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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as standoff between the worlds richest man and twitter as elon musk says he wants to pull out of his $40 billion deal to buy the company. president biden says an executive order to help safeguard american women's access to abortion.— safeguard american women's access to abortion. what we are witnessing _ access to abortion. what we are witnessing wasn't _ access to abortion. what we are witnessing wasn't a _ witnessing wasn't a constitutionaljudgment, it was constitutional judgment, it was an constitutionaljudgment, it was an exercise in brought political power. an exercise in brought olitical ower. , , political power. tributes paid to the former _ political power. tributes paid to the formerjapanese - political power. tributes paid l to the formerjapanese foreign to the formerjapanese foreign minister michael do after his assassination. and he resigned assassination. and he resigned as uk chancellor the set you
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back yesterday now rishi sunak sets out to replace boris johnson as british prime minister. and novak djokovic reaches another wimbledon final beating britain's cameron norrie. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. twitter in the uk and around the world. aren't elon muské an twitter aren't elon musk are in an extraordinary standoff about his $40 billion deal to buy the social media company. the worlds richest man was to pull out saying he's not received the numbers you want about spam and fake accounts. twitter says it will suit musk was up and filed an extended training over the news.
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0ur north america techology reporter, james claytoni in san francisco is following the story and hejoins me now. bring us up to speed, what's happening here?— bring us up to speed, what's happening here? elon musk is essentially _ happening here? elon musk is essentially saying _ happening here? elon musk is essentially saying when - happening here? elon musk is essentially saying when you i essentially saying when you deny he put that offer in he thought they were more users that actually use twitter than there actually are. to be fair there actually are. to be fair there are a lot of spam accounts on twitter. twitter said yesterday it may delete a million bots a day from twitter. what elon musk says is i bought something underfalse pretence, i thought there were way more active users on twitter than there are actually are. as a result of that you breach the contract and is it a result of that and pulling out. where is twitter saying no, we told you all this information, we've given you all the information you need and you are now in breach of this contract, we want to carry on with this deal, it's a good dealfor us and we with this deal, it's a good deal for us and we will see you in the us courts. as you say, an absolute standoff between twitter and elon musk. to be honest elon musk looks like he was trying to get out of this
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deal for weeks. was trying to get out of this dealfor weeks. this is the final confirmation of him trying to do that. it's about out to very expensive lawyers who are trying to thrash this out. , ., . ~ out. interesting going back throu~h out. interesting going back through twitter, _ out. interesting going back through twitter, ironically, i through twitter, ironically, lots of people actually pouring scepticism on this move by elon musk quite a while ago. was this widely known, was actually an acceptance that perhaps he would try something like this so perhaps a legal batter has prepared on both sides for quite a while? i prepared on both sides for quite a while?— prepared on both sides for quite a while? i think people have been — quite a while? i think people have been sceptical. - quite a while? i think people have been sceptical. the - quite a while? i think people l have been sceptical. the price he offered was much more than many people thought thre was worth. the share price for twitter has gone down significantly since then, as if hazards many of the textures with up to us to share price, elon musk also owns tesla, teslas shares have done well, many shareholders very upset with elon musk for doing this. elon musk vast wealth is tied
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up elon musk vast wealth is tied up in tesla. if tesla is doing badly it really hurts elon musk. many people speculate that he was looking for a way to pull out of this deal. it's not really about bots and spam accounts it's about elon musk trying to get out of something that he agreed to. the problem is these are reported to paper. it might be more difficult that he anticipates to get out of this deal. he anticipates to get out of this deal-— this deal. just remind us briefly. _ this deal. just remind us briefly. why _ this deal. just remind us briefly, why did - this deal. just remind us briefly, why did he - this deal. just remind us briefly, why did he say i this deal. just remind us| briefly, why did he say he wanted to buy a three in the first place was back he said he loves twitter, he's a user, he loves free speech and twitter had lost its way. he loves free speech and twitter had lost its way.— had lost its way. he said this has nothing _ had lost its way. he said this has nothing to _ had lost its way. he said this has nothing to do _ had lost its way. he said this has nothing to do with - had lost its way. he said this has nothing to do with the i has nothing to do with the financials particularly, this was all about a product that he love that has lost its way and he was a free speech absolutist, and he wanted to protect free speech on twitter. the problem is that it's a naive thing to say because then you can redefine what free speech was to him, could divide
