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this is bbc news. i'm ben boulos with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. britain's next prime minister is about to be revealed as the race for the conservative party leadership comes to an end. police in canada are hunting for two suspects after ten people were stabbed to death in a series of attacks. police in canada are hunting for two suspects after ten people were stabbed to death in a series of attacks. voters in chile overwhelmingly reject a radical new constitution designed to replace the system set up by general pinochet. and 50 years on, israel and germany prepare to mark the anniversary of the munich olympic massacre.
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hello and welcome. after two months of campaigning, eight candidates and thousands of votes, in just a few hours�* time either liz truss or rishi sunak will be named the new leader of the conservative party and britain's next prime minister. they'll officially take up that post tomorrow, bringing borisjohnson�*s three—year premiership to an end. our political correspondent iain watson has this report. iam i am always going to respond to support people through it. i support people through it. i would reverse the increase in national_ would reverse the increase in national insurance. the would reverse the increase in national insurance.— national insurance. the nhs will be safe _ national insurance. the nhs will be safe in _ national insurance. the nhs will be safe in my _ national insurance. the nhs will be safe in my hands! - national insurance. the nhs will be safe in my hands! i. will be safe in my hands! i want everybody across our great country — want everybody across our great country to — want everybody across our great country to have the opportunity. country to have the opportunity-- country to have the opportunity. country to have the ouortuni . �* , ., opportunity. after six weeks of slu: ulna opportunity. after six weeks of slugging it _ opportunity. after six weeks of slugging it out. _ opportunity. after six weeks of slugging it out, it's _ opportunity. after six weeks of slugging it out, it's no - opportunity. after six weeks of slugging it out, it's no longer. slugging it out, it's no longer time for campaigning but for governing and today, we discover whether it is liz truss or rishi sunak who gets the keys to downing street. pollsters have declared liz truss a favourite and if he
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wins today, she has said she will announce substantial support to help cost of living in a week. i support to help cost of living in a week-— in a week. i understand that --eole in a week. i understand that peeple are _ in a week. i understand that people are struggling - in a week. i understand that people are struggling with l in a week. i understand that l people are struggling with eye watering energy bills, and there are predictions of even worse than the track. if i am elected as prime minister, i will act immediately on bills and on energy supply. iii will act immediately on bills and on energy supply. if rishi sunak paul — and on energy supply. if rishi sunak paul off— and on energy supply. if rishi sunak paul off an _ and on energy supply. if rishi sunak paul off an upset, - and on energy supply. if rishi sunak paul off an upset, he l and on energy supply. if rishi l sunak paul off an upset, he has said he would target more help the most vulnerable, but thoughts are also turning to what he will do if he does not get the topjob. what he will do if he does not get the top job. i’m what he will do if he does not get the ton job-— what he will do if he does not get the ten job-— get the top 'ob. i'm going to sta as get the top 'ob. i'm going to stay as a _ get the topjob. i'm going to stay as a member— get the topjob. i'm going to stay as a member of- get the topjob. i'm going to - stay as a member of parliament and i was really delighted — actually, ifinish this campaign on friday at home in yorkshire with my own members, which was really lovely, and it's been a great privilege to represent them as a member of parliament for richmond and north yorkshire and i would love to keep doing that as long as they will have me. 50. love to keep doing that as long as they will have me.— as they will have me. so, with downin: as they will have me. so, with downing street _ as they will have me. so, with downing street preparing - as they will have me. so, with downing street preparing to l downing street preparing to welcome a new prime minister, how did we get here? well, we have had a sum of heated debates and competing policy
