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this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. prince harry gives his fiercest criticism yet of his stepmother in an interview with the us media, describing the queen consort as �*dangerous�* and a �*villain�*. how was she dangerous? because of the need to rehabilitate her image. that made her dangerous? because of the connections she was forging within the british press. chaos in the brazilian capital as thousands of supporters of the former leader, jair bolsonaro, storm the parliament — president lula vows tough action. translation: all the people who did this will be —
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translation: all the people who did this will be found _ translation: all the people who did this will be found and - did this will be found and punished. democracy gives the right for free speech but it also demands that people respect the institutions created to respect democracy —— support democracy. president biden visits america's border with mexico for the first time since taking office — as the area struggles to cope with record numbers of illegal crossings. and getting ready for a lift—off with a difference — the uk is about to take the first step in becoming a global player in space. hello and welcome to the programme. interviews with prince harry have been broadcast on both sides of the atlantic — with the duke of sussex making new claims about his family. they include a claim that some of them have �*got into bed with the devil�* referring to the tabloid press. he said that he considered his stepmother, camilla, to be �*dangerous' —
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because the royal family was willing to trade information to rehabilitate her image. and he also outlined how he and his brother considered asking for the inquest into the death of their mother, princess diana, to be re—opened because he doesn't have the answers he needs about what happened. the palace has not commented on either interview. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. "harry interview" — what an original name, huh? the themes of the interviews were familiar. fury at the british media, frustration with his own family dig the pain at losing his mother. during the first interview, excerpts from his audiobook were played. here he describes seeing photos of the paparazzi as his mother lay dying at the crash scene in paris. they never stopped shooting her while she lay between the seats, unconscious
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or semiconscious and in their frenzy they would sometimes accidentally photograph each other. not one of them was checking on her, offering her help, not even comforting her. they were just shooting, shooting, shooting. of his family, the criticism is direct. his brother and wife did not get on with meghan from the start. he accuses buckingham palace of not defending her, describing their silence is deafening. the sibling rivalry with william is portrayed as intense and damaging. it is now, he says, his life's work to change the media landscape in the uk and he again spoke about his family planting stories with the press to enhance the reputation. after many years of lies being told about me and my family there comes a point where, going back to the relationship
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tween certain members of the family and the tabloid press, those certain members have decided to get in bed with the devil. fist decided to get in bed with the devil. �* , devil. at times there were contradictions _ devil. at times there were contradictions and - devil. at times there were i contradictions and pettiness. perhaps as there are with all family fallouts. he insisted he still loved his father and brother and wanted things to be different. my brother and wanted things to be different. _ ., ., ~' different. one might say, look, ou have different. one might say, look, you have not — different. one might say, look, you have not so _ different. one might say, look, you have not so much - different. one might say, look, you have not so much as - different. one might say, look, you have not so much as your l you have not so much as your bridges — you have not so much as your bridges as_ you have not so much as your bridges as taken a flamethrower. they might see you destroy any chance of reconciliation?— you destroy any chance of reconciliation? , ., , ., reconciliation? they have shown no willingness _ reconciliation? they have shown no willingness to _ reconciliation? they have shown no willingness to reconcile - reconciliation? they have shown no willingness to reconcile up i no willingness to reconcile up to this point and i am not sure how honesty is burning bridges. silence only allows the abuser to abuse, right? so i do not know how staying silent will ever make things better. that is genuinely — ever make things better. that is genuinely what _ ever make things better. that is genuinely what i _ ever make things better. that is genuinely what i believe. harry discusses the interview that meghan did with oprah winfrey when she said a member of the royalfamily
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winfrey when she said a member of the royal family question what less can't son aja's skin colour would be. he said neither he nor meghan viewed this question as racist. he also showed his support for lady susan hussey, the former lady in waiting to the queen accused of racism towards a charity founder at a buckingham palace reception in november. i am happy for her to be invited into the palace to sit down with lady susan and to reconcile because meghan and i love susan hussey. we think she is great. and we also know that she never meant any harm at all. i will sit here and speak. in his interview for cbs in america, he again discusses his own family, leaking stories to the media. focusing on his stepmother, camilla, the queen consort who he said use the media to rehabilitate her public image.— media to rehabilitate her public image. that made her dangerous — public image. that made her dangerous because - public image. that made her dangerous because of - public image. that made her dangerous because of the i dangerous because of the connections she was forwarding within the british press. and
