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this is bbc news 7 welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... escaping mariupol — which has been described as "hell on earth". ten humanitarian corridors are agreed, as an urgent appeal is made for people to leave luhansk.ten humanitarian corridors are agreed to help thousands of ukrainians flee the war. moscow re—organises its military leadership in ukraine. general alexander dvornikov — who commanded russian forces in syria — is given overall charge. the brutal story of one family trying to flee from chernihiv north of the capital kiev — we have a special report. angry scenes in pakistan's parliament between supporters and opponents of the prime minister, imran khan, ahead of a vote of no confidence.
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the wife of the uk finance minister rishi sunak says she will now pay uk taxes on her overseas income, after legally avoiding it for years. campaigning has ended in the first round of france's presidential election, which takes place on sunday. and mission accomplished — as the first all private astronaut team ever launched to the international space station — completes docking. good afternoon. ukrainian officials say ten humanitarian corridors to evacuate people from regions besieged by russian forces have been agreed for today. it's thought around 10 thousand people have escaped from cities in the south and east through humanitarian corridors over the past two days. president zelensky said a "firm global response" was needed after yesterday's missile strike on a railway station in kramatorsk, which killed at least 50 people. danjohnson reports from lviv.
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we arejust we are just hearing that blood meal zelensky is meeting with boris johnson in kyiv. —— we are just hearing that prsident zelensky johnson in kyiv. in kherson, before describing to get to safety. translation: , translation: he tells me he does not want _ translation: he tells me he does not want them _ translation: he tells me he does not want them to - translation: he tells me he does not want them to take i translation: he tells me he| does not want them to take our ukraine, — does not want them to take our ukraine, he _ does not want them to take our ukraine, he says _ does not want them to take our ukraine, he says mum, - does not want them to take ourl ukraine, he says mum, relieving own? _ ukraine, he says mum, relieving own? i_ ukraine, he says mum, relieving own? i say— ukraine, he says mum, relieving own? i say yes— ukraine, he says mum, relieving own? i say yes it_ ukraine, he says mum, relieving own? i say yes it is— ukraine, he says mum, relieving own? i say yes it is temporary, l own? i say yes it is temporary, he says— own? i say yes it is temporary, he says if— own? i say yes it is temporary, he says if they— own? i say yes it is temporary, he says if they are _ own? i say yes it is temporary, he says if they are going - own? i say yes it is temporary, he says if they are going to - he says if they are going to destroy— he says if they are going to destroy my— he says if they are going to destroy my home - he says if they are going to destroy my home i- he says if they are going to destroy my home i will- he says if they are going toi destroy my home i will take revenge _
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destroy my home i will take reven . e. destroy my home i will take revenge-— destroy my home i will take revenue. , , ., revenge. her son is 'ust four was that h revenge. her son is 'ust four was that this h revenge. her son is just four was that this conflict - revenge. her son is just four was that this conflict leaves | was that this conflict leaves its mark on young and old. valeria is 20, a student from kharkiv, but herfamily valeria is 20, a student from kharkiv, but her family stayed at home near donetsk. what do you find most upsetting? translation: mi; you find most upsetting? translation: g ., , ., translation: my family are in different parts _ translation: my family are in different parts of _ translation: my family are in different parts of ukraine - translation: my family are in different parts of ukraine and i different parts of ukraine and i don't — different parts of ukraine and i don't know_ different parts of ukraine and i don't know when _ different parts of ukraine and i don't know when we - different parts of ukraine and idon't know when we will- different parts of ukraine and l i don't know when we will meet them _ i don't know when we will meet them agaih _ i don't know when we will meet them again-— them again. the number of --eole them again. the number of people arriving _ them again. the number of people arriving here - them again. the number of people arriving here now i them again. the number of people arriving here now is| people arriving here now is much lower than it was in the first weeks of the war, but the intensifying conflict in the east means more people are likely to head this way, and what happened yesterday in kramatorsk on a station concourse very much like this has underlined to everyone the risks people face making the journey to safety. 50 people died when a rocket hit crowds trying to get on evacuation trains. russia denies responsibility. there has been western condemnation of another