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pledges but the whole process only got under way after partygate had undermined boris johnson's authority. then, his handling of sexual assault allegations against the government whip was a final straw for many of his own ministers. it straw for many of his own ministere— straw for many of his own ministers. it is clearly now the will of _ ministers. it is clearly now the will of the _ ministers. it is clearly now l the will of the parliamentary conservative party that they should be a new leader of the party and therefore, a new prime minister.— party and therefore, a new prime minister. there is no shortage — prime minister. there is no shortage of— prime minister. there is no shortage of conservative i prime minister. there is no l shortage of conservative mps who wanted to replace him but in a series of votes, they whittled the candidates down to two. , ,, ., ,, ., whittled the candidates down to two. , ,, ., ,, two. rishi sunak and liz truss will be the _ two. rishi sunak and liz truss will be the candidates - two. rishi sunak and liz truss will be the candidates going . will be the candidates going forward. . ., , will be the candidates going forward. _, , ., ., forward. the contest moved from westminster— forward. the contest moved from westminster to _ forward. the contest moved from westminster to the _ forward. the contest moved from westminster to the wider - westminster to the wider membership and quizzed at candidates around the country. big divisions over whether to cut taxes now or later. the venues change, the key messages didn't. the same winds were repeated again. i didn't. the same winds were repeated again.— repeated again. i will lower taxes. what _ repeated again. i will lower taxes. what i _ repeated again. i will lower taxes. what i will— repeated again. i will lower taxes. what i will not - repeated again. i will lower taxes. what i will not do i repeated again. i will lower taxes. what i will not do is| taxes. what i will not do is pursue _ taxes. what i will not do is pursue policies that risk making _ pursue policies that risk making inflection far worse. and —
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making inflection far worse. and again. making inflection far worse. and again-— making inflection far worse. and again. making inflection far worse. and aain. ~ ., ,, , ., and again. we need to keep our taxes love _ and again. we need to keep our taxes low. what _ and again. we need to keep our taxes low. what i _ and again. we need to keep our taxes low. what i will— and again. we need to keep our taxes low. what i will not - and again. we need to keep our taxes low. what i will not do - taxes low. what i will not do is pursue — taxes low. what i will not do is pursue policies _ taxes low. what i will not do is pursue policies that - taxes low. what i will not do is pursue policies that risk . is pursue policies that risk making _ is pursue policies that risk making inflation far worse. their— making inflation far worse. their biggest challenge for the prime minister is to tackle the uk's cost of living crisis but uniting the party after a bruising two month battle may be no less difficult. iain watson, bbc news. at least 10 people have been killed and another 15 injured in a series of stabbings in the canadian province of saskatchewan. police have identified two suspects who are on the run and considered armed and dangerous. residents have been told to shelter in a safe place under a dangerous person alert. here's the bbc�*s jessica murphy with more. police say it could be the largest mass casualty event in saskatchewan history. it's an incident canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau has called horrific and heartbreaking. saskatchewan police so they receive the first quarter of a stabbing just before 6pm local time from james smith cree nation, and
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indigenous community of about 2000 people. soon, more calls began to come in with police confirming on sunday evening that multiple people had been killed and more injured. that's across 13 sites injames gray and the nearby town of weldon. there is now a major manhunt under way. there is now a ma'or manhunt under way-h there is now a ma'or manhunt under way. -- cree. let me be clear, under way. -- cree. let me be clear. we _ under way. -- cree. let me be clear. we are _ under way. -- cree. let me be clear, we are still _ under way. -- cree. let me be clear, we are still looking - under way. -- cree. let me be clear, we are still looking for. clear, we are still looking for the two suspects and we are asking residents across saskatchewan and our neighbouring provinces to be vigilant. at this stage in our investigation, we believe some of the victims have been targeted by the suspects and others have been attacked randomly. others have been attacked randomly-— others have been attacked randoml. ., . , ., randomly. police say they are lookin: randomly. police say they are looking for— randomly. police say they are looking for damien _ randomly. police say they are | looking for damien sanderson and myles sanderson who were last reported seen by a member of the public immensity of red china. police say the relationship between the two were not yet clear. —— regina are dangerous presence of what is in place across three provinces. saskatchewan, alberta and manitoba. jessica murphy, bbc news, toronto. jessie anton is a reporter with cbc news in saskatchewan.
