back in shetland many islanders are not convinced.ower than we could possibly ever use, and at the same time having to wonder whether or not they can put their own heating on because of the cost of electricity here. so they're justifiably angry that there's so little benefit to the islands from these projects. sse says more wind farms will be needed onshore and offshore if the government is to meet its target of generating all the uk's electricity from renewable sources by 2030. it says ministers will have to be brave in reforming planning laws to speed up projects like this one, and that will be controversial. james cook, bbc news, at the viking wind farm in shetland. cricket now, and joe root equalled the england record of 33 test centuries held by sir alastair cook when he reached three figures on the first day of the second test against sri lanka at lord's on thursday. a short time ago england were 342—7. 0ur sports correspondent, joe wilson, has been there watching the action. test cricket is not easy. ask 0llie pope, england's s

and a rocket engine explodes during a test launch at the uk's new spaceport in shetland.m lucy hockings. some latest pictures from gaza. the civil defence agency telling us several people killed in an attack on a school, hitting the second floor of the building, the buildings in gaza city, many displaced people they are telling us what house there, the idf saying it was a strike that targeted a command embedded in the school of hamas, which hamas denies. the latest pictures, the hamas rand health ministry saying at least ten people have been killed. six hostages recovered from southern gaza. the israeli army has retrieved the bodies of six hostages from khan younis in southern gaza. these are the pictures of the men who had been captured in southern israel during the hamas attacks on october the seventh. five of their deaths had already been announced. but one was previously thought to have still been alive. meanwhile — the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been having talks with egyptian president — abdel fattah el—sisi in cairo. mr blinken has been continuing a

back in shetland many islanders are not convinced.se huge turbines that are producing far more power than we could possibly ever use, and at the same time having to wonder whether or not they can put their own heating on because of the cost of electricity here. so they're justifiably angry that there's so little benefit to the islands from these projects. sse says more wind farms will be needed onshore and offshore if the government is to meet its target of generating all the uk's electricity from renewable sources by 2030. it says ministers will have to be brave in reforming planning laws to speed up projects like this one, and that will be controversial. james cook, bbc news, at the viking wind farm in shetland. housing people who are homeless is costing councils over a billion pounds a year, according to figures released by the government today — that is up 52% on the previous year. a record number of families in the uk are now living in temporary accommodation. charities say a failure to build enough social homes — combined with m

shetland wasn't part of the grid system, so it's quite exciting that we're now connecting shetland tos the only renewable project now feeding the electricity grid. and we're here to explain a bit more about the pylon project, that sse... carrying all that power means plans for taller pylons and thicker cables, and that is controversial here at the glenbervie show in aberdeenshire, and beyond. we're hugely worried about the industrialisation of our countryside. we live in one of the most beautiful parts of the world, and we're looking at thousands of acres being taken up with essentially industrial projects. there are campaigns in essex, there are campaigns in lincolnshire, there are campaigns in wales. the lake district doesn't know about their pylons yet. yorkshire doesn't know about their pylons yet. the rest of the uk doesn't know what's coming. up the coast in aberdeen, they're worried too, for a different reason. this remains the heart of the uk's oil and gas industry. and here, they suspect the labour government wants to shut them down as quickly as possible. this is already a s

lorna gordon, bbc news, on unst in shetland. important to it that nobody was hurt!y windy at times as well, but today we're looking at sunny spells and blustery showers. we've had a couple of weather fronts crossing us, taking some patchy rain — they're now moving away. and you can see from the isobars, it is going to be blustery. the strongest winds across the northwest, where we've also got a weather front. this is where we'll see the most frequent showers, some of those heavy and also thundery. but we could see some further showers in northern ireland, northern england, a few getting into wales, a few in the midlands. but as you come south, they'll be fewer and further between. temperatures 14 to about 24 degrees. heading on through this evening, we hang on to a few showers, but overnight, many of them will tend to fade. we'll see clear skies, still going to be blustery, but the winds will start to strengthen out towards the west, the cloud build and then eventually we'll see some rain arrive. 0vernight temperatures falling away between 8 and 11. it's going to be

the cables will also be used to transfer power the other way, when shetland has shortages.ws should help with that process. it comes coincidentally at a time when the future of two big north sea oil and gas projects are thrown into doubt. the government says it will not be contesting a legal challenge that could block the development of the jackdaw gas field and the rosebank oil and gas field. government insiders said it was a practical step rather than political, given ed miliband's desire to put britain back on track to meet its binding carbon targets. let's speak to andrewjenkins, ceo of kinewell energy a company that offers cost optimisation solutions for offshore wind to support the global transition to net zero. did i pronounce your name right? did i pronounce your name riuht? , did i pronounce your name right?- very _ did i pronounce your name right?- very good. - did i pronounce your name right?- very good. it | did i pronounce your name| right?- very good. it is right? yes. very good. it is aood right? yes. very good. it is good to _ right? yes. very good. it is go

