tv Outside Source BBC News January 9, 2023 7:00pm-8:31pm GMT
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with temperatures 1a in south wales. hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. 1500 people have been arrested in brazil after supporters of the far right former presidents jair bolsonaro stormed parliament, claiming the recent election was stolen. the new president, lula da silva, says it is the work of fascist. translation: we call. these people everything that is abominable in politics. they invaded the seat of government, like real vandals, destroying what they found in front of them. i want to tell you that these people will be found. also across the hour, more nhs strikes will go ahead this week, after talks between the government and unions failed. and it is the
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countdown to britain's first ever space launch. we are going to be live in cornwall, where the mission is taking off. let's start in brazil. security forces there have detained over 1,000 people after supporters of the former president jair bolsonaro stormed government buildings. this was the scene in brasilia — the capital — on sunday. thousands of demonstrators were involved. in the last few hours, brazilian authorities have issued a statement branding the riots "terrorist acts of vandalism by criminals and coup plotters". and we've also heard from brazil's president lula. 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 the institutions created to strengthen democracy.
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let's take a step back and look at how we got here. in october last year, we saw a bitter electoral campaign between the incumbent jair bolsonaro and lula. and lula won by a narrow margin — he got 50.9% of the vote. but even before the result, bolsonaro repeated false claims that brazil's electronic voting system was vulnerable to fraud, which meant that many of bolsonaro's supporters were convinced that lula would lose. and that has led to scenes like this, demonstrations against the result. here's an expert on brazilian politics from the university of oxford. we've had the organisation of protest building up for weeks now, and with some sense of complacence, of police forces
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and of the government of brasilia, the capital of brazil, and that resulted in that. we can still say that is a minority, but it's still a very engaged, a very mobilised minority, which led to this massive disruption of the capital. former presidentjair bolsonaro — who is currently in the united states — has denied instigating the unrest. he said, "peaceful lawful demonstrations are part of democracy" and went on to condemn the "pillaging and invasions of public buildings." let's get one perspective on what responsibility he might hold. well, he probably is not responsible for the act in itself, _ in the sense that he didn't give an order to do that, _ but his government empowered . a lot of those groups that are now contesting the results . of the elections in brazil, so it's an indirect responsibility on him and his government - and many of his supporters . that are still around in brazil. have a look at this map. it shows the places targeted — the national congress building, as we mentioned, as well as the presidential office and the supreme court. we've also seen this footage from inside the office of brazil's communications minister, showing the extent
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of the damage there. richard lapper is a journalist and expert on bolsonaro — here's his take. the kind of gratuitous snatching up of modernist artworks — which, of course, they detest. they're breaking up electronic machinery, they are smashing glass, using security barriers to smash the glass of the supreme court. and then they're taking selfies of themselves, right? everyone's taking selfies. it's kind of like a works outing gone mad — like everyone's had too much to drink and they've decided to smash up the place. ijust want i just want to review some copy from the afp news agency, which says brazil's jair bolsonaro has been hospitalised in the us. his wife confirms. we are getting reports that bolsonaro has been hospitalised in the us, but we have no details at all as to why he has been
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hospitalised. we understand he has beenin hospitalised. we understand he has been in or around orlando in florida since new year's eve, suggest over a week. we have seen pictures of him there, beating other brazilians, amongst other things. now we have this report, amid this extreme every story from his aliya, from florida that jair bolsonaro has been hospitalised in the us, according to his wife —— this extraordinary story from cilia. there's been plenty of reaction from world leaders. the president of chile called it "a cowardly and vile attack on democracy." colombia's president, gustavo petro, said... and this is the us secretary of state, antony blinken... we have also heard from the prime minister of spain. translation: today's news from brazil reminds us - that the biggest threat to global democracy, peace and prosperity in the world, from north to south and from east to west, is the resurgence
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of extremist movements ready to destroy everything. so how has this all unfolded on social media? here's our disinformation and social media correspondent marianna spring. the spotlight today is also i on twitter, because twitter — which was bought by elon musk a couple of months ago — - sacked a lot of the team that worked in brazil, i some of whom's job it was to monitor these kind - of misinformation narratives online. and it's interesting because, today, we've really seen how those - narratives have actually... some of the protesters have actually been using codewords, for example, i to hint at what was going to happen yesterday and to join _ everyone together, to get them outside congress. . and they use terms that, | if you were, for example, and they use terms that, - if you were someone who works for twitter who is brazilian, who's from the area, - you might be able to pick up on it. but if that team doesn't exist - any more, what does that mean? i was mentioning jair bolsonaro hospitalised, according to afp.
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reuters has also reported this. another agency is reporting this, saying bolsonaro is suffering from abdominal pain, though that is not a detail we can confirm that the bbc. there are now multiple reports saying bolsonaro has been hospitalised in florida. more information as we get it. let's talk to the head of a intelligence company. thank you very much for joining us here on the bbc. would you draw a direct line between what jair bolsonaro has said in the past about the electoral system and what we saw in brasilia on sunday? hi. we saw in brasilia on sunday? hi, thanks for— we saw in brasilia on sunday? h , thanks for having me. one thing that is very clear, we have through the statements, very small statements bolsonaro has made on twitter in the past 2a hours, is that he is always continuing to tell this a very fine line between staying within
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constitutional and legal bounds and pushing against those very legal frameworks to see how far he can go, and so the questioning of the electoral system, whether he had actually won the election or not without necessarily calling his supporters to rise and march on congress and the supreme court, is part of that strategy that he has maintained now for his entire presidency, but particularly over the last year, during the electoral campaign. the last year, during the electoral cam aiun. , the last year, during the electoral camaiun. , , , ., ., campaign. help us understand how these protesters _ campaign. help us understand how these protesters have _ campaign. help us understand how these protesters have organised i these protesters have organised themselves. are they a single body of people with a leader or is it more spontaneous than that? this is what makes — more spontaneous than that? this is what makes the _ more spontaneous than that? this is what makes the situation _ more spontaneous than that? this is what makes the situation very - what makes the situation very complex, because of forcible bolsonaro was president, we could point to one leader, one political figure that coalesced this very heterogeneous movement of people that includes far right extremists,
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evangelical communities, particularly in the interior of the country, and people who believe that lula's party is going to impose communism in brazil, but as bolsonaro left office and this faction began taking a form of their own, communicating on different platforms, particularly telegram and whatsapp, new leaders have been emerging and it is a much more heterogeneous movement that hurts harder to control, and events that we saw yesterday — maybe not to the same extent, but this type of disruption — will remain in brazil in the coming months and years. it is not something will see go away overnight. is not something will see go away overniaht. �* ., , �* , is not something will see go away overniaht. �* . , �* , . ., overnight. and finally, let's talk about the brazilian _ overnight. and finally, let's talk about the brazilian military. - overnight. and finally, let's talk i about the brazilian military. some of these protesters have been calling for the military to intervene. viewers around the world may be surprised they are calling
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for the military to help. it is uuite for the military to help. it is quite ironic, _ for the military to help. it is quite ironic, as _ for the military to help. it is quite ironic, as they - for the military to help. it is quite ironic, as they are - for the military to help. it 3 quite ironic, as they are defending democracy as they are claiming to do, one would violate the constitutional order in that country, particularly with the history the country has with military overthrows. if we are to look for a silver lining in all of this, it is precisely the fact that the military has not intervened, despite repeated calls over the past couple of years, and also that brazilian institutions have held. thejudiciary brazilian institutions have held. the judiciary remains independent despite the disruption was thought to the building, there is separation of powers. congress will continue to operate and possible challenge lula's... the day after, brazil has many challenges, but the
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institutions remain independent. thank you for your help on that story. here in the uk, more nhs strikes are set to go ahead after talks between union officials and the government failed. the dispute is about pay — unions are calling for pay rises to keep up with the rising cost of living. those striking are ambulance workers, who plan to walk out again this week in england, and nurses. they're taking action again two days next week. the health secretary, stephen barclay, met with officials from health unions who represent those workers. unite is one of those unions. it was clear there was no progress. the government have missed yet another opportunity to put this right. we came here in good faith.
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what they want to talk about is productivity. productivity, when our members are working 18—hour shifts. quite how you become more productive with that, i do not know. other unions involved had a similar verdict. the royal college of nursing — who represents nhs nurses — described the talks as "bitterly disappointing." the gmb union — who represents ambulance workers — said they "fell well short of anything substantial." one problem appears to be that the government and the unions disagree over what this pay deal is about. the bbc�*s david wallace lockhart explains. what's slightly complex about these talks is that both sides seem to go in wanting to talk about slightly different things. the unions wanted to talk about the pay offer they've got for this year, and that's what all the current strikes have been about, whereas the government seems to want to talk about the next pay offer they get. so, unions want this to be about current pay, which means there has to be a better pay offer to be on the table before april.