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shejoins us now. what's she joins us now. what's the latest on the manhunt? well, what we know _ latest on the manhunt? well, what we know right _ latest on the manhunt? well, what we know right now - latest on the manhunt? well, what we know right now is - latest on the manhunt? well, | what we know right now is that they are still on the loose and unfortunately, all of the information we have which we saw in your last report, and we have not got much from police here in saskatchewan. what we do know is that the manhunt has really expanded. it's started out this morning, i will take you back to this morning, just before six o'clock as we heard. that's when the stabbing spree would have started and again, it expanded to 13 different locations here in saskatchewan, and that would be about four hours from where i am now. i am based in the capital city of regina. it's injames smith cree nation, and the nearby community of weldon and we are told that, as i said, as you heard, i should say, ten people are dead, 15 others are injured and police say there could be more people heard but they could have given themselves to
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hospital. we really don't know. the situation is really quite blurry and as we heard earlier, we don't even know the relationship between both of the suspects but we do know, our police chief here in regina recently put out a twitter video, giving us an update and that's the extent of our updates really this evening, and they say they are still treating this as though the suspects are in regina. they responded just before noon today on the outskirts of the city, so it's a situation where a lot of people are on edge. give us a sense of what the area is like where this happened. is it urban, rural, densely populated or not? it is not densely populated or not? it is rrot densely — densely populated or not? it 3 not densely populated at all, ben. it's interesting, where i am right now, whether suspects just kind of back to james smith cree nation, it's a very small, indigenous community and weldon which is kind of outside of it is a village ofjust shy
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of it is a village ofjust shy of 200 people, so not very many people there, so a situation like this really does rock the entire community and the province, ben. to give you a sense of how the community is doing, even where i am, it is labour day weekend so when we get an alert on our phones, and we all did today, it started, actually we got three, one initially saying hey, you know, beyond the alert there has been, you know, we did not even know at that time how many people were hurt, let alone killed at that point. but it said it's in northern saskatchewan, right? four hours away, be on edge but we will still party here in regina. well, the party was really put on hold for a lot of people. police state hey, stay home, it is labour day weekend but hunker down because there are people on the loose and we don't know where they are and, like i said, labour day weekend, a big deal here in regina. we have a massive football game. canadian football game. canadian
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football league. we call the lebedev classic. so we have thousands, tens of thousands more people in our city today than we normally have. so a lot of people are on edge and it really did dampen spirits —— labour day classic. really did dampen spirits -- labour day classic.- really did dampen spirits -- labour day classic. thank you so much _ labour day classic. thank you so much for _ labour day classic. thank you so much for the _ labour day classic. thank you so much for the latest - labour day classic. thank you so much for the latest on - labour day classic. thank you j so much for the latest on that situation. now to chile, where voters have rejected a new constitution that would have radically transformed the country's social and economic structure. 62% were against and just 37% in favour of the proposed changes. celebrations broke out on the streets of the capital santiago after the result was announced. the new constitution, focused on social rights, the environment and indigenous rights, would have replaced the current text dating back to the augusto pinochet dictatorship. it's a setback for chile's left—wing president, gabriel boric. he said he would to listen to the voice of the people — and adopt a more inclusive approach. translation: as president of
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the republic, it is with great . humility that i take this message and make it my own. we have to listen to the voice of the people — not just today but the last intense years we have lived through. let's not forget why we have come this far, that malaise is still latent and we cannot ignore it. those who historically supported this transformation process must also be self—critical of our actions. chileans have demanded a new opportunity to meet and we must live up to this call. we're nowjoined from santiago by paula molina, a journalist at bbc mundo. paula, what does this result tell us about chile and people's views there in 2022? hi. well, what the results tell us right now is that this last —— large majority reject the proposal constitution. it was only in 2020 where 80% of