and a rocket engine explodes during a test launch at the uk's new spaceport in shetland. to the spaceport�*s ceo live. welcome to business today, i'm mark lobel. it's being reported that morgan stanley international bank chairmanjonathan bloomer, his wifejudy and clifford chance lawyer chris morvillo are among six people missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of the italian island of sicily in the early hours of monday morning. morgan stanley said in a statement they are �*deeply shocked and saddened�* by the news calling it a �*terrible situation�*. the british tech tycoon mike lynch and his 18—year—old daughter are also among the missing as the search and rescue operation continues 50 metres underwater. mr lynch, known by some as "the british bill gates", co—founded software company autonomy, which was later bought by tech giant hewlett—packard for $11 billion. but an intense legal battle following the high—profile acquisition loomed over mr lynch for over a decade. he was acquitted in the us injune on multiple fraud charges — he was facing two decades in jail

shetland wasn't part of the grid system, so it's quite exciting that we're now connecting shetland tos closer to net zero. viking is big, but it's by no means the only renewable project now feeding the electricity grid. and we're here to explain a bit more about the pylon project... carrying all that power means plans for taller pylons and thicker cables, and that is controversial here at the glenbervie show in aberdeenshire and beyond. we're hugely worried about the industrialisation of our countryside. we live in one of the most beautiful parts of the world, and we're looking at thousands of acres being taken up with essentially industrial projects. there are campaigns in essex, there are campaigns in lincolnshire, there are campaigns in wales. the lake district doesn't know about their pylons yet. yorkshire doesn't know about their pylons yet. the rest of the uk doesn't know what's coming. up the coast in aberdeen, they're worried too, for a different reason. this remains the heart of the uk's oil and gas industry, and here they suspect the labour government wants to shut them down

and a rocket engine explodes during a test launch at the uk's new spaceport in shetland. welcome to the programme. specialist italian divers have begun a fresh search for six people missing after a british luxury yacht sank in a freak storm off morgan stanley international bank chairmanjonathan bloomer — together with his wifejudy, and lawyer, chris morvillo, are among those missing. british tech tycoon mike lynch and his 18—year—old daughter hannah are also missing. the yacht sank in bad weather in the early hours of monday — 15 were rescued, and a man's body has been recovered. the body hasn't been formally identified, but the palermo coastguard have said it was the ship's cook. the �*bayesian�* yacht is on the sea bed, 50 metres underwater. last night the fire service said divers couldn't access the cabins due to furniture blocking passageways. simonjones reports. well, the search resumed at about 6.30am local the operation is continuing this morning. divers will try again to gain access to the sunken yacht but they know in all probability they are now looking for the

and the boss of the uk's new shetland spaceport where a rocket engine exploded during a test launch tells bbc he's still confident a launch will take off in the next few months. welcome to business today. we start in the us, where the democratic national convention continues today in chicago. president biden�*s speech on monday was seen as him passing the torch to his vice president, kamala harris. her team have revealed more of their economic policies, including proposing to increase the corporate tax rate to 28% from 21% if harris beats trump in november, a move that could help raise revenue for the us government but one that's likely to face criticism from business and republicans. let's speak to the democratic strategist michael hardaway, founder of political intelligence firm hardaway wire. just want to start by asking you whether you think, despite allowing more to spend, this is a risky thing to do because it's going to frustrate business in an election year? frustrate business in an election ear? �* , , frustrate business in an election ear? 2 , , , , year? it's interesting, becau

lorna gordon, bbc news, on unst in shetland. a reminder of our top headline this afternoon.why the supermarket chain morrisons has become the latest to look again at its number of self—service checkouts. we'll have a full forecast in the next half hour, but it's time now for a quick look at the weather. here's elizabeth. hello and thank you. we do have some sunshine around at times through the week but the emphasis really has to be on the wet and windy conditions many of us are going to see. it will feel as if we are being propelled into automating at times. it is looking very changeable and some of the worst of the weather will be towards the north and west. this is the rainfall accumulation chart where you see the bright colours developed for western scotland, there could be in excess of 100 millimetres of rain over the next five days. all the details later. thank you, elizabeth. a group of rugby union players have raised nearly £90,000 on an epic 350—mile cycle to raise awareness of motor neurone disease. the 24—hour challenge was inspired by their friend and former team—

are from earlier ground—based tests that german rocket company rfa carried out successfully here in shetland the final one and the biggest. in a statement, the rocket company said they were aware of the higher risk attached to their approach, and that they will take the time to analyse and assess the situation, adding that the goal would be to return to regular operations as soon as possible. sending vertical rockets into space is hard. that is why these tests are carried out. the one here yesterday demonstrating both why these tests are important, and how challenging building rockets can be. in scotland's capital city, edinburgh, we're into the final week of the festival fringe. over the course of the festival, artists from 58 countries are putting on more than 52,000 performances — from comedy to cabaret, and music to magic. my colleague meghan owen is in edinburgh and has been speaking with some of this year's performers. we are at the bijou theatre in the centre of edinburgh. the sun is out and so are the crowds. we have been speaking to performers from around the world and we are now go

