time as bond to a close. this time, his new film is bringing this 12 day event to a close, because it has the coveted final film slot at this year's london film festival. lizo mzimba, bbc news. time for a look at the weather now with tomasz schafernaker. this picture i think sums it up pretty well for the next few days, we've got the wind in the forecast, that is for sure, showers as well, and they are quite frequent today across north—western parts of the country and will continue into tomorrow as well. so we will call it a classic mixed bag across the uk. and thejet stream remains strong over the man pushing in the weather systems. but further south we are actually closer to high pressure here, so, from the tip of cornwall to the tip of kent, actually the weather is not bad at all, and the satellite picture

reveals the sunshine right across into east anglia, but closer to the jet stream, further north, that is where we have these weather systems coming in. this afternoon i think the showers will be merging into what we refer to as longer spells of rain. giving a spell of wet weather, and that will continue into northern ireland and scotland tonight. further south, closer to that high pressure, things are a bit more settled. and with this brisk south—westerly breeze, it never gets cold, and it never really get that cold, and it never really get that cold at this time of the year when the winds are strong. tomorrow, there will be a weather front coming across, it should reach the midlands by the middle of the afternoon, and behind it, those brisk atlantic winds and frequent showers. quite fresh in glasgow tomorrow, 11 degrees, whereas in the south, around 18. by the time we get to friday night that weather front should be out of the way and again

it is a rush of wind with occasional showers in western areas. briefly, high pressure will pay us a visit this weekend. saturday it will be centred somewhere around the english channel, with light winds in the centre of that high pressure. lots of sunshine. really a beautiful saturday. out towards the north—west, the weather is starting to go downhill, you can see behind me a weatherfront to go downhill, you can see behind me a weather front approaching, and brisk winds. so, on sunday, a spell of rain for northern ireland, scotland and the north of england, but in the south, just holding onto that high pressure. when we have the jetstream pointing right at us, the weather does tend to change and that is exactly what is reflected in this forecast, for belfast, you can see, changeable from friday to sunday. closer to the high pressure in the south, the weather should remain fine and relatively warm, in london.

a reminder of our top story. a gunman in thailand shoots dead at least 38 people at a nursery school, many of them children. that is all from the bbc news, so it is goodbye from the bbc news, so it is goodbye from me and we nowjoin the bbc news teams where you are. book still surrounds cristiano ronaldo and whether he will feature.

he missed the 6—3 defeat to derby manchester city. united boss erik ten hag, says he didn't bring on the five—time ballon d'or winner "out of respect". 0h, he is not happy that he was not playing. don't get me wrong, but that wasn't the question. the question was, on the training pitch, what is his mood when he is around? and he is happy. but, of course, he wants to play. there are huge matches ahead for wales and scotland's women as they bid to secure world cup play—off final spots tonight. gemma grainger�*s wales will host bosnia in cardiff in front of a record crowd. meanwhile scotland play austria at hampden park. they're hoping for a play—off final place against the republic of ireland. coach pedro martinez losa is encouraging his team to be brave and fearless. they'll be hoping for back—to—back world cup appearances. the premier league have announced

that players will take the knee for the next two rounds of matches — as england's top division highlights their unity against all forms of racism. ahead of the start of this season, premier league club captains collectively selected significant moments to take the knee throughout the season — and teams again will take the knee on boxing day — after the season resumes following this winter's world cup. lewis hamilton says it's "imperative" suitable punishments are given to any team found to have broken formula 1's budget cap. hamilton's mercedes team and ferrari both said at last weekend's singapore grand prix it was an open secret two teams broke the cost cap last season. the british driver says it will be "bad for the sport" if action isn't taken and the sports governing body — the fia — has delayed the publication of its inquiry, and fellow driver fernando alonso says he understands why they have to wait. i think it is a very difficult topic, because there

is a lot of things that, you know, we need to make sure they are controlled and the budget cap is one thing, but we maintain different structures with different things, their own circuit in their own factories. you know, things we need to control. and a lot. it has to be really well done. a definite decision on whether the fight between conor benn and chris eubankjr will take place is expected to come later this afternoon. it follows benn returning what is being called, an "adverse analytical finding, for trace amounts of a fertility drug". promoters say he's not been suspended. but they need to find another organisation sanction the fight if they don't get the blessing of british boxing's governing body. as we stand right now, the british boxing board of control are not sanctioning the fight. that does not

necessarily mean that the fight is off but there is a process we have to go through. as i said, he is not suspended. this is quite fresh and we are dealing with it as we go in there is a lot going on with the lawyers at the moment but i would certainly like the british boxing board of control to be comfortable with the bout. the fighters are comfortable, but so does the governing body need to be. british number one emma raducanu has pulled out of the transylvania open in romania with a wrist injury. the 19—year—old reached the quarter—finals of the tournament last year. she's struggled with injuries during her first full year on the wta tour — most recently, retiring injured from her korea open semi—final. that's all the sport for now and you can find more on the bbc sport website. i will be back in an hour.