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chileans voted in favour of a new constitution. 80% voted in changing the 1980 constitution which is still in course today after this reject to the new proposal, but the fact that the new proposal was rejected does not mean that the constitution changes. in chile. as we heard resident gabrielle boric, there is the will of the government to keep on working to work on an itinerary to change the constitution and the political parties in the political opposition has also agreed on that —— president gabriel boric. we are awaiting now is for this dialogue for this agreement to find a new route for the constitution activity. and this is the outcome that was expected or is it a shock result? it was expected or is it a shock result? . , was expected or is it a shock result? ., , ., , . result? it was not predicted. there was — result? it was not predicted. there was a _ result? it was not predicted. there was a majority - result? it was not predicted. there was a majority of- result? it was not predicted. j there was a majority of polls who were betting on triumphant
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of the reject and it was a fact before the referendum but i think this large 60— 62% of rejection was not predicted. it was not in anybody�*s mines until the results came out today. and i have to say that the fact that the results, that we already know the results, that most of the process took place in complete calm, is a sense of hope and of pride, i think, for chileans. so the result, democracy has spoken. we have a result. we have to keep on working how to find a way to a constitution that will feel it belongs to our community, to our country, to all of us. community, to our country, to all of us— all of us. and does this result in any way — all of us. and does this result
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in any way raise _ all of us. and does this result in any way raise questions - in any way raise questions about president gabriel boric�*s future in office? about president gabriel boric's future in office?— future in office? that's a very interesting. _ future in office? that's a very interesting, definitely - interesting, definitely president gabriel boric faces a huge challenge, and the challenge is, depends on the will of the political opposition. they are white ring parties that were in favour of rejecting the proposal but they were also sent parties who were in favour of protecting the constitution to —— right wing. there were commitments, various commitments, to find common ground, to find a common route for the constitution change. no matter the result of the referendum. now president boric has a mission. the challenge to convey the dialogue to make the change possible and to make a change possible and to make a change not only in the negotiations between the government and the congress of the political parties but also with the participation of
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citizens, which i think was part of what was demanded. thank you, paula. stay with us on bbc news. still to come — return: will the duke and duchess of sussex ruffle a few feathers as they make a public appearance back in the uk? george w bush: freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today- in a loud and a clear voice, "enough of blood and tears. enough!" _
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translation: the difficult | decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. lam free! this is bbc news. the latest headlines: britain's next prime minister is about to be revealed as the race for the conservative party leadership comes to an end. police in canada are hunting for two suspects after ten people were stabbed to death in a series of attacks.
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germany's president has admitted that his country allowed what he called a "shameful" delay in compensating the families of israelis killed during the 1972 munich olympics. it was 50 years ago today that palestinian gunmen killed two israelis in the olympic village and took nine hostage. during a botched rescue attempt, all of the hostages and an officer were killed. stephanie prentice reports. that it took 50 years to reach this understanding of the last days, that is indeed shameful and i know nothing can but i'm convinced after the understanding as it has now been found and we will come together again. remembrance of the da in together again. remembrance of the day in 1972 — together again. remembrance of the day in 1972 palestinian - the day in 1972 palestinian gunmen got past security at the olympic village in munich and targeted the israeli team
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there, something the germany government says it accepts responsibility for. in government says it accepts responsibility for.— responsibility for. in the middle of _ responsibility for. in the middle of the _ responsibility for. in the middle of the night. - responsibility for. in the - middle of the night. hooded arahs— middle of the night. hooded arabs raided the dormitory housing _ arabs raided the dormitory housing the israeli athletes. the black september group found israeli apartments and killed two people on the site before taking nine others hostage. the subsequent 24—hour stand—off played out on live television as the group demanded the release of palestinians held in the israeli prisons. we release of palestinians held in the israeli prisons.— the israeli prisons. we could see on the — the israeli prisons. we could see on the monitors, - the israeli prisons. we could see on the monitors, the - the israeli prisons. we could| see on the monitors, the sky because the head these telephoto lenses from the pre— centre, directly into the village and you could see claire as day, a man and a panama hat, leaning over talking to somebody who was a hostess, just the floor below we found out later she was a crisis negotiator and she was talking with this person. fine talking with this person. one rescue attempt _ talking with this person. one rescue attempt was - talking with this person. one rescue attempt was cancelled and another involving attackers
