into northern ireland, some patchy rain as well. and that will head into the southwest of scotland over the irish sea as well. ahead of that, though, it's likely to be dry and after a frosty start, we've got that cloud coming over. so even though the winds are light, it is going to feel cold once again with the best of the sunshine probably across north eastern parts of scotland. and those temperatures again, only five or six degrees. so it's really quite a chilly we

that storm pulls out into the north sea.tal areas, especially towards the east. bands of showers and heavy rain swirling around that very deep area of low pressure, as it gradually tracks its way further northwards and eastwards. so the winds easing towards the west but still very strong for the next couple of hours. we are going to see more heavy rain, another a0 to 60 millimetres perhaps, over the higher ground, the pennines. some more rain for eastern scotland, where we have seen the recent flooding, bands of showers again further south. northern ireland, western scotland, not seeing too bad a day. there will even be some sunshine here with temperatures peaking between ten and i2, 13 degrees celsius. still strong winds overnight tonight, across north—east england and eastern scotland. further showers here but gradually, as that low pulls away, the showers are expected to appear across england and parts of wales as well there will even be some clear spells. temperatures generally low to high single figures. as we head thro

further north, though, some sunny spells again, wintry showers for north sea facing coast.egrees celsius. let's take a look at friday because not a lot is set to change. we've got more of an easterly wind possibly feeding some showers through parts of the thames estuary, over the downs, perhaps the higher ground here. but for the most part, i think it should stay dry. again, there'll be some sunny spells and quite a bit of added wind chill as well. as you can see from the temperature anomaly map, temperatures are well below the seasonal average marked in the blue here. all of that cold air just sweeping down from scandinavia. and there's no real improvement in the temperatures, either, as we head through the weekend and into the start of next week. still feeling bitterly cold. here's the temperature outlook for our capital cities, possibly a bit of wintryness on saturday night, again, bye for now. live from washington. this is bbc news. hamas releases more hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners as the final day of a temporary ceasefire begins. aid into gaza is scale

but with the remnants of ciaran in the north sea, we see showers and longer spells of rain in north andastern scotland and remains blustery, winds from the north and north—west. a chilly day, 11 to 13 degrees and factor in the wind, a cooler. another area of low pressure is moving across the southern half across saturday, it does move out quite quickly. sunday looking a lot better, lighter winds, quite blustery, more sunshine, fewer showers. quite wet across the south on saturday for a while. sunshine and showers elsewhere. apart from the odd shower across sunday. it looks like it is going to state largely dry with some sunshine. don't forget, you can check out the bbc weather app for where you are all heading by checking online. thanks, stav. and that's bbc news at six. hello and welcome to sportsday. tough to watch and notjust for him. the pressure mounts on erik ten hag as manchester united's worst start to a season in 60 years continues. 3forfour... 1a for six... 55 all out... india blow sri lanka away to reach the cricket world cup semi finals. and texas on top for the first time —

the port of albert denmark bleeds are being loaded for an offshore wind park in the north sea place it's. it's beautiful. it's a symbol of green energy. right now the world is going through. it's great is transformation since industrialization. 150 years ago to beach climate change, fossil fuels will need to be phased out for renewable energy. but is that even possible? and if it is, what do we need to do to successfully make it happen? the it looks a bit like giants for forming a dance routine. these rotor blades are among the largest in the world, soon they'll be turning to the coastal winds of denmark's north sea, providing energy from a source that can never run out. al board is a key location for the transition in energy production. engineer eva nielsen is helping make this transition possible. i remember my 1st a 1st time i saw plate moving, it was lifted from the mold and was moving the under the roof. i, i imagine it that he would just like us is that was as a ship and just moving a both me because it was so huge and douglas, assuming surprised me the long play that now we have 1

oil and our from our north sea oil and our nonh from our north sea oil and our north sea explorationd it seems to me foolish in the seems to me very foolish in the absence of large and significant union type jobs in green energy, which so far haven't manifested, it's having a certainty on the nonh it's having a certainty on the north sea piece versus a promise which many people think is vanishing or they've been chasing for a long time. vanishing or they've been chayeah.or a long time. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and for me, all this green stuff, it sounds lovely. who wouldn't to have this wouldn't want to have this wonderful energy situation wouldn't want to have this wand rful energy situation wouldn't want to have this wand rful greatnergy situation wouldn't want to have this wand rful great when situation wouldn't want to have this wand rful great when the ation ? and that's great when the wind's sun is wind's blowing or the sun is shining and can store all shining and you can store all the that you've but the stuff that you've got, but in the interim, there is a need for things like oi