last week, the us state of florida was hit by one of the most destructive storms it's ever faced. more than 100 people died and thousands of homes and businesses are still without power. president biden has now visited the state to see for himself the scale of the devastation. tom brada has this report. fierce political rivals putting on a rare show of unity. presidentjoe biden and florida's republican governor ron desantis stood shoulder to shoulder, a united front as florida looked to rebuild from the hurricane that pummelled the state. we're the only nation that comes out of it better than we went into it. and that's what we're going to do this time around, come out of it better, because this is the united states of america. and i emphasise �*united'. president biden and governor desantis sit at opposite ends of the political spectrum. mr desantis is an outspoken supporter of former president donald trump. he's also being touted as a likely presidential contender himself in 202a. but during this latest visit they largely set their differences aside.

we are cutting through the red tape and that's from local government, state government, all the way up to the president, so we appreciate the team effort. joe biden pledged federal support for a recovery effort that could cost billions of dollars. everything — everything this historic, titanic, and unimaginable storm just ripped it to pieces. you've got to start from scratch, got to move again, and it's going to take a lot — a lot of time, not weeks or months, it's going to take years for everything to get squared away. it remains to be seen how long the relationship remains civil, but their willingness to work together was appreciated by local residents who are still reeling from the impact of the storm. well, i think we're happyl that the governor reached across the aisle and they're working together in unity

for us. that's the most important thing. it's not about politics right now, it's about human life. and human life remains at the heart of ongoing relief efforts. rescuers are still going door to door, diligently checking for survivors. and the death toll is expected to keep on rising. bipartisan efforts are welcome as florida bids to rebuild from the wreckage. but the scale of the challenge is immense. tom brada, bbc news. women in iran have been at the forefront of protests that have swept the country. they've been demanding basic freedoms, including an end to the mandatory headscarf. bbc�*s rana rahimpour has been looking back at archive footage from the wake of the iranian revolution of 1979, and the history of women's protests against the headscarf in the country. different women. different generations. still fighting for freedom.

a fighter that began soon after the islamic revolution of 1979. there are no cinemas or bars, and very few televisions. less than a month later, iran had a new dress code for women. they were told that they had to wear a headscarf. the shah charged us down by force, but we are putting it up by force. women marched against it. now we are for freedom. a lot of women realised under this new islamic republic, the new government that they would lose their rights, but unfortunately... i sat down with a women's rights activist whose aunt was at those protests. we had a discussion in the house of my aunt the night before the demonstration, that she wanted to go to this demonstration with a black scarf to show that she is sad of this new situation.

i've been looking at many of these videos from the first weeks after the islamic revolution of 1979, and it is clear that women wanted freedom and equality from day one. but they were mostly under oath. despite the uproar, the headscarf became a law in 1983. women rapidly lost many of their basic rights. at that time, we did not have the morality police. we had only the committees. they started to control women in the street. they started to write in every shop a sign that women who have no headscarf are not allowed to come for decades, women showed a subtle resistance and wore the hijab more loosely. until 2018, when this woman shocked

the country by taking off her hijab in protest. she became an icon. this action is the beginning of the courage that the women showed, because everybody knew i am important. i can do something individually. today, many women are risking their lives on the streets of iran, and they are no longer alone. with more men by their side, they are waving their headscarves, just like women did before then. todayis today is national poetry day on this year's theme is the environment. earlier my colleague rebecca jones spoke to the award—winning poet,

cecilia knapp on making sense of difficult times and bringing cheer to our lives through poetry. it is an excuse to bring poetry to new audiences on the theme is the environment and there is a different theme every year and it is basically about celebrating the power of poetry to connect with, you know, life, essentially and to encourage people to reflect on their own lives and the world around them. and to encourage people to reflect on their own lives and the world around them. how much does poetry connect to younger people in particular? because i remember at school you read a lot of poetry by, dare i say it, dead, white, old men and i learned it and i enjoyed it, but i can't really honestly say to you that i have carried that through with me into adult life. what do you do to really attract younger people? i think that's a really fair point. there has been an increase in young people engaging with poetry,

particularly over lockdown which is really interesting and an example of why poetry is such an amazing tool. is that different platforms rather than reading it in books? i was the young people's laureate for london for a year and that role entailed going round to schools and working with young people and saying, look, poetry is there for you if you want it and almost every single young person i encountered said, no, i'm not really into poetry. it is difficult. they felt shut out of it and i think so much of the work of poets nowadays, particularly poets who work in education like i do, is to say, actually, it does not have to be that kind of restrictive or formal or difficult thing. you can actually use poetry to inquire into yourself and use poetry in your own voice and language to talk about the things you want to talk about. and i think during lockdown, young people started to wake up