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one union involved in today's talks was more optimistic about that. the secretary of state was very, very clear that resolving this means not just talking about pay for the next period, but actually pay for the current pay year. so very clear that resolving the dispute will take boosting pay ahead of the ist of april. if the government does acknowledge this is about current pay, there's no offer yet. one thing that might be an option is a one—off payment for health service staff — in an attempt to end the strike. today, that was announced in wales. i hope of course that we will be | able to find a resolution to this| dispute in social partnership - and i look forward to those meetings happening with our trade union colleagues later this week. - the prime minister, rishi sunak, was asked directly about a one—off
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payment being introduced in england too. it sounds like a one—off payment is on the _ it sounds like a one—off payment is on the table. will that be just for nurses? — we are really pleased that union leaders accepted ministers' invitations to come in today to have discussions across the board. that's a really positive development and on pay we have always said that the government is happy to talk about pay demands and pay issues that are anchored in what's reasonable, well, we can speak now to alanjones, who's the industrial correspondent at pa media. thanks forjoining us. do you think the one—off payment could be the thing which unlocks this? we the one-off payment could be the thing which unlocks this? we need to see. there was a _ thing which unlocks this? we need to see. there was a rumour _ thing which unlocks this? we need to see. there was a rumour before - see. there was a rumour before christmas that was going to be a one—off payment to nurses ahead of the strikes. that never happened. there been rumours in the last few days that that is going to happen, but you just heard the prime
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minister there. but you just heard the prime ministerthere. he but you just heard the prime minister there. he will not come out and say definitely this is going to happen. the unions don't know what line the government are taking any more. they went into these talks not overly optimistic that there was going to be a breakthrough and there was not a breakthrough. pay was barely discussed. so i think the unions now, as far as they are concerned, they want to see what the government would be offering in terms of a one—off payment, i think they will get that in wales on thursday, when mark drakeford meets the unions, but the union just want some kind of clarity about what is actually on offer. bud some kind of clarity about what is actually on offer.— some kind of clarity about what is actually on offer. and what are the practicalities _ actually on offer. and what are the practicalities of _ actually on offer. and what are the practicalities of this _ actually on offer. and what are the practicalities of this with _ actually on offer. and what are the practicalities of this with multiple l practicalities of this with multiple strikes on involving multiple strikes going on involving multiple unions? does the government interact with each individually or does it treat the group of unions as one? they're separate meetings. the three separate meetings today in three separate meetings today in three separate government departments. health secretary met the health unions, education secretary met the
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education unions and the real minister met the rail unions, because that dispute is to rumbling on as well. later this week the cabinet office minister will be meeting will be meeting the civil service unions. they are all separate meetings, but i think the fear in government is if they give one group one group of workers, say, a one—off payment, the other groups will almost certainly want the same thing, so that is possibly what is holding things back, but i keep coming back to this. the unions just want to know what is going on. they definitely want this year's pay increase reopened, not interested in talking about next year's pay rise yet, because they think that will just push everything onto the biggest back burner you can think of and they want this sorted now. you alluded to the _ and they want this sorted now. you alluded to the fact this is not just alluded to the fact this is notjust about the national health service, rail unions, so our teacher unions. is this fundamentally about shifting pages of poor people through the cost—of—living crisis? the?
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pages of poor people through the cost-of-living crisis?— cost-of-living crisis? they are all similar. cost-of-living crisis? they are all similar- pays _ cost-of-living crisis? they are all similar. pays at _ cost-of-living crisis? they are all similar. pays at the _ cost-of-living crisis? they are all similar. pays at the centre - cost-of-living crisis? they are all similar. pays at the centre of- similar. pays at the centre of everything, and particularly the dispute and mobile come quite a big dispute and mobile come quite a big dispute in education, i think. staff are leaving for similar, in terms of pay, jobs... pays at the centre of it. all these terrible stories of what we are hearing in hospitals and outside hospitals, that is getting worse every day because nurses are leaving every day, and pays at the centre of all that. the longer this goes on, the more nurses are going to leave, then more teachers are going to leave, the more civil servants are going to leave, actually, and it is going to become increasingly difficult to resolve. alan, thank you very much indeed for taking us through that. that is alan jones from pa. right, time for a big story from cornwall.
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in just over two hours, the first ever orbital space launch from british soil will blast off. the company behind the operation is the california—based virgin orbit, founded by sir richard branson. the british entrepreneur has had one of his old passenger airliners converted to carry a rocket, called launcherone, beneath its left wing. the plane will take off from newquay airport in southwest england and head west over the atlantic, to a designated launch zone off the coast of ireland. at the appropriate moment, at an altitude of 35,000ft, the aircraft will release the rocket. its first—stage engine will then ignite and begin its climb into orbit. the bbc�*sjenny kumah was at the launch site earlier today. —— because a fully fuelled rocket is a heavy load, the plane's lower deck has been completely stripped to save weight. two flight engineers will sit at consoles to monitor the launch. the bbc�*s rebecca morelle had a look. here in the cockpit are all the usual controls that you need to fly a plane, but there is one big difference, and it's this.
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this red square is a release button, and about an hour into the flight, the pilot will press this to drop the rocket. rebecca also spoke to the lead pilot on the mission. we enter what's called a terminal count procedure, and that's for when things, for us, certainly get more interesting, as we go through that sequence of pressurising the tank, chilling the lines. at the end of that 15—minute terminal count, the rocket says, "i'm ready to go now". and it's myjob to make sure the aeroplane is at the right bit in the sky, in the right position, so when the rocket says "i'm ready to go", away she goes. that rocket will release nine satellites into an orbit more than 500 km above the planet. by launching it from a converted plane, virgin orbit hope to offer a cheaper and more flexible way to get satellites into orbit and boost the uk's satellite industry. here's the uk space agency's view.
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yeah, there's a huge growing market for small satellites. these are kind of cube sats. the total payload may be about 300 kilograms for what this rocket can launch, and it's going into a very, very useful orbit. you might not think the uk is a very good place for launching satellites, but into a sun synchronous orbit, that's almost from the north pole to the south pole. that makes it a very useful orbit for things like earth observation, climate data, weather and also intelligence gathering, communications, navigation as well. that's tim peake. i'm joined now byjosh western, ceo of space forge. and we are joined by the uk's science minister, george freeman. mr freeman, if i can start with you, how big a moment is this for the science and space sector in the uk? this is a huge moment for the uk space _ this is a huge moment for the uk space sector and space economy, for three _ space sector and space economy, for three reasons. firstly, space is the
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front— three reasons. firstly, space is the front tier— three reasons. firstly, space is the front tier of— three reasons. firstly, space is the front tier of the global race at the moment— front tier of the global race at the moment geopolitically. huge investments as the sector moved from quite a _ investments as the sector moved from quite a cold _ investments as the sector moved from quite a cold war military, sovereign sector, _ quite a cold war military, sovereign sector, to _ quite a cold war military, sovereign sector, to something much more open and commercial, and we set out uk space _ and commercial, and we set out uk space strategy with a very clear attention — space strategy with a very clear attention to be a leader in the commercial market and we very strong on the _ commercial market and we very strong on the science and the technology. tonight— on the science and the technology. tonight we — on the science and the technology. tonight we win the global race in europe _ tonight we win the global race in europe to — tonight we win the global race in europe to launch and that is a big moment, — europe to launch and that is a big moment, and as we see more lunches from cornwall and scotland, we will be from cornwall and scotland, we will he doing _ from cornwall and scotland, we will be doing much more over the next few years— be doing much more over the next few years to _ be doing much more over the next few years to grow that already £16 biiiion— years to grow that already £16 billion based sector. but it is also a huge _ billion based sector. but it is also a huge moment for cornwall and for the north— a huge moment for cornwall and for the north of— a huge moment for cornwall and for the north of scotland and glasgow and leicester, for the space clusters _ and leicester, for the space clusters across the uk. this is not 'ust clusters across the uk. this is not just in_ clusters across the uk. this is not just in cambridges, this is across the country, and for viewers across the country, and for viewers across the country — the country, and for viewers across the country struggling with the cost—of—living, this is not about space _ cost—of—living, this is not about space tourism, this is about a mainstream economy, from our phones to gps— mainstream economy, from our phones to gps to _ mainstream economy, from our phones to gps to every working office. we are increasingly reliant on space technology. this is about the uk being _ technology. this is about the uk