this is about manoeuvring, positioning, the government trying to find policies, light on north sea oilut trying to make things cheaper for you. there will big about that. many will see it differently. that is one area they can try to draw a dividing line. on the questions around crime and justice, line. on the questions around crime andjustice, laboursays line. on the questions around crime and justice, labour says it would support those. other things, and justice, labour says it would support those. otherthings, like banning smoking, look at the detail, any child born after 1st of january 2009 will never be allowed to buy a cigarette because every year of is age limits will increase year by year, any child 1a are under now, will never buy a cigarette. that is something about rishi sunak trying to get his personal imprint on what is happening here, and things that he will present to the electorate and see, these are things that he believes in, that he is doing. big question, does this amount to a big enough idea, a big enough momentum shift, will it help when the government is way behi

the majority of europe's new wind turbines are currently in the north sea, off the coast of germany and england. in a few years. the power generated is set to be able to supply half of the used population just a few years ago. these sorts of magnitudes were barely imaginable, but things have changed a development which also benefits german, wind farm operators. offshore into the flu, and offshore wind was an asset class. everyone used to laugh about, see if you wind turbines offshore and the german nor see or the u. k. the today that has completely changed all the backbone over energy transition standard rivaling large power plants are offshore. wind farms are comparable to coal fired plants, even nuclear plants, full cost exclusive, the north sea, but also the baltic sea outs. fantastic potential, especially if off showing is this. i know what's a, what's a, it's a huge, expensive motion z is always potential to build a 300 gigawatts, the following 300 gigawatts of power from the wind farms in europe's northern seas alone equivalent to over 200 nuclear power plants. it could supply up

this| annual licensing the north sea oil and gas — annual licensing the north sea oil and as. ~ . ,ght say would possibly stick in the _ and gas. which some people might say would possibly stick in the craw - would possibly stick in the craw that he is just delivering the government's legislative programme, of course. and looking at the royal staircase at the moment, we can see, baroness hayman, the household cavalry. the party taking their position in readiness for the king's arrival. we have the lifeguards in the red jackets and the blues and royals on the right with their blue jackets and red plume. the princess royal will be here today. she is colonel of the blues and royals and also gold stick in waiting. what i found really thrilling the other day, baroness hayman, this being on that staircase and seeing, you might have got a glimpse of it, on the stones, there are spare marks on every stone going up and down and i thought, there is the indelible mark of history and tradition and time. there are lots of spine tingling moments as you walk around this place. moments as you walk

with the elevation further north, though, some sunny spells again, wintry showers for north sea facingmake it much past three to five degrees celsius. let's take a look at friday because not a lot is set to change. we've got more of an easterly wind possibly feeding some showers through parts of the thames estuary, over the downs, perhaps the higher ground here. but for the most part, i think it should stay dry again. there'll be some sunny spells and quite a bit of added wind chill as well. as you can see from the temperature anomaly map, temperatures are well below the seasonal average marked in the blue here. all of that cold air just sweeping down from scandinavia. and there's no real improvement in the temperatures either as we head through the weekend and into the start of next week. still feeling bitterly cold. here's the temperature outlook for our capital cities, possibly a bit of wintry mix on saturday night, again into sunday further south. bye for now. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. we

and the north sea is it's beautiful. it's a symbol of green energy. right now the world is going through. it's great is transformation since industrialization. 150 years ago. to beach climate change, fossil fuels will need to be phased out for renewable energy. but is that even possible? and if it is, what do we need to do to successfully make it happen? the, it looks a bit like giants performing a dance routine. these rotor blades are among the largest in the world soon they'll be turning to the coastal winds of denmark's north sea, providing energy from a source that can never run out. al board is a key location for the transition in energy production. engineer eva nielsen is helping make this transition possible. i remember my 1st a 1st time i saw a plate moving, it was lifted from the mold and was moving the under the roof. i imagined it. the resource like us is that was as a ship. and just moving a both me because it was so huge and douglas, assuming surprised me the long blade. and now we have 115 meters, the i still get some chris. when i go in