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apparent war crime. translation: ., apparent war crime. translation: . ., ., translation: what did we do to the russians _ translation: what did we do to the russians to _ translation: what did we do to the russians to deserve - translation: what did we do to the russians to deserve this? - the russians to deserve this? we are — the russians to deserve this? we are civilians. _ the russians to deserve this? we are civilians. in— the russians to deserve this? we are civilians.— we are civilians. in chernihiv, some peeple _ we are civilians. in chernihiv, some people are _ we are civilians. in chernihiv, some people are returning i we are civilians. in chernihiv, i some people are returning home to find that there is not much left after the russians withdrew. antonine has lived in this flat for 25 years. lord, she cries, why are we being punished like this? russian military hardware is on the move, with a new general running the new military operation in ukraine and an increasing focus on the east. ukraine is also reinforcing with more heavy weapons. translation:— with more heavy weapons. translation: ., ., ., , translation: rush's war against our nation may — translation: rush's war against our nation may end _ translation: rush's war against our nation may end in _ translation: rush's war against our nation may end in freedom - our nation may end in freedom sooner— our nation may end in freedom sooner than— our nation may end in freedom sooner than many— our nation may end in freedom sooner than many in— our nation may end in freedom sooner than many in the - our nation may end in freedom sooner than many in the world | sooner than many in the world think— sooner than many in the world think if— sooner than many in the world think if ukraine _ sooner than many in the world think if ukraine simply- think if ukraine simply receives _ think if ukraine simply receives the _ think if ukraine simply receives the weapons i think if ukraine simply. receives the weapons we think if ukraine simply- receives the weapons we have asked — receives the weapons we have asked for _ receives the weapons we have asked for-— asked for. this military funeral _ asked for. this military funeral for _ asked for. this military funeral for alexander, | asked for. this military | funeral for alexander, a volunteer, who funeralfor alexander, a volunteer, who got his mother to safety before signing up. ukraine is mourning its fallen soldiers and i happy and heavy losses on both sides of this
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conflict. vanjohnson, bbc news, lviv. dan spoke to me earlier and said there were mixed feelings about the promise of ten humanitarian corridors in the south and east of the country. there is real nervousness but hope that people can make it out pretty safe humanitarian corridors. everyone knows i have been many attempts to do that in the weeks since the invasion began and, so many times that those routes have not proven to be safe, ceasefires have not been respected, attacks have continued and evacuation efforts have had to be called off, time and time again for people who have been trying to leave cities like mariupol, where they have been trapped, besieged, for weeks on end now, but there is a renewed effort to try to get people free from some of those towns and cities in the south and east of ukraine, but the risk that comes with that sort ofjourney was underlined by that attack yesterday with theirs 50 or so people dying at kramatorsk railway station. i have been
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meeting people off the trains in lviv this morning, some of them coming from the east, because of the fear of renewed fighting or an intensification of russia's military campaign there in the donbas. they have made that difficult decision, to run that risk, to get out while they can to reach a place that they consider to be safer, and the hope is that many more people will be able to do that, through the afternoon and perhaps into tomorrow as well, but no doubt it is fraught with complication and with risk, and the expectation is that the russian military campaign really will step up in the next few days or weeks now that there is only general in charge of the shepherds make military operations hearing ukraine, and that russia's military is rearming, reinforcing as well, as we have seen, extra kit coming in to support the ukrainian defences as well, so it looks like in the east of the country the conflict really could be about to intensify. dan johnson could be about to intensify. danjohnson in lviv.