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how to moderate, he said he could be down to laws in different countries, that's not protecting free speech. it all got very difficult for elon musk. a of criticism. he may have thought it's not worth it, i bit off more than i could you, the deal is musk les financial than it used to look at i just get financial than it used to look at ijust get out of it. this way all of these spam accounts on twitter is the best way for elon musk to do that. we don't know what's going on in elon musk said but that certainly what many speculate. interesting stuff. as you say, the courts is the next step. thank you very much. president biden has signed an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion. this is in response to the supreme court overturning the landmark ruling that made the procedure legal across the united states back in 1973. speaking at the white house, mr biden again condemned the supreme court's decision. what we are witnessing is not a constitutional judgment, it was an exercise
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in raw political power. 0n the day the decision came down, i immediately announced what i would do but i also made it clear that based on the reasoning of the courts, there is no constitutional right to choose only way to fulfil and restore that rate for women in this country is by voting. by exercising the power at the ballot box. let me explain. and pro—choice to codify roe as federal law. your vote can make that a reality. 0ur washington correspondent nomia iqbal explained told me what biden aims to achieve through the executive order. he was so visibly angry and talked about the story of a ten—year—old girl has been widely reported to the american
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press, a ten—year—old girl who had become pregnant after being sexually abused and could not get an abortion and ohio and travel all the way to indiana to get one both states are bending it and what kind of trauma was that poor girl be going through to face all of that and he wants to try and help women and girls, situation but women who want to have abortions and executive orders and decisions they can take as president without republican support, providing girls and women with access the justice department is looking at that and how to safeguard access to medicaid abortions. the most common form of abortion and america. it requires the most common form of having an abortion and taking the first ten weeks of pregnancy. there is a concern about how to get access and make it easier for women to be able
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to access that and providing leave for federal workers who are travelling from medical care in the hope is that has private companies in the future. incremental steps taken to try and protect abortion access but as you heard in the clip there, to restore abortion rights to a national level, that can only happen through congress and it is clear that present biden is hoping that this is an issue that will be on the minds of voters in the midterms elections in november. those will be honest before we know it in that issue will be front and centre now. how successful do you think it will be as an issue for president biden talking about those two senators needed and what are the chances of that at the moment? historically, the president, whoever that is, never does well in the midterms. they tend to lose the senate. president biden's approval ratings are not very high, not looking optimistic for the democratic party but they do believe that this
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is a big issue for voters on the day that roe v wade was overturned and how the supreme court are talking about various democratic lawmakers in their argument was, americans never thought that this wouldn't happen they never thought roe v wade would be overturned after half a century. there is huge support for it. perhaps this will galvanise americans when it comes to voting but bear in mind, there are so many issues that americans are dealing with when it comes to voting. guns, for example are a big debate playing out in america but also inflation. the cost—of—living is going up and between now and november, how important abortion rights are and how much they are in the forefront of peoples minds and you won't know until the midterms. world leaders have reacted with shock of the assassination of formerjapanese prime minister shinzo abe. joe biden says he was stunned, outrage and deeply
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saddened. he was shot dead by given in election speech. his attacker was a former member of the japanese navy. these are the japanese navy. these are the latest pictures from japan as people paid tribute to mr shinzo abe. he was the countries longest—serving prime minister. from nara, here's rupert wingfield—hayes. this was shinzo abe this morning, standing on a street corner, rallying support for his party in sunday's parliamentary elections. lurking a few metres away, this man was caught on camera by a local tv crew. then suddenly, two very loud bangs rang out. gunshots. mr abe's bodyguards are on the assailant in seconds. lying on the street, a strange looking gun made of steel pipes, and held together with black tape.