and a rocket engine explodes during a test launch at the uk's new spaceport in shetland.come to bbc news. we start with some breaking news — king charles is to visit southport later today in the wake of the knife attack that claimed the lives of three children. elsie dot stancombe, bebe king and alice dasilva aguiar were stabbed to death at a taylor swift—themed dance class. the king will meet privately with people who were affected, as well as members of the town's community and the emergency services. let's speak to the bbc�*s charlotte gallagher — who is in southport. this will be particularly poignant for the king? i this will be particularly poignant for the king?— this will be particularly poignant for the king? i think it really will be, i think— for the king? i think it really will be, i think there _ for the king? i think it really will be, i think there will _ for the king? i think it really will be, i think there will be - for the king? i think it really will be, i think there will be an - be, i think there will be an emotional private meeting with families dir

wotsit is a 14—year—old shetland pony who came here when he was two.cause they were en route to the slaughterhouse. turns out he actually has bilateral cataracts and he was just a bit frightened of things going on around him. you saved his life. we saved his life, yes. good boy. and it is a similar story forjessie who was rescued last week. she has just arrived with us recently after her owner sadly passed away very suddenly. she was actually booked to be put to sleep at 3pm on the day she arrived. we saved her life, she actually had minutes to go. in fact, the people who got her here got a speeding ticket in an effort to get her here and safe. but with spiralling costs there is a real risk their finds will run out in the next few months. ferne has been in existence for 85 years and it has never been this tough. in the last six to 12 months, our increasing costs has been something like 50% year on year, an example of that being vet and medical by 60% alone. so that, for a charity like ours, is about £350,000 to £400,000 increase year on year. it is rea

lorna gordon, bbc news, shetland.recovered from southern gaza, according to the israeli army, including that of british—israeli, nadav popplewell. meanwhile the us secretary of state anthony blinken is in egypt as part of a tour of the middle east, where he's pushing for a ceasefire and hostage release deal. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports. deep inside the tunnels of khan younis, israeli forces found the bodies of israeli hostages and brought them home. six bodies recovered. their names confirmed by the unit's commanding officer. avraham. yoram metzger. haim perry. among them british israeli nadav popplewell, who hamas said was killed by israeli airstrikes in may. a man who loved board games and science fiction kidnapped from kibbutz nirim on the 7th of october with his mother hanna, freed in a hostage deal last november. neighbour adele watched nadav grow up. nadav, a quiet man, a very kind man. he never married, so he lived in a semi—attached next to his mom. his 79—year—old mom. and he has a b

so friday, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers for orkney and shetland, where it will continue to be quite breezy. otherwise, temperatures generally in the high teens to low 20s for scotland and northern ireland, and about 20 to 23 widely across england and wales. it then starts to get a bit warmer for scotland and northern ireland as we start to get a southerly drift, so temperatures more widely will reach the 20s as we go through the weekend. there'll still be a lot of dry and sunny weather for england and wales. just an outside chance of a shower working in to the coast of southern england. our temperatures, well, coming up to about 22 in glasgow, so feeling quite a bit warmer here. and a fine weekend, sunday looks good as well. could see 25 across parts of eastern england, but then some showers around next week. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. wherever you live, however you live, artificial intelligence, machine learning, is going to change your life in the next few years. will it be for the better? well, there are tech visionaries with very different views — some ben

and the rocket engine test in shetland tonight which hasn't gone according to plan.ndon... and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. hello and welcome to the bbc news at ten. a search is continuing into the night for six people missing after a british luxury yacht sank in a freak storm off sicily early this morning. there were 22 people on board. 15 were rescued. one person is confirmed as having died. among those still unaccounted for is the tech entrepreneur mike lynch. it's thought the yacht may have been caught in what's known as a waterspout, a tornado which hits over water rather than land. our correspondent mark lowen is in sicily tonight. the search operation is continuing here in porticello. we are close to the sicilian capital, palermo, and the sicilian capital, palermo, and the emergency teams are hard at work behind me, now hampered by lack of light. it's thought that six of the 22 passengers are still missing and that they were sleeping in their cabins at about 5

a rocket engine has exploded during a test at britain's new spaceport in shetland — off the north coast rocket on european soil, as part of a project which aims to send satellites into space. but the engine was engulfed in fire on the launchpad. no—one was injured. king charles has been meeting families and survivors of last month's knife attack in southport, three weeks after a knife attack that claimed the lives of three children. the king also thanked emergency services workers when he visited the southport community fire station and spoke to with local community and faith leaders. he also signed a book of condolence in the local town hall — signing his name, adding "in deepest sympathy." king charles is also scheduled to meet with three bereaved families in london. elsie dot stancombe, bebe king, and alice dasilva aguiar were stabbed to death at a taylor swift—themed dance class. hours after three girls were killed in southport, misinformation spread online and fuelled riots across parts of the uk. much more coming out for you here on verified live, so do stay with us. good afternoo