still quite a few showers coming in on that north—easterly wind from the north sea. from the south—east. 0nce sea. some rain to clear away from the south—east. once that goes, showers will get pushed further inland across england, towards wales. clearer skies further north. a band of wintry showers were moving to northern parts of scotland. clearer skies across the northern parts of the uk, this is where it will be coldest, this is where we are likely to have a frost. it should stayjust are likely to have a frost. it should stay just above freezing further south. the odd shower on tuesday morning will continue in the south—west. 0therwise, tuesday morning will continue in the south—west. otherwise, a couple of bands of rain and snow over the hills, moving down across scotland. for many places, tomorrow looks like it will be dry, and this should be more sunshine. still cold beer, temperatures at sixes and sevens. 0vernight, a frost developing more widely. this area of low pressure is moving down from the north sea. it will charge me if wintry showers down these naught

the odd shower down some of those north sea coasts. so here it won't be quite as cold.ot desperately cold, but we could be down to minus four or minus five. it will certainly start chilly tomorrow, but at least we have the sunshine. and for many, it's going to be a dry and sunny day. again, there'll be a bit more cloud coming in to northern scotland. the winds not as strong down those north sea coasts, but still the threat of the odd shower, particularly towards suffolk and norfolk. and of course, with that frosty start, it will be a cold day. temperatures typically in the afternoon, only 5—6 degrees. now, i mentioned some changes for the second half of the weekend. and that's coming about because this area of low pressure is slowly pushing these weather fronts in from the atlantic. and that means more cloud and some patchy rain arriving across northern ireland, moving over the irish sea and into the south—west of scotland as well. elsewhere, though, it should be a dry day, but of course we've got more cloud coming in over that cold and frosty start. so even though the

there will still be some showers running down those north sea coasts into norfolk and suffolk and thereth and north—west of scotland, but otherwise probably more sunshine than we've seen today. but after that frosty start, it does mean a slow rise in temperatures, typically five or six degrees. it will still feel chilly, but there will be more sunshine around. things start to change, though, for the second half of the weekend because we've got this weather system here just slowly ambling in from the atlantic, arriving into western areas to bring a little bit of rain to northern ireland, later into south—west scotland and over the irish sea. whilst many places may well be dry and there will be a frosty start, we've got cloud coming in after that cold and frosty start, so even though the winds are light once again and we've got that cloud around, it will feel cold and stay cold into next week, as well. live from tel aviv. this is bbc news. some israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners are due to be released at any moment, as part of a temporary ceasefire deal. here's the scene live from

sea and thick cloud, 8-10 but of the north sea and thick cloud, 8—10 buta of the north sea and thickg in northern england and wales but east anglia and the south—east, probably staying fairly cloudy, that breeze off the north sea and a few showers. but in the north or the south, temperatures in the range of 8—12 . on wednesday, thick cloud and a mild westerly

that storm pulls out into the north sea.exposed coastal areas, especially towards the east. bands of showers and heavy rain swirling around that very deep area of low pressure, as it gradually tracks its way further northwards and eastwards. so the winds easing towards the west but still very strong for the next couple of hours. we are going to see more heavy rain, another 40 to 60 millimetres perhaps, over the higher ground, the pennines. some more rain for eastern scotland, where we have seen the recent flooding, bands of showers again further south. northern ireland, western scotland, not seeing too bad a day. there will even be some sunshine here with temperatures peaking between ten and 12, 13 degrees celsius. still strong winds overnight tonight, across north—east england and eastern scotland. further showers here but gradually, as that low pulls away, the showers are expected to appear across england and parts of wales as well there will even be some clear spells. temperatures generally low to high single figures. as

there it is, storm ciaran continuing to fill and weaken in the north sea. blustery day, certainly across more northern and eastern areas. and it's here where we'll see most of the showers or longer spells of rain — northern, eastern scotland. elsewhere, sunny spells, scattered showers, the odd heavy, maybe thundery one, but we'll see some lengthy sunny spells around in places. but the winds quite fresh coming in from the west or the northwest. temperature—wise, generally be around 10—13 degrees, but it'll feel a bit chillier with the strength of the breeze. as we head through friday evening and overnight, we hold on to further showers across scotland. but elsewhere, lengthy, clear skies before the next frontal system starts to work its way in from the southwest, bringing some rain, southwest england and wales, so temperatures recovering here. otherwise, it's pretty chilly elsewhere — low single figures. now, this feature once again will be impacting france in the biscay area more. it looks like, for england and wales. winds will be lighter, but the weather