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the former prime minister is flown to a nearby hospital, but the news is bad. he has been hit in the back and neck, and his heart has stopped. this is where mr abe was brought, and this is where doctors worked for hours to try and save his life, and it was from here, at a little after five this evening, that we got the news that mr abe had died. tonight, the whole ofjapan is in shock. there have been political assassinations here before, but nothing like this, certainly not in more than half a century. "i was really shocked," this lady says. "i never thought a gun would be used. "using a gun injapan? "i've never heard of this. "it seems guns are becoming more common." her husband says. "that makes me feel very sad." back in tokyo, prime minister fumio kishida could barely hold back the tears, as he went before the media.
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"i prayed that somehow his life would be spared," he says, "but unfortunately he has gone. "this is a terrible day, i have no words." this evening police began searching the suspect�*s home, reportedly finding more home—made firearms, but no clear motive. from around the world, the tributes have been pouring in. from presidentjoe biden to borisjohnson, and mr abe's old golfing partner, donald trump. shinzo abe certainly had his detractors too, not the least of which was china's president xijinping. but he broughtjapan and america closer together than ever before. he championed free trade in the pacific, and served his country longer than any other leader. for that, he will be remembered. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc
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news in nara, western japan. i spoke earlier to koeecheero matsumoto, director for global communications of the japanese prime minister's office. he gave me his first reaction in learning the news of the former prime minister's assassination. i felt the excruciating pain coming from me, within me. as you can well imagine, the nation is in total shock. and i was able to see prime minister shinzo abe when he was visiting the press yesterday afternoon. i can see that the prime minister is suffering from the great loss he is experiencing. he became the prime minister at the same year as prime minister shinzo abe. ever since they have been very good friends and the prime minister was hand—picked by prime minister shinzo abe in his second
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administration. and he spent eight and a half years roughly as prime minister shinzo abe news foreign minister. you can see that kind of cons reality between the two l hair. i see that kind of cons reality between the two l hair. i see. on the actual _ between the two l hair. i see. on the actual incident - between the two l hair. i see. on the actual incident itself, l 0n the actual incident itself, we are starting to see footage of what happened. does it raise security concerns for you? well, we are not fully aware of the background behind this terrible attack. and violence is such it should not be tolerated, and this is the exact words of prime minister. ijust want to exact words of prime minister. i just want to assure your audience that the gun issue for the gun accident or incidents injapan are very, very rare. we are a country of 127 million people but the gun deaths are
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only less then ten per year. we are in a very safe, secure condition in this kind of atrocious attack against a political figure is totally a rarity. political figure is totally a rari . v political figure is totally a rari . , rarity. it's absolutely right to oint rarity. it's absolutely right to point out _ rarity. it's absolutely right to point out how - rarity. it's absolutely right to point out how rare - rarity. it's absolutely right to point out how rare it. rarity. it's absolutely right to point out how rare it is| rarity. it's absolutely right. to point out how rare it is and how safe japan is. do you think this will change anything now? will security arrangements now around top politicians have to be tightened now? i around top politicians have to be tightened now?— around top politicians have to be tightened now? i think the investigation _ be tightened now? i think the investigation is _ be tightened now? i think the investigation is under - be tightened now? i think the investigation is under way - be tightened now? i think the| investigation is under way and we have to wait for the investigation results to be announced. i think there will be a lot of scrutiny of the security situation on the ground. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... eighth wimbledon final for