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being a — technology. this is about the uk being a leader, keeping a safe and secure _ being a leader, keeping a safe and secure in _ being a leader, keeping a safe and secure in terms of encryption but also making sure we are a global leader— also making sure we are a global leader in— also making sure we are a global leader in this fast—growing sector. is a leader in this fast—growing sector. is a historic— leader in this fast—growing sector. is a historic night. it is a uk equivalent of the apollo moon shot moment— equivalent of the apollo moon shot moment from a few decades ago. tell us wh moment from a few decades ago. us why you're moment from a few decades ago. tell us why you're interested in your salad being put into space in this way. it salad being put into space in this wa . , . salad being put into space in this wa , , ., . ., salad being put into space in this wa. . ., way. it is an exciting moment. space force, we way. it is an exciting moment. space forge. we are _ way. it is an exciting moment. space forge, we are based _ way. it is an exciting moment. space forge, we are based in _ way. it is an exciting moment. space forge, we are based in cardiff - way. it is an exciting moment. space forge, we are based in cardiff and i forge, we are based in cardiff and wales, the celik where lunch today is the first satellite designed and built in wales, and the opportunity to hop along the end five and a 30 —— the satellite we are launching today... it's a really phenomenal opportunity for us because it offers us unparalleled flexibility in really being able to deliver for our customers. it really being able to deliver for our customers— customers. it offers you flexibility. _ customers. it offers you flexibility. is _ customers. it offers you flexibility. is it - customers. it offers you flexibility. is it quite - customers. it offers you flexibility. is it quite a l customers. it offers you | flexibility. is it quite a lot cheaper? pit flexibility. is it quite a lot cheaper?— flexibility. is it quite a lot cheaper? flexibility. is it quite a lot cheaer? �* ., , cheaper? at the moment, it is rou:hl cheaper? at the moment, it is roughly price _ cheaper? at the moment, it is roughly price competitive. - roughly price competitive. importantly, the launch from the uk means we do not have to send a team of 50 or so people down to florida,
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which can be quite expensive if we are having to cope with launch delays and so forth. it gets pretty expensive, especially around orlando. ~ . . expensive, especially around orlando. ~ ., , ., ., ., , expensive, especially around orlando. ~ ., , ., ., ., ., orlando. wales to cornwall is a lot iuicker orlando. wales to cornwall is a lot quicker than _ orlando. wales to cornwall is a lot quicker than wales _ orlando. wales to cornwall is a lot quicker than wales to _ orlando. wales to cornwall is a lot quicker than wales to florida, - quicker than wales to florida, that's for sure, but mr freeman, if i can bring you in, what is your best case scenario here? this lunch is a process of many more from the uk? , ., , . , uk? the small settlement lunches, phenomenal— uk? the small settlement lunches, phenomenal potential. _ uk? the small settlement lunches, phenomenal potential. huge - uk? the small settlement lunches, l phenomenal potential. huge growth. we think— phenomenal potential. huge growth. we think we can have about 30% of that market. but there's something else as _ that market. but there's something else as well. we have been a technology power for year. i liken this to _ technology power for year. i liken this to a — technology power for year. i liken this to a formula 1 pit lane without the car _ this to a formula 1 pit lane without the car. tonight we have the vehicle and this— the car. tonight we have the vehicle and this year you'll also see lunches— and this year you'll also see lunches in scotland. this positions us as— lunches in scotland. this positions us as a _ lunches in scotland. this positions us as a global player in the satellite _ us as a global player in the satellite launch market —— launches in scottanq — satellite launch market —— launches in scotland. this is brilliant example _ in scotland. this is brilliant example of that. their view is,
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rather— example of that. their view is, rather than _ example of that. their view is, rather than build a huge expense of compound — rather than build a huge expense of compound centre, let's go to the ultimate — compound centre, let's go to the ultimate clean room, the vacuum in space _ ultimate clean room, the vacuum in space this— ultimate clean room, the vacuum in space this is— ultimate clean room, the vacuum in space. this is an exciting part of a new economy for the uk. just space. this is an exciting part of a new economy for the uk.- new economy for the uk. just so i understand your _ new economy for the uk. just so i understand your ambition, - new economy for the uk. just so i understand your ambition, is - new economy for the uk. just so i understand your ambition, is it i new economy for the uk. just so i i understand your ambition, is it that we are using more and more 7a sevens to put these satellites into space or we will get a car that is purpose built to get them set up there? it is a very important point. earlier this year— is a very important point. earlier this year i— is a very important point. earlier this year i announced we are going to use _ this year i announced we are going to use our— this year i announced we are going to use our regulatory freedom to set standards— to use our regulatory freedom to set standards for sustainable space, 'ust standards for sustainable space, just as _ standards for sustainable space, just as the formula 1 industry has developed — just as the formula 1 industry has developed formula e and driven high—performance electric and electronic motors, the space industry— electronic motors, the space industry is in the vanguard of developing new technology on propulsion, new methods reducing its carbon— propulsion, new methods reducing its carbon footprint, and crucially the sideliqhts — carbon footprint, and crucially the sidelights up in space are fun events— sidelights up in space are fun events to _ sidelights up in space are fun events to our conservation and climate — events to our conservation and climate change resilience, so what we are _ climate change resilience, so what we are looking to do will be using
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our regulatory regime to set the industry— our regulatory regime to set the industry led green satellite, and make _ industry led green satellite, and make the — industry led green satellite, and make the uk the quickest place to -et make the uk the quickest place to get licence and to get insured if you're _ get licence and to get insured if you're running a sustainable satellite _ you're running a sustainable satellite provision and that is a compelling offers. it is satellite provision and that is a compelling offers.— satellite provision and that is a compelling offers. it is very good to seak compelling offers. it is very good to speak to _ compelling offers. it is very good to speak to both _ compelling offers. it is very good to speak to both of _ compelling offers. it is very good to speak to both of you, - compelling offers. it is very good to speak to both of you, only i compelling offers. it is very good to speak to both of you, only gotj to speak to both of you, only got about 45 seconds, but what are conditions like. i know that airport. get a bit breezy. yes, it is a bit blustery _ airport. get a bit breezy. yes, it is a bit blustery but _ airport. get a bit breezy. yes, it is a bit blustery but important . airport. get a bit breezy. yes, it l is a bit blustery but important lien no rain, so we are looking to make lunch tonight. looking forward to launching the first sustainable launching the first sustainable launch —— importantly, no rain, so we are looking to make launch of. where are you going to be watching was blue we... fix. where are you going to be watching was blue we. . ._ where are you going to be watching was blue we. . .— was blue we... a windy, wild night in cornwall. _ was blue we... a windy, wild night in cornwall, but _ was blue we... a windy, wild night in cornwall, but you _ was blue we... a windy, wild night in cornwall, but you can _ was blue we... a windy, wild night in cornwall, but you can tell the i in cornwall, but you can tell the level_ in cornwall, but you can tell the level of— in cornwall, but you can tell the level of interest and excitement. a great _ level of interest and excitement. a great place to be tonight. might be the first january — great place to be tonight. might be the first january 19 _ great place to be tonight. might be the first january 19 cornwall - great place to be tonight. might be the first january 19 cornwall that i the first january 19 cornwall that sold out faster than glastonbury!
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best of luck for those with the launch. more on bbc news. hello there. today, we've had a mixture of sunshine and showers. it's been a cooler day as well, but it's going to be all change for tomorrow. all this cloud is coming in from the atlantic. that will continue to push its way eastwards, bringing us all some rain but also some higher temperatures. it's getting a bit chilly at the moment, though, because the showers will be fading away during this evening, first part of the night, but then we'll see that cloud coming in. that will bring some rain into northern ireland, wales and the southwest. ahead of that, for eastern scotland and eastern england, it will be dry throughout the night and we're going to find temperatures dipping away to around 2 or 3 degrees. this rain is going to be heaviest over the hills of wales and the north—west of england. we've got a low level met office severe weather warning, and the rain maybe amounting to 80 millimetres in the cumbrian fells, maybe even more than that over the welsh hills. and given how wet it's been
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recently, that could lead to some flooding as well. maybe the heaviest rain will be quite early in the day. we've got the rain moving northwards and eastwards. it may dry off for a while in parts of wales, the midlands and southern england. the next band of rain, though, comes across the irish sea, and it's going to be followed by sunshine and showers later in northern ireland. it'll be a windy day, though, tomorrow, maybe windier than today, but the winds from the south or southwest, which is why we've got these high temperatures. double figures away from northern scotland. could reach lli degrees in southern parts of wales. that warm sector responsible for those high temperatures, warm sector between those two weather fronts. a second cold front will bring some rain eastwards during tomorrow evening. once that goes out of the way, the cloud breaks up. we'll see a westerly wind following on wednesday. and it's almost as if we're back to square one. sunshine and showers, a lot of showers from the word go for many western areas, some snow over the hills in scotland. the winds will strengthen and we'll see some of those showers blown into eastern parts of england during the afternoon. temperatures aren't going to be
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quite so high on wednesday, but still 7 to 11 degrees is pretty good for this time of the year. we've still got our weather coming in from the west overnight into thursday, more weather systems coming in from the atlantic. these ones here will bring some rain overnight and into thursday across more southern parts of england and wales. and to the north, we may have some sunshine, but there'll also be these bands of heavy, perhaps thundery downpours coming across northern ireland, across scotland, into northern england and into wales during the afternoon as well. still mild, though — temperatures 8 to 13 degrees.