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there is an open willingness on both sides to trade information and with the family built on hierarchy and with her on the way to being queen consort there would be people, or bodies, left in the street because of that.- bodies, left in the street because of that. harry told the presenter. _ because of that. harry told the presenter, anderson _ because of that. harry told the presenter, anderson cooper, | presenter, anderson cooper, that he had been in therapy for seven years and had used experimental medication as part of that process. he was also asked about his current relationship with his brother and his father.— and his father. you speak to william now? _ and his father. you speak to william now? do _ and his father. you speak to william now? do you i and his father. you speak to william now? do you text? | william now? do you text? currently. _ william now? do you text? currently, no. _ william now? do you text? currently, no. but- william now? do you text? currently, no. but i - william now? do you text? currently, no. but i look. currently, no. but i look forward to us being able to find peace. forward to us being able to find peace-— forward to us being able to find peace. how long has it been since _ find peace. how long has it been since you _ find peace. how long has it been since you spoke? i find peace. how long has it been since you spoke? a l find peace. how long has it i been since you spoke? a while. do ou been since you spoke? a while. do you sneak — been since you spoke? a while. do you speak to _ been since you spoke? a while. do you speak to your _ been since you spoke? a while. do you speak to your dad? i been since you spoke? a while. do you speak to your dad? we l do you speak to your dad? we have not do you speak to your dad? - have not spoken for quite a while. no. not recently. harry said he did — while. no. not recently. harry said he did not _ while. no. not recently. harry said he did not think— while. no. not recently. harry said he did not think his i said he did not think his father or his brother would read his new book but he said
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that writing it had been both painful and cathartic.- painful and cathartic. where are ou painful and cathartic. where are you now? _ painful and cathartic. where are you now? that - painful and cathartic. where are you now? that is i painful and cathartic. where are you now? that is one i painful and cathartic. where i are you now? that is one people have _ are you now? that is one people have at— are you now? that is one people have at the — are you now? that is one people have at the end of all of this. are _ have at the end of all of this. are you — have at the end of all of this. are you happy? yes. i have at the end of all of this. are you happy? yes. lam have at the end of all of this. are you happy? yes. i am very happy, very at peace. i am are you happy? yes. i am very happy, very at peace. i am in are you happy? yes. i am very happy, very at peace. iam in a better place than i have ever been. ernest owens is a journalist, editor—at—large, and author of �*the case for cancel culture' — hejoins us now from philadelphia. good to have you on the programme. you watched the interview with anderson cooper. what did you make of it? i think that prince harry was very transparent and vulnerable and i think he had a lot of conviction. looking at a lot of his previous interviews he always seemed as if his mind was in a different place but i think this time around he has a sense of relief and it seems he is confident in how he went. i got a chance to read the book
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and what i found was consistent with the interview, he thought long and hard about many of the things that are going on and i think he is coming in a place ofjust trying to put it out there and move to a different direction and i thought that was admirable. and how is this being received in the united states? we're sort of getting mixed messages about the audience in the united states and their appetite for all of this. there is starting to become a little bit of fatigue based on a lot of this ongoing drama. ithink based on a lot of this ongoing drama. i think that at this point we are at the peak of the harry and meghan saga across the atlantic and i think that people, that netflix documentary was just last month and that was its own big event and that was its own big event and people watched and it was like, ok and now here we are again injanuary with the book and ifound again injanuary with the book and i found the again injanuary with the book and ifound the book again injanuary with the book and i found the book to again injanuary with the book and ifound the book to be more detailed and actually more consistent but for others they
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are like, ok, i saw a netflix documentary and there was a 2—part six episode saga and now here we are one month later and there is a book with more chat is, there is the anderson cooper interview on cbs but then i saw a commercial where they will put it on cnn, another cnn 360 interview, it will be on good morning later today. so it is a little bit of overexposure and i think people are starting to get that sense. for me and others there is a level of personal intrigue, given the connection to princess diana who america really loves.— princess diana who america really loves. absolutely. and that came — really loves. absolutely. and that came through _ really loves. absolutely. and that came through didn't i really loves. absolutely. and that came through didn't in l really loves. absolutely. and l that came through didn't in the cbs 60 minutes interview. much of it was about princess diana, and her death, how harry processed that such a young boy. a lot of that played out in this interview. tell us through what opinion are saying about the well family itself, the silence so far, no comment.