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djokovic as he beats british number one cameron norrie. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualty and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. speculation that al-qaeda was respensihle-— responsible. germany will be the host of— responsible. germany will be the host of the _ responsible. germany will be the host of the 2006 - responsible. germany will be the host of the 2006 football world cup and they picked their favourites sick goodbye south africa bicycle boat pulled up in south africa the possibility of losing head and be contemplated. celebration arties contemplated. celebration parties were _ contemplated. celebration parties were cancelled. . contemplated. celebration parties were cancelled. al contemplated. celebration - parties were cancelled. a man entered — parties were cancelled. a man entered the _ parties were cancelled. a man entered the palace _ parties were cancelled. a man entered the palace to - parties were cancelled. a man entered the palace to the - entered the palace to the downstairs— entered the palace to the downstairs window- entered the palace to the downstairs window and l entered the palace to the - downstairs window and made his way to— downstairs window and made his way to the — downstairs window and made his way to the queens _ downstairs window and made his way to the queens bedroom - downstairs window and made his way to the queens bedroom and | way to the queens bedroom and asked _ way to the queens bedroom and asked her— way to the queens bedroom and asked her for— way to the queens bedroom and asked her for a _ way to the queens bedroom and asked her for a cigarette. - way to the queens bedroom and asked her for a cigarette. 0n - asked herfora cigarette. 0n the pretext— asked herfora cigarette. 0n the pretext of— asked herfora cigarette. 0n the pretext of arranging - asked herfora cigarette. 0n the pretext of arranging for i the pretext of arranging for some — the pretext of arranging for some to _ the pretext of arranging for some to he _ the pretext of arranging for some to be brought- the pretext of arranging for some to be brought some i the pretext of arranging forl some to be brought some of the pretext of arranging for - some to be brought some of the foot been— some to be brought some of the foot been on— some to be brought some of the foot been on duty _ some to be brought some of the foot been on duty took - some to be brought some of the foot been on duty took the manl foot been on duty took the man away _ 0ne one child, one teacher, one
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book and 110 can change the world. education is the only solution applause. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... a standoff between the worlds richest man and twitter as elon musk says he wants to pull out of his 40 billion dollar deal to buy the company. president biden signs an executive order to help safeguard american women's access to abortion. russian forces are continuing their heavy shelling of towns and villages in eastern ukraine, in preparation for an expected new offensive to seize more territory. russia already occupies large areas of the south and east of the country and pushing forward in the donetsk region. the latest russian target is the city of sloviansk. from there, jonathan beale sent this report. near the front line, close to the city of slovyansk,
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ukrainian troops prepare to target russian positions. they know this next battle will be crucial. i think that slovyansk is the next big aim for russians. do you think you can stop putin? sure. you can? we will, we will. blasts of artillery, the familiar sounds of this war, but there's also a quieter, harder—to—see battle involving drones and electronic warfare, jamming and tracking signals. the russians have a lot of stuff for blocking the drones, for blocking the signal with remote control, with the camera and so on. it's also a dangerous game of hide—and—seek, as we soon found out. helicopter whirrs. we're just hearing some sound of aircraft. they've told us, the ukrainian soldiers here, to take cover under the trees.
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russians are flying over these positions, trying to spot where they are. it's a... a russian's... they've been using drones, small, cheap ones to spot enemy positions and direct artillery. they've already lost five. but they believe they're getting results. back at base, they're even making their own bombs to target the russians. we have three or four mortars, one tank, maybe up to 100 soldier and five or six ammunition. yeah, yeah. so, we have good results for the ten people! the russians aren'tjust tracking their drones, they're also trying to jam communications. but us technology's helping overcome that. at another secret location, they're using one of the thousands of starlink satellite units provided by elon musk.