a german made rocket has exploded during a test launch in the united kingdom's new spaceport on the shetland islands, built by rocket factory oaks book. the rocket blew up on monday nights. no one was injured. the company was testing its multi stage launch. s a caring such a lights into space and a for a search is underway for 6 people still missing off for a luxury your sign pulse be italian island sicily. one man has been confirmed that the u. k. tech tycoon mike lynch and his dosa are among those still missing. as well as jonathan blue mother, chairman of the investment bank move and stanley international. british inspectors have now been deployed as the search continues the day after super. y'all capsized here. italian rescue teams continue their search for the missing divers began to send to the records of asian. the british flag yacht had $22.00 people on board, including one of britain's best known tech entrepreneurs. mike lynch, a battalion media says lynch was celebrating his recent acquittal in a mass of us fraud case when the yacht was caught in the storm. lynch is among several s

power is flowing from the uk to the shetland islands.with bbc news. more than 5 million people injapan have been told to evacuate their homes after the country was hit by one of its strongest typhoons in decades. at least four people have been killed and more than 80 injured since the typhoon hit. it has brought torrential rain and left hundreds of thousands of people without power. let's get the latest on that. we can speak to our correspondent who has been monitoring developments from the city of seoul. what is the latest on this typhoon, on the progress it is making? the -hoon progress it is making? tte: typhoon headlined injapan on thursday morning on the southern island of kyushu and it is the strongest type to have hit japan it is the strongest type to have hitjapan in almost 65 years but it has been weakening since it hit land. at first the authorities that issued the highest level of emergency warning they have which is quite rare. those have been downgraded, but it is still causing devastation because it's bringing with it this

power is flowing from the shetland islands to mainland britain for the first time.r half a million homes. you're live with bbc news. a funeral has been held in ukraine for the pilot of an f-16 ukraine for the pilot of an f—16 fighter ukraine for the pilot of an f—16fighterjet ukraine for the pilot of an f—16 fighterjet that ukraine for the pilot of an f—16 fighter jet that crashed while attempting to bring down a barrage of russian missiles. he died on monday in an operation to repel drone strikes against critical infrastructure. the stricken f-16 infrastructure. the stricken f—16 was recently donated by ukraine's nato allies, and he was one of only a few ukrainian pilots qualified to fly the jet. our correspondent has the latest from ukraine. the ukrainians aren't saying exactly how he died. an investigation is under way. but a source has told the bbc it wasn't a case of a direct hit by a russian missile. and this source was saying previous early media reports that it was pilot error were not accurate. but there will be a big investigation now. these fighter jets i

power is flowing from the shetland isles to mainland britain for the first time, from what's set to bealf a million homes, according to its operator, sse. you're live with bbc news. the world health organization says israel and hamas have agreed to three pauses in fighting to allow un teams access to vaccinate more than 600,000 children in gaza against polio, starting sunday. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, stressed that the pauses do not amount to a ceasefire. the un has warned for months about the dangers of a widespread polio outbreak. the who says that 1.26 million jabs of the polio vaccine are already in the territory. a four—week interval is required between the first and second doses. meanwhile: israel's military is continuing an operation in the occupied west bank. the palestinian health ministry says at least 16 people have been killed in the raids. israel defence forces says it has killed 12 people. israeli forces deployed armoured bulldozers on the streets. israel says its launching the operation to combat terrorism but the un says the israeli military is fue

and eastern areas, more prevalent further north and east, clearing the mainland but hanging on for shetland on behind. it's a fresher feel, but still with strong sunshine across much of northern ireland, scotland, western parts of england and wales and even further east. look at those temperatures, 30 to 35 c with that high humidity. but behind our band of showers, the humidity will just step down a notch. so a slightly more comfortable night for sleeping in many areas of england and wales, but further west, the winds are strengthening and bringing that cloud and more rain across northern ireland and western scotland by morning. so here, quite a warm and muggy night as well. in fact, we could have some misty low cloud around the coast. so, as we go into tuesday, there's that next band of rain — all tied in with low pressure, the winds a little bit stronger as well, but again, it's mostly a feature through the morning for northern ireland and for scotland. it crosses the irish sea into wales, south west england, northern england in the afternoon, but again southern and eastern areas stay lar

lorna gordon on shetland for us this morning. coming up.d before her fifth games, in about ten minutes' time. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a very good morning, welcome to bbc london. i'm thomas magill. the police watchdog the iopc is investigating surrey police after the death of a man whilst in custody. 46—year—old ben campfield died in hospital onjuly the 29th, three days after he was found unresponsive in a custody suite near redhill. surrey police said mr campfield was given immediate first aid and taken to hospital for treatment, but his condition deteriorated. a woman who was seriously injured getting onto a train at clapham junction, blames the large gap between the train and platform for the accident. guiliana rossi broke her leg in two places and spent a month in hospital last november. she's now calling for change before someone else is injured, and says the gap is too large, with no warning announcements informing passengers. network rail says it is developing a plan which would address the gaps, bu

a german made rocket has exploded during a test launch at the united kingdom's new spaceport on the shetland islands, built by rocket factory exploit the rocket blew up on monday night. no one was injured. the company was testing its multi state lawn chair for carrying satellites into space. and a fresh search is underway for 6 people still missing after a luxury, your side of the italian island of sicily, one mountain has been confirmed dead. u. k. tech. so i couldn't, mike lynn john, his daughter are among those still missing as well as jonathan bloomer, the chairman of the investment bank. morgan stanley, international british inspectors have not been deployed as the search continues the day after super. y'all capsized here, italian rescue teams continue their search for the missing divers began to send to the wreck of the page, and the british flag yacht had 22 people on board, including one of britain's best known tech entrepreneurs. mike lynch. battalion media says lynch was celebrating his recent acquittal in a mass of us fraud case when the yacht was caught in the storm. lynch is a m