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what the american people say about the royal family and its response to this?— about the royal family and its response to this? many people are on the _ response to this? many people are on the side _ response to this? many people are on the side of— response to this? many people are on the side of harry i response to this? many people are on the side of harry and i are on the side of harry and meghan when it comes to the actual dispute. i think people have fixed fatigue for the exposure and the press but overall i think we are on their side. i think that william's behaviour and his response and some of the things we have heard in the press has made us sceptical. i think the ongoing history of racism of this... we are a democracy here in america, at least we try to be. we are in the uk as well, just remember. we are in the uk as well, 'ust remembenfi remember. but the idea of hierarchies _ remember. but the idea of hierarchies and _ remember. but the idea of hierarchies and that i remember. but the idea of hierarchies and that type i remember. but the idea of| hierarchies and that type of thing we have always been turned off by that. at this idea as far as how we treated meghan markle, that has left a sour taste in the americans. she is american and we love her
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and especially someone who is black, i did have a little small piece of optimism that maybe there could be something there, some change, some progress but it was completely the opposite and i think that exchange and her experience and the fact that she contemplated suicide at one point has us furious and their silence in this situation does not help their case. this situation does not help their case-— their case. ernest, good to talk to you _ their case. ernest, good to talk to you and get - their case. ernest, good to talk to you and get your. talk to you and get your perspective on these interviews that have been broadcast in the last 2a hours. much more on the prince harry interviews on our website including his thoughts about what he views as deliberate attacks on his wife from some parts of the british media. just log on to bbc .com forward to news or go via the bbc app. brazilian police say they've regained control of the congress building in the capital, brasilia, after it was stormed by thousands of supporters of the former president, jair bolsanaro.
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the demonstrators are refusing to accept that he lost last year's election and want the military to intervene. the country's new leader, luis inacio lula da silva, seen here visiting the scene of the unrest, described the protesters as fascist vandals and promised to punish them. hundreds of people have been arrested. our south america correspondent katy watson sent this report from sao paulo in brazil and a warning there is some flash photography. total chaos in brasilia as thousands of hardline protesters invaded government buildings, authorities responded with tear gas to try and regain control of the brazilian capital. this was a scenario many here feared might happen after a divisive election back in october. these images are clearly reminiscent of what happened in the us capitol two years ago. after all, the former president bolsonaro is nicknamed the trump of the tropics by some. but while far right protestors here has been emboldened by the former us president, this was more than just a copycat insurrection.
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it goes beyond bolsonaro too. what angers protesters the most is not so much that bolsonaro lost but the fact that lula won. a man they see as belonging in prison, not the presidential palace. translation: i am here in this totally peaceful demonstration l because i do not agree with all the thievery of lula, the vice—president, the supreme court and the superior electoral court. we want new elections and clean ballot boxes. translation: we do not believe that this election | was democratic. there are several indications that there was fraud, that there was corruption. there has been no evidence of fraud despite what these protesters claim. no matter — what these people want is military intervention. it is the only way, in their view, that brazil can be saved from what they see as a stolen election. lula, the elected president, has been in the job for a week and condemned what happened, calling the protesters fanatical fascists.
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translation: all those people who did this will be _ found and punished. they will realise that democracy guarantees the right to freedom and free speech but it also demands that people respect institutions created to strengthen democracy. by nightfall, people had been cleared from the buildings and police were clearing the remaining protesters from the streets. at best, authorities were caught out unprepared. at worst they are expected of being involved. there did not seem to be a police presence of capitol that you would potentially expect at something like this to happen. we saw hardly any law enforcement on the street, the police barricades were easily overthrown by these bolsonaro supporters and it isjust a bit of a mess just now in the capital. the supreme court has been asked to issue an arrest warrant for the man in charge of brasilia's security, a former minister under bolsonaro who was dismissed after the events of sunday. the calm may be restored for now but the political division remains.
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mr bolsanaro has been tweeting about the events in brasilia. in one of his tweets he said "peaceful lawful demonstrations are part of democracy. however, pillaging and invasions of public buildings as occurred today, such as those practised by the left in 2013 and 2017, are outside the law." stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll tell you why all eyes will be on cornwall later, for a space launch with a difference. will the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. "good grief" — after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang
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are calling it quits. the singer, paul simon, starts his tour of south africa tomorrow _ in spite of protests and violence i from some _ black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa _ until majority rule is established. i around the world, people have been paying tribute to the iconic rock star, david bowie, who sold 140 million albums in a career that spanned half a century. his family announced overnight that he died of cancer at the age of 69. the world's tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: prince harry gives his fiercest criticism yet of his stepmother in an interview with the us media — describing the queen consort as �*dangerous' and a �*villain'.