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people in the polish capital warsaw are gathering to support ukraine in the war against russia. the stand up for ukraine initiative is described as a global pledging event.... let's speak to adam easton — who's there. what is happening there? do we know how much money has been raised? we know how much money has been raised? ~ ., ., , ~ know how much money has been raised? ~ ., ., , . ., raised? we do not yet. we have had pledges _ raised? we do not yet. we have had pledges from _ raised? we do not yet. we have had pledges from world - raised? we do not yet. we have had pledges from world leaders| had pledges from world leaders including the german chancellor 0laf scholz, announcing close to 500 million euros in support for humanitarian aid. belgium announced 800 million euros, and a host of other countries also pledged money. we have had pledges from private sector, from google, from coca—cola, twitter, other companies as well, and the event is actually being hosted by the european commission president ursula von der leyen, who of course has just returned from kyiv, her trip there yesterday, and the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau, who is actually attending this event online,
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remotely. it is ongoing. we still don't know what the total amount of money pledged is, until the end, so we will wait to find out what the total is. president zelensky addressed the event by video link. what did he have to say? he the event by video link. what did he have to say?— the event by video link. what did he have to say? he made a ledre did he have to say? he made a pledge for— did he have to say? he made a pledge for increased _ did he have to say? he made a| pledge for increased sanctions. he asked the european union and the world to stop buying russian oil, and to impose sanctions on all of russia's banks, to block fans to the war machine being operated by the kremlin and he said ukraine had been attacked by the largest country in the world by area, but the largest country in the world by carriage he said is defending itself.— world by carriage he said is defending itself. thank you very much. _ defending itself. thank you very much, adam - defending itself. thank you very much, adam easton . defending itself. thank you j very much, adam easton in warsaw. just to tell you about that line of breaking news we are hearing that the uk prime
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minister borisjohnson is in the ukrainian capital to meet president zelensky. more on that coming up. you are watching bbc news. ok, let's continue that news that borisjohnson is an kyiv meeting president zelensky, this is the that has just been released president zelensky, this is the that hasjust been released in president zelensky, this is the that has just been released in the last few minutes, this meeting taking place as you are just hearing, as that global pledging event culminates in warsaw, in poland, and we've been hearing pledges from a number of world leaders to the continuing campaign in ukraine, specifically in the event to help refugees displaced within ukraine but governments in a number of countries, including the uk continuing to offer military aid as well, no doubt on the agenda there
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for the conversation between president zelensky and prime ministerjohnson. so borisjohnson ministerjohnson. so boris johnson in ministerjohnson. so borisjohnson in the ukrainian capital to meet the ukrainian president. after more than a month of occupation by russian soldiers, you afte soldiers, you r more than a month of occupation by russian solders, ukraininan forces reclaimed the city of chernihiv and uncovered scenes of devastation left behind. the city sits to the north of the ukrainian capital, kyiv. its mayor said more than 400 people had died there, and called it hard 0ur correspondent anna foster has met one woman whose daughter and husband were brutally killed as they tried to escape from chernihiv, and a warning her report does include some graphic details. veronika kutz, a 12—year—old girl full of energy and promise. a life cruelly ended by a russian shell. nine days into the war, viktoria kovalenko experienced unimaginable horror. as herfamily fled chernihiv, their car was fired on. viktoria's daughter, veronika, and husband, petro, were killed instantly.
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translation: my daughter got out i of the car and i went to follow. i as i got out, my daughterfell. and then i looked and her head was gone. she was bleeding from her neck like a fountain. i was holding my baby and i needed to get her to safety. viktoria held her baby daughter close and ran for her life, but that wasn't the end of the ordeal, because she was found by russian soldiers, who took her to the basement of a school and held her there with more than 300 other people for 2h days. viktoria watched people die around her as they struggled without medical help.