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now let's return to our top story: security forces have detained 1,500 people after supporters of far—right former presidentjair bolsonaro stormed government buildings in brasilia thousands of demonstrators ransacked the congress building as well as the presidential palace, and supreme court on sunday. we call this people everything that is abominable they invaded the seat of government like real vandals the what they found in front of them. i want to tell you that these people will be found.— want to tell you that these people will be found. ., , ., , ,, , will be found. more and show strikes iioin had will be found. more and show strikes going had this _ will be found. more and show strikes going had this week— will be found. more and show strikes going had this week after _ will be found. more and show strikes going had this week after talks i going had this week after talks within the government and unions failed. and we will talk about gareth bale the most capped player
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has announced retirement. now let's return to our top story: security forces have detained 1,500 people after supporters of far—right former presidentjair bolsonaro stormed government buildings in brasilia thousands let's look a detailed in the background to what happened on sunday. you will have seen the pictures from brazil. thousands of protesters stormed congress, the supreme court and the presidential palace. it left us asking: where did that come from? to answer that we to start with two men. lula da silva was elected president narrowly beating bolsonaro and before the election bolsonaro
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repeatedly said that the electronic voting machines, the system is completely vulnerable. after he had lost he and some of his supporters questions the results. translation: questions the results. tuna/mom- questions the results. translation: . , ., translation: the current popular movement are _ translation: the current popular movement are at _ translation: the current popular movement are at the _ translation: the current popular movement are at the result - translation: the current popular movement are at the result of- movement are at the result of indignation and the feeling of injustice on how the electoral process took place.— injustice on how the electoral process took place. there is no evidence of— process took place. there is no evidence of fraud. _ process took place. there is no evidence of fraud. the - evidence of fraud. the disinformation about the selection has persisted. disinformation about the selection has persisted-— has persisted. these conspiracy narratives _ has persisted. these conspiracy narratives the _ has persisted. these conspiracy narratives the idea _ has persisted. these conspiracy narratives the idea that - has persisted. these conspiracy narratives the idea that the i narratives the idea that the election— narratives the idea that the election was somehow raked that somehow— election was somehow raked that somehow bolsonaro was somehow the true winner— somehow bolsonaro was somehow the true winner and it was not actually lula true winner and it was not actually lula da _ true winner and it was not actually lula da silva these are narratives spraved — lula da silva these are narratives sprayed on— lula da silva these are narratives sprayed on line for months predating the election. in sprayed on line for months predating the election-— the election. in november these ideas were _ the election. in november these ideas were tested _ the election. in november these ideas were tested in _ the election. in november these ideas were tested in court i the election. in november these ideas were tested in court a i ideas were tested in court a challenge by also there's party was rejected by brazil's electoral authorities with some of his supporters continue to protest. they called for the military to intervene and they turned to violence. ianthem and they turned to violence. when lula da and they turned to violence. when lula da silva _ and they turned to violence. when lula da silva when _ and they turned to violence. when lula da silva when was _ and they turned to violence. when lula da silva when was certified i lula da silva when was certified they torched buses in trek to storm
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they torched buses in trek to storm the federal police headquarters. on christmas eve police unveiled a bomb plot near the brazilian airport. figs plot near the brazilian airport. as of bolsonaro in late december she left brazil headed to florida and he is thought to be based in orlando and after the rights he tweeted... lula da silva accuses him of encouraging this in a sense of grievance held by both camps runs deep. lula da silva was president from 2010 22013 pursuing policies that left millions out of policy —— poverty. that then us president called it the most popular politician on earth. he would go from that to prison. he was convicted of this was disputed from the judge behind the conviction would become
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the minister under bolsonaro. lula da silva would serve 580 days in prison until his conviction was annulled. he was released, he could once again stand for election. something that still infuriates his opponents. something that still infuriates his o- onents. m, something that still infuriates his o- onents. ~.,, ., ., something that still infuriates his ouonents. ., ., ., opponents. most of the more radical osterior opponents. most of the more radical posterior supporters _ opponents. most of the more radical posterior supporters believe - opponents. most of the more radical posterior supporters believe that i posterior supporters believe that lula posterior supporters believe that lula da _ posterior supporters believe that lula da silva is a communist and he will install— lula da silva is a communist and he will install a — lula da silva is a communist and he will install a communist dictatorship.— will install a communist dictatorship. will install a communist dictatorshi. . ., ., , will install a communist dictatorshi. �* ., ., dictatorship. also narrow is some wa from dictatorship. also narrow is some way from power- _ dictatorship. also narrow is some way from power. on _ dictatorship. also narrow is some way from power. on new- dictatorship. also narrow is some way from power. on new year's i dictatorship. also narrow is some i way from power. on new year's eve in florida this photo emerged of him eating at kfc. on new year's day in brazil yet lula da silva was sworn in. a week after that we saw this. the storming of congress. tensions years in the making had burst into full view. this is a they did in different ways at the us capitol two years ago. i different ways at the us capitol two ears aio. ~' . , different ways at the us capitol two earsaio. ~ ., , years ago. i think in many ways oddly enough. _ years ago. i think in many ways oddly enough, the _ years ago. i think in many ways oddly enough, the us - years ago. i think in many ways oddly enough, the us and i years ago. i think in many ways| oddly enough, the us and brazil years ago. i think in many ways i oddly enough, the us and brazil are somewhat bellwethers of the very minor challenges democracy faces globally. minor challenges democracy faces aloball . , ,., .,
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globally. the message from the brazilian writers _ globally. the message from the brazilian writers is _ globally. the message from the brazilian writers is a _ globally. the message from the brazilian writers is a familiar- globally. the message from the i brazilian writers is a familiar one. translation:— brazilian writers is a familiar one. translation: new elections clean ballot boxes- _ translation: new elections clean ballot boxes. we _ translation: new elections clean ballot boxes. we did _ translation: new elections clean ballot boxes. we did not _ translation: new elections clean ballot boxes. we did not believe i ballot boxes. we did not believe this election was democratic. there are several indications that there was fraud and corruption. ihmd are several indications that there was fraud and corruption.- was fraud and corruption. and so while this is _ was fraud and corruption. and so while this is a _ was fraud and corruption. and so while this is a story _ was fraud and corruption. and so while this is a story specific i was fraud and corruption. and so while this is a story specific to i while this is a story specific to brazil there is a broader truth here. that if politicians are. listel supporters of the electoral system is broken in the and some will believe them. and act on it. central america now. talks are being held in mexico city. migration at the top of the agenda president biden arriving in mexico city a short while ago, he has faced criticism by republicans about the increase in latin american migrants crossing from mexico into the us. let's bring in our correspondent now who is with us from mexico city.
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this issue of migration is not a new one but it remains urgent. yes. this issue of migration is not a new one but it remains urgent.- one but it remains urgent. yes, we certainly have _ one but it remains urgent. yes, we certainly have a — one but it remains urgent. yes, we certainly have a nice _ one but it remains urgent. yes, we certainly have a nice day _ one but it remains urgent. yes, we certainly have a nice day for - one but it remains urgent. yes, we certainly have a nice day for our i certainly have a nice day for our here for the first meeting in mexico city. i think if we look at the summit in terms of the pluses and minuses of what is going well and not, in the pluses migration is as we speak is probably one of the positives. they have just had the decision by the bite of an administration to allow 30,000 migrants a month from various nations like cuba and nicaragua. in turn mexico will take 30,000 people. that shows a degree of negotiation and cooperation on the issue. there are negatives as well. a thorny issue on energy with a doubling down on national policies on the mexico side which both say hurt. you mention canada _ side which both say hurt. you mention canada as _ side which both say hurt. you mention canada as well. when donald
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trump was made as president there was much talk about reshaping trading relationships between the three countries. what point has the relationships reached? the three countries. what point has the relationships reached?— relationships reached? the rebuild of nafta as was _ relationships reached? the rebuild of nafta as was and _ relationships reached? the rebuild of nafta as was and until _ relationships reached? the rebuild of nafta as was and until now- relationships reached? the rebuild of nafta as was and until now the i relationships reached? the rebuild l of nafta as was and until now the us nca the united states mexico canada free trade area. ultimately what it meant for example, in this spot over the energy issue was that the united states and canada could raise their dispute through the mechanisms of that agreement and basically complained to mexico formally. obviously that will then need resolving. ultimately there was not that much different about nafta in terms of some of the nitty—gritty but it does set the relationship onto a new path for the 21st century. that was the reddick rick at the time. one worth remembering —— rhetoric. and it was brought in
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heavily. there's relief in pakistan tonight, after donors pledged more than $8 billion to help it recover from last year's devastating floods, in what is being seen as a major test of who pays for climate disasters. the pledges came at a fund—raising conference in geneva. among those attending: the un secretary—general antonio guterres, who opened the conference by castigating world leaders forfailing to do enough to help flood—hit countries such as pakistan. as global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise we are all in danger. today it's pakistan, tomorrow it could be in your country. and i am deeply frustrated at global leaders are not giving this life, for this emergency, the action and the investment it requires. because words are not enough.