to that and see poetry on the internet or on youtube and see that contemporary poetry, poetry being written now, is so diverse and is about such a range of things, and i think that is really important. how did you get into poetry and who were the poets that captured your imagination? similar to what you just said, i didn't feel inspired by poetry at school and i didn't think it was a career. i went to a workshop accidentally, so i sort of stumbled into a creative writing workshop thinking it was like a drama workshop. and it was run by a poet called polar bear, a writer called stephen camden, who writes novels and poetry, and he was reading a poem about growing up in birmingham and i felt it was on his own terms. and i thought, oh, wow, poetry can be like this too. you have a book there on your lap. a book of your poems? yes, published today. congratulations.

nice news. have you got a poem you could read something from? i wrote a poem during lockdown and it is a poem about yearning for different places and yearning for something else. it is called everywhere else is always better. sleep without the guilt. the terrible green dreams. drive down a farm road wearing a hat. eat a cherry in a light breeze, listening to the type of music only heard through windows. watch a grandfather cry softly on a plastic chair, moved by a violin. you want to be exhausted from growing vegetables, leaning against an upright fork. a scarecrow waving from the next field. oh, that's lovely. and i'm grateful, because i know you came in halfway through that poem, which is not always easy. it has been such a relentless, relentlessly difficult time

and you mention you wrote that in lockdown. a difficult winter ahead, i guess, as well. can poetry really help us? really? yes, i think it can, absolutely. i think poetry is not only an opportunity to discover what you need to say and find the language for it, but it's also a tool for empathy and i think that is why so many people connect with it. that small little thing, that distilled moment where you can dream and imagine and truly express without having to adhere to the normal logic of how we speak every day. a poem can be completely different to our everyday language. it is such an important thing for connecting with ourselves and sharing it with other people as well.

let's ta ke let's take a look at what is making the news across the uk. it's potentially the perfect storm as we head towards winter — concerns over flu and continued covid—related issues, now combined with the prospect of nurses taking industrial action. for the first time in over 100 years, members of the royal college of nursing are being asked to vote on whether they're willing to walk out over pay. the rcn wants a payrise of 5% above inflation. with more from bbc spotlight in truro, here's heidi davey. protect nursing, protect the public, that is the messagge coming from the royal college of nursing today as it officially opens its ballot over whether to take industrial action for the first time in 106 years. well, members of the rcn are at sites across the south—west today including here in truro, they are leafleting and speaking to members of the public, nhs staff and their own members. and here is what the

team here had to say. we have had excellent response from all staff including the public. they have got into that place whereby enough is enough. we are seeing some very tired and exhausted staff. they are very happy we came in here, we have actually come back to say it is good we came. it is potentially the perfect storm, if we are going to take nurses on industrial action, and it is voted through? well, it's going to be a difficult time, and this is why the government must respond now. we know that a lot of our members have reported that staff had been leaving the profession in droves. so action must be taken now, clearly, before the winter sets in. the ballot officially closes on the 2nd of november. in response to this possible industrial action a spokesperson for the department of health and social care has said that the government values the hard work of nhs nurses. it has also gone on to say nhs workers including nurses would see a pay rise of at least £1400 a year.

well, the royal college of nursing is keen to stress it is members who vote for industrial action. it wants to allay any concerns from members of the public that critical care will always be protected. heidi davey, bbc spotlight, in truro. now, with the cost of living continuing to rise there are calls to expand the number of children who are eligible for a free school meals. the celebrity chef tom kerridge is urging the government to act. he says around 800,000 pupils are slipping through cracks in the system — many of them in london. john maguire reports from lewisham. today, carriages and cooking with pupils in south london and is calling forfree pupils in south london and is calling for free school meals to be available for a wider range of families. there is a gap if you

qualify for universal credit, you should qualify for free school meals. that's 800,000 kids there that really do need to be looked after. in england, all children up to year 2 can have free school meals during term time. in year 3 and above, pupils from households on benefits could be eligible. for those on universal credit, net income must be less than £7,a00 a year. in northern ireland, that figure is 14,000. will you have an ice cream or biscuit? the school's head chef has had many successes in national competitions and clearly loves the job he does, and the difference it makes to children's lives. what ijust love is just knowing that i'm feeding the children, and this could be the only meal they eat sometimes. so for me it's a lot of love and passion that goes in it. yeah. you didn't start off wanting to be a school... no. 0riginally, i was in restaurants and hotels, so i think, at first, it was like you don't hear much about school catering, and it does get

a bit of a stigma in the press. so i think seeing it for myself hands on, it's more different because the food we produce is... the kids are smiling every day, so... the government in england says it will keep free school eligibility, and has expanded access more than others in recent decades, currently reaching 1.9 million children. i like the pizza, but i would say it's like, very thin, and it wasn't really cheesy, but otherwise it was very good. sometimes it can be very nice - and sometimes it can be just fine. i say very often it's very nice. i really think the food is nice. 0ur cooks do cook good food as well. so far, this is my favourite. the cost—of—living crisis for families and for those supplying food is increasing anxiety about child hunger and therefore the need for solutions and answers is ever more urgent. john maguire, bbc news, lewisham.