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translation: there were 40 people in my room. - mostly we didn't even move because there was no space to move or walk. just too many people. the lack of movement made people ill. seven days after veronika and petro were killed, viktoria asked her russian captors to bring their remains to the school so she could bury them. there were two graves. 0ne box was bigger, one box was smaller. and two crosses with signs. i started to cover the boxes with earth, but new shelling started, so we ran away before we had finished burying them. if i had the possibility of shooting putin, i would do it. my hand would not shake. this ring has become viktoria's most treasured possession — a gift from her beloved daughter and all she has left of her. anna foster, bbc news, lviv. let's return to the
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situation in ukraine. as russia concentrates its forces in the east, ukraine is retaking more territory north of kyiv — like the chernobyl nuclear power plant. russian forces took it in the first days of the war and there were huge concerns that the plant could be accidentally damaged or used as a weapon. 0ur correspondent, yogita limaye, is one of the first journalists to reach the facility since it was retaken. access to chernobyl has onlyjust opened up on an off—road track. the bridge to it was destroyed to stop the russian advance. this is the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, among the first parts of ukraine to be captured when russia invaded. "they surrounded us with tanks and there were aircraft flying overhead", security officer petro says. russian forces broke into monitoring and control stations. electricity was cut off for a few days — a major threat. translation: we store nuclear waste. if we'd lost power, it would have been catastrophic. radioactive material could have been released. i wasn't really worried for my life, i was scared of what would
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happen if i wasn't here. it's not possible for us to go any further because it could be risky but, if you walk down here, in that direction is an area of very high levels of contamination known as the red forest. and drone video has now come out which officials here have seen and they've confirmed to us the russian soldiers not only built trenches there, but they appear to have stayed there as well. this is evidence of how little they knew about nuclear safety. the soldiers were exposed to significant doses of radiation, ukraine says. below the plant is a basement, where 170 members of the national guard securing chornobyl were held captive. no—one still knows where they are. they were taken by russian forces. former ukrainian president petro poroshenko visited chornobyl today, with a warning for the world.
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are we sure that tomorrow, russian troops cannot appear here? my answer would be no. putin is completely unpredictable. and nuclear, the nuclear smoke can reach eastern europe, central europe and even great britain. for now, there's relief here, but also a sense of unease. the threat is just ten miles away, across the border. yogita limaye, bbc news, chernobyl. parliament in pakistan
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is expected today to decide whether to remove imran khan as prime minister, days after he blocked a similar attempt. parliamentary proceedings were temporarily adjourned — though they have now reconvened. there have been angry scenes between supporters and opponents of imran kha. mr khan has said that if he is ousted from power — he will not recognise an opposition government. last monday, the country's supreme court ruled that he acted unconstitutionally in asking the president to dissolve parliament before the vote could take place. addressing the speaker in parliament, the opposition alliance leader, shehbaz sharif, asked him to go ahead with the vote of no—confidence. take up this agenda item and no other item. that is the intent of this order. you cannot deviate from this and therefore i conclude my submissions. 0ur correspondent, secunder kermani, is following all the development in islamabad.
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and seems like it's reaching its climax but we have been beset by so many twists, turns and delays and who could rule out more of them down the line in parliament today, seeming like imran khan was my party have tried to further push back as vote of no confidence by giving deliberately long, meandering speeches, that is angering opposition members of parliament who have said any delay to the vote of no confidence with the in contravention to the orders of the supreme court. this vote of no confidence was originally meant to take place last sunday but was blocked at the last minute by imran khan's allies and the supreme court said it should take place today, we'll have to wait and see if that happens with some suggestion it would take place this evening after the meal marking the end of the day of fasting, the holy month of ramadan here and around the muslim world of course, and imran khan and his allies, they say that they are the victim of a us led international
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conspiracy, trying to affect regime change in pakistan, because of imran khan's foreign policy decisions, including recently visiting russia. his opponents year and american officials have completely dismissed that and most analysts do not believe the claim but it is resonating with the supporters and imran khan has said we will not accept any government that comes out of this process. we will show you some pictures from the international space station, let's stop to reflect that we are seeing these life pictures from the iss. this is the first of all private inversion have launched to the international space station who have arrived safely to begin a week long mission. it has being described as quite a milestone in commercial