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without action climate catastrophe is coming for all of us. this was the scene across much of pakistan late last year, after devastating flooding caused by record monsoon rains and melting glaciers. the water still hasn't receded in some southern parts of the country. at least 1,700 people were killed. and around 8 million displaced. many of those who've been able to return to their homes have found them damaged or destroyed and their fields unusable for growing crops. food prices have soared and the number of people facing food insecurity has doubled to 111.6 million, according to un figures. the children's agency unicef says as many as four million children are still living near contaminated and stagnant waters. here's one humanitarian worker on the ground: where the water has receded people are going back to their original places or their native villages.
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they have found that their houses, their livelihood sources, their land, their livestock, they are all infrastructure related to water and sanitation the public investor sure like schools and basic health centres they all have damage due to these floods. and the situation on the ground is still very much alarming and still many people are waiting for the humanitarian assistance. pakistan has put the total recovery bill at 16.3 billion dollars. this was the country's prime minister, shehbaz sharif, saying it needed help covering around half of that, so eight billion dollars over the next three years. it is clear that pakistan's ability to recover from colossal flood disaster to restore critical infrastructure and revive rapid economic growth will hinge substantially on the speed of these actions.
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and the most important link in this chain will be financial resourcing. if that gap continues to restrict our recovery and minimum resilience needs, the results may be to catastrophic to imagine. this was the gathering in geneva, attended by officials from around 110 countries as well as private donors and international financial institutions. well the fund—raising drive went well, with pakistan's information minister saying pledges have reached $8.57 billion — more than it had initially sought. she's detailed some of the donations on twitter, including one billion dollars from saudi arabia. among other major donors: the islamic development bank, which has given $4.2 billion dollars, with 2 billion from the world bank and $1.5 billion from the asian development bank. pakistan's foreign minister told the bbc what the country is doing to ensure that international donor money goes where it is intended to go:
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on our own and have actually requested the un, un dp and the united nations to help us build a mechanism so we should, we could have a programme to follow the money and have that confidence within the international community. obviously the people of pakistan experiencing this devastation, 30 million people affected by the floods there really enough all of their own are paying in their lives for the industrialisation of rich countries. we have country did 0.8% as far as the global carbon footprint is concerned, but we are the eighth most devastated from climate change and climate related catastrophes. our correspondent in islamabad, caroline davies, says the focus will now be on pakistan's resilience and disaster planning for the future: for the first time we have seen flooding in pakistan this was
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——this is not the first time. this is excessive flooding this is not the thing that paxton normally sees but we did see flooding back in 2010 on a dramatic scale as well. the questions were what what lessons were learned from 2010. what measures were in place from how well did they work and would they be able to cope in the future. questions about drainage, questions but in the prince harry since princess diana would be heartbroken about his follow—up with his brother prince william. the government has confirmed it will reduce the support it provides to businesses towards their energy bills. government support will fall by two thirds from 18 billion to 5 and a half billion. simonjack explains the likely impact.
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this chemicals business in west bromwich signed its last energy contract in 2019, so he's been shielded from prices that spiked ten fold at times last year. and it didn't need a government scheme that subsidised and fixed energy costs from september till march. today's new scheme will give a discount to wholesale prices, meaning there is no cap as to what businesses might have to pay. all help is very, very welcome. however, we are a small company. our energy is tripling this year, which means that, you know, being a small company, we have one pot of money. i fear that redirecting our money away from innovation into basically survival is not a good thing for the business. very heavy energy users will get a bigger discount, but adrian's not clear whether his company will qualify. it's notjust businesses. all non—domestic users like schools and charities are also anxious about future bills.
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hugely volatile wholesale prices have actually fallen in recent weeks as temperatures in northern europe have been higher than usual. but they're still over three times their long term average, meaning most businesses will see bills rise this year. businesses like this pub group who've seen energy driven inflation push up the cost of food, beer and wages and say that volatile energy prices have hit their confidence and that of their customers. but it's notjust the energy increases for ourselves. it's the energy costs increases to our consumers. and if we don't have a confident consumer, then that obviously weighs on our confidence to go and expand the business. ultimately, this year, most businesses will continue to see their costs rise just as their customers see their disposable incomes fall. a challenging mix for 2023. simon jack, bbc news.
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this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story... one and a half thousand people arrested in brazil — after supporters of the far—right former presidentjair bolsonaro storm parliament. protestors claimed the election was stolen — president lula da silva, says it's the work of facists. there's been no comment from buckingham palace in response to prince harry's allegations about the royal family, in broadcast interviews here in the uk and in the us. speaking on good morning america, the duke of sussex said his mother — princess diana — would be upset about the state of his relationship with prince william. he's also accused camilla the queen consort of using the press to promote her own image at the expense of his and meghan's. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. across interview after interview — there have been three so far — harry's most damaging claim is that members of the royal family leak stories to the press
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to enhance their own reputations and damage those are otherfamily members. this is what he said today on us television about camilla, the queen consort. i have a huge amount of compassion for her, being the third person within my parents' marriage. she's my stepmother. i don't look at her as an evil stepmother. i see someone who married into this institution and has done everything she can to improve her own reputation and her own image, for her own sake. here's what harry believes is evidence of that. in 1998, he says camilla leaked the story that she and the then 16—year—old prince william had had a successful first meeting. in fact, the story got out due to an indiscretion by camilla's then private secretary amanda macmanus. she resigned immediately.
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the editor of the sun at the time was david yelland. he believes harry has misunderstood how the palace—press relationship works. i never knew a situation where members of the palace press operation ever briefed against another member of the royal family. as far as my own personal experiences as editor of the sun, that never happened. however, there were many occasions when deals needed to be done, particularly when the princes were young. they had done things which they did not want in the press, and there were meetings that would happen and they would say, "look, could you not print this, maybe you could print this?" but it was never about another member of the royal family, in my experience. harry's book is published tomorrow. the monarchy�*s opponents say it proves its time is up. the pressure group republic said this...
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among harry's supporters, there's praise for his candour but also a note of caution. harry and meghan do have to be quite careful right now. i think we're going to see, for the rest of this year, a couple sort of retreating from a lot of what we've seen over the last few months. the buffeting has been intense — it isn't over yet. the palaces remain battened down to ride out the remainder of the storm. nicholas witchell, bbc news. gareth bale, the wales football captain, has announced his retirement from the game. in a twitter post, wales' most capped player said he has experienced "the highest of highs" over 17 seasons, which will be impossible to replicate no matter what the next chapter has in store for him. before christmas, he led his nation to their first world cup appearance in 64 years. joining me is our sports presenter sarah mulkerrins.
