tv The Papers BBC News February 18, 2022 11:30pm-12:00am GMT
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president biden has said russian forces plan to attack the ukrainian capital, kyiv, in the coming days — adding he believes president putin has already decided to authorise such action. the former us police officer who killed a black driver daunte wright when she confused her handgun for her taser has been sentenced to two years in prison, a penalty below the state guidelines. several people have been confirmed dead as storm eunice hits the uk and northern europe. severe winds have shut down transport and schools, and cut off electricity supplies. in canada, police in the capital ottawa have been clearing protesters — after a three—week blockade by groups opposing vaccine mandates.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the social commentatorjoanna jarjue and sian griffiths — education editor at the sunday times. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... they starting with. .. are they starting with... are changing and will continue to they are changing and will continue to change add to that story we mentioned about borisjohnson. mentioned about boris johnson. and many papers lead with the deadly toll of storm eunice. guardian updates with at least four dead is the worst storm in decades. there's a dramatic �*splash�* in the i newspaper: a lighthouse pounded by the seas. hundred and two to two 822 mph storm
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hundred and two to two 822 and a warning that climate change could make severe weather alerts more common another striking image — this one in the daily telegraph — shows how the storm gouged out part of the 02 — the former millennium dome — in london. and there's a closer picture of the 02 in the times — which also says 200,000 homes across the uk were left without power. the daily express features the 02 along with an image showing a church spire being toppled at wells in somerset. the mail also shows the 02 but its main story is an interview with the head of mi5 about �*threats' to the uk from �*hostile powers' such as china and russia. how the official secrets act is no longer fit the purpose.
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how the official secrets act is no longerfit the purpose. military intervention is imminent says joe is imminent sastoe biden on friday. so let's begin... we will look at the front of the express. battered by killer storm. yes, and like so many of the papers it's carrying pictures, very dramatic pictures of the effects of storm eunice. as you say, it has a picture of the 02 roof in london which has been huge gouge out of it. a bit of snow on a car in county durham and a picture of a steeple ripped off in somerset. so damage right across the country. in extreme weather event which we probably knew weather event which we probably knew we will have more storms like this because of global warming. but this particular storm has left four people dead including a woman in her
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30s in north london when a tree fell on her car. tens of thousands have suffered from power shortages and are still without power this evening. when not sure when the power is going to be brought back on. there is a clean—up bill according to the express of about £500 million. damage all over the place. it's pretty worrying. there is a real question i think about whether britain's infrastructure needs to be improved in the future so that we don't have to cancel flights, have homes without power for hours and hours. because we are likely to be seeing more of these extreme storms in the future. at the moment our infrastructure doesn't seem to be able to cope with them. roads to be dug up as we move everything on the ground. we are a
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bit pressed for time on this review. do you mind taking us to the ft, putin blames kyiv for escalation. brings forward nuclear drills. yes, we've _ brings forward nuclear drills. yes, we've seen— brings forward nuclear drills. yes, we've seen a lot of activity on the ukrainian — we've seen a lot of activity on the ukrainian border in terms of russian forces _ ukrainian border in terms of russian forces being — ukrainian border in terms of russian forces being there. putin has stressed _ forces being there. putin has stressed all the way through this sense _ stressed all the way through this sense us — stressed all the way through this sense us intelligence have been saying _ sense us intelligence have been saying that an invasion is imminent, they weren't — saying that an invasion is imminent, they weren't looking to invade ukraine — they weren't looking to invade ukraine. so there's been a lot of conversation between putin and nato. because _ conversation between putin and nato. because of— conversation between putin and nato. because of some of the events that have happened there today in terms of the _ have happened there today in terms of the shelling and what some western— of the shelling and what some western officials are basically saying — western officials are basically saying has been a situation that the russians— saying has been a situation that the russians have put in place in order to almost— russians have put in place in order to almostjustify if russians have put in place in order to almost justify if they do invade into ukraine later on as to why they've — into ukraine later on as to why they've done that. they said that is