sea.the and gas licences in the north sea.o i incredibly important to us. i don't think can just end don't think you can just end north sea oil and gas there are 300 licences operational . half 300 licences operational. half of expire by 2030. we still of them expire by 2030. we still get martin, 75% of our energy from oil and gas in this country. and we get huge shares of our oil and gas from the north sea . north sea. >> storm was very quick to point out, though, this doesn't mean a penny off of british bills, whereas as rishi was claiming, this new deal will save us up to 15 grand a year. where's the truth? >> well, the truth is, it depends, doesn't it? you can expect an economist to say if you have your own home—grown oil and gas , you know you're not as and gas, you know you're not as exposed to the mercy of global markets as you othennise would be in a very tight sort of geopolitical situation in. and i think also it's worth saying so you would think that in the end , you would think that in the end, oil and gas from the

and the north sea is it's beautiful. it's a symbol of green energy. right now the world is going through. it's great is transformation since industrialization. 150 years ago. to beach climate change, fossil fuels will need to be phased out for renewable energy. but is that even possible? and if it is, what do we need to do to successfully make it happen? the, it looks a bit like giants performing a dance routine. these rotor blades are among the largest in the world soon they'll be turning to the coastal winds of denmark, north sea, providing energy from a source that can never run out. al board is a key location for the transition in energy production. engineer eva nielsen is helping make this transition possible. i remember my 1st a 1st time i saw a plate moving, it was lifted from the mold and was moving the under the roof. i. i imagined it 3 was last night. this is that was as a ship and just moving a both me because it was so huge and douglas, assuming surprised me the long blade and now we have 115 meters, the i still get some chris. when i go i

sea.iday, it's not going to be as wet. there'll be some sunshine, but also some showers blown in, and there'll still be some blustery winds. the windiest weather, perhaps the wettest weather will be across eastern scotland and the northeast of england. and those temperatures may be a degree or so higher, but still only 12 or 13 degrees at best. now, as we head into the weekend, we see that area of low pressure continuing to fade away in the north sea. another one coming in from the atlantic — not expecting this one to be named because the winds aren't going to be as strong. the strong winds will still be through the english channel, but we've got more rain to come across southern parts of the uk, into wales, in the midlands, followed by some showers. further north, there'll be some sunshine and perhaps a few showers as well, and those temperatures not really changing a great deal. so, after all this very wet and very windy weather, we've got some more rain on saturday for the southern half

that deep area of low pressure again moves out into the north sea.more of a north—westerly wind, so the focus of the showers will change as we had through sunday. they will be mostly for the north and west. across the western isles of north—west scotland, western isles of northern ireland, west wales and the south—west of land. further east you should be mainly dry, but be quite cloudy. lots of bonfire celebrations going on over the course of the weekend. on saturday watch out for soggy ground, showers in the south particularly. but if we are celebrating on sunday, for example, it should be a largely curial night. some tremors in the west and plenty of fireworks to enjoy. thanks, elizabeth. and that's bbc news at one. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. knee surgery after the world cup for ben stokes, but he hopes to be fit for the test series against india in the new year. ten hag's in familiar territory, but can the manchester united boss revive his side's fortunes?

and new licences will be awarded for oil and gas projects in the north sea. there's to be a ban on leaseholds for new houses and a promise to make it easier for existing homeowners to buy their freeholds in england and wales. there will also be a law to allow driverless cars on britain's roads. but the king warned of difficult decisions ahead, as our political editor chris mason reports. hats and stockings, precedent and custom. a spectacle long before there were cameras to capture it, wherever they now hover. this, the fanciest fancy dress party you will ever see, illustrates something vital about how we are governed. the pageantry of monarchy, yes, but ultimately, the power of parliament. the speaker's outfit, and quite the assembly. are you ready? at every ritual, there are those performing their role for the first time. today, that was true of the prime minister and the king and the queen. the playlist at the state opening of parliament sounds and looks like this. fanfare and symbolism. the door to the commons slammed in the face of an official to underli

once again, the same sort of pattern, that diplo pushes away into the north sea and were now during infog of the showers on sunday are likely to change out towards the north—west of the north—western areas of scotland, the north—western areas of scotland, the western isles, northern areas of northern ireland perhaps and through western parts of wales of england, further east it is a drier picture and we are likely to see quite a lot of cloud and brighter spells at times. bonfire night celebrations are going on over the weekend. sunday, probably the best night for most. soggy ground but clear spells with showers in the west. goodbye. live from london, this is bbc news. almost four weeks into the israel—hamas war, and the us secretary of state is in israel, pushing for a humanitarian pause. the protection of civilians must take place notjust in gaza but also in the west bank, where incitement and extremist violence against palestinians must be stopped. israel says its troops are involved in face—to—face fighting with hamas, as they completely surround gaza city. the leader of the proscri