to bath now, where the royal agricultural university in cirencester is to undertake a major study on laboratory—grown meat. farming institutions and scientists are working together to find out whether cultured meat is a threat, or an opportunity, for uk farmers. steve knibbs reports. today, being grown in this lab in the university of bath, muscle cells. the cells would originate directly from an animal that has been slaughtered for meat. the team are developing technology to produce lab—grown meat at scale. there is an opportunity for farmers to be able to diversify how they produce proteins, so to get more value from their animals. so still providing carcasses for the food chain, but actually growing cultured meat and perhaps on their own farm or locally with a group of fans. she has teamed up with a former dairy farmer to get the technology to market within the next few years and there's a serious focus — not to replace meat but to plug a gap in the global supply of food. looking at the current climate, in term of the cost of living, a lot of people are not

going to have access to food in the same way that we have had in the past, and so we need more technologies to bring food to a level of parity that's accessible to all. so if cultured meat is going to have such a big role in the future supply of food, what threat does it pose to traditional farming? so some might be selling products into it, some might see it as the competition, and that's what we're trying to tease out, is where are the big risks, where are the opportunities and what can the farmers do at the moment, and what can happen in policy—making, as well, to change any of that? gloucestershire beef farmer david barton agrees that food sustainability and security should be top of the agenda but doesn't believe that cultured meat has all the answers. livestock are such a key part of keeping our soils healthy and this is being largely missed and i think it's so, so important because our soil is what feeds us. it's about four inches of soil, across the world, that's what feeds us. we have to look after it, make sure that we sustain it and keep in its tiptop condition. at that heart of the drive

for cultured meat is ensuring food security, so now it's time for a serious discussion about whether that offers opportunities or hinders traditional producers. steve knibbs, bbc points west, at the university of bath. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello. the weather will remain changeable over the next few days, frequent showers in north—western parts of the uk and quite brisk winds. the jet stream remains strong over the atlantic and it is pushing in weather fronts day by day, and here it is, thejet stream at around 30,000 feet. low pressure here, but to the south, high pressure, so from the tip of cornwall to kent and across east anglia, the weather is fine and you can see on the satellite picture we had clear skies early on, whereas out

towards the west and north—west, closer to the weather fronts on the low pressure, a different picture and you can see strong winds will continue to push in longer spells of rain through the evening and overnight, into northern ireland and parts of scotland. a few showers elsewhere, but many central, eastern and southern areas will be dry overnight and not particularly cold, and in some areas temperatures no lower than 11, 12, 13 degrees. the forecast for tomorrow, a band of rain showers crosses northern england and wales early in the day then reaches the midlands, east anglia and the south. behind it, brisk atlantic winds, feeling quite fresh if not chilly. 11 degrees in glasgow and occasional showers, and then on friday night that band of showers crosses the extreme south—east and moves away further east and then we are left with brisk winds and a few showers and clear spells. high pressure makes a brief

appearance this weekend on saturday, so if you have any plans, saturday is the best day of the two, overall, looking across the uk. high pressure makes a brief appearance this weekend on saturday, light winds across england and wales, so fine weather and it will feel very pleasant indeed. 16 or 17 degrees and a bit cooler in the north—west and in glasgow, around 13 celsius and then a change on sunday. the high pressure moves into germany and the jet stream pushes in a weather front, so that spells rain for northern ireland and other parts of the north west. whereas further east and south of the weather is fine and the winds are coming in from the south—west, so temperatures holding at around 18 degrees. the weather should remain fine for many southern areas through the weekend and into next week. you can see further north, a lot more changeable and a little cooler as well. goodbye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... a gunman shoots dead at least 38 people at a nursery school in northern thailand. some of the victims were as young as two. ina in a worst—case scenario, the national grid warns that household in britain could be without power for up to three hours at a time this winter if gas supplies run extremely low. liz truss attends a summit with more than 44 european countries in pride as she attempts to reassert the uk's role in europe. interest rates on a typical five year fixed {raisimortgage mortgage will go to 6%, the rate mortgage will go to 6%, the first time in 12 years. nurses in the uk are balloted for strike action by the royal college of nursing for the first