but we've actually had some fog in shetland through the morning.e rain. it's only moving slowly eastwards, but nevertheless it's going to give quite a damp afternoon through wales, the south west, northern england. clearing scotland, but showers follow on here. a scattering of showers as well for northern ireland. some sunshine too and a fresher feel, but still very warm where we keep the sunshine. in the midlands, east anglia, the south east 28, possibly 29. but as we go through this evening and overnight, that rain band slowly pushes eastwards. so less chance of seeing the aurora borealis or indeed the perseid meteor shower here, but clearer skies further north and west, and a better chance here. and a fresher night. actually, it'll be a slightly warmer night than last night for the south and east because of the cloud cover, which will still be with us tomorrow morning. could be a bit misty and damp underneath this rain band. a few showers. they could be sharp or thundery through this evening and overnight. easing away tomorrow. but the cloud tak

so friday, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers for orkney and shetland, where it will continue tos generally in the high teens to low 20s for scotland and northern ireland, and about 20 to 23 widely across england and wales. it then starts to get a bit warmer for scotland and northern ireland as we start to get a southerly drift, so temperatures more widely will reach the 20s as we go through the weekend. there'll still be a lot of dry and sunny weather for england and wales. just an outside chance of a shower working in to the coast of southern england. our temperatures, well, coming up to about 22 in glasgow, so feeling quite a bit warmer here. and a fine weekend, sunday looks good as well. could see 25 across parts of eastern england, but then some showers around next week. live from washington. this is bbc news. israel launches one of the largest assaults on militants in the occupied west bank in more than 20 years, leaving at least 10 people dead. in the us, the fbi says there appears to be no motive for the gunman in the assassination attempt of former president trump. oppos

hanging on shetland. very few showers. a fresh appeal., scotland, and western parts of england, and wales. further east, look at the temperatures. 30—35. high humidity. behind our band of showers, the humidity will step down a notch. more comfortable for sleeping in many areas of england and wales. the winds are strengthening, bringing cloud and more rain. that is across northern ireland and western scotland. by morning, warm and muggy. misty low cloud around the coast. going into tuesday, the next band of rain tied in with low pressure. the wind a bit stronger. mostly feature through the morning the northern ireland and scotland. it crosses the irish sea into wales, south—west england, northern england in the afternoon. southern and eastern areas are staying largely dry. still very warm. 27—28 . windy in the north—west. that will feel a little cooler than the temperatures will suggest. the weather front is rivers in southern areas on wednesday. no more than a band of cloud. the ridge of high pressure building behind. drierfor of high pre

so friday, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers for orkney and shetland, where it will continue tos generally in the high teens to low 20s for scotland and northern ireland, and about 20 to 23 widely across england and wales. it then starts to get a bit warmer for scotland and northern ireland as we start to get a southerly drift, so temperatures more widely will reach the 20s as we go through the weekend. there'll still be a lot of dry and sunny weather for england and wales. just an outside chance of a shower working in to the coast of southern england. our temperatures, well, coming up to about 22 in glasgow, so feeling quite a bit warmer here. and a fine weekend, sunday looks good as well. could see 25 across parts of eastern england, but then some showers around next week. live from washington. this is bbc news. israel launches one of the largest assaults on militants in the occupied west bank in more than 20 years, leaving at least 10 people dead. the fbi says there appears to be no motive for the gunman in the assassination attempt of former president trump. opposition prote

so friday, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers for orkney and shetland, where it will continue tos generally in the high teens to low 20s for scotland and northern ireland, and about 20 to 23 widely across england and wales. it then starts to get a bit warmer for scotland and northern ireland as we start to get a southerly drift, so temperatures more widely will reach the 20s as we go through the weekend. there'll still be a lot of dry and sunny weather for england and wales. just an outside chance of a shower working in to the coast of southern england. our temperatures, well, coming up to about 22 in glasgow, so feeling quite a bit warmer here. and a fine weekend, sunday looks good as well. could see 25 across parts of eastern england, but then some showers around next week. across the country. and, the opening ceremony of the 2024 paralympics has taken place in the centre of paris to mark the beginning of 11 days of action. we start in the middle east, where at least ten people have been killed in the biggest israeli operation in the occupied west bank for 20 years. last month,

most of the vegetation is concentrated in the territory of the southern shetland islands.inate, including. coastal areas of the antarctic peninsula, where snow melts in the summer months, also contain significant biomass in the form of microalgae. the vegetation of antarctica is extremely well adapted to survive in harsh conditions. the ecological sensitivity of cryptogamic plants makes them excellent bioindicators. the work will serve as a benchmark for future scientific research. this study is of great importance for science and nature conservation. among other things, the information collected will help in developing measures to preserve the continent's unique ecosystems. and now our traditional column: a space weather forecast, which we are compiling together with our. from the space research institute the sun has been storming for about a month, but now there is a break in activity. the main event of the week was an exceptionally strong, prolonged magnetic storm that lasted for about a day and a half, its peak was on august 12. the storm was predicted, but the strengt