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space flight but three of these individuals are very wealthy, is reported to have paid $55 million. as i say, not space tourists, and they are expected to carry out meaningful research, we are told, so this rendezvous at the iss, arriving there, came about 21 hours after the four strong team representing a company called acxiom space lifted off from nasa's kennedy space center and being greeted their by the crew, we can forgive a bit of an answer they can remove, can't we? they are in space. before being greeted by the team already there at the international space station. i'm sure we will see some more pictures from that over the next few days. from space to sport, let's head to
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the sports centre. good afternoon. let's start with a huge win for everton, they've with a 1—0 victory over manchester united. anthony gordon's first half strike put frank lampard's side ahead and they held on, sending them four points clear of the relegation zone. a late cristiano ronaldo effort almost brought united level, pickford. the game was low on quality. manchester united have been dealt a blow for the top four hopes. the reali is blow for the top four hopes. the reality is clear, _ blow for the top four hopes. tue: reality is clear, you blow for the top four hopes. tte: reality is clear, you can blow for the top four hopes. "tt9 reality is clear, you can hear blow for the top four hopes. tt9 reality is clear, you can hear it in the stadium. we've been good here, we've won five out of seven games, we've won five out of seven games, we don't concede like we do and that away from home, which is another question but the fighting spirit we showed, the qualities we showed a big dealfor us and we need to replicate that, just three points,
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one wind, we need more. we are confident. we drew a game that we do not start so well, we get a goal thatis not start so well, we get a goal that is a deflection and a show reel spirit. it is important that the performance went that way for us today to show the players what it takes to dig in and find ways to wind games and we absolutely did it. as long as we don't wind our own games it doesn't make sense to go for a good result from other teams and as i said, especially in the first half hour, we should have scored a goal to out of that first half hour but we did not end all of a sudden, being one goal down change the whole game. in the championship, second placed bournemouth have moved one step closer to promotion to the premier league, but had to settle for a point away to sheffield united.
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but the homeside will be disappointed that they didn't win all three points with filip uremovic missing a glorious chance in injury time. sheffield unted stay in fifth for now. we're only a few hours away from the 174th grand national at aintree, where trailblazer rachel blackmore is riding 2021 victor minella times. crowds are back for the first time in three years, and more than 70,000 are expected. commodore, school boy hours and romain de senam took the final spots in the race after three late withdrawals on friday. while blackmore is the only woman riding, emma lavelle has two chances of being the fourth woman to train the winner since 2009 with eclair surf and de rasher counter. to champions cup rugby union now, the first legs of the round of 16 ties are taking place. and it's a very slight advantage to bristol, they beat sale sharks by 10 points to 9 in their all—english encounter in a game that never really burst into life, it was a moment of magic from substitue semi radradra that sealed the win. that the only try of the game to give the bears a one point lead ahead of the second leg in bristol on friday. catalans dragons and st helens are in action
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in the challenge cup quarter—finals. it's live on bbc one right now if you want to watch it — st helens are dominating this one so far — three tries already — mark percival with this one. it's a rematch of the super league's grand final — st helens leading 20—10 at half time. scottie scheffler holds a five—shot lead ahead of the third round of the masters. the american, who has never won a major, battled through some tough conditions to finish on 8 under par, while tiger woodsfought back from a dreadful start to his second round, to finish on one over par. this approach on the 10th was one of the picks from his round after 4 bogeys in his opening 5 holes. former champion danny willett is the highest placed brit — he's tied 10th on 1 under. but world number one scheffler is the man to catch after tieing
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the tournament record for the largest 36—hole lead. charles leclerc will start tomorrow's australian grand prix from pole.there were a couple of delays during qualifying due to crashes, including former world champion fernando alonso in the final session. leclerc took the top spot on the grid by more than a quarter of a second, ahead of world champion max verstappen. lewis hamilton was on pole last time there was a race in australia, but he had to settle for fifth. such a busy day, you can see all the action behind me, plenty of support ongoing coding the three o'clock kick—offs in the premier league and you can find more on the bbc sport website and the app, and i will see you again in the next hour.- you again in the next hour. thank ou ve you again in the next hour. thank you very much- — let mejust bring let me just bring you a line we have received in relation to the news that boris johnson received in relation to the news that borisjohnson is an ukrainian