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elon musk. "russia, hello?" the other western name as popular among ukrainian troops is boris johnson. but even though he'll soon be gone, there's still hope that britain will continue to back ukraine. translation: now we're - defending western values here. modernising our army and providing sufficient weapons will bring peace to your country, to you in britain. russia's already targeting the city of slovyansk. it still outguns ukraine and has the advantage in electronic warfare. home—grown ingenuity and western support is making a difference. but is it sufficient to halt the russian advance? jonathan beale, bbc news, the donbas. here in the uk the list of
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potential candidates to succeed borisjohnson is the leader of the conservative party and therefore become the next prime minister has grown. rishi sunak resigned as chancellor or finance minister on tuesday says he wants the job. many conservative mps are calling for borisjohnson to leave downing street immediately. 0ur political correspondent has the latest. the leadership braces on. although this morning potential cabin to eight candidates with keeping quiet. i could be the next part minister? no answerfrom i could be the next part minister? no answer from the former chancellor than the afternoon there was this... i’m afternoon there was this... i'm standin: afternoon there was this... i'm standing to _ afternoon there was this... i'm standing to be _ afternoon there was this... i“n standing to be the next leader of the conservative party and your prime minister.- your prime minister. rishi sunak, your prime minister. rishi sunak. one _ your prime minister. rishi sunak, one of _ your prime minister. rishi sunak, one of the - your prime minister. rishi sunak, one of the first. your prime minister. rishi sunak, one of the first to | your prime minister. rishi - sunak, one of the first to quit borisjohnson's government today launched a slick campaign on social media for his job. he's not the only one, tugendhat analyses run this morning, so while are unleashed during her hat end, the
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possible contenders are piling up. some up. some familiar some less so. they will be courting supporters, weighing their chancesin supporters, weighing their chances in preparing their campaigns. and while some want a quick contest to replace the prime ministers others say it's got to be thorough if the party is to rebuild.— is to rebuild. conservative party has _ is to rebuild. conservative party has a _ is to rebuild. conservative party has a choice, - is to rebuild. conservative party has a choice, it - is to rebuild. conservative party has a choice, it canl is to rebuild. conservative i party has a choice, it can fall into— party has a choice, it can fall into fractious infighting or it can try— into fractious infighting or it can try and get behind the new leader— can try and get behind the new leader and prepare for the general— leader and prepare for the general election. the general elections with by the way may be beyond any leader winning given— be beyond any leader winning given the state of the economy and what's happened over the past _ and what's happened over the past few— and what's happened over the past few weeks and months. it�*s past few weeks and months. it's in here the _ past few weeks and months. it�*s in here the first decisions will be made. mps whittle down the long list ofjust two candidates. in theory it is up to party members. though some have suggested that process could be cut out. not an idea welcomed by these young conservatives from around the country. conservatives from around the count . , ., ., ., country. there is more to a -a country. there is more to a party than _ country. there is more to a party than just _ country. there is more to a party than just what - country. there is more to a i party than just what happens country. there is more to a - party than just what happens in west minister. as people across roots level are the ones who
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perhaps feel the wrap on the doorstep more than west minister. to doorstep more than west minister-— doorstep more than west minister. ., , ., ., minister. to restore the faith in government. _ minister. to restore the faith in government. i _ minister. to restore the faith in government. i want - minister. to restore the faith in government. i want to - minister. to restore the faith in government. i want to see more _ in government. i want to see more integrity, more honesty from — more integrity, more honesty from leaders and i don't know if you — from leaders and i don't know if you don't pass it on to members of voting whether you -et members of voting whether you get that — members of voting whether you net that. . ~ , . , members of voting whether you net that. ., ~ , ., , ., get that. takes a bit longer and work — get that. takes a bit longer and work them _ get that. takes a bit longer and work them out - get that. takes a bit longer and work them out in - get that. takes a bit longer and work them out in the i and work them out in the meantime then— and work them out in the meantime then choose i and work them out in the - meantime then choose quickly and choose _ meantime then choose quickly and choose wrong. _ meantime then choose quickly and choose wrong.— meantime then choose quickly and choose wrong. west minister has calmed _ and choose wrong. west minister has calmed after _ and choose wrong. west minister has calmed after the _ and choose wrong. west minister has calmed after the high - and choose wrong. west minister has calmed after the high drum l has calmed after the high drum of yesterday but away from the microphones there is still manoeuvring. borisjohnson's manoeuvring. boris johnson's been manoeuvring. borisjohnson's been clear, he stayed on as prime minister until a new party leader is chosen. even though some of his critics wanted to go sooner. number ten says it will keep things running but it won't announce a new policy or make big economic decisions. as of the man and the highest office has only limited power. for now he remains in residence behind the famous black door. while his party wrangles over what and who comes next. novak djokovic is heading
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for his eighth wimbledon final. the british number one cameron norrie took the first set but was beaten by djokovic on centre court in a two hour and 34 minute fight. time and time again when you think this could be the day that novak djokovic is beaten, he finds a way to power through. for the first set taken by britain's cameron norrie, 6—2, the fans behind me and the british fans on centre court really believed an upset was on the cards. cameron norrie's development has been extraordinary, playing just for the first time in his career, the second week of a grand slam. he showed us that brilliant lefties, the topspin forehand, that dead backend that is got that is flat and perfect for this service it was causing djokovic all kinds of problems he couldn't deal with. but the defending champion, as he so often does, took a breath, reset, reconfigured and won the second, third and fourth set to reach an eighth wimbledon final trying to win his seventh title here. the numbers are extraordinary.