some showers in the north—west and running down those north sea coasts.es still only around three, four or five degrees, so a cold day on thursday. this is the temperature anomaly chart. it's colder than it would normally be at this time of the year across the uk and also across large parts of europe, where there is some more snow in the forecast. as far as snow is concerned in the uk, i don't think there's going to be too much of that as we head into the beginning of december. we are going to stay cold, though. a lot of the time it will be dry with some sunshine, but there will be frost at night. live from london, this is bbc news. the dramatic first rescue in northern india. the first of 41 workers, trapped in a collapsed tunnel for 17 days, has just been freed. this is the scene live, where that operation continues. the plan is to bring the men out one by one over the next few hours. more israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners are released overnight — more are expected shortly but can the ceasefire extend beyond the next 48 hours? and a bbc arabic

it's planted opposite europe, sitting proudly on the other side of the north sea. its own currency, postage stamps, constitution, national anthem, love of tea, and a pair of handsome princes born two years apart. we speak of sealand, a crumb of real estate off the english coast that declared its independence in 1967. sealand has a full-time population of one. it has a land mass the size of roughly two tennis courts. its leading export might be the national mythology, a history of piracy, coups, countercoups, rogues, and offshore internet schemes. it may make tiny lichtenstein look like china by comparison, but by rights, sealand is a sovereign nation. join us as we compile some notes from a truly small island. >> we can see sealand over there by the way now. you see that? >> there she is. >> yeah, yeah. on the starboard bow. >> reporter: behold, the world's smallest state. it's a micro nation in the extreme, a principality which sits, or stands, only seven miles off the coast of england. its self-described reigning monarch is this guy, prince michael bates. >> here

there it is, storm ciaran continuing to fill and weaken in the north sea.nother blustery day, certainly across more northern and eastern areas. and it's here where we'll see most of the showers or longer spells of rain — northern, eastern scotland. elsewhere, sunny spells, scattered showers, the odd heavy, maybe thundery one, but we'll see some lengthy sunny spells around in places. but the winds quite fresh coming in from the west or the northwest. temperature—wise, generally be around 10—13 degrees, but it'll feel a bit chillier with the strength of the breeze. as we head through friday evening and overnight, we hold on to further showers across scotland. but elsewhere, lengthy, clear skies before the next frontal system starts to work its way from the southwest, bringing some rain, southwest england and wales, so temperatures recovering here. otherwise, it's pretty chilly elsewhere — low single figures. now, this feature once again will be impacting france in the biscay area more. it looks like, for england and wales. winds will be lighter, but the weath

the odd shower down some of those north sea coasts. so here it won't be quite as cold.widespread frost of the autumn. temperatures not desperately cold, but we could be down to minus four or minus five. it will certainly start chilly tomorrow, but at least we have the sunshine. and for many, it's going to be a dry and sunny day. again, there'll be a bit more cloud coming in to northern scotland. the winds not as strong down those north sea coast, but still the threat of the odd shower, particularly towards suffolk and norfolk. and of course, with that frosty start, it will be a cold day. temperatures typically in the afternoon, only 5—6 degrees. now, i mentioned some changes for the second half of the weekend. and that's coming about because this area of low pressure is slowly pushing these weather fronts in from the atlantic. and that means more cloud and some patchy rain arriving across northern ireland, moving over the irish sea and into the southwest of scotland as well. elsewhere, though, it should be a dry day, but of course we've got more cloud coming in over tha

these fronts clear into the north sea.ure approaching from the southwest, we'll be seeing that by the time we get to the end of the day. but most of the day, it's certainly looking dry. the early cloud will clear away into the north sea. a few showers across north west england, the isle of man down through wales and possibly the south—west of england, and here it will cloud over — also northern ireland as we head towards the end of the afternoon. but plenty of sunshine around, temperatures close to the seasonal average, generally 8 to 13 degrees. but still that cold air lingers across northeastern areas of scotland. as we head through friday night and into saturday morning, that wet, windy weather spreads in from the south—west, brisk southeasterly winds, spells of heavy rain, the temperatures rising unusually through the night. so this is how we're set to start off saturday morning — between 12 and 1a celsius out towards the south of england. the rain gradually clears its way eastwards, so it will turn a lot drier across