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he is 33 years old, that is a bit early. he is 33 years old, that is a bit earl . ., ., ~' he is 33 years old, that is a bit earl . ., ., ,, ., ., early. you would think he would have many years — early. you would think he would have many years left- _ early. you would think he would have many years left. it _ early. you would think he would have many years left. it has _ early. you would think he would have many years left. it has cut _ early. you would think he would have many years left. it has cut people i early. you would think he would have many years left. it has cut people a l many years left. it has cut people a little bit by surprise, this retirement across all forms of football, international and club. there was a feeling that potentially after the world cup he might retire from international football even though he said at the time he hinted that he would not. but i think it is the fact that he is also retired now from club football. many people thought he could continue on for another couple of seasons, i'm sure there would be plenty of clubs around the world that would take on someone of the statute are of a bale and all of that he has achieved over his career. so it seems it came from a decision he made himself. we have seen of the last in particular bale struggled with injuries. he has been inconsistent in terms of his form. at the world cup he did not play to
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his previous standards that we have seen him. so maybe he feels that his bodyis seen him. so maybe he feels that his body is just no longer able to play at the level that he remembers himself playing out in that potentially now is the time for him to step aside and it went away to go after guiding your country that he so passionately and famine only —— famously loved. so passionately and famine only -- famously loved.— so passionately and famine only -- famously loved. how do we assess his achievements — famously loved. how do we assess his achievements i _ famously loved. how do we assess his achievements i almost _ famously loved. how do we assess his achievements i almost said _ famously loved. how do we assess his achievements i almost said in - famously loved. how do we assess his achievements i almost said in the i achievements i almost said in the introduction he was the most successful british player, i do not know if that is overstating it. he must be know if that is overstating it. he: must be one of the most. he is absolutely up there and the only to win five champions league trophies. he started off as a youngster playing outside southampton and then moving to tottenham where he made a name for himself. a brilliant winger and real madrid came in 2013 and bought him for a world record of about 100 million euros of the time. such was their belief and what he
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could add to their team. and when he was with real madrid he went on to win five champions league titles with them. i remember he scored, the champions league final in 2018, he came on as a substitute and hugh had a tense time at the end of his career with real madrid and he scored two goals. the first in overhead kick and then it went on to beat liverpool. he got man of the match despite coming on as a substitute. so that quality was always there for him and he will be remembered for those exports in terms of his cup achievements that i think mostly for what he did to wales bringing them that world cup and also to european chippy chips as well. a nation that was not really competing on the international stage but gareth bale tracked them so the very top. but gareth bale tracked them so the ve to -. ., , ., but gareth bale tracked them so the ve to. ., , ., very top. iron member that bicycle kick very well _ very top. iron member that bicycle kick very well not _ very top. iron member that bicycle kick very well not at _ very top. iron member that bicycle kick very well not at the _ very top. iron member that bicycle kick very well not at the least i kick very well not at the least because i watched it three times the newsroom today. more coverage of the
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retirement on the bbc sport website. just over three years ago a woman in sunderland set up a free food stand for people struggling to feed their families. she had been inspired by the story of one woman she met and found it difficult to feed her seven children. now it has grown in more than 100 people are fed every night by volunteers. the whole extruders is now been turned into a song. a friend said you would be perfect for this. this is andrea listening for this. this is andrea listening for a song that has been written about her. or rather about the soup kitchen and food bank she helped set up. three and half years ago. # some days, they won't take much at all...#
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sunderland community soup kitchen, what is that? it's a place where people can come and get fed for free. ijust vowed that nobody in sunderland would ever go without food again, and now they don't. the soup kitchen — known as albert's place — now has 71 volunteers, allotments, a warehouse, and now a song. the idea came from radio 2's folk programme, to compose five songs based on real lives in britain today. and this is andrea's, composed and performed by martynjoseph. the song is about the reality of life, sadly, for many people in the uk and other countries right now, as we try to go through a very difficult time. and this was its first performance, in front of an audience of one, andrea. # head back low, she walks on through her city # rain seeps through that only coat she owns # but on high street west, there's a place # there's a place she knows...#
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you know, i'm quite a tough character, but that day, i was overcome with emotion, because i never imagined the song would be so fitting. incredible. the thing is as well, this is my, like, sort of myjourney, and thatjust says it all, doesn't it? thank you. aw! you'll have me going in a minute! they laugh david sillito, bbc news, sunderland. before we wrap up this hour let's turn to florida because these are like pictures from outside a hospital a place called kissimmee close to orlando, florida where the former brazilian presidentjay or bolsonaro is being treated after abdominal pain. where thousands of his supporters storm various
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government buildings in brasilia yesterday. keeping you updated on us aspects of that coming up on the busiest. hello there. today, we've had a mixture of sunshine and showers. it's been a cooler day as well, but it's going to be all change for tomorrow. all this cloud is coming in from the atlantic. that will continue to push its way eastwards, bringing us all some rain but also some higher temperatures. it's getting a bit chilly at the moment, though, because the showers will be fading away during this evening, first part of the night, but then we'll see that cloud coming in. that will bring some rain into northern ireland, wales and the south—west. ahead of that, for eastern scotland and eastern england, it will be dry throughout the night and we're going to find temperatures dipping away to around 2 or 3 degrees. this rain is going to be heaviest over the hills of wales and the north—west of england. we've got a low level met office severe weather warning, and the rain maybe amounting to 80 millimetres in the cumbrian fells, maybe even more than that over the welsh hills.
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and given how wet it's been recently, that could lead to some flooding as well. maybe the heaviest rain will be quite early in the day. we've got the rain moving northwards and eastwards. it may dry off for a while in parts of wales, the midlands and southern england. the next band of rain, though, comes across the irish sea, and it's going to be followed by sunshine and showers later in northern ireland. it'll be a windy day, though, tomorrow, maybe windier than today, but the winds from the south or south—west, which is why we've got these high temperatures. double figures away from northern scotland. could reach lli degrees in southern parts of wales. that warm sector responsible for those high temperatures, warm sector between those two weather fronts. a second cold front will bring some rain eastwards during tomorrow evening. once that goes out of the way, the cloud breaks up. we'll see a westerly wind following on wednesday. and it's almost as if we're back to square one. sunshine and showers, a lot of showers from the word go for many western areas, some snow over the hills in scotland. the winds will strengthen and we'll see some of those showers blown into eastern parts of england during the afternoon. temperatures aren't going to be quite so high on wednesday,
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but still 7 to 11 degrees is pretty good for this time of the year. we've still got our weather coming in from the west overnight into thursday, more weather systems coming in from the atlantic. these ones here will bring some rain overnight and into thursday across more southern parts of england and wales. and to the north, we may have some sunshine, but there'll also be these bands of heavy, perhaps thundery downpours coming across northern ireland, across scotland, into northern england and into wales during the afternoon as well. still mild, though — temperatures 8 to 13 degrees.
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hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. 1,500 people have been arrested in brazil after supporters of the far—right former presidents jair bolsonaro stormed parliament, claiming the recent election was stolen. the new president, lula da silva, says it is the work of fascist. translation: we call. these people everything that is abominable in politics. they invaded the seat of government, like real vandals, destroying what they found in front of them. i want to tell you that these people will be found. prince harry says princess diana would've been heartbroken by his fallout with his brother, prince
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william. the countdown to britain's first—ever space launch. we will hear from those involved just ahead of the mission taking off. let's start in brazil. security forces there have detained over 1,000 people after supporters of the former president jair bolsonaro stormed government buildings. those buildings have been secured by authorities and a huge clean—up operation has begun. you'll have seen the pictures from brazil. thousands of protesters stormed congress, the supreme court, and the presidential palace. it left us asking, "where did that come from?" to answer that, we need to start with two men. in october, luis inacio lula da silva was elected president. lula had narrowly beaten brazil's far—right president, jair bolsonaro. and before the election, bolsonaro repeatedly said of the electronic voting machines...
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and after he'd lost, he and some of his supporters questioned the result. translation: the current popular movements are the result - of indignation and a feeling of injustice on how the electoral process took place. there's no evidence of fraud, but disinformation about this election has persisted. these conspiracy narratives — the idea that the election was somehow rigged, that bolsonaro was the true winner, and that it wasn't actually lula — those are narratives that have been spread online for several months, predating the election itself, and actually, quite a while before that. and in november, these ideas were tested in court. a challenge by bolsonaro's party was rejected by brazil's electoral authorities — but some of his supporters continued to protest. they called for the military to intervene, and they've turned to violence. when lula's win was certified by electoral courts, - they torched buses in brasilial and tried to storm the federal police headquarters.