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capital, kyiv, to meet president zelensky, there is the picture showing the two men speaking, so the number ten spokesman saying the prime minister travelled to ukraine to meet president zelensky in person and a show of solidarity with ukrainian people. they will discuss the uk's quantum support to ukraine and the statement says that boris johnson will also set out a new package of financial and military aid. now here, labour has accused the chancellor rishi sunak of failing to be transparent about his household's financial arrangements as the pain of a living standards crisis. akshata murty — the chancellor's wife has now said she will pay uk taxes on her overseas income, after the political row over her non—domiciled status. mr sunak has also faced criticism after it emerged he held an american green card until last october. a british man and a french teenager
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have been rescued at sea three days after disappearing while diving off the coast of malaysia.the man said his fourteen year old son —— who went missing with them — had died. his body has not been recovered. the group got into trouble when they surfaced from their dive on wednesday and couldn't find their boat. they were spotted by fishermen 50 miles away from where they were lost. campaigning has ended in the first round of france's presidential election, which takes place on sunday. most polls are suggesting this election could be more tightly contested than in 2017. the incumbent emmanuel macron is likely to come out on top but his closest rival marine le pen is gaining ground. if no candidate wins a majority in this first round, a second round runoff will be held on 24th april. earlier i spoke to the bbc�*s tim wilcox who is paris. he explained what is diffrent
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for marie le pen at her third run for the presidency. marine le pen is tried really hard over the past ten or so years to basic de—demonise the national rally party, you will remember it was her fatherjeanmarie le pen who said the excess the national frontier which was associated with very extreme views on immigration, and they are aware of supporters. she has worked very hard to focus on other areas. but the economy still has policies there which are anti—immigrant. she has been helped a lot this time by another, far more extreme far right candidate, who is a pundit on tv channels here and he has helped detoxify some of the marine le pen message, and it's interesting also that immanuel macron, who came to this place very late —— emmanuel macron, just at the beginning of the
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ukraine war, was 20 points ahead of marine le pen and then delete has now dwindled to maybe three or four points, and if she does get through to the second round, which is what happened in 2017, a lot of under have said it could be tight and let me explain why it not only you have a far right much of the far left here, a 70—year—old in his third attempt at it as well and it's believed that if he does not make the second round, me saying publicly he thinks we will but if he does not, is he saying to his supporters, which you can understand, do not vote —— make which we understand he is, do not vote for emmanuel macron, give it to marine le pen. that might make things much tighter this time than when emmanuel macron smashed marine le pen in the second round.
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and let's have a look at the weather. hello there, it is still disappointingly chilly for this time of the year this weekend, another frost to come tonight, not so bad if you're in the sunshine and there will be some sunshine through the rest of the weekend and much of the country actually staying dry with eventually this cloud coming in from the atlantic, arriving in some western areas during tomorrow and early next week ringing some rain. ahead of that, some showers coming to merseyside, cheshire and into lancashire but a scattering of showers also across other parts of england and wales, northern ireland, the bulk of the heavier ones across parts of northern scotland where they are wintry in hills and typical temperature is a 9—10 c, called quickly overnight with clear skies, light winds and frost again, could be down to “4 minus five celsius. 0r indeed i across northern ireland, a bit more cloud, and degrees picking up, other western areas will pick
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breezy with the cards filling in from the atlantic, sunny spells that maxed out for these. at this time, few if any showers around at all. no more cloud as we head into the afternoon, the breeze picks up in western areas were tempered as being a couple of degrees higher than today, typically 12 celsius also. cigna can change us, as we head into next week. this is the pressure pattern with low pressure out of us, ahead of it, the wind is picking up on signs of rain, bruising and western parts of the uk, not as cold to start with on monday, some sunshine around, but out towards the south—west, wales, northern ireland, some bursts of rain, heavy, possibly thundery and moving their way northwards. many parts of england and scotland staying dry, temperatures are 17 degrees. but next week, we will find the cold air, getting replaced by some warmer air as the wind direction is going to change instead of the northerly we've got at the moment, a southerly breeze lifting this temperature is perhaps up to 19 celsius early next week. but together with this warm air, we've got the chance of some rain, seen it on monday, continuing into tuesday with wetter weather moving all the way up from iberia across biscay and into parts of the uk.

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