sea.s wet. there'll be some sunshine, but also some showers blown in, and there'll still be some blustery winds. the windiest weather, perhaps the wettest weather will be across eastern scotland and the northeast of england. and those temperatures may be a degree or so higher, but still only 12—13 degrees at best. now, as we head into the weekend, we see that area of low pressure continuing to fade away in the north sea. another one coming in from the atlantic — not expecting this one to be named because the winds aren't going to be as strong. the strong winds will still be through the english channel, but we've got more rain to come across southern parts of the uk, into wales, in the midlands, followed by some showers. further north, there'll be some sunshine and perhaps a few showers as well, and those temperatures not really changing a great deal. so, after all this very wet and very windy weather, we've got some more rain on saturday for the southern half of the uk and then we're all i

further north, though, some sunny spells again, wintry showers for north sea facing coast. not a lot is set to change. we've got more of an easterly wind possibly feeding some showers through parts of the thames estuary, over the downs, perhaps the higher ground here. but for the most part, i think it should stay dry. again, there'll be some sunny spells and quite a bit of added wind chill as well. as you can see from the temperature anomaly map, temperatures are well below the seasonal average marked in the blue here. all of that cold airjust sweeping down from scandinavia. and there's no real improvement in the temperatures, either, as we head through the weekend and into the start of next week. still feeling bitterly cold. here's the temperature outlook for our capital cities, possibly a bit of wintryness on saturday night, again, into sunday further south. bye for now. american tech giant amazon unveils a range of new ai—related products to challenge its rivals in the market. plus — un climate talks begin this week, but can it achieve much with the oil—producing giant u

showers off the north sea, push them into england, perhaps towards wales, a few wintry ones coming into later on the north of england will have clearer sky. so a frost more likely here, whereas further south there's going to be a bit more cloud around. that cloud will break up during tomorrow morning. there still could be one or two light showers in the south—west. and we've got a couple of bands of showers with some snow over the hills moving down across scotland. but for many parts of the uk may well be a dry day on tuesday. more sunshine than today, but it's just a little bit colder — temperatures of 5—7 degrees. and with those clearer skies and light winds, temperatures will fall away very quickly after dark. and we're looking at widespread frost as we head through tuesday night, wednesday morning, minus four or minus five, perhaps across some parts of scotland. now, we should have clearer skies and light winds because that area of low pressure is moving south through the north sea. it will bring a few more wintry showers into wednesday across northern parts of scotland and near the

blustery for north sea facing coast. spells of further west. and it's still mild, of course, in the far south west of england, 12 degrees celsius in plymouth. now, as we head out and into tuesday, we all start to come back into that colder air mass again. so the temperatures are likely to drop. it's going to feel chilly across the board. some icy stretches to start the day where we'll have seen that recent rain to some more showers. a wintry nature just piling into aberdeenshire here. cold northerly wind blowing particularly towards these north sea facing coastal more showers across western scotland and perhaps towards the far northwest of northern ireland to elsewhere, largely dry, but certainly feeling chilly. once again, a drop in temperature just four degrees celsius across much of scotland. and coming down to the south on wednesday. we'll start off the day with a widespread sharp frost and another hazard, some freezing fog patches most likely, i think across northern ireland, down through wales and into the welsh ma

blustery for north sea facing coasts.ther west. and it's still mild, of course, in the far south west of england, 12 degrees celsius in plymouth. now, as we head through monday night and into tuesday, we'll start to come back into that colder air mass again. so the temperatures are likely to drop. it's going to feel chilly across the board. some icy stretches to start the day where we'll have seen that recent rain, too. some more showers, wintry in nature just piling into aberdeenshire here. cold northerly wind blowing, particularly towards these north sea facing coastal, more showers across western scotland and perhaps towards the far northwest of northern ireland to elsewhere, largely dry, but certainly feeling chilly. once again, a drop in temperature, just four degrees celsius across much of scotland and coming down to further south. on wednesday we'll start off the day with a widespread sharp frost and another hazard, some freezing fog patches most likely, i think across northern ireland, down through wales and into

and new licences will be awarded for oil and gas projects in the north sea.ditor chris mason reports. hats and stockings, precedent and custom. a spectacle long before there were cameras to capture it, wherever they now hover. this, the fanciest fancy dress party you will ever see, illustrates something vital about how we're governed. the pageantry of monarchy, yes, but ultimately, the power of parliament. the commons speaker's outfit quite the assembly. are we ready? at every ritual, there are those performing their role for the first time. today, that was true of the prime minister and the king and the queen. the playlist at the state opening of parliament sounds and looks like this — fanfare and symbolism. the door to the commons slammed in the face of an official to underline its independence. close the door! and look closely if you're a good lip—reader. political adversaries share small talk as they walk to the house of lords to listen. the king began by reflecting on the loss of his mum, and then read out the government's plans, including inviting compa