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they've done that. they said that is the reason — they've done that. they said that is the reason why this could be kids fault _ the reason why this could be kids fault at — the reason why this could be kids fault. at the moment, rush or are almost _ fault. at the moment, rush or are almost playing along with the same lines almost playing along with the same tines that— almost playing along with the same lines that we've heard from western officiats _ lines that we've heard from western officials in _ lines that we've heard from western officials in terms of false flag situations over there. i know today there's— situations over there. i know today there's been some shelling around and some — there's been some shelling around and some of the eastern side of ukraine — and some of the eastern side of ukraine and at the moment, nato and the people _ ukraine and at the moment, nato and the people who are looking at these stories— the people who are looking at these stories are — the people who are looking at these stories are hoping this can be de—escalated. they are looking at things— de—escalated. they are looking at things like — de—escalated. they are looking at things like sanctions towards russia and also _ things like sanctions towards russia and also having these conversations stop its _ and also having these conversations stop it's got to a situation where russia _ stop it's got to a situation where russia could basically invade at any moment _ russia could basically invade at any moment. and basically playing along to the _ moment. and basically playing along to the tune that we've been expecting from reports of us
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intelligence. this leads us very neatly— intelligence. this leads us very neatty to — intelligence. this leads us very neatly to the male end the interview which _ neatly to the male end the interview which we've managed to get a hold of, page six, thanks for the journatist _ of, page six, thanks for the journalist at the veil to get matt out quite — journalist at the veil to get matt out quite an interesting interview, talking _ out quite an interesting interview, talking not— out quite an interesting interview, talking notjust about out quite an interesting interview, talking not just about the extent of the desire — talking not just about the extent of the desire of russia and china to influence — the desire of russia and china to influence such as public opinion but political— influence such as public opinion but political opinion and also the secrets — political opinion and also the secrets act which we relied on for the trest— secrets act which we relied on for the best part of 100 years is well out of— the best part of 100 years is well out of date. it�*s the best part of 100 years is well out of date-— the best part of 100 years is well out of date. it's a very interesting interview with _ out of date. it's a very interesting interview with the _ out of date. it's a very interesting interview with the mfi _ out of date. it's a very interesting interview with the mfi chief - out of date. it's a very interesting interview with the mfi chief ian i interview with the mfi chief ian mcallen and he is warning that russia and china are vying for international supremacy. —— mi five. it's important not to frame this is a cold war mock to do but at the same time to be very clear eyed about the struggle we are in. all the language in the interview is very much cold war language. he is
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saying, he is suggesting that both russia and china are trying to steal from businesses, universities and ordinary britons. steeler secrets, possibly hack into our computers. he is saying that russians and chinese people are trying to interfere in parliament, trying to influence mps. the officials secrets act is we don't at the moment to prosecute a foreign spy simply for being a foreign spy simply for being a foreign spy. it's a power that america has and we don't. the official secrets act, we can 0fficial secrets act, we can prosecute our own civil servants if they leak government secrets but there's no way of simply bringing a prosecution against a foreign spy in our courts. i think those are the laws that he would like to see updated and he would like to see the power to prosecute foreign spies. he
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speaking of course quite soon after christine lee, the chinese spy allegedly was exposed a few weeks ago. so it's a very interesting interview. it's coming against the background of what's happening in ukraine. and at one point he says that mi five are divided in a way because there has been focus on the threat from things like isis but now they are having to wonder whether they are having to wonder whether they need to be spending more of the resources on things like the influence that both russia and china trying to bring to bear on the democratic process within the uk. joetta, about prosecuting brings us neatly to page two of the times. you can't prosecute ace foreign spy, you can't prosecute ace foreign spy, you can prosecute a prime minister. that