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chaos in the brazilian capital as thousands of supporters of brazil's former leader jair bolsonaro storm the parliament, refusing to accept he lost last year's election. here in the uk, unions will meet with the secretaries of state fortransport, health and education, later today, ahead of further planned strike action, as the government seeks to resolve pay disputes across public services. meanwhile junior doctors are voting on whether to stage a three—day long walkout in march, in a dispute over pay. around 115,000 members of the british medical association will take part in the ballot. joe biden has visited america's border with mexico for the first time since becoming president. the area has been struggling to cope with record numbers of illegal crossings, with republicans blaming mr biden's easing of donald trump's immigration policy. the white house says the plan
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is to expand legal routes to would—be migrants. our correspondent sophie long sent this update from el paso. everyone here has stories of suffering and survival, everyone here has stories of suffering and of survival, even those too young to yet comprehend or communicate them. few now deny there is a humanitarian crisis along the us southern border but there is deep disagreement about what should be done to resolve it. president biden met those who patrol this border day and night. the agents, his opponents say, under his administration have become little more than welcoming committees. yarad came with her husband and three children. it took months to travel here from venezuela. they've already been deported once but, undeterred, again, they made the dangerous journey back across the border. they left because of
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the broken economy, she says. and tells me she wants president biden to give them the chance to work. but yarad and herfamily are exactly the people joe biden has told not to come. they have no relations here, no plan, and they've entered illegally. just weeks ago, thousands poured across the border here. el paso's streets were strewn with people who had nowhere else to sleep. elio tells me a few nights ago, around 400 migrants were cleared from this site. they were handcuffed and loaded onto buses. the few that remained had the right documentation. these papers, he says, are his protection. critics of this visit say joe biden has had a sanitised view,
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that it is political posturing as another presidential election looms. others believe it is simply too little, too late. president biden's presence will certainly have shone a light on the plight of people but his visit lasted less than a few hours. what's happening in el paso and other cities along the border is the result of a system that's been failing for decades and with washington divided, it's unlikely there will be a real and lasting solution anytime soon. sophie long, bbc news, el paso. sophie long, bbc news, el paso. let's get some of the day's other news: china, which says its military carried out combat drills around taiwan on sunday. it's the second time that has happened in less than a month. it's understood the drills took place in the sea and the air. taiwan says it has detected 28 chinese aircraft entering its air defence zone in the last 2a hours. israel's new security minister — who comes from a far—right party — has ordered israeli police
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to remove palestinian flags from all public spaces. itamar ben—gvir is hardening the existing law, which allows for security forces to take the flags down only when it becomes a threat to public order. russia and ukraine have carried out a prisoner exchange, with both sides returning 50 detainees to the other. these pictures, released by moscow's ministry of defence show the russians soldiers, show the russian soldiers, who will be taken for health checks. ukraine says the group of people returned included soldiers, border guards, and people who had been captured at mariupol and at the chornobyl nuclear power station. the uk could see a space first on monday, with satellites being deployed from a base on european soil for the first time ever. if all goes to schedule, it will happen from the new spaceport, in cornwall, in the south—western tip of england. the technique will use a modified boeing jumbojet to carry the rockets into the sky, before they lift their payloads into orbit. our science correspondent
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rebecca morelle has the story. five, four, three, two, one — left off! five, four, three, two, one - left off!— left off! the children of this learnin: left off! the children of this learning academy - left off! the children of this learning academy having i left off! the children of this learning academy having a | left off! the children of this i learning academy having a crash course in rocket science. they are taking a special interest in space because a launch is about to happenjust in space because a launch is about to happen just down the road from them. i about to happen 'ust down the road from them.— road from them. i am 'ust excited because i road from them. i am 'ust excited because we i road from them. i am just excited because we mightj excited because we might actually get the chance to see it over newquay and there will be lots of people watching. i be lots of people watching. i am going to back my mum to watch — am going to back my mum to watch it— am going to back my mum to watch it because i really want to. ., , . ,, watch it because i really want to. ., , .~ , to. the lodge is taking place at cornwall _ to. the lodge is taking place at cornwall airport _ to. the lodge is taking place at cornwall airport newquay| to. the lodge is taking place i at cornwall airport newquay but it is a lift of with a difference. the rocket will be released midflight, firing its engine to send satellite into orbit, the first time it has been done from british soil stop it has been a huge team effort to get to this place. we