winds also ease in here too, but could just hang on to the rain across shetland as we end monday eveningt it will be a fairly dry night, but a fairly warm and humid one, especially across the south, temperatures potentially holding up above 20 degrees in a few spots but out towards the west we will see this next band of rain and cloud move in and that will herald sank a little bit fresher, but it is going to be a bit of a slow process as we go through tuesday. so a dry, sunny start for most of us on tuesday. but the rain in the west will slowly spread its way eastward. so turning increasingly cloudy and damp for many western and eventually into some central areas too. but further east you are hanging on to the sunshine and also the heat. it won't be as hot across the east compared to today , but the east compared to today, but still highs reaching around 28 or possibly 29 degrees. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> the jackpot with the weather today and you might well do it with the great british giveaway as well. £30,000 three weeks left of t

as we go through into this evening there may still be 1 or 2 showers affecting parts of orkney and shetland across much of scotland it is going to be a fine end to the day. lots of late sunshine, particularly towards the west, perhaps a bit more cloud for eastern parts. a mixture of some late sunny spells and a bit of cloud for parts of northern ireland and northern england, and a similar story across much of the rest of england and wales as well. but do note that across parts of the southeast we are going to see the winds picking up a little bit later on through the night. then it is going to be a dry picture for many of us. some clear skies, but in the far south, perhaps a few showery bursts starting to push their way in as we head towards dawn tomorrow morning. otherwise, and away from the far south, with those brisk winds and a bit of cloud, it is going to be a bit of a fresh night. some places dipping into single figures. the showers across the far south will become a little bit more widespread across the southern counties as we go through tomorrow, and there's the risk of some thunder

a beautiful scene here in the shetland isles first thing this morning with some fairweather cumulus cloudrs moving their way through scotland at the moment. they'll continue to ease off into the afternoon, becoming few and far between. still a little bit breezy here. elsewhere we've just got some sunny spells this afternoon and maximum temperatures getting up to about 2k, maybe 25 degrees towards the south east of england. further north about 17 or 18 celsius there in aberdeen. 1a degrees in the northern isles. now, through this evening and tonight, there'll be some clear skies across england and wales, but the cloud will thicken in northern ireland and scotland, maybe some spots of rain arriving here late in the night. overnight temperatures down to about nine to 12 degrees. but in the countryside we could see temperatures down into a fairly low single figures. so it could be a bit of a fresh start to your monday morning. but as we go through monday, well, there'll be some changes because we've got this area of low pressure moving in these weather fronts, that's set to bring in some wet

so friday, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers for orkney and shetland, where it will continue tolly in the high teens to low 20s for scotland and northern ireland, and about 20 to 23 widely across england and wales. it then starts to get a bit warmer for scotland and northern ireland as we start to get a southerly drift, so temperatures more widely will reach the 20s as we go through the weekend. there'll still be a lot of dry and sunny weather for england and wales. just an outside chance of a shower working in to the coast of southern england. our temperatures, well, coming up to about 22 in glasgow, so feeling quite a bit warmer here. and a fine weekend, sunday looks good as well. could see 25 across parts of eastern england, but then some showers around next week. ai boom: nvidia more than doubles its second quarter revenue — but its shares are taking a hit. plus — we speak to the elderly in singapore who have chosen to keep working. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. let's begin with our top story. us chip giant nvidia has more than doubled its revenue in th

k is new space for us on the shetland islands, built by rocket factory oaks. bulkley rocket blew up on monday nights. no one was injured. the company was testing its multi stage launch f, a caring satellite sense of space. the new kinds parliament has voted to ban the russia linked ukrainian orthodox church. the bill is past outlaws, old religious organizations with connections to russia. the measure needs to be signed into little by president below, demands the landscape before it will take effect of a chinese prime minister. leach yang has begun a 3 day visit to russia is keen to boost ties that have grown places since rushes full scale invasion of ukraine. russia has never condemned that invasion. nathan members of describe beijing as a decisive enabler of the war chinese premier. the chung has arrived in moscow for talks with his russian counterpart. that's me try it, let me just and you can see any a relationship as close as lips and teeth. not sure about that. he can just go about trying to supreme leader. she, jim paying is a close ally of russian president vladimir putin. she f