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may the questionnaire he was receiving. to may the questionnaire he was receiving-— may the questionnaire he was receivinu. ., , ~' receiving. to begin with, i think it's totally _ receiving. to begin with, i think it's totally bizarre _ receiving. to begin with, i think it's totally bizarre that - receiving. to begin with, i think it's totally bizarre that people i receiving. to begin with, i think i it's totally bizarre that people who are involved in those have been offered — are involved in those have been offered the chance for questionnaire in the _ offered the chance for questionnaire in the first— offered the chance for questionnaire in the first place. i'm sure that a lot in the first place. i'm sure that a tot of— in the first place. i'm sure that a lot of people who have been fined for breaking locked rules haven't been _ for breaking locked rules haven't been afforded the same opportunity. but what's _ been afforded the same opportunity. but what's interesting about this is the sucre _ but what's interesting about this is the sucre report, the people that contributed to that it interviewed have been given a chance to review their— have been given a chance to review their notes — have been given a chance to review their notes albeit in a limited capacity— their notes albeit in a limited capacity —— sue gray. view them, be in the _ capacity —— sue gray. view them, be in the same — capacity —— sue gray. view them, be in the same room as them with the notes _ in the same room as them with the notes and — in the same room as them with the notes and it's also time—limited. but it— notes and it's also time—limited. but itjust — notes and it's also time—limited. but itjust seems as if notes and it's also time—limited. but it just seems as if with this whole — but it just seems as if with this whole thing and including with the prime _ whole thing and including with the prime minister and everybody invotved — prime minister and everybody involved in this, it's another example _ involved in this, it's another example for the average brit in the average _ example for the average brit in the average person who may or may not have tiroken— average person who may or may not have broken the rules to look at it and think— have broken the rules to look at it and think about how many allowances
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do we _ and think about how many allowances do we get _ and think about how many allowances do we get to these people and how much _ do we get to these people and how much of— do we get to these people and how much of a — do we get to these people and how much of a an easier ride do they get? _ much of a an easier ride do they get? its — much of a an easier ride do they get? it's good to know that obviously the prime minister has submitted his response to the questionnaire, i think the deadline was actually today. so he had to. he has also _ was actually today. so he had to. he has also had — was actually today. so he had to. he has also had the opportunity to seek le-al has also had the opportunity to seek legal advice which completely entitled to. in terms ofjust the process— entitled to. in terms ofjust the process of— entitled to. in terms ofjust the process of how this is panned out and how— process of how this is panned out and how serious it is in the sense that it's _ and how serious it is in the sense that it's very— and how serious it is in the sense that it's very hard for the people who actually made the rules to be the people who accidentally broke them _ the people who accidentally broke them because you wrote the rulebook. how can— them because you wrote the rulebook. how can you _ them because you wrote the rulebook. how can you be in a position where you slept _ how can you be in a position where you slept on — how can you be in a position where you slept on bad and numerous times because _ you slept on bad and numerous times because there is at least 12 events that are _ because there is at least 12 events that are being investigated at the moment? — that are being investigated at the moment? it's a story that i think he's _ moment? it's a story that i think he's going — moment? it's a story that i think he's going to continue to rattle a lot he's going to continue to rattle a tot of— he's going to continue to rattle a lot of people. he's going to continue to rattle a lot of purple-— lot of people. and this one run, it's funny _ lot of people. and this one run, it's funny i _ lot of people. and this one run,
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it's funny i thought _ lot of people. and this one run, it's funny i thought the - lot of people. and this one run, it's funny i thought the whole i lot of people. and this one run, i it's funny i thought the whole point was saying in effect sue gray report could it be published because they are worried about purchasing because what's in it. it looks like they know what's in it and they, i'm confused with a ballpark that for later. let's move on to the telegraph if we can. water metres may be forced on households. images of men from the water companies merging into your home and installing of the people protesting, no take that metre away from me. this is in interesting story that 6 million households could be forced to assault water meters. it's a bid to assault water meters. it's a bid to save water. these households written areas where there are potential water shortages or severe water shortages. so the water company apparently have the power to