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effort to get to this place. we are the effort to get to this place. - are the guinea pig. it is a first time any of us have under theseit first time any of us have under these it has been quite a learning experience and something we really proud of something we really proud of something we really proud of something we are on a lookout to make efficient going forward and share the lessons learned. the rockets and aircrew belong to virgin orbit and we have been given a read just look inside. at the front, a small modification will have big effect. here into the cockpit, all the usual control that you need to fly a plane but there is one big difference and it is this — this red square is a release button and about an hour into the flood, the pilot will press this to drop the rockets. until now, these launches have been carried out from california. the drop happens at 35,000 eight and it is a perilous manoeuvre. everything has to work
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perfectly to get the rocket on its way. for the uk flood, raf pilot matthew, will be in at the controls.— the controls. we will enter account for _ the controls. we will enter account for when - the controls. we will enter account for when things i the controls. we will enter| account for when things get interesting. pressurising the tank, chilling the lines. at the end of the 15 minute terminal count, the rockets says, i am terminal count, the rockets says, iam ready terminal count, the rockets says, i am ready to go and it is myjob the applicant is at the right bit of the sky so when it is ready to go, i wait she goes. when it is ready to go, i wait she goes-— she goes. on the ground, admission _ she goes. on the ground, admission control, i she goes. on the ground, admission control, the i she goes. on the ground, i admission control, the launch team will be monitoring every minute of the flight. it would be a tense time. i minute of the flight. it would be a tense time.— be a tense time. i would not sa it is be a tense time. i would not say it is a — be a tense time. i would not say it is a nervous _ be a tense time. i would not i say it is a nervous atmosphere. i think we all run off of a generally official but we are all pretty come because we have done all our checkout and we are ready to go, basically. this is one of nine satellites
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being painstakingly prepared for launch. almost all of them have been built in the uk stop until now, though, they would have been shipped abroad to be sent into orbit but this mission is about to change that. this satellite billings to a cardiff based company. it is a mini factory that could make new material while in orbit. in make new material while in orbit. , orbit. in space, with the absence _ orbit. in space, with the absence of _ orbit. in space, with the absence of gravity, i orbit. in space, with the absence of gravity, you | orbit. in space, with the i absence of gravity, you can mix together in different material you want. there are billions of new alloys you can make you could not make on earth. 99.9% will not be useful but there could be a small portion that could be a small portion that could be a small portion that could be used in the next generation for electric clouds, planes, aircraft, computing, things that scientists are crying out for right now. if crying out for right now. if the lodge goes to plan, it will be a major milestone for the uk. -- be a major milestone for the uk. —— launch. the first step to becoming a global player in space. rebecca morelle, bbc news.
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fascinating. we have all the top business stories injust fascinating. we have all the top business stories in just a moment. don't go anywhere. hello. after a rather wet and windy first week of january 2023, we're heading into the second week on a similar note. unsettled weather on the cards through the week ahead, often fairly wet and windy, mainly rather mild for the time of year, although temperatures will fluctuate a bit through the next couple of days. but let's take a look at the expected rainfall that's going to be accumulating through this week. it's always going to be wettest in the west with our weather coming from the atlantic, particularly for parts of wales, for instance — there could be around 100mm of rain falling here. and for north—west, england, western scotland, for instance, too. so, the potential perhaps for some flooding, particularly in the west, through this week. at the moment, we've got low pressure to the north of the uk. winds rotating around that from a north—westerly direction, so not quite as mild as it has been of late. we've still got the much milder
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air sitting out in the wings and that's on the way for tuesday. during monday, then, a day of sunshine and showers. quite a chilly start for some eastern areas. showers drifting their way eastwards almost anywhere through the morning but by the afternoon, they'll be more concentrated for northern ireland, western scotland, perhaps into north west england and north wales. further south and east, though, things are looking a little bit drier by the afternoon. six to ten degrees, a noticeable breeze blowing particularly across north—western parts of the uk, where it is going to be quite windy. but the winds ease and the showers fade away for a time monday evening and overnight, so cool and clearfor a time. but during the early hours of tuesday, the next area of low pressure drives this cloud, rain and strengthening winds in from the west. just holding onto the clearer and colder conditions for the far east of scotland and england into tuesday morning. tuesday's weather, though, dominated by this frontal system pushing eastwards across the uk. lots of isobars on the chart there and we're going to be in between the warm front and the cold front, so in this warm sector of air, so temperatures are going to be pretty mild for the time of year but it is going to be wet and it's going to be windy.
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rain almost anywhere to start the day, some snow for a time over the higher ground of scotland, too. the main bulk of rain pushing northwards and eastwards, followed by heavy downpours from the west later on and it really will feel windy, i think, wherever you are — gusts inland 30 to a0 miles per hour — but around the exposed coasts, it could be 50, possibly 60 miles per hour, even higher than that potentially later across the north of scotland. so, temperatures in the north, seven or eight degrees. but further south, we're looking at 13 or ia celsius tuesday afternoon. things, then, remain pretty unsettled really for much of the week ahead. a hint that things turn a little bit cooler, though, through the course of the coming weekend. bye bye.
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