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so friday, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers for orkney and shetland, where it will continue to ireland, and about 20 to 23 widely across england and wales. it then starts to get a bit warmer for scotland and northern ireland as we start to get a southerly drift, so temperatures more widely will reach the 20s as we go through the weekend. there�*ll still be a lot of dry and sunny weather for england and wales. just an outside chance of a shower working some showers around next week. voice-over: this is bbc news. we�*ll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i�*m stephen sackur. ukraine dramatic push into russian territory in the kursk region is a severe embarrassment for vladimir putin but will it change the dynamic in the wider war? that depends on the russian response, will moscow divert resources away from its granting offensive in eastern ukraine? it also depends on how the key over western allies react, will be decisively back for what is�*s gamble or put caution first? my guess is the latvian defence

so friday, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers for orkney and shetland, where it will continue tor scotland and northern ireland, and about 20 to 23 widely across england and wales. it then starts to get a bit warmer for scotland and northern ireland as we start to get a southerly drift, so temperatures more widely will reach the 20s as we go through the weekend. there'll still be a lot of dry and sunny weather for england and wales. just an outside chance of a shower working in to the coast of southern england. our temperatures, well, coming up to about 22 in glasgow, so feeling quite a bit warmer here. and a fine weekend, sunday looks good as well. could see 25 across parts of eastern england, but then some showers around next week. ai boom: nvidia more than doubles its second quarter revenue — but its shares are taking a hit. plus — we speak to the elderly in singapore who have chosen to keep working. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. let's begin with our top story. us chip giant nvidia has more than doubled its revenue in the second quarter, helped by an arti

and eastern areas, more prevalent further north and east, clearing the mainland but hanging on for shetlandnshine across much of northern ireland, scotland, western parts of england and wales and even further east. look at those temperatures 30 to 35 c with that high humidity. but behind our band of showers, the humidity will just step down a notch. so slightly more comfortable night for sleeping in many areas of england and wales, but further west, the winds are strengthening and bringing that cloud and more rain across northern ireland and western scotland by morning. so here quite a warm and muggy night as well. in fact, we could have some misty low cloud around the coast. so as we go into tuesday, there's that next band of rain all tied in with low pressure, the winds a little bit stronger as well, but again, it's mostly a feature through the morning for northern ireland and for scotland. it crosses the irish sea into wales, south west england, northern england in the afternoon, but again southern and eastern areas stay largely dry and still very warm. 27—28 degrees, but windier in the

but at the moment, as those storms clear away — and they clear away from shetland, as well, through this winds coming into northern ireland and western fringes of scotland later in the night. but for many, temperatures of 11—5 degrees down on those of last night — so more comfortable for sleeping, and a bright and dry start under that ridge of high pressure. but this deep area of low pressure towards the northwest will bring some unusually windy weather to the irish sea coasts for the time of year. pushing that rain across northern ireland into scotland, northern and western parts of england and wales through the day. drying up behind it but remaining windy, it looks like east anglia and the southeast remain mostly dry, with some sunshine. still very warm, at 27—28, but not as hot as it's been today. and for most, a pleasant 19—21 celsius. and a ridge of high pressure builds on wednesday — so, yes, we've got the remnants of our rain band in the south and east, perhaps a few showers, but it's drier for scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales, and the southwest with some pleasa

but at the moment, as those storms clear away — and they clear away from shetland, as well, through this rain, accompanied by brisk winds coming into northern ireland and western fringes of scotland later in the night. but for many, temperatures of 4—5 degrees down on those of last night — so more comfortable for sleeping, and a bright, dry start under that ridge of high pressure. but this deep area of low pressure towards the northwest will bring some unusually windy weather to the irish sea coasts for the time of year. pushing that rain across northern ireland into scotland, northern and western parts of england and wales through the day. drying up behind it but remaining windy, it looks like east anglia and the southeast remain mostly dry, with some sunshine. still very warm, at 27—28, but not as hot as it's been today. and for most, a pleasant 19—21 celsius. and a ridge of high pressure builds on wednesday — so, yes, we've got the remnants of our rain band in the south and east, perhaps a few showers, but it's drier for scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales, and the sou

so friday, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers for orkney and shetland, where it will continue tohe high teens to low 20s for scotland and northern ireland, and about 20 to 23 widely across england and wales. it then starts to get a bit warmer for scotland and northern ireland as we start to get a southerly drift, so temperatures more widely will reach the 20s as we go through the weekend. there'll still be a lot of dry and sunny weather for england and wales. just an outside chance of a shower working in to the coast of southern england. our temperatures, well, coming up to about 22 in glasgow, so feeling quite a bit warmer here. and a fine weekend, sunday looks good as well. could see 25 across parts of eastern england, but then some showers around next week. live from washington. this is bbc news. israel launches one of the largest assaults on militants in the occupied west bank in more than 20 years, leaving at least 10 people dead. the fbi says there appears to be no motive for the gunman in the assassination attempt of former president trump. opposition protest against venez

so friday, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers for orkney and shetland, where it will continue to low 20s for scotland and northern ireland, and about 20 to 23 widely across england and wales. it then starts to get a bit warmer for scotland and northern ireland as we start to get a southerly drift, so temperatures more widely will reach the 20s as we go through the weekend. there'll still be a lot of dry and sunny weather for england and wales. just an outside chance of a shower working in to the coast of southern england. our temperatures, well, coming up to about 22 in glasgow, so feeling quite a bit warmer here. and a fine weekend, sunday looks good as well. could see 25 across parts of eastern england, but then some showers around next week. ai reality check: nvidia posts record sales, but its forecasts disappoint investors — sending shares in the chip giant tumbling. also coming up: rethinking retirement. why singapore is paying companies to keep its seniors working. plus — flower power: why the food industry is waking up to nature—friendly farming. live from london, this is