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insist that such households to install water metres for the end way they can force households to take water metres as they can say, if you don't take them where going to increase your annual bills by about £200 a year. so i think most households face with that choice will take the water meter. the story makes an interesting point that probably the water companies bothered to plug the leaks in their own pipes to save an awful lot more water. i think it's a fit of supplies they lost two weeks every day. i think thames water is one of the worst records for leaks of any water company. i think there's a bit of a question about whether they want to companies are looking in the right direction when they are targeting families rather than their own internal mechanisms for fixing water pipes. it’s own internal mechanisms for fixing water pipes— water pipes. it's an interesting question- _ water pipes. it's an interesting question- all— water pipes. it's an interesting question. all of _ water pipes. it's an interesting question. all of these - water pipes. it's an interesting question. all of these things i water pipes. it's an interesting l question. all of these things we have to worry about, possible war in
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ukraine, police investigation, the possibility that russian spies and chinese spies operating in the highest levels in the uk government. it a bit of... it's not too surprising in the light of that when you read the paragraph at the bottom of the telegraph, youthful optimism begins fading at the age of nine. the age of innocence in so early. i the age of innocence in so early. i know. to be honest, it's not as surprising, _ know. to be honest, it's not as surprising, i_ know. to be honest, it's not as surprising, i think at the moment children— surprising, i think at the moment children have a lot more access to maybe _ children have a lot more access to maybe what some of us used to have in terms _ maybe what some of us used to have in terms of— maybe what some of us used to have in terms of bad news. it seems like whether— in terms of bad news. it seems like whether it's — in terms of bad news. it seems like whether it's in terms of the internet. _ whether it's in terms of the internet, even though a lot of children— internet, even though a lot of children at that age will have their internet _ children at that age will have their internet access monitored. there's 'ust internet access monitored. there's just a _ internet access monitored. there's just a tot _ internet access monitored. there's just a lot more access. i think the bieak— just a lot more access. i think the bleak reality of what life has to offer _ bleak reality of what life has to offer sometimes isjust bleak reality of what life has to offer sometimes is just something that att— offer sometimes is just something that all of— offer sometimes is just something that all of us have to experience at a certain— that all of us have to experience at
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a certain point. it is to do with media and _ a certain point. it is to do with media and news consumption and especially— media and news consumption and especially what's been going on recently. — especially what's been going on recently, earlier on in the air everything that's been going on with afghanistan and various things around — afghanistan and various things around the world. but i do think in some _ around the world. but i do think in some capacity all of us has hit that point _ some capacity all of us has hit that point witt— some capacity all of us has hit that point will we get to nine and ten years— point will we get to nine and ten years old — point will we get to nine and ten years old we start to realise the realities — years old we start to realise the realities of the world and it hits us att— realities of the world and it hits us all but — realities of the world and it hits us all but injust different aspects. us all but in 'ust different aspects.— us all but in 'ust different asects. ., ., , us all but in 'ust different asects. ., ., ., aspects. your last word is a former nine-year-old _ aspects. your last word is a former nine-year-old and _ aspects. your last word is a former nine-year-old and is _ aspects. your last word is a former nine-year-old and is apparent. - aspects. your last word is a former. nine-year-old and is apparent. does it 'ive for nine-year-old and is apparent. does itjive for you? _ nine-year-old and is apparent. does itjive for you? it _ nine-year-old and is apparent. does itjive for you? it does. _ nine-year-old and is apparent. does itjive for you? it does. it's - nine—year—old and is apparent. lire" itjive for you? it does. it's an interesting study by university of london. i think as a parent i tried to keep them up the screens as long as possible, keep them away from the bad news. all those terrible outcomes that they can see on screen, don't give them the mobile phone until they're at least 11 going up to secondary school. maybe they are natural optimism will survive just a bit longer. they are natural optimism will survivejust a bit longer. filth. they are natural optimism will survive just a bit longer. survive 'ust a bit longer. oh, i
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hoe survivejust a bit longer. oh, i hepe s0- _ survivejust a bit longer. oh, i hepe s0- i— survivejust a bit longer. oh, i hope so. i hope _ survivejust a bit longer. oh, i hope so. i hope we _ survivejust a bit longer. oh, i hope so. i hope we are - survivejust a bit longer. oh, i hope so. i hope we are both i survivejust a bit longer. oh, i i hope so. i hope we are both the three of us optimists at least. thank you very much. i knew i could be optimistic about you. we finished on time. gives me time to tell you... the papers will be back again tomorrow evening withjo phillips and nigel nelson. will be sparring. coming up next, it's the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. hello. what are you watching? we have dog, in which channing tatum co—starred with a dog.