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on christmas eve, police unveiled a bomb plot i near the brazilian airport. as for bolsonaro, in late december, he left brazil and headed to florida. we've seen him there — it's thought he's based in orlando. and after this weekend's riots, he tweeted that the invasion of government buildings... lula, though, accuses him of encouraging this, and the sense of grievance held by both camps runs deep. lula was president from 2003 to 2010. he was brazil's first working—class president. he pursued policies that lifted millions out of poverty. and in 2009, the then—us president barack obama called him... but lula would go from that to prison. in 2017, he was convicted of corruption and banned from standing for president. his lawyers said he'd been subject to a politically motivated investigation. this is disputed, but thejudge behind the conviction would later
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become a minister under bolsonaro. lula would serve 580 days in prison until his conviction was annulled. he was released. he could once again stand for election — something that still infuriates his opponents. most of the more radical bolsonaro supporters, they believe that lula is a communist and he will install a communist dictatorship. but bolsonaro is some way from power. on new year's eve in florida, ttis photo emerged of him eating at kfc. on new year's day in brasilia, lula was sworn. an da week after that, we saw this — the storming of congress. tensions years in the making had burst into full view, just as they did in different ways at the us capitol two years ago. i think in many ways, oddly enough, the united states and now brazil are somewhat bellwethers of the very modern challenges
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democracy faces globally. and the message from the brazilian rioters is a familiar one. translation: we want new elections, clean ballot boxes. _ we don't believe that this election was democratic. there are several indications that there was fraud, that there was corruption. and so, while this is a story specific to brazil, there's a broader truth here — that if politicians repeatedly tell their supporters that the electoral system is broken, in the end, some are going to believe them and act on it. presidentjoe biden is in mexico for a meeting with its president, andres manuel lopez obrador. he arrived in mexico city a short while ago. it's expected the two leaders will focus their talks on drug smuggling and migration across the us—mexico border. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent will grant, in mexico city. they certainly got a nice day out here for their first meeting in mexico city. i think if we look at this summit in terms of the pluses
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and minuses, what's going well and not what's not going very well, and the pluses, actually migration as we speak is probably one of the positives. what i mean by that? well, they'vejust positives. what i mean by that? well, they've just had that decision by the biden administration to allow 30,000 migrants a month from various nations like cuba in nicaragua — and in return, mexico will take 30,000 deportees. that shows a degree of negotiation and cooperation on that issue. but there are negatives too, there's the really thorny issue of energy with andres manuel lopez obrador doubling down on nationalist policies, which the united states and canada say hurt their firms stop what you mention canada, as well, when donald trump was president, there was much made about reshaping there was much made about reshaping the relationship between mexico, the us and canada. what point has those trading relationships reached? the rebuild of trading relationships reached? tue: rebuild of nafta trading relationships reached? tte: rebuild of nafta as trading relationships reached? tt2 rebuild of nafta as well as into now
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us mca, the united states, mexico, and canada free trade area — ultimately what it meant, for example, in this spat over the energy issue, it was the united states and canada could raise their dispute through the mechanisms of that agreement, and basically complained to mexico formally. obviously that will then need resolving. ultimately there wasn't that much different about nafta in terms of some of the nitty—gritty, but it does set the relationship onto a new path for the 21st century — certainly that was the rhetoric for the time. and it's worth remembering that andres manuel lopez obrador brought into pretty heavily. we're going to talk about pakistan now because donors have pledged more than $8 billion to help it recover from last year's devastating floods. the pledges were made at an international conference in geneva, where the un
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secretary—general antonio guterres made an opening address. let's listen to some of that. as global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, we are all in danger. today it's pakistan, tomorrow it could be in your country. and i am deeply frustrated at global leaders are not giving this life, for this emergency, the action and the investment it requires. because words are not enough. without action, climate catastrophe is coming for all of us. so antonio gutteres calling for massive investments to help pakistan recover. because this was the scene across much of pakistan late last year the damage was immense. the flooding caused by record monsoon rains and melting glaciers. the water still hasn't receded in some southern parts of the country. at least 1,700 people were killed, and around eight million displaced. many of those who've been able
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to return to their homes have found them damaged or destroyed, and their fields unusable for growing crops. food prices have soared, and the number of people facing food insecurity has doubled to 111.6 million, according to un figures. the children's agency unicef says as many as four million children are still living near contaminated and stagnant waters. here's one humanitarian worker on the ground. where the water has receded, people are going back to their original places or their native villages. they have found that their houses, their livelihood sources, their land, their livestock, they are all infrastructure—related to water and sanitation.
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the public infrastructure like schools and basic health centres, they all have damage due to these floods. and the situation on the ground is still very much alarming and still many people are waiting for the humanitarian assistance. pakistan has put the total recovery bill at $16.3 billion. officials say pakistan can cover half of that, so the final amount pledged by donors, $8.5 billion, is more than was asked for. on our own and have actually requested the un, un dp and the united nations to help us build a mechanism so we should, we could have a programme to follow the money and have that confidence within the international community. obviously the people of pakistan experiencing this devastation, 30 million people affected by these floods through really enough all of their own, are paying in their lives for the industrialisation of rich countries. we have contributed 0.8% as far as the global carbon footprint is concerned,
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but we are the eighth—most devastated from climate change and climate—related catastrophes. this will be used for prevention and building climate resilience. our correspondent in islamabad, caroline davies, explains. this isn't the first time we have seen flooding in pakistan. this is, as antonio guterres said, this was climate carnage is his description, this is excessive flooding, this is not the sort of thing that pakistan normally sees. but of course we did see flooding back in 2010 on a dramatic scale, too, and the questions were, what lessons were learned from 2010? what measures were in place, and how well did they work? would they be able to cope in the future? questions about drainage, questions about infrastructure being built to be able to sustain it. there are still people who have those questions, too. but of course, the next stage is that there are some of these measures put into place so that there is some resilience, but of course, it's not that long away until the rains might start again. stay with us on outside source. still to come: prince harry says
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princess diana would have been heartbroken about his fallout with his brother, prince william. 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 are calling it quits. the singer, paul simon, starts his tour of south africa tomorrow in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. around the world, people have been paying tribute to the iconic - rock star david bowie, who sold 140 million l albums in a career that| spanned half a century. his family announced i overnight that he died
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of cancer at the age of 69. the world's tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. our lead story is 1500 people have been arrested in brazil after supporters of dyer bolsonaro stormed parliament. the protesters claimed without evidence that the election was stolen. president lula da silva says it's the work of fascists. let's talk about how jair bolsonaro's false claims of election... at the risk
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intelligence company for her analysis. intelligence company for her anal sis. �* . analysis. one thing we've seen throu:h analysis. one thing we've seen through statements, _ analysis. one thing we've seen through statements, very i analysis. one thing we've seen | through statements, very small statements bolsonaro has made over twitter in the last of the four hours, is he's always continued to toe this very fine line between staying within constitutional and legal bounds and pushing against those very legal frameworks to see how far he can go. so the questioning of the electrical system —— electoral system, over whether he had actually won the election are not without necessarily calling his supporters to rise and march on congress and the supreme court, is part of that strategy that he's been saying for his entire presidency, but particularly over the last year during the electoral campaign. help us understand _ during the electoral campaign. help us understand how these protesters have organised themselves, are they single body of people with a leader,
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or more spontaneous than that? this is what makes _ or more spontaneous than that? tt 3 is what makes the situation very complex, because of course while bolsonaro was president, we could point to one leader, one political figure that coalesced this video —— very hetero general group of people. and people who believed that lula's party will impose communism in brazil. but as bolsonaro left office and these factions began taking the form of their own, communicating on different platforms particularly telegram and whatsapp, new leaders have been emerging, and now it becomes a much more heterogeneous movement that is much harder to control, so the events like we saw yesterday, maybe not to the same extent but this type of disruption will remain our concern in brazil
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for the coming months and years. it's not something that he will —— we will see go away overnight. finally, as talk about the brazilian military. some of these protesters had been calling for the military to intervene. ourviewers had been calling for the military to intervene. our viewers over the world might be surprised to know protesters are turning to the military for help. tt’s protesters are turning to the military for help.— protesters are turning to the military for help. it's quite ironic to think that — military for help. it's quite ironic to think that to _ military for help. it's quite ironic to think that to defend - military for help. it's quite ironic. to think that to defend democracy, as they are claiming to do, woden would turn to a institution that would turn to a institution that would violate the political order in the largest latin american country, particularly with the history the region has with military overthrows. but if we are to look for a silver lining in all this, it is precisely the fact that the military has not intervened, despite repeated calls over the past couple of years, and also that brazilian institutions have held. thejudiciary remains independent despite the destruction to the building we saw yesterday. there is a separation of powers,
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congress will continue to operate in potentially challenge policies of the lula da silva administration, which it doesn't have a majority in either chamber of congress. we've heard news — either chamber of congress. we've heard news from _ either chamber of congress. we've heard news from the _ either chamber of congress. we've heard news from the us _ either chamber of congress. we've heard news from the us that i either chamber of congress. we've heard news from the us that connects to this. jair bolsonaro is currently in florida and his wife says he's been hospitalised there. these are life pictures from outside the hospital in kissimmee, florida. we are told he's suffering abdominal pains, no more details than that though his wife is confirmed he's being treated in hospital, and we will bring you any further details as we get them. there's been no comment from buckingham palace in response to prince harry's allegations about the royal family, in broadcast interviews here in the uk and in the us. speaking on good morning america, the duke of sussex said his mother — princess diana — would be upset about the state of his relationship with prince william. he's also accused camilla the queen consort of using the press to promote her own image at the expense of his and meghan's. here's our royal correspondent
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nicholas witchell. across interview after interview — there have been three so far — harry's most damaging claim is that members of the royal family leak stories to the press to enhance their own reputations and damage those are otherfamily members. this is what he said today on us television about camilla, the queen consort. i have a huge amount of compassion for her, being the third person within my parents' marriage. she's my stepmother. i don't look at her as an evil stepmother. i see someone who married into this institution and has done everything she can to improve her own reputation and her own image, for her own sake. here's what harry believes is evidence of that. in 1998, he says camilla leaked the story that she and the then 16—year—old prince william had had
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a successful first meeting. in fact, the story got out due to an indiscretion by camilla's then private secretary amanda macmanus. she resigned immediately. the editor of the sun at the time was david yelland. he believes harry has misunderstood how the palace—press relationship works. i never knew a situation where members of the palace press operation ever briefed against another member of the royal family. as far as my own personal experiences as editor of the sun, that never happened. however, there were many occasions when deals needed to be done, particularly when the princes were young. they had done things which they did not want in the press, and there were meetings that would happen and they would say, "look, could you not print this, maybe you could print this?" but it was never about another member of the royal family, in my experience. harry's book is published tomorrow. the monarchy�*s opponents say it proves its time is up. the pressure group republic said this...