but we've actually had some fog in shetland through the morning.rn england. clearing scotland, but showers follow on here. a scattering of showers as well for northern ireland. some sunshine too and a fresher feel, but still very warm where we keep the sunshine. in the midlands, east anglia, the south east 28, possibly 29. but as we go through this evening and overnight, that rain band slowly pushes eastwards. so less chance of seeing the aurora borealis or indeed the perseid meteor shower here, but clearer skies further north and west, and a better chance here. and a fresher night. actually, it'll be a slightly warmer night than last night for the south and east because of the cloud cover, which will still be with us tomorrow morning. could be a bit misty and damp underneath this rain band. a few showers. they could be sharp or thundery through this evening and overnight. easing away tomorrow. but the cloud takes its time. much, much drier though, as you can see for scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales and the southwest. yes, a fres

a beautiful scene here in the shetland isles first thing this morning with some fair weather cumulusmoving their way through scotland at the moment. they'll continue to ease off into the afternoon, becoming few and far between. still a little bit breezy here. elsewhere, we've just got some sunny spells this afternoon and maximum temperatures getting up to about 2k, maybe 25 degrees towards the south east of england. further north about 17 or 18 celsius there in aberdeen. 1a degrees in the northern isles. now through this evening and tonight, there'll be some clear skies across england and wales, but the cloud will thicken in northern ireland and scotland, maybe some spots of rain arriving here late in the night. overnight temperatures down to about nine to 12 degrees. but in the countryside we could see temperatures down into fairly low single figures. so it could be a bit of a fresh start to your monday morning. but as we go through monday, well, there'll be some changes because we've got this area of low pressure moving in, these weather fronts, that's set to bring in some wet and

german made rocket has exploded during a test launch at the united kingdom is new spaceports on the shetland islands, built by a rock in factory outs, book the rock and blew up on monday nights. no one was injured. the company was testing and small tiny stage launcher for caring satellites and to space. the search is still underway for 6 people missing after a luxury yacht sank off the italian island of sicily. one man has been confirmed that the okay tech type couldn't like lynch and his daughter are among those still missing as well as jonathan bloomer, the chairman of the investment bank. morgan stanley international version inspectors have now been deployed. as the search contains the day after super, y'all capsized here. italian rescue teams continued their search for the missing. divers began to descend to the wreck of the page, and the british flag yacht had $22.00 people on board, including one of britain's best known tech entrepreneurs. my clinch. battalion media says lynch was celebrating his recent acquittal in a mass of us fraud case when the yacht was caught in the storm. lynch

are from earlier ground—based test that the german rocket company carried out successfully here in shetland biggest. in a statement, the rocket company said they were aware of the higher risk attached to their approach, and that they will take their time to analyse and assess the situation, adding that the goal would be to return to regular operations as soon as possible. sending vertical rockets into space is hard. that is why these tests are carried out. the one here yesterday demonstrating both why these tests are important, and how challenging building rockets can be. that report from lorna gordon, our scotland correspondent. in the next hour, more on the gaza ceasefire discussions. we will also keep an eye on what is happening in the search for those six people still missing after a luxury yacht capsized off the coast of sicily. and we will be back in chicago to hear what is coming up at the democratic national convention today. so do stay with us, here on bbc news. good afternoon. some very wet weather in the forecast, particularly for northern and western areas of the uk as we head t

a beautiful scene here in the shetland isles first thing this morning with some fair weather cumulusland at the moment. they'll continue to ease off into the afternoon, becoming few and far between. still a little bit breezy here. elsewhere, we've just got some sunny spells this afternoon and maximum temperatures getting up to about 24, maybe 25 degrees towards the south east of england. further north about 17 or 18 celsius there in aberdeen. 14 degrees in the northern isles. now through this evening and tonight, there'll be some clear skies across england and wales, but the cloud will thicken in northern ireland and scotland, maybe some spots of rain arriving here late in the night. 0vernight temperatures down to about nine to 12 degrees. but in the countryside we could see temperatures down into fairly low single figures. so it could be a bit of a fresh start to your monday morning. but as we go through monday, well, there'll be some changes because we've got this area of low pressure moving in, these weather fronts, that's set to bring in some wet and also windy weather throughout

but we�*ve actually had some fog in shetland through the morning.t�*s going to give quite a damp afternoon through wales, the south west, northern england. clearing scotland, but showers follow on here. a scattering of showers as well for northern ireland. some sunshine too and a fresher feel, but still very warm where we keep the sunshine. in the midlands, east anglia, the south east 28, possibly 29. but as we go through this evening and overnight, that rain band slowly pushes eastwards. so less chance of seeing the aurora borealis or indeed the perseid meteor shower here, but clearer skies further north and west, and a better chance here. and a fresher night. actually, it�*ll be a slightly warmer night than last night for the south and east because of the cloud cover, which will still be with us tomorrow morning. could be a bit misty and damp underneath this rain band. a few showers. they could be sharp or thundery through this evening and overnight. easing away tomorrow. but the cloud takes its time. much, much drier though, as you can see for sc