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0ld henry, which is a western. and here before starring andrea riseborough. do you like channing tatum? iam i am neutral. he stars and co—directs. there comes a point in every leading actor's live, i must co—starred with a dog. richard gere and tom hanks have both done it. here, channing tatum is a ranger trying to get back into service. there is a military dog whose handler has died. the military dog is years in service and has become very unpredictable. channing tatum's character wants to get back into service. he is told to take the dog to the funeral, a cross country thing, a road trip.
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after that, take the dog where it needs to go. tell them it will be rehabilitated but that is not what is going to happen. the dogs behaviour is unpredictable. what you think of you but a likeable character a dog with problems in a car? do you think during a road trip they will fall into a will fall out? there will be good times and bad times and there will be a share a bath together. hello, nugget. come on and get in the nugget bath. good girl. come on. you're 0k. i don't want to kill you. yeah. good girl. come on. yeah. no, no, no. come here. it's nice and warm. yes, it is. four bath bombs.
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bath salts. you're certainly not the girl i thought i'd be in the tub with. that's better. 0k. no. do not try this at home. no! that is so wrong. it doesn't come in the bath with me, my dog. absolutely. not when i am in it. here is the thing. i really enjoyed it. i like channing tatum and i like dogs. i do not want to have a bath with one of them. it hits every single bit you would expect it to hit and it does so in a way that is charming. a lot of it is channing tatum
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talking to the dog. a lot of the humour is very mocking of machismo. it is a film in which there is a dog who has been traumatised and somehow underneath all that angry, aggressive exterior, perhaps there is something. you would have to work pretty hard to take against it. i laughed a lot harder than i thought i would. i really enjoyed it. i laughed quite loudly, embarrassingly loudly at one point. it was fun. if you can get over the problem of the dog in the bath... i would probably really enjoy it. dogs are great, as are cats. yes. no time for that conversation. anyway, i will give that a go. moving on, old henry. he lives on a farm,
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tim blake nelson. he wants to learn about guns and shooting he doesn't want to talk about that. they find a saddled horse which leads them to a wounded man and a bag of them go back to the farm. never a good move! next thing, bunch of people turning up claiming to be law men. everyone is not exactly what they claim to be. this kind of starts out like unforgiven and then it turns into a history of violence and then it mutates into the final acts of straw dogs. i rather liked it. tim blake nelson was terrific. i liked the melancholia which in the later stages turned into something altogether more dramatic. it was going to open in cinemas in november of last year and we were all set to review it. at the very last
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moment it got pulled. it is now coming to sky cinema and streaming on now from sunday. we were set to review it as a cinema release and at the very last moment it got. well worth seeing. it is a little movie his heart is in the right place. i liked it. interesting. here before. i think it is a psychological chiller. it is not a horror movie. andrea riseborough plays a mother in northern ireland for that they had a bereavement in the past. a new couple moves in next door. she becomes fixated with the young daughter of the new couple, who seems to know things about their family and their lost child she cannot possibly know. is she coming apart or is something supernatural happening?
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i'm going to show you a clip, a dream sequence which kind of catches the eeriness of the film. here we go. # lol like a circus clown. # put away your circus frown. # ride on a roller—coaster upside down. # waltzing matilda. # carry lots of kinkajou. # joey catch a kangaroo. # hug you. # dandelion milk with silky and a sunny sky. # reach out and hitch a ride and float on by. # a long—standing gnome naming colours of the rainbow. # red, blue and yellow, green, i love you. 0o—ee. # popsicles, liquorice sticks. # 0o—ee. urgh! as we went into it like this is a dream sequence.