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and another involving attackers and hostages going to an airport ended in disaster with everyone in this helicopter dying in a shootout with police killing the others as well as five palestinians. shortly after this played out the games continued, something that has long been a sticking point in relations between germany and israel. forfamilies of israel. for families of athletes israel. forfamilies of athletes that died that day had been planning to boycott them men remembrance celebration in munich today before the compensation was agreed. it is now thought they will attend the ceremony along with german leaders. stephanie prentice, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. police in ireland are questioning a man in his 20s about the deaths of three members of the same family, in what they've called a "violent incident" in dublin. 18—year—old lisa cash, and her younger brother and sister, eight—year—old twins christy and chelsea cawley, were attacked at their home in the irish capital. high security is in place in kenya, where the supreme court is expected to deliver its judgement on a challenge
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to the result of last month's presidential election. the electoral commission declared the deputy president william ruto the winner. but his rival, raila odinga, alleges the system was hacked to deduct some of his votes. both kenyan leaders have said they will accept the court's decision. a fire which broke out during the extreme heatwave in california has now destroyed more than 4000 acres of land and forced the evacuation of thousands of people from their homes. the so—called mill fire began close to the small town of weed. it comes as the power grid operator in california urged consumers to reduce their electricity usage, as demand soared because of the extreme heatwave. now here's a round—up of the sports news. hello there, i'm tolsen tullett and this is your sports news, where we start with football. and manchester united have moved to within three points of premier league leaders
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arsenal after a 3—1win over them on sunday. new signing antony scored on his debut at old trafford before bukayo saka equalised on the hour mark. a marcus rashford double then sealed the result as erik ten hag's side continue their revival with a fourth successive win after losing their opening two games. it's incredibly dispiriting, we can deal with setbacks, so we did. and that's really great, that the team can do that that shows the mentality, think we really improved, we have the right characters and resilience to deal with setbacks and also believe, there is still room for improvement. brighton have continued their impressive form with a 5—2 home victory over leicester city. despite falling behind in the opening minute, graham potter's side stuck to the task and three second—half goals, including a double to alexis mcallister, put a gloss on the result as they stay 4th. defending champion daniil medvedev and wimbledon
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finalist nick kyrgios may have been the main attraction at the us open on sunday. but french open finalist and 5th seed casper ruud and coretin moutet provided drama in their fourth round match. the norwegian dropped just three games in his first two sets before losing the third on a tie—break. ruud, who's won three tournaments this year, and reached the final of the french open, then rallied again to take the fourth set 6—2. in the women's draw, number 12 seed coco gauff beat zhang shuai from china in straight sets, but was made to work very hard for the victory. gauff, who reached the final of the french open this year, is through to last eight at flushing meadows for the first time where she'll face caroline garcia of france. red bull's max verstappen won his 10th race of the season, claiming victory in the dutch grand prix to increase his lead at the top of the world championship. the 24—year—old moves 109 points clear as he closes in on a second consecutive formula one title, easing to victory in front of his home fans in what was
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an eventful race. remco evenepoel retained the lead after stage 15 of the vuelta a espana finished in sierra nevada as the riders take the third and final rest day of the race on monday. belgium's evenepoel finished 10th on sunday and lost more time on his main rival, jumbo—visma's primoz roglic, whose late push saw him claim 5th place in the stage. quickstepalpha vinyl team rider evenepoel has six more stages starting tuesday on which to hold on to his lead. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tolsen tullett, and the rest of the team, that's your sports news for now. for the first time since moving to california more than two years ago, the duchess of sussex is due to speak at a public event in the uk. meghan will deliver the keynote speech at a summit of young leaders in manchester later, beforejoining her husband prince harry.