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it's a 32nd grand slam final for djokovic. he's hoping to win 21, which would bring him within one of rafael nadal is a record of 22. waiting in sunday's final will be nick kyrigios who had friday off, rafael nadal drawing on that abdominal injury means that the kyrgios didn't have to play on friday, with three days off he will play djokovic on sunday. before that we have the women's final, 0ns jabeur chasing history, the third seed here, the world number two, hoping to become the first african and arab player to win a grand slam in the open era. she'll be facing elena rybakina, also in herfirst grand slam final at the age of 23, whatever happens we will have a first timne grand slam winner in the women's final at the moment it is too tough to call which way it's going to go. thank you for that. plenty online as always. if you are on
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my get me on social media. this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello there. it was a very warm day on friday. temperatures touched 29 celsius across south east england. and this weekend, more of the same, a lot of sunshine around. it's going to stay dry away from the far northwest of scotland. and it's all down to this area of high pressure, which will be sitting out towards the west of the uk to start the weekend, and we have a run of northerly winds. slightly fresher air mass, so i don't think it'll be quite as hot today as what it was on friday. most of the cloud will affect the north and west of scotland, northern ireland. some spots of rain for northwestern scotland. best of the sunshine in the north, across eastern scotland. we should see temperatures reach 21—23 degrees here, but for england and wales,
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dry and sunny. temperatures reaching the mid—20s, so not quite as warm as friday. it's going to be dry, lots of sunshine at wimbledon for the women's final. notice that — 29 degrees. for the men's final on sunday, it's going to be even hotter. now, through saturday night, much of the country will stay dry. still some splashes of rain across northern scotland. we'll have more cloud, more breeze here. elsewhere, further south, under clear skies, light winds, could see the odd mist orfog patch. and for most of us, temperatures will stick into low double figures. then, for sunday morning, we wake up to one or two mist and fog patches for england and wales. otherwise, it's going to be another dry and sunny day here. more sunshine as well for scotland and northern ireland, away from the very far northwest of scotland, where we'll see further cloud. so it'll be warmer in the north, the low to mid 20s. but for england and wales, very warm indeed — high 20s, perhaps 30 degrees across the southeast. and sea breezes will start to pick up as winds will be light. into monday, our area of high pressure shifts towards the eastern side of the country. that will allow winds to come up from the south,
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so it'll be even warmer and sunnierfor england and wales. we start to see some cloud developing across scotland and northern ireland. this weather front will bring some rain into the northern and western isles later on, so turning a little bit cooler here. as you head further south, though, we see those temperatures mid to high 20s, up to 31 or 32 in the southeast. another very warm day on tuesday, but notice these weather fronts working their way in off the atlantic. barely anything on them as they work across england and wales, so there is no useful rainfall in sight for next week. some splashes across scotland and northern ireland. it will cool down a little bit as those fronts move in in england and wales, and then it's likely to warm up again by the end of the week.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: the world's richest man, elon musk, has pulled out of a $44 billion bid to buy twitter. a lawyer for the tesla chief executive has written to twitter�*s legal office, accusing the company of not complying with its contractual obligations. but twitter�*s board says it will sue musk to enforce the deal. president biden has signed an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion. the move follows the supreme court overturning the landmark ruling that made the procedure
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