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i'm not entirely sure whether it is or not. tune that is playing is by a and called redesign. this is the debut feature from writer—director stacey gregg. when i was watching i was reminded of, there was a film in the 1970s called audrey rose. it was a supernatural thriller. in the case of this, you think is it a supernatural thriller, a psychological thriller, is it a story about somebody slowly descending into some kind of mental illness or is it something else? the best thing about it is it really keeps you guessing. the great atmospheric score by adam janota bzowski. the thing i like about it is you spend time watching, thinking, i do not know which genre we are in.
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i think that can be quite intriguing. it holds your interest. it can be intriguing and unsettling. the best thing is the central character does not know what genre they are in either. this is genuinely mysterious. she has lost a child, so she is going to be traumatised. andrea riseborough said she thought it was a study of grief. a friend of mine said they thought it was a ghost story. it is kind of all of them at the same time. it would take an actor of andrea riseborough's calibre to be able to hold back together and for it not to become annoying. i was really intrigued and genuinely
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wanted to know what the mystery was. i really liked it and i think you will like it. it is not a horror movie in anyway, shape orform. definitely intrigued by it. flee. andrea riseborough. it is up for best international feature at the oscars. it is in cinemas. i would advise people to see it wherever they can. there is a subtitled version and a dubbed version. you loved it? i was walking round the nation telling everyone to watch it. it is animated and an hour and a half. i think it allows you to absorb the absolute horror of human trafficking and people traffickers. you are having to flee your home country where you are happy and born and bred because it is too dangerous for you to live there. so powerful.
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it is a coming of age story and a coming out story. it is joyful and triumphant at the same time as being... there are sequences in it that are horrifying. sequences in the cargo containers. if you can see it in a cinema, great, at home that is good. can i quickly mention the real charlie chaplin? it was made by the makers of notes on blindness. if you are a chaplin aficionado, there may not be a whole lot of new stuff in here but what there is is a very well told story of somebody who can not be the tie—down to one version. the essential thing is, when he designed a custom, it was big shoes, baggy trousers, tightjacket where big head, small hack, deliberate contradictions.
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the thing you get from this documentary is it is a contradictory character. it is the light side and the dark side. stuff about his life which has horrified people. i thought the documentary walked a very good line, being intriguing and involving. never turned its head away from the darker stuff. really approaching a very difficult subject in two hours. in two hours you cannot capture the real charlie chaplin but they had a very good go. enjoy your cinema going and see you next time. goodbye. strong units is now sliding away is with the weather extremely so as we head through the weekend. most places getting off to a driver called in and some spot icy start on saturday. there was a rain and hills no pushing in from the west. gales
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accompanying that weather feature around some southern and western coast, not as windy as it was during friday foot up there will be spells of sunshine as well. temperatures north to south ranging from four in aberdeen to 11 degrees in cardiff and implement as you go through saturday evening this first band of rain and some hills know will tend to weaken as it eases it way eastward. then we see some heavier rain pushing in from the west through the night with once again strengthening wins. temperatures will be coming up as the night wears on, mild airtied in will be coming up as the night wears on, mild air tied in with this weather system. sunday promises to be a windy day, not as windy as it has been but he could hamper some clear up operation, they'll be outbreaks of heavy rain and it will feel
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this is bbc news. i'm nancy kacungira with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden says he's convinced vladimir putin has made the decision to invade ukraine — with an attack on kyiv expected in the coming days. we're calling out russia's plans loudly and repeatedly, not because we want a conflict but because we're doing everything in our power to remove any reason that russia may give to justify invading ukraine and prevent them from moving. the russian president will watch military exercises on saturday. moscow says the drills are not a threat to anyone. storm eunice leaves a trail of death and destruction in the uk and across northern europe. and a former us police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison over the fatal shooting of a black motorist last april.
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