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this report from our royal correspondent, sarah campbell, contains flashing images. much has changed since this theirfinal appearance much has changed since this their final appearance as working members of the royal family. it was nine march 2020, days before lockdown and hours before the sussex is departed for a new life across the atlantic. the family settled here in montecito california, spending upwards of £12 million on a new home. it would provide plenty of space for archie insisted that the bit born in june 2021, she first met her grand great mother the queen during the platinum jubilee weekend. visits back to the uk have been rare, harry and was grandfather's funeral and then the unveiling of the statue of his mother, diana. overshadowing the return the state of relations between the
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sussex �*s and the rest of the royal family. sussex �*s and the rest of the royalfamily. later sussex �*s and the rest of the royal family. later today meghan will speak at the one young world summit and organisation she has been involved with since before she met harry then the couple will travel to germany to promote next year's invictus games and then it's back to the uk to promote will child a charity harry has long supported. thea;r harry has long supported. they will ho -e harry has long supported. they will hope there _ harry has long supported. they will hope there will _ harry has long supported. they will hope there will be - harry has long supported. tie: will hope there will be some positive images and good news stories to remind the uk and public of some of their philanthropic work on the things they do notjust the friction with the family. in that family friction has been exacerbated by high profile and is most notably opposite oprah winfrey in march 2021. meghan spoke of her deep unhappiness lack of role support and the bombshell claim that prior to her son archie a racist comment had been made by an unnamed royal about the colour of their baby's skin. in between events,
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engagements and a growing number of legal actions, the revelations have kept coming, there is harry's much anticipated autobiography and just last month meghan gave a lengthy interview in which she was asked about forgiveness between her, herfamily in the royal family. between her, herfamily in the royalfamily. she said... the suggestion, that there may be more to reveal. streaming giant spotify netflix will pay them million dollars of dollars for common tents will be delighted to hear that. this was the last time the couple were in the uk for the platinum jubilee, prince harry is in a legal dispute with the home office about his police protection. officials have declined to reveal details about where they will stay, and whether they plan to visit family members. sarah campbell, bbc news.
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don't go away, i'll be back with the business news, injust a few minutes. hello. it's been a weekend of extremes across the uk, warm sunshine helping temperatures up to 26 celsius across east anglia. torrential rain, particularly, for northern ireland and scotland, and that heavy rain has been coming from this area of low pressure, which is the dominant feature in the week ahead. so, for those of us that need the rain, there will be some notable rain in the forecast over the coming days. there'll be some warm spells of sunshine too, and gradually, the temperatures will start to come down. and we start monday with some rain across north—east england and across scotland. that will be pushing its way north and eastwards. may linger across the northern isles for much of the day. behind it, warm spells of sunshine, for many, a few heavy and thundery showers, most will stay dry but those showers becoming more frequent across wales and south—west england through the afternoon. a breezy day, some gusty winds across south—west england, irish sea coasts and also
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for the northern isles, but warm in the sunshine, temperatures getting up to the low, if not mid 20 celsius, 25 celsius the expected high across some eastern parts of england. now, through the evening, those showers push their way further northwards into the midlands and northern england, northern ireland, and eventually, we'll see some rain pushing its way across scotland as well, some heavy and potentially thundery. behind it, some clearer skies, maybe a few patches of mist and fog. once again, it's another warm and muggy night with temperatures not much lower than 11! or 15 celsius. so, this is then how tuesday shapes up — this area of low pressure still parked to the west of the uk, notice the squeeze in the isobars, so still some gusty winds particularly for irish sea coasts and, once again, plenty of showers. now, some of us will start dry on tuesday, there'll be some warm spells of sunshine, but it won't be long before those showers start to get going, you can see them developing like a rash across a large swathe of the uk. they'll be heavy and thundery, could well merge to give a longer spell of rain, not quite so many showers getting across to the
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eastern side of england. warm in the sunshine again, 23 or 21! celsius. where we've got the showers and the breeze, more like 18 or 19 celsius. this low pressure makes slow progress eastwards across the uk as we head through the middle and latter part of the week. slowly the winds start to ease down, but still plenty of showers, so those showers will be slow—moving, but it looks like we should get some rain for areas that need them. so, the week ahead really is going to be a mixture of sunny spells, but also, some heavy and potentially thundery showers, and slowly, the temperatures start to come down as well. goodbye.
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this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. an urgent need to help millions with the cost of living crisis: both liz truss and rishi sunak set out their plans on the eve of the conservative leadership result. hitting the kremlin in the pocket: germany announces a 65 billion euro package to reduce energy dependence on russia after moscow suspended the nord stream pipeline. and the surging us dollar: international currencies continue to fall as investors decide to pour their money into the us currency.
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