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among harry's supporters, there's praise for his candour but also a note of caution. harry and meghan do have to be quite careful right now. i think we're going to see, for the rest of this year, a couple sort of retreating from a lot of what we've seen over the last few months. the buffeting has been intense — it isn't over yet. the palaces remain battened down to ride out the remainder of the storm. nicholas witchell, bbc news. a story that's generating some excitement over in the uk. —— here in the uk. injust over an hour, the first—ever orbital space launch from british soil will blast off. the company behind the operation is the california—based virgin orbit,
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founded by sir richard branson. the british entrepreneur has had one of his old passenger airliners converted to carry a rocket, called launcherone, beneath its left wing. the plane will take off from newquay airport in southwest england and head west over the atlantic, to a designated launch zone off the coast of ireland. at the appropriate moment, at an altitude of 35,000ft, the aircraft will release the rocket. its first—stage engine will then ignite and begin its climb into orbit. because a fully—fuelled rocket is a heavy load, the plane's lower deck has been completely stripped to save weight. two flight engineers will sit at consoles to monitor the launch. the bbc�*s rebecca morelle had a look. here in the cockpit are all the usual controls that you need to fly a plane, but there is one big difference, and it's this. this red square is a release button, and about an hour into the flight, the pilot will press this to drop the rocket. that rocket will release nine satellites into an orbit more than 500km above the planet. by launching it from a converted plane, virgin orbit hope to offer
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a cheaper and more flexible way to get satellites into orbit and boost the uk's satellite industry. here's the uk space agency's view. we are absolutely fantastic at designing satellites and building satellites. i always use the heuristic that we build more satellites here in the uk than anywhere outside the us. and we're also great at operating satellites as well as exploiting the data, which is a really, really important end of it as well. so we're kind of on a journey, and this helps us with thatjourney and fills what i call that end—to—end capability. so you can do everything. the small satelites being taken into orbit can be used for civilian and military purposes. here's british astronaut tim peake. yeah, there's a huge growing market for small satellites. these are kind of cube sats. the total payload may be about 300 kilograms for what this rocket can launch, and it's going into a very, very useful orbit. you might not think the uk is a very good place for launching satellites, but into a sun synchronous orbit, that's almost from the north pole
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to the south pole. that makes it a very useful orbit for things like earth observation, climate data, weather and also intelligence gathering, communications, navigation as well. earlier, i spoke to ceo of space forge, who own one of the satellites going into orbit. alongside the uk science minister george freeman what this launch means for space research in the uk. this is a huge moment for the uk space sector and space economy. for three reasons, really. firstly, space is the frontier of the global race at the moment, geopolitically, huge investment as the sector moves from quite a cold war military sovereign sector to something much more open and commercial. and we set out a uk space strategy with a very clear intention to be a leader in the commercial market, and we are very strong on the science and the technology. tonight, we win the global race in europe to launch, and that is a big moment.
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as we see more launches from cornwall and scotland, will be doing much more over the next few years to grow that already £16 billion space sector. but it is also a huge moment for cornwall and the north of scotland and glasgow, and leicester for the space clusters around the uk. you know, this isn't all in cambridge, this is all around the country. and for viewers tonight struggling with the cost of living, this isn't about space tourism, this is about mainstream economy, from our phones, to gps, to every working office. we are increasingly reliant on space technology and this is about the uk being a leader, keeping us secure and safe, in terms of encryption, but also making sure that we are a global leader in this fast growing sector. it is a historic night, it is a uk equivalent of the american apollo moon shot moment 60 years ago. all right, well, it is very exciting to be speaking to you. mr western, you are with us as well. tell us why you are interested in your satellite being put into space this way. it is an incredibly exciting moment. so, space forge, we are based
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in cardiff in wales. the satellite that we are launching today, the forgestar—o, is the first satellite designed and built in wales, and the opportunity tojust hop along the m5 and the a30 instead of having to send a team down to florida to produce the satellite and get it into orbit is really a phenomenal opportunity for us because it offers us unparalleled flexibility in really being able to deliver for our customers. best of luck to everyone involved in that launch. before we wrap up, the welsh player gareth bale has announced his retirement from all football at the age of 33. five—time champions league winner with real madrid, some described him as wales's finest footballer ever. he said he feels incredibly fortunate to have realised playing for the sport he loves. it will be impossible to replicate in 17 seasons, no matter what the next chapter has in store for him. you
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get more coverage on that from the bbc sport website and the bbc news website, we'll see you soon, bye—bye. hello there. today, we've had a mixture of sunshine and showers. it's been a cooler day as well, but it's going to be all change for tomorrow. all this cloud is coming in from the atlantic. that will continue to push its way eastwards, bringing us all some rain but also some higher temperatures. it's getting a bit chilly at the moment, though, because the showers will be fading away during this evening, first part of the night, but then we'll see that cloud coming in. that will bring some rain into northern ireland, wales and the southwest. ahead of that, for eastern scotland and eastern england, it will be dry throughout the night and we're going to find temperatures dipping away to around 2—3 celsius. and the northwest of england. we've got a low level met office severe weather warning, and the rain maybe amounting to 80mm in the cumbrian fells, maybe even more than that over the welsh hills. and given how wet it's been
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recently, that could lead to some flooding as well. maybe the heaviest rain will be quite early in the day. we've got the rain moving northwards and eastwards. it may dry off for a while in parts of wales, the midlands and southern england. the next band of rain, though, comes across the irish sea, and it's going to be followed by sunshine and showers later in northern ireland. it'll be a windy day, though, tomorrow, maybe windier than today, but the winds from the south or southwest, which is why we've got these high temperatures. double figures away from northern scotland. could reach 14 celsius in southern parts of wales. that warm sector responsible for those high temperatures, warm sector between those two weather fronts. a second cold front will bring some rain eastwards during tomorrow evening. once that goes out of the way, the cloud breaks up. we'll see a westerly wind following on wednesday. and it's almost as if we're back to square one. sunshine and showers, a lot of showers from the word go for many western areas, some snow over the hills in scotland. the winds will strengthen and we'll see some of those showers blown into eastern parts of england during the afternoon. temperatures aren't going to be
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quite so high on wednesday, but still 7—ii celsius is pretty good for this time of the year. we've still got our weather coming in from the west overnight into thursday, more weather systems coming in from the atlantic. these ones here will bring some rain overnight and into thursday across more southern parts of england and wales. and to the north, we may have some sunshine, but there'll also be these bands of heavy, perhaps thundery downpours coming across northern ireland, across scotland, into northern england and into wales during the afternoon as well. still mild, though — temperatures 8—13 celsius.
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hour straight after this programme. welcome to the media show. in a minute, we're going to talk about the christmas period and what it taught us about advertising, both about what ads are working and where companies are wanting to spend their money. we'll also talk to stephen lambert from studio lambert, which made the runaway hit for the bbc, the traitors. but before we do all of that, let's talk about channel [i privatisation, because it looks like it could be off. global�*s podcast the news agents broke this story. it's got hold of a letter from the culture secretary, michelle donelan, sent to the prime minister, which appears to advise against privatisation, saying there are better ways to ensure channel 4's sustainability. let's bring in chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast magazine. hiya, chris. good to have you back on the media show. so is this the end of the matter?
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